Chapter 103
The demons did not stay in Dore City for long.
Not long after Radlock came to deliver the invitation, they set off to return to the Demon King's City.
Before leaving, the Demon King Nekomis swept the supermarket, bought all the new game cartridges, and prepared a lot of food for himself and his pets. He also invited Levi to open a restaurant in the Demon King's City, but Levi firmly refused.
The demons learned the power generation device from the dwarves, but also left some good things. After the demon named Fernando communicated with the dwarves, he exchanged experiences in magic alchemy with Brian. After the demons left, there was no good news from there, and Brian took the lead in developing a photo-taking prop that could replace the camera.
As soon as the research results came out, everyone in Dolei City, who was still immersed in the movie craze, was shocked!
Make a movie! Make a movie!
Can they make that thing called a movie by themselves?
Can they also make such a wonderful movie on the screen?
Jiang Li took the opportunity to put up an advertisement in his own cinema. As long as someone can shoot a complete movie, it can be shown in his cinema. At the same time, he did not forget to remind the people in the other world that a qualified movie needs to have a complete plot, and they can start with a familiar story.
In the history of Lalan Continent, there are countless stories about brave men, and the experiences of various adventurers alone are exciting enough.
The filming props have been sold in the magic shop. There are many wealthy people in Dore City. The limited quantity of props was snapped up on the first day of the launch. Even the bards who originally sat in the square and played the harp were invited to become scriptwriters.
Soon, various filming scenes began to appear on the streets of Dore City.
The aliens who tried filming for the first time knew little about movies. Most of them were imitating the plots of movies they had seen or recording their daily lives. There were also several adventure teams who bought filming props specifically to record the process of defeating monsters.
Jiang Li watched several filming scenes. The newly appointed "directors" had no sense of camera. Sometimes they would record a meaningless empty space for a long time, or the people would run in front and the filming props would not have time to catch up. The film industry in the other world still has a long way to go.
What Jiang Li never expected was that someone would come to find him.
"Taking pictures of me?!"
Jiang Li took three steps back: "No, no, please don't do that."
"Mr. Jiang Li, you are too humble." The man said: "Who else in Dolei City is as mysterious and powerful as you, and you defeated the Demon King? You are the most suitable person to be the protagonist of the movie!"
Jiang Li: "Defeat the Demon King?!"
"That's right!" Everyone said in unison: "If it weren't for you, the demons would never have surrendered to humans. Everyone knows that this is all your credit. Even His Majesty the King has given you a medal of bravery. Isn't this proof of your honor?"
Jiang Li: "..."
He is just an ordinary supermarket owner. Don't give him the title of a brave man casually!
"Also, I heard that the demons are preparing to shoot a movie about the Demon King. The cunning demons will definitely exaggerate themselves in the movie and make up stories to slander humans. We must not lose to them." Everyone said, "After thinking about it, the only person in Dolei City who can compete with the Demon King is you, Mr. Jiang Li. Please let us shoot a movie about you!"
Jiang Li: "..."
Jiang Li was very moved, and then firmly rejected them and asked the group of people to leave his supermarket.
But this did not dispel people's enthusiasm for the movie.
Not only Jiang Li, but also the silver-haired elf and the red dragon were invited. Someone also wanted to invite Augustus to be the male lead of the movie. If it weren't for the busy official duties of the young lord of Dolei City, he would have almost accepted the invitation.
Amid the rising enthusiasm of the residents of Dolei City, Jiang Li's cinema soon received submissions from the public.
The first submission came from an adventurer who filmed himself and other partners hunting monsters and shot it into a short film.
The adventurer was a regular customer of the supermarket. When he came to submit his work, he saw Jiang Li sitting in the cinema office and said familiarly, "Boss Jiang Li, considering that we usually take care of the supermarket business, can you let us pass?"
Jiang Li said coldly, "That depends on the quality of your film."
The adventurer patted his chest and said, "I am very confident about our film."
Corresponding to the shooting props are the projection props, which Brian also developed. Unlike the improved equipment for projection, the projection prop is a flat plate polished from a special magic crystal. It is said that the inspiration came from Jiang Li's mobile phone. As long as the shooting props are placed in the groove on the side, the flat plate will be able to project the filmed images.
Unexpectedly, the video of this adventurer was really well shot.
He remembered what Jiang Li said, that there should be a complete storyline, and specially arranged a scene in Levi's restaurant where people were troubled by the monsters. Unfortunately, the performance of the crowd actors was not very good, and some people waved at the props.
Then there was the process of accepting the mission at the Adventurer's Guild and going to the Monster Forest to look for the monsters, and all the battle scenes with the monsters were filmed.
The only problem is...
"Why is it all black in the back?"
The adventurer scratched his head and laughed, "You're talking about this? When we were halfway through the fight, this prop was accidentally eaten by the monster."
"That's right, we were really scared." His partner said, "Luckily we acted quickly. When we dug the prop out of the monster's stomach, it hadn't been dissolved by the gastric juice, and the contents inside were all preserved. Boss Jiang Li, don't worry, we've washed it several times."
Jiang Li: "..."
Jiang Li watched the last freeze-frame silently. After a long black screen, the team of adventurers in front of him held up the filming props they had just dug out and took a group photo in front of the monster's corpse.
He calmly pushed the video back: "Sorry, this one won't do."
The adventurers in front of him screamed: "Why? This is the best version we've ever made!"
"Next time, please fill in the black screen before submitting again."
The adventurers returned disappointed.
The second submitter soon arrived.
She was the daughter of a noble family in the city, and she brought a group of servants with her.
Jiang Li was silent for a moment after watching the film, "...The plot seems to be exactly the same as a movie I showed before?"
The noble daughter nodded: "Yes, I specially watched that movie dozens of times, memorized the content of every frame, and re-shot it. It's a pity that Master Augustus did not accept my invitation. If he had played the leading role, it would have made the film more perfect."
Jiang Li: "Well, we require originality."
The noble daughter was puzzled: "Original?"
Jiang Li: "Yes, you can watch this kind of imitation film at home, but it cannot be shown in the cinema."
The noble daughter was indignant: "I didn't say there was such a rule before!"
Jiang Li remained calm: "It's added now."
The noble daughter also returned disappointed.
After that, Jiang Li accepted many more submissions, but each one had problems, some of which he was reluctant to delete, and finally submitted a film that was more than 100 hours long. He sat in the office of the cinema for a few days, and finally fled back to the cash register of his supermarket, and hired several film reviewers at a high price.
Among them was the elf Messenner. Elves have unique creations and insights into art. In terms of film art, when people were still ignorant, the silver-haired elves had already possessed mature aesthetics with their innate talents, which made him ruthlessly reject most of the submissions. Although
there were many dissatisfactions among the contributors, no one dared to object to this due to the elves' military strength.
The only one who expressed his dissent...
Before the red dragon could even say a few more words of protest, he was caught by the young city lord of Dolei City who rushed over and was forced to swallow the flames that he had not spit out.
Jiang Li was sitting in his supermarket. He looked up at the giant red dragon that had transformed back into its original form and flew into the sky, punching the air furiously. He lowered his head and gulped down two gulps of the smuggled milk tea.
I don't know how the movie of Demon King's City is going. It seems that humans are really far away...