Yin Chengjue was truly unaccustomed to being surrounded by flashing lights, because in his previous life, he had walked into the police station amidst all sorts of frantic flashing lights. When he was released without charge due to insufficient evidence, the building collapsed, the world turned upside down, and everything changed.
It would be a lie to say that he has no psychological trauma.
Every time he sees these flashes, he can't help but feel an urge to rush up and destroy them all.
Yin Chengjue's displeased expression coincided with the initial indifference shown by the male character towards the male ghost in the story.
So the beautiful male ghost lay on the sofa, resting his chin on his hands and looking at him with his mouth slightly open, as if he was saying something, while the cold man sat with his legs crossed to the side, turning the pages of a book with a stern expression.
However, in this photo, the two are quite far apart, so Tony insisted that they get closer, even closer, ideally with the male ghost lying on the man's thigh.
As Yin Chengjue listened to Tonife's description, he was once again incredibly grateful that he had chosen to be Rong Yu's partner this time.
If other people were to come over and get so close to Rong Yu, and pose for all sorts of ambiguous photos, Yin Chengjue was afraid he might do something irrational on the spot.
The first set of photos, themed "ambiguity," was quickly completed, while the second set was defined by Tony as "gloomy."
The male ghost was indeed a powerful ghost king. His appearances were never conventional. In the early stages, in order to frighten the man and force him to give up his body, the male ghost used almost every terrifying way he could think of to make his entrance.
For example, when a man is disturbed and awakened at night, he sees a face that is pale and eerie in the light of a blue flame—a face turned upside down, with wide eyes that seem about to pop out of their sockets.
The camera was shot from an angle where the man had his back to the camera and the male ghost was facing the camera, so that the audience could see how terrifying the male ghost was.
In addition, Tony also had Rong Yu hold up a picture frame without a mirror for the shoot, so that in post-production they could Photoshop him into appearing in the mirror on the bathroom sink in the man's house.
In short, the weirder and scarier the better. Although we haven't seen the final product, as one of the main characters in the filming, Yin Chengjue could probably guess what it would look like in post-production when he saw Rong Yu with her ghostly makeup up close.
Honestly, the sight of blood flowing from the eyes is quite creepy.
The key point is that Rong Yu even deliberately grinned, instantly making the already eerie ghost makeup even more terrifying.
“Xiaoyu, have you ever considered acting in a supernatural film? I know a few directors who make ghost movies, and they’re all so bored they’re almost ready to switch careers. I guarantee you’ll get a great role if you give it a try,” Tony said.
Upon hearing this, Yin Chengjue glared at Tony and shook his head at Rong Yu, saying, "Don't listen to his nonsense. The market for supernatural films is declining because the content in recent years hasn't been very original. It's all formulaic, designed to scare people for the sake of scaring, and lacks logical coherence. Gradually, no one will watch it anymore. Going to act in this now would undoubtedly be a waste of time."
Tony strongly disagreed: "Mr. Yin, you can't generalize like this. There have been many good supernatural movies in recent years."
Yin Chengjue: "Pay attention, those are all remakes of old material."
Tony: "..."
Tony: "Forget it, forget it! I'm not the director, I'm not going to argue with you about this. Anyway, once these photos are published, they're sure to be a hit! Especially the photos of the two of you together, I can almost smell the sweetness through the screen."
The theme of the third group is "ghost love". The purpose of this group is obvious: the two of them just need to show their intimacy in front of the camera.
Because the male ghost and the man will eventually live in the same body, this group wore half a mask for each other, the same style of mask, one as red as blood and the other as black as ink.
Tony excitedly directed, "Very good. Now, Mr. Yin, put your hand on Xiaoyu's shoulder and touch half of the mask on Xiaoyu's face with your fingers. Xiaoyu, you also touch Mr. Yin's mask. Make eye contact, make eye contact with each other! Very good! Now, you two go and put on green clothes. This will make it easier to Photoshop a fusion effect on you later."
"Teacher, aren't we using a bit too many special effects this time? Won't the audience find it unrealistic and not buy it?" A young man standing next to Tony couldn't help but ask.
Tony waved his hand: "It's alright. The supernatural style is inherently at odds with reality. The main thing is that the model is handsome enough and looks good on him."
After all the filming was completed, Tony told them to go back and wait a few days. Unlike the previous shoots, this one had a supernatural theme, which required a lot of post-production work. There were many special effects that needed to be added, otherwise the images would be incomplete.
However, in post-production, they only worked on the special effects, while striving for realism in the models' appearances. They tried to avoid retouching as much as possible; otherwise, why would they need a model to pose? They could just draw a person directly.
While Yin Chengjue and Rong Yu were having a successful shoot for "Fashion World," things weren't going so well for Sally.
Previously, the director of "Chasing" specifically approached her, wanting Rong Yu to play the villain role. Sally had already spoken with Rong Yu, and Rong Yu had agreed and started memorizing the character's lines. However, now the director of "Chasing" has called again, saying that there is a better candidate for the villain role. If Rong Yu still wants to play a role in "Chasing," they can let Rong Yu play the second male lead.
Sally laughed when she heard this.
In "The Chase", the male lead and the villain have the most screen time. The second male lead is just a dispensable rich second-generation, a character created specifically to make the male lead embarrass himself.
Despite being called the second male lead, he actually appears very rarely, and each time he does, he comes out with an arrogant attitude that makes people grit their teeth, does some brainless stupid things, and is then exposed by the male lead or the villain, before slinking away in disgrace.
Rather than treating him as the second male lead, it's better to treat him as cannon fodder.
"The Chase" was not adapted from a major IP, so it wasn't very popular in the early stages. After it was broadcast, the production team didn't have much budget and didn't have time to promote it. They just quietly created an official Weibo account.
Sally was initially drawn to the interesting villainous role in "The Chase." Even if the film didn't catch the audience's eye and didn't become a big hit, fans could still take screenshots and have some fun, which would be a way of supporting and encouraging Rong Yu's performance.
But now, the director has suddenly changed his mind and told her that there is another candidate for the villain role, and he wants Rong Yu to play the cannon fodder second male lead. How can Sally accept this?
Speaking on the phone, Sally's attitude was still quite polite: "In that case, let's just forget about it. I wish your movie great success in advance."
"Hey, Sister Li, are you really not going to reconsider? The second male lead has quite a lot of screen time. If you think it's not enough, we can even add more scenes for him," the voice on the phone said.
Sally: "No need to think about it anymore, let's just leave it at that. You invited our artists to play villainous roles in the first place, but look, you've changed your mind now, haven't you?"
The person on the other end of the phone said, "I'm really sorry, but to be honest, as you know, we're short on funds. The actor who wanted the villain role provided us with funding and props, because he really wanted that role. Our crew is so short of money, and he's really helping us out, so of course we have to give him the role."
Sally: "Oh, so you're saying that as long as an actor wants to participate brings enough money, they can just add more scenes to their role?"
On the other end of the phone: "Sister Li, that's not what I meant."
Sally: "But, adding scenes and bringing in funding, those are things you just said yourself, I didn't say anything."
On the other end of the phone: "Sister Li, I hope you can understand us. Our production team is too poor; we can't keep up with the funding..."
Sally interrupted impatiently, "If you follow this method, as long as you bring in more actors who have invested in the project, and they keep pouring money into you while you add more scenes for them, keep adding and changing, you'll become rich very quickly."
There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, and just as Sally was about to hang up, she said, "The main problem is that the production team is too poor. Actually, if you were willing to provide some financial assistance, the villain role wouldn't be out of the question..."
Sally was almost amused by the other party's words: "Director Li, let me be frank, I just wanted the villain role. If you have someone else in mind for that role, then forget it. I don't want to add any scenes for our artists. The original main storyline is good enough; adding scenes would be superfluous."
Sally: "The villain in 'The Chase' is indeed quite interesting, but not so good that we'd spend money to fight for it. Do you think this is an auction? Highest bidder wins? What if, just before filming, an actor is willing to pay more, does that mean the role will have to be given up?"
This time, there was an even longer silence on the other end of the phone. Sally didn't want to say anything more and hung up on him directly.
After much restraint, Sally finally called Yin Chengjue, trying to suppress the pent-up anger in her heart, and explained the whole story.
Yin Chengjue, who had thrown the script for "Chasing" into the trash long ago: "..."
"Oh." Yin Chengjue replied calmly.
"Oh? Aren't you angry? Those people didn't keep their word! And they even got the role with money, without even having to audition. If Xiaoyu loses the role because of her acting skills, I won't complain at all." Sally said indignantly.
Yin Chengjue: "Then we'll invest in our own film and screen it at the same time as theirs."
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