At around 8 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 with their 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. Unwritten rules in the film and television industry
As has become commonplace, the director parked his car by the bamboo forest. Because of the hot weather, he opened the sunroof of the car and hugged the actress.
The actress struggled for a moment and said, "Director, what do you want to do?"
The bearded director said: "You have a sex scene where a Japanese raped you. Let's rehearse it now."
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, what we are filming is an anti-Japanese drama, a film dedicated to the founding of New China, but you want to make unspoken rules for me. Are you worthy of your own conscience? It's just that I was raped by the Japanese in the drama.
, why do you want to rape me?"
The bearded director said: "Do you want to resist Japan now? I am not a Japanese."
The actress said: "I'm talking about Japan's day."
The bearded director said: "If you don't obey me, you won't have to act in the next scene. I can change the script and let you die."
The actress said: "Director, no, I finally got this role. I...well, just this time."
It was getting late, the moon was hanging over the bamboo forest, and the two people were making out in the car. The bearded director said: "Blow me a bit." The actress half-pushed and leaned down. Suddenly, she heard footsteps coming, and the woman
The actor stopped moving, and the bearded director forced the actress's head to signal her not to stop. Because there was a possibility of being peeped by passers-by, the car vibration was even more exciting and exciting.
At this time, there was a huffing sound, like a strong wind blowing through the bamboo forest. Something was thrown up, and fell right in front of them through the sunroof of the car. In the moonlight, what they saw was an upside-down corpse.
, head down, feet up, just standing upside down and jumping up and down in the car.
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. The bloody corpse had a rope tied around its ankles, 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 left leg of the corpse was hung from another bamboo tree not far away.
They wanted to leave immediately, but their lives were at stake. There was blood dripping from both of them. If they were mistaken for the murderer, it would be difficult to clear their innocence. The bearded director protected the scene, captured the corpse with a camera, and asked the actress to call the police.
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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, they found out the identity of the deceased the next day.
The victim's name is Yang Xiaofan, he is an extra, 20 years old, and kind-hearted. Because of the domestic anti-war drama
Filling the screen, he plays Japanese soldiers eight times a day. Netizens joked that Hengdian killed 700 million Japanese soldiers a year, which could circle the earth twice. Hengdian has surpassed Taierzhuang to become the place where most Japanese soldiers were killed in the history of the Anti-Japanese War. However, these Japanese soldiers
They are 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 military uniform and carrying a prop gun. He stepped on a rope trap while passing through a bamboo forest.
The huge elasticity of the bamboo ripped 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 now."
The policeman said: "Could it be a dog lasso?"
Director Chen said: "This is a murder case. The deceased's gun is missing. The murderer committed the murder and took the gun."
The policeman said: "That is a prop gun, even though it looks no different from a real gun."
Director Chen said: "Report immediately to the superiors. The special case team should be interested in this case."
Late at night, members of the special case team were 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.
Next, the staff brought some cups of tea.
Bai Jingyu said: "How long has it been since you last watched a TV series?"
Bao Zhan said: "You didn't come to us just to watch TV series, right?!"
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 in which the deceased had participated.
Hualong said: "Boss, isn't this a waste of time? Can you change the channel? Why are you watching this 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 then burst into laughter.
Bai Jingyu looked at the watch on his wrist and said: "The flight ticket 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's not so torturous. I won't watch it anyway. I'll 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: "That's a film and television city with many celebrities. I can't embarrass our special case team."
Hengdian Town, where the crime occurred, is a place where time and space intersect. The willow trees outside Tao Yuanming’s gate are next to the old Shanghai-style streets. The Ming and Qing palaces are next to the modern studios. Village women often greet celebrities in the fields, and taxi drivers
Sometimes I take photos with famous people.
The local leaders are well-informed and often receive international superstars.
The arrival of the case team was somewhat hesitant, and 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 just have to 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'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 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, they have
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 they acted, making it difficult for people to remember. They filmed with celebrities, but their treatment was very different from that of celebrities.
There are about 3,500 extras in Hengdian, some who have dreams of becoming stars, and some who just want to support their families. They are collectively called "Hengpiao" - people who float in Hengdian. They usually bring their own small chairs to gather together, just like us
Migrant workers seen 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 an assistant 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 8 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 it.
His body, this is so shocking."
Su Mei said: "You were the one who filmed the movie, "The Devil's Hand." Could you please do less of these shocking 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 movie. How about I watch it?"
Will the corpse be filmed as soon as possible? 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: "You can make horror movies, but you can't make them too scary."
Su Mei said: "Okay, I understand. Director, do you think I can play a guest role? Play a female spy or something..."
The bearded director said: "You are a policeman, are you 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 leaves were brushing 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: "×!"