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She grabbed Li Shanze's hand, pinched her breasts again, and pleaded pitifully, "Please, Master, give me another chance. I will definitely, I will definitely remember it! Please don't abandon me!"

As she spoke, she began to chant the spell to retrieve her memory again.

Li Shanze sneered. It seemed that this bitch knew it very well, but she just couldn't remember it.

"'The Interpretation and Intrusion of Dreams'... 'Psychological Intrusion in Everyday Life'... No, that's not right, not here." A magical glow flashed.

"'Studies in Masquerade Hysteria'... 'The Future of Hallucination'... Hey, it's not here either." Another flash of witchcraft light passed by.

"'CBS Television Employee Handbook'... 'How to Manipulate Public Opinion'... I wonder where it's gone?"

Li Shanze watched speechlessly as Jennifer anxiously cast one witchcraft after another on her forehead.

She looked like a flustered office lady rummaging through a messy handbag to find her subway commuter card during rush hour.

But what she couldn't find was particularly special - it was not a physical object, but a description in her memory.

The container she was rummaging through wasn't some woman's backpack, but her brain, her memories.

Li Shanze was speechless for a moment as he watched the glow of witchcraft continue to shine above Jennifer's head.

Li Shanze couldn't help but wonder if the reason this woman was so unreliable was because she had been casting spells on her brain and made herself stupid?

Is it because she relies so much on memory-searching spells that she can't remember anything?

Jennifer, nearly crying with anxiety, was scratching her hair. Suddenly, she slapped her head and said, "Ah! So I need to look at these documents together! I understand!"

She raised her head excitedly and said to Li Shanze, "I understand, Master, I understand what's going on!"

She looked even more excited than Christopher Columbus, who discovered the New World in 1492.

232 The Origin of the Actor

Jennifer's emotions were written all over her face.

He looked as anxious as if he was about to pee his pants just now, but in a second he became complacent.

She raised her face with an expression that said, "Praise me now."

She then received a well-timed reprimand from Kate.

"Bitch, don't try to hide anything from your master, and don't try to bargain with your master!" Kate scolded harshly.

Because Kate's prestige was still there, Jennifer became obedient again after being scolded like that.

She was dejected and said obediently, "These actors don't actually come from any actors' union or agency."

Li Shanze nodded. He had lived in this closed "studio" for decades and even lived the life of an Amish without any modern technology. How could such a person be an ordinary actor?

If they had not lived here in an Amish way for twenty years, how could they have hidden it from the old knight Loganfield?

But the problem also lies here. How can these "actors" hide the truth from the old knight Loganfield?

"Twenty years ago, when Loganfield first found this place under the arrangement of Paul Fitzgerald, these 'actors' were actually strictly screened."

Li Shanze thought this statement was a bit strange.

He couldn't help but ask, "How strict is the screening? Are they all elites from the intelligence community? But this is Philadelphia, the heartland of the United States. Is it really necessary to waste so many elites for an old knight who was sentenced to a banishment?"

"Uh, master. It's not a strict screening in this sense, but in the sense of wizards." Jennifer explained quickly.

"They have all been rigorously screened by major pharmaceutical companies and are easily controlled by drugs."

The style of the painting suddenly changed from Cold War mysteries to the legend of the medicine jar.

But that's the American way.

"This is actually a rather complex, small-scale, closed experiment. It's a joint effort between the Delusion Society, the Root Man Esoteric Cult... uh, and, uh, a portion of the church represented by Archbishop Emeritus Fitzgerald."

Jennifer spoke haltingly, and it was obvious that she was reading from a script - except that this script was hidden in her memory.

"The experiments not only study the basic principles of willpower, but also use drugs to control and brainwash those marginalized people in society who are ignored by everyone, such as the homeless, prisoners released, mentally ill patients, drug addicts, etc..."

"The 'actors' selected strictly for the project all have basically no social connections, so as to ensure that no 'family members' will appear to cause trouble."

"Their memories are erased through drugs, and then replacement personalities and memories are implanted through witchcraft... In addition to the personality and memory replacement, drugs that lower hormone levels are added to their diet to control them and keep them content with the simple Amish lifestyle."

Li Shanze asked curiously, "Wait a minute, isn't this already a complex sorcery using personality and memory replacement? Why do we still need drugs?"

"Mind control is not as convenient as drug control." Jennifer seemed to dislike the witchcraft of the Delusion Society, even though she herself was a wizard of the Delusion Society.

"Humans are inherently fragile. Once the chemical balance in the body is disrupted, the nervous system can easily become diseased, turning people into hysterics or paralyzed. Even the strongest of willpower cannot resist the chemical ecstasy of new drugs."

Jennifer's words were much more fluent, and they were mixed with her own resentment, and seemed to be spoken from the heart.

She sneered, "So, using witchcraft to control people's minds is inherently inferior! The practitioner could even risk their own life if they're not careful. How can it be as convenient and effective as drugs and the media's relentless bombardment of information?"

Jennifer even gritted her teeth when she said this.

Li Shanze discovered that Jennifer really despised the witchcraft of the Delusion Society.

Perhaps after learning the witchcraft of the Delusion Society, he found that it was far less convenient than he had imagined, so he developed hatred for it?

Jennifer continued to explain the villagers' current situation. "Unfortunately, I found in a report that certain drugs synthesized by the pharmaceutical factory cause damage to the nervous system that can be cured by Holy Light."

"Previously, people who received Holy Light Therapy would fall into a coma overnight, and the production team would take the opportunity to adjust the medication, causing them to become drug-dependent again."

"This time, the entire village received Loganfield's holy light treatment. So, while they appear to be in a collective coma, their nervous systems are actually undergoing repair. This difficult-to-awaken coma is a necessary process."

Li Shanze nodded, understanding why the villagers were difficult to wake up.

"You just said that a small number of people will fall into a coma after receiving Holy Light treatment, and then the 'program team' will arrange for medication to make them addicted again. So what about now? What about the program team? What should they do? I don't seem to see any signs of them cleaning up after this."

Li Shanze looked at Jennifer: "I remember you are the person in charge of this program? Where are your staff?"

"Everyone is a member of the production team, everyone is an actor, and everyone is an Amish villager in this village."

It seems that these villagers controlled by drugs have strong self-management abilities... Li Shanze nodded. Since it is possible to tamper with their minds by implanting memories, it is not difficult to add a few taboos and rules that have been passed down from "ancient times" to their minds.

For example, after the coma ends, you have to eat certain food, and it must be cooked according to a certain recipe passed down from generation to generation.

While following the rules, I took the medicine unknowingly.

"And I'm just a figurehead in this production team, collecting a salary and holding a sinecure—oh, and maybe even the unlucky guy who takes the blame if something goes wrong."

Jennifer's tone was full of resentment.

Li Shanze didn't take Jennifer's complaints to heart at all.

He felt that Jennifer's resentment was obviously just directed at her having to take the blame.

You didn't complain when you received the money. Weren't you also very happy when you and your fiancé summoned plant dragons to kill the villagers?

Judging from this condescending attitude, the so-called "nominal person in charge" is simply nonsense. It is purely a rhetoric she uses to clear herself.

Moreover, after all, she has a good father who is elusive and she herself is a wizard. It is unclear whether CBS dares to hold her accountable.

And what's the point of you pretending to be a fool to me? I've already seen through you.

Instead of showing any sympathy for Jennifer's words, Li Shanze wanted to laugh.

Seeing Li Shanze's reaction, Jennifer bit her lip unwillingly. Her eyes rolled and she quickly came up with another idea.

"Master, Master." She rubbed Li Shanze ingratiatingly. "I want to sue CBS for using an unknown mechanism hidden underground to kill my fiancé and cause me great mental harm. All the compensation from CBS belongs to Master! Will Master support me?"

Good guys, you two are using witchcraft to make trouble here, not only destroying other people's studios, but also turning the tables after the incident and killing yourselves, and trying to extort money from CBS, right?

Not only did she completely clear herself of the blame for instigating her fiancé to commit suicide, she also pretended to be a victim - although there was no evidence, Li Shanze had already concluded that Jennifer must have instigated William Butner to commit suicide.

How the fuck can there be such a shameless woman? Bah, no, how the fuck can there be such a shameless bitch?

Li Shanze felt that his blood pressure was high again.

Kate tied a handkerchief into a strip of cloth at the right time, blocked Jennifer's mouth, and then tied the two ends of the handkerchief into a knot behind Jennifer's head.

Then she stared at Jennifer and said with a half-smile, "Listen, bitch. From now on, you can only speak when your master allows you to. Otherwise, you can only bark like a dog. Do you understand? Hmm?"

What, you bitch! You're just afraid that I'll take your place in the Master's good graces!

Although Jennifer did not dare to resist, she was still angry. She looked at Li Shanze with accusations against Kate and expectant eyes, hoping that "the master would give justice to me, a poor woman who has been persecuted by society."

Unfortunately, the master was temporarily deceived by the evil woman.

Li Shanze felt that Kate's handling of the situation was perfect.

"Kate is right. From now on, you can't speak unless I approve it. Do you understand?" Li Shanze smiled and touched Jennifer's head with such force that it was like kneading a dog's head.

Jennifer let out a reluctant whimper from her throat.

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233 The Beneficiary Behind the Scenes of "Amish"

Although Jennifer's values ​​could make Li Shanze mad, there were too many questions accumulating in Li Shanze's mind.

So, after Jennifer was forced to shut up, after a long while, Li Shanze was particularly "merciful" and allowed her to speak and answer questions again.

"Even if you say the so-called production crew is made up of the villagers themselves, what about the plants used for surveillance and filming? There has to be a wizard from the Root Vine Cult to oversee the whole thing, right?"

Li Shanze, who had been waiting for the wizard for a long time, yawned.

"Uh, but, master, the plants were planted spontaneously by the villagers." Jennifer looked puzzled, not knowing why Li Shanze asked this.

"Of course I know that. I mean, who's going to handle the plants, who's going to shoot it, who's going to edit it, who's going to switch cameras, who's going to adjust the shots? Doesn't a TV show require a whole post-production crew?"

Li Shanze was a little crazy when Jennifer answered the question irrelevantly.

"Master, these are all completed by automated magic circles. After improvements, they no longer require additional wizards to maintain them." Jennifer answered as a matter of course.

It turns out that wizards are a scarce resource, and no wizard would be willing to stay in this village for years or even decades.

After the experiment was completed, the program team had accomplished its mission. The wizards who had originally come for the project research no longer cared about this simple "program" and left one after another.

Even Jennifer's father lost interest in the place.

The reason why this program team can continue to operate is purely because the magic array and system that were previously constructed are still operating spontaneously.

This was also to avoid being discovered by Loganfield, an old knight who was accustomed to fighting heretics. The wizards were forced to improve automation, so that the traces of witchcraft involvement were reduced to the minimum without being noticed.

So, even after the project ended, the show continued to air for many years.

"Wait, who gets the profits from the show 'Amish'? CBS?" Li Shanze suddenly asked curiously.

Jennifer, of course, looked completely bewildered. In her view, none of this had anything to do with her; she was just someone who worked for a salary.

"Ah, there's finally a signal. The cell phone signal here is too bad. Let me search..." Kate said while holding the phone.

"Damn it, the signal's gone again." The Knight patiently held his phone and looked at it for a moment, then sighed dejectedly, "I should have brought that satellite phone that's being monitored by the bureau."

Oh, you know nothing, what use are you! I really don't know why the master would favor a bitch like you, is it just because of your obscene body?

Jennifer criticized Kate in her mind without realizing it.

Of course, this emotion naturally surfaced.

Since she still didn't learn her lesson after being scolded by Kate, Kate didn't even bother to argue with her.

"Ah, there's a signal again." Kate typed quickly on the screen and started searching.

"Well, this is a charity program, and all the proceeds will be donated to the Burton Charitable Trust Fund--" Kate read word by word to the screen.

As soon as he heard the name, Li Shanze knew what was going on.

The so-called charity and trust fund are nothing more than a means for the rich in America to circumvent inheritance tax.

They are nominally charitable foundations, but are actually controlled by the descendants of these wealthy people.

For example, the controller of the Burton Charitable Trust is Jennifer Burton, the daughter of the elder Burton.

Jennifer was shocked when she heard this: "What? Isn't that my trust fund? How come all the proceeds from this show are donated to me?"

Li Shanze was once again amused by Jennifer, a stupid second-generation witch.

You encouraged your fiancé to destroy your own business, and you knew nothing about it?

You didn't even know the proceeds from this show belonged to you?

You have ruined the family and you don't even realize it!

This time, Li Shanze rarely had high blood pressure due to disgust.

Li Shanze was so amused by Jennifer's expression that looked like she wanted to cry but couldn't.

Li Shanze couldn't help but suspect that Kate did it on purpose. She deliberately said that the signal was bad and waited for a while, and deliberately read out the Bolton Charitable Trust Fund word by word so that Jennifer could hear it clearly.