Scene Design
"Why don't you start yet?"
"Where's the Dream Builder? It's time."
"Hey, where are the people..."
Su Shudong stood there stupidly for too long, almost three or four minutes, and the public screen was still blank. The audience below began to buzz with discussions.
[Reading failed... Reading failed...]
He continued to try mechanically in disbelief, but the audience never had much patience during the roadshow, and when they saw that the dream builder was taking a long time to show up, some people got up and walked outside.
"What's wrong with you?? Why don't you start yet?!"
The side door was opened and the staff member roared quietly.
Su Shudong woke up as if from a dream and finally came to his senses.
"I, I..." He stammered a few words with a dry mouth, and a strong sense of crisis warned, "I know! Sorry, let's start right away, I won't waste time!"
He couldn't say that his storage disk was damaged, because then he would definitely be replaced by the next dream builder, and the money he paid would be wasted!
He must seize this opportunity and continue acting!
Su Shudong gritted his teeth. Isn't it just a live road show? It doesn't make sense that Shang Jingyan can do it but he can't!
He forced himself to calm down and pull the audience into the dream space.
The film that Su Shudong is performing on the road is called "Sword of Stars", which features the gorgeous fighting style that he is always good at.
The main plot is about a civilian leader who overthrew the empire and founded the Alliance against the backdrop of an interstellar empire, using the life story of Heika Per, the founding leader of the current Alliance. Of course, the focus of the film is still on the relationship between the heroine and the different male characters corresponding to her different stages of life.
That day, after Su Shudong discovered that Shang Jingyan completed the lecture without relying on a storage disk, he went back and tried it as well - I believe that many dream builders made similar attempts that night.
At that time, Su Shudong successfully constructed a relatively simple story and thought he could do it too.
However, at this moment he realized that it was not the case at all.
Su Shudong knew rationally that the Dream Building Roadshow had already begun and he should devote his full attention to it, but his mind was uncontrollably distracted by other things.
When was the storage disk replaced? Damn, there are too many people here, and he could just buy off a roadshow dream builder or staff member to do it... And even the surveillance is incomplete, so he can't find any evidence...
He seemed to remember who the symbol belonged to. It belonged to a dream builder named Hua Feitian from the Exiled Galaxy.
Why did she do this? Why did she ruin his road show? Was it to help Shang Jingyan? But he had clearly found out that Hua Feitian and Shang Jingyan did not have a good relationship! ...
...No, for a "second-generation rich" like Hua Feitian, he doesn't need a reason to tease someone, he just needs to "dislike" the person.
Just like he used to be...
"Oh my god, why does this heroine's face change so quickly? It's so scary!"
"What kind of movie is this?? I checked before I came in and it didn't say horror!"
"What the hell is the Dream Builder doing? Damn it, I don't want to watch it anymore. I want to get out!"
The result of Su Shudong's distraction is that the character's face and limbs are distorted, like a pixel film with a malfunction on the last calendar, which looks scarier than a horror movie.
But horror movies have a logical storyline, but he couldn't control the rhythm, and it became a mess just after the first ten minutes. If the horror of a thriller is to make people shudder at the story, then the horror of this thing he created is to make people wonder if the producer has a mental problem.
Su Shudong originally liked gorgeous costumes and scenery, which required delicate operation, but now, he simply did not have the mental strength to maintain it. The more he pushed himself, the more out of control he became. In the end, even the staff could not stand it anymore and forcibly disconnected the switchboard.
"You've scared the customers away. Stop acting and switch to the next one!"
Su Shudong held onto the table tightly: "Give me another chance, I promise..."
"We've already given you the chance." The staff member said helplessly, "Every dream builder is the same, but I can't let you scare away all the audience. That would be unfair to the dream builders below."
He came up to pack up Su Shudong's things and glanced at the switchboard interface. "... Hey, no wonder, you didn't insert the storage disk?"
Su Shudong wore a mask today to keep a low profile and covered his eyes with colored contact lenses. The staff member actually didn't recognize him.
The staff shook their heads and sighed, "Don't do that next time. Do the young people nowadays really think they are Shang Jingyan?"
When Su Shudong heard this, his whole body suddenly stiffened, and a strong sense of unwillingness and shame came over him.
——Even in the eyes of a passerby, he is naturally inferior to Shang Jingyan.
This is the conclusion of fact, not any kind of prejudice.
On that day at Lianmeng University, Shang Jingyan had more audience members who wanted to save face than he did, and the seriousness of his lectures was much higher than he was now. And he didn't even need to face the audience and countless broadcast cameras, nor did he need to reveal his true identity.
An insurmountable, galactic gap...
Su Shudong stepped out of the roadshow tent in a daze. When the wind blew, he realized that he was covered in cold sweat.
He looked up at the sky blankly, then suddenly came to his senses and opened his computer with trembling fingers:
The most important thing now is not that he has lost face, but whether his shame has been exposed!
"Auntie, are you satisfied with this?"
Guan Gaoyang followed Hua Feitian in small steps, like a eunuch following a princess.
Hua Feitian snorted: "That guy's performance was pretty good. Now that it's my turn, I finally feel the pain. Why didn't I think about it at the beginning?"
Judging from her expression, she was satisfied.
——The culprits of the "prank" that Su Shudong was involved in were Hua Feitian and the other person.
That day, Guan Gaoyang asked her if she wanted to see Su Shudong make a fool of himself, and Hua Feitian of course said yes.
So Guan Gaoyang told her that he had heard that Su Shudong had no source of income during this period, and in order to complete his studies at Lianmeng University, he had been doing road shows on St. Lit Street. After comparing and analyzing many options, he had already locked in several of the most likely works.
Hua Feitian walked around St. Riet Street and found Su Shudong. She then slipped backstage and took away his storage disk, and witnessed the scene of his accident from the audience.
Hua Feitian walked out of the dream-building studio with a storage disk in her hand. She leaned against the door, chewed gum, and uploaded the video to StarNet.
The post was made using an anonymous account, without explaining the cause and effect, and only @Su Shudong: [You are nothing special. ]
After posting it, she also reposted it on her big account with an emoticon saying "Wow".
As for how public opinion develops afterwards, it is none of her business.
Guan Gaoyang felt that Hua Feitian's casual expression when uploading the video was evil-looking.
"The prank is over, shall we go back?" Guan Gaoyang asked.
Hua Feitian retracted her gaze, put her hands in her pockets and walked forward: "Wait a little longer."
She didn't say why, but Guan Gaoyang knew from her expression that she was here again: she wanted to find Shang Jingyan's shed!
Guan Gaoyang was filled with vicissitudes of life. He felt that under the subtle influence of Hua Feitian, his resistance to Shang Jingyan was not so strong anymore.
"She must be a horror type. Let's filter out those with horror labels first." Guan Gaoyang said dutifully.
Hua Feitian is very sensitive: "I don't want to find Shang Jingyan!"
Guan Gaoyang: “…”
What do you mean by trying to cover up one's own guilt? I didn't even mention Shang Jingyan's name!
Hua Feitian wandered around from the square and was suddenly attracted by a shed.
"Will the Electronic Pen Fairy Fall in Love with the Bionic Ghost? What a strange name." She frowned and read it once, then walked over. "I'll read this one."
This doesn't seem like Shang Jingyan's style, so let's just kill time here.
Backstage.
[Yan Yan Yan Yan! I saw a good show!] X71 suddenly said excitedly in Shang Jingyan's mind, [Su Moudong is in big trouble!]
It sent the video on Starnet to Shang Jingyan. After Hua Feitian forwarded it, the number of comments below exploded.
[Wow, if I understand correctly, Su Shudong lost his storage disk and something went wrong during the live performance? ]
[It's so funny, which warrior did this? What a retribution! ]
[That's all Su Shudong is? He was ranked first in the entrance exam.]
Every year, the first place in the entrance examination will receive huge attention during the period just after it ends. If they make good use of it, they will be able to rise to the top and have a bright future. However, Su Shudong is the first such person.
During the time when he had the most exposure, he directly released a roadshow failure video. I'm afraid GG and his endorsers will have to think twice after seeing this.
[My filter is broken. I originally thought he was just a bad person, but now it seems that his abilities are not as great as he appears to be.]
[To be honest, Su Shudong is good at games, and choosing a movie as a roadshow format is not in his comfort zone, so the failure is not surprising. ]
[Director Shang seems even more amazing. He can give lectures with nothing in his hands. He is versatile in games, movies, short plays, and TV series. He is also a first-rate guest in variety shows. Director Shang, when will you really direct a variety show? ! ]
[Director Hua was the first to forward it, so could this matter be related to her? ...Although Su Shudong did something wrong, I don't agree with fighting evil with evil. ]
[Haha, there's nothing wrong with Su Shudong doing this, but you don't agree with others for letting him have a taste of your own methods? Don't be so hypocritical.]
【What do you mean by fighting evil with evil? You're making it sound so serious. We were just playing a prank by "accidentally taking the wrong storage disk" (dog head).】
X71 takes screenshots one after another, just short of setting off firecrackers.
Shang Jingyan was both amused and confused. What happened to Hua Feitian? He actually helped her out.
She sent a message: [You are so righteous, Director Hua. ]
The other party didn’t reply. I don’t know if he was pretending to be cool or didn’t see it.
At this moment, she saw Hua Feitian enter her shed through the one-way glass, sit down and look down at her laptop.
At this time, the message came back: [I just simply don't like Su Shudong, it's not because of you. I won't reply. I've entered a dream building studio. Others' is more interesting than yours at first glance. ]
Shang Jingyan: “…”
I'll just take it as a compliment.
Script-killing roadshows do not require dream builders to appear, as most of the content is interaction between players.
Shang Jingyan's script-killing game was not difficult. She estimated that a player would be able to solve it in more than an hour.
Among the current groups, the one with Cyan Snow is making the fastest progress.
Seeing that Hua Feitian and her boyfriend quickly got together, Shang Jingyan took his time and began to observe their reactions.
In the script-killing holographic space.
As the bloody footprints approached the office, Ao Qingxue dared not breathe. Everyone felt as if a cold hand covered their hands and wrote the word "designer".
Xiaomei is indeed a designer, but Ao Qingxue felt particularly uncomfortable looking at her - the ID card she chose was also designed by a designer!
Snap, Snap. The bloody footprints walked to the window and stood still, as if looking at everyone coldly.
The animation ends here and enters the second stage of on-site evidence collection.
The four of them looked at each other, like a group of frightened lambs. In the end, Ao Qingxue was the bravest and walked towards the bathroom.
The tiles were soaked with blood, which was still fresh and had not yet coagulated. The system indicated that Xiaomei had been dead for no more than an hour. However, an examination of her body revealed that she had died from a blunt force trauma to the head.
In addition, a button was found at the scene, which looked like it belonged to a woman's skirt, but this was inconsistent with the force of the blunt object.
The script-killing map is not complicated, it only includes corridors, men's and women's toilets, offices, and tea rooms. A gloomy NPC cleaner appears in the middle and provides some testimony.
The evidence collection process was very tedious, and it took everyone two full hours to compile all the details. From being terrified in the beginning to gradually adapting to it later, they discovered the fun of the horror genre.
The horror of script-killing games depends on the atmosphere to create, such as the blood-stained marbles rolling out from under the table, the black stains suddenly appearing on the ceiling, the rotating eyes of the Cupid statue... every detail is enhancing the dark atmosphere.
Although players will still be scared and scream from time to time, the feeling of accelerated heartbeat is really addictive.
By the time the questioning time before the voting session was about to end, Ao Qingxue was almost certain that the dream builder was Shang Jingyan.
——Not only because of the mastery of various details, but also because of the core theme of the book at the end. This is not a love story at all, but a story against love!
"'Boyfriend', stop pretending, this is the person you killed, right?" she said to the art player.
All the clues point to Yishu. His affair was planned by a colleague in the company and Xiaomei was killed. The planner was an accomplice, so there were traces of two people at the scene.
Ao Qingxue was very satisfied with this script-killing game, because the character she chose was the core of the character network, which was a great test of the player's analytical and reasoning abilities. The other CEO character was her brother, and this relationship was only revealed in the middle, requiring the two to cooperate secretly.
The art player was also very involved, struggling desperately: "Why is it me? Xiaomei and I have nothing to do with each other..."
Ao Qingxue said something shocking: "How can it be okay? You should have guessed it. In this book, Xiaomei and I are actually the same person. I am the first personality and she is the second personality."
After she finished speaking, she met everyone's understanding gaze. The CEO player said with emotion: "Hey, let's vote. I've seen many books with split personalities, but this is the first time I've seen such an arrangement. It's so exciting!"
——If you review it in the correct order, the story is actually very simple.
A woman was killed by her boyfriend, and her body was found sleeping downstairs in the company. But her boyfriend didn't know that his girlfriend actually had two personalities, one was the main personality that was love-minded, and the other was the secondary personality that was sober and ambitious.
When he was on the verge of death, the secondary personality's unwillingness turned into resentment, and he imprisoned all the people involved in the company area.
Her boyfriend was the murderer who killed her, the person he cheated with was an accomplice, the company cleaner was bribed by her boyfriend to dispose of her body, and her brother was a relative who had doubts about her disappearance but could not find any clues.
In this fantasy world, the main and secondary personalities are split into two people. The main personality does not believe that her boyfriend has harmed her and is self-deceiving. The secondary personality is weaker and can only guide from the side. For example, when the Pen Fairy asked the deceased at the beginning, he wrote "designer", which actually implied that the two people are one.
The character controlled by the player is the main personality. Only when the main personality discovers the truth can the illusion be broken. Otherwise, it will fall into reincarnation again and again. There was one time when everyone triggered the reincarnation during the search for evidence, and no one knew why at that time.
The "electronic pen fairy" and "bionic ghost" in the title refer to the secondary personality and the main personality, but contrary to the title, the secondary personality always knows that loving yourself is more important than loving others, and it is the main personality that really needs to understand this.
The art player still wants to escape. He seems to be frightened at the beginning, but he is also a good player. The performance of being frightened contains binary falsehood.
Ao Qingxue pointed at herself and said faintly: "I am a ghost now. Are you sure you want to go against me?"
As she finished speaking, her face turned completely pale, and bloody liquid oozed out of her hair and flowed onto her face. At the same time, her secondary personality, which had been invisible, also appeared, smiling with tears of blood in its eyes.
The art player yelled and jumped up: "We are all players, there is no need to scare people, can't I just vote for myself?"
Ao Qingxue: Is this Director Shang’s daily routine? He enjoys scaring people. Playing the ghost in a script-killing game is much more realistic than playing hide-and-seek.
The art player was tragically voted out unanimously, and everyone got the true ending and left the holographic space.
"Fuck, it's finally over!"
"I have no strength left, can someone give me a hand..."
"Ahhh which dream builder wrote this? I want to meet him!"
Another group just finished and their reaction was exactly the same as here, queuing excitedly to go backstage.
Ao Qingxue was still reviewing it in her mind, and couldn't help but think that Director Shang was just giving Sheng Pingsha a "demonstration".
"Electronic Pen Fairy" also handles the enclosed killing space with reincarnation elements very well. The element of "Pen Fairy" runs through the whole film. It is the designer's most outstanding design, and it also helps her see the truth after her death.
There is also the complex element of split personality involved. If this is not thought of, then the truth of the script cannot be deciphered.
Moreover, the Pen Fairy is very suitable for divergent creation. She believes that after today, there will be many similar themes appearing...
Ao Qingxue came back to her senses and started to get nervous again. Although it was not the first time she had seen Shang Jingyan, she was still almost at a loss.
The backstage was clean and tidy. As she walked around the door, she heard low cheers from the players who had gone in before her.
"It's Director Shang! Director Shang, you are so beautiful in person..."
"Ahhh, I guessed it! Director Shang, can you give me an autograph?"
"I love this story so much, Director Shang, Director Shang, is there really a spirit of the pen in this world?"
Shang Jingyan's green eyes looked straight past everyone and saw her, and said with a smile: "We meet again."
Ao Qingxue's face suddenly turned red, and everyone cast envious and jealous eyes at the person who was greeted by Director Shang. Some people recognized her: "Is it the anchor Qingxue? Wow, I met two celebrities I like in one day!"
"Yes, we meet again!" Ao Qingxue didn't even have time to greet her fans and trotted all the way to Shang Jingyan.
She didn't expect that Shang Jingyan's second sentence would be a question: "Well, can I call you Qingqing? ... Qingqing, did you modify the picture yourself just now?"
"Hmm? Yes, that's right." Ao Qingxue was having fun just now, but now he has turned into a well-behaved elementary school student.
——The face-changing scene at the end that scared the players was the result of her using her mental power to modify the parameters.
This is an interaction that is allowed and praised in a roadshow, but few passersby can do it. This means that the audience's mental strength cannot be too low, and it must resonate with the mental strength of the roadshow dream builder. There are many good stories in which the dream builder found a scene designer who could partner with him in this way.
Ao Qingxue's heartbeat gradually accelerated. She seemed to have a premonition of what Shang Jingyan was going to say -
Shang Jingyan nodded and suddenly laughed: "Qingqing, are you interested in becoming my teammate?"
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