Chapter 05 Part 2
This is probably the most bizarre scene in the history of variety shows - the guests were surrounded by a large group of people just to ask them to hand over an amateur. Where have you ever seen such a scene?
[…This can’t be an act! So the boss’s debt is real]
[Running away with a paper figure in the middle of the night? I want to see the details hehehe]
[If these people are really here to collect debts, then...should we help call the police?]
[They are looking for a small boss, they won’t do anything to other people, right…]
…
Regardless of how the netizens discussed or worried, after Zhao Mingming finished speaking, the few dozen men fell into strange silence. After a moment, a man who looked to be in his thirties or forties came out from behind the freckled young man and patted him on the shoulder in a soothing manner.
"Forget it. He probably knew we would come, so he fled overnight. Don't make things difficult for others. This has nothing to do with them."
The freckled young man was somewhat unhappy, and said in a muffled voice: "It was so hard to track him down, and I thought I could catch him off guard..."
"Alas, even your master couldn't catch that kid, let alone us. Think positively, ah."
"No, Uncle Master, you had expected this kind of scene, so why didn't you stop me last night?"
"It's all because of your master..."
The two of them whispered back and forth for a while before they reached a consensus. The young man looked at Hua Mu and the others and said coldly, "Since he's not here, his things must be here, right?"
"Everything is gone." Hua Mu spread her hands, realizing that they were not going to embarrass her. "When the young boss left, he took all the big and small bags with him. He even burned the remaining incense and candles."
"Burned...burned?!" the young man couldn't believe it.
The burly man next to him laughed out loud: "He didn't even leave any scum for us. Not bad, not bad. That's exactly what he would do."
The freckled young man muttered unhappily, "What's good about that? It's another day of returning empty-handed. How am I going to explain this to my master when I get back..."
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This group of people came with great momentum, but left listlessly. What a huge difference.
It wasn't until these people disappeared from everyone's sight that Hua Mu and the others finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's okay, it's okay. The young boss ran away quickly last night." Zhao Mingming patted his chest to comfort himself, and then looked at Hua Mu: "Sister Hua, do you think we should tell the young boss about this?"
"What are you talking about?" Hua Mu said unhappily, "Didn't you understand what they meant? The young boss had already figured out this situation."
Zhao Mingming was stunned for a moment, and his not-so-bright brain finally came to an understanding at this moment: "So, the young boss ran away overnight? Then, then didn't I let him move me for nothing last night? I, I almost ran to the director to ask for benefits for him..."
Hua Mu looked at him with a sympathetic look. No one understood him better than herself. Being bullied by the person she regarded as a master, that feeling...
It was like chasing a star and then the house collapsed. She swore that if she met the little boss again next time, she would definitely fight back!
On the other side, Yuan Tian had already arrived at the grove near the location. He got off the paper man and took out a piece of paper with a lot of words written on it as promised and put it into the paper man's hand. Then he waved his finger, and the six paper men spontaneously combusted without fire, turning into ashes in an instant, and were carried away by the breeze in the forest.
"Remember to tell my master to save some money for me, ah!"
After telling the paper figurine from a distance, Yuan Tian walked briskly towards the village with his big backpack on his back. The village was a bit remote and there weren't many houses. But it wasn't run-down. On the contrary, many of the houses looked like they were built in recent years. The roads in the village were all cement roads, and there were shopping malls and the like. It was quite prosperous.
Last night, when the staff sent him the location, they also sent him a photo of the farmhouse they rented and gave him some information.
It was a relatively old single-story building with six rooms and a yard. I heard that a few years ago, a young man in the village got rich and built it for the workers to stay temporarily when he funded the construction of their village. At that time, the transportation in this area was not very developed, and the young man felt that it took too much time for the workers to go back and forth.
Later, when the village was built, the workers moved away and the house became empty. The house was still quite new, so the villagers were reluctant to tear it down and kept it. A wooden sign was hung in the yard, which read "In memory of the first person to build our village - Chen Xiaofu".
Apparently, this house has become a place for everyone to remember the young people who invested in building their village. During the period when it was vacant, people often came to clean it. Later, a villager with a poor family applied to the village chief to use the yard of this house to raise chickens. The village chief agreed, and of course the responsibility of taking care of the house fell on him.
It was purely coincidental that the program team came to this place this time. They got off the bus at the junction of the town and originally planned to walk to the town. Unexpectedly, they met Tang Meng, a fan of the movie queen, on the way. They couldn't refuse her kindness, so they were pulled to this village. The village chief was also kind-hearted and directly arranged for everyone to stay in this yard.
At this time, Yuan Tian walked into the yard carrying a mountaineering bag and greeted the bald director who had just video chatted with her last night: "Hello."
"Hello, hello, Mr. Yuan." The director was very enthusiastic when he saw him, and took the bag from his hand quite proactively by stepping forward.
Seeing that he had it steady, Yuan Tian let go. With a "bang", the backpack fell heavily to the ground, and he groaned in pain.
The director, holding the shoulder strap and bending over, said: "...This, is so heavy?" He had seen how easy it was for the kid to carry it with one hand! How come it was heavier in his hand than his wife!
He suspected that the child was trying to scam him! Then he remembered that the staff had told him that the child's home sold antiques and groceries, so he asked, "There won't be any antiques in there, right?"
Yuan Tian blinked: "If my master's spirit is counted..."
Director: “…………” Horror.JPG.
As soon as I loosened my grip, the backpack fell perfectly to the ground with a "pop".
"I was just kidding." Yuan Tian picked up the backpack good-temperedly and decided to tell a white lie.
The director finally breathed a sigh of relief and said helplessly: "Boss Yuan really loves to joke..."
Yuan Tian just smiled without saying anything, picked up her bag and found a corner to put it down.
When he looked up again, there was a pretty girl beside him. She looked a little pale, with dark circles under her eyes, probably because she didn't sleep much last night. At this moment, she was looking at Yuan Tian with a kind smile and stretched out a hand: "Hello, you are the boss Yuan that the director mentioned, right? My name is Tang Meng, and I'm one of the guests of the show."
"I remember you." Yuan Tian stretched out his hand and shook hers, then paused and quickly returned to normal. He withdrew his hand as if nothing had happened and said, "They showed me the video last night. You were next to Qiren Road."
When Tang Meng mentioned Qi Renlu, her eyes became more dim. Everything was fine yesterday, and everyone was talking and laughing together. Who knew that he would suddenly change? Thinking of the inhuman crying sound coming from Qi Renlu's room from time to time last night, she felt even more upset. How could a good person become like that...
"Don't worry," Yuan Tian was always patient with girls, "It'll be fine."
Tang Meng nodded slightly, but he didn't hold out much hope. The old witch they invited from all over the country last night said there was nothing they could do. What could he do with this young man who looked to be at most twenty years old?
It's just a last-ditch effort, Tang Meng thought sadly.
Obviously, the director had the same idea. If Hua Mu hadn't strongly recommended him and the staff hadn't said that this young boss was really capable, he wouldn't have invited him here.
"Boss Yuan, take a look at what tools you need. Let's go directly to Xiao Qi's room later." The director pointed at Yuan Tian's mountaineering bag, urging him to work in disguise.
Yuan Tian said calmly, "I don't need any tools, just go over there."
"No tools?" the director asked in surprise, "Then, how are you going to deal with him later?"
Yuan Tian paused, looked up at him, and then looked at Tang Meng who was also suspicious. He asked tentatively: "How about we kill a chicken and get some blood?"
“…………”I was just given a perfunctory thank you.
The director and Tang Meng looked at him as if he were a charlatan. Who could catch ghosts and exorcise evil spirits so casually?
Facing the increasingly questioning gazes of the two, Yuan Tian remained calm and continued walking as if nothing had happened. But in his heart, he thought to himself that it turned out that city people like to watch others use props to catch ghosts. That's easy. After this commission is completed and the money is received, he will go and customize a set of Tianshi clothes, the kind with the yin and yang Bagua diagram printed on it in yellow.
Ah, there are also talisman paper and so on. Yellow paper is cheap, you can buy it and draw it yourself.
They walked in silence until they came to the room in the corner. Originally, that room was for a cameraman, but after seeing what happened to Qi Renlu, they didn't dare to let him move back to his original room. In order to minimize the impact on everyone, this room was vacated for Qi Renlu. Not only that, the room next door was also vacant, and everyone would rather squeeze in than live next to the room in the corner.
There were already staff members outside the room, and they looked a little hesitant. When they saw the director, they greeted him one after another. One of the cameramen asked, "Director, are we going to start broadcasting? Well, Qi Renlu's agent called and said that no matter how we handle it, the process must be broadcast live."
It seems that his agent has a lot of tricks in mind. The director said helplessly: "Let's broadcast it."
It is better to relieve the pressure than to block it. Netizens saw Qi Renlu's condition last night. The longer they delay the live broadcast, the more netizens will imagine. If Qi Renlu is safe in the end, it will be fine. If he has any mishaps, the program team may be questioned whether he deliberately killed him to silence him.
After so many years in the industry, the director has always understood one thing very well - never doubt the netizens' ability to fill in the blanks with their imaginations, and never doubt their "reasoning" ability.
After receiving this response, the staff breathed a sigh of relief and started to adjust the camera.
Yuan Tian looked at the director in surprise and raised his eyebrows. How dare you broadcast such a thing live? Aren't you afraid that the platform will ban your account for promoting feudal superstition? He usually goes online a lot, and he heard that the higher-ups don't support this.
The director just gave him a wry smile, which seemed to indicate that he was helpless.
Poor thing, Yuan Tian looked at him with a hint of pity.
"Boss Yuan, look at this door. Should we unlock it directly or do something else?" the director asked in a low voice.
"Just unlock it." Yuan Tian said, and stretched out a hand, "Key."
The director quickly took out the key and put it in his hand, then asked, "Do we need to do anything?"
"Just don't do anything." Yuan Tian said, then glanced at Tang Meng who was looking at the room with worry in her eyes, and pursed her lips.
Seeing this, the director could only sigh helplessly, then looked towards the live broadcast room and paid attention to the reactions of netizens.
[Wait a minute, wait a minute, why is the boss here? ]
[Has Brother Qi's problem not been resolved yet? Is it really evil? If it doesn't work, you can ask the Taoist priest from the Kongmen Temple to come over.]
[So the boss came here last night? What is a little shaman like him doing here? He is not here to catch ghosts, right?]
[Wait, is this a live stream of catching ghosts and exorcising evil spirits? Won’t this get me banned?]
The director couldn't even smile bitterly anymore. He actually hoped that the platform would directly ban his account because he was not sure what would happen in the future.
Yuan Tian did not open the door immediately, but stretched out his right hand and placed his palm against the door. There was no sound in the room, it was eerily quiet.
He put his hand down again and turned to look at the people around him who were watching from afar. During this time, his eyes lingered on Tang Meng for a while.
Then he turned around and inserted the key into the key.
With a "click", the door opened.
Almost everyone present felt a "click" in their hearts, their eyes fixed on the door that was slowly moving inwards, their hearts in their throats.
The door was completely open, and only Qi Renlu was lying on the bed, unconscious.
Yuan Tian frowned slightly, and his voice suddenly became several degrees colder: "Get out."
There was no movement in the room, and Yuan Tian's voice became colder: "Three, two..."
Before the word "一" came out, a shadow like black mist suddenly jumped out of the room. As if it had been planned for a long time, it moved coquettishly around Yuan Tian and rushed straight towards Tang Meng.
Seeing the black fog coming towards her, Tang Meng felt a chill running down her head, completely enveloping her. Her eyes widened, her pupils constricted, and she stared at the black fog getting closer and closer with extreme fear. In a trance, she also vaguely saw a distorted, terrifying human face in the fog...
"ah!!!!"
The woman's screams resounded through the sky.
The expected pain did not come as expected, and even the chill was getting farther and farther away from her. Tang Meng slowly opened her eyes and looked forward carefully. Not only did she not see the terrifying ghost face, but she also saw a weird scene——
Less than two meters away from her, Boss Yuan was half squatting on the ground, pinching the neck of a humanoid black mist. The black mist was not very obedient and twisted its body. So the boss pressed it on the ground and rubbed it twice, and finally made the black mist obedient.
Then the young boss raised his head and gave her a bright smile with a soothing tone.
That smile is sunny and upright, and coupled with those curved eyebrows with a hint of tenderness, it seems to be able to drive away the haze and warm people's hearts.
Tang Meng strangely felt much more relaxed and even felt like talking.
Her voice was still trembling with a bit of fear: "Boss Yuan, what happened?"
Boss Yuan just smiled and said lightly: "Nothing, I'll tell you later."
After saying that, he turned around and glanced behind him. His sight met the stunned director not far away, so his smile became even brighter: "Hey, director, your projection technology is quite advanced. It would be a pity not to use it for filming."
The director finally came to his senses and excitedly gave him a thumbs up. This is a good job! He was even a little touched. This kid is really nice and sensible!
The young boss raised his chin slightly with pride. It was rare to find young people like him these days who were so considerate and smart in making up for their clients.
Thinking of this, the young boss put one hand behind his back and rubbed his index finger and thumb together twice.
You have to pay extra, understand?
The director who saw it clearly: “…………” But damn being moved!
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