Chapter 26 Volume 6 The Case of Withering

At about 8:00 pm on September 15, 2012, a bizarre murder occurred in Hengdian Town, Yangping City. There is a bamboo forest outside the town. At the time of the incident, a bearded director and an actress were playing car shakes by the bamboo forest.Hengdian Town is the largest film and television shooting base in the country, and many TV series are filmed here.The unspoken rules of the film and television industry have long been commonplace. The director parked the car beside the bamboo forest. Because of the hot weather, he opened the sunroof of the car, and then hugged the actress. The actress struggled a bit and said, "Director, what are you going to do?"

The bearded director said: "You have a sex scene, the devil raped you, let's rehearse it first." The actress said sternly: "Stop, don't touch me." The bearded director was a little embarrassed and let the actress go. The actress said: "Director, we are filming an anti-Japanese drama, a film dedicated to the founding of New China in XX years, but you want to rule me unspokenly. Are you worthy of your conscience? It's okay for me to be ruined by devils in the drama." , why do you still want to rape me?" The bearded director said: "Are you going to fight against Japan now? I'm not a devil."

"I'm talking about Japan's day," said the actress. The bearded director said: "If you are disobedient, you don't have to act in the next play. I can change the script and let you die." The actress said: "Director, don't, I managed to win this role, I... well, just this time." It was getting late, the moon was hanging over the bamboo forest, and the two made out in the car.The bearded director said, "Give me a blow." The actress half-pushed, and leaned down.Suddenly, footsteps were heard, the actress stopped moving, and the bearded director pressed the actress's head forcibly, signaling her not to stop.Because of the possibility of being peeped by passers-by, the car shock is more exciting and exciting.

At this time, there was a sound of hula, like a strong wind blowing through the bamboo forest.Something was thrown up and landed right in front of them through the sunroof of the car.By the moonlight, what they saw was an upside-down corpse with its head down and its feet up, jumping up and down in the car just like that. The dead man's blood was still hot, soaking through his clothes, and trickling down his drooping hands. The bearded director and the actress ran out of the car screaming in fright. The ankles of the bloody corpse were tied with a rope, and the other end of the rope was tied to the top of the bamboo. Because the bamboo is elastic, the hanging corpse would jump up and down.

The corpse's left leg was hanging from another bamboo not far away. They wanted to leave immediately, but their lives were at stake. Both of them had blood dripping from their bodies. If they were mistaken for the murderer, it would be difficult to clear their innocence.The bearded director protected the scene, filmed the body with a video camera, and asked the actress to call the police. The police arrived quickly, removed the vehicle, and inspected the scene.At first, everyone thought that the murderer had killed someone and hung the body on the bamboo. However, Director Chen of the Criminal Technology Division of Yangping City Public Security Bureau analyzed that the deceased stepped on a rope trap set on the bamboo forest path and was torn abruptly. split in half.

After visits and investigations, they found out the identity of the deceased the next day. The victim was Yang Xiaofan, an extra, 20 years old, and a kind person.Because domestic anti-war dramas flooded the screens, he had to act as a Japanese soldier 8 times a day.Netizens joked that Hengdian killed 700 million devils a year, which would circle the world twice. Hengdian has surpassed Taierzhuang to become the place that killed the most devils in the history of the War of Resistance. However, these devils were all from TV dramas. In several villages around Hengdian, many young people work as extras.

At that time, Yang Xiaofan took a shortcut to go home for dinner, because there was still a night scene scene to be filmed, and he didn’t change his clothes. He was wearing a Japanese military uniform for acting, and he was carrying a prop gun. When passing through the bamboo forest, he stepped on a rope trap. The huge elasticity of the bamboo tore him in two. A policeman said: "Could this be an accident? A local hunter set a trap in the woods. He originally wanted to trap wild boars and pheasants, but ended up trapping people." Director Chen said: "But there are no pheasants or wild boars around here, and there are not many hunters now."

The policeman said, "Could it be a dog set?" Director Chen said: "This is a murder case. The deceased's gun disappeared, and the murderer killed and took the gun." The policeman said: "That is a prop gun, although it looks no different from a real gun." Director Chen said: "Report to the higher authorities immediately, the special case team should be interested in this case." In the middle of the night, members of the special case team were urgently summoned to the conference room. Bai Jingyu was sitting on a leather chair, holding a remote control in his hand, and a domestic anti-Japanese TV series was playing on the projector.Bai Jingyu watched with relish, turned around and beckoned everyone to sit down, and the staff brought some cups of tea.

Bai Jingyu said, "How long has it been since you watched TV dramas?" Bao Zhan said: "You didn't come to us to watch a TV series, did you?!" Bai Jingyu briefly introduced the case. The local police were very well prepared. In addition to the case files, they also sent several TV dramas, all of which were performed by the deceased. Hualong said: "Boss, isn't this a waste of time? Can you change the station? Why are you watching this nonsense?" Su Mei said, "I want to watch Korean dramas." Professor Liang yawned, lit his pipe, and forced himself to read on.

At this time, a sci-fi scene suddenly appeared in this anti-Japanese drama-an Eighth Route Army punched through the devil's abdomen, and tore the devil's body apart with his hands. Everyone was stunned, and then burst into laughter. Bai Jingyu looked at the watch on his wrist and said, "The air ticket has been booked, but it's 4 o'clock in the morning, so don't go to sleep, just watch TV dramas here, and then set off." Hualong said: "Boss, this is too nonsense, there is no such torture, anyway, I don't want to watch it, I'll go to the sofa for a while."

Su Mei said, "I'm going to put on makeup, so I won't miss the flight." Bao Zhan said: "Sister Xiaomei, are you still wearing makeup in the middle of the night?" Su Mei said: "It's a film and television city, full of stars, I can't embarrass our special case team." The crime took place in Hengdian Town, a place where time and space intersect. The willow trees outside Tao Yuanming's gate are next to the old Shanghai Bund-style streets, and the Ming and Qing palaces are next to modern studios.Village women often greet celebrities in the fields, and taxi drivers sometimes take photos with big names. The local leaders are well-informed and often receive international superstars. They are a little sluggish about the arrival of the special case team, and even complain that Director Chen of the Public Security Bureau makes a big fuss and shouldn't invite the special case team to assist in the investigation. A leader said: "Isn't it just that an extra actor died, and the worst thing is to lose some money." Director Chen said: "This is a serial case. The murderer kills to snatch guns. After snatching guns, it's time to rob banks." The leader said, "That's a prop gun." Director Chen said: "If it is modified, it can have the lethality of a real gun." The special case team visited Hengdian immediately after they arrived, and Professor Liang promised the leader that he would find out the identity of the murderer within three days. Hualong learned that in order to achieve realistic effects, many film and television crews in Hengdian used props and firearms that fired empty ammunition.These prop guns come from various studios, and most of them are real military guns that have been modified.When shooting, it has the ejection, fire, vibration and recoil of a real gun.If modified, it can still be reverted to a real gun. Su Mei conducted a survey on several film and television crews, and everyone had no impression of the deceased Yang Xiaofan, and the extras had no lines when they acted, so it was difficult for people to remember.They film together with celebrities, but they are treated very differently from celebrities.There are about 3,500 extras in Hengdian, some with star dreams, and some just to support their families. They are collectively referred to as "Hengpiao" - people who drift in Hengdian.They usually bring their own small chairs to gather together, just like the migrant workers we saw on the street. The bearded director who was the first to find the body received Su Mei. In the dressing room of the crew, he said to Su Mei: "Actually, I am an assistant director. This person has acted in the scenes I filmed. They are all Japanese soldiers. Died several times a day. Earned 40 yuan for 8 hours a day, and 5 yuan for an extra hour. He scared me so much that I was almost impotent...but it was worth it. I usually shoot anti-Japanese dramas, but I accidentally filmed them His body, it was shocking." Su Mei said: "You filmed Shredded Devil, right? Can you make less ridiculous TV dramas like this? I vomited all my breakfast, lunch, and dinner." The bearded director said: "In our country, this is not allowed to be filmed, and that is not allowed to be broadcast. There are too many restricted areas. Only anti-Japanese dramas can easily pass the censorship. We have no choice. In fact, I really want to make horror movies. How about I watch them? Will the dead body be filmed as soon as possible? Do you know why there are so few horror films in our country? Even if there are, they are bad films." Su Mei said, "Aren't you allowed to make horror movies?" The bearded director said: "Horror movies can be made, but they can't be too scary." Su Mei said: "Okay, I understand. Director, do you think I can play a cameo role? Play a female spy or something..." The bearded director said: "You're a policeman, aren't you joking? But, if you want to act, come to my room at night, and I'll tell you about the play, to see if you have the talent for acting." The site was well protected, the entrances and exits of the bamboo forest were cordoned off with yellow cordons, and Bao Zhan re-investigated the place. The path in the bamboo forest is covered with green grass, making it difficult to leave footprints. Bao Zhan lay on the ground like a police dog and observed carefully. He secretly sketched the escape route of the murderer in his mind.He noticed that there were traces of leaves brushing on a small piece of sand in the forest. He was in a daze, as if thinking of something, his face was panicked, and Bao Zhan, who was always honest and honest and never swearing, was talking to himself. Say: "×!"