Chapter 124 A Talented Actor Used as Cannon Fodder (Part 21) Although...
Although the apprenticeship gift was just an ordinary notebook, and one that had to be returned after copying, Xue Ziqi didn't find it offensive at all. She happily took the notebook and went to do her homework.
After all, it's known online that his great-aunt has only been back for less than a month. Based on the live teaching he saw in the video, his master's ghost-catching skills were probably taught to him by his great-aunt after she came back.
All things considered, his master only started learning the art about twenty days earlier than him, so it's normal that he wasn't financially well-off.
After all, when his great-aunt gave him the amulet, although his master didn't seem to have any expression, his eyes clearly widened for a moment.
Song Yu was unaware that his newly recruited apprentice was inwardly complaining about his being penniless; he was busy arguing with his own customer service representative.
"You have so much free time to urge me to take on apprentices, but you should also do your job properly. Haven't I finished my side quest to solve the problem of the ghost's lingering ghost?"
[Ding! Side quest: Decipher the reason for the ghost's lingering at the current location has been completed. Reward: Intermediate Peach Wood Sword x1.]
[Ding! Hidden quest: Taking Xue Ziqi as an apprentice has been completed. Bonus reward: Beginner Copper Coin Sword x1]
[Ding! Occasional delays in system tasks are normal; please don't be alarmed.]
Song Yu didn't think he was making a fuss; even an old-fashioned desktop computer could run two software programs at the same time.
"You were so excited about getting me to take on a disciple that you forgot about my side quest!"
The customer service representative, who had indeed forgotten the side quest, awkwardly rubbed his head and took a while to reply.
[Ding! The host has discovered a bug in the cheat system. You can apply for compensation. Would you like talismans, items, or materials?]
Looking at the two exorcising swords that hadn't been taken out yet, the pile of basic talismans that had been given as a reward for memorizing texts and the materials for drawing talismans that had just been given to him last time, Song Yu indicated that he didn't need these.
"I don't want those things, but could you please turn the system volume down a bit? You're driving me crazy!" Song Yu's voice was filled with strong accusation.
The customer service representative quietly brought up the volume control page, and taking advantage of the fact that only the host could see the cheat system, she directly presented the system page to Song Yu.
[Ding! The volume control buttons are always present on the system screen. Please adjust them manually.]
[Ding! Isn't the host supposed to use the system's voice to dispel the fear of seeing ghosts?]
[Ding! Please acknowledge your own shortcomings and avoid shifting blame.]
Song Yu closed her eyes and lay down on the bed in the RV, pretending that she hadn't seen anything.
Okay, he didn't actively look for ways to adjust the volume, and he could indeed distract himself with the system's sound.
But you just exposed it so bluntly, isn't that a bit inhumane?
The system, oblivious to his surroundings, kept asking him if he needed to adjust the volume, offering to do it for him if he hadn't learned how.
"No need, thank you, you can mute now!" Song Yu covered her eyes with her hand, pretending that she was already asleep.
Having saved on compensation, the customer service representative was quite pleased to give the host some personal space. However, the host's angry tone sounded rather pleasant.
Having just experienced the intense study of high school, Xue Ziqi is still quite skilled at memorizing and doing homework.
In just a few hours on the road, he not only copied those dozen or so incantations twice, but also memorized most of them.
As for awkward sentences and obscure characters, these are still Chinese characters, after all. Compared to foreign languages, they are not a big deal.
Upon arriving at the set of "Asking the Immortal Path," Xue Ziqi went straight to Director Qu. No one knows how he talked to the director, but he actually got an extra scene added for him.
The character was added on the spot by the screenwriter. He was still the eldest disciple of the character played by Song Yu. Although he didn't have many lines, his entrance was quite dashing.
Seeing the puzzled looks on Song Yu and Lin You's faces, Xue Ziqi frankly stated that his family had invested in the drama, and the proportion was not small.
To put it simply, this guy is practically the production team's sugar daddy, which explains why the director and screenwriter were so easy to talk to.
While Xue Ziqi was thriving on set, "Tracing the Trail" once again became a trending topic.
The case of the police unearthing the remains of more than twenty children in an unfinished building was something that could not be kept secret.
That's near the subway station entrance, with lots of people coming and going. Someone might see it and take a picture.
Furthermore, with so many victims, we still need to check their DNA and then notify the families we can contact to come and identify them.
After an investigation, the police quickly identified the suspects as the same group that had cracked a large-scale human trafficking case more than two years ago. Now, apart from a few who have been executed, the others are all in jail.
This should be the case where the murderer was caught the fastest.
A group of human traffickers were brought out of prison again, interrogated one by one, and their sentences were recalculated. Three of them were given a "reincarnation gift package," and the sentences of the others were extended, which is also a cause for celebration.
Netizens are always resourceful, and through various clues, they have deduced that this matter is related to the TV show "Traces of the Past," and that the crime scene was likely discovered by the production team during filming.
The online discussions were initially about whether human traffickers should be sentenced to death, and how to improve safety awareness when traveling.
Then, someone started discussing whether "Tracing the Trail" was a program to dispel feudal superstition or an organization that exorcises evil spirits.
Netizens started digging into past episodes and began playing with reverse reasoning.
[Look at the fifth episode, the old man who appears at 18 minutes and 32 seconds, doesn't he look incredibly venerable and venerable, clearly possessing profound spiritual cultivation!]
(P.S.: Those were extras the film crew found from the village.)
[Let's look at the second episode. At 26 minutes and 19 seconds, this is supposed to be a prank by the production team, but there's clearly an extra shadow on the wall.]
(P.S.: The photographer accidentally projected the staff onto the screen.)
[Look at mine, did I run into a powerful figure who organized a ritual to exorcise evil spirits? [Attached image]]
(P.S.: That was the crew huddled together when they received their lunchboxes, but the lunchboxes were edited out in post-production.)
Director Yu was simultaneously finding people to release evidence to explain the truth and hiring online trolls to follow the netizens' line of thinking and spout nonsense in a serious manner. The more outrageous and interesting the nonsense, the higher the price he would pay.
Then he followed behind to clarify everything, and even complained that if things continued like this, "Traces of the Past" might not be allowed to be filmed anymore.
Netizens had even more fun laughing it off, and those who were initially skeptical quickly forgot about it as just a joke.
Anyway, by the time he finally revealed on a secondary account that the video of the white-clad female ghost was real, a bunch of people were already criticizing him, saying he couldn't even come up with a plausible story.
Others might not believe it, but Mr. Wang, the owner of the unfinished building, truly believed it. Putting aside everything else, he could clearly feel that the temperature in his unfinished building was much higher than before.
Of course, after saying this, he was ridiculed by netizens. It's almost the hottest time of summer, so of course it's getting hotter and hotter, and high temperatures are a normal phenomenon.
Mr. Wang didn't know how to explain the subtle difference in perception between the two temperatures. Not only did netizens not believe him, but even his wife and children said it was just his imagination.
However, the crime scene was at the main gate of the residential area, and the story had spread widely. Houses are different from other things; there are still many people who are superstitious about them. To this day, not a single house in his residential area has been sold.
Even when selling land, the price is driven down to a very low level. Forget about breaking even, he can't even get back half of the money he invested.
The highest price he offered was only 30% of the cost. In this period of soaring prices, he was truly losing money hand over fist.
Just when Mr. Wang was at his wit's end, someone suddenly came to his door.
The group consisted of four teenagers, around eighteen or nineteen years old. They looked young, but their attire was quite impressive. They immediately offered to buy the entire neighborhood at market price.
Having heard about the neighborhood's reputation, they planned to leverage this opportunity to create a large-scale, immersive murder mystery game experience there.
Of course, a four-story unfinished building wouldn't do. They wanted to hire Mr. Wang to continue building the house. The layout of the house was slightly different from Mr. Wang's blueprints, but overall it was not much different from the previous one.
When he first opened the shop, Boss Wang almost thought he was dreaming, or that these young masters knew about his past and were deliberately trying to amuse him.
Later, the teenagers contacted their parents, who personally guaranteed that they could make their own decisions about the money in their hands. Only then did Boss Wang breathe a sigh of relief.
After all, although the parent didn't know him, he had seen him at some parties. Of course, he was just a nobody who could barely get in back then, while the other person was an important guest whom the host had gone to great lengths to invite.
These four teenagers were Xue Ziqi's classmates who played role-playing games in the QQ group. After the college entrance examination, they originally planned to organize a face-to-face meeting for the group members, since they were not short of money.
Upon hearing this, Xue Ziqi was quite frightened. With his own experience as a precedent, who could say for sure how many people in that group were genuine and how many were spies?
If she weren't afraid of alerting the enemy, Xue Ziqi would have disbanded the group on the spot.
He spent a long time trying to dissuade them from their idea, but fearing that something else might go wrong, he tricked them into coming here.
After all, creating your own immersive physical murder mystery game is much more fun than role-playing, and it can even be considered as starting your own business.
As for finances, all of them came from well-off families. After the college entrance examination, their parents gave them a bonus, and with their previous savings, they could easily afford to buy Mr. Wang's unfinished building.
For the rich kids, this money was just pocket money, but for Boss Wang, it was a lifeline. He even managed to build connections with them, so it was a blessing in disguise.
Honest people don't make empty promises. He steadily helped build the community, ensuring quality and quantity. Not only did he not cause the small business owners any trouble, but the cost was also 20% less than others.
He was thus hired as the head of large-scale murder mystery game scenarios, and his life took off from there. Of course, that's another story.
Song Yu had no time to pay attention to the various rumors circulating online. Ever since he took Xue Ziqi as his apprentice, his great-aunt had been even stricter with his studies.
Originally, I only needed to practice swordsmanship for one hour and calligraphy for one hour a day, but now they've doubled that and added an extra hour for memorizing and familiarizing myself with incantations.
After all, Xue Ziqi is a top student in elementary school, and her learning efficiency is quite good. She can even attend practical classes. However, she still gets scared and sheds tears.
With his apprentice as a comparison, Song Yu's practical lessons were less shaky, though his eyes remained tightly closed.
Lin You couldn't tell which of the two was more timid, but fortunately, they were learning by comparison and didn't need much prompting, which was quite commendable.
The filming of "The Path to Immortality" didn't take as long as Lin You had imagined; it was almost over in just over a month. Of course, this was also because the series had already been filmed for more than half of its episodes before they arrived.
Besides the solo fight scenes between Song Yu and Lin You, after seeing Xue Ziqi also learning swordsmanship, Director Qu cleverly arranged a scene for him as well, and Lin You once again became a free martial arts choreographer. Director Qu's skill in going with the flow is quite adept.
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Author's note: I can't hold on any longer. I'll do some final revisions tomorrow, and I'm hitting the deadline again _(:з」∠)_
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