I make a thriller, it's God chasing and feeding

Chapter 121 [Have you heard of ascending immortals? 】

"Don't be fooled by the director and marketing account, this heroine is really not a good person."

"The superstitious and the unsuperstitious are silent."

"Makabaka, Bikabaka, Makabaka..."

"So this movie was edited by Dahei Buddha in the end? It's not easy, the amount of material for the documentary is so large."

"Cut, the area can be shared, so what's the point of cursing the sharing?"

"Watching a horror movie can't be for good luck, right?"

"Some people say that this is not a horror film, but a purely disgusting film, but in fact, I want to say that the word 'unlucky' is the best recognition for a Tang-style religious horror film."

"I suggest that those who get negative reviews, don't watch horror movies, the news channel welcomes you, full of positive energy..."

……

On the night of the premiere of "Curse", some people ate and drank enough to sleep, and some broke their defenses and had a passionate match on the Internet.

Taicheng,

In an old-fashioned community building,
In a house where all the lights are turned on, a middle-aged man with glasses and thinning hair is fumbling with his fingers on the keyboard, planning to write down his thoughts after watching the movie.

I have heard for a long time that a film crew came to Taicheng to shoot a scene, and took advantage of a wandering folklore here to shoot a horror movie.

And today, as a Taicheng local + film critic, of course he wanted to be there to support the local culture.

But there is something wrong with this support.

At night, I couldn't sleep at all.

Can't sleep with the lights on.

Is there anything better for exorcising evil than surfing the web?No.

Feeling cold and scared at night, turn on the mobile phone to watch the video, and the line will be warmed up.

"Tiangongdimubao number."

But the middle-aged man sat in front of the computer for a long time, and still couldn't help getting up, and first went to the nearby shrine to burn incense.

Then, he groped his arm with goosebumps and sat down in front of the computer again.

"Lin Bei, Jie pretends to be a clay artist."

The middle-aged man swiped the mouse, looking at hundreds of comments every time it was refreshed, wanting to see what others had to say.

But after watching it for a long time, the evaluation is mixed.

And most of them are short reviews, evaluations of a few words.

People who gave good reviews scolded those who gave bad reviews 'don't deserve to watch horror movies',
People who give bad reviews, and people who give good reviews popular science 'what kind of horror movie is this...'

No way, middle-aged people have to write it by themselves.

Opening his homepage, he was typing on the keyboard.

[As a native of Taicheng and a horror lover, I personally think this film is quite well shot. 】

[This horror film breaks away from the public's perception of horror films in the past.In the plot, there are, but few, the moments where a non-human creature suddenly pops out; there are also, but few, the moments where the mahogany sword is pulled out, the talisman paper is sacrificed, and the gods are invited to kill demons;There are still, but more subtle. 】

[These contents can only be regarded as a branch line. The real main line is the real feeling brought by folk culture. ']

[First of all, as soon as the film was opened, I felt a familiar sense of reality, the low-rise buildings, the old white walls, and... the land commons in the corner. It can be seen that the film crew had ulterior motives to observe some details of ordinary people's lives, and set strict requirements on Fuhuadao. 】

[Instead of saying, like some movies, spend a lot of money to build a real scene, and it's fake. 】

[But it's just the beginning of 'substituting' in, and I will be in trouble. 】

[From the part where Li Ruonan sacrificed her daughter, I actually felt that something was wrong, but in the camera, she performed so well and was so pitiful, so I instinctively ignored this because of the influence of the camera, the analysis of the marketing account and the trailer. 】

[Obviously I already felt that something was wrong, but I still couldn't help explaining to her in my heart that 'she must have some difficulties', 'she is a mother, and she will do something for the child in the end'... and the plot has always developed like this. 】

[Until the moment at the end, the moment when 'I' was cursed, and the moment when all the previous good impressions were overturned, 'I' finally figured it out. 】

After writing this, the middle-aged man couldn't help shivering.

He quickly lit a cigarette, warm and warm.

[I realized a problem. This is a pseudo-documentary. It is shot from Li Ruonan's first-person perspective. All the content in the shots is what the character 'Li Ruonan' wants you to see. When you watch the movie with this in mind, you will find that it is another movie, a... extremely selfish movie! 】

[When I was watching, I really didn’t pay attention, but when I watched the film and left, I found that there were many details in the “editing” that I ignored. As a first-person film, I thought it was because the director’s team’s post-processing ability was not good at first, so the plot was incoherent. 】

[But now, I think this is intentional, 'Li Ruonan' cut out all the content that she thought was unfavorable to her, leaving only the good ones, for example, at the beginning of the part of the sacrifice in Chenjia Village, when Xiantong conveyed the meaning of the Great Black Buddha Mother and asked to sacrifice the child in her belly, a part of the video was cut out! 】

[I suspect that the villagers in Chenjia Village persuaded Li Ruonan not to participate in the sacrifice and to leave the village, but in order to make videos and gain popularity, she and the team rejected this proposal and insisted on staying.Of course, this is my personal imagination and interpretation, but there must always be an explanation for this paragraph. 】

【Later...】

I wrote a big long comment carelessly and clicked send.

Almost less than a minute after the long comment was sent, a reply appeared below him.

"Fuck, it's terrifying to think about it!"

"Big brother, is it the second brush? You can't just remember so many details after just one brush."

"I thought Li Ruonan was disgusting at first, but it's even more disgusting after watching it."

"After watching the movie, there is a reason why my girlfriend scolded bad luck first, and then green tea."

"Looked at the cast list, this woman is in her 30s, it's not easy to act like this..."

Looking at more and more replies to his long comment, the middle-aged man's chilly body gradually warmed up.

After picking out a few comments, he started replying.

When you feel that you may be entangled by something, the best way is actually to get in touch with more people and have some intersections.

This is very useful.

The torrent of "popularity" will overwhelm everything.

……

……

[The first horror film in the history of Tang Guoying to be scolded as a hot search. 】

[A horror movie that makes the audience drop their heads. 】

[Who is Li Ruonan? 】

[Yu Wenxiu's comment area fell! 】

[Where does Lu Zhengyi live? 】

……

The release of "Curse", in general, is quite smooth.

Compared with when "The Old Corpse in the Mountain Village" was released, not even a single wave was stirred up, which is really much better.

As for the matter of being scolded on the hot search, someone has to start it.

Lu Zhengyi readily accepted this result.

He still prefers to be the only one compared to some evaluations such as "the top [-] box office premieres in the history of Tang Dynasty", "rare blockbuster movie this year", "summer blockbuster", "box office surpasses XXX"... etc. He still prefers to be the only one.

This title is quite interesting.

"Get up!"

Early in the morning, before everyone else got up, Zhang Xueming made a phone call.

As soon as the phone is opened, it is "open the door, I am at the door." '

Because there were other people in the family, Lu Zhengyi took him to the nearby Guangfu Morning Tea, where they ate and chatted.

"You didn't sleep all night?"

While stuffing shrimp dumplings into his mouth, Lu Zhengyi looked at her face.

Not only is his complexion a little haggard, but his eyes are also bloodshot, and the dark circles under his eyes are even more obvious.

"...In the situation last night, how could I possibly be able to sleep?"

Zhang Xueming covered her mouth and yawned, "Looking at you, you should have slept peacefully last night, right? I checked Moments when I came here, and you guys still eat barbecue, to celebrate!"

"It's really heartless. If you scare people like that, you'll start having fun when you turn around."

"I swear, your movie is the one with the highest user activity I've seen since I went to work."

"Simply speaking, the number of negative reviews on the ticketing platform has already exceeded [-]."

"More than half of the people in our company worked overtime until midnight, watching the data, maintaining the trend of public opinion on various platforms, negotiating with theaters to increase the number of films scheduled, negotiating peripheral customization... a lot of things, just taking advantage of the strong wind of the premiere, we can quickly blow to the sky."

"The result? As soon as these two trending searches were posted, we immediately broke the defense."

Even though she said so, she had a smile on her lips, "I always thought that your value was high, but it was a gamble, especially after knowing your directing ability."

"But I didn't expect you to let me win the bet so quickly."

It can only be said that Zhang Xueming deserves to be Zhang Xueming.

Lu Zhengyi originally wanted to care about her, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he went to work.

The two hot searches are indeed much more popular than expected, and they are still on the list.

One is 'unlucky movie',
The other one is 'Who is Li Ruonan',
Strange to say, the villain of the movie is the Great Black Buddha Mother, and Li Ruonan is the one being bullied.

But, the audience just didn't scold Dahei Buddha's mother, they scolded Li Ruonan vigorously.

It was not enough to scold under the entry #李如南谁谁#, and went to Yu Wenxiu's Weibo to scold.

Fortunately, there are still relatively few people who vent their emotions about the characters in the film on the actors, so it is unlikely that Yu Wenxiu will also be sent to the trending searches.

It doesn't matter if the movie is scolded as a hot search.

However, being scolded on the hot searches has a big impact. After all, some people eat half of melons, and when the time comes, they will take it seriously, which is quite troublesome.

"Actually, I can guess that I will be scolded." While drinking hot tea, Zhang Xueming looked at Lu Zhengyi in front of him with some amusement, "After all, I am also a person who has seen the finished film, and I know what this film is about."

"But I really didn't expect to be scolded as a hot search."

"It's just a horror movie after all."

Yes, just a horror movie.

A few months ago, would anyone have thought that in the Tang Dynasty, a horror movie could have such a premiere box office? 4000 million!

To be honest, the data has no water at all!

On this day, the box office of "The Old Corpse in the Mountain Village", which had been working hard for a month, was directly wiped out.

"But it's really strange that it became a hot search in one night,"

After swallowing too many shrimp dumplings in one go, Lu Zhengyi hurriedly took a sip of tea in a panic.

In the past, he didn't like drinking tea, but after drinking with her a few times, he gradually fell in love with it, "Could it be that your lights and shadows don't work?"

When he was not taken seriously before, he was motivated by watching Light and Shadow to promote other people's dramas.

Based on their previous performance, he felt that there must be some.

"Of course there is."

Zhang Xueming was also very straightforward, "But there is only one."

"The 'unlucky movie' in front of it was really scolded."

"I looked at the background data last night. Among the tens of thousands of entries, this one can be said to have skyrocketed. It rushed to the hot search all the way, and also drove several other related content. I chose the most popular item 'Who is Li Ruonan' in it, worked it out, and sent it up."

The discussion and audience that the two hot searches can attract must be more.

"Also, take a look at this long comment."

Zhang Xueming handed over the phone again, "What do you think of what's written on it?"

The mobile phone was lying flat on the table. While eating, Lu Zhengyi swiped it with his finger and took a few glances, "Hey, has someone analyzed it so soon? Yes."

"Last night, Lao Zhang also suggested that if no one sees the details of our filming, he should open a small account to write film reviews."

"These film critics are pretty good."

Zhang Xueming took back the phone, "That's for sure, these professional film critics earn traffic by writing long reviews for popular movies, they must be professional."

"However, your film has quite a lot of details."

"The last film, except for that shooting..."

She hesitated, "There seems to be nothing to interpret the details of the loopholes."

"There is a lot to interpret in this film."

"Some people say that the Great Black Buddha Mother should be a product of the Indian religion, and some people say that it is from Yuncheng. Where do you think...?"

Zhang Xueming stared at Lu Zhengyi.

"The old corpse in the mountain village and the mantra focus on different directions, so they must be different."

Lu Zhengyi replied casually, "Where is the Great Black Buddha Mother? How do I know?"

"I'm not a screenwriter, I'm a director."

"However... when are you going to release those materials? I think that the movie is also released now, and the time is about the same."

What he was referring to was the wandering god video.

"It is indeed possible to release it, but there will be a better time."

Zhang Xueming looked away helplessly, put down the phone, picked up the spoon, and finally started to eat, "Now there are two hot search terms about "Curse" on the list, and our company has a special person responsible for keeping an eye on the popularity, at least for a day."

"When it's about the same time, the heat is going to drop, so we quickly put those materials on it, and then continue with a wave of hot spots, and we can hang it for another day or two."

"Actually, when I was in the car just now, when I saw this long review, I felt that there are many creative directions for this film. Perhaps, we can hold another 'literary fan creation' activity."

""The Curse" is shot very realistically, and in this world view of 'gods', there are actually many stories that can be derived, for example, the origin of the Great Black Buddha Mother, its relationship with Chenjia Village, and then the big lama in Yunnan."

"I believe that with the current enthusiasm, many netizens will be willing to participate in the creation and explore this mysterious and treacherous world, and the hot searches will continue."

After a few words, "Curse" has been on the hot search list for a week.

"Excellent, Manager Zhang."

Lu Zhengyi couldn't help giving a thumbs up, "Sure enough, you still have to find a professional to do the announcement."

"In the next play, if I can still cooperate with you and promote this aspect, I'm probably at ease."

"I just don't know, what conditions can Manager Zhang offer?"

It's all said to be a bargain, and the premiere of "Curse" has proven its quality.

At the same time, it also proves that Lu Zhengyi is capable of making a good horror film, not just luck.

Then, it's time to sell the cooperation rights for this next play.

Originally, Zhang Xueming, who was planning to say a few words of modesty, stopped the hand holding the spoon, raised his eyes and stared at Lu Zhengyi, "You want to cooperate with us?"

"If it's appropriate, why not?"

Lu Zhengyi also looked at her.

"Okay, you know about our company's situation."

Zhang Xueming restrained his smiling face because of the high popularity of "Curse", his face became serious, and he put down his spoon, "There are not many people, and a lot of projects have been missed."

"Yesterday, those two people who were borrowed by you to do the post-production also asked me to resign."

"I'll just say a word, you can put forward the conditions, as long as you can meet them, I will try my best."

In fact, she has always been very clear that Lu Zhengyi has great confidence in "Curse", and has been waiting for the film to be released before looking for a partner.

However, since last night, since the popularity and discussion of the premiere of the curse have remained high, she has no hope of reporting.

In particular, Li Feng and Yang Jianwei also mentioned resignation.

Where the two of them left their jobs, she didn't have to guess.

Therefore, Zhang Xueming only hopes to have a good ending in the cooperation of this drama, and the two of them can be regarded as keeping some relationship, so that they can drink soup when they have a suitable opportunity in the future.

But now, she was a little surprised.

"I mention?"

Lu Zhengyi smiled, "Okay, I'll mention it."

"During the preparation period, if I need it, I need to help me contact the right actors and teams."

"But during filming, don't interfere with our crew. You only need to do a good job in post-production publicity and distribution, just like the first two films."

Zhang Xueming replied without hesitation, "Sure, I never do things that I'm not good at, and besides, I don't dare."

She meant something.

"However, before you proceed with the conditions, I have one more question."

But before Lu Zhengyi could continue, she suddenly said, "What scene are you planning to shoot next? Do you have any ideas?"

"more or less."

Lu Zhengyi nodded, "This...the folk law teaching was filmed, and there are quite a lot of people who are interested, and people keep asking me about my practice."

"The next film, let's shoot Taoism."

"Hey, have you heard of Shengxian?"

As soon as he spoke these few words, all the expressions on Zhang Xueming's face stopped, and he stared straight at him.

(End of this chapter)