After resting for a day at Wuyou Temple, Shi Xi recovered his strength.

The next day, she returned to the crew and went to a nearby ancient village to film.

The ancient village is called Xiaosu, surrounded by continuous mountains. All the buildings in the town have a history of hundreds of years, and many film crews come here to shoot.

Xiaosu has beautiful scenery and even better food. After filming here for a few days, Shi Xi and Tang Niannian are already reluctant to leave.

It was a nice and sunny day today, and it was comfortable even when filming outdoors.

Shi Xi had just finished filming a chase scene and was sitting under a tree drinking water. Tang Niannian ran over with a cup of water and said mysteriously, "I just heard that something incredible happened to Ruan Shu's crew last night."

Ruan Shu, the Golden Bear winner, is the most popular young actress recently. Ruan Shu's crew is also shooting in Xiaosu. The houses rented by the two crews are very close. Shi Xi has already run into her twice on the road, but there has been no other intersection so far.

Tang Niannian is a social little sun. She became acquainted with the people from the neighboring crew very early on, so she is well-informed.

Shi Xi put down the water cup: "How incredible is it?"

Tang Niannian whispered, "Let me test you first. Xiaosu has a very famous folk art. Do you know what it is?"

"Puppet show." On the first day in Xiaosu, Shi Xi was dragged by Tang Niannian to visit all the interesting places in Xiaosu ancient village and was deeply impressed by the puppet show here.

"That's right," Tang Niannian spoke in a lower and lower voice, as if afraid of disturbing something: "A male actor in their crew woke up this morning and found himself holding a hideous-looking puppet in his arms. The puppet's face had his name written in blood. He was almost scared silly and threw the puppet out reflexively. The puppet rolled down the roof..."

Shi Xi caught the point: "Roof? He slept on the roof last night?"

Tang Niannian nodded repeatedly: "This is the weird part. He himself has no impression of it."

It sounded a bit like Bai Man's previous "sleepwalking". Shi Xi sorted out what Tang Niannian said and guessed: "After the puppet with the actor's name on it fell to the ground, did he fall too?"

"You can actually think of this, you are worthy of being a professional." Tang Niannian covered his mouth in surprise and lowered his voice: "But the puppet did not fall to the ground. Its left hand just happened to hang on the eaves. Then - the male actor also rolled down inexplicably and just grabbed the eaves with his left hand. He was rescued by the prop master who got up early. I heard that his wrist was almost dislocated."

Shi Xi looked at the lake in the distance and said slowly, "He was lucky. If the puppet had fallen to the ground, it would have been more than just a dislocation."

Tang Niannian thought about it for a moment and shuddered: "It's terrifying when you think about it."

This is indeed a weird thing. Where did the puppet come from and what is its purpose?

Shi Xi asked: "If something like this happens, how will their crew deal with it?"

Tang Niannian shook his head: "I haven't heard about this, but Director Weng has been traveling all over the country for so many years, and his experience in dealing with these things must be richer than our director. I will pay attention to the progress after the filming is finished."

In the afternoon, Tang Niannian found out about the new progress, but this "progress" made her laugh and cry.

"When I was little, I never expected that the crew next door would think that the two crews' dormitories were so close to each other, and the reason why our crew didn't get caught was because you calmed the situation down." Tang Niannian laughed after he finished speaking: "They said you looked like a hermit monk, full of righteousness, and ghosts would not dare to act presumptuously when they saw you!"

"..." Shi Xi also thought it was a bit outrageous: "The crew next door has a lot of imagination. If they knew that the hotel we stayed in before was also haunted, they probably wouldn't think so."

"That's different," Tang Niannian said, "When you were in the film and television city, you were already dressed up in your daily clothes when you returned to the hotel. Here, the conditions are limited, and you often put on and take off your makeup in the dormitory. Most of the time, you are dressed like a hermit monk."

It actually sounds like it makes sense.

Shi Xi thought it was a joke and let it go, but she never expected that in the evening of that day, not long after she returned to the dormitory, Director Weng from the crew next door came to see her in person.

In the temporary reception room, Director Wang, as the middleman, cheerfully introduced Director Weng to Shi Xi: "Shi Xiao, you must know Director Weng, so I won't say much. Director Weng came here today to ask you for a small favor."

Director Weng is a stern-looking middle-aged man, but his voice is quite kind and his eyes are gentle: "When I was a kid, I heard from Director Wang that you were a psychic anchor and you have friends in the metaphysics circle, so I'll tell you straight away."

"You should have heard about what happened in our crew. The professionals I invited to solve the problem will not arrive until tomorrow afternoon. I would like to ask you to calm the situation and stabilize everyone's emotions first. You should not be afraid, right?"

Shi Xi was a little confused: "Director Weng, I'm indeed not afraid, but how do you want me to calm myself down?" Go to the set and take charge, and scare ghosts?

Director Weng came prepared: "Come to my crew and make a guest appearance in two scenes. The first scene will be filmed tonight. If we shoot quickly, we can finish work before nine o'clock in the evening."

Shi Xi: “!”

This was a famous director who had won numerous international awards! She had imagined the scene where a famous director invited her to play a role... well, she had never thought that a famous director would invite her to the theater!

Director Wang encouraged Shi Xi: "It's a good thing for you to learn from Director Weng when you are young. Go ahead with confidence."

Director Weng looked into Shi Xi's eyes and said, "Actually, this was the screenwriter's idea. She said that she wanted to add a new character to the movie since she first met you. After hearing that you can still take care of the show today, she no longer hesitated and revised the script in one go. She asked me to hire someone quickly. What do you think? Do you need to discuss it with your agent?"

Shi Xi thought, there is no need to discuss this. If Lin Wenyi knew that she could appear in Director Weng’s movie, she would probably set off fireworks to celebrate.

[New task: guest appearance in a movie;

Details: Successfully completed the cameo filming of the martial arts film "Sword Shining in the Frost";

Reward: Performing Arts Talent +5%;

Penalty: Loss of sense of smell (two weeks).

There was no need to discuss it now. Shi Xi agreed to Director Weng and sent a message to Lin Wenyi.

After the two directors finished their conversation, Shi Xi followed Director Weng to the set of "Sword Shining in the Frost".

Director Weng brought Shi Xi to meet the screenwriter. The screenwriter of "Sword Shining in the Frost" was named Lin, who was good at writing martial arts scripts. He was also chivalrous, with his long hair tied up with a hairpin. When he saw Shi Xi, his phoenix eyes curved up and said, "We finally meet, Xiao Shi."

Shi Xi greeted politely: "Hello, screenwriter Lin."

Screenwriter Lin handed her a thin script and said, "We are temporarily revising the script. We don't give you much time. If you don't understand anything, just ask."

"I do have a question now, but it has nothing to do with the script," Shi Xi rolled up the script and raised his head: "Where is the actor who was possessed by evil spirits now?"

Director Weng replied: "He was a little frightened. I gave him a day off and he is resting in his room."

"Where's the puppet?" Shi Xi asked again, "How are you going to deal with it?"

"I didn't dare to throw it away hastily, so I put it in the storage room and planned to wait for professionals to come and deal with it," Director Weng frowned. "I asked the village chief to take a look this morning. He said he had never seen such a strange puppet. It didn't look like a puppet made locally in Xiaosu. He also said that such a thing had never happened in the village. Maybe the actor was just sleepwalking."

Shi Xi: "Can I go to the utility room and take a look?"

Director Weng thought that she was also a semi-professional, and nodded: "I'll take you there."

When I pushed open the door of the utility room, a musty smell rushed out.

After seeing the situation inside, Director Weng's face changed drastically and his voice trembled: "This...what is going on!"

There were no hideous puppets in the utility room, only crooked bloody words all over the walls.

"The master is very angry, the master is very angry, the master is very angry..."

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