Horror Cinema: I'm the Next Star!

Chen Rong inherited the movie theater his parents left behind, a theater on the verge of closing. Just as he was losing hope, he was bound to the [Haunted Cinema System].

His starting gift was an immersive version of The Bridge Curse. This wasn't watching a movie; it let you "personally" step into one!

With a headset on, viewers became characters in the film:

A college student counting steps, a female ghost crawling out of a washing machine, a first-person view of someone falling from a rooftop...

520 yuan for a ticket?

Take it or leave it!

Then Ye Fan, a top forensic science student, was so terrified he had to lean against a wall and vomit, and a whole group of female medical students fainted. The internet exploded:

"What kind of movie is this? It's an immersive reincarnation experience!"

Business boomed, but the theater's reputation took an increasingly strange turn.

Office workers came out feeling refreshed, couples found their relationships growing stronger, and foreign inspection teams signed liability waivers to come and "suffer."

The new film, The Eye, charged 1,314 yuan a ticket. A can of energy cola sold for 188. Viewers cursed as they scrambled for tickets: "Please scare me one more time!"

Then the System gave him a notification:

[The beginner period is over. Host, please appear in the next film yourself.]

[If you die on set, you will suffer sudden death in reality as well.]

The audience thought it was part of the movie. No one knew that Chen Rong... would... really... die!

Chen Rong looked at the snowballing profits in his account, then at the icons for The Grudge and The Ring on the movie schedule, and fell silent.

"Is it still not too late to close up shop?"