In the hotel lobby, Zhang Wei checked in while smiling at his assistant: "I told you, Kuiguang Group doesn't care about the small entrance fee. They must have selection criteria."
Last time, Zhang Wei chose to ask for normal compensation, and wasn’t he selected by Kuiguang Group to become a guest on the variety show?
The treatment after arriving in Jinhai was also very good. Both Zhang Wei and his assistant were arranged a five-star hotel suite each by the Kuiguang Group.
During the entire variety show, food and lodging are all included! "But... this variety show requires us to stay in a secret room at night during filming!" The assistant recalled the contents of the contract and felt a little chilly, "I feel that the production team will definitely not do anything without a purpose..."
As someone who has played escape room games several times and often reads suspense novels, the assistant knew that there must be something big going on when he heard about spending the night in a secret room.
When in a scary and unfamiliar environment, the sources of human security become very scarce - either gathering with other people or staying in a designated safe area.
But according to Kuiguang Group, each guest has his or her own room for the night...
This is equivalent to directly eliminating the first way of alleviating fear, and this accommodation room is definitely not a safe area!
The atmosphere is set, so it's easy to use some tricks to scare the guests who can't sleep well. Zhang Wei smiled and said, "This is normal, don't you see what kind of rewards the Kuiguang Group has offered to the winners of this variety show? Even first-line stars can't refuse these resources, so what's wrong with being scared?"
"Compared to the various unspoken rules required to obtain resources, I think the approach of Kuiguang Group is too fair, too kind and too transparent."
“That’s true…”
…
At this time, Kuiguang Group.
Yang Ruoqian and the senior executives of the program team were sitting together, having the final discussion before the variety show began.
Qin Xin, who had successfully designed the variety show, was already very tired, but his eyes were still filled with strong enthusiasm: "Boss Yang, this is the arrangement of our entire variety show. Can you take a look? Is there anything that needs to be changed?"
After signing the basic naming contract with Oriental July, Qin Xin took the opportunity to sign a supplementary contract and invited the staff there to come to the Kuiguang Group to design the secret room and write the script together.
Of course, at Yang Ruoqian's request, although the joint design is a joint design, the direction and content of the entire script must be based on Mai Xiurong's blueprint.
Yang Ruoqian has 100% trust in this designer who caused his own escape room to go bankrupt.
As for the successful members of Dongfang July, Yang Ruoqian assumed the greatest malice towards them.
As if worried that Yang Ruoqian might not be able to understand the complicated pictures and text, Mai Xiurong took two steps forward and began to introduce it vividly.
"Boss Yang, we plan to keep the secret room for three weeks. We will let the artists go out to rest on weekends. The rest of the time, the artists will live in the secret room 24 hours a day, eating, drinking and living in it."
"The main plot of the entire secret room is to find clues and then use these clues to escape from the secret room."
At this point, Yang Ruoqian didn't realize anything yet and just nodded slightly.
Then, Mai Xiurong suddenly smiled and said, "In order to cooperate with your decision to only give rewards to the top three, we will divide the 16 guests into 4 groups, each with 4 people. If you want to successfully escape the secret room, these groups need to cooperate with each other, otherwise they will suffer a very terrible punishment."
"That is to say, there is a huge competition between members of a group and between groups... but the guests need to work together under this competition to successfully pass the level. If a group is too strong, in order to ensure that they can get the reward, the members of the group are likely to trip up their teammates, thus causing internal disintegration."
“It can effectively prevent a single company from dominating the market.”
Yang Ruoqian listened silently, put himself into the role of a customer participating in the escape room and imagined it. Suddenly, he felt that it was not surprising that Mai Xiurong could defeat him.
Mai Xiurong was still full of interest: "At the same time, I also took your advice into consideration and thoughtfully selected 4 ghosts from these 16 guests. The ghosts will mix in with the normal team and prevent the normal guests from escaping."
"If no more than two guests escape, the insider wins... Of course, there will also be competition among the four insiders, after all, there are only three winners."
"Moreover, I plan to make a small change based on this rule - let one team have two hidden traitors, and let the other team have no traitor. In this way, one team will desperately suspect each other, but will never be able to find the traitor; if the other team finds the traitor, they will relax their vigilance..."
“…”
"With this arrangement, there won't be anyone trying to take advantage of the situation! And it will be very difficult for both the insider and the normal guests."
16 people, divided into 4 groups on the surface, including the hidden group of the inner ghost, a total of 5 groups, 4 people in each group, only 3 can get the reward...
This is not only an escape room, but also adds the element of Werewolf!
Very good, very good!
It's so interconnected and creative that one can already imagine how torturous this variety show will be.
Shang Qianyu on the side was a little scared. She blinked her eyes and said, "Boss, as an employee of the company, can I have a little advantage?"
Yang Ruoqian glanced at her and couldn't help but sneered, "Weren't you very enthusiastic about participating in this variety show before? Why are you so scared now?"
At this moment, Shang Qianyu finally realized that life was more important than reputation, and cried pitifully: "Boss, planner! Please! Give the child a chance to live!"
Thinking that if this silly girl really didn't have any golden fingers, she would be eliminated within three days. It was really too miserable. Yang Ruoqian waved his hand and gave her a little privilege: "How about this, do you want to use your normal identity or the inner ghost identity?"
"An insider!" Shang Qianyu said without thinking, "It's too scary to be in a scary environment and be on guard against teammates at the same time!"
Yang Ruoqian reminded: "The traitor is only responsible for preventing the normal guests from escaping, and they will still be hunted down."
"Yeah! It's okay!"
"I'll give you a little more starting capital. This variety show has an economic system. I'm afraid you'll starve to death before you can even get your first meal."
It’s not that Yang Ruoqian intends to give his own artists cheats, it’s mainly because Shang Qianyu’s personal fighting ability is too poor. Whoever is assigned to a group with her will be unlucky.
In this case, giving Shang Qian some off-field assistance could actually help to balance the situation.
Shang Qianyu, who was given the golden finger, was so moved that he cried: "Boss, thank you!"
As expected, being a guest of the organizer does have some privileges! "Okay, the variety show will officially start the day after tomorrow, so go and prepare yourself." Yang Ruoqian waved his hand and stopped talking about the specific content of the variety show. "I have finished talking about the content, so tell me about the planning arrangements."
Qin Xin waited for a long time, then presented another document and said, "The day after tomorrow is the first day. There will be an opening speech, a host, and backstage control."
"Would you like to go to the secret room to play? Or do you have any other special arrangements?"
After all, Mr. Yang is a young man and the boss who controls the entire variety show. If he wants to try it out on a whim, no one can stop him. It would be better to ask clearly earlier to facilitate subsequent arrangements.
If Yang Ruoqian suddenly wants to play after the variety show starts, it will disrupt a lot of arrangements.
However, Yang Ruoqian had no interest in being an NPC - what this kind of secret room needs most is the atmosphere. Once this atmosphere is broken and the punishment is lost, it will go from being a horror to a child's play.
"No thanks." Yang Ruoqian waved his hand to refuse. "But I have a question. Are all the scenes in our variety show fixed? Or will someone monitor the guests' actions in real time in the background and arrange the events they encounter according to their actions?"
Qin Xin had already made arrangements for this matter. He smiled and said, "Whether it is for the effect of the show or for controlling the situation, dynamic arrangements are necessary."
"Mr. Yang, you can rest assured. Before the show started, we had invited many groups of experienced escape room players to play. Almost all the plot holes and bugs have been plugged. It is definitely impossible for the amateur guests to find more mistakes than these professional players just because they are playing for the first time."
"These players have signed confidentiality agreements with us, guaranteeing that no information will be leaked."
Given the notorious reputation of the Kuiguang Group's legal department, few people dare to violate this confidentiality agreement.
Yang Ruoqian nodded: "That's no problem. I can go backstage to see how you work and how to dynamically adjust the secret room. There's no need for me to come out in person."
…
Two days passed quickly.
Shang Qianyu glanced at the Kuiguang Building with some trepidation - she was always happy when she came to work in the past, but today she felt unsure at all.
"Senior Wen, why did I try to be so strong?"
Wen Ruoxiu didn't bother to pay attention to her: "Go ask yourself."
"Ah, so cold, the feelings have faded..."
"Instead of thinking about these things, why not think about how to win in this variety show?" Wen Ruoxiu took Shang Qianyu into the elevator and said in a serious tone, "Do you know what the resources of the top three or even the first place in a variety show mean?"
Shang Qianyu's work was usually mostly handled by his agent and assistant, so he only had to focus on being an actor. So he was stunned for a moment, his tone full of uncertainty: "Uh, it's resources like the starring role in "Black Robe Inspection Team" and "Wandering Blue Star", that's really impressive..."
Although Shang Qianyu doesn't have to worry about many things, he is not so numb that he doesn't know anything.
"You can't just look at the surface of a problem." Wen Ruoxiu sighed and reached out to press the elevator button. "You have taken these resources before, so you may subconsciously think that they are nothing..."
"But do you know what these resources mean to other people? Do you know how many people envy you to the point of their teeth falling out?"
"These resources are also very important and scarce for the group itself!"
"Boss Yang has given you extra advantages in the variety show, and even let you choose your own identity and get some information first. He hopes that you can win in the variety show and help the group win this resource."
"As long as you win the variety show, you can not only gather popularity again, but also avoid the outflow of the company's resources. How much money can the group save and how much resources can it win back by making this difference?"
"Do you know what you are shouldering?"
Shang Qianyu was stunned and pointed at himself with his slender white fingers: "Am I so important? The boss didn't tell me."
Just a variety show, but it involves so many things? Why didn't the boss tell me directly?
Wen Ruoxiu laughed angrily: "How can the boss tell you these things in front of so many people? You are almost a first-line star, can you stop being so naive and learn some worldly ways!"
As the last hope of Kuiguang Group, Shang Qianyu was stunned: "But, but I have never played an escape room before, I have no experience at all... I, I don't know if I can win."
"None of the other guests have played this kind of game before." Wen Ruoxiu said seriously, "Student Shang Qianyu, you have the advantage at the beginning, you must hold on to it. Even if you can't get first place, you have to find a way to get into the top three, understand?"
"I...I'll try my best." Shang Qianyu squeezed the 10 yuan prop coin that was stuffed into his pocket in advance, "If I don't win, the boss won't ban me, right?"
"Stop talking nonsense, we're here." Wen Ruoxiu pressed the door-opening button. "When you enter the first door, the filming will officially begin. Remember to go through the door on the right. The door on the left is for the staff. Finally, pay attention to your image, Ms. Big Star."
Shang Qianyu had a sad face: "I'm so scared..."
But no matter how sad it was, people had to be responsible for their own decisions. Shang Qianyu had no choice but to leave the elevator and go to the final preparation point before the shooting.
The most conspicuous person in this room is obviously Cheng Fei who is sitting on the chair.
"Xiao Shang is here?" Cheng Fei looked over and greeted him with a smile.
Seeing an acquaintance, Shang Qianyu hurried over and asked, "Boss Cheng, do you want to play too?"
"What am I playing?" Cheng Fei shook her head. "I said hello to your CEO Yang and came backstage to watch the variety show... Watching more than a dozen monitors at the same time is more interesting than the director's footage. Come on, I look forward to your performance!"
"Your teammates are over there, they've been waiting for you for a few minutes, go over first."
Shang Qianyu reluctantly left his acquaintances and walked towards his own team.
"Feng Luo." Feng Luo and Shang Qianyu had met before, and they just nodded to each other without any further greetings.
A man in his early 30s glanced at Shang Qianyu and said cautiously, "Hello, Shang Qianyu, I'm Geng Fangyi."
This female star is not only more famous than him, but she is also a popular actress of the Kuiguang Group and a strong contender for the future queen of pop. If he is photographed with a bad attitude and the video is maliciously edited, he will easily be attacked online.
The team is led by two top-tier stars, so he has to be careful in what he says and does.
Shang Qianyu greeted casually and turned his attention to the last person.
An 18th-tier comedian, his status is the lowest among the four, but through inside information, Shang Qianyu has learned that this person is her real teammate in the team!
They are both traitors! (End of this chapter)
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