Xu Wangqiu followed Liao Yiyuan to the Yindu Office Building and walked into Liao Yiyuan's office.

There were two men in their forties sitting in the room, although they were both wearing suits, their temperament was different from that of Xiangjiang people, they should be mainlanders, and their sitting posture was very standard, and they looked like they had been soldiers.

After Liao Yifan waited for Xu Wangqiu to walk into the room, he gently closed the office door and introduced: "Wangqiu, these two comrades are from the Social Security Department of Xinhua Xiangjiang Branch. This is Guo Fansheng, and this is Chen Zhiyuan. They have something very important to inform you of. ”

The Xinhua Xiangjiang Branch sounds like a subordinate unit of the Xinhua News Agency, but in fact it is not affiliated with the Xinhua News Agency, but two completely different organizations.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, in view of the fact that the Chinese government did not have an official representative office in Xiangjiang, the Hong Kong branch was authorized to handle any matter that required contact or negotiation with the British authorities in Hong Kong.

Since the 60s, the British authorities in Hong Kong have been in charge of the political advisers to the Governor of Hong Kong in daily contact with the Hong Kong Branch, and the Hong Kong Branch has become a central agency.

Xu Wangqiu heard that the Social Security Department of the Xiangjiang Branch came to report the situation, his heart beat violently, and he knew that something must have happened, so he hurriedly asked, "What happened?"

Liao Yiyuan comforted: "Wangqiu, don't worry. If you have something to say, sit down and say. ”

Xu Wangqiu pulled out a chair and sat down, looking at the people from the Xiangjiang branch with a solemn expression, waiting for them to report the situation.

Guo Fansheng didn't talk nonsense, and said directly: "Our intelligence department has received information that the Kuomintang has sent four action teams to Xiangjiang to prepare to assassinate four people. One is the person in charge of our Xiangjiang branch, and the other two are capitalists who have a good relationship with us, one of whom you know, is Mr. Fok Yingdong. ”

Speaking of this, he stared into Xu Wangqiu's eyes and said in a deep voice, "The remaining one is you." ”

Xu Wangqiu couldn't believe his ears: "The Kuomintang sent a killer to kill me, how is this possible?"

Guo Fansheng's expression was extremely serious: "It's true, our intelligence departments in Beiping and Xiangjiang got the news at the same time, and one of the four people on the Kuomintang assassination list is you." ”

Xu Wangqiu still felt incredulous and felt that it was completely unreasonable: "But why did they kill me? I'm just a film director, so there's no threat to them, right?"

Guo Fansheng explained: "Now that China and Britain are negotiating, the return of Xiangjiang is already a historical inevitability, and the Kuomintang sent people to carry out assassinations at this time, which is to put pressure on all walks of life in Xiangjiang, so that they have scruples and dare not completely fall to us." There are two reasons why you are targeted for assassination. First, the people's film movement you engaged in has a great impact in the world, and it has won awards in the world, squeezing the living space of Taiwan films in the international arena and making them very embarrassed. Second, Taiwan has been operating in the Xiangjiang film industry for many years, and the vast majority of the entire Xiangjiang film industry is on their side, since the introduction of the co-production policy, the hearts of the Xiangjiang film industry have fluctuated, and even Run Run Shaw and Zou Wenhuai are in contact with us, and the co-production policy was proposed after you suggested, and in their eyes, you are the culprit, and they want to get rid of it quickly. Even if we can't kill you and make a little movement, people in the film and art circles in Xiangjiang will not dare to fall to us. ”

Xu Wangqiu nodded, this thing sounds incredible, but it is really possible, after all, the Kuomintang has a tradition of assassinating cultural celebrities, Li Gongfu, Wen Yiduo will not talk about it, and in 1984, he also sent a killer to kill the author of "Jingguo Biography" in the United States, Liu Yiliang, who is known as Jiangnan, this is the famous Jiangnan case.

Since the Kuomintang shot Jiang Nan in the United States, and Jiang Nan was an American, this incident not only aroused international public condemnation, but also aroused the anger of the United States, causing the relationship between the United States and Taiwan to become extremely tense. Under strong pressure from the United States, Chiang Ching-kuo had to announce that the descendants of the Chiang family would no longer be involved in politics, and the descendants of the Chiang family had always obeyed this order and faded out of the political arena.

Xu Wangqiu has watched many film and television works of national assassination, and never dreamed that he would one day become the target of assassination. He didn't know for a while whether to say that Lao Tzu was really awesome, that he was treated with Li Gongfu and Wen Yiduo, or that the Kuomintang was stupid, how could he still engage in assassination in what age, and finally sighed slightly: "More than 60 years have passed, and the Kuomintang is still the same Kuomintang, and it still likes to play this kind of method, and it really hasn't grown at all." ”

Guo Fansheng saw that Xu Wangqiu did not panic in the slightest, and nodded secretly in his heart, ordinary people are often scared to death when they receive this kind of news, but they didn't expect Xu Wangqiu to be so calm, it's really not simple, and reminded: "According to the information we have obtained, the assassination team has arrived in Xiangjiang and may act at any time." Now that your situation is more dangerous, we recommend that you return to your home country immediately. ”

Xu Wangqiu shook his head slightly, he felt that this time the Kuomintang would not really assassinate him, but deliberately let it go, scaring him, Huo Yingdong and others, and exerting pressure on the business and literary circles of Xiangjiang, so that they would have scruples and dare not fully fall to the mainland. He even suspected that the news of the arrival of the four killer teams in Xiangjiang was deliberately revealed by the Kuomintang.

Xu Wangqiu's judgment is based on the fact that Huo Yingdong was definitely not assassinated, but died before the Peking Olympics and enjoyed a state funeral. The other two assassination targets must be fine, otherwise if a person of their level is assassinated, it will definitely become a sensational event, and he will definitely hear about it. But he had no memory of this at all, he had never heard of it at all, and it was obvious that the Kuomintang killers did not really do it.

Xu Wangqiu was still a little nervous, but after such an analysis, he was completely relieved: "No, I haven't finished filming yet." I can't leave Xiangjiang yet. If you go now, then the movie will be scrapped. I don't think the Kuomintang will really carry out an assassination this time. As he spoke, he gave his reasons.

After listening to Xu Wangqiu's analysis, Guo Fansheng felt that there was some truth: "We just came here to make a report, whether we can go or not, your superiors will make arrangements." But the Kuomintang killers are here, and you have to pay attention to safety. Until the notice from your superiors comes down, you'd better stay on the set, don't go out casually, and if you have to go out, bring a few more people with you. ”

Although Xu Wangqiu didn't believe that the Kuomintang would really kill him, others kindly reminded him that he must not go against the kindness of others: "Thank you, I will definitely be careful, and I will never run around if I have nothing to do." ”

At noon the next day, Liao Yiyuan asked Xu Wangqiu to answer the phone in the office, which was a call from Wang Lanxi from Beiping. As soon as Xu Wangqiu answered the phone, he heard Wang Lanxi say in an unquestionable tone: "I just received the news that the Kuomintang sent a killer to Xiangjiang to prepare for an assassination, and you are on the assassination list." Don't stay in Xiangjiang, come back to me immediately. ”

Xu Wangqiu said nonchalantly: "Dean, I haven't finished filming yet." ”

Wang Lanxi raised his voice and said: "Is the movie important, or is life important? Don't talk nonsense, come back to me quickly." ”

Xu Wangqiu explained: "Dean, I think the Kuomintang is deliberately scaring people and will not really kill people. ”

Wang Lanxi said angrily: "I know better than you what kind of virtue the Kuomintang is, they can really do anything." Do you remember the little radish head? They kill all the little children, what else can't they do? You come back to me quickly. ”

Xu Wangqiu briefly stated his judgment on this matter, and assured Wang Lanxi: "I will pay attention to safety, I will definitely live in a simple place, I will not run around, and I will definitely be fine." Besides, even if the Kuomintang wanted to kill someone, they wouldn't be the first to kill me. If they do kill people, as soon as they get the news, then I will hide immediately. ”

Wang Lanxi thought about it and felt that Xu Wangqiu's words made sense. He originally wanted to scold Xu Wangqiu a few words and force him to come back, after all, he was not afraid of 10,000, but he knew that Xu Wangqiu was a donkey temper, and if he really wanted to force him back, this kid would definitely not be happy, so he advised: "Since you insist on finishing the movie, then shoot it." But you must be careful, you must pay attention to precautions, you must not be sloppy, you must pay attention to safety. ”

Xu Wangqiu's heart was warm: "Don't worry, dean, I definitely won't joke with my life." ”

Hanging up Wang Lanxi's phone, Xu Wangqiu prepared to go back to the set to prepare for the afternoon shooting. He suddenly remembered that Huo Yingdong was also on the assassination list, so he made a phone call and asked Huo Yingdong what he thought about this matter.

Huo Yingdong was very calm: "I received a notice, I think Taiwan just wants to scare us, and also wants to scare people from all walks of life in Xiangjiang, so that everyone should not get too close to the mainland, they dare not really kill people with great fanfare." At present, Taiwan is striving for international living space, and carrying out assassination at this time will inevitably be strongly condemned by the international community, and they dare not do so. ”

Xu Wangqiu asked, "Then do you have any special precautions?"

Huo Yingdong said calmly: "No, I don't pay much attention to this kind of thing. Everyone has their own principles of doing things, and if you are scared every day and bring bodyguards wherever you go, then it will not be interesting to be a person. ”

Xu Wangqiu felt that even Huo Yingdong was not afraid at all, and he had nothing to worry about. Even if the Kuomintang really wanted to kill people, it would definitely look for Huo Yingdong and them first, and it would be impossible to find themselves first. When the sky falls, there are tall people on top of it, and there is nothing to worry about. So, he was completely relaxed, completely taken to heart.

Liao Yiyuan and Xia Meng were very worried about Xu Wangqiu's safety, and they were always staring at him. When they weren't there, they would also let others stare at Xu Wangqiu and prevent him from running around. Wang Lanxi, who was far away in Beiping, was also very worried about Xu Wangqiu's safety, so he asked the Xiangjiang branch to send experienced comrades from the Ministry of Security to take charge of Xu Wangqiu's safety.

The Xiangjiang branch sent a young man named Xu Zhengdao from the Ministry of Security to take charge of Xu Wangqiu's security. Xu Zhengdao was originally a reconnaissance company of a certain unit of the Lingnan Military Region, and he performed very well in the self-defense counterattack and was rated as a second-class meritorious hero. After being discharged from the army, he was assigned to the Social Security Department of the Xiangjiang Branch and was responsible for security work.

After Xu Wangqiu saw Xu Zhengdao, he remembered Li Lianjie's movie "Zhongnanhai Bodyguard", and joked: "Your name is Xu Zhengdao, so do you have a younger brother named Xu Zhengyang, who is from the guard battalion and is responsible for the safety and security work of the central leadership." ”

Xu Zhengdao said in surprise: "I have a younger brother named Xu Zhengyang, but he is not a soldier and is still in high school." ”

Xu Wangqiu was slightly stunned, thinking that he didn't expect that you really have a younger brother named Xu Zhengyang, then if he becomes a soldier in the future, he can really become Zhongnanhai's bodyguard! He smiled at Xu Zhengdao: "I'm quite safe here, I don't need security." You're all here, you can't just let you go back, so stay here. But there is one thing, you have to listen to me, you can't restrict my freedom, you can't go here, you can't go anywhere, then I definitely can't accept it. ”

Xu Zhengdao nodded slightly: "Before coming, the leader talked to me specifically and asked me to listen to your arrangement." ”

Xu Wangqiu was immediately relieved: "Then it's troublesome for you." ”