Entertainment: I just want to be the boss behind the scenes

Chapter 11: Dare not burn raw rhinoceros

Gan Wei opened the script and took a look at it, and her first feeling was "standard".

Scenes, characters, backgrounds, acts...all the necessary parts of a script are present and arranged in perfect order. You can tell at a glance that the creator is an excellent student who graduated from a professional school.

However, the ability of a screenwriter has little to do with whether or not he has a professional background. There are many examples in the industry of people using their own unique methods to defeat the regular army.

So Gan Wei just sighed in his heart and then began to read the contents of the script.

The first two episodes are titled [Convenience Store No. 444] and [Ghost Detective]. One is about the appearance of the three main characters, explaining the character images and personalities; the other is a simple short story that explains the world view and some background settings.

Meng Bai had shown these two short stories to Qin Lan before, and Qin Lan also roughly described some of the story contents when chatting with Gan Wei.

So when Gan Wei, who had been spoiled in advance, read the first two stories again, although she still couldn't help but admire the excellent narration and amazing writing style of the script, the excitement of the story itself was inevitably discounted.

But even so, Gan Wei has put away his previous contempt and speculation towards Meng Bai.

From this point of view, it seems that Qin Lan recommended this young man to himself just out of admiration.

However, at this level, it is not enough for me to spend real money to invest in the script.

Gan Wei glanced at Meng Bai who was sitting opposite him. The young man was looking out the window, seemingly admiring the street view in front of the building, with a confident look on his face.

It has to be said that for an investor, it is hard not to have more confidence in him with his confident look.

Gan Wei withdrew his gaze and continued to flip through the pages.

The third story is called "Ghost on the Bed", which sounds like a classic ghost story template. It is also a new story that Qin Lan has not described to her.

Gan Wei first browsed through it casually as before, but as she read on, she couldn't help but put the script flat on the table, and then leaned forward to read it carefully.

After she finished reading, she did not turn the pages down, but closed her eyes and meditated. Then she opened her eyes, turned the pages back to the beginning, and read the story again.

[Qingqing is an independent fashion designer. She has been married to her husband for many years and they have a good relationship and are very loving.

Qingqing's husband likes to study various kinds of incense and has collected many strange and unique incense items at home.

Under the influence of her husband, Qingqing gradually became interested in traditional culture and often went to various remote areas to collect old objects in search of inspiration.

A month ago, Qingqing came to the mountainous area of western Shanxi as she did in the past. This time, she received a pair of three-inch golden lotus embroidered shoes here, which were exquisitely designed and very popular.

After returning home, the husband brought a basin of water as usual and washed Qingqing's feet and massaged her to relieve his wife's fatigue. Qingqing flirted with her husband while talking about what she had gained from this trip.

As they were chatting, Qingqing mentioned that her feet had been feeling a little sore lately, as if she had worn small shoes for a whole day. She also had a band-aid on her forehead because she had been injured at some point.

Hearing Qingqing's words, the husband was stunned, but he quickly began to comfort his wife, saying that she might be too tired recently.

Qingqing flirted with her husband barefoot. As they whispered to each other, they had already set up the chessboard and were ready to "go to war". But at this moment, the phone rang and interrupted the battle.

Qingqing picked up the phone and heard a woman's voice. The other party said that she had made an appointment with Qingqing today and was at her doorstep.

Qingqing was a little confused because she didn't remember who she had made an appointment with today. But since the other party had already arrived at the door, she couldn't turn him away. Qingqing had to temporarily break off the fight with her husband and go downstairs to greet the guest.

The person who came was a beautiful woman who called herself "Yanyan". She was wearing a European retro black lace and pearl dress, black mesh gloves on her hands, and carrying a leather lady's bag in her hands.

After entering the room and sitting down, the woman took out a golden cigarette case and lighter from her bag, then leaned on the sofa with her legs crossed, acting like a socialite in the foreign concessions of the Republic of China.

The two sat down in the living room, and Yanyan told Qingqing the purpose of her visit, hoping that Qingqing could design a set of clothes for her. She said that her requirements were very simple, as long as the quality was good, it didn't matter whether it was labor-intensive or material-intensive.

After saying that, Yanyan took out 30,000 cash from her handbag out of splendor.

Faced with such a big customer, Qingqing was naturally happy. She agreed to Yanyan's request immediately and then took her to visit some old items in her collection.

What Qingqing didn't expect was that Yanyan was quite familiar with these collections and could talk about them very well, which made Qingqing feel like she had found a good friend. In her delight, she prepared to take out the embroidered shoes she had just received to admire them.

But when Qingqing turned around to get the shoes, she found that Yanyan had already left. In addition to three stacks of cash, there was only a note on the table, which read "Send the clothes to No. 74 Fenghuangshan Road after they are finished."

Qingqing was a little confused by Yanyan's mystery, but the joy brought by the big order made her ignore this "little problem". After packing up the money and the note, Qingqing returned to the room and continued the "endgame" with her husband.

After the lovemaking, both of them had grown a lot. Just as Qingqing was enjoying the afterglow, she heard some subtle strange noises.

Standing up and looking around, Qingqing suddenly discovered that the pair of embroidered shoes that were supposed to be placed in the studio were now placed on the windowsill.

Qingqing didn't remember bringing the embroidered shoes into the room, and her husband denied touching them.

The husband comforted Qingqing, saying that she might have just left her shoes on the windowsill and forgotten about them. He then told Qingqing not to always put her shoes facing the bed, as this was not good.

Qingqing asked in confusion, what happened to the shoe punching machine?
The husband explained that there is an old saying among the people: "When shoes hit the bed, ghosts come into the bed."

Qingqing was startled by these words, but then when she saw the smile on her husband's lips, she realized that he was deliberately trying to scare her, and the two of them started flirting again.

Qingqing didn't take the matter of the embroidered shoes to heart and began to concentrate on designing clothes for her "big client".

Because the design of the pattern needs to be tailored, Qingqing wanted to contact Yanyan and ask her to come over and try it on in person. But the phone number Yanyan left before was unreachable, so Qingqing had no choice but to go to the address left on the note.

Qingqing followed the navigation system and drove along, but the more she drove, the more she felt that something was wrong with the surrounding environment. When the navigation system said "Destination reached", Qingqing looked up and found that she had arrived at a cemetery called "Phoenix Cemetery".

Moreover, at this time, a group of people wearing white mourning clothes were holding a funeral ceremony with music and drums.

Qingqing was so scared that she turned the car around and drove back home, but the strange things were not over yet.

As soon as she got out of the car, the neighbor's dog started barking at her. When she got home and wanted to check if she had remembered the address wrong, she found that the note and 30,000 yuan in cash that Yanyan had left were all gone.

This series of events made Qingqing feel a little weird, and she couldn't help but describe them to her husband.

However, after hearing this, the husband did not agree with his wife's feelings. He just comforted her by saying: He was not very clear about the money matter, and there were many possibilities as to why the dog barked at her. Maybe it was just that her car crushed the dog's rice bowl.

Qingqing did not accept her husband's comfort, but thought of a folk saying - dogs can see "things" that people cannot see.

Although there are many doubts, we still have to live our lives day by day and play chess game by game.

One day, Qingqing and her husband were busy with a new chess game when they suddenly heard a strange sound. She subconsciously looked toward the windowsill and saw the pair of embroidered shoes again.

However, before Qingqing could react, the embroidered shoes moved strangely. Qingqing was distracted again, and a red skirt appeared on the shoes. Looking up along the skirt, she found that Yanyan, whom she had been unable to contact, was standing there, looking at her expressionlessly.

Qingqing was so frightened that she jumped up and rushed to the windowsill, but there was nothing there. When she turned around, she saw Yanyan sitting on the bed, taking over her own "endgame".

"what--"

Qingqing woke up with a scream. It turned out to be just a dream. She turned around and looked at her side, but found that her husband was not in bed. After thinking for a while, Qingqing got up and went downstairs, and then walked towards the basement, where her husband's workshop was.

The basement door reflected dim colors under the night light. Qingqing took a deep breath, reached out to grab the door handle, and was about to turn it when a hand reached out from the side to stop her.

Startled, Qingqing turned around and found her husband standing beside her. She asked him why he didn't go back to his room to sleep so late. Her husband didn't answer, but just said a few vague words and dragged Qingqing back to her room.

Women are always attentive to the subtle changes in men, and Qingqing sensitively discovered that her husband's attitude was a little strange.

Then, she thought of some strange behaviors of her husband recently, such as his physical weakness, dark circles under his eyes, and his condition getting worse and worse. At the same time, he communicated less and less with her, hiding in the basement every day, and no one knew what he was doing.

Once the seeds of doubt are planted, they can take root and sprout without irrigation. The next day, Qingqing went to the basement door while her husband was out, but found that the door lock had been changed without her knowing when, which increased Qingqing's suspicion.

Thinking carefully, all the strange things started from taking back the embroidered shoes. Qingqing judged that there was something wrong with the shoes. Thinking of this, she took the embroidered shoes and went to the corner outside the house despite the barking of the neighbor's dog, intending to burn them.

But when she was about to throw the shoes into the brazier, her husband, who had gone out earlier, rushed back and snatched the shoes out of the brazier. He then thought of many reasons to persuade Qingqing to keep the shoes.

But Qingqing no longer trusted her husband. She began to suspect that her husband had done something strange to her. She could not help but quarrel with her husband. However, her husband was not angry. He still whispered to comfort Qingqing, but he was still determined to keep the embroidered shoes.

After spending the whole night in a trance, Qingqing finally calmed down, but she saw Yanyan's "ghost" again at home. This time Qingqing couldn't bear it anymore and screamed.

The husband heard the noise and rushed over, hugged Qingqing to calm her down. Qingqing suppressed her trembling voice and said that she wanted to drink a cup of hot water to calm down. Then, she took the opportunity when her husband stood up to find the key to the basement from his clothes.

Amid her husband's anxious attempts to stop her, Qingqing ran to the basement door, opened it, and saw the scene she had "expected".

There was an altar in the basement, on which was placed a black-and-white photo of the woman in it, and in front of the photo was the pair of embroidered shoes.

At this time Qingqing finally understood that Yanyan was the "ghost concubine" her husband had found, and the pair of embroidered shoes were the instrument where the spirit resided.

No wonder my husband's health was getting worse, no wonder he turned a blind eye to all kinds of strange phenomena, no wonder he refused to allow himself to burn the embroidered shoes...

Qingqing rushed out of the house in despair and drove down the street in the heavy rain. It was not until the rain got so heavy that she could not see the road clearly that she stopped the car and went into a "No. 444 Convenience Store" on the side of the road to take shelter from the rain.

Seeing this again, Gan Wei couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

When I first skimmed through this plot, like "Qingqing" in the script, I thought I already knew the truth and saw through Meng Bai's tricks.

The following plot is nothing more than the three protagonists following Qingqing home to "exorcise evil spirits". Then they discover that "Yanyan" is actually a "good ghost" and that her "husband" has reasons to worship her. There are misunderstandings here. In the end, everyone clears up the misunderstandings and happily makes dumplings together, no, they play chess together.

Gan Wei was still complaining in her heart at the time, saying that this kind of bloody plot was the same as those crappy domestic horror movies. The only thing that was better than them was that there wasn't the whole "Qingqing is actually mentally ill" kind of shitty ending.

Before, she continued to watch it with some disdain, however, after watching the subsequent plot, Gan Wei realized that she really overestimated herself.

Or perhaps, he underestimated the young man sitting opposite him.

[After Qingqing finished telling her story, the dimly lit convenience store suddenly lit up, startling the heroine Wang Xiaoya who was listening to the story intently and the passers-by who were also hiding from the rain.

The male protagonist Xia Dongqing walked out of the warehouse and said that he had fixed the tripped circuit, which made Wang Xiaoya angry.

At this time, the heavy rain outside had stopped, and Wang Xiaoya asked Qingqing what she planned to do next. Qingqing said that she still believed in her husband, and that the "female ghost" must have seduced her husband with evil magic, so she wanted to go home to save him.

As she said that, Qingqing stood up and walked out. But as soon as she reached the door, she was blocked by Zhao Li, the "soul ferryman" who happened to arrive in the store.

Zhao Li immediately pointed out that Qingqing had been haunted by evil spirits recently, and said that he could help her catch the ghost.

Qingqing was shocked at first, but after thinking about it, she felt that her chances of success would be better with help, so she agreed to take Zhao Li, who claimed to be able to "catch ghosts", and Xia Dongqing home with her.

After rushing back home, the husband was very excited to see Qingqing coming back, but when he saw Zhao Li and Xia Dongqing following him, he became alert again.

Qingqing didn't hesitate and took Zhao Li to the basement. But Zhao Li said that the ghost was not there, but should be in the bedroom upstairs.

After entering the bedroom, Zhao Li did not rush to catch the ghost, but played with the burning incense burner in the room.

The husband asked excitedly, where are the ghosts here?

Zhao Li raised his hand to signal him not to be anxious, and then pointed out that the incense burning in the incense burner should be rhinoceros horn incense.

"The so-called rhinoceros horn incense is made from ground rhinoceros horn. Ancient books say that people dare not burn raw rhinoceros horns, but when they are burned, they produce a strange fragrance that can be used to make clothes smell good, and people can communicate with ghosts if it gets on their clothes." Zhao Li uncovered the secret of her husband's incense burner.

Qingqing was furious when she heard this and was about to smash the incense burner. Her husband was also anxious and stopped Qingqing while shouting at Zhao Li to get out.

Zhao Li told Qingqing not to be anxious, and then signaled Xia Dongqing to reveal the real "truth".

Xia Dongqing first introduced himself, saying that he was born with "yin and yang eyes" and could see things that ordinary people could not see. Then he pointed out that there was indeed a ghost in this house, but the ghost was none other than Qingqing.

Back in time, Qingqing died of a severe head injury in a traffic accident on her way back from Jinxi. After her death, her soul refused to acknowledge her own death, and attached itself to the pair of embroidered shoes she had received, and walked back home.

Qingqing mentioned before that she always felt sore feet and the wound on her forehead never healed, which were also the reflection of reality on her soul. The "Phoenix Cemetery" she went to was actually where she was buried, and the funeral procession she saw at that time was actually her husband burying her.

As for why she, a soul, could exist in the world in a physical form, it was because her husband used paper figurines to attract her, set up an incense table in the basement to summon her soul, and then used the magical power of rhino horn incense to enable her to communicate with spirits.

When people and ghosts communicate, one of them will fail. Every day with Qingqing's soul, the husband's body gradually weakened.

However, Qingqing has always refused to accept the fact that she is dead, so her constant resentment and obsession turned into the "ghost in her heart", which is the "Yanyan" that Qingqing has always seen.

At this point, all the truth was revealed. Qingqing was speechless, with only two lines of tears left.

But the husband did not accept this result. He grabbed the rhino horn incense on the table and said that as long as he had it, they could spend a long time together.

Looking at the couple hugging each other, Zhao Li, as the "soul ferryman", did not take Qingqing away, but left here with Xia Dongqing.

In the years to come, let this couple spend their final moments together.

By the bank of the Forgetful River, I will always rest with you.

In the mud, our hair is entangled.

I have nothing to express but a wisp of soul.

Light up a furnace of spiritual resonance, and a mandala will grow out of the dry bones. 】

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