Bi Xian stood next to Chang Gu with a dumbfounded expression. She still had no idea what had happened. Everyone had been in the audition earlier, and she had merely followed Chang Gu's instructions and made a few expressions.
"I didn't expect the first person to debut at my Haunted House would be Bi Xian. Looks like my guidance was not in vain." Chen Ge looked at Bi Xian with relief and then asked, "Then, have you decided on the male lead?"
"I'm struggling with the male lead. In terms of acting skills, your employee with the surname Zhou is amazing. His acting is better than all the actors I've worked with, but the problem is that he's too old. This is a school comedy, so he should be the female lead's father." Chang Gu looked at Lao Zhou and Bai Qiulin, who were purposely pacing around them, and sighed. "Logically speaking, the most suitable actor for the male lead at your Haunted House is Xu Yin. His eyes seem to be hiding a sea of sorrow, and there's a natural melancholy about him. His age is suitable, and most importantly, his looks can 'torture' most male actors of his age. This is the fate of the male lead!"
"Then, we'll let Xu Yin be the male lead." It did not matter to Chen Ge who would be the male lead. He hoped that Xu Yin could use this experience to slowly walk out of his own world and see the outside world. Of all the employees, Xu Yin was the most loyal. To protect Chen Ge, he had almost lost his soul several times, so no matter what, Chen Ge wanted to help Xu Yin regain his hope.
"Since you have agreed to it, then you should have a good chat with him and try to convince him. The male main character has a lot of lines to say. It won't do for him to keep repeating the phrase 'it hurts'." Chang Gu was quite afraid of Xu Yin, so he did not dare raise his voice when he spoke to Xu Yin.
"Some things can't be forced. Try to shorten the male lead's lines or use other methods to express the male lead. How about that?"
"It's very difficult. After all, we're different from those adaptation teams in the market that don't respect the original work. We have to be worthy of the deceased author." Chang Gu was still very professional in certain aspects.
"Alright, I'll go have a good chat with him later." Chen Ge followed Chang Gu to wander between the School of the Afterlife and Mu Yang High School. "Have you chosen any of the more important characters? I promised an employee that I would help her film. Her name is Duan Yue, and she was an English teacher when she was alive. "
"The investors are forcing people into the crew? I've seen this scene before. " Chang Gu wanted to reject it, but when he remembered Duan Yue, he changed his mind. "I remember now. That female teacher's acting is also very good. How about letting her be the main character's class teacher? In the original work, this class teacher has always been helping the female lead, and later on, she even got together with the female lead's father. "
"F * ck, if Lao Zhou hears this, he'll probably laugh his head off again." Chen Ge nodded. "You'd better communicate with Duan Yue and see if she's willing or not."
"Okay, I'll tell you the rest of the characters." Chang Gu was very capable. The characters that he chose matched the actor's personality perfectly. He did not even need much acting skills; he only needed to do it, and he would be able to portray the character well.
Other than the extras, there were nine important characters. The plot of this youth comedy was not complicated. It mainly told the story of a girl from a single-parent family who walked out from depression with the help of her father and school.
This was a story about youth and a story about growing up. It was filled with positive energy but also the pain that came with maturity.
All these little things that made one not know whether to laugh or cry formed an ingenious story.
The story was not long, but it was very dramatic. The conflict was clear, and the difficulty of filming was low. These were the reasons why Chang Gu chose this work.
"You'd better hurry up with the filming. I'll leave the rest to you. It'll be best if you can finish it within a week." Chen Ge had no idea when the cursed hospital would come to find him. Gaining Zhang Wenyu's trust as soon as possible would only benefit him.
"I didn't expect that after death, I would be able to focus on the things that I like to do. How ironic. Don't worry, I won't disappoint you." Chang Gu gave Chen Ge a 'military promise'. He would let Chen Ge know the result within five days.
Chen Ge also thought that Chang Gu was quite a reliable person, so he did not ask any more questions and left the decision to Chang Gu.
He was just a normal person. He could not compare to a baleful Specter or a Red Specter. After staying up for half a night, he was already very tired.
Just as Chen Ge left the underground scenario and Chang Gu was about to continue filming, a small figure silently grabbed onto Chang Gu's shirt.
Chang Gu, who was startled, turned to look. He saw a Red Specter whose height only reached his knees looking at him.
"Do all Red Specters wander around this place?" Chang Gu's body froze. He realized that Chen Ge's Haunted House was scarier than the School of the Afterlife.
"Director Chang, my name is Meng Nan. Do you think there is a suitable role for me? I've wanted to see myself on television since I was young. This is one of my dreams. "
Chang Gu could ignore a child's request, but if the child was a Red Specter, things would be different.
"No problem. How about I arrange the role of the main character's younger brother for you? That's in the original novel, but there are not many scenes. "
"It doesn't matter how many scenes there are, as long as I can show my face." Meng Nan left with satisfaction, and Chang Gu sighed in relief. He moved forward, and just as he was about to move forward, his whole body shivered from the thick scent of blood.
Turning back to look, a Red Specter holding her own head was standing at the corner, staring at him.
Without saying a word, she used the head in her arms to stare at Chang Gu.
"Nice to meet you …" Chang Gu used honorifics. He forced himself to walk over because he felt like it was safer for him to walk over than for her to follow behind him.
The headless woman understood Chang Gu's meaning, but the accumulated resentment and hatred made it difficult for her to express her thoughts.
"Do you wish to film as well? Coincidentally, I have a role that is suitable for you. You don't need to speak; you only need to give your blessings. "
Chang Gu's face was pale, and he spoke carefully. Other places required money, but this place required his life!
The headless woman did not say anything. She held the head and nodded lightly before leaving.
After the headless woman walked away, Chang Gu sighed in relief. "I need to get to work now. I don't want another Red Specter to come looking for me."
…
At 8 am, the first thing Chen Ge did after waking up was enter the underground scenario. He first informed Chang Gu that all the filming would take place at night, and the Haunted House still had to operate during the day.
The Specter employees did not need to rest. After a whole night of filming, they were still very excited. They were all rubbing their palms together, preparing to welcome the visitors. They were very professional.
The employees returned to their posts, and Chang Gu used the day to edit the footage that he had filmed at night. He worked through the night, and he could still fight. This director was impressive.
At 8: 15 am, Xu Wan and the rest arrived. Chen Ge helped them with their make-up and then entered the staff breakroom alone.
He arranged the last wishes of the suicide victims from Zhang Wenyu's side. Most of them were concentrated in Northern Jiujiang and Southern Jiujiang, and some died at the border between Xin Hai and Jiujiang.
"There are so many of them?" Chen Ge printed out all the information and shoved it into his backpack. He planned to help Zhang Wenyu complete some of the last wishes of the suicide victims in the morning.
Most of the last wishes of the suicide victims were not complicated, but there were some that Zhang Wenyu, as a Red Specter, could not do.
Before he walked out the door, his phone rang again.
He pressed the answer button, and Director Luo's voice came from the other end.
"Chen Ge, I've received two pieces of news. Be prepared."
"What news?" Chen Ge sensed something bad from Director Luo's tone.
"There's been a change in the management at the futuristic theme park. Jiang Jiu has been hospitalized, and now it's a person by the name of Ma Feng. I know this person very well. He's young, but he rose to the top very quickly. He's decisive and ruthless. His subordinates all call him the Quick Blade. "
"Ma Feng?"
"He's very capable, but due to his ruthlessness, he has offended many people. If not for Jiang Jiu's accidental hospitalization, he would not have had the chance to do anything."
"Do we need to pay attention to this person?" Chen Ge knew why Jiang Jiu was hospitalized, but he did not expect a chain reaction.
"Ma Feng is interested in profit. From the beginning, he objected to Jiang Jiu's plans, thinking that they were a waste. Now that he has taken over, he will definitely launch another counterattack against us. If he achieves results, it will mean that Jiang Jiu is useless; if he fails, he will probably give up on the futuristic theme park's haunted house and its related projects and stop competing with us. "
"That's a good thing, right? As long as we can hurt him, he'll be more obedient. In the future, we'll have two theme parks coexisting, and they won't try to crush us anymore. "
"The business world is like a battlefield, and the winner takes all. At most, the futuristic theme park will temporarily give up on trying to crush us. But this period of time is already very beneficial to us. I will not just sit and wait. Our theme park has already started to upgrade. " Director Luo's words revealed an important piece of information. "When the time comes, we'll have what they have, and we'll have what they don't. If you're a visitor, what will you choose?"
"Of course, we'll choose our theme park." It was not until then that Chen Ge realized that Director Luo's so-called winner takes all meant that he wanted to swallow up the entire futuristic theme park.
"That won't take long. Before the upgrade is complete, I'll have to trouble you."
"Understood." Chen Ge and Director Luo were on the same boat, so they were closely connected. "By the way, didn't you say you received two pieces of news? What's the other one? "
"It's from the special care unit at Jiujiang People's Hospital. Most of the people who were scared into a coma by you have been discharged. Other than consoling and encouraging each other every day, they are planning their revenge. It's like a pyramid scheme."
"You're afraid that they'll come back to take revenge on me?" Chen Ge laughed. "A bunch of old patients, and they want to play the Avengers?"
"Don't let your guard down. Don't let your guard down." Director Luo then hung up.
There was still a smile on Chen Ge's face. There was always a chance of failure, but not an aircraft carrier. If they came in the open, the door to a four-star scenario would be open for them at any time. If they played dirty, the Demon God and Red Specters would welcome them.
After bidding farewell to Xu Shu, Chen Ge carried his backpack and left New Century Park to go to Northern Jiujiang. Following his plan, he started to help the suicide victims complete their dying wishes.
During the process of completing the dying wishes, Chen Ge noticed something strange. As he completed more and more dying wishes, the title of Votive Master in the black phone had an additional red number next to it.
Whenever he completed a dying wish, the number would increase, and the number would be different each time. It seemed to be related to the difficulty of the dying wish.
The number next to Chen Ge's Votive Master was 127. He believed that when he reached 200, the title would change in some way.
Chen Ge worked until the afternoon before he returned to New Century Park. He asked his employees, and it was another peaceful day. There had been no accidents.
"More and more people have the courage to challenge the four-star scenario, but they are still far from clearing it." Chen Ge received the report from Lao Zhou and Bai Qiulin. In the past week, more than two hundred people had tried to enter the School of the Afterlife, but the density of ghosts was too high. Chen Ge had found all the students who had been abducted by the door and taken them into his own School of the Afterlife.
This resulted in no visitors being able to complete the entire journey inside the School of the Afterlife. They basically cried and gave up, and then they were brought out by real ghosts.
There were many rumors about the School of the Afterlife online. It was very popular, and it had already gone out of the entertainment circle.
"A four-star scenario is still too little. I should consider opening the ghost fetus scenario to the public. I'll go in and inspect it tonight."
At 6 pm, the park closed for the day. After sending all the visitors away, Chen Ge had Xu Wan and the rest go home, and he entered the underground scenario alone.
Chang Gu started to organize the filming again. Chen Ge hugged the white cat and the comic as he entered the ghost fetus scenario.
Originally, there was only one staircase that led underground, but now there was a second staircase. The whole second staircase only had one scenario, and that was the ghost fetus.
The Voiceless Small Town, the White Orphanage, the Spire of Darkness, the Haunted Street, and many other scenarios merged together. Countless dark paths intertwined, and they continued to extend underground. The ghost fetus' despair and distortion covered everything.
There was a fundamental difference between the ghost fetus scenario and the School of the Afterlife. Perhaps because this scenario once belonged to a Demon God, once one entered it, one would feel an extreme pressure. It was like a demon was residing in one's heart, and it kept provoking the deepest memories in one's mind.
All the negative emotions would be triggered, and one's sin and evil would be released here to become nutrients for the ghost fetus scenario.
After experiencing the deepest despair, the visitors would feel much better after leaving this place, and they would have a new perspective on life and the future.
As long as they paid the price of a temporary coma, they would be able to welcome a new life. From Chen Ge's perspective, this was a very good deal.
Flipping through the comic, Chen Ge summoned all the Specters from the world behind Ying Tong's door. Miss Dress, Mr. Wood, the cleaner, Auntie Wu, and Miss Red silently appeared around them.
"Bai Qiulin and Lao Zhou should have told you everything that needs to be said. The Spire of Darkness will be your place of residence from now on. Other than following the employee's rules, there are no other requirements." Chen Ge exchanged a few simple words with the new employees. "Soon, you will understand the charm of this job and fall deeply in love with it."
After that, Chen Ge summoned all the lingering spirits and Specters that he had obtained from the ghost fetus' nine doors. He assigned each of them a position and a job, and in the end, only Xiao Sun was left behind.
Xiao Sun had already accepted the fact that he was going to die. He was very open about it. At that moment, seeing that everyone had a job but he did not, he was quite anxious. "Brother, what do I need to do? I also wish to help scare the visitors. I am very good at scaring people. "
"You do not need to go and scare the visitors." Chen Ge looked at Xiao Sun with anticipation. "You can pretend to be a visitor and blend in with them. That way, you will be able to maximize your talent in seeking death."
"I will pretend to be a visitor?" Xiao Sun did not get it. He did not know that a haunted house could be played like that.
"Only then will it not be a waste of your talent. I believe that with your ability, you will be able to easily wipe out your teammates." Chen Ge nodded with a smile. "After all, you are a unique talent that can make a Demon God go on a rampage with just one sentence."
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