"In the Mouth of a Madman" is scheduled to be released on May Day!

This news was a bombshell to the media, which had nothing to do after the Qingming Festival.

"The new work of Chinese horror film director Lu Ban is released, scheduled for May Day"

《Back! That man is back with his new film! 》

"The new work of Lu Ban, the ceiling of domestic horror films, will be released on May 1st, hot spot analysis"

"A 10,000-word article helps you analyze the world view of Lu Ban's new work"

Reports like these are everywhere, and many people are now focusing their attention on Lu Ban.

Some people are looking forward to new works, some hope to see Lu Ban fail, and there are also those who just want to have fun, thinking that domestic films are hopeless and throwing mud everywhere.

Lu Ban himself was completely unaware of it and even went to watch a movie.

When his half-apprentice Ye Cheng's movie was released, Lu Ban also attended the premiere of the horror film called "No. 9 Huangmei Street".

At the Jiangcheng Cinema, there were very few people at the premiere, except for some fans of the participating stars and reporters. There was no lively atmosphere at all.

The appearance of Lu Ban suddenly made the originally cold atmosphere lively.

When the reporters saw Lu Ban, they all came over to interview him, even leaving the original film's creative staff aside, which was a bit awkward.

"Director Lu, why did you come to attend the premiere? Is it because you think this movie has a lot of learning value for you?"

"Director Lu, could you please tell us what's interesting about your new movie?"

"Director Lu, you came to see the premiere of a similar movie at this time. Is it because you participated in its production?"

"Some people say that In the Mouth of a Madman will once again set a new box office record in film history. What do you think of this statement, Director Lu?"

Faced with reporters' questions that were either serious or suggestive, Lu Ban did not answer. He just pointed at the main creative staff who were left aside.

"I'm just here to watch the movie, you should go interview them."

He then sat down in his seat and did not respond to any questions from reporters.

Some reporters originally wanted to force their way to sit next to Lu Ban to ask questions, but somehow they all returned in disappointment, and when the film started, they were unable to speak to Lu Ban again.

"No. 9 Huangmei Street" is a classic haunted house movie.

The old man in the protagonist's family passed away, leaving behind a house. The relatives had their own ulterior motives and staged a palace drama in the house, but they didn't expect that the house itself was haunted. As a result, those profit-seeking relatives died one after another, and in the end only the kind-hearted protagonist survived.

It's a very simple script, but too simple.

Lu Ban is a battle-hardened horror film director, and when this kind of plot and scene setting is played in front of him, the only thing he can think of is "immune".

Moreover, the acting was out of place and the costumes and makeup were of very low standard. The most criticized thing was that after the eldest brother in the movie died, the eldest sister-in-law and the second brother staged a ** drama in front of the eldest brother's mourning hall, which was a typical example of using a mourning hall to sell a movie.

As for Ye Cheng, he played the eldest brother's son, a rich second-generation who likes to commit suicide. It was a true portrayal of himself. Although his acting skills were not very good in normal states, his several scenes of seeing ghosts were very good, and he performed the essence of fear. Lu Ban was very satisfied.

I don’t know if it’s because Lu Ban watched the movie, but this movie actually received a little attention among a mass-produced horror movie, and the number of people watching it increased slightly.

Within two days, "No. 9 Huangmei Street" was still able to see a small tail on the box office rankings.

Most of the reviews about the movie were negative, but only Ye Cheng's acting skills were praised.

"This movie is boring and not scary, and the acting is awkward. I can't imagine why Lu Ban would watch it."

"I just can't get the love scene between my eldest sister-in-law and my second brother in the mourning hall right now. The director has a rich imagination, but it seems to be used in the wrong place."

"Don't mention it, the eldest brother's son's acting is pretty good, especially the parts where he encountered ghosts, his performance had the flavor of a Lu Ban movie."

"I think the biggest impact of this movie is that it discovered the actor Ye Cheng. He seems to be very talented in acting in horror films. Maybe he can become a big star in the future."

"Is it possible that we went to see a horror movie, and Lu Ban went to watch a comedy to relax?"

At the end of April, Lu Ban received a call from Ye Cheng.

"Director Lu, thank you so much. My acting skills have been recognized. Although the box office of the whole movie is not ideal, many more film and television companies have contacted me."

Ye Cheng sounded quite happy. After all, entering the entertainment industry was his dream. Now that his acting skills had been well received, he should be quite happy.

"That's good."

Lu Ban was also happy for Ye Cheng.

"That's right, there's a problem now."

As Ye Cheng spoke, he suddenly became a little depressed.

"What's wrong?"

"It's those film and television companies that come to me to shoot horror movies and let me play the leading role. I'm obviously not someone who specializes in this type of film!"

Ye Cheng said helplessly.

"It doesn't matter. If you play a good role in a genre film, people will remember you. Some actors only play one or two roles in their life, but people still remember them. If they can specialize in horror films, their future is bright."

Lu Ban comforted.

Lu Ban believes that with the opening of the horror film market, actors like Ye Cheng who are good at horror films will definitely gradually gain attention.

As the premiere approached, Lu Ban was not idle. He came to Jiangcheng Mental Hospital.

He wasn't here to see a doctor.

Ye Cheng’s matter inspired Lu Ban.

He feels that with the popularity of horror films, people's demands on horror film directors, screenwriters, and actors will increase in the future. Compared with ordinary films, the requirements for horror films are more special and talent is more difficult to find.

If Lu Ban relies solely on himself, he can only make a movie every few months. If he wants to truly make the whole world accept those weird things and gradually change their cognition, it will require the efforts of all mankind.

Lu Ban has always believed in the people's view of history. He himself is just a member of this wave. The real history needs to be created by the people.

Therefore, the contradiction between the people's growing demand for horror movies and the backward horror movie production has become what Lu Ban believes to be the main social contradiction.

In order to resolve this contradiction, Lu Ban needs a manual that can guide the shooting of horror films, so as to educate and guide the training of new horror film talents.

Like Ye Cheng, the method of improving acting skills by personally experiencing terrorist incidents is very primitive, backward and inefficient. What Lu Ban needs is an industrialized production standard.

Therefore, he came to Jiangcheng Mental Hospital to collect materials, ready to seek help from the patients here to perfect his theory of horror film production.

Although Lu Ban did not make this matter public, given that "In the Mouth of a Madman" was about to be released, those film and television reporters naturally made up stories and did not miss any of Lu Ban's moves.

Many reporters had already heard about this matter in advance.

They were going to come to the mental hospital to interview Lu Ban.