Chapter 0114 – Haeming Apartments

　　The cheap one still needs three thousand?

　　Chen Ge coughed and touched the more than twenty thousand dollars in his bag, acting still calm: “Money is not a problem, but the new scene of the haunted house will be put into use the day after tomorrow at the latest, so it can’t be delayed for that long. Not enough manpower, so do you have all the materials in your warehouse?”

　　”The materials are all there.” The boss didn’t know why Chen Ge suddenly asked this, “As long as you give me a few days’ grace, I’ll make sure you’re satisfied with this batch of orders.”

　　”The day after tomorrow the haunted house’s new scene is open for business, this is not negotiable.”

　　”Things aren’t too good in our business, don’t you see the transfer sign still hanging outside? In the past, I just cared about the design, and left the other steps to the workers, but it turned out that there were no big jobs for a few weeks, so I had to sack all the workers in order to save money.” The boss was also unwilling to give up Chen Ge’s order, “How about this, I’ll call the workers tonight and work overtime to rush it out for you within a week?”

　　”A week is still too long, I need it the day after tomorrow.”

　　”Even if I do my best for you, I can only make three or four pieces the day after tomorrow.” The boss was somewhat helpless.

　　”You have enough materials, but not enough manpower.” Chen Ge put down his backpack: “How about this, you lend me this workroom for twenty-four hours, and just prepare all the materials and stuff for me.”

　　”Eh?”

　　Chatting away, things started to develop in a strange direction, the workshop owner didn’t react for a moment, “Then what do I do?”

　　”Just stand on the side and watch.” Chen Ge moved his fingers and watched from inside the house, “You don’t have many people here anyway, and after the store is transferred, the materials hoarded in the warehouse will have to be sold at a low price or just thrown away, so why don’t you rent it to me for a day. Don’t worry, I’ll buy the materials at the market price.”

　　The reasoning was right, but it always felt like something wasn’t quite right ah!

　　That slightly chubby workshop owner thought for a long time, and he didn’t seem to be losing anything, he looked at Chen Ge who was eager to give it a try, and nodded his head with difficulty, “Alright, but you have to pay me a deposit of 10,000 in advance, and I’ll deduct as much as I can with as many materials as I can use, and then return the rest to you.”

　　”It’s a deal.”

　　Chen Ge paid the money and the slightly chubby man entered the work area inside, it was a big place with all kinds of tools on the ground.

　　”Are you sure you want to do it yourself?” The boss was still skeptical of Chen Ge, “I can help you if you need it, it’s idle anyway.”

　　”Then I’ll thank you in advance.” Chen Ge had seen related things in a toy factory during his college internship, and was clear about the uses of various tools. After he turned around and had a clear picture in his mind, he took out his cell phone and dialed Team Li’s number.

　　”Uncle Li, I have something I want to trouble you about, it’s about Mureyang Middle School.”

　　”The city branch side has already closed the case, why are you still holding onto Mureyang Middle School?” Every time Team Li answered Chen Ge’s phone call, he had a feeling that his heart was pounding, fearing that he would hear some bad news.

　　”It has nothing to do with the case of hiding the body, I am trying to ……”

　　”Don’t get involved with this school anymore.” Team Li’s voice gradually became serious: “According to the city branch’s investigation, before the school was established, there could be another case hidden inside.”

　　”Another case?” Chen Ge didn’t bother to pursue, “Team Li, you’ve misunderstood, I don’t want to meddle in your affairs. Didn’t you tell us last time that something happened to a class at Muyang Middle School? I just want to ask if you have any photos of those twenty-four children in the accident before they were born in your files?”

　　”Are you crazy? What’s the point of looking for these things?”

　　”It’s really important, and I can’t tell you the reason right now, but I’m sure there’s no malice in it.” Chen Ge was indirectly doing a good deed by making bodies for those twenty-four residual thoughts that could be hosted, so that they would no longer wander.

　　There was a long pause on the other side of the microphone before Team Li’s voice came, “Don’t mess around, you kid! Remember to notify me first if you find anything. Alright, I’ll go and take a look for you later.”

　　The phone hung up, Chen Ge did not feel anything, but he was next to the fat boss scared to speak, hesitant for half a minute before coming to Chen Ge next to ask: “Are you a police officer?”

　　”Don’t think too much, are the materials all together?”

　　”All together.” The fat boss looked at Chen Ge and even his speaking voice became lower.

　　”Good, start work right away.” Chen Ge and Fat Boss went to prepare the clay first, and ten minutes later Team Li sent Chen Ge a photo of twenty-six people, saying that it was the only photo in the file.

　　In the center of the photo sat a short, fat old man wearing glasses, and behind him were twenty-five students.

　　”It’ll be a lot easier to compare the photo to do it.” Chen Ge told the fat boss to go and stay at a distance, and after he himself glued the clay embryo onto a wooden board and roughly made the shape of a human head, the Primary Talent Living Puppet was completely activated.

　　Using the dozen or so carving knives in the workroom, he carved meticulously, and after only a few minutes, he made a human head that was almost identical to the one in the photo.

　　Flexible hands seemed like butterflies fluttering, twenty different sizes of carving knives skillfully switching, the scene left the fat boss dumbfounded, as if he was enjoying a triple-speed art documentary.

　　”What exactly does this person do?”

　　The carving was completed, Chen Ge carefully wiped the human head with a wet sponge, his fingers contained a special force, and after wiping, the clay embryo revealed the general texture of human skin.

　　After a while, the human head clay embryo hardened, he then poured on the sticky plaster, the next step was to wait.

　　It took about an hour for the plaster to solidify, and while he was at it, Chen Ge started making other human heads.

　　In an hour and a half, Chen Ge made all the human head clay embryos, and then took the first few human head clay embryos out of the solidified plaster and filled them with a layer of latex, which was the skin of the doll.

　　Evenly coated, Chen Ge placed a bendable patch into it to act as the doll’s spine, and then began to inject the filler.

　　In one go, removing the time it took for the plaster to solidify, Chen Ge only needed ten minutes to make a simulated human head.

　　”It’s getting late, you can take that ten thousand deposit first, don’t move anything in this work area, I’ll come over tomorrow to finish processing.” Chen Ge washed his hands and prepared to head to Haiming’s apartment.

　　”Don’t worry, I definitely won’t move around.” Looking at the twenty-four simulated human heads on the workbench, the fat boss shivered, he had seen a lot of human dolls, but the ones made by Chen Ge brought him a different feeling. It was very real, as if those heads were not clay embryos and would blink their eyes at any time.

　　Putting his bag on his back, Chen Ge walked out of the underground workshop and took a taxi to Haiming Apartment, the time he had agreed with Dr. Gao had arrived.

　　Passing through the bustling city, Chen Ge arrived at the old city center, where the buildings were generally not very tall.

　　After passing through a few fairly lively neighborhoods, the surroundings slowly became quiet, and under the guidance of the driver, Chen Ge finally arrived at Haiming Apartment.