Chapter 33: The Brain (1)
Zhou Ji saw that the door suddenly opened, and immediately couldn't wait to flash in, for fear of being discovered by crazy fans who didn't know where to hide. As a result, as soon as he stepped into the house, he was startled by the messy living room in his eyes:
The smooth wooden floors were littered with filth and broken drinking glasses, wall-mounted TVs, computer monitors, and consoles were broken into pieces, wallpaper peeled everywhere like autumn leaves, and coffee tables turned upside down. If you don't know, you will think that the owner of this house owes tens of millions of loan sharks and has been robbed by someone.
Could it be that those fans did it too? You know, when I was watching the day before yesterday, it wasn't like this in the house. Could it be that he miscalculated, Xiao Zhou's home has been invaded many times? Zhou Ji thought about it, lifting his feet and finding a place to put his feet in the mess on the ground. Passing through the bathroom and study, he found that all the rooms were no better than the living room, and each one was worse than the other.
"Uh... Woo..."
A small moan came from the innermost bedroom.
Someone? Don't... Xiao Zhou is still hiding at home?
Zhou Ji immediately strode towards his destination and pushed the half-hidden door open, and when he looked up, he saw a thin man cowering in the corner of a tattered bed full of garbage, still groaning in pain.
"Xiao Zhou?! Is that you?! Zhou Ji thought that this person was seriously injured, and hurriedly stepped forward to grab the man's shoulder, but he didn't expect him to fall down like a doll without strength with his weighty hand. And when Zhou Ji saw his face clearly, he couldn't help but be stunned in place:
This... Who is this person?
In fact, it's no wonder that Zhou Ji was surprised, this fallen man has a yellow face and thin muscles, and his bones are thin and shaped like a zombie, and he thinks he is a dead man who has been weathered for a long time, where can you see who he is?
"Woo... Uh-huh—" The man groaned and moved. Laboriously opened his cloudy eyes and looked at Zhou Ji, and coughed twice, "Ah... Be... It's you.... Sir... Ahem..."As he struggled to support his weak body with his withered arms, he reached into his pocket and pulled out a box of cigarettes and muttered, "Sir... You smoke... Smoking..."
"You... Are you really Xiao Zhou?! Zhou Ji couldn't help but lose his voice, and hurriedly stepped forward to help the crumbling man. He never imagined that Xiao Zhou, a reporter who had only been seen for more than ten hours, would suddenly become the virtue he is now. If he hadn't retained his flattering behavior, Zhou Ji wouldn't have recognized him even if he died.
"How did you become like this? What the hell is going on? How did your family come to this? Did those fans break in? ”
"Uh... cough, cough, cough..."Xiao Zhou let out a terrible coughing sound from his chest, as if his lungs could fall out, and he gasped a few times and said hoarsely, "No... No one came in... I had been on guard for a long time, and the group of fans who knew Ma XX a few days ago were premeditated, so I changed the door I got acquainted with early and hid back home... Ahem, ahem..."
"How did your house become like this when no one came in?" Zhou Ji grabbed Xiao Zhou's hand, and seeing that he looked like his life was imminent, he couldn't force him to ask: "Are you okay?" Hurry up and check it out at the hospital! ”
"No... I didn't... It's okay..."Xiao Zhou forcibly pulled out his arm from Zhou Ji's hand and almost fell to the ground. "I don't have to go to the hospital, I don't... Not sick. ”
Zhou Ji saw that he still wanted to fool the past, and couldn't help but be a little angry: "Not sick? I've been following you for a long time, can people go a month without eating, drinking, or sleeping, and spin like a robot? And I tried the password of your door just now, 170602, it's the day you disappeared for half a day, tell me honestly what you did that day? Did you find a black book company? ”
"Ah, you, you know everything..."Xiao Zhou couldn't hide it, and smiled miserably. I'll tell you the truth that I do... I did see someone from the Black Book Company, but I didn't look for it myself, but someone forcibly brought it over.... Ahem, ahem..."
"Forcibly taken away? Who took you?? How to get there?? Zhou Ji almost jumped up with excitement.
"And as you said... The man and woman I saw at the scene of Wang Desheng's death were real... The red-haired man with glasses suddenly appeared after you left me behind, and I was in front of a black building... Then he took me upstairs to meet another man in sunglasses, who said that as long as I didn't report about them, I would grant one of my wishes..."Xiao Zhou said intermittently.
"So you really reached an agreement with the Black Book Company, and the reason why you broke the news countless times in just one month is because of the benefits they gave you? What kind of wish did you make, how could you get rid of the basic needs of human survival, and still accurately grasp the black material of that group of stars like a radar? Zhou Ji asked like a cannonball, "And the last time I saw you was yesterday, when you obviously looked normal, why did you suddenly become like this now?" Is it also the Black Book Company that harmed you? ”
"Ah, this..."Xiao Zhou gasped a few times vigorously and smiled self-deprecatingly, "It stands to reason that I tell others that there is a price to pay for these things, but... Ahem, ahem... The boss said, "It's all right if it's you."
Is it okay for me? What do you mean?
The second monk Zhou Jizhang was puzzled: "What do you mean by this?" ”
"You'll find out sooner or later." Xiao Zhou's dim eyes flashed with a hint of cunning, and then immediately opened the topic and continued:
"Don't you want to know what my wish is to the Black Book Company? Actually, it's very simple, I've long thought that life is too short, not to mention that I can't make a lot of money now, and I'm still busy like a dog every day, living like a grandson. How nice it would be if you could make money as easily as a celebrity and enjoy the feeling of fame and a comfortable life! Originally, I didn't want to work and I could easily get it when I wanted money, but I remembered Wang Desheng, no matter what agreement he reached with the Black Book Company to buy lottery tickets and win the lottery, in the end, it wasn't because it was too eye-catching to get killed...
So, people still can't rely on methods that are too noticeable. Actually, the paparazzi are doing a pretty good job, you know... I thought about it earlier, even if I, a little person, follow the star's butt every day like a dog, even if I can really shoot something and post it on the Internet, I won't make a lot of money, and if I want to use blackmail, I will probably be secretly killed. But it's different when you become famous, as long as you report a few ruthless materials, that group of celebrities can notice me, I take a photo and send it to them directly and give me a lot of money, doesn't the guy named Zhuo X in the paparazzi use this method. So I made a wish that I could save all the time in my short life to become famous and make a lot of money to enjoy the real life, so the boss gave me a black book and asked me if I really wanted to have a body that would not waste time and the power to see the whereabouts of the person I wanted to know at any time. ”