Liu Xia was also very satisfied with this place:
"The privacy here is quite good, so I'm not worried about your safety. I'm mainly afraid that paparazzi will take pictures of you doing your shamanistic rituals at home and post them online."
Seeing Han Mengyao's increasingly strange gaze, Ji Qian subconsciously defended herself:
"Don't listen to Xu Qi's nonsense. I only skipped that one time, and I gave up after I strained my back!"
"Didn't you strain your back because you jerked while using the toilet?"
This was the first time Liu Xia had ever heard of this version.
"Um, I strained my leg after going to the toilet following the shamanic ritual."
Realizing she had let something slip, Ji Qian quickly changed the subject:
"Sister Meng, the rent here isn't cheap, is it?"
"Ah, this landlord is my friend. He lives abroad and is not very familiar with the market, so I negotiated a minimum price with him."
Seeing Han Mengyao hold up one finger, Ji Qian shamefully felt a stirring of desire.
Seeing that Ji Qian was wavering, Liu Xia quickly offered his support:
"Don't worry, I just got four ads for you. The pay is enough for you to live comfortably here for at least three years."
This was the first time Ji Qian had heard of this matter:
"What kind of advertisement costs so much? I have standards to maintain!"
"Don't worry, these advertisers are all high-end businesses, and the clothes they provide are more elegant than what you usually wear."
As Liu Xia spoke, she silently pushed the rental contract in front of Ji Qian.
Looking at the monthly rent price clearly written in black and white on the contract, Ji Qian ultimately couldn't bear to let go of this windfall.
After all, if it weren't for Han Mengyao's introduction, she estimated that she would have to work at least another ten years to be able to live in a house like this.
After signing the contract, Ji Qian quickly contacted the moving company she had been working with for many years.
Ji Qian and Xu Qi are both VVVIP users of this moving company. Since they moved out of the orphanage four years ago, almost every move they have made has been handled by this company.
Unlike ordinary moving companies, this moving company, named 'Weixin Science Freight Co., Ltd.', also offers special services such as exorcism and feng shui consultation in addition to its regular operations.
The moving workers in this company are all former Taoist and Buddhist monks who have returned to secular life. There are former Shaolin monks and retired disciples of the Quanzhen School. Even their work clothes are the everyday clothes they wore when they were practicing.
When Ji Qian first went to this company, she also met Master Bu Feng, the senior brother of Master Bu Chang.
It is said that this master was so engrossed in eating meat after watching a mukbang video that he sleepwalked in the middle of the night and tried to gnaw on his master's head. As a result, he was expelled from the sect the day after the incident.
Having been blacklisted by various temples, he had no choice but to return to his old profession and start a freight business.
Later, due to intense competition in the freight industry, he switched careers and started a moving company.
Because Ji Qian's home has an exceptionally rich ecological environment, the Shaolin monks in charge of the move proposed extending the move to three days later.
This also means that Ji Qian will have to stay in the hotel for another three days.
Although this would cost a lot more money, Ji Qian gritted her teeth and agreed to the request, thinking of the dozen or so ghosts of various shapes and sizes in her house.
Back at the hotel, Liu Xia sent Ji Qian the advertising shoot schedule that she had mentioned earlier.
For some reason, Liu Xia did not directly tell Ji Qian the specific details of the advertisement shoot.
Although she knew Liu Xia wouldn't harm her, Ji Qian still felt a vague unease.
The next morning, Liu Xia arrived on time to pick up Ji Qian and take her to the advertising shoot.
As the streets became increasingly deserted, Ji Qian's long-held unease was finally confirmed. Pointing to a sign a hundred meters away, she asked Liu Xia:
"You're not talking about this cemetery as the filming location, are you?"
"Yes, funeral industry advertisements are definitely filmed in places like this."
Liu Xia tried to make her tone sound light, but this did nothing to ease Ji Qian's emotions, and she screamed uncontrollably:
"The funeral industry?!"
"You just need to introduce the cemetery's layout, feng shui, and worship services, etc. It's very simple."
"Besides, I've investigated. This is a high-end cemetery; the residents were all prominent figures in life. Don't worry, there won't be any problems."
Watching Liu Xia frantically try to cover up the truth, Ji Qian had a bad feeling:
"Don't tell me the next three ads are all this type."
"How could that be? You can only endorse one product of the same type, okay?!"
Just as Ji Qian was about to breathe a sigh of relief upon hearing this, Liu Xia said again:
"Next up is a funeral industry brand and a flower brand."
Although it sounds a bit strange, both of them were filmed in a studio.
Finally, there's one more thing I absolutely have to do: the authorities want me to film a public service announcement promoting cremation.
"Besides this type of advertisement, do I have no other ads I can take?"
Ji Qian knew that the show would have some impact on her image, but she didn't expect the impact to come so quickly and intensely.
"No, actually, a few temples and Taoist temples wanted you to help them with their publicity, but I turned them all down on your behalf because they involve religion."
Seeing that Ji Qian was still sitting in the car without moving, Liu Xia took out the clothes that had been prepared in advance from the trunk and handed them to her, and whispered to persuade her: "This advertising fee is more than 100,000 yuan after tax. I won't take a cut this time. All this money is yours."
Under the relentless onslaught of money, the overworked office worker Ji Qian shamefully succumbed.
At least one thing Liu Xia wasn't lying about: the clothes provided by the client were indeed very conservative.
It was a pure black suit dress, and the makeup artist even paired it with a black veil hat. After dressing up, Ji Qian felt like a pretty widow who had come to pay respects to her deceased husband.
Although Liu Xia said that the residents here were all "important people", Ji Qian clearly realized how much exaggeration was in that statement the moment she stepped into the cemetery.
The cemetery is filled with tables of varying heights, with an average of more than four elderly people sitting next to each table.
Ji Qian clearly saw one of the bald old men playing mahjong secretly hooking the foot of the middle-aged woman in a cheongsam across from him under the table.
Meanwhile, another old man next to the bald man was holding hands intimately with him under the table.
The woman in the cheongsam wasn't idle either; she was gently rubbing the back of another woman next to her.
"As expected, the old folks really know how to do it."
"Huh? What?" Liu Xia didn't hear what Ji Qian said. Ji Qian didn't intend to gossip in front of the person involved, so she simply brushed the topic aside.
The first half of the filming went smoothly. Although Ji Qian was not feeling well, she was happy to pretend she didn't see the ghosts in the cemetery since they didn't act aggressively.
This peaceful state continued until an old man playing chess overturned the table.
The flying tabletop spun and slammed towards Ji Qian. She instinctively dodged, only to be met with the director's disgruntled shouts:
"Stop wandering around and get more into the game! You've been pacing back and forth the whole time, and I haven't even had the heart to say anything to you!"
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