Chapter 148. [Case Nineteen] Inside the projection hall
Mr. Li spread his hands and said to us, you see, the situation is almost like this now. Since that day, we locked the door of the screening room again, and no one has gone in since then, and I don’t know much about it.
We dare to come to the company often, but there is no way to keep putting this matter off. The business is already much worse than other cinemas. If we continue to put it off like this, I am afraid we will bring down ourselves. That’s why I came to you two.
Help with it.
Hu Zongren asked Mr. Li, after this incident happened, didn’t you go find the dojo master? His formation was artificially destroyed, and he should have a way to remedy it. Mr. Li said,
It passed, but the master said that this formation only lasts for 7 days. If it is changed and destroyed within 7 days, it is destined, which means that it is not his responsibility to take care of it. Even if it is forcibly taken care of, it may not be a good thing.
, he just promised to recommend people to come, but he himself would not come. Hu Zongren asked him, so he gave you a phone call. When you called, a person with a Chengdu accent answered the phone, and then he found us, right?
Mr. Li said yes. Hearing the Chengdu accent was quite strange at first, and wondered why he had to entrust masters from other places to handle this matter. Hu Zongren smiled bitterly and said, yes, those masters from other places are my contacts.
All the cases that I handle are transferred from them. Mr. Li quickly flattered and said, then your relationship must be very good, and that’s how it should be, sharing business and resources!
Hu Zongren ignored him and started discussing with me. Combining the three incidents described by Mr. Li, plus the one he encountered himself, we realized that the first time was because there were more people watching the movie, and
There were no staff at the scene, and everyone was talking about it, but they couldn't be completely sure that it was haunted. We analyzed this time as because everyone was not prepared at the beginning, so they were relying on guesswork. And the second time
There was a direct eyewitness, but apart from complaining a few times, the guests who watched the movie did not pursue it too much, and even continued to watch the movie without knowing anything. Everything went well. The only eyewitness was the man who worked at the time.
Staff member Mr. Li went to the door to listen. It was random at that time, and he also heard strange sounds under such random circumstances, which shows that at least at that time, the formation of the dojo gentleman was not effective for this ghost.
It was said that it had no effect, so it was not included in the scope of consideration. The last ghost sighting was witnessed by two people at the same time, and it was also the biggest blow to the witnesses. Both of them fainted from fright.
past.
Hu Zongren and I found several similarities among them. The first two times we were witnessed, the first time we only saw a female ghost, but the second time we saw a child besides the female ghost.
.In addition, the previous dojo gentleman also flatly said that there is a female ghost here. It seems that the female ghost is definitely unmistakable. Secondly, these strange things all happened at midnight, and in the movie theater.
When the movie is played, this means that this female ghost or that little ghost is related to the movie in some places. As for the connection, this needs further verification. At this time, Hu Zongren reminded me, don’t forget,
The time of the last ghost sighting was actually not the official time of the midnight show in their cinema, but the time when the projectionist brought people back after the show. This time seemed very random, so we judged based on this.
The time when this ghost appears for people to witness must be when a movie is playing in the cinema.
But Hu Zongren asked me, how could I explain the first time? There were no witnesses. I shook my head and said that the audience heard the sound and saw a black figure running past, although they did not know it.
It was a ghost, but it could be considered a sighting. When Hu Zongren said this, he suddenly seemed to think of something. He said to Mr. Li, can you show us your movie schedule during that period?
Mr. Li said that was no problem, so he quickly turned on the computer and started to check the original film schedule. After getting it, I found that there were three movies in total, "Mei Lanfang", "Cape No. 7", and "Speed Scandal"
.In fact, I have watched these three movies, and they were movies several years ago. I don’t understand why they would show them at this time. Mr. Li explained that it is because their cinema has relatively few film resources, and this
Several movies are quite good, so when we decided to launch the midnight show, we planned to use these three movies to attract the audience. Maybe many viewers have seen it, but buying three movies with one ticket price is still very
Tempting. I asked Mr. Li if the second and third sightings were all in the same movie. Mr. Li thought about it and said yes, not only the two sightings, but also the first time.
When I made the complaint, it was also at the location of the movie, Cape No. 7.
"Cape No. 7" is one of the few Taiwanese movies I have watched. It was produced by director Wei Desheng. It is a very comfortable love movie and also very inspirational, especially when I saw Tanaka Chi
When I saw the lady's slender thighs, I couldn't help but feel quietly excited. In the following years, director Wei Desheng shot a movie called "Sediq Bale", which is also the movie I have seen so far.
Among the Chinese-language films I have ever seen, it is the most moving epic film. So I quickly thought of some impressive scenes in the movie "Cape No. 7", and there seemed to be not many of them that people could appreciate.
I was sobbing, except at the end when the hero and heroine hugged each other on the beach, and then the hero said, you stay, or I go with you. The reason why I think so is because of the third witness, who is the movie theater
The projectionist once mentioned that when the movie reached a certain point, there was a sobbing sound.
The clues are there, but they are not complete. We need to visit the scene in person, on the one hand to conduct a comprehensive inspection, and on the other hand because the current clues are not enough to deduce the truth we want. So I discussed it with Hu Zongren
Then he said to Mr. Li, "Okay, Mr. Li, we will also watch this movie tonight during your midnight show to see if we can find any new clues." Mr. Li hesitated for a moment. I think his hesitation
It was because he might not be willing to stay with us in a haunted movie theater in the middle of the night. I was still considerate, so I added to him, "It doesn't matter. If you can't stay together, you can teach me then."
How can we show the movie?
Apparently my words made Mr. Li feel that he was on the right track, so he said, you two, please come over here. I will take you to the screening room first. So we got up and followed Mr. Li out.
Mr. Li led us through twists and turns to a whole row of numbered screening rooms. There are actually not many screening rooms here, just a few. Mr. Li opened the lock of one of the screening rooms.
He took us in from the entrance channel, and then turned on the lights in the screening room at the master control position. The lights were yellow. Although they could illuminate, they were not very bright. Sitting under such lights, I felt like I was
You will doze off. The screen does not look very big, barely meeting the needs of the so-called "cinema". It is divided into three areas: upper, middle and lower, and each area is separated by upper and lower aisles, forming a total of these seats.
It has nine parts. The chair is brown-red, the material feels a bit like fleece, and there are small openings on the armrests specifically for placing Coke.
I looked up at the last row, because I personally like that row the best. About two meters above the ground, there were three small openings, two of which were sealed with black cloth or windows.
I stopped. I asked Mr. Li, didn’t you say there is only one opening? Why are there three here? Mr. Li smiled and said, you are laughing. This hall is the only one in our cinema that can play 3D movies, because the equipment requirements are more demanding.
Gao, those two openings are only used when showing 3D movies. I asked Mr. Li again, when you found the projectionist and his girlfriend, where were they sitting?
Mr. Li took me to a seat about the middle and back. He said it was almost there. I can’t remember exactly where. Hu Zongren and I walked to that seat and found a place in the middle facing the screen to sit down.
, and then began to observe the surrounding environment. We came in from the entrance on the left after I sat down, and there was a guardrail between the entrance and the place where we walked down. The guardrail was covered with wooden boards, so if I sat,
If someone walks in, I won't be able to see that person until he reaches the corner. On the right hand side, about a few meters below the screen stand, is a fire escape. The fire door is closed, and there is a sign on the door.
The little green man looked like he was escaping. So I asked Mr. Li where this passage would lead if it were opened. Mr. Li said that the outside is the outer wall of this hall, and there is a small walkway between every two screening rooms.
, that’s right there. I asked him again, when those incidents happened, the door was actually closed, right? Because from my perspective, if the door was open at that time, someone would be walking around in disguise.
When I came in, I couldn't actually see this person with the help of the chair. Mr. Li said, of course it was closed, otherwise we would really have to worry if everyone used the fire escape. I asked him again,
Who can open this fire door? Mr. Li told us that there is no one else except the staff on duty. The key needs to be rotated according to different halls every shift.
I stood up again, looked around carefully, and then pointed to a few rows behind me and said, at that time, your projectionist said that the first female ghost he saw was actually behind him, right?
Is it this area, right? Mr. Li nodded and said it should be. So I took out the compass to measure it, and turned it around for a long time, but I still found nothing.
Hu Zongren asked me what was wrong. I shook my head and told him that this place was clean, not to mention that there were ghosts. There were no traces of ghosts. At this time, Mr. Li said, you have misunderstood. This hall is not haunted.
I'm just taking you to take a look. The layouts of several halls are similar, just for reference. After saying that, he took out a key and threw it to me and said, this is the key to that hall, Hall No. 2.
I rolled my eyes at him and said, "Why didn't you tell me earlier? My work was in vain." Mr. Li smiled sheepishly and said, "I'm scared."