Who says vengeful ghosts can't go on blind dates?

"Okay. That way, I'll be able to focus better during the negotiations later."

The cameraman put the used film roll into his office drawer and waited for Ren Zhizhe to arrive.

He had already devised a plan for Mingzhe to protect himself.

When the time comes, all you need to do is use your best talking skills to keep that big devil in check.

He was confident that he could save his life if he could calm the other party down.

However, even so, he was still worried.

Because the cameraman is also facing a very serious problem—

"Please don't get killed right away!"

The cameraman muttered to himself.

The big ghosts have extremely twisted personalities, some of which can even be described as bizarre.

Putting aside everything else, he had even heard of a vengeful ghost who would tear someone apart if they didn't like them.

Ghosts, of course, must abide by their own rules for killing. But as a group with their own consciousness, they sometimes give full play to their initiative.

When neither side can trigger the killing rules, the enraged ghosts have another way to solve the problem—

Tearing each other apart.

For example, using brute force to tear another vengeful ghost apart.

However, a vengeful ghost must use its core killing rules to kill another vengeful ghost. Using vengeful ghost items cannot replace this, let alone brute force.

But it feels so good to get revenge like this!

Moreover, some vengeful ghosts don't even support body restoration when they kill. If someone is torn to pieces, this unfortunate soul might have to live like that for the rest of their life.

But this is under the premise that the rules for killing cannot be triggered.

Some vengeful ghosts have rules for killing that involve contact and dismemberment; rashly tearing each other apart could easily lead to losses. Therefore, vengeful ghosts rarely do this.

"Knock knock".

"Gah—"

The office door was knocked on first, then pushed open.

"Please have a seat, sir."

Ren Zhizhe walked directly to the cameraman's desk.

Seeing that a seat was reserved in front of the desk, and with the person in charge's invitation, he thought for a moment and then sat down.

The person in charge prepared a chair for him.

This could be out of politeness, or it could mean that the conversation will likely go on for a long time.

Hopefully it's not the latter. After all, his blind date is still waiting for him.

Ren Zhizhe sat expressionlessly in front of the cinema manager. Although he was expressionless, anyone would probably be a little unhappy to be called over for no apparent reason.

"Is there something you need?"

"Ah, it's like this," the cameraman said slowly, "something...very bad just happened in our movie theater."

Something terrible?

Ren Zhizhe raised an eyebrow.

What does this have to do with him?

If this matter affects the guests, then the guests should be organized to evacuate in an orderly manner, instead of calling him out for a private talk like this.

Could it be that—

"You suspect I'm involved?"

"Ahem, that's not what we meant," the cameraman said reassuringly.

After a series of investigations at the cinema, they were almost certain that the "restroom" incident was related to Ren Zhizhe.

But he absolutely couldn't say that at this moment. Since that was the case, he could only try to change the subject.

"It's like this." The cameraman leaned forward slightly, his tone sincere, "We checked the surveillance footage and found that only you and your... companion entered and exited that corridor during that period, so we wanted to ask if you noticed anything unusual."

"Me and my companion?" Ren Zhizhe quickly realized.

He remembered. The person in charge must have been referring to the time he accompanied Jiang Xiaowei to the restroom, right?

Did something terrible happen in that corridor during that time?

He had absolutely no recollection of it. After all, based on his memory at the time, everything in the corridor should have been normal.

What happened in that corridor?

"This..." The cameraman adjusted his camera lens.

It's impossible to tell the truth.

What if I were to reveal the sudden appearance of the restroom, and the mastermind behind it all just twisted his head off?

But what kind of reason should we give?

"That corridor... caught fire. The fire wasn't big, and we put it out in time."

The cameraman came up with this reason.

A few days ago, a fire did indeed break out in the cinema corridor. It was said that a vengeful ghost had escaped the film's killing rules and fled from the projection room.

To keep the other person occupied, they turned on the lights in the hallway. One of the posters had a rule for killing that was to burn moving objects, so a fire broke out in the hallway.

As for extinguishing it... the fire naturally went out after the vengeful spirit was dealt with. So saying it was extinguished isn't wrong, is it?

Thinking of this, he lowered his camera slightly to carefully observe Ren Zhizhe's expression.

What he just said can also be interpreted as a metaphor.

The "fire" refers to the rule-breaking of the dynamic architecture behind Ren Zhizhe. "Extinguishing" signifies that the cinema has resolved the issue.

Of course, the movie theaters did not actually solve this problem.

However, the cameraman believed that Ren Zhizhe was not the source of the "restroom" incident and was unlikely to know so much, so he tested him.

"So that's how it is."

Ren Zhizhe nodded.

Is there a fire?

If it involves safety issues, then it's indeed a very serious matter, and it might even be subject to a safety inspection by relevant departments.

If it gets more serious, there might be a fine. It'll probably be quite heavy, given the poor economic situation and everyone trying to squeeze as much money out of others.

"Are you trying to find out if the fire is related to us?"

In the event of an accidental fire, the cinema doesn't need to call you out for a separate talk.

Therefore, Ren Zhizhe immediately considered the possibility of arson.

But upon reflection, he suddenly felt a little fortunate.

Luckily, I went out with Jiang Xiaowei at the time. If I had let Jiang Xiaowei go to the restroom alone, who knows what kind of trouble might have gotten into.

His presence would at least give people some peace of mind.

"Oh, don't worry. We really didn't doubt you."

The cameraman outwardly offered words of comfort, but inwardly he was constantly complaining.

The movie theater did not suspect Ren Zhizhe. After all, they had already confirmed that the "restroom" incident was related to Ren Zhizhe, so there was no need for further doubt.

"Is there anything else you need? Is that all?"

"Hmm..." The cameraman paused for a few seconds when faced with this question.

"You know. We're just an insignificant little business with meager profits; survival is difficult enough. If something goes wrong, coupled with suppression from our competitors, it will be very difficult for us to recover..."

What he meant by saying this was actually a veiled request for the other party or the active entity behind them to spare them.

After all, in his eyes, a dynamic building with a powerful demon in charge should look down on them.

The movie theater wasn't trying to cultivate a demon. Therefore, there was absolutely no need to force them into a deadly situation.

However, upon seeing Ren Zhizhe's expression of sudden realization, he immediately realized that the other party had misunderstood.

"Ah, I see. You want me to invest money in you to help you through this period of financial hardship?"

investment?

Is this movie theater an investment opportunity?

Ren Zhizhe looked at the person in charge with suspicion.

When the cameraman called him over mysteriously, only to discuss this matter at the end, his tense expression eased slightly.

Blind dates are certainly important. However, for Ren Zhizhe, investing is also a very important matter.

He has a considerable sum of money in the bank. But are those savings really all his assets?

of course not.

Of course, he didn't do nothing after transmigrating to this world.

Currency may depreciate, and banks may go bankrupt.

Having savings is certainly a good thing. However, it's absolutely unwise to just sit around and let your savings run out.

As the saying goes, money is life. In order to protect his livelihood, he invested in many businesses.

Those businesses will continue to pay him dividends. Although some of them are indeed heavily indebted, he has a wide range of investments, and there will always be a few that are profitable.

It was thanks to the dividends from these profitable companies that he was able to live quite comfortably during this period of economic downturn.

As for how the movie theater found out about him—he wasn't too surprised.

Because of his wide range of investments, he is quite well-known in certain small circles.

It's not surprising that the other party may have heard of him.

"Well..." The cameraman's expression suddenly became somewhat subtle.

Fortunately, his head was just a camera, so it was difficult for outsiders to see the changes in his expression.

investment?

Investment in the bizarre world is completely different from investment as understood by humans.

Investment means an inflow of ghost coins.

Ghost coins possess power. In addition to their own rules for killing, they also include the rules of various banks.

The major banks are the maintainers of order in this living city. To survive here, you must abide by the rules of Ghost Currency.

The so-called investment is just an olive branch extended by major banks to some powerful and vengeful spirits.

Some vengeful spirits are even more terrifying than the most powerful ghosts. Fighting against such beings would result in enormous losses, or even annihilation, for the active structures.

Therefore, the bank extended an olive branch.

By investing a large amount of Ghost Coins, the vengeful ghost can hold a certain "share" in the active building.

With this "share," the vengeful ghost can not only receive ghost coins as dividends, but also set some of the killing rules for the active building based on the proportion of "shares."

This offer is very tempting for some vengeful spirits who like to build up their own factions.

Of course, the core killing rules of the active building cannot be changed.

These "shareholding" rules are actually pseudo-murder rules added to active buildings by relying on the power of ghost coins.

Essentially, this is the killing rule of ghost coins. If the killing rules of ghost coins and banks are suppressed, these pseudo-killing rules will naturally cease to exist.

In this way, in order to maintain their power in the active buildings, the ghosts will also take the initiative to maintain the value of ghost coins.

However, on another note, this vengeful ghost, so similar to a human, actually mentioned investment...

The cameraman looked Ren Zhizhe up and down with a hint of apprehension.

This doesn't sound like something an active building piece would say.

Could it be that the person in front of me is a wild, powerful demon... no, a wild, powerful figure?

Forgive the cameraman's limited experience, but he could only think of this one possibility.

However, the movie theaters will not agree.

Based on his understanding, a movie theater would never... Wait, how did a contract suddenly appear on the table?

The cameraman fell silent as he looked at the contract.

It seems the movie theater... agreed?

Or perhaps he didn't wipe it clean when changing the film roll?

He picked up the contract, examined it carefully, and found no problems.

The power of movie theaters is indeed at play. Therefore, this shouldn't be a special product derived from some particular rule of murder.

But something's not right.

This didn't fit his preconceived notions about the movie theater.

Furthermore, he was somewhat puzzled.

Why is this movie theater's knee slide faster than his?

"Ha, maybe... he didn't wake up properly today?" the cameraman muttered under his breath.

"What did you say?"

"Oh, it's nothing." The cameraman quickly changed the subject, "Let's talk about investments instead."

At that moment, he suddenly admired his own composure in the face of danger.

You should know that the movie theaters have already slid down without hesitation.

And he not only didn't grovel, but he also spoke to the other party as an equal, and even tried his best to maintain a face that didn't exist in the first place!

Despite his feelings, the cameraman still pushed the contract in front of Ren Zhizhe.

As Ren Zhizhe accepted the contract, the camera above his head slightly rotated, trying to capture every possible subtle change in expression.

Reading between the lines is crucial in negotiations.

"Were you already looking for investors?" Ren Zhizhe blurted out after reading the contract.

"Well," the cameraman's lens reflected a faint light, "although I'm in charge, the cinema never discloses this kind of information. So, I'm not very clear on this."

"I see." Ren Zhizhe put down the contract.

There's absolutely nothing that needs to be changed in this contract.

Ren Zhizhe put down the contract and tapped his fingertips lightly twice on the table.

This contract is practically perfect—the profit-sharing ratio is reasonable, and the division of rights and responsibilities is clear.

Having invested in so many companies, this was the first time he had seen a contract that suited his tastes so well.

Did the other party investigate my investment preferences?

He glanced at the person in charge and raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"Your contract..." he carefully chose his words, "is quite professional."

The cameraman's lens trembled slightly.

My major? I don't know.

This contract belongs to the cinema; only the investors and the cinema can see its contents. He could only make out a string of moving lines of text.

"I'm glad you're satisfied. Do you have any other questions?" the cameraman said respectfully.

If the other party actually signs the document, they are, in a sense, his superior.

Therefore, it is necessary to show some respect appropriately.

"The contract is fine. You should be making a profit, right?"

"Yes."

Since the employees don't receive salaries, the movie theater is naturally profitable.

"Then there's no problem. Let's sign first... We can discuss the details in a few days. I'll transfer the money to you directly through the bank later." Ren Zhizhe took out a pen from his pocket.

There was an eye on the penholder, staring blankly around.

Upon seeing this, the cameraman froze.

This pen doesn't seem to be an object belonging to a vengeful ghost, but rather a real vengeful ghost!