My name is Ma Jun, and I am a haunted house sleep tester.

When you first hear about this profession, you may find it strange.

In fact, being a haunted house sleep tester is no longer an emerging profession in Japan and Southeast Asia.

The definitions of "haunted house" vary. In terms of second-hand house sales standards, it refers to a house where suicides, homicides, accidental deaths, etc. have occurred within the structure of the house and which have official records with the public security organs.

As long as a general second-hand house is labeled as a "haunted house", it will be miserable. The price will be at least half of the normal price, or even lower.

Because of the low prices, some real estate agents and speculators discovered this huge business opportunity, purchased a large number of such houses, and then resold or leased them to young people who were new to society and were not wealthy.

However, before they acquire the haunted house, they must find someone to live in the haunted house for a period of time to ensure that the house is suitable for living people.

At this time, you need a haunted house sleep tester.

I am twenty-five years old. I did not find a stable job after graduating from college. I temporarily worked a few part-time jobs, such as drawing illustrations for publications or designing novel covers.

However, there are not many design jobs of this type, and the competition is fierce. I can’t receive a few orders in a month, and the money I earn can barely cover the rent and three meals a day.

My age is the golden age for a man to accumulate wealth. To buy a house, a car, and a wife, there will be many things that will require money in the future.

Therefore, I have always wanted to find a job that can make money quickly and make a lot of money.

Once, I accidentally saw a job posting for a "haunted house sleep tester" on the Internet. I thought it was very interesting, so I called him out of curiosity and went for an interview the next day.

You have to ask me, have I ever been afraid of this job?

Actually no, because I think poverty is more terrifying than ghosts in this world!

The interview took place in the store of a real estate company. For the sake of confidentiality, I will not reveal the specific name of the agency.

However, it is a very large company with chain stores across the country, and this store is still the head office in this area.

Seeing that the store was so formal and professional, I felt a lot more at ease because it didn't look like a scam.

There was only one interviewer, a bald man in his forties who was slightly fat.

Maybe his actual age is less than forty, but he looks older because he has no hair on his head.

I felt that the interviewer didn't seem to care about my education and qualifications, he cared more about my appearance and physical condition.

Because when he saw me, he put on his myopia glasses and looked at me up and down with wide eyes, looking at me very carefully from head to toe.

The interviewer introduced himself first. He said that he was the store manager here, his surname was Chen, and he could be called Lao Chen or Store Manager Chen.

Then, Lao Chen asked me about my situation.

I graduated from a well-known sports college. When I was a sophomore in the college, I suddenly fell in love with painting because I saw an art exhibition. When other students were doing physical training, I would always draw in the dormitory.

My classmates all laughed at me and said, I am a "painter" who graduated from the Physical Education College. Why didn't I just go to the Art College directly?

It's because I'm such a weirdo, I didn't learn sports well and I'm not professional in painting, so I couldn't find a good formal job after graduation.

After all, I graduated from a sports college, and my physical fitness is much better than that of ordinary young people. I am 1.8 meters tall, and my bones and muscles are very strong.

Although I have some pimples on my face, I think I still look pretty handsome.

I could feel that the interviewer, Lao Chen, was quite satisfied with my appearance, otherwise he wouldn't have let me come into the office for a detailed chat.

After I sat down, Lao Chen asked me three questions.

Are these three questions each stranger than the last?

The first question is, he asked me if I have a girlfriend?

Because I am too poor, I have never dated anyone, and naturally I have no girlfriend. Although I am very handsome, I have no money in my pocket, so it is useless no matter how handsome I am.

The second question, he asked me if I smoked?

I said no, and I wasn't lying. I really don't smoke. It's easy to tell because I don't smell like smoke.

The third question is a bit strange and difficult to answer.

Before asking the third question, Lao Chen touched his chin and stared at my face for a few seconds. This time he deliberately lowered his voice and asked secretly: "Do you... believe that there are ghosts in this world?"

?Have you ever seen it with your own eyes?!"

I don’t know how to answer this question for a while?

Not just me, I guess everyone doesn’t know the correct answer when facing this problem, right?

Hell, most people have never seen one.

But to say that this thing absolutely does not exist, no one dares to say, right?

Lao Chen seemed to take this third question very seriously. He stared at me with wide eyes without blinking.

I was worried that if I answered the wrong question accidentally, I would fail the interview again.

So, I lowered my head and hesitated for a long time, and had to answer vaguely: "I...I have never seen it with my own eyes, but...but I can't deny that there is absolutely nothing in this world..."

Lao Chen's eyes suddenly shrank and he was silent for a second or two. Then, he suddenly stood up.

His action startled me. I originally wanted to avoid it, but when I saw Lao Chen extending his hand in front of me, I subconsciously stood up and shook hands with him.

"Congratulations, you passed the interview!!!" Lao Chen said with a crooked smile.

Later, I became acquainted with Lao Chen, and he told me that the third question he asked was not because he wanted a correct answer, but that it mainly depended on my attitude.

If the interviewer is a staunch atheist, or a particularly superstitious and timid person, neither will work.

What he wants is a feeling of blank ambiguity, a feeling of half-belief and half-belief, just like the expression on my face when I answer questions.

From this day on, I became a haunted house sleep tester.

In the blink of an eye, I have been working for a year.

Although a year is not short, I only received two orders of business in a year.

Even if the remuneration is generous, this job can still only be regarded as a part-time job.

Today’s order is the third one I have received since I started working. The person I contacted was a real estate salesperson. She was a woman in her late twenties.

The upper body is a white shirt, the lower body is a dark blue tight skirt, long stockings, and a pair of black high heels.

This woman's appearance cannot be said to be very beautiful, but her figure is very good, especially the professional attire she wears is particularly charming.

At 9 a.m., she and I agreed to meet at the gate of the community.

As for which community it is, I won’t say it here to avoid confusion.

It was also the first time I met her. After introducing each other, she told me her name was "Jasmine".

Of course, the name Jasmine is not necessarily her real name. Generally, salespeople will give themselves a pseudonym that sounds good and is easy to remember.

Carrying a trolley suitcase, I followed Jasmine into the community. She took me into a 17-story residential building and took the elevator to the 12th floor.

According to my experience, the best floor in a high-rise residential building should be between one-third and two-thirds of the building. Taking the 17th floor as an example, the best floor is between the 7th and 14th floors, both in terms of lighting and air quality.

It will all be better.

Therefore, the 12th floor should be considered a good floor in the whole building.

Jasmine took out the key and opened the door. She stood at the door but did not go in. Instead, she turned her head and looked at me with an expressionless face.

I didn't care either, maybe she is a timid girl, right?

This is what I do in the first place, so it didn’t matter, so I took the lead and walked in with my suitcase.

Jasmine introduced her behind me in the same tone she used to treat clients:

"This is a room with two bedrooms and one living room. The usable area is about 80 square meters. According to the customer's requirements, you must place a camera in each room. You cannot leave this room from 10 am today to 10 am the next day.

, the entire process must be broadcast live..."

I turned back and asked Jasmine: "What's wrong with this house?!"

Jasmine replied coldly: "Don't ask. If you know, you will inevitably mutter to yourself. If you don't know anything, then you don't have to think about anything, right?"

I heard what Jasmine said was right, so I nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

It is said to be 24 hours, but in fact it is mainly the four hours between 11 o'clock at night and 2 o'clock in the morning. Customers make strange requests mainly during this time period.

The short-term order this time was calculated based on 1 yuan per minute. In one day, I could earn 1,440 yuan, which is really fast.

Jasmine never entered the room, she just said a few words casually and then turned around and left.

According to the scheduled time, it will start at 10 o'clock in the morning. It is only around 9 o'clock now. I need to prepare. I just need to install the camera at 10 o'clock on time and go online to start the live broadcast.

The room has been cleaned before and can be said to be very clean.

I took out my phone, turned on the video mode and walked around the entire room in order to take pictures of all the furnishings and arrangements inside.

The advantage of this is that if anything in the house is damaged or lost, I won’t have to pay for it when the house is handed over.

I started in the bathroom, which was nothing special. I then went to the kitchen with my mobile phone, which was nothing special. Then I went to the big bedroom and the small bedroom, and finally returned to the living room.

The room has been cleared, there is no furniture, not even a bed. There is only a black sofa and a small pillow in the living room.

It seems that I can only sleep in the living room tonight.

Then, I opened the suitcase and took out a laptop and four wireless cameras.

This kind of camera is easy to install and operate. It can be clamped on the edge of the cabinet or directly attached to the tile surface in the corner.

Soon, I had a camera installed in every room.

Then I turned on the laptop, and five screens, one large, four small, and four appeared on the monitor.

You may ask, how can four cameras have five images?

Because there is a camera on the laptop that is pointed right at me and can capture me and the living room, which is the main screen.

After the connection is successful, the image will appear first on the main screen, followed by four small screens.

However, in a small picture at the bottom corner, I suddenly discovered that there was a black shadow blocking one-third of the lens, and the black shadow was still beating...
Chapter completed!