Zhu Yu looked at the big courtyard and asked:

"Let's rent some camera equipment and let's do the same trick again."

Hearing this, Ran Jie and others all laughed.

They once rented each other's factory building in an auto repair shop in the name of filming a movie, and then took out a sum of gold bars in the factory without the other party noticing at all.

I wonder if it will work this time?

"Boss, is there something wrong with just us?" Cao Dalong was also thinking about something, "We are all men, so others won't believe it, right?"

"That's easy. I'll give you a task to recruit a graphic model." Zhu Yu said with a smile:

"It should be enough to spend a few hundred dollars. Let's go in and investigate first. If there is something inside, then we can continue to do things inside under the guise of filming.

If not, then we can leave as soon as possible after finishing the lake."

This matter is basically settled like this.

At this time, the people sent by Carpio also arrived in Manila.

It would be more convenient for them to search for Zhu Yu's whereabouts.

After all, he is a local snake, so it is easy to find out the whereabouts of some outsiders.

Although Zhu Yu and the others were a little cautious, the appearance characteristics of the Chinese and the locals were quite different, so within a day, a local snake reported the suspected whereabouts of Zhu Yu and the others to the people sent by Carpio.

Zhu Yu and the others did not know that they were being watched. At this moment, Cao Dalong went to the graphic model to discuss the shooting, while Zhu Yu and Ran Jie knocked on the door of the compound.

Qin Fei was on guard in the car, making preparations for emergencies.

It was afternoon at this time, and people at work had already begun to get off work. However, because it was located in the tropics, the air outside was still very hot and humid. Zhu Yu and Ran Jie were waiting in front of the door wearing the floral shirts and sunglasses that the locals are accustomed to.

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The door opened, and a short middle-aged woman looked at Zhu Yu and the others in surprise.

"Hello, we are from a film company." Ran Jie greeted the other party in English and handed over a business card. "We are going to shoot a movie. Your big yard is more suitable for our shooting requirements, so we want to rent it."

Your yard."

The woman shook her head after hearing this and said a bunch of dialect in her mouth. Zhu Yu could probably tell what she meant from her expression: she didn't understand what Zhu Yu and the others were saying.

Fortunately, after a while, a girl who looked like a student came over and asked:

"What are you going to do?"

Ran Jie handed her the business card and said:

"We are from a film company and want to rent your yard as a filming location. We will pay the rent."

The girl was quite beautiful, about sixteen or seventeen years old. When she heard that Zhu Yu and the others were from the film company, her eyes lit up and she asked:

"Are you really making a movie? What movie? Have the characters been chosen? What type..."

This series of topics almost made Ran Jie get stuck asking questions!

Fortunately, Zhu Yu responded quickly and immediately took over the conversation and said:

"The movie we are going to shoot is called "A Beauty in Troubled Times", and it tells the love story of a girl during the war. We plan to use your yard as the heroine's pre-war residence, so..."

Zhu Yu didn't finish speaking, but the girl felt that she understood. For a movie that has not yet been completed, some things naturally need to be kept secret.

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"My mother has already agreed, but she still needs to ask my father what he wants. The rent for our yard may be relatively high..."

"How high?" Ran Jie asked, "Our budget is quite sufficient."

"It might take 10,000 pesos a day..."

Ten thousand pesos is almost less than two hundred dollars a day.

"I will give you 20,000 pesos a day. Of course, the prerequisite is that we have seen this yard and it is worth renting." Zhu Yu interrupted her, "You can use this price to talk to your parents."

"Okay." This time, even the girl was a little surprised. With such a high rent, she could actually rent a newer yard.

The girl grew up in this big yard, and he felt that apart from being big, there was no other benefit to the big yard.

The house is too old, there are no play facilities, no swimming pool, you can't go out at will... it's simply too bad!

But she didn’t expect that anyone would be willing to rent their yard for 20,000 pesos a day!

Almost as soon as she said it, the girl's mother agreed.

Next it was time for the girl to persuade her father.

About ten minutes later, the girl came out with a smile on her face and said:

"My father agreed. But you must prepare a standard contract..."

Zhu Yu and Ran Jie looked at each other, and then Zhu Yu said to the girl:

"We also need to take a look at the situation in the yard. In this way, I will pay you 20,000 pesos first, which is today's rent. We will go in and check it out. If it is suitable, then we will continue to rent it for at least a week.

If it’s not suitable, how about we finish taking some photos today and the cooperation is over?”

As the plenipotentiary representative of the family, the girl certainly agreed.

Of course, she hoped that Zhu Yu and the others could rent it for as long as possible.

Zhu Yu and Ran Jie entered the courtyard and found that it was really big, covering nearly a thousand square meters.

If it were not located in the suburbs of Manila, such a large yard would have been expropriated or bought by wealthy people.

The interior of the large courtyard has been renovated, and there are not many traces of the original.

According to the notebook in Zhu Yu's hand, this place was once a Japanese military camp—or, in other words, the residence of a military police unit that protected Yamashita Fengfumi.

Originally there were not only dormitories, stables, weapons depots, training grounds, but also some military facilities.

However, after Japan surrendered, the place was handed over, and then some of the facilities inside were demolished and finally auctioned.

Because the yard was relatively large, the sale of the yard had not gone smoothly until it was finally bought by a wealthy man and transformed into his own home.

But later on, the rich man's family fell into decline and he wanted to sell the yard. In the end, no one bought it, and in the end, only the yard was left in the family.

The girl's name is Amo. She is about to graduate from middle school and may not have enough marks to take the college entrance examination, but she wants to be a movie star.

When he said this, Amo stared at Zhu Yu, hoping to get some response from him.

Zhu Yu naturally understood what A Mo meant, but he did not respond.

Just kidding, they're not really making a movie, how could they possibly respond to this girl's suggestive request?

If it were really shot, I would have given him a passerby role. But it wasn’t really shot!

So Zhu Yu pretended not to hear, and after entering the courtyard, he started to observe around.

At this time, the male owner of the courtyard walked out and came to Zhu Yu and the others.

"It's you, you want to rent my yard for 20,000 pesos a day?" The man looked a little gloomy and discussed the money directly with Zhu Yu.

"Yes." Zhu Yu took out four hundred dollars from his pocket and handed it over: "This is today's rent. We need to take a look today. If it is suitable, then we will renew the lease and use it as a filming location."

After taking the U.S. dollar bill, the man looked at it carefully and recognized that the money was fine. A smile appeared on his face:

"Okay, let's watch it to your heart's content."

After saying that, in order to show more enthusiasm, he stood aside and led Zhu Yu and the others to introduce the facilities in the yard. He also did not forget to tell Amo:

"Go and pour water for the two guests!"

Zhu Yu's eyes opened and he scanned across the lawn. His eyes focused for a moment, then he looked at the main building in the yard, a row of old-fashioned bungalows.

The bungalow has actually been changed. It has been painted and decorated. The originally dull and square dormitory has been transformed into rooms with different functions.

Some were opened and some were dismantled, so the original row of dormitories became three relatively independent buildings.

Some auxiliary buildings were added to the main house in the middle, turning it into a place for the owner's family to live. The entrance was paved with bricks, small flower fields were dug on both sides, and the windows were modified, etc.

This kind of renovation makes the place more livable and looks like a living place.

There are also several pots of unknown green plants placed on the windowsill, which look full of life.

"This is where we live." The man led Zhu Yu and the others to the house. Zhu Yu just glanced at it, then pointed to the other two rooms and asked:

"What about these two sides?"

"The warehouse is where Amo and I study." The man said, "I originally planned to train my daughter to become a college student, but she is not very talented in learning, alas..."

Zhu Yu walked towards the warehouse and opened his eyes. He found that there was indeed something down there, but it was not what he imagined.

"Can I go to the back?" Zhu Yu pointed to the back of these rooms. It has been transformed into a small garden, with paved roads and small dug-out ponds. It looks quite nice.

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"Of course." The man naturally did not refuse, "The scenery there is pretty good. When I have nothing to do, I also like to take a walk in the garden."

This place used to be a training ground. With a glance from the sky, Zhu Yu could even see bullet casings deep in the soil under the gravel path in the garden.

Then, Zhu Yu saw what he wanted to see.

In order to avoid making people suspicious, Zhu Xin just finished scanning and then followed the man to the living room. Amo brought water and fruits, while Zhu Yu chatted with the man about home affairs.
To be continued...