Shang Yechu moved her lips, but ultimately only uttered a few words: "I'll explain the specific reasons later."
Shang Yechu had her reasons for doing this, but those reasons could not be revealed to anyone.
While searching for "Happy Commercial Street" online, Shang Yechu recalled a novel setting that Sheng Wenzhi had mentioned—escaping through the rules. This setting sounded familiar to Shang Yechu, and after a moment's recollection, she remembered its origin.
For a period of time, the "strange tales of rules" that went viral on the internet seemed to be related to some kind of rules.
Realizing this, Shang Yechu immediately searched for relevant entries, only to be surprised to find that in 2018, there were almost no search results for "Strange Tales of Rules" on the internet!
Before inviting Sheng Wenzhi, Shang Yechu tried hard to recall everything related to her past life. Finally, she managed to piece together some fragmented information.
The precursors to supernatural tales and legends were likely folk taboos. Examples include Chinese supernatural tales like "shaving your head in the first month of the lunar year will cause your uncle to die" and "don't turn around if you hear someone's name at midnight," Japanese school ghost stories, and Western urban legends. In the internet age, these taboos and legends have continuously evolved and mutated, becoming popular on Chinese websites (such as Green Petal, Zhihu, and Tieba).
As times have changed, some horror and mystery literature and games have increasingly emphasized rules. However, commercially successful works that use rules as their absolute core and gimmick are virtually nonexistent in China. The real explosion in popularity of rule-based horror stories likely occurred after 2020.
In Shang Yechu's memory, it should have been sometime after 2020 that, due to the birth of a certain novel of the rule-based supernatural genre, rule-based supernatural stories suddenly became popular and quickly became an independent genre, developing into a new type of horror literature, giving birth to many sensational works!
And now... the phrase "rule-based anecdotes" barely appears in any search results on the internet. Even mentioning it to those at the forefront of internet surfing would be met with curiosity.
This discovery made Shang Yechu's heart pound wildly, and her forehead was covered in sweat.
Will Sheng Wenzhi's novel be a typical supernatural tale based on rules?
No, no, no, even if it isn't, Shang Yechu will make it be!
She wanted to establish her own school of thought and claim ancestor status.
She envisions that in the future, whenever people discuss the origins of "rule-based supernatural tales," they will mention "the movie starring Ye Chu"; every wildly popular rule-based supernatural tale novel or game will bear Ye Chu's mark; Ye Chu and Ye Chu's Happy Commercial Street will stand alongside in film history or genre literature history, with eyes watching them silently reading in their hearts: In 2018, the film "XXXX" (starring: Ye Chu) ushered in the rule-based supernatural tale era of horror literature...
If this adapted film sets a precedent for the rule-based supernatural genre.
Shang Yechu grew increasingly excited as she recalled the past, unable to contain herself as she sketched out a rosy future in her mind. Her mind was spinning with burgeoning ambition and beautiful fantasies. Things like "Moonlight Window," "Heartbeat Forbidden," and "The Legend of the Dragon's Pride" all became insignificant dots on a magnificent mirror under the weight of such dreams.
The mirror reflects a beautiful and vast dream; who would notice the spots on the mirror?
Yes, Shang Yechu hadn't told anyone. After playing a pivotal role like Li Yiming in "Tianban," Shang Yechu felt somewhat out of place when faced with these new scripts.
They're not bad, they're just not important enough.
Li Yiming fueled Shang Yechu's ambition and appetite, making Shang Yechu increasingly greedy.
He was constantly being double-teamed by Xu Hanwen and Zheng Bohan; he filmed over 800 scenes day and night, sleeping only three or four hours a day; he used the studio as a roof and a chair as a bed; in addition to filming, he also had to constantly build muscle.
Before the food could even slide down his esophagus, Xu Hanwen grabbed him and took him away for action; in the previous scene, he was silently gazing at Li Ruhui, and ten minutes later he had to engage in a silent battle with Lu Huaizhang; he was overwhelmed by the acting skills of Qi Ming and Xue Haodong, and then Xu Hanwen yelled at him to get back and reshoot...
Those days were painful, yet also blissful.
Pain comes from the dual pressures of mind and body, while happiness comes from an absolute sense of core.
Shi Shan's two-week illness significantly slowed down the production schedule. However, if Shang Ye Chu were to take two weeks of sick leave, the entire production would come to a standstill, with absolutely no progress. Xu Hanwen and Zhang Chen would then come begging Shang Ye Chu to recover quickly, bringing with them the most legendary doctors their ancestors had dug up for them.
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