Astray

006

early morning.

There was a musty smell in the cold basement, water was leaking from the dilapidated ceiling, and the rainwater fell on the floor, forming a pool of water stains and flowing towards the low-lying door.

The sky outside did not know when it started to rain, the bean-sized raindrops slapped on the window, the cold wind slipped in through the window sill, the room was silent for a while, the wall clock on the wall was ticking, and the hour hand pointed to nine o'clock.

Lu Mengxin was sleeping soundly in bed, and was not awakened by the sound of rain outside the window at all.

Half of his face was pressed against the pillow, and the corner of his mouth was drooling, as if he was having a sweet dream.

Not long after, someone knocked on the door, and the people outside seemed very anxious. The knocking force gradually increased, and finally woke up the person lying on the bed.

Lu Mengxin opened his eyes in a daze, got up with a chicken nest head on his head, and went to open the door.

Standing outside the door was Fade Chen. He was holding an umbrella in one hand, and steamed buns and soy milk in the other. Seeing him open the door, his face relaxed, "Brother Meng... you are awake."

Lu Mengxin yawned, and while welcoming people into the door, he questioned: "Why are you?"

Fade Chen chuckled, put the umbrella at the door, and handed him the steamed bun, "Brother Meng...you are hungry, eat breakfast first."

Lu Mengxin was really hungry, "Sit down for a while, I'll wash your face." After speaking, she got up and went to the window, opened the window to catch a handful of rainwater and rubbed her face, and immediately felt much more awake.

Fade Chen was dumbfounded: "Brother Meng...you are..."

Lu Mengxin has become accustomed to it, "I don't have a separate bathroom in my house, so I just rub my face, why care about so much." He smiled, took a bite of steamed buns, the smell of green onions filled his mouth, it was so delicious!

Lu Mengxin finished eating two steamed buns and drank the soy milk. Then he remembered the serious business. He looked up at Fade Chen and asked him, "How do you know I live here?"

Fade Chen scratched his head a little embarrassed, "I went to ask Brother Ji... I heard that you two..." He carefully observed Lu Mengxin's expression, not daring to say more.

Lu Mengxin didn't answer the words, stopped his movements, thought silently, and asked after a while: "What's the matter with you here?"

Fade Chen didn't go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, since he came, it was a good thing.

He took out a boxy card from his coat pocket and handed it to Lu Mengxin, "Brother Meng... Take a look at this."

Lu Mengxin lowered his eyes and took a little look. Fade Chen was holding a gray-black business card in his hand. There were four large characters printed on the business card - Shenghui Media.

"This is?" Lu Mengxin was puzzled and looked at him suspiciously.

Fade Chen explained: "Is there something you don't know?" He pretended to be mysterious and said in a low voice: "There have been people in our studio selling gossip to other competitors through internal resources, including many online media and From the media. I remember that the boss gave orders to investigate this matter strictly, but then nothing happened, do you have any impression?"

Lu Mengxin replied: "There is such a thing, but after that, no evidence was found and it was nothing... What did you hear?"

"Well, I only found out a few days ago." Fade Chen said softly, "Guess, who is this person who sells gossip?" Before Lu Mengxin could answer, he first announced a name, "Zhou Zheng. "

"It's him?" Lu Mengxin was slightly surprised, feeling incredible, "But why did he do this?"

Fade Chen said clearly: "Why else, of course it's for money." He paused and explained his purpose of coming today, "Brother Meng...you have left the studio now, so you can be regarded as doing it alone, have you thought about it?" ? Continue to be a paparazzi?"

Of course Lu Mengxin thought about it, he has no other skills, so he has some experience in his old profession.

After finally gaining a firm foothold in Jiangcheng, he did not give up so easily.

"You put away this contact information. Next time you have resources, you can find him." Fade Chen blinked at him, and raised his hands as a guarantee: "Don't worry, the other party is a reliable person, and you can talk to him when the price comes. As long as the resources are strong enough."

Lu Mengxin pinched the business card and looked at it twice, "Fade Chen... where did you get this thing?" He had to doubt it, "Is it Zhou Zheng..."

Fade Chen quickly explained, "No, Brother Meng...don't think too much." He sighed, "Oh, the boss didn't arrange for someone to take me after you left. Pour water, I'm too embarrassed to call myself a paparazzi."

Lu Mengxin had some understanding of He Mingqin's personality, and immediately replied: "I see, thank you...Fade Chen."

After hearing this, Fade Chen showed a simple and honest smile, "Thank you, you should help me! Hehe..."

Shenghui Media, a media with network video as its mainstream communication, was formerly an Internet company established by 'Shenghui Broadband'.

Shenghui Media has its own exclusive online video sharing platform, named 'Shenghui Video', which has the exclusive rights to broadcast many well-known domestic and foreign TV dramas and movies.

And 'Shenghui Video' is most familiar to the public because it is its entertainment information broadcasting platform, which collects the latest and hottest exclusive revelations in the entertainment circle.

Lu Mengxin pinched the business card and thought carefully. On the square gray-black card, the four characters of "Shenghui Media" were printed in the center, and there was a string of mobile phone numbers in the lower right corner, but there was not even a contact name. No.

Lu Mengxin didn't know what to do, so after a moment of deliberation, she still dialed the phone.

The busy tone on the other end of the microphone lasted for a long time, and just when Lu Mengxin thought that the other party would not answer and was about to hang up, a high-pitched voice suddenly came in, "Hello, who is it?"

"Eh...you, hello." Lu Mengxin reported his family name incoherently, "I, I'm Lu Mengxin."

The shrill voice sounded again, wondering: "Who is Lu Mengxin?" Then he smiled again, "I see, you are also selling resources, right? That's all right... bring your good things with you before you get off work tomorrow afternoon." 'Come here..." After speaking, he gave an address and cut off the call without giving the other party time to respond.

Lu Mengxin held the microphone in a daze for a while, she didn't expect Sheng Hui's people to act so arrogantly.

Speaking of resources, Lu Mengxin has a lot of them, but right now if he wants to cooperate with the other party, he must use his unique skills to let Sheng Hui's people see his true strength.

After resting at home for two days, Lu Mengxin repacked and set off, took his equipment and machine, and drove to a well-known club in a neighboring city.

Having been immersed in the entertainment industry for many years, now Lu Mengxin also has her own methods.

As the saying goes, if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools. Every time before setting off, Lu Mengxin can always know the star's address and activity venue at the first time. Why?

Because he was willing to spend a lot of money, God knows how much he spent in order to bribe the staff in the agency company, just to let them reveal the work schedule of some of his own artists!

It was just dark when Lu Mengxin's car arrived at the destination, and two sturdy men stood outside the clubhouse, conducting interrogation and body searches on all outsiders who entered the clubhouse.

All the staff of a popular TV series live in the clubhouse, including the director, leading actors and actresses and their personal assistants.

Taking advantage of the darkness of the sky, Lu Mengxin parked the car on the street facing the back door of the clubhouse.

He sat in the car for five hours, the night gradually fell, and the sky outside began to drizzle.

Lu Mengxin started the car and turned on the heater inside the car to the maximum to drive away the chill.

After a long time, a figure flashed out from the back door of the clubhouse.

Lu Mengxin recognized that person with just one glance. It was the heroine of this TV series, the head of an entertainment company, Huadan, who had just debuted and was still very young.

He picked up the camera and aimed it in the direction, and pressed the video switch.

Not long after, at the other end of the road, a black Mercedes approached slowly, stopped at the door, and picked up the actress.As soon as the car door was closed, the driver slowly drove the car around the corner and disappeared into the dark night.

Lu Mengxin had already captured the whole process, thanks to his high-definition equipment, even the other party's license plate number was clearly captured.

If it were the past, Lu Mengxin would definitely catch up to find out, who knows who is the other person sitting in the car?

director?The scandal of female stars and directors is the most popular news for the public.

But right now, on the one hand, Lu Mengxin feels tired, and on the other hand, he is waiting to cut things up, and hand them over to Sheng Hui's people tomorrow morning, which will definitely take a lot of work.

Therefore, weighing the pros and cons, Lu Mengxin decided to stop today's shooting.

Early the next morning, Lu Mengxin brought his phone to the reception room of Shenghui Media Headquarters.

Before he came, he had already contacted the previous phone number. As soon as the person on the phone heard that he had "good news" to break the news, he couldn't wait until it was time to get off work, so he asked him to come here immediately.

Lu Mengxin didn't sit in the reception room for a long time before seeing the informant on the phone who wanted to meet him.

"You are Lu Mengxin, right?" A voice sounded from above his head.

"Hello." Lu Mengxin only responded, and hurriedly raised her head. The first thing she saw was a man wearing white full-rim glasses, a patterned leather jacket, and a pair of black leather pants.

The man called himself Jason, and he was a senior assistant in the entertainment news editing room. In addition to doing his own job well, he was also responsible for receiving second-hand resource sellers like them.

Lu Mengxin looked at the other person's clothes and way of speaking, and thought to himself, he must not be an easy person to dismiss.

He opened his machine and showed it to others, "Look."

In the middle of the night, the young and beautiful actress got into a famous car and left.

The picture is so clear that even the white coral fleece pajamas worn by the actress can be recognized, which means that the person who picks her up in the car must be someone she is familiar with. Very willingly.

Jason watched the video silently, with a smile on his lips, and asked him straight to the point: "How much are you going to ask for?"

Lu Mengxin thought about it carefully, and reported a number.

"Ha, I have a big appetite." Jason sneered, "But it's a pity, such a small amount of food is not worth the price."

Lu Mengxin didn't think the price was too high, he spoke up to defend himself: "Jason, you are a senior assistant in the news editing room, but you don't know much about the current market conditions..." He smiled and said with confidence: "The 'resources' of first-line stars have already exceeded seven figures. Today this...although he is still a small star, but don't forget, this is one of the newcomers that their company has recently promoted. Now she is shooting this This TV series is currently being broadcast on major channels, you guys got this news, put it on Weibo and invite a few big marketing Vs to speculate, next week the stock of 'Sheng Hui' will not exceed today's price."

Jason saw that his analysis was clear and sound, and he was indeed more professional than himself. Thinking that it was the first time for the two of them to work together, he was no longer harsh, "Okay, then it's settled. You leave a card number, and the finance department will send the money later. Here it is. You have to hand over the camera to me, I will copy the video and return it to you, you wait here for a while."

When Lu Mengxin heard that it was done, she felt happy and nodded her head.

Not long after, Jason walked out of the reception room with his video camera in his arms.

Lu Mengxin felt bored after sitting there for a while, so she got up and went out, standing at the door of the bathroom to smoke a cigarette.

At this point, Shenghui's staff are busy preparing for the new week's work.

Lu Mengxin stood at the door of the bathroom and finished smoking, then turned around and walked to the reception room, passing the escalator at the main entrance on the first floor.

At this moment, there are two men standing on the escalator, one is tall, wearing a decent suit, with a delicate face, it can be seen that he has been carefully groomed; while the other is standing beside him, talking endlessly, talking to him discussing something important.

"Last time you left without saying hello. You know how much I have gained and lost face for this TV series to win you a leading role?" The man talked loudly and didn't mind others hearing it. One or two, "I tell you, this time you have to go if you go, or you have to go if you don't go!"

Hearing the noise, Lu Mengxin raised his head and glanced at the people on the escalator.

And the man happened to see him too, with a surprised expression on his face.