Early the next morning, Qingyi got up and waited for the guests to come to the door.

The first to arrive was Mentor Johansen, who was wearing a vest, sweating profusely, and had apparently come running from home. Qingyi hurriedly asked him to sit down and poured a cup of hot water.

"Thank you." When the tutor sat down, the white fat on his body shook a little, which was quite funny. He didn't drink it immediately after taking the water cup, but patted Qingyi on the shoulder: "I heard that you were injured?" What do you think? ”

Qingyi smiled: "I feel that the management is quite difficult. ”

But Mentor Johansen didn't laugh. He said solemnly to Qingyi: "It's okay." In management, you must not take it lightly, otherwise you will be the first to suffer. Also, don't put China's management model in the United States. ”

"Hmm." Qingyi had no choice but to nod.

Mentor Johansen immediately became happy again: "By the way, what's going on with this haunted house? Sounds so much fun! What am I going to do? ”

"Look, here's my plan." Qingyi had already done his homework, and immediately took out a manuscript, approached the tutor, and pointed on the map with his finger: "My plan is to temporarily add aluminum alloy plates to the bridge club, and separate them from several sections, that is, several theme rooms in the haunted house. This is the route, and visitors have to go through all the rooms to get out of the haunted house. The corner space is used as a hiding place for ordinary staff. ”

"But in your vision that the last room is close to the door, and in order to force visitors to visit all the rooms, you have to add more aluminum panels? Maybe it's more appropriate to get rid of a room. Mentor Johansen pointed to the exit and made a suggestion.

Qingyi frowned and thought about it, and said, "It makes sense, the funds are controlled within one hundred and fifty US dollars, although all the props are rented, but they also have to save expenses." Eliminate one room and cut out the others to make some space...... In this way, visitors are no longer forced to go the same way when they come to the last room, and can choose to enter or leave through the exit. I'll revise the drawings. ”

After a while, the doorbell rang again. This time it was Jonny the barber. After introducing each other to the two guests, Qingyi also gave the plan to Johnny to browse.

"Hommebel, thank you for inviting me to this event!" Jonny's orchid finger is really charming, but it's a pity that he's a man. He didn't seem to know that he was smiling softly, and he laughed hard: "I like magic tricks the most, thank you for remembering!" I'm joyeux (French: happy)! ”

Anyone who is fed with a whole bunch of chatter every time they cut their hair will remember it. Qingyi smiled: "Come to think of it, only you who are clever can take on the position of magician." ”

Then Mrs. Green and Dora came to the door. The main personnel have arrived, and Qingyi explained the plan in detail, from material preparation to personnel allocation, from character characteristics to room layout, no matter how big or small, including it. Of course, he had already roughly told you about the plan last night, so that they could prepare in advance.

"The props you need aren't special, but can you get them together?" Dora looked at the list of props behind the document and stared at Qingyi suspiciously.

Qingyi calmly met her gaze: "This requires mobilizing everyone's connections." Mrs. Green, you've borrowed props from your cooking classmates, haven't you? As long as you bring your own props, you can definitely gather enough materials to build this haunted house! ”

Mentor Johansen pondered for a while and said, "If you count the networks that can be mobilized, your plan is very feasible. When will the construction start? I'm afraid there won't be enough time. ”

"It's now!"

The Bridge Club is a 500-square-meter house with no second floor and no basement. When everyone arrived, there was already a special car from the building materials company waiting. While signing the bill, Qingyi turned his head and asked, "Dora, what about your friends?" ”

"There we are. You see! Aren't that them? ”

What appeared on the street corner was the friend Qingyi had met at Dora's party, about twenty people. Qingyi greeted him with a smile: "Thank you for coming to help!" I'll pay a good salary. ”

One of the girls quipped, "I don't want a salary, I just have lunch with you." ”

"Me too." Another person was immediately laughed and scolded by others: "You are a man!" ”

"If everybody agrees with my treat, then I would like to recommend a chef who is absolutely the best in the United States, and who will make you want to do ten more hard jobs after eating her cooking! Alright, let's get to work! It's eight o'clock in the morning, and I'd like to have dinner with you all at eleven o'clock – not eleven o'clock in the evening! ”

To the sound of laughter, the boy lifted the aluminum alloy plate, walked into the bridge club, and then removed the tables and chairs. They bring their own fixing straps (nails can damage the walls and floors), and although they are clumsy, they can barely splice the aluminum alloy plates. And the girl began to decorate the room.

"What are we supposed to do?" Mentor Johansen shook his shoulder: "I'm not young anymore, but I can work." ”

"Let's go to your room and oversee it. I've made a big frame, but the details can be up to you. Qingyi smiled.

At that moment, the housewives who had taken cooking classes at Mrs. Green's house came to the front of the bridge club, holding baskets of clothes. When they greeted everyone, Qingyi asked, "Ladies, have you already labeled your clothes?" This is necessary to avoid mixing up everyone's personal belongings after the event. ”

"It's all marked." The housewives said one after another.

After getting the new item, almost everyone moved like clockwork. Qingyi, on the other hand, asked the staff in detail if they had any relatives or friends in some special industries, and once he got a positive answer, he asked Jonny to drive to the target's location, and then borrowed props in the name of the target's acquaintance. In this way, I was able to gather all the props of the haunted house, and even hired a professional electrician.

It was fast to noon. After three and a half hours of work, the overall framework of the haunted house was completed, and the next thing to do was to perfect the details and personnel arrangements. The hungry crowd was soon in high spirits, as Mrs. Green and the hosts had a feast (Qingyi: "It's another Halloween set?!! Treat all the staff. Piece together the tables and chairs that were moved from the bridge club, and everyone sits together for lunch. Jonny encourages young people to go to his barbershop (the advertising is mixed with a lot of French), Johansson's tutor talks about Harvard history and management (which is more difficult to understand than Jonny's French, of course), and Dora discusses the secrets of soup cooking with the housewives. Mrs. Green kept smiling and squinting, which made Qingyi happy too.

His mind turned to the haunted house itself.

The so-called "horror" does not necessarily have to be a demon or a monster. Many "good" things can also become "terrifying" after they are distorted. In short, in a way "horror" and "twisted" are synonymous. Therefore, the haunted house that Qingyi is determined to build is actually a "twisted house", which is different from the ordinary sense of the haunted house. He's not sure he'll be able to get the same thrill for tourists.

It was indeed very risky, but there was support from others, which gave him confidence.

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At two o'clock in the afternoon, the haunted house officially opened.

Because of the distribution of leaflets since the morning, many residents of the neighborhood and even Bostonians came running. They lined up in long lines and showed great enthusiasm. But in order for visitors to get the most out of the haunted house, staff had to limit the number of people to eight people at a time.

At this moment, the first tourists entered. They saw a line of red spray paint on the makeshift wall made of aluminum:

1. Grandmother's room

Turn the corner, and the sunlight disappears after itself.

Ga...... Ga...... The ominous sound was intermittent and came from all directions, and I don't know if it was the effect of an echo. The crowd walked cautiously, and finally saw a ball of light.

In the orange, hellfire-like candlelight, an old woman was sitting in a rocking chair knitting a sweater covered with blankets. Her hands were thin and small, like two chicken paws. She was also very thin, almost buried in a rocking chair and blanket. She wore an old faded turban with her back to the candle flame, so that her face could not be seen clearly. The only sound in the room was the rattling and rattling of chairs, which was extremely harsh, as if some guy was trying to break something. Ga...... Ga......

Suddenly, a furry thing quickly ran by, startling everyone! That thing has a pair of green eyes, and it makes people's hearts hairy! A girl jumped to her feet in fright and said incoherently: "It touched me, it touched me!! It just passed by my leg! ”

Then the old woman turned her face and grinned. She didn't have a single tooth in her mouth, so her laughter could come out of her mouth without hindrance. She braced herself with her arms and trembled to get up! The blankets slipped to the ground one by one, like the skin shed by a cold-blooded animal! But a strange wind blew, the candle was extinguished, and the old woman's figure disappeared into the darkness.

"Ahh Someone shouted, and everyone ran to the glimmering exit in panic, leaving the strange room behind. Walking through a quiet corridor, the group came to a new room:

2. The model's room

Someone looked inside, saw many humanoid objects being hung, and couldn't help but exclaim, "Is that a person?!" Is it a corpse? ”

"No, it's not! Those are the clothes! ”

This room is like a big wardrobe, with a lot of beautiful fashions. There are coats, there are trench coats, there are dresses...... All kinds of clothes are neatly arranged on both sides, forming a long corridor of clothes. There are also pairs of shoes underneath the clothes, with high heels, fish-toe shoes, and booties. Obviously, this is a woman's world.

"Could it be...... Let's walk through the middle, shall we? Someone couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva.

"I'm sure we'll have a hand in our clothes reaching out to grab us halfway through!" The other grabbed his companion's arm with great nervousness.

Everyone cautiously walked into the dress corridor. The promenade is so narrow that only one person can pass through, so tourists grab the shoulder of the person in front of them and line up. The fluorescent lamp overhead is very bleak, flickering and flickering, which is always worrying. Several people always stepped on other people's feet because they didn't pay attention to their feet, which caused a wave of pushing and fright. Although the fashions on both sides are beautiful, in this atmosphere, even the most beautiful ladies will be afraid of them.

One of them stumbled, and he said in unison, "Ah, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Whose foot did I step on? - Ah!! ”

He jumped up as if he had been bitten by a snake, trampled on his feet, and cried out, "It's a hand, it's a hand!" "The others didn't know why, and they were so scared that you pushed me and bumped me, and some people couldn't stand on their feet, and they dragged their companions and fell to the ground. At this time, some level-headed people discovered that the culprit on the ground was a plastic arm - the arm of a model doll in a clothing store!

After this fright, everyone nervously watched their feet, came to the end of the corridor, and began to turn according to the direction of the corridor. But soon they were startled again because they didn't pay attention to the puppet hanging upside down on the ceiling. When the man at the head of the line walked around the corner, he was greeted by the lifeless face of the model figure, and his screams almost made the glass burst.

I can't tell you how long it took for the nerve-wracked crowd to finally see the light. It was a bright yellow glow from behind the corner!

"It's time for the next room, hehe, this room is over." A man said to his companion.

However, what appeared in front of him was a small space that was slightly opener. A make-up table appears out of the crowd with several kilowatt-sized light bulbs above it. The stage was full of makeup props, perfumes, lipsticks, eyebrow pencils...... There is a wide variety of varieties that are more complete than those in the shopping mall counters. In front of the stage sat a tall model with false eyelashes in front of the mirror. She also noticed the people behind her in the mirror, and she laughed, and the white foundation fell from her face. In the light, her red nails seemed to drip blood.

The crowd screamed again and fled through the exit next to the dressing table. They were horrified to see another line of words appear on the wall:

3. Clown's room

"Wow, that's a ......" someone struggled to organize the adjective, panicking and excited at the same time: "Great!" It's the most exciting haunted house I've ever seen! ”

"It's only been two rooms, and it doesn't look like it's over yet!" The other humanitarians, both uneasy and curious, stepped into the third room.

This time the room was weird, with spotlights falling from the ceiling. In the light stood a chubby clown, who had his back to them, motionless. The room is draped with a red curtain, which looks like the backstage of a theater.

Then the clown turned his head - twisting his face back like an owl! He burst out laughing, rude and maniac: "Ahahaha! Welcome to my room! I'm the upside-down clown, taking you through the rest of the journey! Are you ready, audience! ”

Tourists were so frightened that they started running. However, there was no only way in this room, and the red curtains were not connected, so everyone was really running around like headless flies. And the clown appeared beside the tourists with incredible lightness, grimacing and laughing one after another. What's more, the clown has always kept his face twisted behind his back!

As a result, the visitors barely saw what the room looked like, and they were driven to the next room in shock.

4. The magician's room

As far as the eye can see, red curtains hang everywhere. If it weren't for the red-letter reminder before entering the room, the tourists would really think that they hadn't moved. A magician in a tuxedo, holding a cane, and wearing a black bowler hat stood on a high platform and bowed to them with a smile on his face. There are also a lot of large magic show props on the high platform, all of which are stained with red stains, and it looks like a torture room.

"Welcome to my room, everyone! Everyone loves to watch magic tricks, right? Next I'm going to conjure up pigeons! The magician took off his hat to himself, and reached into it. He yells "Dangdang" and catches a bare, bloody broiler!

At this time, there were already tourists who wanted to leave the room, but some bold people were interested and grabbed their companions: "This is not as terrible as before!" Why don't you finish reading and then go? ”

Stuffing the broiler back into his hat, the magician muttered, "It's bad, it's bad, but I'm not good at little magic either." Aha, I need an audience member to help me do this big magic trick! Has anyone volunteered? ”

Tourists, look at me, I look at you, and when they were hesitating, a voice came from behind them, making their legs tremble: "I'll come, ahhahaha!" "But it's the clown who walks on the back! At such a close distance, everyone could clearly see the ugly, clumsy makeup of the clown: many patches of color painted his face like a palette, and every time he laughed, he squeezed his face into deep folds, almost like a human skin mask that did not match the shape of his face. He pushed away the tourists with his hands (the tourists automatically moved away) and jumped onto the high platform with pleasure.

"Dude, what are you doing today?"

"Perform the Escape Magic!"

The magician said, tucking the clown into a rectangular purple standing cabinet. There are also many star patterns on the cabinet, which looks quite professional. The clown's round body was easily stuffed into this magic box, and he had to turn his face and wave his hand to everyone before he was willing to let the magician close the door.

Then, the magician raises his sword and stabs it into the magic box! With a scream, blood flowed out of the cracks at the bottom of the box, and the tourists were terrified! And that wasn't the end of it, the magician kept stabbing his sword into the magic box until the screams were gone!

Tourists began to retreat towards the exit.

"I don't think I'm good at big magic either, I'm sorry." The magician slammed open the door, only to see that the box was empty. Just when everyone was stunned, the clown ghostly jumped out from behind the curtain and ran to the tourists, laughing more ugly than crying: "The show is not over yet, audience friends!" ”

This time, tourists rushed to the exit without hesitation. After making sure the two guys weren't following, they leaned down the aisle and breathed a sigh of relief. It's funny to say that eight people were scared away by two staff members. Although they saw the exit, everyone walked into the last room in unison—

5. The Tyrant's Room

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(I expected a "butcher's room" or something, but I didn't bother with it.) If you are interested, you can design your own haunted house, I think anyone can design a very scary and exciting haunted house)