Trembling At A High Altitude - Chapter 44

Chapter 44: Are We Done Yet?

Mrs. Guo’s face was pale as she remained quiet. She had fallen into the script’s trap and mixed up the meaning of “acting as a ghost” and “being a ghost”. She did not realize that the film crew was not directly acting. Instead, they were acting as the film crew of a horror show. This ‘show-within-a-show’ had ended up confusing her.

But then, Li Teng’s luck was simply amazing. He had actually drawn the one and only real ghost lot!

God was unfair! What did he do to deserve this?

She had the chance to draw first, and the power to draw three times. Yet, none of her draws were, You are a ghost.

Li Teng’s last draw had not actually been a draw, but as he had taken the lot that remained behind. However, it turned out to be the winning draw!

Not only that, but she had also ended up receiving a fake ghost lot of You are acting as a ghost, which led her to mistakenly think that she was the only ghost among the eight people.

If it had not been for this misunderstanding, she would not have taken the initiative to disclose her lot, which ultimately attracted the ghost!

At least, her chances of dying would not have been 100%.

…

The woman in the sunglasses had condemned Li Teng for a long time. After his explanation, the woman in the sunglasses found that she had been unreasonable.

All along, Li Teng had never said that he would lose to the demonic granny and become a wax statue—all of this was their imagination and misunderstanding.

As a result, she had given away her sympathy and roast chicken for nothing.

She had no choice but to let go of Li Teng.

Actually, it was not her who let go of Li Teng, but he himself when she was about to pull his ear.

“We won! Granny had said it well. If a person has bad luck for a period of time, good luck will soon follow after. I believe God is fair.” Gao Fei walked over to congratulate Li Teng.

The granny he was referring to was the refined old lady who had already become a wax statue.

“I was really lucky this time. The last lot actually turned out to be the real ghost lot.” Li Teng nodded.

In his first performance, he had been downright unlucky. He had met his enemy, Guo Zhipeng, who then chose him as the car crash victim.

His luck finally turned around during his second performance. He had gotten an outstanding lot from the last draw.

…

The filming of this scene in the Crew of Death was officially over.

At the end of filming, actors would also go through a period of post-filming interaction.

For Li Teng’s first filming, the post-filming interaction consisted of six segments.

If there were no newcomers on the crew, it would only be five segments.

The first was a performance review lasting ten minutes. Actors were free to speak, discuss, and make an overall assessment of the performance. The director of the film set would also be part of it.

The erratic quarrel just now had consumed these ten minutes. Hence, they skipped the first segment and proceeded directly to the second segment.

The actors who died in this scene would be turned into wax statues.

This, of course, was… Mrs. Guo.

The whole process was no different from the previous one, where Guo Zhipeng had become a wax statue. There was nothing more to add.

The third was point distribution time. The number of points each person earned in the scene would be publicly announced.

The extras that did not claim the box lunch all received 10 points.

As the pretty boy and the woman in the sunglasses were one level higher, their rewards were doubled to 20 points.

The fourth segment was questions and answers. As there were only extras and guest extras, the two guest extras, the pretty boy and woman in the sunglasses, took turns to answer the questions.

The order was in accordance with their seating arrangement—spectacled man, white-collar woman, Gao Fei, Li Teng, and the teenage girl.

“You mentioned the guild to me earlier. Can you explain in detail what Actor Guilds are?” The spectacled man asked the pretty boy his question in a flattering manner. Obviously, it was a question that the two had discussed beforehand.

This was a question that demanded a long answer and could help the pretty boy earn a few more points.

The director greatly approved of this question and had already set aside a reward of three points for this.

The pretty boy started explaining.

“Actor Guilds are organizations established with the permission of the film studio’s officials.

“Only high-level character actors and above are qualified to establish a guild.

“It takes 5,000 points to establish an Actor Guild.”

The white-collar female couldn’t help but interrupt. “5,000 points? Isn’t the person who established the guild crazy? With these 5,000 points, don’t you just lower the stone pillar and return back to the surface?”

The pretty boy shook his head. “Not everyone wants to go back.”

“Don’t want to go back? Like to stay here? Is there something wrong with their heads?” muttered the white-collar woman.

“You won’t be able to understand now but will do in the future. It takes 5,000 points to establish an Actor Guild. These 5,000 points need not be paid by the guild leader alone. Multiple actors can also pool their funds together to become the shareholders of the guild. Shares will be distributed according to each person’s contribution. Debts are recorded in the guild’s account and repaid slowly using the guild’s income.

“Joining a guild is not easy. It usually requires a referral. After joining, you must pay the guild fee, which is generally charged according to the actor’s level. All extras need to pay two points to the guild for each performance. The guild fee is doubled for those one level higher. Basically, it’s about 20% of each performance’s remuneration,” explained the pretty boy.