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

Chapter 385 [No Answer]

The horror cruise was filmed at the end of May, and the post-production took more than a month to complete.

Compared to the shooting, the difficulty of this film lies more in the post-production.

Of course, it doesn’t refer to the addition of special effects, but the editing.

The movie "Ghost Ship" is very special. Although it does not have grand special effects and large scenes that cover the sky and the sun, the plot line is extremely strict.

Elements like "time loop" and "predicting the future..." are not new themes in the entertainment industry, and can even be said to be outdated.

Ten, twenty, thirty years ago... similar works have been popular time and time again, but previous films were more about science fiction.

This time it is more in the horror and thriller category.

The first timeline, the second timeline, the second version of the first timeline... the verification of each timeline, in each link of the later stage, is extremely challenging the ability of the editor.

If the editing is too messy and too mixed, it will affect the audience's perception.

There are quite a few films with such elements that received negative reviews from the audience after their release due to inadequate post-production editing.

It is very difficult to connect these seemingly chaotic timelines into a small circle or a big circle.

However, Xu Feng has been following Lu Zhengyi for more than ten years. He is no longer an ordinary film and television editing blogger, but the head of the post-production team of the Mei Limao crew.

He even has the ability to strike out on his own and open a studio.

Over the past decade or so, the scale of the films he edited is so huge that many editors will never be able to handle them in their entire lives.

His work ability is also improving with the workload.

After completing post-production, applying for some schedules, and reviewing the film, it was not until early July that the film "Horror Cruise" premiered.

"This bastard finally has a new work!"

"I give up. I used to be a hard worker, making two movies a year. Each movie would scare me for half a year to get me ready. Now I'm ready mentally. He makes one movie every two years? Pah!"

"It's good to have something to watch. I heard people say that Director Lu seems to be retiring."

"No, you've made enough money and you're getting carried away, right? Shoot some new stuff for me!"

"No, isn't his career just starting? Why is he going to quit? No way, I just became fascinated by horror and thriller works, and this guy is going to quit?"

"Just getting started? Others have already taken their films to the United States. How many directors in China can promote their works abroad? This is already the end!"

……

Since Lu Zhengyi decided to have a child, his working hours have gradually been reduced.

The work pace has also changed from two plays a year in the beginning as a model worker, to one play a year later, and now to one play every two years.

He seemed to be slowly fading out of the audience's sight.

In the entertainment industry, or more precisely, in the entire entertainment environment, no matter whether it is an internet celebrity, a star, an actor, or a director, no matter how much traffic they have, as long as they do not appear in the public eye for a long time, they will soon be replaced by others.

Sometimes, people even forget the dark history of some people because they haven't heard about it for a long time.

Over time, a saying has emerged: 'The Internet has no memory'.

As long as they are not banned by the authorities for touching on sensitive topics, many people can change their image and start over as long as they cool down for a while.

But there are still some people in this circle who are more memorable.

No matter how long they have faded from the circle, how long they have not appeared in hot topics, or how long they have not appeared in the public eye, as soon as they make a voice, someone will respond immediately.

Whether it's good or bad.

As for Lu Zhengyi, it should be considered good, it should be...

"This is the first time I've seen you being rushed by so many people since your debut."

Hearing his wife's voice, Lu Zhengyi shifted his gaze from the computer screen in front of him and looked behind him.

At the door of the study, Zhang Xueming was still wearing his work suit. He must have come home and came straight to the study without even going back to his room.

"Although I was scolded by many people, they all blamed me for not working hard and thinking about retirement at such a young age."

Although it has been a long time, the audience's enthusiasm for Lu Zhengyi's works has not diminished.

On the contrary, because there are no new works to watch, their attention is constantly increasing.

As far as Lu Zhengyi’s Weibo is concerned, the number of likes, comments, and reposts for his latest post has exceeded one million, but it only displays “100 million+”, while the actual number of comments is close to million. What does this mean?
There is a difference between fan activity and the number of fans.

On many platforms, as long as a public figure is famous, he or she will have a lot of fans. For example, someone like Lu Zhengyi may have tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of fans.

However, when these people post a status, even if it is a personal life status with very rich content, rather than an advertisement or something like that, it only gets one or two million comments.

Even among them, many are obvious marketing and copy-paste of fan groups. There are only yellow Vs in a row and the replies are exactly the same, like PR tweets.

But Lu Zhengyi is definitely not one of them.

He said that he would not believe in fake data, and Guangying never pushed fake data to him, but almost every time he posted his updates, there were so many comments, especially in the past two years, with hundreds of new comments almost every day.

If this level of fan activity were to be made public, no one in the entertainment industry would believe it.

Even if they like to create traffic for fan culture, and each fan leader organizes hundreds or thousands of fan groups and collects data, they cannot produce such content.

even though……

These people are just cursing Lu Zhengyi.

"mom!"

Lu Yongan was in his arms. When he saw someone coming, he quickly opened his arms and shouted.

Zhang Xueming heard the child's cry and hurried into the house.

"Mom just got off work and is very tired now. Can Dad hold me?"

From the moment his wife's voice rang out, Lu Zhengyi noticed the fatigue on her face. He did not let the child get off the ground and run to his mother.

"……it is good!"

Lu Yongan stared at his mother who was approaching him seriously for a long time before nodding.

Zhang Xueming, who had stretched out her hands to take it, stopped and pulled a chair nearby and sat down.

"I thought you were reading Weibo."

Zhang Xueming walked closer and found that the father and son were watching cartoons. She thought that Lu Zhengyi was paying attention to the news about the horror cruise ship that would be released tomorrow.

As she spoke, she softly asked Lu Yongan in his arms, "What did An An eat for lunch?"

"meal!"

Lu Yongan shouted and answered quickly.

"Besides rice, what else did you eat?"

Zhang Xueming asked again, in a very light tone.

"Eat, eat..."

Lu Yongan didn't answer so quickly this time. He hesitated for a long time and stretched out his chubby little hand to gesture, "Curved, red."

"what is that?"

Zhang Xueming smiled and asked again.

"Yes……"

Lu Yongan's little face was frowned, and he was gesturing at his hands, but he couldn't say anything.

“It’s shrimp.”

Lu Zhengyi reminded him quietly in his ear.

"shrimp!"

Lu Yongan smiled and repeated the answer.

But Zhang Xueming was not so satisfied with this answer. She looked away from the child and turned to Lu Zhengyi.

"I'm asking about An An."

Zhang Xueming said, "Don't answer for him. I have explained the meaning of shrimp many times. It's not the first time he has eaten this kind of food."

Lu Yongan, who was originally smiling because he could answer the question, looked at his mother with a stern face, and the expression on his face became cautious.

Sometimes, although he cannot clearly understand what adults say, he can clearly feel their emotions.

Because in front of a child, adults rarely hide their emotions.

"Okay, listen to you."

But she looked serious, but Lu Zhengyi smiled and turned the child's face towards him, "Look, mom is anxious. Next time I can't remind you secretly."

Lu Yongan looked at his smile and smiled too.

His father used so many words in his speech that he did not understand them all, but he could sense the ease in his father's mood from the expression on his face.

"As for Weibo, it hasn't been released yet, so there's no need to watch it."

Before Zhang Xueming could say anything more, Lu Zhengyi continued, "It's nothing more than looking forward to it, expressing your feelings about my previous works, and sharing your feelings as my fans..."

“I don’t really care about these things.”

"What I want to see more is the audience's comments after the movie is released tomorrow. Only then will I pay attention to the news on Weibo."

Zhang Xueming paused and replied:
"Yes, some people like to see how much attention their works can get when they are released."

"Some people are more concerned about how much box office revenue and how much money the work can earn after it is released."

"There are also people like you who would rather see the audience's comments."

Everyone has different ideas, but in the final analysis, it’s all about what kind of emotional value you want to get.

"This afternoon I went to several theaters to check out the arrangements and fan benefits that the theater had arranged, and they were all carefully implemented."

Zhang Xueming mentioned her work today again, "But your fans will probably be disappointed. There is no premiere, or meet-and-greet, or even any peripheral gifts."

"The main reason is that I don't know how to arrange it. If I want to know the audience's evaluation, it will be more realistic if I learn about it myself privately."

While playing with his child, Lu Zhengyi replied, "Besides, there seems to be no particularly correct answer to the question of how to hold a fan meeting fairly and justly. After all, there is no absolute fairness, only relative fairness."

Although he is very powerful in some abilities, so powerful that even ghosts and gods are afraid of him.

But he is not omnipotent.

He cannot solve simple problems such as birth, aging, sickness and death.

The troublesome things were that sometimes someone in the crew would ask him whether he should get married, what to do when some people treated boys and girls unfairly because of their gender, how to deal with the relationship with his parents...

In Lu Zhengyi's opinion, many, many problems are more troublesome than birth, aging, sickness and death.

There were no answers to these questions; he couldn't answer them and didn't know how to solve them.

Lu Yongan needed to develop a regular schedule, so around nine or ten in the evening, Lu Zhengyi handed him over to the care of his mother Liu Huiyun.

Most of the time, he sleeps with his grandmother.

Only a few times did the couple bring their children with them.

"You spoil him too much."

After Lu Yongan went to bed, the two returned to the master bedroom, and Zhang Xueming brought up the old matter again.

Although she had a stern face just now, she still noticed some of the cues in her husband's expression, so she did not raise any objections in front of the child.

"A one and a half year old child who has just learned to talk and walk."

Lu Zhengyi was somewhat helpless. “Are you asking too much of him? Although they say a new brain works better, that’s not how it’s supposed to work.”

"I have explained the meaning of the word 'shrimp' many times when I was having dinner with him before."

Zhang Xueming replied seriously, "I can understand that he is a child and his cognitive level may not be that high yet, but... this has happened many times."

In a company, if an employee makes too many mistakes, he will be fired directly!
"Your concept seems to have not changed yet."

Lu Zhengyi said, "An An is our child, not an employee."

"I know, but teaching..."

Zhang Xueming paused for a moment when she spoke here, "This...isn't considered a quarrel, right?"

She restrained her expression and somewhat anxious tone.

"Not really. It's just a discussion. It's about education."

Lu Zhengyi nodded, "In fact, if we had eaten beef today, he should be able to answer it, and I wouldn't need to remind him."

"What do you mean?"

Zhang Xueming didn't understand.

"If he had beef for lunch, he would answer directly when you asked him, because he likes beef more and has a deeper impression of beef."

Lu Zhengyi explained, "He might not even need to gesture, he can answer directly."

"It's not a matter of teaching once or twice to learn it, but how deeply it leaves an impression in his memory."

"If the impression is deep enough, he will definitely try hard to remember it."

Zhang Xueming sat on a chair, looking at her husband who was lying on the bed in front of her, supporting his head with one hand, and looking at him in silence.

"I understand. You can take care of the child from now on."

After a long time, she understood the meaning of her husband's words, "You are indeed more suitable to educate the children than me. I lost."

She gave in.

But she didn't feel ashamed of losing to her husband, after all, he was not an ordinary person.

"There's no winning or losing here."

Lu Zhengyi laughed dumbly. "When it comes to education, there is no absolute answer. I just hope you can be more patient and tolerant with your children."

It’s like some people think that children should be given more freedom and allowed to make their own choices, and this is the right thing to do.

But the question is, can children really make their own choices?
When children are in their childhood, the words and actions of their parents, teachers... and many people around them will affect their growth. So in the end, are the so-called choices made by the children really their own choices?

Maybe the parents originally wanted their child to be a teacher, but the child is rebellious and doesn't want to follow the parents' wishes. He wants to "make his own choice."

Finally he worked as a customer service representative, a waiter, a factory worker, and a porter.

Did he choose these things himself? Perhaps the more accurate way to put it is that he made these choices in order to rebel against his parents.

So is it the right choice for children to follow their parents' ideas and become a teacher? It doesn't seem to be the right choice.

Few people are able to make truly 'self' choices.

So actually, there is no answer to this question.

“There are no absolute answers to many questions in this world, and the same is true for education.”

Lu Zhengyi sat up from the bed, walked to the chair and squatted down, reaching the same height as his wife, looking at her level. "I know you are very strong-willed and have a strong personality, but I hope this strength will not harm the child, okay?"

His tone was gentle, and his palm gently rested on hers, his rough big hand tightly holding her delicate little hand.

"...I try my best."

Zhang Xueming pursed her lips, "But sometimes I don't know... I don't know if I'm too strict. You have to remind me."

"it is good."

Lu Zhengyi smiled and nodded, "Let's teach together."

(End of this chapter)