333 Being Too Popular Is a Problem (1/2)

This plainclothes was undeniably a newbie. That was the conclusion that Ye Shuang came to when she was three meters away and before she started a conversation. When Ye Shuang walked toward the man, he instantly tensed and made the many furtive glances that he thought Ye Shuang did not notice.

To make things worse, he seemed to realize how strange he was acting, so… when other people were quietly sneaking a glance at the handsome Brother Shuang, the young man purposely pulled his eyes away.

He was too new at this job.

When Brother Shuang stopped before the man, she could not help but sigh before even saying anything. She could not imagine how they trained their new recruits. Of course, this was not the man's fault. After all, not everyone was born to do this kind of work. But if he did not know how to act, why did he come for an undercover case? And it was a big case—did they treat terrorists so lightly nowadays?

Who said that there would not be any other danger after the prop manager was captured? Such an innocent child had to be given more classes before he was let out into the field. What if he was 'lucky' enough to run into a big fish that other people did not spot, then he would not even know how he died.

”Mr. Plainclothes?” Ye Shuang felt conflicted for a while before opening her lips. Even though it was a question, there was affirmation in the tone.

The plainclothes was a bright young man, and he had not learned how to conceal his expression. When he heard Brother Shuang, the man's eyes widened from shock, and then he tried to act dumb to salvage the situation. ”What are you talking about? I am the new floor manager.”

Ye Shuang felt like the reaction was an insult to her intelligence. ”Doesn't a floor manager need to work? Earlier, even the director went to fix the light, so it seems like you're more important than the director.”

The plainclothes finally understood why he was being observed, and he grumbled with some disappointment and anger, ”How could the crew tell people about my existence? That is against the rule.”

Ye Shuang sighed again and pulled over a chair to sit. She shook her head. ”You admitted it so easily. Shouldn't you at least try to argue your way out of it?”

The young man was silent before finally hanging his head in sadness, ”Can you keep the secret to yourself?”

For his identity to be exposed and to have his weaknesses pointed out so easily… it put a damper on the young man's mood.

Brother Shuang smiled and used a long leg to pull over another chair. She placed it beside her own and patted it. ”Come, have a seat. What exactly is the mission that you've been given?”

”I'm sorry, but that is confidential information. I will never tell you.” The young man sat down.

”Oh, then we'll talk about something else. After all, I'm just visiting, and I'm bored.”

Then, less than half an hour later, the youth told her everything.

”So, you're right, he's here because of connections.” After Brother Shuang got to know everything possible, she returned to Luo Mingxin, who had just finished another scene and was memorizing the lines for the next scene. With the man asking, Ye Shuang was silent for a while and picked parts that she could reveal to share with the man. ”The kid comes from a powerful family, and his family has been serving the military since his grandparent's generation. The children of the family either have direct connections or marry someone with connections to the system, so once the man got into university, he has made Special Ops his career target…”

The higher ups would leave some quota to look after their own, like those with family members who had contributed to the country or those who were family of the soldiers who sacrificed themselves for the country. For example, most people like this youth were there to have a beautiful record on their resume before changing lane to something less dangerous or going into politics.

However, these kinds of people who were not trained from the ground up had many weaknesses. To put it simply, they were only good in theory, and their argumentative power was better than actual operative power. Once they ran into an actual mission, there was a high chance that they would fail. In a way, they were no different from specially cultivated mascots—they looked nice, but putting them in actual mission would lead to many problems.

”The silly child doesn't even know that many things. Perhaps his boss didn't even expect him to come up with any actual result, and he's just here to show himself.” Ye Shuang flipped through the script that Luo Mingxin had placed next to him casually. ”He's going to stay with the crew for a month, and the order that he was given is to 'pay attention to the situation and make a report'. Of course, if there was no special situation, there would be no need for a report. In one month, he will be transferred away, and when the case is wrapped up, his name will show up in the report as well.”

”Just standing around watching celebrities make a move counts as a contribution?” Luo Mingxin sighed before saying seriously, ”Xiao Ye, our crew's film is temporarily confidential, and you cannot just look through my script like that.”

Then, he lowered his voice, turned around, and tossed two looks at Ye Shuang at the angle where the directors could not see. ”The director has been glancing this way many times already. This is their company's biggest film this year, so please don't make this difficult for me.”