After reading this article, Lu Ban roughly understood a few points.

The first is that although I am now a master in the field of horror movies, I can’t keep making horror movies. I need to make more movies of other themes to prove myself.

The second is that if Lu Ban continues to make horror films, he will soon be caught up and surpassed by others, and if he does not transform in time, he will be overthrown by the next wave.

“Why would I want to make other films?”

Lu Ban found it unbelievable.

Logically, if a person is good at something, he should do that. If he forces himself to do something he is not good at, problems will arise. Everyone understands this.

If Lu Ban really listened to these analyses and made some romantic popcorn movie, that would be a real failure.

Moreover, Lu Ban's current movies are not only for his own satisfaction, but also for the peace of the world. After witnessing the events in the abandoned city, Lu Ban is increasingly convinced that improving the world's ability to accept foreign knowledge is the best way to maintain civilization in future changes.

If pollution is unstoppable, it is better to actively adapt than to passively accept it.

Lu Ban even speculated that the source of the pollution, those indescribable great beings, might rely on first transforming themselves and then polluting the surroundings to maintain their existence, and avoid complete madness by actively losing part of their rationality.

Of course, if this were true, then the world would indeed be doomed.

Ignoring the content of this article, Lu Ban uploaded his second trailer in late March.

Wang Qing, a reporter from Film Report, was the first person to interview Lu Ban face to face. Since his movies became a hit, he has been paying close attention to the director's every move.

Then Wang Jing discovered that Lu Ban was really motionless.

Apart from the regular movie promotions, Lu Ban's social media accounts are very casual. Sometimes he takes pictures of the stray cats downstairs, and sometimes he posts what he ate today. It's very casual and personal.

What fans should pay most attention to are probably the book reviews and movie reviews that Lu Ban occasionally posts.

People try to capture Lu Ban's recent movements and the direction of his future works through these fragments.

But these book reviews and film reviews are also quite abstract.

For example, after watching a romance movie, Lu Ban’s comment was “The dog in the movie has great acting skills and is very cute. I want to raise one.” Then many fans commented below, saying they wanted to be Lu Ban’s dog.

For example, after reading a biography, Lu Ban commented, "The book is interesting, and the person is interesting." Then the comments below speculated whether Lu Ban was going to invite this guy to appear in the film of the Silent Project.

The most recent status update was a photo of an empty living room taken by Lu Ban with his phone. There was a large mirror on the sofa, but there was nothing inside.

The accompanying text is "I cleaned the house and it's very clean."

The comments below are all discussing how the color of the sofa represents that the next work will have a tragic ending.

"This group of people have too divergent thinking."

Wang Qing felt that they were really thinking too much.

But he looked at the work carefully and noticed something was wrong.

Wang Qing had been to Lu Ban's home and knew that this was the layout of his living room. So, if Lu Ban wanted to take a photo from this perspective, he would definitely need to stand in front of the mirror.

So, why is there no reflection of Lu Ban in the mirror?

Wang Qing took a deep breath and didn't dare to think about it.

He did encounter some unusual things in Lu Ban's family.

I heard that some movie and TV stars would do some unorthodox things to improve their fortunes, maybe Lu Ban is one of them.

Otherwise, how could a normal person come up with such a plot and scenes that make people feel that they are crazy?

While thinking, Wang Qing saw that Lu Ban suddenly updated.

【《In the Mouth of a Madman》PV2】

It's a simple name, but it contains a lot of information.

Wang Qing clicked on it without hesitation.

"One and a half minutes. It's very long."

For a trailer, one and a half minutes is already quite long, not to mention that the first PV was released less than a month ago. The fact that the second one has been updated now shows that the production progress is very good.

Normally, trailers are released about two months before the release date.

“Will we be able to see this movie this year?”

After clicking play, the first thing Wang Qing saw was a man with a haggard face and dark circles under his eyes. Beside him, in the shadows of those people, something seemed to be wriggling.

"I saw those things, they were moving in the shadows, and I knew I had to do something..."

The narration seemed to be this person's confession, with a crazy tone and seemed quite neurotic.

The scene changed, and there was another person standing in front of an oil painting. On the painting was a strange and crazy monster. Wang Qing didn't know if it was an illusion, but the monster in the painting seemed to be slowly crawling out, moving from virtuality to reality.

"It's real, it's real, I saw it with my own eyes, the monster was walking towards me..."

There was another more hysterical wail, which suddenly made Wang Qing feel a chill down his spine. The overly weird painting gave him a strong sense of discomfort, just like seeing a portrait photo with inverted colors, which made him feel creepy.

The scene changed again, showing a man with a withered expression, as if he had lost his mind, staring at the audience outside the video.

"I heard those things coming out from the walls, the ceiling, between the tables and chairs, from everywhere I could see, yes, yes..."

At this time, countless tiny spiders crawled out from the man's face, ears, nostrils, mouth, and eyes. These spiders were probably only the size of sesame seeds, but there were so many of them and they were densely packed. They soon covered the man's face. Behind him, even larger spiders climbed up the wall, making people's scalps numb.

Wang Qing subconsciously touched his face, but felt like he touched something like a tiny reptile.

"Fuck!"

He quickly moved his hand away and saw that it was a small ant with wings, which had flown to his face at some point.

"Where did this ant come from?"

Wang Qing looked at the closed window.

At this time, the scene in the trailer changed again, and some weird, suspenseful and dangerous scenes appeared one after another, such as the glass next to Lu Ban being pierced by bullets, a car running in the wilderness with countless monsters following behind, and three people hearing a creaking sound coming from upstairs when investigating in a room.

Finally, the scene stayed on Xia vomiting, and the background music became a lot more relaxing.

"It turns out that beautiful girls' vomit also stinks."

Just as Lu Ban finished saying this, a relaxed atmosphere had just begun to take shape when a hideous monster suddenly appeared outside the car window.

The trailer ends here, leaving only the title "In the Mouth of a Madman".

The title text has also been designed. The handwritten font is crazy and chaotic, and it makes people feel uncomfortable just looking at these words.

“What a high level of completion!”

This was Wang Qing’s first impression after watching the trailer. There were many scenes and special effects in the trailer, and Wang Qing was very clear that these could not have been made specifically for the trailer. They were obviously already shot and produced and then edited out.

In other words, the degree of completion of "In the Mouth of a Madman" may be far beyond everyone's imagination!