I make a thriller, it's God chasing and feeding

Chapter 263 [Exposed again]

Regarding the ticket scalping incident, everyone present had heard more or less about it.

But they didn't expect that Lu Zhengyi would take the initiative to mention this matter at the premiere event.

For things like scalping, most people involved who know about it, let alone mention it actively, will probably use some means to downplay the matter.

After all, this kind of thing will only bring negative effects.

People will only criticize this behavior because a group of people spend hundreds or thousands of dollars to watch a movie, a concert, or an offline event, thinking that this is irrational star chasing and consumption.

And few people think about who is the main fault party in this matter, whether the secondary fault party can avoid this situation from happening, how to solve this matter... and other issues are just superficial opinions on the Internet. Just a melon, there is no need to be so profound.

But often it is this unnecessaryness that makes many people's bad words become the last straw for some people.

"No need, Director Lu!"

"It's just a little entertainment. There is no need to refund the money."

"Yeah, I definitely support you."

Of course, most of the people who bought tickets here were people who were worthy of a little gold and silver. When Lu Zhengyi said that he would repay them out of his own pocket, the audience below expressed their opinions that they did not need to repay it.

Maybe for some people, making up for it is still an insult.

"I just provided a solution."

Lu Zhengyi stood on the stage holding a cane and looked at them with a smile, "As for whether there is a need to use this plan, I will not force anyone."

"As directors and audiences, we are Maxima and Bole. If you appreciate me, I will also provide you with better works."

"But regarding the matter of movie tickets, we are the customer relationship between Party A and Party B. Whether they need help from us is the customer's own choice. As Party A, we have no right to interfere too much."

At this point, he paused, "I bring this up here today just because I feel that as the director and investor of the film Alien Space, I should respond to this, rather than say... what to do. Nothing happened.”

"After all, we do know about it, and it has caused a certain amount of discussion online. If we do nothing, it feels a little irresponsible."

"And by the way, I would like to inform all of you friends who are live or online that due to this situation in the future, there will be fewer offline activities. I hope you can understand."

This statement is in place in every aspect.

Many people in the audience were a little surprised that Lu Zhengyi, a seemingly carefree person, could speak so tactfully and understand the ways of the world.

But if you think about it carefully, as a person who can become a big director in the entertainment industry at a young age, in addition to his own professional ability, he must also need something else.

Surviving in this society may only require professional abilities, but if you want to climb higher, it is no longer just ability.

What's more, Lu Zhengyi married a lovely wife who matched her perfectly in terms of family background, appearance, and moral character.

It's just that sometimes, his burly and fierce appearance makes it easy to overlook this.

The audience at the scene did not react much and just listened silently.

Later, on the screen that had been replaced with a live broadcast, the public screen was full of 'positive energy' and 'understanding'. ’

In addition, there are other comments interspersed with "How did Director Lu get this figure?", "I can't stand this physique", "When will The Grudge 2 be filmed", "I'm shitting" , 'I'm also pulling for the brother in front, let's double queue...'

Some speeches like that.

With this big screen full of barrage, the atmosphere at the scene was quite lively.

At the last premiere of The First Commandment, the audience had just watched a horror movie and the audience had not yet shaken off the emotion, so whether it was the Q&A session or group photos, they were all comparing Quiet and tactful.

Of course, the same goes for the audience now.

The atmosphere became lively just because of the fans online.

"Now let's introduce our creative team first."

Lu Zhengyi acted as the host as always and began to guide the activities.

"Hello everyone, my name is Zhou Ziyun, and I played the role of Luo Zhan in the movie just now."

As the leading actor, Zhou Ziyun stepped forward first and introduced himself, "This is my first time trying to be a leading actor on the big screen. I hope my performance can satisfy everyone."

Probably because he had not shown his face in such a public occasion for many years, he seemed a little reserved.

"Hello everyone, I am Huang Yunli, and I am the mental patient Zhang Xin in the movie. If you have time, please support our alien space."

"I'm Zhang Yu, the assistant director of this movie."

"I, I am Bai Wei, I am here as the director's assistant."

Except for Assistant Wang who was still in the audience, the crew members who came to Beijing to attend the premiere event briefly introduced themselves.

Among them, there was also a person who claimed to be the director's assistant, which was very surprising.

After all, for activities like this, directors, assistant directors, actors, producers, screenwriters, etc. can usually be employed. Other positions such as photographers, recorders, assistants, etc., even if they are present. , at best, they only came on stage during the final photo session.

In the question-and-answer session that follows, there are a variety of questions.

Most of them are questions about the plot of the movie, such as 'Does Zhang Xin really have yin and yang eyes', 'Did Luo Zhan really hit a ghost', 'Did Luo Zhan die in the end?'... these questions, but for this For questions related to the direction of the plot, Lu Zhengyi and the others' answers were as vague as ever.

'As for whether Zhang Xin has yin and yang eyes, I'm actually not very clear about it, because the character setting in the script is also very... vague. What do you think, Director Lu?', 'I think Luo Zhan is just mentally stressed. It's relatively big, but it doesn't seem to be the case in the plot, and I'm not sure.', 'This should be considered an open ending, as he said in the end, if there is a ghost, it will be If you push it down, then if there are no ghosts. Then...right, let's see which one you want to accept. ’

Either the two actors answered it themselves, or they threw the question to Lu Zhengyi.

Whether they were live viewers or those drawn online, their questions only received some ambiguous answers.

A movie that is excellent enough that everyone will have their own understanding and emotions after watching it.

As the main creative team, in the process of answering, they are more about letting them accept their own understanding after watching the movie, rather than forcing them to give an answer and let them accept it.

Otherwise, it would be like a person telling a joke, but because it was unclear and not exciting enough, no one laughed after telling it.

So this person was wondering why everyone didn't laugh, so he could only explain what was funny about the joke and what was the point of the joke.

To be honest, the explanation process is very funny.

But it’s a premiere after all, and not everyone has seen the movie.

So occasionally there will be questions about things other than dramas, such as 'Zhou Ziyun's situation', 'Roh Zhengyi's next filming schedule', 'When will he go to China to film again', 'Will it develop abroad in the future? ...'

Some people even asked where Lu Zhengyi bought the cane in his hand. And there are some foreign audiences among them.

Because the main venue of Alien Space is in the Tang Dynasty, all the people present at the premiere were from the Tang Dynasty.

But online, there are also some overseas fans who noticed Lu Zhengyi's new work and deliberately crossed the wall to participate in this online live broadcast event. They asked their own questions in the language of their own country.

When their questions were drawn, Lu Zhengyi also gave some corresponding answers through translation software.

Unknowingly, after the questions, draws, and group photos, the event gradually came to an end.

But during this process, there were two people on the stage who were rather embarrassed.

Zhang Yu and Bai Wei, one of them serves as the deputy director and the other serves as the director's assistant. Their powers overlap with Lu Zhengyi's.

Whether it is a live audience or an online audience, if they have questions about the characters, they will of course first ask the actors. If they have questions about the crew shooting, they will definitely go to the more famous director Lu Zhengyi first.

As for Zhang Yu and Bai Wei, many people actually didn't know them at all, so no one asked them questions at all, let alone interacted with them.

But Lu Zhengyi definitely didn't let them come on stage just to be this wooden person.

"Today's event is almost over here. Thank you very much for your support."

After each process ended, when everyone else thought the event was over, Lu Zhengyi picked up the microphone and said, "I hope everyone can leave in an orderly manner when they leave the venue. There is also the issue of repayment that I mentioned just now. As long as everyone Simply mention this to any staff member inside the theater."

In order to avoid the situation where someone wanted to get the supplementary money but was afraid to contact other people under the influence of this atmosphere, he specially asked people from the theater to assist in the work.

"But next, in addition to the movie itself, I also have something personal that I would like to take this opportunity to thank someone. If you are interested, you can continue to stay and listen."

But just when others were about to stand up and leave, Lu Zhengyi continued to speak, casting his eyes aside, "The person I want to thank is the director next to me...Mr. Zhang Yu."

His sudden opening surprised everyone present, including those online and on stage.

As the person involved, Zhang Yu stared blankly at Lu Zhengyi, who was looking at him.

"Actually, if you have watched some of my past works, or friends who have been following me since the filming of my first work, you may not be unfamiliar with the name Zhang Yu."

In the quiet venue, Lu Zhengyi took the microphone and spoke slowly, "From the first movie "The Old Corpse in the Mountain Village" to "The Curse" and then "Twin Eyes", Zhang Yu has always appeared in the list of the creative teams of these three works. Sir’s name.”

"Although he unfortunately temporarily left our Mei Civet Cat crew due to health reasons, his importance to the crew is actually equal to that of me as a director."

"Because in a sense, I was taught by him, so I should call him 'sir' and 'teacher.'"

He bowed solemnly to Zhang Yu.

The media reporters who had already started to put away their cameras were stunned at first.

Immediately afterwards, they quickly set up the camera, and the flashes lit up one after another.

At the same time, their faces showed excitement and ecstasy.

If it was just a premiere event, there would actually be nothing to photograph. As reporters, the reports they could make in this kind of event were very limited.

But if director Masayoshi Noh says that, then we won’t be polite.

"you……"

Awakened by these flashing lights, Zhang Yu picked up the phone and planned to say something.

But Lu Zhengyi stopped his movements.

"I know that what I say may arouse some people's suspicion, but since I will talk about this matter today, I must be mentally prepared."

He looked at Zhang Yu with a smile, and then looked at the camera below. Facing the audience in the auditorium and the audience of the online live broadcast, "Actually, my grades in school were not excellent, because at that time, I was actually not very good at directing as a profession. I don’t have much interest, it’s just a son inheriting his father’s legacy.”

"It should be said that I became interested in directing and embarked on this path after graduation."

"The film "The Mountain Village Corpse" is my first work. As for the team, I naturally formed it. Whether it is the assistant director, actors, photographers, props, funds, plot... I am responsible for and provide many of them. , but as this is my first work, my directing ability is obviously relatively limited."

"So as a director at that time, Mr. Zhang Yu was actually in charge of most of the shooting, and I was more like an assistant director, a producer, and an assistant, maintaining the team's situation and learning how to direct and shoot."

"Strictly speaking, Mr. Zhang Yu's shooting and directing should account for [-]%, no, [-]%, or even [-]% of Shancun Laozi, and the number of times I have directed as a director, Obviously not as good as him."

As soon as these words were spoken, the scene was in an uproar.

Is this exposing yourself?

Proxy?

"No, no, it's not what he said."

Zhang Yu quickly grabbed the microphone from Zhou Ziyun next to him and explained, "As a crew and a team, the director is the core and the person who coordinates the entire crew. Director Lu's contribution to the team is absolutely unquestionable."

"He summoned all of us. At that time, no one was interested in horror films. Most of the money for the filming was funded by him alone. He also found the script."

"Honestly, as a student who has just graduated, it is enough of a compliment for Director Lu to have such professional abilities. This is why I am willing to stay in the team."

He hurriedly explained to the camera and the audience, for fear that they would misunderstand something.

"But you did direct most of the film, didn't you?" Lu Zhengyi smiled helplessly from the side, "As a student, I hope that the world will know your efforts. At least in the film industry, someone should know the name Zhang Yu. .”

“The production is the effort of our entire filming team.”

Zhang Yu was still insisting, trying to save something, "The Old Corpse in the Mountain Village is a joint work between you and us."

"It's really a team effort."

Lu Zhengyi smiled and nodded, "I just want people to know that you have a higher weight than me in directing the filming of the old corpse in the mountain village."

"You guy..."

Zhang Yu was almost furious. As an old man in the circle, he could almost imagine what the hot searches would be tomorrow.

There will definitely be some entries such as ‘Roh Zhengyi’s proxy shooting’, ‘fake director’, ‘Who is responsible for the success of Mountain Village Old Corpse...’.

"Anyway, accept it all, Lao Zhang." Lu Zhengyi smiled and walked over, reaching out and gently holding his shoulders. The two of them looked at the camera in front, "In fact, there is nothing to hide about these things. .”

"And the director's assistant next to me, Bai Wei, actually he should be considered my junior brother."

"Currently on the crew, he is being taught how to become a director by assistant director Zhang Yu, and in the video just now, the clip about Luo Zhan's ex-girlfriend Xueer was under the guidance of assistant director Zhang Yu and assistant Bai Wei It was completed under the co-direction of , but I was not involved in the storyboarding of that scene.”

(End of this chapter)