This small antique market used to be busiest when, apart from some exhibitions, those days when TV dramas about antiques and tomb raiding were aired.

The property management of the antique market had never seen such a scene before, so they came to maintain order with batons that had not been used for 800 years.

"What the hell, what's going on? Why are there so many people here all of a sudden? Did someone find some treasure?"

Security guard Master Wang came over and squeezed into the crowd.

He saw that there was an old man in the place where the crowd was the largest.

Master Wang remembered that this old man's surname was Zhang, and everyone usually called him Blind Zhang in private.

Ever since Master Wang started working as a security guard in this antique market, this old man has been setting up a stall here, day after day for several years.

Master Wang didn't know how long the old man had been there, but there were many old people in the antique market. Although they had white hair, they were much smarter than young people when it came to antiques. Whether buying or selling, they were shrewd and cunning. Moreover, this blind old man usually sat here quietly, never causing any trouble, and it seemed that he had never had any disputes. Naturally, Master Wang didn't pay much attention to him.

But unexpectedly, he became the core figure this time.

Did he get caught selling fake goods?

It shouldn't be.

Although Master Wang is only a property security guard, in the antique market, buying and selling are consensual. If you have poor eyesight and buy inferior products, you are responsible for it yourself. There is no reason to ask the seller for a refund. Similarly, if you make a mistake and someone with good eyesight picks up a bargain, you have nowhere to complain.

Master Wang came to the old man with his security uniform.

The old man was holding a pair of iron scissors in his hand. Master Wang had only seen this kind of scissors in the homes of his elders in his hometown. They were the kind of simple and heavy scissors, not the small and exquisite type with plastic handles that people use nowadays.

But it was this pair of slightly large scissors that cleverly cut on the red paper, and in a blink of an eye, they cut out several intricately shaped butterflies.

"Good craftsmanship."

Master Wang couldn't help but praise that in his hometown, every Spring Festival, the old people in the village would use scissors to cut out beautiful window decorations, paste them on the windows, and set off firecrackers to create a full festive atmosphere.

It is now prohibited to set off fireworks and firecrackers, and there are no big red window grilles on the windows. The New Year is cold and deserted, no different from any other holidays.

Just when Master Wang was lost in thought while recalling the past, he saw the lifelike butterfly actually flap its wings and fly up.

“What the hell???”

Master Wang and the people around him exclaimed in amazement.

Accompanied by the exclamations of the crowd, the butterflies that had been cut out earlier suddenly flew up.

For a moment, the sky was full of paper butterflies.

Master Wang opened his mouth wide. He had never seen such an outrageous situation in his life.

This is clearly made of paper cutting, how can it turn into a real flying butterfly?

The butterflies scattered outside the market and soon disappeared into the sky. Only then did people remember to look for the old man.

However, when Master Wang looked at the place where the old man had originally set up his stall, he found that the old man with a head full of white hair had disappeared at some point.

On the chair where he was sitting, there was only a lifelike paper figure of a person, quietly placed on the chair.

…

"Nine Streams" once became the most discussed movie in the country.

Apart from events like Panjiayuan where people don't know whether it is magic or real supernatural powers, people are more concerned about what kind of world this movie will present.

As we all know, from the story point of view, Lu Ban's films are clearly divided, telling stories about the connections between several different worlds.

On the official website of the Silent Project, there are some simple descriptions and information about several worlds.

There are also some viewers who like to study the background of Lu Ban's story and are very interested in those wonderful foreign lands. Through the descriptions of these foreign lands in the movie, they speculate, improve, and summarize many stories hidden behind the scenes.

These people also call themselves "Lu scholars" and have the same research enthusiasm as the scholars who studied "Dream of the Red Chamber" back then.

The sentence that appears most frequently in the group of "Lu scholars" is "Lu Ban is just a filmmaker, he knows nothing about exotic places."

The world involved in "Nine Streams" is the one closest to reality and the most mysterious so far.

Because most of the other worlds that appear in Riku Kan's movies have a name, such as Wajima, the Wasteland, the Kingdom of Night, etc. These worlds will revolve around some events, or settings as the core to unfold the stories, like the divine cherry blossom and the chief priestess of Wajima, the demon tide of the Kingdom of Night, the insect swarm of the wasteland, etc.

But there is only the world of "Crying" and "Nine Streams", without a specific name and no particularly core setting.

These stories are just like Lu Ban’s early adventure and supernatural videos. They seem to happen around people and are terrifying.

"Nine Streams" depicts the war-torn era several decades ago and involves the element of people with supernatural powers, giving "Lu scholars" a lot of content to research.

In a group of "Lu scholars", chat messages continued after the trailer was released, and only quieted down in the early morning.

Even so, there are some night owls who don't sleep and will suddenly send a message at three o'clock in the morning, completely overturning what they had interpreted during the day, leaving a long string of text and then falling asleep contentedly.

[A new setting has been introduced this time. This world seems a bit special. 】

[At present, only the origin of the wasteland is roughly explained, and the origins of other worlds have not been clarified. It would be great if this movie could explain the origins and composition of the current world. ]

[I think it's difficult. There's not even a name. I strongly suspect that Lu Ban will bring all the stories to this world before ending.]

[In fact, the Wasted City has the most information. If you can go to the Wasted City and play the script of "Flower of Glass" once, you will know that the scenery there is not just for show, and the books can all be read.]

[Shit, I also want to be able to win the lottery and go in to play. It’s been so long and I still haven’t won.]

[I heard that the old man who cuts paper in the movie appeared in Panjiayuan recently. He cut a bunch of paper butterflies and then turned into a paper man and disappeared. Could this be another early publicity for Lu Ban? They hired a magician or something to stir up trouble.]

[It is very likely that I will go to Panjiayuan after get off work tonight]

Writer Liu Huajian looked away from the screen.

He is a "land scholar".

He has many fans because of his creations based on Lu Ban's worldview. In some non-profit blogs, the fan fiction he posted is sought after by many people, who call him "Madam".

He lives in Yannan and had heard about the Panjiayuan incident before.

After get off work today, he will go and see whether the paper cutter is real or fake.