Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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The disc was only shown for about two minutes, and the plot was incoherent. Director Wang was very dissatisfied with it and criticized it mercilessly.
Then the next one was a little fuller, at least the scene was more complicated than the first one. The picture changed from a wasteland to a forest with dense shade and trees. In the picture, a pitch-black ghost head was swaying and running wildly. This time it had lines, and it let out a shrill roar towards the front while running.
The director commented: “He just ran away like this alone? What’s the reason? It makes no sense!”
So the third disc started to make more sense, with a girl falling into the water because a water ghost wrapping her ankles with her long hair and dragging her down.
The director was still not satisfied and was heartbroken: “Alas! The plot is so simple. Horror films need sufficient content just like commercial films. The main storyline, side stories, and character love are all indispensable. Such boring content will not have a market.”
Other elements did appear in the subsequent DVDs. The dark-headed ghost actually started to fall in love! There was also a kissing scene!
Seeing the two ghosts kissing passionately on the screen, the director slammed the table and yelled, “It’s too ugly! What rubbish!”
Everyone who had roughly figured out the problem: “…”
Wei Xi was probably the only person watching with great interest, but his vision was suddenly blocked. He pulled away the hand of his second disciple that was covering his face, and before he could continue to watch the movie, a Taoist priest who couldn’t bear to watch any more stood up and said to Qiu Guokai, “Boss Qiu, please take the crew out for a while. I have something to discuss with other Taoist friends.”
Qiu Guokai also thought that these movies were quite ugly, so after hearing this, he cooperated and took the main director who was still criticizing and other crew members out of the conference room. As soon as the door of the conference room was closed, the expressions of everyone in the room immediately became solemn.
At the same time, the picture on the projection screen also stopped. The male ghost in the camera let go of the heroine who was kissing him just now and she disappeared completely. He also turned his head and stared at everything outside the projection screen with an expressionless face.
This scene was so bizarre that Lu Wenqing was trembling all over. Tuan Tuanyi, who was pressed against him, also felt panicked: “Master… Master, how come it seems like it can see us…”
His master was constantly thinking about the scene just now and had no time to pay attention to him. Only his junior brother said in a deep voice: “You are not wrong.”
Tuanyi: “W-what?!”
Are there really ghosts in this movie? My god, you can actually see ghosts in horror movies. This is just like an urban legend!
As soon as he finished speaking, the other Taoists in the conference room had already looked at each other, and tacitly formed a formation, affixed eye-opening talismans, and raised their magic weapons facing the curtain.
The fact that this ghost could actually take shape showed that it was not easy to deal with.
The scene of the fight had already been set, and the ghost in the picture also saw the intention of everyone. A cold wind suddenly blew in the room, and it also shouted angrily: “Mind your own business!”
Then he flew out and fought with the Taoist priests present.
It was extremely powerful, had a ghostly figure, and had a terrifying grudge, making it very difficult to deal with. The Taoist priests immediately gathered in a group, and the peach wood swords and seven treasure swords of each sect showed their magical powers, but the Taicang Sect had nothing in its hands. Tuan Tuanyi looked around and felt that he was not sociable, so he took out a few wooden swords from his pocket and stuffed them into the hands of his master and junior apprentice.
Tuan Tuanyi: “Master, Master, shall we charge as well?”
Wei Xi held the sword, not interested. He saw that this was not a fierce ghost, so he said kindly, “No need. It makes good movies. I’ll let it live.”
Tuanyi: “?”
Shuo Zong: “…”
The old Taoist priest at the side said: “???”
I don’t know if the question mark was for him not fighting or if the movie wasn’t good.
The ghost was outnumbered, but it was not powerless. It tore the clothes on the shoulder of the old Taoist priest Zhimi Temple with one claw. At the same time, it realized that the group of Taoists in front of it were not easy to deal with, so it wanted to retreat, and aiming at the lonely Taicang Sect in the corner, turned around and attacked.
Wei Xi didn’t move at all, and was even a little happy: “Hey? You brought it up yourself? Disciples! There is delicious food!”
Shuo Zong: “…”
The scratched Taoist priest of Zhimi Temple covered the wound on his shoulder. Seeing this scene, he thought that everyone in Taicang Sect was frightened. Thinking of Wei Xi’s tone when he just talked about letting the ghost go, he couldn’t help but frown and secretly scolded: “Why is such a small Taoist temple here to join in the fun!”
He had heard about the origins of Taicang Sect in the hall and had already thought it unreliable. Now, after taking a closer look, he was even more angry: he had practiced in Zhimi Temple for decades and was using a sword which had been passed down for generations. He could kill evil spirits with a single swing of the sword, so he dared to use it to travel the world. However, the wooden swords in the hands of the people in this small Taoist temple had never been blessed!
What was the difference between an unblessed wooden sword and an ignorant child’s toy?! What do they think of performing rituals?! Is it a joke?
He was so angry that he didn’t know what to say. Kuang Zhiming and Taoist Feng from Fengnian Temple also noticed the change in the situation. They turned around and saw that the ghost had already rushed in front of Wei Xi. So they rushed forward in shock: “Taoist Wei!”
As soon as he finished speaking, Wei Xi showed a look of joy on his face. He did not use his sword but only stretched out a hand lightly.
He then grabbed the ghost’s neck and threw it to the ground!
The ghost was hit so hard that it let out a whine like a screaming chicken and was then grabbed by his ankles and beaten wildly on the ground and wall like playing skipping rope by Wei Xi.
Wei Xi also heard their shouts, and turned back while whipping the ghost: “What’s wrong?”
The ghost fell into his hands and was beaten to pieces several times. It also made Tuan Tuanyi, who was wielding a peach wood sword, scream and stab it randomly. It could only raise its hands and scratch helplessly on the ground. Kuang Zhiming and Taoist Feng stopped silently. Taoist Feng was stunned, but Kuang Zhiming felt that this scene seemed a little familiar…
Taoist Master Zhimi Guan was already confused by the scene here.
Wei Xi leaped onto the unconscious ghost and immediately started pulling out its head, while calling out to his disciples: “Come and eat!!”
Shuo Zong glanced at the people who had fallen silent not far away and quickly reached out to stop him. However, the ghost heard his words and felt that his neck was about to be ripped off. He was so scared that he almost lost his soul: “No, ah ah ah!”
Wei Xi was so greedy that he knew it wasn’t an evil ghost, so he could only rack his brains to come up with a reason: “You have bad intentions, you transformed into an image, harassed the crew and director, and wanted to kill people. Although the movie was well made, it’s still going against the will of heaven!”
Anything that went against the will of heaven could be eaten!
“I didn’t!!!” the ghost was crying, “I, I, I, how could I be so brave as to hurt someone’s life? I just saw a ghost movie being filmed here and wanted to come and audition!!!”
Everyone: “………………”
….
Its head was pulled longer and longer, and its fighting spirit was completely gone. Wei Xi was afraid that it would argue more, so he just wanted to eat it quickly. Shuo Zong almost couldn’t stop him, and the situation was a little out of control.
Fortunately, just as he was about to take a bite, the jade pendant he had been wearing on his chest suddenly began to heat up, which brought back his sanity and allowed him to finally break free from the state controlled by hunger.
He came back to his senses and looked around again, and saw that everyone in the audience, including the disciples around him, had expressions that were hard to describe.
After a while, he could only let go reluctantly, sit aside, take out the jade pendant from his clothes and rub it silently.
Wei Dedao…
His mood changed quickly and he seemed much lower than usual, even to the point of being gloomy.
Shuo Zong watched his expression from the side and frowned slightly.
The other Taoist priests present didn’t know what to say, so they could only ignore the group of people from Taicang Sect and take the ferocious ghost aside to question him. After all, they had just fought.
The ghost was asked very aggrievedly: “You asked me why I hit you? You were the ones who interrupted my audition first, and then you showed up to fight me. How come you are the villain who complained first?”
“…Audition.” The Taoist priests said, “You keep chasing after him and clinging to Director Wang. Don’t you really want to hurt him?”
“How is that possible! He is my idol!” said the ghost. “I can’t protect him enough. I hid in the CD to impress him with my acting skills during the interview!”
Everyone was immediately defeated by its thinking: “What do you have to audition for…”
The ghost felt unhappy that he was being looked down upon: “Isn’t he making a ghost movie? I have life experience, I can write my own scripts, and my acting skills are much better than those crappy actors in the crew. The second female lead had to do more than a dozen NGs and was so pretentious in shirking responsibility, but she can act like that, so why can’t I do it? I don’t even need wirework, I will definitely get it right in one take, why can’t I fight for a chance for myself.”
This actually sounded quite reasonable.
Tuan Tuanyi felt there was something wrong: “Since you just want to seize the opportunity, why do you interfere with the crew’s daily filming?”
Ghost: “No, I didn’t. Don’t talk nonsense! I won’t take the blame.”
Tuan Tuanyi: “Didn’t you drive away those extras? And even the crew’s clothes were torn.”
Ghost: “Am I crazy? Why would I tear their clothes? Such nice clothes are too precious for my baby. I even tried them on secretly when I was in the film city.”
He became shy as he spoke: “It fits me perfectly, especially the male lead’s clothes, which are tailor-made for me. I even took makeup photos with them and posted them on the official Weibo, so I am considered a part of the crew.”
Everyone was speechless and surprised. This did explain the strange things that the directors had mentioned about the filming at the studio, but the supernatural rumors about the crew that later caused a sensation turned out to have nothing to do with the other party?
Then who did it?
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