The Wind of China Entertainment 2005

Chapter 499 Repatriation
Thai police responded quickly.

It took them half an hour to slowly arrive at the scene, and after a brief questioning, they took both parties involved away.

After this incident, the crew's filming was forced to stop, and Xu Zheng simply gave everyone half a day off.

The staff loaded the props into the car and prepared to return to the hotel, but the atmosphere was a bit heavy and depressing throughout the whole process.

"Why did you take Liu Liu and Lao Chen away? It was obvious that they were deliberately provoking trouble."

"The police said the man lost control because he was drunk, it was not intentional."

"Bullshit, they treated us like three-year-old kids. One of them was deliberately trying to attract our attention in front, and the other took advantage of the chaos to run straight to the camera. Besides, we had video footage of the whole process. This is the level of the Thai police. My dog ​​in police uniform can catch people better than them."

"If you ask me, Supara shouldn't have been kicked out of the crew in the first place. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many troubles now. What's the big deal about unspoken rules? This isn't happening in China. Besides, this kind of thing isn't uncommon even in China. Why make a fuss about it?"

Someone complained in a low voice and secretly glanced at Chen Zhixi behind him.

When Chen Zhixi heard the discussions, he felt extremely guilty. He lowered his head and wished he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

Lu Yuan was about to get in the car, but stopped when he heard this, turned around and faced everyone, saying, "It was my idea to kick him out, even if producer Chen didn't say so, I would have let Wu Lang do it.

I don't know since when did the unspoken rules become so taken for granted in everyone's eyes? Whether it is domestic or foreign, as long as the work is invested by a distant studio, such things are not allowed to happen.

The results haven't come out yet, so what's there to make a fuss about? Taking him there will only help with the investigation and take a statement.

I'm putting this here, even if this movie doesn't get made and we have to go home, everyone's wages won't be reduced by a penny."

"Hey, Mr. Lu, you are too kind. We didn't mean anything else. We just said it casually."

"Yeah, yeah, don't take it seriously, the brothers are just chatting because they are upset."

Seeing the investor’s statement, everyone naturally did not dare to raise any more objections. They all smiled and continued with their respective work.

Lu Yuan walked onto the bus alone, leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes, and gently rubbed his temples.

Not long after, someone sat down next to him, took a deep breath, and whispered, "Teacher Lu, I'm really sorry that I caused trouble to the crew because of me."

Lu Yuan closed his eyes and knew who the visitor was. He waved his hand and comforted him softly, "They just felt a little emotional after seeing Liu Liu and Lao Chen being taken away. You heard what I said just now. Don't blame yourself too much."

"But."

Chen Zhixi wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by Lu Yuan. He opened his eyes and repeated again: "There is no but. You are not wrong. The unspoken rule is wrong. Even if you don't mention it, I will make the same decision."

"Yeah." Chen Zhixi was slightly stunned. He raised his eyes and stared at him for a long time before nodding and responding softly.

Lu Yuan's words made her feel a little relieved, but she still felt bad.

It was already 11 o'clock in the morning when Lu Yuan returned to the hotel and received a call from Liu Shishi.

On October 10, the China College Student Television Festival was held as scheduled, and this girl won the award for "Most Popular Actress among College Students".

The value of the award is certainly not worth mentioning, but it is of extraordinary significance to be recognized by the college student audience.

This group of talents are the main force of current viewership and the weather vane of the market.

"Brother, do you have any announcement today?"

"Yes, I just finished filming and am waiting for the next scene." Lu Yuan lied.

"Oh." Liu Shishi said on the other end of the phone.

"Have you seen the Weibo I posted? At the College Student TV Festival, when it was my turn to perform, many fans held up our posters. There was also a little lion who asked me loudly, 'Why didn't my brother-in-law come?' I smiled and said, 'You went on a trip to Thailand.'"

"Honey, I miss you so much. When will you finish filming? I dreamed about you last night."

Liu Shishi spoke vigorously on the other end of the phone, as if she wanted to pour out all the thoughts she had during this period of time.

"What did I do in my dream?"

"Just hum, bad guy, bullying me even in my dreams"

Lu Yuan couldn't help but smile, and continued to ask: "How did they bully you? Tell me in detail."

"No, wait until you come back, I'll tell you, and then let you..."

"Let me what."

"You guess."

"Then change the question, where do you miss me?"

"I miss you everywhere, all the time." She replied softly, and then said coquettishly: "You don't even say you miss me, tell me you miss me too, I want to hear it."

"Yes, I do. I think about you every minute and every second. When I think of you, my mind is full of mosaics." Lu Yuan replied with a smile.

"What Marseille? Humph, you big bad guy."

Liu Shishi reacted and covered her mouth. Kuku laughed. When the laughter died down, she muttered again, "I've been filming in Ningbo these days. Chen Kai is so corny. He recited a poem to Chen Hong on the set this morning. The poem was irrelevant and not as good as the one you made up."

Director Chen is still quite capable, but this girl is definitely a hater of "The Promise". Sigh, what a sin.
"Brother, do you know that because Yang Mi was kicked out of the crew by Chen Hong, she seems to have been targeted by many directors in the industry. And Gao Yuanyuan, I saw with my own eyes that she and Zhao Youting were having an affair on the crew."

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He chatted with his girlfriend for half an hour, with her doing most of the talking while he listened, from what they had eaten in daily life to gossip about the crew. It was not until Wu Lang knocked on the door that the two reluctantly ended the call.

"What was the outcome of the police handling of the case?"

Wu Lang held his phone tightly, his expression serious. "Boss, the Thai police gave us a list of people to be repatriated, including Liu Liu, the coordinator, Lao Chen, the lighting engineer, and Song Xiaofei, the photographer."

"Repatriation?" Lu Yuan raised his voice.

"Yes."

"Liu Liu was forced to fight back, Lao Chen was just trying to stop the fight, and Lao Song was protecting the camera the whole time. Why should they be sent back as well?" Lu Yuan didn't understand.

Wu Lang shook his head helplessly: "The police just notified the result, and the drunkard also said that it was not intentional."

Lu Yuan held his forehead with one hand, thought for a moment, stood up and walked out, saying: "Notify Xu Zheng, we will hold an emergency meeting."

It’s the same conference room.

Lu Yuan sat in the first seat, Xu Zheng, Wang Baoqiang, Wu Lang, and Chen Zhixi sat on both sides, facing each other.

The atmosphere was depressing and the air seemed to have become stagnant.

After Wu Lang finished explaining the police's handling of the case, Lu Yuan glanced at everyone and asked, "What do you think?"

Xu Zheng tapped the table with his fingertips. "Song Xiaofei can't be replaced. Changing the photographer after shooting to this point will make the style very different. It's like starting over. The other party started first, so we are right. We also have the video. At worst, we can just expose it to the media."

"No, direct exposure will be disadvantageous to both parties." Lu Yuan rejected.

"What did the Film Bureau say?"

Chen Zhixi continued: "The Film Bureau replied that they couldn't do anything about it."

Everyone fell into silence.

If Liu Liu and Lao Chen were deported, the worst that could happen would be to replace two people, which wouldn't be a big problem. But Song Xiaofei was the photographer, and changing the photographer in the middle of the filming was a big taboo for the crew.

Chen Zhixi looked around and said hesitantly, "I have a suggestion."

"explain."

“We need to rely on the influence of several people in the country.”

Seeing Lu Yuan frowning, she hurriedly said: "Thailand has been working hard to develop domestic tourism. Now is the cool season, which is the peak tourist season.

If there are plausible revelations that the crew is being harassed by local gangs here, with a little guidance, then there will definitely be netizens who worry about the safety of traveling to Thailand and will ask the crew for confirmation on platforms such as Weibo..."

The Thai Film Bureau is under the Ministry of Tourism and attaches great importance to word of mouth. She is betting that the Thai Ministry of Tourism will not stand idly by.

"Ding ding ding." Wu Lang's cell phone rang.

He glanced at it, went out to answer it, and within a minute, he came back: "It's a call from the co-production company, saying that they are short of staff and suggest that we continue to employ Supara. They also said that they have criticized Supara and will not make the same mistake again."

"Oh, what a shortage of manpower, it seems they are in the same group."

The others looked at each other, then turned to look at Chen Zhixi.

"Give it a try. If that doesn't work, go find the embassy."

In China, the entertainment industry was extremely lively in October.

On the big screen, "Painted Skin" invested by Guangxian and "Legend of White Snake" produced by Juli Group collided.

The former starred Deng Chao and Sun Li, while the latter starred Jet Li and Huang Shengyi.

In fact, there is another film called "The Revolution of 1911" directed by Zhang Li, which is comparable to "The Founding of a Party", but it did not make much waves.

Since the promotional period began in September, "Painted Skin" and "Legend of White Snake" have been confronting each other, spending money to buy good reviews and throwing dirty water on their opponents.

The affairs between Huang Shengyi and Yangzi were dug up again, and the mistress became the winner. For a while, everyone on the Internet was calling for her to be punished, and she was criticized to the point of becoming autistic.

In short, Juli Group and Light Media used every possible means, but after the film was officially released, neither company got any benefit.

Movie fans discovered that these two are birds of a feather, boasting about them to the sky, but in fact they are nothing but shit, just filler stuff.

Therefore, everyone is looking forward to "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" and "The Flowers of War" in December.

Compared to the chaos on the big screen, "The Unforgettable Number" stands out on the small screen.

It started broadcasting on CCTV in early October and ended perfectly in late October.

The final results showed an average viewership of 7.7 and a peak viewership of 8.9, tying the 08 drama "Crossing the Guandong" and firmly securing the title of this year's best drama.

Previously, the media gave Lu Yuan the title of "the number one actor in TV dramas", and now it seems that he deserves the title.

At the same time, the drama’s views on iQiyi video exceeded 18 billion times.

Traditional TV stations and new Internet video companies have different ideas.

When the crew of "Number" held a celebration banquet, many reporters rushed to the hotel and unexpectedly discovered that the male lead of the show, Lu Yuan, was absent again.

There has been no activity on this guy’s Weibo, and the most recent update was to promote the upcoming “Flying Daggers of Dragon Gate”.

People could only learn that he went to Thailand for a trip through photos leaked by tourists in Chiang Mai and a few words on Liu Shishi's Weibo.

One night, a user with the nickname "Xiguabutian" posted a message on Weibo.

"So excited, guess who I met while traveling in Thailand."

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This photo was taken from a candid angle outside Wat Bhupharam.

Xu Zheng fell comically on the sandy ground, Wang Baoqiang stood beside him with a golden bowl-cut hairstyle, and the man suspected to be Lu Yuan only showed his side profile.

At the same time, a Thai man walked straight towards the camera, and a man on the other side changed his expression, pointed at the other man and yelled, then stood up.

With the help of the behind-the-scenes promoter, this Weibo post quickly sparked heated discussion.

"The bald guy should be Xu Zheng, the blond guy watching the show next to him seems to be Wang Baoqiang, who is the handsome guy with a collar around his neck? Why do I feel like he looks a bit like me?"

"I agree, I agree. He looks a bit like Luoyang Lu Yuan."

"Bullshit, it's obviously me, Kaifeng Lu Yuan."

"You really are. Lu Yuan is not in the country, so a bunch of scoundrels showed up. I, Changshan Lu Yuan, just want a fight."

"That's enough. Wait for me, Lu Yuanbenyuan, to @ my wife Liu Shishi and ask her to come out and recognize her husband."

"It's most likely this guy. There has been no news since the premiere of 'Number'. I thought he went to Thailand for a trip, but it turns out he went to film a movie. I don't know if it's a movie or a TV series. I'm really looking forward to it."

Some onlookers also quickly noticed something wrong in the photo and asked the Thai man what was going on.

Xiguabutian quickly replied: "Not sure, it is said that the Thai guy is a local gangster who deliberately came to the crew to cause trouble. It seems that the police intervened and the crew members were taken away."

"Wow! Is this true? I was planning to travel to Thailand. The gangsters there are so rampant."

"I've been to Thailand, and the security there really needs to be improved."

"Don't panic. If one Lu Yuan falls, thousands of Lu Yuans will stand up."

So when Lu Yuan was filming abroad, the crew was suspected of being harassed by local Thai thugs, and the incident became a hot topic.

Netizens went to the Weibo accounts of Lu Yuan, Xu Zheng, Wang Baoqiang and others to verify the information, but unfortunately all the information fell into oblivion.

Unwilling to give up, netizens even went to leave messages on the official account of the Tourism Authority of Thailand.

“Is Thailand really that dangerous?”

"Will there be hooligans causing trouble when the crew goes to film?"

“Is Thailand safe to travel to?”

"Are the crew members who were taken away safe?"

"Will I get my kidneys choked if I travel to Thailand?"

"Forget it, he doesn't even bother to reply to me, so I won't go."

Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Early that morning, the police chief dozed off behind his desk, his chin supported by one hand.

"Ding ding ding."

The phone rang and he hurriedly answered it, but before he could say anything, his boss on the other end of the line berated him.

“Have the crew of Lost in Thailand been detained by you?”

"Which crew is "Lost in Thailand"? But there was indeed a fight that broke out in one of the crew yesterday." The director was confused, but still reported the truth.

“Is he Chinese?”

"Yes."

"You still have the nerve to say yes. Now, immediately, release him immediately."

"We didn't arrest them, we just took a statement."

"I don't care. Find out the whole story and find out who is behind it. The Tourism Bureau will assist them in filming. Roads should be closed and areas should be cleared. You must cooperate."

After ending the call, the director immediately arranged for his men to handle the matter, and then, with a confused look on his face, he inquired about the news about the "Lost in Thailand" crew.

That morning, domestic.

The crew of "Lost in Thailand" registered a Weibo account and officially responded to the Thailand incident.

"Thank you for your concern. Xu Zheng's first film, Lost in Thailand, directed and starred by him, is currently being filmed in Thailand, starring Lu Yuan, Wang Baoqiang, Xu Zheng and others.

As for the rumors about the gangster causing trouble on the set yesterday, they are all rumors. It was only because of the negligence of the crew that the drunk man accidentally broke in. The Thai police intervened in the investigation immediately and rushed to the scene to deal with it. The result was fair and just, so there is no need for everyone to worry. "

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Almost at the same time, the Tourism Authority of Thailand’s account also reposted this news, expressing its welcome to Chinese tourists to visit Thailand.

Chinese tourists are requested to rest assured that relevant Thai agencies attach great importance to safety issues and will take corresponding measures to fully safeguard and protect the interests of tourists.

Not only that, they also specially @Lu Yuan and invited him to be the Thailand Tourism Ambassador.

PS: After the release of "Lost in Thailand", the Prime Minister of Thailand personally met with Xu Zheng and others. They really attach great importance to the tourism industry, especially its reputation among the Chinese people.

(End of this chapter)