CHAPTER 698: CHAPTER 688: FAKE CHASE TURNS INTO REAL CHASE

"Mr. Jiang, can we start?"

Jiang Lingxi glanced at the cameraman in the passenger seat holding the camera and reminded, "Buckle your seatbelt."

"Ah, oh, okay, thank you for the reminder, Mr. Jiang."

After fastening the seatbelt and picking up the camera again, Jiang Lingxi waited for the camera to be ready and then immediately started the car without a moment of hesitation.

This car was slightly different from the one she practiced with two days ago, after all, it wasn’t the same brand.

However, the basic operation was the same. After familiarizing herself with it for a while, she quietly began to accelerate and glanced at the blue car closely following through the rearview mirror.

The aerial camera was manipulated to fly above the two cars, faithfully recording the scene.

The director and others stayed at the starting point, watching the footage being transmitted.

Holding a walkie-talkie, they were ready to give remote instructions at any moment.

Seeing Jiang Lingxi skillfully driving the vehicle on screen, the director nodded in satisfaction and turned to Tong Yue sitting next to him, "Mr. Jiang drives really well, quite a surprise for me."

Tong Yue could only return a smile, "You flatter me."

More than just skilled, she thought that if Jiang Lingxi was given a race car, she’d dare to drive it!

She only hoped the girl would be a bit more cautious.

Inside the red car.

The cameraman in the passenger seat received instructions from the director and reminded, "Mr. Jiang, get ready. The car behind is about to change lanes and overtake at the upcoming turn."

After all, this wasn’t a real car chase, just a performance, so the reminder was necessary to prevent being caught off guard by the sudden acceleration of the car behind.

Jiang Lingxi nodded to indicate she understood, glanced at the blue car getting closer in the rearview mirror, and accelerated as well.

Soon, they reached the curve. As the red car took the outer lane, the blue car from behind suddenly accelerated, cut into the inner lane, and overtook the red car in an instant.

Jiang Lingxi raised an eyebrow as she watched the rear of the blue car. From this maneuver, she could tell the driver was skilled and had chosen the perfect moment for overtaking.

Kudos to the brand for finding such a talented driver to cooperate.

Since the driver had good skills, a spark of competitive spirit ignited in Jiang Lingxi’s eyes.

The lakeside road had more than just this one turn, with several more left and right curves ahead, perfect for filming a car chase scene.

She needed to get serious, not just rely on the other’s courtesy and cooperation.

Meanwhile, when the director saw the footage of the overtaking, he couldn’t help but exclaim lightly, "When did Zhuang Hao become such a great driver?"

The staff behind him replied, "Director, Zhuang Hao called in sick with acute gastritis. It’s the recently hired Xiao Guo driving now. He said he used to be a chauffeur for almost ten years, so we let him fill in."

"A chauffeur, huh? No wonder he’s so skilled." The director nodded knowingly, "Okay, I see. Remember to give him a bonus later; we can’t have him working for nothing."

The two cars were closely following each other and soon reached the second turn ahead.

This turn had an even larger angle than the previous one, allowing a view of the shimmering lake ahead.

"Mr. Jiang, when the car in front slows down a bit, you can cut in through the inner lane and overtake the blue car. The blue car driver will cooperate with you."

Jiang Lingxi pressed her lips together and nodded.

In the blue car, Xiao Guo had just received similar instructions through his earpiece.

Casually acknowledging with "Got it," he promptly removed the earpiece and tossed it aside.

He glanced at the red car preparing to overtake from the side and smirked.

The earlier turn was too close to the director and crew, but this one was perfect.

He wasn’t going to play along anymore!

Thus, from the perspective of Jiang Lingxi and the cameraman in the red car, the blue car not only failed to slow down but instead suddenly sped up into a sharp turn.

This was not in the script at all.

"Ahhh!"

Watching as the car almost collided with the uncooperative blue car, the cameraman lost his composure, oblivious to the skewed camera angle in his hands, he shouted, "Stop, stop the car!"

The latter three words were screamed with a breaking voice.

Jiang Lingxi gripped the steering wheel tightly, fully aware that braking was too late now, and could only turn the wheel as fast as possible.

"Screech!"

The grating sound of friction rang out as the red car almost spun in place by ninety degrees, finally ending up parallel with the blue car.

At the closest moment, the two car windows were just a hand’s breadth apart.

At the critical instant, Jiang Lingxi looked through the two layers of glass.

This time she could be sure it was deliberate.

Unfortunately, privacy film was on the glass, only allowing her to see a shadow in the driver’s seat.

The eyebrows under the baseball cap raised slightly, the tone carried a hint of surprise, "Quick reflexes."

There was a slight delay in the camera transmission, so by the time the director received the footage showing the two cars almost brushing against each other while turning, his heart nearly stopped.

This shot was indeed thrilling, more exciting than previous ones, but way too dangerous!

Immediately, he grabbed the walkie-talkie, "Xiao Guo, what are you doing? I asked you to cooperate with Mr. Jiang, not to create difficulties! Xiao Guo, Xiao Guo?"

The director was startled, to say the least, as were Tong Yue and Xu Ling’an, who had been watching, standing up in shock.

After waiting for the director to finish shouting into the walkie-talkie, Tong Yue spoke coldly, "Director, I need an explanation. Any reckless behavior by your staff that harms my performer, I will hold accountable to the end."

"I’ll send someone to drive and catch up right away."

The director already had a bad feeling.

Could Xiao Guo be Jiang’s stalker fan?

Stalker fans forcing their idols’ cars to stop were not at all rare news.

But he never expected something to happen in the middle of an ad shoot!

Seeing the director quickly dispatch a car to catch up, Tong Yue breathed a sigh of relief but wasn’t completely reassured.

The red and blue cars had already traveled a distance ahead on the lakeside road, with one side being the water. Even if she drove, she wouldn’t dare to drive too fast.

She no longer hoped for Jiang Lingxi to drive cautiously; whatever it took to protect herself was priority number one.

While strategies were being urgently prepared here, the tension was even higher over on the road.

The cameraman in the passenger seat was now ignoring the camera, clutching the seatbelt with one hand and the roof handle with the other, tense as a drawn bow, on the verge of tears, "Mr. Jiang, could, could we stop?"

He was scared!

He wanted to get out!

Jiang Lingxi kept both feet poised on the gas and brake pedals, sharply turning the steering wheel while glancing at the blue car’s incoming head in the rearview mirror, "It’s not like we can stop just because we want to right now."

On one side was the blue car, constantly looking for chances to ram through, and on the other side was the pale green of the lake. What was happening now was a real chase, and abruptly stopping would mean death.

She just wondered whose plan it was for the driver in the blue car, to infiltrate the brand’s ad shooting team and use the opportunity to suddenly turn hostile; the execution was quite adept.

"The biggest selling point of your car is the outstanding performance, right?"

The cameraman nodded instinctively, "Yes, yes."

But what did that have to do with the crisis they were facing now?

"Then I should give it a good test."

With those words, a powerful sense of acceleration thrust them back into their seats as the red car suddenly accelerated just as the blue car was about to sideswipe them!

"Ahhhh!"

Insane!