CH 39

Director (10) Sea king wants to attack me

TN: Okay I only had 2 chapters saved up xD See you next time, thank you for the comments I had a laugh reading them (✿≧∇≦)

It is well known that there is a dispute between Shengshi and Star entertainment. Many people in the circle are paying attention to this matter. Other reporters prepared the interview manuscript early and waited to interview people outside the major cinemas.

However, most people do not have many expectations from “Monologue”, a small budget film. Their main goal is the “Secluded city of infatuation”.

This large-scale fantasy love film mainly tells the story of a male protagonist getting accidentally involved in a strange place called “city of infatuation” through a mysterious fog. And meets a half ghost and half human  female lead. Because of the female lead, he meets the ghost king in charge of the city of infatuation. After a series of thrilling and exciting plots, the female lead sacrifices her life to help the male lead grow stronger. Finally, predictably the male lead defeats the ghost king and revives the female lead.

Because of the huge investment, the special effects of this film are excellent. In addition, the director’s skill is not bad, the plot is compact, and the process of defeating the ghost king is very thrilling. In a word, within the same genre, it is not outstanding, but it can also be called excellent.

The reporter interviewed the first group of viewers, and their comments were all satisfactory.

However, as the film began to play for the second and third rounds, the audience’s evaluation gradually changed. Unexpectedly, many people directly shook their heads and gave general comments. Some said that the plot was not exciting enough, some said that the special effects were too fake and did not feel realistic… In short, it was in sharp contrast to the initial praise. It sounds like comments from water army who want to deliberately blacken the film.

Even the reporters interviewed were confused.

Until a young man told the truth in front of the camera: “Ah? Why is it not good? In fact, there is no particularly terrible plot, but it is not exciting. Maybe it is because I saw  Monologue first, and this feels a little less meaningful. I always feel that the special effects are a bit fake, and the ghost king is not scary at all. Anyway, there were no fluctuations in my heart throughout the whole process. Emmmm is probably because of this? “

At the end, he scratched his head in bewilderment.

——When this interview video was broadcast, this moving picture was also forwarded by some quick netizens, because his expression was so innocent and confused that it looked very interesting. Even this young man did not know how he became popular for no reason.

However, the reporters interviewed on the spot are keenly aware of the smell of big news. It seems possible that the film Monologue is going to explode!

Because of star entertainment, only a few cinemas of the two films overlap. Several cinemas with deep entanglement with star entertainment are not screening Monologue at all.

When these reporters found a theatre where “monologue” was shown, they found that the attendance rate was astonishing. There are also many viewers who liked it enough to choose to watch again.

Mo Qing is one of them.

When she came out of the cinema centre satisfied, she was immediately stopped by a reporter. She didn’t panic, and talked in front of the camera: “why did I watch this film? Of course, it’s because I’m a fan of director Yan!”

After telling the important truth, she added: “however, this film is really amazing, and it is also a very interesting classic horror film. Putting aside my fan filter, Director Yan’s rendering of the atmosphere is incredible! How can I say it? I can’t describe it. You can really feel it only when you see it in person. At that time, I felt goosebumps!”

In addition to her, of course, other people were also interviewed. There is no one-sided praise. There are always people who do not like this. Even if it is a masterpiece in film history, there are still people who don’t like it.

However, in the eyes of the reporters, it is quite inconceivable that everyone mentioned one point in the interview. Whether they like it or not, that is, the atmosphere of terror in the film is particularly real and infectious, and the audience can easily be sucked in, as if they were personally experiencing it.

Such realistic horror has really frightened many young lovers who originally only wanted to see a youth romance film — this is one of the main reasons for some bad reviews.

That night, online comments on these two films came out.

“Secluded city of infatuation” is quite standard. Those of you who like it can at most praise it for being good-looking. If you don’t like it, you can also say that the plot is boring. The two sides can’t even quarrel, and it can be called calm.

The creativity of the film itself is not amazing, but the great god director can turn something ordinary into something attractive. Its rhythm, lens, special effects, music, etc. are not substandard, but the plot itself can not stimulate too much discussion.

If this were the only film to be released, many people will still discuss the plot routine. However, in the same period, there was another more controversial “Monologue” released, which stole the C position.1

Although the acceptance of horror films are not as widely accepted in this world as other movie genres, they are not completely niche, and there are still quite a few people who like them.

In particular, this film has neither ghosts nor bloody scenes, not even at a restricted level. For many viewers who love this type, it is simply a treasure. For a time, like an open tap, there were people recommending it everywhere.

And the discussions of “monologue” have built a high-rise building on relevant forums. 2

[Second time watching, tell me what you think. Judging from the coincidence of the dates in the diary and the last calendar shot, I think that the last scene should be similar to “waking up from a dream”. The main character in the town (emmm doesn’t even have a name from beginning to end, can the director be more perfunctory?) While being devoured by the monster, he woke up in the mental hospital in reality.

The “small town” that did not appear fully in from the beginning to the end is actually the inner world of the protagonist. In the end, his sanity was devoured, and the “monster” woke up in the mental hospital.

From beginning to end, this movie should be a story about how a normal person’s heart collapses into madness, right? Or the process of personality replacement? Just a casual analysis, everyone can take a look. Don’t bully me. The exit is to your right]

[Agreed. The movie starts with a rainy day, and it is almost always rainy afterward. Plus the monsters that always haunt in the dark, and the human shapes that fall in the yard (thinking of that fanatical pursuer, he may have done terrible things in reality)… I think this should be the reflection of the protagonist’s inner heart reflecting reality.

In addition, I have noticed that the two pictures under the film lens have a particularly obvious contrast between the illusion and the reality.

When shooting the house where the protagonist is, the lens is particularly realistic, and the strange things that happen in the whole house give people a particularly real feeling; When it comes to the small town outside the house, there are usually only half of the wall corners and so on, which are basically can’t be clearly seen.

Especially when the protagonist in the final climax escaped back, whether it was the town residents or the surrounding town background, the camera showed a very distorted and fuzzy picture, like a living person shuttling through the weird world. Also, as the main character runs, the road under his feet gives me a feeling of building blocks scattering. I can’t describe it in words. In short, the picture was particularly absurd and weird. It seems that only that house is real in this world, and the whole small world is distorted and collapsing. Only this house is not collapsing. Is this because the protagonist in reality is going crazy little by little?]

[This reading comprehension level is 666. Have you ever thought of another possibility? Perhaps director Yan didn’t think so much at all. Considering that there was no proper set in the mental hospital and there were no actors with excellent acting skills, he simply left everything empty (dog head)?]

[Student, you have found blind spot. Director Yan is stunned!]

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[Speaking of lens, I suddenly remembered that most of the lenses in the beginning were dark, and the painting style was particularly realistic and depressing. When the protagonist finally wakes up in the mental hospital, the tone suddenly becomes particularly bright. At that time, it gave me an illusion that the unreal reality was reversed, which was very strange, very strange. I don’t know if I’m overthinking?]

[I don’t know what depth it has. I just think the last paragraph is a complete failure! At first, I thought it was a horror film, but in the end, it was a routine of “the protagonist is mentally ill and everything is an illusion”. Are there still proper horror movies? Can’t we have some real ghosts and monsters?]

[Real ghosts and monsters? You’re thinking about peaches. 404 warning (funny. JPG).]

[The latter part will not be evaluated for the time being, I have another opinion on the previous comment. Have you forgotten the actual background of the filming? The director himself happened to be criticised by public opinion on the Internet, slandered and framed, and was imprisoned in a mental hospital… How the protagonist in the film is viewed is a metaphor.

Monsters are behind all this. The strange events dictated by the town residents have nothing to do with the protagonist. After all, we all know that the protagonist never goes out. But it happened that they blamed everything on the main character, who was an outsider. And finally tried to attack the main character under the influence of the dark hand behind the scenes… According to this idea, there are too many details in the film, and everyone who knows it understands :).]

[Upstairs is an analysis specialist? Full marks for reading comprehension.]

Director Yan: Where did this talkative little ghost come from? Come, recruit them into Shengshi!]

[Tilts head. So, this is the filming, while taking revenge and hacking the enemy in one go? If people in the future analyse this movie, won’t they drag out Zhou Yao and the others and whip the corpse over and over again? 23333 What deep scheming! I like! ]

[I feel that everyone is a master of logic, but I am a simple man. I didn’t understand it from beginning to end. The only thing I got was that I was scared and dropped all my popcorn and drink. I also lost a shirt to my friend in the front row. Finally, I broke up with my girlfriend who I only started dating the day before. I really thought this was a youth romance movie. Now I’m scared and shivering in my quilt! Given such a literary and artistic name, and released such a beautiful propaganda film, the content was so terrifying. Is the director a human? ! ]

[Hahahahaha the amount of information upstairs is a bit large. In a word, this movie is really scary. You can’t feel it just by listening to the narration, you have to go to the scene to feel it. There are no ghosts and no blood, and I don’t know why I am so panicked? I don’t understand the fans of this horror movie. ]

[Yes, yes, this terrifying atmosphere is really amazing! I dare say that other domestic horror film directors are far from enough in this regard, and I get goosebumps just watching this. ]

[If I remember correctly, it seems that there are restrictions placed for those with a history of heart disease and age when booking tickets online. The conductor at the gate of the cinema also reminded me. Did I notice this detail alone? The terror is real, so don’t force yourself if you can’t watch it

……

There are different opinions on what the plot of the film itself symbolises. Some people regard this as a thrilling horror film. Some people like to constantly explore the deep connotation. Others think it only has thrills and the content itself is not interesting. The only thing that makes everyone agree is that this film is really scary!

When there is controversy, there is popularity. Unknowingly, the box office of “monologue” went up all the way in the first week of its release. On the first day, it’s boxoffice was 9.3 million yuan, on the next day, it was 17 million yuan, and on the third day, it was 29 million yuan… At the end of the week, it just crossed the 300 million mark. The cost of this film is very small, almost all of it is used in post production such as special effects and music.

In contrast, the box office of “Secluded city of infatuation”

Had a tremendous head start. Thanks to the great efforts of the famous director Guanghuan and Star entertainment, the box office on the first day exceeded 10 million yuan, and was fixed at 21 million yuan. However, the box office on the next few days was almost the same as that on the first day, and even slightly decreased. Especially in the last three days, the box office directly dropped to about 10 million yuan… In a week, the final box office was only 150 million yuan!

Just looking at the box office of the first week and the follow-up trend, let alone a big hit, this movie will at most recover the initial costs.

Such a sharp contrast startled the insiders who did not think much of the Monologue in advance.

According to the theory, all aspects of “Secluded city of infatuation” are above the standard. Although it may not explode, it is still no problem to make a lot of money. Who would have thought that the final result would be so dismal? After the analysis of many personnel, they finally found the problem.

It is related to Monologue.

There are only two films worth seeing in this period. Most of the movie fans watched them both.

It’s fine to watch the “Secluded city of infatuation” first. If you watch the “monologue” after, you will experience the real panic. However when you watch “Secluded city of infatuation” second, you will inevitably feel that everything is fake. Even when you reach the most exciting and nerve wracking place in the plot, the audience will be numb.

It seems that all the emotions of tension and fear have been sucked away by “Monologue”, which has a certain meaning of “once a fish has been in the ocean, it will feel other water cannot be real water”. In other words, the audience has been hollowed out by the monologue, once experiencing the sea, the old man just wants to be a salted fish.

This has directly affected the online reputation of “Secluded city of infatuation”, and also affected the new audiences who have not seen it.

On the one hand, word-of-mouth exploded, constantly attracting new audiences, and old audiences rewatched. On the other hand, the word of mouth is general, which can not attract new audiences, and the old audiences also find it dull. Therefore, the box office trend of the two films presents such a strange gap. A relatively good film like “Secluded city of infatuation” hit so low.

This is the classic case of “relying on peers to stand out”.

After understanding the reason, for a time, people in the entire film and television industry felt sorry for the director of “Secluded city of infatuation”. At the same time, they felt a little awe for this fierce man.

As for the audience outside the circle, although they do not understand whether such films earn or lose at the box office, the difference between the two sides is obvious. So they still know who wins and who loses. Like a person who doesn’t understand football, they can’t see which side plays better, but at least they can see who is winning from the score.

Suddenly, Star entertainment attracted a crowd of mockery.

—— They took the initiative to bring forward the date to bump into someone else. They thought they were crushing the other side. And suddenly they lost blood, lost my armour. Isn’t that enough humiliation?

The star entertainment headquarters was shrouded in low pressure. Fu Han once again hung up a phone call from a shareholder asking questions, and suddenly threw his mobile phone to the ground.

This is not the first phone call he received today. Before that, some people came to the office to have a face-to-face showdown with him. All of them accused him of being impulsive and trying to crush Shengshi by forcibly bring up the release date. In the end, his thought himself too clever and got played, causing a film carefully planned by the company to fall under his hands. Although he did not lose money, he did not make much profit. All his previous investments were wasted!

This is not the first time.

The last time Fu Han deliberately messed up “Deep palace”, making many shareholders dissatisfied. If he hadn’t paid for it, it would not have been so easy to settle the matter. This time it attracted so much attention, the shareholders won’t tolerate it!

Some people have even bluntly asked him to step down.

If it were not for the Fu family holding a large number of shares, being the major shareholder of Star entertainment and Fu Han repeatedly promised that he would not make the same mistake again, this would not have ended so easily.

After throwing the phone, Fu Han could not breathe. He gasped heavily and his chest heaved violently.

“Yan, Xun!”

He said the name with clenched teeth. Fu Han’s hatred of the other side soared to the extreme, but for the time being, he had no choice but to be helplessly furious.

This is exactly what we call “no desire is just”. 3 

This kind of ruthless man, who has no flaws in himself, directly reported his own company and sent his father to the Bureau. If he still plays some secret tricks like before, it’s fine not to be exposed. If he is caught, he will be the next one to enter the Bureau.

And to openly suppress him? The result this time is already very obvious.

It rained all night, and another bad news came.

His secretary hurried into the office: “president, Shengshi suddenly released a pile of evidence on the Internet…”

This evidence is related to those black materials that caused “Yan Xun” to be hacked by the whole network last time. Besides hammering the logical chain of black materials into shape, they also found out the behind the scenes behind the release of black materials and incitement of the water army.

——This is credited to system 999.

The first day Yuan Buwei came to this world, he ordered the system 999 to do this. Now, it’s the best time to throw out all the black stuff.

Sure enough, the Internet exploded directly!

Everything system 999 released are all solid hammers. Even if Star Entertainment wants to delete everything after it reacts, it seems very pale and powerless in comparison to the anger of the netizens.

Including the deputy director who has not released his name and the actress who was threatened with hidden rules. After the transaction records between them and Star entertainment were exposed, they were directly hanged on the wall by angry netizens – this stain may not be washed away in their lifetime.

And under Yuan Buwei’s Weibo, countless apologies flooded in.

[Ah, ah, ah, ah, kowtow to director Yan and say sorry. Bang bang! (loud) in fact, I knew I was wrong after watching the press conference, but I still deceived myself and others with no evidence, and insisted on not being soft. Now I’m really cracked after seeing this evidence! I don’t have much to say. Now I’m going to buy ten movie tickets to make some contribution to director Yan!]

[ 1. Contribute to the box office as well, which is counted as an apology.]

[Host, now the Internet is full of messages apologising to you. It seems that your reputation has been completely reversed.]

System 999 always pays attention to the news on the Internet, and tells Yuan Buwei right after it finds that the wind direction is reversed. Its tone is full of excitement and elation.

After all, it has also contributed to this.

“Oh.” Yuan Buwei was calm.

At this time, he was sitting in the garden of his villa, basking in the sun, and directing Shengshi remotely through the Internet. He was not interested in reading the so-called apology messages.

After all, he is not the original owner, and the apologies of these people will not stir up any waves in his heart. In fact, the purpose of this wave of operation is to increase the popularity of the film and hit Star entertainment again.

As expected, while Star entertainment was sprayed, the already lacklustre “Secluded city of infatuation” was also involved and received a retaliatory boycott from many people.

Holding the sweetened version of milk tea, he took a sip of it. Then contacted secretary Jiang, his universal tool man: “have you prepared for the new movie?”

Secretary Jiang, who is reading about Star entertainment on the internet, took a breath: “everything is ready and the venue has been found. Now only the actors are missing.”

He asked a little strangely, “Mr. Yan, don’t be in such a hurry. This movie hasn’t finished showing yet.”

“No hurry.” Yuan Buwei took another sip of milk tea slowly. “Before Star entertainment replaces Fu Han, he could still contribute another wave of popularity for me.”

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The tool man should be used to the fullest. Practice makes perfect when it comes to collecting wool. How can Fu Han be replaced so easily without any contribution?

Secretary Jiang remained silent for ten seconds.

On the other side of the phone, the president was obviously drinking milk tea, and he could imagine in his mind the other side’s leisurely attitude at the moment. When he thought about working overtime with dark circles under his eyes, and his hairline in danger, he almost vomited 10000 MMPs.4

But in the end, he still resisted the impulse to cut someone to death, showing a fake business smile: “Okay, I’ll help you contact actors. Do you have any requirements?”

……

When Yuan Buwei finished communicating with secretary Jiang, secretary Jiang suddenly said something. A reporter from an entertainment media wants to conduct an exclusive interview with Yuan Buwei.

Yuan Buwei readily agreed: “no problem.”

However, secretary Jiang was not at ease. Thinking of the unexpected performance at the last press conference and the Emoji packs still circulating on the Internet, he could not help but gently exhort him: “president Yan, this time, you should remember to think carefully before answering. It would be better if you could publicise a positive image and the news of the next film.”

He said the words “positive image” over and over again.

“Don’t worry, I know.”

Secretary Jiang: “…”

No, the more you say that, the more I feel uneasy :).

Not long after secretary Jiang saw the newly released interview, the fake business smile on his face could not be maintained. He found that he really did not know enough about his president.

——Not only can’t listen to people’s words, but also don’t speak human words.

He turned on his mobile phone, and as expected, the content of this interview has contributed a lot to the sand sculpture netizens. 5

“Reporter: as a unique horror film, how does director Yan view the great success of this “Monologue”? Do you have any secrets to share with us?

Yuan Buwei: the success of the film can not be separated from the support of the audience. The excellent performance of the main character is also an indispensable part, and as a director, I have only played to a normal level. “

[23336 the front is quite normal and sounds modest. But on second thought, isn’t the main character yourself? How can you praise yourself in this way? Really new experience]

[ Sit down, it’s not 6,7 where is this going?]

“Reporter: ? Ha ha, director Yan is really humorous and has uncommon thought processes. Perhaps it is because of this that you can make such a special film as “Monologue”. Now everyone says that the terror of this film is simply incredible. Several major directors admit that they are inferior. Are you particularly talented in this aspect?

Yuan Buwei: Have you ever asked why sweets are so sweet? Is it because it is exceptionally talented in this respect?

Reporter: ? ? ? Of course, sweets have to be processed first… Oh, director Yan means that this is the fruit of your continuous effort. It seems that director Yan is tactfully telling everyone that continuous hard work is far better than innate talent. It is really inspiring.

Yuan Buwei: No, do you think just about anything can be processed into candy? The truth is that I have talent.

Reporter:… (face blank for a whole second)

Yuan Buwei: when you see my next film, you will have a deeper understanding of this point. “

[… I feel that I have been connoted, so I am a waste that can’t be made into sweets?]

[Appeared! Director Yan’s wonderful metaphors!]

[I just realised that this is actually a promotion for the new film?]

……

At the end of the interview, the reporter was stuck for words several times in the middle. Looking at his expression, it was clear that he wanted to kick director Yan off the stage. But the audience who watched the program was full of ha ha, and the  bullet screen was very happy.

On Shengshi’s side, meeting secretary Jiang’s complaining eyes, he was innocent and confused.

… This is not positive enough? Not only is it positive, but also the next film is well publicised! It perfectly meets the requirements of secretary Jiang.

Not to mention…

“I thought it over and told the truth.”

——This almost instinctive stimulation and capture of the fear of all living beings is carved into the soul, is the most profound imprint in the world.

That’s what even the most talented director among these mortals can’t do in their whole life.

TN: Haha the internet is back ʱªʱªʱª(˃̣̣̥˂̣̣̥)

1 In idol groups people fight for the c position (the centre), as it catches the most attention.

2 Each comment is a level/floor. So a high rise building means a lot of comments

3 probably phrase incorrectly. It’s a metaphor for people to achieve the state of righteousness and awe-inspiring only when they have no worldly desires.

4 MMP =  a curse, forbidden word in Sichuan dialect. = = something like “your mother is a b****” which equals to “son of b****” 

5 Sand sculpture = is generally used humourously to describe weird or stupid but funny behaviours or lame jokes, as with a lot of memes. 

6The No. 233 emoji from the MP forum is a picture of laughing, so many users like to add a “2333” when they post in the forum. Now “2333” is a popular web term used to express laughter.

7 Sit down it’s not 6, the abbreviation of “do not deduct 666 for basic operations, everyone sit down”, which means that this is just a basic operation, don’t hit 666 on the barrage, that is, don’t make a fuss.