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Chapter 945: Former Hospital Site

At the beginning, Deng Kai and several partners of the company never thought that Dongzi’s disappearance had anything to do with the abandoned hospital site. It was not until later when they contacted Wang Xing, Dongzi’s former assistant, that they learned that before he resigned, he had indeed heard Dongzi say that he wanted to go to that place to shoot some video materials. At that time, Wang Xing kindly reminded Dongzi that the place was very weird, and it would be best not to go there unless there was no traffic... For a long time afterwards, Wang Xing did not contact Dongzi alone. It was not until his former boss came to him that he learned that Dongzi was missing.

Deng Kai and his friends have also tried to contact Dongzi's other family members and friends, but the response they got was that they were out shooting videos and it was inconvenient to contact them, but they would occasionally send messages to report that they were safe. Dongzi's family members are ordinary people, and they can't see anything wrong with the videos on the Internet. But if he really has been shooting videos outside, why would he keep using old videos from a year ago to fill in the gaps? This obviously doesn't make sense?

Just at this time, the landlord of Dongzi's rental house came to the company and said that Dongzi's rental house had expired and he couldn't contact him now, so he came to ask if Dongzi would continue to rent it out? Now that he couldn't find the person, there was little point in continuing to rent a house, so Deng Kai and another friend went to Dongzi's rental house, planning to pack his things and bring them back to the company. If he showed up one day, it wouldn't be too late to rent him a new house then. But when they were packing Dongzi's luggage, they felt that the problem might be more serious than they thought...

First of all, all the items in Dongzi's room that could record dates and times were parked a year ago. The thick dust in the room also showed that no one had used it for a long time. Also, the photos of the abandoned hospital and a detailed plan posted on the wall showed that he had been planning to go to the abandoned hospital to shoot a video before he disappeared... In other words, the last place Dongzi appeared was very likely the abandoned hospital.

After Deng Kai, Gu Hao and Song Jiang talked about this, they all felt that this was very likely, so the three of them decided to go to an abandoned hospital to check it out. At that time, Song Jiang even joked, "I feel that being an adventure anchor is very risky now. Does your company buy accident insurance for them?"

Deng Kai laughed and said, "You don't understand this, this is called seeking wealth and honor through risk..."

When Song Jiang heard this, he laughed and scolded, "Go away, if you didn't buy it, then don't buy it. Why do you want to seek wealth and honor at the risk of your life? But I advise you to buy it quickly. Don't waste this little money. If there is any dispute in the future, it will cost more money."

After hearing this, Deng Kai said seriously, "You don't understand... There are many things involved. If you buy insurance, you have to make sure that there is a labor relationship between the company and the blogger. Now, most of the agreements signed between the platform and the anchors are anchor brokerage agreements, not ordinary agreements on labor rights and obligations, so the relationship between the platform and the anchor cannot be considered a real labor relationship. And do you think it's as simple as just buying accident insurance? Once it is confirmed that it is a labor relationship, you have to pay social security, which is another not small fee. Today's anchors are not stable. They are popular today and crash tomorrow. Is it worth it for the platform to buy social security for them?"

Song Jiang sighed when he heard this, "What a terrible capital!"

"There is no other way. All the compressed costs are profits..." Deng Kai said with a capitalist face.

The next morning, after Deng Kai and his team picked up Song Jiang, they headed straight to the abandoned hospital. On the way, Deng Kai lay in the back seat to catch up on his sleep, while Song Jiang stared out the window without saying a word. Seeing this, the insensitive Deng Kai thought he had quarreled with Meng Zhe. "Tell me, does Meng Zhe disagree with you joining us to catch evil spirits?" Deng Kai asked with a caring sister's face.

After hearing this, Song Jiang looked at him blankly for a while, then said faintly, "No...you think too much."

Deng Kai mistakenly thought that Song Jiang was embarrassed to tell him, so he said casually, "It's normal for friends to quarrel. Look at me and Gu Hao, don't we quarrel all the time? And every time I am the one who gets insulted, but so what? Don't we always make up in the end? Because I know that even if Gu Hao says something nasty, he won't hurt me. Meng Zhe didn't let you go out with us to catch ghosts because he was worried about your safety. But he really worries too much about this. With Gu Hao here, what can go wrong?"

At this time, Gu Hao, who had been catching up on his sleep in the back, said, "Can you stop taking on so much responsibility? You talk as if I'm the Jade Emperor? It's no problem for me to deal with ordinary little ghosts, but even ten evil spirits like Yang Jian can't do anything for me..." He sat up straight when he said this, then reached out and patted Song Jiang on the shoulder and said, "So sometimes you have to listen to Meng Zhe's words... He is sometimes arrogant and speaks bluntly, but don't forget his identity. Compared to him, we are all ordinary people, so he looks at things differently from us. He can get to the heart of the problem and see through the true essence of the incident, which you and I can't do."

If it were any other time, Song Jiang would have said something no matter if he agreed with Gu Hao's opinion or not, but today he was unusually quiet. Seeing this, Gu Hao frowned slightly, feeling that the problem between the two of them might be more serious than he thought, so he wanted to say something to enlighten Song Jiang, but Deng Kai stopped the car and said, "We're here, get off!"

Hearing the sound, Gu Hao raised his head and looked outside, and saw a shabby gate covered with weeds appear in front of him. He looked inside through the iron fence and found some old cables and construction waste piled everywhere. The weeds in the yard were so lush that they blocked most of the view, so it was difficult to see the specific situation inside from the outside.

At this time, Deng Kai was the first to get out of the car. He came to the gate and pushed it. Then he saw a padlock that had rusted into a lump of iron. Deng Kai pulled it hard and it opened directly. Such an anti-theft system was simply useless and had no effect at all...

"It's not locked at all, it's just lightly fastened on..." Deng Kai threw the old padlock aside, brushed the dust off his hands and said.

Gu Hao got out of the car right after him. He looked into the yard with a serious expression. An ominous aura slowly overflowed from inside. Based on his many years of experience, he could feel bursts of yin energy spreading in this place even in broad daylight. He could imagine what the situation would be like after nightfall.