Reborn in the Entertainment Industry: Second Life

Chapter 229 A Day in City X

On the highway.

A black Santana with a full tank of gas weaved through the traffic. During the Chinese New Year holiday, the highways were toll-free, and many cars were heading home.

Cao Xin had a lollipop in his mouth and was steering the wheel.

The person sitting in the passenger seat was as thin as ice.

His destination was City X, where a hospital needed him to have a follow-up examination. His health indicators hadn't been very good since coming down from the snow mountain, and he had left his medical records there. This time, he would go directly to the same hospital to have his relevant indicators re-examined.

Monkey's mother was also hospitalized in that hospital. Monkey had contacted Bo Bing beforehand and said he wanted to have a meal with him.

Bo Bing did not refuse.

Just by the way.

Bo Bing got out of the car, and Cao Xin went to park the car.

After the young man went through all the procedures, it was already dinner time. Apart from the steel plate in his left hand, the other injuries were either old and unavoidable or had already healed.

Bo Bing slowly walked out, carrying the plastic bag given to her by the hospital and her medical records.

Cao Xin walked ahead of him and helped him carry the bag of Chinese medicine.

Orthopedics department, at the corner.

Cao Xin bumped right into a man in a hurry; this was a blind spot.

"You son of a bitch, running to the hospital so fast, are you trying to die or reincarnate?"

The man opposite stopped in his tracks. "Watch your mouth. Nobody saw anyone around this corner. Why are you cursing people like that?"

Cao Xin was slammed against the iron railing behind him, and his suppressed anger flared up instantly. "Damn it! You were the one running in the corridor!"

"Are you deliberately trying to cause trouble at the hospital?"

The man opposite was also tall and muscular, exuding a sense of authority.

Cao Xin frowned, then laughed angrily, "Me, looking for trouble? If it were before, you'd be lying in bed by now."

To be honest, both sides are equally to blame, but the problem lies in the fact that one was in a hurry to leave and the other was in a hurry to start cursing, so both sides thought it was the other's fault.

"Lying down? In a society governed by the rule of law, you really have a big mouth!"

The man wasn't intimidated by Cao Xin. "If you dare to cause trouble, I don't mind arresting you during the New Year."

At the critical moment.

The young man followed and saw Cao Xin. "Cao Xin, what are you doing?"

"Boss Bo, someone is deliberately causing trouble."

Cao Xin's expression was calm, yet it genuinely revealed a ruthless intent.

"what?"

Bo Bing frowned, blocked Cao Xin behind her, and looked up.

life.

There were surprises everywhere.

"Bo Bing? What are you doing here?"

The man's tone turned cold, and his gaze, shifting between the two men, carried a strong sense of scrutiny. "You two are in cahoots?"

"Hey, Captain Guan, what are you saying?"

Bo Bing shrugged, a lazy smile on his face. "What a coincidence, to see your true face here..."

Stop making jokes here.

Guan Yinshan's expression was very serious. "What are you doing? Bo Bing, are you involved with the underworld?"

Bo Bing touched her slightly longer buzz cut. "Captain Guan, look at you, judging people by their appearance."

"speak nicely."

Guan Yinshan is not so easily fooled. Before, there was Zhou Tao, who clearly wasn't clean, and now there's Cao Xin, who dares to make threats, who calls him "boss".

Could this guy really be some kind of dangerous element?

The three faced off.

We're one short, let's make up a table for mahjong.

He harbored resentment.

Whatever you say comes.

"Captain Guan... Captain Guan?"

A somewhat slick voice broke in, and a tall, thin man with a rather grimacing mouth stepped out of the elevator. He paused for a moment upon seeing the scene, "Brother Bo Bing? Captain Guan, what are you doing standing here?"

"Hey! Happy New Year, monkey!"

Bo Bing waved to him and smiled, "What a coincidence, we can play mahjong together... By the way, how are you feeling, Auntie? I brought you two boxes of local specialties, I left them at the hospital gatehouse."

"Thank you, sir. My mom's checkup this afternoon was fine. It's normal for older people to have some gallbladder discomfort... We're getting ready to pack up and leave the hospital now."

Hou Ping and Bo Bing had their arms around each other's shoulders, looking like close brothers, which made Guan Yinshan frown. When did these two become so close?

"That's a good feeling."

Bo Bing followed the monkey inside, then suddenly realized something was wrong. "Isn't this the orthopedics department? Auntie shouldn't be here, should she?"

"Well..."

The monkey turned around and looked at Guan Yinshan behind him. Seeing that Guan Yinshan didn't say anything, the monkey whispered to Bo Bing, "I came here to see Captain Guan's cousin. When Captain Guan was rehearsing, he accidentally stepped on some ice and fell from three-meter-high stilts. He injured his leg badly..."

So the group of people went to the ward.

The ward is a multi-person room. Right now, there is only a middle-aged man lying in bed, with two or three family members and a teenager sitting next to him.

"Xiao Yin, what did the doctor say... about your brother's leg?"

A middle-aged woman stood up anxiously and asked Guan Yinshan, "Can your brother's leg... still perform at the Shehuo?"

"Sister-in-law," Guan Yinshan shook his head, "the doctor said my brother's knee is very serious, and in the future... he probably won't be able to..."

The man lying on the bed glanced weakly at Guan Yinshan, the light in his eyes gradually dimming.

He murmured, "I know my leg, it's not that serious, it's not..."

"Guan Jinshan!"

The woman glared at him fiercely, then slammed the lab report onto the bed. "Serves you right for being so reckless during the New Year! Now look what you've done!"

Several people nearby also tried to persuade the two to stop arguing, pointing out that there were outsiders present.

During their conversation, Bo Bing learned that the man lying on the bed was Guan Yinshan's cousin, Guan Jinshan, who usually worked as a farmer and a laborer. He knew a little about playing musical instruments and singing in the local troupe and was also a member of the folk performance team in his hometown.

—Guan Yu, the stilt walker and martial saint with a broadsword.

Guan Jinshan disguised himself as Guan Gong, the God of War, and used his sword to cut away misfortune for others for more than ten years. Now, he himself is lying in bed with a scraggly beard, unable to even walk.

However, as people get older, although their skills don't decline, their physical reactions can't keep up.

During this rehearsal, I slipped and fell. Although I had knee braces and took immediate steps to prevent the fall, my knee was still affected by the shearing force of the twisting motion, resulting in a significant injury.

Guan Jinshan looked annoyed.

The woman continued to curse.

Bo Bing felt it wasn't a good place to stay, so he turned and left the ward. Cao Xin and Monkey, the two outsiders, followed him out.

"Sigh, Captain Guan, it's the Lunar New Year at home..."

The monkey squatted on the floor of the stairwell, saying, "We felt really uncomfortable staying there. Thank goodness we got out."

"Monkey, are you still going to continue?"

Bo Bing looked at the somewhat weasel-faced man opposite her, "No resignation?"

"I resigned. I submitted my resignation a week ago. There were fewer people on duty during the Chinese New Year, and the procedures weren't finished yet. I told my brother-in-law and sister. My sister tried to persuade me a couple of times, but she couldn't change my mind."

"It's just... I haven't talked to Captain Guan about this yet, I just can't bring myself to say it..."

The monkey touched his hair. "I was going to ask him for a drink before I left, but I didn't expect to run into him at the hospital... Captain Guan knows my mom is in poor health and often hospitalized, and this time when we met at the hospital, he even asked me if I had enough money..."

Bo Bing knew that Guan Yinshan was taking care of the monkey, so he patted the monkey on the shoulder as a form of comfort, saying, "Guan Yinshan is just an old-fashioned guy, but he's a very upright person."

"You're a cop too?"

Cao Xin sat on the stairs, his face displeased.

"A resigning auxiliary police officer is nothing."

The monkey was touched on a sore spot, saying, "Captain Guan is the real deal."

A few people were chatting and joking in the stairwell.

The fire door to the stairwell opened, and the boy peeked out from the doorway. "Brother Monkey, my brother's calling you guys to eat."

Bo Bing stood up, somewhat curious, "Are you Guan Yinshan's cousin?"

“That’s right,” the boy smiled.

"So what's your name?" Cao Xin teased him from the side. "Your family has mountains of gold and silver, are you so eager to get rich?"

The boy led the way, his good temper not bothering him. "Guess?"

"Tongshan?"

"Iron Mountain?"

Diamond Hill.

The three people gave three different answers, and all three couldn't help but chuckle after they finished speaking.

"What are you three guessing for? None of you are right," Guan Yinshan said, standing upright in the elevator lobby, pressing the elevator button with one hand, looking up with a helpless expression. "Come in quickly."

Bo Bing stepped into the elevator, asking curiously, "What's that called? Qianshan? Baoshan?"

Guan Yinshan glanced at him and laughed, "You bumpkin."

Bo Bing frowned, about to lash out.

The boy spoke up to defuse the situation, "My name is Guan Qingshan."

"Don't you have a younger brother named Green Water?"

Cao Xin teased him.

“That’s his sister,” Guan Yinshan said as the elevator arrived, stepping out without looking to the side. “Follow me.”

Overt harassment is easy to avoid, but Guan Yinshan's underhanded tricks are hard to guard against. Bo Bing shook her head; this family is quite peculiar.

The streets were decorated with colorful lanterns on the second day of the Lunar New Year, creating a joyous and festive atmosphere.

“X City is really big,” Bo Bing said, looking around at the towering buildings. Even if it didn’t have the terrifying skyline of Shanghai, it was still more than enough compared to the small city of L.

Cao Xin carried Bo Bing's medicine and pills in his hand and followed Bo Bing forward.

Groups of male and female students were out having fun on the road, seemingly discussing something excitedly.

"Yesterday's tickets are sold out, so you can only buy tickets for today..."

"These tickets were bought by someone through my mom. We just need to get there before the show starts!"

"Oh my, look over there, he's so handsome!"

"Wow! So handsome!"

At 7 p.m. sharp, the advertisements on the building's electronic screen disappeared, and a huge movie poster appeared in its place.

The three large black and gold calligraphy characters "Wujin Ding" were arranged vertically, with smaller characters next to them: "Wujin appears in the world, aiming for the top of the world." The movie poster appeared on the electronic screen of the entire building.

The screams of the boys and girls around them, along with the clicks of camera shutters, rang out at the same time.

Thin ice lifted her eyelids.

A handsome and dashing man, dressed in gray, stood with his hands behind his back.

He stood behind the protagonist, with simple makeup and attire, yet his presence was in no way inferior.

Yin Su plays the role of Zhang Zetian.

Bo Bing stopped, feeling rather strange. He now understood a little better how some people felt seeing a celebrity on the big screen. Besides, he had...some personal connection with this guy...

He took out his phone and snapped several photos of the poster.

"Wang Changda's martial arts films... his casting is truly amazing."

Guan Yinshan also looked at the screen, but spoke to Bo Bing, "You like watching movies?"

"Captain Guan... I'm just a bit player in the entertainment industry..."

Bo Bing's subordinate sent the picture to someone, saying, "Of course we can't miss out on such a hot topic..."

"is it?"

Guan Yinshan looked at the big screen and said, "Isn't this cast considered pretty good in the entertainment industry?"

"More than that? If it weren't for Wang Chang, who could put together such a luxurious lineup?"

Bo Bing shook her head. This was simply a god-tier lineup; it was enough to compete for prizes.

Cao Xin looked at the man on the screen, his expression changing slightly.

"Boss Bo," Cao Xin deliberately lagged behind, pointing to a character inside, a playful smile on his face, "You two are quite familiar with each other?"

"what?"

Bo Bing looked at the screen and realized what was happening.

How could I forget? There's that too.

"Didn't this guy just video call you this morning?"

Cao Xin looked at the person above and said, "No wonder he looked so familiar. It's Yin Su, the three-time Golden Horse Award winner... The real video is exactly the same as the photo!"

Bo Bing rubbed her forehead. "Could you have seen wrong?"

“Cao’s memory has always been good. Even when I met the boss and Li Bo under the overpass, I recognized Li Bo’s blue hair at a glance,” Cao Xin said, fiddling with his bangs. “So, what’s your relationship?”

Bo Bing's forehead veins throbbed wildly.

Being asked this question twice in one day is really annoying.

“My boss in the entertainment industry, my former boss,” Bo Bing said vaguely. “I used to be his bodyguard and saved him a few times. In return, I took advantage of his kindness and got him some entertainment industry resources, where I played minor roles.”

Cao Xin clearly didn't fully believe him, but since Bo Bing wasn't willing to go into details, he wouldn't pursue the matter further.

The group gathered around a table for a meal.

Bo Bing's phone vibrated twice.

【Flower】Wow, that's a really good photo.

[Flower] What does Godfather think of this poster? [Little Wolf Peeking Out.gif]

Thin ice sliced ​​open the phone.

【ICE】is quite handsome; many students on the street compliment you on your looks.

The other party replied to the message instantly.

【Flower】Hmph.

Did your godfather watch the movie?

The little wolf's tail was almost sticking up.

【ICE】No.

The wolf cub's tail fell off again.

Why [Flower]?

【Flower】Don't you like this theme? Or...are you just not interested in watching it anymore? [Little Wolf in a hurry.gif] [Little Wolf wagging its tail.gif]

Yin Su nervously bit his lower lip. Something was wrong. His godfather clearly loved martial arts movies, especially Wang Chang's work. He had asked him about the plot before, but he had refused, citing that he couldn't give away spoilers.

Tsk.

So why?

Why not watch it?

Yin Su stared at the screen.

I really want to watch [ICE], I'm holding back, otherwise I'll watch it tonight.

[ICE] But didn't we agree... I'd come find you? Then we'll see what happens together, okay?

Guan Yinshan just received a phone call and asked Monkey to come out and talk to him.

Bo Bing, having eaten and drunk his fill, leaned lazily against the stool, waiting for Cao Xin to pay the bill. Only he and Guan Qingshan remained in the room.

He sent a message.

[ICE] Mr. Movie Star, you won't refuse my invitation, will you?