Chapter 002 Shadow of the Movie King (2)
"Host, we found our target right after we arrived. That's great." 080 was still excited. "Filming will take at least a few months. We have plenty of time."
"Yeah, I think it's great too." Tao Xing was very proud and waved away the fireflies gently.
It was easy to find the original owner's room in the hotel. He went to take a shower first. The face in the mirror was exactly the same as his own, also in his twenties. However, he had not cleaned up after climbing out of the water, so his hair was messy and he looked a little disheveled.
After taking a shower, Tao Xing found that her cell phone could be turned on again, probably because the water inside had dried up.
There is a lot of information available on the phone. The original owner was a contracted artist of an entertainment company called Xinxing. Before signing the contract, he was a lobby receptionist at a hotel.
The original owner was picked by an agency at first sight because she was so beautiful. They originally wanted to train her to be a singing and dancing idol, but she was really not cut out for it. After being a trainee for three months, she didn't learn anything, and trainees didn't make much money. The original owner came from an average family and wanted to make money early, so she applied to do something else.
The agent was a little disappointed and didn't want to spend any more money on training him, but with his face, it would be a pity to terminate the contract, so he recommended him to play a supporting role.
This was the original owner's first drama. He had only been in the crew for three days and had only performed a group role. The others had not been filmed yet. His agent rarely contacted him except for work arrangements. He was in a "free-range" mode. Whether he would become popular depended on his luck.
The original owner used to have a monthly salary of two to three thousand yuan when he was working. After signing with the agency, he only received a subsidy of a thousand yuan during his trainee period. Now that he is not a trainee, he does not have any subsidy. This drama has just started filming, and he has not received his salary yet. But even if he does, it is not much.
"I didn't expect that I had no money on the alien planet, and I still have no money when I came to the small world." Tao Xing sighed helplessly after checking the balance.
"Host, don't be anxious. Money is easy to make." 080 said.
"Who said that?" Tao Xing glared.
"My training instructor, System 001, said that his host is very rich in every world. He said that his host made money by doing this and that."
"Haha..." Tao Xing pouted, "That's easy to say! I'd better finish the task and leave as soon as possible. This is easier than making money."
There is no family information on the phone, only work-related information. The home address can be seen from the ID card, but there are still many things he hasn't figured out, and it would be easy to be exposed in front of his relatives, so it is better not to contact him actively.
There was not a single name note in the address book. Well, nowadays many people don't use the phone to communicate, so there are not many notes. However, there was a number that called several times in the morning. Tao Xing immediately became alert, thinking that this might be related to the original owner falling into the water, so he called back.
After calling several times, the other party didn't answer at first, and then hung up directly. About half an hour later, the number suddenly called back. Before Tao Xing could speak, the person asked, "Did you pick up this person's phone?" It was a man's voice, and his tone was hesitant, "You...what did you see?"
The man's words were full of nervousness and guilt. Tao Xing understood. He adjusted his voice slightly and said, "I saw everything."
The breathing on the phone stagnated for a moment, and there was the sound of paper folding and writing, he or someone beside him was writing.
After a moment, the man replied: "You can tell me whatever you want. I'll prepare. Two days later, at 11 o'clock at night, wait for me at the place you saw. We will meet and talk. But I warn you, don't let anyone else know what you saw."
According to the other party's thinking, this place is by the pond, which is a better place to meet. Tao Xing is not worried about being in danger, so he replied: "Okay."
The matter was settled, and after hanging up the phone, he lay on the bed and thought about the mission objective, which was the key point.
Although he has been found, the other party is just a shadow and has to follow his master.
But then again, is there anything special about this Jiang Lin? How come his shadow can become a spirit?
He fell asleep while thinking. According to the schedule, he had a scene to shoot the next afternoon. Jiang Lin was the lead actor and had scenes to perform all day.
Early in the morning, I opened the window, the bright sunshine fell, and the green ivy by the window cast a faint shadow on the wall.
Tao Xing was startled for a moment, then quickly packed up and set off.
It was cloudy most of the day yesterday, so there were no shadows, or maybe there were some occasionally but he didn't notice them. Today the weather is good and shadows appear more frequently.
Let’s go, go early.
He wore a simple white shirt today, looking fresh and bright, completely different from the depressed look of the original owner. The difference was not so obvious yesterday, but today it was eye-opening. Everyone thought he had just adapted today, and no one could have imagined that he had actually changed his mind.
The young man who was sitting next to him and looking at his wet hair yesterday, stared at him with wide eyes today.
The young man's surname was Yang, and he was also the heroine's childhood friend. When he stood up and called Tao Xing, his voice was so enthusiastic that the director finally took a few more glances and said with a smile, "You came so early, Xiao Tao's attitude is commendable."
Jiang Lin had a scene in the morning and had just arrived. She was still getting ready for her look when she heard the director praising her.
The assistant next to him snorted coldly. He still felt that this newcomer had ulterior motives for coming so early, and reminded him quietly: "He's looking over here again. What I explained yesterday was all nonsense."
Jiang Lin turned his head and saw Tao Xing was looking in his direction, but her eyes were obviously not on him. It seemed that she was looking at... his chair?
The actor looked down suspiciously but saw nothing.
Tao Xing was still sitting on the stool as he was yesterday. The morning sun cast shadows on the ground. Jiang Lin's shadow stayed obediently beside his chair, moving with the movements of its owner, no different from other people's shadows.
It seems that what I saw last night was just an illusion.
After Jiang Lin finished styling her hair, she stood up and began filming her scene with the female lead. The two of them first moved into position, then started filming after they had confirmed the shot.
"Brother Tao, Actor Jiang performed very well, didn't he?" Xiao Yang talked to him beside him.
"Yeah." Tao Xing felt that it was just so-so. However, he was not proficient in acting and was only watching from the audience's perspective. He might not have grasped the true meaning. Anyway, everyone said that the acting was good, even the director praised it, so it should be good.
But he had no time to appreciate the acting; he was only focused on staring at the shadow.
When the master moves, it moves; when the master stops, it stops; when the sun hides in the clouds, it disappears.
Tao Xing couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.
The sun came out from behind the clouds, and light and shadow reappeared. Tao Xing glanced at the actor, sighed slightly, and looked at the ground again.
Then, his eyes suddenly widened.
The shadow didn't move!
The master was moving, shaking the mistress's shoulders desperately.
But the shadow didn't raise its hand, it maintained a straight posture, as if... it was distracted again.
Light and shadow overlapped, and everyone had a shadow, moving back and forth. No one noticed the abnormality here, except Tao Xing. He saw that Jiang Lin and the heroine had moved several steps, but the shadow still did not move. The contrast with the heroine's shadow was obvious, and it was definitely not due to the light or other reasons.
After a moment, the shadow moved and tilted its head, the same action as last night, as if it suddenly came to its senses.
Tao Xing guessed that it was going to look for its owner, and couldn't help rubbing her hands, wanting to call it.
Unexpectedly, the shadow did not return to Jiang Lin. It just "flowed" slowly on the ground. Its movements were so slow that its outline gradually lost its human shape. It was difficult to spot it unless you stared at it intently.
It slowly moved away from Jiang Lin, as if flowing aimlessly, and flowed to the feet of the nearest photographer, where it stayed for a while.
The photographer had to walk around to take pictures, and accidentally stepped on it several times.
Although there was no human outline, Tao Xing still felt in a trance that it tilted its "head" as if it was stunned by being stepped on.
Can it... feel someone stepping on it?
That's great, at least it means we're not completely unable to communicate.
After standing there for a while, the shadow gave up following the camera and flowed away. The gray-black irregular mass slowly spread in the direction of the director.
The director was sitting behind the camera and probably couldn't step on it.
One scene has been filmed, and the director is talking about the next one, with an angry tone: "The second male lead will be here for another hour. What an attitude, he's busy with other scenes every day. The actor Jiang is not more famous than him, but he's on the set all day."
After he finished speaking, he raised his head and his attitude became gentle again: "Teacher Jiang, please wait for a moment. Go and have a rest first. I will find two people to look at the positioning. When Teacher Li arrives later, we can start shooting directly."
"No need. I've always been on my own. Since I've accepted this role, I have to be responsible for it." Jiang Lin said, "If I don't perform well, it will damage my reputation."
The director praised repeatedly, but was in a dilemma: "But, Teacher Li hasn't arrived yet, we may have to arrange for staff to cooperate with you in the movement."
"It doesn't matter."
The director cast another look of admiration and swept his gaze over the faces of all the crew members. Originally, he could just pick two people at random, but now that Actor Jiang was going to do it himself, it would be bad to be too casual. At least the body shape had to be similar to the second male lead, and he couldn't find a suitable candidate for a while.
Seeing his eyes roaming around, Tao Xing stood up and said, "Why don't I do it? This is a good opportunity to learn."
He wanted to touch the shadow so much, but was afraid of being discovered, so he couldn't act rashly. But if he could walk to the middle, he would have a chance.
The director didn't want to use an actor, but after looking at him for a few times, he felt that only his body shape was the most suitable. After thinking for a while, he nodded and said, "Okay, thank you for your hard work, Xiao Tao."
"It's not hard." Tao Xing walked to the shooting location happily. The black shadow was still flowing towards the director. A round head seemed to stick out from the black mass and touched the director's feet.
Going further forward, its head overlapped with the shadow of the monitor, making it difficult to see clearly for a moment.
Under the scorching sun, Shadow's head moved slightly, and a crack slowly appeared, and sharp teeth grew out of the crack.
The crack gradually widened...
Tao Xing couldn't see the part of it behind the monitor. He was standing in front of the director. If the direction of flow was its head, then the back should be its tail.
While listening to the director's instructions, he quietly stepped on the tail with his toes.
The gap and teeth suddenly closed.
The black shadow's "head" poked out from the shadow of the monitor, as if looking at Tao Xing. After a moment, it moved its "tail" and moved away from under Tao Xing's toes.
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