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

Chapter 402 [Save Face]

The few people did not have dinner together. Lu Zhengyi played their films one by one. After watching them, Li Chuanxin, Bai Wei and Xu Feng said goodbye and left.

But after leaving, they did not separate, but went into a restaurant.

All three together.

After sitting down, Bai Wei said with some regret, "It seems that Director Lu is not going to help us decide the winner."

"I think Director Bai's filming of Deathly Silence is very good, much better than mine."

As soon as the dish was served, Li Chuanxin took two bites and began to say, "When the protagonist put the doll on the passenger seat, the scene in the side shot where the doll suddenly turned its head to look at him was very good."

"Also, the scene later on in the puppet theater when Mary Shaw suddenly possessed the puppet and started talking was also very interesting."

"It reminds me of the time when I saw that yellow-skinned man in the deep mountains and forests... Wong Tai Sin."

"My shots are indeed pretty good." Bai Wei listened and nodded seriously, "Director Li's shots are also okay, you've worked hard."

Li Chuanxin: “…”

He looked across at Bai Wei, who was slurping noodles with a serious expression, and for a moment he didn't know how to respond.

Although, scholars have always looked down on each other since ancient times.

In ancient times, it referred to scholars who looked down on the works of others. Nowadays, it can occasionally be used to describe talented people who look down on their peers.

But according to normal people's thinking, since he took the initiative to greet people just now, Bai Wei should also say a few words of greeting.

Even if we compete with each other in private, shouldn't this superficial harmony be maintained?
After all, they had met each other a few times before, right?
"Director Li was just being polite, but you took it seriously."

Xu Feng laughed at the side, "Didn't you hear Director Lu say that he was very satisfied, but it's a pity that Wang Xiaoxu didn't have time to help."

"Otherwise, the quality of this film needs to be improved."

"What do you have to compare it to?"

"what?"

Bai Wei scratched his head, "I didn't compare. Didn't Director Li say my work was better? Don't worry."

Xu Feng: “…”

He looked at the serious-looking man across from him and for a moment felt that he was a little strange.

At the beginning, Bai Wei was really naive. Sometimes he spoke without thinking and without considering the situation.

But now...is he still really stupid?
The atmosphere at the dinner table was somewhat quiet.

Lu Zhengyi praised both works.

The main focus is to treat everyone equally and not tell them which work I prefer.

"In fact, if the box office data is in the same region, it can determine the winner, but one of our main release locations is in the United States, and the other is in the United States."

"The territories we're fighting on are all different, so how can we tell who's good or bad?"

"You think so?"

Bai Wei slurped up his bowl of noodles and then spoke again, breaking the silent atmosphere.

Li Chuanxin didn't say anything. If he really had no intention of making a comparison, then who said that sentence when he sat down just now?

"But it is true that my current directing experience is indeed not as good as yours."

Then, he continued, "Although I have filmed many films with Director Lu before, this is my first time directing a film independently."

"But I can't say for sure in the future. Directing experience can be accumulated through more shootings, but special objects and practitioners are not so easy to find."

"Although Director Lu has retired now, since he agreed to let me continue filming under the name of the Mei Limao crew, I will never embarrass him, and I will catch up quickly."

This time, his tone was not as pretentious as before.

Bai Wei also vaguely revealed that this work was indeed not as complete as Li Chuanxin's, and he admitted it.

Without the help of the puppeteer, he would not have been able to win.

“The quality of a work still depends on the feedback from others.”

Li Chuanxin replied with a smile, "This kind of thing cannot be compared with just one or two works. After a long time, people will have a conclusion in their hearts."

"Yes, after a while, everyone will be able to see whose work is better."

Bai Wei also smiled. He was confused in his teens, grew up in his twenties, and now he was in his thirties. It was time for him to have some edge.

One cannot be stupid all his life, so be honest all his life.

……

……

"Xiaowei must be under a lot of pressure."

At home, his wife was working overtime and had not yet returned home. After finishing dinner and cleaning up the house, Lu Zhengyi waited for his mother and An An to go upstairs to sleep, and then he chatted with A Yong in the living room about watching a movie today. "I heard from A Jie and the others that he is quite strict, even stricter than I was at the beginning."

"One shot can be shot dozens of times, for several days in a row, just to get it right."

"I guess he can't accept failure."

Ayong sat next to him and yawned, "Meow."

"Is it mainly because of the Mei Limao name? Indeed, although we used the Mei Limao crew name, we were able to handle the pressure."

Lu Zhengyi nodded and said, "I used to be able to make a good film with my crew. Now, except for the director, the crew is still the same as before."

"In this case, if the quality is too bad, public opinion may overwhelm Bai Wei. He himself is aware of this and is under great pressure."

"But there is also a good thing. It will be easier for others to notice him."

There are pros and cons, and if you want to bear the name of Mei Limao, you have to pay the same risks.

"But Director Li is the same. He has to collide with Xiaowei."

Then, he shook his head helplessly, "I think Wang Yao also had a hand in this. As someone who started out as a publicity agent, he wouldn't miss such an opportunity."

Li Chuanxin's current performance has undoubtedly made him Bai Wei's biggest enemy.

If they are released at different times, then forget it.

But Li Chuanxin seems to be forcing the release date, hoping that the film can be released at the same time as Bai Wei.

If it reaches more audiences by then, everyone will be happy.

Whether it is people's attention to Mei Limao, or... the influence he left in the country, most of it will be taken over by him.

But it doesn’t matter if the audience and viewer satisfaction are not as high as Bai Wei’s works.

Just try harder on the next one.

If he doesn't shoot well, the risks he takes and the audience's expectations are much lower than Bai Wei's.

But if it’s shot well…

"Meow?"

Ayong shook his cat head, looking very confused.

Because these words sound like those of an enemy.

"Well, how should I put it? When I was here, they were friends." Lu Zhengyi explained, "But when I was not here, they were competitors, or even enemies."

"Meow meow meow."

Ayong replied, his voice full of disgust.

In his impression, everyone Lu Zhengyi knew had a good relationship with each other and they hardly ever quarreled. He had never seen people arguing or even fighting on the street, or the open and covert fighting in TV dramas.

He also thought that everyone Lu Zhengyi knew was a good person.

"Some things you understand, but you have to learn to pretend to be confused." Lu Zhengyi stroked his cat's head, "But you can't be really confused."

"How was it, did anything happen during this trip to the country?"

"I haven't heard anything from Director Li."

Ayong hesitated and called out, "Meow."

Of course I met him.

But he solved it, so Li Chuanxin and the others naturally didn't know about it.

“Is it a mess over there?”

Lu Zhengyi listened curiously, "A monster with no face and eyes on its hands? What is this thing? It doesn't sound like a spiritual creature."

But is this a practitioner?

A practitioner whose body has become alienated?
"Meow."

Ayong shouted again. It was a ghost, a ghost that could materialize.

And it is a ghost like Liang Meijuan, who has killed many people.

"I saw it last time I went there. Their methods are all from ancient times." Lu Zhengyi said to him, "Not only did they not stop them, but they drove them to kill people, forcing those ghosts to choose that path."

If a person is lucky enough to become a ghost, while gaining some special powers, he will also encounter disasters again and again.

These disasters will force the ghosts to make choices. Once they lose themselves and choose some more extreme and self-degrading paths, their control over themselves will become increasingly weak.

Until you are completely lost and lose your mind.

In ancient times, people worshipped these extraordinary beings as gods and offered various sacrifices to them.

Sometimes, some sacrificial methods are quite cruel.

The practitioners in the country seem to have followed the old system from ancient times, and like to use some rather cruel methods to drive the special things.

For example, the Snow Girl in the Nuo mask in my hand.

Now that I have some free time and no longer film, this item is left unused.

The main thing is that he can’t lend this thing out.

If it was an object like a stone statue or a talisman, it would be fine, but this Nuo mask has been lent out and few people can control it.

"In that case, then don't go there too much."

Lu Zhengyi thought for a moment, "Ordinary people cannot touch or see the special world. They only know that horror and thriller are popular all over Dongzhou now."

"When they explore, they will trigger some hidden things. If they are killed, they will breed some things that are difficult to control to a certain extent."

"If the situation continues over and over again, if the country does not have enough strength and a resolute attitude, the situation may become increasingly chaotic and many people may die. By then... Li Chuanxin and his team's idea of ​​taking root in the country may fail."

"Meow."

Ayong widened his eyes and still wanted to go.

"Why do you still want to go?"

Lu Zhengyi looked at him puzzledly, "Is there anything special over there?"

Ayong stuck out his tongue, licked his paws, and was about to say something.

"It sounds a bit absurd."

But at this time, Zhang Xueming's voice sounded from a distance.

she's back.

"I'm not sure whether there is chaos in the country. After all, those things will not be reported in the news."

Zhang Xueming threw her bag on the sofa and walked towards the dining room. "But it's a bit absurd that you guys are saying it's a mess and a lot of people died, but at the same time you're worried that too many people died and the movie can't be shown there."

At first, she sounded normal in the hallway.

But if you think about it carefully, something doesn't seem right.

Putting these two things together, coupled with the calm tone of Lu Zhengyi and the others' conversation, to be honest, it was a bit creepy.

"I'm sorry, I think I went a little too far."

Lu Zhengyi and Ayong looked at each other, and he also realized that there seemed to be something wrong with the way he spoke.

"What's there to apologize for?" Zhang Xueming searched in the kitchen. "There's nothing we can't talk about in private. I just think this is a bit absurd."

"Didn't you have dinner?"

Lu Zhengyi listened to the noise in the kitchen and walked over. "Let me cook some noodles for you. There is some beef left over from dinner."

"I ate a little in the cafeteria, but not much. I don't have an appetite. The Ring and Dead Silence are going to be online in the next two days, so I have a lot to do."

Zhang Xueming replied helplessly, "Don't put too much meat. Do you have cabbage? If so, add more cabbage. I don't want to eat meat. It makes me sick."

As she spoke, she sat down at the dining table in the cafeteria and took a rest. "But I just heard from you that things are getting more and more chaotic in the country."

"I remember you said before that everything has a balance."

"Since the balance in the country is disrupted, will our side be affected? This kind of thing... should be a common thing, right?"

Lu Zhengyi boiled some hot water first, then poked his head out of the kitchen. "It should be okay. In fact, things started to get more frequent in the past few years, but the Taoist priests handled them in a timely manner."

Although the balance is disturbed, the impact is not sudden, but a gradual process.

……

"That movie, The Ring, has that flavor, and is very similar to Director Lu's style."

"I can only say that the script is very similar to Director Lu's previous works. Everything else, whether it's the shooting techniques, prop preparation, or camera cuts, is completely different."

"I feel that the dead silence is more realistic, and the camera, makeup, and filming are all the same. I watched it, and the director is the former assistant director of the Mei Limao crew. Except for Director Lu, everyone else is here."

"As for the production of horror films, we still have to look at the crew related to Director Lu. The works shot by the previous directors were completely unacceptable. These two are still the best."

"Dead Silence is obviously better. Although it also has Director Lu's style, I like it in every aspect, whether it's the plot or the filming method."

"The actors in these two works are totally incomparable. The actors in Dead Silence are very expressive and it's easy for the audience to get into the show. On the contrary, the Japanese actors in The Ring are, how should I put it... too deliberate. But the acting skills of the actors there are just like that, more like a stage play..."

After the two works were released, their popularity online continued to rise.

The reason, of course, is the influence of Lu Zhengyi.

He had already warmed up before, and during another business live broadcast, he talked about the existence of these two works. Although he did not mention them by name, any discerning person could see it.

After careful investigation, netizens found out that the crews who filmed these two works all had a very close relationship with Lu Zhengyi.

It can even be said that the two directors belong to the same company - Light and Shadow Group.

This gives the film a huge plus.

Putting aside overseas markets, netizens’ comments are as follows in the United States and the United States.

Just talking about the Tang country market, at present, there are more people supporting Silent Silence.

The score of the Meilimao team is too high. The crew's dedication, the actors' expressiveness... In many aspects, The Ring cannot compare to Dead Silence.

It seems that the Mei Limao crew led by Bai Wei has temporarily retained its position.

(End of this chapter)