Chapter 148. Case 19: In the screening room

Mr. Li stretched out his hands and said to us, you see, the current situation is almost like this, since the day of the fight, we locked the door of the screening hall again, and no one has entered since then, and I don't dare to go to the company very often, but this matter has been dragged on is not a way, the business is much worse than other movie theaters, and if it drags on like this, I am afraid that we will be dragged down. That's why I'm looking for the two of you to help with it.

Hu Zongren asked Mr. Li, "After this incident happened, didn't you go to find the original Mr. Dojo?" His formation has been artificially destroyed, and he should have a way to remedy it. Mr. Li said that he had found it, but the master said that this formation was only in charge of 7 days, and if it was changed and destroyed within 7 days, it was fate, indicating that this matter should not be taken care of by him, even if it was forcibly managed, it may not be a good thing, but he promised to recommend people to come, and he himself would not come. Hu Zongren asked him, so he gave you a phone call, and you called someone with a Chengdu accent to answer it, and then found us, right?

Mr. Li said yes, at first it was quite strange to hear the Chengdu accent, and he thought to himself how could he ask a master from another place to do this. Hu Zongren smiled bitterly and said, yes, those masters from other places are my contacts, and all the cases I have handled these days have been transferred by them. Mr. Li hurriedly flattered and said, then your relationship must be very good, it should be like this, business sharing, resource sharing!

Hu Zongren ignored him anymore and began to discuss with me. Combined with the three incidents that Mr. Li dictated, plus the one he encountered himself, we noticed that the first time was due to the fact that there were more people watching the movie, and there were no staff at the scene. And the second time there were direct witnesses, but the guests who watched the movie did not investigate too much except after complaining a few words, and even continued to watch the movie without knowing it, everything went well, and the only witness was the staff member Xiaomei at that time. Mr. Li himself leaned to the door to listen that the time was random, and he also heard strange sounds in such a random situation, which showed that at least at that time, the formation of that Mr. Dojo had no effect on this ghost, so it was not taken into consideration. The last time there was a witness, there were two people at the same time, and it was also the biggest blow to the witness, and both of them fainted in fright.

And Hu Zongren and I combined and found several things in common. The first two times I was witnessed, the first time I saw only a female ghost, and the second time I saw a small child in addition to the female ghost. In addition, the previous dojo gentleman also bluntly said that there is a female ghost here, and it seems that the female ghost must not be wrong. Second, these strange things all happened at midnight, and it was when the movie was playing in the movie theater, which means that this female ghost or that little ghost is related to the movie in some places, and as for what the connection is, this needs to be further investigated. At this time, Hu Zongren reminded me, don't forget, the last time to witness a ghost is actually not the official time of the midnight show of their movie theater, but the time when the projectionist brings people back after the show, and this time is very random, so we judge that the time when this ghost appears for people to witness must be the time when the movie is playing in the movie theater.

But Hu Zongren asked me, how to explain it for the first time before, there were no witnesses. I shook my head and said that the audience heard the sound and saw a black figure running by, and although they didn't know that it was a ghost, it was a sighting. When he said this, Hu Zongren suddenly seemed to think of something, and he said to Mr. Li, can you show us your movie schedule during that time?

Mr. Li said that it was no problem, so he quickly turned on his computer and began to check the original film schedule. After I got it, I found that there were three movies in total, "Mei Lanfang", "Haijiao No. 7", and "Speeding Scandal". Actually, I've seen all three of these movies, and they were movies from several years ago, and I don't understand why they will show them at this time. Mr. Li explained that because they have relatively few film resources in their cinemas, and these movies are all quite good, when they decided to launch the midnight show, they planned to use these three movies to attract audiences. Many viewers may have seen it, but it is still very tempting to buy three movies at one ticket price. I asked Mr. Li if the second and third sightings were all on the same movie in time? Mr. Li thought about it and said yes, not only did he witness it twice, but even the first time he was complained, it was also in the place of that movie, which was Cape 7.

"Haijiao No. 7" is one of the few Taiwanese movies I have seen, produced by Wei Desheng, it is a very comfortable love movie, and it is also very inspirational, especially when I saw the slender thighs of Miss Tanaka Chie, I couldn't help but be silently excited. In the next few years, director Wei Desheng made a film called "Saidek Bale", which is also the most moving epic film I have seen in Chinese films so far. So I quickly thought of some impressive scenes in the movie "Cape No. 7", in which there didn't seem to be much that made people whimper and cry, except for the last time when the hero and heroine hugged each other on the beach, and then the hero said, you stay, or I'll go with you. The reason why I think this is because a third eyewitness, the projectionist of the cinema, once mentioned that when the film was at a certain point, there was a whimpering sound.

The clues are there, but they are not complete. We need to visit the site in person, partly to conduct a thorough examination, but also because the current clues are not enough to deduce the truth we want. So I discussed it with Hu Zongren and said to Mr. Li, "Okay, Mr. Li, when we are at your midnight show tonight, we will also watch this movie and see if we can find any new clues." Mr. Lee hesitated, I think his hesitation was because he might not be willing to stay with us in a haunted movie theater in the middle of the night, and I was still understanding, so I added to him, it's okay, if you can't stay together, you can teach us how to show the movie then.

Obviously, my words made Mr. Li feel that he was in the right way, so he said, "Please come here, and I'll take you to the screening room first." So we got up and walked out with Mr. Li.

Mr. Li led us around the corner to a whole numbered screening room, where there are not many screening rooms, just a few. Mr. Li unlocked one of the screening rooms, led us through the entrance passage, and then turned on the lights in the screening room at the general control position, the light was yellow, although it could illuminate but not very bright, sitting under such lights, I felt that I would doze off. The screen also doesn't look very big, barely satisfying the needs of the so-called "cinema". It is divided into three sections, each of which is separated by an upper and lower aisle, forming a total of nine sections. The chair is brownish-red, the material is a bit like a fleece, and there are small openings on the armrests for Coke.

I looked up at the last row, because I personally liked it the most, about two meters above the ground, there were three small openings, two of which were sealed by black cloth or windows. I asked Mr. Li, didn't you say that there is only one opening, how can there be three here? Mr. Li smiled and said, you see, this hall is the only hall in our cinema that can play 3D movies, because of the higher requirements for equipment, those two openings will only be used when playing 3D movies. I asked Mr. Li again, where were you sitting when you found the projectionist and his girlfriend?

Mr. Li led me to the back of the middle, and said that it was about the same place, but I really can't remember where it was. Hu Zongren and I walked to that position, found a place in the middle facing the screen, sat down, and then began to observe the surroundings. We came in from the entrance on the left after I sat down, and there was a guardrail between the entrance and the place where we walked down, and the guardrail was covered with timber boards, so if I sat and someone walked in, I wouldn't be able to see the person until he went around the corner. On the right-hand side, about a few meters below the screen stands, there is a fire escape, the fire door is closed, and there is a green little man on the door who looks like he is escaping. So I asked Mr. Li where this passage would lead if it was opened, and Mr. Li said that this is the outer wall of this hall, and there is a small walkway between every two screening rooms, which is there. I asked him again, was the door actually closed during those incidents? Because from my point of view, if the door was open and someone came in with a cat, I couldn't actually see the person with the help of the chair. Mr. Li said, of course, it is closed, otherwise we would really have to worry if everyone walks through the fire escape. I asked him again, who could open this fire door? Mr. Li told us that there was no one else except the staff on duty, and that the keys needed to be rotated according to different halls during each shift.

I stood up again, looked around carefully, and then pointed to a few rows behind me and said, "The first time he saw a female ghost, you said, is it behind him, right?" That's the area, right? Mr. Li nodded and said yes. So I took out the compass and went around for a long time, but I still didn't find anything.

Hu Zongren asked me what was wrong, I shook my head and told him that this place is clean, not to mention that there are ghosts, and there is not even a trace of ghosts. At this time, Mr. Li said, you have misunderstood, the haunted is not this hall, I just took you to see, the layout of several halls is similar, as a reference. After saying that, he took out a key and threw it to me and said, this is the key to that hall, Hall 2.

I gave him a blank look and said, why didn't you say it earlier, so I was busy in vain. Mr. Li smiled embarrassedly and said, I'm scared.