Although he didn't ask much about the inside story in Jixiang Cloth Fang, the reaction of the shopkeeper Sun made Shen Yu firmly believe that there must be something else hidden in the fire that year. It's just that now Du Yunsheng's wife doesn't want to say it, and the people in Taixing can't find it, so how can we understand the truth of what happened back then? Do you want to ask the police patrolling the house? However, since they were able to reverse black and white back then, asking today will not yield any results. So, who else will know about the events of that year?

Shen Yu thought about it, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration - that's right! Ask the reporter who covered the news in the first place! They must know!

So, Shen Yu hurried back to the newspaper office, but as soon as he entered the door, he didn't have to raise his eyes when he heard an angry roar from Editor-in-Chief Hou: "Shen Yu! You still know how to come back?! What have you been doing all morning!! ”

Shen Yu stopped in shock, he raised his eyes to look at the old man's clock on the wall, and then noticed that it was almost eleven o'clock. Shen Yu hurriedly explained: "Editor-in-chief, I went to ...... for an interview."

"Interviews? Have you reported the issue with me? Did I approve it? Editor-in-chief Hou pinched his waist with one hand and pointed at Shen Yu with the other, like a slender teapot, "Let me tell you, don't get carried away when you report a manuscript!" Go! Gather all the newspapers you messed up yesterday for me, and if you don't get it right, you won't be allowed to eat at noon today! ”

Shen Yu also planned to go to the historical room, but the punishment of Editor-in-Chief Hou happened to fulfill his wishes. So Shen Yu answered "yes" loudly, and then ran quickly into the historical room.

"I'll tell you, I'm ......" Editor-in-Chief Hou was ready for Shen Yu to continue to defend himself, but he didn't want that kid to resist without a word, so Ma Yu received the punishment. This reaction was really unexpected by Editor-in-Chief Hou, so that what he wanted to scold was useless, and Editor-in-Chief Hou was stunned with small eyes, like a fighting that won without a fight and had nowhere to go.

Besides, Shen Yu, he ran into the historical room and found that there were still newspapers on the table that he had checked yesterday, which saved him the trouble of looking for it again. Shen Yu looked at the name of the reporter who reported it, and then frowned - the reporter who reported the news back then was called Li Zefu, although this person is still working in the newspaper now, but he asked for leave to go home to visit relatives a few days ago because of his family's illness.

The person he wanted to ask was not there, so Shen Yu had to find another way. So he carefully read the original report twice, and then checked the relevant reports in the next few days. After flipping through this pass, Shen Yu found the names of two more reporters, but one of the two no longer works at the newspaper, and only one reporter surnamed Liu is left, and he doesn't know how much he can know.

Looking up at the time, more than half an hour had passed, and Shen Yu felt that the time for pretending to be was about the same, so he cautiously poked his head out of the historical room.

"Xiaohu!" Shen Yu saw Hu Xueqin's figure at a glance, and immediately beckoned to him in a low voice, "Is the editor-in-chief gone?" ”

The location of the historical materials room is not visible to the editor-in-chief's seat, Hu Xueqin understood what he meant, raised his eyes to take a look, and then beckoned: "Let's go, you come out!" ”

"Thanks!" Shen Yu immediately drilled out of the historical room, he walked around the room, and finally saw the reporter Liu he was looking for. So Shen Yu immediately walked to Reporter Liu's side, and when he got closer, he found that they were actually discussing the matter of Jixiang Cloth Fang.

"You're saying that's really evil! You say that every year on the fifteenth day of July some people say that it is haunted, but there has never been such a big trouble as this one. This is another ghost fire and a figure, and there is a big black mark on the ground inexplicably, could it be that Du Yun came back to see it without turning a blind eye? ”

"If you want me to say that this thing is evil, the fire of the auspicious cloth workshop burned strangely back then, who knew that it was only two years before there was another accident, and it was another fire! Shen Yu! As soon as the man saw Shen Yu coming, he immediately beckoned, "You see the mark on the ground, it really looks like it was burning?" ”

"I don't dare to pack the ticket if it's burned or not, but the seal is indeed dark and black." Shen Yu said, "As you all know, the floor of Taixing Watch is made of wood, and the color is actually quite light. But the black mark is very black, and it is definitely not painted with ink, I saw them wipe it with a mop, and they can't wipe it off. ”

Anyone who has experience knows that the effect of black wood after overheating is very different from that of pigment. What Shen Yu meant by this, everyone understood as soon as they heard it, so everyone couldn't help but show different expressions.

"Reporter Liu," Shen Yu hurriedly asked, "I see that you reported on the fire in Jixiang Cloth Workshop at the beginning, do you think it was really an accident?" ”

"The unexpected statement is just a pretext, an old trick of patrolling the house." Reporter Liu snorted, "If it's not an accident, then someone set it on fire, then the patrol room has to catch the murderer; And if it's an accident, it's much easier. The fire is your own responsibility, and it has nothing to do with the patrol room. Do you think the patrol room can be an 'accident'? ”

"Can the Du family agree to such a perfunctory?"

"What if you don't agree? The Du family said that it was a big deal, but in fact, it was Du Yunsheng's family. Once Du Yun dies, how much strength can the remaining widow have? Speaking of this, reporter Liu changed his words, "Speaking of this, I admire his daughter-in-law, it is not easy for this woman to stick to the auspicious cloth workshop under such circumstances." ”

"That's it," another old reporter interjected, "I remember that before the fire, Jixiang Cloth Workshop was actually a little bad, and business seemed to be much worse than before, so Du Yunsheng shouted for something to 'improve', but he died before the change was completed." Unexpectedly, his daughter-in-law insisted on this business, and the business of Jixiang Cloth Workshop in the past two years has not been even better than back then. ”

"But as soon as this incident comes out, I think Jixiang Cloth Workshop has been sad recently." Another reporter predicted, "I heard that the owner of Tai Hing Watch is the son of the British ambassador, and now his shop is haunted and ghostly, and I guess he must have put this account on the head of Jixiang Cloth Fang." If you want me to say that the person who did this is likely to have a grudge against the auspicious cloth workshop. ”

"How can this be blamed on the auspicious cloth fang?" Hu Xueqin also joined the discussion, "You said that the black mark on the ground can be said to be painted by someone, but that photo can't be faked, right?" The ghost fire and the human face were really photographed in its Taixing watch shop? ”

"Xiaohu, this is just something you take for granted." Master Yu, the old man in the darkroom, listened for a long time, and only then did he speak, "Although it is difficult to fake this photo, it is really not impossible." ”

"What? Can photos be faked?! Reporter Xiaohu's eyes widened. Many other reporters also looked at them in surprise.

"It's not just the ability, there are many ways!" Master Yu smiled, seeing that everyone was interested, he then explained, "You all know that our camera can shoot things because the light and shadow are printed on the film through the lens, which is called exposure. Generally, we only expose a film once, but if we use the film that has been photographed once and then shoot a second time, then the shadow of the film will be left on the film twice, which is called a second exposure. ”

"You can shoot film twice?!" Shen Yu was surprised when he heard this.

"Of course, it's not just the second exposure, it's three or four times. Some foreigners specialize in this method to shoot very strange scenes. Yu Zequan said, "In addition to secondary exposure, what else is there to use a thin wire to hang and take advantage of the difference in distance and size...... There are many ways to fake. In short, there are more ways to play tricks with photos, and what you see is not necessarily believing. ”

"Master Yu, if you want to say so, then this thing is not haunted, but someone is making trouble inside?" Reporter Xiaohu's eyes widened.

"I don't know if someone is making trouble, but I haven't seen a real haunting thing in so many years." Old Master Yu said with a smile.

"And who the hell is this troublemaker?" Hu Xueqin touched his chin and thought about it, "Does he want to make trouble for Taixing Watch Company, or do he want to make trouble for Jixiang Cloth Workshop?" ”

"That's really hard to say! ……”

The Western clock struck 12 times, and it was time for lunch. Everyone stopped talking and dispersed. Shen Yu sat motionless, and he didn't know what to think of. Old Master Yu patted him when he saw it: "What, don't you go to dinner yet?" ”

"Master Yu," Shen Yu came back to his senses, "the photo fraud methods you just mentioned, what kind of fraud methods do you think should be used for that photo in Xinshi Bao?" ”

"I can't say this well," Old Master Yu shook his head, "That photo is so blurry, I can't even recognize whether it's Du Yunsheng or not." ”

"So you mean, if you want to discern it, it's better to get the original photo?"

"Huh?" Old Master Yu was surprised, "What do you want to do?" ”

"I just thought it was weird and wanted to figure it out." Shen Yu said, "Is it easier to distinguish when you get the original photos?" ”

"If you want to see fakes, it's better to get the negatives." Yu Zequan said, "There are many problems that can be seen on the negative, such as whether it is a second exposure, and it is clearest to look at the negative." ”

"Hmm." Shen Yu nodded, walked back to his seat, picked up the small bag and walked out. Old Master Yu asked when he saw it, "Shen Yu, where are you going?" ”

"Go for an interview!"

Shen Yu went out with a small bag on his back, and ran to the newspaper office of Xinshi Bao with his feet raised.

Xinshi Bao is a small newspaper company, located in the east of the city, this inconspicuous street occupies a small piece of the front, and there are not many people inside. Seeing Shen Yu enter the door, a person about the same age as Shen Yu walked over: "Who are you looking for?" ”

"I'm looking for reporter Jia Chengxin."

Hearing Shen Yu's words, the person opposite showed a little strange look on his face. He pointed to a room inside and said to Shen Yu: "Reporter Jia is meeting guests now, if you are not in a hurry, just wait for a while." ”

"Okay."

Shen Yu glanced in the direction of the man's finger, it was a separated room, probably the reception room of their newspaper. Although there is glass on the door of the reception room, the curtain is drawn from the inside, so it is difficult to see inside. So Shen Yu sat down on the bench outside the door and waited quietly. When the man saw that he was in good order, he went back to his seat and went on working. Shen Yu took advantage of the waiting opportunity to peek in through the gap under the curtain, and could only vaguely see the bodies of a few people inside, but he couldn't see the heads and faces clearly. So he leaned his ear to listen, but he only heard a few vague words such as "film" and "photo", and could not piece together what they were talking about.

After a while, the door to the reception room opened, and several people came out of the room. Shen Yu subconsciously got up, he wanted to wait for the guest to leave before looking for Reporter Jia, but when he got up, he unexpectedly saw a familiar figure - he saw that one of the three people who had just come out was actually Manager Wang of Taixing Watch Company!

"It's you?!" Manager Wang was also taken aback when he saw Shen Yu, "You work here?!" ”

"No, I'm looking for someone." Shen Yu subconsciously replied, "It's Manager Wang, why did you come here?" You ......"

Shen Yu said, his fingers and eyes wandering between the three of them subconsciously. Only then did he notice the identities of these three people, the man standing side by side with the manager was wearing a foreign suit, and his expression was intellectually serious; The person in the back is an ordinary person in clothes, who looks about thirty years old, and it is estimated that he is the reporter surnamed Jia.

In an instant, Shen Yu understood the situation in front of him - Manager Wang brought someone to find Jia Chengxin, it must be about the haunted photo......

Thinking of this, his gaze at Manager Wang suddenly changed. And Manager Wang also seemed to realize that Shen Yu had guessed his purpose, he coughed slightly in embarrassment, and then said to the person next to him, "Let's go first, shall we?" ”

The man nodded, glanced at Shen Yu, and then raised his feet and walked towards the door, while Manager Wang also left.

"This brother," said the man behind him only then, "are you looking for me?" ”

Shen Yu came back to his senses at this time, he looked at the other party and asked, "Are you Jia Chengxin's reporter?" ”

"It's me." Jia Chengxin glanced Shen Yu up and down, "Brother looks like he is also a peer?" ”

"......" Shen Yu found that this Jia Chengxin had a feeling of being angry when he spoke. Shen Yu felt a little uncomfortable, but he still said politely: "I am a reporter from Kanto Daily, my name is Shen Yu. I'm here to ask you, can you show me the original negative of that photo you took? ”

Jia Chengxin seemed to hear something interesting, he looked at Shen Yu again, and then said with a smile on the corner of his mouth-

"Nope."