Chapter 88
As the topic became a hot search, this puzzle-like title also attracted more people to try it. Try it and you will die. Many people surfing the Internet that night would find that everyone's status was updated, and there was only one number.
Some are 3, some are 5, and some are 6.
What does it mean? Of course, it’s the kind of sentences they parse.
Even a star director was shocked and posted a number unrelated to the film: 7 under her star blog, which she had not maintained for many years.
She came up with a total of 7 ways to break up the sentence and felt that this was the correct answer.
And so far, this number is indeed the highest.
Not only did the star director participate himself, he also forwarded the topic to the star director's small group.
Group name: Middle-aged Mutual Aid Group.
Tian Lingling: "Stop slacking off and come take a look. I have an interesting topic to share with everyone."
Ren Sen (Salted Fish Version): "What? Let me take a look, it's really interesting."
After manually tagging everyone, Ren Sen (the salty fish version) said: "Anzi, Huazi, don't you two love to join in the fun? Come to the front row and watch and participate."
Hua Tianxia's strongest: "Here I come, since Old Ren and Sister Ling both agreed, I'll go check it out too. This topic was actually started by our incredibly powerful kid."
Ren Sen: "I was so busy looking at the questions that I didn't really notice it."
Hua Tianxia's Strongest: "The strongest newcomer our Anzi is particularly optimistic about, even breaking his own record from that year. This is an interesting question. Let me think about it first."
After a while, the strongest man in Huatian knocked on everyone's door and said, "Are you all done? Start counting."
Ren Sen: "Let's start. I'll go first. Sister Ling and I are both number seven."
"Ahahahahahahahaha." The strongest man in the world laughed carefreely.
"Then you're definitely defeated. I have one more than you, 8!"
"Eight impossibilities. Lao Hua, you mentioned one more than I thought. You must be lying."
"What good is there in lying to an old vegetable gang like you? So I won, 8 types, just convince the unconvinced."
Hua Kai Fu Gui (Wan Bao Tai): "I also counted 8, so that should be the correct answer."
Anxi: "Is there anyone who hasn't reported yet?"
Hua Tianxia's strongest: "An Zi, you finally showed up. What does that mean? It's impossible that you figured out more."
Anxi didn't answer, and asked again: "No one has counted, right?"
Tian Lingling: "It should be gone."
There are only 9 people in the small group. Apart from the 5 friends who showed up, the other 4 people either went to bed early or were traveling around other planets and had no time to read the messages.
Anxi: "Since no one is participating, I will announce the correct answer."
Ren Sen: "Emoji, you are so arrogant, boy."
Anxi: “9.”
This was followed by nine separate messages, each with different sentence punctuation methods.
Finally, Anxi sent another message, his tone full of arrogance and pride: "Who else?"
Others...
The strongest person in Huatianxia: "Damn it, this guy got it right again."
Tian Lingling: "My fist is a little itchy, what's going on?"
Ren Sen: “+1.”
Hua Kai Fu Gui sent out an emoticon package of admitting defeat in a Buddhist manner.
Putting aside the minor setbacks that occurred in the middle-aged mutual aid group, everyone outside is also waiting for the correct answer to appear. At this moment, the latest update from a university professor has updated the number to 8.
Netizens: "Buy it and leave it, buy it and leave it."
"Are there any higher-priced ones?"
"8 digits once, 8 digits twice. If there's no more, we'll announce the answer. Everyone's getting impatient, so let's ask it one last time."
"Damn it, bro, stop acting, go check it out, a big boss has updated it and called out a new high price."
"Sister, wait a minute before you leave. Can you at least tell me which boss you are?"
Not one but two.
Xingchen and Taihang posted the number "9" under their posts almost simultaneously.
"Nine? Oh my god, someone like me who only thought of three methods of interpretation, and was so smug before, kneeling before the two teachers, how did you come up with that?"
"Emm, it's a bit subtle. I suddenly remembered that in the interview just now, Director Huan drew the second fatal question. Director Huan didn't give an answer at that time. The two teachers are now competing with each other, right? They updated their posts one after the other. This really can't be blamed on Director Huan. The two are really evenly matched."
"Director Huan: They are both so talented and equally talented. You insist on making me make a decision, and what can I do?"
"There's reason to suspect that Director Huan brought up the rainy day issue at the end just to divert public attention."
"The two teachers brought the topic back to the topic with their strength."
"After going around in circles, I'm back to the starting point. Please tell me about the psychological shadow area of Director Huan. Hahahahaha."
"Let's put aside the teachers' love-hate relationship for now and ask Director Huan to announce the correct answer first."
Huan Xu responded to the last comment, updating his status: "There are nine ways to punctuate a sentence, and that's correct. As for the correct answer, why don't you two teachers announce it?
It was obvious that Xingchen and Taihang were also paying close attention to Huanxu's updates, and they would forward and reply to Huanxu's messages as soon as he updated them.
Taihang: It would be disrespectful to refuse it, and nine types of punctuation are attached.
Xingchen: It’s hard to refuse such kindness, with nine types of punctuation included in the appendix.
[Help my family, I feel like I'm dazzled.]
【Let’s find the differences together~】
[No wonder Director Huan couldn't choose two people; it was indeed difficult to choose.]
[I can't say they're exactly the same, but the difference isn't that big anyway, hahaha, both teachers are showing off.]
Seeing that the audience remembered those "fatal questions", Huan Xu quickly forwarded a red comment picked out from the green.
"Two Tufts of Hair: Director Huan, Director Huan, are there any other similar questions? Please share them. I'm addicted to them, meow. They really enlighten me!"
Huan Xu replied: Serve the dish: If you don’t have chicken or duck, or fish or meat, a dish of vegetables will be enough.
Xiao Ming clearly knows that Ming Ming likes Huan Huan.
The weather has been bad these days.
…
With Huan Xu's new question, everyone's attention was diverted again.
"It's time to open your mind."
"Conductor Huan: Can you do it or not?"
A sentence segmentation challenge was launched on the Internet with great fanfare. In addition to some examples given by Huan Xu, there were also questions that came up with the imagination of netizens. Everyone had a lot of fun the whole night.
What Huan Xu didn't expect was that he just came up with an idea by chance, which actually provided ideas for Director Chen and contacted the Institute of Ancient Research to do another special interview.
In Huan Xu's personal office, Director Chen spoke excitedly about his ideas.
The new episode of Detective has been filmed and edited, and as the executive director of Detective, Director Chen can responsibly guarantee to the audience:
“This episode of Detective is absolutely fantastic, not only because of the script and the performances of the guests, but also because of the topics and excitement that the mysterious guests bring.
During the free time before the release of The Detective, Director Chen came to Huan Xu's office to talk to him about a new idea he had.
Huan Xu listened attentively, only to hear Director Chen confidently say, "I think the thinking of us veteran directors was too rigid. In fact, until Director Huan sparked this discussion, I hadn't even considered this possible."
The topic of punctuation on the Xingbo page that Director Chen opened was still hot. Even though it was not always on the front page of the hot search list like the past two days, a small community of fans spontaneously formed had already formed.
Following the topic into the community, you will find that there are many active netizens gathered here. Under Huan Xu's inspiration, everyone's imaginations are opened up, some people ask questions, some answer them, and they exchange experiences with each other.
Regardless of whether the questions are serious or silly, the potential of this emerging settlement can be seen from the real-time number of online users and the increasing number of new followers at the top of the settlement.
Director Chen coughed lightly and got back to the point. "As Director Huan and I discussed earlier, the breadth and depth of Chinese language and culture is only partially reflected in its punctuation. This includes the excellent poetry of our ancestors, which is now loved, understood, and admired by everyone. It also includes the dual or even triple use of a single word, the different meanings of different sentences in different contexts, and the 'couplets' that often appear during the Spring Festival in ancient traditional culture."
"I'm thinking of doing a similar themed program, linking it with the previous interview with the Institute of Paleoanthology. The interview with the Institute of Paleoanthology focused more on professionalism, while the linked interview I want to do will focus more on practicality and fun. It doesn't need to be a lot, nor does it need to be a variety show. This small special will only last one to three episodes."
"The invited guests are divided into two groups. One group is authoritative experts and professors in relevant fields."
"Another part is to invite some guest actors from the industry to play games together, which will increase the diversity, interactivity and viewing value of the program."
"Director Huan, what do you think of my idea?"
Huan Xu smiled and praised generously, "It's a great idea, very good."
Just like Qin Dongxiao wanted to build an offline pedestrian street before, Huan Xu did not expect that Director Chen of his own Xinghuo would be so divergent in his thinking and prepare to do some special interviews related to Chinese language and culture.
Through previous conversations, Huan Xu had discovered that Director Chen had done a lot of research for this topic. During the presentation, his ideas and specific content were very clear. He probably came to Huan Xu simply because he lacked confidence in himself.
Huan Xu was not going to interfere with Director Chen's creativity. He was just prepared to praise him and provide emotional value so that Director Chen would have more confidence in himself.
Huan Xu also believes that it won’t be long before Director Chen won’t need others to provide him with this kind of emotional value. He will become a particularly confident and high-spirited Director Chen.
"That's right."
Huan Xu smiled and said, "I heard that Director Chen has officially submitted your application and is preparing to transfer to the Variety Department."
Director Chen also smiled sheepishly: "I'm not afraid of you laughing at me, Director Huan. I haven't found a field that suits me in all these years."
"In the past, I only saw the film industry as a path forward. While I didn't produce so-called bad films, they were all mediocre and didn't make much of a splash. Sometimes, even I personally felt that the films were too formulaic and boring, serving only to kill time."
"To the point that I gradually couldn't see the road ahead clearly."
"It wasn't until I started working with you, Director Huan, on variety shows that a flash of light suddenly hit me. Ah, that's how it felt. Compared to boring scripts directing actors and completing boring interactions, I much prefer these random, real scenes."
There is no need for a script or advance design. The actors can perform independently within certain rules.
"What I need to do is to use the camera in my hand to capture all these real things, and then edit them into a coherent story to make the audience laugh out loud or make them grit their teeth."
"Maybe I don't have much talent in variety shows, just like I do in filming, but I want to do my best to bring some new and novel experiences to the audience who are willing to watch in front of the computer."
After talking about his area of interest, Director Chen seemed to return to his old self, shrinking into the sofa and burying his head in uncertainty. "I'm a little sorry for the company's cultivation of me, and I also want to thank Xinghuo for tolerating my nonsense."
After all, they are so old and not the passionate young people who have just entered the industry. It is simply nonsense to change careers just like that.
He has been able to maintain his position as a bronze director for so many years, which actually means his performance is stable, but if he were to shoot a variety show, he might fail.
Of course, he has chosen his own path, no matter whether the road ahead is bright or dark, as an adult he will be responsible for his choice. He may be greeted with flowers and praise, or he may be greeted with rotten eggs and no one cares about him. In any case, he will not regret it.
The only one who might feel sorry is your own company.
As for the currently popular "Detective," Director Chen was very self-aware and said, "Isn't this all the credit of Director Huan and the script-killing? What does it have to do with him being a tool director?"
Huan Xu: ...
Huan Xu didn't expect that Director Chen could switch between the two states so easily.
Maybe Director Chen also has some acting talent, just kidding.
After a moment's thought, Huan Xu said seriously, "I've also watched your filming and editing. The show is very good and has its own unique style. Director Chen, I think you should have more confidence in yourself."
Do audiences who haven't seen "The Detective" often love and hate Director Chen, who personally "messes with people's minds" and sounds "cheesy and mean"? Director Chen really should learn more from the other two directors in the director's department in this regard.
Director Zheng and Director Guo are not only full of energy every day, but you can often see confident smiles on their faces.
Director Zheng is an old friend of Director Chen. He used to be a mediocre bronze-level director in Xinghuo. However, one day he suddenly realized the truth, and his whole mental state was different afterwards.
As for Director Guo, he was the first veteran director to join the newly opened online drama department of Xinghuo after completing all the formalities.
Although Director Guo has not personally directed or filmed any films in recent years, he actually has very rich experience. How should I put it? In many Crown productions, including the popular online dramas, Director Guo's name can often be seen on the list of crew members at the end of the film.
It's a pity that he was unlucky and the web dramas he filmed independently all suffered Waterloo for various reasons. The Crown is such a competitive place, with many supernova and excellent directors entering the industry every day.
After being labeled as having no independent directing ability, Director Guo has had to take a backseat over the years. However, his achievements have made the human resources department more convinced that compared to shooting films independently, Director Guo is more cost-effective as an assistant director who coordinates the crew and helps the chief director share the pressure of shooting.
Director Guo became the official deputy director of the second season of Crown Web Drama.
Spark is of course different from The Crown, and the online drama department has just been established, so the newly joined director Guo has also got the opportunity he has been waiting for.
After further discussion and confirmation that there were no problems with Director Guo's script, Xinghuo, which had sufficient funds, directly allocated funds for Director Guo to start the project.
The amount allocated even far exceeded the minimum budget set by Director Guo himself. After all, he had just arrived and did not dare to ask for too much before making any achievements.
In the words of General Manager Ye, "Xinghuo is committed to high-quality production. Even if it is a web series, even if the response after the show is not as high as expected, the costumes and props must be excellent, and the actors must be the most appropriate.
"We must live up to every viewer who believed in Xinghuo and clicked on the link to watch the movie."
Not to mention the touching feeling in Director Guo's heart after hearing what Manager Ye said, he was even more convinced that he had come to the right place. Not only was there "Xiangrui" in charge, but there was also such a business philosophy that never forgets the original intention. It deserves the spark!
As a member of such a proud company, he must not let the company down.
Compared with Director Chen and Director Zheng, Director Guo has a different personality. The greater the pressure, the greater the motivation. In the eyes of everyone in Xinghuo, Director Qingyun, who has just joined their company, walks with the wind.
Of course, Director Guo also integrated into the Xinghuo family in the shortest possible time. He listened to Teacher Huan's lectures together with Director Chen, Director Zheng and other directors and actors. He carried a thermos cup and a notebook with him, thinking about the problems encountered during the filming and Director Huan's answers, while also thinking about the good health-preserving method of thermos cup with wolfberry.
They have to protect their health and work in Spark and shoot to 99!
Putting aside Director Guo Qingyun, who had already transformed into a spark, Director Chen gave a wry smile upon hearing Huan Xu's encouragement and shook his head, "Director Huan, please stop comforting me. I know my own situation well."
Huan Xu: ...I don't think you are that clear.
Huan Xu also knew that before Director Chen could truly achieve his own success and recognize his own strength, he would probably still be in a state of anxiety and vacillation between "I can do it" and "I can't do it" for a while.
Huan Xu finally had no choice but to comfort Director Chen, "Even if you don't believe in yourself, you still have to trust the company's decision. Your move to the variety show department is a gamble for the company. If it succeeds, Xinghuo will earn even more. Even if it doesn't, it won't be a big deal for you to move back to the film department."
Knowing Huan Xu's good intentions, Director Chen smiled and said, "Don't worry, Director Huan. I have many shortcomings, but I believe my greatest strength is my sincerity. I hope that my sincerity can be exchanged for the audience's sincerity and bring greater benefits to the company."
…
Amidst the anticipation of the audience and fans of the famous detective, the new episode is finally about to be released.
[I'm here for episode 3 of Detective! Who is the mysterious guest? I'm so anxious.]
[It's started, it's started, I don't know what today is going to be. 】
【Wow, what a dreamy scene.】
The variety show begins with cheerful music.
The curtain slowly opened, revealing a magnificent painting of green mountains and green waters complementing each other, and peach blossoms in full bloom. In the tranquil and peaceful atmosphere, as a male voice sounded, the guests entered one by one.
"Coo, coo, coo."
The "birdman" Qin Dongxiao, wearing a feather cloak and holding a red tasseled spear, first entered the audience's field of vision.
"Gugu, the mountains are beautiful, the water is beautiful, the air is beautiful, the earth is clear, the sky is clear, and the world is pure. This is what I have always dreamed of."
"Gugu, Qin is the demon master of the Black Water Demon Mansion in the chain mountain range of Northern Juluzhou, a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters, pleasant scenery, outstanding demons and spiritual power—"
"I am Qin Yexiao, the number one demon master under your lord. You can also affectionately call me Qin Gugu."
[Hahahaha, Lao Qin's look and name are both Night Owl. I'm really hungry, so I'll quickly order a chicken stewed with mushrooms.]
"Old Qin, why are you breathing so hard? I thought you were the demon master here, but now your number one subordinate is like this?"
[The First Demon Master? Director Huanshi's First Underling, is this script really not hinting at something?]
[The detective in this round is Lao Qin. No, every time he talks I want to laugh. How can I solve a case like this?]
In the camera, Qin Dongxiao raised the feather cloak behind him, made a beautiful gun flower with the red tasseled spear in his hand, and continued his monologue, also introducing the background plot.
"Under the governance of the Black Water King and my excellent assistance, our Lianhuan Mountain Range has been selected as one of the most suitable and powerful areas in the Luzhou border area for several consecutive years, with the most monsters wanting to settle there."
Then the pride on Qin Dongxiao's face suddenly disappeared, replaced by a look of dejection. "However, as King Blackwater grows older and his health deteriorates, I've recently sensed the unrest among the people of the Lianhuan Mountains, and several of King Blackwater's demon generals are also making frequent moves."
"Even if the Great King falls, before he leaves, he will definitely personally select the Great King he trusts the most. I will continue to assist him and continue the glory of our Black Water Demon Palace."
"No, I have to go and deal a blow to those demon generals. I can't let them start a chaos from within..."
However, before Qin Dongxiao could finish his words, a scream was heard in the background.
"Oh no! The old demon lord has passed away. Please quickly ask the pharmacist and several demon generals to come here—"
[Coming soon, the mysterious guest! ]
The first to appear on stage were the regular guests of the famous detective. There were a total of four regular guests participating in the recording of this episode.
In addition to detective Qin Gugu, there are three others.
"The old man has finally passed away. When I, the king, ascend to the throne of the demon lord, I will change that ugly name. Why is it called Black Water? Black Spider sounds much better."
Twisting her waist, Wu Qianying, wearing a black silk dress with a spider web-like tattoo on her exposed belly button, raised her chin proudly, adjusted the hem of her dress, and slowly sat down in the first chair to the right of the Demon Lord's seat.
It can be seen that she had been coveting the Demon Lord's seat, but unfortunately Qin Gugu had placed a black bear doll on the Demon Lord's chair in advance. It seems that the Black Water Demon Lord must be a black bear spirit.
"snort!"
After Wu Spider, it was Chu Yuanhou who strode in with some monkey hair on his face and a peach in his hand.
The little spider on Sister Wu's hair is pretty cute. I want the same one.
[Afan is a monkey, haha. His hair is so long, covering half of his face. For some reason, his presence suddenly becomes more prominent.]
[The next one should be Director Huan. I'm curious what kind of little monster he will play.]
"Cough cough." The first sound that reached the audience's ears was a weak cough, followed by the falling of pink peach petals. In the soft light, a slender figure in a white robe slowly came into everyone's sight.
He coughs three times with every step and the sickly makeup that has been applied in advance, it is not difficult to tell that he is a sickly young man.
[Hey, where did this elegant young man in white come from? ]
[Director Huan's identity this time is a little flower demon.]
【Comes with BGM and background effects. 】
Huan Xu wore a lotus-shaped jade pendant around his waist, and the hems of his sleeves and clothes were also outlined with lotus shapes using fine lines.
As Huan Xu entered, several other seated guests nodded in agreement. Qin Gugu, acting as host, spoke, "Mr. Lian is not feeling well. Please do not stand for long. Please take a seat."
As Huan Xu sat down, large characters appeared above his head, hinting at his identity: Huan Bailian.
[Pfft, I thought Director Huan was going to be called Huan Lianhua, and I was about to complain about that name, but Huan Bailian is still okay.]
[Director Huan: A weak and pitiful little white lotus swaying in the wind. Hahaha, production crew, you guys can do whatever you want. But I like it, so please continue.]
The permanent guests have appeared, and there are two flying guests left. One of them has been announced in advance. He is a male artist from Fenghuo, Wan Zijia, who has taken his career to the next level by riding on the popularity of Li Ming, the protagonist of the Yinshi case not long ago.
Wan Zijia is wearing a black robe and has two round, furry bear ears on his head. He is the old demon king’s biological son, Wan Xiaoxiong.
It’s time for the last mysterious guest that the audience is most looking forward to to appear.
Before the other party came on stage, the production team finally announced the other party's identity. Director Chen's voice was high-pitched and with a hint of pride:
"Next up is our final mystery guest. Let's give a warm round of applause to our second guest of this episode—the mysterious Teacher Xingchen!"
[Oh my god, who did Lao Chen just say? ]
[Did I hear that right? Teacher Xingchen, is this the teacher Xingchen I imagined? ]
Ahhh, Lao Chen really did something really wrong. Teacher Xingchen, oh my god, if you dare to lie to me, I will really cry.
It is impossible to lie to others. At the same time, film critic Xingchen updated his Xingbo with only three simple words: I'm here.
There is no doubt what it refers to.
[Fuck, it really is Teacher Xingchen.]
[Oh my god, this is Teacher Xingchen's first public appearance. Such a historic moment! Sisters, get ready to take screenshots.]
A red leaf fell into the pond, creating ripples. The hem of his clothes floated in the air, and a tall, elegant nobleman in a red robe and holding a folding fan walked in from a special passage.
Judging from his figure and temperament, my teacher Xingchen should be a handsome young man.
Yan Xiaoan was so excited that he forgot about the might of the Great Devil. He grabbed Yan Ze's arm and shook it vigorously, screaming uncontrollably: "Teacher Xingchen, it's actually Teacher Xingchen! Oh my God, I didn't expect this at all. Ah, I like him and Teacher Taihang so much!"
The perspective slowly moved upwards from the opponent's black aluminum boots, passed over the gold jade and maple leaves on the waist and continued upwards. The audience held their breath, and then nothing happened.
【???】
【!!! 】
【Director Chen came out to get beaten! 】
It was nothing, the guest star Xingchen was wearing a golden mask that almost covered his entire face, leaving only part of his forehead exposed!
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