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

"Okay, I understand." Ren Zhizhe didn't look at the manager.

He knew where the person in charge's office was.

Therefore, he could get there by himself without anyone leading the way.

Ren Zhizhe had expected to knock, but the person in charge was noticeably more enthusiastic. Instead of waiting in the office, the person in charge stood at the door beforehand.

"Sir, our men have brought the projector."

The cameraman seemed a little nervous as he said this.

After signing the contract, Ren Zhizhe actually wanted to learn about their video production methods.

But what kind of way do they make videos?

They are simply using film reels produced by the rules of killing through projectors.

With the cinema's permission, they were able to use these film reels to trap the vengeful spirits within the film.

If done properly, while it may be unlikely to enslave the giant demon, it is relatively easy to trap it with a roll of glue.

It can be said that the projector is the most crucial element of the entire cinema, and also their capital for fighting against the big ghosts.

But what surprised him even more was that the movie theater actually agreed to this absurd request!

If this wasn't an attempt to take down Ren Zhizhe, then the cameraman felt the movie theater had already given up.

"Let me see."

Ren Zhizhe glanced at the thing in front of him that was full of gears.

He couldn't understand the device at all; he had no idea how it worked. The only thing he could understand was the meshing gears on the projector.

As for the purpose of gears, that remains unknown.

Indeed, my knowledge is still too shallow.

"This thing is just for showing videos, right?" Ren Zhizhe glanced at it a few times and lost interest. "What I want to know is how those videos are made."

Perhaps feeling he hadn't been clear enough, he repeated himself: "It's your film reels."

"Film reel?"

"Yes. Didn't you say that you produced all these videos yourselves? I'd like to know how you turned blank film rolls into videos."

"this……"

The cameraman looked troubled.

He's just a low-level manager, how could he possibly know the cinema's core secrets!

Ren Zhizhe mistakenly thought that he had not explained himself clearly, so he continued:

"How do you record videos? Do you have a dedicated studio? Also, where do the actors in your videos come from? Are they your employees?"

"Well..." The cameraman fell into deep thought.

What is a film studio? He had never heard of it before.

Also, what actor?

Does it refer to the vengeful ghosts that appear in the film?

You can't just grab a few people off the street; how could they possibly be qualified to be employees?

As for whether you have to grab it every time—every time you rewind the film, everything inside is reset.

If you die inside the film reel, you can be revived by rewinding. However, if you truly die, you will be completely enslaved by the film, with no chance of escape.

That's how the vengeful ghost in the movie came about.

However, the vengeful ghost in the film is able to leave with the permission of the cinema.

If a human player dies inside the video, they're trapped there forever. Even if they escape, they'll vanish the moment they leave the video.

But how can I tell people about this?

The cameraman touched his camera.

Furthermore, he still didn't understand what a studio and actors meant.

The cameraman felt he couldn't tell Ren Zhizhe such an ambiguous statement. So, he began to fully utilize his linguistic skills:

"Because cinemas aren't doing very well in this city right now, we don't have... a studio."

Everything he said before was fine. But when he got to the word "studio," the cameraman paused for a moment, and after observing Ren Zhizhe's expression, he uttered the word.

"As for the actors," he said, as vaguely as possible, "most actors are one-offs. No cinema staff currently have the long-term commitment to acting."

One-time use, meaning taking advantage of someone completely.

The phrase "long-term competent actor" means that if you don't like an employee, you can fire them and throw them into a film to fend for themselves.

"I see." Ren Zhizhe had completely understood.

One-time means that after hiring the actors once, you can't afford to hire them again, or they don't want to come anymore.

If no employee can perform well in the long run, then the employee's acting skills are simply lacking.

Although he phrased it tactfully, he believed he fully understood what the person in charge meant.

"If possible, it would be best to find some people to apply for acting positions and train them," Ren Zhizhe said only once.

He was just an investor, and all he needed to do was do what an investor should do, so he didn't say much.

Besides, he didn't have the energy to deal with these things. The operation of a movie theater is the movie theater's own business; all he needed to do was send money.

So what should investors do? They can simply sit back and wait for the money to roll in.

"Let...humans apply to be actors?"

The cameraman was somewhat shocked and looked at Ren Zhizhe several times.

He then asked a few more questions carefully and in detail.

Ultimately, based on Ren Zhizhe's subsequent reply, he had fully confirmed Ren Zhizhe's meaning.

Are they really just sending human players to their deaths in the video?

Furthermore, after dying in the film, humans will continue to be enslaved, repeatedly experiencing the process of death...

Isn't this investor in front of me a person with a very good attitude towards humanity?

Why are cinemas being asked to make this change?

The cameraman didn't quite understand.

For movie theaters, trapping people inside films doesn't bring any revenue; it's far more profitable to acquire more film ghosts.

If I had to put it that way... it couldn't just be for the film's vengeful ghosts to torment humans and have some fun when they're bored, could it?

After all, in the film, humans can be resurrected by rewinding, and can be tortured at will by vengeful ghosts.

The cameraman glanced at Ren Zhizhe discreetly.

Who would have thought that this seemingly kind ghost was actually so perverted!

It's just a camera, but the depth of the lens clearly conveys an indescribable sense of complexity.

No matter how he thought about it, the cameraman still couldn't understand Ren Zhizhe's twisted ideas.

No matter how he tried to find a reason, he still couldn't understand why human players had to be sent to their deaths in the video.

He saw no benefit in it, so it was destined to be a fruitless endeavor.

Doing this will actually consume some of the cinema's resources and energy, leading to a decrease in the cinema's profits.

Is it really fun to just watch humans die?

The cameraman initially thought Ren Zhizhe was a rare and eccentric individual capable of communicating with humans. Now, it seems, was it all just a facade?

The way he looked at Ren Zhizhe changed.

Although the respect remained, there was now a hint of empathy in their expressions.

Admittedly, vengeful spirits often harbor malice towards humans. However, there are actually very few vengeful spirits like Ren Zhizhe, who are willing to sacrifice some of their own interests to torment humans.

The cameraman glanced at Ren Zhizhe again, subtly.

He thought about the interaction between Ren Zhizhe and that female human, and a chill suddenly ran through him.

Are these powerful ghosts at the top of the power hierarchy really that bored?

It's one thing to expend a lot of ghostly power and resources to torment humans, but to also deceive their feelings?

This is really hard to understand.

For a vengeful ghost, this is as unsettling as a human discovering that someone actually marries a parrot.

Although he didn't understand and was deeply shocked, the cameraman had to offer a few words of praise because of his position.

"You're right, we'll try our best to do as you say."

He smiled and tried his best to make Ren Zhizhe happy, lest this vengeful ghost tear up the contract and kill him if it got upset.

"Okay, then that's settled. Make two copies of the contract, and remember to give me one."

"Yes, yes, yes."

The cameraman bowed and nodded repeatedly.

Speaking of the contract, he truly felt Ren Zhizhe's malice and power through it.

The pen in Ren Zhizhe's hand is a real vengeful ghost, not a ghostly object.

In principle, contracts are recognized by the strict rules of major banks. Once signed, they cannot be torn up at will.

But Ren Zhizhe was actually using a vengeful ghost to sign his name!

This means that the penalty for breach of contract and breach of contract will all be borne by the pen in his hand.

Even if Ren Zhizhe voluntarily breaks the contract, he will not be punished by the bank.

Ren Zhizhe then asked many more questions.

Throughout the entire process, the cameraman simply nodded, echoed, and praised.

As for what Ren Zhizhe asked, what requests he made, and what he hoped the cinema would become...

This put the cameraman in a difficult position.

He sometimes understood what Ren Zhizhe was saying, sometimes he didn't, and sometimes he only half understood.

He was just a manager and had no power to change the cinema's operating model.

All he could do was agree and try to make Ren Zhizhe happy.

As for what the cinema should do next, that's something for the cinema to worry about.

What does it have to do with him, a person in charge?

On the other side, Ren Zhizhe was also shocked by the question.

"Your movie theater doesn't have a boss?"

"Yes, the operating model of cinemas is somewhat different from other peers."

"Are you the one with the highest authority here?"

"In theory, that's true. But there are still many things I don't know, and each department still wields considerable power."

The cameraman carefully dug the hole.

He wasn't just flattering her blindly; he was testing her little by little.

After various tests, he finally decided to reveal some of the corners of the power structure in the movie theater.

With investors now in the movie theater, they might just launch a major purge of these ghostly employees.

At this point, rather than being purged, it's better to strive to be the one doing the purging.

As long as Ren Zhizhe shows even the slightest ill will towards those powerful and ruthless individuals, he will have a reason to purge the middle management and replace them all with those close to him.

In this way, as long as his importance continues to increase, the cameraman will no longer be a pawn that the movie theater can easily discard.

"I see. Haven't you considered changing this power structure?"

coming!

The cameraman was instantly invigorated. At that moment, his entire being seemed to become much more excited.

"I didn't have the energy to think about this before due to various reasons."

He wasn't in a hurry, but instead glossed over the matter more vaguely.

It's enough to know Ren Zhizhe's inclination on this matter. One should always leave some room for maneuver; the cameraman doesn't want to be impeached and fired by the movie theater the next day.

"I understand." Ren Zhizhe thought for a moment and then understood.

This cinema is still in its early stages, simultaneously functioning as both a theater and a film production company. The lack of coordination between departments is not uncommon.

"Well... you guys should focus on making money."

He abandoned the idea of ​​structural reforms to cinemas.

No matter what, he was an amateur.

Although they have ideas that are ahead of their time, laymen only know the surface and are still not as good as experts.

If you want to make changes, it won't be too late when cinemas are on the verge of bankruptcy.

Of course, some of the companies he invested in were profitable while others were losing money, but so far none of them have gone bankrupt.

Seeing that the conversation had gone well, Ren Zhizhe left Sunset Cinema with peace of mind.

……

Sunset Cinema.

After Ren Zhizhe left, the cinema became active again and began to handle internal affairs.

Due to the constraints of the contract rules, even if they dislike each other, the companies invested in by Ren Zhizhe will not "fight amongst themselves".

Therefore, the intrusion of the "restroom" rule disappeared the moment they signed the contract.

The most pressing issue now is how the vengeful ghost "egg" can perfect its own rules for killing and break free from the constraints of the film.

The cinema was furious because its authority had been challenged.

The cameraman sensed a hint of venting in the movie theater's atmosphere. However, he clearly couldn't voice this, so he could only chuckle to himself.

"That's roughly how things went..." A vengeful ghost stood in front of the desk, giving a detailed report.

"I see." The cameraman fell into deep thought.

The vengeful ghost and the movie theater in the film are not partners. On the contrary, they are adversaries.

Therefore, the vengeful ghost in the film cannot leave the film.

However, the projector has absolute power to suppress the vengeful spirits trapped in the film. Therefore, in order to deal with special crises, cinemas do not lock the vengeful spirits in the film.

Only he, as the person in charge, can release the vengeful ghost from the film. However, there is another position in the cinema that has the authority to release derivative forms of the vengeful ghost from the film—the manager.

Wow, it seems a manager secretly made a small deal with "egg"?

How many managers do we have?

"In total..."

"Fine, just execute them all."

The cameraman spoke so casually, ending the cinema manager's life with just a few simple words.

"this……"

"Go ahead and do it." The cameraman didn't seem as worried as his subordinates.

Ren Zhizhe signed a contract with the cinemas. Once the ghost coins flow in, the cinemas might undergo a major reshuffle.

The managers' abilities varied greatly. However, the cinema rights they held were a problem.

If those managers are still alive and collude to use their authority against him, then he could also be removed from his position as head of the department.

But if all the managers died, this kind of thing wouldn't happen.

Now that a knife has been handed to him, why wouldn't the cameraman stab it?

"Sigh, let's see what the other ghosts are up to."

The cameraman opened his head and took out a different film roll from the drawer.