Chapter 3656

In the long life of the King of Hell for tens of thousands of years, some have served him as Lord, some have spat on his evil, but never, note that it is never, has anyone called him mediocre.

This is a paradox: how could a mediocre person become the King of Hell? He stood out from thousands of demon gods and possessed his own dimension; he is naturally the most extraordinary demon god in the universe.

But Schiller and Chris dealt him quite a blow one after another: one let him see the upper limit of human madness, and the other let him understand the lower limit of human mental state.

No matter how Mephisto persuaded or used the set of fooling believers to try to convince Chris, he failed. This director was determined not to let Mephisto participate.

Thus, Mephisto also suffered from the contract. Although the contract they set stipulated his participation, it did not specify who directed or wrote the movie he participated in. The contract never said it had to be the original cast; even if the director and screenwriter were all changed, it would not violate the contract.

But it is clear that for this movie to have such phenomenal popularity, the good cooperation between the director and screenwriter is indispensable. If the people were changed, maybe the next step would flop, so what was Mephisto doing with so much effort?

Absolutely not; Mephisto believes he must let the director and screenwriter continue to cooperate, and he must also participate.

But now, this devil who has always lived in the raging flames of the hell dimension has finally been roasted on the fire.

When he invited Chris over, he didn't want to kidnap him, and it wasn't even to deter him. He wanted Chris to come to his hell palace to take scenes to create a better atmosphere for the final battle; he was wholeheartedly for artistic creation!

But now, he is in a dilemma. He told Chris about this, and Chris didn't come to find his trouble but wanted to find the screenwriter's trouble; if he lets Chris go back now, Chris could go break up with the screenwriter on the spot, so how can the next one be filmed?

So although Mephisto didn't subjectively want to kidnap Chris, he still had to keep him in the hell palace. To stabilize Chris, he built nine layers of hell on the spot, hurriedly found a devil under his command who was good at transformation and understood humans to pretend to be the guide Virgil, and dug up beast skeletons from some unknown old grave, piecing them together to pretend to be a three-headed dog. He must solve this matter before Dante ascends to heaven!

Mephisto could naturally go directly to Strange, but if so, his plan to participate in the movie would be ruined. Strange would definitely be based on the director's wishes; if the director said he didn't need him, Strange would definitely kick him out. This is the force majeure mentioned in the contract!

Then the top priority is to let Chris nod and agree to let him play Saphir. But since he himself is unwilling, he can only exert some external influence.

Mephisto is not stupid. Before deciding to execute this plan, he had already studied the shooting process of modern movies, and then he discovered: throughout the process, in addition to the director and producer being able to decide the cast, investors will also insert people.

That is to say, as long as one of the investors can be moved, then facing the pressure from the investors, Chris would have to agree.

This movie has many investors, and the largest investor comes from the East. It's not that Mephisto doesn't want to find them, but he can't get in at all; that place is covered by other demon gods. If he insists on breaking in, he will inevitably have to fight, and Kamar-Taj is also there. His behavior is too sensitive; if he attracts Strange, he will still be kicked out.

So he set his sights on the second-largest investor, which is Stark. However, he also knows that if he uses his own identity to find Stark, the other party might not buy it. If so, he can't fight the Iron Demon God again, right?

Although Mephisto is the King of Hell, he actually dislikes fighting very much. He prefers to solve problems through means other than violence. So he thought: anyway, he has already turned into Schiller, so why not go a step further and turn into the original skin of Schiller.

He knows Stark and Schiller are good friends. If he uses Dr. Schiller's identity to talk to Stark and let Stark find a way to persuade Chris, wouldn't this matter be done?

Mephisto's execution is also very strong, and the level of transformation is indeed in place. The Schiller he turned into is exactly the same as the real Schiller; not only can scientific instruments not detect it, but even looking directly at the soul might not see any clues. He walked into Stark's laboratory so swaggeringly.

Stark was doing experiments at that time; on the surface, it looked like nothing, but Mephisto is a devil after all, and his grasp of human emotions is very in place. He saw at a glance: Stark is very anxious.

Isn't this a coincidence? The Schiller he played happens to be a psychologist. Isn't a psychologist for helping humans relieve negative emotions? Plus the identity of his friend, taking advantage of his vulnerability to comfort him well, wouldn't he have to agree to whatever I say?

Mephisto was worried that Stark could feel it, so he didn't dare to read his mind, and he didn't know how Schiller and Stark usually got along. So he relied on his own subjective judgment, thinking that Schiller must usually help Stark solve problems, comfort him gently, and help him relieve anxiety, so that the two could become good friends. So he did just that.

It's just that Stark's emotional changes were a bit strange: at first it was shock, then doubt, and then it was actually fear.

What's the situation? Where did my transformation go wrong? Mephisto was puzzled; it shouldn't be. I, the dignified King of Hell, was able to recruit so many believers on Earth back then by relying on this superb transformation technique, being able to turn into the person the other party wants to see most at any time. Fooling a little human is not a piece of cake?

After checking his appearance, Mephisto found no problems. Then is it that my rhetoric is wrong? But what could be the problem with comforting my patients and friends?

Mephisto even deliberately didn't mention some details but used that relatively universal set of words to comfort him. Logically speaking, there shouldn't be any loopholes! Could it be that the Iron Demon God read his mind?

The more Mephisto thought about it, the less confident he became. He didn't want to fight Stark; if he attracted Strange, the other party would definitely use this as an excuse to tear up the contract. By then, he wouldn't have gotten any benefits and would have fought for nothing.

Discovering that Stark's emotions were wrong, Mephisto hurriedly found an excuse to slip away. This trip scared Stark quite a bit—after he left, Stark jumped up from his chair with a "wow" like a screaming chicken.

Who understands, family! Why is there still someone impersonating Schiller these days?!

Originally, in this situation, one should directly call Strange, but Stark was also a bit unsure: what if it was one of Schiller's other personalities? So he still called Schiller first.

As for Schiller's side, let's not mention it for now. Mephisto is very depressed: he hasn't been to Earth for only a few days; what's wrong with the mental state of these humans one by one? How come there are more and more madmen as psychology develops?

But even so, Mephisto didn't want to give up. After thinking about it, he felt that relying on others wouldn't work; he still had to find a way himself.

Thus, he turned back into Devil Schiller, pretended to be a photographer's perspective, took a few blurry photos, uploaded them to the internet, and claimed to be a leak from the crew, saying it was the makeup photo of a character in the next few installments—in short, let's cook the rice first.

Sure enough, the fans were excited at once. This post was pushed to the hot list not long after, and major video software played those two pictures repeatedly, and various marketing accounts spread them wildly.

Most people think this is Saphir's makeup photo. Because the picture is too blurry, only a back view and a side face were taken, and no specific content could be seen, only that he was very handsome, so the media's reputation was actually quite good.

Mephisto was happy now. He felt that if Chris saw this kind of evaluation, he should also be shaken; after all, why go against the fans?

But soon he discovered that because Schiller himself did not come forward and there was no movement from the crew, the heat of this matter began to gradually decline. Some fans also stood up, demanding that the crew strictly investigate the leaker.

Originally, this kind of thing should be explained by the director, but unfortunately, the director is now addicted to the journey to hell. Other members of the crew know Chris's temper; no one dares to respond without his word, which is equivalent to passive cold treatment. This kind of public relations method is the fastest to reduce heat, and the entry disappeared not long after.

Mephisto was so angry! You say Chris has no signal in hell, but why didn't Schiller respond? Can't you see this splashing traffic?!

Mephisto gritted his teeth while checking Schiller's homepage on various platforms, and then he discovered: after this guy became popular, he hadn't posted a single video or blog post, and hadn't even shown his face. The most complete interview video that could be found was actually before the start of filming, and all he said were some set phrases, without any explosive points at all.

Even Mephisto couldn't help but say, a full man doesn't know a hungry man's hunger! If you don't want this traffic, give it to me! I want it!

The essence of a devil is greed. Now that Mephisto hasn't settled the matter of joining the crew, he has already started wanting to pave the way for the future.

He thought like this: if he could successfully join the crew and play the role of Saphir, then the higher the popularity of the actor Schiller himself, the higher the popularity of this character would be. By then, more people would know Mephisto, and he would achieve his goal of attracting fans.

But the character Saphir appears relatively late, and there is basically no scene in the first four installments, but now Schiller's popularity is very high, and there is a time difference between the two.

Especially Schiller's cold treatment attitude; maybe when the second installment is finished, he won't be so popular; by the time Saphir appears, Schiller's popularity won't be that high anymore. Then the benefits brought by the actor himself will become smaller. Mephisto doesn't want this; only if Schiller stays popular for a long time can the Saphir he plays eat the dividends of the actor's popularity.

But Schiller is as quiet as dead, which made Mephisto very angry. You say you have more than two thousand personalities, can't you separate one to respond to the fans? Can you have some professional ethics?!

Forget it, if he doesn't come, I will. Mephisto thought while rolling up his sleeves, he must keep the heat up. No matter how powerful Schiller is, he is just a psychologist on Earth; how hard can it be to play a psychologist?

(End of chapter)