24: Rebuilding the haunted house

"Tianfeng Haunted House Sees Another Death, The Butcher's Eye of Pure Evil!"

"Streamer Dies and Resurrects, Encounters Another Thrilling Event, A Stimulating Great Escape!"

"Can I Sue a Streamer If I Get Scared Watching Their Livestream?"

"The Secret Behind Jinling City's Tianfeng Haunted House!"

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One headline after another appeared on TikTok again.

However, compared to last time, the protagonist this time had completely become Tianfeng Haunted House.

Song Yang's livestream eventually ended.

What the audience saw in the end was a group of police officers surrounding a tall, terrifying figure.

Undoubtedly, everyone who watched the livestream that day suffered from insomnia that night.

Every time they closed their eyes, a pair of extremely indifferent eyes would involuntarily appear in their minds.

The feeling of life being disregarded, as if they would be mercilessly slaughtered in the next second, lingered in their hearts at all times.

Sleepless all night.

The next day, everyone eagerly opened TikTok but didn't see Song Yang streaming.

Tianfeng Haunted House, Nanshan District, Jinling City outskirts.

Song Yang sat on the steps at the entrance, his face pale, struggling to eat a fried dough stick.

His assistant stood beside him, trembling as he held a bowl of lean meat congee.

"Look how scared you two are, even eating breakfast is such a struggle."

Not far away, Li Zhou leaned against the gate, leisurely taking a bite of a large meat bun, shaking his head and sighing.

"It's... it's easy to talk... when you're not in pain!"

Song Yang, with dark circles under his eyes and completely exhausted, painstakingly tore off a piece of fried dough stick with his teeth.

He had another sleepless night.

Xiao Tao, the assistant, was pretty much the same.

The lean meat congee in his hand trembled, as if it could spill at any moment.

Heaven knows how much trauma this poor child had suffered.

Any slight rustle would make him look around in fright.

After the misunderstanding was cleared up again yesterday, Chen Chuan left with his subordinates.

However, this time, he very seriously reminded Li Zhou to be mindful of the boundaries when scaring people.

Li Zhou nodded in agreement at the time, but then immediately instructed Fang Xiaolu that next time players entered, they must hand over their phones first.

"You two look like this... can you still stream today?"

"I see a lot of people on TikTok saying they want to come to our Haunted House, so I don't think there will be few people today."

Fang Xiaolu poked her head out from behind Li Zhou, blinking as she asked, also holding a large meat bun, her mouth full.

She had been overjoyed yesterday.

After those college students woke up, they all bought disposable pants.

Especially Sun Yong, this guy was found by Li Zhou in Hundred Ghosts Cemetery.

At the time, he was lying stiff on the ground, his white cotton flannel pants clearly showing a large wet patch...

"Stream... definitely stream!"

Hearing Fang Xiaolu's question, Song Yang nodded without hesitation.

Although his performance yesterday was a bit subpar, his follower count was steadily increasing.

Song Yang realized that compared to him fearlessly dancing on graves, netizens preferred to see him get scared.

How to put it, although he used to stream various outdoor explorations.

But because he never showed fear from beginning to end, the audience in his livestream room was also influenced by him, feeling that those places weren't so scary after all.

Without feeling fear or psychological stimulation, his follower count naturally couldn't rise.

But now it was different.

Song Yang decided that no matter how scary Li Zhou's Haunted House was, he would insist on streaming every day.

As long as he did it enough times, he would eventually reach a day when he wasn't afraid.

At that time, he would take close-up shots of those two terrifying guys every day, scaring the followers in the livestream room to death...

"Brother Yang... Brother Yang, I'm not going in today."

"Now, every time I close my eyes, I see that guy with the chainsaw chasing me."

The assistant spoke, wearing a mask of pain on his face.

There was no exaggeration in his words.

In fact, he was now a bit afraid to stay in the Haunted House at night.

His ears seemed to be broken, constantly hearing faint chainsaw sounds.

Seeing that the assistant actually wanted to be a deserter, Song Yang was about to say something more when Li Zhou suddenly walked over and interrupted him.

"Neither of you needs to stream today."

"Huh? No, Boss!"

"Did I do something wrong?"

"I'll change it!"

Hearing Li Zhou's words, Song Yang immediately stopped stammering.

He stood up, his tone clearly anxious.

The speed of gaining followers by streaming in the Haunted House was far faster than before.

"You didn't do anything wrong, it's just that starting today, the Haunted House will be undergoing renovation and expansion."

Li Zhou explained with a smile.

So far, his fright value had reached a terrifying number.

After thinking about it all night, Li Zhou decided not to upgrade the Haunted House for now.

From the reaction of those college students yesterday, it was clear that if it weren't for Goethe, neither Yellow Springs Road nor the Bone Prison could scare them.

Although upgrading could recruit new employees.

But now, the facilities in the Haunted House were clearly a bit outdated.

Song Yang's livestream was clearly starting to show results; the exposure of Tianfeng Haunted House was already sufficient, and he just needed to wait for the event to continue to ferment.

So, for the next period, the Haunted House's business should see a significant improvement.

Yesterday was just one group of college students; in the future, it might be several groups of college students, or even more.

With so many players, relying solely on scary employees wouldn't be enough.

With such a large area for the Haunted House, if the venues were too singular and outdated, it would be a waste.

Moreover, employees could be recruited at any time, so there was no rush.

Li Zhou planned to transform his Haunted House into different independent scenes, each with a scary employee.

Players could then choose which one they wanted to challenge and play.

"Renovation and expansion?"

"That's great!"

"Boss, you scared me to death, I thought you were going to kick me out."

Hearing Li Zhou's explanation, Song Yang breathed a sigh of relief.

"The Haunted House is going to be renovated and expanded? Boss, can we still live in the dormitory then?"

Fang Xiaolu looked up, asking somewhat confusedly.

"Uh... probably not."

"I've hired professional teams, and outsiders are not allowed to watch them during construction."

"After breakfast, you all can go do whatever you need to do, just come back tomorrow morning."

Li Zhou rubbed the tip of his nose, shaking his head.

He had also asked the system before how long it would take to place new venues after purchasing them.

The system's answer was that it could be completed in an instant.

He certainly couldn't let Fang Xiaolu and the others see new venues appearing out of thin air, so Li Zhou planned to give them a day off.

"Alright."

Fang Xiaolu never questioned Li Zhou's decisions.

Without thinking much, she nodded and stopped asking.

The assistant breathed a sigh of relief; Song Yang had clearly wanted to take him into the Haunted House again, but thankfully, the renovation today allowed him to escape a calamity.

But then again, the boss's Haunted House was already so scary, did it still need renovation and expansion?

Shaking his head, the assistant took a deep breath and continued eating his breakfast.

Damn it... what should I do if I want to quit my job?