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Chapter 192 Shock! Earthquake in the Chinese Film Industry!

November 2, 4:17 am.

The searchlights in the mine collapse area are still on.

When Zhou Yang crawled out of the coal pile, the props team was loading the last batch of blood-stained miner's clothes into the truck.

Shen Long stared at the live burial scene that had just been filmed on the monitor, his fingers trembling uncontrollably.

Those suffocating groans from the coal dust being poured into their nasal cavities didn't sound like acting at all.

I recalled the filming scenes of that night; every scene was vivid in my mind, and it was terrifying!
This is……

A profound spiritual shock!
He subconsciously glanced at Zhou Yang, who was lying on the ground receiving oxygen...

He walked over silently, his voice complex, as if he wanted to say something, but ultimately the words caught in his throat...

He suddenly knelt down in front of Zhou Yang.

"Mr. Zhou, I...I'm sorry..."

The wind rustled across the hillside.

Shen Long kowtowed to Zhou Yang, repeatedly apologizing...

Zhou Yang's face was extremely pale. Although he was not injured, every scene was thrilling and exhausting.

That suffocating feeling of not being able to breathe was real...

At this moment, he was a little weak, but there was nothing wrong with his body, just a bit tired: "Alright, alright, I'm not dead or injured. From now on, just focus on making good movies, okay? Don't bother me, let me sleep for a while..."

not far away!
The sky was beginning to lighten with the first hint of dawn.

Perhaps I've been too tired lately.

Perhaps I was too tired last night.

Zhou Yang stood up, unwrapped the blood-soaked bandages from his body, and simply lay back down in the temporary rest area: "Give me a few more blankets, I'll just take a nap here... Be a little quieter when you're working later, don't wake me up. Also, edit the movie as I told you, and after you're done, send it for review. Remember to use the fast track..."

He then closed his eyes and quickly fell into a deep sleep.

The photographer, Xu Yunyi, looked at Zhou Yang lying on the ground, his eyes gradually reddening.

Just as he nodded, preparing to do something!
Suddenly, the roar of engines came from the foot of the mountain, and more than a dozen media vehicles broke through the security line.

Countless reporters, carrying cameras, frantically pushed their way towards the security guards!

"Stop them!"

"Quick, quick, stop them!"

"Who the hell let them come up here? Have you guys eaten shit?"

"..."

Security guard Zhang Shun was horrified when he saw this scene and kept shouting angrily into his walkie-talkie!

but……

There were just too many media outlets rushing in this time!
They had no contingency plan whatsoever and could only barely keep these things in front of the guardrail...

When the crew saw this, they rushed forward to assist the security personnel and desperately tried to stop the guys who were carrying cameras and filming wildly!

However, their defenses were still breached!
Some reporters were quick-witted and even managed to capture the scene of director Shen Long kneeling before Zhou Yang in the first instance!
Shen Long's expression changed drastically, and he quickly stood up...

"Hello, is that person Zhou Yang?"

"What happened to Mr. Zhou? Why is he lying down?"

"Was Mr. Zhou seriously injured while filming a movie?!"

"Hello, why are you on a ventilator? What does this mean? Is Mr. Zhou in danger?"

"Hello, tell me what happened!"

"Hello there!"

"..."

Suddenly, excited voices rang out from the silent mine.

The sound was mixed with screams!
When Li Dachun, the coal mine manager, saw that the security guards were about to lose control of the reporters, he immediately led some coal mine workers over!
"Quick, quick!"

"Stop them quickly!"

"Don't let them take pictures of President Zhou!"

"Don't let them take pictures! It will ruin Mr. Zhou's handsome image!"

"quick!"

"..."

"Whatever you do, don't let them take pictures!"

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The outskirts of the mine!

[Film Weekly] Reporter Wang Lei's phone suddenly vibrated!
Immediately afterwards...

"Quick, quick, there's big news! Damn, huge news! Quick, they're trying to steal my camera! Bring your men over here right now!"

"..."

Wang Lei was startled when he heard his usually calm colleague suddenly speak in such a loud voice on the phone!
Next!

He looked ahead!
Ahead, my colleagues were running downhill with cameras in their arms!
Meanwhile, on the mine, countless miners roared and shouted angrily, as if they wanted to snatch his camera!
Upon seeing this scene, Wang Lei immediately realized that his colleague had captured a major news story.

In the midst of the chaotic scramble, the camera and video camera were smashed to the ground and about to be trampled on. Just then, Wang Lei reacted quickly, grabbed the camera and video camera, and immediately ran down the mine...

"quick!"

"quick!"

"Hurry up and get me in the car!"

"quick!"

"Once we get to a place with internet access, quickly send this information to the company. Hurry, there's big news!"

He hurriedly ran to the car, looked at his reporters who were surrounded, and at that moment he didn't care about anything else, and ran forward frantically!

What did he photograph?

"I don't know, let me see..."

Inside the car, Wang Lei quickly took the camera and immediately turned on the screen!
A 30-second video that my colleague had just filmed popped up on the screen!
In the video, he saw the panicked expressions on the faces of Li Dachun and other coal mine owners...

I saw director Shen Long kneeling in front of what appeared to be a white sheet...

I saw that prop master Liu Fang's eyes were red...

Photographer Xu Yunyi appears to be wiping away tears...

And the other staff members all wore expressions of sorrow and complexity...

Although the photo isn't very clear, but!

The key words, "Don't let them take pictures of President Zhou," were very clear!
this moment!
"boom!"

He felt like his head was about to explode!
Could it be Zhou Yang?!

Mr. Zhou!
Did he die from making movies?

this moment!
He abruptly grabbed the intern beside him, his voice trembling with excitement: "Quick! Contact headquarters to reserve a front-page spot! Quick!"

"Damn it, where's the internet?!"

"Damn it, why is there no internet?"

"Dry!"

"..."

"Quickly upload this video online, hurry up!"

"..."

..............................

"Zhou Yang seems to be dead!"

"What? Are you kidding me? You're talking nonsense!"

"It's true, Mr. Xu, damn it, the videos have all been leaked online. Zhou Yang appears to be covered with a white sheet, it seems like when the movie 'Coal Mine' collapsed during filming... Zhou Yang was trapped inside!"

"what!"

morning.

Xu Haibo, who was fast asleep, received a phone call!
Immediately afterward, he woke up with a start and hurriedly walked towards the office.

With a very complicated expression, the assistant handed the news on the laptop, along with the news from the front lines, to the shocked Xu Haibo!
Xu Haibo saw that the "Movie House" and "Film Fan House" had completely gone crazy...

The first thing I saw was a message.

[Actor Zhou Yang was actually buried alive while filming (viewer discretion advised)!!!]

He clicked on the news! He saw the footage of a safety officer frantically shoveling coal ash. The scene looked familiar, but Xu Haibo couldn't quite place it!
Immediately afterwards, I saw videos sent from the front lines!
In the video!
He saw director Shen Long kneeling on the ground, weeping bitterly, and then he saw Zhou Yang on a stretcher, with bandages wrapped around his body and seemingly covered with a white sheet...

"Don't let them take pictures of President Zhou!"
"Don't take pictures!"

"President Zhou is perfectly fine and is resting!"

"Damn it, I told you, Mr. Zhou is fine, the coal mine didn't collapse, we're filming a movie, filming a movie, it's all just filming a movie!"

"Stop filming, Mr. Zhou is resting. He's too tired. Let him rest before we talk to him!"
"Damn it, stop them! Tell these bastards to stop filming!"

"Let me reiterate, there was no landslide, and Mr. Zhou is not in any danger, he's just a little tired!"

"..."

The scene in the video is extremely chaotic!

Director Shen Long seemed to have lost his mind, yelling and shoving all the media personnel!

Photographer Xu Yunyi was also very excited, grabbing and smashing the cameras of many media outlets...

Another scene shows coal mine owner Li Dachun leading a group of coal miners, chasing after media outlets that had taken photos, impounding many of their vehicles and forcing them to delete the photos!

Scenes from the scene!

This gave Xu Haibo a slight jolt!

What the hell!

Could Zhou Yang have actually died from making movies?

and many more!

Impossible, impossible!
"Find out if this is Zhou Yang's elaborate scheme! That bastard Zhou Yang is a master of self-promotion!"

"it is good!"

"..."

The assistant left in a hurry.

About ten minutes later, the assistant came in again!

"【XuanShi Entertainment】has already issued a statement! They are desperately trying to clarify that Zhou Yang was just filming a movie, it was just for movie effects, and he didn't die!"

"Are you clarifying?"

"Yes, they're all clarifying things, but Zhou Yang hasn't shown up! I just received news... it seems Zhou Yang was put into a car, I don't know where he's going, but there are several medical staff following behind... it looks like he has a ventilator on him!"

"..."

Upon hearing this!
Xu Haibo was taken aback, and then began to become somewhat suspicious!

"Is he really fucking dead?"

"Just now, the China Film News received an anonymous submission... containing several photos of Zhou Yang covered in blood. Although the photos were taken from a distance, they were very clear!"

"???"

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"Our CEO Zhou doesn't need this kind of shameless hype!"

"Everyone, Mr. Zhou is doing very well, but he is a little tired and is resting. He will meet with you all again after he wakes up!"

"The movie release will remain unchanged!"

"Correct!"

"I'll say it again, Mr. Zhou is fine, absolutely fine. Apart from a minor scratch and some skin injury, everything is normal!"

"The photos are all fake, they're all blood and gore. The videos of the landslide are all rumors, many of them are old news videos from TV, there's absolutely no such thing!"

"Yes, no, absolutely not. Unscrupulous hype is strictly prohibited, thank you!"

"You media outlets, stop profiting from human suffering! I'll reiterate: Mr. Zhou is alive and well!"

"When President Zhou wakes up, he will meet with you!"

"Stop reporting it! President Zhou is dead!"

"Mr. Zhou, he's not dead! I'll say it again, he's not dead, he's not injured, it's all just a movie!"

"..."

Countless reporters!
The [Xuan Shi Entertainment] store was completely surrounded!
Zhang Jingya watched this scene with a pale face, desperately trying to clarify things in the crowd...

Even those in front of him kept posting several sets of photos taken by Zhou Yang!
then……

Even though the photos have already been posted, these unscrupulous reporters seem to ignore them, insisting that the photos are fake and demanding that Zhou Yang personally appear to clarify!
Zhang Jingya was furious!
What she hates most in her life are the media outlets that joke about "life".

However, for some reason, things started to get worse the more they were explained!
She felt like she was fucking going crazy!

By noon, she received a video call from Zhou Yang!
She immediately posted the clarification video online!
The video is very clear, and Zhou Yang's smiling face is also visible...

"I'm fine, I'm okay, I just want to rest for a bit, please stop making a fuss!"

"The film will be released as soon as it passes censorship. It's just a movie. I won't risk my life for publicity, nor do I need to..."

"..."

however!
This video has been uploaded to the internet!
Not only did it fail to clarify the situation!
Not only did it have no effect, but instead, a deluge of news reports all pointed to [Xuan Shi Entertainment] trying to cover up the truth!

They even accused the video of being edited and the audio of being synthesized!
There are even self-proclaimed experts online explaining how this video was edited and written!

....................................

"Pre-sale tickets are selling like hotcakes!"

"crazy!"

"The cinemas we partner with are all packed with people!"

"We extended the pre-sale period to 7 days, but as soon as they were released, they were all snapped up!"

"These people are incredibly excited; the scalpers are selling tickets for 700 RMB each!"

"..."

[XuanShi Entertainment] Copyright Cinema Department.

Dong Qichang was taken aback when he received the data from his assistant!
Just as I was about to say something...

The phone rang!

The call was from my former employer, Huaying International...

His apprentice, whom he had personally trained, was so excited that he was almost going crazy!
"Brother Dong!"

"We're willing to pay a high price for Zhou Yang's version of 'The Mine'!"

"Brother Dong, we need the film source. Name your price!"

"..."

We haven't finished talking yet!
The phone rang again!

"President Dong, we cinema chains are willing to cooperate with [Xuan Shi Entertainment]. I heard that the film is currently under review, and it seems to have gone through a fast track. It should be approved soon!"

"We want it! You name the price, and you decide how we want to cooperate!"

"quick!"

"President Dong, give it to us!"

"..."

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evening!

Shen Long's phone rang!
Shen Long answered the phone!

It turned out the call was from that famous German film critic from the Berlin International Film Festival.

He once spent 10,000 euros to get this film critic to recommend his movies, but the critic was very indifferent!

however……

At this moment!

"Did Mr. Zhou Yang die while making a movie?"

His broken Chinese was filled with a hint of excitement!
"He's not dead, Mr. Zhou is fine!"

"Do you have any footage from your film? Any scenes of death?"

"I told you, President Zhou is not dead; it's all just hype!"

"I'm asking you, is there a movie? Whether you're dead or not isn't important, is there a movie?"

"Still under review!"

"Send me a copy! This year's Berlin International Film Festival is missing a blockbuster film!"

"..."

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