I really don't want to make bad movies!

Bong Joon-ho, the Peninsula director whom Xia Ming greatly admired in his previous life.

He watched the movie "Parasite" many times and delved into its behind-the-scenes creation, so he knows the story inside and out.

Completely replicating Director Bong's original work is no easy feat, but with his masterful skills, he made minor adjustments to the original script framework, and the final product is sure to be excellent.

The key lies in the script.

By projecting the social issues of the peninsula onto a small family and adding artistically crafted conflicts, the dramatic tension is amplified, ultimately leading to deeper themes.

However, if you're not careful, you might end up making a melodramatic family drama.

Therefore, Xia Ming cannot rush to start filming. He must first obtain the million-mile milestone reward and then reconstruct the script based on his memory.

It was mid-March, more than eighty days before the Cannes Film Festival began.

The cost of "Parasite" was not high, at most 80 to 90 million yuan.

The entire film lacks complex staging and large-scale scenes.

The original film was completed in just two months.

With the experience of his predecessors, Xia Ming could easily keep the filming time to just over a month.

If you can achieve your goal of gaining 100,000 followers within half a month, there will be plenty of time.

With a fan base on three platforms, plus the strong promotion from Green Fruit Short Video, as long as Xia Ming maintains a high frequency of updates during this period, gaining 100,000 fans is not difficult.

Xia Ming returned to his bedroom and immediately began working on the video.

Xia Ming opened the DB website and began selecting bad movies to comment on that he hadn't done yet.

Clicking on the ratings in reverse order reveals that the top-ranked film is none other than my own, "Atlantic Rim 2: Thunder."

Although Xia Ming's live interview slightly improved the film's rating, it ultimately stopped at 1.5 points, becoming the lowest-rated film in the history of the DB website.

Looking further down, it's still my own work—Transformers 5: Hornet, with a rating of 1.9!

The fact that neither of the two works combined scored 4.0 is quite an achievement.

Scrolling back, I found that most of the movies at the bottom had already been made into videos.

Director Guo and Director Lu have been almost completely ruined by him.

How about we rehash some old news and talk about "Bureau 849" and our two films again?

He made "Do You Really Understand The Hornets?", but he hasn't made "Do You Really Understand Atlantic Rim 2?" yet.

After thinking for a moment, Xia Ming decided to open his account's private messages to see what his fans wanted to see.

Among the 99+ private messages in his message list, Xia Ming immediately spotted a very prominent account—Stone.

This user named "Stone" sent himself hundreds of private messages in a month!

Xia Ming opened the private message and scrolled directly to the top of the page.

[Hello, Riyue Commentary. I am a graduate student in the Cinematography Department of Jinghai Film and Television Academy. I really enjoyed your video "Did You Really Understand the Hornet?"]

I'd like to discuss with you the techniques and content that Director Xia hides in his films.

[HELLO, Sun and Moon Commentary, can you see my private messages?]

[Hello, this is Riyue Commentary. Have you seen Xia's new movie? What techniques are hidden in "Atlantic Rim 2"?]

I've watched *Atlantic Rim 2* seventeen times, but I still can't figure out what profound techniques director Xia used in it.

This is the 34th time I've watched *Atlantic Rim 2*. Director Xia is keeping things so secret; I'm about to lose it!

[Sun and Moon Commentary, please help me, I don't want to watch Atlantic Rim 2 anymore...]

【…】

Xia Ming was shocked.

Someone actually watched Atlantic Rim 2 thirty-four times!

Is this really a human?!

When he was filming "The Big Hornet," he happened to learn Hitchcock's camera techniques, so he used them in the filming of "The Big Hornet."

Beneath the surface of a terrible film lies a remarkably sophisticated camerawork technique.

This fan apparently discovered the technique after watching that video, which led them to believe that Xia Ming had also used this method in "Atlantic Rim 2".

But it didn't happen!

Atlantic Rim 2 is pure garbage!

It's Xia Ming's culmination of watching hundreds of terrible movies, a masterpiece of rubbish!

It was an epic disaster he made specifically to punish two popular celebrities.

Even he, as the director, couldn't stand it, let alone the audience who weren't mentally prepared.

Xia Ming felt genuine admiration for this fan named Stone, and immediately replied with a message: "[Hello, I feel that Director Xia didn't use any techniques in 'Atlantic Rim 2,' it's just a pure bad movie.]"

Stone seemed to be watching over Sun and Moon's explanations all the time, and surprisingly, he replied immediately.

[Impossible. My classmates, my teachers, and I all believe that Director Xia hid something in that film. He couldn't have just made a simple piece of crap.]

[It's like One Piece; once you find this technique, you can become the Pirate King!]

My junior colleague got the lead cinematographer position on a film set by analyzing the camera techniques in "The Big Hornet".

Xia Ming fell silent.

He's the director, how could he not know what level "Atlantic Rim 2" is at?

Xia Ming thought for a moment and replied: "Didn't Director Xia upload the director's cut of 'Atlantic Rim 2'? I think the lighting and shadow techniques in that director's cut are very worth studying."

Stone sent a smiling emoji.

I've seen the director's cut; it's truly stunning, but everyone can immediately spot the brilliant lighting and cinematography.

The so-called secret manuals of the library are often hidden in the most inconspicuous corner, tucked among the most easily overlooked books.

If everyone could see it, would it still be considered a secret manual?

Xia Ming was speechless.

What if the other party doesn't believe me?

You just said you're a graduate student in the cinematography department at Beijing Film Academy?

Yes, I think my skill level is pretty good as a graduate student in cinematography, and I even worked with Director Xia for a while, but I still can't see the secret to "Atlantic Rim 2".

Xia Ming was stunned when he saw the message. He deleted what he had typed and retyped: "[Have you worked with Director Xia before?]"

Yes, at the time, Director Xia was the chief cinematographer, and I was his assistant cinematographer.

Upon seeing this sentence, Xia Ming guessed the other party's identity.

Stone, Stone facing the plain!

The photography graduate student who initially looked down on him, but was later impressed by his skill and eventually became his fan.

Zhao Fei once jokingly said that he would use "The Big Hornet" as a test film for the photography department to see if the students could discover its secrets.

Shi Xiangyuan overheard this, no wonder he was so sure that he had hidden an "Easter egg" in "Atlantic Rim 2"!

Xia Ming was both amused and exasperated, but he couldn't reveal his true identity.

However, if Shi Xiangyuan continues to study "Atlantic Rim 2" so intensely, he might really go insane.

Helpless, Xia Ming could only reply for the time being: "I'll study it for a few days."

Shi Xiangyuan sent several crying emojis: 【Thank you so much! I liked, commented, and subscribed to every video you posted, and I also recommended you to all the photography students. They all really like you! Keep it up!】

After ending his conversation with Shi Xiangyuan, Xia Ming couldn't help but have a different thought in mind.

There are fewer and fewer bad movies to narrate right now, so in order to get system rewards, I'll inevitably have to come up with some bad movies to narrate in the future.

To his surprise, a group of film and television professionals gradually became fans of his bad movies.

They are passionate about finding the "one piece" in films and constantly improving themselves by dissecting and analyzing bad films to learn the master techniques in them.

Finding loopholes and discovering masterful techniques within a seemingly flawed film that employs almost comprehensive, multi-dimensional defenses appears to have become a way for these film students to prove their abilities.

If that's really the case, then Xia Ming really wants to make some "onepiece" style movies in the future.

He earns rewards from the system in this way, while people in the film and television industry learn skills from it.

Such a win-win situation, why not do it?

Shi Xiangyuan's words inspired Xia Ming.

He opened PR and began producing "The Past and Present of Atlantic Rim 2: The Hidden Relationship Between Zhenyue Mingwang and the Giant Hornet, and the Easter Eggs Director Xia Hid in the Film. How Many Did You Understand?"