Zoom

Mo Guangyuan's eyelids twitched, his heart skipped a beat, and he withdrew his small hand.

He paused the video and looked closely at the corner of the table; there seemed to be something in the shadows.

Mustering his courage, Mo Guangyuan went closer and saw that it was a rag, which he didn't know who had left there at any time.

He got up, threw the rag back into the break room, and sat back down.

After greeting his colleagues and putting on his headphones, Mo Guangyuan felt something was off.

He turned to look at the colleague who had greeted him earlier.

It seemed as if something was spying on me from the shadow of that colleague.

Mo Guangyuan panicked a little and looked at it carefully.

It turned out that it was just a print on the clothes.

"What kind of aesthetic sense is this now? Why would they print eyes on clothes?"

Mo Guangyuan muttered under his breath.

He continued watching the movie.

Gunshots rang out, breaking the silence of the night. The camera panned up, revealing a dilapidated city on screen.

Subsequently, the city became alienated and flat, as if it had been painted on.

No, it really did become a painting, an illustration on a book page.

The text written on the pages looked like the content of a horror novel. The book was closed by a hand, and the title "Shadows of Terror" and the author's name, Gudu, could be seen on it.

The camera pans up to a middle-aged man with a serious expression as he puts a book back on the shelf. The camera follows his hand movements and pulls back to show the entire bookstore's shelves.

It was filled with all sorts of horror novels, with horrifying covers, and all of them were by the same author, Gudu. There were also trailers for Gudu's new works, which seemed to be quite popular.

The camera continued to pan back, a common way to show a panoramic view, but Mo Guangyuan sensed something strange about it.

It was only then that he suddenly realized there was a serious problem with the shot.

When a normal camera zooms out, just like the human eye, everything moves backward in sync, following the rule that things appear larger when they are closer and smaller when they are farther away, and everything becomes smaller together.

However, in this shot, the bookshelf in the middle remains unchanged, but the surrounding scenery changes, as if space has suddenly distorted, giving people an unstable, twisted and eerie feeling.

This zoom method was very novel and immediately caught Mo Guangyuan's attention.

Back then, he was also a film and television major graduate. He couldn't find a job, so he had to take the exam. He finally got in after two years of trying.

The use of this shot captivated Mo Guangyuan. He found it very interesting and couldn't help but sit up straighter.

As the plot unfolds, he realizes that the events at the beginning were actually from a novel, and that the author, Gudu, is a bestselling novelist from Ruined City.

The city is like a metropolis in a superhero movie, bustling and magnificent, but also impoverished and destitute. The protagonist is a detective who lives above a restaurant and has a fat orange cat at home, looking quite down on his luck.

He checked his email and saw some letters and some authorization letters, but he didn't pay any attention to them. Instead, he went out to meet his friend at a teahouse.

The protagonist's two friends are also quite unique. One is a handsome but somewhat neurotic young man, and the other is a petite girl dressed in what looks like medieval knight armor. According to the introduction, both of them possess some special powers.

They were discussing matters Gudu. From their conversation, Mo Guangyuan could roughly deduce that they had apparently been on an adventure together and were partners in an investigation.

But the specifics of the adventure weren't mentioned, and it didn't seem important.

Just as they were chatting, the man who had been reading a novel with a serious expression suddenly appeared outside the glass wall. He was holding a gun and started firing at everyone in the teahouse.

Unexpectedly, the three protagonists displayed extraordinary power through their actions, managing to stop the man's attack, knock him unconscious, and extract some clues through physical interrogation.

When he saw the short but armored girl throw a punch, turning the tall man's face blue and purple, Mo Guangyuan felt the same pain.

"Turns out this is a fantasy film with superpowers."

Mo Guangyuan muttered to himself.

What follows is quite typical: the three of them decide to investigate the events in the Gudu because they feel threatened. They go to the publishing house and get more information.

Up to this point, the plot was still in the exploratory stage, but when the editor took out the manuscript of the novel's opening, the group of people were no longer calm.

Because the content of this article is exactly what they are experiencing now.

As he read the manuscript, that strange zooming effect reappeared, giving Mo Guangyuan a sense of oppression.

Moreover, the novel is titled "The Mouth of the Madman," and it seems that the plot of this movie is based on this novel.

For a moment, Mo Guangyuan was somewhat confused.

He didn't know whether the detectives in the movie were real or just part of the story, like the man who killed his companion at the beginning.

Perhaps these people will soon turn the page, just like at the beginning, and tell everyone that they were all part of the story.

Putting himself in Mo Guangyuan's shoes, he couldn't help but feel a little horrified if he suddenly received a novel filled with his past actions and plans.

The film then returns to the novelist's house, where the dark and eerie environment causes Mo Guangyuan to suppress his emotions once again.

Just as the camera was following the protagonists as they slowly explored, Mo Guangyuan was suddenly tapped on the shoulder.

Holy crap!

He cursed under his breath, took off his headphones, and turned around, only to find it was his boss.

"Xiao Mo, remember to turn off the lights and close the door when you leave."

The leader pointed to the switch by the door.

"Oh"

Mo Guangyuan responded subconsciously, his mind still in a daze.

"The work doesn't have to be too strenuous. Just make sure you finish on time. Don't put too much pressure on yourself."

The leader patted Mo Guangyuan on the shoulder again before leaving the office.

Mo Guangyuan looked and realized that it was almost 5:20, 20 minutes had passed since he left work, and even the leaders who were usually the last to leave had already packed up and gone home.

The leader's point wasn't that he genuinely cared about Mo Guangyuan, but rather that if Mo Guangyuan worked overtime every day, it would make other colleagues leave on time, which would be very unprofessional, and such behavior should be collectively resisted.

Turning his head back, Mo Guangyuan hesitated.

If I go home now, the movie will just sit there halfway through.

He was curious and eager to see what would happen next.

"No, I'll come back tomorrow. I'm not working overtime today, or my wife will scold me."

Mo Guangyuan said this, but his hand still obediently pressed the play button.

"Just five more minutes, just five more minutes."

Mo Guangyuan muttered to himself as he continued reading.

He watched as the protagonists explored the eerie house, when suddenly he heard footsteps coming from upstairs.

Moved by the scene, Mo Guangyuan also became a little nervous and clenched his fists.

Suddenly, I felt someone behind me. I turned around and saw my boss again.

"You forgot something. You should head home soon."

"OK."

Mo Guangyuan responded, but found that the leader didn't seem to be leaving.

"Xiao Mo, if you have any problems or dissatisfaction with your work, you can tell me directly. It's okay."

The leader spoke earnestly.

"I understand, I understand."

Mo Guangyuan hurriedly agreed.

"Then you should go home early, it's almost six o'clock."

"Okay, sure."

Mo Guangyuan watched the other person leave and sighed.

This is a way of telling myself not to work overtime anymore and create an atmosphere of intense competition in the office.

But this movie

Mo Guangyuan couldn't help but glance at the screen again.

This movie is so addictive, I can't stop watching it.