Chapter 17: Target: Gnaw the Dog

The director had been waiting for a long time. Seeing them coming, he took the lead in greeting the dog.

“Good, good, good, it looks energetic and handsome, this size is especially pleasing, not bad, not bad.”

The tall, thin man circled around Mountain King, his expression extremely lewd.

Mountain King wanted to kick this two-legged beast, he was an eyesore.

The stagehand hurriedly tugged at the director’s clothes: “Director, director, its name is Mountain King, these two are Mountain King’s owners.”

Hu Shuo’s eyes lit up: “Mountain King? Mountain King is good, Mountain King’s name is as domineering as a general, good, good, good.”

The stagehand was so embarrassed that his toes curled up. Ancestor, look at the people, don’t just look at the dog. If the dog owner doesn’t agree, you’re just looking for nothing.

“Director, director, comrades, comrades.”

Hu Shuo was staggered by the tug, glared at the stagehand, and then gave his attention to Zhuo Le and Wei Xiaojia.

His facial lines weren’t very soft, but he tried to be as amiable as possible: “Hello, I’m sure Xiao Fang has told you, we’re just filming, your Mountain King’s image is particularly good, very suitable for our script role.

If you have no objections, let’s take a look at the contract first, and if you have any questions, we can discuss them, okay?”

Wei Xiaojia didn’t understand and could only look with his doggy eyes.

Zhuo Le nodded: “Okay.”

Hu Shuo responded with a smile: “Assistant director, quick, bring our contract and show it to the comrades.”

The assistant director was very round and smiled like a Maitreya Buddha: “Here it is, here it is, comrade, this contract is for Afu, take a look, if there are no problems, we’ll just change the names inside.

In our show, the general is the main character, with a lot of scenes, and the pay is very objective.

However, there is one thing that needs to be confirmed with you in advance.

In our show, the parts about the general may have some difficult and dangerous actions, so we need you to sign a waiver agreement in advance.

Of course, at the same time, some difficult scenes will have higher pay, and we will also try our best to ensure Mountain King’s safety. The waiver agreement is just a guarantee for the later stage.

I don’t know if Mountain King usually has any similar high-difficulty training? If not, we will ask a professional trainer to give it some training, and we will pay for the training.

However, if we train it, the pay may not be able to increase.

We can talk about these things slowly, come, come, take a look first, let’s go over there and sit down to read it.

Xiao Xiao, you can come over and cultivate a relationship with Mountain King first.”

Xiao Xiao was the little girl who was splashing in the water just now, about ten years old, and also the heroine of this show.

“Coming, Uncle Zhu.” Xiao Xiaoxiao’s voice was sweet.

Her father accompanied her to film, and Mountain King was too big, so her father was a little worried and followed her.

Zhuo Le looked at the contract, and Wei Xiaojia took Mountain King to get acquainted with this big sister.

“Hello, little brother, what’s your name?”

“Hello, sister, my name is Wei Xiaojia, and its name is Mountain King.”

Xiao Xiaoxiao rubbed Wei Xiaojia’s head: “Little brother is so cute, Mountain King is also very handsome, my name is Xiao Xiaoxiao, you can call me Sister Xiaoxiao, this is my dad.”

“Hello, Sister Xiaoxiao, hello, Uncle Xiao.”

Xiao Youyu also rubbed Wei Xiaojia’s head, didn’t disturb the two children chatting, and stood to the side.

“Brother, how should I play with Mountain King?”

Wei Xiaojia tilted his head: “Mountain King is very smart, whatever Sister Xiaoxiao wants to do, just tell it, Mountain King can understand.”

Xiao Xiaoxiao became interested: “Really? Then let me think… Mountain King, can you help me get that little bag over there?”

Mountain King glanced at Xiao Xiaoxiao, very aloof.

Wei Xiaojia stuck to Mountain King: “We’re going to film with Sister Xiaoxiao, Mountain King, you listen to Sister Xiaoxiao obediently, and when we go back, I’ll buy you chicken to eat, okay?”

Mountain King shook its ears, indicating no problem.

With aloof steps, it went and picked up Xiao Xiaoxiao’s small bag.

Xiao Xiaoxiao was pleasantly surprised: “Mountain King can really understand, let’s play another game.

Let’s play catching bad guys, Mountain King, I’ve been kidnapped by bad guys, can you come and save me?”

Saying that, she went and pulled over the uncle who was playing the bad guy, and had him grab her.

Everyone was watching, curious to see if Mountain King could do it well.

Mountain King immediately lowered its front legs, bared its fangs, and growled softly, warning the bad guy.

It didn’t look like it was acting, and everyone’s hair stood on end.

The bad guy was so scared that he wanted to turn around and run.

The director secretly thought something was wrong, hoping it wouldn’t really hurt anyone.

“Mountain King,” Zhuo Le raised her eyelids: “Pretend to catch the bad guy, you can’t hurt people, you can act a little fiercer.”

Mountain King’s little expression was blank for a moment, and then it bared its fangs again.

Everyone could clearly feel that, under the same ferocity, there was no longer that scalp-tingling feeling.

Xiao Xiaoxiao shouted: “Mountain King, help, save me quickly.”

The bad guy: “Don’t come over, or I’ll kill her.”

Mountain King wanted to rush forward, but Hu Shuo quickly said: “No, Mountain King, wait a little longer, wait until I say it’s okay, then you go, okay?”

Mountain King retracted its long legs and continued to growl a warning.

Hu Shuo’s eyes lit up: “Okay, Mountain King, go.”

Mountain King rushed out like an arrow, and with one paw, it was about to knock the person down. The bad guy had no power to resist and exclaimed that it was too fierce, this dog was more powerful than a professional martial artist.

Hu Shuo quickly shouted: “Mountain King, don’t catch the bad guy all at once, fight him for a while, don’t hurt him.”

Mountain King’s doggy eyes were a little disgusted, but it still listened obediently and fought the bad guy for two rounds.

Hu Shuo: “Okay, Mountain King, pin him down.”

Almost as soon as the words fell, the bad guy was lying down, completely unable to move.

Hu Shuo laughed loudly: “Good, good, it’s simply a natural actor, great.”

Thunderous applause rang out on the scene, all praising Mountain King.

Mountain King remained aloof and unmoved, walked to Wei Xiaojia’s side, and rubbed his little belly.

Wei Xiaojia hugged Mountain King and rubbed against it, feeling honored: “Mountain King is great.”

Zhuo Le smiled, achieving the goal of gnawing the dog.

“There’s nothing wrong with the contract, but we need to add clauses on Mountain King’s protection, and also, Mountain King can’t be overworked, and the working hours must be within the specified range. We have the right to refuse anything beyond that range.

We can cooperate with later publicity and tasks outside of filming, but they must be reasonable and compliant, and the due remuneration cannot be less.”

Zhuo Le said a lot, one by one, and the assistant director Zhu Cao recorded them one by one, smiling as if he had no temper, and would agree to anything that could be agreed to, that didn’t violate the rules, wasn’t excessive, and was reasonable.

A lot was added and subtracted.

After confirming the final terms, it would take time to rewrite them.

In this era, printing technology was not yet popular, and most contracts were handwritten.

It was late today, and the two parties agreed to come back tomorrow to reshoot the scene of saving people in the water. This was originally the first scene, and replacing Afu wouldn’t cause too much trouble. As for the liquidated damages with Afu, Zhuo Le didn’t need to worry about that.

The contract would also be signed tomorrow, and work would start directly after signing.

The mother and son took Mountain King and walked home happily, but someone blocked their way.

In the dim light, Zhuo Le recognized the owner of the border collie.