Chapter 52: Injured (Third Update!)

  "Lao Zong, what's with that look in your eyes? Do you think I'm the one who's been causing trouble?" Xiao Fang smiled as he looked at Zong Lei.

  "No, no, no." Zong Lei hastily denied it. He also understood Xiao Fang, this young boss was indeed not like other second-generation rich kids who were lawless and caused trouble. After entering the business circle, he had always followed the rules, and it was precisely because Xiao Fang followed the rules that those bosses who used to be afraid of his background no longer took him seriously. Xiao Fang also realized that only the expansion of the company was truly powerful, and he would not use the previous approach of relying on a large company to ride the wind.

  Looking at the curious eyes of the two old friends in front of him, Xiao Fang directly announced the answer, "I know a southern boss who invested in a play, it seems to be about the story of lost children. He asked Ren Quan to play the male lead, and according to him, Ren Quan seemed very interested and liked their script very much. So I guessed that Ren Quan might have refused Zhang Jizhong's 'The Deer and the Cauldron' and instead chose this low-cost TV series with a realistic theme."

  "It's like that," Zong Lei nodded, "This Ren Quan is really short-sighted, can't he see which one is more beneficial to his development?"

  Xiao Fang smiled and passed by, "So Zhang Jicheng's intention now is to give He Mu a chance to play Kangxi?"

  "Uh, there are still two months before the start of 'The Deer and the Cauldron', Zhang Jizhong wants to pick again. After all, using a newcomer with no popularity as the second male lead is not his usual style. However, he promised to take some time to meet He Muyi, which can be considered as an audition." Zong Lei said.

  Datang added: "It seems that 'The Deer and the Cauldron' is almost simultaneously opening with 'The Legend of the Condor Hero', He Mu probably can't take care of both."

  Xiao Fang analyzed: "She Diao is the third male lead, Lu Ding is the second male lead. The influence of Tang Ren is definitely not as strong as Zhang Ji Zhong with Hua Yue's support. The prospects of the two plays can be basically predicted, but Tang Ren has determined He Mu, while Zhang Da Hu Zi's place is full of variables..."

  "Let's reject Tang Ren," said Xiao Fang after careful consideration. "Even if Ouyang Ke's role is increased, he's just a small villain, but Kangxi has the reputation of being an emperor for all eternity and is a crucial character in 'The Deer and the Cauldron'. Moreover, Zhang Wei Jian's previous work 'Xiao Bao and Kangxi' was set up as a dual main mode, so Kangxi is absolutely more worth fighting for. Most importantly, I believe that He Mu is capable of playing the role of Kangxi, whether in terms of acting skills or appearance."

  Although I think He Mu may not necessarily enter Zhang Jizhong's eyes, Datang also thinks that Kangxi is absolutely more suitable for He Mu's development than Ouyang Ke. So Datang tactfully declined Li Guoli's invitation, citing the reason that He Mu had another film appointment in July. Later, Datang recommended Liu Shishi, another artist from his company, to Director Li. After careful consideration, Li Guoli finally gave the role of Mu Nianci to Liu Shishi, which is another story.

  It's already the end of May, and "Soldiers Sortie" has been filming for more than two months. The shooting progress is now nearing its end, but the remaining parts are getting harder to film due to the addition of a large number of jungle battle scenes. The difficulty and danger level of filming are increasing, so in order to restore the scenes in the script as much as possible, the "Soldiers Sortie" crew collectively moved to the tropical rainforest in Yunnan's Xishuangbanna. For safety reasons, the director is extremely careful when shooting each scene, resulting in a significant slowdown in filming speed.

  It was still an accident. It was a rainy day, when shooting a shot of chasing the enemy, Duan Yihong ran too fast and almost slipped down a slope. He was close, but in order to pull him up, He Mu, who was standing next to him at the time, really rolled down the slope.

  The slope is very steep and long, with trees and rocks of various sizes on the slope. If He Mu slipped down, it can be said that there are more dangers than blessings, and even his life is hanging by a thread.

  Duan Yihong, who was rescued by He Mu, still had a lingering fear in his heart, but he went down the mountain slope on his own before the crew's staff reacted, searching for He Mu. He thought that if Yuan Lang encountered such a thing, he would definitely risk his life to rescue his soldiers. In the end, Duan Yihong braved the rain and carried He Mu up from the bottom of the mountain slope, but He Mu was unconscious and bleeding from his head.

  Not long after He Mu was sent to the troop hospital, He Zao, a mid-level leader of a certain unit stationed at the border, also rushed to the hospital. After He Mu's friends had all left, he walked in.

  He Mian was in a coma for one night and woke up the next afternoon. Although the doctor told him to rest, his ward was crowded with people, including Kang Honglei, Tao Qudu, Wang Baoqiang, Chen Sicheng, and Duan Yihong, who held his hand tightly but didn't say much. He Mian knew that everything he wanted to say was conveyed through this tight grip.

  After all the visitors had left, He Mu found his phone and discovered it was out of battery. After charging it and turning it on, he suddenly saw over a dozen missed calls from the same name "Da Mei Nu" (Big Beauty), a nickname that only Zhang Zi Lin could live up to.

  It seems that not calling Zhang Zilin last night made her very unhappy, but looking at the unconnected calls with a hint of gunpowder smell, He Mu had some pride, maybe it's time to end his single life, He Mu thought with some expectation.

  Just as He Mu was thinking about how to return Zhang Zilin's phone call, the door was pushed open and a man in military uniform walked in, "You're looking for..."

  "Brother!" He Mu, with a bandage wrapped around his head, struggled to sit up. "How are you here?" He Mu was too surprised, after all, it had been more than three years since he last saw his older brother, and in the eight years that his brother had been away at war, they had only spent less than a week together.

  He Muo's fellow officer, He Zao, who resembles him but with darker and cooler demeanor, says: "I heard you were injured while on a mission at the border recently. Came to take a look."

  He didn't ask about the details of the task, only asking: "Is it to kill people?" Boys are always interested in military affairs, and military operations involving human lives excite them even more.

  "This question cannot be answered." He said with a straight face.

  He Mu raised an eyebrow and asked, "After your task is completed, can you take a leave to go back and see your dad, mom, and grandfather?"

  He Zhuo nodded affirmatively: "After this task is over, I will have plenty of time to stay in the North."

  He didn't explain why, and He Mu didn't care either. As long as his brother could come home and take a look, that was enough. What he cared about now was the matter of being bullied during training. "Do you know how miserable I was because of you?"

  "I'm all doing this for your own good," He Zao said with a bitter tone, "If I hadn't increased the intensity of your training, you probably wouldn't have picked up the kung fu skills you learned as a kid again. And if you hadn't persisted in practicing these past few days, do you think you would have only scratched your head after falling down that steep slope?" He Zao had a "I'm doing this for your own good" expression on his face, and He Wu discovered that her originally taciturn and honest big brother had actually developed a glib tongue in the army's melting pot. The army was indeed a great university.

  After saying goodbye to Lao Ge, He Mu dialed the phone number of that "big beauty"...

  (PS: Thanks to Jin Yiwei for the generous reward, thanks everyone for your support, today's recommended votes are a lot, almost 250, hoping tomorrow will be more ~ Today just wrote so much, haven't thought of how to tell Da Meiren about getting hurt, sleep well, and tomorrow can write even more wonderful plot isn't it ~)

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