You know, although it was said to be some time ago, Lu Ban actually just came back from Nanhua Private Renji Hospital a week ago.
There's already a clip so soon?
Wang Qing found it incredible.
However, he felt that being able to see Lu Ban's film in advance was a pleasant surprise.
"Can I really watch this? Doesn't this need to be kept secret or something?"
Wang Qing asked.
"Well, of course, I hope you won't tell anyone the specific content. And of course you can't take photos or videos. After all, you have to leave suspense for the audience."
Lu Ban mentioned this.
This level of leakage is harmless and may even increase heat.
Sometimes, some crews will invite reporters to visit the set, and then "accidentally" leak some hot spots, triggering heated discussions among the audience and raising the heat in advance. This is a classic method.
The so-called leaks are sometimes things that the authorities want you to know.
He took Wang Qing to his bedroom, asked him to sit on a chair, and clicked on a video in the folder.
Lu Ban played the contents of the archival records. He planned to use the video footage of the events recorded in those archives as a prelude to the early and middle stages of the film.
Wang Qing swallowed and looked at the screen.
On the screen, a nurse was busy at the nurses station. It was late at night and the hospital was extremely dark.
At this time, the narration came.
"The department director told us to be alert when we are on duty tonight, because the patient in room 502 is in a serious condition..."
The sound was processed by Lu Ban and was different from the original one. The shooting angle was very tricky, so one could only vaguely see the nurse's profile and could not see her entire face clearly.
Wang Qing listened to the nurse's confession and suddenly felt a little cold.
It was like being in the corridor where the nurses were, cold, dark, and smelling heavily of disinfectant.
He thought he actually smelled disinfectant.
The plot is very simple. The nurse is going to make rounds and then takes the elevator to the fifth floor.
However, when Wang Qing saw the large mirror in the elevator, he always felt a little uneasy, as it reminded him of the mirror in Lu Ban's living room.
In most of the perspectives about the nurse, the nurse's face does not appear. Instead, the nurse is shown from angles such as looking out the ward window, from the lens of the surveillance camera, and from behind the nurse, giving people a feeling that something unknown is spying on the nurse, which is disturbing.
Just as the nurse left the elevator, the camera deliberately captured a corner of the mirror in the elevator. Something seemed to flash there, causing Wang Qing's eyelids to jump subconsciously.
The nurse came to Room 502 and saw the old man lying on the bed.
This shot was taken from the ward, but because the ward was too dark, only the light of the nurse's flashlight could be vaguely seen. It was difficult to see what the person lying on the bed looked like. One could only vaguely make out there was a person.
Wang Qing felt a little guilty when he saw the nurse continue to move forward, because no one knew what would happen next. The patient in Room 502 was mentioned just now, but the patient was lying there well. What would happen to this nurse?
The flashlight shone forward, illuminating the dim light of the room at the end of the corridor. The nurse's narration continued as she walked over.
The camera is presented from the nurse's first-person perspective, stepping into the darkness, approaching the lighted room.
According to the previous narration, Wang Qing already knew that this was the intensive care unit, and the room at the end of the corridor was uninhabited.
He saw the nurse turn her view and look towards the lighted ward.
There was an old man standing in the ward.
Wang Qing was suddenly startled.
Because the low narration told him that this was the old man who was dying in Room 502.
The old man's face was dark blue, like a corpse that had been dead for some time, and his movements were slow and sluggish, like a puppet being controlled by strings. For some reason, when Wang Qing saw the old man, he felt a chill on his back and goose bumps all over his body. He could even smell the unique strange smell of the old man.
The nurse seemed startled as well. She hurriedly said a few words, turned around and fled in panic. When she ran across the corridor, she looked back and saw the old man still waving at her at the door of the room. It was really creepy.
The plot ends abruptly with the narrator's question.
Wang Qing was not a timid person. In ordinary horror movies, he would only be frightened when a ghost face suddenly appeared. But after watching this video, he felt as if he had become the nurse and was now in a state of surviving a disaster and feeling cold all over.
He had heard that Lu Ban's movies had an immersive feeling and thought it was just bragging. Unexpectedly, just from such a short clip, he really felt the eerie atmosphere of the hospital. It was so strong.
In fact, now thinking back to the hospital's corridors and layout, Wang Qing is a little hesitant to go there.
"How about it?"
Suddenly a voice came from behind, and Wang Qing finally couldn't help releasing his fear. The shudder swept through his body like an electric current. He trembled, like a comatose person who was shocked by a pacemaker.
"Fuck, I'm scared to death..."
Unable to hold back a curse, Wang Qing touched and held his heart which was suddenly beating wildly, and sighed.
"Director Lu, your new movie is sure to be a big hit!"
"Thank you very much."
Lu Ban responded.
"I'm going to wash my face and calm down. You're a bit exhausted."
Wang Qing stood up and rubbed his slightly weak knees.
"Oh, and remember not to look in the mirror for too long."
Lu Ban gave way.
“Don’t look in the mirror for too long?”
Wang Qing didn't understand what was going on, so he went to the bathroom, turned on the faucet, scooped up a handful of water and poured it over his face to calm himself down a little.
After wiping his face, he looked up and saw himself in the mirror. His face looked a little haggard.
I didn't expect that a short video of a few minutes would make me become like this. It's really embarrassing.
He looked in the mirror and suddenly felt something was wrong.
Raising his hand, Wang Qing touched his face.
Then he saw that himself in the mirror did not raise his hand, but instead showed a miserable and weird smile.
But Wang Qing herself didn't laugh at all.
"……Grass?"
He rubbed his eyes hurriedly, thinking he had seen it wrong.
But when he opened his eyes again, he saw that there seemed to be a figure standing behind himself in the mirror.
"!!!"
With his scalp tingling, Wang Qing immediately turned around, and there was nothing behind him.
When he looked at the mirror again, he saw Lu Ban staring at him.
“What the hell…”
Wang Qing was so scared that he leaned against the wall behind him, but at this moment, he felt something scratching his ear, which made him feel a little itchy.
He reached out to touch it, and when he pulled his hand back, he found that his hand was full of hair, a woman's long hair!
“Help, help!”
Wang Qing immediately knocked on the bathroom door, even forgetting to turn the doorknob.
Soon, Lu Ban's voice was heard from outside the door.
"Let go of the door handle first."
He said calmly.
Wang Qing then realized that she had been holding the door handle tightly, preventing the door from being opened from the outside.
He quickly let go and saw Lu Ban push open the door and stand at the door.
"I told you not to look in the mirror for too long."
Lu Ban glanced at the mirror which had returned to normal.
"Because the friend in my mirror is a little shy. If you stare at him for too long, he might feel embarrassed."
He explained.
"?"
Wang Qing, who was already sweating profusely, had a question mark on his face.