Chapter 428 - I Want to Drive A Tank in “Wolf Warriors”!
Chapter 428: I Want to Drive A Tank in “Wolf Warriors”!
The shopping process was smooth as Su Yang was able to finish buying everything within a very short amount of time. Then, he rode his electric bike back to the villa.
After greeting the security guard, Su Yang rode his electric bike back to his villa.
After returning to the villa, Su Yang called Jeanette over to help him deal with the electric motor. Then, he brought the stuff back to the virtual space.
Entering the virtual space, Su Yang put down the things he bought and opened the system store. He clicked on the “Light Bulb Of Unknown Ability” to study its production process.
As he clicked, a video of the production process of the light bulb appeared before him.
Su Yang watched the entire video.
‘This seems… simple.’
He fixed the video guide before his eyes. After confirming that there was no problem, he clicked [Produce].
As he clicked on [Produce], nothing seemed to have happened.
That’s right. This time, there was nothing fancy to the production process, the system did not provide any equipment. Su Yang had to handle everything himself.
Su Yang stood up and took out the items that he had prepared as he complained about the “low status” of this special item.
‘Compared to this item’s “low status”, the process of making this item is also very “childish’.
‘Simply put, I’m just making a children’s toy, the kind that children often made in kindergarten as part of their homework.’
He fixed the video before his eyes and said to the empty hall, “Little Deeny, please help me call for Sister Dagger Girl to come over.”
A moment later, Little Deeny’s voice came from the living room. “Yes, Master.”
Su Yang sat in front of the dining table and spread the items out. Then, he took the cotton ball in his hand and kneaded it into a cotton string.
Su Yang looked at the green tick on the system interface and put the cotton rope aside. Then, he took out the two magnetite he just bought.
He had just taken out the magnetite when Dagger Girl walked over with No. 18 in her arms.
‘Ever since Dagger Girl got her hands and feet, she has completely stopped being an introvert. Everyday, she would be running around like a wild dog that had lost its leash and play around happily in the villa such as climbing trees, swimming and just being naughty.
‘Anyway, she’s now trying everything that she couldn’t do in the past.
‘If it were not for the fact that she hasn’t gone through [High Life Evolution], she would probably have run out and began her plans for “World Domination”. Sometimes, a naughty child would actually be much more terrifying than dealing with a nuclear bomb…
‘Even though she had her hands and feet, she still can’t see. However, I can see that she’s come up with her own solution, she found another pair of eyes to account for her sight.
‘Therefore, she would usually ride on Little Hus and when she was either climbing trees or swimming, No. 17, No. 18, Gru would watch from the sides. Anyway, she’s in very safe hands.’
Although No. 17 and No. 18 did not like Su Yang, they liked Dagger Girl very much and would look after her very carefully. Moreover, with Gru by her side, Su Yang was not worried about her safety, aside from the possibility of Dagger Girl tearing the house down.
“Brother Su Yang, I’m here. Were you looking for me?” Dagger Girl hugged No. 18 and said to Su Yang with her cajoling voice.
Su Yang nodded. “Yes, I need your help.”
He patted Dagger Girl’s head and took out the light bulb that he had prepared. He said to Dagger Girl, “Help me cut this please.”
“How would you like me to cut it?” asked Dagger Girl as she “looked” at Su Yang with her cute eyes.
Su Yang remembered that this little girl did not have eyes, so he grabbed her hand and thought about her [Sharp Characteristic]. Instantly, Dagger Girl’s hand disappeared in front of Su Yang. However, Su Yang could still feel that he was holding her hand.
Su Yang knew that Dagger Girl’s talent, [Superposition State] had taken effect.
Then, Su Yang picked up Dagger Girl’s hand and placed it on the tail of the light bulb. With a light stroke, the tail of the light bulb was cut open. It became a small container that could hold things.
After cutting the light bulb, Su Yang used Dagger Girl’s hand to cut 1 of the magnetites into pieces.
When he was done, Su Yang said, “Recover.”
Dagger Girl’s hand instantly turned from transparent into real hands.
Su Yang patted Dagger Girl’s head. “Be a good girl now and go play.”
Dagger Girl asked in confusion, “Are you done cutting already?”
Su Yang nodded. “Yes. Thank you, Sister Dagger Girl.”
“You’re welcome, Brother Su Yang.” Dagger Girl smiled happily at Su Yang. Then, she carried the “guide bean’ and left.
Su Yang continued to work on the recipe.
He poured out the filament from the light bulb, tossed the magnetite inside and then threw in the Little Monster Bean fragments that he prepared earlier.
Once he was done, Su Yang used a bottle cap to twist it, drilled a hole and put the cotton string inside.
After noticing the green tick on the system interface, Su Yang took out the alcohol that he had bought and poured it into the light bulb. Then, he closed the bottle cap and let the end of the cotton string soak into the alcohol. Then, he sealed up the cap with a tape.
Finally, he placed the remaining magnetite on the table and placed the light bulb on it.
Due to the magnetic force of the two magnetites, the light bulb was instantly fixed together.
Su Yang took out a lighter made from the [Unknown Sticky Note] and lit it on the already wet cotton string. Instantly, the flame started to burn. At this point, the recipe was completed.
Su Yang looked at the row of green ticks on the system before him and the last notification that said [Production Complete, he then nodded in satisfaction. ‘This is probably the most successful recipe item that I’ve ever made.
‘Also… Have I been doing too much handiwork recently? I feel that I’m getting quite addicted to it. Am I slowly becoming an expert craftsman?’
Su Yang pondered for a moment. ‘Being an expert craftsman isn’t a bad idea. I could bring Tang Xiaomi here and teach her. I think she would like these sorts of things.’
While he was thinking, Su Yang pressed the [Submit] button on the recipe item.
3 notifications popped up in front of him.
[Incomplete Materials detected]
[More Valuable Materials detected.]
[The special item will give birth to additional abilities, talent, or more unknown changes. Are you sure you want to submit?]
Su Yang clicked [Confirm].
As he clicked [Confirm], the burning alcohol on the table disappeared into thin air.
A moment later, a light bulb appeared in the air and fell to the ground.
The moment Su Yang saw the light bulb fall, he panicked for a moment. ‘This item is probably going to shatter if it falls onto the ground. I doubt all special items would be the same as [The Masked Guitar Master’s Second Hand Guitar] which has the [Shatter Immunity].’ Therefore, he did not hesitate to lift his shirt and catch the light bulb.
Su Yang placed the light bulb carefully on the table and heaved a sigh of relief.
Then, he leaned on the table and studied the light bulb. He realized that the special item looked exactly like a tungsten light bulb from the old days and it looked exactly like the one that he had cut off its end earlier.
‘So, has the light bulb that had its end cut off been replaced with a perfectly normal light bulb?
‘In that case, what abilities does this light bulb have?’
Since the ability of light bulbs could only be seen after the system interface appeared, Su Yang decided not to rush it and sat on the dining chair as he waited patiently.
In the end, not even a minute had passed when the sound of a WeChat notification came from the living room.
‘What? Who’s looking for me?’
Su Yang called for a virtual interface to take a look and realized that he had been dragged into a group chat. There were a few people in the group chat, but they were all strangers. He did not know any of them except for 1 familiar person… Wu Feng.
‘Hold on? What group is this?’
Just as Su Yang was feeling puzzled, Wu Feng changed the name of the group chat, “Wolf Warriors” Production Crew.
Then, he introduced the people in the group chat to Su Yang. They were all from the production team of “Wolf Warriors”.
The screenwriter, main actors, and the main person in charge for various departments were all in the group.
The reason why Wu Feng had created the group was because “Wolf Warriors” was about to begin filming.
According to what Wu Feng said, the contract between “Wolf Warriors” and the Lingnan Military District included the time period to begin filming. In addition, the preparations were already completed, so Wu Feng planned to start filming on that week officially. Furthermore, it was also convenient for everyone to communicate in the group chat.
Su Yang had always had a good impression of Wu Feng. From the way Wu Feng dragged him into the group chat, it could be seen that Wu Feng treated him as family.
Therefore, Su Yang cooperated and chatted with a few people in the group. He then told Wu Feng to inform him if he could be of any help.
Since Su Yang said so, Wu Feng was naturally very polite as well. He asked, ‘President Su, would you be interested in a tour on how we would be filming the movie?’
Wu Feng did not mention anything about the tour previously, and Su Yang did not think too much about it. Now that he mentioned it, Su Yang’s interest was piqued.
Generally speaking, men are all interested in guns and artilleries which is something that solely belongs to men’s interests.
Su Yang was no exception.
Especially since he seemed to be working with the military this time, he believed that he would be able to see some real weapons. Therefore, Su Yang could not help but want to go and take a look. Hence, he replied, ‘Sure, of course I’m interested.’
After that, the two of them chatted about “Su Yang’s visit date”. From their conversation, it could be seen that Wu Feng had been in a good mood recently because he was about to start filming.
After all, after his last movie’s landslide which he directed himself, he desperately needed that movie to redeem himself.
Furthermore, it had to be said that after his previous failure, Wu Feng had accumulated a lot of experience. This could be seen from the way he had arranged everything in an orderly manner even before filming even started.
This made Su Yang more confident in the movie.
After Su Yang regained his confidence, he could not help but think of Lin Jiali.
‘I thought of including her in a movie project when I had one previously, would there be a chance for her to be involved in this project?’
Thinking of this, he sent a private message to Wu Feng. ‘Brother Wu, I would like to ask if there are any female roles in this movie currently? I have an actress in my company. Can I show you how she looks?’
…
When he received Su Yang’s WeChat message, Wu Feng was heading to the high-speed railway at Lingnan. ‘We’re going to start filming the new movie soon, how exciting!’
However, his good mood was quickly broken by Su Yang.
He heard the notification on WeChat and read Su Yang’s private message. Then, he frowned. ‘You want to bring in an actress into my movie? How am I supposed to arrange it when my movie is military themed?’
Actually, there were many unspoken rules within the entertainment industry. It was normal to bring in assets into the production team or even have a sugar daddy bring in an actress to promote her.
However, such acts were very damaging to a movie.
This was because most of the actresses that these sugar daddies wanted to support were pretty girls with subpar acting skills. It would not have been such a big deal if such actresses were placed in a drama instead.
However, it would be terrifying for them to be included in a movie.
This was because a movie would undoubtedly be projected on a big screen, hence all the expressions and minute details from the actor or actresses would be magnified many times before the audience’s eyes. Therefore, it would be obvious at a glance whether the actor or actress was good at acting or not, there was absolutely no way for them to fake it.
This was also the reason why many actors or actresses who were in dramas would feel that their acting skills were not that bad, but would immediately fall behind the moment they were placed in a movie.
Using such actors or actresses would be a disaster for the movie.
Therefore, when Wu Feng received the news that Su Yang wanted to include an actress, Wu Feng’s first reaction was to resist the suggestion.
‘I really don’t want to have an actress appear in my movie as an ornament. I can’t afford to lose anymore!
‘However, Su Yang’s support is also very important to me since he’s not only in charge of special effects, but post-production works as well. Just the fees alone can help me save 70 million yuan already!
‘That’s almost half of the movie’s investment!’
At the thought of this, he took a deep breath and decided to reject him tactfully. He wanted to see Su Yang’s reaction first. ‘Su Yang… this movie is very important to me. Plus, there’s only 1 female character in the movie and it’s already been fixed…’
After sending that message, Wu Feng looked out of the window. ‘What if Su Yang still insists on using his friend?’
After thinking about it, Wu Feng felt that he could only give up on Su Yang’s “investment” if it came down to it…
After all, he really didn’t want his movie to be ruined…
‘But… is Mr. Su that kind of person?’
Wu Feng was deep in thought. ‘I have a feeling that Su Yang is the same kind of person as me, he should be the kind of person who would endure everything just to get his job done. In that case, how did he suddenly fall into the trap of the secular world?’
Wu Feng shook his head in confusion. ‘Could I have… misjudged him?’
Just as he was letting his imagination run wild, Su Yang sent him a second WeChat message. ‘Oh, I see. It’s fine then, I was just casually mentioning it. It doesn’t matter if it doesn’t work.’
Seeing Su Yang’s hurried explanation, Wu Feng’s brows furrowed and he heaved a sigh of relief. He felt that he had not misjudged Su Yang. He also felt that… he had been too serious.
He took a closer look at Su Yang’s WeChat messages. ‘I see, he was probably just mentioning it casually. I think he must have thought of the actress he had in his company and asked on a whim.
‘Yet here I am, thinking that he’s the kind of person who just wants to promote female celebrities.’
Thinking about this, Wu Feng actually felt a little guilty.
He thought for a moment and replied, ‘President Su, although I can’t make an arrangement for your actress to join, you could give it a try yourself instead… There are still many male roles in movies to be filled. If you’re interested, you could try taking up a role and enjoy yourself.’
Wu Feng’s thought process was simple. ‘There are many extras in this movie. If he was really interested, he could just act as one of them. The worst that could happen would be that he won’t have any close-up shots. It won’t affect the movie much anyway.
‘All that matters for a big boss like him would be the sense of participation.’
…
Su Yang, who received Wu Feng’s WeChat message, was stunned. ‘Lin Jiali can’t be involved in the project, but I can?
‘What role am I supposed to play? A minor character?
‘But they’re so boring…
‘Can I play an outstanding role instead?’
At that thought, Su Yang could not help but recall his Bronze Ability, [Tank Driving Ability]…
‘Hang on… “Wolf Warriors” seems to be a military themed movie! How about I drive a tank!’
Thinking of this, he could not help but reply, ‘Brother Wu, that’s wonderful. But can you arrange a role for me where I get to drive a tank?’
Wu Feng was sitting on the high-speed rail. When he saw Su Yang’s WeChat message, he was stunned. ‘A role where he gets to drive a tank?’
‘Isn’t this… a little silly?’