Two Realms Shuttle Gate: Don t Call Me a Demon!

Chapter 373: Chapter 265: Dual Soul Contract

After a while, Kitagawa Ayaka came running out, crying her eyes out, tears falling on the spot.

“Alright, alright, Ayaka, that’s enough, no need to act anymore, tone down your expression.”

Director Xicun Ying walked over and patted Kitagawa Ayaka on the shoulder, quite pleased with her performance.

“Ah, act… what acting? I wasn’t acting! There really is a ghost.”

Ayaka looked bewildered, insisting she had truly been scared.

“Look, all you actors come over here and see what true acting is, completely immersing oneself in the character. An actor like this will sooner or later become famous.”

Xicun Ying was even more satisfied upon hearing this, leaving Kitagawa Ayaka at a loss for words.

The surrounding actors who were watching turned their gaze toward Kitagawa Ayaka. Many of the supporting actors had previously been a bit jealous and resentful, wondering why Kitagawa Ayaka, a nobody, had landed the lead role.

Now, seeing Kitagawa Ayaka’s impressive acting skills, each of them could only admit they were outclassed. There truly were mountains beyond mountains and skies beyond skies.

At that moment, Kitagawa Ayaka finally gathered her wits and asked, swallowing hard, “That… who was the actress playing the female ghost just now?”

“That was someone arranged by the Jieke Group, apparently a big shot, not from our crew. Come on, now let’s shoot the next scene.”

Xicun Ying cheerfully continued with the filming.

However, when the supporting actors began acting in scenes with the Fierce Ghost, things often spiraled beyond Xicun Ying’s control.

One by one, the actors, when shooting scenes with the Fierce Ghost, managed to perform exceptionally well in terms of fear, but too much of anything is bad. Many actors were so terrified they lost their composure and couldn’t even recite their lines, with some even crying and wanting to go to the police.

Faced with this situation, Xicun Ying, after failing to console several actors, had no choice but to approach the actress playing the Fierce Ghost.

As he drew near, Xicun Ying felt a chill running through his body.

“Um, Miss Han… Miss Han, I’m the director Xicun Ying, there’s something I need to ask of you.”

Xicun Ying swallowed hard, standing beside Han Ruyan, his brain sounding alarms, and his instincts urging him to flee.

“What is it? My performance wasn’t convincing?”

Han Ruyan’s eyes, behind her sunglasses, conveyed such a sense of dread, akin to that of a Fierce Ghost reaping lives, that Xicun Ying immediately stepped back, sweat breaking out on his forehead.

“No… no, I mean, Miss Han, you’re acting too convincingly. It would be great if you could tone it down a bit, otherwise my actors can’t perform properly.”

Stammering out his lines, Xicun Ying finally understood why his actors had depicted their fear so vividly.

The woman playing the female ghost unnerved him deeply. The ominous and dangerous aura she emitted caused his heart to race uncontrollably, much like encountering a natural predator.

“I’ll go down and control it.”

Han Ruyan gave Xicun Ying a glance, and like finding redemption, he quickly made himself scarce.

In the following shots, Han Ruyan voluntarily reduced her presence, still scaring the actors pale, but at least they managed to deliver their lines, and filming could continue.

…

After the last scene of the day was shot, outside the crew area, Su Jie sat on a lounge chair and smiled at the approaching Ghost Bride Han Ruyan, asking, “How did it feel filming just now?”

“Scaring ordinary people without stepping on the ants or harming them is harder to control than just killing outright.”

Han Ruyan’s voice was icy cold; her wedding dress fluttered gently in the wind, and her phoenix crown shone even more brightly.

Su Jie could tell that Han Ruyan wasn’t objecting, which meant she was not resistant to acting.

After all, the more fear they left in the audience after the movie’s release, the more Primordial Spirit Pearls they would collect.

In such a case, Han Ruyan taking action personally was naturally more effective at maximizing the fear experienced by the audience than sending out Papermen and Fierce Ghosts.

“Once the movie is released, the effort now will be worth it. The filming team we’ve got this time will do their utmost to help you with the shooting.”

Su Jie grasped Han Ruyan’s hand. Horror films shot in Japan were known to be unique in Asia for their psychological terror and sense of oppression, something that horror films from Europe and America struggled to match.

For this reason, Su Jie had deliberately brought in Xicun Ying’s professional team to create a truly terrifying horror film.

Combining a Japanese script that excelled in psychological horror with the Ghost Bride’s devoted performance, the filmgoing audience was sure to be in for a treat. He hoped they’d come to the theaters equipped with diapers.

“When will it be released?”

Han Ruyan asked a question.

“Film shooting and production will take a few months, and we’re still in the process of acquiring and investing in more theaters, which also takes time.”

Su Jie shook his head. Film production can’t be rushed. Industrialized movie production isn’t like the old guerrilla days where a film finished in a few days or a week would find an audience.

“Then I’ll go back to Nightmare Park.”

Han Ruyan didn’t say much else. Acting in a movie was merely a pastime, a form of entertainment for her, and that was after she had regained some human emotions. Had it been the Han Ruyan of the past, she may not have been willing to personally participate in the filming.

Su Jie stood up to see Han Ruyan back to Nightmare Park.

The place was becoming increasingly desolate. The war between Jieke Group and the Chan Country Government Army had not ended, with both sides merely replenishing their logistics under a tacit ceasefire.

As a result, tourists were scarce, leaving the once bustling grand Ghost House with only a few visitors, mostly adventurous online bloggers who came to experience what was touted as the world’s largest Ghost House, aiming to shoot videos to attract traffic to their websites.