"That's how it ended."

In the office,

Li Guoqiang said as he slapped the white shirt on his body.

The shirt was wet with coffee on the table, and the color like chocolate spread on the shirt.

"Just go home and get some soda and wipe it off."

The chief, who only showed half of his face, said as he drank his coffee, "That day was supposed to be his last. ”

"I'm sorry, sir."

Li Guoqiang replied in a deep voice, not daring to look directly at the chief in front of him.

"It's none of your business."

The chief reassured, "If I were you, I'd shoot too." ”

"But the whole thing is to be kept secret."

"I'll let you keep a low profile with Agent Huang and the phone, if someone asks, you won't know anything, remember the first commandment, there are no ghosts in this world."

As he spoke, he picked up the other party's wine bottle from Agent Huang's relics, opened it and poured a glass into the water glass.

The chief took the cup and brought it to his lips, but soon, in surprise, said, "Huh? How is water. ”

He shook his head and put the bottle back on, "Alright, you go back and rest, you haven't slept much in the past few days." ”

Li Guoqiang lowered his head, stood up in a trance, and planned to walk outside the house and go home.

But before he could make the door, the chief behind the desk shouted again.

"Officer Lee."

As he spoke, he tossed the bottle over, "Congratulations on your promotion to the head of the miscellaneous department......

……

……

As the cast and crew tables scrolled across the screen with the music at the end, the atmosphere of the theater was a little frighteningly quiet.

Many people are still reminiscing about the end of this film.

They sat in their seats in a daze, but unconsciously lowered their hands against the armrests to avoid touching others.

It doesn't matter if it's a couple or a friend.

Audiences who are willing to spend time to grab the premiere roadshow have no doubt have a certain understanding of Lu Zhengyi's films and style.

At least it has to be someone who has read some of the previous works.

Their psychological quality has been tempered.

But sometimes this kind of exercise can become a weakness.

After the film was screened, the stairs in the front row and at the staircase had been opened, but the white light source did not give the people at the scene a trace of warmth, on the contrary, the white light shone on their faces, and their faces were stiff and pale as if they had lost too much blood.

Especially this winter weather......

"Whew-"

After the door of the theater was opened from the outside, a cold wind poured into the theater.

It climbs up the stairs to each row of seats, making everyone shudder.

The temperature in the room has dropped a lot.

"That, Director Lu, they're already coming this way."

"As for the interactive part later, we need to spend some time setting it up."

"If you need to go to the toilet, or if you want to leave, you can leave through the aisle."

A little girl wearing a theater badge walked into the venue and spoke to the audience in a sincere tone.

But unfortunately, no one present responded to her words.

The atmosphere of the entire theater made the little girl think of something, and she stiffened, and she escaped from the aisle of the theater.

Later, media workers with photographic equipment and equipment entered the theater from the aisle, and at the same time, the theater staff arranged a temporary stage.

"Yes, it's a bit of a seepage."

"Is the film bad?"

"I don't know ......"

As soon as the media reporters and theater staff who were arranging the theater walked in, they immediately noticed that the atmosphere in the theater was wrong.

Not to mention going to the toilet, there was no one standing up in the rows of audience seats.

They sat there one by one with expressionless faces, and after they and others entered, they all brushed their eyes over, without saying a word, and without expression, they just stared at them quietly to arrange the venue.

One or two are okay, this entire theater, dozens of people just sit there without saying a word.

That kind of depressing and silent atmosphere made these unknown staff members unconsciously restrain their movements, walk lightly, and arrange them gently.

But this pressure has not disappeared with time.

On the contrary, it is getting heavier and heavier.

As they worked, they could feel the gaze coming from the audience.

These gazes ...... Somewhat salien.

They didn't know how to describe it, but they were stared at like this, affected by the atmosphere, and there was a feeling that the hairs on their bodies stood on end.

They want to run, they want to escape, they want to leave this uncomfortable and depressing theater.

Unfortunately, they are not spectators, but here to work.

When the staff of the theater arranged the stage and flower baskets, there was almost no pause, and they walked directly towards the door.

The steps are light, but the pace is urgent.

Later, the reporters who had to stay, waiting for the main creative team of the First Commandment to come and interact with the audience, unconsciously turned their attention to them.

'Don't, don't go! ’

There is such a meaning in their eyes.

They feel that the people present are not normal, these spectators are very abnormal!

But there is no way, work is work.

No matter how oppressive the atmosphere of the scene was, even if they had never seen such a situation in their careers, they still had to endure the discomfort in their hearts, stay, and blend into the silent venue.

"Sorry to keep you waiting."

But fortunately, when the stage was set, the main creative team of First Commandment did not arrive late, but entered the theater on time.

With the sound of footsteps and apologetic speech, Lu Zhengyi's face, which made the audience love and fear, appeared in the field of vision.

What I love is that the films made by this guy can always make a person feel immersed in a long-lost sense.

There's nothing more frightening for an adult than the stress of life.

Many people can't really relax when they are leisure, such as watching movies, playing games, and shopping, and they can't help but think of work, rent, car loans, and mortgages...... Stuff like that.

There are a lot of distractions.

Why didn't the end of the world come earlier, how can anyone not be crazy, do I have to earn this money......

The mental state of some contemporary migrant workers is more crazy than the plots in some horror movies.

Compared to horror movies, 'parents suddenly call and say that they are sick and need to 'borrow' some medical expenses', 'children come home and say that they are isolated at school because they can't afford the yo-yo that everyone is playing', 'I see my wife wearing the same clothes I bought on my birthday a few years ago'......

There are too many things, even more terrifying than horror movies.

They can't watch horror movies on the screen like they did when they were children, screaming with wanton and free screams.

But Lu Zhengyi's film is different, the alternation of the real and the unreal, which makes many people return to the feeling of being scared when they were children.

It really makes people calm down, watch the film into it, and immerse themselves in the plot.

It's as if the things in the movie are real events that happen in another world.

As for the fear......

It's because they can't scream.

"Ah, doesn't anyone pay attention to me?"

Lu Zhengyi looked at the silent crowd below, paying attention to the gap between people, and said with a smile, "Hmm...... It's a little embarrassing. ”

The scene was silent.

Even in front of the screening screen, some of the media reporters who recorded it did not speak.

And they pretended not to hear or see.

Because of the interactive link, they are not responsible for asking questions, but only responsible for tinkering with the machine and recording the scene, so they are trying their best to suppress their sense of existence.

Sure enough, something was wrong with these viewers. ’

'It can't be someone who invites home, right?' ’

'Right home? Oh, you mean. ’

They hid their faces behind the camera and talked silently.

Soon, though, the atmosphere of the scene shattered their inner speculation.

"Smack."

"Bang bang."

After Lu Zhengyi's words were spoken for a while, applause gradually erupted from the audience.

From the dim lights in the theater, the audience clapped with a straight face.

It's like, what a serious occasion it is.

But actually, it's not a serious occasion.

It's just that they need to hide their true emotions by being expressionless.

This made the reporters in charge of recording in front of the stage a little surprised.

This is the first time.

It had been nearly half an hour since they had just entered the arena and fiddled with the machine.

For half an hour after the end of the theatrical screening, the theater remained absolutely silent.

Only now, the audience finally had a voice.

"It seems that everyone is quite satisfied with this film."

Lu Zhengyi laughed, "First of all, let me introduce myself, I am Lu Zhengyi, the director of the First Commandment. ”

Then, one left and one right stood next to him, and Zhang Yuming, who was holding the microphone, also introduced himself.

Immediately afterwards, before Lu Zhengyi could speak again, in the audience, one arm after another was raised high.

"Looks like they're all old friends."

Lu Zhengyi looked at the skillful movements of these people, and replied with a smile, "Okay, then let's start the interaction directly." ”

"Like the previous roadshows, in order."

"Please take the microphone to the staff."

His gaze looked at the little girl who had just led the way.

"Director Lu, I'll just ask a cliché question."

Sitting first, the first person to ask a question, was a man with glasses who looked to be in his thirties.

He stood up while holding on to the frame, "Are you using the plot of the movie to insinuate something, for example, the truth?" ”

"I'm a big fan of yours, and I've been chasing you since the first film."

"And I know a lot about some of your rumors other than the movie, so I have this question, and I also believe that there are many viewers here who have the same question as me."

It's a cliché.

From the first film to the present, Lu Zhengyi feels very textured and conscientious.

Whether it's shooting screens, scenes, props...... All of them give the impression that you are watching a documentary.

But at the same time, this texture also brings authenticity.

And the words 'real and false' are also accompanied by the release of each film, and all kinds of strange things happen in the real world.

No one has ever been able to pull the film to analyze how Lu Zhengyi's film was made,

and then to the curse of the wandering god incident,

After that, it was the excavation of the True Immortal Temple.

True and false, false and true, and even, there are some official news mixed in.

And with these cognitions, when he watched the movie First Commandment, his feelings were completely different!

"Actually, I've answered this question many times."

Lu Zhengyi was a little helpless, "No, I didn't mean to imply anything. ”

"It's just the plot of the movie, it's fake."

"And if it's true, isn't it already cursed by everyone after reading the curse at the beginning? Hahaha, it shouldn't be. ”

The man with glasses was about to ask something, but as soon as he spoke, after seeing the staff next to him, he regretfully handed the microphone to the person in the next seat.

"My question is for Zhang Yuming, Teacher Zhang."

"But before I ask questions, can I ask Mr. Zhang to wear a mask or something, to be honest, I just watched the film, and then looked at this face, I was really a little scared."

"Isn't that possible...... Okay, that, what I want to ask is, was Li Guoqiang possessed by Chen Fulai in the end? ”

Zhang Yuming picked up the microphone and replied:

"If you think about it from the perspective of ghosts in the film, it is obvious that Li Guoqiang was touched by Chen Fulai and was taken up. After shooting Agent Huang, he made up some words to fool the chief. ”

“…… What do you mean? What does it mean to think from the perspective of a ghost? ”

The audience who asked this question was puzzled.

But this is already the second problem, and the microphone in her hand is unfortunately handed to the next audience member.

Fortunately, the third audience member did not have his own question, but asked it again according to the second audience's question.

"Our Director Lu likes this kind of script with many lines."

Zhang Yuming replied with a smile, "This film, if you are interested, you can learn more about the film after it is released, and try to see the film from different angles, for example, follow the first commandment in the film, there are no ghosts in this world." ”

"Teacher Chang, I want to ask, Agent Huang died in the end and became a ghost, does that mean that he can fight against Chen Fulai?"

"Director Lu, the special effects of your film this time seem to be a little different from the previous films, it seems to be ...... It's more real, it's convenient to reveal, which special effects company are you looking for? ”

"Director Lu, what are you going to shoot in your next film?"

"Director Lu, did you encounter any supernatural events during the filming? I heard that a long time ago, some crews encountered supernatural events during filming and stopped filming, have you encountered any of them? ”

……

All kinds of problems, all kinds of things.

There are questions about the play of the First Commandment, and there are also some questions outside of the play.

However, most people are still watching this film with ghosts.

After all, Lu Zhengyi's previous style must have been mixed with some supernatural elements.

But at the same time, some people noticed that the special effects of this film were 'done' better than before, and asked if they had changed the team.

In the nearly hour-long interactive session, although most of the questions focused on the director Lu Zhengyi, Zhang Yuming and Chang Zhengwei also felt dry-mouthed.

"Whew-"

Until the end of the interaction, when he got into the car back, Zhang Yuming's face was covered with sweat.

He didn't have the slightest hesitation or confusion before entering the arena now.

The attitude of the audience has already scored a high score on his roll.

Zhang Yuming's heart, the confidence that was once eliminated because of the stage loss, is being rebuilt little by little.

"I paid attention to the one I came out just now, and they seem to be quite lively over there."

Chang Zhengwei flipped through his phone.

When he said they in his mouth, he naturally referred to the night horror crew.

"Just pay a little attention, don't really treat them as our opponents."

Lu Zhengyi sat in the passenger seat in front of him and replied casually, "These things are unilaterally announced by those marketing accounts and fans, and we haven't officially announced any box office, praise, scores, etc. ”

"And the movement outside is so big, the movement inside can't be small."

“…… But is it actually the video of the entrance that is on the hot search? A little disappointed. ”

He was also flipping through his phone, wanting to see the audience's feedback.

But what disappointed Lu Zhengyi was that the hot topic on the Internet was not about the play itself for the time being, but the part where they got out of the car and entered the scene.

"Six, when Director Lu got out of the car, the audio of the entire video was gone, was it post-processed?"

"People at the scene, instantly lost their voices, I didn't believe in such a thing as aura before, but now I believe it."

"I'm selling clothes in the store next to me, and I originally wanted to go over and have a good time, but as soon as I passed, good guy, Director Lu got out of the car with a fierce spirit, and took the two little brothers behind him, so fierce, crying and chirping."

"Le, in the video, Bai Shaoshang's NC fans were dumb all of a sudden, seeing that there was such a lot of noise on the Internet, I thought they would pounce directly when they met someone in the real world."

"As for their thin arms and thin legs, didn't Director Lu tear one with one hand?"

"It's worthy of making a horror movie, it's fierce, and if it's not fierce, you can't stop the ghost."

……

From Lu Zhengyi getting out of the car, to the noisy flow of people parting a road, until they calmly crossed a certain fan group blocking the entrance and got on the elevator.

There are videos from multiple perspectives, and the comments below are all discussing, 'Lu Zhengyi is so fierce that he can scare people out of voice'.

At the same time, there is also a lot of ridicule for a certain fan group.

I have to say that when I was promoting before, although all kinds of media and various marketing accounts were stepping on one by one, stepping on the First Commandment crew and holding the night horror crew.

But in fact, this result did not affect the evaluation of many passers-by.

At night, the label of a traffic star is pasted, who believes the content of these marketing accounts?

What's more, Lu Zhengyi started from scratch, and the actors invited were all people who were not famous and made the horror film market one by one, and the two are not comparable at all.

And some time ago, the almost one-sided comment was due to the fact that there was no one on Lu Zhengyi's side to organize or speak at all.

Very few passers-by actually get involved in this kind of fight, not even online.

Even if someone really wants to help Lu Zhengyi say a word, there will immediately be a fan group and a water army to cover the comments.

In the absence of organization, one side is inevitable.

But now it's different, although there is still no one on Lu Zhengyi's side to organize any verbal counterattack and quarrel with them, but there is a hot topic for discussion.

Under the topic of 'Lu Zhengyi Roadshow Live', the people who commented in real time were almost all people who were laughing at it.

Inevitably, there is a kind of one.

Yes?

Doesn't my brother have a lot of fans, didn't he directly chase and kill their crew on the whole network some time ago?

All of a sudden, there are so many more 'water armies'. ’

"Ah, his fans are stunned, under this topic, there are fans in the comment area under each post swiping 'screenshots to report to the studio', 'Lu Zhengyi maliciously invited the water army', 'We don't care about them, we go through legal procedures' and the like."

Zhang Yuming also took out his mobile phone and began to swipe the dynamics.

This brush is immediately enjoyable.

"Don't look at it, there's nothing to see, just look at the movie reviews."

Lu Zhengyi waved his hand.

An online scolding war of this level would not do him any substantial harm.

Instead of fighting back, he and Zhang Xueming both regarded this behavior as free publicity.

Of course, this is on the premise of having confidence in the quality of the work.

"Huh."

As soon as Lu Zhengyi opened the software of the ticket-buying platform and clicked on his movie, his expression became a little strange.

"What's wrong, what's wrong, won't it be a bad reaction?"

Zhang Yuming hurriedly quit Weibo and opened some film review software, "I saw the reaction of the audience just now, it's very good." ”

"No, it's just that this time there are far more positive reviews than bad reviews about our films, which surprised me." Lu Zhengyi looked at the phone screen, smiled and shook his head, "Although I am still scolding, I have given praise." ”

In his phone, the comments left by moviegoers in theaters across the country after they left the theater were displayed.

"Familiar gray filter, familiar underworld technique, Lu Zhengyi, I really want to send you a blade. But the scolding is over, I heard that you have been competing with other horror movies recently, I still give a good review and support it. ”

"Although it is in the underworld, it is still well received and supported."

“+1。”

"It's so depressing, this film."

"I feel that for a long time in the future, there will be a group of social phobia patients in Tang who do not want to contact people."

"High emotional intelligence: social distancing. Low EQ: Don't touch me! ”

"After reading the First Commandment, I bought a ticket for the night horror in my brain, and it turned out that the movie lasted for two hours, and I sat for thirty minutes before coming out, RNM, refund the money!"

As usual, the comment section was filled with frightened viewers commenting.

But compared to before, while scolding, they give bad reviews.

This time, some people gave praise while scolding.

It seems that many people have heard about the competition between the first commandment and the night terror.

"Shhhh

"The last time I watched the double pupils, I thought it was very good-looking, a little bit scary, but not particularly scary, and the plot was great."

"I didn't expect this time......"

A user with the ID 'pineapple' posted a comment.

Below, several 'old fans' are explaining.

"Laughing to death, this is Director Lu's normal level."

"Director Lu's last film, the horror is outside the movie, and the horror of the movie itself is within the acceptable category of normal people."

"One thing to say, I also entered the pit in the last film, and today I have time to think about coming to the scene to support the film, after watching it, now the person is numb, and I am at the door of the theater, looking at the lively flow of people outside, and I feel a little afraid to come over."

"I'm standing at the red light intersection now, and there is a sense of déjà vu that Li Guoqiang is standing at the door of the school stairwell, looking at a large group of people who don't know if they are possessed, help!"

"Can the sense of substitution not be so strong, this is just a movie, I'm super, I've been touched!"

"Originally, after watching the film, my body was still a little chilly, and I couldn't get out of the film. Fortunately, I flipped through the comments on the Internet, and my body warmed up all of a sudden, thank you, friends, for bringing me back to reality. ”

(End of chapter)