"Hey, hey,? Your tripod is tilted, come here."

"What's going on, the Steadicam is suddenly a little unstable? Is the stabilizer not fixed properly?"

"Curtain curtain,? Why didn't the previous green screen come out?"

Early in the morning, the variety show crew began to toss.

First, the camera frame was assembled outside, and then the curtain was set up behind. Various lighting rocker cover lights were lit up one after another, adding a lot of bright colors to this suburban area where few people set foot.

Zong Qi, with a hat on his head and a T-shirt on his body, also followed to help.

After all, he is still a directing student. When he was in junior and senior years, he went to Hengdian with his teacher to do odd jobs in a few small crews. During the summer vacation, when he was short of money, he even played a part-time role for a while, working as a group performer who packed lunch.

But his current appearance, although he looks in the mirror is still his own appearance,? But if there are acquaintances here, Zong Qi will definitely not be recognized, including Xiaohong and Araki.

In the eyes of other people, his current face is just a mediocre,? without the slightest memory,? a passer-by face that can be forgotten at any time.

As for why Zong Qi is here, it's a long story.

Two days ago, he announced the cast recruitment as director Q.

Because the release performance of "Desolate Village" is not so good, Zong Qi's level is still a pitiful junior director, and he can only be randomly selected from the four identities of actor, decent npc, villain npc, and film designer.

This time the system gave him the status of a decent npc.

Decent npc? What is this?

Zong Qi was rarely confused.

The system told him that winning this identity means that the director can only indirectly participate in the filming plot, and the three major values ​​have to be changed to the actor's scream value, the actor's plot exploration degree, and the number of currently surviving actors.

As the name suggests, if you are selected for this identity, if you want to pass the shooting, you basically have to resign yourself to fate.

Zong Qi was stunned: "I have to say, my luck is really good..."

Last time, he hired a team of rookies and pecking actors in order to save his salary. This time, he spent a lot of money to ensure the safety of the actors!

First of all, the only S-level actor and artist who is said to be the only S-level actor and artist who is said to end perfectly in every film without a failure.

Looking at this long pre-attributive, you can know that this person is not simple, and the salary is not simple, a full 50%!

Thinking of the sky-high 50% remuneration, Zong Qi felt extremely heartbroken.

In addition, he also invited his old friend, C-level actor Crow.

This product is cheap, only 5%, and only ten crows can beat the last artist.

For the rest, Zong Qi chose a 20% salary A grade, a 10% salary B grade, plus 3% salary for his own Anna.

After such a division, 88% of the remuneration paid to the actors alone went down.

Zong Qi: "..."

This post-editing must be done by himself, and the system must not be pumped by another 10%, otherwise he will really have to drink the northwest wind.

When the recruitment was announced, he felt a lot of pain for a long time.

After drawing out his identity in "Ghost Building", Zong Qi was finally relieved.

With such a team of glittering gold, if he can still make bad movies, then he really doesn't believe in evil!

Having said that, Zong Qi still read the director's manual again.

This manual is quite advanced, and you can unlock the relevant information of any identity you draw.

The main duty of decent npcs is to protect the actors' safety and fight against villain npcs. As for the actor's screaming value and the actor's plot exploration degree, they are not included in the scope of the school examination, but Zong Qi himself cares about it because he doesn't want to make bad movies repeatedly.

It seems that the conditions are quite loose, but in fact, the limitations of playing a decent npc are far greater than that of an actor. A pass is four actors who survived, and an excellent one is five. He has to ensure the survival of all members in order to get excellence.

As for why it is on the set, it is because of the particularity of the big movie "Ghost Building".

This is a play within a play.

The general plot of "Ghost Building" is that a crew filming a variety show rented an ancient building from the Republic of China period as a shooting location for shooting. As a result, it is no surprise that according to the horror film routine, various supernatural events happened during the filming.

The story background is very old-fashioned, but once it becomes a real horror movie, it will be scary.

And Zong Qi's hidden identity is a returnee student who graduated from Miskatonic University after studying abroad in Ugly Country, and is also a glorious investigator.

He intercepted a piece of information from an evil/religious organization from the underground organization, and the information showed that the organization would perform a ritual of summoning evil gods in this ghost building. However, recently, the ghost building was rented out as a variety show shooting location, so he mixed In order to find out the truth and protect innocent people.

As an upright NPC investigator, Zong Qi is the backbone of the fight against the evil villains/cultists, leading the actor's younger brother to strive to survive.

But obviously he is the serious director, but now he can only run errands with tears in his eyes, almost silent and crying.

Zong Qi sighed, and when he heard someone calling not far away, he replied loudly, and hurried over with a big cardboard box.

Although this seems to be just a variety show venue, the materials and equipment are surprisingly high-end, more luxurious than the Hengdian film crew where Zongqi stayed before.

"You don't know, it's because there is a big investor in this variety show."

The head of the props team who moved things said casually, "See, it's over there."

Zong Qi looked over quietly.

A high-end old-fashioned car is slowly driving over there. It is an expensive brand that he can't understand but can feel from a distance.

"The son of the investor is the one who is going to be popular in this variety show. It is said that he brought the lighting and makeup artists into the group. The whole group has changed up and down. Can it not cost a lot of money?"

Several team members around gossiped and started discussing: "The son of the investor? It is said that the investor seems to be in the import business, and a large number of overseas businesses in Jiangzhou are owned by him."

"That's really amazing. No wonder the equipment is so expensive. They also said that in order to prevent people from affecting the performance of horror variety shows, drones were even used for filming in some places."

 …

After listening for a while, Zong Qi secretly looked away.

The npc he played had investigated before joining the group. There was nothing suspicious about the filming of this variety show. They had filmed several scenes in other places before. Today, they rented the ghost building to film the horror scenes in the building at one time. Even the actors in the group have clean resumes, and it is difficult to find any flaws from the background introduction.

And this building—

The black-haired young man stopped and looked up at the ancient building.

Because of the shooting of variety shows, the building was completely renovated.

The building is indeed an old building in the period of the Republic of China. It has a history of many years. Unfortunately, something happened at that time, and it was burned down by a fire. In the end, only an empty shell was left, half of which was left. It was a caring enterprise called the monastic organization in modern times who helped rebuild the building, installed new wooden piles, and painted vermilion paint on it.

But strange to say, after it was done, the building began to be haunted.

First, it was said that someone heard the sound of opera singing in the middle of the night, and some people said that many adventurers who came in to explore never returned, and were surrounded by a layer of fog.

"Come on, is everyone here?"

After the shooting equipment was set up, Director Li took a big speaker and started calling people.

Zong Qi specially changed the place and squatted behind the npc to watch.

Before shooting such a monument, the crew will do it.

Especially those who shoot horror variety shows or ghost movies are extremely superstitious.

Outside the dusty gate of the ghost building, the crew set up a table early on, with incense candles, fruit tributes and various snacks on it.

All other cameras were covered with red cloths, waiting for the protagonists to visit.

Anna and the crow were the first to offer incense.

Like Cry in the Deserted Village, actors use their own code names in variety shows.

As soon as these two code names came out, they immediately attracted the attention of other actors.

It's no secret that the cast has been in director Q's last film.

Many actors in the actor forum hope that they will be selected.

Because participating in director Q's script can get paid, this has been confirmed by several actors. The salary can be used to extract movie props. Although it is expensive, it is much better to wait for big movie drops before.

"See you again, Miss Anna."

The filming hadn't officially started yet, so Crow rarely took the initiative to say hello to her.

In fact, after the filming of Horror in a Deserted Village, the crow was very nervous.

As an undercover agent of the Secret Mobile Team inserted into the Ouroboros organization, he has long been prepared to die without revealing his identity. But after all, the task of recruiting director Q is no small matter, and the importance is extremely high, even if the superiors instructed him to reveal his identity at a critical moment, he must be taken down.

Then the crow gritted his teeth and revealed his identity.

As a result, halfway through the exposure, he was knocked out. After waking up again, the movie is over.

crow:"......?"

where am I? who I am? What am I going to do?

Such an ending is tantamount to failing to negotiate.

He was summoned by the Ouroboros organization as usual, while carefully concealing his identity.

The crow waited anxiously. Anxiety and restlessness continued to rise.

It is also because he has been undercover for many years, and his psychological quality has passed the test. If it were a different person, they would probably have to mess themselves up under the pressure of such an identity exposure, and would not call themselves out.

Then, in such silence, when the lack of information was irritating, he received the invitation again.

What exactly does Director Q want to do?

Anna didn't understand the complex psychological activities of the undercover agent in front of her at all, so she nodded slightly as a greeting.

Seeing this, another actor also came up to offer incense.

"Class B, Li Goudan, nice to meet you."

This B-level actor has an outgoing personality, asking questions all the way, and I don't know if he really wants to help or is just gathering information.

"Speaking of which, I just saw an A-level actor with a red scarf over there."

There is only one S-level actor, not many A-level actors, and all of them are forum celebrities.

Since there are A-level actors in this movie, it means that the difficulty is not trivial, and everyone is a little cautious for a while.

"No, isn't there five people in this movie? How about one more?"

Soon, Li Goudan knew that he had said something nonsense.

The door of the classic car opened, and a man wearing sunglasses and a long Tang suit appeared, and the people behind him lined up respectfully.

Yu Chenxue took off her sunglasses, and her cold blue eyes were immediately exposed to the air.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, artist."

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