"Do you think there are ghosts in this world?"
"I don't know but I don't think there are any ghosts inside this building, it's just some people playing tricks on us."
Han Fei followed Director Zhang into Spider's room on the 4th floor. They pushed open the balcony door and looked around.
"Director Zhang, we were just beside them when they jumped, there's no sign of any hands on them!" The props team said bitterly. If this was caused by a faulty prop, then they would be held responsible.
"Let me take a look at the footage." Director Zhang checked the footage. No matter how he looked at it, there was no sign of human hands.
He did notice that when the stuntmen jumped, they would tilt their heads to the side as if they were glancing at a certain spot.
Walking to the edge of the balcony, Director Zhang looked downstairs but he did not notice anything out of place.
"This is strange." He called the camera crew over to continue filming while Director Zhang took out his phone to contact the new stuntmen.
He made several calls but unfortunately there were no suitable stuntmen in Xin Lu. The stuntmen who had worked with Director Zhang from other provinces would arrive at dusk at the earliest.
"Shall we go and film the next scene first?" Bai Xian walked in. He heard the discussion among the crew so he wanted to calm them down and get back to work as soon as possible.
"If we can't even do it in the day, this kind of dangerous scene will be even more difficult at night." Director Zhang was worried but he had no other choice. "Let's go and film the scene where the 9 of you witness death. Has Xiao Tong recovered from the shock?"
Bai Xian sighed helplessly. "Before this, he was always called a genius. But Han Fei's performance that day left a huge impact on him. We're all the same age so he's trying to improve his acting skills. "
"It's not that easy to improve one's acting skills. But it's a good thing that he's trying to do that. Tell him to come over now, his character is not that complicated. " Some directors focused on the plot, some liked to create big scenes, but Director Zhang's films were mostly carried out with the actors as the core. He placed a lot of importance on the actors.
While Director Zhang was conversing with Bai Xian, Han Fei stood at the balcony. He closed his eyes and pressed the button on his memory.
The emotions and consciousness that belonged to him slowly settled in the deepest part of his mind. He carefully savored every sentence in the author's book.
The script was edited, adding in the personal feelings of the screenwriter and the psychiatrist, and the original work was written by Spider herself.
All the characters, all the plots, all the stories were Spider's understanding of the world.
His book hid his truest self.
The meat packing plant next to the residential building had been restored to its original state. If not for the abandoned buildings, Han Fei would be looking at the spider.
His fingers caressed the yellowed pages. Han Fei wanted to enter the role of Spider but the encounter from last night appeared in his mind.
The real Cattle Alley was filled with rotting carcasses. It was like a maze that one could never escape from. At every corner, one might run into a pig-faced, human-bodied monster. They were driven by hunger, they …
With that in mind, another wave of pain shot through Han Fei's mind. He had no idea which nerve was triggered. He reached out to hold his head.
Disemboweled, the cruel monster swung the cleaver in his hand.
When the sharp cleaver slashed at the boy, the cracked mask revealed a pig's face dominated by hunger.
The bloodshot eyes bulged outwards. Han Fei saw the expression under the pig's mask.
The monster's facial features were similar to those of an animal but Han Fei had only seen that expression on a human face before.
'Were the monsters at Cattle Alley originally like that? Where did the first monsters come from? '
Flipping through the book, Han Fei unlocked Spider's inner world.
'They wore pig's masks. Perhaps it was because they had worn the masks for too long that they were still monsters even after they took them off.
'I often saw people munching on something. The thing oozed with golden oil, it was delicious and fragrant. The old man in the building called it time but the ghost under the bed called it kindness.
'When they could no longer find the thing, they started to slice off each other's flesh. They feasted on the juiciest parts of their bodies, ignoring the fact that they were already deformed.
'Occasionally, I felt like this world was easy to understand but I realized I was starting to see another world.
'The two worlds were placed side by side in my eyes, like day and night.
'I gradually lost track of where I belonged. I was lost in the alleyway. I saw more and more of my companions put on their masks. It was as if by doing that, other than hunger, there would be no other pain.
'The scale that carried the two worlds started to tip. My body slowly slid to the side. I don't know if I had embraced one world or the other world had abandoned me.'
Spider's words were unique, they sounded like the thoughts of a madman. If not for the fact that Han Fei had entered Cattle Alley in the cryptic world, he wouldn't have understood the secret behind these words.
'Those pig-faced monsters appear to have been human once! They wore the pig's mask for too long and they became pig-faced monsters themselves! '
With this in mind, Han Fei noticed another question, 'Why would they wear the pig's mask? Could it be that they would be immune to attacks at Cattle Alley after wearing the mask? But that doesn't make sense! The book mentioned that the pig-faced monsters would slice off each other's flesh! '
Han Fei could not understand it. He felt like he had to get his hands on a mask if he had the chance.
Picking up the book from Cattle Alley, Han Fei had fully immersed himself into the role of Spider. He started to cooperate with Director Zhang and the other actors.
Han Fei who was at his full potential could only be described as terrifying. He did not forget his lines or get stuck. He passed all his scenes in one take. Even Director Zhang, who was known for his strictness, could not find any fault with him.
The actors who acted with him, from fresh meat to veteran actors, were all under a lot of pressure. It didn't matter if they failed once because of their own mistakes. They could just laugh it off. But if they failed every time because of their own mistakes, even the most magnanimous person wouldn't be able to laugh.
The other 8 actors used to look down on Han Fei more or less but now whenever they realized they were acting with Han Fei, they would use the time to cultivate their emotions and memorize their lines multiple times.
Due to Han Fei's presence, the efficiency of the whole crew increased.
The sun was about to set. The crew had already taken out the floodlights. When the wind chime rang inside the writer's room, the third stuntman finally arrived at the set.
Director Zhang personally checked all the safety devices. After explaining the steps and the desired effect to the stuntman, he led the stuntman to the 4th floor balcony.
Different from the previous 2 times, this time Han Fei and many other crew members came to the 4th floor as well. They wanted to see for themselves whether there would be any supernatural incidents.
After changing and putting on the make-up, Han Fei walked to the balcony with his back facing the crew.
The stuntman replaced Han Fei. He was wearing the same outfit as Han Fei. He climbed onto the balcony and started to make the final preparations.
All the cameras were set up. After receiving the notification, the stuntman took a deep breath. His head tilted to the side involuntarily as if looking at a certain direction. Then he jumped towards the location that they had discussed earlier.
There was no problem when he jumped but when he jumped, the stuntman obviously held back.
"What's going on?"
3 stuntmen had failed. The sun was about to set. Everyone was reminded of the legends about this building and the many things related to Spider.
"Is he alright? Are his injuries serious? " Director Zhang hurriedly turned to the stuntman. The man's injuries were not serious but there appeared to be some kind of psychological trauma.
When he turned back to the building, his expression was one of fear. "Director, when I was jumping, it felt like someone was holding onto my feet."
Hearing that, the room fell silent. Everyone turned to look at Director Zhang.
The 3 stuntmen came from different places and they did not know each other but they gave the same explanation.
It felt like there was a mysterious force stopping Director Zhang from filming Spider's story.
"Director …" Bai Xian walked out. "Why don't we try to use virtual technology? Nowadays technology is so advanced, it'll be more realistic than the real thing. "
"More realistic than the real thing? It's not real." Director Zhang sighed softly. Just as he was about to discuss with the prop team, Han Fei walked out.
"Are you trying to persuade me as well?"
"Nope." Han Fei stared silently at the room on the 4th floor and said, "There's no need for a stunt double, let me do it."
His voice was not loud but once he said that, everyone in the room turned to look at him in shock.
"No, you've got to be kidding me. No way! "Director Zhang refused without a second thought.
"I have better stamina than a normal stuntman and I've done some dangerous things before." Han Fei was not lying. In Jin Sheng's manager mission, he jumped directly from the 4th floor to the 3rd floor, there was no safety device.
In terms of filming dangerous action movies, Han Fei was indeed more experienced than most stuntmen. After all, there were no NGs, only success.
The other stuntmen were shocked by Han Fei's words. Now they understood how this young man who had no company behind him managed to get to where he was today.
A small number of stuntmen refused to even say their lines but this young man dared to do something that most stuntmen would not dare to do.
What was professionalism? This was professionalism!
"It's going to get dark soon. Director, please let me try." Han Fei wanted to know what the 3 stuntmen saw. Other than that, he still needed to go back to the game that night.
After inspecting Han Fei's physical fitness, Director Zhang finally agreed. To be honest, he was sweating internally.
The contract did not require the actor to do something so dangerous but Han Fei was the first actor to volunteer to do something like this. This was the first time Director Zhang admired an actor from the bottom of his heart.
Han Fei memorized the steps. After checking all the safety devices 4 times, Han Fei started the scene.
Without using a stunt double, Han Fei walked into Spider's room. Everything was back to normal. In that moment, he was Spider.
The boundary of reality had blurred. When his consciousness and soul fell, Spider would personally kill his real self. He would send his main persona into the deepest part of his consciousness and start a game of death with his other personas.
Standing on the edge of the balcony, Han Fei slowly opened his arms.
There was no fear, no nervousness, Han Fei was completely in Spider's shoes.
After receiving the director's hint, Han Fei turned to the target but at that moment, something caught his eye.
He tilted his head slightly. There was a mirror placed somewhere on the 3rd floor. Inside the mirror, there appeared to be another person preparing to jump off the building.
Han Fei saw it with his eyes but his heart was unaffected. He had seen too many scary things in his life. The scene in the mirror did not even cause a ripple in his heart.
He leaped out!
His soul was falling, his consciousness was slipping away. His body was whipped by tree branches and the wind howled in his ears.
Even so, Han Fei's expression was similar to that of the author. There was no fear on his face, only a trace of sadness.
The camera captured this perfect scene. Han Fei shocked everyone at the set.
He had done something that most stuntmen would not dare to do and he had done it better than any other stuntmen.
In fact, the people could see the shadow of Spider on his body.
He was in pain but not despair; his eyes were filled with sadness but there was a conviction in him.
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