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Chapter 207: The Grudge

Everyone is also very interested in Zhang Jianya's new horror film.

After all, it is the new work of the box office record holder. The previous film directly changed everyone's view of horror movies. All of a sudden, ghost movies changed from zombies to modern female ghosts.

Moreover, the script of this film was written by Huang Ze, so I think it will be good.

Everyone was staring at the movie screen with great interest.

The film begins with an explanation of the curse, followed by quite lifelike scenes. The girl played by Chow Hui-min takes on a community service activity and goes to a somewhat weird house.

Everyone originally thought it was another movie similar to "The Ring".

But it didn’t take long for everyone to know that this was a different kind of horror movie.

Anyone who had been to that room or had contact with the heroine began to encounter strange things.

A female ghost, a pale little boy and a black cat began the hunting moment.

Fragments one by one.

Each character has a different way of dying.

As the play went on, it came to the point where the character played by Yang Yuying returned home after encountering something strange, and she hurriedly turned on the TV and hid under the quilt.

Seeing this, everyone couldn't help but chuckle.

The movie playing on TV was "The Ring".

And this scene is about to show the male protagonist being killed by Ah Zhen.

Sure enough, Ah Zhen, dressed in white, appeared and walked towards the TV screen step by step. The next second, the TV screen twisted, and the character felt something in the quilt. He lifted the quilt and looked inside. A pale female ghost was lying on him.

The next second, she was pulled into the quilt.

Combined with the music suggested by Huang Ze, it was so thrilling!

"ah!"

Gong Xian, who had slowly changed from supporting Huang Ze's arm to tightly grasping his palm, exclaimed, exerted force on his hand, and his body trembled, "This, this can also get into the quilt?"

"Didn't you say that once you get under the quilt, you won't be afraid of any monsters or demons?"

"The ghosts in your film are a bit shameless!"

"Don't worry about whether they have shame or not." Huang Ze said, "Just tell me whether you are afraid or not. You lose!"

"If I lose, I will promise you one thing. What is it?"

"Let's talk about it tonight." Huang Ze whispered, then hugged Gong Xing, "Continue watching the movie."

This "The Grudge" is only ninety-two minutes long, just over an hour and a half, which is close to the shortest time for most theater films. Soon, the movie was over and the lights came on.

"call!"

Huang Ze heard someone breathe a sigh of relief.

Looking around, everyone seemed to be looking here and there.

Huang Ze reached out to the shoulder of Wang Jiawei who was sitting in front of him, and saw that his body trembled and turned back, "Boss Huang, is this movie a little too scary?"

"I think what you said is a little inappropriate." Liu Zhenwei, who was sitting next to Wang Jiawei, turned his head and said, "It's too scary."

"I was only afraid of The Ring for a short while, but this movie is like one wave after another, just like the waves of the ocean."

"Mr. Huang, I think this movie can only be considered a Level 3."

Liu Zhenwei said seriously, "We also have to remind people with heart disease not to watch it."

"Otherwise I'll worry about scaring a few audience members to death, and then it will be difficult to deal with it."

"Then why don't we use the promotional method of "The Ring"? " Zhang Jianya looked at Huang Ze.

The way "The Ring" was promoted really surprised him. He never thought it could be done this way.

In his opinion, the box office success of "The Ring" is not only due to the quality of the film, but also closely related to the unique promotional method.

I was planning to take this opportunity to promote it.

"Don't use it." Huang Ze shook his head and smiled bitterly. Zhang Jianya didn't pay much attention to these things, but Huang Ze loved to listen to gossip and knew what was going on in the current Hong Kong film market.

“The audience is already on guard.”

"Those copycat films not only follow the shooting techniques, stories, etc., but also the publicity methods."

"I have seen more than a dozen similar propaganda methods in newspapers alone."

"No matter how slow the audience is to react, they won't believe it."

"It might even have the opposite effect!"

"After the film is rated, we can quietly release it. We can also use some of the money to hire two young doctors who can perform CPR in each theater. It's cheap and easy to use. We can also bring some quick-acting heart pills and have them wait in the theater, ready to save lives at any time."

Huang Ze would never use the fact that people were scared to death after watching his company's film as a promotional selling point.

It’s best if no one dies.

I don't need that little bit of money, so there's no need to be so immoral and affect my reputation.

"Will it cost too much..." Liu Zhenwei wanted to say something, but suddenly his eyes turned, "Mr. Huang, are you planning to use this as a publicity point?"

“A movie with an emergency doctor on site!”

"You can imagine how horrible this movie is. If we advertise it in the newspaper, it will surely attract a lot of curious viewers."

"Yeah, that's right, that's what I thought." Huang Ze nodded, thinking that Liu Zhenwei was quite perceptive, and praised him, "Zhenwei's idea coincides with mine!"

"That's it!"

"Also, this film should not be released during the summer. If it is rated Category III, minors will not be able to watch it. Wait for the Film Censorship Office to determine the rating, and then release it as soon as possible after a week of promotion. Take advantage of the relatively empty schedule now, and there won't be any strong competitors."

……

After the film inspection department determined the grade, it was indeed grade three.

Huang Ze was mentally prepared for this.

At least it's not like in the previous life where it was too scary and advertising was banned, and not even a poster could be put up, right?
If you think about it this way, it is still beneficial.

Just like that, after buying some space to promote the film, which was written by Huang Ze himself, and directed by "The Ring", and was the most terrifying horror film, ten times scarier than "The Ring", etc., the film was still released.

On the first day of its release, many people who had seen The Ring came to see the film. A few of my friends followed me and complained indignantly, "I think it's just bragging. It's ten times scarier than The Ring."

"After I watched The Ring, I didn't dare watch TV for ten days. If this is ten times more terrifying, I'll be so scared that I won't dare sleep in bed!"

"It's an exaggeration. If it's not more horrifying, who would come to watch it?"

"I've watched a lot of horror movies lately, and I've become immune to all kinds of poison. If it's not scary enough, I'll throw a sugar cane at him."

"Hey, what are you doing here?" Azhen and Aqiang were also among the first audience to see the latest horror movie written by Huang Ze. When they walked into the theater, they saw two people in white coats standing inside with first aid kits in their hands, and asked curiously.

"The film company invited us here because they were worried someone might have a heart attack."

"Tsk, you're just bragging!" Ah Qiang took Ah Zhen's hand and walked away, "Come on, Ah Zhen, let's go find a seat."

"I've told you so many times, don't call me Ah Zhen!" Ah Zhen remembered that everyone had called her by this classic female ghost name over the past year, and she swung her arms in displeasure and said.

"My name is Chen Jiazhen. You can call me by my full name, or you can call me Ajia. Just don't call me Azhen anymore, okay?"

"Okay, Azhen." Aqiang responded casually, patting his mouth with a smile, "Ajia, let's go, let's find a seat, Ajia."

(End of this chapter)