IACSFITEI – Chapter 54

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Chapter 54: I scared myself

Hearing this, the staff who spoke to You Qiuqiu was obviously taken aback.

Female ghost costume?

? ? ?

Just now when You Qiuqiu said that the style was not suitable, she thought it was a dress, after all, You Qiuqiu was a female artist. (T/N: Here she means something that would wear to parties and special occasions)

Recording while wearing a dress is okay, after all it was just a short video.

But she never expected to get such an unexpected answer.

Let’s forget if she had a ghost costume on…

Even though it will be effective if they scare them, it would be overkill to do that. It should be moderate, and not to the point of scaring of people so much that they want to die.

So, the staff temporarily held off the matter of recording the awareness video.

You Qiuqiu discussed with the other party that after she finished filming, she would have changed into her own clothes and immediately send the recorded video to her.

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“Qiuqiu, this is great!”

Jiang Tao couldn’t help but mutter again after You Qiuqiu hung up the phone.

No matter whether in terms of work or personal relationship, Jiang Tao hoped that You Qiuqiu could develop well. Although Qiuqiu was photographed when she was dejectedly walking after failing to get lottery, now she has got a chance to spread public awareness. She also got an official role, and despite it being a ghost role, it was still a huge role nonetheless.

Jiang Tao couldn’t be excited for long as the director called for You Qiuqiu, “Qiuqiu, can we start?”

They had filmed the rest of the scenes for the day and now it was time for You Qiuqiu’s scene.

You Qiuqiu nodded, “Yes.”

She tried straightening the bow in her uniform, but the bow didn’t cooperate. Just as she straightened it, it again became crooked. She straightened it again, and it got crooked again.

Such a stubborn bow.

You Qiuqiu, “…” Whatever.

When Mr. Sheng just gave You Qiuqiu the role, she thought that female ghost is also a good role, after all, weren’t there beautiful female ghosts?

But in fact, it was just a sloppy and unhygienic female ghost.

You Qiuqiu: Alright, she didn’t have the right to be picky.

The director is a co-director, and the crew basically knew each other. You Qiuqiu was also familiar with the script after reading it. The director briefly explained the position and precautions to You Qiuqiu.

The shooting officially began.

Generally speaking, if it was a horror themed drama the story basically cannot escape those stereotypical scary scenarios: Abandoned hospitals, schools, apartments in the wilderness.

This drama was no exception. You Qiuqiu was wearing a student uniform, and the scene was naturally set in school.

A supernatural incident occurred in the school and the male lead and his friends heard the scary rumors in the campus. There were people around who met with strange incidents. Then their group was instructed by a bloody note to go to the forbidden room: i.e fourth art classroom of Building 2 late at night.

Entering the room, they found that it was cleaner than they expected other than the dusty and damp atmosphere as it was left without ventilation for a long time. Then they found that the drawing board had half-painted roses on it.

It seemed as if the teacher who drew it had only painted halfway and went to the cafeteria with the students to eat, and wanted to come back later to make up the other half.

The room with the lights turned on was very bright, without any depressing atmosphere.

The male lead’s friend opened the window to ventilate, and turned around to smile at the male lead, “There is nothing terrible here.”

In horror films and dramas, such words were akin to seeking death.

Then the wind started blowing. First, the white curtains swayed continuously with the wind. Suddenly the wind rose, and even the chandelier in the art classroom started saying. The originally stable light suddenly became obscure, and started flickering.

“This is bad!”

The male protagonist’s complexion changed suddenly and he shouted. He wanted to take his friends and leave here immediately.

His friend was still in front of the window, “It’s weird. Why is this wind so strong? It is as if it is the door to evil. I will close this window first.”

Before he could close the windows, the ceiling lights started flickering more frequently and then they went out completely.

Darkness can make people feel fear from the bottom of their hearts, not to mention this kind of sudden power outage happened when they were in the “haunted” classroom, causing the male lead’s friends to scream.

Only the buildings in the distance still had lights, but they can’t shine into the art classroom. The dim moonlight from the outside was the only source of light that prevented everyone from being unable to see what was happening.

“Look!”

When the lights went off, something more terrible happened: the half of the unfinished rose on the canvas was filled with the other half out of thin air, and it was also painted with color.

The roses were as red as blood, and the colors spread from the roses staining the entire canvas. At this time a huge insect climbed on the rose and took a bite towards the rose. But it was slapped flat out of thin air.

It became like a piece of cake and stuck on the canvas.

It was terrifying and disgusting.

“Run!”

“It is here!”

Because of the splicing of these strange events together, the protagonist’s little friends were all scared, even if the male lead kept clamoring that everyone shouldn’t worry, they still ran away instantly.

They left the male lead alone in the room.

He was quite calm, planning to find his phone. The lights in the corridor went off together with the lights in the art classroom, making it hard to leave. He wanted to use his phone to light up the way.

He couldn’t find his phone even after digging around his pockets several times. Gradually, he also became anxious.

“Do you want light?”

“There are candles here.”

A sweet milky voice rang from behind him, and the corner of his clothes was gently pulled.

The surrounding area indeed became brighter, although only a small area.

The male lead caught a glimpse of a girl wearing a school uniform, and he subconsciously said, “Thank you.”

But he abruptly stopped.

Because he found that the girl’s school uniform skirt seemed to be a style from many years ago, and there were large patches of mud and… blood?

Glancing along the straight legs, the clothes were dirty and torn, the bow on the neckline was crooked, and the most important thing was that there was a dagger stuck in her heart.

And she could still stand firmly here after that injury.

The candle illuminated her face from the bottom up, her bangs were neat, half of her face was beautiful like a porcelain doll, white delicate. It was precisely because of this that the blood on the other side formed terrifying contrast.

She looked at him with innocent eyes, and then slowly smiled.

It was as if she seemed to have found a prey, her smile made people’s heart palpitate strangely.

The candlelight flickered and it alternatively illuminated her cheeks…

(T/N: Like for a second the light fell on her intact face and for another second it illuminated the bloody side of her face…  And it kept on alternating between the two. You guys understand right? I could not find the right words to describe this.)

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“Damn!”

The male lead yelled, which can be regarded as yelling out in place of all the staff present.

They all have seen You Qiuqiu, and they have also seen Yu Qiuqiu after putting on makeup. Although it was quite scary, they thought that it was okay. After all, everyone knew that it was fake, and some people even took photos with You Qiuqiu.

But why was it so scary now? You Qiuqiu seemed to have fully merged into the character and the present Qiuqiu was no longer the Qiuqiu they knew but a female ghost. Each of her gestures sent a chill down their spines.

The director was directly facing the camera, which meant that You Qiuqiu’s smile almost bloomed right in front of him and he shivered with fright.

No! Don’t come over! Don’t creepily smile at him!

But then, the director realized that his reaction seemed to be a bit big, this was just shooting, and it was all fake.

After comforting himself, the director looked around and made sure that everyone was scared and no one noticed him. He breathed a sigh of relief. He also took a sip of tea and said to everyone, “It is all fake.”

“Calling yourselves artists and you can’t even bear this little fright?”

“This is what you call immersing yourself into the play. Qiuqiu is so talented!”

The director seemed to have forgotten that he was shivering just now.

According to the plot, after the protagonist discovered the female ghost played by You Qiuqiu, he quickly began to run down the stairs. He didn’t need to act at all now. He was really scared by You Qiuqiu, and all the performance presented also came from the bottom of his heart.

But when it fell into others’ eyes, it became exceptionally good acting–

Wow, the fear he showed was hit the mark, he staggered while running, and even his legs trembled.

He covered all the small details perfectly!

But in fact, the actor who played the male lead was really scared so that his legs and feet were soft and trembling like jelly, and yet he still had to continue running down the stairs. It was too scary!

The crew was particularly careful with the details, and specially rented the school to film this episode.

You chase me. I chase you. You Qiuqiu started chasing the male lead.

一And thus, a chasing contest officially began.

The female ghost Yu Qiuqiu ran after the protagonist while holding the candle, and had an innocent but weird smile on her face. Everyone who saw the protagonist being chased on the scene shivered with fright, but in fact, You Qiuqiu was panting hard.

…So tired.

Oh my god.

Why does everyone make her run again? The amount of exercise she has to do was so large.

You Qiuqiu felt that she was going to die, mainly because the man in front was still running very fast.

Was he an athlete or something? He could still run so fast after running for so long!

Also, isn’t she an actress? Why does she have to run around everywhere?

You Qiuqiu ran with a candle while thinking wildly, but she still had to chase.

This was exactly how the director wanted to film this scene: The protagonist was so scared that he started to run, and the female ghost was also chasing him until she was very tired.

The filming went smoothly here. The director nodded frequently until You Qiuqiu chased the male lead to the corner of the corridor. There was a large mirror over there, and You Qiuqiu glanced over there casually.

But she instantly regretted looking over there. She regretted it very much.

She looked at the glass which reflected a “female ghost” with a “bloody face” holding onto a candle with a weird smile on her face…

She was scared.

She yelled out with a cry.

Her milky voice sounded as if she was about to break. Hearing her earth-shattering scream, the director and the other cameramen reacted and looked at the screen only to see the female ghost You Qiuqiu holding a candle and running quickly towards the stairs, like a scared rabbit, and while running…

She was singing the infamous hero song.

“Wow the big river flows eastward, and the stars in the sky join the Big Dipper!”

You Qiuqiu remembered that she had scared the monster brother before by singing, so now she wondered if her singing the same would scare the “female ghost” in the mirror.

As she was running in fear while singing, her hero song was a mess.

And…. The lethality of the song was stronger.

Cameraman: …?

Director: …?

The male lead, who had been scared by You Qiuqiu, also stopped. He found that the “female ghost” stopped chasing him, and ran away as if she was frightened.

“…” What the heck is with this situation?

But the male lead also calmed down. He stood among the crew and looked at the screen, and he could see You Qiuqiu, who was still climbing up the stairs, and silently blocked his ears.

You Qiuqiu’s mind was now filled with the image of the “female ghost” smiling at her. After running upstairs, when she looked up, she also saw a note written in red on the wall.

[The next one is you]

It was written in blood.

You Qiuqiu: !!!

Quickly turning her face to the side, she rolled her eyes up, and muttered in her mouth.

The director asked the cameraman closest to You Qiuqiu, “What did she say?!”

All the members were happy, and they had forgotten what they were shooting at the beginning, and this changed from a supernatural clip to a funny clip.

The cameraman raised his head and his face was full of tears, laughed, and answered the director, “She said, she is blind.”

Director: Pfft!

The whole crew was full of wild laughter.

Sorry, they couldn’t hold it anymore.

She was blind? Then how come her big eyes are still wandering?

Was she forcibly blinding herself?

The director held a loud speaker and said, “You Qiuqiu, don’t sing anymore! What you saw was just you.”

Moreover, those words in blood were also written by “female ghost”, although in reality it was just a prop they purchased.

Did it count as scaring herself in another sense?

You Qiuqiu finally slowed down when he heard the director through the loudspeaker.

“…”

Oh, so… the ghost in the mirror… turned out to be her.

Yes, she is a female ghost.

What is she afraid of?

It can only be said that the atmosphere was too horrific at the time, and You Qiuqiu didn’t expect to see the mirror suddenly, which was why this kind of scene where she “scared herself” appeared.

The crew members all laughed until they had a stomachache. The most important thing was that they found that You Qiuqiu was so scared that she started to sing, but even then, she didn’t forget to steadily hold the candle in her hand.

Very dedicated to her role even when she was scared.

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Director: Very good, there are more bloopers.

Originally, this film was very unremarkable, but You Qiuqiu came and solved it.

Since in the first shot You Qiuqiu scared herself silly, it became an NG. In the second shot, You Qiuqiu was mentally prepared and the shot went smoothly. The actor who played the protagonist thought about it: this female ghost was originally a paper tiger, and it was fake. So, what kind of supernatural power was he afraid of?

But when You Qiuqiu smiled, he was still afraid, and his legs went soft and began to run.

Of course, a retake also means that Yu Qiuqiu had to chase after the male lead again.

You Qiuqiu saw the young female staff shivering during her shooting, so after the shooting ended, all the lights were on, and she proactively greeted them.

“It scared you, sorry.”

You Qiuqiu was afraid of that scene as well.

The female staff smiled and waved, “It’s okay, it’s okay.”

You Qiuqiu breathed a sigh of relief: It’s good as long as it is okay.

Then she heard them say, “You made us laugh just now.”

You Qiuqiu:? ? ?

Fine then.

You Qiuqiu could remove the makeup after filming this scene. She raised her small face so that the makeup artist can help her clean things off her face, while discussing in a low voice.

“This ketchup is not very tasty.”

The blood effect was done with the help of ketchup, and You Qiuqiu’s face was smeared with a lot of ketchup.

The consistency was a little bit thin, maybe it was because they bought a cheap ketchup to save costs and mixed it with water.

The makeup artist kept laughing. The director did buy cheap ketchup and added water, but the other actors probably wouldn’t notice this.

This female artist is really interesting.

Sheng Shiyun walked behind You Qiuqiu right at this time and heard this ketchup remark. From her tone, it seemed like regretful (?) tone. You Qiuqiu said that the ketchup was not delicious.

From that sentence she sounded like a ketchup expert.

“President Sheng, why are you here?”

After removing her makeup, You Qiuqiu saw a man with long legs.

Sheng Shiyun said that he was here for a while and he came when he was sure that You Qiuqiu’s filming was over. Then he greeted the director, and the three returned to Sheng Shiyun’s Volkswagen car.

Sheng Shiyun turned around from the front seat and his expression while looking at You Qiuqiu was a bit complicated.

Before, he felt that it was impossible for people to hire You Qiuqiu from her self-advertisement, but he had been proved wrong. And due to her self-advertising, he was scolded and became the “black-hearted boss” in others’ mouth.

Black-hearted… him?

Sheng Shiyun felt that his face was lost, but since the opportunity was in front of him, did his face even matter?

He said to You Qiuqiu, “Your chance to soar is here.”

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When You Qiuqiu heard Sheng Shiyun’s words, there was no fluctuation in her mood, and she didn’t even want to laugh.

Is it April Fool’s Day?

You Qiuqiu didn’t believe this “chance to soar into the sky”. After all, her former boss also always said that. Then he ran away with his sister-in-law.

Originally, she felt that although Mr. Sheng was stubborn and poisonous, he was at least down-to-earth. So, why… is he also taking this route?

Sheng Shiyun, “Do you know Lu Jiang?”

Yu Qiuqiu who had collapsed on the seat, suddenly got up, “Is it that Lu Jiang?”

Sheng Shiyun nodded and said, “Yes, it is exactly that Lu Jiang.”

Almost no one in the entertainment industry wouldn’t know of Lu Jiang, this famous director. He had a rare talent to make literary and commercial film. It didn’t contradict at all. His literary films could bag awards and also earn money. In the past few years, he had made many hit movies and now everyone wants to act in his films.

Even if it was just a small role with a few seconds of screen time, it was already a big profit to them.

Sheng Shiyun did not expect that Lu Jiang’s new film would actually extend an olive branch to You Qiuqiu, and it was not a fleeting role, but the third female lead role.

At the beginning, he doubted whether it was a scammer, but after careful research and inquiries, he found that it was indeed Lu Jiang’s new film, and they had invited You Qiuqiu.

You Qiuqiu: eh?

Didn’t that mean, if they didn’t go back on their words, she’d hit it big?

On one side, she’s playing a female ghost in a web drama, and on the other side, she’s going to be the third female lead in Lu Jiang’s new film?

Of course, it was not yet confirmed. How can there be such a good thing? But it was already very rare to have an opportunity to participate in the audition for a movie of a famous director like Lu Jiang.

The corners of Sheng Shiyun’s mouth were raised, which was a rarity, “Happy?”

You Qiuqiu nodded. Of course, she was happy.

Sheng Shiyun, “I’ll give you a gift.”

You Qiuqiu was immediately filled with energy, “What gift?”

What she wants most is money!

Money was the biggest gift.

Was she going to be promoted and her salary would be raised?

“I have renewed your private gym lessons.”

You Qiuqiu hasn’t gone to the gym ever since she started filming the parkour role. On one hand she already has to exercise a lot, and then she had to run from one crew to another. On the other hand, she already had lost ten pounds of fat.

So, You Qiuqiu thought that she didn’t need to go to the gym anymore in her life, and made it her goal to never go there. Now Mr. Sheng was telling her that her private lessons have been renewed.

You Qiuqiu:? ? ?

She won’t go! She isn’t willing!

Before You Qiuqiu could refuse, Sheng Shiyun followed up with the next sentence, “I’ve reported to you for dancing lessons.”

He curled his eyebrows. “Your dancing skills may be a big problem. It is estimated that your competitors are professional dancers.”

Sheng Shiyun had watched You Qiuqiu dance the square dance, it was obviously not fit to be on the big screen.

Although Lu Jiang Movie’s third female lead’s script hasn’t been released, the character set has been released: a fairy like beautiful girl, able to dance, and very thin.

As a result, You Qiuqiu not only had to return to the long-lost gym, but also attend dance class.

Sheng Shiyun arranged for You Qiuqiu clearly.

“It’s so late now, go to the gym and the dance class starts from tomorrow.”

Sheng Shiyun’s gift to You Qiuqiu was private gym lessons and dance lessons. Her dream of promotion and salary rise was broken.

You Qiuqiu: _(:з」∠)_

The only thing that she could be happy about was that she didn’t have to pay for the class this time, the company paid for it.

You Qiuqiu: But… this is not something to be very happy about.

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In any case, this was a great opportunity, of course, only if you ignore Yu Qiuqiu’s need to go to the gym and learn to dance.

Jiang Tao felt that this day was a joyous day. First, Qiuqiu was invited by government to shoot a short awareness video, and then she had such a good audition opportunity.

Sheng Shiyun, “Oh, I almost forgot.”

“Remember to pay back one hundred.”

He said to Yu Qiuqiu.

You Qiuqiu:! ! !

When did she owe him money?

Only the boss owes money to employees!

Sheng Shiyun didn’t speak, and responded to her with silence. You Qiuqiu suddenly thought…Oh, she seemed to have borrowed money from him, but it was only ten yuan. Didn’t Mr. Sheng said she didn’t need to pay it back?

Sheng Shiyun, “It doesn’t count. You can get ten dollars for food, but not for lottery tickets.”

He still read Weibo to know that the ten dollars that You Qiuqiu got from him at the time actually went to buy lottery tickets.

You Qiuqiu: So, is this the reason you doubled it tenfold?

The other party replied, “Interest.”

You Qiuqiu was so angry that she wanted to pinch his waist: Who charges this much interest?

Sure enough, the hearts of capitalists are all black.

You Qiuqiu also didn’t want to give it to him, after all, it was the lottery uncle who owed him!

But she didn’t dare. After all, she was just a humble social animal.

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So Yu Qiuqiu cursed Xiao Sheng not to be a human being, and reluctantly turned a hundred.

They are also waiting for the red light to turn green.

Yu Qiuqiu, “…”

You Qiuqiu didn’t spend her own money to buy lottery tickets, so she was not in such a painful mood. Now, if you think about it, she had lost hundred yuan due to lottery, and her heart felt like it was stabbed.

In such a mood, while recording the awareness video, You Qiuqiu was particularly knowledgeable, and sincere saying every word with sadness and pain.

Don’t follow her example and buy lottery tickets.

The staff who received the video felt that You Qiuqiu’s video was too serious, and even they were moved by her.

There was no problem with the video at all. After sending it out, netizens said that they learned it.

The Xingqi cheered, their cub was so good!

Xingqi’s official weibo followed up and reposted: The cub’s warm reminder, “The gambler’s mentality is bad, and the money is gone.” They also attached a photo of You Qiuqiu coming out of the lottery shop dejected after buying the lottery ticket. She thought she had gotten what she wanted and thought that all of this was just the beginning of happiness. Unexpectedly, that was the official start of the nightmare.

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T/N: You Qiuqiu scaring herself was the best part of this chapter LMAO🤣🤣🤣🤣

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