Hospital 444
Chapter 590 - 12 The Evil Plan

Chapter 590: Chapter 12 The Evil Plan

Dong Xie and Xia Li searched separately, which made things much more convenient for him.

Everyone remembered the seven rules for staying and wouldn’t break them.

Following these rules wasn’t a difficult task either.

But everyone knew following the rules couldn’t possibly be the way out of this blood-written task.

The apartment he was in often issued blood-written tasks that forced tenants to kill each other or even harm innocent people. No tenant who had survived up to now had clean hands.

So... he could do some things that Xia Li would never consider doing.

He went to the lobby on the first floor of the hotel.

Afterwards, he noticed a guest who had checked in alone.

Just as the guest finished making the reservation and was about to leave, Dong Xie approached him, stopped him, and said in English, "Excuse me, sir, I have a matter I’d like to discuss with you."

"Who are you?"

"I’m a blogger, here to make a video at this hotel."

The guest looked puzzled, then said, "Oh... I heard that a lot of video bloggers come here to live stream and make videos. Huh? Have you already arranged someone to film me?"

The guest immediately started looking around to see if anyone was recording him with a phone.

"We haven’t started filming yet. I’m here to discuss something with you, right?"

"I’m not interested in making videos. I’m here on a business trip, and I chose this hotel only because it’s easier to book a room here."

"Don’t be too quick to refuse. I have a team behind me, so if you’re willing to cooperate with me, I can offer you a fee."

He then added another sentence.

"And it’s in US Dollars. Cash, paid on the spot."

The guest still wasn’t very interested, clearly worried that Dong Xie was some kind of scammer, and said, "No need, I don’t have the time or energy for this. Please look for someone else."

Dong Xie quickly took out an envelope from his clothes.

"I know you have concerns. I’m good at reading faces; I can see that you, sir, are a man of integrity, which is why I approached you. Here in this envelope is three thousand US Dollars, as a deposit. All you need to do is nod, and the money is yours. Afterward, as long as you cooperate with our video shooting, we’ll pay you an even larger sum. Our team isn’t short of money, and we will certainly not ask you to pay for anything."

Three thousand US Dollars for doing nothing?

Seeing the other party’s tempted expression, Dong Xie immediately thrust the envelope into his hand and then gave him his cell phone number.

"Think it over and find me when you’re ready."

Without waiting for a response, he left briskly.

Giving the other party three thousand US Dollars for free would make him question whether it was possible to earn that money so easily, and greed would interfere with his judgment.

He would start to speculate: if such generosity was shown now, how much more would he receive later?

Under such speculation, greed would grow stronger, gradually suppressing reason.

Human nature is just like that; otherwise, why would there always be victims to the same few tricks of telephone scams, year after year? A whiff of "insider information" makes you think you’re the lucky one, letting you taste a little profit, then you won’t hesitate to give your hard-earned cash.

It’s just that Dong Xie was meaner and more poisonous than those telephone scammers from Northern Myanmar.

About seven minutes later, the man made the call.

Faster than Dong Xie had anticipated.

"Just to confirm," the man was still somewhat cautious, aware of scam tactics, "you... are sure you won’t charge me any fee, right?"

"Of course, you can rest assured. If we ask you for a fee, you can leave right away. The deposit you received beforehand won’t have to be returned. If you’re not convinced, feel free to record this conversation."

"Then... what is your room number?"

"No problem, I’ll come to you. What’s your room number?"

Dong Xie couldn’t afford to let Xia Li, another tenant with a high sense of morality, run into him.

Dong Xie quickly headed to the man’s room. When the person opened the door, he glanced inside and indeed, he was alone with no one else present.

"Well, how exactly do you want me to cooperate with you?"

Dong Xie took out a fake business card he had pre-printed and said, "My name is Blake. And you are?"

"Ticha Wendan, I am Thai."

Dong Xie thought to himself, as expected, he’s from Southeast Asia. With Thailand included, Southeast Asia has always been a hotbed for telecommunication scams. Could it be that the people here are so easy to deceive? In this light, I can’t blame myself. If it wasn’t for running into me today, you would have been swindled by someone else sooner or later.

If it weren’t for the first rule, he really wanted to laugh right now.

"Please, have a seat. Let me explain to you..."

Dong Xie had already planned in advance what to do.

"In about twenty minutes... you’ll make a video call with me, of course, I will be recording this video. Our team is often suspected by fans of making things up, using plants, and since they’re already very familiar with our team members’ faces, that’s why I want to find you, a stranger, to shoot the video."

"I see..."

"You’ve seen the seven hotel rules for guests, haven’t you?"

"Yeah, they’re pretty strange. But they’re not hard to follow, it’s just about not laughing. They say it’s some haunted hotel, but how could it be so exaggerated? If it were true, would so many people still stay here? Wouldn’t the police investigate?"

Under normal circumstances, the police would of course investigate. However, the apartment’s Blood Letter Task would definitely influence the police and all judicial systems through some mysterious karmic force, so no matter how many people died, it would just be glossed over.

"Yes, but because of the hotel’s gimmick, we need to shoot the video to gain more followers."

"Video shooting is not easy for you guys either."

"So what I need you to do is to intentionally break the first and the second rules."

"Ah?"

"Simply put, you need to laugh and... you have to knock on the door more than four times." Dong Xie continued, "I could do it myself, but then the fans would definitely think I faked it. You need to understand, with AI being so advanced nowadays, even live videos can be faked."

"So you need to find me, a stranger..."

"What do you think?"

"So I just need to make a video call with you, laugh a bit, and knock on the door? That’s all?"

"Yes, we could have you simply record a video, but the team insists on arranging a video call to make it more convincing for the fans," Dong Xie spoke quickly, trying not to give the other party time to think. "When the time comes, you’ll step out the door, first knock five times... then just smile at the camera lens, and that’s it."

This was the plan Dong Xie had devised long ago!

Find someone to break the rules, then see what happens! With that, he’d explore a way to survive the Blood Letter Task!

"Got it... It doesn’t sound difficult. But about the hotel rules..."

"The hotel isn’t going to kick you out. Afterwards, I will pay you another three thousand US dollars."

"For something this simple, you’re offering that much?"

"If you think it’s too much, I can blur your face in the video and then I can pay you less."

In one sentence, he explained why he was offering a lot of money. After all, the video might involve issues of portrait rights.

"Our team is backed by sponsors, so we won’t be stingy with this bit of funding."

Just knock on a door, smile a bit, and six thousand US dollars could be yours!

It’s practically a giveaway!

Even if he subconsciously thought there might be a problem, the three thousand US dollars already in hand would gradually extinguish his rational thinking.

Dong Xie wasn’t worried if he refused, he could just find someone else. Completing the Blood Letter Task in the apartment came with a corresponding cash reward, and he could even overdraw from future Blood Letter Task rewards – money was not an issue for him.

"Alright then!" The other party gritted his teeth and said, "But I... I agree not to blur my face, and I could knock on the door ten times, laugh for about a minute, could you give me five thousand US dollars then?"

Sure.

Because you’re most likely not going to live to spend that money anyway.

But Dong Xie knew that if he agreed too readily, the other party might keep raising the price, and it would never end. So he feigned a troubled look and said, "Five thousand... that’s a bit over budget, I need to discuss it with the team. Hang on."

Then he picked up his phone and pretended to type, observing the other person’s reaction.

In the end, after some "haggling", they closed the deal for a final payment of four thousand US dollars.

They even recorded audio to ensure he would keep his promise.

And then... Dong Xie was just waiting for the other party’s video call!

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