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Chapter 387 Gambling and Drugs Lead to No Good End!
Upon hearing this, Jing Tian's eyes immediately lit up.

Romance scripts are great; she just loves them.

She immediately pestered Qi Hui to tell her about the script in advance.

"Well..." Qi Hui stroked his chin, neither refusing nor refusing, and began to speak slowly.

The story goes like this
The male protagonist, He Fei, is a diving instructor. He and his wife, Li Muzi, are traveling in Thailand to celebrate their first wedding anniversary.

But when he woke up one morning, he found that his wife had become a completely different person.

This strange woman claimed to be his wife, knew everything about He Fei, and was also very familiar with He Fei's marital situation with his wife.

She seemed to truly be He Fei's wife.

Apart from their different faces, everything else is the same, even the scars on their thighs are identical.

He Fei was terrified, but the photos on his phone, the hotel surveillance footage, and even the identification documents in their hands all pointed to the fact that the strange woman in front of him was his wife.

However, He Fei knew very well that this was not his wife.

However, being in a foreign country with no familiar faces around, he had no way to prove it.

So he started seeking help, initially by contacting the police, but it didn't work.

After checking his identification, the police did not believe him.

Later, she sought help from lawyer Chen Mai, who is also the female lead.

Under questioning from lawyer Chen Mai, He Fei and his wife Li Muzi's past began to emerge.

He Fei's family was very poor. His father did nothing but gamble, and his mother worked hard to raise him.

But one day, his mother died unexpectedly, leaving him in a daze and his father who didn't care about him.

To make a living, why not go to a big city to find work, deliver food, work as a bartender... do anything.

But in big cities, after paying rent, there's hardly any money left.

He wanted to succeed, make money, and live a life of luxury.

By chance, He Fei came into contact with gambling and then became completely addicted.

The bigger the stakes, the more they gambled, until they lost everything.

Just when He Fei was in despair, he met Li Muzi, an angelic girl.

It brought a touch of light to his gloomy world.

The two quickly fell in love and soon began discussing marriage.

Before getting married, He Fei confessed everything about himself and expressed his determination to turn over a new leaf and never touch anything related to gambling again.

Li Muzi believed him and helped him pay off his gambling debts. Then the two got married and lived happily ever after.

But now, Li Muzi is gone. On their first wedding anniversary, Li Muzi disappeared.

How could it be that his beloved wife was impersonated by a stranger?
After listening, lawyers Chen Mai and He Fei joined forces to begin the process of finding Li Muzi.

The two dug little by little, advancing step by step, following the clues to find the missing Li Muzi.

During the search, He Fei's true colors are gradually revealed.

He did not repent or give up his gambling addiction; instead, he gambled bigger and bigger, becoming increasingly reckless.

His debts kept piling up, and he was not the person he claimed to be who had truly reformed.

But he's still a gambling addict.

Li Muzi could no longer stand him, so she decided to divorce him and cut ties with this gambling addict completely.

But He Fei discovered it first, and He Fei didn't want to lose Li Muzi, this rich man.

Without Li Muzi, He Fei would return to his previous impoverished state.

Li Muzi is an orphan, all alone. If she is killed, He Fei, her spouse, will be the heir to her estate.

So, He Fei meticulously planned a trip for their wedding anniversary, taking Li Muzi scuba diving with him.

Then they locked Li Muzi in a shark-proof cage on the seabed and watched her run out of oxygen and drown.

Then, the truth about the fake Li Muzi was revealed: it was all Chen Mai's arrangement.

Her real name was Shen Man, and she and Li Muzi were best friends, having grown up together. Of course, He Fei was unaware of the relationship between her and Li Muzi.

Shen Man discovered that Li Muzi had disappeared during her trip with He Fei. She suspected that He Fei had murdered his wife for money, so she directed a scene.

Under her manipulation, He Fei gradually fell into danger, eventually revealing that he had killed his own wife.

After listening, Jing Tian took a deep breath and glared at Qi Hui through gritted teeth: "You call this a sweet love story in a movie?"

You think you can believe me? You want to get punched?
"Hahaha..." Qi Hui laughed heartily. This movie could be called a propaganda film against marriage, a propaganda film against gambling, and a guide to deterring people from traveling to Southeast Asia.

Once the movie is shown, all the cultural and tourism work is for nothing!

Jing Tian rolled her eyes, knowing that Qi Hui's perverse sense of humor had struck again.

Just listening to this story made her break out in a cold sweat.

"What do you think? Wouldn't it be fun if we released it on Valentine's Day, Qixi Festival, or the recently popular online Valentine's Day, 520?" Qi Hui said with a grin.

"You're so mean!" Jing Tian poked Qi Hui, speechless for a moment.

If that's the case, many young couples will probably break up.

Jing Tian took a water bottle from the electric scooter and handed it to Qi Hui.

After talking for so long, are you thirsty?
Qi Hui took it, tilted his head back and drank it down. Speaking of which, it's been getting hotter and hotter in Hainan Province these past few days, and the sea is calm.

It's located in the tropics, and it's raining and hot at the same time, so it should have rained by now.

Unfortunately, we didn't see anything; the sun was still blazing.

"Why reveal that He Fei is a gambler so early?" Jing Tian asked, recalling the script Qi Hui had mentioned earlier.
"Isn't it easy to guess that the male lead killed his wife for money?"

Qi Hui said, "The suspense in a suspense film is not created by concealing information."

"On the contrary, it is accomplished by providing information."

"If information is concealed, then the moment the information is exposed is the moment the suspense disappears."

In fact, that's exactly what the original version did.

The original version concealed the information that He Fei was a gambler.

But as the plot unfolds and this information comes out, viewers can basically guess who the murderer of Li Muzi's disappearance is.

The reason is simple: you can't trust what gamblers say!
Being with gamblers will lead to trouble; at best, it will cause families to break apart, and at worst, it will lead to the destruction of the family and death.

Every Chinese person knows these two things.

Trust the police and trust the Party; gambling and drugs will never end well!
Gambling: Breaks up wives and children; Drugs: Destroys families and kills; Pornography: Send it to me... Ahem, scratch the last sentence!
Closer to home

With this information revealed, the only remaining suspense in the film is: [Who exactly is the fake Li Muzi?]

What happened after that was never reversed.

Those plot twists shouldn't be called reversals, but rather corroborating evidence.

The unfolding plot of the film confirmed the audience's suspicions.

Therefore, Qi Hui naturally had to revise the script.

Not only was the story changed, but even the character Qi Hui was altered.

In fact, the original He Fei's character design was quite strange.

It's hard to believe that someone who constantly needs medication and is easily agitated or stressed could orchestrate a perfect murder.

Furthermore, Qi Hui really didn't know why the original He Fei's face kept twitching.
Like Zhao Si, he's always slapping himself.

When I first watched it, I was really worried that Liu Neng and Xie Guangkun would pop up at any moment and pull the movie's setting back from Thailand to Ivory Mountain.

"But if you reveal this information, won't it make it easier for the audience to guess?" Jing Tian asked doubtfully.

Qi Hui shrugged: "If I don't tell you, the audience won't guess?"

"When a person goes missing or dies under abnormal circumstances, the spouse is the first suspect. This can even be a basic principle of criminal investigation."

"If you treat the audience like fools, the audience will treat you like fools too."

"But if the audience can guess what happens next, wouldn't there be no suspense at all?" Jing Tian scratched his head, completely puzzled.

Then the movie is ruined, right? What's there to watch?
(End of this chapter)