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

Chapter 145 [This is just a show]

"Is it high production? Hmm... Actually, it's not bad. Two movies a year sounds very productive, but if you compare it with the previous film market, it's actually quite normal."

"After all, our films are only low-budget films. It is actually quite easy to review all aspects."

"Many films are now released slowly. What is the main situation? Schedule, review, and theaters, these three points."

"Many films like to pick some special days for release, such as rest days, holidays, winter and summer vacations... These days, but people working in this circle should know that once everyone separates, they want to reunite. It is more difficult to be together, and it is more difficult to control the schedule."

"After that, there is an audit. Nowadays, not only the film itself needs to be checked for film release, but also the investment companies and actors have to be checked. When many films are released at the end and the behind-the-scenes list is released, everyone can actually pay attention. There are three or four investment companies, and there are countless sponsors, so it is very necessary to confirm the health of the organizational structure and the compliance of the capital chain, and it is also very long."

"This series of processes basically requires planning half a year or even a year in advance, and more importantly, there must be theaters willing to support it. Therefore, generally a movie will wait a year or two before it is released. Pretty normal."

Lu Zhengyi stood on the stage and explained the reasons for the high production of the crew, "As for our crew, they are all small roles. Basically, we have to rest at home for two or three months after filming a film, which is basically in time for the schedule."

"As for the audit, we are a small-budget movie, and the investment ratio is basically two to three, which is very small, and it is easy to review clearly."

"As for the theater chain, it is thanks to the unique vision of our partner company, Guangying, who is willing to invest in us and help us make a publicity plan."

……

"Jason, may I ask how you made a horror movie for the first time, and it's a horror movie from Tang Dynasty. What do you think about it?"

"In my opinion, I am more interested in the traditional culture of the Tang Dynasty, especially the Taoist culture. Originally, I was very interested in the Qi and Kung Fu of the Tang Dynasty, but this time when I was filming with the double pupil crew , I went to a magical place and met a superman."

"No, it should be a strange person. Yes, I practiced with a Taoist priest for a period of time in the Taoist temple in the play. During that time, I felt that my soul was purified."

……

"My question is to ask Teacher Chang, did Huang Huotu die in the end? Or did he become a fairy?"

"For this question... Well, because it is an open ending, it depends on whether you want him to live or let him go."

"Our director Lu likes to bury all kinds of dark lines in a movie, so that the audience can have different understandings of the plot. The result is not important, what matters is what kind of result you are willing to believe and accept."

……

"Teacher Yu, I want to ask if Xie Yali will become a fairy in the end?"

"Um... This question is actually the same as the question that the audience friend asked Mr. Chang just now."

"I'm paraphrasing his words, which kind of ending you are more likely to accept, that is that kind of ending."

……

"... May I ask Teacher Li Zhenxi, what do you think of the role of Cai Qingfang? Is her role an obstacle on the road to immortality?"

"In fact, I discussed this issue with Director Lu during the audition. I think my daughter and I are more like a calamity of Huanghuotu, a calamity of love."

"But this catastrophe, it is not necessarily a bad obstacle, it may be a branch option. Just like the sentient way and the ruthless way in Taoism, Huang Huotu put down everything in life, he became a fairy, and walked the ruthless way Then if he wakes up in the cry of his daughter and he is unwilling to let go, it doesn’t necessarily mean that he won’t be able to become a fairy. He may walk the way of sentient beings. After all, our drama is about the theme of Taoism. .”

……

After all, there is an age limit for buying tickets, so the people present are not young in age.

The youngest girl looks like she is 21 or [-] years old.

Now that we are adults, although everyone has gradually become bold because of the easy-going attitude of Lu Zhengyi and others, they are no longer so afraid of the media's camera. Basically, everyone stood up and chatted for a while, but everyone's words are still relatively measured of.

Most of the problems were concentrated on Lu Zhengyi and Jason.

Ask the film crew about the interesting stories, who performed the best,
Or ask Jason how he felt when he was shooting a horror film for the first time, and whether he was scared during the process.

Next came Chang Zhengwei and Yu Wenxiu.

Ask Huang Huotu whether he is dead or alive in the end, and whether Xie Yali will become a fairy in the end.

People like Li Zhenxi, Zhang Yuming, and Liu Baoning had fewer problems.

However, there will still be some viewers who are more enthusiastic. When they see someone on the stage being left out, they just ask, so that they don't stand on the stage and watch others interact.

The questioning atmosphere on the spot was still very good.

After all, few people are able to say bad things in front of others, and few people are willing to do it.

They can speak freely in the comment area after the end, there is no need to offend people in person.

But there will always be some people who are more prominent and bolder in performance.

"Director Lu, do you think the movie you made this time is scary?"

The voice was very soft, and it could be heard that it was a young person.

When this question was asked, whether it was the auditorium, the media in front of the stage, Lu Zhengyi and others on the stage, everyone turned their attention to the seat where the voice came from.

Especially those media reporters, all with eager eyes, constantly adjusting the camera position, aiming at this young man.

There must be close-ups.

A group of people looked at the young man eagerly, and they almost called him, and they were bolder and said refund the ticket.

"Wait, I didn't mean your film was bad."

Then, the young man seemed to be aware of what he just said, and hurriedly explained, "Because I only started watching your horror movies from the last movie, which is the curse, and I am a horror movie lover." fanatics, even fanatics.”

"I used to watch foreign horror movies, because honestly speaking, I understand everything I know about movies in the domestic market, and I can't hold back a good one for a year. Must not."

"However, your previous two works gave me a feeling that the domestic market still seems to be saved, and perhaps with such anticipation, I grabbed tickets to watch such a premiere here in the middle of the night. "

Having said that, his expression was a bit regretful, "But to be honest, the movie is good, but it's not scary."

"Its plot is very compact, and it can be seen that the main creative team is also very serious about expressing this story. It is a good crime film, but not a good horror film. What I want to ask is, did you choose the wrong script? ?”

Although the young man's words at the beginning were quite straightforward.

But when he added explanations later, he was very organized.

For a moment, everyone didn't know whether he asked such a straightforward question because he was too young, or whether he was doing it on purpose.

"That's a good question..."

Seeing that this person was coming towards him, Lu Zhengyi raised the microphone and replied softly, "Actually, from the expressions on everyone's faces when I entered the scene just now, I can probably tell that this film is not scary. to people."

"In fact, when my first two films came out, I sneaked people with the crew to see the reaction."

"Basically, every time I watch it, there will be silence for a long time, but this time everyone is quite happy watching it, and the discussion seems to be quite lively. I can roughly think that there may be such a problem."

All media reporters turned their cameras to Lu Zhengyi, waiting for his answer.

And the same is true for many audiences present, including the few film critics behind.

It's just that compared to other people, their expressions at this moment are somewhat complicated, doubts, panic, fear...

"Actually, my definition of horror films is relatively simple."

On stage, Lu Zhengyi continued to answer, "The most important thing about horror films is to let the audience have negative emotions such as fear, anxiety, panic, etc., and to get entertainment experience in the body and heart by venting these emotions, a different kind of stimulation. feel."

"So horror movies can almost be regarded as the lowest-cost extreme sports, provided that the movie is scary enough to make the human body accelerate the secretion of adrenaline through fear."

"And when I was trying to get in touch with the horror film industry, many relatively classic films actually have one thing in common, that is, they are real enough."

Horror movies don’t necessarily have to be spiritual themes, such as disaster movies that make people feel helpless and uneasy, criminal movies adapted from classic crime cases, and depressing drama movies brought about by endless loops…

While they bring negative emotions to the audience, they don't make people have the idea of ​​acting.

This kind of realistic film is a very classic horror film.

But for this answer, the face of the young man who asked the question changed, "Real? Do you mean that this film has a prototype?"

This sentence made many people present change their faces.

Just talking about this kind of horror film with supernatural themes, in fact, few people think that the film will have a prototype.

How terrifying would it be if there were a prototype?
However, Lu Zhengyi's film is more of a crime film, so after his explanation, many people inevitably began to feel that this case has a prototype.

After all, similar events can be found in real cases in almost all crime films.

"No, no, of course there is no prototype."

Lu Zhengyi waved his hand helplessly, "I'm just saying that we took pictures very realistically."

"It's true, but..."

The young man wanted to say something else.

"Excuse me, let me interrupt."

But behind them, a hoarse voice suddenly interrupted their conversation.

This voice did not pass through the microphone, but it reached everyone's ears soberly.

In the last row, a middle-aged man wearing glasses stood up.

He held a paper notebook in one hand and a mobile phone with a bright screen in the other.

"Director Lu, I just noticed that you have been emphasizing the truth, but you also said that what happened in the plot is not adapted from real events."

"Then I take the liberty to jump in and ask first, what is truth? If I don't ask, I find it really difficult for me to sit here and take this movie as an illusory story with peace of mind."

"Because I searched Zhenxian Temple on the Internet just now, and wanted to find out where you filmed..."

As he said that, the man picked up the phone and read word by word, "Let me say it first, this is news, not something from a novel."

"After I searched, what popped up was a report from Sichuan City's official TV station in January this year. Five months ago, due to the weather, the ground collapsed in Fengshan, and an underground palace was rediscovered. In this report, it was mentioned that "True Immortal" The three words "Guan", because this underground palace is a Taoist temple, it is called Zhenxian Temple, so I found it!"

"Currently, this underground palace should be still being explored and understood by archaeologists. Regarding this news, I searched the entire Internet, and the only ones actually reported were Chuancheng TV Station and Fengshan Local People's Livelihood TV Station."

Because Lu Zhengyi has a good grasp of the atmosphere and rhythm of the on-site interaction, so except for the person who asked the question, even if other people have discussions, they are very quiet.

Therefore, the few words of this middle-aged man who interrupted suddenly were very clear.

All of a sudden, almost everyone in the auditorium was stunned.

Including those media reporters, they forgot to turn the camera for a while, and stood there in a daze.

It can be said that apart from the crew of Mei Limao, only Zhang Xueming in the entrance aisle looked calm.

Everyone else, including the person in charge of the theater, Jason on the stage, and the manager next to Jason who was in charge of translating, were all stunned.

They couldn't understand what happened at all.

"Director Lu, are you really making a movie?"

The middle-aged man asked in a hoarse voice.

……

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"I was very happy after watching Shuangtong today, thinking that director Lu finally became a human again, and made some horror movies that normal people can adapt to, so I wanted to give a good review. It turned out to be a trending search, good guy, really It's a good guy."

"Six, the Temple of True Immortals has been unearthed, so it's time for someone to prepare for the five prisons to become immortals."

"Prophet, the knife has been cut."

"Director Lu is making a movie? No, he's teaching the Fa!"

"Woooo brothers, I don't want to be burned to death, I..."

"Upstairs, I've already beaten the demon spirit."

……

In the night of April [-]st,

A premiere interactive video appeared on Weibo,
The entry titled 'True Immortal Temple' went straight to the top of the hot search list.

For the first time, the topic of archaeological research, which has never been paid much attention to, has attracted a lot of attention. It was originally just two reports from local TV stations that were light and read without even breaking a thousand, but it became a discussion gathering place for a large number of netizens.

If a movie is interesting enough and real enough, people will often look for the story behind the movie.

For example, shooting behind-the-scenes, creating background... all kinds of questions.

It's like a mantra, if you write 'inside the mantra' on the input box of the encyclopedia, various search terms will pop up, 'is the mantra in the mantra real', 'what is the prototype of the Buddha mother in the mantra' , 'Is there a ghost in the curse? '

And now the double pupil has the same content.

'Where is the Temple of True Immortals? ', 'Has the history of five prisons becoming immortals happened? ', 'Is it true that the five prisons become immortals? ', 'The whole network is looking for a girl with double pupils named Xie Yali', 'Is Lu Zhengyi trying to tell us something through the movie...'

When everyone who watched the double pupil just walked out of the movie theater, they felt that the film was not bad and suitable for "normal people" to watch.

As long as they pay attention to the information on the Internet, they will reverse this thinking in an instant.

Lu Zhengyi once again used a classic off-the-market trick, making it difficult to tell the truth from the fake.

But this time, compared to Yu Ju, there is only a video of making extras.

This time it was a real news report that the True Immortal Temple was unearthed in Fengshan, Sichuan City!
"what?!"

"Do you know what time it is? I just fell asleep!"

"Call me in the middle of the night. If you don't give me a reason, go to the location tomorrow!"

In the early morning of April [-]nd,
Chuancheng,

A sleeping man was awakened by the sound of the phone from his sleep, and picked up the phone with an irritable tone.

"Editor-in-chief, the director asked us to gather urgently and rush to Fengshan."

Although it was late at night, the caller on the other end of the phone was very excited, "Didn't there be an underground palace in Fengshan last year, and we reported a piece of news at that time."

"True Immortal View, right? Didn't that news article not even have a thousand views? Now who likes to pay attention to these things, it's better to report on people's livelihood." The editor-in-chief replied with a yawn, but got up after all, wearing slippers and getting ready to wash .

Since it was the director who asked him to work overtime, he couldn't just ignore it and pretend he didn't know.

"Now the number of readings has exceeded 50, and it has skyrocketed!"

On the other end of the phone, the voice of the speaker was raised, "In the middle of the night, the number of direct readings has increased from a few hundred to more than 50, and a new number will be reached every time it is refreshed. I think this report will attract at least a million readers tomorrow." Reading volume!"

"……what?"

The editor-in-chief held the toothbrush and made a blank sound.

"Do you know Lu Zhengyi? A director."

The person on the phone quickly explained, with a mix of fear and excitement in his tone, "He made a movie, and there is also a true fairy temple in it."

"Now a lot of netizens are discussing whether some of the things in this movie are true. The director asked us to go over and find out the situation."

"But the main thing is to see if there are any steles in the unearthed cultural relics. If not, report it truthfully. If there are..."

If anything, things are off the charts.

"Make a movie? No."

The editor-in-chief couldn't understand, "He's a director, he's in the entertainment industry, he knows some insider information in advance, so that people can make a script based on this view of the real fairy, get the buzz, adapt it and make a movie, how can it cause such a big thing gone."

"Is it so easy for netizens nowadays to believe, and so easy to be rhythmic?"

"Do they still want to cultivate immortals?"

He was still a little resentful when he was called up to work overtime in the middle of the night.

Although, if this report is done well, he can receive a lot of bonuses.

On the other end of the phone, the voice of the caller slowly sank, "But the problem is that the underground palace was unearthed in November, and Lu Zhengyi's film will start at the end of November."

"For him to make a movie, it will definitely take time to prepare. There is a high probability that there will be such a script in September."

"And this director is really a bit evil. It was rumored on the Internet that there are ghosts in their crew, and even... this time, there are many people from Taoist palaces and Taoist temples to help him stand up."

After these words were spoken, the editor-in-chief fell silent even if he hadn't seen the film.

……

"Honestly, I really think you're a bit damaged."

And at the same time,

In Light and Shadow Media, in the manager's office, Zhang Xueming, who worked all night, stared helplessly at Lu Zhengyi, who was sitting on the opposite chair, "It's really incredible that you can come up with so many tricks in order to create such a terrifying atmosphere. easy."

After the premiere, Lu Zhengyi did not go home.

Instead, he accompanied Zhang Xueming to her office. This time, he wanted to see with his own eyes how people turned clouds and rain on the Internet.

"No way, it's really not easy to make an adult feel fearful."

Lu Zhengyi was a little helpless, "If many movies were watched when they were young, they can indeed give people a feeling of childhood shadows, because children have rich imaginations, and when they watch them, they start to scare themselves."

"But when they grow up and look at these so-called childhood shadows in turn, many people will find it boring."

"Because an adult already has quite perfect judgment, if you go to the movies with the impression that 'ghost movies are fake' from the beginning, in fact, most people will find it difficult to truly integrate and imagine."

At this point, he paused, "To become an impressive classic horror film, they must first let them get rid of the cognitive impression that 'ghosts don't exist'."

"Imagine, when you know that there are really ghosts in this world, or there are really five prisons and immortals in this world, and then watch these movies, how will you feel?"

He looked at Zhang Xueming eagerly, waiting for her answer.

Zhang Xueming, who was still staring at the computer screen and paying attention to the data, fell silent.

No need to imagine, her sense of substitution is already quite strong.

"Probably fear."

Seeing that Zhang Xueming did not join in, Lu Zhengyi could only reply regretfully, "Especially those who have committed crimes, what would it be like to watch this film? I feel that everyone around me is an enemy, and they all want a knife." Own."

"But under the fear, you will desperately want to know the 'truth' and search for all kinds of content."

"And at this time, it's time to reverse."

An explanation video by a Taoist priest who was born in a formal Taoist temple.

It is false to become immortal in the five prisons, but Taoist classics have recorded such an example of breaking the five prisons and becoming immortal.

At that time, once the true and false information on the Internet is mixed, who will be able to tell the true from the false?

Are there some insiders who are conveying something to the world through these works?
Do ghosts really exist in this world?
Is it just a marketing campaign?

(End of this chapter)