Chapter 004: Red-robed Ghost (03)

[I was naive. It turns out that he felt that scolding once was not enough, so he insulted her again...]

[Hahahaha, she has personality.]

[This is too arrogant, he really takes himself too seriously. Even if he has some ability, how can he offend his agent? After all, except for the rookie film, the subsequent films are selected by the agent. If he is randomly put into some hell-level film, he will be finished. ]

[Besides, isn't it possible for an agent to send messages to give tips to actors during filming? Now Zhou Tong must be wishing that he was dead, so he wouldn't care about him.]

[Zhou Tong is a snob and doesn't care about the good of newcomers. Last time, the newcomer didn't get any advice from Zhou Tong until he died.]

[Why should he do that? Why not just be patient? What an interesting newcomer. It would be a pity if he died.]

[You agree to be fucked by Zhou Wen? ? It's live broadcast, Zhou Tong, you idiot. ]

…

The number of fans was slowly increasing, and within a few minutes it had exceeded 50.

Xie Chi reasonably guessed that, just like in the real world, shoddy movies will definitely have few audiences, so the higher the quality, the faster the fans will grow because the audience base is large.

The APP sent a message——

[The plot progress has been updated, and all actors have signed contracts. Now please return to the office door and be led by the secretary to familiarize yourself with your positions.]

Xie Chi returned to the office door as instructed.

Yan Jing sensed that it was him, and immediately ran over happily. When he got close, he seemed to remember something and suddenly slammed on the brakes.

Seeing that he was staggering and about to fall, Xie Chi immediately reached out to hold him, but when he touched Yan Jing's arm, he felt that Yan Jing seemed to tremble.

Xie Chi was slightly surprised: "Are you afraid of me?"

It seems like he didn't do anything to Yan Jing?

Yan Jing said aggrievedly: "You were so cold and fierce before that you told me not to touch you."

Xie Chi was stunned for a moment, then smiled brilliantly where Yan Jing couldn't see.

My brother is jealous.

Unable to lose face for his brother, Xie Chi tried to say "hmm" expressionlessly: "I did say that."

Before Yan Jing could say anything, the newcomer looked at Zhou Wen, who was walking towards him with a gloomy face, and suddenly exclaimed, "Brother Zhou, what's wrong with your face?!"

Zhou Wen's face was now swollen like a pig's head, with an onion-purple color, black and blue areas around his eye sockets, and cracked corners of his mouth, with blood oozing out from time to time.

The newlyweds immediately rushed forward to express false condolences.

Zhou Wen's face turned pale and blue, and he stared at Xie Chi, who was calm and indifferent, with a resentful look. In the end, he still wanted to save face, so he said in a weak voice: "There was a ghost in the bathroom!"

Everyone was suddenly terrified and anxious, like grasshoppers in a frying pan.

"Ghost! There really is a ghost! It came out during the day. What should I do..."

Xie Chi snorted, seeming to be amused.

When Zhou Wen heard this, his face turned even worse. He was so angry that he was shaking all over, but he was afraid of Xie Chi's martial arts and did not dare to step forward to retaliate. He was even afraid that the newcomer would notice something, so he did not dare to look at him openly.

Yan Jing secretly pulled Xie Chi's sleeve and asked worriedly, "Brother Xie, didn't you just go to the bathroom? Didn't you see a ghost? Are you okay?"

Xie Chi said calmly: "No, otherwise, with my lazy appearance, I would have died long ago, and there is no way I could come out alive like old actor Zhou."

"That's right." Yan Jing agreed.

Zhou Wen was so angry that he almost fell over.

The secretary over there called out impatiently, "Come and get in the elevator with me to get familiar with your positions!"

The two of them hurriedly followed.

Yan Jing had expressed goodwill to him. Xie Chi had always been clear about gratitude and grudges and was unwilling to owe anyone anything. He didn't mind temporarily teaming up with him and giving him a hand when needed.

Everyone thought it was just an ordinary assignment of work, but things were not that simple.

There were seven actors in total, and they were assigned to work on four floors. Xie Chi and Yan Jing were assigned to the fifth floor, Zhou Wen and a newcomer were assigned to the seventh floor, the other two newcomers were on the ninth floor, and one was alone on the eleventh floor.

Yan Jing whispered, "They are deliberately trying to separate us, Brother Xie, your previous guess seems to be right. They clearly want to make it easier for ghosts to kill people. I've also heard about ghost movies before, and those who died basically acted alone..."

Xie Chi remained silent.

The secretary took everyone to familiarize themselves with the work, which was all ordinary work. Those who didn't know how to use a computer just cleaned the room and organized files.

APP sent a message reminder——

[The plot progress has been updated. Actors must complete the assigned work during work hours. If they fail to complete the work in a single day, 10 points will be deducted.]

[It is free time now, and we will start work at 10pm. Those who fail to show up at the company at 10pm will be deducted 100 points and expelled from the film.]

Yan Jing was surprised: "If you fail to complete the task, only 10 points will be deducted!"

Xie Chi: "Because whether or not we finish the work has little impact on the plot, the point is that we must stay in the building."

Yan Jing suddenly realized.

Xie Chi looked down at his watch. It was now 4pm, and there were still 6 hours before he officially started work.

Another message reminder——

[In order to avoid the audience's impatience, the 6 hours are compressed into 3 hours, and it will be 10 pm after 3 hours. 】

Yan Jing was shocked: "Is this possible?? This is too tricky?"

Xie Chi: "It's normal for time techniques to exist in horror movies."

Yan Jing understood clearly.

Suddenly they had free time. Everyone looked confused, not knowing what to do, and looked at Zhou Wen.

Zhou Wen was furious: "Get out of here! Do whatever you want!"

He subconsciously looked towards where Xie Chi was, only to find that Xie Chi was taking the elevator downstairs with the blind man like a father leading his son.

In the elevator, Yan Jing looked up at Xie Chi: "Brother Xie, what should we do now?"

Xie Chi: "First, take a look around the building to see if there are any problems. Then I'll go out and buy some things."

Yan Jing suddenly felt more confident.

Although he was blind, he didn't want to just sit back and enjoy the fruits of his labor, so when Xie Chi was checking layer by layer, he also touched around.

Xie Chi walked to the stairwell and saw the lock on the stairwell door, his eyes narrowed slightly.

He took the elevator to check each floor and found that the stairwell doors on each floor were locked.

Although employees in company buildings of this height generally do not have the trouble of climbing stairs, in order to prevent elevator failures or elevator malfunctions due to earthquakes, every building must be equipped with stairs, and they are not allowed to be locked.

But the building was locked.

The secretary and the female boss had both left, and the reason for locking the door was unknown.

Yan Jing happened to notice this as well. He found Xie Chi on the first floor, standing at the dark stairwell door. He was obviously a little scared: "Brother Xie, do you think there's anything in the stairwell? A corpse or something? Will a ghost be locked in the stairwell?"

Yan Jing: "I've heard a lot of horror movies before, and ghosts have taboos. For example, some can only kill the protagonist when he says a certain sentence, and some are imprisoned in a certain place and will only kill people if they set foot there. Do you think this ghost will kill people who enter the stairwell?"

Xie Chi said without hesitation: "No."

"Why?" Yan Jing didn't understand why he was so sure.

Xie Chi said: "We are actors. Those temporary workers who died before were not actors. They would not search everywhere. They would not rashly step into the dark stairwell when they knew there was a ghost in the building. But they all died in the end. This shows that the ghost is outside the stairwell and can move freely."

Yan Jing was confused: "Then why did they lock the stairwell?"

Xie Chi suddenly looked towards the female boss's office, thinking: "Tell me, why would a boss set up her office on the noisy first floor? What is she afraid of? What is she subconsciously avoiding?"

Xie Chi compared the first floor with the other floors and suddenly got the answer.

--"elevator."

Xie Chi said calmly: "She is avoiding the elevator. Her office is on the first floor so she doesn't need to take the elevator, so she is forcing us to take the elevator. The stairwell is locked, so we have no choice but to take the elevator."

Yan Jing suddenly felt enlightened and felt a chill down his spine.

As soon as Xie Chi finished speaking, the phone screen lit up.

[Plot exploration degree +3. ]

Yan Jing couldn't see that the phone screen had lit up.

Xie Chi smiled, pushed up his glasses, looked at the lock on the stairwell door, and said, "I am now sure that there is nothing in the stairwell."

Yan Jingmu listened.

Time was running out, so Xie Chi made a quick decision and said, "I'm going to go out and buy some things, and I'll call someone to open the lock. Since they have set working hours, it should be safe when they're not working. You wait here for me."

Zhou Wen must be busy searching the building at the moment and would not take action against Yan Jing when he is away.

Just as Xie Chi was about to leave, Yan Jing grabbed him and, looking at him with doubt, he swallowed and asked a very important question: "Brother Xie, do you have...money on you when you go shopping?"

Xie Chi touched his body and his face stiffened.

He had no cash on him, and his phone was completely taken over by the horror movie actor app, so the payment software was completely unusable.

Outside of horror movies:

[Hahahahaha, I was sighing at his cleverness just a second ago, but in the end...]

【so cute.】

[Who carries cash these days? Those newcomers must have no money either. The secretary and the female boss have left, so where is he going to get the money? His plan is definitely ruined.]

[As expected, ideals are beautiful, but reality is cruel. 】

[He went to the bathroom to tidy up. It seems that he has given up.]

【He went to the boss's office. 】

[Hey, he still went out and took a taxi without changing his expression. ]

[Fuck, he doesn't have any money, that's interesting! ]

【What did he do by hiding his cell phone? 】

【Fuck!!!】

In the video, when the taxi driver finished the meter and was about to charge, Xie Chi touched his pocket and suddenly felt a little embarrassed: "Master, I didn't bring my phone."

The taxi driver looked at him suspiciously. He was dressed neatly and elegantly, with a gentle and decent face. The watch on his wrist was worth one or two months' salary. He didn't think he would cheat him out of his money. He thought he must have really forgotten to bring it. He felt a little embarrassed for a moment.

Xie Chi said at the right time: "I really have something urgent to do right now. I'm working at the place where I just took a taxi. How about you drive over tomorrow afternoon and I'll pay you three times the money."

Xie Chi took out a card from his pocket and handed it over: "This is our boss's business card. If you are still worried, I will write you an IOU."

[Shit!! I remember the female boss just said that she would come back every afternoon to check, then he can just ask the female boss to borrow it!!]

【Scheming! 】

After writing the IOU, the driver immediately felt relieved: "Okay, then you can get off."

Xie Chi smiled and waved at him.

[It can be done this way!!]

【Have you seen someone who relies on his face to make a living? ! 】

after awhile.

[Oh My God! The supermarket lady is more talkative now. He is a liar, a liar! ]

[It’s not like he won’t pay it back. He’ll just pay it back tomorrow.]

A while later.

[The man in the equipment store seemed suspicious, so he just stuffed his watch into the man's pocket.]