Chapter 14. Leaked video
As soon as Ren woke up the next day, he noticed that there were several calls from White bear.
There were over 15 missed calls. The phone was on silent, so he didn't noticed those calls.
He quickly dialed Where bear's number and after the third ring, White bear picked up his phone.
-Ren, did you hear about it? It's going frenzy over the internet. I can't even believe it.
His voice was excited and Ren can even imagine him jumping up and down while talking to him.
"What is going frenzy over the internet? First, calm down and explain the situation."
-Yeah, I forgot to explain but hadn't you checked the internet yet?
"I just woke up. Now, tell me what's going on?"
-Yeah, apparently this morning, when I was checking the internet for cute cat videos, I chanced upon a certain video which was quickly getting many views.
His voice was still excited and he was talking very quickly. He continued with that exciting tone.
-I checked the video feeling curious but what I saw shocked me. It was a video of you, Ren.
"Me? But I hadn't posted any sort of video."
Ren sounded confused as he asked that.
-No, it was your acting video.
"Acting video??"
-Yeah, but more than a acting video, it is the video of the fighting scene you did yesterday.
"Fighting scene? How did it get posted on the internet. Did someone leaked the video on internet?"
-I don't know that. Maybe, the director would know it but it can also be a marketing strategy.
These days, leaked videos of a coming movie was not uncommon. Many people used it as a marketing strategy.
"Yeah, I would better call the director."
Ren said as he disconnected the call with White bear. He stood up from his bed and instantly opened his laptop to check the video.
It was not hard to find the video as it was quickly gaining popularity. It already had more than 100'000 clicks and there were already 5000 comments on it.
Ren clicked the play button and the video instantly started to play. It was the video of him doing the fighting scene.
Him dodging the kicks and punches of the stuntmans and then doing the spinning roundhouse kick. The video only consisted of that.
The video ended quickly but it left a lingering sense in his mind.
Watching the video again and again, Ren felt that the video was shot by a amateur.
'The video is too sloppy.'
It was what Ren thought after watching the video several times. There were some blurry scenes in the video and it was also shaking slightly in the end.
He had first thought that the director or the investment company had deliberately leaked the video for marketing purposes but after watching the video, he felt that the video was truly leaked by someone.
While thinking about that, Ren started to read the comments. He wanted to know the reaction of people.
-Wow!! That kick at the end was amazing.
-Is the person in the video a stuntman or something?
-It did looked like a filming set.
-His kicks were killer and the expression at the end, it looked like he could kill.
-I re-watched this video several times just because of that killer expression.
-I think that the person in the video is a actor.
-Yeah, it does seem like that. Do anyone know his name?
-I had watched several movies but I never saw him.
-Maybe, he's a newcomer.
-He did looked young.
-Can anyone know his name. If it's a movie set, then he will probably feature in a movie, right.
-Hey, I found out which movie set it is.
-If you know it, then tell us. We are dying to know.
-It's apparently Director Zhu's next movie «Secret spy» set photos.
-Isn't that a spy thriller? I heard the movie release was going to be postponed.
-Yeah, there were rumours about that.
-I first thought of not watching that movie but after watching this scene, I am thinking of going to watch it.
-Me too!!
Ren felt good seeing people praising him. Although, his name was still confidential, people had at least started recognising him.
He felt good thinking about that. He had already taken his first step towards stardom.
After reading a few more comments, Ren took out the business card he had received from Assistant Director Ming and called him.
He felt that disturbing the director would not be good. Director Zhu was also known for his temper, if he was annoyed with his call, then that would be detrimental for his future.
That's why he called Assistant Director Ming. After a few rings, he finally accepted the call.
"Assistant Director Ming, it's me, Xin Ren."
-Oh, Ren, I thought that you would call me. It's about the video, right.
"Yeah, it's not a marketing strategy, right."
Ren was sure that it was not a marketing strategy but he still asked for confirmation.
-No, it's not. Actually, a staff member recorded the video yesterday and sent it to his friend. His friend didn't knew that it was confidential and uploaded it into the internet.
"Will the video be taken down?"
-We had plans to do it but after seeing the response, our PR team decided to use it to promote the film.
"So, the video is not going to be taken down."
-Yeah, but you don't have any problem to it, right.
"No, I don't have any problem."
Ren didn't have any problem related to the video. He was instead happy that he was able to show his skills to the people. It was a good exposure for him.
"Okay, then let's meet on the set."
"Yeah, bye."
Ren ended the phone call with that. He smiled while leaning on his chair. As he was getting up from his seat, his felt slight pain on his back.
'It must be because of the fighting scenes, yesterday.'
Ren thought as he sighed. He had the techniques he had learned in his previous life but his body was not able to endure it.
His body was too weak. He would not be able to do action scenes the next time if his body remained the same.
Thinking like that, Ren went to the bathroom and changed into his tracksuit. He was going to train his body.
"Where are you going?"
"I am going to do some jogging."
Watching his leave the house so early in the morning, his mother asked him.
"OK, come back early for breakfast and don't hurt yourself."
Ren left after hearing her mother words. His father was still sleeping as he drink quite a bit, the previous night.
He left his house and moved towards the park which was closest to his house.
The park had many people jogging and doing exercises. It was still morning and there are many young and old people in the park.
'I am still not that famous.'
Ren thought as he continued to jog. Although it was small, he had hoped that some people will recognise him but he was dissapointed.
Although no one recognised him, Ren continued to jog with the conviction that one day, he would be famous that people all over the world will recognise him.