Full-Time Public Enemy-Chapter 581 - 469: Killing Two Birds with One Stone_3

And then the filming started immediately, with the first scene being Chen Gu's. It ended up being retaken seven or eight times…

The problem was not with Chen Gu, but with those supporting actors.

Yu Mozi looked at Chen Gu with newfound respect and praised, "I didn't expect you to be such a talented actor."

Chen Gu: ???

You're the talented one; your whole family is talented! A fine director he is, how could he curse at people like that? This film emperor is clearly an idol-type actor!

Chen Gu was actually very tired too. What kind of sorry bunch are these supporting actors? Their acting is so exaggerated. Chen Gu could unapologetically say that in his previous life, even if they were just extras, they would have been berated by the director, pointing right in their faces.

The first scene barely made it through. By the second scene, Yu Mozi was about to lose it. He really hadn't expected a star player from the Behemoth Alliance to become the acting pillar of his own crew!

The rest of these people… although you all graduated from some no-name film academies and drama schools, you at least majored in acting, right? How can you be this bad?

What depressed him most was that one of them was his "junior."

Alright, our great Director Yu Mozi was also from a no-name school.

Yu Mozi was already calculating how much longer he could hold out; a little more of this, and he was prepared to throw down the clapboard and walk. But Chen Gu, the lead actor, suddenly kicked a prop aside and roared furiously, "Your acting is a pile of shit!"

"It's a complete insult to the acting profession!"

"Gao Mengjiu, get your ass over here to Daddy! If you don't replace this trash, then *I* am done acting!"

Chen Gu strode off, leaving everyone on set staring at each other in dismay. The so-called "actors" who had been shoehorned in by their financial backers, however, started muttering with mocking sarcasm.

"What's this nonsense? Just some celebrity, and he dares to bark in the face of capital? We'll teach him his place in minutes!"

"I'm calling my dad! We're replacing this lead actor!"

"A total set tyrant! A one hundred percent set tyrant! Where's my assistant? Call those reporters from the gossip rags immediately! I'm going to leak this!"

The set was in an uproar. Only Director Yu Mozi, who had initially looked down on Chen Gu, was now nearly moved to tears. Chen Gu's words had resonated deeply with him! For a moment, Yu Mozi even had the thought: As long as Chen Gu is in this crew, we can still keep filming.

But it was only for a moment. He knew very well that Chen Gu was taking on almost all the investors single-handedly; the outcome was self-evident.

Drawing on his many years of experience struggling in the entertainment industry, he could easily tell that even with that "pre-release promotional clip," Chen Gu's position as lead actor was likely no longer secure.

Chen Gu returned to his dressing room, with a furious Gao Mengjiu storming in after him. The moment he saw Chen Gu, Gao Mengjiu exploded, "There were so many people out there! Couldn't you have saved me some face? I'm a top agent too, you know! And you kept calling yourself 'Daddy' this and 'Daddy' that to me! Don't I have any dignity?"

Chen Gu was still fuming. "Those bums desecrated the profession!"

"Desecrated my ass!" Gao Mengjiu shot back, not holding anything back. "Those people were all pushed in by the investors! Otherwise, there'd be a funding gap of a hundred million. Are *you* going to cover that?"

Chen Gu paused, thought for a moment, and started to call Ding Zhou. However, before Ding Zhou could answer, he hung up and instead initiated a holographic video conference, pulling in Bai Yunpeng, Aviloya, and Ding Zhou.

Ding Zhou connected first, then Bai Yunpeng, with Aviloya being the last.

Chen Gu said apologetically, "Sorry, I know you big shots are all very busy. I wouldn't have bothered you if it wasn't necessary."

He then explained what had just happened and, before the higher-ups could start complaining, asked, "The 'kill two birds with one stone' plan we discussed before—are we still going ahead with it?"

"The set is stuffed with these connected individuals, every one of them more capable of ruining things than achieving anything. If the Digital Group really shows up, these people will undoubtedly cause casualties, possibly even jeopardizing our entire plan. Who will bear responsibility for that?"

Ken, listening on the side, was utterly confused. What 'kill two birds with one stone' plan? What Digital Group?

He had sensed from the start that there was something fishy about the Bureau of Mystic Security suddenly making a large investment for Chen Gu to shoot a movie, but his clearance level wasn't high enough to be privy to matters concerning the Digital Group.

Bai Yunpeng remained Chen Gu's staunchest supporter. Although he sensed Chen Gu might be using the situation to his advantage somewhat, he still stated, "This is indeed a problem."

"Don't worry, Chen," Bai Yunpeng assured him. "This is a very important part of our elaborate trap—our 'Net Above and Snare Below' plan—against the Digital Group. We won't let those connected individuals jeopardize the entire operation."

"However, funding is indeed tight."

For the production of this movie, the military and the Bureau of Mystic Security had indeed formulated a 'kill two birds with one stone' plan. The first objective was, naturally, the publicly stated one: the live broadcast had been too influential. To counteract this, the best option was to capitalize on the broadcast's material and shoot a film, essentially turning the live broadcast into pre-release promotion for the movie.

The second objective, secretly decided upon by Chen Gu, Bai Yunpeng, and Ding Zhou, was to 'lure the snake from its hole.'

Once the movie project was announced, the Digital Group would undoubtedly learn of it. They would never take such a thing lying down—because if the movie succeeded, it would turn their previous Purification operation into a complete joke.