Five days later, the new issue of Film Report was on the market.

Among them, in the important content summary on the cover, there is a line of text that is neither too big nor too small.

"Exclusive interview with new horror film director Lu Ban".

The article, with an interview with Lu Ban as the core and the development of domestic horror films as the underlying thread, shows the current situation of domestic horror films. At the same time, the reporter also said that he had seen a clip of the new film that Lu Ban was preparing and gave it a very high evaluation.

The impact of this magazine article is not big, but it is definitely not small either.

"Film Report" is a relatively high-end film magazine in China. Unlike those gossip weeklies that focus on celebrity gossip, "Film Report" focuses more on the industry and can be considered a semi-official media. Therefore, this report may be just a special interview in the eyes of ordinary people, but in the eyes of industry insiders and relatively core movie lovers, it is a signal.

In the famous film and television exchange and rating website Doudou.com, the discussion of this report has increased rapidly in the relevant discussion groups. Some of the discussion groups include many directors, actors, practitioners, etc. in the industry.

[Actor Zhao Kuo]: What roles did this Lu Ban take before? I don’t think I’ve ever heard of him?

[Movie Bricklayer]: Let’s talk about online movies. Have you seen “One Hundred People Isshu”? It was quite popular some time ago.

[Hengdian Xiaozhi]: I saw it, it was really scary and made people feel the same way. I didn’t expect that he would attend the film festival this time. It seems like he came well prepared.

[Actor Zhao Kuo]: Internet movies? Are they really that scary? I feel like all Internet movies are crudely made knockoffs, and few of them are worth watching.

[Ordinary screenwriter A Xiang]: You may be jealous. Those online dramas a while ago earned both clicks and word of mouth. In comparison, the TV dramas that are now broadcast on satellite channels are really lame.

[Red Bean Paste Popsicle]: I have seen his previous films, and I have to say that the atmosphere creation is very strong and the special effects are also very impressive. Judging from the pictures alone, it is at the level of a big-screen movie. However, the films exhibited at this year's Yannan University Student Film Festival are very strong, so he probably won't win any awards.

[Yannan Xiaoliu]: The horror film genre has suffered from a disadvantage in the first place, it is not popular enough, and the preparation time is too short. It has only been a few months since the release of his last film. I am a little skeptical about the quality of his new film.

[Hengdian Xiaozhi]: He stars in all of his movies, and most of the actors are newcomers, so it should be quick to shoot once the sets are set up.

[Movie Bricklayer]: But it’s a bit rare that the editor of “Film Report” praises it so much. I don’t know what the feature film is like.

Just like the situation in the discussion group, many practitioners in the film and television industry, especially those who have already acted in dramas broadcast on the big screen or on TV stations, actually don't think much of online movies and dramas. Many relatively core fans are also skeptical about this emerging media.

The main reason is that there are too many of them, many of which are shoddy and fraudulent, resulting in the public seeing mostly those of poor quality, which fixes the overall impression.

However, with the popularity of some online dramas and online movies, and the internal competition in the film and television circles, more and more practitioners who originally focused on movies and TV series have begun to try online movies and online dramas, causing the original impression to slowly change. Some movies that were originally scheduled to be released in theaters are now directly broadcast online. The boundaries between tradition and emerging industries are gradually blurring.

Lu Ban didn't care about these doubts.

He studied the composition of the film festival awards, such as Best Director and Best Actor, where the competition is very intense, but awards like Best Special Effects have very little competition.

After all, it is a college student film festival. Most young directors do not have the ability to attract so much investment to make special effects blockbusters. The main focus of their films will tend to be to see the big picture from the small. Even if they make science fiction films, they are science fiction romance films, and at most they will add gimmicks such as time loop and returning to the past.

There isn’t much else in Lu Ban’s videos, except for a lot of big scenes.

Especially this time, whether it was the elevator that started by itself, the monster with a thousand eyes and a thousand throats in the room at the end of the corridor, and the final scene of the hospital collapsing, they were all so real that they couldn't be more real, and it is something that ordinary directors cannot handle.

Therefore, Lu Ban’s goal is very clear, which is the Best Special Effects Award.

Two days after the "Film Report" was published, Lu Ban's cell phone vibrated while he was working.

Looking at the caller ID, it was the old squad leader Feng Yu.

"Wow, you're on a magazine, it's Film Report. You're the second person in our class to be on this magazine!"

Feng Yu's voice sounded very happy and excited.

"The second one? Who was the first one?"

Lu Ban was a little surprised.

It’s not that he thinks he is great, as he can be interviewed by a magazine at the official media level at such a young age. He is just purely curious.

"Huh? Don't you know? Zhou Ying was molested by a famous director before, which led to a lot of troubles with the director. She was on two episodes!"

Feng Yu is a girl after all, so she takes this kind of gossip very seriously.

“How abominable!”

Lu Ban complained that many people nowadays like to bully others by relying on their power and influence, and they really should be dealt with properly!

"Let's not talk about that. By the way, I saw you said you wanted to participate in the Yannan University Student Film Festival?"

"right."

"What a coincidence! My crew will also be doing promotions at that time, so we can meet in Yannan!"

Feng Yu's voice sounded cheerful, like a primary school student who was about to go on a spring outing.

"What a coincidence?"

Lu Ban flipped through the calendar.

"Yes, yes. Hey, let's find time to eat then. I heard there are a lot of good restaurants in Yannan."

"no problem."

He chatted with Feng Yu for a while and then hung up the phone.

So, which crew did Feng Yu join?

Lu Ban was a little confused, but he resisted the urge to search Feng Yu's name online. This kind of stalker-like behavior was not in line with Lu Ban's positive personality.

He continued to work until he had processed all the stories the file required.

Lu Ban's storyline is based on reality. The story begins with problems in the demolition of the hospital. The protagonist then goes to investigate and gets several tapes. He listens to the tapes while investigating, and finally enters the hospital to solve the problem.

This kind of structure, which is based on several supernatural short stories and eventually comes together, is often seen in suspense films and thrillers. Lu Ban remembers that the one that left a deep impression on him was "Hypnotist", which used several groups of hypnosis to connect the front and the back, which was quite good.

In the evening of mid-October, Lu Ban stretched and saw a message pop up on WeChat.

[Wangchuan]: Is the sewer pipe in your house okay?

【Motionless】:?

[Wangchuan]: The sewer in our building has burst and we can't live here now. Can you let me stay at your house for two nights?

【Still motionless】：? ?

[Wangchuan]: Why are you asking me a question mark? I won’t eat you!

【Unmoving】：???