Rebirth: Spoiling the Obsessive Film Emperor

Yin Chengjue’s past life was a complete joke.

The star he personally groomed not only betrayed him but twisted the knife when his company was on the brink of collapse.

Reborn, he vowed ...

Chapter 164 Competition

Director Mo quickly read through the script sent by Yin Chengjue and couldn't help but sigh, "President Yin, it's such a pity you're not a screenwriter."

Yin Chengjue had stayed up all night and was exhausted. Seeing Director Mo's comment, he knew there was no problem, so he replied, "If you insist on making me a screenwriter, then I'll only be a screenwriter for one person." Then he fell asleep immediately, and his breathing quickly became even.

Three light knocks sounded outside the study, but no one answered.

The door was pushed open, and Rong Yu came in with a glass of milk. Seeing Yin Chengjue lying on the desk, she tiptoed over, put the milk aside, and then gently picked Yin Chengjue up in her arms.

"Brother, you're quite heavy," Rong Yu chuckled softly. "You've got a lot of muscles hidden inside."

Rong Yu carried Yin Chengjue back to the room and carefully placed him on the bed. She then lay down beside him and gently traced the contours of Yin Chengjue's face with her fingers.

“Yin Chengjue, that night you asked me if I remembered the first time we met…” Rong Yu’s fingertips pressed against Yin Chengjue’s lips, gently caressing them: “Of course I remember, it’s just that you’ve forgotten.”

"Because that was a long, long time ago. Back then, Aunt Yin brought you to our house to play. I saw you getting out of the car from afar upstairs. You were wearing a little suit, and your face was really beautiful."

“I was drawing an angel at the time, and I was wondering what kind of face I should use.” Rong Yu leaned against Yin Chengjue, holding his arm with one hand, lost in memories: “When I came to my senses, my hand had already drawn your face onto my drawing.”

"Yin Chengjue, have you ever heard the story of angels and demons?" Rong Yu lowered her eyes slightly: "During that time, my old mother loved to tell me this story. She said that angels bring happiness to people, and demons bring disaster to people."

She said, "In this world, some people are born angels, while others are born devils."

"And I am the latter."

"So at that time I was thinking, if the demon is like me, then what should the angel be like?"

"I thought about it many times and drew it countless times, but I couldn't draw the angel's appearance until I saw you."

“But my mother wouldn’t let me leave that room, otherwise I would have gone downstairs to find you… Luckily, you also found the adults’ conversation boring, so you ran to play in the garden downstairs.” Rong Yu said, a happy smile appearing on her face: “I remember you were chasing a butterfly in the garden. There were so many butterflies, but you just focused on that one. You fell a few times, but you were still having a lot of fun.”

"Finally, you noticed me leaning on the windowsill watching you... Your expression at that moment was absolutely adorable, trying your best to hide what you had just done and to appear very composed."

That was when we first met.

“However…” Rong Yu frowned slightly, looking somewhat dissatisfied: “Back then, because I was locked in the room by my mother for a long time, my hair grew a little longer, and you seemed to have mistaken me for a girl.”

Rong Yu twirled her hair: "Later, I cut my hair short and came to find you, but you didn't even recognize me."

Rong Yu poked Yin Chengjue's forehead: "I really don't know what to say about your memory."

“But it’s okay…” Rong Yu hugged Yin Chengjue’s arm, pressed her face against his strong arm, and chuckled softly, “Anyway, you’re mine now.”

No one can take you away from me.

Before we knew it, the day came for the wrap-up of filming for "Ghost Trail," and the official Weibo account released a group photo of the cast and crew holding bouquets.

Seven days prior, filming for "The Chase" had wrapped up, and a trailer had been released three days earlier.

The trailer for "The Chase" is excellent, and it sets a benchmark for "revealing human nature." The description on the label also states that it is a masterpiece that reveals human nature.

The official Weibo account of "The Chase" promotes the film as follows: "Reality and illusion, positive and negative, we are in a bizarre and wonderful world, chasing after that glimmer of hope."

At first glance, this copywriting doesn't seem strange at all. Copywriting, whether it's literary or colloquial, as long as it's there, it's fine; it's just a ritual.

However, the crew members of "Ghost" who had seen the original, unedited script knew that this sentence was clearly the original text in the script!

This is a provocation! A blatant provocation!

It's one thing to just copy the copy directly, but not even completely. They just forced "chasing that glimmer of hope" into it, making it look like it really is their copy for "Chasing".

But to really bring up this kind of thing to argue about would seem cheap. It's just a few words of copywriting. Who told them to finish filming late and not have the trailer edited yet?

"Chasing" is clearly using their copywriting to block their copywriting path.

"How childish! How could I have ever known such a petty guy as Wei Dao!" Sally said indignantly.

Although it's just a piece of copywriting, nothing special, and anyone could just rewrite it, the thought that it was originally intended for them but has been used by the production team ahead of time still makes them feel uncomfortable.

"Since they enjoy this kind of thing, we can play along," Yin Chengjue said calmly. "Our copywriting can be written like this—"

Three days later, the trailer for "Ghost" was released—searching and searching for just a clue, only to find that everything is still at the starting point, and we have never moved on, until our memories return.

Sally, upon seeing this copy: "..." Well, now it's like the copy has been swapped. Is this the profoundness of Chinese culture?

Before audiences actually see these two films in theaters, no one will notice how strange their scripts are...

However, due to the fact that it was a few days later, "The Chase" was released in theaters before "Ghost".

Because "The Chase" had the financial power of the villain who brought his own investment to the production, and the male lead was replaced by a currently popular celebrity, the combination of paid promotion and fan promotion quickly attracted many people to go and watch it.

Yes, "The Chase" not only replaced the original villain, but also the original male lead. They need fan promotion, and popular celebrities with a large number of fans are their best choice.

The fans of the popular actor who plays the male lead went crazy for their idol, with some big fans even organizing their own fans to buy dozens of tickets each, just to boost the box office.

As a result, on the first day of its release, "The Chase" grossed over 300 million yuan by midnight!

It instantly broke the data of movies released at the same time, successfully winning the crown this period!

As a result, various communication platforms such as Weibo and Baidu Tieba were filled with posts discussing the plot of "The Chase".

In addition to the previously mentioned scene where the male protagonist and the villain dress in women's clothing to gather information in that kind of place, there is another aspect of "The Chase" that is even more infuriating to watch. That is, they follow the dirty trade chain to a remote mountain village with virtually no way out. They finally find the female protagonist and also see many kidnapped women and children.

There is no internet or signal here, and the road down the mountain is strictly guarded by the locals, so the women and children who have been brought here cannot get out.

The female protagonist was only recently captured, while many others have already spent their entire lives here.

They did try to escape, but despite their cunning and exhaustion, they were always caught and brought back. And each time they were caught, they faced even more horrific beatings and torture.

Hope after hope, despair after despair, and eventually numbness sets in.

No one could hear them, so they gradually gave up calling for help.

It must be said that "The Chase" is a film that can draw more attention to human trafficking and arouse people's indignation. The film's starting point is good and it can also provoke social reflection.

If anyone comes into contact with the traffickers during the process of transferring the victims, please report it to the police.

If someone sees someone calling for help on the street, and if conditions permit, someone is willing to free up one hand to press three numbers.

Perhaps, a person's tragic life can be changed because of this.

Moviegoer Rabbit V: To be honest, the plot of "The Chase" is really good, but the actors are really... well, let's not talk about it [runs away with the blame on her face].

Watching Drama Cat V: Let me be blunt, the plot is commendable, but the actors are too concerned about their idol image. Their makeup is always perfect and flawless, as if they just dragged in two male leads and the second male lead from a youth idol drama to make up the numbers. They are always trying to look cool, which does not fit the character of an ordinary citizen at all.

Especially the scene at the casino, I strongly suspect that he was acting based on Chow Yun-fat's version, but unfortunately he didn't have Chow Yun-fat's aura, and his performance was awkward and greasy.

That would have been bearable; I could barely tolerate it because of the actors' good looks. But the scene where they dressed as women and went to a nightclub to seduce people was just...unbelievable. I couldn't even tell if they were playing women or transvestites...

Okay, I'll just assume their acting wasn't great. But when they went to the mountains to rescue the female lead, they trekked through mountains and rivers; shouldn't they at least have some dust on them? Their clothes should have been torn a few times by tree branches, right? But they still had that idol drama-style cool makeup, their faces not a speck of dirt on them. Their clean faces were completely out of place with the story's background! It was as if they had wandered in! And that's how they tell me who was "disguised" to rescue the female lead?

I'd like to ask the director, do you think the locals are blind, or do you think we, the moviegoers, are blind?

Orange Cat's Little Cutie V: Meow Bro is awesome! You've hit the nail on the head! But a friendly reminder, please turn off private messages for now!

Orange Cat's Meow: Meow Bro, do you still want this account? Why don't you point out your alternate account sooner so we can move to a new location with you!

Soon, fans of the male lead in "The Chase" rushed to the scene, and upon seeing the reviews, they were all furious.