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

Chapter 268 [Grudge 2]

Zhang Yuming: Oh my God, in just a few days, Director Lu has many more fans than an actor like me.

Yu Li: Isn’t this normal? Director Lu's popularity was already very high, but before, he was more of a behind-the-scenes person, so no one paid attention to him.

Zhang Yuming: Although, I feel that Director Lu can now compete with those high-traffic celebrities.

Zhang Yu: It is indeed abnormal. I have never heard of any director with such a high number of fans. Oh, this excludes those who have switched careers from actors in front of the screen to become directors behind the scenes. Their popularity is already high.

Chang Zhengwei: But is this a good thing? Some time ago, Director Lu was scolded badly, and now there are still some weird comments on Weibo.

Zhang Yu: Who told him to say that? If he doesn't say it himself, no one will know.

Yu Wenxiu: Director Lu probably wouldn’t care about this. I also watched the live broadcast and he was as calm as ever.

Bai Wei: Indeed, with Director Lu’s temperament, he wouldn’t care what others say. I feel that even if these people said those words to Director Lu face to face instead of across the Internet, he would listen to them with a smile and then blast them.

Huang Yunli: I always feel that in the eyes of seniors, Director Lu is already a god.

Yu Wenxiu: @黄云丽I heard that you are from Chaocheng. I suggest that you just go to Director Lu directly every month in the future.

Lu Zhengyi: @张煜@白伟 You two were in the middle of the meeting and said you were going out to pour a cup of tea, but when you poured it down, no one was there?

Zhang Xueming: Is @鲁正伱 in the company? I'll go over there.

……

A live broadcast allowed many people to get to know Lu Zhengyi a little bit.

In the past, the person presented to the audience was more of a 'burly', 'fierce', and 'able to scare a group of people out of the way' image. With the label of work and profession, he might also be a 'genius'. Director', 'becoming famous at a young age'.

A very fierce, but talented and inhumane underworld director, this is Lu Zhengyi in the hearts of the audience.

A virtual image constructed from their hearts based on what they learned from filmed movies and online information.

But now, they have come into contact with a little bit of the real Lu Zhengyi.

The one that almost everyone in the Mei Tanuki crew considers to be a 'god', a god who makes them feel at ease as long as they are around him.

Although the audience could not see much from the live broadcast alone, but only a little bit, they could clearly see the emotional stability.

then……

Lu Zhengyi walked from behind the scenes to the front.

": Director Lu, these muscles are really disgusting, I wish they could grow on me."

":I can't even imagine how good his waist is."

":Suck, suck, suck."

": I used to think that Director Lu was very fierce, but after watching the live broadcast, I suddenly felt that Director Lu felt so safe and had a full boyfriend."

": I wish I had a boyfriend like this. With such a good figure, he should be very self-disciplined in life and exercise regularly. During the live broadcast, he faced so many verbally abusive viewers. His personality is so stable. Although he looks fierce, It’s a bit off, but it’s not bad at all, and he’s rich and a director. Alas... the girlfriend around me suddenly became unpopular.”

……

Although this was a result that no one, including Lu Zhengyi himself, expected, from a direction perspective, it had no bad impact for the time being. Instead, it attracted a lot of greedy fans to him.

Moreover, both men and women have it.

Although being a director is a semi-behind-the-scenes career, it is strange to have so many fans.

After all, even the two elders, Lu Yiyong and Zhang Changmou, only have one million followers on their social accounts.

For directors who are not majored in actors or idols, but are full-time directors, people pay more attention to their works, and few people will understand their personal circumstances.

But for now, this does not cause Lu Zhengyi any trouble.

It's just that the number of comments, likes, forwards, private messages... on various social accounts every day has increased.

'Pap tap tap' crimson high heels fell on the floor of Mei Civet Cat Studio, the sound was extremely clear. Zhang Xueming held the tablet in her hand. As the 'vice president of the company next door', she was very skilled in breaking into other people's companies. .

And under the watchful eyes of other people in the operations and brokerage offices, she strutted up to the conference room, knocked on the door, and then pushed the door open directly.

"With more than [-] million fans on Weibo, you can already be considered a popular idol."

Zhang Xueming looked at the three people in the conference room and put down the documents in it helplessly, "This is the list you want. They are all actors who are not well-known in China but are relatively good in terms of ability. There are also a few The management contract is about to expire, if you pick them, maybe we can try to develop some foreign artists."

"Thanks for your hard work."

Lu Zhengyi took it with a smile, and handed one of the copies to Zhang Yu and Bai Wei on the other side, "Let's see which ones are more suitable for our film."

As he said that, he looked at Zhang Xueming, who was sitting on the other side of the conference table, "Besides these actors from the Republic of China, could you please help me try to contact an actor from the Southern Dynasties?"

"Her name is An Xiaozhou, a very famous actress in the Southern Dynasties. The company she belongs to is BH, a famous actor agency in the Southern Dynasties."

"Have you heard of this actor?"

"Sorry, I don't pay much attention to the circle of the Southern Dynasty." Zhang Xueming looked a little stunned at first, then shook his head, "But I can understand now."

She took out her mobile phone and searched, "But you want to invite actors from the Southern Dynasty Kingdom. Is this... for the sake of Grudge 2's influence in the Southern Dynasty Kingdom?"

"But if the same movie appears in three languages, it would be a bit too confusing."

"I feel like the audience will be entertained."

When asking, she had already searched for relevant artists and learned relevant information.

When it comes to entertainment agencies in the Southern Dynasties, if you follow the relevant circles, you will of course think of SM, JYP, YG... these companies that are more commonly heard of.

However, the direction of operation of these companies is more towards idol groups, such as SNSD, TVXQ, EXO... and other groups.

After all, apart from Kimchi, the only people in this country who have a profound influence on people outside are idols.

In addition to companies that mainly operate idol groups, there are also companies that prefer actors or solo singers.

BH is a large-scale actor management company in the Southern Dynasties. Although it is not as big as those companies that mainly operate idol groups, its artists are relatively secure in terms of their ability and reputation. The actors who have signed contracts include Ahn Hyo-joo , An Jiaren, Han Goyin, Liu Baoying...

These are faces that can often be seen in TV dramas and movies from the Southern Dynasties.

As a cooperative company of Guangying Group in Southern Dynasty, it is indeed qualified.

As soon as Lu Zhengyi mentioned the names of Nanchaoguo and An Xiaozhou, Zhang Xueming followed his business ideas and began to consider cooperation.

BH's status in the Southern Dynasties is of course not as good as Hebao's status in the He Kingdom, but as a major entertainment country with the entertainment economy as its main body, this is understandable. After all, the competitiveness is too great.

"Strictly speaking, there are still two languages."

Lu Zhengyi explained, "The Grudge 1 was made possible by the addition of Mr. Chen Junsheng."

"In the second part, the only victims in the plot will be people from the Republic of China, so if we add a person from the Southern Dynasties, it will only be in two languages."

"I feel that with our current size and reputation, once the invitation is sent out, as long as there is a vacancy in Ahn Hyo-joo's schedule, BH Company will probably not refuse this interpretation cooperation."

"In that case, I'll have someone contact me." Zhang Xueming nodded, "But don't we need to prepare a few more candidates? If An Xiaozhou fails the audition, it will be a bit troublesome to find suitable candidates. , it’s better to call him over for an audition once and for all.”

According to Lu Zhengyi's seriousness about drama.

If Ahn Hyo-joo's performance does not fit the role, he will refuse without hesitation even if he has a relationship with the market of the Southern Dynasties.

As for whether the entertainment market in the Southern Dynasties would reject their intervention, Zhang Xueming was not worried.

The market situation in the Southern Dynasties has always been a calm attitude.

Regardless of which country's foreign capital comes from, as long as the amount is sufficient, they will always accept all comers, so from time to time there will be news that foreign capital will plunder and then withdraw, and banks will declare bankruptcy.

However, due to various reasons, even if their leaders knew about this situation, they could not solve it.

Moreover, amateurs from the Tang Kingdom often go on business trips to the Southern Dynasties for training, and then join the idol groups there to debut.

They are not resistant to this behavior because they all know that the returns from overseas markets are significantly higher than those from the home market.

Placing a Tang nationality in an idol group will attract the attention of many Tang nationality audiences, and then expand profits.

Now Lu Zhengyi's plan is just the other way around.

In a Japanese-style horror film funded by the Tang Dynasty, an actor from the Southern Dynasties was added to win the support of the people of the Southern Dynasties.

"Mr. Zhang, you may not know what the situation of our crew is regarding this upcoming drama." Zhang Yu looked at the proposed Zhang Xueming amusedly, "We are casting without a script. Then go write the script.”

"……what?"

Zhang Xueming was a little confused as she listened.

Then, she looked at Lu Zhengyi again.

"It's like this. The background of the world of Grudge has been explained in the first part." Lu Zhengyi explained, "The framework has been set up. Because of a family accident, the Kayako family turned into ghosts of Grudge, like It's like an earthbound spirit existing in that house, killing every resident who enters the house and everyone who comes into contact with the residents."

"What we have to do now is to first select actors whose image is more in line with the depressing atmosphere, and then set the characters, plot and method of death based on each invited actor."

"Ahn Hyo-joo is an actor who is willing to act ugly when playing a role. There is a movie with a very gloomy image, so after watching it, I have pre-cast her. I already have the character and the way of death in my mind. A rough outline.”

The three people present:...

Whether it was Zhang Yu, Bai Wei, or Zhang Xueming, their faces looked a little complicated when they listened to Lu Zhengyi's serious explanation.

"Well, it's pretty good. I've even thought about how she will die."

Zhang Xueming nodded, "But if we continue to arrange it this way, the Grudge series will become too boring."

Homogeneous characters appear and then die.

No matter how well the crew creates a thriller atmosphere, the audience will definitely get tired of watching such repetitive content.

Hearing her mention this, Lu Zhengyi looked at Zhang Yu in the distance, smiled at each other, and replied:

"We were talking about this just before you came."

"So when I was filming this film, I planned to end the grudge and not plan to continue filming."

"Although there are many series of movies that rest on their laurels, I feel... two movies can complete the story I want to make. There is no need to make a few more movies."

The way Kayako's resentment spreads is not just to the people who enter the house.

Even if he comes into contact with people who have entered the house, he will be tainted with resentment and will be targeted by her.

Therefore, with her speed of communication, it is completely possible for the two works to complete the achievement of no one surviving.

If he keeps filming more, Lu Zhengyi feels that this will affect his reputation.

Not just movies, many entertainment works have this shackles. The second and third parts... can't reach the shock and impact that the first part gave fans, so that the reputation has declined, which has affected the creative team itself.

Knowing when to stop is also a quality that a qualified creative team should have. Creating content with poor quality will also break the original beauty in the hearts of fans.

"There are only two..."

Although the question was raised by Zhang Xueming, she seemed a little regretful when she heard that this was the final chapter.

In fact, she wants to solve this problem that will lead to boredom over and over again, and then develop a series like the Grudge Universe.

If such a world view can really be created, it will be the cornerstone of the development of the Light and Shadow Group and can continuously bring wealth.

Of course, according to the agreement, she would not take the initiative to intervene in film matters.

So I just thought about it and didn't say it out loud.

"Anyway, this IP is in our hands."

Lu Zhengyi looked at her disappointed look and reminded, "If we film it ourselves, it may affect our reputation."

"But we can authorize the copyright to the film and television company in China for filming. It's a win-win situation."

"They feel that with this IP, they can make good derivative works, and we will benefit from it. As for the results of their adaptation, it will not affect us."

If the film is done well, it will be a great addition to the Grudge IP.

Anyway, no matter how good they are, their works are all based on the original film "The Grudge" and cannot avoid this layer.

And if the filming is not good, the audience will just criticize them for not adapting it well.

Even comparing the two, Lu Zhengyi's original film may usher in new popularity.

After all, if the new remakes or adaptations are not good, the audience will naturally think of the original film.

(End of this chapter)