September is gradually coming to an end.
October showed his ferocious claws.
After a series of turmoil in the entertainment industry in the second half of September, things gradually calmed down.
The brainwashing king of the headlines that made everyone feel like they didn't know what to say, the entertainment devil Lu Yuan, had a rare period of silence in the second half of the month. With the attention of all the people in the circle, his popularity and news gradually dropped out of the top three in the headlines.
This is a day worth setting off firecrackers and celebrating for everyone. After Lu Yuan calmed down, countless people in the entertainment industry were smiling and sharpening their knives to make headlines...
Chen Feng is one of them.
His team helped him get an engagement announcement, just in time to make headlines when Lu Yuan was feeling down.
Then, when everything was ready and everyone was ready to take advantage of the opportunity to dominate the headlines and hot searches, the Hollywood storm instantly swept the entire Chinese entertainment industry.
The sales of Hollywood movies coming to China in September were actually very sluggish.
Basically, apart from Xu Qifeng's films, no other films could compete. It just so happened that there was Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards, and his film "From the Moon" directly won the honor of Best Picture and stole the limelight for a while.
September gave Xu Qifeng a great time.
But October was completely different.
October 1st, National Day, has always been a day of great competition for Hollywood and Chinese films.
But something is particularly wrong in October this year!
Chen Feng thought that after Lu Yuan's popularity in the entertainment industry subsided, he would have a chance to compete for the top spot in the headlines.
But in reality…
"Andorra is bringing the new Hollywood film "Deep Sea Shark" to shock the world..."
"Hollywood's famous Chinese screenwriter, Ryan, and well-known director Jackson Jr. bring you "Hard Boiled 2". The passion is always there. Are you ready?"
"The Hollywood box office dark horse "October 33" brings you a touch of coolness from the depths of your soul in the hot summer..."
“…”
Little Jackson, Andorra, Caesars...
The names of these famous Hollywood directors have dominated the Chinese film industry. At the same time, these directors have countless fans in China. When you put it all together, their popularity is simply terrifying.
All the rankings on Tomato.com have been completely dominated by Hollywood movies. If you look closely, you will see that they are all Hollywood movies.
As for domestic films, there are quite a few, but only one has an investment of over 100 million yuan, "Blood War 2", directed by the veteran domestic director Li Mingrui.
As for other directors, when they saw the strong momentum of Hollywood movies, they were scared and immediately changed the release date to November.
Only Li Mingrui was so stubborn as to stick to the Golden Week on October 1st!
Netizens were very touched!
Everyone understands Li Mingrui's thoughts.
After all, his lifelong wish is for domestic films to rise and compete with Hollywood, and he has always been the first in the fight.
"War Blood 2" could have been released in September. If "War Blood 2" was released in September, then Xu Qifeng would have had absolutely no role to play, and it would have been director Li Mingrui who would have dominated the screen.
but……
He abruptly changed the release date to October 1st, stubbornly wanting to have a go at a Hollywood movie!
Although he is old, everyone can feel the passion in his heart.
"Lian Po is old, can he still eat?"
He posted this message on Weibo.
There are so many regrets hidden in this Weibo post.
When people thought of director Li Mingrui's stubbornness, they were immediately moved and spontaneously left messages below to support Li Mingrui. They also hoped that "Blood War 2" could set new records!
Within a few hours, Li Mingrui's Weibo account was ranked in the top ten trending searches, ranking eighth...
The next day, Li Mingrui made headlines in the entertainment industry and gained a large number of fans.
The popularity of Li Mingrui's "Blood War 2" was actually on par with the popularity of Hollywood movies.
The limelight is unparalleled at the moment.
After seeing this scene, the unlucky Chen Feng silently suppressed his so-called engagement rumor.
There are no more press conferences, no more pigeon egg-sized diamonds, and all the self-deprecating news such as candid photos have been withdrawn...
He knew that it was completely useless to spread this rumor. Not only was it useless, it would most likely be drowned in the vast ocean of attention and crushed until nothing was left.
These are the general trends.
Chen Feng felt that no matter how strong he was, he could not stand the trend.
Chen Feng took a deep breath.
This moment...
He didn't know why he felt lonely.
Then……
He lit a cigarette and looked out the window.
The back figure seems quite bleak.
This cigarette is called "Honglan".
Don't ask why I smoke "Red Blue"...
The cigarette that Lu Yuan used to smoke was "Honglan".
After experiencing all the ups and downs and helplessness in Toutiao, Chen Feng was caught off guard by the sudden superstition in his heart.
simply……
Can't do it myself…
…
There was nothing to celebrate for Lu Yuan in the second half of September.
Everything is very peaceful.
Besides making movies, I just watch other people making movies live.
He was busy and having a lot of fun.
"Dear Mr. Forrest, I suddenly feel that this "Photographic Ghost" needs some revision. This is the revised version I made. Would you like to take a look?"
“…”
After revising "Photographic Ghost", Lu Yuan felt uncomfortable.
He felt like something was missing, that he felt empty.
So driven by this emptiness, he contacted Forrest again and rectified it again...
What can Forrest say?
His own boss has told him so, what else can he say?
So Forrest looked at the densely packed revision script like a poor child.
At that moment, he felt as if he had seen God.
Later, Lu Yuan felt that the name "Photographic Ghost" was not very nice.
uncomfortable!
Somewhat out of context.
then……
"Dear Mr. Forrest, regarding our new Hollywood movie, I suddenly have an immature proposal... I think the name is a bit difficult to pronounce, and when translated into Chinese, it sounds a bit like a bad movie..."
"???"
The honest man Forrest was stunned.
Due to Lu Yuan's immature "proposal", the script of "Photographic Ghost" was not only changed beyond recognition, but even the name was changed to "Paranormal Activity".
After reading the original scripts of "Paranormal Activity" and "Photo Ghost", Forrest no longer doubts life.
When these two scripts are compared, the difference is immediately apparent.
At this moment, he even doubted whether he was completely unqualified to be a screenwriter.
Is this really a modified script?
This is a completely new script, okay?
Forrest took a breath.
Very fucked up.
Besides the names of the main characters, what else is the same?
Of course, in addition to these, the film's investment suddenly shrank by half to just $100,000.
Forrest scratched his head.
If I were to shoot it myself, I wouldn't have enough money to make this movie, but if I were to shoot it like Paranormal Activity...
That's absolutely enough!
Not only was it enough, there was even some left over after we finished filming.
The script of "Photographic Ghost" was thrown away by Forrest without saying a word.
After all, there is a good script, so what is the point of a bad script?
Forrest was devastated.
This did not matter to Forrest, but what puzzled Forrest was that the screenwriter's name on the script of "Paranormal Activity" was not his boss's, but someone else's...
eleven?
What does this mean?
Is there any special meaning?
Forrest was at a loss for a moment.
He couldn't figure it out.
He even felt that he was a poor guy who was eliminated by this world and had no talent at all.
After being at a loss, Forrest foolishly began to form a crew. After forming the crew, Forrest remembered his previous failure experience and the experience of the birth of "Paranormal Activity". His original surging confidence completely disappeared...
I began to doubt whether I could be a qualified director.
So every time I shoot a video, I send it to my boss...
"Paranormal Activity" is not "A Chinese Odyssey"
"Paranormal Activity" does not require very powerful special effects, nor does it need many supporting roles and many people, so the shooting was quite fast.
On October 2nd, Paranormal Activity was completely completed.
The subsequent post-processing was basically handled by Forrest, while Lu Yuan did not participate at all.
He just needs to watch the finished film, right?
After the filming, Lu Yuan and Forrest discussed and decided that the movie would be released around November 15th.
However, "Paranormal Activity" may only be able to rely on the box office in the United States and Taiwan Province of China. After all, the control in this regard in mainland China is still relatively strict, and Lu Yuan does not think it is qualified to be released.
Of course, nothing is absolute. Even if the film is not qualified for release, Lu Yuan still decided to try to contact the relevant departments.
He thought he still had to give it a try.
…
"Hello? Who is this?"
"Hmm? Looking for Mr. Liu? Okay, wait a moment, may I ask who you are..."
"Lu Yuan? Which Lu Yuan..."
"Oh, it's Director Lu. Hello, Director Lu. Mr. Li is in a meeting. What do you want to talk to him about?"
"New film review? Director Lu, our department has held a meeting on your film. Mr. Liu said that if the film is not out of line, we can occasionally give you a back door..."
"Is this a horror movie from Hollywood? Does it... have any bloody or cruel scenes? No? That's good..."
"How about this, Director Lu, please wait for a moment, about half an hour, and I'll talk to Mr. Liu after he finishes his meeting. Director Lu, don't worry, our department knows that you have always been promoting positive energy, and we will give you the green light when appropriate."
“…”
"No need to thank me, really. You are one of the most powerful screenwriters in Chinese films. Hollywood movies have become more and more powerful in the past two years. Putting aside other factors, for personal reasons, I am still your fan! I will try my best to help you get some privileges..."
“…”
…
"A movie fan?"
"privilege?"
"Green light?"
Lu Yuan scratched his head.
Do I count this as...
Go through the back door?
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