439 Eavesdropping (1/2)

Chapter 439: Eavesdropping

Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Police dogs, no matter how intelligent and obedient they were, and no matter how much their trainers were fond of them, at the end of the day, they acted based on their conditioned reflexes. They couldn't distinguish between training and actual combat. Once the conditions they encountered in training occurred, they would attack human beings.

According to Xiao Liu, not only did the anti-riot dogs and guard dogs, such as Red Dragon and Prince, receive training to snatch guns, but they also had been trained to grab knives. They would spontaneously lunge at someone to bite their wrist if they pointed a knife at their owner. Although police dogs were required to obey the rule of ”biting without causing injury” during training, meaning they could bite one's wrist to stop them from moving but not causing any harm, no one could guarantee that the police dogs would not hurt humans in an unpredictable violent situation.Liu solemnly reminded Zhang Zian, who also planned to seriously bear this matter in mind.

After arriving at the studio, Xiao Liu reluctantly bid farewell to Red Dragon. He agreed to meet it in two days, then drove away and left.

Zhang Zian went into the small gray and white courtyard which served as the temporary shooting site, and searched for the director Feng Xuan. Zhang Zian looked around and couldn't find him. He asked a few people who also shook their heads and said that they didn't know.

Before shooting began, everyone was very busy making sure nothing was wrong with the parts they were responsible for. It would be very unpleasant if the director or deputy director publicly scolded them. Zhang Zian was embarrassed to disturb the crew members, so he had no choice but to continue looking on his own.

Just then, the leash in his hand tightened up. Famous took a few steps forward and sniffed at the ground. It turned back and said, ”I smell the scent of the director, and it seems quite recent.”

”Well, take me to him.” Zhang Zian was overjoyed. He remembered that dogs were very good at looking for people. In general, a dog must sniff the personal belonging of the target beforehand so that it can remember the target's smell, but Famous had already remembered the smell of Feng Xuan. It could distinguish his unique odor from the complicated and mixed smells in this small building.

Lowering its head, Famous led the way. It paused every few steps. Due to frequently accompanying Famous, they walked on the left side of Zhang Zian, and they also sniffed the way Famous did.

Zhang Zian was led by Famous to the second floor, where a variety of equipment had been temporarily placed there by the crew, and most of the rooms were locked. Following the smell of Feng Xuan, Famous had come to the end of the corridor where there was a small door leading to the rooftop. It looked back at Zhang Zian. The meaning in its eyes was Feng Xuan was beyond the door.

Zhang Zian wondered what could Feng Xuan be doing on the rooftop? This building was too low. Even if he jumped, he would not die.

He opened the door. Behind the door were narrow steps that rose gradually. After turning a corner, the rooftop appeared. Standing on the edge of the rooftop, Feng Xuan was talking while holding his cell phone.

Famous and the two police dogs did not bark, so Feng Xuan did not detect their arrival. He said on the phone, ”Lao Yu, considering our years of friendship, are you really not going to help me out this time? Don't tell me how poor you are, I am not borrowing money from you! Your movie has a large production and brilliant scenes, there must be many pyrotechnicians in your crew, right? How many? Ten? Twenty? I'm not asking for much, just send me two pyrotechnicians and I will pay their wages. What do you think? I'm being brazen asking you about this. Can you please grant my request?”

Just when Zhang Zian was about to approach Feng Xuan, he overheard this dialogue and paused. Although it was inappropriate to listen to others' conversation on the phone behind their back, this matter had something to do with him, so he could not help but listen. Besides, he was sort of an informant for the police.

It's unknown what the person on the other end of the phone had said, but a crafty smile appeared on Feng Xuan's face. He said in a mockingly pitiful tone, ”What? You can give me one pyrotechnician at most? All right, I'll settle for one. Lao Yu, you are too stingy. You owe me. You should buy me a meal next time we meet. Tell him to come to Binhai City and report to me as soon as possible. Talk later.”

The older, the wiser, thought Zhang Zian. By deliberately asking for two, Feng Xuan had given himself some leverage. As they bargained, the other person felt like he owed Feng Xuan something…

Feng Xuan hung up the phone. He turned around and saw that Zhang Zian was holding the three dogs, standing at the entrance to the rooftop. His expression froze.