Chapter 21: The Second Bullet, Propaganda, Film
Bobby's situation in the fire brigade, Professor Charles and Ye Kai are completely in control.
The situations that Poppy encountered in the fire brigade at the beginning, how he was treated, and how he was cursed instead of being thanked after saving people, etc. These Charles professors they completely look at.
Even, when Oloro knew about Poppy's encounter at first, she was distressed and wanted to take Poppy back immediately. However, in the end, they were stopped by Professor Charles, because the situation itself was expected by them. What happened to Bobby was not at all out of their expectation.
It would be strange if Poppy hadn't been treated like this. Because such is the status of mutants in society. It may even be that some mutants will suffer worse than Poppy.
And later, through his own efforts, Bobby was little by little recognized, little by little praised by them, and Professor Charles finally had a smile on their faces, and this change was what they wanted to see.
"Ye Kai, we, we've succeeded." Charles looked at Ye Kai with a smile.
"yes, it worked, then we can move on to the second step." Ye Kai also smiled.
The first step was to get Bobby to be a firefighter and get others to recognize him. The second step, of course, is propaganda.
Through publicity, let more people know about the existence of Bobby, and make Bobby a star or even a hero in the eyes of others.
However, the second step of publicity can't directly promote Bobby, which will make people feel that Bobby is deliberately making a show, which will cause others to resent it.
In fact, the propaganda Ye Kai mentioned, at the beginning, was some virtual mutants, comics of superheroes like Superman or Iron Man and Spider-Man.
That's right, it's a superhero comic or something.
After getting people to accept people with extraordinary powers, and then making people accept these people with extraordinary powers, they publish some real mutant comics, such as Bobby, and adapt Bobby's experience into comics or, or even make a movie. Let other people know that there really is a Poppy person. Naturally, people's attitudes towards mutants will change at this time.
While it's impossible to get everyone to accept mutants all at once, at least some people can start accepting mutants.
A little bit of change, a little bit of change in the image of mutants in people's minds, and finally achieve the goal of mutants and ordinary people living in peace.
That's the second step. Publicize! Make mutant stars and mutant superheroes.
"Potter, your ability is to draw, then, the comic about Spider-Man is up to you."
"No problem, don't worry, I will definitely draw the comic strip of Spider-Man, I will." Potter said with a serious, even excited, look.
Potter is also a mutant, but his ability is not something that seems to be extraordinary or super powerful, his ability is just to draw, using a paintbrush to draw the picture in his mind, fast and the picture is very delicate and beautiful.
Potter's ability was of little use to many. But in Ye Kai's opinion, his superpower is very powerful.
"Harry, your task is to build a website, a website with news about mutants, to write about some of the mutants' superpowers and publish them, without writing about any powerful or very powerful superpowers, but rather the kind of abilities that are inconspicuous, although special, but have little effect and even side effects. For example, the ability of a pig's head, growing a pig's head, except for becoming able to eat, and even sleepy, has no effect at all. Ye Kai said to another mutant who had awakened such a superpower as a hacker.
"Eh, Ye Kai, why are you announcing this mutant? I think we should announce more powerful mutants, like Mr. Scott's Laser Eyes. Harry pushed the round frame.
"Harry, first of all, we need to make ordinary people not afraid of us, so that they feel that although we mutants are mutants, we will not actually pose any threat to them, but will become more unlucky and worse than them, so that they will not be afraid and disgusted. It will even make them feel a certain amount of sympathy for us mutants, so that we can achieve the effect we want. β
"Uh, okay. I know. β
Professor Charles looked at Ye Kai's arrangement, his face was full of smiles, although he had never had such an idea before, but in fact, Ye Kai's idea didn't look good, and looking at Ye Kai's arrangement, if it could really achieve the effect that Ye Kai said, then they mutants would really get the recognition and attention of ordinary people.
"Professor. I would like to ask, do you have any acquaintances in Hollywood? Ye Kai suddenly set his eyes on Professor Charles.
"Huh? Hollywood? You mean, the film industry? Charles was stunned.
"That's right, it's a movie. In fact, whether it is comics or movies, their influence is weaker than that of movies. So if we can use the movie to promote it, it will be better. Ye Kai nodded.
"Movies? I really don't know anyone in this area. However, I can invite professionals to help, after all, there are few things in this world that money can't do. And when it comes to money, I don't lack it. Professor Charles laughed, as if he had been possessed by Bruce or Tony Stark.
"Well, well, since you say so, then no problem. Let's make a movie about mutants. Ye Kai smiled and nodded.
"Okay, no problem. But what are we going to shoot? Is that the Spider-Man you are talking about? Or is it an experience like Bobby's? β
"No, no, no, we need to shoot yes and no. Because movies and comics are different as well. And even if it's a comic, we can't speak directly for mutants, because that would be resisted from the beginning. So, our film, what we want to make is, mutants - there is no good end. Or, mutants are not miserable. Mutants are deadβ"
Charles and Oloro heard Ye Kai say this, their faces changed, and they looked at Ye Kai strangely, what is Ye Kai going to shoot? Shouldn't promoting mutants create a mutant star or a mutant hero, and then gain the audience's approval, so as to change other people's attitudes towards mutants? Why did Ye Kai want to do the other way around? Moreover, mutants don't end well, mutants are not miserable or something, such a humble name, it's just inferior.
"Professor, if we cast mutants as heroes in the first place, don't you think it would be offensive, and no one would even go to the cinema to watch it? Wouldn't that be in vain? So, the first thing we have to do is to cater to the tastes of the audience. Ye Kai persuaded seriously.
"Are you saying that what audiences like to watch is the type of movie where mutants don't end well, or mutants don't end badly, or even mutants die without corpses?" Oloro rolled her eyes and said angrily.
"Oloro, first of all, in the eyes of ordinary people, we mutants are monsters, is that right?"
"Uh-huh. Obvious. β
"So, do you think that if a monster in their eyes suddenly becomes a hero, they will accept it? Or if Stryker, that bastard turned out to be a superhero in the movie, would you have any way of that? β
"Of course I can't accept it, how can that bastard Stryker be a hero."
"Therefore, a monster in the eyes of ordinary people cannot become a hero either."
When Oloro heard Ye Kai say this, she also understood what was going on. Although she didn't want to admit it, Ye Kai was right.
"So, how are we going to shoot?"
"How do you shoot it? Let's adapt the Stryker we met earlier. There is no need for any X-Men in the movie, and there is no need for Magneto's brotherhood to appear. In the movie, only Stryker and his army, as well as the mutants he captured, appeared in the movie. Well, Stryker's identity needs to be changed, a general or the military, or something, a little sensitive. Let's change it to a consortium. Director of a consortium. Ye Kai pondered and adapted the story.
"First of all, at the beginning, we were still going to shoot the bad actions of mutants, such as robbery-"
"Ye Kai, we mutants are not criminals." Oloro interrupted Ye Kai's words.
"Okay Oloro, listen to me, listen to me. Everything is up to me,? β
βOKοΌ You say! β
"First of all, at the beginning of the movie, there will be a mutant robbing a convenience store, and then being quickly captured by a team. At the same time, there are mutant thieves who are also caught stealing. Immediately after that, we can see more mutants who have been caught, and these mutants look like they are all criminals. Ye Kai began to talk about the content of the movie he wanted to make.
Listening to what Ye Kai said, Oloro's brows were furrowed, and even if it wasn't for Ye Kai to say that after listening to him, Oloro couldn't help but interrupt Ye Kai's words.
After that, these mutants will be punished, beaten, scolded, and imprisoned. In the end, they were sent to the laboratory. β
"In the lab, these mutants will be dissected, sliced, tortured. By all means, well, this section can be filmed a little more realistically and a little more bloody. This will be more shocking. β
Hearing Ye Kai say this, Oloro frowned, and a trace of anger flashed in his eyes, because Ye Kai was not just talking about stories, in fact, in Stryker's base, these things were real.
"As soon as the screen turns, we can release some shots, why do some mutants rob, why do they steal, because they have no money, because they don't have a home, and even if they have money, there is no place to buy food, and they have no choice but to steal and rob in order to survive."
After that, the mutants who stole and robbed at the beginning of the movie, they wanted to escape from the laboratory, they began to secretly contact other mutants, and eventually, using their abilities, they ran out of the laboratory, but, because there were more mutants in the laboratory, so, in the end, the robber decided to return to the laboratory, but not only did he not be able to save people, he was also captured, and finally died in the laboratory. It was made into a specimen. Only the mutant who stole the stuff didn't dare to come back because he was cowardly, so he was still alive, but he had to hide everywhere - and then, well, the movie should end here. β
Ye Kai roughly told the story of this movie, and as for the specific content, it is necessary to find a professional person to create the movie script.
Compared with Ye Kai's narration, the other people listened to it, but their expressions were very weird, this kind of story, they had a feeling that they couldn't tell.