Chapter 41: Seventh Brother Returns to the Team

  "Waiter, bill!" He Mu shouted. Let's take a look at how much it is first, if not enough, let Li Pang send some over.

  "Hello sir, the total consumption is four thousand eight hundred yuan. This gentleman has already paid the bill." The waitress said, pointing to Xiao Fang who was unconscious.

  "Oh, I see." He Muping said calmly, but beneath the calm surface was a excited heart: This time I didn't lose big, Brother Fang is really a good guy! He Muping thought to himself.

  The current problem is how to send the three drunkards back. Among them, Lan Xiaolong has already made a phone call and was soon picked up by one of his friends. Kang Honglei rested for a while and became much clearer-headed, this tough director himself hailed a taxi and left, and before leaving he warned He Mu to wait, today was just not in good shape.

  He Mu just smiled slightly: Who was it who shouted that they couldn't drink anymore earlier?

  So now there's only this huge problem of Xiao Fang left, can't just carry him back home after all.

  He Mu took out Xiao Fang's mobile phone, found the number named "Madam Wife" in the phone book, and dialed it: "Hello, is this Mr. Xiao Fang's wife?"

  "It is." A very cold voice, it turned out that Fang Jie was this kind of style, and thinking about the four words "wife", He Mu could imagine Fang Ge's position at home.

  He Mu said: "I'm He Mu, I'm Fang Ge's friend. He's drunk now. Can you come and pick him up?"

  "No." Fang's sister-in-law didn't even think about it and directly refused.

  "What about telling me where you live? I'll send him back."

  "Alright." Fang's tone was crisp and direct, immediately telling He Mu her home address before hanging up the phone.

  He Mu was speechless for a long time. This mother and daughter were just as eccentric as each other, and it's no wonder they're a matching pair.

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  After sending Xiao Fang back home, He Mu felt a little sorry for the old man who was left alone. He didn't return to his apartment until he had sobered up a bit. By the way, He Mu finally saw the little witch he had talked to on the phone, but it was just a photo. The girl looked as beautiful as a porcelain doll, with an expression that was both delicate and mischievous, her eyes shining with cleverness. She was being held by her mother, Xiao Fang's wife, who was tall and beautiful, but also gave off a cold and icy feeling.

  He finally understood why he was called "dà ren" (big shot), because he saw a photo of his sister wearing a police uniform, although the rank couldn't be seen, but judging from her demeanor, she must be at least a mid-level leader.

  The next day, He Mu took an early flight to Hengdian. After half a month, Yang Qilang finally returned to the team, and Liu Xiaojie also returned. This time, she changed her identity and appeared as Du Jinei, the daughter of Shan Zhai Wang, and performed a scene with Yang Qilang that was both sad and funny. This part of the play is relatively independent, and they need to go to a district far from the main scene to take pictures and shoot, so He Mu didn't have much time to chat with friends like Tao Qu and Liu Shi. She just waved at them from afar and followed the filming team to set off.

  He Mu was originally performing quite well, but with the arrival of Valentine's Day on 2/14, Liu Xiao Jie's boyfriend came to visit the set, and He Mu started to become shy. Having done intimate scenes with someone else's girlfriend in front of her boyfriend before, he thought he would be used to it by now, especially after the incident with Tao Yue and Zhang Jia Ni, but unexpectedly he still felt uncomfortable, causing him to be yelled at by the director several times.

  After finishing the play, Liu Xiaojie invited He Mu to have dinner together and introduced him to her "husband", Xu Honghao. He Mu didn't want to disturb their world of two, but Xu was very enthusiastic and insisted on pulling him along, so he couldn't refuse. The three of them found a private room in a nearby restaurant and had a simple meal together.

  Xu Honghao is also an actor in the Military Political Drama Troupe. He graduated from the Shanghai Theatre Academy's acting department ten years ago and has been in the industry for many years, making him a veteran actor. He is eleven years older than Liu Xiaojie, which makes them a May-December couple, but he doesn't look old at all, so they still make a good match. Seeing his female friend happily holding hands with her boyfriend, He Mu felt a pang of envy towards love at that moment.

  After finishing dinner and going downstairs, He Mu inadvertently saw Chen Long wearing a hat and sunglasses. He didn't notice the girl next to Chen Long and directly shouted: "Fifth Brother!"

  Because they have been together for two months filming, their feelings are deep, and since they play brothers in the drama, they always call each other brothers.

  Only Hu Ge and He Mu called Chen Long "Fifth Brother". He turned around to see it was He Mu, beckoning him over. It wasn't until then that He Mu realized there was a beautiful tall girl next to Chen Long. Connecting the dots with this pair and the meaning of 2/14, he immediately understood what was going on.

  Several people gathered together, Liu Xiao Jie introduced her boyfriend next to her to Chen Long, and Chen Long also generously introduced the girl next to him.

  Song Jia, also from the Performance Department of Shanghai Theatre Academy. Due to sharing the same name as a senior in the industry, she is known as Little Song Jia. As it turns out, she is actually Xu Honghao's junior, although Xu Honghao graduated four years before Little Song Jia entered school, and they have never met each other.

  Xiao Song Jia and Chen Long met because of the famous director Tang Ji Li's film "Out of the Water Lotus". The play also starred Xiao Tao Hong and Tong Da Wei, two popular stars at that time. Although Xiao Song Jia always said she was just coincidentally filming in Hengdian and came to see old friends, coming on Valentine's Day to visit friends is inevitably a bit too suggestive. This is something everyone understands, so it's not necessary to say more.

  Back in his small white building residence, He Mu Bai listlessly opened up his computer, preparing to spend Valentine's Day online.

  He Mu first updated a blog post on his Sina Weibo, although his writing skills are good, but the dry text is really boring, if accompanied by beautiful photos it would be more attractive. He Mu actually wanted to learn photography from He Rongdong, that guy almost always takes pictures whenever he has free time, but thinking about the poor few thousand yuan on his body, he can't afford to play with lenses.

  Because He Mu didn't have much popularity, the company hadn't started to invest in promoting him, so his blog only had a handful of followers, including a few "zombie fans" like Liu Shi and Wang Mingfei who were forced by He Mu to open blogs and follow him.

  Compared to the deserted blog, He Mu's Tieba is still quite lively, with hundreds of "Muyus" (He Mu fans), who are also his first followers, mostly through "The Lady in the Painting", although the number of fans can't be compared to those big-name stars, but for an artist without a formal work yet, it's already pretty good.

  He Mu's media officer, Cao Qian, alias "Yingtao Qian", often "exclusively reveals" some information about He Mu in the bar and uploads some "handsome photos of He Mu" similar to paparazzi shots. With other means, they effectively gathered a group of netizens who liked He Mu because of "The Lady" and this became their gathering place to express support for He Mu.

  As the real owner, He Mu also registered an alternate account. Most of the time, he just browsed through posts and enjoyed the feeling of being liked by others. Occasionally, he would say a couple of words as a bystander.

  Scroll down and accidentally saw a post, roughly meaning: "The Female Ghost" is nothing, this is the real first video on the internet! Then attach the video link.

  When "Devil Girl" first appeared, it set multiple records for online video, but the internet wind blows in gusts. Just over three months after its birth, most people have already forgotten this short film, although it initially created hundreds of millions of clicks on Tudou and tens of millions of network clicks. Now, people are too lazy to touch it, talk about it, or watch it. This is the internet short film, which seems forever unable to be linked with classics.

  No matter how popular "The Legend of Miyue" was at first, it has now fallen out of favor. Only He Mu and Tao Ze Yu have benefited from it, and possibly Zhang Jian Ni as well.

  Since this poster highly recommended this video and there were many positive comments below, He Mu decided to take a look.

  Click on the link and enter the video webpage. The name of the video is "A Murder Caused by a Bun", created by Hu Ge, which has the same pronunciation as Hu Gu.

  The name is quite strange, and the high click-through rate is scary, He Mu started looking forward to it.

  Click to watch, huh? Did I see it wrong? This seems to be a scene from "The Promise". No, that's not right either. The dubbing doesn't match, and it sounds so strange yet familiar and interesting. It wasn't until half a minute later that he came back to his senses. This... isn't this CCTV's "Law Online"?

  It took about twenty minutes for He Mu to finish watching the video, and he laughed so hard that he was bent over backwards. He finally understood why this video was so popular.

  The author uses the video material of Chen Kaige's controversial work "Promise" and re-edits it with new dubbing, turning it into a special year-end episode of "Law Online". Although it's only 20 minutes long, the absurd dialogue, hilarious video connections, and humorous embedded ads make it impossible to look away. Most importantly, for those who have seen "Promise" and felt cheated by the director, watching this parody will surely dissipate their anger with laughter.

  Although He Mu doesn't think the director fooled the audience, after watching "Mantou", he indeed felt a lot more comfortable. Director Chen spent over 300 million and invited many domestic and foreign big-name stars just to tell the story of a mantou that triggered a bloody case, but it was still obscure and difficult to understand. From this point of view, Hu Ge simply and concisely explained the case clearly.

  He Mu, who was still unsatisfied, watched the video three times. Unbeknownst to him, Hu Ge, the creator of the video that triggered a wave of online ridicule, had already received a stern statement from Chen Kexin, bringing joy to others but ending up miserable himself.

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  The next day, the crew of "Young Yang Family Generals" basically completed their scenes at Hengdian World Studios. The crew members also began to migrate en masse. Tomorrow, they will start filming most of the war scenes in the play at Xiangshan Film and Television Base in Zhuji.

  (P.S: There's another update later, but it'll be very late, so I suggest you guys check again tomorrow and get a good rest tonight, don't stay up too late~~)