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

Chapter 406 [I want to be the monitor]

The film shot by Bai Weixin is called "Calling the Soul".

This type of film is, as always, in the style of Lu Zhengyi.

It tells the story of a family moving to an old house and encountering some strange things.

There might be footsteps coming from the stairs in the middle of the night, or someone's leg being suddenly pulled while sleeping late at night, or... all kinds of supernatural and horror scenes, which are extremely challenging for the crew's shooting ability.

Regarding this point, the Mei Limao crew has become very proficient with practice.

After the filming was completed, Bai Wei once again asked Lu Zhengyi to help him look at the final effect of the film before deciding whether to submit it for review, but was rejected.

First, Lu Zhengyi is not so enthusiastic about this matter for the time being, and does not want to give advice to others.

Second, it is impossible for Bai Wei to judge every time. As a director, he needs to have his own judgment.

Some experienced directors can already roughly understand whether the film is popular and whether it can generate buzz during the filming process.

It's not just the director, but also some actors, prop masters, makeup artists and other staff members of the crew, who can also get results from the shooting process after working for a long time.

Bai Wei also needs to take this step.

Compared to those directors who, halfway through filming, realized that they seemed to have taken the wrong path, but could not turn back, so they had to continue filming and then sent a bad movie to theaters.

He has many advantages.

As long as Bai Wei can discover that he has taken the wrong path during the filming process and make reasonable suggestions, he will have the opportunity to start over.

Behind him is the Meilimao crew and the Light and Shadow Group.

With Lu Zhengyi's previous serious attitude, Zhang Xueming, or the top management of Guangying Group, will be more "tolerant" when dealing with the Mei Limao crew.

Compared to other directors, if you suddenly announce that you want to reshoot the film in the middle of shooting, a lot of investors will withdraw their investment, you will be scolded, and you will be sued.

Since its establishment, the Meilimao crew has always been famous for its reputation.

As long as you don't take the "remake" too lightly and start over again easily, Guangying and other investors will understand if you remake it once or twice.

Word of mouth is much harder to earn than money.

But the premise of all this lies in Bai Wei and whether the Meilimao crew has the confidence to make the decision to "reshoot".

And this judgment should not be made by an "outsider" like Lu Zhengyi who is not involved in the filming, but by themselves.

A month later, The Conjuring was released.

As always, the film achieved great results.

Lu Zhengyi also went to the cinema to watch the movie in his spare time, but he found nothing particularly amazing about it. It was the same feeling he had with the movie Dead Silence.

Very smooth work.

The photos were taken in his usual style, but that was all.

Although the work "Dead Silence" was much more satisfactory to the audience than "The Ring" after its initial release, and in the eyes of insiders, it was more complete than "The Ring" because of the actors' acting skills, props preparation, scene arrangement... factors.

But Lu Zhengyi's reaction when watching the movie was already very obvious. In his eyes, The Ring was better than Dead Silence.

But this time there is no comparison.

Bai Wei spent a year to create the summoning of spirits.

But this time, Li Chuanxin did not compare with him, and did not arrange to release the film at the same time. There is no news about the shooting period, and no one knows how long it will take.

The film "Final Destination" was extremely difficult to shoot, and even Lu Zhengyi was not absolutely sure.

Another half year passed, and the Mei Limao crew started a new filming plan.

Lu Zhengyi temporarily extinguished his enthusiasm for work.

But they continue to move forward as always, whether for the purpose of making money or maintaining their former love for drama, and no one stops.

Domestic discussions and explorations about ghosts, the truth, etc. have gradually come to a halt.

It has been a frequent visitor to the trending search list in the past two years, which is almost a rare thing in the history of media.

What topic can remain popular for two years? Especially when it is a hot search topic that has no trace.

Yes, not even a shadow.

With the great actions of the Heguo, Nanchaoguo, Xiangguo... these countries, some things in their own countries gradually became less important.

Even if something was occasionally filmed and circulated on the Internet in Tang Country, those pictures looked like some PS or game CG content.

No one believes this kind of thing.

The country is peaceful and quiet, nothing has happened, but you are making a lot of noise outside, but what you filmed are just some unreliable contents. How can this kind of excitement continue?

Isn't this the same reason why UFOs are always photographed in the West, but not even a shadow of them can be seen in China?

Even in the later stage of hot searches, some conspiracy theories emerged in the country.

It’s like in the past, people were always arguing that the West had already connected with alien technology, so the development speed was so fast, and so on.

There is no evidence at all. Even if the picture is taken, it is just "landline pixels" which is hard to be convincing.

Gradually, the heat died down.

However, taking advantage of this popularity, some horror and thriller works have broken the circle again and again, and unknowingly, many people's "tastes" are changing.

"Yin music", "paper wedding dress", "red cloth shoes", "Nuo mask..." Various contents are sweeping various circles and markets.

Apart from this, the country remains calm and peaceful.

Time continues to move forward.

Another half year passed, and it was time for Lu Yongan to go to elementary school.

"He actually had a lot of fun. He didn't take any classes for a year."

In the bedroom, Zhang Xueming put on a facial mask. "I'm really worried that he won't be able to keep up with the courses when he goes to elementary school."

"I heard that if the children from that school go to a regular school, they can at least go straight to fifth or sixth grade."

"Primary schools have begun to teach junior high school and high school courses. In addition to this, there are other additional courses, such as painting and music."

As she spoke, she looked at herself in the mirror.

Through the gaps in the mask, she could clearly see the increasingly obvious wrinkles at the corners of her eyes. In addition, her skin was not as firm as before.

Although because of the cold white skin, it is still as white as ever.

But compared to the previous rosy fair complexion that represented health, youth and beauty, the fair complexion now looked more like gray and bloodless.

"That's what you think."

Lu Zhengyi leaned on the bed, with one hand on the back of his head as a pillow and the other hand looking at his phone, "An An has learned a lot during this period of time."

"A few months ago, I was able to take the phone apart and put it back together."

"But this kid deliberately broke things just to get more toys. Luckily I discovered it early and didn't let him continue playing like this."

As he said this, he shook his head helplessly. If this idea continued or even expanded, it would be very dangerous.

"But this will not affect his grades. At his current age, what he needs is points."

Zhang Xueming turned her head and looked at Lu Zhengyi lying on the bed.

"But this will help him get out into society and live a more relaxed life in the future," Lu Zhengyi replied. "At least, he won't have to call a repairman to come over just because the light switch button is broken."

"And this counts as a physics course, right?"

"It is very important for modern people to master electricity and related knowledge."

According to Zhang Xueming's theory, Lu Yongan is now at the age to go to school, and if he studies well in school courses, he will get more points. Good grades and a good education are the cornerstones for entering society.

Lu Zhengyi, on the contrary, believes that with such a family background, scores and academic qualifications are not important. What is important is social practice and living skills.

Discussions like this about their children were the few times when the couple disagreed.

"Or, let's have a second child."

But suddenly, Zhang Xueming said something like this, which stopped the discussion.

Regarding the idea of ​​having a second child, father Lu Yiyong actually mentioned it once when he was in the hospital.

But at that time, Lu Zhengyi refused.

He had no plans to do so.

But in the year when Lu Yongan graduated from kindergarten, Zhang Xueming suddenly took the initiative to propose the idea of ​​having a second child.

This time, Lu Zhengyi still refused.

"I object."

Lu Zhengyi sat on the bed and spoke without hesitation.

Now nearly forty, her physical condition is very different from when she was young.

In addition, because she was busy with work, the physical examination data in the past few years were relatively stable, but her physical fitness was much worse than that of her peers.

To be honest, it is extremely irresponsible to consider this kind of thing at this time in terms of your physical safety.

"But having a second child seems to be more common now." Zhang Xueming thought, "Why didn't you remind me before? Today I took some time to go to the primary school I chose to register, and I found that many families have two children."

"Think about it carefully. If there is a brother or sister at home to help, it can save a lot of trouble."

"We are both only children. We know whether we felt lonely when we were young and whether we felt stressed when we grew up."

Although my son has been smart since he was young, it is still difficult for one person to manage such a large group.

If I had brothers and sisters to help me, the pressure would be much less.

Besides, if An An had a brother or sister of similar age to accompany him, he wouldn't be so lonely and wouldn't become...

Thinking about those children in her relatives' families who were very extroverted when they were young, but became more and more introverted as they grew up, and some even became autistic, Zhang Xueming became more determined to have a second child.

"That's a good reason, but I refuse."

This time, Lu Zhengyi did not argue with her. No matter what reason she gave, he rejected it.

"Please think more about the future of your child." Zhang Xueming came over, sat on the bed, and pulled his palm, "Okay?"

"I will consider the future of our child." Lu Zhengyi let her touch his palm, "but I will consider your health more."

"You feel... dangerous?"

Zhang Xueming frowned, "I know my body well."

"Here we go again. I know how competitive and stubborn you are." Lu Zhengyi stretched out his finger and poked her cheek, which was covered with a facial mask. "You are almost a ..."

Before he could finish his words, Zhang Xueming slapped his hand away.

"Enough is enough, okay." She said dissatisfiedly, "I know you won't get old, and I know I'm old. I know everything."

Even though I know she cares about these things, I still always tease her with these topics.

But this idea was only temporary and Zhang Xueming quickly put it out.

Because she suddenly remembered that the baby should be able to be born.

But maybe after giving birth, I will age faster. This kind of thing is quite exhausting of energy and blood.

But now, there are no doctors like Xu Bingcai.

"Mr. Xu, what a pity."

Zhang Xueming sighed sincerely. As time passed, she had sighed about this matter more than once.

In the past, I always heard parents mention it.

But now she often talks about it.

Having a reliable doctor is almost like saving half a life.

But unfortunately, there are only a few doctors like that. Even among Mr. Xu's disciples or the younger generations in his family, none of them can inherit his medical skills.

They are just saving lives by following the prescriptions and diagnostic methods taught by Mr. Xu during his lifetime.

Even if there are changes, it is just to reduce the dosage of a certain medicinal ingredient, or add a few minor auxiliary medicines.

None of them could do what Mr. Xu did, which was to prescribe the right medicine for the right condition and directly develop new prescriptions to deal with the patient's actual condition.

Such talents are truly rare.

Even if Taoist Guanshan and his department expanded the scope of their search for talent across the country, they would not be able to find a doctor who was experienced and skilled in saving lives and curing illnesses.

From kindergarten to elementary school, normally children need a period of adaptation.

Whether it is the schedule or the curriculum, primary schools are stricter than kindergartens.

Things like playing games, sleeping, singing and having fun, except for physical education classes in elementary school, basically cannot be enjoyed.

Academic studies gradually occupy children's entire childhood.

Grades, scores, exams...these words begin to appear in children's lives, and primary school is their starting point.

But for children like Lu Yongan who attend private kindergartens, this adaptation period does not exist at all.

They had already experienced this kind of life when they were in kindergarten.

He goes to primary school normally, and Lu Zhengyi picks him up and drops him off normally.

Lu Yongan's adaptability is as strong as ever.

"Today we raised the national flag and held a class meeting. The teacher said we had to elect a class monitor first. I'm quite interested."

Sitting on the back seat of the motorcycle, Lu Yongan talked about his first day of school. "After class, I went to the teacher's office and told her that I wanted to be the class monitor."

"The teacher was surprised at my directness, but still explained that to be a class monitor one must have good grades and be able to convince others and gain their recognition."

"So I observed a little bit and found that there are three types of situations in the class."

He counted on his little fingers, "One type is like me. After entering high school, I was unlucky and was not assigned to the same class as my kindergarten friends. I knew almost no one in the class. This type of people is the largest, and the possibility of getting to know each other depends entirely on luck."

"One is lucky enough to be assigned to the same class with familiar friends, but this situation is rare. There are probably only two groups, one with three people and one with five people. It is more difficult to integrate into this group."

"And the last type, they come from other places, not from Beidu. This type is the least."

He did not differentiate based on family background, gender or admission scores, but directly based on interpersonal relationships.

Lu Zhengyi found this a little funny, "So what? What are you going to do?"

"In theory, students from other places are the easiest to get along with, but if you mix with them too early, other locals will easily think you are from outside and exclude you."

Lu Yongan replied confidently, "So I will first interact with the first type of people, even if I can only befriend a small number of them. I did this in the morning and made a few friends and left contact information."

"Next, I plan to get those local students to interact with those students from other places, so that more people can gather around me."

"Finally, you can use your advantage in numbers to make friends with those who are either watching or rejecting you."

It sounds like the position of squad leader has already been secured.

(End of this chapter)