Elephant News reporter Zhang Chongyao
Nowadays, Acho still often experiences the horror chamber, he can accurately predict the "ghost point" in the game and then calmly pass, for a professional ghost artist (NPC) like him, playing the horror chamber is not only a relaxation, but also a kind of business learning.
Escape room is currently one of the most popular entertainment activities for young people, players enter the game scene, need to use their wisdom and courage, through the puzzle to open the mechanism "escape the day". The birth of many horror theme experience halls gave birth to the profession of "ghost dresser".
Whenever they change into ghost props and are in the secret room, it is as if they are in a horror movie, they are the "ghost" that will be scary, and their only mission is to let the experiencer feel the horror and excitement. Their lives have also been switching between human "ghosts" and enjoy it.
"I'm scared when I go into the haunted house myself!"
Airplane 21 years old 2 years in the industry Played the role: chasing ghosts
There are many "black words" in the "Chamber of Secrets" circle, such as "tank" generally refers to very courageous players, "Hawkeye" is a player who is more good at observing clues, and the ghost master plane is probably a "shout", that is, a very timid player.
The terrorist chamber where the plane worked was well-known in Shenzhen, and he had been working for two years as the head of the backstage of the chamber. Before becoming a ghost master, The Plane did not play any of the "horror" themes of the Chamber of Secrets game, as a traditional Chaoshan man, he is still somewhat resistant to the supernatural elements in these chambers.
In airplane parlance, the job of ghost pretender did not prevent him from being timid. "I'm familiar with this scene, but if I go into the scene alone, I'll still be afraid."
The ghosts who participate in the plane usually have no character story, wear blood-stained and tattered costumes, turn their faces into rotten appearances, hide in dark corners, and roar and rush up when the "prey" appears, which is called "ghost point" in the jargon of the circle.
"The first time I put on makeup, I was turned into a ghost." The plane said that now he can skillfully disguise himself into seven or eight kinds of "ghost" looks, and with his pure acting skills, he once scared a group of girls out crying.
Although the daily scary people are happy, but the entertainment of the plane after work is not as "exciting" as the usual work, eating food, going shopping, and traveling with his girlfriend is the main theme of the circle of friends of the plane, as long as it is not a friend hard pull, he will never take the initiative to go to the horror chamber experience.
Handsome and sunny appearance, coupled with such an "ordinary" way of entertainment, the new acquaintances did not even believe that this was a professional ghost dresser. After dropping out of school at the age of 16, airplanes tried many careers, such as real estate agents, salesmen, milk tea masters, etc. Ghost dressers are his longest and favorite jobs.
"You can learn a lot of things here, such as acting, scheduling, communicating with people, and so on." In the eyes of the plane, the "ghost" he plays is more like a sophisticated tool in the chamber of secrets, and the brain will only think about how to let the player experience the nightmare, and then judge the timing according to the music, and appear in a specific position at the specified time to perform, as long as he concentrates, he will no longer be afraid.
"I'm more afraid I'll give up than playing a ghost, and I don't know how long this profession will last."
Acho 21 years old One year in the industry Played the role: A ghoul
Night falls, usually when Acho is busiest, the horror theme of the night, and veteran horror lovers like this time to come the most, asking the ghost artist to "add spice and spicy" (increase the sense of horror).
Acho works for a secret room in Zhengzhou City, and is currently playing a "ghost" in a chamber game called "Sangen", a theme of extreme horror, which is called the "ceiling" of the horror chamber by chamber lovers.
This theme is set in the role of a treasure hunter in the role of the player, entering a spooky old mansion, and the story unfolds, and Acho plays the "big boss" in this game. Usually, the player will meet him unexpectedly, and then be chased and scattered. Acho's mission is to "hunt down" the player in the old mansion.
To Acho, this scene of the chamber, so dark that even the "ghost" could not be seen, was as familiar as his own home, and he could even walk to the designated position with his eyes closed. Sometimes Acho will deliberately let the player into a dead end, and then step by step, and sometimes the player has a psychological breakdown before he is caught.
As a veteran of horror chamber games, Acho has experienced many local chamber games, and is deeply fascinated by this game, and after graduating from college, he chose to work as a professional ghost artist in the most commonly played room shop.
Nowadays, Acho still often experiences the horror chamber, but he can often predict the "ghost point" in the game and then calmly pass, for a professional ghost artist (NPC) like him, playing the chamber is not only a relaxation but also a kind of business learning.
Acho, a flight attendant graduate, is tall and handsome, and when he first put on ghost makeup, the blood marks and dirt on his face frightened him, and it took a while to accept the "blackened" version of himself, however, the happiness brought to him by this profession did not last long.
Recently, because of the epidemic, Acho has been resting at home with his colleagues for more than a month, there is no income in the store, and their income has also been greatly affected, not only them, as far as he knows, there have been a large number of stores in the circle that have closed, and most of the NPCs can only get basic wages.
Acho, who likes small animals, has a kitten at home, and often comes home late for work reasons, and is not a qualified shoveler, he admits that if he does not come to be a ghost master, he may go to open a pet shop. "I love it here, I don't know how long it will last." These days, what makes Acho the happiest is that he can pet the cat every day, thinking about his future career planning while stroking.
"They thought I was scary to just play a 'ghost', and I wanted to be a 'ghost' with depth."
Little J Female 24 years old Role: Female ghost
Jiangsu Xiao J came to Chengdu to develop after graduating from university, and after doing self-media editing for a while, she chose to jump ship to be a ghost artist, and she was also one of the few science classes in the NPC circle in the acting department. Usually, the role played by Little J in the game is not strictly a ghost, she has a lot of lines, interacts with the player, and does not have to chase. "Friends will think I'm a ghost chasing people."
Xiao J introduced that the domestic horror chamber has now developed for several generations, from the earliest pure mechanical organ of the chamber, to later join the NPC to create "ghost points", and her chamber is the latest generation, NPC is more responsible for creating a horror atmosphere, so that the player themselves "think about the extreme fear", which is also an important reason for her to choose to become a ghost master.
"I love acting, and here I can continue to improve my profession." For the player, this is a tense and exciting game, and for Little J, every game is an opportunity to perform on stage, her performance in addition to fixed lines, but also to prevent players from playing cards according to the routine, some courageous players will even scare NPCs in the secret room, but no matter what the situation, Little J must immerse herself in the role and play the story.
"It's a day, sometimes it can take more than a dozen hours." Little J said that every holiday is the most tired, because in the game she has to constantly improve the horror atmosphere by communicating with players, and the brain cannot relax at any time.
Little J's family is more supportive of her work, in their cognition, Little J is doing actors, little J also feels the same way.
Pictured: Little J the Ghost Master
For Little J, the ghost artist is more like a stage actor, just moving the stage from the theater into the chamber. Currently, Little J is the company's acting mentor, who will take on some teaching work and act as an actor in the company's script killing theater. On her days off, she often attends some acting training and continues to study acting. "I haven't thought about leaving the industry for a while, I like this stage."
"Playing the Chamber of Secrets is business learning for me."
Xiao Xin 23 years old Role: Various ghosts
"I never thought about leaving the industry, which has a good outlook." The profession of ghost dresser is relatively mobile, most people will resign within half a year, and Xiaoxin, who has worked for three years, has become the elder of the company.
Pictured: Ghost Master Xiaoxin
Xiao Xin works for two chain stores in Chengdu, and he currently belongs to the company's management, mainly responsible for actor training.
According to Xiaoxin, his basic salary has been 5 figures at present, and he is still relatively satisfied. In this industry for three years, he has played a variety of ghosts, which also makes him have a different vision from the industry "little ghosts".
"I'll go to the newly opened chamber and see if anyone else has anything we can learn." The 23-year-old Xiaoxin already belongs to the "elderly" people in the company, compared to the "little young people" who love to play, his life is also more regular, in addition to overtime, he rarely stays up late. The company is a transfer system, and part of the rest day is used to accompany his parents to go shopping and outings, and part of the time is used to study the secret room performance training.
"Every time we perform, it's a creation, because we have to be on the spot." Xiao Xin said that their secret room feature is immersion, each player is targeted performance to enhance the horror atmosphere, three years of practice, have seen a variety of interesting players, the most timid even escaped from the chamber within a minute, the most daring can look at him and even dance and play treasure.
Xiao Xin said that the emergence of the horror chamber broke the dominance of the three traditional leisure methods of drinking tea, shopping and playing mahjong in the hearts of young people in Chengdu, and he felt that this industry was very promising, and if there was no accident, it would be his lifelong career.
Pictured: Ghost Master Xiaoxin
Before Labor Day, the plane has begun to overhaul the secret room to prepare for the arrival of a large number of tourists during the May Day holiday. Acho packed up his mood and decided to stay at home and serve his "cat master". Little J is already packing his bags and preparing to take advantage of the temporary closure of the store to go home to see. The good news came from Xiaoxin's company that it could soon resume business, and he and his employees began to rehearse intensely.
Ghost dressers in the dark are a group of "hunters" who are keen to chase players, and they are just a group of workers who love life in the sun.
Happy Labor Day to all workers.
【Professional operation, do not imitate】