This director is vindictive.

Chapter 102 Have you ever cyberbullied others?
In fact, the promotion of Rikutaro's "The Banquet" started very early.

Ever since "The Banquet" was shortlisted for the 37th Toronto International Film Festival and held its world premiere and audience meeting at the festival, the promotion has never stopped.

But what made Rikutaro frustrated was that they had put so much effort into promoting the film, going to film festivals and press conferences everywhere, but in the end, it was just the moment when the film was about to be released.

Damn Chen Mo is here again.

Last year, Double Eleven had a theme related to heartbreak, which directly triggered the so-called "God-hunting Day".

This year, the largest cyberbullying case in history was fabricated, which directly made everyone focus on the topic of cyberbullying.

He was immediately devastated. After working so hard for half a year, he was back to square one.

It’s unbelievable, how could he not break through the defense?
In fact, this incident has become so big that Chen Mo has to complain. He really didn't mean it, but who could have thought that this case would directly alarm international friends.

Even foreign media have started reporting on this case, so there is no need to say more about it in China.

The Supreme Court was alarmed once again.

He even said that no matter what the outcome of this case is, it is another progress in the legal system!
Coupled with the movie "Search" adding fuel to the fire, it's hard for this topic not to become a hit!
Of course, the case itself also has a very special significance.

In the Internet age, cyberbullying is a topic that easily touches people's hearts. Such an effect is unexpected, but reasonable.

Some directors and film companies in the same period are at a loss as to what to do, but it is impossible for them to go against the trend.

Chen Mo really wanted to say, I was actually very serious about making the movie, and I didn’t put much effort into the promotion, but the results were often unexpected.

For example, this time, Chen Mo said that it was really unintentional!
This generation of netizens is so awesome that they even created an "Anti-Cyber ​​Violence Day".

However, Lu Tailang's words were deeply recognized by many of his peers, of course mainly the latter sentence.

They don't really care about how good Chen Mo's filmmaking skills are, but looking at Chen Mo's two films, the publicity is simply amazing.

Naturally, the reporters would not miss the opportunity to add fuel to the fire. After all, although Lu Tailang did not mention any names, he was just short of reading out Chen Mo's ID card.

Of course, the topics of cyberbullying and online defamation are hot right now, and even entertainment journalists and paparazzi have become cautious. It’s just that director Lu Chuan seemed to be calling out Chen Mo by name.

The word suspected is used very skillfully!
Chen Mo didn't like Lu Tailang in the first place. After all, you could tell from his name.

So, naturally, he wouldn't be polite: "Are you sure he's talking about me?"

Chen Mo asked first.

"Uh, suspected! Suspected!" The entertainment reporter quickly wiped the non-existent sweat and said.

After all, this guy in front of him not only fabricated the first case of online defamation, but also just created the largest case of online violence.

When they faced Chen Mo, they also carefully thought about their words several times.

"Okay, this is actually a misunderstanding. I believe he was definitely not talking about me. After all, a professional director would not say such unprofessional words. As the saying goes, good wine needs no bush. Promotion and marketing are part of the film work. Besides, my movie hasn't been released yet. How do you know that it was not filmed well?" Chen Mo said with a smile.

"If they really said that about me, then I'm deeply honored. It means that my film's promotion is pretty good. And only people who are not confident in their own films, who are afraid of competition, who are afraid that their films will not be as good as others, would say such things.

Of course, I still think he is definitely not talking about me. After all, I remember that someone's movie started to be promoted at the beginning of the year and it took more than half a year to promote it. If he really blamed the promotion, it would be a questioning of the ability of his own publicity and promotion team, so he is definitely not talking about me.

And when it comes to promotion, I'm not as good at it as others. I can't say anything like who I'll marry if the box office exceeds 3 million.

Finally, let me solemnly declare that the topic of cyberbullying is so hot because it touches everyone's personal pain. So, it actually has little to do with me, and I'm also surprised!" Chen Mo said again.

He just doesn't know whether others believe it or not.

On Rikutaro's side, seeing the media release Chen Mo's answer without any changes and the sarcastic words, he felt very angry!
But I can't help it, what Chen Mo said is really true! He is also blue!

What Chen Mo said made him feel uncomfortable and aggrieved. What did it mean that only those who are not confident in their own movies would blame others? Was he? Was he? Was he?
Originally, "The Banquet" was scheduled for the summer, but it didn't pass the censorship at that time. What could he do? He was also helpless.

So the promotion did start at the beginning of the year and has continued until now. What makes him most depressed is that after promoting for so long, the effect is not as good as other people's random efforts. It really is true that people get what they pay attention to!

When netizens saw Lu Chuan and Chen Mo facing off, they all looked at them curiously.

As a result, many people were happy.

"What Director Chen Mo said is correct. Lu Tailang is just anxious."

"To be honest, Chen Mo is really a publicity genius, but Lu Tailang really can't afford to lose."

"Chen Mo's sarcastic words are really unique, but he did make sense. Lu Tailang is indeed a little scared!"

"Rikutaro's words are so stupid. If he says that, then other films that don't have as much publicity as his, or don't have as much publicity budget, can also say the same thing about him, right?"

"I still think he's definitely not talking about me! When it comes to yin and yang, Chen Mo still has his way, haha!"

In fact, the promotion of Chen Mo's two films "Love is Not Blind" and "Search" really made many people in the industry surprised at Chen Mo's magic in film promotion.

Including Wang Changtian from Guangxian, Li Ming from Xiaoma Pentium, and even San Ye from Huaying all called curiously and asked Chen Mo to put more effort into publicity in the future.

They really admire and envy her.

With such exposure, such topic popularity, and such attention, as long as the movie is not particularly bad, the box office will definitely not be too bad.

Haven’t you seen that these days, even those terrible movies can sell hundreds of millions of dollars because of good publicity and promotion?

For this, Chen Mo was also labeled as a "publicity genius".

The key is that people inside and outside the circle agree.

Weibo even asked Chen Mo whether he wanted to add a "publicity genius" label to the official Weibo account.

I'm such a publicity genius, why not a director? That's my job, right?
As a result of this incident, Hongjing Law Firm has become the object of envy, jealousy and hatred among countless colleagues in the legal circle.

The "first online defamation case" has already made Hongjing Law Firm famous in Internet-related cases in the past two years, and this time it has done something even bigger.

And all this is because of Chen Mo, a person outside the legal circle.

How could this not make them envious and jealous?

How hot is the topic of cyberbullying?
Even CCTV's Focus column produced a special program on the theme of "cyberbullying".

They even sent a reporter to do a street interview and asked the question: "Have you ever cyberbullied anyone?"

Because the people being interviewed are ordinary people, the perspective can be said to be very unique.

As a result, this street shot unexpectedly became popular again.

When asked this question by reporters, many people expressed a brief hesitation. Some would first ask for a definition, "What constitutes cyberbullying?" or express uncertainty, "Let me think about it." Others would directly list some of their own behaviors and then ask, "Do you think this constitutes cyberbullying?"

This street photography interview revealed facts that surprised many people.

Because in many people's minds, perpetrators are often considered to be a group of people who are difficult to understand and have extremely dark minds. But in fact, through this street photography interview, many people were surprised that most of the participants in cyberbullying are "ordinary people" who look no different from us - not stars, not Internet celebrities, but just people who care about social current affairs and entertainment news, and like to surf the Internet and post comments.

What’s even more frightening is that the people interviewed have all been suspected of cyberbullying others to varying degrees, which caused an uproar for a while.

The popularity of this street photography interview has once again kept this topic hot.

This question has been answered by many people on the Internet, and the answers are surprisingly similar. Many netizens said that they have actually engaged in cyberbullying others inadvertently.

This time, other movies in the same period were completely dumbfounded. No, can this thing just quiet down a bit?
As more people pay attention to the topic of cyber violence, naturally more people will pay attention to the movie about cyber violence, "Search".

After all, this is the only movie that everyone is most interested in right now!

On December 12, a certified Weibo account named "Blue Autumn Bloom" appeared on Weibo.

It was first forwarded by the official WeChat account of "Search".

The official Weibo account of "Search" already has a lot of fans due to previous publicity, so the appearance of this Weibo post by "Blue Autumn Blooming" aroused the curiosity of many people.

Soon, everyone saw the authentication information of this account.

Formerly known as Ye Lanqiu, assistant to the chairman of the Situo Group, etc. "From now on, I will live every day, every hour, every minute, and every second to the fullest."

This account is updated in Ye Lanqiu's tone, and many beautiful photos are posted on it.

Of course, because the movie has not been officially released yet, many people don’t know that when Ye Lanqiu said this, his life had actually entered the final countdown.

However, this does not affect everyone's appreciation of the most beautiful moments of Ye Lanqiu's life, played by Gao Yuanyuan.

Each of those photos can be used as a desktop wallpaper.

On the same evening, the film "Search" held its premiere in Beijing.

To be honest, for the movie "Search", since it is completely different from the original version, Chen Mo can't really say how much the box office of this movie will be.

The content of the movie is one aspect, and on the other hand, what Chen Mo is more confident about is the promotion of the movie "Search", which can be said to be better than the original.

Douban's full-time film critic Zhou Xiaobin, Penguin Entertainment's Dou Qing, and Sohu Entertainment's Bai Yue, the three of them sat together again.

"Lu Chuan is right about one thing. Let's not talk about the quality of Chen Mo's movie, but his publicity is really amazing!" Zhou Xiaobin exclaimed.

"What? You won't make a conclusion in advance this time?" Dou Qing said sarcastically.

He still remembered that when "The Shallows" was released, Zhou Xiaobin's impression of Chen Mo was not very good. Of course, it completely changed afterwards.

Zhou Xiaobin just smiled and didn't feel embarrassed at all.

At the same time, poet Chen also came here specially today.

There was no way. This movie had a deep connection with him. Although Chen Mo had fooled him at first, in fact, he must still have been thinking about it in his heart.

After all, he had thought a lot about how to make this movie, but all his efforts were in vain.

Therefore, he also took a critical attitude towards this version shot by Chen Mo.

If the photos are to his liking, he wouldn't mind helping to promote them, but if they are not, he would feel bad.

However, thinking of the overwhelming publicity for this movie, poet Chen couldn't help but sigh that Chen Mo's reputation as a publicity genius is truly well-deserved.

Even if he were to make this movie, he would never be able to achieve this level of promotion.

The movie started quickly.

Chen Mo did not make too many changes to the previous plot, from Ye Lanqiu coming out, to going to the hospital for a physical examination, to being diagnosed with a terminal illness, getting on the bus, and so on.

However, when Chen Mo himself appeared on the big screen, there was still a lot of noise at the scene.

"This is such a good secret!"

“I didn’t expect that the director would be the one to do it himself!”

"You forget that he started out as an actor!"

Chen Mo's acting skills can only be described as passable, but he thinks he is much better than Zhao Youting in the original version.

The subsequent plot is very different from the version by poet Chen.

Chen Mo cut out many side plots, especially some scenes of Shen Liushu’s wife Mo Xiaoyu.

The main plot of the movie is clearer, focusing on showing Ye Lanqiu suffering from cyber violence.

As for the online violence that Ye Lanqiu encountered, from the beginning, the so-called experts gave advice on TV programs, and it seemed that they were divided into two factions in the discussion, but in fact, they had already sat on the wrong side of the fence.

Especially when Chen Ruoxi, played by Fan Binbin, said: "Our job is to try our best to record the truth in life, but what is the truth?"

Then, in order to keep the topic hot, she completely ignored the so-called pursuit of the truth and made it impossible for Ye Lanqiu's apology video to be posted online.

From this moment on, the label of villain was directly attached to her head.

Unlike the experience of the pink-haired female college student in reality, Ye Lanqiu's experience was completely artificially created.

In order to gain popularity, Chen Ruoxi began to further dig into Ye Lanqiu's identity information, background, etc.

He manipulated the trend of public opinion and made Ye Lanqiu the target of public criticism.

What's even more terrifying is that Ye Lanqiu borrowed the one million yuan from Shen Liushu for her medical treatment, but was misunderstood by Mo Xiaoyu. Tang Xiaohua's anonymous revelation made it seem as if her reputation as a mistress was confirmed.

Then the online violence intensified.

If the initial reports of not giving up seats could be said to have some "truth" in them, then the subsequent developments made the audience unable to help but feel indignant.

Because Chen Ruoxi actually started to dig into Ye Lanqiu's identity and background, and even went to the school she used to attend to interview her teachers.

That filming was also very ironic. Chen Ruoxi said, "You just need to speak truthfully."

But little did they know that this was the most ironic thing, because at this time, Ye Lanqiu was pointing fingers at everyone. Under the influence of such an environment, was the teacher being interviewed really being truthful in what she said? Was it really the truth?

Many media people came to the premiere, and at this moment, they all frowned.

He felt extremely aggrieved. On the one hand, he was indignant about the online violence Ye Lanqiu suffered and Chen Ruoxi's actions, but on the other hand, he was also very dissatisfied with Chen Mo.

Because in the eyes of some of them, Chen Mo's film portrayed the reporter Chen Ruoxi as too evil!

Of course, some media people also felt deeply touched, because Chen Ruoxi's behavior of digging up backgrounds is actually very common in reality.

There is one thing that Chen Mo did not change much, that is, the plot in which Ye Lanqiu shows beauty.

"Am I too partial to Ye Lanqiu?" Dou Qing couldn't help but frowning as he looked at the scene on the big screen, which could be regarded as a photo blockbuster of Gao Yuanyuan.

"No, no, no, this is not favoritism, but good intentions." Bai Yue said with a sudden smile.

"What do you mean?" Zhou Xiaobin was also a little confused, because he also felt that the movie was too partial to Ye Lanqiu. It could be said that only where Ye Lanqiu appeared was "beautiful"!

"Who is Ye Lanqiu? She is the heroine and also the victim! How to make the audience even more angry? This is the answer!" Bai Yue pointed at Ye Lanqiu who was saying to the camera: "Live every day well."

"It's true! The more fragile and beautiful Ye Lanqiu is, the easier it is for the audience, who are standing in the God's perspective, to feel sympathy and pity for her, and at the same time, they will become more angry about her experience." Dou Qing said suddenly.

Then, Ye Lanqiu died!

In an instant, the entire theater fell silent.

Just like on the big screen, the reactions of those involved after hearing the news.

Here Chen Mo directly used silent images.

The camera pans over the faces of each participant.

Then, through Yang Shoucheng's watching of the previously filmed video, people entered the "memory killing" scene, which once again increased people's sympathy for Ye Lanqiu and their anger towards the cyberbullies.

Chen Mo didn't know why the original poet Chen expressed it in such a lighthearted way, but at least he felt quite aggrieved after reading it.

Therefore, the plot and character whose changes he made the most in this version was Shen Liushu.

Shen Liushu wanted to deal with Chen Ruoxi, but not because of Ye Lanqiu, but because what she did to Ye Lanqiu affected his company.

The original Shen Liushu received some praise, but Chen Mo honestly felt that as the chairman of a listed company, he couldn't stand the fact that his own secretary was rumored to be having an affair with him. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, huh?

Moreover, the only way to deal with Chen Ruoxi was to make her lose her job, and that was through a setup. It was simply outrageous.

The plot continues on the big screen. Ye Lanqiu's death is not as quiet as in the original version, as if she were an insignificant person.

Instead, the cyberbullying is still going on. However, the difference is that this time, the truth has come to light, and the cyberbullies have targeted the instigator, Chen Ruoxi.

Seeing Chen Ruoxi being cyberbullied was like a reincarnation. Many people felt happy but also felt the horror of cyberbullying.

(End of this chapter)