Chapter 4729: How to deal with the problem

"If you can handle it, this kind of thing shouldn't have happened. Tell me now, don't hide it from me." Lin Yi said with a smile:

"However, with your ability and experience, I believe you can solve this problem, but it may take some time. I will help you deal with it, but it will only speed up the process. There is not much difference in essence. You don't have to worry too much, and I won't tell your sister."

After hesitating for a while, Wang Lu spoke.

"We came here to film. The next day, a catering company approached me and said they could provide catering services, but I was not satisfied with their price, so we did not reach a cooperation agreement. I found another company with a better price-performance ratio. I thought the matter was over, but I didn't expect them to do such a thing."

After listening to what Wang Lu said, Lin Yi roughly understood what was going on, and it was basically the same as what he guessed.

I've heard Yan Ci talk about this before, and it's basically the unspoken rule in the industry.

Modern dramas may be easier, as many of the required scenes can be found, especially the short dramas shot by Wang Lu, which will not have much difficulty in choosing locations.

If it were a costume drama, the situation would be different. Even if it was shot in a film and television city, it would be impossible to find all the suitable scenes.

If it is built temporarily, the cost will be too high, so we need to find a suitable place for shooting.

However, when the crew comes to a new place to shoot, they are unfamiliar with the area and it is difficult to find a suitable place in a short time. This requires finding local people to help solve the problem, because they are familiar with various places in the local area. As long as you describe the scene in your mind to them, they can basically help you find a similar one, saving time and effort.

However, there is another problem here.

If you find a small bridge with flowing water in a village and the scenery is particularly beautiful and suitable for filming a scene, you should go and talk to the local person in charge, but if you are from another place, they may not pay attention to you.

This also requires finding the right person to talk to. If you, a foreigner, can't handle something, the result will be different if a local comes. In short, they can help you solve it.

Based on these reasons, such a profession has emerged. They package themselves as catering companies. The things they sell are naturally not very cost-effective, but they can help you solve various problems. Naturally, some shady things are involved here. It can be regarded as a gray industrial chain. Over the years, such an unspoken rule has been formed, and everyone knows it.

But Wang Lu was just filming a short drama, which had nothing to do with this kind of thing. He took the initiative to cause trouble, which was a bit unruly.

"Director Wang, this is just my guess. I don't know if it's them." The assistant director said, "If we go find them directly, there will be no evidence."

"There is a conflict of interest between them, and there is an 80% chance that it is them." Lin Yi said.

"But we don't have any evidence, and we can't even call the police, so this is very difficult to handle."

Lin Yi also agreed with the assistant director's statement.

Everything requires evidence. It is definitely not okay to suspect someone without any evidence.

"It's actually very simple. Don't worry about it. I'll take care of it." Lin Yi looked at Wang Lu and said:

"There should be an emergency plan. Let the actors and staff of the crew eat first. Nothing is more important than this."

"But I'm embarrassed to ask you for help again." Wang Lu apologized.

"This is not a big deal. You will be able to handle it yourself when you have experience. I will help you settle it first." Lin Yi said:

"In the afternoon, ask the person in charge of catering to come over and I'll tell him the details."

"Got it, thank you brother-in-law."

"You already called me brother-in-law, why are you being so polite to me? Go and prepare the meal, I'm hungry."

"Uh-huh."

Afterwards, Wang Lu arranged for people to order meals from several nearby restaurants. Everyone ate in batches and were in a hectic state. Even the rhythm of the afternoon filming was disrupted, but fortunately the problem was solved.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, a middle-aged man came to the crew.

After coming in, he looked around, his state was out of tune with the other crew members, and his face was full of worry.

"Manager Zhang, you're here."

Seeing the middle-aged man, the assistant director went up to him.

"What do you want from me?"

"When delivering goods today, your food truck was stopped by someone. We found someone to help you deal with the matter."

While speaking, the assistant director brought the middle-aged man to Lin Yi.

"Mr. Lin, this is Manager Zhang Handong, who is responsible for providing meals for the crew." said the assistant director.

"Hello, my name is Lin Yi." Lin Yi stretched out his hand.

The two shook hands, and Lin Yi took the other party to an empty corner and asked about the situation.

"Manager Zhang, do you have any guesses about the person who stopped your car? Or do you have any suspicions?"

"This one……"

Zhang Handong looked puzzled. "I really don't know. We just do business honestly and don't want to get involved in the affairs of our peers. But what is certain is that we must have offended our peers. Otherwise, this wouldn't be possible."

"When the other party stopped your car, didn't they see the other party's license plate number clearly?"

"We saw it clearly and called the police. After investigation, we found that the cards used were fake." Zhang Handong sighed.

"It seems he is still a habitual offender." Lin Yi said with a smile.

"Who says it's not?" Zhang Handong said:

"Mr. Lin, you should know the director, right? Tell her that we can't take this job anymore. Send someone over and we can discuss it. We'll refund the remaining money to you."

After hearing what Zhang Handong said, Lin Yi realized that he was actually an honest man.

"We worked well together before. If we change people, we won't be able to find a suitable one for a while." Lin Yi said with a smile:

"You don't have to worry too much about this. I asked you to come here to deal with this matter."

"The problem is that we don't even know who it is, so how can we deal with it?"

"Leave me the address of your company. I'll come find you tomorrow before you leave, and then I'll come with you to deliver the food. If I run into them, I'll deal with them directly."

"what?"

Zhang Handong was greatly surprised when he heard Lin Yi's words.

"They are just a bunch of hooligans. We are just ordinary people. We can't afford to fight them. Don't be angry. Let's forget about it. There is really no need to compete with them. If we get hurt, it will be even more unprofitable."

"It's not easy to hurt me. If you don't mind, then this is settled."