I created countless illusions

Chapter 58 The Peace Hotel
Because the background is directly set in Xiangjiang in the 80s, Yang Shou's Peace Hotel is not shabby or shabby, but a rather elegant and luxurious hotel.

The hotel has a revolving glass door, and the entrance is a dimly lit, but exquisitely furnished lobby.

The receptionist at the front desk was a female ghost. She must have died of poisoning, so although she had a pretty face, her complexion was green.

The gatekeepers were several baby ghosts, their color was pitch black, and they probably died in the womb of their mothers before they were born.

The little baby ghost was wearing a uniform that didn't fit very well for them, and was babbling at the door as a guide, helping the arriving guests to carry the ceremony with difficulty.

Sometimes, if you are not careful, you will be pressed down by the salute, and you will make a cry of 'woowa' and 'woowa'.

Don't look at these little guys who look cute, they are also the 'security guards' of the Peace Hotel, if they are not 'working' in the Peace Hotel, if they are put outside, any one of them may become a ghost king.

The innocence of a baby is combined with the insidiousness and evilness of a ghost. As long as it is released to the fullest, it is by no means comparable to ordinary ghosts.

Of course, there are not only ghost workers in the Peace Hotel, there are also some disabled or tired demon hunters who work here.

It's just that these people, although they are human beings, are not as lovable as these ghosts in appearance.

Therefore, most of them were assigned to less-visible places such as the back kitchen, boiler room, and cleaning room.

The first floor is the lobby, and the second floor is naturally the restaurant, wine hall, banquet hall and dance hall.

The third floor is the gym, game room and swimming pool.

The fourth floor is a variety of large and small reception rooms that can be rented.

The fifth floor is a large bathhouse.

The sixth floor is some relatively vulgar entertainment venues.

The seventh floor is designed as a arena competition venue, where guests can watch the arena competitions between humans and ghosts, humans and humans, ghosts and ghosts...the kind that are not lethal.

Of course, as long as the guests are willing and sign the waiver, they can also participate in the competition in person.

The eighth to seventeenth floors are all guest rooms, and the top three floors are Yang Shou's private domain. No one or ghosts are allowed to approach without permission.

A restaurant is like a small closed world.

Even if it can't be said to have everything that one expects to find, it can be regarded as rich enough.

There are not many guests coming in and out of the hotel.

During the daytime, there are mostly people, and only a small number of ghosts will enter the restaurant with umbrellas or sun protection clothes all over their bodies.

Regarding the design of the 'Peace Hotel', Yang Shou hired Hayao Miyazaki for reference and drawing the design drawings.

When shooting specifically, the effects that can be shot with props and studios are shot with props and studios.

The parts that cannot be shown with realistic technology are reserved for special effects.

Since the Peace Hotel is the first film in the Exorcist universe, it is necessary to prop up the frame first to leave enough space for subsequent developments.

After all, this is not a super-English movie, and there is not enough time and coverage of comics as a foreshadowing.

You can only rely on one movie to shape the overall worldview bit by bit.

The reason why the theme of the Peace Hotel is very suitable as the first film is that in a closed hotel, all the three religions, people and ghosts are all included, which not only reflects the world to be reflected, but also does not As for the fact that the scene was too grand, the focus of the main topic was unstable.

No matter what happens, because of the limitation of space, people's attention will not be easily diverted.

It wasn't until the later stage that I walked out of the hotel and put the perspective into a wider picture.

By that time, the theme and center have been defined.

Going out...is also a kind of emotional catharsis.

The double catharsis from the mind to the vision, and the sensory stimulation it brings are also extraordinary.

From this perspective, it is actually similar to Dragon Inn.

In the history of Xiangjiang, there are also many dramas that took place in places such as inns, taverns, and restaurants. A small scene with limitations reflects the big background and the big era.

Jingle!
With the sound of a special bell, someone entered the restaurant again.

Looking down from the second floor, Yang Shou saw a tough-faced man in Taoist robes who came in. He was shaking a bell in his hand, and a row of zombies jumped in behind him. But because it was a revolving door, the zombies only Can jump in one by one.

The last zombie seems to have a bad sense of direction, so it always circles around the revolving door and cannot jump out.

The man in Taoist robe had no choice but to go forward by himself, find the right time, and drag this zombie with a bad sense of direction out of the revolving door.

It was Daoist Qianhe who came.

Yang Shou didn't intend to talk to him.

According to the plot, they have no contact yet.

In the middle and late stages of the plot, Daoist Qianhe will appear again to help Yang Shou avoid some troubles.

And then let the two have a connection.

At this time, Daoist Qianhe's 'appearance' was just to make his subsequent appearances not abrupt, like a surprise soldier from heaven.

It is a big taboo in movies to have an extra person come to the rescue suddenly for no reason. Unless it is originally comedic and nonsensical, it will be a huge gap in any movie that follows a little logic.

At this time, Daoist Qianhe walked to the front desk and knocked on the table: "I have an appointment with the guest in Room [-], and he entrusted me to help him send Dad back to his hometown."

The female ghost in charge of the front desk flipped through the check-in file, and then handed Taoist Priest Qianhe a note.

Daoist Qianhe looked at the note, turned around and said to the group of zombies: "You guys stay here well, I will be back in a while, if anyone is found to be misbehaving, let him sleep in the snake coffin today."

After finishing speaking, affixed amulets were pasted on each zombie.

Only then did he take the elevator to the reception room on the fourth floor.

Most of the guests who came and went turned a blind eye to the row of zombies in the lobby.

But there is always someone in debt.

A dwarf kept blowing at the zombie to provoke him, which made the girls next to him burst out laughing.

The dwarf became even more excited to play.

Not only do you crawl around the zombie crowd, but you also tease the zombies with some funny moves.

Suddenly a gust of wind blew, and all the amulets on the zombies were blown away.

The zombies who were originally in a fixed shape suddenly jumped around, causing a lot of jumping in the lobby.

There was no need for Yang Shou to make a move, those little ghost babies screamed, then got on the bodies of these zombies, and threw them into the utility room in a line.

Order was restored in the lobby.

Not long after, there was another sound of the doorbell ringing.

It was a woman in a red dress who rushed in at this time.

She has a rather flamboyant attire, no weapons on her body, high heels, and bright red lipstick.

The whole person exudes a fresh and exuberant atmosphere, which forms a very strong sense of contradiction with the overall atmosphere of this restaurant.

Wang Zuxian's performance can be called a variety of styles.

This is also due to Yang Shou's day and night make-up lessons, otherwise, with her acting skills, it would be difficult to show this charm between wind and dust and clarity.

However, at this time, when this character actually appeared in the illusion, Yang Shou knew that Wang Zuxian's performance was not good enough.

Yang Shou can appreciate the exhaustion hidden under the clearness, and the cautiousness hidden under the seemingly unrestrained and exaggerated.

The most important thing is that although she and the "wife" in Yang Shou's memory do not have any similarities in appearance, they are very similar in temperament and charm.

This is the reason why this woman can attract the 'Ghost Killer' and lure him to relapse.

(End of this chapter)