Chapter 23 Escape Room (1)
The escape room show on Hunan TV has finally started filming.
This time, they hope to achieve different results than their previous programs.
Zhang Mo gave Lu Lu a small suggestion: to add a competitive element to the show.
Actually, the show itself has a certain competitive element. Each player can earn coins by completing side tasks, and the total number of coins earned determines the champion, runner-up, and third-place winner of the entire season.
However, Zhang Mo felt that this kind of confrontation was still too weak, and suggested dividing the guests into two camps: "adventure" and "horror".
In each episode, two guests are randomly selected to act as NPCs, playing terrifying characters in an escape room to scare the other guests.
Guests in the "Adventure" camp carry measuring instruments throughout the event. When a guest in the "Horror" camp screams in fright or their heart rate exceeds a certain value, the guest in the "Horror" camp receives a gold coin.
After internal discussions, the Southern Province Vision team concluded that this approach was quite feasible.
It can showcase the guests' acting skills and performance abilities, and most importantly, it greatly enhances the show's watchability.
Think about it, teamwork and cooperation are certainly interesting, but the real highlight is seeing rivals, exes, and couples scaring each other!
They've already come up with the trending search terms—
#Famous scene of XXX scaring XXX#
Moreover, celebrities who were previously known for their timidity on TV shows can redeem themselves by scaring others in this way.
Ultimately, Nanshan TV agreed to Zhang Mo's proposal. Director Gong couldn't help but exclaim that Director Zhang was truly a master at generating viewership.
Since they were already planning something big, they put a lot of effort into selecting the content for the first episode.
They directly rented the courtyard house in Beijing owned by Ma Qiuhe and Fang Yurong.
It's the house where a head appeared in the search results during Zhou Jing's live stream.
It has built-in suspense, so there's no need to create an additional horror atmosphere.
The final police report regarding the "headhunting" incident was written by Qin Yuechuan, which only stated, "Based on various clues, the possibility of a criminal case has been preliminarily ruled out. The identity of the deceased and information about his family have been confirmed. We will contact the family in a timely manner and properly handle the follow-up matters."
That's all they can say to the outside world. After all, it's been too long, and there's no evidence. They can't do anything about an 80-year-old woman with dementia.
However, in fact, after taking the medicine provided free of charge by Doctor Jiang, Grandma Ma Qiuhe has recovered a lot.
It is said that Ma Qiuhe, who regained her senses, talked with her daughter Fang Yurong all night long, and the light in the main room stayed on until dawn. No one knows what they talked about.
Fang Yurong sent Zhang Mo a message afterwards, thanking Zhang Mo for the medicine, saying that her mother no longer needed to pretend or be trapped here.
Since her mother's condition wasn't so serious anymore, and there was no rush to sell the house (it seemed like it wouldn't sell anyway), she decided to take her mother away from City B to a city where spring was in full bloom, to see the sea that her mother had always loved most.
She entrusted the house to an agency for rental, and the first tenant was the escape room show crew.
The theme the production team chose for the first episode was: "The Curse of the Fox Spirit".
Besides the regular guests from the show, the other guest stars were also selected from the most popular celebrities at a huge cost.
This includes Zhang Chenxiao and Bai Tianjiao, making a total of seven people.
The house was originally a haunted house, and the secret room mechanism was carefully designed by Master Lu. In addition to the two guest NPCs, the "horror" camp also has two other NPCs, played by Lin Qing and Lin Hong.
This is simply a massive boost of traffic; the show has already attracted countless eyes even before it has started recording.
On the day of the show's recording, Bai Tianjiao and another regular guest were very lucky to be drawn into the "horror" camp.
"No way?" Bai Tianjiao's eyes widened, and he almost dropped the skewer in his hand. Before he could react, two men in black hoodies and gloves came over, grabbed his arms on either side, and led him to the backstage dressing room.
They were required to complete their makeup and costumes, familiarize themselves with the mechanisms and movements, and memorize all their lines within two hours.
Bai Tianjiao was still a little dazed when she was pushed onto the makeup stool.
Through the reflection in the mirror, he saw another corner of the dressing room: Zhang Mo was sitting on a folding stool looking at her phone, her fingertips swiping rapidly across the screen. Next to her sat two people dressed in Qing Dynasty cheongsams, Lin Qing and Lin Hong.
It was Lin Qing and Lin Hong's first time recording a variety show, so Zhang Mo naturally had to come and accompany them.
In this scene, the two of them will play two ghosts from the Qing Dynasty. They are wearing sky-blue cheongsams with dark patterns embroidered on the collar and cuffs, and their makeup is also dark and terrifying.
At that moment, they were holding a white tablet in their hands, intently watching something.
The Qing Dynasty drama they watched before was "Princess Pearl," but they recently realized that the drama was a bit old-fashioned and didn't quite fit the aesthetics of today's audiences. So, the two of them have been catching up on the Qing Dynasty dramas that have become popular in recent years.
For example, right now, I've just finished putting on makeup and I'm picking up my tablet to watch a show.
Bai Tianjiao could hear the voice coming from the tablets in their hands: "Aunt, Hongli and I are like brothers."
Lin Qing and Lin Hong both looked puzzled, their eyebrows almost knotted together, not quite understanding the current trend. "Is this better than 'Princess Pearl'?" "I don't think so."
Then Bai Tianjiao saw Zhang Mo, who had been sitting quietly looking at her phone, reach out without hesitation and snatch the tablets from their hands.
With a cold expression, he made a few gestures, seemingly switching them to a different video.
Then, when the tablet was returned to their hands, the video's audio changed to: "Your Majesty, I hereby accuse Consort Xi of adultery and defiling the inner palace; her crime is unforgivable!"
The doubts in Lin Qing and Lin Hong's eyes subsided, and they began to look at it seriously.
Bai Tianjiao: "......"
Of course, that's not the point. The point is that the moment Zhang Mo reached out, Bai Tianjiao clearly saw the watch on her wrist.
He had never seen her wear such a luxury watch before.
It's not that she can't afford it, but Zhang Mo seems to prefer technological smart devices.
More importantly, if he wasn't mistaken, that watch seemed to be the same model as the one on Qin Yuechuan's wrist...
This reminded him that during this time, his sister Bai Tianjin and his nephew Qin Yuechuan would occasionally and very subtly remind him to give up his crush on President Zhang, saying that there was no future for them.
So that's how it is!
At that moment, Bai Tianjiao's pure and fragile little heart shattered into pieces.
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