The Martial Artist Turned Movie Mogul
Chapter 425 - 424. Sudden! (Eleventh Update)

Chapter 425: 424. Sudden! (Eleventh Update)

Tang Shu: "..."

Had he just reacted?

She twitched the corner of her mouth and opened the blank notebook in front of her without showing any emotion.

Li Li surveyed the room and tapped the table with a pen.

"Quiet!"

He too had heard a few sentences of the discussion on the other side and was equally surprised in his heart.

As one of the top directors in the entertainment industry, he was so busy every day that he didn’t have time to watch TV, so naturally, he didn’t recognize Tang Shu, the newcomer.

But from the few sentences he did hear, it seemed that this newcomer was a bit special, somewhat of an internet celebrity.

"You’re an actor?"

Was that guy Xie Yunfeng playing a trick on him, recommending an actor to come here as a protocol instructor?!

"Yes, I’ve acted in two dramas."

Tang Shu was very composed, showing no change in expression, unaware of what those few words represented in the eyes of the other.

The indifferent demeanor slightly puzzled the already frowning Li Li, who then fell silent for a moment.

The young lady was calm enough, somewhat different from those actors outside.

Thinking about that highly professional email, he had to admit she was impressive, and there was indeed a need for someone like her as a protocol and prop guide in the crew.

If he wanted to build a flawless filming team, a high-standard protocol and prop instructor was indispensable.

In period dramas, this position was quite important.

"I understand."

Li Li withdrew his gaze, having made up his mind.

"Then let’s begin the meeting. Today we’ll discuss the arrangements for the crew..."

As for Tang Shu’s identity as an actor, he had completely accepted it.

The meeting lasted for over an hour, and it was Tang Shu’s first exposure to the behind-the-scenes work of a filming crew, a completely different experience from being an actor.

She also recorded a few important points in her notebook.

"...Alright, if there are no questions, that’s it for today."

After it ended, everyone received their work badges prepared by the assistants and left the meeting room one after another.

In the crew, different jobs had different arrangements. For example, martial arts directors, scriptwriters, and other professionals involved with actors would generally serve as judges in the audition process.

But Tang Shu, as a protocol and prop guide, had a lot more freedom, as her role didn’t greatly relate to the actors.

After she left the crew, Li Li went with a few scriptwriters and producers from the meeting room straight to the audition site next door, greeting many people along the way.

Director Li’s gaze lightly passed over the faces of the auditioning actors, and when he reached the door, he suddenly turned to his assistant.

"Xiao Lu."

"Director Li?"

"That Tang Shu... do you know her?"

"Not very well, but I’ve seen her on a variety show. She’s highly intelligent and popular."

It’s just that her emotional intelligence is a bit enigmatic.

It wouldn’t seem high since she could easily play nine other guests in circles; yet if you say it’s high, she rarely speaks much, always giving people a sense of being adorably clueless.

Lu Gang had never seen such a contradictory person.

Li Li unexpectedly glanced at the assistant, thinking the praise was quite high.

"Get me her works to take a look."

"Okay, Director Li."

"Wait, see if she was in ’Heroes in Troubled Times’."

Since she was recommended by Xie Yunfeng, and he rated her so highly, perhaps she took on a film role as a sideline to her main job?

***

After returning from the set of "Corridor Pavilion," Tang Shu settled back into her original life.

It was another Friday, and "You Smile" was shooting its final episode.

The location for this shoot was still the same mall as last time, and the crew had grown accustomed to the setting, quickly setting up the equipment.

The extras took their places with haste.

It was the N-th serendipitous encounter between Shen Siyi and Mu Qing, still within the mall, one shopping for clothes, the other inspecting his properties.

Just as Tang Shu was about to say her lines, she felt an invisible murderous intent in the air coming from a female extra who had been standing to her left!

Tang Shu was startled and instinctively grabbed Zhao Ming’s hand, pulling him to step big to the right, and the skirted extra lunged at empty air, revealing a pair of fierce eyes as she looked up.

And the black wooden gun in her hand was suddenly exposed to everyone’s view.

The attacker was shocked, not expecting that Tang Shu would dodge so swiftly and raised the wooden gun in her hand to open fire.

"Be careful!"

Tang Shu pulled Zhao Ming and dodged again toward a counter, and the small store of merely thirty to forty square meters suddenly came alive with commotion.

"Bang——"

After the sound of a gunshot, several extras in the store reacted, screaming "ah" as they crouched down, clutching their heads.

This was not a scene from a TV drama; the gunshot was too obvious.

It was real!

An unexpected incident!

In the midst of the scuffle, Zhao Ming banged his arm against the hard counter, regaining his senses in an instant.

"What’s happening? Could it be that we’ve encountered a robbery?"

Their location was precisely a jewelry store filled with valuable gold, silver, and jade carvings.

Tang Shu pursed her lips and through the gap, her indifferent gaze fell upon the person who had attacked her, and she slowly shook her head.

"It’s not a robbery."

It was... aimed at her!

Despite not being very familiar with the modern world, she clearly felt a strong intent to kill earlier, not the kind a robber should possess.

Remembering the events that had happened some time ago, Tang Shu immediately had a speculation.

"Stay here and don’t move. If the other side attacks again, just duck and cover. Leave it to me."

"That’s too dangerous!"

Zhao Ming grabbed Tang Shu’s arm tightly, how could he, a man, not care for her?

"Don’t get me wrong, I have the ability to protect myself, and if we stick together, we’ll be too noticeable."

Tang Shu didn’t tell Zhao Ming the truth, for fear of frightening him. Through a gap, she saw that the director’s group nearby had erupted into chaos.

Indeed, Director Zhang, ten meters away, saw the scene through the camera lens and finally reacted.

"What’s going on? The people inside, evacuate first!"

The entire third floor of the mall became chaotic in an instant, and several cameras had no time to be withdrawn.

Su Xiaochi was the first to spot something unusual, and by then she had already taken the lead to sneak into the jewelry store, pretending to be an extra and crouching down.

Inside the store, Tang Shu pushed Zhao Ming beneath the counter with one hand, exposing her position with a single movement, attracting another burst of gunfire from the assailant.

"Bang, bang——"

With a distance of four to five meters between them, Tang Shu dodged to the side. As she did, she took a slender hairpin from her head and held it in her hand.

Today, she was on set to film and since the character Shen Siyi was out shopping and dressed primarily in a dress, she truly had no suitable tools at hand.

She could only use this tiny black hairpin as a substitute.

Meanwhile, Su Xiaochi originally planned to approach the gun-toting woman.