Imperial Treasure

Chapter 1389 - 800: Filming (Firebird Ashes and He’s Jade +)

It was only a short while after Sui Yi hung up that phone when the person in charge of the scenic area came hurrying over, all politeness...

They specially invited them into the VIP lounge, serving them good tea and fine water.

This left both the staff inside the scenic area and the curious tourists outside utterly astonished.

The temperature was pleasant, the air filled with a fresh fragrance, and outside the huge floor-to-ceiling windows were lush, vibrant flowers and grass; those soft sofas, the tasty desserts...

Wang Qing sat on the sofa. She wasn’t surprised that Sui Yi held an extremely high status in this world; what surprised her was this world’s standard of living... Yes, she felt that any commoner in this world enjoyed treatment better than an emperor... like this food, these drinks, this service... especially the fact that these people actually had free time to travel all over the world...

Travel?

This word undoubtedly represented one side of a world’s level of development.

Wang Qing sank into a bit of thought...

Sui Yi was already walking over carrying a medical kit.

"Give me your hand."

"Hm?"

Wang Qing looked up; Sui Yi was standing there looking at her: "Your hand is tainted with blood-qi... It’s a wound caused by the temporal turbulence. If it isn’t treated in time, it’ll be very hard to heal."

If this person hadn’t protected her in the time turbulence, he wouldn’t have taken such heavy damage, yet he hadn’t said a word about it...

Stubborn to a fault.

After a brief silence, Wang Qing lifted her sleeve... "I’ll do it myself..."

"You don’t know how to use this."

"..."

Simple, to the point, right on target.

Wang Qing fell silent, watching Sui Yi help her treat the wound. What surprised her, though, was that when those variously colored liquids were applied to the wound, she could quickly feel a faint coolness from the injured area. Their level of physical body had already transcended ordinary humans, so their Perceptive Power was naturally unusual; because of that she could also judge that the medicinal effect of these liquids was indeed much faster than the herbal medicine of their era.

Of course, from the smell alone she could tell these Potions were also made from herbs.

Once Teacher softened, things like gender barriers were all just clouds in the sky. Even someone like Wang Qing had to admit that the person before her really was... gentle.

Those slender fingers finished a neat, beautiful bandage on another slender, beautiful hand.

"Don’t get it wet for the next little while, and don’t casually use your Inner Strength either..."

Sui Yi packed everything up as he instructed her, lifting the medical kit: "You can eat something first. Later we’ll probably have to spend quite a while in the car to get back to the city."

"Your home?"

"No, my home isn’t here..."

Sui Yi thought for a moment, went out for a bit, and came back holding a tablet.

But before that he’d fiddled with it for a while on his own, then fallen into a bout of contemplation, only then inputting some information for Wang Qing.

"This is this world’s map... The Nation I belong to is here. In a certain sense, if we subtract the temporal influence, our Nation should be considered the same one—China, also called the Central Plains. This is its map, and the place we are in is H City District of Jiangnan Province..."

"

Sui Yi kept zooming in on the map on the tablet, finally pointing at one spot to confirm their geographic location.

"Looks like the speed of evolution in your world has exceeded your expectations. This thing... a computer, it doesn’t seem to match what you originally understood."

Wang Qing’s powers of observation were astonishing. At her words, Sui Yi’s expression grew a bit complicated as he said, "In fact, it’s this missing stretch of time that exceeded my expectations."

"?"

Sui Yi slid a finger over the date shown on the tablet and gave a wry smile: "Ten years have already passed."

"

Ten years?

For Sui Yi, that was quite a long time; more importantly, for those friends of his, it was a very, very long time....

So long that his guilt and melancholy were magnified without limit.

So long that the changes in this world were earth-shaking.

So long that if these changes matched his predictions, then this world’s future would be even harder to control.

So there really were different time flows between different worlds.

For the people inside the Lost Lands, ten years could only be considered the brief time of being plundered once or twice. Wang Qing couldn’t really feel the complexity in Sui Yi’s heart, and she didn’t think Sui Yi would have any particularly intense emotions either.

Certain kinds of strength were inevitably more than just martial force.

So she didn’t say anything, just took a sip from the cup in her hand.

The bright, luxurious lounge fell into silence.

Sui Yi finished putting the medical kit in order, took it together with the tablet, and went out, intending to return them to the scenic area’s manager. Only, when he walked out of the lounge and passed by that nicely arranged garden—there weren’t any tourists inside, it seemed to have been cordoned off—but inside...

Sui Yi heard some voices that sounded a bit familiar. He turned a corner beside him and walked toward them...

This garden hardly feels man-made; it leans more toward the natural, with only occasional touches of refinement. Of course, a place like this is perfect for—location shoots.

Photo shoots, film shoots...

Cameras, set workers, crew, the director scattered all around; the raised camera heads shooting down from above, or from both sides, locking onto the handsome man and beautiful woman amid drooping willows and a tranquil lake.

Ancient-style long robes, embroidered long skirts.

There were clearly so many people, clearly so many modern machines, yet you could still feel the subtle, lingering affection and reluctance in the expressions and eyes of that man and woman.

The man and woman faced each other....

The distance between their lips seemed to vanish...

It should have been something extremely beautiful; even the director was completely drawn into the mood.

Suddenly, the female lead’s pupils contracted, then she tilted her head slightly, her brows knitting together.

"Cut!"

The director called cut. The female lead looked apologetic, but instead of walking toward the director and the others, she quickly ran toward that winding corridor...

Her agent hurriedly chased after her, only to see the female lead’s expression a mix of shock and doubt, with a hint of panic.

"What’s wrong, Qinghan, you..."

"Nothing... I mistook someone for someone else."

Under the curious gazes of many, Pu Qinghan went over and apologized. To this crew—no, to the entire entertainment industry—Pu Qinghan was someone who possessed the professional acting and work ethic of the veteran thespians, almost never unprofessional. What had just happened was definitely a once-in-a-century occurrence, so the director and the others didn’t think she’d done it on purpose to stir trouble or because she lacked ability. They were just curious what on earth she’d seen to make her lose control like that, to the point of running off without even having time to explain.

When she ran back, however, her face was utterly composed, as if it hadn’t been her who’d just lost it.

"Luckily this is a closed-off garden; only scenic-area staff and those VIPs can get in. Otherwise those paparazzi squatting outside would definitely spin out a pile of stories again. After all, Pu Qinghan almost never has any scandals."

"It’s a shame, this was the last scene, and those people made such a fuss over nothing.

A few staffers were chatting off to the side, and no one noticed the person leaning behind the rockery by the corridor....

Sui Yi glanced out of the corner of his eye at the people filming up ahead, tugged at the corner of his mouth, and turned to leave.

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Given that she was an actress—and an exceptionally professional one at that—Pu Qinghan got her emotions back under perfect control almost instantly. They nailed it in one take and had the director praising her to the skies. This was the last scene at this location; once it was done, it meant the shoot had wrapped. So the atmosphere on set was jubilant. Everyone was packing up, getting ready to head back to the city. Once the wrap party was over, the actors would be free...

"Qinghan, put on a coat... It might be spring and pretty warm, but it’s really cold here. The scenic-area people really should adjust the temperature a bit. You were dressed so lightly just now, don’t you dare catch a cold."

Pu Qinghan smiled. "Most of the flowers and plants in this garden can only survive at low temperatures. It’s a kind of balanced ecosystem. If they raise the temperature, I’m afraid they won’t survive easily."

"That’s true. This garden isn’t open to the public. I heard other crews tried to film here before, took a shine to these spots, but the scenic area just wouldn’t agree. Word in the circle is that the investors behind this place are really tough. Those crews just didn’t have the right connections, so there was nothing they could do..."

"Are you indirectly bragging that our investors are more powerful?"

"No, I just wanted to say Miss Gong and her people are impressive~ Uh, pretend I didn’t say anything."

If you mentioned Gong Jiu, you inevitably had to mention that person...

Could they compare to that person?

No, they couldn’t.

But she was gone.

Ten years had passed; the world had turned upside down, the old ones gone, the beauty faded...

The agent looked at Pu Qinghan, a bit embarrassed and a bit worried.

"She was very impressive..." Pu Qinghan seemed completely unaware, smiling gently. That captivating poise made quite a few staff members, who’d been busily packing up, stare in a daze; the male star changing nearby, Yu Hao, was even more stunned.

In fact, it was only now that he regretted the earlier kiss scene had been shot with borrowed positioning.

Yes, cheated angles.

In this day and age, were there still actresses who used cheated angles for kiss scenes?

If it had been anyone else, Yu Hao—the little top star of recent years—would definitely have scoffed. But the woman before him had been in the industry for over a decade with almost zero scandals, had racked up awards to the point her hands were tired from holding trophies, and was wildly popular. More importantly, she wasn’t just recognized by the general public; she was also acknowledged by the art world and the mainstream cultural circles of the Nation, with extensive connections. Someone like that insisting on cheated angles wasn’t being pretentious; she really had principles.

What a pity. If only he could have really kissed her...

Yu Hao gave a wry smile. He was the male supporting role, the one who ultimately ended up with the female lead, yet he wasn’t the one she loved. The male lead and the female lead loved each other and wanted to kill each other; in the end, the male lead died at the female lead’s hand, and the female lead bowed to her fate and married the male supporting character whom everyone approved of...

Was that a tragedy?

It was fate.

Also the female lead’s self-indulgence after her heart had died.

All right, to put it bluntly, this was a film with a Best Actor playing the male lead and a popular little king of the charts playing the male support, both of them acting opposite the Best Actress, Pu Qinghan, the female lead.

It was also the most highly anticipated blockbuster of the year.

"Yu Hao, Yu Hao, let’s go!"

"It’s finally done shooting, the car’s outside."

"This movie is definitely going to blow up! Good thing you landed this role. You don’t have that many scenes, but the couple you have are really brilliant... Hey, are you even listening?"