Netherworld Investigator

A farce came to an abrupt end.

On the return trip, Yu Bingqing naturally had no reason to go with Qiao and Wen again.When saying goodbye at the foot of the mountain, she took a deep look at Qiao Kejun, as if she was hesitant to speak, but she didn't say anything after all.

"Wait a minute." Wen Baifan stopped Yu Bingqing suddenly, quickly opened the rear compartment, took out a paper bag and handed it to her, smiled and blinked slightly: "If you don't mind the flat shoes, put them on first."

"I bought that for Aunt Qin." Qiao Kejun sat in the car, tapped the steering wheel with his fingertips, and complained slightly dissatisfied, but he didn't really stop it.

Yu Bingqing lowered her eyes and raised the corners of her mouth slightly.After thinking about it, she took out another band-aid from her bag and handed it to Wen Baifan.Then turned around, walked to Xiao Shao's car not far away, opened the back door and sat in.

Wen Baifan got into the co-pilot, raised his eyebrows, tore off the band-aid, and stuck it on a shallow bloodstain on the back of Qiao Kejun's hand with a "ba da", with a look of disgust on his face: "I was hurt by a tree branch, tsk, how delicate .”

The car was on the way back, and after an unknown amount of time, Qiao Kejun suddenly asked, "Do you have any questions?"

Wen Baifan supported his head with one hand, raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Do you have anything to say?"

Qiao Kejun drove with his head depressed and didn't answer.

"I thought you looked very much like your father before, but now I see that you look a lot like her." Wen Baifan paused, and tentatively said, "So why..."

"She abandoned me, when I was born."

Yu Bingqing put on silk pajamas, sat down in front of the dressing table, picked up a little lotion with her beautiful fingertips, and dabbed it around the eyes.While waiting for the skin care essence to be absorbed, she took a yellowed transparent folder on the low stool next to her, and calmly took out a stack of thick and old papers inside.

The nearly fifty-page script was bound into a volume, with a faded and bold italic title "Sinking into the Sky" printed on the most conspicuous part of the cover, another line read "First Draft", and the next line was the signature. "After the word is a pseudonym, Linyuan.

This name used to be quite well-known in the industry, one reason was its low profile, and the other reason was because of Xiao Shao.Although in the film and television industry, screenwriting is a job with a low exposure rate, but with Lin Yuan's popularity, his style of never showing his face is a bit too mysterious.But the mystery is the mystery, and Lin Yuan is also famous for his arrogance.

Once in an email interview, a reporter complimented him as Xiao Shao’s official screenwriter, but he was mercilessly retorted: “He is my official director.” This is true, after all, no matter how closely we cooperate , as a director, it is impossible for Xiao Shao to only shoot the same person's book all the time, but for Lin Yuan, no one can shoot his stories more tolerantly and completely than Xiao Shao.

The original plot of "Morning Sky" is completely different from the version that was finally presented on the screen. In the author's original conception, this is not a pure love film, but a story that is always full of suspense.Some kind of strong reversal and gap will be performed through the last 10 minutes of the film, telling the hidden part of the story in a retrospective way, with the purpose of completely subverting the audience's perception of the characters.

Xiao Wen's lover is not Bai Yun, but the lunatic who can't get along with him everywhere.During the summer vacation of that year, Xiao Wen came to Taoyuan Town and met the lunatic.He is a very well-to-do man, and because of his family, he has a strong desire to plunder in his bones. Seeing that the child's appearance is very pleasing, but his personality is like a violent little leopard, he can't help but want to tease him.It's just that he didn't expect that he finally captured the prey, but he fell unconsciously.

Falling in love lowers one's vigilance towards the world. Somehow, Xiao Wen's half-brother found out that he likes boys.After secretly wrestling with this illegitimate son for many years, he finally caught his shady handle. Xiao Wen's eldest brother was overjoyed and revealed the matter to his father.It's just that he was a little reckless after all, and there was no conclusive evidence. Although his father became suspicious of Xiao Wen, it also made Xiao Wen wake up from the confusion of love.At this time, brother Xiao Wen's uncle was promoted, and his father wanted to please his original wife's family. The transfer to Taoyuan was actually proposed by Xiao Wen himself and his father in private.He is not Shen Sheng who ran away to seek peace of mind, but Gou Jian who lived on fire.Sure enough, this thoughtful act eliminated the previous rift between father and son, and regained his father's favor and sympathy.

Xiao Wen knew from the very beginning that he would study abroad in two years.So what could he have done in those two years in that remote town?He thought of Bai Yun, that sickly but extremely kind girl.Maybe, I can have a relationship with her to dispel my father's doubts about his sexuality.He knew that Bai Yun had a good relationship with the lunatic, and he also knew that what he did would hurt the little leopard, but Xiao Wen couldn't care less about that. After all, no matter how important others are, they can't compare to him.

It's just that he didn't expect that when he returned to Taoyuan again, Bai Yun had already passed away.

But fortunately, Lin Xiaoyuan appeared.

Compared with Bai Yun, who has a clear personality and comprehended life and death very early, a little girl like Lin Xiaoyuan who yearns for beautiful love is actually easier to capture.She believed in fate, so he created chance encounters.When she fell into a slump, he comforted her properly.She became beautiful, he didn't say it, but praised her with his eyes.She wanted to give, and he acted as the one waiting to be saved.She wanted love, and he let her have it.Xiao Wen turned his observation of worldly sophistication and people's hearts into a trick to manipulate people's hearts.

And all of this was seen by the lunatic.

It was a time of turbulent undercurrents. Only in front of madmen, high-ranking figures like Xiao Wen would be at a disadvantage and even had to compromise.He had a deep, veiled desire for the little boy, and desires tended to eat away at reason.

The entanglements and conflicts reached their peak on the eve of Xiao Wen's going abroad, and then fell silent.

After spending eight full years, Xiao Wen's steady efforts finally paid off. He defeated his elder brother and became the most promising heir to the family business.Xiao Wen returned to this familiar land, and successfully saved the boy who once desperately loved him.It is true that he always puts his career first, but when he is gaining both fame and fortune, he needs love to embellish it.

Unexpectedly, just when Xiao Wenzhi was satisfied, his sick old father made a will, declaring that only Xiao Wen's future legitimate children are eligible to inherit his property...

This script turned out to be just a slightly absurd play written by Lin Yuan. The original intention of the creation was just a joke. After that, all they played were word games.It's just that I didn't expect that this book was circulated to the hands of Mo's entertainment power holders.

That Mr. Mo decided to invest in this movie after watching it, but the premise is to make major revisions to the plot: "Xiao Wen's image should be portrayed in a more positive way. Only a devoted male lead can meet the psychological needs of most audiences. Let’s delete the role of the lunatic, it’s superfluous role...it’s Lin Xiaoyuan, an ordinary but independent and strong woman, she will attract many audiences if she’s done well, and this will become a landmark work.”

This kind of behavior of using the plot and background but changing the characters beyond recognition undoubtedly touched Lin Yuan's psychological bottom line as a creator. He retorted angrily: "Do hypocritical lies meet the psychological needs of the audience?"

"The audience doesn't need too much truth." Mr. Mo frowned and said impatiently, "You are too dark. The current market needs consumption, fun, truth, goodness and beauty. The last thing the audience needs is that you rush to them In front of you, you are yelling about how dark human nature is, and how fucking fucked up life is." He paused, and then gave Lin Yuan a meaningful look, "Those so-called reversal scenes, besides showing your self-proclaimed cleverness, , is there any other meaning?"

Lin Yuan was overwhelmed by him, and he was not good at dealing with investors' difficulties.He was only [-] years old at that time, and he has been cooperating with Xiao Shao since graduation, and the relationship matters were handled properly by the other party. Most of the time, Lin Yuan just devoted himself to creating. "The big deal is not to shoot, what is it to change my script to pieces?"

"It's a pity not to shoot it. I think this story is very interesting, and I believe that Ah Shao can shoot it well." Mr. Mo gave him a half-smile, "It's just that some people... are in the way."

At that time, playing the sidelines and selling corruption had not yet become a common plot in film and television works, but in the stories written by Lin Yuan, there was always some vague love between the male protagonists.The reason behind this has to be attributed to the lover relationship between Lin Yuan and Xiao Shao since the school days.Although he deliberately avoids using real people as prototypes, in the process of creation, he still inevitably incorporates personal experience and some insights into daily life.

If it was just speculation before, now Lin Yuan can be sure that this wealthy and powerful Mr. Mo is coveting his lover, and regards himself as a thorn in his side that he wants to get rid of quickly.

Lin Yuan blushed, and could only say weak and cruel words: "We can shoot without your money!"

Mr. Mo's status and wealth are not comparable to those of the two young people. He didn't even bother to have a boring love contest with Lin Yuan, but fundamentally tried to cut off the bond between him and Xiao Shao.

"Us?" A trace of mockery flashed across Mr. Mo's face, as if he was looking at his opponent who had suffered a crushing defeat: "You are too conceited, without Xiao Shao's camera, your script is worthless at all, but on the contrary, getting rid of you Those self-righteous groans, he will be welcomed and appreciated by more people."

Mr. Mo admits that Xiao Shao is quite attractive to him, in various senses.He is young and full of ambitions, and wants to create a prosperous entertainment world through the Mo family, and turning the name Xiao Shao into a phenomenal golden signboard will be an important link in the chain of plans.

"Today I just came to listen to your opinion, but in fact, your opinion is not important." Mr. Mo had already seen through the hidden but irreconcilable differences between Lin Yuan and Xiao Shao, and he showed a determined smile , "Next, let us wait and see how Ah Shao will choose."

Yu Bingqing stroked the word "Shen Kong" on the paper, with many thoughts in her heart.

Compared with Lin Yuan's fierceness and paranoia, at that time, Yu Bingqing understood Xiao Shao's choice better - if you want to be free, you must first put yourself in shackles.The more you want to preserve something, you must first let yourself learn to lose in order to become stronger.

In the beginning, Xiao Shao stood firmly with Lin Yuan.This is a difficult step. He rejected Mo's Entertainment's capital injection, which meant he was forced into a helpless situation-not because no one appreciated it, but it was related to the issue of standing in line, and no one was willing to openly discuss with him. Mr. Mo went against each other and offended the industry boss for no reason.

It's a pity that the power of an individual is just a handful of waves in the vast ocean, while the direction of capital is like ocean currents.Money, status, connections, prestige, and public opinion are all intertwined. In front of a huge machine that operates precisely, the mantis arm that blocks the car will be crushed in an instant.

As the filming drew to a close, Xiao Shao faced increasing pressure from all directions. He finally came to his senses. Youthful spirit alone could not compete with the entertainment industry kingdom represented by the Mo family.In the end, he chose to compromise, signed a cooperation agreement with Mohs, and then spent nearly two weeks re-editing the materials that had been shot.

And when all this happened quietly, Lin Yuan didn't know about it.It wasn't until at the test screening that the opening credits read "Morning Sky" instead of "Sinking Sky" that he suddenly realized something was wrong.Xiao Shao's superb editing skills once made him fall in love, but at that moment it seemed so hateful.

The difficulty of creation is only comparable to that of childbirth. In Lin Yuan's eyes, Xiao Shao betrayed him for the sake of fame and fortune, and abandoned their common child with his own hands.But Xiao Shao is more involved in the world than Lin Yuan. In his opinion, both of them are too young and too weak. Fate is like an invader approaching the city. Sometimes, people need to cede time, love and dignity, just to gain respite. opportunity to come.

The movie finally ended with a pure and beautiful attitude, but it became the beginning of the two opposites.The event that made them really break up happened three days before the national release of "Morning Sky".

At that time, a young man jumped out and claimed in front of the media that his script had been plagiarized!

The object of this person's initial complaint was the crew of "Morning Sky". After attracting enough attention, he pointed the finger at screenwriter Lin Yuan, claiming that he participated in the creation but did not get the right of authorship, and became Lin Yuan without knowing it. Yuan's favorite.The ingenious thing is that this person did not go to court, but kept fabricating the details of the incident in the form of "revealing the news", allowing the media to render and process it as much as he wanted, allowing the masses to watch a lot of excitement with relish, and also gave the movie unprecedented popularity. The attention has attracted many people to go to the cinema to find out.

In that long time ago, there was no concept of hype in people's minds, and plagiarism was still a serious moral stain, and Mr. Mo was behind all these profit-making behaviors based on smearing.

Someone suggested that Linyuan show the manuscript to prove his innocence.It's just that the plot and setting of the original script and the final edited movie are far from each other. In this way, it is inevitable that the quarrel between him and Xiao Shao will be made public.Xiao Shao clearly expressed his opposition to this approach. In his opinion, public opinion does not distinguish between right and wrong. As long as you keep silent and the public's attention is diverted, the incident will soon subside.His thinking is not unreasonable, but he can't stand someone deliberately sowing discord.Somehow, Lin Yuan discovered that these hypes were premeditated, and misunderstood that Xiao Shao was also involved.In a rage, he published the manuscript.

I thought that people would stop accusing themselves after reading the original manuscript, but Linyuan ignored a very important point. The effect of text presentation is different from that of film and television. Beautiful pictures, superb performances, proper blank space, and narration Often more important than the story itself.What's more, there are not many people who have the opportunity and patience to read the script. Most people don't really care how well his script is written. Only the outline and comments will be spread, especially the comments of authorities. .Opinion leaders told the public that compared with the stories about the beauty of human nature in movie theaters, Lin Yuan’s words were full of malicious fantasies. They laughed at him for being exhausted, and some satirized him as a vegetarian.When these evaluations come together, they pile up into an insurmountable mountain that blocks the truth.A gentleman lives in a low class, and all the evil in the world belongs to him.At this time, the focus of public opinion has shifted, and no one has paid attention to the fuse and instigator of the incident.

When he was suffering all kinds of attacks, Xiao Shao never stood up and said a word for him. He was busy with socializing with the directors of various theaters every day, and he had no skills at all.

Later, Lin Yuan finally figured it out, what made him feel unseemly was not being accused of plagiarism, but his reluctance to keep pace with the times.Being in the same flow is not necessarily the same as being polluted, but going against the flow will always have to pay a price.

"Morning Sky" achieved success in the first week, setting the peak box office in the history of domestic films at that time, and this record was not broken by Xiao Shao himself until several years later.Xiao Shao became famous at a young age, but in the past ten years, word-of-mouth praise alone is no longer enough to satisfy him.Only by making real money can he really have the confidence to do more things he wants to do.

After the celebration banquet, he returned home, intending to apologize and reconcile with Lin Yuan.Unexpectedly, Lin Yuan had quietly moved away from the place where they lived together for more than ten years.

Three years later, when Lin Yuan returned to the film and television industry under the pseudonym Yu Xianyu, someone once discovered the clues to his pseudonym, and said with a smile, Lin Yuan Xianyu, who is not good to imitate, but actually imitated Lin Yuan.But as the years passed, fewer and fewer people knew about Lin Yuan, and even this point of ridicule was no longer heard.

The first time Qiao Kejun saw Yu Bingqing was also on TV. He was six years old that year, and the woman he should have called his mother was only 25 years old at that time.

I remember that morning, when Qiao Kejun woke up and found that Qiao Hengjing was not at home, he felt so sulky that he didn't even want to eat lunch.In order to coax him, the nanny turned on the TV. Probably the night before yesterday, Qiao Hengjing forgot to take out the disc in the DVD player, and the picture continued to play directly from the paused part.

Seeing her for the first time, little Qiao Kejun felt an uncontrollable and wonderful throbbing in his heart.

It was a remake of Orphan of Zhao.According to legend, Cheng Ying sacrificed his own son in order to hide the powerful Tu Anjia and save the life of Zhao's orphan.And Cheng Ying's wife, played by Yu Bingqing, couldn't persuade her husband to change his mind, so she switched the two babies privately first, making Cheng Ying mistakenly think that the one who survived was the real Zhao Wu, an orphan of the Zhao family.

Twenty years later, "Zhao Wu" has grown up, completed the mission of revenge and returned to the peak of power.Only then did Cheng tell the truth to Cheng Ying, "You blamed me for breaking your righteousness, why don't I hate your righteousness, but I must protect my child, as long as he can live a good life, I can do all kinds of bad things."

Looking at this passage later, Qiao Kejun only felt hypocrisy and irony.That person is indeed the best actress, able to interpret emotions beyond experience, even though she has ruthlessly abandoned her child, it does not delay her interpretation of a sad and tragic mother.