Chapter 1 Deduction of the Company's Recruitment Test
"Da, da."
In the rain, the boots stepped on the stagnant water on the ground, splashing shallowly, which quickly merged into the dense rain without a single ripple.
Not far away, an abandoned factory stands in the dark like a huge devil waiting for its prey.
Holding a black umbrella in one hand and a flashlight in the other, Yu Xing wiped a thin mist of water floating on his face with his sleeve and stopped at the factory gate.
There seemed to be a sound of conversation behind the door.
"Has anyone else arrived?" He muttered, a chill coming from behind him. Either way, going alone to an abandoned factory in an industrial area on the outskirts of the city near midnight sounds a little weird and bold.
After getting out of the taxi, he had been scared for a long time, his legs were a little weak, and he always felt as if something was following him.
The wind mingled with the rain, sending out a hollow whistling that appeared and disappeared, easily reminiscent of something creepy, and Yu Xing felt as if he was on the set of a horror movie, and the knuckles holding the handle of the umbrella were white, on a par with his pale ghostly face.
He's not in good health, and he's timid!
The place made him feel very uncomfortable, but he had to come.
Because at the age of graduating from college, it is lucky to be able to find a job with a monthly salary of more than 6,000, even if the requirements of this job are a little strange.
Yu Xing took a deep breath and suddenly regretted that he shouldn't have participated in the interview with that company before! The more I think about it, the weirder it gets......
Three days ago, on the recommendation of a friend, he went to participate in the recruitment of a company called Deduction Company, and the human resources manager was very satisfied with him, and proposed a series of attractive salary packages, on the condition that he would go to the Qingyuan Pharmaceutical Factory on the outskirts of the city at 12 o'clock at midnight three days later to conduct a test.
This company's business is biased towards hunting entertainment, including horror short film production, online horror film investment, horror and strange talk experience live broadcast, etc., in general, it is all kinds of death, which requires employees to have a strong and stable heart, as well as a rational mind.
So tonight's test can actually be counted as a guts and reaction test, and only those who pass can enter the company to work.
Yu Xing's appearance conditions are too superior, although his health is not very good, but his heart is fine, and he is still favored by the manager of the human resources department and wants to be recruited as an anchor.
"I don't know if this company is reliable...... The reviews on the Internet are good. Yu Xing muttered to himself to be emboldened, now even if he regrets it, it's too late, this is not coming, it is better to see what the so-called assessment is like.
It seems that there are already people in the factory, and it is much safer than him alone.
Putting away the umbrella and leaning against the door, Yu Xing straightened out his black T-shirt and khaki cargo pants, took a deep breath, and pushed open the rusty heavy iron door.
Crunch β
The harsh sound was hidden by the heavy rain, the factory was abandoned for more than half a year, and the power was naturally cut off, and several flashlights in different directions came out of the crack in the door, and Yu Xing's arrival was noticed by several people not far from the door, and stopped talking and looked at him.
"You ...... All right. Yu Xing finally saw people, and his heart was half relieved.
He glanced over and found that the assistant to the manager of the human resources department was also there, it seemed to be surnamed Hao, in addition to Assistant Hao and himself, there were five other people present, three men and two women, all of whom were good-looking, and it seemed that they were applying for the same position as him.
"Hello, hello!" A brown-haired guy warmly beckoned him over, he trotted a few steps over, and said hello to Assistant Hao.
"Good evening, Assistant Hao."
Assistant Hao was a chubby man in his early thirties, who looked very kind, and nodded at Yu Xing when he heard this: "Good evening, everyone is here now." β
The long-haired girl standing next to the assistant saw Yu Xing's face by the light of the flashlight, and let out a sigh: "Wow, little handsome guy, you'll be late in five minutes~"
It's not ...... Aren't you late...... Yu Xing snorted in his heart, and said embarrassedly: "This, I was a little cautious on the road, and the car couldn't drive in, so I delayed for a while." β
"Timid and still come to this company to apply, buddy, you are very good!" The brown-haired little brother laughed, but there was no malice, he was just straightforward.
Assistant Hao smiled and said: "Our company's anchors are divided into many styles, and the calm style is certainly hot, but it also needs that kind of startling style, which can make the audience empathize." β
Yu Xing smiled reluctantly: Yes, if I am frightened, it will definitely be a shock, and the scream is more terrifying than the existence of ghosts......
No way, timid, natural.
Seeing that the time was almost up and the people had arrived, Assistant Hao got down to business: "I called you here today to conduct a test, let me ask you, how much do you know about Qingyuan Pharmaceutical Factory?" β
The handsome man wearing glasses beside Yu Xing replied unhurriedly: "More than six months ago, there was a murder in the Qingyuan Pharmaceutical Factory, and the media reported that the owner of the pharmaceutical factory hanged himself at night, and all production in the factory came to a standstill, and it was closed not long after. β
The long-haired girl immediately answered: "It is said that since the first person died in the factory, strange things have been happening, and almost killed people again, and it didn't stop until it was abandoned." Later, the demolition team came to the construction, and the workers said that they saw ghosts at night, and the ghosts did not let them dismantle the factory, and the workers were frightened. β
The clichΓ© process, like a very inferior horror novel, and the unscrupulous urban rumors - are generally written blindly by marketing accounts for the sake of traffic, and the credibility is extremely low.
So although these two people heard about this, they didn't think so, and they just regarded it as a rumor.
"Anything else?" Assistant Hao seemed quite satisfied, and looked at a few people who had not spoken.
"This ...... I know about the same thing as they do, after all, that's what the media reported. The brown-haired guy scratched his hair, and among the rest, a short-haired girl and a young man wearing a mask both nodded in the same situation.
"I know something else." Yu Xing hesitated for a moment, thinking that he was the last to arrive, and he should always save his image in the hearts of his "future boss" and "future colleagues", "Qingyuan Pharmaceutical Factory secretly produced fake drugs for profit, harming many people, I heard that the owner of the pharmaceutical factory did not necessarily commit suicide, but may have been ......"
He didn't say any more, but everyone else understood what he meant.
"This media didn't cover it, how did you know that?" The man with glasses glanced faintly, with a hint of curiosity in his eyes.
"yes, wasn't it a suicide case at the time?" The short-haired girl was also curious.
Yu Xing said: "I have a friend who participated in the investigation, he told me, but because I am outside the system, he can't say much, and what he revealed is also ambiguous, but it's better than nothing." β
"If that's the case," the curly-haired girl excited, "then the logic of the rumors will be smoother!" Otherwise, what is there to commit suicide and become a ghost. β
Yu Xing laughed dryly: I can see that this girl is really bold, at least stronger than him.
Assistant Hao clapped his hands and praised: "It is a good habit to collect information before work, and no matter what, this habit must be maintained in the future." β
As he spoke, he suddenly lowered his voice: "However, these rumors are a little true and a little false, they can scare so many people away, there must be something unusual in this factory, and your test tonight is to stay in the factory for four hours." β
"Later, I'll give each of you a portable camera, you turn on the camera function, and the next four hours will be carried around the factory with the camera, except for going to the toilet, you can't stop recording, after four hours, you don't run out of the factory and the recording interval is no more than five minutes, it is qualified."
"It's that simple?" The brown-haired guy was stunned.
Is it simple? Yu Xing looked at the empty first floor, which was almost a few meters away, and once again despised his guts.
"Of course it's not that simple." Assistant Hao laughed, the flesh squeezed out a few shallow folds on his face, and he took out the camera from his backpack and distributed it to the six applicants, "Take it first." β
Yu Xing reached out to take it, and his fingertips accidentally touched the back of Assistant Hao's hand.
A cold touch came from the back of Assistant Hao's hand, and he couldn't help but shiver a little.
How can it be so icy? It's like a dead thing without temperature.
As soon as this thought came out, Yu Xing was startled by himself first, blaming this environment for always making people think of horror, he shook his head and shook off the superfluous thoughts.
"The battery in the camera is very low, you have to find the batteries in the factory that I scattered and hidden, the batteries are all used, only one layer of floating power remains, and if you want to ensure that the power is uninterrupted for four hours, you need about eight." Assistant Hao announced the supplementary rules with a smile.
The applicants said that they knew, and Assistant Hao patted his clothes and prepared to leave: "Remember to turn on the camera when you act, I will come back in four hours, and judge whether you pass the test or not by the recorded content of the camera, okay, come on!" β
"Good!" Everyone responded one after another, no matter whether the errand is beautiful or not, the leader must feel the enthusiasm of the work.
Yu Xing saw that the assistant had already walked to the door and was about to go out, he stared at the ground for a while, and suddenly asked, "Assistant Hao, it's cold, your jacket seems to be a little thinner, will it be cold?" β
It was the middle of September, and the weather was still very hot, but it rained continuously for the past two days, and the temperature was forced to a point where people had to wear long sleeves.
The short-haired girl's eyes widened, and she said in her heart, why shouldn't this script of caring for her boss be taken by a man, robbing her of work?
Assistant Hao heard Yu Xing's question and stopped.
After a few seconds, he turned his head, and a standard smile appeared on his fat face: "It's not cold." β
After a pause, he stared at Yu Xing's eyes, and added: "It's not cold at all, such a temperature is very good." β
The calm tone made people shiver inexplicably.
Intuitively, Yu Xing swallowed the sentence "Why are your hands so cold if you are not cold" back into her stomach.
Still smiling, Assistant Hao waved his hand at the five and left through the gate.
When leaving, he also closed the door very "kindly", leaving only six applicants looking at each other in the flashlight.
Yu Xing touched the goosebumps on his arm, and it was not good to speak first, so he lowered his head and tinkered with the camera, and it didn't take long to figure out how to use it.
After turning on the camera, the battery in the upper right corner of the camera was only one-fifth, he adjusted it at random, and found that the camera has a night vision mode, which makes it much easier for them to move in the dark, but it is a little power-consuming.
Come to think of it, the rule of finding batteries is to urge them to be active in the factory, and they can't always be curled up in a corner for four hours.
It's just, what's a little sticky on the camera?
He didn't know where he touched it, and there was a strange touch on his index and middle fingers, and while the flashlight was still off, he temporarily put down the camera and put his hand under the light.
Under the pale yellow beam, the bright red on his fingers was as conspicuous as a ruby in a white porcelain plate.
Yu Xing immediately realized that it was blood.
Assistant Hao gave him a camera stained with blood.