Chapter Two: Likes Become Power

“I know that mask,” she said. “I dreamed I was chasing him through the Furnace City. He was called the Faceless Marquis. But your movie didn't have a policewoman.” Gu Yan checked the uploaded file. Its runtime was now twelve minutes and nine seconds—two seconds longer than before. Frame by frame, he found the masked man reflected in a clock-tower window. The stranger held the hand of a girl in rehearsal clothes whose back looked exactly like Lin Xia's. 【Warning: the work is growing through audience resonance.】 Before they could investigate, someone hammered the rolling door. A business manager sent by the producer entered with four guards and slapped down a contract.