The paparazzi never expected that they would be handled not by the actor's staff but by the hotel management and even handed over to the police. One of them was a university student and was terrified of being recorded and deported like that stalker, scared out of his wits.
After all, foreign laws are quite different from those at home. In China, domestic violence might just be smoothed over as long as you don't injure someone severely enough to be disabled, even if it reaches the police station. But abroad, if you dare to commit domestic violence and it's reported to the police, you might actually face jail time, fines, and deportation.
Luckily, there was one real journalist with press credentials who managed to secure their release after some negotiation, but by the time they were let out, thirty-six hours had passed, and Bo Yan and his group had finished shooting their commercial and were heading to the airport.
