No matter how well-mannered Mr. Bai was, his face turned green after hearing what Chen Ge said.
Chen Ge never follows a routine when speaking, he always speaks directly.
If you think there is something wrong with my haunted house, then come in and experience it for yourself. Only after personal experience will you be qualified to comment.
Mr. Bai would naturally not agree to Chen Ge's request. Are you kidding? Professional haunted house actors fainted after entering the house. Wouldn't it be "seeking death" if he ran in himself?
"I have something else to take care of later. I will definitely go in and experience it when I have the chance." Mr. Bai smiled awkwardly. After rejecting Chen Ge, his momentum was not as strong as before.
"That's such a pity. Next time you come, remember to call me in advance and I will arrange a VIP service for you." The VIP service of Chen Ge's haunted house is a single-person tour project. A tourist, accompanied by nine haunted house actors pretending to be tourists, will explore the three-and-a-half-star scene of Liwan Town.
"Let's not talk about this for now." Mr. Bai felt that if he continued talking, the situation would become increasingly unfavorable to him. He took out his cell phone and made a call: "Xiao Shuang, bring Chang Yin up here. Don't be afraid. Director Luo and Chen Ge are not unreasonable people. They won't do anything to you."
A few minutes later, footsteps were heard outside the door, and a pair of twin brothers supported Li Changyin into Director Luo's office.
Chen Ge had seen these people before. They were all employees of Nightmare Academy.
"This brother looks familiar, as if he has visited my haunted house before." Chen Ge recognized Li Changyin at a glance.
Li Changyin did not dare to look at Chen Ge. Accompanied by the twins, he sat in the corner of the room.
"Changyin, tell Chen Ge what you saw in the haunted house." Mr. Bai seemed to have regained the initiative.
Everyone in the room looked at Li Changyin. He looked terrified, and his body trembled uncontrollably when he thought of what happened that day.
Li Changyin raised his head and glanced at Chen Ge secretly, the fear in the depths of his pupils could not be concealed at all.
"It's him!"
After saying these three words without any context, Li Changyin's lips turned purple and he took deep breaths: "Ghost! There is a ghost in this haunted house!"
"Are you here to commit fraud? Isn't it normal to have ghosts in a haunted house?" Chen Ge leaned against the sofa, looking helpless.
"There really are ghosts! His haunted house is haunted! Those ghosts are real! Living people can't act out that feeling!" Li Changyin's thoughts gradually became clear and his speech became more fluent.
"Just because you guys in the Nightmare Academy can't act out that feeling doesn't mean others can." Chen Ge was a little impatient. There was no disrespect in his tone, but the way he looked at Li Changyin was as if he was looking at garbage: "If you don't reflect on yourself and just think about bringing others down every day, even if my haunted house goes bankrupt, your haunted house won't attract tourists."
"No! I can be sure that those things are not people! This is definitely not an effect that can be performed by humans!" Li Changyin's eyes turned red.
"I understand you. As a professional haunted house actor, you wanted to run to another haunted house to cause trouble, but you ended up getting scared and fainted. You lost all your face and dignity, so you came up with the idea of escaping reality." Chen Ge's analysis was very logical.
"I have been a haunted house actor for five years. I know more about haunted houses than you do. I understand the ceiling of this industry..."
Li Changyin wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by Chen Ge: "Is five years a long time? My parents started making mobile haunted houses ten years ago. I grew up holding ghost models. When you were learning pinyin with your bare ass, I had already started assembling puppets."
Chen Ge stood up and said, "There's no point in talking to each other. The ceiling you mentioned is just your own ceiling. It's just your own ceiling."
"Don't be in such a hurry to leave, Chen Ge. Give me some face." Mr. Bai also stood up. He felt that he had given Chen Ge enough face. "Chang Yin is still young and has a stubborn temper. You can find those actors who you scared in the beginning and make him give up this idea completely."
Chen Ge looked back at Mr. Luo, and after exchanging glances, he stopped and said, "Chang Yin, you said my haunted house is really haunted, so can you tell me specifically what kind of ghosts you encountered in my haunted house?"
He walked towards Li Changyin with his pupils constricted. With every step forward, Li Changyin's body would shrink back until it was pressed against the sofa.
"You are so scared of me? Do you think I am a ghost too?" After going through so many trials of the Black Phone, Chen Ge had already developed a special temperament.
"I'm not sure about the other actors because my memory is a little fuzzy, but I remember a middle-aged man in the restaurant very clearly! He is definitely not a human!" Li Changyin gritted his teeth: "Do you dare to bring him here to confront me?"
"In a restaurant? A middle-aged man?" Chen Ge frowned. From the other party's description, it seemed that he was describing Zhang Jingjiu.
But the key question is, why is the other party sure that Zhang Jingjiu is a ghost? As a newcomer, Zhang Jingjiu is even scared by himself, so how did he make Li Changyin mistakenly think that he is a ghost?
"Is this a conspiracy?" Chen Ge couldn't figure it out.
"You don't dare anymore, right? There is actually no such person in your haunted house, right?" Li Changyin's eyes were red. His brain development was different from that of ordinary people, and his way of thinking was more extreme: "Don't think of just finding someone to replace him. I have his photo here!"
Li Changyin took out his mobile phone from his pocket tremblingly and opened the album, which contained some photos of toasting.
All these photos were taken secretly by Li Changyin when she was pretending to be a pregnant woman before she came into contact with Zhang Jingjiu.
"Why don't you speak? What are you hesitating about? The photo is very clear, please bring this person here immediately!" Li Changyin felt that he was very well prepared. He was glad that he took the photos in advance. Unfortunately, he only took a photo of Zhang toasting, and then he fled in a hurry and had no time to take photos.
"You have also worked in the haunted house for five years. You should know that entering the haunted house to take pictures is very against the rules. I will keep these photos, and I will go to the Nightmare Academy in person in a few days to ask for an explanation." After seeing the photos, Chen Ge calmed down.
"Don't delay time deliberately!" Li Changyin said loudly, and he insisted on his opinion.
"Wait here." Chen Ge turned around and walked out of Mr. Luo's office, returned to the haunted house and took out Zhang Jingjiu, who was still learning performance knowledge.
"Bring your makeup remover, we're going to meet an old friend." Chen Ge told Zhang Jingjiu some words on the way, and Zhang Jingjiu immediately understood what was going on.
Knocking on the door, when Chen Ge brought Zhang Jingjiu into Director Luo's office, the temperature inside seemed to have dropped a little.
"This is the actor in the photo, his name is Zhang Jingjiu."
Everyone looked at Zhang Jingjiu. Chen Ge had put makeup on his face, and even though they were standing in the bright office, looking into his eyes was still very scary.
"I'm sorry for scaring you that day. I didn't expect you to be so timid. I'm really sorry." Zhang Jingjiu walked towards Li Changyin, but Li Changyin screamed and jumped up.
"No! He's a ghost! He really is a ghost!"
"Don't bother with him." Chen Ge handed the makeup remover to Zhang Jingjiu: "Just remove your makeup here, I'll put makeup on you when we get back."
"Okay." Zhang Jingjiu removed his makeup and coat in front of everyone, and immediately seemed like a different person.
There was no sense of terror at all, just like the office workers you often see on the subway.
"Can your ghost remove makeup?" Zhang Jingjiu placed the makeup remover in front of the three employees of Nightmare Academy.
Facts speak louder than words. The twins quickly stood up and apologized: "I'm sorry, your haunted house makeup skills are really amazing. We were reckless. Sorry."
"No need to apologize. I will also visit your haunted house and learn from it later."
The employees of Nightmare Academy could see that Chen Ge was a little angry.
After they apologized, they left in disgrace.
Mr. Bai felt a little embarrassed staying in Mr. Luo's office, but he managed to remain calm.
"Xiao Chen, there is nothing for you to do now, you can go back first." Mr. Luo had a satisfied smile on his face, and he seemed to have other things to "discuss" with Mr. Bai.
"Okay." Chen Ge felt that Mr. Luo might make a killing for Mr. Bai, and the two of them understood each other tacitly.
On the way back, Chen Ge saw that Zhang Jingjiu kept his head down, as if he had something to say in his heart.
"A toast? Just say it if you have something on your mind. We have been through life and death together, so is there anything we can't say?" Chen Ge's voice was very warm. He always gave people strength without realizing it.
"Have I caused you trouble again? I always feel useless. I didn't scare the tourists, which lowered the average level of our haunted house and caused trouble for our haunted house." Zhang Jingjiu's voice was a little bitter: "I have been a worry for my family since I was a child. Because of my mother's affairs, I poured all my dissatisfaction on my father, thinking that it was all his fault. I avoided all responsibilities. Now thinking back, I feel that I am a really bad guy."
"I've seen you learning acting in the haunted house these days, but I always feel like you can't let go. You give me the feeling that you've locked yourself in a small cage." Standing in the office building, Chen Ge looked out the window at the scenery, overlooking the entire park: "Everyone has times of confusion, and everyone has their own unique personality charm. What you need to do now is to open the shackles in your heart and release your true self. When you have time, go back to Xinhai to see your father. Some things can be talked out."
Chen Ge patted Zhang Jingjiu's shoulder and said, "Hurry up and cheer up. You are the only employees I can really rely on. In the future, I plan to let you open branches in other cities and take charge of the business."
"Thanks."
"No need to say thank you. I have very few employees, and I treat all of them as family." Chen Ge took Zhang Jingjiu back to the haunted house. He asked Zhang Jingjiu to continue playing the role of the hotel owner, while he went into the employee lounge to look for information about the Left Eye crew. He planned to leave tonight.
"The Psychic Ghost School mission will end the day after tomorrow. Regardless of whether Zhang Ya wakes up or not, I have to go over to take care of this mission. Otherwise, all the previous pre-tasks will be in vain." Chen Ge stared at his own shadow for a while, then picked up the calendar on the table: "Today is June 11th. The amusement park's peak season is about to arrive, and the Virtual Future Park will also be opening soon. I really don't have much time left."
Zhang Ya was asleep and Xu Yin was seriously injured. It was a very dangerous thing to challenge the four-star scene of the Psychic Ghost School under such circumstances.
Chen Ge understood all this, but now he had no other choice. Giving up the Psychic Ghost School mission would mean that all his previous efforts would be in vain.
"Go and have a look, I hope I can come back."
Glancing at the photo of himself and his parents on the corner of the table, Chen Ge shook his head slightly.
In that family photo, the parents stood in the middle, the mother seemed to be holding something, the father pointed at the haunted house behind him and looked very happy, and Chen Ge stood alone on the far left.
Chen Ge's pupils shrank, and he could see that his mother was holding Mr. Luo's daughter, the angelic guardian spirit.
"I always feel like I'm not a biological child." Chen Ge put the photo back on the desk and accidentally saw a line of words behind the photo: June 11th, happy birthday, little boy.
"My parents are so good at playing me crazy, and they keep calling me a brat." Chen Ge put the photos away and went back to work.
During lunch, Chen Ge asked four employees to go first and he stayed to replace them.
After waiting for more than half an hour, Xu Wan and the other three finally came back. They were whispering to each other, as if they were discussing something.
"You were four minutes late. If it happens again, I will deduct your salary." Chen Ge threatened fiercely.
After hearing this, several employees quickly ran back to their respective scenes.
"If I don't punish him for a few days, he will tear down the roof. It seems that I should be stricter in normal times." Chen Ge returned to the employee lounge, sorted out all the information, and then compiled a list of employees who could be taken out. The Left Eye crew was just a small test, and what he really cared about was the Psychic Ghost School.
After thinking for a long time, Chen Ge finally came up with a more reasonable plan. When he came out of the lounge, the sun had already set.
The park closed at six o'clock in the evening. After Chen Ge sent the last batch of tourists out, he closed the door of the haunted house.
"Thank you for your hard work, everyone. Let's get off work early." Chen Ge had something else to do in the evening, so he urged Xu Wan and the others to leave quickly.
"Boss, are you going out again tonight?" Xiao Gu seemed to have seen through Chen Ge's thoughts.
"Little brat, what do you know? Everything is for work." Chen Ge urged them to leave. Jiandao and Zhang Jingjiu didn't think much about it. Only Xu Wan wanted to say something, but she didn't say anything in the end.
The amusement park was bustling with people during the day, but it gradually became quiet after it stopped operating.
The afterglow of the setting sun illuminated the Ferris wheel. The laughter and joy were gone, and Chen Ge stood alone at the door of the haunted house.
He looked for a long time before turning around and entering the haunted house: "Wait until it's completely dark before taking action."
Back in the staff lounge, Chen Ge lay on the bed, his eyes occasionally scanning the photos on the table. This was his first birthday since his parents disappeared.
"Do you want to buy a cake? Never mind. The money from the cake is enough to buy half a doll model." Chen Ge patted his face, cheered himself up, and reached under the bed.
"Where's my backpack? Did the white cat drag it away?"
Chen Ge looked under the bed, but did not see the backpack, nor did he see the white cat and Xiao Xiao.
"This cat has become very capable! It knew I was going to take it out, and now it even took my bag away." Besides Chen Ge, only the white cat and Xiao Xiao would run into the employee lounge, so Chen Ge immediately suspected the white cat.
Holding a bag of cat food, Chen Ge opened the door of the lounge. He ran around the floor but didn't see the white cat.
"The white cat went to the underground scene? Is it so timid that it dares to go down by itself?"
Pulling open the iron door leading to the underground scene, Chen Ge entered the deep underground passage. He had only taken a few steps when he felt something was wrong.
It was too quiet underground tonight.
"Xiao Xiao? Lao Zhou?" He called out the names of several employees, but there was no response. Chen Ge walked alone on the dark street.
Gloomy and depressing, this narrow corridor is just like the road Chen Ge has always walked on.
There was no light, and he was the only one walking forward.
Passing by one dilapidated window after another, I saw different horrific scenes. There was darkness behind me and even deeper darkness in front of me.
After walking through the empty classrooms, Chen Ge finally stopped at the first intersection in the Muyang Middle School scene.
He was alone, looking at the fork in the road blankly. Just as he was about to choose a random path, his cell phone suddenly vibrated.
Sliding the screen, there is a message from Tongtong: Boss, happy birthday!
Before Chen Ge could react, the dark intersection was suddenly lit up by a ghostly light. There was a loud bang, and the door of the bathroom next to it was knocked open. Several puppet students came out, crowded together and carrying a blackboard!
The blackboard of the last classroom was taken down, and on it were drawn crookedly with chalk a bunch of dancing little figures with different expressions, and in the middle of them stood a man dragging a hammer.
Perhaps due to their limited drawing skills, they were unable to express the man's temperament, so they wrote many nouns with chalk around the little man in the middle, such as sunshine, integrity, gentleness, and kindness. After all the nouns were written, arrows were pointed to the man in the middle.
After seeing Chen Ge saw it, they turned around at the same time, trying to show the other side of the blackboard.
But perhaps due to uncoordinated movements and other reasons, the arms and necks of many puppets turned directly 180 degrees. They maintained such a terrifying and weird posture to reveal the other side of the blackboard. Happy birthday!
Four large, bold and heavy characters written in chalk, accompanied by the happy smiling faces of the students of Muyang Middle School twisted 180 degrees. They wanted to get closer to Chen Ge, but some felt that if they got too close, they wouldn't be able to see the whole thing, so they didn't move.
Due to the disagreement, the puppets quickly became a mess, but it can be seen that they are very dedicated.
A dry cough was heard from the left passage, and the will-o'-the-wisp fires in the other passages were all extinguished, leaving only the one on the left.
Creepy singing floated in the scene, mixed with terrifying laughter and rustling sounds of electric current, and a corpse transporter was slowly pushed out by several doctors in the underground morgue.
"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you..."
The front of the car was filled with birthday cards. These cards were made of different materials. Some were medical records, some were promotional leaflets, and some were torn from bed sheets and clothes.
However, although the materials are different, the handwriting is mostly the same, so they should all be written by the Pen Fairy.
In the middle of the hearse was a four-layered cake-like object made of models.
There are also distinctive hand-painted paintings on the edge of the cake model, which can make the lines of the cake look like flowing blood. This can only be done by the extremely talented Yan Danian.
"Chen Ge, happy birthday." Several doctors stopped the hearse in front of Chen Ge. Yan Danian, Lao Zhou and others walked out from behind the hearse. Bai Qiulin was holding a tape recorder in his hand. The blood-stained tape inside was still turning, playing a soothing piece of music.
"You guys..." Chen Ge looked at all the "people" in front of him.
"Don't talk, light the candles, and make a wish." Wei Jiuqing waved behind him, and a white cat that was much larger than a normal cat came out of the classroom with a backpack in its mouth. It returned the backpack to Chen Ge.
Opening the backpack, Xiaoxiao sat inside holding a few candles rolled up in paper.
"So you are here." Chen Ge carried Xiao Xiao out and put her on his shoulder, holding the handmade "rough candles" and said, "Who told you that it's my birthday today?"
"The guy you asked me to meet during the day said that another female employee of yours told him."
"Understood." Chen Ge nodded and looked at the "candle" in his hand: "Do I have to light it?"
"Life should have a sense of ritual. You have to light a few candles according to your age. Otherwise, your wishes will not come true." Grandpa Wei was very strict. Chen Ge nodded in agreement. He took out a lighter from his backpack, lit the candles one by one, and inserted them into the model cake.
The warm firelight dispelled the cold. Ghosts hate light the most, but no one stayed away.
"Boss, it's time to make a wish."
“Make a wish!”
"What wish would the boss make?"
"Don't interrupt. It won't work if you say it out loud."
Chen Ge swept his eyes across the faces of the employees, rubbed his eyes, silently made a wish, and then blew out all the candles.
The underground scene returned to darkness, but the silence was broken as all the employees gathered together, singing and laughing, just like a real family.
"Thank you." Standing in the darkness, although Chen Ge was the only living person in the entire haunted house, he did not feel lonely.
Beauty will never be concealed by a terrifying appearance.
He saw in these employees a sincerity that was discarded by others, a self-respect that they held on to, and a kindness that was engraved deep in their souls.
"It is my luck to meet you."
The party went on until midnight when Chen Ge suddenly remembered that he still had things to do. He picked up his backpack and put the white cat in it at lightning speed: "Let's go, the nightlife has just begun, let's go out and have fun in the second half!"
…
After walking out of the underground scene, Chen Ge returned to the staff lounge carrying a heavy backpack.
The moment he opened the door, he was stunned.
There was a cake, a greeting card and a key on my desk.
Picking up the card, Xu Wanjuan wrote in beautiful handwriting: "Boss, I don't think our haunted house needs a spare key. I believe you are always here. I'll return the key to you. Finally, I wish you a happy birthday! Be happy every day!"
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