Besides, the guys who waited and watched, waiting to see the excitement and watching the jokes, originally thought that Yi Feiyang's "Ghost Shadow" was completely finished, but no one could have imagined that the situation suddenly reversed, and it was even more popular than before!

In just one week, the show alone sold a staggering $23 million!

Thanks to the U.S. government, the ban issued by the U.S. government, and even more so to the U.S. government's selfless spirit of cracking down on counterfeiting, piracy is almost nonexistent, and the profits from the sale of optical discs are so high that they are explosive......

If it is in China, it is estimated that this drama has not yet been released, and the pirated disc has already been released, so in terms of film copyright, it is still the better system in the United States.

……

If nothing else, on December 18, 1998.

The total box office sales of the three films of Dream Pictures, "Ghost Shadow", which sold 46 million US dollars, and "Horror Cruise" and "Buried Alive", have reached an astonishing 83 million US dollars!

However, for such amazing data, Yi Feiyang did not have the slightest joy. For more than a month, he has been almost hiding from the paparazzi reporters in the United States, going deep and simple, and not showing up much; Even many reporters can't even collect a few words from him. So much so that Yi Feiyang was voted "the most difficult person to interview this year".

The original "death director", the "monster" that everyone fears, has suddenly become the sweetheart of the American media, which cannot be said to be a big joke.

That's not all, he was originally considered to be the first Chinese director ever banned in North America, but his horror film "Ghost Shadow" was filmed at the end of December. Very "unexpectedly" won the Best Director Award at the "First British Horror Film Festival"!

Said a few days ago. The UK's first "Horror Film Festival" was held in London. This week-long horror film "extravaganza" is hosted by a film company called ICA to re-evaluate films that are considered "visual garbage" – to "justify horror films".

The films on display are all horror "blockbusters" selected from various countries, which make people feel bloody and eerie, such as "Cannibal Massacre", "A Nightmare in a Destroyed Brain", "Nightmare Maker", "Dark", "Afterlife" and so on.

The "horror film festival" has caused a lot of controversy in London, with some fans finding the horror film festival enjoyable, while film censors and conservatives believe that the films are mostly uncensored, offensive in content, and especially likely to have a bad impact on young people.

Tom Matthews, the famous British author of the book "Uncensored", who advocated the abolition of film censorship, said: "Fear is one of the basic human feelings. Horror movies are the best way to show this feeling. In modern society, people face all kinds of pressures. Horror movies can help you relieve these stresses. Because with the gradual accumulation of the storyline. When people's tension reaches a peak and suddenly explodes, they feel extremely relaxed. ”

Many movie fans also said that with the advent of the information age, especially the advent of the Internet, film censorship has become a non-existent system, and people can download any film from the Internet as they want.

But those who want to retain censorship argue that some of the films are so offensive that they overtly harass children or exaggerate extreme violence, and that censorship is absolutely necessary. The Internet may have made this kind of censorship somewhat irrelevant, but it does send a message to the masses about what is morally acceptable. Which ones can't.

Even Tom Matthews himself admits that if he finds his 12-year-old daughter downloading horror movies or from the Internet. He's going to be upset. He argues that in the information society, parents have an obligation to engage in some form of scrutiny of what their children are looking at.

But no matter what, this horror film festival finally went smoothly, after many rounds of elimination, the newly banned horror movie in North America, produced by Dream Pictures, directed by Yi Feiyang, the horror film "Ghost Shadow" actually appeared as a dark horse, and the most successful competition was won the crown.

As for the reason for the award of this play, of course, it is not because it is "too terrifying to scare people to death", but because "the conception is weird and ingenious, and the shooting technique is thrilling and terrifying".

The news, like a bombshell, reached North America as soon as possible, causing an earth-shattering sensation.

Yes, the American film won the British award, which is still an unprecedented "horror film award", which cannot but make people curious and surprised.

Especially those viewers who have watched the play "Ghost Shadow", they collectively claim that if this play does not win the award, then either the British are blind or God is blind!

In any case, "Ghost Shadows", a banned film in the United States, has once again appeared on the front pages of American magazines, and even frequently appeared in the news reports of some television stations.

As the director and producer of this play, Yi Feiyang rarely teased the puppy Bobo at home with ease, looking like he was enjoying himself.

"Ayan, don't be bored in the house all the time, go out and go to the event, it just so happens that the horror film festival in the UK is going to give you an award this time, you might as well go there and relax...... Britain has the Thames, there is Shakespeare, and farewell to Cambridge......" The fat man Gao Jiabao racked his brains and persuaded.

Yi Feiyang teased the puppy Bobo, "You like it so much, why don't you go." ”

"I'm not a director, what am I going to do? Look at the whites of people's eyes? ”

"You can go on my behalf! Well, I can give you an acceptance speech, and you can say thank you to the government, to your parents, to the audience, and to some of the nonsense......"

"Test, I won't!" The fat man was very depressed, "I am a self-aware person, and I know where I should show my face and where I should be invisible...... Also, it's hard to find a film festival like this, after this village, there will be no such shop, you have to think about it! ”

In fact, the fat man is right, the market for horror movies itself is not very large, and it is mostly concentrated among teenagers; And because the subject matter is too violent, or sensitive, it is not treated well by orthodox filmmakers, who think that such films are harmful to the mental health of teenagers, so there are not many such awards.

In Yi Feiyang's memory, in his previous life, there was only an event called "Austin Fantasy Film Festival" that had the "Best Horror Film Award".

There is another story about this very special film award.

In his previous life, Yi Feiyang watched a horror movie that was rumored to be "cool", called "Human Centipede".

In terms of horror creativity, this "Human Centipede" can indeed be regarded as a cult movie, connecting three people to Gangmen into a human centipede, maybe only perverts occasionally have this idea! But in terms of plot details, like most small-budget movies, there are too many bugs that can't stand scrutiny. Therefore, after watching this movie, Yi Feiyang really has nothing to say except to express his amazement at this perverted creativity......

But searching for information about this movie, Yi Feiyang found an interesting place, such a movie that makes many people disgusting, is actually the best horror movie award called "Austin Fantasy Film Festival", and the perverted doctor in the film also won the best actor.

This made Yi Feiyang wonder, what kind of film festival actually awarded the best horror film award to this movie? !

After patient and meticulous research, Yi Feiyang finally understood the reason for the award, "This Austin Fantasy Film Festival is known for its vigorous taste, focusing on horror, science fiction, grotesque and other films with extremely discordant content. Every year, the festival invites a large number of famous and unknown writers, filmmakers and unrelated people to participate. ”

Continue to watch, I was surprised to find some familiar names, the films that have participated in this film festival include "Antichrist", "Bloodthirsty Dawn", "Zombie Land", and the most surprising thing for Yi Feiyang is that there is also "Crazy Racing" by a director in the mainland!

In this way, putting aside the quality of the award-winning films of this film festival for the time being, it should be enough to attract people's attention in the future from a creative point of view!

But now, the "British Horror Film Festival" is almost 20 years ahead of this future so-called "Super Fierce Film Festival"!

What does this mean?

It shows that twenty years ago, people began to pay attention to the survival of horror movies in the world! Start paying attention to the journey of creating horror movies!

Therefore, in a sense, this so-called British horror film festival will cause an inevitable "commotion" in the entire world film industry, and it is the best time for those rookie directors and actors to walk the red carpet and make a name for themselves.

The fat man Gao Jiabao has this kind of thought, hoping that Yi Feiyang can move his noble buttocks, go to the UK for a walk, show his face at the film festival, and increase his popularity.

But Yi Feiyang is an alternative, not to mention that in his opinion, even if he doesn't show his face at the film festival, it won't have much impact on himself. After all, he is also considered "red", although this "red" makes people have some headaches and egg pains.

The movie was filmed to scare an innocent old man to death!

Yi Feiyang really doesn't want to rely on this to become popular.

Whenever he sees the poor puppy Bobo, he thinks of old John buried in the ground.

Yi Feiyang doesn't think he's a compassionate person, but he's not the kind of guy who is cold-hearted for the sake of fame.

During this time, Yi Feiyang tried to avoid contact with the media, because he did not want to use the death of Old John to make a name for himself. In his opinion, he doesn't need to do this yet, even if he really wants to get ahead, he has to rely on the movies he shoots and his real strength!

Although Yi Feiyang didn't want to use the "Old John's Death Incident" to hype himself, the cooperative company Paramount did not give up this power, and Yi Feiyang couldn't stop it, so "Buried Alive" and "Horror Cruise" were popular, and the movie disc of "Ghost Shadow" was sold out, and a lot of banknotes flew over......

In the face of all this, Yi Feiyang was still indifferent, not at all happy.

However, a closed and peaceful life like his will soon be shattered by an accident! (To be continued......)