A translucent three-dimensional map appeared in Xin's mind.
Xin soon discovered a problem.
It takes an hour and a half to walk from where I am now to the mission destination.
Xin turned silently and looked at Finance Minister Xia Chi.
Xia Chi looked confused: "Brother, why are you looking at me like a savior? I'm embarrassed."
"…" Xin, "No, I just feel it's great to have you."
It feels good to have money.
Xia Chi: "Really?! Are my strengths finally revealed? Are you impressed by my excellent reasoning ability or my extraordinary athletic ability?"
Xin, "Neither, because you have money."
Xia Chi: “?”
Xin: So here comes the question, Tongmei, does your system only assign work to me but not pay me? Or has my money been deducted
Escape System: Well, it is like this, Mr. Xin, because your work is affiliated with an agency, the agency will take 40% of the commission in advance, and the remaining 60% will be deposited into your bank card. I have sent your bank card to your private mailbox.
Xin: The agent takes 40% of the total? I do the work and they take the money? Isn’t that too much? Don’t agents usually take 10-20%
Escape System: Oh, so you know the normal agency fee? Uh... No, no, no, because our profession is quite special, only people with connections can get jobs, it's hard to find work on your own, so we need an agency.
Xin: Who said it's hard to find work? Today we're going to do a private job. Tell me, which company is this intermediary
Escape system: That’s the system intermediary company.
pungent:…
It's so shameless.
Xin hailed a taxi, asked Xia Chi to pay the taxi fare in advance, and then rushed to the mission location.
Although there was some traffic jam on the road, running on four legs is better than running on two legs. Xin arrived at his destination in less than half an hour.
At this time, it had already darkened.
As soon as Xin got off the car, he saw a small Western-style building with a garden entrance across the street that looked like a paradise.
This place is far away from the city center and is considered a suburban area.
There is a very artistic cobblestone path leading to the door of the small Western-style building.
The door is made of wood, painted white, and there is green grass everywhere on the ground.
Before he even walked in, Xin saw colorful flowers blooming on both sides of the cobblestones.
There is a yard with a shed outside the small western-style building. Three girls are sitting in the yard chatting, looking very comfortable.
Escape system: This small western-style building is the recording site of the dating variety show. Originally, there were four men and four women, but because of the haunted incidents in the past few days, a female artist was frightened and fainted. She withdrew from the recording today, so now there are only four men and three women.
"Okay, lighting team, get ready!"
"Master Wia, get ready!"
"Actors in place!"
“Pay attention to the camera and your emotions!”
“Start shooting!”
The sound of a horn coming from behind attracted Xin's attention. Xin turned around and looked behind him, only to find that a film crew was filming something not far behind him.
It is still quite far from here, and it is easy to see the few people who are the central figures among the huge crowd.
Actors in ancient costumes and the director team.
As the "on" sounded, the wires were pulled, and the actors struck a beautiful pose and were pulled into the sky, as if they were really flying.
Xin: Is there a film crew filming here
Escape system: This area is actually a movie city, but it can only be said to be the outer edge of the movie city. If you walk inside, you will see more crews, so occasionally you will encounter filming here.
Xin: I see. Let’s go in.
When he turned around, someone called for a timeout behind him. A man's voice shouted angrily, "What's going on?! You guys are making mistakes again! Are you mentally retarded or have poor coordination? You can't even do such a simple move! If you can't do it again, get out of here!"
Xin stopped and turned his head to look, and saw a man wearing a baseball cap and a dark green vest, rolling up paper and cursing at the actors who were hanging on the wire.
The actors didn't dare to say a word and kept their heads down.
After the man in the peaked cap finished cursing, he took a deep breath and asked the young man next to him: "Are the male and female protagonists here?"
"The male lead has arrived. Sister Mei said she will be here soon. She just finished attending a press conference and is on her way here. She will be here in ten minutes."
The man in the baseball cap changed his previous irritable temper and sighed, "Oh, forget it, let her go slower. I'll go and appease our big actor, you guys continue to let them shoot until they move in unison!"
The man in the baseball cap should be the director, and the young man next to him is the assistant director.
The assistant director nodded and watched the man in the baseball cap leave.
Seeing the assistant director directing the filming to continue, Xin Wusheng smiled, turned around and walked into the garden on the cobblestones.
"Which of these male guests do you like?"
"I prefer number four, Xiao Du. What about you?"
"Oh, then we are not in competition. I am more interested in number two."
As soon as he walked through the gate, Xin heard the voices of several female guests who were enjoying the cool air talking.
Hearing the footsteps, the three of them stopped talking and looked towards the door in unison.
They had only looked over when they heard the voice, but when they saw Xin's appearance clearly, they were stunned. One of the girls with dyed yellow hair whistled, "Wow, so handsome."
"Handsome guy, who are you looking for? Did you come to the wrong place?" The girl with blond hair stretched her neck to look over and asked in a loud voice.
Xin took two more steps forward, and when he reached the front of the group, he smiled politely, "I'm not in the wrong place. I came here because I got a job."
"Eh?" Another tall girl with a high ponytail asked in confusion, "But we are short of female guests, so why are there male guests here? Um, what's your name? Why don't I seem to have seen you before? Did you just debut this year?"
"Isn't it normal that we haven't met before?" said the last girl with bangs. "Although the circle is not big, it is not small either. We only got to know the other male artists after we came here."
"But he's different," Gao Mawei retorted, "Look at his face. If he debuts, he'll definitely become an overnight sensation. With a face like that, I tell you, he doesn't even need to work hard. He'll win without doing anything."
Blonde girl: "And her face is all natural."
Qi Liu Hai: "What do you mean? Are you saying who is not natural?"
Blonde girl: "... Please, don't be so sensitive. I didn't say anything about you."
"Uh, you misunderstood." Seeing that the three were about to quarrel, Xin quickly explained, "I'm not an artist, nor am I here to record a show. I'm a haunted house sleep tester. I came here for work. I heard that something happened here."
The three female artists stopped arguing at the same time, and even their expressions became tense.
Qi Liu Hai: "The director team said they would hire someone to exorcise the evil spirits. I thought they were joking, but it turns out they really hired someone. What exactly does a haunted house sleeper do? Does he sleep in a haunted house?"
Xin: “That’s about it.”
Gao Ponytail: "Wow, it turns out you really won without any effort. I guessed right just now."
Xin: "But I don't know what the specific work content is tonight. I may need to contact the employer."
The blonde girl said: "The employer you are talking about should be the director team. They live next door. I'll take you there."
High Ponytail: "Wait, I want one too."
"Hey, don't leave me," Qi Liuhai quickly stood up from the rocking chair, "I don't want to stay here alone, let's go together."
The next door that the blonde girl was referring to was a row of bungalows next to the small Western-style building.
The architectural style of this small Western-style building is really nice, and when the wind blows, a faint floral fragrance floats into your nose.
The ground was covered with green grass, and the only roads connected were a few narrow, winding cobblestone paths.
The cobblestone road is not very wide and can only accommodate two people passing side by side at most.
These female artists all look to be around 23 or 24 years old, very young. From their conversations, we can roughly guess that neither they nor the male artists are very famous in the entertainment industry.
It should be a position similar to that of an 18th-tier artist.
The blonde girl pointed at the row of bungalows as she walked and explained, "The director team will stay there tonight."
Xin looked in the direction of her finger, then looked back at the garden they had just come from.
In hidden places in the garden, there are many cameras hidden in the trees.
Xin: "Is there no one following you when you record the show?"
The blonde girl said, "Well, we don't have that much manpower and resources. You probably don't know us very well, so you know we're not famous. This variety show is an online variety show, not the kind that's shown on TV, so we don't have enough funding. We just put some vertical equipment in some places where we can shoot it."
"But there are a few photographers following us inside the building."
The girl with high ponytail frowned in disapproval. She glanced at the blonde girl and said, "How come you said everything? You didn't even know this person went up there."
Qi Liu Hai: "Isn't that better? Our dating variety show wasn't very popular to begin with, maybe it can become a hot topic after it's posted, increasing traffic and views. We're so transparent that even haters don't bother to dig into us."
Gao Ponytail frowned again. Even though she was also an 18th-tier star, she seemed to hate this self-deprecating way of speaking.
A few people chatted with each other and came to the row of bungalows. They skillfully took Xin to one of the rooms. Looking through the glass outside, there was light coming through from inside.
The blond girl knocked on the door: "Director, are you there?"
A few seconds later, there were rustling sounds of footsteps in the room, and soon the door opened.
A woman in her thirties opened the door. "What's wrong?"
The blonde girl pointed at Xin and said, "Director, he said he was a haunted house sleep tester. Did you find him?"
The woman glanced at Xin casually with doubt, and the next second her pupils shrank slightly, and her expression suddenly became serious: "Are you a haunted house sleep tester?"
Xin extended his hand in a friendly manner: "Yes, hello, are you the employer of this mission?"
"Oh, hello, I'm your employer," the director shook the young man's hand and said excitedly, "But now I want to ask you, are you interested in developing a career in the entertainment industry?"
“…”, Xin: “Uh, not yet, sorry.”
"Oh, what a pity," everyone has their own aspirations, and the director did not force them, "You can obviously make a living with your looks, but you insist on relying on your talent."
"You should know more or less about the situation here, right?"
Xin: "Well, I heard part of it. You heard knocking on the door at night, but when you opened it, there was nothing."
The other four looked at each other after hearing this. Judging from the forbearing looks in their eyes, there seemed to be something else going on.
Sure enough, the director sighed after hearing this and said, "Come into my room, I'll tell you the details."
After they entered the room, the director closed the door. She asked them to sit down and brought out fruit plates for them. Then she said seriously, "Because it involves a crime, we didn't tell you the specific situation at that time."
“In fact, the only people who got knocked on the door were the female guests.”
Xin glanced at the people and found that the three female artists all had some shame on their faces, "What's going on?"
Director: "The artist who withdrew from the recording session withdrew because he was assaulted in the middle of the night, which caused him severe psychological trauma."
High Ponytail: "Actually, the four of us heard a knock on the door last night."
"But none of us three opened the door, only the last girl opened the door."
"It was not until the next day that we found out what happened to the girl the night before."
Director: "I called them all over first. For the sake of the reputation of the female artist, we announced to the public that we were just frightened. Then I started to ask someone to retrieve the surveillance footage. I was furious at the time, thinking that it was some daring man in the group who did it."
"But after I checked the surveillance, I broke out in a cold sweat. You must have seen variety shows, like this reality show, they cover the cameras before the artists go to bed at night. So we couldn't capture the scene in the room at all, but we could hear the sound."
“Then the only images I could see were those in the corridor.”
"Around twelve o'clock in the evening, I saw the girl suddenly open the door."
"But at that time, there was no one in the corridor."
The director shuddered, and the other three girls turned pale.
"We heard the knock on the door at around twelve o'clock. I asked who was outside, but no one answered. I didn't dare open the door for fear that it was some pervert." The girl with a high ponytail described.
The blonde girl said, "I was almost the same, but I didn't even get out of bed. I've been afraid of this since I was a kid. I stared at the clock and it was twelve o'clock. If someone was looking for me, they wouldn't just knock on the door, they should also say who they are. I only heard the knock on the door, so I didn't dare to get out of bed at all, and even covered myself with the quilt."
She shuddered. "It was only for a moment, and my sleepiness was completely scared away. I pricked up my ears to listen to the noise outside. The knocking sounded for a while and then died down, but I didn't hear any footsteps at all."
"Oh, let me add something," Qi Liuhai said, "In order to create a romantic atmosphere, the houses here are made of wood, whether it's the walls or the floor. Even if you walk lightly, there will be noise, unless you are barefoot."
"My situation was similar to theirs. I looked through the peephole and saw that there was no one outside, so I didn't dare open the door."
Director: "None of the three girls opened the door, but another girl was bold enough to open it. As a result... Ouch!"
"I came to you for no other reason than to ask you to help me catch this murderer!" The director frowned and said angrily, "If it's a human pretending to be a ghost, I'll send him to the Orange County jail! If it's a ghost, it'll have to pay the price. We women are not so easy to bully! What I hate most is this kind of ugly behavior that insults women in the workplace."
Xin looked at the four angry people and asked, "Why can't we identify the perpetrator? Was the victim controlled?"
"Yes," the director nodded. "The girl opened the door and found no one outside, so she went back to sleep. In the middle of the night, she felt someone touching her. She was so scared that she wanted to scream, but she found that not only could she not move, but her eyes were also pitch black and she temporarily lost her vision."
"If she hadn't felt unwell when she woke up in the morning, she might have thought it was just a nightmare yesterday."
"I feel really guilty," the director frowned and rubbed his hands irritably. "Before the show started, I said I would protect these girls, but this happened just a few days into the filming. The girl is in a very bad condition now and has been taken back by her agent. I heard she is going to receive psychological treatment."
Xin looked into the director's eyes, "So what exactly do you need me to do?"
"Before I met you, I was still struggling with how to catch that mischievous piece of trash," the director stared at Xin and looked at him seriously, "That piece of trash is a pervert. If we want to lure it out, we need a bait, but I don't want to let the three of them do it."
"But today you appeared in front of me..."
The director's voice paused slightly, and the crisis radar in Xin's forehead was instantly activated.
He looked at the director a little confused: "You don't want me to dress up as a woman, do you?"
"Well - why not?" The director smiled slightly, even a little embarrassed: "No wonder you can become a gold medal haunted house sleep tester, you are really smart, thumbs up for you."
pungent:"."
Let me tell you, flattery doesn’t work on me!
Also, when did I get the gold medal
Escape System: After you completed your mission brilliantly last night, your profession has changed from "Haunted House Sleep Tester" to "Gold Medal Haunted House Sleep Tester". Sir Xin, that's great.
Seeing that Xin hadn't said anything, the director changed the subject slightly: "I asked when I placed the order that we can rate you after your work is completed. If you are not satisfied, you can complain and give a bad review."
The escape system followed up with another comment: That's right! If you receive one complaint, you will be downgraded from "Gold Medal" to "Ordinary". If you receive two complaints, you will be deemed "unqualified for the job" and fired.
Please think twice before you act, Lord Xin! It's just women's clothing, it's not like we haven't worn it before, hehe.
Xin: From your tone, you seem very happy
whee
Escape System: Hehe, who doesn't look forward to seeing Mr. Xin in women's clothing? Not only do I want to see it, but the audience in front of the live broadcast room also want to see it. I am seeking benefits for everyone~
pungent:.
Tongmei, you have changed. You are no longer the simple Tong.
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Five minutes later, a tall and graceful beauty with long black hair walked out of the fitting room.
The director and the three female artists were stunned at the first sight of the beautiful woman with long black hair.
Director: "I'm telling you that with my vision, I will never make a mistake. Are you really not considering debuting? I can find you an agent who will definitely not cheat you. You were born to be an actor!"
Liu Hai: "Ahh, as a girl, I want to drool when I see this. I can even save myself from putting on makeup. As a woman, how can I feel? I feel so inferior."
The clothes were women's clothes in the fitting room next door. The director also took Xin's acceptance level into consideration and chose a modified version of a casual beige two-piece suit.
Thanks to Xin's small frame and slender body, she looks natural in this dress and even has a special charm between charm and capability.
He had a handsome face, and there was a ribbon on his suit shirt. The ribbon was wrapped around his neck, which not only covered his Adam's apple, but also added a bit of softness to Xin Ping.
The director took a pair of flat leather shoes from the fitting room and said, "You are too tall. You may not be used to wearing high heels. Wear these."
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Studio.
Is Xin Shen not used to wearing high heels? Don't look down on our Xin Shen, okay? Back then, our Xin Shen wore cheongsam, stepped on high heels, and could walk briskly with two skeletons in his hands, okay? Not panicked at all.
Hahaha, I remember now, it was the copy of Xiaoma Literature. Hahaha, I laughed to death when I saw Xinshen Galloping.
Yes, yes, I remembered it too. That copy of Xin Shen was so good. After more than two years, I finally have the chance to see Xin Shen in female costume again. Cheers!
□□□□.
Slurp, slurp.
I want to see the big guy staring at Xin Shen in a daze.
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The director personally took Xin to the small western-style building and said, "From now on, you are an artist. Your stage name is 'Xiao Xin'. I will introduce you to the others now. You will stay in that girl's room tonight."
"The girl's things have been packed up, and we've replaced the bed with a new one, not the one from yesterday, so don't worry."
"Is there anything you don't understand?"
Xin: "Am I restricted to my room at night, or can I come out?"
Director: "You can come out, because I'm not sure where the garbage is. If you have the ability to take the initiative, that's fine."
Being able to leave the room can greatly increase your range of activities.
Xin nodded, indicating that he heard what the director said.
After the director led a large group of people to the first floor of the small western-style building, he called out the male guests. There were four male guests, and their age range seemed to be a little older than that of the girls.
As the male guests arrived, the director began to introduce Xin: "Didn't Amy withdraw from the recording today? So I asked a friend to invite a female guest overnight. You should be a little unfamiliar with her. She hasn't graduated yet. She is a student in the acting department of X University. You should take good care of her."
The four male guests stared at Xin. After looking for a while, some turned away shyly, while others continued to look.
After Xin made a brief self-introduction, a man in a white shirt spoke up, "Xiao Xin, you look quite tall, over 1.8 meters, right? Are you also a print model?"
Xin smiled awkwardly: "No, this is the first public event I've attended."
The man looked to be about 27 or 28 years old. He was the tallest of the four people, about 1.9 meters tall. He looked at Xin and said, "Are you interested in modeling? I started out as a model. With your body proportions and conditions, it would be a shame if you didn't become a model. If you become a model, you will definitely be able to step onto the international stage, and every step you take will be valuable."
Xin continued to laugh awkwardly: "Haha, no need, I'm fine the way I am now."
Identification completed, one of the members of the Kuakua Cult.
Through getting to know the four male guests, Xin quickly found out the occupations of them.
The tallest one is the model.
The one who goes for the soft and cute younger brother style is the singer.
Those who go for the deep uncle style are actors.
There is also a singing and dancing artist who takes a cool approach.
Baby-faced brother: "Sister Xiao Xin, why didn't you bring your luggage?"
Director: "Oh, I caught her here temporarily, and she didn't have time to get anything. Someone will deliver it to her tomorrow."
Uncle Chen: "That's really rushed. Are you not used to it?"
Xin smiled awkwardly: "The main thing is that I haven't moved in yet, and I don't know if I'm used to it."
Uncle Shenchen: “…”
Cool guy: "You're in such a hurry to come here, haven't you eaten yet? You guys chat first, I'll go wash some fruit for you."
With that, the cool guy stood up and left the crowd.
The director whispered, "That's just his personality, slow to warm up."
Then the director cleared his throat and said, "Since you all know each other, I will leave first. It's getting late, and we have outdoor activities tomorrow. You should all go to bed early and don't play too late."
After the director finished speaking, he tugged at Xin's sleeve. Xin understood and naturally stood up and followed the director out of the small western-style building.
Standing in the empty yard, the director asked in a low voice: "Do you think any of them are suspicious?"
"Ah," Xin, "we just met and haven't discovered anything yet. What did you discover?"
Director: “Not really. But I checked the people in the director team today, and they all had witnesses last night. And these are my people, who have been with me for many years. They are all my confidants. I trust their character, and they know what I hate the most. They would never do such a thing.”
"Well, let me tell you this, I still don't believe it was a ghost," the director frowned, "It could be a human pretending to be a ghost. The one washing the fruit among the four people, he used to learn hacking technology, I am a little suspicious of him. I think he has the ability to hack into the surveillance, but I am just a suspicion, there is no evidence, it would be too unfair to him if I wrongly accuse him."
"I'm telling you this just to make you careful."
Xin said, "Okay, I'll adapt to the situation."
The director looked at Xin with complicated eyes and said, "In short, be careful. If you encounter any situation, call for help immediately. Call if you can. Don't be cowardly. We women must take up arms to protect ourselves."
pungent:"?"
Am I a sex changer
The director was still a little worried and gave a few more instructions before preparing to leave.
Just as she was about to leave, she heard rustling outside the yard and someone shouting, "Old Li, you are so unkind."
Director Xin He heard the sound and looked over, only to see the male director who had been filming across the street walking in with two people.
The two directors obviously knew each other, and they were very familiar with each other. When she saw the male director, the female director immediately laughed, "Lao Zhang, what brings you here? Aren't you shooting a night scene across the street? Did you finish it so quickly?"
"Oh, forget it, we finished filming," the male director sighed, "The actress Mei said she would be here in ten minutes, but we waited for her for ten minutes and her agent called us and said she had an emergency plan and would not be coming tonight."
"I'm so pissed off. I've got all the people ready. The lights, wirework, props, and the best actor are all waiting for her, but she just said she wasn't coming and left us here. Does she know how much manpower, material resources, and financial resources we're going to lose by leaving us here?!"
Female director: "Well, she is a famous actress after all, so you should be more tolerant."
"What else can I do if I'm not responsible? Will I be killed by her fans?!" The male director cursed. His eyes fell on Xin who was next to the female director. Suddenly his eyes lit up. He quickly stretched out his hands and used his two index fingers and two thumbs to make a photo frame.
"Sister, is this the newcomer you found in the variety show?"
Female director: "Yes, she's from the acting department. She's so pretty, isn't she? I found her!"
Male director: "From the acting department! Come on, sister, lend me that person."
The female director's eyelids jumped: "What do you want to do?! No!"
Male director: "What should I do? What else can I do? I have all the human, material and financial resources, I can't just waste them! I have to cherish the resources and shoot as much as I can. I want to ask her to be my stand-in for a few scenes."
As he said that, the male director looked at Xin with a smile: "Little girl, you are from the acting department? Then you must know me, right?"
The female director looked at Xin nervously.
Xin blinked blankly and said, "Hello, Director Zhang."
Who are you
Director Zhang: “…”
Suddenly, I was taught a lesson unexpectedly.
Some people, don't be self-righteous. You are not a coin, it is impossible for everyone to know you.
Director Zhang coughed lightly to save his dignity: "It doesn't matter if you don't know me, but you must have heard of the actor Shen Mo, right?"
What best actor
So what exactly is the best actor
Xin continued with a bewildered look on his face: "Oh, I've heard of it, I've heard of it, it's amazing."
"…", Director Zhang, "Anyway, our crew is shooting a high-quality movie that will definitely be a big hit. Do you want to come and act opposite the best actor? You are still a college student. Do you know that some actors may never be able to act opposite the best actor in their entire lives? This will definitely benefit your future performances."
Xin looked at Director Zhang, then at the female director, with a questioning look in his eyes.
Catch the ball.
Female director: “Uh.”
It’s not that I don’t want to help, but he’s not from the acting department, and he’s not even a girl.
Male director: "Lao Li, we have been friends for so many years, are you willing to see me lose so much money? You are pushing me into the fire pit, are you just going to watch me die without helping me? If I can't wait for the big actress Mei, can't I hire a double to help her?"
The female director looked at Xin reluctantly: "Why don't you just go, don't refuse, think about your five-star review."
pungent:"."
This is the damn daily life of workers.
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The male director happily led the group to the other side, and on the way he began to explain the play to Xin: "We are shooting a costume drama, and it has a very high starting point."
"You play a thousand-year-old cat demon, and you meet the male protagonist who plays a Taoist priest, get to know each other, kill each other, and finally fall in love, and then save the world."
"The actor who plays the Taoist priest is the movie star Shen Mo. Although you are just a stand-in and your face is not shown, you can learn from Shen Mo's acting skills. You will definitely benefit a lot. I am not lying to you about this."
pungent:"."
Oh, he finally understood. It turned out that the movie emperor was called Shen Mo.
Xin: "I am considered tall among the girls. Is that famous actress you all call Mei Da this tall as well?"
Director Zhang: “…”
My goodness, what on earth did she study in the acting department?!
You don’t even recognize the famous actress Mei
Director Zhang: "It doesn't matter. Shen Mo is too tall. Even if the heroine is acting with him, she has to wear high-heeled shoes. This height is just right. Besides, people wear a lot of clothes in ancient costumes, so the back view won't make much difference."
The director led the person into the crew and said, "I'll take you to meet Shen Mo first and say hello to him. He has been waiting for a long time. I don't know if he will get angry."
As he spoke, he took Xin back and forth on the built platform and soon arrived in front of a nanny car.
I knocked on the door of the nanny car, and a man's voice came from inside: "Who?"
It was just a short word, but it carried an inexplicable sense of familiarity.
Xin was stunned for a moment.
Director Zhang: "Shen Mo, it's me. I'll show you someone. Let's continue filming."
The RV door opened, Xin looked up and saw a very familiar face.