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◎ Completely plunged into darkness◎
Su Wen somehow heard that Qi Qiuxue had changed rooms, and knocked on the door of room 1805 at around five in the morning.
Qi Qiuxue got up and opened the door for her. She looked back at the clock on the wall and felt a little helpless. "...It's only 5:10. Why are you up so early?"
"Yeah." Su Wen nodded and said casually, "I'm used to it."
"I can't sleep well every time I enter a dungeon. Sometimes I can sleep for five or six hours, sometimes only three or four..." She explained to Qi Qiuxue while unconsciously looking at her room. The structure of Qi Qiuxue's room was slightly different from hers. There was an extra headlamp, an extra bedside table, and also a very familiar-looking... person?
After catching a glimpse of a familiar figure on the bed, Su Wen opened his mouth and said, "Wait, Li Yiqing? You found her!"
"I finally understand why you suddenly changed rooms." She said with a look of shock and sudden enlightenment on her face, "When did your relationship become like this?"
"What's the relationship?" Qi Qiuxue let her in sideways, returned to the bed, lowered her eyes and touched Li Yiqing's forehead.
Fortunately, the heat has subsided.
"That's the kind of relationship they have," Su Wen said with a complicated expression. Qi Qiuxue's caress of Li Yiqing was so natural, as if they had done it a thousand times before. Furthermore, even though it was a double room, comparing the traces of wear on the bedding on the two beds made it clear that they had slept in the same bed last night. "Are you guys... dating?"
Qi Qiuxue realized that Su Wen had misunderstood and immediately denied it: "No."
After he finished speaking, perhaps because he heard the conversation between the two, Li Yiqing on the bed finally woke up.
"Axue." She noticed Qi Qiuxue standing by her bedside the first time she saw her, and subconsciously raised her hand to grab her sleeve, "I want some water."
"Okay." Qi Qiuxue nodded, picked up the water on the table, unscrewed the cap, and handed it to Li Yiqing. Perhaps because she was afraid that she would choke, she also considerately inserted a straw into it, "Drink slowly."
Li Yiqing raised her lips in response and said coquettishly: "Thank you, Xue~"
It's so ambiguous that it's unbearable to watch.
Really didn’t talk about it?
Su Wen stood not far away, stunned, watching the two people's every move. For some reason, he felt that his whole body began to glow, like an enlarged version of a light bulb.
What a sin! I shouldn’t have come so early.
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After Li Yiqing got up, Su Wen chatted with her briefly about the past.
Afterwards, the three of them went downstairs together and boarded the crew's bus to head to the filming location. Unlike Qi Qiuxue's makeup artist and Li Yiqing's cameraman, Su Wen was just a small stagehand.
In terms of qualifications, the three of them are not as senior as other seniors in the crew. To put it nicely, they act as assistants and supporting roles, and to put it bluntly, they are just doing odd jobs. There is no choice in the content of their work. They do whatever the team leader asks them to do.
As soon as they got off the car, the three of them were separated and went to their respective posts. The crew of "The Soul" had a total of seven or eight dressing rooms, separated for men and women, and for the main and supporting roles. The room where Qi Qiuxue was located happened to belong to the first and second female lead. As soon as they entered the room, the team leader arranged for them to spread out all the tools and prepare the necessary cosmetics to ensure higher efficiency in their subsequent work.
Soon, the two actresses entered one after another.
Qi Qiuxue learned detailed information about the two people through her observations yesterday and the chats with the surrounding staff.
Female lead: Gu Shitang, a popular new star, was lucky enough to be cast in a big-budget movie right after her debut. Although she was just a female No. 2, she was widely discussed because of her outstanding acting skills and personality.
Later, she got several good scripts in succession. With the combination of acting skills, luck, script and beauty, her status became higher and higher, from female No. 2 to female No. 4, female No. 3, female No. 2, and this time, she finally sat in the position of the female lead.
Second female lead: Wen Yun, seven years older than Gu Shitang, debuted as a child star and was a huge hit seven or eight years ago. Later, for unknown reasons, she abruptly retired from the entertainment industry and remained silent for several years before making a comeback. Given her previous status, if Wen Yun had remained active in the entertainment industry over the years, the female lead position would undoubtedly have belonged to her.
It’s a pity that the circle is not short of newcomers. The old ones go and the new ones come. Her fans at that time were extremely sad and reluctant about Wen Yun’s retirement. This matter dominated the hot searches for several days in a row. Most people expressed their sadness and regret about it, which caused a sensation.
But as time went by, more and more fans left the internet and Wen Yun gradually faded out of everyone's memory. Even if she was mentioned occasionally, it would not make any splash except for a few sighs.
It was not until the cast of "The Soul" was announced that she returned to the public eye.
The controversy over the ranking of the two actors has been going on for several months. Fans of both sides have different opinions. One side talks about traffic, while the other side refutes with seniority. They are almost fighting each other. The relationship between the two actors seems to be very delicate. They have hardly had any communication since the opening ceremony. Even at the dinner last night, they sat very far away, as if there was a galaxy between them.
"Thank you for your hard work, teachers. We will start putting on your makeup now." Seeing that both of them were seated, the team leader quickly put on a polite smile, and everyone got busy in the small dressing room, trying on makeup, touching up makeup, and adjusting it repeatedly.
Two hours later, it was finally completed.
It was just past eight in the morning when someone brought in the breakfast that the crew had ordered in advance. Everyone took their own portion and ate it in a corner before quickly heading to the set.
Qi Qiuxue met two other male actors here, Xia Jian and Xie Xing, who played Gu Shitang's classmate and Wen Yun's cousin respectively. The four of them had a good relationship in the play. Even though they were of different ages and identities, they accidentally gathered together because of their common hobbies and embarked on the road of exploring supernatural events.
The movie "The Soul" consists of four parts, corresponding to four supernatural events. Each event has its own plot and main line, full of excitement and reversals. They seem to have nothing to do with each other, but they are connected together logically at the end, which is amazing.
What the crew is filming today is the climax of the fourth story, summoning the dead. The main role of this scene is played by Wen Yun. She needs to perform the story from discovering the altar, to being attracted to the altar, and then, at the instigation of others, offering a blood sacrifice in an attempt to bring back the souls that have been dead for many years.
It is worth mentioning that this scene is not fictional, but adapted from a real event. In other words, someone really performed this ritual and actually summoned the souls of the dead. As for what the other party's fate was, there are many different opinions on the Internet, either death or disability, and ultimately there was no good ending.
Normally speaking, trying to film this kind of content is unlucky enough. In order to prevent the success of the ceremony from attracting some dirty things, even if it has to be filmed, it should just be a formality. As for the atmosphere, it can be left to post-production and special effects.
But the director of this drama, Lao Xiao, chose to do the opposite. He is a person who pursues reality very much. In order to achieve a realistic effect and satisfy the audience's curiosity, he not only requires the scenery to be restored as much as possible, but also the content of the ceremony must be reproduced as much as possible.
Only in the last step of blood sacrifice, Wen Yun does not need to use her own blood, but can directly use the prop plasma.
"In my opinion, this is undoubtedly courting death." Before the shoot, the makeup assistant on the same crew quietly complained to Qi Qiuxue, "If the money wasn't so excessive..."
"Sister Wen Yun has it really tough too. If she wasn't in desperate need of a good work to prove herself and regain her popularity, why would she do such an unlucky thing?"
"Shh!" Without waiting for Qi Qiuxue to respond, the team leader turned around and glared at his assistant, "You have no right to talk nonsense here. If you continue to talk nonsense, get out!"
"Oh." The young assistant nodded and quickly fell silent, not daring to say another word.
As the word "action" sounded, Li Yiqing and several other cameramen not far away pointed their cameras at the actors. Perhaps because the filming had just started, the actors were unable to quickly get into the roles, so a few short scenes were shot over and over again for a whole day.
Except for Wen Yun, the other three almost all made mistakes. Among them, Gu Shitang had to retake the most times. This behavior caused dissatisfaction among many staff members. Fortunately, the girl was very polite. She apologized and ordered milk tea and snacks, which eased everyone's resentment.
When we filmed the summoning ceremony, it was already around eight or nine in the evening and it was completely dark.
Fortunately, the subsequent shooting process went smoothly.
As an excellent veteran actor, even after retiring for many years, Wen Yun has not lost her professional qualities. According to the requirements of the script, she advances the story bit by bit with her superb performance.
The lighting team quickly switched different lights according to the plot. Wen Yun's beautiful face was full of tension and fear, and was pale under the light above her head. She burned incense, chanted spells, knelt down, and offered blood sacrifices in full view of everyone.
In a corner that the camera couldn't capture, Wen Yun neatly cut the blood bag hidden in her sleeve, and the bright red plasma fell bit by bit, dyeing the offering on the altar a glaring red.
Facts have proved that a good performance is enough to move the audience's emotions. Everyone present watched the scene intently, holding their breath and their heartbeats quickening.
Until suddenly there was a loud noise.
Everyone was startled and looked up at the source of the sound. It turned out that the overhead lights had suddenly malfunctioned. The filament joints seemed to be loose. At first, only one or two lights were flashing. Subsequently, the failure spread rapidly and quickly spread to other directions. Even the lighting team's handheld spotlights were affected and began to flicker inexplicably.
Then, all the lights went out in an instant, leaving only the one above Qi Qiuxue and others' heads.
"What's going on?!"
"What's going on?!"
This scene was so terrifying that the scene suddenly became a mess. People who have done work in this field more or less know about some of the strange things that have happened in various crews. Especially when shooting horror movies, supernatural events are surprisingly common. Everyone already has anxiety and panic in their hearts, and this scene completely aroused it.
Just before everyone reacts...
Qi Qiuxue raised her eyes in panic and stared at the lamp above her head. In the dazzling light, she seemed to see a small, dark human hand reaching out from behind the lamp.
Then, accompanied by a barely audible laugh, the hand suddenly twisted the filament.
In an instant, the only remaining lamp went out, and the surroundings were plunged into complete darkness.
【Author’s words】
Ahhh, I'm late, sorry, sorry, hug your babies
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