Trembling At A High Altitude - Chapter 35

Chapter 35: Various Flamboyant Performances

Translator: Atlas Studios

Editor: Atlas Studios

“You will each choose your role in this scene orderly.

“After the performance starts, the eight of you will go to the bus station beside the street together to wait for a bus.

“The last bus tonight.

“You’ll get on that bus together. After the bus picks you up, there are four stops in front of you. You eight will get off at these four stops in groups of two.

“The four men will draw lots to decide which stop they want to get off, and the result of the draw will only be known to them. Of course, if you’re not afraid of death, you can also make it known.

“Then, the four women will choose the stop they are going to get off at, according to their seniority.

“Remember, among the eight of you, one is a ghost.

“The ghost can’t be killed. But the ghost can kill people very easily.

“On the bus, the ghost is sealed and can’t kill. Once it gets off the bus, the seal will be removed.

“If the ghost kills a person, this ghost scene will pass. If the ghost doesn’t kill a single person within one hour, this ghost scene will similarly pass. The ghost will lose 1,000 points!

“What we’re about to shoot is the horror of traveling with a ghost. We will use this clip to warn people what a terrible thing it is to take the last bus, so they have to get home early after ending work at night.”

“…”

Afterward, the female director repeated the basic rules of the studio, the rules that everyone knew. Then, they moved to the drawing ceremony, which determined the roles played by each actor in this scene.

The fierce old lady was a character actor, two levels higher than Li Teng and the other extras. She had three chances to draw lots to determine her role. If she were not satisfied with the role she got in the first draw, she could draw a second time.

If she was still not satisfied the second time, she could draw a third time.

The pretty boy and the woman in the sunglasses were both at the level of a small guest extra, one level higher than Li Teng and the other extras, and they had two chances to decide their roles by drawing lots.

Li Teng and the others had only one chance to draw lots to determine their role.

The fierce old woman had the highest rank, and of course, she made the first draw.

According to the director’s description, one actor would die and become a wax statue when encountering a ghost in this scene. This meant that the difficulty level was similar to that of the car accident’s first scene, with a 1/8 chance of turning into a wax statue.

The director also said that one of the eight was a ghost, and ghosts couldn’t be killed. Undoubtedly, it was the safest to draw the ghost lot.

If one drew the ghost lot, they could kill and turn other people into wax statues. Also, nobody was able to kill the ghost—it was almost absolutely safe.

When the ghost got off the bus with a person, its seal would be removed and could possess supernatural powers unavailable to the other party. If it still couldn’t kill a person in an hour, the ghost could only blame itself for being too stupid, as there was no other reason for it to fail.

The fierce old lady would draw her role first and had three chances to draw. There was a very high chance that she’d get the role of the ghost.

The staff moved over a table and placed it by the cafe’s door, with an antique-style tin bucket on it.

There were eight bamboo sticks in it, on which the roles each person was going to play was written.

The fierce old woman was the first to be called, and after a staff member picked up the tin bucket and shook it for a while, he asked the fierce old woman to draw one out.

When the fierce old woman was drawing lots, the others couldn’t leave the coffee table, so they couldn’t peek and see what role she had obtained.

The fierce old woman pulled out a bamboo stick, wrapped with an extra cover. She slowly took off the cover, saw the words on the bamboo stick, and couldn’t help frowning.

The staff member asked the fierce old lady, “Do you want to pick again?”

“Yes.” She placed the bamboo stick in her hands back into the tin bucket.

After the staff member took up the tin bucket and shook it again, he handed it to the fierce old lady again.

The fierce old lady pulled out a bamboo stick, took off the cover, saw the words on it, and frowned again.

She placed the bamboo stick back into the tin bucket and drew a third time.

When the fierce old lady picked out the third draw, she took off the cover once again. This time, when she saw the words on it, a smile appeared on her face immediately.

“With this expression, she must have gotten the ghost, right?” speculated the white-collar woman.

“Although there are eight bamboo sticks in the tin bucket, there are actually only two types of draws. One is the ghost draw, there is only one, and the other is the ordinary people draw, there are seven. For us, we are only absolutely safe if we get the ghost lot. She’s smiling, so she probably got the ghost draw,” analyzed the spectacled man.

“No, it’s not right. If she got the ghost, we three women are safe, only you four men are unsafe.” The woman in the sunglasses spoke.

“Yeah! Why didn’t I think of this? Yes, it’s still better that she got the ghost.” The white-collar woman looked enlightened.

“Good! You’re really good!” The spectacled man gave the woman in the sunglasses a thumbs-up.

“Why are we women safe if she got the ghost?” The teenage girl was still a bit confused.

“Think about it… We get off the bus in pairs with the men…” The white-collar woman gave the girl a hint.

“Oh, yeah, I’m so stupid!” The teenage girl smiled embarrassedly.

“Don’t think that she really got the ghost. She’s already an experienced actor at the character-actor-level. It’s more than easy for her to plaster a fake expression on her face to fool us,” said the woman in the sunglasses.

“It makes sense.” The white-collar woman nodded.

“An experienced actor… There’s an extra among us here who acts even better than experienced actors!” The spectacled man suddenly remembered something, and he stared at Li Teng angrily.

Li Teng was drinking coffee, seeming as though he hadn’t heard the spectacled man.

The fierce old lady walked back to the coffee table, holding the covered bamboo stick and looking completely happy.

The pretty boy hurriedly brought the coffee on the table to her.

Next, it was the woman in the sunglasses’ turn. Though she was on the same level as the pretty boy, she had more points in her account than the pretty boy, so she had high drawing priority than the pretty boy.

The woman in the sunglasses had two chances to draw.

After one draw, she chose to draw again.

After seeing the second stick’s content, the woman in the sunglasses excitedly waved her fist, made a “Yeah!”, before putting the cover of the bamboo stick back on and returning to the coffee table.

“This expression is too exaggerated! It doesn’t suit her character. It must be fake,” muttered Gao Fei.

The spectacled man asked her after she walked back, “What did you get? You’re so happy?”

“Naturally, I got the ghost. You handsome guys had better start praying right now that you don’t get off the bus with me later,” replied the woman in the sunglasses.

After the fierce old lady heard, she snorted with a disdainful expression.

After the woman in sunglasses’ turn, it was the pretty boy’s turn to draw.

He also discarded his first draw. After he drew again, he was so happy that he jumped happily a few times right where he was.

“Wow! An extra-good draw! I got the ghost! I’m safe now!” The pretty boy walked back to the table, excitedly.

“I’d never believe you!” The fierce old lady used her finger to flick the pretty boy’s forehead. The pretty boy started laughing embarrassedly.

“There’s only one ghost, and all of you got it! You are all so good at acting!” The spectacled man sighed.

The remaining five extras were all on the same level. Gao Fei had the most points left in his account, while the others had the same amount.

Among the people at a tie, the order was decided by throwing a die and differentiating them based on their numbers. Soon, the results were—the white-collar woman, the teenage girl, the spectacled man, and last, Li Teng.

After Gao Fei got his draw, he laughed exaggeratedly a few times and walked back to the table.

The white-collar woman went to draw, then the girl, followed by the spectacled man.

After the three looked at their draws, they similarly got “excited” for a while, with all kinds of exaggerated performances, before they walked back to the table holding their bamboo stick.

There was one final stick left. It didn’t need to be drawn, as it belonged to Li Teng.

Li Teng hurriedly looked at his own stick and walked back to the coffee table with a rather sulky face.

The first round of drawing ended.

Among the eight, aside from Li Teng, everyone had revealed the joy of drawing the ghost lot.

Nobody knew who had really gotten the ghost lot, and declared themselves as being the ghost to be safe.