Dramatic changes in the movies and TV shows

Chapter 1291 The character is about to collapse
"Money is no problem!" Lin Hao readily agreed, then changed the subject:

"But I didn't bring it with me. I'll get it for them when I get back."

Upon hearing this, Shen Man turned back and whispered a few words to Hpakant, then said to Lin Hao with a regretful expression:
"No, they say they don't trust you."

"I see..." Lin Hao's eyes darted around, and then an idea came to him:
"How about this, Attorney Chen? They don't trust me, but they definitely trust you! You can lend me the money first, and I'll pay you back double as soon as I get back to China! What do you say?"

Holy crap! How could there be such a shameless person in the world? Shen Man was utterly shocked by these remarks.

This guy is such a stingy miser! She could hardly believe her ears that Lin Hao could come up with such a "brilliant plan" at this critical moment!
"I have money!" Shen Man said, her face dark, enunciating each word clearly.

"But are we that close? Why should I lend it to you?" She felt her rationality crumbling little by little, and every word Lin Hao said was challenging her nerves.

"Attorney Chen, you are mistaken!" Lin Hao retorted earnestly.
"As the saying goes, practice makes perfect. We've met twice already, and now we're friends who've been through life and death together..."

Lin Hao's expression was then incredibly sincere, as if he were truly stating a fact.

"Stop!" Shen Man interrupted Lin Hao's rambling without any politeness, saying with a helpless expression:

"No money involved! Or, why don't you call your wife and have her send the ransom?"

She deliberately brought up the fake Li Muzi to see Lin Hao's reaction and to test whether Jane was in trouble.

"Her? She's just a fake who wants me dead, how could she possibly care about me?" Lin Hao scoffed, his tone clearly disdainful.

"Then I'm afraid I can't help you." Shen Man twitched the corner of her mouth, having seen through everything.

This guy won't admit defeat until he's faced with a fatal blow. Looks like we'll have to get serious.

She turned to Hpakant again, giving him a sharp look, her intention clear: Beat him to death!
"Hmph, serves you right for being so stingy." Shen Man thought to herself with a cold laugh.
"You dare to be so audacious? Not only did you sleep with Jane, but you also want to sleep with me? Just wait and see how I deal with you."

As the actors, led by Hpakant, approached Lin Hao step by step, Shen Man felt instantly relieved.

She could almost picture Lin Hao being beaten until he cried out in pain, which finally gave her an outlet for the frustration she had been holding back these past few days.

Looking at Lin Hao's feigned composure, she felt a surge of vengeful pleasure.

Although that's what she thought in her heart, she still kindly advised Lin Hao:

"Why don't you just give them the money? These guys are all desperate criminals, each with more than one life on their hands. They're capable of anything."

Shen Man's tone carried a hint of barely perceptible smugness, as if she could already see Lin Hao kneeling and begging for mercy.

Unfortunately, she was facing a severe financial crisis.

Although food and lodging were not a problem, she was struggling to afford a return flight, so she had to plan ahead.

If she could get some money from Lin Hao, it would at least alleviate her current financial pressure.

Moreover, money from scum like Lin Hao is free money, so why not take it?

Hpakant and his men had surrounded Lin Hao, their clubs gleaming coldly in the moonlight.

The atmosphere was so tense it seemed like it could explode at any moment. Lin Hao seemed to finally realize the seriousness of the situation, and his face began to turn pale.

His eyes darted between the burly men, and his breathing became rapid.

"Wait, wait a minute!" Lin Hao suddenly shouted, ignoring the approaching Hpakant, and instead turned to Shen Man, asking solemnly:

"If I give them money, will they really let me go?"

"Of course...no way!" Shen Man sneered inwardly, but on her face she feigned hesitation, offering an ambiguous reassurance:

"Although these people are all outlaws, they should still have basic sense of chivalry."

Her words left room for maneuver, giving Lin Hao a glimmer of hope while also paving the way for the subsequent acts of violence.

After all, trying to reason with desperate people is a joke.

"Hmph! Since that's the case, I, Lin Hao, would rather die a violent death in the streets today than compromise with the evil forces and embolden their arrogance!"

Lin Hao spoke with righteous indignation, his back ramrod straight, appearing fiercely determined to fight the evil forces to the end.

The moonlight shone on his face, and for a fleeting moment, Shen Man was almost fooled by his superb acting skills.

But Shen Man quickly came to her senses and didn't believe a single punctuation mark.

In her opinion, this guy was a complete miser, unwilling to spend a penny, yet he was suffering for the sake of saving face.

"What an incurable miser!" she cursed inwardly, completely losing her patience.

She gave Pagan a sharp look again, silently urging, "What are you waiting for? Get started!"

Hpakant received the signal and sighed inwardly. The director had urged him twice already; it would be unprofessional not to act soon.

"Sorry, brother!" he muttered to himself, then steeled his resolve and swung the baseball bat hard at Lin Hao's shin!

This blow, accompanied by the whoosh of wind, if it landed squarely, would almost certainly result in a bone fracture, and he would likely be confined to a wheelchair for three months.

"Don't fight! Don't fight!"

"Don't be impulsive!"

"Give me some face, everyone~, oh dear!"

Seeing that Hpakant and the others had finally made their move, Shen Man shouted useless words of dissuasion, but she had already nimbly jumped out of the battle circle.

This perfectly illustrates the meaning of "talking about the fight while actually watching the show."

She was terrified of being accidentally injured and getting splattered with blood, and at the same time, her tone carried an undisguised schadenfreude.

Moreover, her attempt to mediate a fight against a group of burly foreign men who couldn't understand Chinese was inherently absurd.

Shen Man was secretly overjoyed. She even secretly wondered if she could sneak up on him and give him a few kicks when things got chaotic. Surely he wouldn't notice.

Thinking about it this way, she felt a sudden urge to try, as if she could already see Lin Hao running away in a panic.

However, before she could put this "wonderful" idea into action...

"Whoosh! Bang!"

A dark shadow suddenly flew backward and crashed heavily at her feet, kicking up some dust.

The figure was burly and imposing; it was none other than Hpakant, who had made the first move!
"Yay, dentist!!"

This sudden turn of events startled Shen Man, and she instinctively let out a scream.

Immediately afterward, almost without thinking, her long, powerful leg shot up reflexively and delivered a precise kick to the person on the ground!
In this chaotic situation, it's definitely Lin Hao, that annoying guy, who's going to fly out!
If not now, when?
"Ouch... Director Shen, don't hit me, it's... it's me!" A muffled groan of pain and grievance came from below.

Shen Man: "???"

She was completely stunned. She quickly squatted down and helped the person up a little. In the dim light, she could finally see Hpakant's face, which was contorted with pain.

"How is it you?" Shen Man looked at Pagan in disbelief and asked, "So many of you were fighting him alone, how did you manage to fly out?"

Hpakant clutched his chest, grimacing, his face filled with fear and lingering dread.
"He...he knows kung fu...we...we can't even get close to him! My stick didn't even touch him before he flew out of the air!"

"effort?"

Shen Man felt as if she had heard the most absurd joke of the century.

Li Muzi and He Fei talked about everything, from their first love to their first kiss, from girlish thoughts to post-marital troubles. How could Li Muzi have never mentioned He Fei's kung fu skills?
This is completely illogical! When did this good-for-nothing who only knows how to gamble and live off women acquire such skills?
“Bang bang bang bang—!”

Just as Shen Man was squatting on the ground, questioning her existence, she heard a series of dull thuds and heavy thuds as objects fell to the ground, interspersed with a few short cries of pain, before quickly falling silent. She looked up abruptly, and the scene before her made her pupils shrink, and her blood seemed to freeze instantly.

Good heavens, all the actors she had hired at great expense, carefully selected, and who were all quite robust, were lying on the ground, bruised and battered, staggering about.

Moreover, they were in various positions, groaning in pain, and completely incapacitated. The whole process was so fast that no one could react.

"Gulp!" Shen Man swallowed hard, her heart filled with fear.

Looking at Lin Hao not far away, he had already casually put his hands back into his pockets.

At this moment, his breathing was steady and his clothes were neat, as if he had just taken a walk and stretched his muscles. Shen Man swallowed hard and felt a layer of cold sweat seeping out of her back.

Is this guy even human?

Seven or eight burly men wielding sticks were all taken down by him in such a short time and with such overwhelming force, with his bare hands?

This is no longer an ordinary fight; this is professional-level combat skills!
This guy... is he cheating?! The thought popped uncontrollably into Shen Man's mind.

Her lips twitched violently a few times, and after a brief moment of blankness, her brain immediately began to work at lightning speed.

The plan had completely failed, and in a way she never dreamed of.

But now is not the time to investigate why Lin Hao knows kung fu. The most urgent task is to clean up the mess and stabilize this guy who has suddenly become extremely dangerous!
She quietly turned her back, blocking Lin Hao's possible view with her body, and quickly took out her phone to send an urgent message to Zheng Cheng:
"Plan B has failed. The target is highly resistant, and all actors are injured. Arrive immediately for backup. Explain according to the contingency plan!"

After sending the message, she immediately deleted the record, then took a deep breath, forced a panicked and concerned expression onto her face, and ran to Lin Hao.

"Are you alright?" She looked Lin Hao up and down, her voice full of worry, her gaze carefully scanning him as if trying to find any signs of injury.

But the result disappointed her. Lin Hao spread his hands, his expression innocent yet slightly mocking, and asked in return:

"Look at me~, do I look like something's wrong?"

"Hehe... It's good that you're alright, it's good that you're alright! I was so worried about you just now!" Shen Man chuckled dryly, feeling her cheek muscles stiffen.

She forcibly concealed the turmoil within her heart, and then insincerely praised:
"I didn't expect you to be such a good fighter. This is truly... completely beyond my expectations."

These were her honest words, which were not only unexpected but also completely mind-blowing.

She paused, then continued her pretentious performance, subtly planting seeds of future events, attempting to steer the situation in a direction she could still control.

"I've already called the police for you! They should be here soon."

Then, she lowered her voice, feigning seriousness to create a tense atmosphere, "However, don't get your hopes up too high."

"The reason these people can act so arrogantly in the area must be because they are deeply entrenched and have a complex network of connections."

She looked at Lin Hao with worry, perfectly playing the role of an insider well aware of the local dark side, and said with a hint of helplessness:
"I'm afraid they'll be released on bail soon. And then, they're very likely to come after you."

She deliberately emphasized "retaliation," both as a form of intimidation and as a prelude to potentially continuing to "help" him in the future.

Call the police? Lin Hao chuckled inwardly. The real reason was probably to call Zheng Cheng, that fake cop, to come and clean up the mess.
This storyline was exactly the same as the plot he knew, but this time, Shen Man's plan was likely to fail.

Because after the motorcycle crash, while everyone's attention was drawn to Shen Man and Hpakant's "negotiation," he sent a brief request for help to the local police station without attracting anyone's attention.

The content included keywords related to the location and armed robbery. Based on their response speed, the real police should have arrived faster than Zheng Cheng, the fake policeman.

Lin Hao was very curious to see what kind of wonderful expression Shen Man would have when she saw a group of real police officers, armed and following proper procedures, getting out of the police car.

Wouldn't it be more interesting if the real and fake police officers faced each other at this moment?

That would definitely be much more interesting than this incredibly clumsy robbery.

"Looking for trouble?" Lin Hao chuckled lightly, speaking calmly.
"Although I don't like to cause trouble, I'm never afraid of trouble either."

His gaze swept indifferently over the groaning crowd on the ground, finally settling on Shen Man's face, as he said with an air of domineering arrogance:
"Let them come. Every time they come, I'll beat them up until they, or the people behind them, remember this lesson completely."

Shen Man: "..."

Okay, fine, you're good at fighting, you're awesome, alright! She was cursing wildly in her mind, but she didn't dare to show it on her face.

At this moment, in her eyes, Lin Hao had transformed from a gambler who could be manipulated at will into an extremely dangerous and unpredictable unknown.

"After something like this happened, I'm not in the mood for... well, you know," Shen Man quickly changed the subject.

She wanted to get away with that damn bet, but now, even if she had ten times the courage, she wouldn't dare go home alone with this "human weapon."

"I suppose you're not in the mood for it either? How about... we reschedule for another day?" she asked tentatively.

According to her original perfect script, Hpakant and his men should have stolen the passports and then given Lin Hao a good beating.

In this way, she neither has to fulfill the bet nor worry about him running back to his country, and she can also enjoy watching him beg for mercy in a sorry state, killing multiple birds with one stone.

But their plans have repeatedly defied expectations, and now they have completely collapsed, their public image is almost ruined.

Therefore, she could only use the empty promise of a "bet" to temporarily whet Lin Hao's appetite, hoping to get away with it.

"Who said I'm not in the mood?" Lin Hao said with great interest, as if he could read her mind.

Then Lin Hao revealed a meaningful smile, but it was this smile that sent a chill down Shen Man's spine.

"After resolving this minor issue and stretching my muscles, I can't be happier now."

He deliberately emphasized the words "stretch your muscles and bones," his gaze sweeping over Shen Man with undisguised amusement.

Shen Man was speechless again, feeling as if a million alpacas were stampeding through her mind.

Let alone the fact that she never intended to fulfill the bet, even if she did, it's completely hopeless now!

Looking at the "wounded" lying haphazardly on the ground, and thinking about the large sum of medical expenses and hush money that was about to be paid.

Her already meager finances were not only worsened, but she was practically facing bankruptcy and liquidation. Words like "heart bleeding" couldn't even begin to describe her pain!
Still want to sleep? Sleep my ass!
Just as Shen Man was internally collapsing and didn't know how to end the situation, a police siren sounded not far away.

"Wa ...

"They're finally here!" Hearing the approaching sirens, Shen Man's beautiful eyes lit up, and her tense nerves relaxed slightly.

"I didn't expect Zheng Cheng to be so efficient this time. He's improved!" All she wanted now was to get these wounded soldiers away as soon as possible and end this farce that had resulted in her losing both her wife and her army.

However, when she saw five neatly painted police cars with flashing roof lights slowly driving into the narrow street in a line, the smile on her face instantly froze.

That damned Zheng Cheng! He really doesn't know the cost of firewood and rice until he's in charge of the household!

I told you to find a few people to pretend to be police officers and pick up the people from Hpakant, not to make such a big fuss!

Five police cars! How much would the rental fee alone cost?
In addition to the appearance fees and prop costs for so many "extras," there are also the subsequent medical expenses for Hpakant and his companions!

Thinking about the money that was about to be spent like water, Shen Man's heart felt like it was bleeding.

If this continues, forget about the return ticket, I'm afraid I won't even have money for food for the next few days!

Fortunately, since the "actors" were already in place, the play had to continue. As for the loss she suffered at Lin Hao's hands, Shen Man could only grit her teeth and swallow it.

She took a deep breath, and as expected of a director, she instantly adjusted her mindset, her face regaining a confident and composed smile, and said to Lin Hao:

"The police are here. Let's go, let's go and talk to them together."

Since the money has already been spent, she can't afford to lose face! She has to maintain the image of "Chen Mai, the top lawyer" in front of Lin Hao.

(End of this chapter)