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

Chapter 230 [You are just anxious]

People at different stages will encounter different obstacles and goals.

When he first became a director, the obstacle in front of Lu Zhengyi was the mountain of stereotypes.

Almost no one thought he would succeed. When the news of the premiere of "The Old Corpse of the Mountain Village" was released, even though some big names were invited to help promote it, there were still some people who were bad-mouthing, saying "domestic horror films are not good" and "an impulsive young man". People', 'silly sons of landlords...' and the like.

Even later, Noh Zhengyi's "The Old Corpse in the Mountain Village" became popular due to the publicity of fans, but when the second part of "The Curse" was released, some people were still saying, "It's just good luck", "I'm not so lucky this time", 'Horror movies or foreign horror...' and that sort of thing.

Until one, two, three... No one can use the word "luck" to summarize his works.

The stereotype of horror movies in the hearts of Tang audiences was broken.

But then came new obstacles and goals.

"The director is so disgusting. He's trying to scare people for the sake of being scary."

"This movie has no basic artistic value at all. I really don't understand why so many people bought tickets."

"Capital, capital, the heat of speculation."

"Do so many people really like horror movies? It has a box office of one billion. How dare you brag about it? I don't know how much water there is in it."

"I read it with my brows furrowed from beginning to end. What's so interesting about this plot? It's as useless as a primary school student's diary."

……

After the craze for the curse became more and more intense, some different voices began to appear.

Some people began to analyze why this work became popular from the perspective of legitimate customers, and the result was that it was because the marketing was done well, and it had no artistic value in itself.
Some people think that this work is a bad work made by the director out of pure malice in order to disgust and scare people.

Some people even think that the performance of this film is not as popular as it seems on the surface. There are not that many people in Tang Dynasty who like horror films...

The appearance of these voices is of course a matter of course.

Lu Zhengyi was not surprised by this.

Among them, some people probably bought tickets to watch it in the cinema for two hours in order to keep up with the trend. Finally, out of fear and annoyance, they left a bad review.

Of course, it is also possible that some envious colleagues in the industry are setting the pace. After all, if Lu Zhengyi makes more, they will make less.

But no matter what the reason was, he accepted these scoldings as a matter of course, and directed the employees of Light and Shadow to suppress these remarks to a certain extent to prevent them from appearing in the eyes of more people.

"Why are you back? It's already so late."

Late at night, Zhang Xueming, who had just finished the meeting, was pulled away from get off work by Lu Zhengyi before he could sort out the meeting materials.

"No matter what, as a husband, I shouldn't leave you here alone at such a late hour and let others take you home, right?" Lu Zhengyi helped her open the car door, "I have already packed my luggage. Brought it home.”

Because after they returned to China, they took a taxi directly to the company without going home or driving.

So he took a taxi back home just now, put down his luggage, and then drove back.

"The company also has female employees."

Zhang Xueming got into the car and leaned back on the chair, looking very tired.

"Not for that reason."

Lu Zhengyi walked around from the front of the car to the driver's seat and got in. "I just think that as a husband, I should do this."

Lying on the back of the chair, Zhang Xueming couldn't help but curl her lips.

"But are you okay?"

But soon, she held on to her tired expression and comforted softly, "Don't care about those malicious comments. If you don't like them, you don't have to read them."

"what?"

Lu Zhengyi's hand that was about to start the car stopped and turned his head blankly.

"Eh?"

Zhang Xueming looked at his confused look, and her originally comforting tone became hesitant, "Aren't you... angry?"

"Why should I be angry?"

Lu Zhengyi asked puzzledly while starting the car.

"In a sense, you should be considered an artist, right? You are so keen on showing the words in the script in the form of a movie." Zhang Xueming asked, "For an artist, you have worked so hard to Shouldn’t we feel angry when our created works are casually belittled?”

"Although you haven't been directing this film for a long time, you must have put in a lot of sweat and seriousness, right?"

"It didn't matter if we weren't famous before, but this is your first movie since you won the award and was recognized by the Tang Dynasty film industry. The experience will be different, right?"

Lu Zhengyi looked at her helplessly and replied:

"What's there to be angry about? It's just something that happens naturally."

"As the saying goes, 'I am not money, so how can I be liked by everyone', but in fact, even money may be disliked by some people."

"In that case, what do I have to be angry about? Rather than being angry, I should be thinking about how to deal with it, right?"

In fact, no matter what kind of work it is, it cannot be accepted by everyone.

Even for those celebrities and saints whose names have been passed down through the ages, some of their works and words may not be recognized by the world.

"If Journey to the West were published today, there would probably be no chance of it being published. What kind of thing is it?" "Lu Xun's works have no sense of beauty. They mainly criticize current affairs. In terms of literature, he is third-rate. Some of his novels are disgusting." "The criticism is not on point", "What's so good about One Hundred Years of Solitude? There are many works nowadays that have the same content and spirit."It's outdated and difficult to understand, like a history book...'

Comments like this appear all the time on the modern Internet, no matter what country it is.

Even with those works, Noh is not arrogant enough to make everyone like his films.

What he has to do is to prevent the speeches of those he dislikes from becoming a trend and reduce their appearance in the eyes of others.

After all, a person is easily influenced, and there are not many people who can truly believe what they see.

These viewers who make comments with the emotion of "dislike", no matter what the purpose is, whether they are sincere or not, once they appear in the eyes of those who have not seen the film, it will easily affect their judgment. .

People who originally planned to buy tickets and watch the movie on site may have stopped thinking because of a simple comment.

"Really……"

Zhang Xueming gave him a complicated look.

She was honestly at a loss.

When you are not famous, it goes without saying.

But after a person becomes famous, he must have a certain degree of arrogance.How many people were humble and reserved before becoming famous, but after becoming famous, they became arrogant and unwilling to hear a bad word.

Although Lu Zhengyi has always been calm, he is also an extraordinary person.But when facing an interest that you are passionate about, after you have done something practical, you are criticized by some people for some inexplicable reasons, you will definitely have negative emotions, right?
At least, if you have worked hard to make achievements that far exceed those of your father, who is now the head of the company, and the grandfather of the founder of the company, and bring the light and shadow to a higher level, the people in the company will still use the term "relational customers". ', 'Good luck' and other comments, then I will definitely be angry.

Can a person really be so calm when facing such a thing?

"never mind."

Zhang Xueming was once again surprised by Lu Zhengyi's temperament, but he did not think deeply about it and turned to speak, "But you actually took the initiative to help the company handle affairs, and you were quite skillful. When I came out of the conference room just now, I heard This news is quite unexpected.”

"After all, the promise I made to you was that as long as you make a good work with peace of mind, leave everything else to me."

"But I didn't expect that you would take the initiative to participate."

And it's obvious that he has never done this before...

"Actually, other people in the company can also think of the methods I proposed."

Lu Zhengyi drove the car onto the main road, "I don't have much experience in company management."

"In fact, I only put forward some solutions at the beginning, and many of the subsequent contents were put forward by the employees themselves."

"They can actually find solutions to many things that sound troublesome. It's just that rather than raising them themselves, they prefer to ask others to raise them, or in other words, when others take responsibility, they can solve them. Bring it up yourself.”

At this point, he paused, "Few people can be indispensable in a team. A team will never lack people who propose solutions and implement them. What is lacking is people who can take responsibility. .”

"And I just stood up as your husband at the right time and took responsibility."

When Guangying's vice president and above are busy with external development meetings.

As the son-in-law of the Zhang family, even though Lu Zhengyi has no real power, the weight of his words is worthy of the position of some department managers.

As long as he is willing to stand up and bear the consequences of possible failure, then others will naturally not continue to pretend to be deaf and dumb and muddle through.

Zhang Xueming was silent.

Lu Zhengyi is right, many people are actually not incapable.

It's just that under the influence of various aspects such as position, consequences, salary... I choose to put myself in a relatively comfortable and stable area.

Not doing things, not taking care of things, or even not seeing things.

There is one and only one solution, and that is for someone to stand up and take responsibility.

Only this one.

But to implement this solution, one more thing is needed.

"You seem to be ignoring the issue of decision-making."

In the dim car, Zhang Xueming took a while before speaking again, "Others have proposed solutions, and you are the one who chooses from those solutions. This is not easy."

"I briefly read your chat history in the group. If it were me, I would make the same choice as you."

"For example, ask them to pay attention to whether there are some fans on the external network who speak with real names and have certain working abilities."

As she spoke, she stared at Lu Zhengyi closely, "This is probably a preliminary arrangement for the subsequent recruitment of overseas employees and expansion of the company's scale."

"You can see that with the current size of the company, if your fame expands again and affects the entire Dongzhou, then Light and Shadow may not be able to back you up well."

"Before, I was still thinking about why you said that if the movie was a small hit, you would continue to shoot in the Republic of China and pursue the victory. But if it became a hit, you would go back to China to shoot first. It turns out that you have always had this consideration."

She said that, but she only realized it after she returned home in the afternoon, sorted out the meeting documents, and saw the "dong dong dong" flashing work group.

It's just a Grudge, and after one attempt, the current employees of Light and Shadow can't even control basic data monitoring, let alone there may be Grudge 2, 3, or even other horror movies in the future.

Lu Zhengyi's current movies already have many audiences from more distant overseas countries, either black-skinned or white-skinned.

When they really leave Dongzhou and face those financial groups from the Western entertainment industry, they may only be able to help a little bit through their previous connections.

Other than that, they can't do anything.

But in this way, the promise I made to him was not fulfilled.

This was the reason why Zhang Xueming had been silent for so long. She didn't know whether she should speak out.

"In fact, we can consider bringing in overseas capital."

Zhang Xueming suggested, "Like Dongbao of Heguo, we can win over more allies."

"Besides, originally, didn't we have a plan in this regard? Let light and shadow become a giant."

"With their help, no matter what kind of film you make..."

Before she could finish her words, a big hand suddenly stretched out from the darkness and held her hand.

The warm warmth spread from his palms, causing Zhang Xueming to stop talking.

"If you want to enter their territory and make money, it is inevitable to accept their investment." Lu Zhengyi's gentle voice sounded from inside the car, "But the size of the light and shadow depends on whether the main body of this interest group is them or us."

"There are no shortcuts to this matter. It needs to be done step by step. You should approach them in a more forceful and calm manner."

"Actually, you understand these things, Xueming, you are just anxious."

As he spoke, his palm slipped in from the gap between his fingers and completely wrapped it, "I walked too fast, which made you a little anxious."

"But it doesn't matter. I will stop for now and wait for you to come to me with light and shadow, and then we can continue moving forward."

"The relationship between us is that you choose me and I choose you, so I will wait for you."

His voice was soft, like chatting.

Zhang Xueming, who was a little irritable at first, looked at him blankly.

From time to time, the dim street lights shine through the car window and hit his face.

Even when he was talking, Lu Zhengyi always obeyed the traffic rules, holding the steering wheel with one hand and looking at the road ahead.

Just looking at the side face, Zhang Xueming's irritable mood slowly calmed down.

Although this face looked very vicious to others, from a long time ago, in her eyes, it no longer looked too fierce, and instead made people feel safe.

But this time, he brought himself a sense of security as always.

'So, is this part of the obligation? '

(End of this chapter)