Tomie's story is actually similar to the curse.

It's all centered on a 'character' and extends out of a story.

And unlike the resentful ghost of Gaco, Tomie is a person, no, no, no, it should be said that it is a monster.

She has the 'ultimate charm' that can attract the attention of men, and any man with a normal sexual orientation, regardless of age or age, will be deeply attracted to her and have a strong desire, so as to 'love' her and possess her.

But the emotions of 'love' and 'hate' are the same.

When this 'love' reaches a certain limit, it will become 'hate', and the idea of killing, dismembering, and carrying out her will arise.

Tomie's work is actually a story of men from various professions and different personalities who 'love' her and kill her.

In the process, they have had a crush and struggle, but they will all end up killing her.

Yes, it's not the same as a grudge at this point.

Gacoco is the murderer, killing everyone who is tainted with resentment.

Tomie is a victim no matter what work she is in, and she is always the one who is killed in the story.

However, at present, Ito, the author of this work, has not been friendly to Lu Masayoshi.

No, it should be said, exclusion.

Because of Heguo's blockade of the cursed crew, few people in the Heguo entertainment industry dare to have anything to do with them, and even Hebao Company has temporarily declined some cooperation intentions proposed by Light and Shadow under some follow-up network blockades in Heguo.

For fear of getting involved, even some of their company's artists and works have been blocked.

Lu Zhengyi is a Tang countryman, he can leave by patting his ass, but they can't go.

It is human instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.

What's more, the relationship between them and these state-owned enterprises is only business cooperation.

The benefits are not proportional to the losses, and the relationship naturally cannot be maintained.

When it becomes profitable in the future, it will naturally come back again.

However, those partner companies will make such a decision, but Ito may not.

"It's been a long time since I've been so clean in this kind of crowded situation."

In the plum civet cat studio, a special guest has arrived.

She walked briskly into the office area, without swaying or coquettishness, but it was just such a simple few steps, but she walked out of the style that many catwalk models couldn't walk out.

And on that face, there is still no makeup, no extra foundation at all, white and pure, fine skin and tender flesh, not at all like a person in her early fifties, on the contrary, more like a teenage girl.

This is a little younger than I saw two years ago.

But except for Lu Zhengyi, everyone else seemed to have not seen her, and they were doing their own thing.

Even though, this person is definitely no stranger to people in the entertainment industry.

Zhou Jie, an actor who is about to play Tomie.

"Hey, Teacher Zhou is famous, that's it."

Lu Zhengyi happily spoke.

At the beginning, as soon as he saw her, he immediately had the idea of shooting this kind of film in his heart.

Like this, the role of a charming person, he has a lot of related scripts in his mind.

She has played the fox demon, this ability is also the ability to charm people, and the fit is too high.

As a director, coupled with having the right script, it's hard not to have the idea of wanting to work together once.

After thinking about it, combined with the current career development situation, Lu Zhengyi chose the role of Tomie, which is a good match for her.

It was also because of her that he was sure to convince Ito.

"You know I don't mean that, it's one thing to be famous, it's a change in me." Zhou Jie looked at him with a smile, her eyebrows and eyes without a little eye makeup smiled crookedly, like the last quarter of the moon, with an indescribable charm, "No matter where I go now, I have to attract bees and butterflies, so I have to hide at home every day, and I don't dare to go anywhere." ”

"But Director Lu, when I received your call, I would have rushed over immediately."

"This piece of remuneration is calculated separately, I have helped you so much, do you have to count me as a favor?"

She said as she walked inside the office.

"Count, but I'm not going to be tied up by you because of this favor."

Lu Zhengyi didn't refute either, "If you have a need, just mention it, but I will only help you when it is appropriate." ”

He still remembered the calculation that this woman had when they first met.

Now, although people have stopped for a while, they can't be sure that because of their own favors, people will think in that direction again.

Lu Zhengyi didn't want to fish, so he didn't give people the slightest chance to be delusional.

"Of course, I'm a good law-abiding citizen."

Zhou Jie also understood, after a few big strides forward, she stood still outside the office, turned around suddenly, bent over, and put her hands behind her back, "I even pay taxes seriously, and there are not many conscientious actors like me." ”

Not to mention that she doesn't look like a person in her early fifties, she even behaves more and more like a young girl.

It's still the kind of white moonlight in the hearts of many boys in school, naughty and cheerful.

"Let's get down to business."

Lu Zhengyi didn't notice her every move, opened the door of the office, and welcomed her in, "Teacher Zhou, although we have known each other for a long time, we have not had a deep relationship. ”

"There are some things that you don't know very well."

"What about our crew, the filming is quite special, of course, I'm not talking about supernatural things like that, after all, you know this matter, I'm talking about the requirements during filming......"

For example, actors need to follow the group throughout the process, and it is best not to bring assistants or agents to keep the filming process confidential...... Some of the contents.

"Understand, after all, the less people know about this kind of thing, the better." Zhou Jie nodded, a little loss appeared between her eyebrows, "Actually, since I started to embark on the path of cultivation, I no longer have an assistant, I am not so expensive, and doing my own things by myself can be regarded as cultivation." ”

That's really embarrassing for you.

is obviously the most basic thing, but in Zhou Jie's mouth, she has always shown a 'looking down' attitude.

It's as if you're doing your own thing, and you're proud of it.

She still has a sense of superiority based on her social status, or her status as a cultivator.

But that's just normal.

Lu Zhengyi nodded, "Then it's troublesome, Teacher Zhou." ”

There was no audition, and after communicating some rules and regulations in the crew, he took out the proposed contract, "When Ito-sensei officially authorizes it, we will sign this actor contract." ”

"Of course, if he can authorize it."

"Let's go see him later, but I don't want you to use your skills to forcibly charm him, I want you to stand next to him and wait quietly for him to judge for himself."

In terms of personality, Zhou Jie is quite consistent.

In terms of ability as an actor, she is also an actor who has won actress awards.

In addition to the fact that there may be some flaws in terms of age, Tomie's role is almost tailor-made for her.

Yes, age.

Anyway, she's an 'old woman' in her early fifties.

And Tomie has a lot of doppelgangers in the comics, but the age of the appearance is basically in their teens and twenties.

Even though Zhou Jie's appearance and demeanor are not old at all, in people's hearts, she is already old and has such an impression.

"These two...... Is there a difference? ”

Zhou Jie looked at him helplessly, "You obviously have such a great ability to do some things easily, but you have been hiding it and completing it within the range that ordinary people can accept, isn't it very troublesome?" ”

As long as she wants to, a word of effort can get that Ito-sensei to authorize, why is it so troublesome.

Lu Zhengyi smiled and did not respond.

"By the way, ...... in terms of language."

But soon, he remembered something.

"You don't have to worry about that."

Zhou Jie waved her hand and replied in a relatively basic language, "In order to participate in the fashion show of Heguo, I have learned some before, but I am not proficient. ”

"Although I stopped studying later because of my trip."

"But with this foundation and my current learning ability, I feel that it is not difficult to take some time to re-learn and speak Japanese well."

When she speaks, her posture is very confident.

It's like three to five days, and it's not so difficult to learn a language.

"I feel more and more that I'm amazing."

She stretched out her hands and looked at her palms, "Not only have I gained some skills, but even my physical functions have improved a lot, I can't say that I have improved, I should say that I ...... Recover. ”

"There's a way back to being healthy and learning as a child, but being an adult."

"It's like the saying, 'Return to the baby.'" ”

"If I've been in this state since the moment I was born, and I've lived for more than fifty years, I'm the way I am now, no, I haven't reached that ...... 'baby' state."

"Almost, almost, I'm not fully recovered, back to what 'I' should be."

Zhou Jie couldn't help but say, there are some things that she has been holding back for a long time.

To whom? They don't understand.

Only practitioners, only practitioners like themselves, can understand what they are saying.

"Cultivation, cultivation is to return to the state of a baby, right?"

Zhou Jie asked, Lu Zhengyi, who is also a cultivator.

Although he was only this age, he left later than himself, but he went further than himself.

He should be clear.

"I don't know."

However, Lu Zhengyi shook his head.

……

and country,

Gifu,

Before the building was built, a car slowly stopped.

Although preparations for the film have begun, the result still depends on Ito's authorization.

So after receiving Zhou Jie, Lu Zhengyi quickly communicated the time of meeting.

Previously, when the light and shadow side sent someone to dock with Ito, although he was very repulsed, it was only because of the ban on the country.

He is reluctant to cooperate.

And he has no ill will towards Lu Zhengyi himself.

On the contrary, perhaps because they are both creators of thriller and horror works, Ito's perception of Lu Zhengyi is more of an appreciative attitude.

"Hello, Director Lu."

As soon as Lu Zhengyi rang the doorbell, a man with glasses and some thinning hair opened the door from the inside, and then a particularly common Tang language sounded.

And behind him, there was no one else.

Although Ito is already sixty years old, he is not married and has no children.

"Hello, Ito-sensei."

The people greeted each other in Tang, and Lu Zhengyi also treated him with a kind language, "I also brought it this time, Tomie's scheduled actor, I think you should be able to have the idea of cooperation after you meet." ”

"Director Lu, I appreciate your work very much, I have watched Curse 1 and 2, but I also hope you can understand that I am in this country and the difficulties of being a member of the country." Ito replied helplessly, "I don't know what exactly you've done, but I've ...... recently."

But as he spoke, his voice grew quieter.

And his gaze was stunned at the other person standing outside the room.

A woman.

He hadn't noticed it before, but when Lu Zhengyi's burly body moved to the side, the woman behind him shone like a beam of light, so dazzling that Ito couldn't take his eyes off it at all, looking at other places.

"Hello, Mr. Ito, I'm Zhou Jie, an actor from the Tang Kingdom."

Zhou Jie smiled casually, took a step forward, raised her arm, stretched out her palm as slender as a willow branch, and used a non-fluent Japanese language, "I hope that meeting you will give me the opportunity to try to challenge the role of Tomie." ”

Her tone was calm, with a bit of a 'command' tone.

Of course, she didn't use her own skills, and Lu Zhengyi said that she was not allowed to use her ability to influence the other party's judgment in this matter.

It was just a habit, as if everyone else had to listen to her as soon as she spoke.

On the other side, Ito stared directly at Zhou Jie's face and was stunned for a long time.

"Rich, Tomie ......"

Then, he trembled and said with some excitement, "It's you, it's you, it's like this, Tomie should be like this." ”

Ito didn't hold Zhou Jie's hand, he stood in front of her helplessly, chattering in harmony, and at the same time, his eyes never took his eyes off her body from beginning to end.

And Zhou Jie looked at him, and her face was stunned.

Lu Zhengyi stood silently beside him with a smile on his face.

Although they had just met and this negotiation had not yet begun, in his heart, there was already an answer to this matter.

……

"His excitement just now is one of the reasons why I don't let you use your abilities."

After negotiating the cooperation, with Ito's escort, they returned to the temporarily rented car, and Lu Zhengyi said, "I don't want to see people nodding their heads in a daze, and then following orders and replying, 'Okay, I'll license the work to you.'" ”

"As an actor, I can probably understand why." Zhou Jie recalled Ito's reaction when they met just now, and did not refute the words, 'This is a troublesome process', "What about another reason?" ”

Once again, Lu Zhengyi was silent.

It's useless to talk about this question, it's like there is some truth that you have to experience to understand.

For ordinary people, if they can skip the process and get the result directly, they may feel very happy.

It's like getting paid directly without having to work every month.

But for practitioners, it's the process of boiling a frog in warm water.

According to one's own ideas, if you directly obtain results through ability, the concept of money, interpersonal concepts, and social concepts...... Little by little, all kinds of frameworks will disappear from the body, until finally, without being bound by any ideas.

At that time, people are no longer human.

But it's not that you can't use the skills you have acquired at all, and the word 'balance' is very important.

(End of chapter)