I hadn't been to the site to learn the details yet.
I didn't know whether the production was haunted, either.
Sometimes, things that looked eerie weren't necessarily hauntings. They could be accidents, or someone could be behind them.
So I asked Brother Liu what the police investigation had found.
"The findings were strange, too."
Brother Liu said, "When the second female lead filmed the hanging scene, she obviously had to wear a wire harness. The prop master and stagehands would adjust the height of the rig beforehand, then test it themselves. You know how precious actors are these days. Everyone's terrified they'll get hurt."
"There was absolutely nothing wrong during the test. The height was just right. But when the second female lead filmed the scene, something went wrong."
"At the time, everyone was praising her for how convincing her performance was. Even the director was stunned. But who could have known she wasn't acting? That hanging rope really had caught her by the neck. Right there in front of the entire crew, she was hanged to death on set."
Just hearing this made both An Ning and me frown.
To be hanged to death in front of so many people-it was truly awful.
How desperate that actress must have been before she died.
She must have tried everything she could to call for help, but the people on set must have thought her performance was simply that convincing, that this was how the scene was supposed to be acted.
"The police have taken the production's prop master into custody over this. He's definitely in trouble. My cousin bore quite a bit of responsibility, too. Luckily, he had a cousin like me. I pulled some strings to keep him out of custody."
Brother Liu said, "But my cousin wouldn't lie