Jiang Weicai is an entertainment reporter and is also known as a paparazzi by many people.

Sometimes he would squat in the rental houses around his target for a month and take pictures to get evidence of the other party's infidelity.

He sometimes uses various means to get close to the target and obtain first-hand information.

Jiang Weicai believes that calling him a paparazzi is a slander. He is a new-age agent and an intelligence officer with professional qualities.

This time, Jiang Weicai set his sights on Lu Ban.

Lu Ban's film "The Wailing" set a box office record for domestic horror films. Its box office of over 2 billion yuan also ranked among the top 20 in the domestic box office rankings.

The publicity for this "In the Mouth of a Madman" is even greater, and with the previous foundation, the industry is generally optimistic that the box office will exceed 2 billion, and may even reach 3 billion.

Therefore, for an entertainment reporter like Jiang Weicai, being able to get first-hand information about this movie is big news.

Some people say that entertainment reporters always want to make a big news. Jiang Weicai thinks this statement is correct. If a reporter can only write reports about neighborhood relations, art performances, and leaders' meetings, then he is an incompetent reporter. If a reporter cannot write some earth-shattering news, then he has wasted his job.

With a sense of mission as a journalist, Jiang Weicai decided to follow Lu Ban.

However, Lu Ban was notoriously insulated from reporters. Apart from those large Chinese magazines, it was harder than dreaming to get anything out of Lu Ban. Moreover, the actors in Lu Ban's films were kept confidential very well. Jiang Weicai's colleagues searched for a long time but could not dig up any information.

Once before, several magazine reporters rented a house opposite Lu Ban’s home, intending to find out what was going on. However, they were inexplicably taken away by the police, which made the reporters feel terrified.

For this reason, being able to capture gossip about Lu Ban has now become the biggest pursuit of entertainment reporters.

When Jiang Weicai heard the news that Lu Ban might go to Jiangcheng Mental Hospital, he immediately felt that this was a good opportunity.

Since Lu Ban didn't tell anyone else, he probably didn't have any bodyguards or anything like that, so he couldn't easily contact Lu Ban.

However, after Jiang Weicai and some other entertainment reporters scouted the area in advance, they discovered that the defense measures of Jiangcheng Mental Hospital were more stringent than they had imagined.

Because there are some patients living here who may have serious mental illnesses, guards have been added to prevent these patients from being stimulated, and ordinary people are unable to come in at all.

Many reporters retreated, but Jiang Weicai did not give up.

He believes this is what makes him different.

Jiang Weicai thought of a solution.

He contacted a doctor he knew, used his connections to get a medical certificate, and then went through the transfer procedures.

The day before Lu Ban went to the mental hospital, Jiang Weicai had already been admitted to Jiangcheng Mental Hospital as a schizophrenia patient.

He waited for the landing trip.

…

At the end of April, the weather has become a little hot, and the spring in Jiangcheng also carries a damp smell. The fragrance of flowers mixed with dampness penetrates into people's noses, making some rhinitis patients suffer from both.

Lu Ban came to Jiangcheng Mental Hospital and saw his contact person.

"Doctor Hao, long time no see."

That was the doctor who had diagnosed me before. His surname was Hao and he was a good doctor.

He asked Lu Ban many questions attentively and prescribed some medicine for him. Although Lu Ban didn't take any of the medicine, he did feel much better.

"How are you feeling lately?"

Doctor Hao looked at Lu Ban and felt something was unreal.

This person should obviously be an extremely dangerous mental patient, but unexpectedly he can now make a box office hit movie and even visit the mental hospital.

At one point, Dr. Hao didn't know who was mentally ill.

Of course, the cooperation work must be done well.

The investor of this mental hospital is Jiangcheng Industry, and the higher-ups have given orders to assist Lu Ban in collecting materials, so Dr. Hao will naturally accompany him throughout the process.

“I feel pretty good about myself.”

Lu Ban replied.

"Regarding the sampling, we have arranged for some mildly ill patients here, and they should be able to provide some support..."

Before Dr. Hao finished speaking, Lu Ban raised his hand.

"Doctor Hao, I think this kind of one-on-one consultation method may make patients feel depressed, restrained, and unable to let go. These patients are extremely sensitive people, and their performance in this situation may not be real. I think it is of little reference value."

"……really."

Doctor Hao nodded slightly.

Many patients are resistant to doctors and treatments, and many even believe they are not sick.

If you communicate with them like you are doing a medical consultation, they may resist and you will end up with nothing.

"I have a suggestion."

Lu Ban looked at the hospital ward and said.

"Why not, I pretend to be a mentally ill patient and live with them, so that I can eliminate the barriers and obtain the most authentic information."

"?"

Doctor Hao looked at Lu Ban.

Pretending to be a psychopath???

Aren't you a mental patient?

Do you have to pretend this?

"But this might irritate the patient."

Doctor Hao was a little hesitant.

Because mental illness is sometimes contagious.

It's not a virus infection or something, but it's like the meme infection in science fiction works. Sometimes a patient with a self-consistent fictional worldview will tell other patients about his delusions, and some patients with milder symptoms will be infected and their symptoms will worsen.

Therefore, patients with mild symptoms must generally be distinguished from those with severe symptoms, and patients with different diseases must also be differentiated, otherwise their conditions may worsen if they stay together.

It was said that a seriously ill patient in a mental hospital even convinced the doctors and nurses and eventually escaped from prison with a group of people.

If Lu Ban were to mix with these patients, their symptoms might become even more serious!

"It's okay, Dr. Hao. I'm a professional actor. They definitely can't tell that I'm not actually the patient."

Lu Ban patted his chest.

“…”

You don't even need to act, you are a mental patient!

Dr. Hao's heart was filled with excitement.

It seems that persuasion is impossible, and we can only let Lu Ban influence fewer people.

Doctor Hao called the nurse over and whispered some instructions.

"Xiao Tao, take Director Lu Ban to the recreation room. Find him a set of hospital gown before you go. Keep an eye on him and don't let him hurt other patients."

"Keep an eye on him?"

The young nurse was a young girl. She was a little confused when she heard what Dr. Hao said.

What is the purpose of changing into hospital gown?

Generally speaking, isn't it the goal to prevent patients from harming visitors?

With confusion, she came to Lu Ban, looked at the tall, handsome director, pinched the corner of her clothes, and spoke in a low voice.

"Hello, I'll take you to visit the ward."