ch1: Zhong Jiu Dao

“Mr.
Zhong, I’m here!” A man in a suit and leather shoes saw Zhong Jiudao and waved to him.

Zhong Jiudao dragged a huge suitcase over, he stopped 1.5 meters away from the suited man, nodded politely and distantly to him, and said: “I can’t see the house.”

The man in the suit is the housing agent that Zhong Jiudao is looking for, he wants to rent a bungalow villa with a bit of history, and the agent is taking him to see the house today.

“It’s near here, heading northwest, about a two-kilometer walk.” The agent said.

Zhong Jiudao looked at his large suitcase and the road that had fallen into disrepair and felt that it might be difficult to walk two kilometers.

“It doesn’t matter, I have a picture of the house in my photo album, and I also brought the contract, Mr.
Zhong, if you look at the photos, if you are satisfied, we can sign the contract here.” The agent said.

He looked like he would not go to that house, Zhong Jiudao’s left index finger gently drew a pattern on the palm of his right hand, and then he raised his right hand, and the palm crossed in front of the intermediary’s eyebrow.

The intermediary was stunned in the same place, and Zhong Jiudao spread his hands to him and said, “Show me the picture.”

The intermediary opened his mouth and couldn’t prevent the truth going out: “Don’t look, it’s all carefully Photoshopped, the goods are not right, the house has not been lived in for two or three years, no one has repaired it, now it’s all dust and cobwebs, I’ll find you the photos before Photoshopping.”

Zhong Jiudao took the mobile phone handed by the agent, looked at the real photos of the house, and saw that the overall structure of the bungalow was quite complete, although this was a house of the last century, but the building materials were good, the design was good, and it was still strong after a hundred years.
The owner has probably renovated in recent years, on the basis of retaining the original characteristics of the house, adding water and electricity facilities, bathroom, kitchen is modern, both historical and convenient.

“Nice house, clean it would be beautiful, why Photoshop it?” Zhong Jiudao asked.

“Who dares to go?” It is a famous murder house near and far, the owner of the home after the renovation of the home will continue to be troubled, cannot sell it, has been hanging in our company rental and sale.
After I took over the house, I went to take a few pictures and came back sick for several days! The agent was shocked by his honesty and punched himself in the mouth.

“Why didn’t you tell me earlier?” Zhong Jiudao asked.

“Tell you earlier, do you still dare to rent? Even if you are willing to rent, it would be easy to haggle for the house.
I doubled the price set by the homeowner and if I told you wouldn’t you cut the price?” After the intermediary finished speaking and slapped his mouth, he felt that he was simply evil, how could he say anything?

“I have recorded what you just said, can I complain that your company cheated on customers?”

The intermediary hurriedly stopped Zhong Jiu and said, “Don’t look away!” In this way, I rent the house to you at the lowest price set by the landlord, and the intermediary fee is also reduced by 20%, okay? ”

Zhong Jiudao looked at the intermediary.

“50% reduction in agency fees!” Or I’ll find you a better house!” The intermediary said anxiously.

“No, this house is very good, there are many rooms, large space, beautiful decoration, historical color, and most importantly, the price is cheap, there is no more suitable house than this, I can sign the contract now.” Zhong Jiudao said.

The intermediary was relieved, took out the briefcase, filled in the price on the standard contract, and asked Zhong Jiudao to sign.

Zhong Jiudao signed and paid the money, rented for one year according to the minimum period stipulated by the landlord, knowing that this was a murderous mansion and also renting it, which was really a strange person.

“Mr.
Zhong, this house is really a bit evil, why do you want to rent it?” The intermediary asked uncomprehendingly.

“I’m a director and I need a house like this to shoot.” Zhong Jiudao raised his hand and shook the void in front of the intermediary’s eyes, as if he had withdrawn something.

Then he said to the intermediary: “In the future, you must be honest.” ”

After saying that, Zhong Jiudao effortlessly picked up the box and walked steadily towards the murderous house.
He was nearly one meter nine tall, and the large 32-inch suitcase was lifted by him with the ease of a 20-inch suitcase.

The intermediary watched him out of sight before he said to himself, “What happened to my mouth today? Tell the truth!”

Compared with the chagrin of the intermediary, Zhong Jiudao, who rented a suitable house at an ultra-low price, was in a good mood.

When Zhong Jiudao took the college entrance examination that year, he did not choose the school carefully arranged by his family for him, but secretly participated in the art examination behind everyone’s back, and was admitted to the directing department of a well-known film and television school.
His father was so angry that he directly threatened to break off the father-son relationship with him, so that he would never enter the house again.

Zhong Jiudao was unable to go home for two years during his college years, and later his mother made peace between them, and his father reluctantly let him go home for the New Year, but he still could not accept his choice and asked him to study at the university they expected to cross-major after graduation.

Zhong Jiudao has a director’s dream and wants to present his story on the big screen, and he insists on taking this road.

Father and son are very stubborn, and finally can only make a ten-year appointment, Zhong Jiudao can freely break into the entertainment circle within ten years of graduation, if he can’t do results, he must go home and engage in the profession arranged by the family for him.

Father Zhong also threatened that Zhong Jiudao should not expect any assistance from his family when filming, and told all his peers that they could not invest in Zhong Jiudao’s project.

This year, Zhong Jiudao graduated from university, and the ten-year contract began, and he was preparing his first film in his life.

There is no way to pull investment from the past connections, Zhong Jiudao can only use the two million earned during the college work-study and mysterious odd jobs to shoot, the funds are very tight, and can only save money from every detail.

This house Zhong Jiu Dao was originally planned to rent only for three months, but unfortunately this is a long-term rental house, and the landlord requires a minimum of one year and cannot rent for several months.
Fortunately, this is a murderous house, cutting off more than half of the rent, saving a lot of money.

Zhong Jiudao walked two kilometers with a heavy suitcase to the gate.

This is a detached garden house with a large yard and very high doors.
The courtyard is full of trees, which have grown into towering trees over the past century, and lushly surround the courtyard to block the sun, and the coolness makes the whole house look gloomy.

Zhong Jiudao looked up and saw that the sun had just disappeared into the western horizon, and dusk had arrived.

He took out a bunch of keys given by the agent, opened the dilapidated door, pushed it open, and there was another scene in the courtyard.

In the real photo given by the agent, the courtyard is overgrown with weeds, full of fallen leaves, and the whole house is covered with climbing ivy, and the house looks very depressed.

But after pushing open the door, there was not a single leaf in the yard, and the weeds in the garden were pulled out, and they were planted with dark red flowers.

In the faint daylight left at dusk, the flowers in the garden gently spit out blood-red buds, and if you look closely, it is easy to see this flower as the face of a gorgeous woman, and the flower bud is the blood-red lips.

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