Chapter 372 The Opponent is Strong The directors set out with the camera crew and the action team. Director Choi Sang-jung also got on the live broadcast vehicle and closely monitored the situation of each group. All contestants participating in the recording were placed separately, and some of those who were close by were already "captured" by the action team. "Let me go! What are you doing?!" "Kidnapping, kidnapping! Help!" "Has the show recording started? Eh, um!" The process of arresting people is probably to just barge in without getting up, cover their mouths and carry them away. Those who got up had black bags put on their heads and were taken away. Cui Xiangzhong looked at the live images of each group in the director's car and nodded with satisfaction. Even when recording a show, even if it is just an entertainment variety show, he feels that these details are still very important.

These various details can convey the tone of their program. These shots can hint to the audience that their show is "serious" and that it is a real "life and death" game. "Target number seven has been captured and is on the way to be deployed." "Target number twenty-one has been captured and is expected to arrive at the target drop-off location in ten minutes." Each group provided feedback. Cui Xiangzhong glanced at a screen in the lower right corner. Although he asked his subordinates not to pay attention to a specific contestant, because of that person's identity and that person's past programs, he couldn't help but pay a little more attention to him. The camera on the screen was turned on, and director Zheng Minji was lurking outside the door with his action team, and then sneaked in quietly using the room card prepared in advance. After sneaking in, the group of people who had surveyed the terrain in advance quietly reached the guest's bed. There was no light in the room, but through the dim light in the room and the infrared lens of the camera, one could still clearly see that the target's quilt was slightly raised and he was sleeping unconsciously. He will probably be frightened later, so when editing the film later, we can cut out the previous shot of him sneaking in, and start directly with him being surrounded and then having the quilt lifted and caught, to create a horror atmosphere. If we can capture his terrified expression and put it in the later trailer, it should attract attention. Cui Xiangzhong was thinking divergently while recalling the information about this person who liked to sleep in and hated to get up early. While he was thinking about this, the target's quilt had already been pulled open by the operatives. "Target No. 4" the director has been reporting the situation as usual. But halfway through the report, his voice stopped abruptly. Cui Xiangzhong, who was watching with his peripheral vision in the director's car, was also stunned and subconsciously turned his head to look over. On the screen, there was no one under the quilt that was lifted up. There was only one pillow stuffed in there, placed upright. what's the situation? Why isn't the target on the bed?

The director reacted quickly and ran with everyone to the only covered bathroom in the room. After a tentative knock on the bathroom door, he pushed it open, but there was still no one inside. The director was obviously confused. How could a person suddenly disappear? Before they took action, they confirmed through the program team's surveillance that the target had not left the house. Moreover, the room was specially designed by them. It was so small that there was no place to hide people. Could the person have flown out? "Target number four. Target number four is missing!" Director Zheng Minji quickly reported and asked someone to turn on the lights to look for someone. Before the director came, he told him to report any unexpected events at any time. He didn't take it seriously before, but he didn't expect that an accident would happen just at the beginning? But before they could turn on the lights, a curious voice sounded in the room, "What are you doing?" Ok? Everyone subconsciously turned towards the direction where the sound came from, and the camera team's cameras were also moved. Then Cui Xiangzhong in the director's car saw that as the camera moved, a figure standing behind the cameraman, only two steps away from him, appeared on the screen. What the hell! The camera lens shook violently, and one could clearly feel that the cameraman was startled. Cui Xiangzhong in the director's car also had a skipped beat in his heart. what's the situation? How did he appear in the back? "Why are you behind here!?" Zheng Minji asked the question without saying anything. "I was standing next to the door before you came in, and once you all came in, of course I was behind you." The target looked at them happily. "Turn up the surveillance footage in his room." Cui Xiangzhong turned his head and said to the person next to him. There are surveillance cameras installed in the contestants' rooms, and we explained this to the contestants in advance. The surveillance footage was checked and it was just as the target had said. When the action team just arrived at the door, he seemed to have heard the noise and immediately got up and ran to the door to wait. After the production crew entered the room, he was blocked by the door. He followed the production crew without being noticed, and watched their actions curiously. good news: A thrilling atmosphere was created. There is also a tonality. bad news. The terrifying atmosphere was directed at their production crew. While they were recording the show, there was always someone watching them from behind. What a horror story! The tonality is not the tonality of their program. I didn't see much of the tonality of their program team, but I could feel the tonality of this guest instantly, a very strong personal style. "Mr. Wu Mu, congratulations on being selected to participate in the game of life and death." Opposite Wu Mu, Zheng Minji, a "member of the dark organization" wearing a red hood with his face covered, opened the show. The opening of the Dark Organization members should have been filled with chilling horror, but now it sounded weak. The target that received special attention before was naturally Wu Mu. At this time, Wu Mu had been forcibly "arrested" and put into a van.

The original plan of the program team was to give the guests a shocking opening, allowing the audience to feel the cruelty of their dark organization. As a result, they brought shame to the dark organization. When Zheng Minji thought about his frightened reaction before, he felt really guilty about pretending to be a member of a dark organization. “Maybe you think it’s just a joke registration on the Internet, but it’s all real. You are about to participate in an extremely realistic death game. If you lose, you will die.” As the guest MC, he now wants to quickly complete the process and officially start the show. Wu Mu was quite curious. After he and Jin Huiyan had dinner together and flew to Japan, they were separated and resettled. He had only contacted the production team to familiarize himself with the upcoming filming arrangements. He still had no clear concept of the program rules. "Is this the opening scene in "Life and Death Game"? I've seen that show. Are there also bored chaebols behind our show who are controlling everything?" Zheng Minji did not answer, but continued to speak to himself, "In this death game, you will be thrown into the steel jungle of Tokyo, without an identity, a passport, or anything except clothes. You must successfully survive in this steel jungle for seven days and eliminate other competitors." "Everyone will be given a number of name tags representing attacks. If these name tags are placed on the opponent's chest, back, or other vital parts, the opponent will be eliminated immediately." "The game will inform everyone of their specific locations at 8 am and 8 pm every day, and you need to go to the mission point under Tokyo Tower to check in every two days, otherwise you will be eliminated on the spot. The first day is not counted." Wu Mu is also very dedicated. He has watched a lot of Netflix variety shows recently. He has already heard that this is similar to the previous popular variety shows of Netflix. Gather a large number of people, set up the environment and rules, and then let the contestants fight each other to be eliminated. You know what, the program setting is quite interesting. There are many highlights, such as the identities of the 24 invited contestants, how they survive in Tokyo, whether they can use their identities to their advantage, how the contestants compete with each other, who will win in the end, etc. Wu Mu listened to the rules and found a point, asking: "Doesn't the show prohibit contestants from taking advantage of their celebrity status?" In all the programs he has filmed before, he would specifically remind the guests not to take advantage of their celebrity status, because he was afraid that celebrities with too many resources would use their fame to make the rules of the program a joke and be easily circumvented. But this show didn’t mention this? Zheng Minji tried to keep a straight face, "Besides contacting people I knew before the game, there are no other restrictions." It turns out that this is not prohibited. Wu Mu was surprised, but he also understood that being a celebrity has both advantages and disadvantages under this rule. The advantage is that one can use the celebrity status to gain extra advantages, but being a celebrity also means exposing oneself directly to the public. This is to report the location every day and to prevent people from hiding and checking in. Ordinary people may still have room to conceal it, but a star appears in these places. Isn't it obvious that you are telling others that you are one of the contestants? But the elimination rules of this game are so simple. You will be eliminated directly by sticking a small tag on you. You can be eliminated by pretending to be a passerby or a fan and then suddenly attacking them. People who stand out too much will undoubtedly suffer greater attacks. Wu Mu seemed to be thinking about something. "I can't tell you the specific identities of other people, but can you reveal their general career directions?" he asked again. It can really be revealed that "all contestants are divided into groups of four, and are divided into six groups with different careers: celebrity group, athlete group, criminal police group, intellectual worker group, social elite group, and ordinary people group." Ok? Wu Mu had a sense of déjà vu when he heard the Criminal Police Team, "Criminal Police? You guys didn't invite my previous police opponents from Super Challenge?" Zheng Minji remained silent. Wu Mu continued to ask: "What is the level of the athletes invited?" "It's world champion level, and there are many athletes who have won world championships participating," he said succinctly.

“What about brain workers?” "The main ones are well-known novelists, cartoonists, etc." "Social elite?" "Lawyers, think tank members, well-known anchors, etc." After asking questions one by one, Wu Mu found that the program was quite difficult. Except for the last group which seemed to be there to make up the numbers, the others were not easy to deal with. Take the athlete group for example. He had acquired intermediate fighting skills before and thought he was quite strong now, but compared with the athletes who can win world championships, there is definitely a gap. Perhaps only his all-round enhanced physical fitness can help him compete. In this situation where his identity might be exposed in advance and then attacked, he found that he was not really sure of winning. If you want to win, you really have to think about how to do it. Wu Mu was in deep thought. "Okay, here's your drop-off location." He was pushed and lowered from the all-black van. As soon as he got out of the car, director Zheng Minji, who had already taken off his red hood, also got out of the car with the camera crew. But after getting off the car, they quickly scattered. They will conduct this program in a hidden filming method and will not show up to cause any interference unless necessary. Even the contestants who were not provided with anything were given several sports cameras each. They might have to shoot themselves in places where it was inconvenient for the cameraman to follow them. They also had hidden cameras on them. Wu Mu looked at the scattered directors and camera crews but didn't care. It finally started. He felt that if this happened in a game, a health bar would appear in the upper right corner after he was pushed off the car. He first looked around at the environment where he was left. There are not very tall buildings. There are all kinds of neon signs hanging everywhere. There are sparse sounds of traffic in the early morning. It does not feel like an international metropolis, but rather like a slightly messy small city. "Where is this?" He was planning to find a passerby to ask for directions first to confirm where he was thrown before taking any action. But before he could lift his legs, his eyes were fixed on a red neon sign between two buildings - "Kabukicho Ichibangai". Ok? Wu Mu was stunned for a moment, then reacted instantly. "Are you in Kabukicho, Shinjuku, Tokyo?"

That world-famous red-light district? He suddenly became energetic. He is very familiar with this place. However, it was not because I had been here during my travels in my previous life, but because of the famous game “Yakuza” on Earth in my previous life. The stage of "Yakuza" is Kabukicho Ichibangai, and the style is realistic, trying to restore the original image as much as possible. As a game developer, it’s natural that he has played “Yakuza”. He has played in all series, and the logos are familiar to him just by looking at them! Wu Mu didn't ask for directions, but walked straight into Kabukicho Ichibangai without hesitation. Every program has its own preset direction and content, even for a program like this that has no script and seems very free. From Zheng Minji's introduction, he had already roughly figured out what the production team wanted to see the contestants do. It is nothing more than the process in which the players use their respective professions and personality traits to obtain various foods and shelters, and then search and test other players, compete with each other, and eliminate other players bit by bit. What you see is the sparks created by the contestants, their surroundings, and their collisions with each other. The program crew's assumption for their celebrity group might be that they would use their celebrity fame to find local tourists who know them, gain various advantages, and then be killed by strong opponents when they have the chance. But since he already knows that his opponents are not simple either, Wu Mu will naturally treat them with caution. This time he plans to see if he can come up with some tricks to make it work. (End of this chapter)