At about 8pm 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 with a car beside the bamboo forest. Hengdian Town is the largest film and television shooting base in the country, and many TV series were filmed here. The hidden potential of the film and television industry
The rules have long been commonplace. The director parked the car by the bamboo forest. Because it was hot, he opened the sunroof of the car and hugged the actress.
The actress struggled for a moment and said, Director, what are you going to do?
The bearded director said: You have a sex scene and the Japanese "qiangjian" you. Let's rehearse it now.
The actress said righteously: Stop, don't touch me.
The bearded director was a little embarrassed and let the actress go.
The actress said: Director, what we are filming is the main theme, it is an anti-Japanese drama, and it is a film dedicated to the founding of the country. But you want to make unspoken rules for me? How can you tolerate my conscience? It’s just that I was raped by the Japanese in the film, but you want to do this?
"qiangjian" What am I doing?
The bearded director said: Do you want to resist Japan now? I am not a Japanese.
The actress said: I am talking about Japan.
The bearded director said: If you don't obey, you won't have to act in the next scene. I can change the script and make you die.
The actress said: Director, no, I finally got this role. I...well, just this time.
It was already dark, the moon was hanging over the bamboo forest, and the two people were making out in the car. The bearded director said, give me a blowjob. The actress half pushed and leaned down. Suddenly she heard footsteps coming, and the actress stopped
During the action, the bearded director forced the actress's head to signal not to stop. Because there was a possibility of being peeped by passers-by, the car vibration was even more exciting.
At this time, there was a roaring sound, like a strong wind blowing through the bamboo forest. Something was thrown up, and it happened to fall through the sunroof of the car in front of them. Through the moonlight, they saw an upside-down corpse.
With his head down and his feet up, he was jumping up and down in the car while standing upside down.
The dead man's blood was still hot, soaking his clothes and flowing down his lowered hands.
The bearded director and the actress ran out of the car screaming in fear. A rope was tied around the ankles of the bloody corpse. 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 left leg of the corpse was hung 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 murderers, it would be difficult to clear their innocence. The bearded director protected the scene, captured the bodies with a camera, and asked the actress to call the police.
The police arrived quickly, moved the vehicle, and inspected the scene. At first, everyone thought that the murderer had killed someone and hung the body on a bamboo. However, Director Chen of the Criminal Technology Division of the Yangping City Public Security Bureau analyzed that the deceased was stepped on.
He found a rope trap set on the bamboo forest path and was torn in half.
After visits and investigations, the identity of the deceased was identified the next day.
The victim's name is Yang Xiaofan, a 20-year-old extra who is kind-hearted. Because domestic anti-war dramas are flooding the screen, he plays the role of a Japanese soldier eight times a day. Netizens joked that Hengdian has 700 million Japanese soldiers killed every year.
It can circle the earth twice. Hengdian has surpassed Taierzhuang and become the place where most Japanese were killed in the history of the Anti-Japanese War. However, these Japanese were all from TV series.
In several villages around Hengdian, many young people work as extras.
At that time, Yang Xiaofan took a shortcut home for dinner. Because there was still a night scene to be filmed, he did not change his clothes. He was wearing a Japanese acting uniform and 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 half.
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 someone.
Director Chen said: But there are no pheasants or wild boars around here, and there are not many hunters nowadays.
The policeman asked: Could it be a dog trap?
Director Chen said: This was a murder case. The deceased's gun was missing and the murderer took the gun.
The policeman said: It was a prop gun, even though it looked no different from a real gun.
Director Chen said: Report to the Ministry of Public Security immediately, the special case team should be interested in this case.
Late at night, the special case team was urgently summoned to the conference room. Bai Jingyu was sitting on a leather chair with a remote control in his hand. A domestic anti-Japanese TV series was playing on the projector. Bai Jingyu watched it with gusto and turned around to wave for everyone to sit down.
, the staff brought several cups of tea.
Bai Jingyu said: How long has it been since you guys watched a TV series?
Bao Zhan said: You didn’t come to us just to watch TV series!
Bai Jingyu briefly introduced the case. The local police were very well prepared. In addition to the case files, they also sent several TV series in which the deceased had participated.
Hualong said: Boss, isn't this a waste of time? Can you change the channel? This is nonsense.
Su Mei said: I want to watch Korean dramas.
Professor Liang yawned, lit his pipe, and steeled himself to read on.
At this time, a sci-fi scene suddenly appeared in this anti-Japanese drama - an Eighth Route Army soldier punched the Japanese soldier in the abdomen and tore the Japanese soldier's body apart with his hands.
Everyone was stunned and burst into laughter randomly.
Bai Jingyu looked at the watch on his wrist and said: The flight has been booked, but it's only at 4 o'clock in the morning. Don't go to sleep. Just watch TV series here and then set off.
Hua Long said: Boss, this is too nonsense. It is not so torturous. I won’t watch it anyway. I will go to the sofa and relax for a while.
Su Mei said: I'm going to put on makeup and I won't miss my flight.
Bao Zhan said: Sister Xiaomei, are you still putting on makeup in the middle of the night?
Su Mei said: This is a film and television city where stars gather. I can't embarrass our special case team.
Hengdian Town, where the crime occurred, is the largest film and television shooting base in the country. It is a place where time and space intersect. The willow trees outside Tao Yuanming's gate are next to the old Shanghai beach-style streets, and the Ming and Qing palaces are next to the modern studios. Village women in the fields
The locals often greet celebrities, and taxi drivers sometimes take photos with Dawan.
The local leaders are well-informed and often receive international superstars. They are somewhat indifferent to the arrival of the special case team. They even complained that Director Chen of the Public Security Bureau was making a fuss out of a molehill and should not have invited the special case team to assist in the investigation.
One leader said: It's just that an extra died. At the worst, we can just pay some money.
Director Chen said: This is a serial case. The murderer killed to rob the gun. After grabbing the gun, it was time to rob the bank.
The leader said: That is 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 arriving. 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 use prop firearms that fire blank bullets. These prop guns come from various studios, and most of them are modified real military guns. When shooting,
It has the ejection, firing, vibration and recoil of a real gun. If modified, it can still be restored to a real gun.
Su Mei conducted an investigation on several film and television crews, and found that no one had any impression of the deceased Yang Xiaofan. The extras had no lines when acting, making it difficult for people to remember. They filmed with stars, but their treatment was very different from that of stars.
There are about 3,500 extras in Hengdian. Some have dreams of becoming stars, while others are just trying to support their families. They are collectively called "Hengdiao" - people who float in Hengdian. They usually bring their own small chairs to gather together, like
The migrant workers we see on the street doing jobs.
The bearded director who first discovered the body received Su Mei. In the dressing room of the crew, he said to Su Mei: Actually, I am the assistant actor director. This person has acted in the scenes I filmed, and they were all Japanese soldiers.
I died several times a day. I earned 40 yuan for eight hours a day, and an additional 5 yuan for every extra hour. He scared me so much that I almost became impotent... But it was worth it. I usually film anti-Japanese dramas, but I accidentally filmed this
His corpse was so shocking.
Su Mei said: You were the one who filmed "The Hands to Tear Off the Japanese", can you do less of these ridiculous TV series? I vomited all my breakfast, lunch and dinner. ㊣:㊣\\,//㊣
The bearded director said: In our country, we are not allowed to shoot this or broadcast that. There are too many restricted areas. Only anti-Japanese dramas can easily pass the censorship. There is nothing we can do. In fact, I really want to make a horror film. Otherwise, I will see
Will the corpse be photographed immediately? Do you know why there are so few horror movies in our country? Even if there are, they are bad movies.
Su Mei said: Are we not allowed to make horror movies?
The bearded director said: There are regulations from above - horror films can be made, but they cannot be made too scary.
Su Mei said: Okay, I understand, director, do you think I can have a guest role? Play a female spy or something...
The bearded director said: You are a policeman, you are not joking, but if you want to act, come to my room in the evening and I will tell you about the play to see if you have acting talent.
The site was very well protected, and yellow warning tapes were put up at the entrances and exits of the bamboo forest. Bao Zhan re-examined the area.
The path in the bamboo forest was covered with green grass, making it difficult to leave footprints. Bao Zhan lay on the ground and observed carefully like a police dog. He secretly sketched the murderer's escape route in his mind. He noticed that there were leaves blowing on a small patch of sand in the forest.
He was in a daze, as if he had thought of something, with a look of panic on his face. Bao Zhan, who had always been honest and loyal and never said bad words, actually said to himself: Fuck...