NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 418 Colluding in Crime
"Teacher Peter, are you ready? The time is a bit tight this morning, we need to finish shooting this scene quickly!" Director Liu Ce urged.
Before Peter could speak, Wang Zhe took the lead and said, "Director Liu, I might need to delay for a little while. Peter is a good friend of my father's, and I haven't seen Peter for a long time. Could you give us a few minutes to catch up? I won't act in the bodyguard role, so a few minutes' delay shouldn't be a problem, right?"
"Young Master Wang, isn't this a bit inappropriate?" Director Liu Ce said with some annoyance.
If it weren't for Wang Zhe's arrival, who knows, they might have finished this scene long ago. Due to Wang Zhe, the shooting process was repeatedly delayed, which greatly irritated Liu Ce.
Wang Zhe could see that Liu Ce was getting impatient and he snorted coldly, "Director Liu, you don't even respect my face; are you not afraid that my father will blacklist you?"
Blacklist? Again with the blacklist?
Being threatened by Wang Zhe once more, Director Liu Ce wanted nothing more than to pin Wang Zhe to the ground and run him over a hundred times.
Wang Zhe, if not for his powerful and influential father, was someone that he wouldn't even want to look at, and Liu Ce felt extremely disgusted by him.
"No problem, but Young Master Wang, you need to be quick!" Forced into a corner, Director Liu Ce had to prioritize the bigger picture.
If he offended Wang Zhe at this point, once they finished shooting the film and it went for review, any interference from Wang Zhe's father would definitely cause serious delays to the movie's release process.
If you endure momentarily, calm will follow; if you retreat one step, broad and boundless prospects will open up. Director Liu Ce could only console himself this way.
"Don't worry, it won't take more than a few minutes!"
Wang Zhe said with a sinister smile. He turned to Peter and said, "Old Peter, I need to talk to you in private!"
"Yes!" Knowing Wang Zhe had something to discuss, Peter followed Wang Zhe to a secluded spot.
Looking at Wang Zhe, Peter asked curiously, "Young Master Wang, what do you need me for?"
"Old Peter, you've been in our country's film and television circles for so many years; you should know that I like the Little Queen of the Music Scene, Wei Ziyi, right?" Wang Zhe cut straight to the point.
Peter nodded and said, "I've heard a bit about that. Not long ago, your father Wang Xin even told me about it, asking my opinion. I think that if you two got together, it would be quite good!"
"That's right!"
Wang Zhe nodded in satisfaction and continued, "Now, I've encountered a love rival. You have to help me with this, don't you?"
"Of course! What would you like me to do for you?" Peter asked curiously.
Wang Zhe's eyes shifted to Ye Fan, and with a venomous look, he said, "Old Peter, you've seen that guy called Ye Fan, right? It's him who wants to snatch Wei Ziyi away from me, and it's also him who caused these injuries on me. Later, he will play the role of Wei Ziyi's bodyguard. When the time comes, I want you and your men to take the chance to deal with him—hard."
"Don't hold back; it's alright even if he dies!"
"What?" Peter was shocked.
He hadn't expected Wang Zhe's rival to be right there on site, and even less that Wang Zhe was beaten by Ye Fan. When he first arrived on set, he thought Wang Zhe's injuries were just movie makeup.
Little did he expect that Wang Zhe, the son of a renowned director from the Heavenly Abode Country, had been bloodied at the Central Plains Film and Television City; this was indeed very surprising.
Wang Zhe whispered, "Old Peter, it's all on you later!"
"Young Master Wang, this seems a bit inappropriate, doesn't it? You should know that what's coming up is just acting, not actual killing!" Peter frowned.
If it were an ordinary time, he could find some pretext to have Ye Fan roughed up, and afterwards it wouldn't matter much, but for Wang Zhe to ask him to kill Ye Fan during the filming was a bit too much.
After all, he was an international Martial Arts star. If he killed Ye Fan during the shooting, once exposed, it would definitely cause a huge uproar, and he might even be blacklisted inside the Heavenly Abode Country's film and television circles.
In recent years, the film and television industry in the Heavenly Abode Country had developed rapidly and was willing to spend a lot of money to engage foreign artists for their films.
Just like today, where he simply made a cameo appearance, Director Liu Ce offered him a sky-high fee of eight million.
Just by showing up for at most half an hour, he could earn eight million, enough to prove how lucrative the film industry in Heavenly Abode Country is.
If his future were to be compromised over Wang Zhe's personal vendetta, it would be utterly unworthy.
How could Wang Zhe not know what Peter was wary of? He sneered and said, "Old Peter, what are you hesitating for? If it weren't for my father bringing you over to act in the past, could you have achieved what you have today? Besides, even if you killed Ye Fan, with the Imperial Capital Wang Family stepping in, it would be very easy to suppress any negative news!"
"The most important thing is, I heard my father is preparing a blockbuster, with an investment of two billion already in place. You should know what kind of production that is, right Peter? As far as I know, my father is still considering casting, and I could recommend you. You could easily make a billion just from one movie!"
"Earn a billion?" Hearing this, Peter's eyes lit up with fervor.
Wang Zhe enticed him systematically saying, "That's right! A guaranteed billion, and if the box office sells well, there might also be a bonus. By then, you'll have both fame and fortune, and your influence in our country will grow even stronger. Just think, if your fame rises again, will your acting fees be any less in the future?"
"What Young Master Wang says makes perfect sense!" Peter's heart raced.
He knew that Wang Zhe's father, Wang Xin, was a superstar director in the entertainment circle of Heavenly Abode Country. Countless people sought to curry favor with Wang Xin.
Since Wang Xin came from a martial arts star background, he also had a certain level of international fame. After transitioning into directing, he made a martial arts film and personally called Peter to star in it.
At that time, Peter was only moderately famous internationally, and to his surprise, thanks to Wang Xin's film, he became an overnight sensation and quickly rose to stardom.
Without Wang Xin's patronage, his success today would have been impossible.
In recent years, Wang Xin has been busy, and there has been little collaboration between the two, but occasional contacts remained. If he could collaborate with Wang Xin again, it would be perfect.
Peter was tempted, but he was no fool. He hesitated for a moment and asked, "Wait a minute, Young Master Wang, aren't you an Ancient Martial Artist now? With your strength, can't you defeat this youngster yourself?"
"Peter, although our Imperial Capital Wang Family is a Martial Arts Family, by my generation, martial arts have fallen into decline. I don't like to practice martial arts at all. If it weren't for my father forcing me from a young age, I wouldn't want to have anything to do with martial arts. Knowing that I don't enjoy martial arts, my father bought me a lot of medicinal materials and specifically elevated me to the Ancient Martial Artist realm!"
"To put it bluntly, Peter, I'm just a half-baked martial artist. Against a real Martial Arts expert, I stand no chance!" Wang Zhe admitted unabashedly.
Peter nodded thoughtfully, aware that the Imperial Capital Wang Family was a Martial Arts Family, and he knew Wang Zhe didn't like to practice martial arts.
But he had inadvertently heard that Wang Zhe had broken through to the Ancient Martial Artist realm. Peter had initially thought Wang Zhe achieved it through breaking his own limits, not expecting that Wang Zhe had reached the Ancient Martial Artist realm through consuming drugs.
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Wang Zhe continued, "Peter, don't worry, that kid Ye Fan is at most just an Ancient Martial Artist, nowhere near your level! You should know, you are a Martial Arts Grandmaster, and internationally, among the many martial arts stars, there are very few at the Martial Arts Grandmaster level. With your skill, killing Ye Fan will be too easy!"
"Hmm, not bad!" Peter nodded in agreement.
He glanced at Ye Fan and saw that he was under thirty. Peter thought that Ye Fan had barely stepped into the Ancient Martial Artist realm.
In his opinion, reaching the Ancient Martial Artist realm by that age was already quite impressive; being under thirty and entering the Martial Arts Grandmaster Realm was the mark of an extraordinary genius. In Peter's eyes, Ye Fan didn't have the bearing of a master at all, certainly not the mark of a genius.
Wang Zhe smirked and said, "Old Peter, I'll have to trouble you to take care of him for me then!"
"Young Master Wang, I am more than happy to serve you. You'll have to help me secure a spot in your father's next movie though!" Peter smirked.
Wang Zhe patted his chest and assured, "Old Peter, that's a piece of cake. As long as you can help me take care of this kid, not just one movie, even ten wouldn't be a problem!"
"Then I must thank Young Master Wang!" Peter reached out his right hand.
Wang Zhe also extended his right hand and said, "Don't mention it, Old Peter, a pleasure doing business with you!"
"A pleasure doing business!" A smile spread across Peter's face.
With the help of Peter, a Martial Arts Grandmaster, Wang Zhe's face instantly became vicious, as if Peter's intervention would guarantee Ye Fan's demise during the upcoming filming.