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Chapter 92 The Cursed Movie (First Update)
"Hey, let's go out for drinks. I'll cover 200 yuan tonight, one for you, one for me..."

"I'm not drinking today..."

"What's wrong? Have you changed your personality?"

"No, haven't you heard?"

"What did you hear?"

"Watching movies at Feihe Cinema was terrifying!"

"What's so scary?"

"A movie was showing at Feihe Cinema, and I heard it scared people to death on the spot!"

"what!"

early morning.

[Yuelai Hotel] is located near Zhongguancun.

One by one, the lights gradually went out.

Chef Li Jiahao packed up and left work as usual.

He's in a good mood today.

I received a salary of 3000 yuan, and tomorrow is my day off, so I can sleep all day.

After get off work, I couldn't wait to call my buddies, planning to go to a karaoke bar that night, hug a girl I'd only paid 200 yuan for, sing some songs, and drink some alcohol...

But my friend, who was working on the construction site today, was filled with complex emotions on the phone.

"Where are you?"

"I'm on my way to Feihe Cinema..."

"Then I'll come over!"

"Hmm... there are a lot of people here right now, you'd better come by bicycle..."

"Row!"

The movie is terrifying.

Li Jiahao was immediately dumbfounded.

What movies can scare people to death?
real or fake?

Nonsense, right?
What movie is this?
Filled with curiosity, Li Jiahao finally rode his bicycle towards the Feihe Cinema.

Half an hour later, he finally arrived at the intersection of Feihe Cinema. Then, looking at the entrance of Feihe Cinema, his eyes widened in surprise!
It's already past 1 a.m., and even in some lively places, there aren't many people around...

However, the road next to Feihe Cinema was filled with all kinds of cars, and even Li Jiahao, who was riding a bicycle, couldn't find a place to park his bicycle for a while.

"Old Li, over here, over here, look, the reporters from [1819] have all arrived!"

"what?"

After finding a place to park his bicycle, Li Jiahao squeezed into the crowd and saw his childhood friend Chen Qing, who loved singing karaoke, waving at him from the crowd.

He instinctively rushed forward.

I saw...

Standing in the crowd was a young man in a suit and glasses, his expression ashen, seemingly angry!
"Here, I want to clarify something!"

"Although our movie has some horror elements, it won't scare anyone to death!"

"[1819] journalists, how could a movie possibly scare someone to death? Right? Moreover, for our film, 'Lin Daiyu vs. Lu Zhishen: The Village Corpse,' our staff meticulously questioned and checked almost everyone who entered the screening room, resolutely refusing entry to any audience member with a history of heart disease or who could not withstand stimulation. We even offered refunds before the film's premiere..."

"We also have medical personnel on standby at all times to deal with any emergencies. In addition, we have equipped ourselves with professional oxygen tanks to prevent people from experiencing hypoxia due to excessive excitement!"

"..."

"Yes, we said during the screening that we would not allow any children or teenagers under the age of 16 to enter the cinema to watch this movie!"

"We have made all the necessary preparations so that moviegoers can watch the film with complete peace of mind. How could it possibly scare anyone to death?"

"It's all a smokescreen thrown out by our competitors to suppress us!"

"Correct!"

"It's all slander from our competitors. Our movies could never scare anyone, and they've never scared anyone!"

"Everyone, please disperse and don't crowd around here. We don't want to take up any public resources, thank you!"

"On the internet?"

"That photo on the internet is photoshopped, absolutely photoshopped. The lines in the image are obviously different. Anyone with common sense knows it's fake!"

"By the way, reporters from [1819], I'll take you inside to thoroughly check these things. Please cut this episode; don't broadcast it. This will have a negative impact..."

"The internet is not a lawless place. Rumors are terrible. Here, I hope everyone will not believe or spread rumors, but trust science!"

"Let me reiterate: this film is an artistic creation, a fictional story, and has absolutely no real-life basis. Please do not watch it!"

"..."

In the crowd, Li Jiahao stared blankly as Zhou Yang stood in front of the camera, loudly explaining these things to the onlookers.

And to prove his point, he even personally led the reporters from the "1819" program to the cart next to the movie theater and pointed to the oxygen tanks!
Li Jiahao was initially somewhat skeptical.

But I don't know why...

Seeing Zhou Yang's eagerness to explain, I had a vague feeling that he was trying to cover something up!
Plus……

"I heard, yes, I heard, that someone was indeed scared to death. Around 11 o'clock, someone was carried out covered with a white sheet!"

"I heard about it too. I heard that the person covered by the white sheet was a college student, I think he was studying at Yenching University. He came to see a movie today, but while watching, he suddenly suffered a heart attack and pulmonary embolism. The medical staff tried to resuscitate him several times, but they couldn't save him..."

"I heard he was a migrant worker from out of town who brought his girlfriend to see a movie. It turned out his girlfriend wasn't scared to death, but he was. I heard his death was horrific; his eyeballs popped out, and his hair was all sticking out, like he'd been electrocuted!"

"Really?" "Absolutely!"

"Wait, I heard it's a different version? I heard it's about a new employee who just joined [Feihe Cinema], who watched the movie out of curiosity, and then was so scared that they fainted, constantly clutching their heart..."

"..."

The whispers and murmurs of busybodies in the crowd echoed in Li Jiahao's ears.

The more Li Jiahao listened, the more shocked he became. At the same time, his eyes were fixed on the screening room of Feihe Cinema.

The intense curiosity in my heart was something I couldn't suppress no matter what I did!

Just as he was about to go inside to take a look, he saw a large group of security guards rush over, shouting and trying to maintain order.

"It's all gone!"

"It's gone, it's gone!"

"These are all rumors, all false, let's disperse!"

"Sorry, the show that premiered at 3 a.m. will be temporarily postponed!"

"Yes, yes, everyone can come and get a refund!"

"Let's disperse, let's disperse!"

"..."

After seeing the security guards rush out to chase people away, Li Jiahao kept backing away with the crowd.

but……

The number of onlookers did not decrease; on the contrary, more and more people came from all directions after hearing the news, which no one knew who had spread it!

Here...

There were also many media outlets carrying cameras!

Li Jiahao was slightly taken aback, and then he saw a media outlet called "Approaching Science".

..............................

When are you coming back?

"People come to our house every few days to ask about you, saying they'd be happy to add more money if they wanted!"

"Look how sincere they are!"

"I don't care what you do, yes, I don't care what you do, you have to come back!"

"You'd better come back tomorrow!"

"We've already accepted their gifts and those cows. You want me to return them? Damn it, you worthless piece of trash! If I'd known you were this wild, I would have thrown you into the latrine and drowned you!"

"I always said women are a money pit!"

"..."

9 month 11 day.

Huangnishan Village.

Night.

Zhang Dezhu's face was flushed, and he was cursing and swearing into the phone at the small shop!

On the phone, her daughter kept crying and told her that she would be able to earn money soon. She said that she would send money over in just half a month, and that she would send tens of thousands of yuan!
Upon hearing this, Zhang Dezhu not only failed to calm down, but instead launched into a tirade of insults into the phone, ordering her to come back or never return!

He simply didn't believe his daughter could earn so much money all at once!

After finishing the call and reluctantly paying the 5-cent phone bill, he lit a cigarette and walked towards home, his face ashen and seething with anger.

Rural areas tend to have more conservative views, and the preference for sons over daughters is deeply ingrained...

When Zhang Dezhu was young, he dreamed of having a son.

But for some reason, he had three daughters in a row. When he finally had his fourth child, he had a boy!

Having a son naturally cost a lot of money. The eldest and second daughters got married in their teens, which brought in a sum of money...

But when his youngest daughter came of age, his son needed money, but his youngest daughter refused to get married and even ran away to Yanjing by herself, which made him furious!
In the past, although his youngest daughter was stubborn, she only dared to remain silent and did not dare to speak to him.

But lately, I don't know why, I've been getting more and more aggressive and harsh when I talk to him, and I always manage to make him furious!
After returning home...

Had dinner.

After grumbling and cursing at his wife, Zhang Dezhu sat down in a chair and, as usual, turned on the TV to watch the latest episode of "Approaching Science," which had just started airing.

The "Approaching Science" program...

It's a very popular show that often creates a creepy atmosphere to keep viewers on the edge of their seats before revealing the secret in three parts.

Zhang Dezhu really likes this show; he's practically a regular guest!
Today, after opening "Approaching Science," Zhang Dezhu saw the title: "[A Cursed Movie?]".

Immediately afterwards...

Accompanied by the sound of a chilling wind...

The host appeared in front of the camera.

"On a dark and stormy night, countless men and women were in a movie theater watching a film known as the 'cursed movie.' During the film, a woman suddenly screamed, then collapsed to the ground, unconscious. Subsequently, other moviegoers also fainted..."

"A gloomy, old movie theater, and a mysterious curse..."

"Please tune in to 'Approaching Science,' episode 'The Cursed Movie'..."

"..."

(End of this chapter)