Seeing Chen Kangtuo’s bewildered expression, Pei Qian couldn’t help feeling secretly pleased.
That’ll teach you to misinterpret my intentions again!
Go reflect properly in the haunted house!
Although Chen Kangtuo, as the designer, understood the haunted house better than visitors, this didn’t mean he wasn’t afraid.
It was like the designer of “Outlast 2” personally testing “Outlast 2,” then getting so scared that he dropped the controller on the spot.
Of course, some exceptional designers knew the game mechanics so well that they treated horror scenes like their own backyard and played horror games like parkour games, but those were unusually gifted, rare exceptions.
For ordinary people, when they should be scared out of their wits, they will be scared out of their wits.
Not to mention, if someone gave you a structural map of the haunted house now, marking all the scary spots, and you memorized everything, would you still not be scared when entering the haunted house?
At most, after mental preparation, the level of fear would be reduced, but to say you wouldn’t be afraid was impossible.
Visual effects, audio effects, various psychological hints… even with mental preparation, it was still difficult to maintain psychological defenses when truly immersed.
Of course, if someone were exceptionally gifted without any sense of fear, that would be different.
However, Chen Kangtuo was not such a person, as his current expression proved.
After hearing Mr. Pei speak this passage in a very calm tone, Chen Kangtuo’s expression changed from shock to bewilderment, from bewilderment to astonishment, and then from astonishment to devastation.
This could cost someone’s life, Mr. Pei!
Chen Kangtuo had designed the haunted house himself, set the style himself, and had even visited the half-finished product during construction, so he certainly knew how terrifying it was inside.
After the third project of Palpitation Hotel was completed, he never went in again, even though there were temporarily no staff members dressed as ghosts inside.
Just walking around in this environment was enough to scare someone witless!
But what was Mr. Pei saying now? To completely familiarize himself with every detail?
This wasn’t something that could be done by gritting one’s teeth and walking through once!
However, Pei Qian didn’t give Chen Kangtuo a chance to protest. He waved his hand and said, “Alright, let’s continue the tour.”
Chen Kangtuo had no choice but to lead everyone to continue visiting other projects.
When they encountered the investors’ establishments, such as restaurants and hotels, the corresponding investor would explain.
Besides this, there were also reports on other aspects, including the recruitment of staff needed to maintain the operation of the entire Palpitation Hotel.
This haunted house was neither too big nor too small, and daily operations required service staff, ticket sellers, cleaners, equipment maintainers, makeup artists, prop masters, as well as staff members dressed as ghosts, etc.
Especially the staff members who would dress as ghosts had been recruited long ago and had been in training ever since.
Because playing a ghost wasn’t just physical labor, it was also a technical job.
If they were too far from visitors, in pitch darkness, visitors wouldn’t be scared at all, failing to achieve the effect.
If they were too close to visitors, they might stimulate visitors to make some stress responses, possibly even getting kicked, which could lead to injuries.
If they appeared too suddenly and truly frightened visitors severely, that wouldn’t be acceptable either.
In short, these people needed to understand psychology, choose different scare tactics for different visitors, to achieve the best effect.
At the same time, these people also needed to clearly know all emergency exits of the haunted house, guide visitors to leave when necessary, and even master certain first aid knowledge.
In summary, the goal of training was to enable staff to provide progressive, moderate scares to visitors while protecting themselves, allowing the entire haunted house to continue operating normally.
Chen Kangtuo suggested, “Well, would everyone like to take a look at the three projects of the haunted house? Offer some opinions?”
Pei Qian chuckled, “No need.”
Trying to trick me into the haunted house? Not happening!
Pei Qian was very relaxed now. His only concern was the Golden Maze making money. As for Palpitation Hotel itself, it was far from the project that needed the most concern.
The first project had a very low fee, and the venue’s capacity was limited. Even if it was full every day, it wouldn’t earn much money;
For the second and third projects, if they weren’t scary, then not many people would play them, and if they were very scary, then they would be perfect for dealing with the enemies in his little notebook.
It wouldn’t be a loss either way!
Pei Qian’s attitude was also very clear: no matter how eloquent you are, I absolutely will not experience the haunted house. I am a noble person who has transcended low-level interests. I am busy with work, and I simply don’t have time to experience such simple and crude entertainment activities.
Chen Kangtuo looked at the other investors: “Then, would you all…”
Mr. Li quickly said, “No need!”
“Don’t misunderstand, young brother Chen, it’s not that we don’t trust you. Quite the contrary, we trust you too much, which is why we don’t dare go in. After all, with our old arms and legs, we’re not suitable for such stimulating projects.”
Chen Kangtuo: “…”
Well, since no one wanted to go in, that meant only I needed to “experience it thoroughly,” right?
After touring everything, and yet everyone was unwilling to experience Palpitation Hotel’s projects, they could only end there.
The investors were all very happy, after all, the Golden Maze problem had been solved, greatly increasing the chance of the project making money.
Chen Kangtuo escorted everyone back to the entrance. Everyone was chatting happily, but he sank into melancholy.
The investors all got into their cars, and Pei Qian also got in his car, preparing to leave.
Chen Kangtuo suddenly remembered something.