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

Chapter 368 [I am very happy that you can make better works than me]

Until the premiere was about to end, not many people could figure this issue out.

Even if some of these viewers are colleagues like Li Chuanxin and can see some shooting skills from the feature film, they still cannot tell the difference between the works of Bi Xian and Lu Zhengyi.

But since no one can find fault with it, the film can be considered a success.

However, before leaving the venue, Li Chuanxin suddenly stopped everyone.

"Sorry, I just got some news."

"Director Lu originally planned to attend the premiere event, but... Director Lu Yiyong unfortunately passed away in the hospital in the early hours of the morning, so he is currently busy with things and can't come over to meet everyone. "

"He asked me to apologize to everyone on his behalf. At the same time, I personally regret this. Director Lu Yiyong is a very good director. The films he directed..."

On the stage, he announced the news of Lu Yiyong's death with a serious expression.

Of course there was a reason why Li Chuanxin did this.

……

"Why are you letting Li Chuanxin announce this news?" On the way to the funeral home, Zhang Changmou asked hesitantly in the back seat, "Lao Lu is gone, shouldn't it be your son who should talk about this now?"

He has never met Li Chuanxin, but he has heard of it.

After all, he has watched the child grow up since he was a child. He will still help keep an eye on whatever achievements he makes and who he makes friends with.

"His current movie has just been released, and he also held a premiere, as well as some offline and online activities." Lu Zhengyi explained while driving the car, "At this time, if the news about my father The news came out, and he acted so happy at the event, it is inevitable that... it will be true. "

"Netizens will definitely say that I helped him so much, but he didn't even express it."

"But at the event, it's impossible for him to face the audience with a dark face..."

This is something that often happens to public figures.

Netizens can only learn about some things through news and media, but they know very little about more private things.

Take Li Chuanxin, for example, just after his movie was released, news of Lu Yiyong's death hit him.

As the film's producer and investor, Judging from some content released by the news media, Lu Zhengyi has helped him a lot in the preparation, shooting and promotion of the movie. Lu Yiyong is Lu Zhengyi's father. He can't do anything. Means none.

Benefactor, no, this title seems too strong.

My friend, my friend’s father passed away at this time, but Li Chuanxin was happily promoting his movie at the premiere, happily interacting with the audience, and enjoying the joy of success. In the eyes of outsiders, of course inappropriate.

Because they could only see this, they could not see that Li Chuanxin immediately expressed condolences to Lu Zhengyi in private.

They will accuse Li Chuanxin of being ungrateful, boycott his films, and...

"So you asked him to mention this matter at the premiere just to avoid having someone else take the lead afterwards?" Zhang Changmou was a little surprised, "It seems that the relationship between you is indeed very good, otherwise you wouldn't have considered it for him. so much."

Especially in this situation, when my father had just passed away and I was so upset, I could still think about this.

"Fortunately, I admire him more."

Lu Zhengyi replied casually.

In the passenger seat, Zhang Xueming remained silent.

As a daughter-in-law, although her husband took over most of the responsibilities of taking care of her father-in-law when he was in hospital, now that he has passed away, she must be able to cope with it, no matter how busy she is at work.

As for the little one in the family, his mother takes care of him.

It was not Zhang Xueming's first time to attend a funeral, but it was the first time in her family's life as an adult.

Although there are funeral homes that arrange memorial services and funerals, the implementation of the whole process is more troublesome than imagined.

Mainly in terms of notification and reception. In the past, Zhang Xueming attended funerals as a relative or friend. After arriving, she would place a white flower, express condolences to the family of the deceased and leave, but this time it was different. She was a family member and had to participate in the entire process.

I don't know how many 'thank you' and how many 'Sorry' were said. They had to entertain everyone who came.

This feeling made her feel even more tired than working overtime.

But there is no way, people always have to bear these.

When your parents grow old and you grow up and start a family, you will naturally need to consider and experience these things.

Fortunately, Zhang Xueming is not alone.

Wearing a white mourning dress, she stood beside the coffin with her husband. Looking at his tall and burly body, she was never tired at all. Even though she had bent down and bowed and thanked many times, she could still straighten up every time. Face what lies ahead with a full state of mind.

There is strength again.

Perhaps because she refused to admit defeat, or perhaps because she didn’t want to leave everything to her husband to support her, Zhang Xueming’s tired body regained strength.

My body felt like I had returned to the preparatory physical test for the 1,000-meter run. I often wanted to give up, but in order to pass, I gritted my teeth and persisted in running every day.

"You go and have a rest first. You worked overtime until so late yesterday, and you suddenly received a call in the early morning. You must be very tired, right?"

Next to her, her husband's gentle voice reached her ears.

"Isn't it the same for you?" Zhang Xueming responded in a low voice, "I have been taking care of things before. I also have preparations for the new movie and Bixian to help promote it. I could have had a night off yesterday. As a result, I got busy again today.”

The implication is that she is unwilling to rest.

"You know, I'm different."

There was some helplessness in Lu Zhengyi's tone.

How can her physical fitness compare with mine?
"There's no difference. You are a son and I am a daughter-in-law." Zhang Xueming didn't want to say more to him and stood minding her own business, "But I have to leave first, Su Zhai." Bian, I have to make arrangements first."

Again, this time they are no longer visiting as outsiders, but as hosts.

In addition to arranging the memorial ceremony, they also need to arrange vegetarian meals and accommodation for some of the people who come to visit after the ceremony. This is a basic etiquette.

As friends and relatives, they have traveled thousands of miles to see them off on their last journey. They, the closest family members, need to be properly entertained.

"Row."

Lu Zhengyi knew that she wanted to be strong, so he didn't say anything to let her rest.

……

"Director Li Chuanxin may become the first horror film director since Lu Zhengyi to successfully satisfy the audience."

"Pixian's box office has exceeded 700 million! Director Lu Zhengyi endorses it. There are still directors in China who can make horror films."

"Since Director Lu is not the only exception, why has the domestic horror film market been stagnant until recent years when it has had opportunities for development..." After Bi Xian was released, the reviews were mixed, and most people felt that , there is still some gap between it and Lu Zhengyi’s works.

But compared to the past, those movies released in the name of horror movies are much better.

Furthermore, the quality of Lu Zhengyi's films is not so easy to keep up with.

Not to mention domestically, even the He Kingdom and the Southern Dynasty Kingdom, which are famous for the atmosphere of horror films, have recognized that he can no longer be measured by the level of domestic directors.

However, there are still some marketing accounts that will find fault with this, saying things like, "Who do you think is better between the movies directed by Li Chuanxin and Director Lu Zhengyi?" Okay...' This leads to a topic of discussion.

Under the comment section of topics like this, there will always be people arguing over taking sides.

If you like Lu Zhengyi more, you will speak for Lu Zhengyi, and if you like Li Chuanxin more, you will speak for Li Chuanxin. Of course, there are also some who are more sober and will stop the fight below, reminding fans not to quarrel because of this, and let everyone pull it off. People from all walks of life.

It is a very common marketing account operation method, and the rice circle culture is becoming more and more disgusted by people. A large part of the reason is that these marketing accounts are in the middle.

Let’s compare two actors today, and compare two popular celebrities tomorrow.

Some people are not popular and are happy to be marketed this way. But some people have a certain reputation. If they are criticized in this way, no matter which side their fans quarrel with, they will lose a group of viewers and gain a group of negative fans.

But after all, Guangying was responsible for the investment and promotion of Bixian's work.

For the Light and Shadow Group, there is still a big shadow in today's media industry, so there are only a few grass-roots teams with similar rhythms, barefooted and not afraid of wearing shoes. Anyway, they are small in scale and have a small number of people. At most, they will be accused, so they can just Disperse where you are.

But also because they were a grassroots team with no reputation, the attention they attracted was very low, and they did not have much impact on Bixian.

Li Chuanxin's hanging heart was finally settled.

"Director Lu, I seem to have succeeded."

Midnight,

When he finished the event again, left the event site and sat in the business car, he couldn't help but call Lu Zhengyi.

Whether it is the number of people present in each theater, the box office data, or the word-of-mouth and popularity online, they all tell Li Chuanxin that he has succeeded and his work has been recognized by everyone.

However, he still couldn't believe it.

Obviously he is just a little-known director. After so many years, he has only one relatively famous work - The Record of the Ancient Village.

There are so many directors who want to rush into this field and compete with Lu Zhengyi for food. There are many directors who are more qualified, more capable, and more connected than themselves, but they have not succeeded.

But he succeeded.

"success?"

"It's still early, this is the first part, Director Li."

"If you really want to continue on this track, one work is not enough, and it has to get better and better."

But then, the news about Lu Zhengyi made his excited heart calm down a little.

"Of course, of course, but judging from the current data of this movie, I should be..."

Li Chuanxin's tone became a little cautious.

"Successful, of course it is successful. Judging from the current data of this movie, you can get a lot of box office dividends." Lu Zhengyi did not say any more destructive words, "In the past three years, Not in vain."

After all, he is the second person to eat crabs. Li Chuanxin only needs to satisfy the audience.

Today, the vibrant horror film market will give him the best rewards.

Just like Bixian, although it was only released for more than a week, the box office has already surpassed the original Shancun Old Corpse and Curse. Why? Could it be said that his works have surpassed him in terms of quality?
Of course not, at least not from Lu Zhengyi's own perspective or the perspective of other viewers.

They all generally believed that although it could be seen from various details of the film that Li Chuanxin took the film seriously and put in a lot of effort, it still fell short...in an indescribable way.

This feeling makes his works lose to Lu Zhengyi's films in terms of quality.

But Bixian's box office figures are much better than those of Lu Zhengyi's first films.

Why? The market is different.

The horror film market a few years ago is completely different from the current market.

One was an unpopular subject that no one wanted to make, and it would lose money as soon as it was made. The subjects that were more popular at that time were science fiction and emotional movies.

One is a hit with an absurdly high threshold. Not just movies, but also games, literary works, paintings... Various works with thriller, supernatural, and horror elements have all raised the audience's expectations in recent years. extent, but in the movie category, this track has only one racer.

To be precise, in recent years, many racers have started from the starting point, but not even one of them can successfully pass the first corner.

Of course, now there is a second racer who successfully passed the second corner and became the one with the best chance of catching up with Lu Zhengyi.

That is Li Chuanxin.

Before the film was released, Li Chuanxin was under greater pressure than Lu Zhengyi was because the audience's vision and psychological quality had already been washed away by works such as "The Old Corpse in the Village", "The Curse", "The Grudge", "Fu Jiang"... high.

But once his work is accepted by the audience, the feedback will be very high.

Especially now, Lu Zhengyi is gradually leaving his seat as King Juan because he has a child, which makes the audience crazy.

In the past, it was okay if we didn’t watch this kind of movie, but now you have brought us into the pit, and we are all willing to watch it, want to watch it, and really like it. When it’s over, you pat your butt again and say no. made a bid!
What does this mean?
Oh, I didn’t say that I would stop filming, I just said that I had to take care of my family and I was busy, so the intensity of filming had dropped.

So it took you this year, more than a year, or even two years to make a movie. So what do you want us fans to do during this time? Just wait! His face is so big!

These viewers are eager for someone to stand up and compare with this big-faced one.

It is best to stand out a few more, watch several movies a year, and watch new movies every month. This will be enjoyable.

"Director Lu, I..."

After Li Chuanxin excitedly shared his joy, he suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

After all, in the final analysis, you are robbing other people of their jobs.

Although he knew that Lu Zhengyi didn't care, sometimes, when he saw those fans on the Internet speaking for him and then stepping on Lu Zhengyi, he felt a little guilty and blushed, and he wished he could go up and clarify with them.

But no, as a public figure, he must think carefully and consider the consequences of every word he says.

"Okay, we have discussed this matter many times before."

Far away in the Kingdom of Stars and Stripes, Lu Zhengyi replied while eating breakfast, "If you can really make better works than me, I might be happier than you, because I like this industry very much and enjoy watching these things." When the work is good, I can be a spectator instead of a director."

(End of this chapter)