Chapter 881
A drop of kindness deserves a spring of gratitude; a severed finger breeds boundless res
"I...I would like to be interviewed."
Wang Donglai's eyebrows lifted slightly.
"Give an interview?"
"Ah."
Lin Xiaoyu nodded and said, "On my way here, my brother told me that people online are already talking about this. Although the media hasn't reported it, many netizens are asking who the rescued girl is, what she went through, and how she was rescued..."
She paused, then clenched her fist.
"I want to share my experience so that everyone knows what kind of trap those so-called high-paying jobs are, what those industrial parks are really like, and what those who were deceived went through."
Lin Mo stood to the side, his lips moved as if he wanted to say something, but he swallowed it back.
Wang Donglai looked at her.
"Have you thought this through? Once it's made public, your name, your face, and your experiences will all be posted online."
"Many people will sympathize with you, while others will question you, ridicule you, or even cyberbully you. The people in the park will also remember you."
"I've figured it out."
Lin Xiaoyu's voice was more resolute than before as she said, "During those few days, I thought that if I could go back alive, I would definitely do something. Not for fame, not for pity, it's just... it's just to let more people know."
She raised her head and looked directly into Wang Donglai's eyes.
“You’re right. The suffering I’ve endured can become a light that illuminates others.”
"If you're going to shine the light, you can't hide in the darkness!"
Wang Donglai fell silent.
He looked at the girl who had been trembling in a dark room just three days ago, and saw the light that had already ignited in her eyes.
The light was still faint, but it was gradually becoming stronger.
"it is good!"
Lin Xiaoyu smiled.
This time, there were no tears in her smile.
……
At 3 p.m. that day, a short video quietly appeared on the Douyin platform.
The video is only two minutes long.
In the video, a girl in a floral dress sits in front of the camera, her eyes slightly red, but her gaze is calm.
She wasn't wearing makeup, and there were still bruises on her face—marks from being stabbed with a stun gun.
"My name is Lin Xiaoyu, I am 21 years old, and I am a recent college graduate."
Her voice was a little hoarse, but every word was clear: "A little over ten days ago, I was tricked into coming to Shan State by a 'high-paying part-time job'."
“There, I was locked in a dark room of six square meters, forced to call my family to scam money, and threatened that if I didn’t cooperate, they would sell me…”
She spoke calmly, but every detail was like a knife.
“I stayed there for three days, and I thought I was never going to come back.”
"Later I came back because many people saved me: my brother, Galaxy Technology, and many others whose names I don't know."
"Now I want to share this experience so that more people know what lies behind those so-called high-paying jobs."
At the end of the video, she gently said to the camera: "If you or someone you know receives a similar job posting, please be extra careful. Asking a question or doing some research might save a life."
The video received over 10,000 likes within ten minutes of being posted.
Half an hour later, the number of comments exceeded 100,000.
An hour later, it immediately topped the trending search list.
Of course, this is due to Douyin's preferential treatment in terms of traffic.
The content revealed in this video is so eye-catching that its popularity continues to rise.
The comments section of this video is filled with a wide variety of styles.
"This girl is so brave! She still dared to stand up after going through something like that!"
"The bruises on her face haven't faded yet... those beasts were really ruthless."
"Galaxy Technology really made a move? I thought it was just a rumor!"
“My cousin was lured away by this kind of ‘high-paying job’ last year and hasn’t come back yet… Lin Xiaoyu, thank you for standing up for me.”
"Lin Xiaoyu, can you tell me what the park is like? Where are those scammers from?"
"Is she referring to Shan State? Isn't that a tourist area?"
"The person upstairs is too naive. That industrial park has already become an industry, with countless employees!"
There were also sarcastic and cynical comments in the comments section.
"Another one of these hype-up incidents. Are all internet celebrities starting to write these kinds of scripts now?"
"A 21-year-old college junior going to Shan State for a high-paying part-time job? He really paid the 'stupidity tax'!"
"Galaxy Technology's PR statement is solid proof that they just paid for trending topics."
"Getting scammed is your own fault for being stupid, who else can you blame?"
"There's always a reason why someone is pitiful; there's nothing to sympathize with!"
"I have a friend who was also tricked into going to Shan State. I need his contact information and help!"
"Miss Lin Xiaoyu, can I add you on WeChat? Let's be friends."
"Galaxy Technology is really rich; I give this marketing campaign a perfect score."
But more often, it was the families of the actual victims who were brought to light by this video.
A user with the ID "Waiting for My Brother to Come Home" left a message: "My brother was tricked into going to Shan State last March. They said he would work as a waiter in a hotel with a monthly salary of 3 yuan. Before he left, he sent me a WeChat message saying, 'Sister, wait for me to earn money and come back to support you.' Then I heard nothing from him. I reported it to the police, but they said they couldn't investigate cases overseas. The embassy said they had mediated, but there was no result. It's been almost two years. I don't know if he's alive or dead, I don't know if he's also being held in a dark room, I don't know if he's been sold... Lin Xiaoyu, thank you for coming back alive. Please tell me more about what happened inside, so that more people won't be deceived."
This comment received over 800,000 likes.
There are countless similar examples:
“My daughter has been scammed for three years, and I wait for her call every day.”
“My brother was swindled away almost two years ago. We even sold our house to ransom him, but he hasn’t come back and we’ve lost all our money.”
“Five young men from our village were tricked into going there, but only two came back; one went insane.”
"Lin Xiaoyu, can you tell me the name of the park? I want to see if it's the one where my son is being held."
These messages, one by one, are like countless hands reaching out from the darkness.
Lin Xiaoyu's video, however, was like a ray of light, shining into that darkness.
……
Northern Shan State, Water Valley.
In a luxuriously decorated office, a middle-aged man wearing silk pajamas is staring at his phone screen.
A freshly brewed Jin Jun Mei tea was placed in front of him, its aroma wafting through the air, but his face was terribly gloomy.
On the screen was Lin Xiaoyu's video.
"Oh shit."
He muttered a curse under his breath and slammed his phone down on the table.
The female secretary next to him was startled and asked cautiously, "Mr. Liu, what's wrong?"
"This woman is the one who was pulled out of Jinlong Industrial Park three days ago."
Mr. Liu gritted his teeth and said fiercely, "Damn it, I didn't know where this outsider came from, and he took the person away, which was fine. But now he's filming a video to smash the plate. It seems he really doesn't take me seriously!"
The female secretary didn't dare to respond.
Mr. Liu picked up his phone and looked at it again, his expression growing increasingly grim.
"The details she mentioned... the park's structure, the number of guards, contact information..."
"If all of this is exposed, how will we recruit people?!"
There was a knock on the office door, and a bald man poked his head in.
"Mr. Liu, something's not right outside."
"what happened?"
"Several groups are sharing this video, and some people are tagging the China Inspection Station. Others are saying they want to translate the video into English and post it on foreign websites."
The bald man's expression was also unpleasant. He continued, "Some people are even trying to find out our location, saying they want to mark the coordinates of the park."
Mr. Liu's expression turned even uglier.
He stood up and paced back and forth in the office, frowning.
"Galaxy Technology..."
He suddenly stopped and said, "Investigate immediately. What is the relationship between this woman and Galaxy Technology? What is her background?"
The female secretary typed rapidly on the keyboard, and looked up after more than ten minutes.
"Galaxy Technology Group, headquartered in Tang City, China, is valued at over ten trillion yuan. Its subsidiaries include Galaxy Aerospace, Galaxy Bio, Galaxy Semiconductor, Galaxy Entertainment... Last year, it successfully landed on the moon, and this year it is working on a heavy-lift rocket."
Mr. Liu's brows furrowed even more.
"Moon landing?"
“Yes, in 2019 they launched their own rocket and sent people to the moon themselves.” The female secretary paused. “That Wang Donglai went up there personally.”
Mr. Liu stopped in his tracks.
He glanced at the girl in the floral dress on his phone screen, then at the documents his female secretary handed him.
"Are you stupid? I told you to investigate this woman's relationship with Galaxy Technology, and what did you find out?" "If you don't do a good job again, go back and make that call!"
Mr. Liu spoke calmly to his female secretary, who was immediately startled. She knew all too well what kind of treatment those women received on the phone—it was practically hell on earth.
I was scared, but I didn't dare to linger. I immediately opened another interface and started looking up information.
"Boss, Lin Xiaoyu's household registration information is from a rural area, and there are no officials or businessmen in her three generations. Her brother is a reviewer for Douyin, a short video platform under Galaxy Technology. Galaxy Technology has good benefits, so there is profit to be made."
"We squeezed 400,000 yuan out of her. We wanted to squeeze more out of her, but she wouldn't cooperate, so we were going to train her a bit. But then someone else took it from us."
Upon hearing this, General Manager Liu fell into deep thought.
The commotion surrounding Lin Xiaoyu's rescue was not significant, but the people who carried it out acted swiftly and decisively.
The park did not suffer any other losses, so Mr. Liu did not pay much attention to it.
But now, he suddenly realized.
Could the person who did this be the security team hired by Galaxy Technology to stand up for their own employees?
The more Mr. Liu thought about it, the more likely it seemed, and the more frightened he became.
However, he didn't show his fear on the surface.
"Pass it on."
"From now on, we will not accept the families of anyone who works at Galaxy Technology."
"No, it's not just about not accepting them—stay away from anything related to Galaxy Technology!"
"If we really encounter one, we'll resell it to another park."
The bald man was stunned for a moment: "Mr. Liu, this is..."
"What do you know?"
Mr. Liu sat back on the sofa, picked up the now-cold Jin Jun Mei tea, and explained, "A group that can send people to the moon, if it can reach the moon, it can reach Shan State."
"They didn't use fire this time, but next time they might. There's no need for us to take that risk!"
He took a sip of tea, his brow furrowing even deeper.
"Damn it, if we can't afford to mess with them, can't we at least avoid them? Notify the other industrial parks we have good relations with that Galaxy Technology be listed as a key target. No one is allowed to touch their employees' families."
The female secretary took notes quickly.
The bald man hesitated, "Mr. Liu, what if Galaxy Technology comes to us on its own?"
Mr. Liu's teacup stopped in mid-air.
He stared at the bald man and remained silent for a long time.
Then he put down his teacup, picked up his phone, and dialed a number.
"Hey, Lao Wu, it's me."
His voice was low and deep. "There's something I need to tell you. That woman who was rescued from our park is now filming videos and spreading them everywhere... Yes, the one who was pulled out. Your elephant park is hiring recently, so be sure to check her background carefully, and don't run into them..."
At the same time, KK Park, Diamond Park, Phoenix Park, Wild Tiger Mountain Villa...
The owners of more than a dozen telecom fraud industrial parks are all doing the same thing.
"Check out that Galaxy Technology."
"From now on, we will not touch any of their employees' family members."
"Stay away, don't cause trouble."
A series of instructions were issued from different offices, converging into one consensus: Galaxy Technology is not to be trifled with!
……
While the incident was causing a stir online, in Ruili, on the southern border of Yunnan.
A minivan is slowly driving along the border highway.
There were five people in the car. The bodyguard was driving, Guo Xing was in the passenger seat, and the three screenwriters and the production manager were in the back.
"Mr. Guo, the Wanding Port is just ahead."
The bodyguard pointed into the distance and said, "That's Muse in Shan State over there."
Guo Xing nodded and looked out the window.
Along the border, barbed wire stretches endlessly.
On the other side of the barbed wire fence were low buildings and sparse pedestrians; on this side, there was a bustling market and vehicles coming and going.
"Those industrial parks are over there."
The production manager said in a low voice, "It's less than a hundred kilometers from here."
Guo Xing did not answer.
She recalled what Wang Donglai had told her before she left: "This movie wasn't made for box office revenue. It's made for those still in the park, for those who are hesitating about whether to go, and for the whole society."
"Is three months enough?"
"It has to be enough, whether it's enough or not!"
"If the movie is released a day earlier, more people will know about the evils in the park and prevent more people from being deceived."
Guo Xing snapped out of his thoughts and looked out the car window.
In the distance, a small town with a similar topography to Muse is under construction.
That was a filming location rented by Galaxy Entertainment Group, built to a 1:1 scale of the actual park.
In the center of town, the facades of several buildings have been completed, barbed wire is being installed, and signs for "XX Resort Area" have even been hung at the entrances.
"How's the progress over there?" Guo Xing asked.
"The main building design has been completed, and interior decoration has begun."
The production manager then reported: "The props team is working on the details. Those slogans, surveillance cameras, iron gates, stun guns... are all genuine items sourced from the border secondhand market."
"What about people?"
"We've recruited over 300 extras, all locals. There are a few survivors who escaped from the park and are willing to be consultants. There's also one who said he can play a victim of imprisonment in his own words."
Guo Xing nodded.
"What about the scene in the White Elephant Kingdom?"
"The filming location in Chiang Mai has been secured, and we'll be moving there next week. They'll mainly be handling the exterior shots and the scenes inside the scam company."
The production manager paused for a moment, then said, "The White Elephant Kingdom government is very supportive of this film, saying they can cooperate in promoting anti-fraud efforts."
"support?"
Guo Xing smiled dismissively and said, "If we weren't using the Galaxy Technology brand, we definitely wouldn't have this support."
The car stopped in front of a three-story building.
A temporary sign hangs on the rooftop – “Jinlong Resort Project Department”.
Guo Xing got out of the car and went into the building.
The lobby on the first floor was under renovation, and workers were busy installing surveillance cameras—the kind that can rotate 360 degrees, one in each corner. Iron gates, iron fences, stun batons, handcuffs… all props, but just looking at them made one's heart pound.
Guo Xing walked through the hall and into the courtyard at the back.
A minivan was parked in the yard, with tinted windows and the doors open.
Screenwriter Xiao Zhou was standing next to the car, talking to a middle-aged man.
The man had dark skin, tired eyes, and always unconsciously lowered his voice when he spoke.
His right little finger was missing a section, and there was an old scar at the break.
"Mr. Guo, this is Lao Zheng."
Xiao Zhou explained, "He just escaped from the park last year. He had been inside for eight months. His finger was cut off while he was inside the park because he failed to complete his mission."
Guo Xing extended his hand: "Old Zheng, you've worked hard."
Old Zheng was stunned for a moment, looked at Guo Xing's outstretched hand, hesitated for a moment before grasping it.
His hands were rough, with calluses on his palms, but he shook hands very gently, as if afraid of hurting the other person.
"Mr. Guo."
Old Zheng's voice was hoarse and filled with hatred: "I heard you're going to make a movie, to show all the shady things those beasts did?"
"Correct."
How realistic can it be?
"You can shoot as realistically as you want."
Old Zheng's lips trembled slightly.
He remained silent for a long time, then raised his head and looked at the "park" that was being built in the distance.
"Can I act in it?"
"I played myself, the one who was deceived, imprisoned, beaten, and finally escaped."
Guo Xing looked at him and said softly, "We're making a movie, it requires acting skills, it's going to be shown on the big screen."
“I know I can’t act, but I’ve been through it, so I know better than anyone else.”
"I wish all those people in the park would die sooner. I'll give my all to this movie!"
Seeing Old Zheng's slightly agitated, hateful, and crazed eyes, Guo Xing nodded.
"Let me reiterate, we are making a movie to expose the truth about the park and prevent more people from being deceived. We must always remember our purpose!"
Old Zheng nodded repeatedly, indicating that he understood. (End of Chapter)