Chapter 312: Inhuman (120) (1st + 2nd) [VIP]
"What personality booklet?" Old Wu asked in a confused tone on the other end of the line.
"The one you gave me before the filming started." Bai Jinshu stroked the table with his fingers, and a bad guess popped up in his mind.
Could it be that this thing was not given to him by Old Wu?
Before he made the call, he had already taken the character booklet out of the script and spread it out on the balcony.
The booklet has only two or three pages in total. It was printed on one side and folded in the middle and simply bound. The numbers on it range from [1] to [24], a total of 24.
The first one who appeared was the one who killed himself and the Herbisk replica in the middle of the night for him [17]. The second one who appeared was the one who killed the two replicas of Xiaoying and Huangmao when everyone was being chased by their replicas [11]. All of them matched the ones in this booklet.
This is definitely not a simple character brochure.
Countless guesses flashed through his mind at once, and the first one that popped up was that Old Wu had never given him this thing.
Although he had a very clear memory of Old Wu handing him the booklet before the shooting, after killing the forgery, an extra memory appeared in his mind. Bai Jinshu could not guarantee that the current memory in his mind was real.
Who knows if this memory of Old Wu handing him a booklet really happened?
Since the addition of another person's memory has occurred once, it is possible that it will occur a second time.
Fortunately, the situation is not that serious, and most of his memory is still reliable.
"Oh, oh, that," Old Wu also remembered after hearing what he said, and asked in a daze, "Oh, by the way, have you read the character booklet? You must have read it. I said that my summary of that thing is very useful. I saw that the reviews of you online in the past few days are quite good. They all say that you have high emotional intelligence. Hey, let me tell you..."
"Stop," Bai Jinshu knew that his agent was a chatterbox. If he didn't stop now, he would go off topic and talk about what he had eaten last night. "Don't talk about other useless things. Answer my question first. Where did you get this booklet from?"
"Hey, how can you get this? What's the use of words like that?" Old Wu seemed to be at the dinner party, a little dazed by the wine. He covered the microphone and said a few words to the other people at the table. He walked out of the private room and answered with confidence, "Then I got it from the online voting. Why are you asking this? Someone saw your booklet and asked you for the link? Then you can't give it to me. I worked hard to get them one by one..."
Bai Jinshu was already used to his habit of going off topic, so he chose to ignore what he said next and interrupted him directly, "Give me the URL."
"What do you want that for?" Old Wu muttered. It sounded like he went to the bathroom, turned on the faucet and washed his face with cold water. His voice became clearer. "Where do I save these URLs? I don't know where they are. Besides, it's just an amateur ranking list, I did it for fun. I thought it was useful, so I summarized it for you. What do you want?"
Bai Jinshu ignored his nonsense and got straight to the point: "Then you can look up the historical records."
"You... where can I find this? It's been so long, ancestor," Old Wu paused and coughed for a long time, "Do you really need this thing?"
"I absolutely have to," Bai Jinshu said firmly, "Go back and look for it. Whether you can find it or not, tell me."
"Then...then wait a few hours," Old Wu thought for a moment, "I can't translate it for you right now. I'm having dinner outside. If you want it, I can translate it on my computer when I get home. I'll send it to you if I find it when I get home tonight."
"It's hung up, Feng, it's hung up," he heard a few voices calling him from the other end of the phone, and Old Wu hung up in a hurry.
"What's wrong?" Herbisk went to the balcony to pour water. He just happened to hear Bai Jinshu's last words. He held the cup and asked, "Is it Hong Conghua and the others calling? What are they going to do tonight?"
Among the six guests, four of them have already appeared. Xiaoying and Huangmao were killed by all of them this afternoon, and I and Ersi died yesterday. But what about Nianyu and Hong Conghua?
They are the only two people without a replica. Will these two people face the other self who wants to kill them tonight?
"Huh? No," Bai Jinshu turned around, "It's my agent."
He explained casually: "I asked him for something for work and asked him to send it to me when he got home."
There was actually no need to explain so much about his relationship with his agent to others, but Herbisk didn't seem like someone who was very curious about other people's affairs and wanted to know everything. He was probably not interested in what he had asked his agent for.
Herbiskus was not interested in what he and Old Wu said, but he held the cup and asked casually as if he had just remembered, "Your agent, the one who said he wanted to take a vacation with him? You two have been taking vacations together?"
"Yes," Bai Jin said as a matter of course, "If I'm on vacation, he won't have much work to do. Apart from some business contacts, he won't need to follow me around for announcements. Of course, we have the same vacation schedule, so we'll definitely take it off together."
Herbisk's eyes flickered: "You have a good relationship with your agent?"
"Old Wu is a nice guy," Bai Jin replied casually, thinking about the inexplicable website and booklet. "I have known him for nearly ten years, and we are considered very good friends."
"Hebiskus, are you curious about Old Wu?" After saying that, he felt that Herbiskus's interest in someone was very strange, and turned to look at him strangely.
Why is Herbisk so curious about what Old Wu is doing?
"I can't say I'm curious, I'm just a little interested in investments in the entertainment industry," Herbisks said calmly under his gaze, "Also, I heard you mention before that you wanted to take him on vacation, and live in a villa with the two of us, so I want to know who I'm going to go on vacation with in the future."
"Oh, that..." Bai Jinshu suddenly remembered that he seemed to have mentioned casually that he wanted to go on vacation with Old Wu and Herbisk. "Old Wu may not come yet. He will probably go home to be with his parents. His family will see him less and less. But if you want to invest in the entertainment industry, I will send you his WeChat."
For some reason, as soon as he said this, he felt that Herbisks' mood improved a lot. He raised his eyebrows and walked back to the room, leaving a sentence: "Not interested."
Bai Jin on the balcony said:?
It was you who said you were interested, and it was you who said you were not interested in Lao Wu. It was he who didn't understand the bigwigs in the business circle.
However, the phone call with Old Wu was not without results.
He said that the URL was a folk ranking list that he searched on the Internet, and he selected the characters that he thought were good on the list. Bai Jinshu put away the booklet, guessed what Old Wu was thinking, opened the browser and entered a few keywords to try.
There are many wild lists like [The most popular character in the first half of 202x], [The most popular character in 202x is actually him], and [The character who has captured the hearts of thousands of girls], and the general content is almost the same. It is difficult to say which marketing account copied which marketing account first. Bai Jinshu flipped through more than ten pages and found that although there are many similar rankings, there are almost no similar contents to the one given by Lao Wu.
Among these twenty-four characters, let alone the unpopular ones, even the cold-blooded killer who was circled by Lao Wu as the most popular male No. 3 this summer, Bai Jinshu had never seen him on any of the rankings.
This result was also expected.
This booklet, and the twenty-four numbered characters inside it, are probably closely related to the two people who inexplicably appeared in his mind.
What he is doubting now is not only his own memory, but also Lao Wu's. He suspects that this thing was not found by Lao Wu on the Internet at all.
What's more, it is related to the two people in his mind. If it can be so easily found on the Internet, he would be more vigilant.
Thinking of this, the phone suddenly vibrated, and Hong Conghua sent a store link in the group.
Chopped Green Onion: [I found a light food restaurant on my food delivery platform. It delivers food starting from 30 yuan. Is there anyone who wants to place an order with me? ]
She went upstairs without eating anything tonight. Calculating the time, she should be hungry at this time.
Bai Jinshu took a look at the group chat and found that the remaining two girls also responded very quickly.
Thoughts: [Please order me a vegetable salad. I will go to your room to eat it later.]
Xiaoying: [I want some too, I want some salad dressing.]
Thoughts: [I am sesame paste.]
Hong Conghua ordered takeout for two people, took a screenshot and posted it in the group, and tagged the remaining two people: [@尔肆, @hibiscus, where are you two? ]
Hong Conghua was probably really disgusted by Huangmao's Maoxuewang, and the link he sent to the group was also to a light meal restaurant that only served vegetarian food.
Bai Jinshu casually clicked on the store and took a look. He felt a little hungry, so he simply replied: [Order me some vinaigrette]
After sending this reply, the only person who didn't have dinner that night was left without expressing his opinion. He simply walked into the room from the balcony with the booklet, looked at Herbisk and waved his phone: "Conghua, order takeout in the group to make up the bill. That store only has vegetarian salads. You didn't have dinner yet, do you want to join us?"
Herbisk nodded and picked up the phone. After a while, Bai Jinshu saw an extra reply in the group: [I feel the same as Ersi. ]
[OK,] Hong Conghua was really hungry, and immediately placed an order after receiving the responses from the four people, [It is expected to be delivered in half an hour. I will call you when the takeaway arrives. My table is too small, why don’t we go to Nianyu’s place.]
Nian Yu posted a message in the group at the right time: [We are OK.]
We plan to discuss this afternoon's affairs in Nianyu and their room.
The yellow-haired man was still downstairs and had not come up yet. After killing his replica this afternoon, there was no need to worry about his safety for the time being. Bai Jinshu simply opened the door and went to Nian Yu's room with Herbisk to wait.
If a replica of Nian Yu appeared at this time, the two of them could help her deal with it.
Apparently they weren't the only ones who thought so.
After sending the message and confirming the identity, the person who came to open the door was Hong Conghua, who had been placing an order in the group a few minutes ago.
The three of them looked at each other and immediately understood what each other was thinking. Two of them walked into the room and Hong Conghua quickly closed the door.
Inside the room, Nianyu and Xiaoying sat on the bed with their legs crossed. Hong Conghua lowered his voice and said, "Tonight, only the replicas of Nianyu and I have not appeared."
"What are you two planning to do?" Bai Jinshu looked at Hong Conghua.
Hong Conghua appeared here, he must be here to discuss a solution.
As expected, when he saw the two of them, Hong Conghua said, "I'll come over to discuss it."
"I kind of want to come over and sleep with Nianyu. It happens that I'm with a staff member from the crew, so Xiaoying won't be alone and it will be safer, but..." Hong Conghua paused.
Whether changing rooms would cause other staff members in the program group to speculate about discord among the guests was no longer important at this point. The problem was Nian Yu’s innate defect.
From the perspective of solving the problem in a centralized manner, it is undoubtedly the most convenient solution for Nian Yu and Hong Conghua, the two most dangerous people now, to live in the same room. If there are replicas that will try to kill them tonight, then they can only enter this one room.
But from a security perspective, Nianyu's shortcomings are too fatal.
She has hearing impairment and cannot speak. If she finds out something, she may not be able to notify or pass the message to Hong Conghua who lives in the same room in time.
"Then shall we stay in the same room with you tonight?" Bai Jinshu quickly understood her concerns.
For these two people, although they had seen blood this afternoon, the progress was a bit too fast for them to do it themselves.
It’s OK for Hong Conghua to have muscles and strength, but he lacks the psychological hurdle. But what about Nian Yu?
Although all five of them contributed when the murder was committed this afternoon, no matter what, the main force was still him... or rather [11].
If killing them is the only way to solve the problem, then it would undoubtedly be much safer for Bai Jinshu and Herbisk to stay here.
Nian Yu picked up her phone and typed: "Is this ok? Would it be too much trouble for you?"
"It doesn't matter," Bai Jinshu shook his head and looked around, "But there is no sofa in your room..."
"That's fine," Hong Conghua said quickly, "Nianyu and I can sleep in one bed, and you two can sleep in one."
Nian Yu also nodded.
Because of this incident, the guests have slept on the same bed more than once or twice in the past few nights, and Bai Jinshu agreed without thinking.
He had a very pure trust in the [11] and [17] that popped up inexplicably in his head. Although he did not do it himself the previous two times, as soon as Hong Conghua opened his mouth, he inexplicably believed that if he was here tonight and those two things dared to come, they would only be killed on the spot by a random one of the two people.
It's not that he is blindly confident.
Bai Jinshu recalled the details of the fight this afternoon. [17] was not clear, but [11]'s every move was not a random fight under the adrenaline. He had also seen the martial arts instructor of the crew, and [11]'s movements were more neat than those of the martial arts instructors he had seen.
Lacking the entertainment value necessary for filming film and television works and meaningless actions just for the sake of looking good, his every move was very direct and purely aimed at killing people.
Bai Jinshu believed that no matter how crazy he was, he could not use such a move without systematic training.
In any case, these two people have not shown any aggression towards him yet. Instead, they helped him kill four replicas. Bai Jinshu believed that if there was any problem tonight, these two people would not ignore them.
After discussing how to rest at night, Xiaoying switched seats with Hong Conghua and found a random excuse to talk to the staff in the same room with her.
Nian Yu carried all her clothes and quilts to the other bed, making room for Bai Jinshu and the others.
She was visibly nervous and spent a long time ordering on her phone. Ten minutes later, the takeaway was delivered along with a door blocker that Nian Yu had bought online.
"Hey, this thing is good," Hong Conghua took a look and said, "Put it behind the door tonight. Even if those two things have a door card, they can't just push the door open."
This door blocker is different from the anti-theft chain behind the hotel door. After the door card is swiped open the hotel room door, if the anti-theft chain is tied, the door can still be pushed open a gap of about three fingers wide. When Bai Jinshu got up this morning, he found that the anti-theft chain at the door had been cut off at some point last night.
The door blocker directly cuts off the possibility of someone opening the door from the outside, and is much safer than the anti-theft chain.
There were two beds in the room. For safety reasons, Hong Conghua and the others slept on the window side, while Bai Jinshu and Herbiskus slept on the door side based on their experience last night.
For safety reasons, none of the four turned off the lights in the hallway. Bai Jinshu took out the kitchen knife from his luggage and placed it beside the bed.
He had wanted to wait for a call from Old Wu tonight, but as time went by, there was no news from Old Wu. He sent several messages but received no reply. He guessed that he would not get any news tonight, so he simply put down his phone and went to sleep.
Unexpectedly, when Bai Jinshu woke up the next morning, the three people in his room said that last night was Christmas Eve.
Hong Conghua mumbled while brushing his teeth: "Nianyu and I didn't dare to sleep last night. We fell asleep after dawn at around five in the morning."
Nian Yu also nodded and typed a line of words: "Xiaoying didn't fall asleep last night either."
All three girls stayed awake all night, while the other three guests all slept well.
Especially the yellow-haired one.
It is said that only heartless people can live happily. When putting on makeup in the morning, the clueless Huangmao looked energetic. He even had time to call his friends and make plans to go out while the makeup artist was clipping his hair.
While putting on makeup, the three guests quickly closed their eyes and took a nap. Director Qiao came in with his phone in hand to look for his assistant. Seeing that the three guests were all sleepy, he asked casually, "What's wrong? Didn't you get enough rest last night?"
"It's okay..." Hong Conghua waved his hand in a perky voice, "I'm just a little sleepy."
Fortunately, Director Qiao didn't pay attention to these. He and his assistant reviewed the process and saw Huangmao, who had just finished putting on makeup, harassing other guests with great enthusiasm. He pulled him over and asked, "Did you six go out last night?"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone froze.
Xiaoying narrowed her eyes and glanced at Director Qiao, then asked cautiously, "What's wrong? Is there any news?"
"Oh, that's not the case," Director Qiao laughed, not noticing that something was wrong with the guests. "It was just that I saw someone posting autographs on Weibo last night, so I asked casually."
Bai Jinshu was quick. As soon as Director Qiao finished speaking, he took out his phone, logged into Old Wu's second account and searched for his own name.
This Weibo post is very easy to search for, it's currently number one on the trending list. The girl from yesterday kept her promise and didn't mention anything like breaking the glass. She just said on Weibo that when she and her sisters were returning to the hotel, they accidentally ran into the guests who were strolling around after the filming. She was unsure at first, but after seeing the second and fourth, she plucked up the courage to go up and tentatively asked for their autographs and photos. Unexpectedly, the other party actually agreed.
It looks like a very common show-off blog where one bumps into a celebrity and asks for his autograph.
All the comments below were full of envy and "chance encounters" from people who were on the same island. There were no so-called insiders revealing the inside story of these photos and autographs. The comments were filled with a peaceful atmosphere.
Bai Jinshu felt a little relieved and wanted to quit, but he accidentally clicked on the avatar of a fan who commented.
The Weibo post immediately jumped to her homepage.
The latest news on the homepage is a photo of the hotel scenery and the blogger's selfie, as well as a very blurry photo of the guests taken through the crowd. It looks like one of the fans who came to pick them up when they returned to their residence from the filming venue a few days ago. The caption is: [Why can everyone meet by chance, but not me? ]
Since they had clicked on all the buttons, Bai Jinshu simply clicked in and found that everyone below was equally envious. Many people posted the photos of the pick-up and drop-off that they had taken, and some were complaining about how big the island was, but why they had never encountered it once, and who was the one who was encountering it by chance.
Among a bunch of complaints and responses, there was one post that was quite obvious in terms of acknowledging one’s relationship with the blogger. Because it was responded to by the blogger, it was automatically pushed to the top of the comments.
[Looks so familiar! Are you the sister who lives in room N119? I live behind you. We went to the beach together last time. I didn’t expect to meet you in the super chat! What a coincidence! ]
Below is the blogger’s reply: [No, I also live here, but my room number is Y116. I have been staying with friends these days and have not been to the beach with anyone else. Sister, you recognized the wrong person~]
Bai Jinshu clicked on the comment about the recognition of relatives. The person who posted this comment was obviously also a fan on the island. After flipping through a few microblogs about her daily life, he saw a post she posted in the super topic asking for sisters to share a room with her. Under this post, many fans responded positively, and soon enough people responded.
This person should really be a hotel guest.
She recognized the wrong person, and although it could be explained by face blindness, Bai Jinshu still subconsciously sensed something was wrong.
"Yellow Hair," he grabbed the yellow-haired man behind him, "What's the room number of the person you went to yesterday?"
Taking into account the presence of people who might not know the situation, he did not directly say the words "the sky is high and the sea is vast".
This time, the yellow-haired man did not fail to connect with the brain waves, but quickly replied: "N...N119, right? What's wrong?"
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