Seeing the crime scene flashbacks made me the darling of the police station.

Chapter 180 He's a very nice person
Su Miaoyi stood at the door and listened for a while, then walked into the crowd: "What's your name?"

The voices immediately fell silent, and they all looked at each other.

Then one of the men stepped forward: "I am the director of this program, my name is Wang Youxian."

Su Miaoyi nodded, then looked into the room and saw Lu Zhishen walking out.

She waved.

Lu Zhishen came over, and the two of them asked together.

"Sit down, sit down." Wang Youxian asked them to make room for two seats.

"No need, please sit down," Su Miaoyi asked. "I just heard you say that you wanted to pray before filming started, but someone said you didn't need to. Who was it?"

Wang Youxian glanced into the room: "It's Liu Nanmo. In our line of work, when filming this kind of subject matter, we usually go to pray for good luck and ward off bad luck. But Liu Nanmo said it wasn't necessary, that there weren't so many customs, so we didn't pray. He's the investor in this program, so we can only listen to him."

As he spoke, Su Miaoyi observed his expression.

Cheng Jue remained standing in the same spot, watching her from afar.

Look at the seriousness and sharpness in her eyes.

Lu Zhishen asked, "Was the script originally written so that we would lie down inside?"

“Yes,” Wang Youxian said. “The background of our story in this episode is that this place used to be home to a wealthy family surnamed Zhai. Their youngest son died unexpectedly, and because he couldn’t find a husband, they arranged for an actor to be their ghost bride. After that, more than twenty members of the family died tragically.”

"Then Liu Nanmo and the other four unexpectedly arrived here, searching for the truth behind the tragedy from back then, and left from here."

"What we're filming today is recreating the scene of the ghost marriage from back then. Liu Nanmo and Xu Jinlan are the youngest son of the Zhai family and the actor."

"The room over there is open. Take him inside and ask him alone." Zhuang Yanzheng walked over.

"it is good."

Su Miaoyi and Lu Zhishen led Wang Youxian to the west wing.

After sitting down, Lu Zhishen asked, "Was this role arranged in advance by you, or were they chosen randomly?"

“We had two men and three women participating in the filming,” Wang Youxian said. “We had them randomly choose their roles after the recording of the previous episode.”

"Our script also features three women and two men. The three women blindly choose the identities of three female characters, and the two men blindly choose the identities of two male characters."

"After the selection, we will make some adjustments to the script based on each person. After all, it is a variety show, not a TV series, so apart from the overall framework and story direction, many parts of the script can be adjusted at any time."

"There are also makeup and clothing, all of which need to be discussed with their team in advance and prepared before the shoot."

"From what I understand, after the recording of the last episode ended, there was a three-day break in between, and then this is the second episode," Su Miaoyi said.

"Yes." Wang Youxian nodded.

So even though the role was randomly selected, many days have passed since then.

The murderer had ample time to prepare.

Su Miaoyi then asked, "I just saw that they were wearing microphones, why wasn't Liu Nanmo wearing one?"

“Neither Liu Nanmo nor Xu Jinlan wore them,” Wang Youxian said. “Xu Jinlan was terrified when she lay down in the coffin; she kept screaming and refused to cooperate.”

“Liu Nanmo and the staff on set kept trying to comfort her, but Xu Jinlan was also making a fuss about not wanting to film,” Wang Youxian said with a sigh. “If this episode were the first day of filming today, I would have found someone else for her role. But we’ve been filming for several days already, and the role is completely fixed, so it can only be her.” Su Miaoyi and Lu Zhishen both looked at him.

“We tried to persuade her for a long time, but Xu Jinlan was unwilling to continue recording.” Wang Youxian sighed again. “After an hour of stalemate, Liu Nanmo finally took off his own microphone and then took off Xu Jinlan’s microphone, and pulled her to the back of the room.”

"What did you do?" Su Miaoyi asked.

“They’re dating. Xu Jinlan was brought in by Liu Nanmo, and she doesn’t even have a single film credit. She’s basically a newcomer being mentored,” Wang Youxian said. “They probably went to the back of the room to persuade her. It took more than an hour. I’ve never encountered anything like this in my career, and I couldn’t be bothered with them. If it weren’t for the fact that Liu Nanmo is an investor and I can’t afford to offend him, I wouldn’t have let Xu Jinlan participate in the filming.”

"How long did Liu Nanmo try to persuade him?" Lu Zhishen asked.

"About ten minutes," Wang Youxian said. "Then Xu Jinlan agreed to film. So we quickly got everything in place and started filming."

"After filming started, I realized that neither of them was wearing a microphone. I thought, since we've already started filming, I won't interrupt. Anyway, it's just one clip, and we can just add some audio in post-production, so we just filmed it like that."

Su Miaoyi looked at him, a question mark appearing in her mind regarding what he had just said.

It's hard to say whether it's true or false.

"How well does Liu Nanmo get along with people in the industry?" Su Miaoyi asked.

“Very good,” Wang Youxian replied quickly.

Su Miaoyi looked at him.

"He's really great. Aside from changing girlfriends frequently, he's very generous to those around him, not pretentious, and he'll do whatever he's told to do. His acting is also quite good, and he listens to what the director says," Wang Youxian said.

"More obedient to advice?" Su Miaoyi listened to his carefully chosen words.

"He's an investor; his family invests in many movies and TV series. Most of the time, we listen to his advice, but occasionally, like when he brings his girlfriend to record a show or adds a newcomer to a drama, we have to listen to him."

"What's your relationship with Xu Jinlan like?" Su Miaoyi asked again.

"It's good. Xu Jinlan occasionally throws a little tantrum, but he's quite happy to appease her," Wang Youxian said.

"Have you had any conflicts or grudges with the people here, including those involved in the filming, as well as the cameramen and prop staff?"

“No.” Wang Youxian shook his head. “There have been no conflicts or anything. And during his breaks, he mostly spends time with Xu Jinlan and rarely interacts with others. He hasn’t participated in any variety shows either; he only came because Xu Jinlan wanted to.”

"If we cooperate well, we can finish filming early and wrap up early. Everyone wants to leave work early and no one will cause trouble on set. So everyone gets along quite well."

Su Miaoyi nodded, that's true, everyone wants to leave work early: "How long have you been setting up that filming set in the main hall?"

“It’s been two days,” Wang Youxian said, “because we’ve already filmed a lot of content before that.”

"Has the coffin been sitting there for the past two days?" Su Miaoyi asked.

Wang Youxian nodded: "Yes, although we don't use it like we do today, we still need it as a background. We also need it to shoot panoramic shots."

"Has anyone touched it?" Lu Zhishen asked.

“No, it’s so heavy, who would touch it? The props team just left it there, they definitely wouldn’t let anyone touch it,” Wang Youxian replied.

“I see a lot of hidden machines in that room. Are they always on?” Su Miaoyi asked.

"No, we turn it off when we're not filming. We only keep the camera on for those kinds of observational films. For our kind of films, we usually turn the camera off when we need behind-the-scenes footage, except for the actual filming."

Su Miaoyi nodded, asking questions while sorting through the clues she had gathered in her mind.
(End of this chapter)