Chapter 42: Are You Qualified to Be the Protagonist?
Han Fei's voice was very low, and Director Jiang didn't hear it clearly, but he was not in the mood to care about what Han Fei said.
The victims' families rushed into the set and stopped the filming, which would have had a huge negative impact on the film if not handled properly.
"Everyone calm down! The police have already started to re-investigate the human jigsaw puzzle! It won't be long before they can catch the real culprit!"
Jiang Yi shouted loudly, hoping that everyone would calm down, but the anger of the victim's family had already been aroused.
"We force ourselves not to think about those painful things every day. Your film is equivalent to exposing all of our pain to the sun." A middle-aged woman in her forties pointed at the on-site staff and cursed: "But just because you said that making a movie can expand the influence and attract more people to pay attention, we don't care about our own pain and are willing to give you this most desperate memory! But what did you do?!"
She held up her tablet, turned the volume up to maximum, and played a video on repeat.
The young policeman played by Acheng speaks pretentious lines, makes clumsy inferences, and even finds love in the process of chasing the murderer.
At the end of the expansion, the heroine sacrificed her life to buy an opportunity for the hero. The young policeman completed an incredible counterattack, and then there was another somewhat embarrassing crying scene.
"Is this the answer you give to us, the families of the victims? You are simply insulting the pain we have endured over the past decade!" The middle-aged woman spoke loudly, and she burst into tears at the end.
"I'm sorry to have failed everyone's trust. As a director, I do want to apologize to everyone. I will try my best to make the changes, but I also hope that everyone can understand us filmmakers a little. It's difficult for a drama to completely restore reality, and the roles of the male and female protagonists must reach a certain proportion. This is the requirement of the investors." Jiang Yi's drama was mainly invested in by two film and television companies, namely Hanguang Film and Television where the male protagonist Acheng is located, and Youlong Culture, the company behind the female protagonist. Among them, Youlong Culture accounts for the majority, and they mainly want to promote the actresses of their own company.
"I don't care how you film it, but the murderer was clearly not caught, so why did you make up such an ending?"
"We have already been very kind in agreeing to help you expand the impact of the case. If you continue to make trouble, we will call the police!"
"You still have the nerve to call the police? You are committing fraud!"
"Speak properly and don't point fingers at others!"
The emotions of several victims became increasingly agitated, and both sides insisted on their own opinions and began to push each other.
Not getting the response they wanted, the victims held up banners to prevent filming from continuing. Acheng, who was standing in the front, was also furious because the victims' families wanted to reshoot his own scenes.
Neither side knew who started the fight first, and during the argument, Wei Youfu's father was pushed down.
The set was already very crowded, with a lot of filming equipment placed there. After the old man fell, the victim's family members became emotionally upset and they pushed down Acheng, who was standing at the front.
Ah Cheng, who usually appears as an idol, sat on the ground. His makeup was smudged and his clothes were covered with shoe prints. "MD, nothing goes well. You guys just wait!"
"How dare you talk like that? You're solving a case and you're dating at the same time. You're an insult to the police! I feel uncomfortable just seeing you!"
"Ten years of pursuit, I don't know how you can still be so playful and smiling about such a serious and painful matter, is this your performance?"
The truth from the victim's family aroused Ah Cheng's anger: "You are a bunch of thugs. Your family members really deserve to be..."
Acheng said this on impulse, but he realized what he was saying halfway through and didn't dare to continue, but it was still heard by the victim's family.
The scar in his heart was torn open at once. The middle-aged woman who was closest to Acheng grabbed Acheng's hair with red eyes. She was so upset that she couldn't speak.
"Let go!" Acheng was very strong. He pushed the middle-aged woman away and was about to get up, but he was kicked by someone again.
Unable to suppress the anger in his heart any longer, he grabbed the iron bucket containing artificial plasma from the props team nearby and, without even looking at it, threw it hard behind himself.
“Bang!”
An iron bucket filled with blood plasma smashed hard on a man's back. The sound was painful just to hear.
The empty iron barrel rolled in the corridor. Both sides fell silent and looked towards the center of the crowd.
Han Fei, covered in blood plasma, stood in front of the middle-aged woman. Sticky blood flowed down his face, and his eyes frightened everyone.
"Have you had enough of the fuss?"
A hoarse voice sounded in the corridor. Han Fei stepped on the blood on the ground and walked in front of Ah Cheng: "They are right. You are really not qualified to play a policeman. Your acting skills are like garbage to me."
Han Fei stared at Ah Cheng with his bloodstained face, speaking bluntly and in an irrefutable tone.
At this moment, Acheng found himself feeling scared, so scared that he couldn't even utter a complete sentence.
"In order to solve this case, many people risked their lives. Your performance is simply an insult to their hard work."
Han Fei himself dances on the edge of a knife every night and could lose his life if he is not careful. He knows very well how cruel and bloody the case is, and it cannot be simply summarized by the four words "human puzzle".
Ignoring the frightened Acheng, Han Fei turned around and looked at the victims' families.
He knew these people's names and had seen them in photographs.
"Child, is your back okay?" The middle-aged woman came over anxiously. If Han Fei hadn't helped her block it, the iron bucket full of plasma would have hit her directly.
"You are Gu Ye's sister Gu Yu, right?" Han Fei's expression eased a little.
"how do you know?"
"I know every one of you, and I understand your pain." Han Fei slowed down his speech. "I hope everyone can listen to me first. Director Jiang just said that the police have started to re-investigate the human body puzzle, and it won't be long before they catch the murderer. This is not to comfort you, but the truth."
"The truth? It's been ten years, and every year it's the same story."
"I can assure you that the real murderer will be caught this time!" Han Fei wiped the blood plasma off his face. "If this drama continues to be made up before the real murderer is caught, I will join you and boycott it together with you!"
He looked at the victims' families and thought of the ghost in the haunted house 1044.
This time he did not perform, but spoke his true feelings: "Trust me, I will give everyone an explanation."
