Chapter 22 21. Suspension of filming

Early in the morning on July 7, the guards at the gate of the K film factory were stunned by the strange visitor. These people are mixed among the actors, technicians and props people who come to work, and they look like characters who have stepped out of the movie kingdom.Everyone who passed the entrance fence showed the factory manager K's business card to the guard, with K's own handwritten words "permission to enter" written on it, and even a stamp on the business card. The guard had received an order from the factory manager the day before: Anyone who comes to the door with such a business card will be allowed to enter.They were not very surprised by this, but they didn't expect so many people to come at once, which made them feel overwhelmed.They counted the number of people a little, and found that there were more than thirty guests.

I am afraid there is no need to explain, these are Fuji Yoko's bodyguards.The night before, a secret meeting between Dr. Pan Liu and the Bo Yue Police Department reached this agreement, and the two sides decided to adopt this method.After learning the lessons of the five-day incident, the police department advocated that the number of bodyguards must be doubled.However, the appearance of the criminal police will definitely remind the murderer to strengthen his vigilance, so the doctor suggested that all the bodyguards enter the studio disguised as extras.As for the two of them, were they disguised as prop personnel if possible?Of course, the last discussion was also approved by them.

Therefore, the guard had no idea that among the group of guests passing through the door with the factory director's business card, there were actually the famous Dr. Panliu and the Bo Yue Police Department. The strong Fuji Yoko only let herself rest for a day, and today she stood in front of the camera again.Everyone talked about the letter of challenge written by the murderer to Dr. Pan Liu, including the director of the factory, and they all advised Yoko to suspend the filming plan for at least today.However, Yoko said, "Being entangled by such a demon, hiding is not a way, after all, you can't escape. In addition, working with everyone can get rid of the loneliness in your heart. Besides, if you rest today, it seems to be showing weakness to the demon. I am not reconciled to this. This kind of result.” She expressed that she hoped to stick to the original shooting plan.

At around ten o'clock in the morning, a corner of the studio's glass shed was neatly arranged only within the shooting range.In other places, broken chairs with their legs turned upside down and small props that were overturned on the ground were thrown everywhere. The scene stands were placed in a haphazard manner, and there was a crudely made, strange Western-style cafeteria with no ceiling or walls. Flat background illustration.The director, cameraman, and actors are all here, and shooting is about to begin. "Xiaoyang, are you okay? You have to show an extremely cheerful expression for this shot, but you won't be too forceful at this juncture, right? Or it's okay to delay the shooting." Director N seemed more worried than the person involved.

"No problem. I've been mentally prepared. If you want to kill me, come here. If I have the chance, I even want to talk to that guy face to face," Yoko joked calmly. "Besides, today's protection for me is simply Watertight." Whispering, she glanced at the fat prop man who was pacing back and forth behind the stage. That fat prop worker was the Poyo police department in disguise.In order not to interfere with the shooting, he wandered around behind the big prop and whispered something to a man who looked like a director's assistant. "I thought you had already decided to leave the doctor's office." The fat prop worker said.

"Yes, I didn't seem normal before, and I even had horrible visions in my mind, and I was very afraid of that guy. But when I got home and sat still, I couldn't stand it. I was eager to discover horrible things , so in the end I came anyway.” It was Saburo Nozaki who spoke.For days, he had been plagued by ambiguous and formless fears. "Where did the teacher go? We came together." Nozaki has been looking for the doctor since just now. "I saw him busy at the door just now, and now he is probably dragging his inconvenient legs, sniffing around every corner of the studio."

Nearly 30 criminal police officers were evenly distributed at important locations in the spacious studio, and the security was so strict that not even a mosquito could fly past it.It's just that they are mixed among the many employees of the studio, and outsiders can't tell who is the criminal police at all.During this time, Dr. Pan Liu acted like a screenwriter, walking back and forth slowly while propping up his cane.The crew started filming. This is the scene of a large banquet.There are many tables and chairs, with pure white tablecloths, fragrant flower decorations, and crystal chandeliers hanging in the air. Gentlemen and ladies in tuxedoes, frock coats, evening dresses, and kimonos are shuttling among them, toasting and chatting.

The camera kept switching positions, the light rig was moved around, and the shooting went smoothly. Finally, the sequence that goes into the close-up of the heroine played by Yoko Fuji. An actor dressed as a waiter brought a wine bottle from behind her and filled her glass with purple liquid. Yoko, in a pure white low-cut evening dress, talked and laughed happily with the gentleman beside her, while raising the wine glass to her mouth side. The Bo Yue Police Department, disguised as a tool worker, was standing next to the camera with Nozaki and two or three other detectives, watching Yoko from a distance.Seeing her bring the cup to her mouth, Bo Yue's expression changed immediately, and he asked the director in a low voice:

"Do you really want to drink it?" "Yes, the camera will capture half of the liquid in the glass. Don't worry, it's not wine, it's colored boiled water." The director replied calmly. "But, that—" Just when the police department wanted to remind, Yoko swallowed the liquid in the glass. "A good drinker, a good drinker." The camera closes up the middle-aged gentleman on the side. Next, the camera zooms out slightly, and the lens turns to a man and a woman at another table. This kind of scene transition is very common. There is no need for the director to give instructions. He only needs to use his eyes to indicate and then press his chin, and the photographer will understand.The actors present seemed to be suppressed by an unknown existence, and they were peacefully silent, no one made any noise, as if they were performing a mime.Only the monotonous sound of "click-click" was produced by the shaking camera, mechanically manipulating the group of silent yellow-faced actors.

"No! Stop! Stop filming!" At this moment, the Boyue Police Department roared in a tone that seemed to order the speaker to stop his speech. Everyone was shocked at the same time, the director, cameraman, actors, assistants, and the disguised criminal police... At that moment, all faces turned to the police department at the same time.The camera also stopped rolling.Among these people, there was only one person who did not turn to the police station, but kept her eyes fixed on the void, and she was Fuji Yoko. She propped her elbows on the table, staring somewhere in a daze.The white face with makeup gradually revealed a khaki color, and the eyes were also extremely unusual.

When everyone noticed this and focused their attention on her, Yoko closed her eyes, her head shook uncontrollably, and suddenly fell under the table in the next second. The scene changed suddenly, and the mime was transformed into a musical.The rioting people shouted and surrounded Yoko, and the middle-aged gentleman sitting next to him (this is a senior in the film industry named I) shook Yoko's shoulders and shouted: "Xiaoyang, Xiaoyang, what's the matter with you? Ah? What's the matter with you?" But no matter how shaken, Yoko's body was as limp as a jellyfish. The Bo Yue Police Department immediately rushed to the camera crew and grabbed the boy who was pouring wine for Yoko just now. "Hey, where did you get your wine?" The actor kept defending.Two or three actors on the side also helped explain: "He's not a suspicious person, he's been working with us a lot." The police department finally found the prop worker who handed the bottle to the boy, and took the two of them to the restaurant in a hurry (the liquid in the bottle was prepared there).Needless to say, this was of course to investigate whether someone had mixed poison into the liquid. On the other hand, director N entrusted Yoko to I to take care of him, rushed to the director's office, grabbed director K's sleeve and reported the accident in a panic. "Poison?" The factory manager's lips also lost color, "but we can't give up. Where's the doctor? Where's the doctor?" "Should I call Hospital H?" "Of course, this is the most important thing." The factory manager blamed. As soon as the words fell, Director N immediately grabbed the phone on the table and shouted at the operator: "Hurry up and pick up Hospital H. Someone is poisoned, please come over as soon as possible!"