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Chapter 491 Never Take Your Enemy Lightly

Although they all knew that Gu Ning was good at fighting, they had never fought against her, so they weren't clear about her ability. Therefore, when the soldier started the competition with Gu Ning, he didn't use his full force in case he would hurt Gu Ning. However, Gu Ning directly beat him down within seconds, shocking everyone. They weren't even ready for the show but it was already over!

The soldier who had been beaten down by Gu Ning was also struck dumb on the ground, and felt ashamed.

The miners who noticed that they were fighting for fun all surrounded them for entertainment.

Although the mine site was rented by a film crew and they didn't need to work today, they couldn't leave this mine site, to prevent any of them from spreading the news to the outside. When they saw Gu Ning, who was just a slim, young girl beat down a strong soldier, they were all astonished.

"Never take your enemy lightly," Gu Ning said seriously to the soldier on the ground. Although she understood that he hadn't used full force in case she would be hurt, it wasn't the right attitude when he faced an opponent in a fight.

"If you're fighting against me, you don't need to be modest, because even if you use your full force, you probably still can't beat me." Gu Ning turned to look at the rest of the soldiers. She seemed so confident so nobody thought that she was bragging. At the same time, they were all excited and eager to win.

"I'll go next!" Another soldier stood out.

Given what had just happened to the first soldier, the second soldier used his full strength. Nevertheless, Gu Ning still beat him down within a minute.

Actually, it wasn't a bad result that he was able to fight against Gu Ning for a minute. They were common soldiers after all, not the Special Forces.

The third and the fourth soldier had the same result. When the fifth soldier stood out, Gu Ning told them to fight against her in threes. Even so, they still failed to win.

"Is it possible that we still can't win even when we fight against you altogether?" a soldier suddenly asked with doubt, but he actually believed it.

Hearing that, Gu Ning gave him a mysterious smile, which scared the soldier a little. Undoubtedly, it was highly possible that they still couldn't win even if they fought against Gu Ning altogether. All of a sudden, they all felt very ashamed.

"I think it's possible," another soldier replied. All the rest soldiers agreed with him in silence.

"I feel so ashamed!" a soldier said.

"Me too!" another echoed.

"Alright, you've actually done a great job. If you had received devilish training like me, you would be as powerful as me." Seeing them being so upset, Gu Ning comforted them.

Devilish training? They were all surprised and felt sorry for Gu Ning, because she must have suffered a lot from the devilish training.

Gu Ning had also told them today that her master was a zombie expert, and that she had learned a lot from her tutor. In that case, she must be an heiress of a mysterious family.

Right at that moment, they heard a loud noise high up in the air. A helicopter was flying over and they stopped talking.

People all surrounded the helicopter when it landed, because few of them had seen a real helicopter.

When it landed, two men climbed out of it, and one of them asked Gu Ning with great respect, "My honor to meet you miss. Are you Miss Gu?"

Tang Yunfan had told them to greatly respect Gu Ning.

"Yes, I am," Gu Ning said.

"Chairman Tang sent us to deliver the equipment. Do you need us to move it out right now?" the man asked.

"Yes, please," Gu Ning said, and told the soldiers to help them move the equipment to the large bus. Once the equipment was removed the men in the helicopter left right away.

Afterwards, Gu Ning called Tang Yunfan and told him that she received the accouterments. Then Gu Ning told Tang Yunfan the reason why she needed them, which shocked Tang Yunfan too, because he never thought that zombies were real.

Even when people had just heard of them from stories and horror movies, it was still really frightening, let alone seeing them in real life.

After the shock, Tang Yunfan immediately asked Gu Ning's condition. He cared a lot about her safety. If Tang Yunfan hadn't been so busy, he would have flown over himself. It took Gu Ning a long time to calm Tang Yunfan down.

Around 10 pm, Chu Peihan and the others arrived at the airport of City D. Hao Ran told Gu Ning that they had arrived, and would meet her soon.

Half an hour later, they arrived at Changyang Mountain.

"Boss, has anything terrible happened?" When they met Gu Ning in the end, they were all worried.

"No big deal actually. Let's sit in the bus first! It's cold outside." Gu Ning guided them to the large bus.

When they noticed the cameras, they were all curious. "Boss, are you going to shoot a film or something?"

Chu Peihan, who was very interested in art, asked Gu Ning excitedly, "Boss, are we going to shoot a film together?"

"Yes! However, I can't tell you the details now. I'll tell all of you when the others arrive later," Gu Ning said.

Since Gu Ning said so, they didn't ask further, but Chu Peihan was still very excited. Although Hao Ran and Zhang Tianping weren't interested in film, they would love to follow Gu Ning's lead.

When it was 11 pm, Duan Lixin arrived at Changyang Mountain.

Duan Lixin greeted Gu Ning as her boss when they met, and Gu Ning told her to have a rest in the large bus too. They would talk about the details when Lu Zhan arrived.

Chapter 492 Infinite Horror

They needed to deal with the script together, so they had to know the truth.

Around 11:30 pm, Lu Zhan and his team arrived.

"Tell the others to wait in the car and then Uncle Lu, please follow me," Gu Ning said.

Therefore, the other 15 people stayed in the car, while Lu Zhan alone got out of the car.

"Boss," Lu Zhan greeted Gu Ning with respect.

"Uncle Lu, come here and have a look. Because it's an emergency, I've borrowed all these machines. Actually I don't know what equipment we need for filming." Gu Ning guided Lu Zhan to the large bus to see if the accouterments they had right now were enough.

When Lu Zhan got into the large bus, Duan Lixin recognized him and was excited as well as a little nervous. Duan Lixin always felt sorry that such a skilled director had been shut out of the entertainment industry. However, it seemed that he now worked for Gu Ning, which was exciting news for Duan Lixin because she was able to work with him in the future.

"Nice to meet you, Director Lu!" Duan Lixin greeted him with great respect.

"Nice to meet you too!" Lu Zhan was very kind and modest.

Gu Ning told Lu Zhan that Duan Lixin was the author of the imperial harem novel, and that she would be a scriptwriter in their company.

Lu Zhan was comparatively satisfied with the novel, so he was surprised when Gu Ning told him that the author of the novel was so young.

After that, they went to check the equipment. "That's all we need," Lu Zhan said.

Tang Yunfan had arranged people to deliver the equipment for Gu Ning, so he would definitely deliver everything they could move with a helicopter. Luckily there was enough room in the helicopter, so they had managed to deliver a lot of machines.

Then, Gu Ning told Lu Zhan and Duan Lixin to go outside with her, because she thought that she better keep it a secret from Chu Peihan and the others for now.

The soldiers were standing outside, so their small bus was empty. Gu Ning, Lu Zhan, and Duan Lixin got in their car.

When they were in the small bus, Gu Ning told them everything, which struck them dumb for a long while. Duan Lixin even trembled in fear. To their astonishment, zombies were real!

Gu Ning took out her phone and played the video with the sound off, in case they would be scared again.

"This post already went viral on the Internet. Some believe it, while some doubt it. If we don't handle it well, it may cause widespread fear and it'll threaten the government's authority. At the same time, I also want to publicize our company, so we can shoot the zombie scene zombie first. Take some photos and post them on the Internet to justify the video. After that, we'll hold a boot ceremony, but we have to change the time of the camera to the day before yesterday, which will be more persuasive," Gu Ning said.

Duan Lixin and Lu Zhan nodded in acknowledgment, but they were still in shock.

"As for the script, please write it now and finish it as soon as possible," Gu Ning said.

It was an emergency, and they hadn't done any preparation. Even so, Duan Lixin was a novelist, and Lu Zhan was a professional director, so it wouldn't be difficult for them to write a script on site.

"Oh, I wrote a horror film script before and sent it to a film company but they didn't take a liking to it. You can read it and see whether it's suitable," Duan Lixin said and took her laptop out at once.

Duan Lixin was a novelist and scriptwriter, so she brought her laptop with her all the time.

Hearing that, both Lu Zhan and Gu Ning were excited because they trusted Duan Lixin's ability.

Once the file was opened, Gu Ning soon finished reading the outline of thousands of words.

The story was named Infinite Horror. When a man and a woman get to know the news that an archaeological team is trapped in an ancient grave, they immediately realize that there must be ghosts in the grave, so they go to check it themselves. It turns out that there really are ghosts in it. During the process of rescuing the archaeological team, a female ghost in red clothing suddenly appears to help the man and the woman, and they team up. However, the female ghost simply wants to use the man and the woman to kill her enemies in the grave, and they start to fight against each other at the end.

After reading it, Gu Ning was satisfied. All they needed to do now was to replace the ghost with a zombie.

"Very well! This story is very good! I think the film company made a wrong decision in not accepting your script. We can replace the ghost with a zombie before we use it, and it's very reasonable that the soldiers would come to rescue the archaeological team," Lu Zhan said with satisfaction.

Having Lu Zhan's approval, Duan Lixin was very happy, and she had already finished the script, so they could start shooting soon.

"However, it's an emergency, so we lack actors. I've called an actress who I have just signed, to come help us, and the rest of the people are my friends. As for the soldiers, they will work as temporary actors and staff members. Uncle Lu, can you contact some actors to help us as soon as possible? If they're willing to help, it'll be much better if they fly here tonight, in case they'll be discovered by others in the day," Gu Ning said.

There were many flights during the night, and it was all up to the actors whether they were willing to help now.

"Of course I can, but I'm worried that they'll reject me because I've been shut out of the industry. Anyway, I'll try," Lu Zhan said.

Although Lu Zhan had been shut out of the industry, not everyone cut off their connection with him just because of that.

"We also need more ancient acting suits for the zombie and the female ghost. Oh, some fake antiques too," Lu Zhan added.

"I can handle that," Gu Ning said.

"Great!" Lu Zhan said.

After that, Gu Ning got out of the car with Duan Lixin.

Gu Ning told a soldier to move a socket from the workers' dormitory, because Duan Lixin was going to print her script, and the printer had to be plugged in.

Chapter 493 B-List Actors I

Gu Ning returned to the large bus and asked Chu Peihan and the others, "We may be sleeping here tonight. Can you accept it?" Because it was a critical moment they had to tolerate it.

"No problem!" They didn't care.

Lu Zhan's team was also curious about why they were shooting the movie in such a hurry, but nobody told them the reason. While they were waiting, they surfed the Internet to kill time. Since they were already in City D, they read the news about it too. Before long, someone found the news of the zombie.

"Jesus! Read this news! It's a zombie!"

"Really? How come the zombie is real?"

Once the video was played, everyone was scared and shocked by the zombie's terrifying scream.

"Changyang Mountain, City D. Isn't it the place where we're right now!" a young man suddenly said.

"What? Right here?"

Hearing that, everyone panicked. Whether the post was real or not, it was frightening enough after they found out that they were at the place where the zombie had been dug out.

"Director Lu, is the video real?" someone asked Lu Yichen, who was Lu Zhan's cousin.

Lu Yichen was around 27-years-old. Although he was young, he was a stable, mature man. He was also scared by the video and didn't know whether it was true, but endless guessing would only frighten people so he said calmly, "There is a lot of fake news, and who knows whether it is a person or a ghost from such a far distance? I think that it could be a terrorist who was accidentally burned to death, so the government disguised another man as the terrorist. Although he's a terrorist, it's very cruel to burn him to death after all."

After hearing what Lu Yichen said, everyone thought that it made sense but they still felt nervous.

As Gu Ning came over with the banner, she heard their discussion and immediately went to tell Lu Zhan to explain it to everyone because she was too young to be persuasive. In addition, she didn't want to expose her real identity yet.

Lu Zhan then walked to them and said exactly what Lu Yichen had just explained to them. After hearing Lu Zhan explain it in person, they were all relieved. They then went back to preparing for the film.

After Lu Zhan finished calling around, he reported to Gu Ning, "Boss, I've made six calls, and three people are willing to come, two men and one woman, but they are all B-list actors. They're all good at acting but not very famous. Two of them are in the capital now, while the other one is in City B. They'll fly here tonight."

Gu Ning didn't care whether they were famous, as long as Lu Zhan thought their acting skills were acceptable.

"One actor is experienced, and he's in his early forties, the same age as me. His name's Zhao Qigang. I think that he can act as the professor for the archaeological team. The other two are around 20-years-old. The actor is Han Lengxuan, while the actress is Bai Lin. I think that they can be the leading actor and actress," Lu Zhan said.

Gu Ning agreed with him.

Afterwards, she called the driver again and told him to pick them up when they landed. The driver was sent by Jiang Bowen to follow Gu Ning's lead, so he would do whatever Gu Ning asked him to do.

Before long, Su Tongnuo arrived along with her assistant, Lin Xiaoxia.

"Hi, boss!" Seeing Gu Ning, both Su Tongnuo and Lin Xiaoxia greeted her with great respect.

When Su Tongnuo's sight fell on Lu Zhan, she was a little surprised. "Director Lu!"

Su Tongnuo had worked with Lu Zhan a few years ago. Although she wasn't a major actress in the show, Lu Zhan had approved of her acting skills, so he remembered her name.

"Hi, Tongnuo!" Lu Zhan was also surprised to see Su Tongnuo here.

Su Tongnuo knew that Lu Zhan had been shut out of the industry, but it seemed that he was able to work again because of Gu Ning.

"Hi, Miss Su, nice to meet you!" Duan Lixin greeted Su Tongnuo politely.

"Nice to meet you too!" Su Tongnuo said kindly.

After that, Gu Ning introduced Duan Lixin to Su Tongnuo, then turned to Lu Zhan. "Su Tongnuo is the first actress that I've signed. Since you already know each other, I don't need to do the introduction anymore. Uncle Lu, you can choose the actors according to your own standards, and don't need to accord special treatment to Su Tongnuo." In case Lu Zhan would feel restricted, Gu Ning put it plainly.

Lu Zhan laughed a little. "Tongnuo is a good actress, and I think she's suitable to be the leading actress too. After Bai Lin arrives, you two can have an audition to decide which one of you will be the villain and the other will be the hero."

Both of them were good actresses, so they could be the leading roles.

Su Tongnuo, however, was greatly surprised when she heard that she had a chance to be the leading role in the film. No matter if it was a villain or a hero, she would do her best to play the role well. She had heard of Bai Lin but they had never met before.

Bai Lin and Su Tongnuo were both good at acting, but the difference between them was that Bai Lin wasn't famous because of her bad luck, while Su Tongnuo wasn't famous because she had refused to accept the industry's unspoken rules. Otherwise, Su Tongnuo would have been a famous actress already after the years of effort. It would make a huge difference if she could be famous as an actress.

"I'm so honored to have your approval!" Su Tongnuo said politely.

After chatting for a while, they went to have a rest.

However, it was hard to fall asleep in the mountain.

When it was 4:20 am, Bai Lin arrived from City B, and Lu Zhan along with Lu Yichen went to welcome her.

Bai Lin was 27-years-old, and had worked in the entertainment industry for five years. Although she wasn't a stunning beauty, she was very attractive. And the more you looked at her, the more you would be attracted to her.

Bai Lin also came with her assistant. Because she was just a B-list actress, and her agent was responsible for several actresses at the same time, her agent didn't come with her this time. Her agent had heard of Lu Zhan's good reputation, so her agent was willing to allow her to take this job.

Although Lu Zhan had been shut out of the industry, he had Gu Ning's support now, so the film would be successfully released.

Chapter 494 B-List Actors II

Most importantly, Bai Lin had failed to become famous after all these years, so her agent was a little reluctant to work with her now. Since someone gave her a job all of a sudden, her agent couldn't be more willing to let Bai Lin accept it.

After picking Bai Lin up, Lu Zhan guided her to have a rest in the large bus.

The people in the large bus all knew Gu Ning's real identity and Gu Ning agreed to tell Bai Lin that she was the real boss when Lu Zhan asked her.

"Bai Lin, this is Gu Ning. She's the sole investor of this film and she's also my boss," Lu Zhan introduced Gu Ning to Bai Lin when they got in the car.

Bai Lin was quite surprised when she heard it. Jesus! This girl must be younger than 20-years-old! However, Bai Lin thought that Gu Ning's family must be super-rich and she was a horror film lover so she told her family to invest in this film.

Even so, Bai Lin didn't show any disdain towards Gu Ning because Gu Ning was the one who offered her a job. If she annoyed Gu Ning, she could lose her job.

"Nice to meet you, Miss Gu!" Bai Lin reached out her hand to Gu Ning.

Gu Ning shook hands with her and replied politely, "Nice to meet you too, Miss Bai! Welcome to join us!"

"Please read the contract and script first, and then you along with Su Tongnuo can have an audition to decide your roles before you sign the contract," Gu Ning said.

Bai Lin had only received a short introduction of the two leading female roles and she didn't know the details of the script.

They had already printed the contract and script out, and Lu Zhan had agreed as to Bai Lin's payment with her agent when he had called her.

"No problem," Bai Lin said and took the contract and script from Lu Zhan's hands. She then walked to a vacant seat at the back rows in the large bus. She kindly greeted Su Tongnuo, then both of them began to mind their own business.

Half an hour later, Zhao Qigang and Han Lengxuan arrived too. They also came with their assistants. Zhao Qigang wasn't a big star, so he did most of the things himself. Han Lengxuan was in the same situation as Bai Lin. He was half-abandoned by his agent as well, so his agent didn't bother to come with him either.

Han Lengxuan was young and handsome, but there were plenty of that type in the market now, so it was still very hard for him to gain fame. Most importantly, he lacked good work.

Gu Ning got out of the large bus too, not to welcome Zhao Qigang and Han Lengxuan, but to tell the driver to leave a car for her. She was going to deal with something in the city, so she needed a car, and it wasn't convenient to drive the large bus there.

Jiang Bowen had told the driver to follow Gu Ning's lead on any requests so the driver didn't hesitate to leave a car for Gu Ning.

After that, Lu Zhan introduced Gu Ning to Zhao Qigang and Han Lengxuan. They were both astonished to find out that Gu Ning was the sole investor of this film, and they also had the same idea as Bai Lin that Gu Ning must come from a super-rich family. They didn't show any disdain either, because they just came here to fulfill their task. Therefore, they kindly greeted Gu Ning, then got into the large bus to read the script.

It was the first time that Duan Lixin had met so many actors at a time, so she was very nervous.

When Zhao Qigang and Han Lengxuan saw Bai Lin and Su Tongnuo, they greeted one another politely.

The bus was large with only a few people inside, so they all had enough room. When they had all gathered together in the large bus, it was around two hours away from daybreak. Luckily, they had slept on the plane, so they were able to focus on the script now.

When daybreak came, Mo Chenyi along another two soldiers went to buy breakfast for them. They got steamed buns, breads, eggs and milk for breakfast, which wasn't bad.

Gu Ning wasn't mean so she shared the breakfast with all of the miners.

After breakfast, Gu Ning drove to the antique street to buy some fake antiques and ancient acting suits for the film. While Gu Ning was gone, the rest of the people started to set the stage for the boot ceremony.

At the same time, Bai Lin and Su Tongnuo had their auditions. And the result was that Bai Lin would act the part of the woman, while Su Tongnuo acted as the female ghost.

The woman was named Ding Tong in the show.

After settling the roles, Su Tongnuo needed to wear special make-up and an ancient acting suit. According to the story, only the man, Tao Muxuan, and the woman, Ding Tong, were able to see the female ghost. As for the zombie, a random worker in the crew would play it. Zhao Qigang would act as the archaeologist, Professor Fei, while Chu Peihan, Hao Ran and Zhang Tianping would act as his students.

There couldn't just be four people in an archaeological team, so they hired seven miners to join them. As long as they could make some money, those miners were more than willing to do it.

Gu Ning arrived at the antique street very early, so she went to shop for a red, ancient acting suit first. Gu Ning had great taste and the suit was quite beautiful. After that, Gu Ning went to buy some tools for the archaeological team before she went back to the antique street.

Gu Ning planned to buy some fake antiques as well as several real ones for close-ups. In addition, she would also mention Xiangyun Antique-store as the antique sponsor to publicize it.

Gu Ning was very efficient, and she finished shopping when it was just past 10 am.

After she went back to Changyang Mountain, Su Tongnuo put on the red ancient acting suit before the boot ceremony began. They also took pictures of the leading roles to make posters for promotion.

Gu Ning called K later and asked whether he knew how to make posters. K said, "Boss, do you think that I'm only a hacker? To tell you the truth, there is nothing I can't do when it comes to a computer. I promise that I'll give you the best posters you've ever seen!"

Gu Ning then sent K the photos of the three leading roles along with the name, introduction and the cast of the film.

The post about the zombie gained more and more attention on the Internet, and many reporters went to the government building early in the morning trying to interview some officials. Jiang Bowen was also attacked by many colleagues in politics, because he was responsible for dealing with the problem. If he couldn't handle it well, they all would be in big trouble.

Chapter 495 A Zombie and a Female Ghost

Especially when Jiang Bowen didn't allow anyone to delete the post, nor explain it, nor reply, the news went across the whole country within a short time.

Jiang Bowen said, "Since I'll be responsible for this problem, I'll handle it well. If I can't, I'll bear the result. If you don't believe me, or you want to handle it on your own, you're welcome to it, but you have to bear the result yourself!"

Jiang Bowen understood that the officials who blamed him were afraid to take the responsibility. Once he said that, they immediately stopped criticizing him.

Before the trailer was out, Gu Ning took out the props.

As for the real antiques, Gu Ning prepared some that she had found at the ancient grave in City B.

"Wow! They look beautiful! Boss, where did you get these props? They seem so real!" Chu Peihan weighed a piece of gold bullion. "It's heavy."

"It's real. Of course it's heavy," Gu Ning said with a smile.

"What? It's real?" Everyone was shocked. "Boss, are you kidding?" Chu Peihan asked.

"Do you think I'm kidding?" Gu Ning replied.

They were struck dumb for a second, then took a long breath. Those antiques before their eyes could be all real!

"How about the others?"

Hao Ran planned to touch the antiques for fun, but once Gu Ning said that the gold bullion was real, he suddenly hesitated, in case he would break any one of them. It had to cost a lot. He couldn't believe that they were all real.

"Those in the suitcase are fake, while those in the mahogany box are real," Gu Ning said airily, like it was nothing, but Chu Peihan and the others were totally shocked.

"Boss, how rich are you that you can use real antiques in the film!" Hao Ran lost control of his voice and exclaimed in excitement.

People around all turned to look at them in surprise. What? Use real antiques in the film? Seriously? A group of people surrounded them at once, including Lu Zhan and Zhao Qigang.

Lu Zhan was the director, so he naturally wanted to figure it out, while Zhao Qigang was an antique lover to some extent, so he was very curious.

"Are these antiques real?" Lu Zhan asked Gu Ning.

"The jewelry in this small box and the antiques in the mahogany box are real, but those in the suitcase are fake," Gu Ning said airily as usual.

Getting Gu Ning's affirmative answer, everyone was astonished, especially Lu Zhan, because he felt so stressed.

"Miss Gu, may I have a closer look?" Zhao Qigang asked with anticipation.

"Sure!" Gu Ning smiled.

Zhao Qigang then carefully took out a Sancai porcelain bottle which was placed on the top to appreciate it. He was super nervous when he touched it, in case it would be broken, because he couldn't afford it at all.

Lu Zhan swallowed with great force and asked, "How-how can you use real antiques in a film? Aren't you afraid that they'll be broken?"

"We can be cautious, and I think that it's a great chance to publicize Xiangyun Antique-store which is our antique sponsor," Gu Ning said.

"Xiangyun Antique-store? I've heard of it. It was sold at an auction the other day, and the buyer is a young girl," Zhao Qigang said, and suddenly stopped, then turned to Gu Ning in astonishment. "Are you…"

"Yeah, it's me." Since he had already heard the news, Gu Ning directly admitted it.

Those who already knew that Gu Ning was the investor of this film weren't very surprised, because the investment in a film was much higher than the price of Xiangyun Antique-store after all. However, those who didn't know that Gu Ning was the investor were quite shocked. Many of them started to guess at Gu Ning's real identity.

Although they didn't know Gu Ning's real identity, they sensed that she must be an important figure because of the actors and director's attitude towards her.

"We can use the fake antiques as accessories, while using the real ones for close-ups. When the film is released, we can mark the source of the real antiques on the posters and at the beginning of the film," Gu Ning said.

"No problem," Lu Zhan said.

Half an hour later, K sent the posters back to Gu Ning. Everyone was scared, including Lu Zhan, when they saw the posters. The posters were so realistic! They seemed like things that happened in real life!

"Who made these posters? They're so realistic!" Lu Zhan asked.

"A friend of mine," Gu Ning said, but didn't tell Lu Zhan his name. "Uncle Lu, if you don't mind, I can let my friend edit the film." K had already agreed to do it and promised to do his best to make it a blockbuster. However, they didn't know K so Gu Ning asked for Lu Zhan's opinion first.

Lu Zhan agreed, because he trusted Gu Ning. In addition, he knew that Gu Ning's friend had to be a master according to the quality of those posters.

"Great. I think we can post some pictures on Weibo now!"

Although just one day had passed, the news of the zombie already went across the whole country. If they still did nothing, it would cause widespread fear.

Gu Ning had already signed up for Weibo, and the name of the Weibo account was Fenghua Entertainment Official.

Lu Zhan posted the pictures first.

Chapter 496 Film Promotion

Lu Zhan posted photos of their boot ceremony, leading roles, the actor in zombie's clothing and Su Tongnuo in a female ghost's clothes, film equipment, posters, and the last photo showed a fake man that was surrounded by 10 soldiers. He also showed the location which was Changyang Mountain, City D.

Afterwards, those who were @ by him reposted his Weibo with one accord.

Han Lengxuan: Zombie, female ghost, and a horror story! Do you want to know more? All in Infinite Horror! (Repost from Lu Zhan]

Bai Lin: I'm very honored to join Infinite Horror! I'm Ding Tong! (Repost from Lu Zhan]

Su Tongnuo: I'm the female ghost! (Repost from Lu Zhan]

Duan Lixin: I'm so glad that @Lu Zhan and @Fenghua Entertainment Official like my story, and I'm the scriptwriter of this film. [Repost from Lu Zhan]

Fenghua Entertainment Official: The very first film produced by Fenghua, Infinite Horror! [Repost from Lu Zhan]

Infinite Horror Official: (Repost from Lu Zhan]

While they were reposting on Weibo, they also showed the location of Changyang Mountain.

Except for Fenghua Entertainment's official Weibo account, because it was located in the capital, Gu Ning told Zhang Shunjie to do it for her.

Zhang Shunjie didn't know about the zombie yet, he was only aware that Gu Ning was going to shoot a film, and he was impressed by her efficiency.

Although Lu Zhan had been shut out of the entertainment industry, and Su Tongnuo hadn't gotten any chances to show her face in front of cameras in a long time, they still had many followers on Weibo. Han Lengxuan and Bai Lin, however, had millions of fans. Therefore, once they sent out the post, it caused a great sensation among their fans.

"Jesus! The zombie is from a film?"

"Oh, it's just a publicity stunt! I thought it was real, and I lost sleep last night!"

"Oh my! Director Lu is finally back!"

"Director Lu is my favorite director! I've been waiting for your new work for a long time!"

"OMG! Lengxuan is the leading actor! I love you forever!"

"Bai Lin is the leading actress!"

"Bai Lin, I love you!"

"Wow! Tongnuo is finally out to shoot. She looks so beautiful in those clothes!"

"I'm Tongnuo's fan and I think she's so pretty too!"

"Hey, do you want to come out and have a meeting, since we're both Tongnuo's fans?"

"Hey, don't change the topic! But I support the idea of having a date, ha-ha!"

Fans were busy showing their love towards their idols, but those who disliked them also left many negative comments.

"They're all actors and director without much fame! That explains why they used the zombie to gain publicity!'

"Exactly! I don't think that they can succeed."

"Aren't they afraid that the movie won't be released because the director is Lu Zhan?"

"Interesting! Since they dare to shoot the film, they must be confident that it'll be released! Are you dumb?"

"I agree. Nobody is willing to waste that much money if it's a doomed failure."

It was true that since someone dared to invest money in Lu Zhan's film, they had to be confident that the film would be successfully released. Those haters sometimes attacked others for no reason.

No matter how many people supported them or disliked them, Gu Ning and Lu Zhan didn't care. As long as they gained enough publicity, the audience would see its quality when it was in the theaters. Of course, some people also expressed their doubts.

"Since it's just a film, what about the terrorist? Don't tell me that it was just a coincidence. If it was why didn't they explain it clearly yesterday?"

"Exactly! The police of City D said that they caught a terrorist, but didn't mention the film at all!"

…

Luckily, the police quickly replied that it really was a coincidence. They had chased a terrorist to the Changyang Mountain then accidentally found out they were shooting a film there. The film crew had refused to expose their work at that time, so the police hadn't mentioned it.

Some people believed the official line. It wasn't uncommon that some films would only start to promote when it was almost finished. People's attention was limited, and if they did the promotion too early, people would be tired of it later. Although the quality of the TV series or film mattered most, it was understandable that the Infinite Horror crew had kept it a secret.

Some people still doubted it, but more and more people began to believe it, because it was so hard for them to accept that the zombie truly existed. And the film crew seemed to be well-prepared for the film, which was also persuasive. In addition, the time on the photos of the boot ceremony showed that they were taken two days ago.

Of course, no one would know that the time on the camera had been adjusted.

Because Infinite Horror was connected with the hottest news of a zombie, many people paid attention to it. However, the actors in the film weren't very famous with only a limited number of fans, so Gu Ning told K to help them.

With the help of K who was an ace international hacker, Infinite Horror soon became the hottest topic on Weibo. And finally, some people noticed the posters.

"Wow, the posters are so good!"

"Indeed, they look so real!"

"They must be a master's work!"

"So what? They hired a bunch of B-list actors. I don't think the film will be as good as its posters."

Chapter 497 Tang Bingsen

"Exactly, I'm not going to watch it anyway!"

"Nobody cares whether you'll watch it or not!'

"I'll tell my friends, family, and everyone I know not to watch it!"

"You're so mean!"

"Come on! Although they're just B-list actors now, they're really good actors. Do you think all those A-list actors are good at acting? I think all they have is fame! I'd rather watch a film acted by skilled actors."

"You must be their crazy, dumb fan that you defend those people like that!"

"Oh, and you must the crazy dumb fan of those actors who only know how to do publicity stunts!"

"Why can't we just wait till the film is out? We can comment after watching it."

"Exactly! It's too early to judge it now."

The news of the film was followed by animated discussions, but there were more people who supported them than those who attacked them. Although they were just B-list actors, people who had heard of their names were all aware that they were good actors. As for those who didn't know them, most of them chose to wait until the film was out. All in all, it was just a bunch of haters attacking them on the Internet.

Since nobody paid attention to the zombie anymore, Gu Ning and Lu Zhan relaxed, and they didn't care how many haters were attacking them on the Internet. Anyway, Infinite Horror successfully gained a lot of publicity.

Tang Yunfan also cared a lot about Gu Ning's career, and he was also relieved seeing that the news of the zombie was overshadowed by the news of the film.

In the Hengdian World Studios, Li Jiayue was wearing a blue ancient acting suit, and she looked quite beautiful.

Although Li Jiayue wasn't as pretty as Su Tongnuo, she was also a beauty since she was able to gain some fame in the entertainment industry. After putting on make-up, Li Jiayue was stunning to some extent. This time, Li Jiayue was acting as a supporting actress in a costume romantic drama. Although her role was set as an evil woman, it wasn't the evilest role in the drama.

Right at that moment, Li Jiayue was acting with the leading male actor.

The leading male actor was a young but famous, good-looking actor, so Li Jiayue felt stressed to act with him, as a result, she made many mistakes in a simple scene. The director was mad and swore at her a few times causing Li Jiayue to be in a bad mood.

"Jiayue, bad news!" her assistant said to her anxiously the moment that Li Jiayue went back to the place where she could rest.

"What happened?" Li Jiayue said with impatience.

"Read this." Her assistant gave the mobile phone to Li Jiayue and told her to read it herself. Su Tongnuo's Weibo page was on the

screen.

"What? Su Tongnuo is the leading actress in a film?" Li Jiayue couldn't believe her eyes and said in anger. She almost smashed the phone on the ground. Once Su Tongnuo left Feiteng Entertainment, she suddenly became the leading actress in a film, while Li Jiayue was still a supporting actress in a TV drama. In addition, the director was Lu Zhan.

Li Jiayue wasn't dumb, and she soon realized that Lu Zhan must have someone who was influential be his support so that he had a chance to shoot movies again. Just like Su Tongnuo was able to act again after someone had helped her end her contract.

Lu Zhan was a well-known and talented director, and he had won many accolades till now. Why was Su Tongnuo so lucky?

Li Jiayue was so mad that she would do everything to ruin Su Tongnuo's reputation. However, Su Tongnuo was a good, upright actress, and she failed to find any of Su Tongnuo's dirty secrets. Since she couldn't find any dirty secrets, Li Jiayue decided to create some.

In the capital, Tang Bingsen was sitting before his desk reading documents in the Chairman's Office. He had no idea about the news of Lu Zhan's new film yet.

All of a sudden, Tang Bingsen's phone rang, and the caller's name was Feifei.

"What?" Tang Bingsen answered and said coldly.

"Chairman Tang, Lu Zhan is back in the film industry now!" the woman said in a hurry on the phone.

"What? Lu Zhan is shooting film again?" Tang Bingsen was surprised. He had shut Lu Zhan out a long time ago, so who dared to act against him?

"Exactly! Chairman Tang, it is Fenghua Entertainment, the company that Lu Zhan works for now." the woman said angrily.

Two years ago, Lu Zhan had been shut out precisely because of her, and she, of course, didn't want to see him again.

Tian Feifei was also a B-list actress as well as Tang Bingsen's mistress. Although she wasn't good at acting, she was very pretty with hot body so she became a well-known actress and a supermodel. She was sexy, but not slutty, and had never been involved in a scandal, so she had a relatively good reputation.

Of course, as Tang Bingsen's mistress, there was no need for her to socialize with other investors or men.

Among all of Tang Bingsen's mistresses, Tian Feifei was the one he had spent most of his time with, because she was quite good in bed and Tang Bingsen couldn't live without her now. Moreover, Tian Feifei was smart. What she wanted was a position in the entertainment industry and fortune as well as fame. She knew that she could never be Tang Bingsen's wife, and she never thought about it. In her eyes, benefit was the most important thing

"Fenghua Entertainment?" Tang Bingsen frowned a little. He had never heard of it before.

"Yes, it's a newly-established company," Tian Feifei said.

"Alright, I'll figure it out. Don't worry," Tang Bingsen said. He knew that Tian Feifei was displeased, and he also wouldn't allow anyone to challenge his authority. He was curious about how Fenghua Entertainment was able to act against his order.

After hanging up the call with Tian Feifei, Tang Bingsen called his secretary and told him to investigate Fenghua Entertainment.

Chapter 498 Lu Xiao

When Tang Bingsen gave the order to investigate Fenghua Entertainment, several young men were playing cue sports in a high-end clubhouse in the capital. They were all in designer brands, which showed that they weren't ordinary people.

Sitting on a nearby sofa were several beautiful women surfing on the Internet. All of a sudden, a woman said in surprise, "Wasn't Su Tongnuo shut out of the entertainment industry? Why is she acting in a new film now?"

"What?"

Everyone was looking at the woman in surprise. With a loud sound, a man threw the cue stick on the table, walking to the woman He seemed quite displeased, and grabbed the mobile phone from the woman's hand. When he was sure that Su Tongnuo was really back in the industry, he was mad.

This man was precisely the son of the director of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, Gong Lijun. He had liked Su Tongnuo, but had been rejected by her, so he had shut Su Tongnuo out of the entertainment industry.

Gong Lijun was tall and strong but wasn't good-looking. Even so, there were plenty of beautiful women by his side because of his family background. However, Su Tongnuo was an exception. In order to protect his image and save face, he had shut her out of the entertainment industry.

Gong Lijun's family wasn't very influential in the high society of the capital, so he could only play with the B-list actresses.

"Lijun, how dare Feiteng Entertainment ignore your order!" a young man said angrily. They all followed Gong Lijun's lead, so they obviously stood by his side.

"Exactly!" the others all echoed.

Gong Lijun immediately pulled out his phone, calling Xia Zhihong.

Xia Zhihong was afraid of Gong Lijun, but he was more scared of Gu Ning, because Gu Ning had evidence in her hands which could easily unseat him. "I'm so sorry for this, but she has evidence of my dirty secrets in her hands. Please forgive me and I think we both better let it go. Otherwise, she can easily get evidence of your dirty secrets too. Su Tongnuo is just an actress. She isn't worth risking our fortune, reputation and life! You can get any kind of woman that you want after all," Xia Zhihong said.

Gong Lijun was arrogant but not dumb, so he thought that Xia Zhihong's words made sense.

Since the person who had helped Su Tongnuo out was able to get evidence of Xia Zhihong's dirty secrets, it wouldn't be difficult if the person wanted to punish him. Gong Lijun also believed that it wasn't a good deal if he lost everything just for an actress.

His father had warned him many times too. If he was in big trouble which could affect the Gong Family, his father wouldn't help him because his father had more than one son, and the Gong Family wouldn't be willing to be unseated because of him. Therefore, Gong Lijun had to give up although he was displeased.

Before long, Tang Bingsen's secretary got the information about Fenghua Entertainment. To Tang Bingsen's astonishment, the boss of Fenghua was just an 18-year-old girl, and the company was newly-registered. In addition, the young girl was from a third-tier city, not the capital.

A third-tier city was merely a small city in Tang Bingsen's eyes, because he lived in a first-tier city. In that case, Tang Bingsen believed that the young girl must be naive to act against him, or maybe she didn't actually know that Lu Zhan had been shut out by him. Either way, Tang Bingsen decided to make her pay for the result. Since they already shot the film, he would make a call when the film was going to be released and shut the film out of theaters.

Tang Bingsen didn't think that Gu Ning was an important figure, so he hadn't done a thorough investigation on her and missed the chance to find out even more shocking news.

At the same time, in the living room of a luxurious villa in the capital, a man who was around 27 was lying on the sofa listening to music. He had charming features and looked sexy as well as elegant. He was surfing on the Internet with his mobile phone. All of a sudden, he seemed surprised by what he read and abruptly sat up to make a call.

Once his call was answered, he said in annoyance, "Boss, didn't you tell me to manage the Fenghua Entertainment for now. They just shot a film, but I know nothing about it!"

This man was precisely the man that Leng Shaoting had hired to help Gu Ning manage Fenghua Entertainment for now. His name was Lu Xiao, and he was now talking to Leng Shaoting on the phone.

Leng Shaoting was also surprised when he heard that Fenghua Entertainment had just shot a film. After a while, Leng Shaoting said, "Oh, I forgot to tell her. I'll call her right away."

After that, he hung up.

Lu Xiao was struck dumb by Leng Shaoting's answer. What? He forgot? Since when has his memory becomes so bad? Nevertheless, no matter how aggrieved he felt he couldn't and didn't dare argue with his boss.

In fact, not only had Leng Shaoting forgotten, but Gu Ning also completely forgot about Lu Xiao because she had been so busy recently.

When Gu Ning received Leng Shaoting's call, she had just gone back to the large bus for a rest. The film shooting was going quite well because they were all professional and hard-working. Seeing that the caller was Leng Shaoting, Gu Ning smiled with happiness.

"Hi!" Gu Ning answered the call at once.

Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting didn't call each other often like other couples in love because they both had their own business to deal with. If they were both free, they would have a date or share a meal. If they were both at work, they would only call each other at night.

Gu Ning was still a student, and Leng Shaoting always sent her messages when she was in school. Sometimes, they also called each other on alternate days. However, they were both very busy these past few days, so they hadn't called each other for a few days. However, even though they didn't contact each other often, they were still as deeply in love as usual.

Chapter 499 Boss, Do You Have a Driver's License?

"Lu Xiao called me and he told me that Fenghua is shooting a film, but nobody informed him." Leng Shaoting said. He wasn't questioning Gu Ning, but was saying it plainly.

"Oh!" Gu Ning didn't remember Lu Xiao until now, and she felt embarrassed. "I'm so sorry. I've been too busy these days to tell him."

"Busy?" Leng Shaoting was confused. Why was Gu Ning busy in her classes?

"Um, I'm in City D now." Gu Ning then told Leng Shaoting everything. Leng Shaoting had met a zombie in person before, so he believed Gu Ning. And when he heard that Tan Jiangfeng had picked on Gu Ning, he was furious.

Xu Jinchen and Xin Bei who were in the same room as Leng Shaoting felt a little scared when Leng Shaoting got mad. They exchanged a glance but neither of them knew why he got angry. They knew that Leng Shaoting called Gu Ning, but didn't think that Gu Ning annoyed him. Maybe someone had annoyed Gu Ning, so Leng Shaoting was mad. The two believed that it had to be the real reason why their boss was suddenly so displeased.

"It's fine. I already solved the problem," Gu Ning said to comforted him.

"Call Lu Xiao if you encounter any trouble related to the company. He'll handle it well," Leng Shaoting said.

"Sure!" Gu Ning replied.

"Oh, I told him that I forgot to tell you to inform him," Leng Shaoting added.

"Ha-ha," Gu Ning laughed because she understood that Lu Xiao had to feel aggrieved when Leng Shaoting used that excuse.

Hearing Gu Ning's laughter, Leng Shaoting cheered up a little.

After hanging up the call with Leng Shaoting, Gu Ning called Lu Xiao at once. She told him how the film was going, but didn't mention the zombie at all.

Actually, Lu Zhan was completely in charge of the shooting

Since Lu Xiao was the executive of Fenghua Entertainment, it was necessary for him to be familiar with his staff, so Gu Ning sent him an e-mail accompanied by a list of their staff.

In the government building of City D, everyone admired Jiang Bowen's wit now. Although his political enemies weren't happy to see him successfully settle the mess, it would do nothing good to them if the zombie caused widespread panic, so none of them dared to expose the truth.

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Tan Jiangfeng was also unhappy that the news of the zombie was overshadowed by the news of the film, but he could do nothing about it. A few days later, he was arrested by the police. Tan Jiangfeng was then sentenced to years in jail because he deliberately spread panic on the Internet.

Meanwhile, many reporters gathered at Changyang Mountain. Gu Ning stood aside and let Lu Zhan meet them. Lu Zhan was happy to see reporters coming and he also willingly received many interviews.

Chu Peihan's acting skills weren't bad, and she didn't seem nervous at all when she showed her face in the cameras for the first time. Hao Ran and Zhang Tianping weren't nervous either, and also did a great job. As for the miners who acted as members in the archeology team, they simply showed their faces in the cameras but didn't have any lines.

Around six pm, a day's work was over.

They weren't in a hurry, and they hadn't slept well the previous night so Gu Ning told them to have a good rest in the hotel tonight. Before they left, Gu Ning asked Lu Zhan how she should arrange their accommodation.

Lu Zhan said, "It takes a long time to finish a film, and we need at least two weeks of filming at this mountain, so a three-star hotel is enough."

Gu Ning was just asking, because Lu Zhan was going to arrange it at the end of the day, while she would bring Chu Peihan, Hao Ran and Zhang Tianping to stay in the Huangdeng Hotel. Everybody knew that they were close friends, so no one complained.

Gu Ning called the reception of the hotel before they set off. Luckily, there were enough vacant rooms for them.

When they were leaving, except for the 10 soldiers, the others were all surprised to see Gu Ning sitting in the driver's seat. It seemed very strange that a young girl at her age was going to drive such a large bus.

Gu Ning was only 18, and the rest of the people in the large bus were older than her.

"Gu Ning, did-did you drive this bus here?" Lu Zhan asked with doubt.

Only a few people knew Gu Ning's real identity, so Gu Ning told them to call her by her name in front of others.

"Yes!" Gu Ning said. She knew what they were thinking, and felt amused.

"Boss, do you have a driver's license?" Hao Ran asked.

Gu Ning wore a resigned smile and took out her license. "Here, do you want to check it?"

Hao Ran opened it and had a look.

"You just got it half a month ago…" Hao Ran was still worried about Gu Ning's driving skills.

"Relax! I'm a skillful driver." Gu Ning grabbed her driving license back and started the bus.

Chapter 500 Premonition Emerges Again

Since Gu Ning said so, they all believed her. Although some of them who had just met Gu Ning still had doubts, they were willing to follow her lead.

The small bus which the soldiers took drove in the front, followed by the large bus driven by Gu Ning, and the bus which the film crew took was at the end of the line.

Halfway to the hotel, a picture suddenly emerged in front of Gu Ning's eyes. She saw a big truck dash out from an overpass and knock into the small bus where the soldiers sat.

Seeing that, Gu Ning realized that an accident would happen soon, so she slammed on the brakes and stopped the large bus at the roadside. Everyone was surprised, but before they could ask anything, Gu Ning took out her phone and called Mo Chenyi.

Seeing that the large bus stopped, the crew's bus also stopped behind it.

Luckily, Mo Chenyi answered Gu Ning's call immediately. Gu Ning ordered on the phone seriously, "Stop the car by the roadside right

now!"

Without further thinking or asking, Mo Chenyi said to the driver, "Stop the car!"

Just as the small bus stopped 10 meters away from the overpass ahead of them, a big truck dashed out. All the soldiers in the small bus saw the scene in shock. With a loud sound, the truck fell from the overpass. Although the overpass wasn't high off the ground, the truck was badly damaged and all the wood it was loaded with rolled off. Fortunately, there weren't many cars on the road, so no other cars were caught.

The large bus was a little distance from where the big truck fell, but they all heard the loud boom. Everyone in the large bus rounded their eyes in shock, except Gu Ning.

Mo Chenyi and the other soldiers ran out at once, because they had a natural sense of duty to rescue the injured people. Gu Ning, of course, wouldn't see innocent people dying right in front of her eyes either.

"Stay in the car, and don't come out," Gu Ning said to the others in the large bus before she got out of it.

By the time people realized what had just happened, Gu Ning was already gone. Although Chu Peihan and the others were eager to help Gu Ning, they still stayed in their seats because Gu Ning told them to.

There were two people in the big truck covered in blood who were unconscious. Luckily, the overpass wasn't very high so they were still alive although seriously injured.

Without further thought, the moment Mo Chenyi and his teammates helped the two people out Gu Ning took out two power crystals and forced them to swallow it. Mo Chenyi and the other soldiers held great respect and trust towards Gu Ning, so none of them stopped her. After taking the power crystals, their injuries were healed gradually, but they still needed two more weeks to recover because they had been badly injured. Gu Ning also wouldn't directly cure them in front of so many people's eyes because it would be hard for her to explain.

Once the big truck fell off the overpass, the road was blocked.

Mo Chenyi planned to send the two injured people to the hospital, but the big truck stood in the way, and they weren't able to move it, so they called the ambulance and the fire engine instead.

When they finally had a break, Mo Chenyi suddenly remembered that Gu Ning had called him right before the car accident happened. He then turned to look at Gu Ning for the answer.

Gu Ning understood that she had to give him a reasonable explanation, or they wouldn't believe that it was just a coincidence, so she said to Mo Chenyi, "I just had a premonition and thought that something bad would happen. I have had that strange feeling before too, so I called you to stop the car at once."

Although it sounds very unusual, Mo Chenyi believed her because it was the only reason which could explain everything that had just happened.

"Thank you so much, Miss Gu!" Mo Chenyi said to Gu Ning sincerely. If it hadn't been for Gu Ning, they would all have been caught in the car accident. The rest of the soldiers also thanked Gu Ning with sincerity, "Miss Gu, thank you so much!"

The onlookers stood far from them but they were all curious why the soldiers respected a young girl so much.

"I'm glad to help," Gu Ning said. "And please keep it a secret among us."

"Sure, Miss Gu," they said.

After the accident, they remembered Gu Ning's kindness in their hearts.

A few minutes later, the ambulance arrived and sent the two injured people to the hospital. Another couple of minutes later, the fire engine arrived and moved the big truck away.

Mo Chenyi and the other soldiers went back to the military region later. Gu Ning would call them tomorrow for the film shooting.

When Gu Ning was back at the large bus, everyone was curious about what had happened. They all knew that it had something to do with Gu Ning, but nobody dared to ask the question. Therefore, to allay their worries, Gu Ning told them the same thing that she had told Mo Chenyi.

After Gu Ning's explanation, they were relieved.

As for dinner, they didn't share the meal in a five-star hotel but a relatively good hotel. After dinner, the actors went back to their rooms, while the rest of the workers had to have a meeting to prepare for the following days. They had to buy more costumes for the actors. And the extras also needed costumes. They had to set the stages well before they started to shoot the following parts of the film too.

Gu Ning invested a hundred million yuan in this film and told Lu Zhan to do it to the best of his ability. Although it was an emergency, it wasn't a difficulty.