"I suspect—"
Zhou Junhao leaned close to Xiao He, lowering his voice as he said, "Someone in the industry is running a flesh trade supply chain."
Xiao He: ...
How should he put this? If you're talking about this kind of thing, it seems pretty normal in the entertainment circle, but legally speaking, it's actually quite serious.
That's the situation, but the way you just said it, it seems like everyone wouldn't even be shocked anymore?!
"But wasn't Wang Shaoqi already arrested?"
Xiao He asked with difficulty.
He knew about Wang Shaoqi; he was indeed involved in this kind of business behind the scenes, acting as a small-scale organizer. Now that he's been implicated by Qin Yuezhang and caught red-handed by the police, shouldn't that industry linked to the victims from Qin Yuezhang's side already be dismantled?
Why is Zhou Junhao still investigating here?
Zhou Junhao shook his head: "No, no, no, I think there must be other people involved behind this. I suspect there's a deeper supply chain that hasn't been discovered by others yet."
Xiao He thought privately: ...If you investigate this in detail, with my ability to sniff out similar things, I could probably round up a whole bunch of different people in the industry for you.
Even in his past or current production teams, he could probably find someone involved every few steps.
So unless it involved a murder case, Xiao He wouldn't even spare the person a second glance now. He was already numb to it, not finding it particularly strange anymore.
"Do you have any evidence? Why not just tell the police directly?"
"Right now, it's just my suspicion." Zhou Junhao spread his hands. "I don't have any evidence, just a feeling."
Xiao He was at a loss for words: "So based on just this feeling, you're spending time and effort to gather information in the production team?"
"This is my intuition, and it's never been wrong before."
Zhou Junhao raised a finger and wagged it.
Xiao He: ...
Forget it. He already knew this kid had some hero complex and was overly idealistic.
It wasn't necessarily a good thing, but it wasn't a bad thing either.
At least as bystanders, they had no right to mock him.
"So you came to me about this too?" Xiao He gave a preemptive warning. "I won't help you with anything."
"Actually, no."
Zhou Junhao gave an honest smile. "I don't have any evidence. I'm just here to gather some information. I wouldn't drag you into this, Brother Xiao."
"I just discovered by accident while investigating that someone wants to harm Yu Xuezheng. But I can't directly point the finger myself, so I wanted to tell you, Brother Xiao, and then you could privately warn Yu Xuezheng."
Zhou Junhao had seen Xiao He and Yu Xuezheng chatting quite well earlier. Having Xiao He deliver a few warnings seemed just right.
"So that's all it is."
Xiao He subtly let out a sigh of relief.
"Alright then. So who's the one trying to sabotage her?"
"Yu Xuezheng's agent."
"Huh?" Xiao He was quite surprised. "Her agent?"
"I heard it with my own ears. And at that time, when a staff member went up to help adjust her clothes, they deliberately unfastened Yu Xuezheng's safety buckle, causing it to come loose on one side when she was being pulled backward on the wire."
This matter wasn't major, but it wasn't minor either. After all, Yu Xuezheng's action scene on set wasn't high-risk. Even with the wire work, it was just a backward-flying trajectory. Even if an accident occurred, Yu Xuezheng wouldn't be in life-threatening danger.
If it were the kind of scene where she was flying around in the air, an accident would be truly terrifying.
So the agent's goal wasn't to take Yu Xuezheng's life, but rather... to injure her? To make her leave the production team?
Xiao He didn't understand what kind of grudge this was.
Aren't agents and artists supposed to be connected by fate?
But Xiao He believed Zhou Junhao wasn't lying.
"Do you have evidence?"
"Of course." Zhou Junhao's face lit up as he pulled out his "equipment," explaining seriously, "This is my bread and butter."
As journalists, they always speak with "evidence."
Xiao He took it and listened, then nodded decisively: "Alright, I'll go investigate the situation later."
The "Cangyue Calamity" production team was also a project he had invested in now. Xiao He would absolutely not tolerate such a hidden danger.
"Then I'll be going first."
Zhou Junhao said in a low voice, "Once we leave here, act like you don't know me."
"Mm."
After saying this, Zhou Junhao peeked out, looking left and right, then got off the van, circled to the other side of the parking lot, and quietly left.
Only after Zhou Junhao left did Lao Qi slowly walk back.
"Did something happen? Should I notify Agent Liu?"
"No need."
Xiao He refused directly. "It's nothing major. No need to trouble her."
But considering Lao Qi had been in the industry for so many years and might have good connections, he asked: "Lao Qi, do you know anyone in this production team?"
Lao Qi paused, seemingly surprised by the question. After thinking carefully, he nodded: "I know Old Liu from the security team."
"Security..." Xiao He pondered for a moment, then nodded. "Then go catch up with him and ask him about any recent incidents in this production team."
"Alright." Lao Qi didn't refuse.
When Xiao He returned to the production team, Xiao Chen had been waiting for him for a while.
"Brother Xiao."
Seeing Xiao He, Xiao Chen immediately approached and whispered in his ear: "Sister Xuezheng suspects someone, but the other party refuses to admit it, and there's no other evidence to support it. So the production team's current plan is to first hold the wire work safety officer accountable."
This safety officer was innocent in a way, and indeed quite innocent, but if they really wanted to assign blame, he wasn't completely blameless either.
After all, ensuring the safety of the wire work was his responsibility. It's just that after checking the wire work safety once, he didn't repeatedly verify the situation. Instead, he squatted to the side slacking off, watching Yu Xuezheng fly back and forth.
Who knew that just as filming was about to end, the director said they needed another take? Another staff member went up and, under the pretense of adjusting Yu Xuezheng's clothes, unfastened one of her safety buckles.
And the safety officer squatting to the side slacking off completely failed to notice this.
Now that the incident occurred, no one knows when Yu Xuezheng's safety buckle came undone, and they can't confirm if someone else did it deliberately. So the biggest responsibility falls on him.
"What about the on-site surveillance and the footage from the shoot?"
Xiao He asked quietly.
"There's one that captured it, but it only shows the suspicious staff member helping adjust the clothes. You can't clearly see what she did."
"Is the production team planning to call the police?"
Xiao Chen shook his head: "The director and producer both disagree."
Xiao He sighed: "Makes sense."
"Cangyue Calamity" had just emerged from the shadow of the incident involving the second male lead and the producer gathering a crowd. If they got involved in another police case now, their production team would really be finished.
"Let's go, let's take a look."
Xiao He wasn't planning to reveal his trump card right away. He wanted to use this opportunity to observe everyone's reactions in the production team.
After all, "Cangyue Calamity" was produced by multiple parties, involving several companies and investors. The main team's composition was also quite complex. When everyone gathered together, it was inevitable that minds would be restless, each with their own little schemes.
Xiao He didn't plan to get involved in these people's internal conflicts, but he also wouldn't let some rotten apples disrupt the production team's operations.
Just as he reached the door, Xiao He heard Yu Xuezheng's voice: "You say it was an accident, so it was an accident? Everyone knows what the structure of a safety buckle is. If you dare keep insisting, I'll call the police."
"No, no, no, let's talk this out properly, please don't call the police—"
That was Lu Weicheng's voice.
Then another unfamiliar voice also said: "Xiao Yu, look at this mess. Our production team really can't handle a second Hot Search. Since the culprit has been caught, let's settle this privately. Don't bring the police into this."
"I'm sorry, Sister Xuezheng. I really just accidentally got your clothes caught in the safety buckle while adjusting them. I never imagined this would happen. Please, I beg you, don't call the police. I'm willing to compensate. I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
Yu Xuezheng inside the room and Xiao He outside the door both let out a cold laugh simultaneously.
Hah, so *accidental*, huh?