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Chapter 62 Framing?
Chapter 62 Framing?
People reacted differently to this sudden fire.
Han Sanping was both angry and regretful.
What's infuriating is that despite all the precautions, it still couldn't be prevented, and the fire disaster predicted by Shen Gongbao still came true!
What I regret is that I didn't listen to Shen Gongbao's advice back then.
Even setting aside the best course of action, if a middle-ground strategy had been adopted, the current situation would not have occurred.
The fire proved that Shen Gongbao's analysis was correct. While doing the cleanup work, Han Sanping was thinking about how to plan for the future.
Lin Chih-ling was both shocked and frightened.
I'm afraid I'll be scared later.
If it weren't for Shen Gongbao's fortune telling, which helped her escape the fire, she would be the one burning now, not Zhao Yanzi!
In Lin Zhiling's view, her calamity was resolved with Shen Gongbao's help, which caused Zhao Yanzi to suffer a backlash, and she bore the calamity of fire!
In fact, behind the curtain door, Lin Chih-ling may have harbored resentment towards Shen Gong-bao.
After all, her reputation and image have been damaged, but the so-called fire calamity is invisible.
Now that she has witnessed it with her own eyes, Lin Chih-ling is completely convinced that if it weren't for Shen Gongbao, she would definitely have been in grave danger while filming in Red Cliff!
Shen Gongbao's divination of the horse calamity, water calamity, and fire calamity completely achieved a logical closed loop.
So while feeling lingering fear, Lin Chih-ling was also shocked by Shen Gong-bao's abilities.
In Lin Chih-ling's eyes, Shen Gongbao was no longer a brilliant strategist, but an unpredictable and mysterious figure.
His image suddenly became infinitely lofty.
Lin Chih-ling has already made up her mind that she must follow in Shen Gongbao's footsteps from now on, and she can give him the recordings she has whenever he needs them!
As for Shen Gongbao, he began to make plans quickly after seeing the fire.
Shen Gongbao has always assumed the worst about his competitors.
He felt that given Cheng Tian and Wu Yusen's style, they would definitely find someone to take the blame at this point.
We must be prepared.
Moreover, Shen Gongbao is not one to simply defend; now that this has happened, he wants to take the opportunity to stir things up.
So Shen Gongbao secretly contacted Lin Zhiling again, preparing to get his hands on the recording.
Shen Gongbao also prepared a speech, intending to use the fire to intimidate Lin Zhiling and force her to hand over the recording.
Unexpectedly, Lin Chih-ling knelt down immediately after seeing Shen Gongbao's report.
"Master Shen, I am willing to become your most loyal follower, please accept me as your disciple!"
Seeing is believing, and Shen Gongbao used a series of tricks to completely win over Lin Zhiling psychologically.
This led Lin Chih-ling, who was already superstitious, to become his follower.
This is a pleasant surprise.
With Lin Chih-ling as a pawn, it will be much easier to cause trouble in the future.
It seems this recording can't be released simply. We need to find a way to remove Lin Chih-ling from the picture and allow her to continue to contribute her value.
While Shen Gongbao was listening to Lin Zhiling's recording, the others were also taking action.
Around 4 a.m., Wu Yusen, along with Zhang Jiazhen and others, arrived at Chengtian Yanjing Branch.
Wu Kebo, who was already asleep, was woken up by his secretary and is now in a state of panic.
Upon seeing Wu Yusen enter, Wu Kebo couldn't contain his emotions and complained directly, "Director Wu, I trust you so much and have always supported you as the person in charge of the crew!"
How did such a huge accident happen? How am I going to explain this to them?!
This fire at Chibi was different from the one in the previous life.
In my previous life, all those who died or were injured were ordinary people; there were no big stars, and certainly no Japanese.
This time, Zhao Yanzi is still in critical condition with severe burns, while a star actor from Japan has died. The impact of this is much greater!
Especially the death of a Japanese person, which, to Wu Kebo, a loyal Japanese dog, was like the death of his own father!
They couldn't explain this to the Japanese capital behind them.
So Wu Kebo was really angry. He looked at Wu Yusen, who was completely unharmed, and even had a thought: Why weren't you injured?
Upon hearing Wu Kebo's words, Wu Yusen's expression darkened further. He retorted, "It's all the fault of the Korean special effects team!"
Damn it! These Korean bastards not only ran the fastest, but they also didn't say anything about the prop boat's ropes being burned before!
"Damn it!"
After the accident, the crew went to check the broken anchor rope of the small boat.
Although this anchor rope is not the steel chain of a large ship, it is still a polypropylene braided rope, which is absolutely strong. It is too strange that it broke in a strong wind.
Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the fracture surface showed signs of burning.
It's obvious that the filming of the Battle of Red Cliffs took about ten days, and the anchor ropes may have been accidentally burned by fire from muskets or something similar before, but no one noticed it.
As a result, when the strong winds came, the anchor rope, which was least likely to break, actually snapped, leading to the accident.
John Woo, as always, smoothly shifted the blame.
However, Wu Kebo didn't buy it at all. He wanted to blame him again, but Zhang Jiazhen said, "It's meaningless to talk about these things now. The most urgent thing is to reorganize the crew and get Red Cliff back on film as soon as possible to minimize the losses."
In addition, it is necessary to shift the focus of public opinion.
In the current situation, simply blaming the South Korean special effects team is not enough to quell public opinion.
I have a video here; you can all take a look.
Zhang Jiazhen turned on his computer and played a video recording taken by a panoramic camera on the shore when the fire broke out.
In the video, Shen Gongbao gets up and runs away, seemingly pushing Zhao Yanzi.
Zhao Yanzi stumbled after getting up, feeling a bit dazed, and then a spark caught on her, causing her clothes to catch fire.
She ran and shouted for help, but Shen Gongbao ran so fast that he showed no intention of turning back to save her.
Later, Shen Gongbao saw a body double, picked her up, and carried the body double out of the burning ship.
After the video finished playing, Zhang Jiazhen said, "Because of the angle, this video looks like Shen Gongbao pushed Zhao Yanzi. If we cut out the second half of this video and only keep the first part of the video where Shen Gongbao 'pushed' Zhao Yanzi and ran away from her, what would happen?"
"What do you think people will think if this video is released?"
These words sent a chill down the spines of everyone in the office.
If this video is released out of context, and further embellished by various press releases, Shen Gongbao will be portrayed as a cowardly and timid person who refuses to help someone in distress, and may even be blamed for Zhao Yanzi's burns.
Public opinion will definitely explode at that time.
Zhang Jiazhen is the driving force behind John Woo's career. Having been in the entertainment industry for decades, he can be described as a cunning and shrewd old man.
He continued, "We not only have this video, but also behind-the-scenes footage of Shen Gongbao using feng shui to predict that the drone would crash on set."
We'll release that footage later, and then we'll give interviews explaining that, according to the production team's plan, for safety reasons, we were originally scheduled to film the burning of the boats in the autumn or winter.
However, because Shen Gongbao consulted a fortune teller and suggested that we move the filming to the summer, the crew had a disagreement.
Why did Shen Gongbao previously mock Director Wu and Ah Wei on the show?
He wasn't acting out of a sense of justice; he wanted to use public opinion to force us to change our filming plans.
Under his divination advice and pressure from public opinion, the production team and Director Wu compromised and moved the filming of the burning boats scene to the summer, which led to the accident.
As for why Shen Gongbao wanted to move the burning of the boats to the summer, it was because he had other movies to shoot and needed to meet the deadline!
Shen Gongbao, in order to save his personal schedule, used feng shui and metaphysics to deceive people and used public opinion to pressure us, which led the crew to change the shooting plan at the last minute, resulting in insufficient preparation and a fire accident.
This person is not only selfish and cowardly, but also refuses to help after the accident and even pushes Zhao Yanzi. His character is extremely despicable!
Do you think this approach is feasible?
"It's feasible! Of course it's feasible!" Wu Yusen was the first to speak up.
When an accident happens on set, he, as the director, is primarily responsible, so naturally he wants to shirk responsibility.
If Shen Gongbao were to take the blame, that would be perfect!
Not only could this shift the focus of public opinion, but it could also get rid of Shen Gongbao from the production team and continue to cast Yuan Weihao as Sun Shucai.
Wu Kebo thought for a moment and said, "Your plan sounds feasible, but there are two difficulties:
First, we need to get President Han on board; if he doesn't agree, this matter will probably be difficult to resolve.
Secondly, there are many people in the crew who talk a lot. I have heard that Shen Gongbao has reminded you many times before not to film the burning of the boats in the summer.
Were these remarks recorded?
If the relevant audio or video recordings were to leak out, blaming Shen Gongbao like this would be counterproductive!
Wu Kebo's analysis was correct, but for Wu Yusen and Zhang Jiazhen, there was no other choice at this point.
If the audio or video recording of Shen Gongbao advising Wu Yusen were to leak, then Wu Yusen would definitely become the target of netizens' attacks.
The situation can't get any worse, so we have no choice but to take a gamble.
This is why Chang Chia-chen insisted on blaming Shen Kung-pao for "the crew changing the shooting order".
If the report isn't sent to Shen Gongbao, Wu Yusen will be in trouble.
Moreover, Zhang Jiazhen was somewhat confident, saying, "I am in charge of the safekeeping of the crew's materials."
The behind-the-scenes materials are all managed by designated personnel, and the computers used are dedicated to them, so there is no possibility of leakage.
As for the audio and video recordings of the others, that's also impossible.
After the recording incident that occurred on the set of The Forbidden Kingdom, our crew took extra precautions against such incidents.
In addition to regular inspections, testing equipment has been installed at entrances and exits, and all actors, including extras, have signed confidentiality agreements.
Wu Kebo nodded and asked, "What about President Han? Shen Gongbao was the one who recommended him."
Zhang Jiazhen analyzed: "Now that such a big accident has happened at Red Cliff, President Han is in a lot of trouble and definitely hopes to restart filming as soon as possible."
Mr. Han still needs our help, and he needs to rely on you, Mr. Wu, and the Japanese investment.
Shen Gongbao is just a small fry; General Han certainly knows that.
If all else fails, we can make concessions and offer Mr. Han some tangible benefits.
Shen Gongbao is an artist under Huayi Brothers. He's only been in the industry for less than two months, yet he already has immense popularity. Mr. Wu, if you don't target him, he could become a formidable enemy in the future.
This is a decision-making error caused by information asymmetry.
Zhang Jiazhen was indeed shrewd and calculating, but he was unaware of Shen Gongbao's current identity; he was now considered Han Sanping's feng shui advisor and strategist.
In ancient times, that would be like Liu Bowen to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Especially after the fire calamity came true, in Han Sanping's eyes, Shen Gongbao was not a pawn to be easily discarded.
Zhang Jiazhen was unaware of this situation, nor were Wu Kebo and the others.
Logically speaking, Zhang Jiazhen's plan was very reasonable.
Shen Gongbao is indeed the most suitable option to shift the blame at present.
Moreover, Chengtian is unable to list domestically due to its foreign investment background. Wu Kebo's current plan is to acquire Jiahe and list it in Hong Kong through a reverse takeover.
Chengtian and Huayi are currently racing to go public, and this is a crucial time for Chengtian to achieve a backdoor listing. Wu Kebo needs to leverage the power of the Hong Kong business community.
After inquiring about the details, he agreed to Zhang Jiazhen's plan to frame him.
After chatting for a while, the group split up and got to work.