"I don't know why our comedy broke the record for horror movies, but we did aim to make a comedy." A bitter smile appeared on Chen Ge's face. This could be considered an unintentional act of kindness. The main problem was that the original author had turned into a ghost. He was also very satisfied with Chang Gu's work. He believed that Chang Gu had managed to capture the core of a comedy.
The author was satisfied, the director was satisfied, the audience was satisfied, the production company was satisfied, and everyone was satisfied. Even though Chen Ge felt weird, he slowly chose to accept it. "Director Luo, this is just a concept film. If your friend wants to work with us, we can have a good talk."
"That's what he wants. I'll give you his contact later, and you guys can talk."
"Okay."
"Make good use of this opportunity. The popularity of the film is good publicity for us. If the web series can maintain this popularity, it'll be better than any advertising."
Director Luo hung up. By then, the rumors about this comedy horror film were still spreading online.
Initially, Chen Ge wanted to use the popularity of Haunted House to make the web series popular and try to get one or two companies to talk about cooperation, but he did not expect that in just a few hours, the popularity of the film would start to feed back to Haunted House.
Many people who did not play Haunted House or horror games became interested in Haunted House. After all, a Haunted House that could produce a comedy was rare.
The comedy produced by Haunted House even became a meme online, and the 'gotcha' scenes were treated as classics and included in the horror film teaching materials.
The more they thought about it, the more scared they became. It made it hard for the viewers to sleep. More and more people began to discuss this comedy.
The author's work was hardcore, and the various clues and psychological changes were well described. Chang Gu's filming was also perfect. The nightmare world and reality were two separate lines at the same time, and the various images and metaphors could be interpreted in many ways.
In conclusion, this Haunted House comedy exploded in popularity, and many people started to look forward to the next plot.
Even though he did not sleep that night, Chen Ge was still very energetic. He and Chang Gu took turns to watch all the major video websites, and the numbers continued to rise.
The workers were also very excited. Even though they did not fully understand how popular this short was, they would be happy when they appeared in it.
The employees chattered non-stop, and Chen Ge's heart skipped a beat as he listened to them. Many of the employees joined in the fun during the filming. They used various methods to step out of the camera. There was nothing that they could not do, like the face hidden in the tea, the small shadow under the study table, the broken arm that floated behind the door, and so on.
If one did not pay close attention to these details, one would not be able to notice them. The popularity of the video was getting higher and higher. To prevent himself from being screwed over, Chen Ge decided to openly admit it on his social media platform. He said that he had hidden one hundred Easter eggs in the video and wanted to see if the audience could discover all of them.
The popularity was too high, so he decided not to 'pretend' anymore. He would tell the audience directly that all the scary scenes that they saw were purposely created by the Haunted House.
Once he said that, it attracted another large group of viewers.
"This is too sudden. I'm not prepared at all."
Chen Ge looked at the increasing number of messages. Some planned to go to the filming location to check in, others planned to enter the Haunted House for the first time in their lives, and the reason was to meet the main character. There was even a very sensitive management company that left a message for Chen Ge, saying that they wanted to sign Bi Xian as their artist.
There were too many messages, and Chen Ge had no time to reply. He looked at the sky that was already starting to brighten and put his phone away. "Another night."
After a short nap, Chen Ge woke up to prepare for the opening ceremony.
That day, Xu Wan and Xiao Gu arrived early. Once they saw Chen Ge, they rushed over, especially Xiao Gu, who was holding the phone and stuttering. "Boss! Did we really make this movie? When I saw it last night, I was dumbfounded. "
"Yes, we did."
"When did you make it? That's amazing! "
"What do you think I do every night when I don't sleep? In order to shoot this film, I spent a lot of energy and a lot of time. Fortunately, from the results, everything was worth it. " Chen Ge stopped answering Xiao Gu's questions. He waved for them to get ready for the day's visitors.
At 9 am, New Century Park opened for business, and the visitors swarmed in. When they were lining up, the Haunted House's comedy became the topic of conversation. Even two groups of people who did not know each other could have a heated conversation.
"There are more visitors today than a few days ago. What's going on?" Xu Shu was worried that something might go wrong, so he quickly went to find Chen Ge.
"Uncle, don't you usually go online? We've released another advertisement, and it's quite effective. "Chen Ge helped sell the tickets outside. Looking at the visitors, he was happy from the bottom of his heart.
However, he did not let the happiness get to his head. While he was selling the tickets, he paid attention to those who wanted to ruin the place.
The number of visitors who came to visit the four-star scenario, School of the Afterlife, had multiplied. The scenario could accommodate at most twenty visitors at the same time, and almost every scenario was sold out. This attracted Chen Ge's attention.
Many of the visitors who came for the online drama were visiting a Haunted House for the first time. They had to start from a one-star scenario, and those who challenged the School of the Afterlife were mostly experienced visitors.
That was nothing, but Chen Ge realized that there was a group of people who were repeatedly buying tickets. They kept challenging the School of the Afterlife like they were obsessed with the scenario.
After paying a heavy price in terms of spirit, money, and body, this large group of people had explored most of the School of the Afterlife. Of course, they were still far from clearing the scenario.
To protect the visitors, Chen Ge took out the few most difficult missions from the lottery box, like finding the thirteen oil paintings, finding the president of the Red Specter Society, uncovering the secret of the old headmaster's disappearance, and so on. These missions were specially prepared for those who wanted to ruin the place. Normal visitors would not have drawn these 'sure-death' missions.
This group of people had drawn the easy missions and the middle-difficulty missions, but just that alone pushed their spirit to its limit. After the last person fainted, there were people from among the visitors who came to pick them up.
Obviously, this was a group of people trying to conquer Chen Ge's Haunted House, but they had greatly underestimated the difficulty of Chen Ge's Haunted House.
After the group of people who kept challenging the School of the Afterlife left, another group of people came in the afternoon. They seemed to share information with each other. The map and scare points that their predecessors had exchanged with their 'lives' had provided great help to the latter group.
These strange visitors attracted the attention of the Haunted House's employees. Lao Zhou even came to ask Chen Ge if he wanted to increase the difficulty.
Chen Ge rejected Lao Zhou's suggestion directly. He verbally taught Lao Zhou that the game would only be attractive if there was a possibility of clearing the scenario.
But in reality, he was trying to lower the group of people's guard so that the ghost fetus scenario would be useful.
The Haunted House opened at 9 am and closed at 6 pm. The School of the Afterlife was full. The group of people had risked their lives to explore the scenario, but they did not clear the scenario, but they appeared to have drawn out a complete map of the School of the Afterlife.
As long as they had the map and knew the locations of the scare points, as long as they were not unlucky enough to draw a mission that involved a hidden scenario, it was only a matter of time before they cleared the scenario.
The sky was already dark. After the visitors left, Chen Ge sat on the steps at the entrance of the Haunted House.
"The comedy series filmed by the Haunted House is still gaining popularity, and this is just a concept film. If there are more webisodes, not only will the comedy series filmed by the Haunted House be famous, even the New Century Park where the Haunted House is located will become famous. Perhaps Ma Feng has sensed danger, and that's why he is in such a hurry to clear my Haunted House to suppress my momentum. "Chen Ge looked at the income on the account, and his lips started to curl upward.
The School of the Afterlife could accommodate twenty visitors at a time, and one session would last about forty minutes. Most of the time, not many visitors could last for forty minutes, so in other words, one session would last about thirty minutes.
The entrance fee was forty RMB, and one session would earn Chen Ge 800 RMB. That day alone, the School of the Afterlife had opened twelve sessions.
Normally, not many people would challenge this kind of four-star scenario. Just gathering enough people would take a long time, and the most profitable scenarios were the low-star scenarios. These high-star scenarios were prepared for professional players. Compared to earning money, they were more of a symbol.
"Hopefully, this group of people will come again tomorrow."
After a simple cleaning, Chen Ge carried his backpack and went to the mannequin workshop. After paying the boss in advance, he chased the boss out.
Locking the door, Chen Ge summoned his Specter employees and had them help him create the plastic fog monsters.
They worked until midnight, and Chen Ge had Tang Jun drive the bus on Route 104 to transport all the monsters back to the Haunted House.
Chang Gu had a new idea and was preparing to shoot a new short. Chen Ge started to decorate the ghost fetus scenario with some of his employees who had nothing else to do.
After inspecting it several times, it was not until 4 am that Chen Ge came out that there were no hidden dangers.
"Now that the ghost fetus scenario can be opened at any time, I wonder which visitors will be the lucky ones."
After sleeping for three hours, Chen Ge was woken up by his alarm. He looked at the rising sun and stretched lazily.
"If only I could live like this forever."
After taking a cold shower, Chen Ge changed and opened the gates of the Haunted House.
The theme park opened punctually at 9 am. The visitors entered the park, and the familiar noise echoed in their ears.
There was a long queue at the entrance of the Haunted House. Some of the older players ran into the resting hall to claim a spot and discuss the latest strategy that they had come up with.
Ever since Chen Ge obtained the black phone, the Haunted House had accompanied the visitors for a long time. More and more people liked the place, and the place had given them many memorable memories.
Life was normal, but at Chen Ge's Haunted House, they experienced a different kind of life.
Batches of visitors entered the Haunted House, but to Chen Ge's surprise, no one challenged the School of the Afterlife that day. Just as he was wondering whether the group of people had given up or not, a scream came from the resting hall.
"What's happening?" Chen Ge walked over. Many of the older players knew him, and when they saw him, they opened up a path.
"Mr Chen! Look at our Haunted House's app. Someone has posted that they want to clear our Haunted House's most difficult scenario, the most popular thread! "A student from Jiujiang University of Law and Medicine ran over. He held his phone and showed it to Chen Ge.
There was indeed a new thread on the Haunted House app. Many paid posters left comments under it, and it kept the thread at the top.
The content of the thread itself was explosive. First, they admitted that Chen Ge's Haunted House was scary, but it was not that exaggerated. They said that most of the visitors were misled.
The thread started with the typical anti-fans. Haunted House was scary, but it did not scare them. Even though they had not been there before, that was how they felt.
The thread was supported by many Haunted House peers. They analyzed Chen Ge's Haunted House from various angles, and they came to the same conclusion — Chen Ge's Haunted House did not live up to its name. It was twenty percent real power and eighty percent hype.
The popularity of Chen Ge's Haunted House was unfair to those who were serious about operating the Haunted House. Today, they were going to work together to expose the lie of Chen Ge and the Haunted House to the public.
The whole thread was written like a declaration of war, and it made one's blood boil. But thinking about it, most of them had not visited the Haunted House before, so how did they come to this conclusion? Was it because of their imagination?
Other than appearing on the Haunted House app, the thread appeared on all the major platforms at the same time. There was a large army of trolls supporting the thread to maintain its popularity.
Interestingly enough, these platforms and forums were places where visitors to the Haunted House were more active. Once the thread was released, it was met with all kinds of mockery. After all, the last person who said something like that was still in the hospital.
However, it was obvious that the other party had planned this. They did not care about the mockery from the fans. It was as if they were waiting for a counterattack.
They were fully prepared, and that was why they dared to post such a thread on the most popular place for visitors to the Haunted House. They wanted to let all the fans of the Haunted House see it and then clear the most difficult scenario of the Haunted House before everyone's eyes.
That way, not only would they win face, but they would also shatter the legend of no one clearing Chen Ge's Haunted House.
Seeing this setup, the name 'Ma Feng' instantly appeared in Chen Ge's mind. This man's style was different from Jiang Jiu. He was decisive and cruel. Once the chips were placed on the table, he would seize the opportunity to win.
"For this day, he should have prepared for a long time." Just as Chen Ge finished reading the thread, something happened outside the Haunted House.
Nine visitors blocked the door. They did not queue up, and they demanded to see Chen Ge.
There were men and women among the nine visitors. They were dressed differently and had different accents. They seemed to come from different parts of the country, but Chen Ge had seen two of them before.
One of them was called Shang Guan Qing Hong, the boss of the scariest Haunted House in Xin Hai; the other was Qin Guang, the streamer who had first competed with Chen Ge on the livestream platform.
Seeing the two of them, Chen Ge felt quite familiar. He walked out from the resting hall to welcome them.
"Long time no see. I've been quite busy here, so I haven't had the time to visit you at the hospital."
Just hearing Chen Ge's voice made Qin Guang's teeth clench. He was about to reply when he was stopped by Shang Guan Qing Hong.
"Mr. Chen, you're too kind. We're here today to visit your Haunted House." Shang Guan Qing Hong knew how mean Chen Ge could be, so he tried not to give Chen Ge the chance to speak. "The people around me are the creators and designers of the best Haunted Houses in the country. We are all very curious about your Haunted House, and we wish to see what kind of Haunted House can be called the scariest Haunted House in the country."
"I don't deserve the title of the scariest Haunted House in the country, but it's a good thing for people in the same industry to interact with each other." Chen Ge used the term 'interact with each other'. He had memorized the faces of these visitors. "It's fine if you want to challenge the Haunted House, but there is a rule at my Haunted House. All the visitors have to challenge the one-star scenarios first, and they can only challenge the two-star scenarios after clearing them. If you want to challenge the most difficult four-star scenario, you have to clear the first few scenarios first."
"Challenge? That's too kind of you. You call visiting a Haunted House a challenge? I have no idea where your confidence comes from. " A young man who was dressed fashionably glanced at Chen Ge. "We don't have time to play with you."
"This rule that I set is for the good of the visitors. By slowly increasing the fear, it can prevent accidents from happening." Chen Ge was trying his best to 'dissuade' them, but in the eyes of Shang Guan Qing Hong and the rest, he was just stalling for time. It meant that Chen Ge did not have the confidence.
"There's no need for that. We're here today to visit the most difficult scenario at your Haunted House. We want to see what's so special about this Haunted House that is so popular on the internet." This time, it was a man wearing sunglasses who spoke.
More and more visitors gathered at the entrance of the Haunted House. Many of them took out their phones to record the situation.
Hearing what the man in the sunglasses said, Chen Ge showed a troubled expression. "That's against the rules …"
"Rules are made by people. We didn't come all the way here just to visit a one-star scenario. We're all experienced people in the industry. Don't try to use the same trick that you used to trick the visitors to try to trick us." The man in the sunglasses was getting impatient. He seemed to be afraid of the heat, and the sun was making him very uncomfortable.
"Mr. Chen, you've been finding excuses to delay us. Is it because you're not confident enough?" The man who was dressed fashionably smiled. "Don't worry, we'll save you some face."
At this point, it would be inappropriate for Chen Ge to continue to reject him. He looked around and realized that many visitors were taking pictures of the Haunted House.
Some of them were real visitors, and some were probably people from the futuristic theme park. This was because Chen Ge realized that there were live updates on the app and various platforms, and the comments were negative toward the Haunted House. It felt like someone was purposely leading the conversation.
"Since you insist on challenging the most difficult scenario here, then there's nothing I can do." Chen Ge faced the cameras. "Everyone, you have to be my witness. I've tried to persuade them, but it was them who insisted on challenging the most difficult scenario."
"You sure talk a lot of nonsense. Are you going to let us in or not? Do we have to listen to you when we're visiting your Haunted House? What a joke! " The one who spoke was a hot-tempered woman. She had a black skull tattoo on her arm, and she did not look like someone to be trifled with.
"I'm really doing this for your own good." Chen Ge stood before the nine people. "One last thing, I want to confirm with you. Do you really want to challenge the most difficult scenario here?"
"Yes! Stop wasting time! "The nine visitors urged. They looked even more anxious than Chen Ge.
"Okay!" Chen Ge nodded in agreement. His tone suddenly changed, and he yelled at all the cameras, "We're all employees of Haunted Houses. It's pointless to just play the Haunted House like this. How about we make a bet? If you successfully clear the most difficult scenario here, I will put up a banner on all my social accounts and the front of my Haunted House, saying that my Haunted House is not as scary as your Haunted Houses and admitting that I'm just trying to create hype. "
The popularity of Chen Ge's Haunted House was very high. The few employees were tempted, but it was Shang Guan Qing Hong who had a bad feeling about this. However, before he could say anything, the few of them rushed to agree to the bet.
"Don't be in such a hurry to agree. If you lose, you'll have to put up the Haunted House's name on your front door and admit that the Haunted House is amazing." Chen Ge looked at the few people before him with a smile.
The few communicated with each other. They had the map of the School of the Afterlife and the locations of all the scare points. They had watched the videos of the school for a whole day, so they were used to the fear. From their perspective, they would have no problem clearing the scenario.
"We agree. That is very fair."
"You are all big names in the industry from first-tier cities. I believe you will not go back on your word." The corner of Chen Ge's lips curled up. Before all the cameras, he yelled, "Come with me. Next, you will be challenging the four-star scenario — ghost fetus! At the deepest part of the black fog, there are nine children waiting for you. "
"Ghost fetus?"
Shang Guan Qing Hong shared a look with one of the people in the group. They were sure that they had not misheard him.
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