On Wednesday, there was still a long line at the entrance of the amusement park.
The people in the queue occasionally glanced sideways at a middle-aged man in the middle of the line.
It’s not that middle-aged people are rare here, but this man was not only wearing black clothes, but also a black sun hat, black sunglasses and a mask. He was covered up like a fugitive.
The screenwriter next to him couldn't help but cover his face, "Director, do you really have to dress like this?"
Director Yu gestured at her fiercely, "Be quiet, don't let anyone hear. We're just going to observe quietly this time, quietly."
The screenwriter sighed and thought to himself, given how well-known your face is, no one would recognize you if you walked down the street.
The person who came was Director Yu, who was also the one who had previously wanted to borrow zombie extras from the amusement park.
The director's name is Yu Hui, and he's not as unknown as the screenwriter suggests. After all, he's been directing for over a decade, with seven or eight films under his belt, each of which has been above average. He's also quite well-known among film and television enthusiasts.
It’s just that Director Yu has an ordinary appearance and rarely appears abroad, so not many people recognize his face.
Yesterday, he called the amusement park to ask for extras, but the director refused without hesitation.
The director originally wanted to give up, but giving up these extras would be equivalent to giving up his last big show. After thinking it over again, he decided to try again.
Of course, before that, he wanted to first come and see if the extras in this amusement park were really that good, in case when he borrowed them, the result of the filming was not as good as a third-rate movie, that would be the end of it.
So today Director Yu specially found the screenwriter and came to the amusement park to observe.
They both went straight to the amusement park from the airport without even eating. The screenwriter bought breakfast for them from a nearby food stall.
From the entrance of the amusement park to Yaoguang University, this long-abandoned stretch of land is now beginning to show signs of prosperity.
There are always stalls selling snacks, flowers, and small accessories. Yaoguang students are used to coming here to buy small things.
All of this is thanks to the amusement park. I wonder what the scene will be like when the amusement park expands in the future.
After finishing their breakfast in a few bites, Director Yu and the other man lined up at the door of the ticket office.
After the weekend activities, the ticket booth returned to its ghostly appearance.
"Hello, two tickets..." The screenwriter was just saying this when she felt the director pushing her away with great force, and was about to squeeze in through the ticket window.
Director Yu ignored all this and eagerly asked, "Beautiful lady, have you ever thought about entering the entertainment industry? This is my business card. I'm a director, and I have a role that's perfect for you. Please consider it!"
Chi Jing was sporting a villainous look today, with black lip paint, looking quite distant. Without even raising her eyelids, she said coldly, "No idea, no business card."
The director leaned slightly to the left, clinging to the window, looking very hard-working. "Don't worry, beautiful lady! This role is really suitable for you! I guarantee you will be an instant hit!"
As Chi Jing waved his hand, the director felt the windowsill that was touching his palm became more and more slippery, and he slid down.
The people behind him hurried to fill his position, not knowing what he was doing at all.
The screenwriter quickly pulled him away.
In the ticket booth, Red Zombie was eating blood sausage in an iron basin, watching the director run away. "Mom, is that Dad?"
Chi Jing took a deep breath and hardened his fists, but it was no use. He couldn’t beat this guy… Finally, he said in a tough tone: “It’s your grandson.”
The red zombie had been eating well recently, and had Yin Qi to supplement his cultivation, so his mind had become much smarter. Upon hearing this, he laughed and said, "Mom, you're kidding."
Chi Jing rolled his eyes and thought to himself, I’ll fuck you.
After checking his ticket and entering the park, Director Yu suddenly remembered his purpose. He pulled over a man who looked like a regular customer and asked, "Excuse me, where can I see zombies in this amusement park?"
The man said happily, "First time here? Want to see zombies? Go south along this road and stop when you see a cemetery. Wait until enough tourists gather and the plot begins, and you'll see zombies."
Director Yu was dizzy and wanted to go south, when he suddenly heard a commotion in the garden. He looked up and saw a female NPC flying high in the air with an imposing manner, and she used a big move on the tourists below.
Director Yu couldn't help but exclaim, "Great! This actress is amazing!" You know, performing actions under pressure is a test of one's core strength. It's a combination of strength and beauty. Not many young actors today can achieve this.
However, such an actor with excellent acting skills and professionalism is actually an NPC here... Director Yu couldn't help but take out his business card again.
But he saw that the NPC actually flew directly towards him.
The screenwriter ran away with his head in his hands, unable to help but shout, "Director, run! Miss Li is going to catch you!"
The director was still admiring Miss Li's flying posture when he heard a cold snort. Miss Li's sleeve flapped across his bald forehead, and then his neck felt cold, with a red mark left on it.
Director Yu was completely stunned. He touched his neck and saw red paint on his hands. What was he doing?
The tourists nearby reminded him: "Hurry up and get out of the street! Otherwise, you'll be caught by the shadow in a moment!"
Director Yu: "What do you mean by falling to the street... Wait, what are you doing! Don't, don't lift me... Help!"
Director Yu weighed only a little over 160 pounds, but he was actually carried away by a group of shadowy men in black!
The people in the amusement park were indifferent. When they saw him being carried away, no one stepped forward to rescue him. Instead, they all laughed, and the air was filled with a happy atmosphere.
Director Yu has caught up, and this is also one of the new projects in the amusement park.
Although the amusement park originally requires tourists to cooperate, such as rushing over if Miss Li "cuts her throat", this is purely a matter of free judgment and a gentleman's agreement. There is nothing you can do if you don't listen.
But since this week, a group of black shadows have appeared in the amusement park, led by a bald man. Anyone who violates the amusement park rules will be carried away by the black shadows as punishment.
Director Yu was carried into a dark room and hit by flying water balls for ten minutes before being "released".
When Director Yu came out again, he looked like he had been beaten up. His hat and sunglasses were gone, and the few strands of hair he had were hanging down miserably.
The screenwriter even felt pity for this bald middle-aged man...
After being released, Director Yu was filled with confusion and fear about the entire amusement park. He didn't even dare to walk in the center, and could only carefully stay on the sides of the road, determined to minimize the chances of interacting with NPCs...
He even saw a scene like this: two young girls were sitting on the side of the road to rest, holding their mobile phones and discussing something like "no male mothers". A bald man passed by and became furious for some reason. He opened his belly button and took out a black shadow doll.
Director Yu was so scared at the time that he almost thought he saw a ghost!
But after being surprised, the two young girls excitedly took out their mobile phones to take pictures and exclaimed "special performance"!
Director Yu felt that the visitors to this amusement park were not normal.
Finally, after being dragged into a pink hut by a mama-san on the roadside, being dragged to a five-star toilet building by a beauty in purple clothes, and using the most comfortable toilet in his life... Director Yu finally found the zombie scene.
Director Yu was happier when he saw the desolate graveyard than when he saw his ancestors’ graves.
A dozen tourists were already waiting in front of the set. When they saw Director Yu and the screenwriter coming over, they all breathed a sigh of relief: "Here we are, everyone is here, let's get started!"
As soon as Director Yu and his companions stood still, a few bell sounds were heard on the scene. A man dressed as a Taoist priest stepped out from the white mist and began to explain the rules and plot to the tourists.
The plot of the zombie scene is very simple. The tourists are ordinary people who accidentally enter the sealed land and inadvertently awaken the zombie king in the tomb. The zombie king summons zombies to chase the tourists, and the tourists have to look for magical plants and related props in the scene. After defeating the zombie king and sealing all the zombies, the tourists win and the game ends.
But people bitten by zombies will be infected and turned into zombies. If all tourists are bitten, the game will end and the tourists will fail.
Director Yu had never played a game like this before. He ran around with the other tourists, exhausted and breathless. He was still thinking: This amusement park's props and scenery are also very good. I wonder who is the master behind it and whether he can recruit a film crew...
After about an hour, the plot finally progressed to the later stage, and the Zombie King summoned a large number of zombies and began to chase the tourists.
Director Yu was waiting for this moment. His eyes widened in surprise as he discovered that these zombies actually crawled out of the ground!
What dedicated actors these are! Director Yu was moved by them. He must give such actors a chance to appear on the big screen!
Director Yu wiped away the tears that had been brought to his eyes, and then he heard the screenwriter yelling, "Director, get out of the way!"
The director looked back in confusion, and with a puff, he was buried by a bunch of zombies...
After the game was over, Director Yu clutched his waist and casually pulled over a staff member wearing a badge, "Where is your principal?"
Gu Wang's life has been relatively peaceful these days. His only worry is that he seems to be short of manpower again...
The amusement park had been fully developed, but now that the area has expanded, a large area of land has been blocked by white fog and is waiting to be developed.
He felt as if he had entered a cycle of shortage of manpower - not enough land.
At this moment, a little ghost came with Director Yu.
Director Yu didn't expect that the director of such a big amusement park would be so young, and his face would be good-looking enough even in the entertainment industry. He subconsciously wanted to take out his business card, but was pulled by the screenwriter before he reacted and told the story.
When Gu Wang heard the purpose of his visit, he wanted to refuse directly as he did on the phone yesterday.
However, at that moment, he sensed a fleeting aura from Yu Dao. The aura quickly disappeared, and if it weren't for his recently enhanced perception, he would have thought it was an illusion.
So, Gu Wang changed his words, "If you want extras, that's fine, but I have to watch it myself. You can tell me what scenes you want, but you can't ask about the details of the extras."
Even if you ask, I won’t tell you that these extras are not human.
Director Yu nodded repeatedly, "Of course." It would be much easier if they didn't have to worry about it!
The next afternoon, Gu Wang brought the invisible red zombie to the crew located in the deep mountains and forests.
Although the crew's location is remote, it's not an uninhabited area. There is still a village at the foot of the mountain, which is where the assistant director stole the sheep...
Gu Wang didn't stay at the foot of the mountain, but went straight up the mountain to the crew.
He settled the red zombie in the woods outside the crew. This big brother was known for being obedient and easy to feed. He would stay anywhere as long as he was given some food.
However, before Gu Wang could check on the crew, the assistant director came running over and said to Director Yu, "A fellow villager came up and said that someone in our crew bought a barrel of soybean oil and didn't pay."
Director Yu frowned and said, "Find out who bought the oil and give them the money quickly."
The assistant said in embarrassment: "I just asked in the group, and no one bought soybean oil. Besides, it's not easy for us to go up and down the mountain. We all go together, and everyone can corroborate each other. No one has come down the mountain for most of the day."
Seeing the ugly expression on his face, the assistant whispered, "The incident with the assistant director stealing the sheep caused quite a stir. Are these fellow villagers dissatisfied with us?"
The director thought it was possible and sighed, "Go give the money to them, and I'll reimburse you when you come back."
The assistant director ran out quickly.
However, after a while, he came back and said with tears in his eyes: "The fellow said that he had to take the empty bucket back with him. Where can I find him an oil bucket?"
He felt that these mountain people were going too far. It was the assistant director who stole the sheep, not them. So they weren't done yet, were they?
At this time, Gu Wang, who had been watching for a long time, suddenly said, "Director, why don't you go out and take a look? There might be a misunderstanding."
The director nodded and went out with Gu Wang.
Before I even reached the door, I heard a loud voice with a thick accent say, "It's you guys from the crew who want to buy soybean oil. Okay, let me come today to get the money. There are also empty barrels!"
Director Yu quickly pushed through the crowd and said with a smile, "My fellow villager, I'm so sorry. There are so many people on the crew and we accidentally lost your empty bucket. How much do you want? We'll compensate you."
The mountain man looked at him and said angrily, "You outsiders are dishonest. You think I'm trying to cheat you out of your money!"
Director Yu smiled apologetically, "That's not true. You see, we really can't find an empty bucket. This..."
Gu Wang waved his hand at him and asked the villager, "What does someone who goes to buy soybean oil look like? Tell us and we'll find it for you."
The mountain man thought it made sense and gestured, saying, "It's a young man with messy hair, tattered clothes, and long, thin legs..."
As he spoke, the crew began to murmur, "How could there be such a person in their crew? Even the characters in the show don't dress like this!"
Only Gu Wang listened to him and then asked, "Do you smell the smell of soybean oil?"
The crew was puzzled: "What does soybean oil smell like? What does soybean oil smell like?"
To be honest, the crew is actually quite messy. Not only their crew, but all crews are messy. There are a lot of props, and it’s a mess with all kinds of smells.
However, no one noticed it until Gu Wang mentioned it, and many people with sharp noses realized it.
"Come to think of it, I did smell some oil when I woke up this morning..."
"Me too... I thought it smelled like a box lunch."
The groundskeeper couldn't help but say, "How could the lunch boxes smell like this? Besides, I packed up our lunch boxes and even took the trash down the mountain. How could the smell have lingered for so long?"
Noticing something was amiss, everyone couldn't sit still and started to look for the source of the soybean oil smell, sniffing their noses.
The mountain people were shocked when they saw this. Are the people outside the mountain stupid?
However, after searching around, the stage manager finally found the source of the smell. It turned out to be a broom...
Director Yu picked up the broom and found it was sticky and covered with soybean oil.
As the broom was picked up, something rolled out from the corner of the wall. It was the mountain man's empty oil barrel.
The mountain breeze blew, and a chill flashed through everyone's hearts. They remembered the description of the mountain people: messy hair, long and thin legs... Isn't this the appearance of a broom!
Director Yu's face turned pale. "Where did this broom come from?"
The executive was bewildered. "No, wasn't it bought by someone on the set? I found it at the back door and brought it in."
The person in charge of purchasing immediately said, "It's not that I don't have it, I didn't buy this. I buy everything I buy at big supermarkets. Look at this broom, it's made of straw. You won't find brooms like this in big supermarkets nowadays. This is an old item from decades ago."
When these words were spoken, everyone shuddered.
Gu Wang agreed with this statement. This was indeed an old item, and it was a Fusangshen.
The so-called "Tsukumogami" is a general term for old objects that have become spirits. To be more specific, this one could also be called a broom demon.
Gu Wang felt a little regretful. After all, the broom monster didn't seem to have much effect on the amusement park.
But then he thought again, the amusement park's current sanitation was taken care of by someone he hired, who came two days a week. After all, although the facilities in his park were all illusions, the garbage was still real.
With the broom demon, he could save himself the next two days. He just didn't know if this Tsukumogami was willing to go with him.
Seeing that no one dared to move, Gu Wang picked up the empty oil drum and returned it to the waiting mountain people. He also stuck a paper talisman on the broom and said, "Leave this to me."
Director Yu asked him, "Can you really handle it?"
Gu Wang: "It's not a big deal."
Director Yu breathed a sigh of relief. "It's all Liu Hui's fault. He's doing something else but stealing sheep. Without an assistant director, the crew is really in chaos."
Gu Wang was still confused for a moment, "What do you mean by stealing sheep?"
Director Yu sighed, "One of our assistant directors said he wanted to eat mutton, so he ran down the mountain to steal sheep. He was caught by a local and immediately taken to the police station."
He finished talking as gossip, but found that Gu Wang's face was slightly serious, "What, what's wrong? Is there something wrong?"
Gu Wang asked him, "How is Liu Hui doing? Does he have a habit of stealing things?"
Director Yu: "No, if I knew he stole things, would I let him come to the crew? He used to be a very normal and calm person."
Gu Wang nodded.
He originally thought that the source of the unusual aura on Director Yu was the Tsukumangjin, but now it seems that there might be other non-human creatures.
After all, although Tsukumogami are also monsters, because they are old objects that have become spirits, Tsukumogami often regard homes as their home and are more friendly to humans.
At least they won't do anything to deceive humans and steal.
At night, Gu Wang was resting in the tent. Right under his eyes, the broom turned into a man with messy hair.
The man was quite perceptive and saluted Gu Wang. "I've been abandoned for many years and have only been used again these past few days. I feel dry and brittle, so I couldn't help but buy a bucket of oil to lubricate it. Thank you for going to such lengths for me."
If Gu Wang hadn't taken him away, a mischievous object like him would most likely have been burned.
But you can't ask him to hold back and not go, after all, the Tsukumogami needs to have more interactions with humans.
Gu Wang didn't care about this and just asked him, "Have you seen Liu Hui, the sheep thief? Was he deceived by something?"
Fusangshen: "I don't know what has bewitched him, but I know that the sheep he stole is not ordinary."
Gu Wang: "How is it unusual?"
Fusangshen: "That's a crazy dragon."
Looking around, I suddenly realized.
Of course, Chilong is not a real dragon, it is just a fabricated name, just like people call snakes little dragons.
The so-called foolish dragon is a kind of divine sheep. It is said that stroking its beard will produce white beads, which can prolong people's life after eating them.
However, the problem is that although Chilong is a divine sheep, its appearance is no different from that of an ordinary sheep, at least ordinary people cannot see it. Why did Liu Hui steal it?
At this time, the noise outside was heard again.
Gu Wang looked at Fu Sangshen, who shook his head, indicating that this time it really had nothing to do with him.
Gu Wang lifted the door curtain and went out, and saw Director Yu cursing loudly. He grabbed someone and asked what was wrong.
The man knew that Gu Wang was brought back by Director Yu himself, so he didn't hide it from him and said, "Aren't we waiting for the male and female protagonists to come back to film the final scene? But when I contacted them just now, they said they couldn't come back... Ugh, what a mess!"
Director Yu also said, "Ask them why they didn't come back! They signed the contract, but they just left before filming was finished? Did I, Yu, pay them too little?"
The assistant director said a few words into the phone, then turned back and whispered, "They said the last scene took too long and they already have other work."
Director Yu: "Bullshit! The contract is signed until May, and it's only the end of April! Tell them, if they don't come back, I'll sue them!"
The assistant director looked desperate.
Gu Wang patted him on the shoulder and gave him a few reminders in a low voice.
The assistant nodded quickly and took the phone to contact again.
Director Yu pulled Gu Wang aside to complain, from the assistant director being in jail to the lack of extras, and then to the male and female leads being disobedient... At the end, he suddenly changed the subject and asked, "Well, what about those actors from your amusement park? Why don't you let them come to my crew? I can make them the male and female leads!"
Gu Wang: “…” He thought to himself, you’d better cry!
Not long after, the assistant director returned, "Director Gu, I asked around as you said, and the male and female protagonists are indeed in the hospital! It's a private hospital with very good confidentiality, so I don't know what the specific problem is."
Director Yu jumped up in shock, "What? Hospitalized? What's going on?!"
Then he felt something was wrong. "Why didn't you tell me the truth about being in the hospital? Can I force them to come to film? It's fine if they hide it from the public, but why are they hiding it from me?"
Gu Wang thought thoughtfully, "Perhaps, it is some disease that is inconvenient to mention."
He also just realized that everyone in the crew looked unwell.
Normally speaking, when filming in the deep mountains and forests, it is inevitable that you will not eat or sleep well, and your complexion will be a little bad.
So Gu Wang didn't care at first.
However, when he took a quick look, he found that half of the crew had rashes on their bodies.
Gu Wang stretched out his hand and opened his Yin Eye.
Then, I saw a very well-hidden disease in those people.
The illness was not serious and had escaped Gu Wang's perception before. It was exactly the same as the aura on Director Yu.
But if there is sickness, it means that these people’s illness is not naturally caused, but there is something wrong.
Gu Wang looked at the lush forest thoughtfully.
There are so many ghosts and gods that can cause disease to enter the human body.
The author has something to say:
Gu Wang: And there’s no way to get these kinds of ghosts and gods into an amusement park! Disappointing!
(Yes, trust me.)
*Playing with the meme of "Back View", please mark the quote.
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