"Is it highly productive? Well...... Actually, it's okay, two plays a year sounds very prolific, but if you compare it with the previous film market, it's actually quite normal. ”

"After all, our films are only small-budget films, and it is actually quite easy to review all aspects."

"Now a lot of films are released slowly, what is the main situation? Schedule, review, theater line, these three points. ”

"Many films like to be released on special days, such as rest days, holidays, winter and summer vacations...... These days, but the people who work in this circle should actually know that once everyone is separated, it is more difficult to get together again, and it is more difficult to regulate the schedule. ”

"Then there is the review, the current movie release is not only to check the film itself, but also to check the investment companies and actors, many films are put at the end of the list behind the scenes, you can actually pay attention to it, a film is counted down to three or four investment companies, and various sponsors are even more numerous than can be counted, so it is very necessary to confirm the health of the organizational structure and the compliance of the capital chain, and it is also very long."

"After this large series of processes, you basically have to plan half a year or even a year in advance, and more importantly, you have to have theaters willing to support it, so it is actually normal to wait for a year or two after the film is filmed before it is released."

Lu Zhengyi stood on the stage and explained the reason for the high production of the crew, "As for our crew, they are all small roles, basically we have to rest at home for two or three months after filming, and we basically have time in time." ”

"As for the review, we are a small-budget film, and the proportion of investment is basically two or three copies, very few, and it is easy to review clearly."

"As for the theater chain, it is still thanks to the very unique vision of our partner company, Light and Shadow, who is willing to invest in us and help us make a plan for publicity."

……

"Jason, may I ask you for the first time to make a horror movie, and it is still a horror film of Tang Kingdom, what do you think of it?"

"If I think about it, I am more interested in the traditional culture of the Tang Kingdom, especially the culture of Taoism. Originally, I was very interested in Tang Guo's qi, kung fu and the like, but this time when I was filming with the double pupil crew, I went to a magical place and met a superman. ”

"No, it's supposed to be a strange person. Yes, I practiced with a Taoist leader for a period of time in that Taoist temple in the play, and during that time I felt that my soul was purified. ”

……

"My question is that I want to ask Mr. Chang, did Huang Huotu die in the end? Or have you become an immortal? ”

"The question is ...... Well, because it's an open-ended ending, it depends on whether you want him to live or if you want him to let go. ”

"Director Lu likes to bury all kinds of dark lines in a movie, so that the audience can have a different understanding of the plot. It doesn't matter what the outcome is, what matters is what you are willing to believe and accept. ”

……

"Teacher Yu, I want to ask if Xie Yali became an immortal in the end?"

"Uh...... This question is actually the same question that the audience friend asked Mr. Chang just now. ”

"I'm paraphrasing his words, which ending you are more able to accept, that's that kind of ending."

……

“…… May I ask Mr. Li Zhenxi, what do you think of the role of Cai Qingfang? Is her role an obstacle on the way to becoming an immortal? ”

"In fact, I discussed this problem with Director Lu when I was auditioning, and I think my daughter and I are more like a catastrophe and a love catastrophe."

"But this calamity, it's not necessarily a bad obstacle, it could be a branching option. Just like the sentient Tao and the ruthless Tao in Taoism, Huang Huotu let go of everything in life, he became an immortal, and he walked the ruthless way. If he comes to his senses in his daughter's shout, he is unwilling to let go, which does not necessarily mean that he will not be able to become an immortal, he may be walking with sentient beings, after all, our drama is about the theme of Taoism. ”

……

After all, there is an age limit for buying tickets, so the age of the people present is not small.

The youngest girl must look like she is twenty-one or two years old.

Since they are adults, although everyone has gradually become bold because of the easy-going attitude of Lu Zhengyi and others, they are no longer so afraid of the media cameras, basically everyone has stood up and chatted for a sentence or two, but everyone is still more measured in their speech.

Most of the questions focus on Lu Zhengyi and Jason.

Ask the crew about the interesting things filmed, who played the best,

Or ask Jason how he feels about making a horror movie for the first time, and if he is intimidated in the process.

followed by Chang Zhengwei and Yu Wenxiu.

Ask whether the yellow fire soil is dead or alive in the end, and ask Xie Yali if he has become an immortal in the end.

For example, Li Zhenxi, Zhang Yuming, and Liu Baoning have fewer problems.

However, there will still be some audience members who are more enthusiastic, and when they see which person on the stage is left out in the cold, they will ask questions, so as not to stay on the stage and watch others interact.

The atmosphere of asking questions on the scene is still very good.

After all, in front of others, saying something unpleasant, there are really few people who can do it, and few people are willing to do it.

They can speak freely in the comment area after the end, and there is no need to offend people in front of them.

But there will always be some people who are more prominent and bold in their performance.

"Director Lu, do you think the movie you made this time is terrifying?"

The voice is very soft, and you can hear it as a young person.

When this question was asked, whether it was the audience, the media in front of the stage, Lu Zhengyi and others on the stage, everyone turned their eyes to the seats where the voice came out.

Especially those media reporters, one by one, their eyes were eager, constantly adjusting the camera position, aiming at this young man.

Close-ups are definitely there.

A group of people looked at this young man with blank eyes, and they almost opened their mouths to call him, and then be bolder, and directly said to refund the ticket.

"Wait, I didn't mean that your film was bad."

Then, the young man seemed to realize what he had just said, and quickly explained in a panic, "Because I started watching your horror movies from the last film, that is, the curse, I am a horror movie lover, and I can even be said to be a fanatic. ”

"I used to watch foreign horror movies, because the films in the domestic market are honest, everyone who understands them, and I can't hold back a good one for a year, on the one hand, no one shoots it, and on the other hand, some people can't shoot it."

"But your previous two works gave me a feeling that the domestic market seemed to be saved, and perhaps with such an expectation, I grabbed tickets here in the middle of the night to watch such a premiere."

Speaking of this, his expression was a little regretful, "But to be honest, the film is good, but it's not scary." ”

"Its plot is very compact, and it can be seen that the main creative team is also very serious about expressing this story, it is a good crime film, but not a good horror film, I want to ask, did you choose the wrong script?"

Although this young man's words were quite direct at first.

But his later explanations are very organized.

For a while, everyone didn't know if he was too young to ask such a straightforward question, or whether it was deliberate.

"This question...... Pretty good. ”

Seeing that this person was coming for him, Lu Zhengyi raised the microphone and replied softly, "Actually, from the moment I entered the venue just now, I saw the performance on everyone's faces, and I can probably see that this film is not scaring people." ”

"In fact, when my first two films were released, I had people from the crew secretly show up to see how everyone reacted."

"Basically, every time I watch it, it will be cold for a while, but this time everyone is quite happy to watch, and the discussion seems to be quite lively, I can roughly think that there may be such a problem."

All media reporters turned their cameras to Lu Zhengyi's side, waiting for his answer.

And many viewers present are the same, including the film critics at the back.

It's just that compared to the others, their faces at this moment are a little complicated, confused, flustered, and frightened......

"Actually, my definition of horror movies is relatively simple."

On stage, Lu Zhengyi continued to answer, "The most important thing about horror movies is to make the audience have negative emotions such as fear, anxiety, and panic, and get an entertainment experience in the body and heart through catharsis, a different kind of stimulation." ”

"So horror movies can almost be regarded as the lowest-cost extreme sports, provided that the film is scary enough to make the human body speed up the secretion of adrenaline through fear."

"And when I was trying to get into the horror film industry, many relatively classic films actually had one thing in common, that is, they were real enough."

Horror movies don't necessarily have to be supernatural themes, such as disaster movies that make people feel helpless and uneasy, criminal films adapted from classic crime cases, and drama films that bring a sense of depression brought about by endless loops......

They bring negative emotions to the audience without making people think of a play.

This kind of realistic film is a very classic horror film.

For this answer, the young man who asked the question changed his face, "Real? You mean to say that this film has a prototype? ”

This sentence made many people present change their faces.

Speaking of this kind of supernatural horror film, few people actually think that the film will have a prototype.

If there was a prototype, how terrifying would it be?

But Lu Zhengyi's film is more inclined to a crime film, so after his explanation, many people can't help but feel that this case has a prototype.

After all, almost all crime films can be found in real cases where similar events can be found.

"No, no, no, of course there is no prototype."

Lu Zhengyi waved his hand helplessly, "I just said that we filmed very realistically." ”

"It's true, but it's ......"

The young man wanted to say something.

"Excuse me, I'll interrupt."

But then suddenly, a hoarse voice sounded, interrupting their conversation.

The voice didn't pass through the microphone, but it was extremely lucid and reached everyone's ears.

In the last row, a middle-aged man with glasses stood up.

He holds a paper notebook in one hand and a mobile phone with a screen lit in the other.

"Director Lu, I just noticed that you have been emphasizing the truth, but you also said that what happened in the plot is not adapted from real events."

"So I take the liberty of cutting in line and asking, what is real? Without asking, I found it really hard to sit here and feel comfortable with this movie as an imaginary story. ”

"Because I just searched the Internet for the True Immortal Temple, and I want to find the location of your filming......"

As he spoke, the man picked up his mobile phone and read it word by word, "I'll say okay first, this is news, not anything." ”

"What popped up after my search was a report by the official TV station of Sichuan City in January this year, five months ago, Fengshan collapsed due to the weather, and a dungeon saw the light of day, and this report mentioned the three words 'True Immortal Temple', because this underground palace is a Taoist temple, it is called True Immortal Temple, so I searched for it!"

"At present, this underground palace should still be explored and in-depth by archaeologists. As for this news, I searched all over the Internet, and the only ones that actually reported it were Chuancheng TV and Fengshan Local Minsheng TV. ”

Because of the atmosphere and rhythm of the on-site interaction, Lu Zhengyi grasped it well, so except for the person who asked the question, even if others had a discussion, it was very quiet.

Therefore, the few words of this middle-aged man who suddenly interjected were very clear.

All of a sudden, almost everyone in the audience froze.

Including those media reporters, they forgot to turn the camera for a while and were stunned.

It can be said in the audience that except for the people from the plum civet cat crew, only Zhang Xueming in the entrance aisle has a calm face.

The others, including the person in charge of the theater, Jason on stage, and the agent in charge of translation next to Jason, were all stunned.

They couldn't react at all to what was happening.

"Director Lu, are you really making a movie?"

The middle-aged man asked in a hoarse voice.

……

……

"Originally, I was happy to watch Shuangtong today, thinking that Director Lu was finally a person, and made some horror movies that normal people can adapt to, and I wanted to give a good review. The results came out and looked at the hot search, good guys, really good guys. ”

"Six, the True Immortal Temple has been unearthed, is it time for someone to prepare the Five Prisons to become immortals?"

"Prophet, the knife is stabbed."

"Director Lu, this is making a movie? No, he's teaching the Dharma! ”

"Woo woo brothers, I don't want to be burned to death, I ......"

"Upstairs, I've already beaten the demon spirit."

……

Late at night on April 1st,

A premiere interactive video appeared on Weibo,

The entry called 'True Immortal View' directly topped the hot search list.

The topic of archaeological research, which has always been of little attention, has attracted a lot of heat for the first time, and it was originally just two reports on local TV stations that were fluttering and did not even break 1,000 in reading, but they have become a gathering place for a large number of netizens to discuss and gather.

If a movie is interesting enough and real enough, there are often people looking for the story behind the movie.

For example, shooting footage, creative background...... A wide variety of questions.

It's like a mantra, if you write 'inside the mantra' on the input box of the encyclopedia, a variety of search words will pop up, such as 'Is the mantra in the mantra real?' 'What is the prototype of the Buddha mother in the mantra?' ’

And now the double pupil has the same content.

'Where is the True Immortal Temple?' ', 'Did the history of the Five Prisons Becoming Immortals happen?' 'Is it true that the Five Prisons became immortals?' ', 'The whole network is looking for a double-eyed girl named Xie Yali', 'Does Lu Zhengyi want to tell us something through the movie......

When everyone who has finished watching the double pupils has just walked out of the cinema and thinks that the film is not bad, suitable for 'normal people' to watch.

As long as they pay attention to the information on the Internet, they will instantly reverse this idea.

Lu Zhengyi once again used a classic off-the-plate trick, making people unable to distinguish the true from the fake.

And this time, compared to the spell, there is only one video of shooting tidbits.

This time it was a real news report, and the True Immortal Temple was unearthed in Fengshan, Sichuan City!

"What?!"

"Do you know what time it is? I just fell asleep! ”

"Call me in the middle of the night, if you don't give a reason, you'll give me a location tomorrow!"

In the early morning of April 2nd,

Chuancheng,

A sleeping man was woken up from his sleep by the sound of the phone, and picked up the phone in an irritated tone.

"Editor-in-chief, the director of the station asked us to gather urgently and rush to Fengshan."

Although it was late at night, the caller on the other end of the phone was very excited, "Didn't there be an underground palace on the Fengshan side last year, and we also reported a news at that time." ”

"True Immortal Temple, huh? Didn't that news have not even been read by a thousand? Now who likes to pay attention to these, it is better to report on people's livelihood. The editor-in-chief yawned back, but finally got up, put on his slippers and prepared to wash.

Since it was the director who called him to work overtime, it was impossible for him to ignore it directly and pretend not to know.

"Now the number of readings has exceeded 500,000, and it has skyrocketed!"

On the other end of the phone, the speaker raised his voice, "In the middle of the night, the number of direct readings rushed from hundreds to more than 500,000, and it was a new number as soon as it was refreshed." I think tomorrow, this article will attract at least a million readers! ”

“…… Yes? ”

The editor-in-chief held a toothbrush and made a blank sound.

"Do you know Lu Zhengyi? A director. ”

The person on the phone hurriedly explained, his tone was mixed with panic and excitement, "He made a movie, and there is also a real immortal in it." ”

"Now a lot of netizens are discussing whether some of the things in this movie are true, and the director asked us to hurry over and find out the situation."

"But the main thing is to see if there are some stone tablets in the unearthed cultural relics, if not, report them truthfully, if there is......"

If anything, it's a big deal.

"Making a movie? No. ”

The editor-in-chief was a little incomprehensible, "He is a director, mixed in the entertainment industry, he knows some inside information in advance, and let people make a script according to this true immortal view, gain popularity, and adapt it to make a movie, how can it cause such a big thing." ”

"Is it so easy for today's netizens to believe and be so easy to be rhythmic?"

"Do they still want to cultivate immortals?"

He was called to wake up in the middle of the night to work overtime, and he was still a little resentful.

Although, if this report is done well, he can receive a lot of bonuses.

On the other end of the phone, the caller's voice slowly sank, "But the problem is that the underground palace was unearthed in November, and the start time of Lu Zhengyi's film is the end of November." ”

"He will make a movie, and it will definitely take time to prepare, and there is a high probability that there will be such a script from September."

"And this director is really a bit evil, and it was rumored on the Internet that there were ghosts in their crew, and even ...... This time, there were many people from the Taoist Palace and Taoist Temple to help him stand on the platform. ”

When these words were spoken, the editor-in-chief, even if he hadn't seen the film, fell silent.

……

"Honestly, I really think you're a bit of a loss."

And at the same time,

In Light and Shadow Media, in the manager's office, Zhang Xueming, who worked all night, stared helplessly at Lu Zhengyi on the chair opposite, "In order to create such a terrifying atmosphere, it is really not easy for you to come up with so many shady tricks." ”

After the premiere, Roh did not return home.

Instead, he accompanied Zhang Xueming to her office, this time, he wanted to see with his own eyes how people turned their hands into clouds and rain on the Internet.

"There's no way, it's really not easy to make an adult feel afraid."

Lu Zhengyi was a little helpless, "If you watch many films when you are a child, they can indeed give people a feeling of childhood shadows, because children have rich imaginations, and when they watch it, they start to scare themselves." ”

"But when they grow up and look at these so-called childhood shadows, many people will find it boring."

"Because an adult already has quite perfect judgment, if you watch the film with the impression that 'ghost movies are fake' from the beginning, it is actually difficult for most people to truly integrate and imagine."

Speaking of this, he paused, "In order to become an impressive classic horror film, you must first let them throw away the cognitive impression that 'ghosts don't exist'." ”

"Imagine how you would feel when you know that there are really ghosts in this world, or that there are really immortals in this world, and then watch these films?"

He looked at Zhang Xueming eagerly, waiting for her answer.

And Zhang Xueming, who was still staring at the computer screen and paying attention to the data news, was silent.

I don't need to imagine it, her sense of substitution is already quite strong.

"Probably fear."

Seeing that Zhang Xueming was not cheering, Lu Zhengyi could only regret his own answer, "Especially those who have committed crimes, how will you feel when you look at this film?" It feels like everyone around me is an enemy, and they all want to knife themselves. ”

"But under fear, you will be desperate to know the 'truth' and search for all kinds of content."

"And at this point, it's time to reverse."

An explanation video by a Taoist who was born in a regular Taoist temple.

The Five Prisons Becoming Immortals is fake, but it has been recorded in Taoist classics, so there is an example of breaking the Five Prisons and becoming an Immortal.

When the time comes, when the true and false information on the Internet is mixed, who can tell the truth from the false?

Are there people who know the inside story who are conveying something to the world through these works?

Are there really ghosts in this world?

Is it just a marketing exercise?

(End of chapter)