Chapter 140 A Talented Actor Used as Cannon Fodder (Part 37) Wu Shuang vs...
Wu Shuang disagreed with her agent's words. So, the one who's being laughed at isn't you, is she?
He could already imagine how many bizarre memes he would create once the video went viral online.
Wu Shuang's movie-watching video indeed went viral. "Tracing the Trail" also trended on several hot search lists again.
Aside from Wu Shuang, who was ridiculed to the point that even the haters were embarrassed to criticize her anymore, and Song Yu and Xue Ziqi, whose cowardly personas remained unchanged, Lin You's act of dressing up as a ghost again was also the subject of much teasing.
Did you notice? My great-aunt's title is Special Advisor.
[It's quite unique indeed. Other directors have their own designated male and female leads, but our Director Yu has his own special ghost horn.]
[I must say, the old lady's acting was quite convincing. Even though I only saw her back, it still gave me the creeps and gave me goosebumps all over.]
[I'm from an arts school, and I specifically showed this to our opera instructor. He said this teacher's stage presence and movements were extremely precise; one couldn't achieve this level of artistry without thirty to fifty years of dedicated practice.]
[This old lady isn't even thirty yet, which means what? We can't exactly say it's some old ghost playing the role!]
[Haha, of course it means our great-aunt learns it instantly, she's incredibly talented!]
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Modern efforts to dispel feudal superstitions have been quite effective, with all sorts of discussions online, but only a few knowledgeable people would truly believe that actors are ghosts.
While watching the video clips of the actor ghost online, Zhang Mofeng compared them with another video of a female ghost in white. Finally, he couldn't help but ask the most senior director in the department, "Are these all real ghosts in these videos?"
After receiving a positive answer, Zhang Mofeng's impression of Lin You, this big shot, was further enhanced by his frivolous and irreverent attitude. What respectable Taoist priest would pretend to be a ghost to increase his fame?
However, given her personality, she didn't seem like someone with a strange temper. He hesitated for a long time before finally dialing the number that was already saved in his phone.
"Hello, Master Lin, my name is Zhang Mofeng, and I work at the National Institute of Customs and Folklore. May I discuss something with you...?"
Zhang Mofeng was surprised by Lin You's unexpectedly kind attitude, even more so than the junior disciples who guarded the gates in some sects he had visited before.
Originally, he just wanted to ask someone to help deal with some powerful ghosts and monsters, but now he suddenly felt that he might be able to push his luck a little.
When Zhang Mofeng tentatively asked if he could teach government officials some basic methods for dealing with ghosts and monsters, the other party agreed without even waiting for him to mention the payment.
As for Lin You's condition that everyone who wants to learn must become Song Yu's outer disciple, can that even be considered a condition?!
She especially hoped that Song Yu could be given a position on their side, so that he would be one of their own in the future.
Zhang Mofeng agreed without even asking his superiors, and showed great team spirit by signing up all thirty-six people in his department.
From their bureau chief to the cleaning lady, everyone became their apprentice.
By the time everyone found out, the matter was already settled, and all they could do was mutter that the kid was too hasty in his actions.
The so-called apprenticeship ceremony was a hundred times more perfunctory than anyone imagined. A video call, with each person calling the other "master," was all it took to complete the ceremony.
Then everyone was added to a group chat, where their master would give lectures.
The group's name was also quite sloppy, called the Ghost-Catching Squad First Detachment, which seemed rather perfunctory.
This down-to-earth teaching method led some to suspect that Zhang Mofeng had encountered some kind of fraudster.
Fortunately, although Song Yu was busy filming, Xue Ziqi, the senior brother, was relatively free. After Song Yu sent the techniques and incantations to the group, he was able to help explain some basic knowledge.
The cultivation manual only released a small part about the beginner level, but even this small part captivated the director. After listening to the senior brother's explanation, he suddenly understood everything and his cultivation, which had not progressed for many years, improved by a small margin.
From then on, everyone's attitude towards learning became more correct, and even the cleaning lady would take notes in her notebook during class.
In fact, there were quite a few experts in the government departments ten years ago. Who would have thought that the government's free ghost-catching and monster-exorcising campaign would affect the interests of certain sects?
On the surface, they appeared to be getting along peacefully and even provided a lot of help in exorcising ghosts. Just when their colleagues in the government department started to consider them as one of their own, they suddenly received requests for help from each other.
Everyone rushed forward without hesitation, only to fall into their trap and directly confront the newly unsealed level nine ghost king. In order to prevent the ghost king from harming the masses, they used a sacrificial method of combat, perishing together with the ghost king. Not one of them returned alive.
There are only a handful of people left in the department. Even the current director was just a rookie who could only go on missions on his own back then.
Those sects feigned regret, but when they encountered powerful ghosts and monsters again, they refused to help, insisting on exchanging something for them.
At first, they only wanted money, jade, land, and the like, which the country could provide. Later, however, they wanted power.
As for that Level 6 female ghost in the unfinished building, they actually made outrageous demands, wanting to send someone to the bureau as deputy director. If it weren't for Lin You and the others helping to resolve the matter, this situation would probably have remained deadlocked for a long time.
Zhang Mofeng couldn't help but tear up when he recalled the horror of that time. Back then, he was just a junior clerk who helped organize computer files. Because of the supernatural events that had happened in the Zhang family, he had some knowledge of these things, which is why his family arranged for him to come here.
Even someone like him, who only knows the basics, is already considered a key figure in the bureau.
"Zhang Mofeng, what are you daydreaming about? The senior brother in the group called on you to recite the incantation, hurry up and answer!" Ji Dongyuan nudged his absent-minded friend with his elbow, reminding him that he had been called on again.
It's unclear how Zhang Mofeng managed to win the favor of his master and senior brothers. Even his fourth senior brother, who never speaks, likes to call on him to answer questions.
As Zhang Mochen listened to the voice reciting incantations coming from his phone, his expression grew increasingly complicated. Ever since Lin You saved him, he had never thought of having any further involvement with his family members from his previous life, but he unexpectedly encountered his childhood playmate and brother.
Zhang Mofeng was his second uncle's son, about the same age as him. Before that incident, the two often got together.
Most of the younger generation in the Zhang family are only children, and their parents are happy to see the brothers get along so well. The two brothers almost eat and sleep together, and they even like to wear the same clothes. People who are not familiar with them always think they are twins.
After that incident, Second Uncle stopped letting Xiao Feng have any contact with his family for several days, fearing that something might have happened to him too.
Zhang Mochen only met him twice more afterward. Xiao Feng was the only one among everyone who could distinguish him from the imposter.
Unfortunately, he was a nobody, and the adults simply wouldn't believe a seven or eight-year-old child. They would only keep a closer eye on him, and his second uncle even moved house because of it.
After being asked questions by his eldest brother, second brother, and fourth brother (who spoke on his behalf), Zhang Mofeng finally finished his task for the class.
Could it be that I'm being given special treatment because of the Zhang family? But what the Zhang family gave was to thank them for helping clean up their old house.
Looking at the messages in the group, it was indeed him who had been assigned extra homework again. Zhang Mofeng felt that there was something he didn't know about it.
Of course, it shouldn't be a bad thing.
The filming of "Project Gutenberg" was going smoothly until, during a chase scene, somehow the prop guns on set were replaced with real ones.
Lin You knew nothing about this thing and couldn't tell if it was real or fake, but she had placed a lucky charm on Song Yu.
Just before the gun was aimed at Song Yu, it accidentally went off, accurately killing a staff member in the distance who was tidying up props.
Of course, this kind of thing should be reported to the police. The police were very efficient, mainly because the film crew had a lot of cameras. After a day of investigation, they finally discovered that the person who changed the props was actually the victim of this incident.
As for the source of the firearms, the police still need to investigate further, but Lin You was studying the new talisman she had just put on Song Yu a few days ago.
"I came up with this idea while playing games and made it for fun. I originally wanted to make it to reflect evil thoughts, but now it feels more like it reflects physical damage?"
Everyone crowded around, looking at the talisman in Lin You's hand. The incredibly complex runes dazzled them, and understanding them was even more impossible.
Even the customer service representative who could observe the situation through Song Yu was dizzy and disoriented.
Ah Piao looked at his little paws. Let alone drawing, even if he were asked to trace the sample directly, he probably couldn't do it.
The customer service representative was envious for a while, and finally pretended to wait for half an hour to make herself look less anxious before placing an order through Song Yu.
Even employees of the Time and Space Administration enjoy the idea that whoever tries to harm them will be in big trouble.
While it might not have such a significant effect on them, it would at least cause them to choke on water or trip while walking.
Lin You simply opened the talisman and looked at it once before putting it on Song Yu again. Regardless of whether the reflected damage was mental or physical, as long as it could protect its owner, it was a good talisman.
The police haven't found the person behind this yet. The victim's soul is still in the corner where he was murdered, in a daze. Even when Song Yu asks him some questions, he doesn't respond at all.
After waiting for seven days, the victim's eyes gradually regained their clarity, and his gaze toward Song Yu became increasingly hostile. Just then, the soul-reaping messenger who came to take away his soul finally arrived.
The person who came was Lü Guoqiang, who had been waiting down there for more than a month and finally succeeded in getting the job.
Aside from changing his clothes, he didn't look much different. He still had that honest and simple appearance, and the dark iron chain in his hands didn't look so scary anymore.
Honest people are indeed the easiest to be bullied. Even a newborn ghost, judging from his appearance, is unwilling to be sent away obediently.
Then, Lü Guoqiang grinned sheepishly, tied the man up tightly with chains, and stuffed a ball of yin energy into his mouth to prevent him from screaming and disturbing everyone's ears.
To be honest, after this incident, everyone had a strange feeling about Lü Guoqiang's silly smile, and they didn't know how he managed to do it.
Moreover, Lin You found his method of tying people up and gagging them to be somewhat familiar.
"The day after I went down there, I was hired as a soul-reaper. In the time that followed, I was doing pre-job training, learning how to guide new souls back to the underworld. It was Wang Yuan, who took me to the job interview, who personally taught me. He's such a good ghost."
Lu Guoqiang briefly explained the process of the job application, then, after saying goodbye to everyone and pulling at the first ghost he had hooked, he turned around and went to hand in his work.
Wang Yuan, who was hiding in the shadows and was praised as a good ghost, met Lin You's gaze directly.
Lin You stared at him for a few seconds, then turned her head away nonchalantly, pretending that she hadn't seen anything.
Surprisingly, the staff here are quite considerate; when interns go out to do their first task, they even have their mentors accompany them just in case.
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