The Wind of China Entertainment 2005

Chapter 726 Quick Play
Go back two days in time.

In the Huairou Film and Television Base in Beijing, there is a stall near the exit.

A slightly plump Taoist priest in Taoist robes was telling fortunes for someone. He raised his eyes, narrowed them into slits, and looked at the tall and thin man in front of the stall.

"You've been drifting in Beijing for a while. The reason why you haven't become famous is because you're unlucky. You need to change your luck."

"How can I change my luck? Master, please teach me."

"The best way for you to do this is to change your name!"

"Change the name?" The tall and thin man was not very happy. What's wrong with Peng Qiang? He thought the name his parents gave him was good.

The Taoist stroked his short beard and said calmly, "Liu Dehua's original name is Liu Furong, Cheng Long's original name is Chen Gangsheng, and Wang Fei's original name is Xia Lin."

"Na Ying's original name was Yehenala Ying, and he used the stage names Su Bing and Su Ran, as well as Zhang Jiayi, Lu Yuan's girlfriend, and even he himself changed his name."

"Lu Yuan also changed his name?"

The Taoist priest whispered, "Of course, he is from Jiangxi. It is said that in 08, he asked a senior from Mount Longhu to change his name. After the name was changed to "The Hidden One", he became famous."

It was the first time that Peng Qiang heard such a secret. He bent down and asked, "Master, what name should I change to?"

The Taoist took out a tattered ancient book, opened it, and made hand gestures with his right hand, revealing the whites of his eyes from time to time. After about half a minute, he pretended to nod.

"Yes, I have calculated a name for you that is destined to be successful."

"what?"

The Taoist said nothing and glanced casually at the QR code on the stall.

Peng Qiang said "oh" and immediately took out his mobile phone and paid the bill quickly.

"Alipay has arrived, 20 yuan!"

"This name is..." The Taoist spread out a piece of white paper, picked up a pen, and quickly wrote two big words on the paper.

Peng Qiang looked at the two words, completely confused. What the hell did that mean? He graduated from high school after all, so how could he not recognize them?
What I want is that you don’t know the Taoist priest muttered in his heart, his expression became more profound, and he smiled: “Yuxi!”

"Fish shreds?" Peng Qiang was surprised.

"That's right, from now on you will be called Peng Yuxi."

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Peng Yuxi returned to his residence with the paper with the words "fish silk" written on it.

The so-called residence is actually a storage basement, which rents for 180 yuan per month and is occupied by people who have come from all over the country to Beijing.

There were 8 people living in a small space, it was extremely cramped, and the whole room was filled with the smell of sweat and stinky socks.

Peng Yuxi has long been accustomed to the smell and can even tell whose socks have been worn the longest.

He was born in Tianshui, Gansu, a famous city in the northwest, which has always been known as "Jiangnan on the Loess Plateau".

After graduating from high school, like most of my classmates who failed to get into college, I chose to go to Shenzhen to work.

His first job was as a worker on an assembly line in a toy factory. He quit after only one month. The reason was simple: this was not the life he wanted!
The second job was to work as a steel-cutting machinist at Foxconn. Although Foxconn is famous all over the world, it has nothing to do with an ordinary machinist. He had to endure the horrible noise of steel cutting every day, and felt like his ears were going deaf when he returned to the dormitory at night.

He barely made it through a month and chose to quit again, with the same reason: this was not the life he wanted!

Later he did other jobs, but unfortunately none of them were satisfactory. In those factories that treated people like machines, he could not feel any joy of being a human being.

Eventually he returned to his hometown and worked as a network administrator. His salary was barely enough to make ends meet, and he occasionally fantasized about opening an Internet cafe and becoming its own boss in the future.

Until one day, he was inspired by Lu Yuan's interview and suddenly wanted to be like him, starting as an extra and working his way up to the top to become a big star.

At the beginning of this year, he went to find a girl he met while playing Audition, who was an extra in Beijing, and asked her to take him to Beijing.

The girl was straightforward and brought him to Beijing a few days later. However, she was quite "straightforward" and just dropped him off at Beijing South Railway Station and left.

It’s been a year since I came to Beijing in early 2013, and I have accomplished nothing!
Peng Yuxi took a simple shower and lay down on the bed. The old bed board creaked and his roommate who was sleeping opposite him was woken up.

"Qiangzi, are you back?"

"Ah."

"what time is it?"

"Right away."

"Oh." My roommate mumbled back and started snoring.

Peng Yuxi took out his cell phone and the screen lit up in the dark. He browsed Weibo for a while and found that in his follow list, Liu Shishi posted a photo of her and Lu Yuan picking up shells on the beach.

"It's inhumane to post dog food in the middle of the night."

He followed the example of netizens in the comment section and posted a picture of good luck.

Then I continued to check Weibo. Since I like watching horror movies, I watched every episode of Soul Ferry. I also followed the director of Soul Ferry, Li Weng.

Unfortunately, he is a lazy guy who rarely posts updates. His last Weibo post was to celebrate the record-breaking number of views of the finale of "Soul Ferry".

In the comment section, netizens were all asking when the second season of "Soul Ferry" would be released.

Some people also revealed that the other party was preparing to shoot the supernatural novel "The Years I Was a Yin-Yang Master".

Peng Yuxi browsed around Weibo and thought about not getting any roles for tomorrow, so he opened PPS and prepared to find a zombie movie starring Lam Ching-ying to watch.

He is a fan of Lam Ching-ying.

Posters of popular shows kept flashing in the recommendation column of PPS.

There are familiar variety shows such as "Running Man" and "Where Are We Going, Dad?", as well as hit dramas such as "Let's Get Married" and "I Am a Special Forces Soldier: Fire Phoenix".
PPS There are really a lot of good dramas in the second half of the year.

But he didn't care too much and didn't like this kind of subject matter. Only one of the zombie posters cheered him up.

The poster shows a little old man with short white hair and rough, pale skin.

The old man's left temple and eye were simply stitched with lines, leaving a hideous wound, with the skin and flesh turned inside out. His intact right eye was as black as ink, and the lower half of his face was covered with copper coins. A weird and eerie feeling came over him.

There are two big words written at the bottom of the poster: Zombie!
Peng Yuxi smiled. As a veteran fan of horror movies, especially zombie movies, this level of fun was just a piece of cake for him.

He clicked on the details interface without hesitation, starring Qian Xiaohao, Hui Yinghong, Chen You, and Wu Yaohan.
Production company: Yuanfang Media.

"Wow, this cast is full of Hong Kong horror movie regulars. Produced by Faraway Media, quite interesting."

When I was planning to watch it, the system prompted me to pay, 12 yuan for ordinary users and 8 yuan for members.

His mobile phone is a vivo brand, which he bought around June, and it came with a one-year PPS membership, but he still couldn't help frowning.

Although the price of 8 yuan is not expensive, why do I have to pay again? Isn’t it included in the membership fee?
Peng Yuxi was puzzled, but he paid the money anyway.

Right from the start, the dark screen was filled with comments, most of which were positive.

"Friendly reminder, go to the bathroom first, and don't turn off the barrage."

"Wow, who would have believed that in 2013, we could actually see such an authentic Hong Kong horror movie. It's awesome. PPS!"

"A movie of this quality is not being shown. Is that a mistake?"

"Brother, do you live abroad?"

"Ah P, this little bastard is so fucking wicked. It was released out of the blue at 12 o'clock in the night, and it's a horror movie. I'm curious and scared at the same time. Oh my god, now I don't dare to go to the toilet. I always feel like there's something dirty in the bathroom. Woo woo woo, it's so good."

“The “Soul Ferry” army assembles!!!”

"Lu Yuan is so handsome!!"

"Ahhh, these are so good. First it was Soul Ferry, then it was Zombie. As a horror movie lover, I am so happy this year!!"

"Brother P, please give me another horror movie like this, I can't take it anymore, please, I feel like ants are crawling on my body, my whole body is shaking, I can't breathe, please, give me another one, just one, I swear I will never touch this thing again, I really can't stand it anymore"

Peng Yuxi didn't take it seriously. There are still horror movies in mainland China in 2013. Don't be funny. Most of them are the kind that sell flesh to attract attention and end with a dream-like ending.

The barrage is full of water army.

He closed the barrage and focused on the plot.

At the beginning of the movie, the song of Ghost Bride appeared in the opening credits, and the familiar music made him raise an eyebrow.

The male protagonist Qian Xiaohao was once a popular star in Hong Kong zombie movies. However, with the downturn of Hong Kong movies, Xiaohao also entered a career slump.

Because of his career setbacks, his family was in disharmony and eventually his wife left him with their son.

The extremely frustrated Xiao Hao carried some personal belongings and came to a gloomy and dilapidated building, ready to rent a place. After arriving at the building, he was led by the security guard Uncle Yan to a house with the house number 2442.

Peng Yuxi has watched many horror movies and knows that 2442 in Cantonese is a bit similar to "dead dead".

These small details, coupled with the cold-toned picture quality at the beginning, the white-haired little boy the male protagonist ran into, and the carefully processed background sound effects, raised his expectations for the film a lot. After the distraught Xiao Hao entered room 2442, he recalled the harmonious scenes of his family of three in the past, and finally chose to hang himself in this rented room.

Just after Xiao Hao kicked over the stool under his feet, the white cloth in front of him suddenly stood up like a human figure, dripping with blood, and stuck strangely close to his face.

Xiao Hao was twitching all over, hanging in the air and dancing a difficult waltz
At this moment, the Taoist priest Ayou, who had lived in seclusion, broke into the house, cut the rope that was hanging Xiaohao with a knife, and beat out the female ghost that possessed Xiaohao.

"It combines elements of Japanese horror films, which is quite interesting!" Peng Yuxi turned over and retracted his exposed feet.

As the plot deepens, characters appear one after another.

The mad woman who eats sacrificial offerings, Aunt Mei, a seamstress who is good at sewing, and her respectful husband Uncle Dong, the twin female ghosts
One day, Uncle Dong went out to take out the trash. When he walked to the stairwell, he suddenly saw a little boy squatting downstairs. He accidentally fell down the stairs and died.

Aunt Mei finds the evil Ajiu downstairs, hoping that Ajiu can help Uncle Dong come back to life.

Everything is going smoothly. Uncle Dong needs one last step to be resurrected: the blood of a young boy.

Aunt Mei, who had fallen into a trance, locked Xiaobai, the child of the crazy woman who came to play in her house, in the bathroom.

In the bathroom, sharp claws emerged from Uncle Dong's body, and the child's crying gradually subsided.

The whole movie has officially entered its climax.

Peng Yuxi silently clicked on the barrage. He was not afraid, but simply wanted to communicate about the plot with the distinguished PPS users who were watching the movie together.

As expected, the netizens' silly comments instantly made him relax.

"Silly dog, you didn't listen to me, did you turn off the barrage?"

"Fuck, fuck, Aunt Mei is such a good daughter-in-law. I love her!"

"Old Nine: You old woman are even more cruel than me. I asked you to feed a boy's blood, but you fed it directly to a child, a child with leukemia. What? Do you think your spouse is too dark?"

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After the zombie Uncle Dong woke up, he slaughtered people in the building. The crazy woman looked everywhere for her child Xiaobai. At this time, Xiaobai's ghost also came to her. After knowing the truth, she picked up a stick and went to challenge the zombie Uncle Dong.

As a result, he was hit several times by the zombie Uncle Dong and got his lunch box.

After the crazy woman died, the male protagonist Xiao Hao rushed over, picked up a gasoline bottle and threw it at the zombie Uncle Dong. Uncle Dong was ignited and burned by the flames, and almost died.

Unfortunately, the twin female ghosts that were accidentally released by the crazy woman appeared, and directly merged with the zombie Uncle Dong who was burned and lying on the ground. The female ghosts took over the zombie, and Uncle Dong was upgraded to the PIUS version!
A great war begins.

"..."

After the movie ended, Peng Yuxi was still in shock.

A window appeared on the screen, asking him to rate the film out of 10. If the film's final score was lower than 6, the system would refund the cost of purchasing the film.

He gave it a score of 10 without thinking twice and felt unbelievable that this was a movie released on the Internet.

How is such quality possible?

He clicked on the details interface of "Zombie" in PPS again. Currently, more than 30 people have rated it - 9.7/10.

Hundreds of buildings have been built, and all have received positive reviews.

"It's both scary and good-looking. It's another top zombie movie after Lin Zhengying."

"A Hong Kong horror movie resurrection of the dead!"

“After Zombie, there are no more zombies.”

"Hey, PPS is pretty user-friendly. If you give a good review and the movie score is less than 6 points, the system can actually automatically refund the money. Compared to the movie theaters that feed shit, I feel respected."

“It’s hard to imagine that this is actually an online movie.”

But Peng Yuxi's attention was not on the score, he suddenly thought of something else.

About your future.

He likes horror movies and once fantasized about making a horror movie himself to pay tribute to Lam Ching-ying.

I thought the now regulated film market had no hope, but I didn’t expect PPS to be so vigorous.

There are real zombies and real ghosts in "Zombie"!

He couldn't wait to learn the details behind the scenes of the film and why PPS would and was able to release such a horror film.

Finally, he found it.

PPS announced a "Internet movie" plan a long time ago.

It redefined the so-called online blockbuster, that is, compared with general-sized theater films, its investment amount is small, the production is rough and simple, and the marketing cost is not high.

However, investors can choose to broadcast on PPS.

PPS promises to make movie data public and obtain box office revenue share based on the broadcast performance within three months.

Online movies are a new concept and are still in their infancy. They were established by PPS. Although "Zombie" is excellent, it is obviously just an exception. However, it will serve as a benchmark, similar to "My Love from the Star".

Peng Yuxi realized that his chance had come.

According to Chinese people's habits, there will definitely be followers in the market next.

This kind of relatively rough script would probably be looked down upon by anyone with a little fame in the industry.

Just like when online dramas first became popular, artists in the industry generally believed that taking on an online drama was a sign of lowering their status.

So, can an actor like him with no background, no skills, and no achievements settle down in online movies and specialize in horror-themed movies?
After all, this type of film has a high gimmick and a stable audience.

The pioneering period means there are no constraints and the scale is large, so "Soul Ferry" and "Zombie" can both be broadcast.

He decided that he wanted to make a zombie movie to pay tribute to Lam Ching-ying.

He will slowly accumulate popularity, and climb up step by step. When he reaches the top, he, Peng Yuxi, will become the number one star in online movies!
After "Zombie" was aired on PPS, word of mouth continued to grow in the following days, and horror movie lovers praised it highly.

There is never a shortage of people with outstanding vision in the industry.

There were many people who had similar ideas as Peng Yuxi. Almost all of them saw the opportunity, especially when PPS released the data of "Zombie" three days after its release.

3500 million!
That means more than 350 million users have paid!

This is just an online movie that cannot be shown in theaters.

#PPS horror film "Zombie" sparks heated discussion#
#You can always trust the vision of Yuanfang Media——"Zombie"#
#PPS refunded users' fees based on the ratings, which caused dissatisfaction among cinema people, who said that PPS violated the industry rules#
#Online movies may become a disruptor of cinema movies#
#"Three Lives, Three Worlds, Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms" starring Liu Shishi will be broadcast on Hunan Satellite TV and PPS on October 10#
#《Gu Jian Qi Tan》will be aired on Zhejiang Satellite TV and iQiyi on October 10th. See you there#
#Liu Shishi VS Yang Mi#
"Damn, duh!" Gong Yu tapped the table unconsciously with his fingertips.

"Zombie" was first broadcast on PPS and received rave reviews, making this arch-enemy a hot topic again.

3500 million in three days, this figure may not mean much in a movie theater, but it provides film practitioners with another channel besides theaters.

So much so that there has even been a streaming threat theory on the Internet in recent days, with people believing that streaming platforms will subvert theaters and that the Internet will completely "kill" movies!
But he thinks this is groundless worry.

Because these are two completely different channels, the audience consumption positioning is different, and the products played are also different.

Today's blockbuster movies in theaters are extremely stimulating in terms of audiovisual experience. This kind of entertainment product can only be achieved in a theater environment or even in IMAX.

TV and pad online channels are not suitable for theater blockbusters, but are suitable for TV series and so-called micro-movies.

But to be honest, he didn't quite understand the operation of PPS.

Having just kicked open the door to the era of paid Internet TV dramas with "My Love from the Star", they are now trying to repeat the same trick and target paid movies with "Zombies"?
What’s the matter? You want to dominate both big and small screens, slap the TV stations and kick the cinema chains. You want to reach the sky, right?
Although the ideal is great, it is impossible to achieve in the short term.

There is one most fatal problem with online movies or TV series: piracy!

He looked at the interface on the computer screen. It was not iQiyi or PPS, but Qvod.

"Zombie" was playing on it.

Gong Yu raised his right hand and rested his chin on it. He admitted that "The Heirs" lost to "My Love from the Star".

Lu Yuan's popularity is unrivaled in the country. No one can match him in the age group of 20 to 40 years old.

But this time "Gu Jian Qi Tan" is about to be aired, and its cast is not inferior to "Eternal Love".

He doesn't want to lose again, and iQiyi can't lose again.

He had already discussed with Gu Yongqiang that Youku Tudou needed to find a backer and gain the favor of its financial sponsor Alibaba, but PPS was too dazzling. With PPS, Youku could only be Alibaba's second choice.

Gu Yongqiang must join forces with him to give PPS a tough blow.

Each of them has their own wishes.

Gong Yu narrowed his eyes and started from KuaiBo!

(End of this chapter)