Chapter 568: Doubts
After a happy birthday, Yu Linna had also started her next round of work plans.
Warner Bros. had found her to talk about a contract, saying that the great director, Scott, had recommended her to be the sole screenwriter for this movie, and had asked her to adapt a certain science fiction novel and turn it into a qualified movie. Speaking of this director, he was also very famous in Hollywood. Several years ago, he had also created many popular works. Many of the IPs from many years ago were still being taken out by the company for a rehash.
Yu Linna had asked him why he had found her to be a screenwriter. Director Scott had also said that he had heard a friend’s recommendation, and after watching her works, he had spent a very long time to consider and had finally made a decision. This friend of his was Director Heston, who had once cooperated with Yu Linna. These two directors could be said to be famous directors in Hollywood, and their private relationship was not bad. With this relationship, Heston had introduced Yu Linna to Scott, and Scott had introduced her to Warner Bros. And then there was this contract negotiation.
Yu Linna had also taken this period of time to finish reading the original work that Warner Bros. had hoped she would adapt. This was a science fiction novel, and it was very popular among the Americans. It mainly told the story of a future world where humans had already popularized VR technology in their lives and could enter a virtual world. The male protagonist was a very weak and useless person in reality, but in the virtual world, he was a super player. The story thus unfolded.
Warner Bros. clearly had ambitions. They wanted to make this film into a super popcorn blockbuster, and the investment in it would only be more, not less. They had even hired a famous director, Scott. The position of screenwriter was recommended by Scott. Warner Bros. had also seen Yu Linna’s works and felt that this little girl had some talent and should be given a try. They had also offered generous conditions, hoping that she would be the screenwriter.
Yu Linna had tentatively settled this job, and the contract was also signed. She had officially taken on this job and had said that she would get the first draft of the script out soon. In addition, Yu Linna had also discovered that in the list of actors who were proposed to be invited for this movie, there was actually the name of her biological older sister, Yu Xiayue.
“The female lead… are you going to invite her?”
She pointed to the name on it and asked.
“You mean Belia? Yes, the plan is to have her as the female lead, but it depends on her schedule. What, do you know her?”
It’s not just knowing. She’s my older sister…
Yu Linna silently put this sentence in her heart.
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After the contract was discussed and the script work was taken on, Yu Linna had packed her luggage, had bought a plane ticket, and was about to fly to Japan. The Japanese side had been rushing her all along. She had finally finished writing a few episodes of the script, and that side was already in a hurry to start filming. Han Ying’s scenes in China had just been finished, and Japan was already rushing her to go back to film.
Because that side was in a hurry, Yu Linna had no choice but to pack her luggage and fly over. As for Warner Bros.’s side, the filming would not start so soon, and the script also needed to be repeatedly polished. This had just given Yu Linna the time to go to Japan to film. It had been a long time since she had filmed a TV series in Japan, and she also had to speak Japanese, which she hadn’t spoken in a long time. Yu Linna still needed to spend some time to adapt.
The Japanese side was indeed in a hurry. Not long after the contract was signed, they were in a hurry to pull Yu Linna into the crew to start filming. The pitiful Yu Linna, besides having to rush her unfinished TV series script, also had to start supervising in the crew, to communicate with the director on the opinions of the script, and also to guide the actors.
The long-unseen Han Ying was almost tired out on her first day. She had spent some time to adjust her language. When she was on a break, she almost didn’t want to move at all.
“Sister Han Ying, are you alright?”
During a break, Yu Linna had gone over to check on her situation and had also brought her a bottle of water. Han Ying had said thank you, had taken the water, had opened it, and had drunk it.
“I’m alright. I’ll just get used to it slowly… by the way, I’ve heard from Zhiyun. It’s about that. Congratulations.”
Han Ying put away her water bottle and brought up this matter.
Yu Linna had found her family. This was also a recent matter. But Han Ying had learned about this matter through the channel of Ye Zhiyun. Coincidentally, on that birthday, Ye Zhiyun had put down her gift and had left. Yu Linna had not had time to thank her. Yu Linna had decided to have Han Ying send her something.
“Sister Han Ying, when are you going back to your home country?”
“I’ll probably go back after I’m done filming. What about you?”
“It’s like this. As soon as my filming here is over, I have to go back to America. It’s impossible for me to come back before the New Year. Can you help me take something to Zhiyun when you go back? I have something I want to give her.”
“No problem. It’s just a small matter. On the contrary, Zhiyun, she hasn’t done anything to make you angry, right? That person said she wanted to start over. I hope she can persevere.”
Yes, purely as a friend, Han Ying also hoped that Ye Zhiyun would be consistent from beginning to end. After all, the two of them were not the same.
And so Yu Linna had started her new work in Japan.
But she had not discovered that during this period, she had been targeted by someone. No, it should be said that she had noticed that someone was following her, but for some reason, these people had quickly disappeared, and a similar phenomenon had not appeared again.
This was a matter of course. Yu Jiayang had discovered that Yu Linna had been targeted and had secretly arranged for a bodyguard to protect her. Once they had found someone with malicious intentions towards her, they would immediately make a move. During Yu Linna’s stay in Japan, she had always been very safe, and she had not discovered anything.
She was not in any danger, but a certain person was not happy.
The boss of Chenghe Film Company, Lin Shaotian, had spent a lot of effort to get rid of this person, Yu Linna, and had even not hesitated to use his network of connections in America to make Yu Linna disappear. Yu Linna knew Chenghe’s secret, and the death of Yu Linna’s editor was also inextricably linked to Chenghe. The boss of Chenghe wanted her to disappear, to have her shut up forever. But he had found that it was still a bit difficult.
He had originally thought that it would be easy to make a move after she had been blacklisted in the country, but who would have thought that she would directly go abroad, to America? Now it was good. To have stirred up waves again in America, with a posture of a king’s return, and her novel was said to be resuming serialization next month. With her existing fame, and also the topic she had created in America, it was not entirely impossible to regain her former popularity in China.
But if this continued, it would be even more difficult to make a move. If he didn’t get rid of her before she had fully developed, and when she became stronger and stronger in the future, at that time, even Chenghe would be an existence that could not be dealt with.
“Yu Tianchen, we have to find a way for this matter this time.”
“This is really a bit difficult. I originally thought that it would be convenient for us to make a move after she had gone to Japan. But the problem is that she has a bodyguard secretly protecting her. We can’t make a move. And it’s easy to cause a disturbance. It’s really not worth it.”
“That person, Eric. After so long, he can’t even get a single thing done. So useless.”
“But you also have to admit that at present in America, the only person you can ask for help is him.”
The senior management of Chenghe was anxious about this. Yu Linna, she knew a lot about Chenghe, just like Nangong Ying. And Chenghe had once made a mistake and had killed Yu Linna’s previous editor. At that time, Chenghe, for fear that people would find out that the driver who had caused the accident was the murderer who had stabbed Nangong Ying’s previous agent, they had sent people to infiltrate the hospital that same night and had gotten rid of the driver.
Later, Yu Linna had unintentionally heard their secret and had even recorded it. Fortunately, Chenghe had reacted quickly enough and had destroyed the recording pen. Yu Linna was a mute who had eaten a bitter pill. All the evidence was gone. From that time on, Chenghe had already had the intention of getting rid of her.
They were originally a company that did both black and white business. It was not strange for them to make a move on anyone. They were just very annoyed. Why couldn’t Yu Linna be gotten rid of? And recently, her guards seemed to have also increased. Chenghe could no longer make a move on her on the street as before.
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In San Francisco, USA, this day, the California police department had a new discovery. They had found Yu Jiayang and had told him about the latest investigation report.
“Sir, we have re-investigated the case from back then. Although it took a lot of effort, and we also had to find the personnel who had investigated this case back then, but now there are some clues.”
Ever since the California police department had discovered Yu Linna’s “resurrection from the dead,” this missing person case from seventeen years ago had been re-investigated in their hands. They had spent a very long time. Although there had been no key breakthrough, there were also a few clues.
“Fifteen years ago, the girl whose bones were said to be your daughter’s in the report, we have found her real identity. Her name is Isalia Rosso. She was abducted and sold by human traffickers more than ten years ago, and had contracted a disease and had died. Because her body size and age were similar to your daughter’s, and she also had your daughter’s personal belongings on her, we had mistakenly thought that that was your daughter at that time. I’m very sorry. I know that it’s useless whatever I say. This is our dereliction of duty. We will continue to investigate. I have contacted the parents of the deceased and have given them a truth. The problem now is your daughter’s problem.”
“Is there any progress?”
“We have looked for your daughter. Because she was still young when she was abducted, she does not remember very clearly, and plus, she has lost a lot of memories. We only know that she was transported abroad after she was abducted. We have re-investigated the place where your daughter went missing, and have also gone deeper to understand the police and the criminals of the human trafficking case back then. We have discovered in Canada that your daughter was once abducted there. According to the criminal’s confession, they seemed to have bought a batch of children from America back then. I’m afraid your daughter was also one of them. In addition, we feel that there is a certain possibility that this case was committed by an acquaintance.”
“What do you mean?”
“The old police officers also told you before that the human traffickers had targeted your daughter. It was clear that they had come prepared. We have carefully looked at the case from back then. The place where your daughter had passed by when she had gone missing, the criminal clearly had a certain degree of counter-reconnaissance ability, and he knew your personality. After your child had gone missing, you would surely have searched everywhere in the country. He had very cleverly sent the child abroad secretly. All sorts of signs have made me have to suspect, was the criminal an acquaintance of yours?”
Yu Jiayang was also thinking about what the police had said. It was not without this possibility. But he couldn’t think of who would have such a great grudge against him, to actually go for his daughter to take revenge on him. Yu Jiayang had thought it over and over again, but he couldn’t think of a possibility.
“I still can’t think of anyone who would do that. I remember I haven’t had a grudge with anyone. I had a rival before. We often had conflicts at work. But besides work, our private friendship was very good. We even often drank together. It’s impossible for us to have a grudge. Besides that, what I can think of are my contemporaries, and also my former superiors, clients, and so on.”
The police also found it very difficult to start. This case was more tricky than he had imagined.
They surely also could not have imagined what a terrifying network of relationships was behind this case.
