Pokémon's Lord of Fear

"Well, how is the promotion going now?" Teng Shu did not ask why it was not released now. After all, he knew that the company did not have that much money in its account, unless he asked his old father for it.

The box office revenue of a movie does not mean that the film company can pocket all of it. First, the box office revenue must be shared with the theaters, and then dividends must be distributed to investors. After that, the rest is their own income.

But there are a lot of tricks in the movie box office.

Teng Shu doesn't need to think about those things, he just needs to shoot his own movie.

"Everything is progressing steadily. Some companies have invited us to perform there before. Would you like to take a look?" Misaki handed over a document. Teng Shu took it and took a look. It was about a performance at a shopping mall in the Alola area, and the money offered was not small.

"Ask the leading actors if they are willing to go. If they are, let them go. I won't go." Teng Shu handed the documents back. He was not very willing to participate in any commercial performances or roadshows, as he had no shortage of money.

"Okay." Misaki didn't ask any other questions, but did what Teng Shu asked.

After the news that salary would be paid once income arrived was announced to the eagerly awaited employees, there was a loud cheer in the company, and then these employees became more motivated.

However, Teng Shu found that he had nothing to do. The movie "Dead Silence" was still in theaters and he was not needed for the time being. The employees of the company were also doing the publicity and promotion work, so he did not need to take care of it. It seemed that he only needed to prepare for the filming of the movie.

"Why not take out the script of "The Ghost Call" and adapt it first." Teng Shu thought for a while, then sat down in his office and began to recreate the script of "The Ghost Call" on the computer.

The plot of "The Ghost Call" is actually not complicated, but if you want to localize it, you need to make some small adaptations.

"Come to think of it, I remember that the League has already launched some mobile phones that are compatible with Rotom, and Rotom is a ghost and electric Pokémon." Teng Shu thought thoughtfully.

Pokémon like Rotom like to play pranks, and can sneak into some electrical appliances and even phones.

This gave Teng Shu a wonderful idea.

"Maybe I can give my lovely audience a greater stimulation." Teng Shu showed a happy expression.

The next chapter will be a little later, I have to go out to do something.

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(End of this chapter)

Chapter 34: A special Pokémon movie?

"Boss! I found something missing in our company!" Just when Teng Shu was busy preparing the plot outline of "Ghost Call", there was a knock on his office door, and then a man who looked a little crazy walked in and spoke seriously.

Teng Shu looked at the man in front of him. He was wearing a set of Pokémon clothes. He had a shirt with Psyduck printed on it, a coat with Porygon printed on it, a Latias and a Latios on the left and right of his pants, and the shoes on his feet had a cartoon image of Arcanine on them.

He looks like an avid Pokémon fan, but such people are not uncommon in the Pokémon world. The Pokémon Fan Association is almost full of such people.

"What's wrong?" Teng Shu asked. He didn't remember the other person's name, or he didn't even know there was such a person.

This film company is very large, and Teng Shu can only remember the names of some of the management staff, but in his impression, this person does not seem to be among the company's management.

"Boss! Our company's movies are so popular, why don't we make them for Pokémon?" the man said excitedly, with a bright smile like a sunny boy who got the Gudian Knife and Jiusha first.

Teng Shu blinked. What the hell?

At first, Teng Shu thought that this man came in to talk to him about equal rights for Pokémon. After all, there are always some people fighting for various rights for Pokémon, and there are even special organizations. Some of them are like the Black Lives Matter movements in his previous life, but they are more normal and reasonable.

But I didn't expect that this man would actually tell me to take the photo for Pokémon to see?

"Boss, look, what is the most abundant thing in this world? Pokémon! If we make a special version of the movie Dead Silence, specially filmed for Pokémons, wouldn't it be possible?" The man became more and more excited as he spoke, and his shoulders were shaking.

"Boss, I'm sorry! I'll take him away right now!" Fawu rushed over anxiously with sweat all over his forehead, covered the man's mouth, and kept bowing and apologizing to Teng Shu.

Teng Shu slowly typed a question mark in his mind.

So, what is the situation now?

"Is this person an employee of our company?" Teng Shu couldn't help but ask as he looked at the man who was struggling with his mouth covered.

He always felt that there seemed to be something wrong with this man's mental state, and he seemed particularly excited.

"Yes, Ada is an employee of our company. He is a special employee." Fawu wiped the sweat from his head and said respectfully, while the man called Ada was still trying to say something.

"A special employee." Teng Shu understood. No wonder this man seemed a little weird.

The so-called special employees are actually a social security benefit requirement set by the alliance.

It is required that each enterprise can recruit a certain number of special employees according to the size of the enterprise. These employees are generally composed of people with physical disabilities or low-income households with extremely low family income. Of course, there are also some mentally disabled employees who have some mental problems but whose lives and work are not affected.

Companies do not recruit these employees out of charity.

According to the alliance's regulations, if there are special employees, the company will have certain welfare and benefits policies, such as being able to pay less tax and so on. The companies that recruit the most employees and have the longest working hours will receive the [Alliance Conscientious Enterprise Award] from the alliance, and these companies will also receive publicity.

In essence, it is a social security contract, which gives those who have not completely lost their ability to work a chance to support themselves. Teng Shu personally likes this policy very much.

"It's okay, it's okay, let go of my hand, I want to hear him continue talking." Teng Shu smiled and said to Fawu.

Fawu was stunned for a moment, but since it was the boss's request, he let go of his saliva-stained hands, then put his hands behind his back and wiped his palms with a tissue.

"We can definitely become famous! The Pokémon movie exclusively for Pokémon will definitely be a hit!" Ada shouted excitedly. His voice was a little sharp, and Teng Shu noticed that his body was shaking faster while he was speaking.

Teng Shu understood what the man meant.

Dead Silence is a horror film, a horror film that Teng Shu carefully prepared and dedicated to the world.

However, in order to make the horror of dead silence deeply rooted in people's hearts, Teng Shu also abandoned the ghost Pokémon setting of traditional horror movies, and instead turned it into Mary Shaw, the evil spirit that kills people.

But now after listening to what Ada said, Teng Shu was thinking, if he made a Pokémon version of "Dead Silence", would there be a market for it?

First of all, if we compare the number of Pokémon and humans, there is no doubt that Pokémon are the most numerous. However, the problem is that most of the Pokémon are wild Pokémon, and only a few are captured. How many of these Pokémon are capable of watching movies?

"Boss, you don't have to pay attention to what Ada said." Fawu looked at Teng Shu who was in deep thought and spoke.

"Has there been a case before?" Teng Shu naturally understood what Fawu meant by this sentence.

Ada on the side was a little indignant. He was eager to speak, but under Fawu's gaze, Ada closed his mouth unwillingly.

"Yes, in fact, special Pokémon movies have been made for Pokémon. This has been attempted before by film companies in Kanto, Sinnoh, and Unova, but the results were mediocre." Fawu said, he didn't want to see his boss being cheated by this guy Ada.

The idea of ​​making a Pokémon movie starring Pokémon has existed before, but everyone who entered this industry has died.

Although there are many Pokémon and trainers have even more Pokémon, very few of these Pokémon can understand movies and are willing to watch them. Most of them are special individuals such as psychic Pokémon.

They are intelligent, so they can understand what is in these movies. Although ordinary Pokémon are also very smart, there is still a big gap between them and the level of Psychic Pokémon.

“Previously filmed movies like ‘Lucario: The Journey’ and ‘Becoming the Strongest: Rada’ are both big-budget movies, but their box office…” Fawu shook his head.

"The final box office of 'Lucario' was 1,327,156 yuan." Ada said dully. His tone now was very depressed, with a kind of emo feeling.

Teng Shu glanced at Ada. He had just checked and found that the number was exactly the same as what Ada said.

"Yes, but that movie cost at least 50 million Alliance coins." Fawu also admitted this.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 35 Overthinking and Market Research

Fifty million Alliance coins, and then a box office of 1.3 million, the film company still has to share the profits. This is indeed a loss that has left them with nothing. It can even be said that such a loss is enough for a small company to completely fail and the boss to become a frequent flyer.

"The same is true for other movies. For other big-budget movies, the box office revenue is usually only two million at most." There was a hint of helplessness in Fawu's tone.

Ada stammered and moved his lips, but he still didn't say anything, because what Fawu said was the fact, an indisputable fact.

Someone had thought about making a movie about Pokémon a long time ago. After all, there are many types of Pokémon, and their number is huge. Every trainer has Pokémon. According to statistics, in Kanaz City alone, which has a permanent population of one million, there are as many as 800,000 registered Pokémon.

How huge is this market?

This is just the registered Pokémon. What about the unregistered Pokémon? With these Pokémon, you can imagine how huge the Pokémon market is. It is a market that attracts countless investors, but movies are an exception.

Teng Shu touched his chin and frankly said that he didn't really care about the box office or anything like that. After all, with the support of Dewen Company, Teng Shu really didn't care much about the box office. Otherwise, why would he make a horror movie? Wouldn't it be better to just copy the commercial masterpieces of his previous life?

But Teng Shu needs fear value.

The more fear points he has, the stronger Teng Shu will become, and the movies he shoots in the future will be more popular. Teng Shu is also very curious about what else these fear points can be exchanged for.

And if he makes a horror movie for Pokémon to watch, or lets them watch it for free, can he steal fear points from the Pokémon?

The biggest obstacle to watching Pokémon movies is, to put it bluntly, the problem of not having money.

Although the Alliance is promoting the normalization of Pokémon rights and working hard to safeguard the interests of the Pokémon community, in the final analysis, most Pokémon are captured by trainers to fight and become stronger. Whether their trainers are willing to pay to take their Pokémon to the movies is a question.

Moreover, Pokémon come in different sizes and weights, and there are no special theaters that can cater to all Pokémon, so there are a lot of complications involved.

Moreover, is it possible to scare Pokémon using the same scaring routine that works for humans? This is also a question.

"Ada, right? You go out first. I will consider your suggestion." Teng Shu waved his hand, and Ada left reluctantly. Suddenly, only Teng Shu and Fa Wu were left in the office.

Little Q jumped onto Teng Shu's desk, picked up the cup that Teng Shu bought for it, jumped off the desk, and walked to the water dispenser with the cup in his hand to get some water.

Fawu immediately planned to go over to help, but was stopped by Teng Shu.

Little Q doesn't like being treated specially.

"Fawu, why was Ada listed as a special employee?" Teng Shu looked at Fawu curiously, then picked up the boiled water on the table and took a sip.

Although Ada seemed to have some mental problems, judging from his logic and attitude, he was still a normal person.

"Ada. He has hyperactivity." Fawu gave a flattering smile. Although Teng Shu told him that he didn't need to do so, he still subconsciously tried to please Teng Shu, the new boss.

"Hyperesthesia?" Teng Shu understood. He knew that this disease was a mental illness in the world of Pokémon.

The specific manifestation is that the patient's brain will be always active, thinking about all kinds of strange things every minute, and ideas in the mind keep popping up, but the patient himself will not be affected by this in his normal work and life. He will just show some neurosis and is the type who does whatever he wants.

It may seem like nothing, but patients with this disease cannot sleep at night. Their brains are always active, making them unable to fall asleep in bed because of their constant thinking. Only by taking special medications or receiving the Pokémon hypnosis service from the Alliance can they fall asleep peacefully.

It is a very rare disease but extremely difficult to treat.

No wonder he is a special employee.

"What do you think of Ada's idea?" Teng Shu asked Fawu, then stretched out his right hand and skillfully supported Xiao Q to prevent Xiao Q from falling down.

"Ada? Boss, you want to..." Fawu blinked, seeming a little bit unbelievable. So many companies have fallen into it one after another, is it possible that his new boss with outstanding talent will also jump in?

For some unknown reason, Fawu recalled an incident from his student days.

The math teacher at that time pulled him and two other students who had skipped school to play games, and then said earnestly, "I told you that there was a cesspool ahead and told you not to jump in, but you jumped in anyway!"

At this moment, Fawu suddenly understood why his teacher said that, because when he looked at his boss now, he thought the same thing.

"Well, although we don't plan to start filming right away, maybe we can do an experiment first." Teng Shu thought for a while. If he started filming directly, it might be a waste of time. It would be better to do some market research first.

So Teng Shu assigned this task to Fawu, asking Fawu to contact market research companies in various alliance regions to conduct a movie survey on Pokémon to find out how willing Pokémon are to watch movies, and then give him the analysis report.

"Okay, boss." Although Fawu still wanted to say something to persuade his new boss, since the other party had said it, all he had to do was to execute it instead of questioning it.

Anyway, I have advised you before.

Moreover, Fawu also realized that the loss of 50 million Alliance coins might not even be a big deal to his boss, after all, he was the CEO of Dewen Company.

Fawu is full of energy and works hard. It is possible that his salary can be raised in the future so that he can give his children more resources to cultivate Pokémon.

"A movie!" Teng Shu stroked Xiao Q's head while surfing the Internet passionately with his mobile phone.

The Pokémon market is so huge that there are naturally many interveners. Injury medicine and abnormal recovery potions are all produced by large companies that are controlled and invested by the alliance. Small companies don’t even have the qualifications to get a share of the profits. There must be a lot of profit in this.

But just like Fawu said, in terms of entertainment, those specifically oriented towards Pokémon are basically dead.

"How about shooting some other short films first to test the market reaction?" Teng Shu seemed to be thinking about it.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 36 After Turning Off the Lights

If a movie is made directly, the investment will be relatively large, and Teng Shu will need more time to research whether the scaring methods used on humans can be effective on Pokémon. If not, he will have to find ways to scare Pokémon himself.

Might as well make a short film first.

But just like when Teng Shu was making the horror movie, he decided not to use ghost Pokémon. If he wants to target the Pokémon market this time, naturally there can be no humans, or fewer humans.

"A short film." Teng Shu scratched his head and thought of a classic cartoon, the famous "Tom and Jerry".

As a cartoon that is suitable for all ages and will not seem childish even when you watch it again as an adult, Tom and Jerry is a classic among classics.

And speaking of cats and mice, there happen to be cat-type Pokémon and mouse-type Pokémon in the Pokémon world, so the actors are ready-made. As for shots like Tom's crotch chopping down a tree, they can be handed over to a specialized Pokémon special effects company to produce.

However, Tom and Jerry is not a horror film, it can only be used as a means to test the market. Teng Shu also needs to make another short film specifically for Pokémon.

Microfilm.

A name jumped into Teng Shu's mind.

"There were some classic micro-movies in my previous life. The entire clip was not too long, usually around two to fifteen minutes. Such micro-movies can maximize the fear element, and the pace is fast and the cost of production is low." Teng Shu rubbed his hands. Of course, he had seen some classic horror micro-movies in his previous life.

For example, there is the famous horror short film "Lights Out", which was later made into a movie by James Wan.

The film is only about three minutes long, but it is considered to be very outstanding among all the micro-films. If you use this to produce it, it should be a good choice.