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

Chapter 424 [Adopting Old Age]

"etc!"

But soon, Bai Wei stopped suddenly.

The comments on the video made him click on the screen, and then he was stunned by the progress bar that lasted for six hours.

Six hours?

Is this the full cut?

“This is really fun to watch.”

"I exceeded, six hours!"

"Wait until tomorrow at work!"

"Looking at the texture, it should be the original footage from those movies. Why don't they just edit it instead of finding someone to act it out?"

"Fried chicken and coke are ready!"

Looking at the words on the barrage, there was clearly no sound, but there was a sense of laughter and joy, which made Bai Wei couldn't help but shake his head. They had no idea what they were about to face.

That is a truth that can subvert cognition and cause people to collapse mentally!
Soon, as a scene that made Bai Wei, who had experienced it before, tremble with fear appeared on the screen, the barrage suddenly became clear, and the screen was full of "?", without even a single typing person.

In the picture, Chu Renmei was standing upright in the lake, as straight as a long piece of wood stuck in the bottom of the lake.

"ghost!"

With a scream from outside the camera, the camera was thrown directly to the ground.

This time, the screen full of "?" was clicked even more happily.

Before Bai Wei could gloat over the audience's behavior, suddenly, a wet-looking figure in a blue costume approached the camera, accompanied by the rustling sound of weeds being trampled.

"hiss--"

This time, even Bai Wei couldn't help it and felt a chill all over his body.

He had never seen this scene before!

It turns out that such a scene was captured at that time!
“Is this a fucking movie?”

“This is a movie!”

"I'm super!"

"I was so scared that I almost broke my fingers!"

"No, this is a remake, what the hell is this!"

The screen was full of comments, and after a round of "?", all the comments were so exciting that they ended with exclamation marks.

They kept posting comments, trying to calm the disbelief, fear and panic in their hearts through netizens from all over the world.

But...

How can it be!

How could a person float upright? There must be wooden stakes under the lake!

Also, how could this be taken in winter? That must be a hot spring lake!

In the video, the reaction of the cameraman, the beauty of Chu Renmei who looked wet, and the pixels that were obviously old, all made the audience have a lot of thoughts for no reason.

However, the film did not stop because of these comments and continued.

More and more tidbits, characters, shots...

From the floating corpse in the lake of the old corpse in the mountain village, to the wandering god with a curse, to the bullet with double pupils, to the ghost of the first commandment...

All kinds of bizarre, shocking and unbelievable things are shown in this video.

Everything was telling them something beyond common sense.

What’s more important is that these contents are completely the product of more than 20 years ago. As the plot goes on, the familiar faces in the behind-the-scenes footage from more than 20 years ago and more than 10 years ago are becoming mature and older.

Liu Baoning, who was only a few years old when I first met him, was already in his teens later.

Obviously, these contents are real behind-the-scenes footage, not like movies in theaters, which were later remade with new actors.

But this is even more terrifying!
"Welcome to the real world."

Bai Wei couldn't help but smile as he looked at the more than 100,000 online viewers and the hundreds of comments added with every refresh.

But soon, he shook his head helplessly, "But what we experienced is much more special than what you saw."

"I don't know whether this is a good thing or a bad thing."

"Director Lu, do you want to reveal something?"

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but bend over and found a recliner to lie down on.

It is definitely impossible to sit and watch such a long movie. In just a short while, Bai Wei's waist was already a little sore, not to mention the area that was already slightly painful.

In today's society, it is not an empty saying that nine out of ten people suffer from hemorrhoids.

The older a person gets, the more problems he has, big or small.

"What on earth is Director Lu thinking about?"

The 'old white-headed man' was lying on a chair, watching the film, and trying to guess what Lu Zhengyi meant by it as always.

The previous filming at least had a layer of "drama" attached to it.

No matter how special the behind-the-scenes footage appears, those scenes are all remakes and fake to the audience.

But this...

Director Lu released these things and made this decision now. Bai Wei inexplicably had a bad feeling.

Over twenty years have passed since the filming of "Old Corpse in the Mountain Village" was completed, but he still cannot figure out what kind of person Lu Zhengyi is, and what the meaning behind the decisions he made.

And not only him, but other people in the crew, or everyone who knows the truth, will speculate on his every word and action.

This is natural.

For a person like that, there must be a special meaning behind what he does.

Moreover, with the background of this work, this road seems to have disappeared from now on.

This doesn't feel like a comeback, but more like...

Bai Wei had a lot on his mind, but he continued reading.

Even after the last scene was shot, there were still a few minutes of content on the progress bar. Ending song? Cast list?
"Hello everyone, I am Lu Zhengyi."

"It feels like it's been a long time since I last appeared in front of you all so solemnly and talked about something. It should be... more than ten years. I remember the last premiere meeting. At that time, due to the ticket price issue, I stopped subsequent activities in this regard."

"Oh, by the way, there was a business live broadcast a few years ago, so I got to meet everyone."

As the film came to an end, the screen went black for a while and then lit up again.

Lu Zhengyi's figure suddenly appeared in Bai Wei's sight. He was sitting at the desk, and the computer screen on the desk was still on the interface of the editing software.

Unconsciously, he sat up straight, no longer hunched over and lying on the chair as before.

"First of all, I would like to thank all the fans for their attention and support over the years. Without your company along the way, it would not be easy for me to achieve what I have now."

"Secondly, regarding the recent rumors that I will be returning." "Actually, what I want to say is that this work is actually the finale, because the last farewell was too hasty, and due to various reasons, I couldn't put a perfect end to this, so I am making up for it now."

However, what Lu Zhengyi said next stunned Bai Wei.

"In the past ten years, I have been paying attention to the development of the circle, and many works have appeared that have impressed me."

"To be honest, if I were to shoot some of these works, I might not be able to do them well."

"Maybe, I am an old guy too. I have to accept my age."

In the video, Lu Zhengyi did not stop. "I no longer have any more inspiration to shoot works. This road of being a director has come to an end. The idea of ​​making a movie did not come to me two years ago. A few years ago, after my children went to college, I actually had the idea of ​​resuming filming."

"But I have ideas, but no good ones. I have read through all the scripts, and they are all good works, but as a director, I don't know what new and interesting ways to present them."

"At that time, many people had high expectations of me, and many people also thought that I couldn't shoot anything good. In fact, they guessed right. I couldn't shoot it. I really couldn't shoot it."

"It's the same story of revenge of a vengeful ghost. I wanted to shoot it this way, but when I thought about it carefully, I realized that it was an inspiration I had more than 20 years ago, so I gave up. If I wanted to shoot it that way again, I realized that it has been successful in movies in recent years, so I just couldn't think of it anymore."

"Even though I had a lot of good scripts, I couldn't figure out how to present the content. It would definitely not work if I just filmed according to the content. In the end, I could only come up with the idea of ​​using these tidbits as the ending, which I could consider as a sentimental score."

Having said that, he shook his head.

"People have to accept aging, just like what that person said, this world is ours, and yours, but in the end, it is still yours."

"Since I don't have any new ideas to make the film better, I'm not afraid to admit it,"

"I am an old man and have no use. It is useless to stand in this position and enjoy all these expectations. It is better to hand it over to the young people. I think there are several good directors in the market now..."

Bai Wei listened to the following words in a daze and didn't hear clearly.

Director Lu has truly retired from the entertainment industry.

It is no longer the abrupt "temporary withdrawal" as before, but a real announcement of retirement.

Well, then what should I do?
So what should the crew do?
that……

He was a little confused and at a loss. All the fighting spirit and ambition that had risen in his heart when he heard that Lu Zhengyi was coming back disappeared in an instant.

More importantly, Director Lu said he couldn’t shoot anything anymore.

He said he was old.

how can that be!

He is a cultivator, how could he be old? How could he not be able to shoot anything?

He definitely doesn't want to, he...

Bai Wei suddenly stood up from the recliner, then, feeling a little dizzy, he quickly sat back down.

He sat there for a long time, holding the armrest. When the world in front of him became clear again, he quickly picked up his phone and wanted to send a message to Director Lu, but after typing for a long time, he still didn't know what to say.

It was already dark outside and still somewhat quiet. I had no idea what time it was, but it must have been late at night.

Otherwise, there would be some noise downstairs.

Bai Wei is still unmarried and lives alone at home. No one disturbs him, let alone calls him for dinner.

When he is not filming, the concept of time is quite vague to him.

"Have you finished watching the movie?"

However, Bai Wei's message was not sent out, but Lu Zhengyi sent a message on his mobile phone.

"finish watching."

Bai Wei quickly replied and prepared to say something else.

"As a director, I learned a lot from the experience of my predecessors and even used some unnecessary means to make the film more real."

"But maybe this is the extent of my talent in this field. Even though I have done a lot and borrowed a lot, I can only get started and have no way to go all the way to the end."

"On the other hand, Director Li, who came later, didn't have my ability to control those strange people and things, but he had his own insights. Without relying on external forces, he made those works more exciting than I remembered within the existing framework."

When Lu Zhengyi's message came, Bai Wei paused.

"In fact, Director Li's talent in directing and many of his ideas are not that perfect. In recent years, there have been one or two directors whose ideas during filming have surprised me even more."

"Some people are great, but there will always be people who are better than you. Director Li may have replaced me now, but it won't be long before he is replaced."

"Know who you are and retire as soon as possible. It's an ending of your own choice, which is much better than being forcibly pulled down and having all your honors taken away. That's all I have to say. This is the last thing I'm going to teach you on behalf of Lao Zhang, and it's also what Lao Zhang let me see in the beginning."

Late at night, Lu's house,
Lu Zhengyi sent a few text messages and put his phone aside.

Am I not the same person as Mr. Zhang back then?
It’s just that whether it’s himself or him, they can clearly recognize their own limits, but Bai Wei may not be so.

"Is this really the end?"

Zhang Xueming asked in a low voice while lying on the bed.

"That's about right. Just receiving an award is enough."

Lu Zhengyi said, "But which award should we receive?"

With the current global box office data, it is no longer the awards that choose you, but you who choose the awards.

Just this morning, many domestic and overseas film festivals have invited me.

Even though Lu Zhengyi and his colleagues did not submit their films for application, the organizers of these awards took the initiative to include their works in the selection and awarded them directly without the need for any so-called nomination or selection.

With just one word from them, you can go to the scene to receive the award immediately.

Even if they are not present, the award will be given to them.

When their box office data can enter the top ten of the global rankings, or even compete for first or second place, whichever film festival award their work chooses to win, that award will have more value.

On the contrary, if such a high-grossing work did not win an award from you, it is definitely not a problem with the work, but a problem with the selection and value of your award.

"whatever."

Zhang Xueming replied casually, it’s a wonderful feeling.

Things that I once thought were out of reach are now coming towards me one by one, eagerly wanting to be awarded to me, but I don’t feel that happy anymore.

Another thing accomplished.

She couldn't help but say in her heart that her husband's career as a director had come to an end.

So what should I do now?

Zhang Xueming sat up. Although she had clearly handed over the company's affairs to others during this period, she went to get off work and left on time, went to bed early and got up early, but she just felt tired and a little listless.

There is no motivation anymore, no goals anymore.

"Is that considered retirement now?"

She asked her husband who was sitting next to her in front of the computer, watching the video and commenting, "I feel like I have to live one day at a time for the rest of my life."

As an old couple, it is natural for them to have things to talk about.

"Let's find some time to travel together."

Lu Zhengyi replied with a smile, but before he could finish his words, the phone rang, “Oh, the Taoist priest finally called.”

He stayed up late at night and waited for this call for a long time.

(End of this chapter)