My House of Horrors - Chapter 127

Chapter 127: Equipment Upgrade

The taxi stopped at the park entrance and Chen Ge called Xu Wan to help him haul the boxes into the Haunted House .

"Boss, what's inside these? They are so heavy . "

"Mannequin heads . " Chen Ge did not explain further . "Don't open them if you're easily scared . "

"Understood . "

After placing the boxes, Chen Ge had Xu Wan go to the dressing room to prepare herself while he stood at the entrance to sell tickets .

With the opening of Mu Yang High School scenario tomorrow, I'll need to solve the issue of workers . If worst comes to worst, I can ask Director Luo to lend me a park worker to act as the ticket-seller .

A man who looked about thirty interrupted Chen Ge's thoughts . "Mr . Chen? I've finally found you . "

Chen Ge was rarely addressed this way . He looked at the person . The man was wearing a casual suit and holding a black suitcase . He had a refreshing short hairstyle, a face full of smiles, and shining white teeth . "You were looking for me?"

"I haven't missed a single one of your livestreams; they're too good . " The man started with praise, but Chen Ge knew the quality of his livestreams . His content was unique, but due to a lack of good recording devices, the livestream experience could still be improved .

"You're too kind . " Chen Ge still had no idea what the man was there for . "You're a viewer?"

"I'm your loyal fan . Ever since your first video entered the midnight popular ranking, I have been following you . Later, when Qin Guang copied your content, it was me who posted your video on the forum, exposing his plagiarism . " The man said that he was Chen Ge's loyal fan, but he was very calm, and the smile on his face was a professional smile . It felt more like he was in a negotiation than meeting his idol .

"Thank you . " Chen Ge did not believe him fully, but the man did not seem hostile; at least he knew right from wrong . "Since you're a fan, I'll give you a fifty percent discount for the ticket . "

"I don't want to disturb your business; why not let the visitors behind me go in first?" He stepped aside to allow the people behind him to walk into the Haunted House . When Chen Ge had dealt with the visitors and took a breather, the man moved forward to continue . "I hear the people from Qin Guang's studio came to cause you trouble, but you managed to teach them a lesson?"

"Those are just rumors . Qin Guang's people have no moral bottom line; they purposely sent two mental patients, and after they acted up inside the Haunted House, they pretended to be the victims to slander my name . How shameless!" Chen Ge hissed through 'gritted teeth' .

When the man heard him, his expression shifted . He added a smile but said, "I also think they were trying to frame you . It was just a visit to a Haunted House; why would they end up in the hospital? They should have come up with a better excuse . "

"They ended up in the hospital?"

"Yes, they also promised that they would take revenge by sealing up all your recommendation channels but were stopped by another studio . " The man looked at Chen Ge with a wide grin like a fox waving his tail . "After all, the platform belongs to everyone, not just Qin Guang . "

By then, Chen Ge had understood everything already . This man before him had come from this other studio . It looked like they had some bad history with Qin Guang's studio, or else they would not have sided with Chen Ge when they realized Qin Guang was conducting plagiarism .

The viewership and recommendation channels for a platform were limited . If Qin Guang dominated all of them, it would cause a slow decline for the other creators .

"You're here to seek collaboration with me, right? How shall I refer to you?" Chen Ge studied the suitcase in the man's hand, imagining it to be filled with money .

"Actually, I'm also a host . You can call me Liu Dao . "

"Liu Dao?" Chen Ge nodded . "Then, what kind collaboration do you propose?"

"Lately, supernatural livestreaming has achieved surprising popularity, and naturally, we want a part of it as well, but our studio doesn't have the right candidate to spearhead such a project . Even if we focus all our resources on a selected host, the popularity won't be higher than Qin Guang's . Even though there is much to be desired about Qin Guang's work ethic, his livestreams are interesting and funny, and the man is charismatic . "

"So, you came to find me? I don't think a normal guy like myself has more charisma than Qin Guang . "

"That's where you're wrong . I've seen your livestream . Perhaps you don't notice this, but your livestreams are different from most . " Liu Dao dropped his smile and turned serious . "With just one glance, people will normally be able to tell the livestream is fake, and this includes Qin Guang's livestream . It has the name of a supernatural livestream, but it was merely listening to the host make up stories .

"However, yours is different .

"The atmosphere and anxiety were pitched throughout the livestream like life-threatening danger was around every corner . The viewers would experience fear alongside you, and just with that point alone, I'm already mightily impressed . "

That's because it's all real! Chen Ge felt like even if he told the truth, Liu Dao would not have believed him . "Perhaps I am a good actor . "

"You're too humble . That feeling of dancing between life and death, that is something I haven't seen in professional actors . " Liu Dao seemed to admire Chen Ge greatly . "I feel like only your livestream has a chance of fighting Qin Guang . If you promise to cooperate with us, we will fight tooth and nail to help you gain more resources . "

"Then what am I supposed to do?" Contribution and reward were give and take; Chen Ge knew this well .

"We will find you locations that look scary and abandoned and set up the scene there . We will also design some scary features beforehand . You'll only need to conduct your livestream there and push some advertisement in your livestream room for our studio . " Liu Dao was afraid that Chen Ge might reject him, and he pulled out a file from the black suitcase . "The set needs to be prepared and the script as well . We will conduct a supernatural livestream every ten days, and this aligns with Qin Guang's studio's schedule . Here, you can take a look at our selected set locations and the rundown for the script . "

These people are too conservative with their choices . Some of the sets are just next to a residential area; just a move of the camera, and it'll be exposed .

"You think they're not suitable? Don't worry, I promise you that they're completely safe . All the set locations will be inspected beforehand, and during your livestream, we will assign an auto camera to follow you . "

"You think these can beat Qin Guang?" Chen Ge sighed sadly . He returned the file to Liu Dao . "None of these sets are interesting, and the scripts are too predictable . How about I give you my recommendation . "

"What is it?"

"Have you heard of the Third Sick Hall?" Chen Ge turned on his phone and entered the name . Soon, many creepy, cruel, and insane headlines appeared on screen . "I plan to go here for my next livestream . "

Liu Dao saw the articles that appeared on screen . The unfiltered pictures caused the man's Adam's apple to wiggle . He wiped the sweat off his forehead before saying, "You sure? Isn't this pushing it a bit too far?"