Detective Lin Unravels Yu Mang Long's Death: Impossible Alibis and a Secret Film

The Mysterious Death and Confession

• 💡 Xiaoi, former assistant, confesses to Detective Lin Xi about the death of actor Yu Mang Long, initially ruled an accident.
• 📌 Six A-list actors, including Gao Taiu and Jackson Wong, were present at a private penthouse party, despite their official schedules making their presence impossible.
• 🧠 Yu Mang Long hosted the party, enforcing a no-phones policy and hinting at a secret.

The Experimental Film and Fatal Fall

• 🎬 Yu Mang Long revealed he knew about a death during the production of an experimental film, which he called an "experiment" and a "test."
• 🔑 He claimed to have proof on a drive and threatened to expose everything, causing the atmosphere in the penthouse to change.
• ⚡ A sudden blackout occurred, and when the lights returned, Yu Mang Long was gone, having fallen from the 42nd-floor balcony.

The Actors' Cover-Up

• ⚠️ The remaining actors panicked and argued, with Gao Taiu suggesting they stage the scene and agree to call it an accident.
• 🎭 They decided to tell the same story: Yu Mang Long slipped on the wet balcony after the lights went out, to protect their careers.
• 📞 Xiaoi was pressured to make the emergency call to make the story more believable, and the actors performed their agreed-upon narrative for the police.

Unraveling the Truth

• 🤫 Xiaoi remained silent for three months due to threats to his life and career, but began receiving mysterious messages to "finish the story."
• 👤 A hooded figure visited Xiaoi, stating the penthouse incident was part of the film and that the blackout and fall were improvised by someone.
• 🔍 Detective Lin receives an anonymous flash drive containing hidden camera footage from the penthouse party.

The Seventh Figure and Deeper Conspiracy

• 🎥 The footage reveals a seventh figure in the room, holding a camera and smiling, who was not listed among the guests.
• 👻 This mysterious cameraman was supposedly dead two years earlier during the production of the experimental film.
• 🧩 Detective Lin realizes the death was not an accident or simple cover-up, but the final scene in an ongoing film, with the actors still being watched.