The Salted Fish Invading the Entertainment Circle

Chapter 82 Deserters
In the huge and empty office,

A handsome blond man bowed slightly to the old white man on the boss chair respectfully:
"Director Mark, the third phase of the SEED program has been officially launched, and the current monitoring sample information has reached 1 three people."

The white old man showed a slight expectation on his face, and leaned forward: "Have you found any SEED samples?"

The blond man shook his head: "Not for the time being. Judging from the reaction of these samples after being exposed to prions, these people have shown obvious zombification, and there is no SEED sample we expected."

The old white man frowned, tapped the table lightly with both hands, and muttered: "More than 1 samples..."

Two seconds later, he turned his gaze to the old man in a white coat next to the blond man, with a trace of doubt: "Dr. Will, are you sure that your research logic and theoretical model are correct?"

The old man in the white coat heard the questioning in Director Mark's tone, and his face showed a kind of anger after being insulted: "How is it possible!? There will be absolutely no problems with my research logic and theoretical model!"

After a pause, the old man in the white coat explained patiently: "The reason why these samples show dominant zombification is because the body contains [PRNP], a gene that has evolved in ancient times to resist mild prions,"

"When the prions edited and improved by me invade the sample human body, the [PRNP] of the human body will respond in a stressful manner, and a mutated central nervous system will be produced in symbiosis with the prions, thereby replacing the original central nervous system, manipulating human body;"

"People controlled by the mutated central nervous system will temporarily move slowly, but they will become extremely aggressive, and their body's ability to repair will also be greatly enhanced. Their first order of action is to inject the prions they carry into uninfected inside the body; this feature I call [zombification]”

"But not everyone carries the [PRNP] gene,"

"You also know that most of us Europeans and Americans have the genes of African Homo sapiens and 1%-5% Neanderthals in their bodies. During the migration, the male Neanderthals of European aborigines were eaten as prey, and the women were kept as reproductive tools."

"As we all know, primitive prions exist in all terrestrial animals, and the only way to activate them is [cannibalism]; and after the outbreak, there is no way to cure it even today, so a large number of African Homo sapiens died, Only mildly infected African Homo sapiens and actress Neanderthals who did not overeat human flesh survived,"

"Hmm... Maybe this so-called excess refers to 1 male tael. After all, it is difficult to obtain ancient food."

"The gene [PRNP] evolved in all the ancestors who were mildly infected with prions."

"But...the world is so big, there are always some people whose ancestors have not experienced this biochemical catastrophe, so they don't have the [PRNP] gene in their bodies."

"When the edited and improved prions invade their bodies, because there is no [PRNP] stress response, they will not form a second set of mutated central nervous systems, and their appearance and behavior are no different from ordinary people."

"However, these modified prions can change the properties of the proteins in their bodies,"

"You know, the basic building blocks of all our organs, including DNA, are proteins."

"These denatured proteins can rewrite the DNA in our body and unlock all kinds of shackles that God has placed on our DNA,"

"In this way, even for substances such as [telomeres] that determine the number of cell divisions, we can continuously replenish them,"

"From then on, we don't have to worry about cell division 50-60 times and we will die, our life span will be endless!"

"So the core of the SEED program is to find people who don't have the [PRNP] gene in the infected area,"

"And extract the stem cells in his body and inject them into our body. After several times of cultivation and co-integration, we can become brand new humans;"

"Of course, as the most important carrier, the proportion of SEED will be very small, maybe only one or two out of 1000 million."

"Therefore, I suggest that for the sake of our human immortality, expand the scope of the infected area and spread the modified prions to every corner of the United States!" The old man in a white coat waved his arms like a fanatic.

After the old white man finished listening, his eyes showed eagerness and longing. He smiled gently and said:
"Yeah, for the sake of human longevity, what is a mere United States? What is the president's protest letter?"

Turning to look at the blond man: "Confession, expand the scope of the infected area, I will spread the prion to the entire western region within three days,"

"If SEED is still not found, within a week, expand the scope to the entire United States!"

The blond man bowed and was about to leave when the old white man stopped him, hesitated and said:
"Send a message to the President and state legislators,"

"Let's just say... After the SEED experiment is successful, they will be the first beneficiaries just like us."

The blond man bowed again, turned and left,
On the side, the old man in a white coat looked down at the floor, but there was a trace of sneer at the corner of his mouth...

"CUT!"

"This one is over!"

All the actors breathed a sigh of relief. The director asked for this 6-minute long shot to be completed in one go. They have already filmed it 7 times. Although it is only a literary play, it is a great mental burden.

Yang Zhu looked at the video and nodded. Although the three supporting roles recruited from the Screen Actors Guild of America were only grade C, their lines were good.

During the break, the old man in the white coat came to Yang Zhu's side and chatted.

Wan Jing translated: "He asked you, are all the theories about prions in your lines true?"

Yang Zhu was too lazy to talk: "Tell him, at least half of it is true, what's going on with prions, let him find out by himself!"

After listening to the translation, the old man in the white coat seemed to be greatly stimulated, and walked away in a daze, covering his face and muttering as he walked.

Wan Jing said: "The old man said, God, is this the sin of the people you said?"

Yang Chu sneered: "I can't tell, this old man is still a believer, I don't know how he will react when the script is given to him later."

The little white rabbit thought for a while, and persuaded Yang Zhu: "Boss, at the end of the shot just now, there is a section involving the president, congressmen, etc. I guess the United States will not pass it on to you."

Yang Zhu said indifferently: "What are you afraid of? This movie was originally planned to be edited into two versions, one for domestic use and one for foreign use."

"Otherwise, why do you think I took so many sensitive shots? I really don't know the urine in the United States?"

The little white rabbit pursed her mouth, her own boss is getting more and more cunning.

………………

Lunch break.

yes, lunch break;
This phenomenon, which is absolutely impossible to appear on a domestic film set, appeared majestically on the other side of the ocean.

The Screen Actors Guild of America has clear regulations on the upper limit of the actors' daily working hours and rest time. Yang Zhu, who does not want to receive a paper pleading, can only watch the numbers in his account decrease rapidly.

Venue, food, water, electricity, these are all money!
Yang Zhu, who was dozing on the director's chair, was suddenly awakened by the little white rabbit.

"Boss, Ling Xiaoshu's manager has arrived and said he wants to talk to you." The little white rabbit looked serious.

"What's the matter? Why did his agent come here suddenly?" Yang Zhu was a little surprised, but still looked sleepy.

"The assistant director told me just now that it seems that he came to terminate the contract." The little white rabbit looked a little unhappy, and what he was worried about finally happened.

"Terminate the contract?" Yang Zhu's sleepiness disappeared immediately.

"Bring her here." Yang Zhu's mind turned quickly, and he quickly guessed what happened.

……

"Director Yang, I want to know what's going on?" After exchanging pleasantries, Sister Wen's face became a little stiff.

"What's going on, you mean about Ling Xiaoshu's special training?" Yang Zhu looked amiable.

"Yes, I want to know why our little tree offended you. If it is indeed his fault, I will apologize to you here first." Sister Wen forced a smile.

"Offended? No, Ling Xiaoshu didn't offend me." Yang Zhu looked surprised.

"Then why Xiaoshu said that after I came here, I only filmed one scene, and you were kicked out of the crew to experience the so-called life?"

"He was only given $3 a day, and he was forced to arrange so much physical work. He was stared at by others all day long, and he couldn't even eat enough; when he called me, he was so hungry that he couldn't even breathe, saying yes I haven’t eaten a full meal for 3 days, and now I’m taking out my last $2 to call me,”

"Where did our little tree suffer from this..." Sister Wen choked up when she said this.

"Heavy physical work?" Yang Zhu looked at Sister Wen in astonishment, waved his hand, and called the deputy director in charge of the matter over.

The assistant director immediately called out to Qu: "We just let Brother Xiaoshu go to experience the work of an insurance salesman, and wash the dishes at night by the way."

Yang Zhu heard this, and looked at Sister Wen with a half-smile: "Is this what you call heavy physical labor?"

Sister Wen simply tore off the disguise: "Director Yang, our Xiaoshu came here to be the leading actor, not to do odd jobs to experience life."

Yang Zhu sneered: "Ms. Wen, you really think this is acting on TV. Ling Xiaoshu's acting skills are good enough to act on TV, but he is really not good enough to act in my movie, so don't give him special training. , the audience didn’t accept the show, and the box office was not satisfactory, so you bear the responsibility?”

Sister Wen said coldly: "I don't know if the audience will admit it or not, and I can't afford the box office hat; all I know is that after our Xiaoshu came to your crew, he was treated unfairly and bullied by the crew." , you have to give me an explanation about this."

Yang Zhu didn't even bother to look at her: "Where's Ling Xiaoshu? Call him here, let him tell me about this."

Sister Wen said blankly, "I've already bought him a plane ticket back to China, and he's probably already on the plane by now."

Yang Zhu was furious, this guy dared not tell the crew and his director, and went to the country without saying a word, did he take his director seriously?

Immediately, he said unceremoniously: "Very well, the actor stopped acting without the consent of the producer and director. This is a big card."

Sister Wen did not show any weakness: "According to the contract, the director and the crew are not allowed to make unreasonable demands on the actors, and it is strictly forbidden to deliberately harm the actors' body and mind. It is you who broke the contract first."

Yang Zhu squinted at her: "Unreasonable demands? Intentional harm? Cut~! You are proficient in speaking."

After a pause: "Since you told me about the contract, I will tell you about the contract. According to the contract, if an actor absents from work or goes on strike without reason, causing major damage to the crew's interests, the crew can unilaterally terminate the contract with the actor and demand compensation from the crew." corresponding loss."

"Here, as the director, I express on behalf of the crew that I have not received Ling Xiaoshu's request for leave, nor have I accepted the reason you conveyed for him to return to China. Therefore, it is judged that Ling Xiaoshu has stopped acting without reason,"

"In view of the fact that Ling Xiaoshu, as the leading actor, has caused great harm to the crew, I here only represent the crew, announcing the termination of the contract with him and demanding compensation for the crew's economic losses."

"As for the details... Heh, our Dahua Investment legal department staff will talk to you." After giving Sister Wen a contemptuous look, Yang Zhu left lightly.

Sitting on the chair, Sister Wen's face turned blue and white. Originally, she just came here to support Ling Xiaoshu, and at the same time, to fight for some benefits such as a salary increase and increased speaking rights for him, but she didn't expect Yang Zhu to be so hot-tempered and didn't talk about it. It collapsed in a few words.

I was stunned for a while, and finally gritted my teeth and said: "Shouldn't we just go to court? Just fight, it's not certain who will win!"

Then he walked away in a panic.

On the other side, Yang Zhu looked at Sister Wen's back with a sarcasm, and snorted: "I really think I can't eat meat without Zhang Butcher."

Then he took out the phone and called out: "Hello..."

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