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

Chapter 231 [Vice President Zhang]

"It's forbidden. What a lousy movie. It's just disgusting."

"It is recommended that the abridged version be banned as well."

"This kind of film should not appear. It completely destroys the green and harmonious development environment of the film market..."

The sun shines directly through the window into the room with the curtains completely open.

In this bright and comfortable room, a boy in his twenties was sitting in the corner holding a notebook, typing on the keyboard.

"Ding-dong-"

But just then, the phone rang.

The sudden sound made the boy's body tremble.

But soon, he looked at his phone and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Are you OK?"

Opening the message box, the four words sent by his girlfriend made the boy's face turn red instantly.

"Of course it's fine."

He responded quickly to the message.

"But when you went back yesterday, you didn't look too good." The girlfriend's message came back quickly, "Next time we go on a date, we'd better not watch horror movies. You don't have the courage."

'Can not be done……'

These three simple words were highlighted in red and were extremely dazzling in the chat bubble.

"It's just this movie that's not good. It's just for the sake of being scary!"

The boy blushed and typed a line of words and sent it.

But as soon as he sent it, his hand stopped, his expression became panicked, and he wanted to press and hold to withdraw.

Unfortunately, my girlfriend already has a new reply in the chat box.

"?"

A very simple question mark.

"If horror movies aren't scary, do they still want to move you and make you laugh?"

Then comes a question.

"No, I didn't mean that." The boy quickly suppressed the shame in his heart and tried to remedy it. His emotional intelligence was on the line, "Okay, I was really scared. This movie is too scary. You can still watch it after watching it yesterday. I admire him for praising this film with excitement."

"Of course, I've been watching horror movies since I was a kid!"

Sure enough, the girlfriend's attention was quickly diverted, which made the boy sigh in relief.

"Boom boom boom——"

But at this moment, a dull sound suddenly sounded from upstairs, right above the boy's head.

At this moment, many pictures appeared in his mind.

Chen Junsheng's, Kanda Kyoko's, Abu Kuan's, and finally the house that is clearly illuminated by the sun, but seems to be shadowed.

"Fuck, those upstairs, can you please stop disturbing the people in broad daylight?"

……

And just when the angry boy was roaring upstairs, he was in a room a building away.

The same boy in his twenties was also alone in a bright rental house, also holding a notebook.

But compared to someone who was frightened and broke his defense, he was obviously different.

"Where can I find the uncut version of The Grudge?"

"Brothers, please provide resources."

"Friends, there are no moles, and there are no resources for the uncut version of The Grudge..."

From QQ groups, to Tieba, and even Twitter, he was eager to find the uncut version of the resources.

"Huh? You haven't seen it yet."

"What's going on? It's scary. The little bar owner is unqualified. Let me do it. (Uprising)"

"I haven't found it yet. It seems that no one took the photo. It may have been stolen, but it can't be uploaded to the Internet."

But unfortunately, no matter which platform he turned to for help, he could not find the resources he wanted.

"hateful!"

"I'm a caterer, and I happened to work overtime during the holidays a few days ago. I worked [-] hours a day, and I didn't even have time to watch it!"

"Now that the vacation is over, the film has been banned directly. I'm so stupid!"

The boy gritted his teeth and typed on the keyboard.

He doesn't have many hobbies, and now because of overtime work, he has even been deprived of his only hobby!

As for the abridged version, he was afraid that after watching it, it would affect his perception when the resources for the unabridged version came out!
"Actually, just watch the abridged version. I've seen both versions, and there's not much difference."

In a group chat for horror movie lovers, the group leader appeared.

Huh?
The boy's heart was lifted.

"If the uncut version can score 9.4 points, the abridged version should get 8 points, right?"

But then, the group leader suddenly said again.

"Isn't this a big difference?!"

The boy's heart sank again when he mentioned it.

"Nonsense. According to this calculation, the abridged version only has 7 points at most. It is completely two films, right?"

But then, another group member jumped out and retorted, "The uncut version of The Grudge is probably Director Lu's best work so far."

hateful!

Seeing those who had watched it, trying so hard to whet their appetites, the boys' fists became hard.

"I haven't watched it yet. Is the plot of this movie very eye-catching?"

Fortunately, for those who didn't have time to look, he was not the only one in the group.

This comforted the boy's heart.

"On the contrary."

The group leader who just now vowed that there is not much difference jumped out again, "It should be said that the plot of this movie is very monotonous. You can guess the plot just by reading the introduction. This movie is terrifying. The problem lies not in the plot, but in the special effects and the director’s way of directing.”

"The type of ghosts in this film is actually similar to that of Director Lu's first film 'The Corpse in the Village'. It's just that the shooting techniques, the arrangement of character positions, the post-production special effects, and the editing... are different from those in 'The Corpse in the Village'" 'He has matured so much. By contrast, you can definitely see that he is growing as a director."

"What can I say about the abridged version? It has castrated the scariest part of this horror film. The horror shown by the director's directing techniques has been castrated and turned into a half-finished product. But for some people, the deleted version The reduced version is completely acceptable.”

It's numb, doesn't it mean there's not much difference?
The boys almost cursed.

But the opposite person is the group leader, a dog with authority.

"But as far as I know, the film "The Grudge" is also very popular abroad. It seems that Masayoshi Noh originally planned the filming mainly overseas."

On the chat box, the leader of the group, the horse-headed man holding a big knife, has not yet stopped talking, "Because the plot is very simple and almost does not involve any profound culture, so both Easterners and Westerners can understand it. "

"In addition, this film focuses on the thrill of shooting techniques and other technical techniques, rather than winning on the plot, so many foreigners were also frightened, and now the topic activity on Twitter has increased very quickly."

"So if you have the ability, you can go to foreign theaters to watch it. It should not be banned there. As for the tourist route, the cheapest one should be the Elephant Country, but it is not necessarily safe. The second is the Southern Dynasty Country, which has low consumption. Some, but nothing interesting. After all, the place is small. Since we have gone abroad, why don’t we just come back after watching a movie? So the last option is Heguo, and Director Lu’s main shooting location this time is Heguo.”

He gave a solution.

Damn, I have to go abroad to watch a horror movie?The boy looked at the text in the bubble and slammed the table.

……

Everything has two sides. Under the wave of grudges, there are people who make malicious comments because the plot is unacceptable. Of course, there are also people who are struggling to find an uncut version of the resource on the Internet.

The situation is generally like feeling it coming, but can't find a suitable website.

Unfortunately, some resources remain on the Internet simply because they are not strictly checked.

If you really want to conduct a strict investigation, no resources can be hidden.

And the curse is precisely the subject of strict investigation.

"As for the issue of The Grudge being removed from the shelves, the current answer given by the State Administration of Film and Television is that it is unqualified."

At the monthly summary meeting of Light and Shadow Media, Lin Mozhi, who was responsible for handling review issues, told the results with regret on his face.

"There is no way, this film is indeed unacceptable to many people."

"The uncut version cannot be released now, and even the abridged version has to be modified to a certain extent."

"But as far as the current income from this movie is concerned, you don't have to worry about losses. The situation is definitely profitable, and there is still a lot to gain."

On the high platform, he looked at the investors in the front row of seats below.

Those investors breathed a sigh of relief when they heard that they had gained a lot.

But then, they showed their unwillingness.

Now that I have made money, I naturally want to make more.

Among them, someone soon raised his arms and stood up, "Vice President Lin, I'm sorry to interrupt, but I actually know the film and television director here..."

They all wanted to show off their personal connections and try to fish out this fruitful film to make the profits even richer.

"Our Light and Shadow is considered an established brand in the industry."

Vice President Lin said tactfully, "There are actually quite a few people I know."

The implication is that if they can't solve the relationship, how can they solve it with the relationship between several of their investors?
If he was really that awesome, the person standing here speaking now would not be a person of his light and shadow, but them.

In a cooperation, of course, the most capable person has the most say.

After saying this, several investors smiled coquettishly and stopped talking.

Next, Manager Zhang, as the main person in charge of the project, came to the stage to summarize.

She first talked about the good news that Grudge had successfully signed contracts with several overseas theaters.

Then, he began to mention that the film's fame has begun to extend to the West, and listed several celebrities who spoke with their real names on Twitter.

Finally, he briefly mentioned the company’s possible future expansion and asked several investors present for their thoughts.

And the result, of course, was nothing.

When light and shadow have developed to this level, it is not easy to expand the scale.

A relatively reasonable way is, of course, to merge and acquire other companies of the same type.

But mergers and acquisitions can also be divided into good intentions and bad intentions.

Compared with secretly acquiring the equity of other companies, hostile mergers force companies to put forward sale conditions.

Lighting wants to try a more efficient and money-saving method.

As an established company, Guangying has many 'friends' in the industry, and the investors who are willing to invest in Grudge this time under their guarantee are of course friends with whom they have always cooperated relatively closely.

And as long as they come up with a convincing enough plan, let them see the future development plan of Light and Shadow, let them understand that this ship is very big, and can gallop in the sea full of treasures, making gold, and let them know that Light and Shadow can take them with them. make money.

Then, Guangying can achieve mergers and acquisitions and expand its scale without using a huge capital chain and time to secretly acquire other companies.

And only need to reorganize the group structure and merge under the conditions agreed upon by both parties, and then an ocean-going fleet can be built in the shortest possible time.

And if in this merger and acquisition case, persuading these friendly businessmen and maximizing the right to speak is what Vice President Zhang should consider.

Yes, Vice President Zhang.

At the end of the company meeting, as the person in charge, Zhang Chuanxing officially mentioned his daughter to the position of Vice President Zhang.

No one from the executives present objected to this decision.

Not to mention, Zhang Xueming and Lu Zhengyi have just done a big thing for the company that no one has done since its establishment.

Even if there is no such big event, if Zhang Xueming wants to sit in this position, no one present will object.

It's just that the former makes people a little more convinced, while the latter makes people a little more jealous.

At the same time, Zhang Chuanxing transferred the equity that originally belonged to his sister-in-law Hu Yue to Lu Zhengyi.

After all, Hu Yue is from the Hu family. When she was in power, she was her brother-in-law and her closest and most reliable relative.

But in the future, the company will eventually be left to my daughter to take care of.

And the daughter's marriage partner is Lu Zhengyi. From now on, for the Zhang family, the closest relatives will be the Lu family.

If Hu Yue is still allowed to hold the shares, the young couple may be controlled by others in the future, so he is very straightforward.

As for how his father-in-law persuaded the Hu family, Lu Zhengyi didn't know.

After all, that was the business of the previous dynasty.

The direction he should work towards this time is probably different.

"Actually, if the marketing hadn't been so hot back then, maybe Grudge wouldn't have been blocked now, and that's not even certain."

When he got off work, he couldn't wait to change his work station. Zhang Xueming, who was wiping the title plate of 'Vice President Zhang Xueming', suddenly said.

But that only goes so far.

"Indeed, marketing is a double-edged sword. It pushes the grudge to a level that it shouldn't be."

But Lu Zhengyi understood what she meant.

Thanks to their marketing, Grudge became a craze.

And just like the original "Shoulder Dance", when such a movie continues to hit the screen and is known to more people, it becomes a craze.

Naturally, there will be people who will do things they shouldn't do in pursuit of this craze.

Those 'ordinary people' who don't like to watch horror movies and rarely watch horror movies will step into the theater under this craze.

Then, they would feel uncomfortable as their tolerance for horror films was not high, causing a series of problems, until finally, these problems led the State Administration of Film and Television to make the decision to ban it.

But if the original marketing was only carried out within a reasonable range, then I believe that the audience attracted will only be those who originally love horror movies.

Lu Zhengyi believes that those who love horror movies will only slowly accept and adapt after seeing the movie The Grudge, even if they feel scared and uncomfortable because of this movie.

Just like the flight attendant back then, although she was scared, she would still help Lu Zhengyi explain it instead of reporting or abusing him.

Compared with watching "The Grudge" by these uninformed viewers, it was definitely more uncomfortable for Miss Lin Zimo to watch "The First Commandment" when she knew a certain truth.

That's why the same situation as Abu Kuan's situation occurred during the filming of The Grudge, where he was directly frightened and fainted.

"But no matter what, people should be content with what they have."

Lu Zhengyi smiled and replied, "I think the current result is pretty good."

"There is no need to think about whether the film would have been banned if there had not been such extensive marketing."

"And if I wasn't banned, would I have made more money?"

He has always been such a calm person.

Whether it is the anger that he should have when faced with abuse and slander, or the greed that will inevitably arise now, he makes very rational judgments.

(End of this chapter)