Chapter 951: A Powerful Blow
The boring trip ends with the landing of the plane.
Originally, Leila hoped to go to Port Edward as soon as she got off the plane, but after getting off the plane, she realized that the South African authorities had not yet arranged their itinerary.
What's the need to arrange just escort protection?Leila is dissatisfied with their work, but there is nothing she can do. On other people's territory, you have to cooperate with other people's arrangements.
In addition, some of the actors in the crew also need to meet in the city, some of them come by other planes, and some have already come in advance to familiarize themselves with the environment.
For those actors who came early, Leila appreciated their seriousness. If there were no security threats, she would have wanted to spend a few days in this famously beautiful city, but the thought of Roy's troubles made her head throb.
At the VIP break, Leila met with several government officials in South Africa.
They first welcomed the crew's choice to shoot here, and then explained the reason for the delay.
"The main thing is that there have been a lot more people traveling recently, and a lot of people have been sent out on missions to protect their safety. But don't worry, in two or three days at most, we can reassign a team of good soldiers to protect your shooting mission. ”
"Why are there so many people all of a sudden?" asked Leila casually.
The official said happily: "Of course, it's thanks to you." Knowing that you were going to come here to shoot, many people came here first, and I heard that they wanted to have a chance encounter with you in a foreign country, and maybe there was a possibility of seeing you shoot. ”
After learning that Leila was coming here to shoot the film, the South African government knew that this would be a very good opportunity for them. As long as this event is used, their popularity in the world will be greatly increased, and it will also attract more people to South Africa.
But they didn't expect that the effect that they thought would only be achieved after Leila's movie was released had been achieved before she even came.
Before the movie was made, tourists were already flocking to Leila because of the name.
It's just that because of the increase in tourists, some crimes have begun to appear in large numbers, and they are basically all crimes committed against tourists. Although the lives of tourists are not in danger, anyone who comes out to play is held to the head with a gun and loses everything, and their hearts will not be happy.
This situation made the high-ranking officials in South Africa half angry, and scolded some people for not being angry. How much money can you grab to grab it? Americans like to use cards, and they don't like to carry too much cash on them. If you grab the card, will you be able to make money? Let them spend the money in the card on their own initiative!
In the midst of this chaotic situation, the South African government decided to conduct the largest "anti-crime operation" in history. Strive to deter the bandits and gangsters who are not competitive in the secret, at least during this time, not to come out and embarrass people.
You must know that the movie has not yet been made, and after the filming is completed, there will definitely be ten times more tourists than there are now to come to their beautiful country, is it because of those chaos that people outside think that their country is full of thieves and robbers?
So when Leila and them landed, they were not protected by the army in the first place, because those people were all going to catch the bad guys.
South African officials have been in a good manner, apologizing in front of Leila and promising to staff them as soon as possible. As a result, they have to spend more time in the city.
In terms of protection, Leila is not too worried, the hired mercenary group has been waiting outside for a long time, as long as they step out of the airport, they can meet smoothly.
South Africa arranged a very good hotel and chartered a two-story room to arrange the entire crew. Lyra couldn't say anything when she found out, so she had to contact the mercenary group first and then go to the hotel that had been arranged.
Walking out of the VIP lounge, Xiao Xi had already brought the people of the mercenary group. There weren't many people, about twenty or thirty.
Leila's brow furrowed at the sight.
Seeing her frowning, Xiao Xiao couldn't help but tremble when he was careful, and hurriedly leaned into her ear and said, "Boss, don't get me wrong, this is not all people." A total of 200 of them have been sent to you, all of them are first-class masters, and they are guarded 24 hours a day. 12-hour shifts. They are with you, and the rest are hidden from you. You know, if too much strength is exposed, if someone really thinks about it, they will misestimate our strength. ”
As soon as he mentioned it, Leila understood. If the other party sees that there are only twenty or thirty people here, it is estimated that they will send two or three times as many people to deal with their group of people at most. In their eyes, there are only twenty or thirty people who really need to deal with, and crew members like Leila are basically food deliverers, the negligible kind. Maybe with a gun in hand, a single bullet would have scared them.
And when the other party brought someone over and wanted to make a rice ball, he saw a hundred and ten people hidden in the dark, and I believe it would be a very interesting situation at that time.
"Hmm. Leila nodded. "You arrange it with them, I just need to ensure the safety of my crew. ”
"Don't worry, I promise I won't hurt a single hair when I go back. In this regard, Xiao Yu is very confident. These people are all retired masters, some have no one at home, and some don't want to return to a peaceful life, so they will form a mercenary group outside to take some jobs.
It's just that they don't have to say their "business level", that is, they are not very good at business, and they rarely get high-paying jobs. That's why Xiao Yu helped them pull the line, knowing how generous his boss was, he would definitely not let the fertilizer water flow into other people's fields.
Roy and Leonardo have a makeover with the help of Xiao Xiao, and neither of them will forget the interrogators they saw when they got up at the airport. It may be that there have been no such people for so long, but it's always right to be cautious.
What Leila didn't expect was that there was still calm in the airport, and a large number of reporters with "long guns and short cannons" in their hands poured out of the airport, as well as fan groups of at least 1,000 people holding various star pictorials and wooden signs.
Her face changed, and she hurriedly asked the South African official who was accompanying her: "Everyone outside knows about our coming over this time?"
The official smiled: "Of course, you are the pride of our whole South Africa, and the people like your presence very much." ”
When Leila saw the way he smiled, she knew that the officials must have leaked their itinerary. If it was before, she didn't care that more people knew about their arrival, and it would have been hype. Can ...... now What is known to those reporters and fans, can those leaders not know?
Roy is okay to say that he is not a member of the crew and will not bring him on when he is promoted outside. But Leonardo is different, he is a quasi-Oscar-winning actor and a world-class star, and the photos must be plastered all over the newspapers......
With a light bulb-like presence, how stupid would it take for the boss to fail to recognize him?
Leila didn't dare to think about it anymore.