Zhong Jiudao could tell at a glance that Luo Huai was optimistic and thought about everything for the best, while Pang Xinhao had something on his mind. He knew there was a problem but was unwilling to admit it.
"If you have any troubles in the future, you can come to me at any time." Zhong Jiudao said to Pang Xinhao.
"Ah? What's wrong with me? I'm fine." Pang Xinhao said harshly.
Zhong Jiudao didn't say anything. The matter here was solved, and there was still a group of people upstairs waiting for him to deal with it.
He stood up and left, and when he walked to the door, he said, "When you were playing together just now, Pang Xinhao got into the scene and kicked the door down. It's best to sleep in another room tonight."
After Zhong Jiudao left, Pang Xinhao looked at Luo Huai in confusion: "Did I kick in the door lock?"
"Director Zhong said yes, so that's probably it." Luo Huai said, touching his chest.
It’s so strange, why does the left chest feel hot after waking up and seeing or thinking about Director Zhong? Moreover, the idea that "Director Zhong is very reliable" arises from the depths of his soul, making Luo Huai involuntarily believe in Zhong Jiudao's words.
"Oh, I kicked you, so let's change rooms temporarily." Pang Xinhao said dubiously.
The two quickly packed their luggage and quickly moved to Luo Huai's room. Zhong Jiudao heard the noise and knew that no one was living downstairs. No one would notice even if the movie theater on the third floor turned upside down tonight.
Zhong Jiudao added sound insulation in front of the theater door, so there was no sound outside. When he opened the door, he heard Qian Duoqun making a sound like killing a pig: "Ah!!! Don't kill me, I haven't done anything evil." The thing is, I worked with the merchants to get some kickbacks when purchasing props. I already have a conscience for Director Zhong’s movie. He is so poor, and I only made 20,000 in the middle!"
Zhong Jiu said: "..."
He didn't expect to hear such explosive news as soon as he entered the door, which made him not know how to face Qian Duoqun.
In fact, the ghosts knew that they were in trouble, so how could they dare to hurt Qian Duoqun.
It's just that when everyone doesn't use illusions to hide their true appearance, they all look more terrifying. For example, Fu Yue was born beautiful, but she probably died after falling from a building, or landing headfirst. You can imagine how terrifying her real body was. Her head was broken into pieces, and her brains were still hanging on her face.
They didn't do anything, just gathering together honestly and looking at Qian Duoqun quietly was enough to scare him out of his wits.
"Old money, old money." Zhong Jiudao stepped forward and patted Qian Duoqun.
Qian Duoqun opened his eyes tremblingly, and when he saw Zhong Jiudao's extremely handsome and normal human face, he cried out with a hopeless "Wow", tears and snot flying from his nose.
Qian Duoqun really wanted to throw himself into Zhong Jiudao's arms to seek a sense of security, but Zhong Jiudao felt disgusted when he saw his snotty nose and tears. He raised his hand and put it on Qian Duoqun's forehead, which didn't have thick hair. Don't let him get close to you, lest he stain your clothes.
It took Qian Duoqun a long time to calm down. He wiped the tears on his face with his sleeves, sniffled, and said to Zhong Jiudao: "Director Zhong, I will give you back the 20,000 yuan I got from the kickback, and I will share the movie." No more, I promise I will never tell anyone about this, you, please let me go."
It seems that Qian Duoqun still misunderstood something. Zhong Jiudao waited for his mood to stabilize before saying: "I didn't mean to do anything to you. It was quite confusing at the time. It would be very troublesome for me to explain to you. But I will send you directly." On the third floor, there is no need to explain anything, everything is very intuitive, right? "
Qian Duoqun gasped: "You mean, since I turned into a ghost, I don't need to explain, right?"
Zhong Jiu said: "... I have no intention of silencing it, but I am really alone and incapable of doing anything, and I need someone with knowledge to help me."
In fact, Zhong Jiudao was not angry about Qian Duoqun's deduction of 20,000 yuan. People need to be paid for work, and Qian Duoqun does the work of many people. He is busy with all the logistics work of the entire crew, so he should be paying people.
Although Qian Duoqun claimed to want a share of the box office, they didn't know when or even if their movie would be released. It was like using a bad check to make Qian Duoqun work in vain for three months. Twenty thousand yuan was too little.
Zhong Jiudao did not mention the 20,000 yuan issue for the time being, and calmly explained the situation to Qian Duoqun.
After patiently explaining for a long time, Qian Duoqun finally understood what happened.
"So the crew was so poor that they had no choice but to use ghosts as actors to save both pay and special effects. It's just that these ghosts were restless and tried to harm their colleagues. Pang Xinhao and Luo Huai were possessed by ghosts. You were in Save Luo Huai?" Qian Duoqun said.
"Well, your statement is concise and clear." Zhong Jiudao said.
Qian Duoqun: "I thought these actors acted as a friend for the sake of your family, but I didn't expect there to be so much inside information."
Zhong Jiu said: "Your guess is not too far off."
Isn't it because of his status as a Celestial Master that the ghosts are so obedient
After appeasing Qian Duoqun, it's time to deal with these evil spirits.
Zhong Jiudao moved a chair and sat down, throwing the mineral water bottle in his hand into the crowd of ghosts.
The group of ghosts avoided it, and then they saw that the dying translucent ghost soaked in the water was Qi Wanlian. Seeing its miserable appearance, they were so frightened that they put away their true colors, and each one combed their skulls to look like normal people. It's quite popular.
Qian Duoqun breathed a sigh of relief. If these ghosts continued to behave like that, he might not be able to walk out of this room alive. Even if the ghosts didn't take action, he would be scared to death.
Zhong Jiudao pointed his finger in the air, and the cap of the mineral water bottle was opened. Qi Wanlian flew out, knelt on the ground in a panic, coughed violently, and spit out a lot of water.
It has always been elegant and beautiful, and there is no difference between its true appearance and its illusion. It wants to die beautifully when it comes.
This was probably the most unimpressive time for him. He coughed as if he wanted to cough out all his internal organs.
"Noisy." Zhong Jiudao tapped his temples and said one word lightly.
Qi Wanlian immediately covered her mouth, not daring to make a sound even though her chest shook from coughing.
This is the first time Qian Duoqun has seen Zhong Jiudao like this. This new director is usually modest and low-key, with a very good temper. When he was an intern on the crew before, he also looked like he was asking for advice humbly. Even though he is 1.9 meters tall, It will give people a sense of oppression.
At this moment, Zhong Jiudao was just sitting on an ordinary chair, but he felt as if he was sitting on a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. It made people afraid to look directly at him.
Qian Duoqun silently took half a step back, bowed his head and stood behind Zhong Jiudao. He suddenly felt that he looked very much like the eunuch behind the ancient emperor.
"Those who were not involved in this incident stand on the right, and those who were involved stand on the left." Zhong Jiudao said after Qi Wanlian's coughing became less serious.
Twenty-nine of the thirty-three ghosts moved to the right with a hula, leaving only four ghosts: Qi Wanlian, Fu Yue, Shen Leshan, and Aunt Yang.
Zhong Jiudao tapped the armrest of the chair on the right side and said calmly: "Given another chance, the liar will be driven to pieces."
With another "Hula", all the twenty-nine ghosts moved to the left, standing behind Qi Wanlian's four ghosts, and lowered their heads deeply, one lower than the other, hoping that the other ghosts' heads would be higher than their own.
As a result, the group of ghosts lowered their heads and started to compete with each other. If it was too much, they simply took off the head and stepped on it directly to see who could have a lower head!
Zhong Jiudao didn't bother to watch them scramble to express their submission and regret with their actions. He lowered his eyes and asked in a deep voice, "Are they all involved?"
Shen Leshan was obviously the most cunning among the ghosts. He could not hide from the left and right, so he decided to be the first to show his loyalty. He bravely stepped forward and said, "If we hadn't worked together, how could we have torn apart your talisman array so quickly, Director Zhong?" A small crack."
Zhong Jiudao was thorough in his work, and the talisman array he set up was definitely not something that one or two ghosts could break through, not even if powerful ghosts like Fu Yue and Qi Wanlian teamed up.
Only when these ghosts in the villa gather together and continuously attack the talisman array with Yin Qi, gradually wearing away the power of the talisman array, can Qi Wanlian be sent out within a week.
Shen Leshan said: "We have been trapped in the villa for decades, and we have been fighting each other to pass the time. Director Zhong, you can also see that we all have grudges. This is the first time that the whole villa has joined forces like this. , Even so, there is no way to break through the talisman formation. We still need help from the living person Pang Xinhao on the other side. Director Zhong, you are really..."
"That's enough," Zhong Jiudao interrupted, "Looking at your treacherous and cunning appearance, you must be the one behind the instigation of the ghosts to join forces."
Shen Leshan immediately shut up, lowered his head and stopped talking.
"I am a very democratic person. I will not blindly ask for guilt. I will give you a chance to tell me how useful you are, so that I can save your life." Zhong Jiudao said.
Aunt Yang is a person of action. She said first: "I can clean the room. In addition, I can cook."
Seeing Zhong Jiudao frowning, Aunt Yang hurriedly emphasized: "This time it will definitely not be poisonous, and it will also restrain its own yin energy to prevent colleagues from getting hurt. If something goes wrong once, the soul will be gone and will never be reincarnated."
Only then did Qian Duoqun understand why he was foaming at the mouth, and suddenly couldn't look directly at Aunt Yang.
"Aunt Yang, a ghost contract is a very serious matter. If you violate the oath you said personally, even if I don't do anything, I will be seriously harmed." Zhong Jiudao said.
"Yes," Aunt Yang said, "I know that if we don't show sincerity today, we will definitely not be able to solve the problem by generating electricity."
As expected of a ghost who served the wives of wealthy families back then, his ability to observe words and emotions was first-rate.
"Okay." Zhong Jiudao drew a strange pattern in the air with his left index finger. The pattern flew in front of Aunt Yang and disappeared into the center of her eyebrows.
Ghost oaths are different from human oaths. Oaths made from the depths of the soul cannot be false. What Zhong Jiudao drew just now was not a talisman, but the power of Aunt Yang's ghost contract passed to the signature pen in his hand. Naturally, a ghost pattern that could bind Aunt Yang appeared. If Aunt Yang did not make an oath, Zhong Jiudao could not The one who drew this ghost pattern.
With Aunt Yang as an example, the other ghosts also plucked up the courage and said that they would follow Director Zhong's lead in the future and do whatever Director Zhong asked and would never disobey.
Since they were just accomplices, Zhong Jiudao did not criticize them too much. After drawing the ghost patterns, he picked up a stack of white paper placed in the movie theater, cut out thirty paper figures, and threw them to the ghosts.
The thirty ghosts merged with the paper figures and completely became Zhong Jiudao's ghost servants.
Zhong Jiudao has always been reluctant to use this method.
Because this is the real art of conquering ghosts, it requires the ghosts to be willing to obey Zhong Jiudao from the bottom of their hearts. Zhong Jiudao can know their movements anytime and anywhere through the paper figures, and there will never be any omissions. Similarly, the connection between the ghost servants and the heavenly master will become closer, and everything they do will be counted. On Zhong Jiudao's head, whether it is good or evil, heaven will make its own judgment.
After merging with the paper man, the ghost takes on a physical form and can come into contact with people without the need for illusion.
Qian Duoqun noticed that the ghosts seemed to have a physical form. He boldly stepped forward and poked Aunt Yang's arm, feeling as if he had touched flesh and blood.
Looking at this group of ghost servants that were either good-looking, ordinary, or grotesque, a bold idea gradually came to Qian Duoqun's mind.
There are three main criminals left here, who are also the three protagonists of the movie.
Zhong Jiudao deliberately ignored them, but waited for the other accomplices to be taken care of before looking at them: "What about you?"
Seeing other ghosts becoming ghost servants unconditionally, Fu Yue was obviously unwilling. She gritted her teeth and said, "I won't do it unless you give me your blood!"
Until now, Fu Yue is still so tough-talking, and she was also a fierce woman when she was alive.
"Fu Yue, you misunderstood something," Zhong Jiudao said, "It's not that I want to take you in, it's that you asked me for protection to protect yourself. I think you are a ghost with a strong personality, and I have always respected a person with a heart and a heart. … Ghost, in that case, I won’t let you go to pieces, but send you to reincarnation, how about it?”
"No!" Fu Yue's eyes suddenly turned red and she shed tears of blood, "I still have things to do, I won't reincarnate!"
It was more painful for Fu Yue to let go of her obsession and reincarnate than to lose her soul.
"Times have changed and the world has changed a lot. No matter what obsessions you have, they are just grievances and grievances from decades ago. They are just a passing cloud. Let them go." Zhong Jiudao said.
He raised his pen and drew lightly in the air, and a rebirth talisman gradually took shape. Fu Yue finally surrendered after seeing this: "No, I can't be reincarnated, not even for how many years. You accept me, I... try to cause as little trouble as possible."
Not knowing what Fu Yue's obsession was, Zhong Jiudao put away his magic power, erased the half-drawn death talisman, and threw out a piece of paper.
Fu Yue reluctantly merged with the paper man. She struggled fiercely when the ghost tattoo came over her body, but finally surrendered.
Seeing that the situation was over, Shen Leshan obeyed and became a ghost servant. However, seeing that it was full of thoughts, it must be difficult for even ghost patterns to prevent it from taking advantage of the rules. It needs to be watched at all times.
In the end, only Qi Wanlian was left.
Qi Wanlian was tossed in the Wangchuan water for a long time, and most of her soul power was lost. It knows that its sins are serious, and even if it agrees to become a ghost servant, it will be taught a lesson first.
When it was finally its turn, it immediately said: "I know that Pang Xinhao has trouble with his acting skills, and there are ways to improve his acting skills."
"Oh?" Zhong Jiudao originally planned to use Qi Wanlian to scare the monkeys and teach him a lesson, but he didn't expect that it could solve his current most troublesome problem.
"I only found out about this after I was possessed," Qi Wanlian said, "Please allow Director Zhong to allow me to make meritorious deeds."
Zhong Jiudao stared at it for a long time. After Qi Wanlian started to get scared, he slowly said, "Okay, I'll keep my word."
In addition to obedience, Qi Wanlian's ghost mark also contains promises. If he fails to do so, he will be doomed. It is the most serious ghost mark.
After subduing the thirty-three ghosts, Zhong Jiudao nodded secretly. It was only at this moment that all the crew members were successfully integrated. Everyone was united and they would be able to make this movie successfully.
After being possessed by paper figures, even if they have a physical body, they will not be easily exposed and can move freely outside.
In this way, Zhong Jiudao no longer has to do some physical work himself, and the crew finally has a lot of manpower, and even a lot more.
Zhong Jiudao assigned the work of several ghost servants. Because there were a large number of people, they changed to a shift system, with some working and some resting.
Hearing this, Qian Duoqun finally couldn't bear it anymore and said hurriedly: "Wait! It can't be used like this, it's too wasteful!"
"Huh?" Zhong Jiudao looked at Qian Duoqun doubtfully.
Qian Duoqun sadly pointed at a ghost servant who was only one meter tall and said: "Look at this physique. What a special actor he is! It's such a waste of work. Open a company and let them all go out to take roles and earn money." There is no need to share any money with them. The company’s profits are 100%, so it’s great to use them to subsidize the crew!”
Zhong Jiu said: "..."
Group of ghosts: "..."
A group of ghosts looked at Qian Duoqun with very frightened eyes. How could this thin and cunning human being be able to exploit ghosts better than Zhong Jiudao