Section 18: Here's a Movie (Part 1)
Compared to the leisurely, Nanyang City, which makes people unable to help but want to take a nap in a summer afternoon, the pace of life in an international metropolis of Shanghai is undoubtedly much faster.
Sitting in the taxi and looking out through the window, you can see many pedestrians on the street walking in a hurry with briefcases in their arms, as if they were participating in a racing competition. There was also the young man in a suit and carrying a shoulder bag. Seeing that the bus not far away was about to leave, he quickly took a step and sprinted, and his tie fluttered in the wind.
Tension, fast and orderly, this is Duane’s impression of the city.
Shu Yu was sitting next to Du An. They had just returned to the hotel and got a copy and were fighting to the Da Guangming Cinema.
“By the way,”
Duane suddenly remembered something.
He took his eyes back from the outside and looked at Shu Yu with some uncertainty, "Do you have the right to show it?"
After all, it was his first time to make a movie and participated in a film festival. He only remembered this incident now.
Thinking of Shu Yu's relationship with several bigwigs in the company was so stiff, a bad premonition flashed through his heart.
"No."
really!
Du An sighed in his heart, looked at the box that Shu Yu had the copying at hand, and didn't know what to say.
"You came to the film festival without the screening rights. Fortunately, you didn't make progress. If it really progresses...why should we go back? You don't have the screening rights, if we put it there privately..." He didn't dare to think about the consequences. As he said, without waiting for Shu Yu to speak, he said to the driver: "Master, turn around."
Shu Yu interrupted him and said to the driver: "Master, keep driving." Then he said to Du An: "You don't know the situation here, don't worry, there will be no problem. Even if there is something wrong, I will bear it."
Du An looked at this woman and didn't know what to say: he thought he was already very brave when he made a fake certificate to cheat investment, but the woman in front of him didn't even have the right to show the film festival, which was not inferior!
OK, two guys who are not afraid of big things have got together, no wonder they can become comrades-in-arms.
"No, I still have to go back," Duane shook his head firmly, "This is not a problem for anyone to bear."
After spending so much time together, he recognized Shu Yu, and naturally he could not watch something happen to his friend at this time.
Shu Yu looked at Du An and said after a long time, "Don't worry, I won't have anything to do." After a pause, she seemed to understand that if she didn't explain something, Du An would not agree to the screening, so she had to say, "They won't pursue it. Rising Film and Television is a family business, you are a management student, and you should also know that family business is a patriarchal system, and many times it is human favors above the system, so I will not be held accountable for legal responsibility, at most I will be demoted and reduced in salary, which is no different from the situation I will face soon."
Rising Film and Television is a family-owned business. Du An has learned a little from the crew during the filming of the film, including several Rising's managers, such as production department manager Fang Limin and distribution department manager Fang Liyong, are all the sons of Chairman Fang Yi.
Du An listened to Shu Yu's words and felt that he had guessed something, but he was not sure, so he asked, "You mean..."
Seeing that the man still didn't understand, Shu Yu pursed her lips and finally said, "Chairman Fang Yi, it's me...father."
The word "father" is very small and vague, but Duane still heard it.
He felt his head hurt.
A daughter who doesn't follow her father's surname - probably an illegitimate daughter - two brothers who suppress their sister everywhere. In addition, Shu Yu said before that she came from a small county town and wanted to "take root". Now that I think about it, this "take root" is obviously not just enough to be a decent city person...
No wonder Shu Yu has so many enemies in the company, and is still at the executive level, but she can still work in the company.
Du An never expected that such a wealthy family would happen to him. If it were an eight o'clock TV series, Shu Yu, who was sitting next to him now, would be a tear-jerking heroine - but Du An had never seen such a heroine.
The similar heroines in the TV series should be as pitiful as white lotus, kind-hearted. If you have nothing to do, Xizi would say sadly, "If you are well, it will be sunny." Are you waiting for the hero to come to save him at any time? Who is as tough as Shu Yu?
From this we can see that TV is full of lies. After all, even Shu Yu is so self-improvement, bold, and has a good toilet, and is forced to go to the end in this environment. If there was really a white lotus-like heroine, I would have been eaten without a single bone.
"Even if they want to take advantage of the situation, Fang Yi will not agree. That person is very traditional and thinks that family shame is not exposed."
He directly called "Fang Yi" and "that person", not his father, and it seems that the father and daughter have deep grudges.
Du An didn't want to get involved in other people's family affairs, so he stopped expressing his opinions. He just nodded, signaling that he understood and no longer kept his eyes on the screening rights.
The taxi was driving and soon arrived at the Daguangming Cinema.
The blonde white man was named Anthony Berger. When Duane arrived with a copy box, he was still tirelessly recommending his movie to passersby, but the results were not obvious and there were still few viewers.
"Anthony,"
Shu Yu greeted him and then started chatting.
Anthony's movie was about to end, and after waiting for ten minutes, the movie ended.
As agreed, Anthony began to release their "Saw".
This is the second time Duane has watched his films on the screen, and it is also the first time his films have been screened in public. Just seeing Zhu Yuchen wakes up from the bathtub, he looks dazed, and he subconsciously looks around, then smiles bitterly.
Apart from him, Shu Yu and Anthony, there was no one audience - the only few viewers left after Anthony's film screening.
"Oh! Professional!"
An outsider watches the excitement, while an insider looks at the trick. Anthony, a movie lover, is at least a semi-professional. When he sees the first shot, his eyes lit up, he sighs lightly, and then frowns.
"Du, what is that flashing object? Is it a symbol? Or a plot? I guess it must have a special meaning."
Duane smiled and was about to say that Anthony waved his hands again, "No, no, no! Don't say it, knowing too much is not good for me." After that, he stared at the screen and continued to watch.
Only Anthony is watching the movie seriously. Duane and Shu Yu are not thinking about it - they are both watching how much the audience can have.
But reality is cruel.
The video was screened for three minutes, but there was still no audience. Passers-by looked up and then hurriedly passed by, and none of them stopped for it.
"Accept reality."
Du An said this to Shu Yu helplessly.
He understood Shu Yu's thoughts and knew that she was a little unwilling to give up, so she wanted to hold a "funeral". But the facts told them that the movie did not even have the ability to attract an audience, so it would be natural that it was not possible to enter the film festival.
Shu Yu remained silent, just wrapped her hands around her chest and stood proudly.
Duane shook his head and was about to find a place to rest for a while, but he heard a sound coming from behind him.
"There is a movie here... Hey, isn't that so-and-so? He played "Doctor Pamir" on the City Channel a while ago, hey, he started acting in the movie?"
Du An was slightly stunned and quietly turned his body down, seeing two fashionable girls standing behind his right, with handbags hanging on his arms, looking at the screen.
Du An looked at the screen, and it was Zhang Jiayi, who played Jiang Wei, who was monologue. He recalled Zhang Jiayi's words during the interview: "I have filmed two TV series... called "Doctor Pamir"..."
"I like him so much. I think he is a good man, and he is different from the boys around him."
The girl who made a sound at the beginning was chirping behind her, then raised her wrist and looked at her watch, and said to her companion: "Anyway, the movie will take a while, so watch it for a while, right?"
The other girl didn't comment, so the two stood there and watched.
Du An, who was just one step ahead of them, could hear the whisper between them: "...I heard that Awen confessed to you yesterday?...I told me that you should not hang him, it has been a few months..." "Oh, you don't understand... You can't let men succeed easily, otherwise they wouldn't cherish you at all..."
Unexpectedly, the first and second audiences of this movie were attracted by Zhang Jiayi.
Duane couldn't help but think of the man.
Among those actors, except for Zhu Qian, Zhang Jiayi was the most satisfied with him: his acting skills are good, he is kind and talks with others, and sometimes he can guide other actors to move. The only disadvantage is that the pay is slightly higher - the pay of 15,000 is still a bit heartbreaking.
I don’t know when the two girls behind me spoke lowered and gradually became silent.
"...Hello, Gao Feng. You are a well-off class with a healthy body and mind, but you committed suicide by cutting your wrist with a razor last month..."
The recorder in the movie plays the monologue of the mastermind behind the scenes, and the picture is layered with barbed wire.
The wire mesh in front of the camera was broken, and the broken wire mesh bloomed. A fat man with a naked upper body hung on the two layers of wire mesh holes, his body was covered with wounds and dried blood. There was also a fan-shaped broken wire mesh under him inserted into his abdomen, and a group of flies flew past the camera.
Obviously dead.
Several flashing close-ups swept across the man's wounds. Under Duane's instructions, these wounds were unscrupulously bloody and disgusting, without regard to the audience's experience of watching the movie.
"vomit……"
Anthony's face was a little pale and covered his mouth, "Du, I didn't expect you to shoot horror movies... This should be restricted in cinemas, not in public... We will cause trouble..."
"Are you okay?"
Duane greeted him, not understanding the psychology of these foreigners - in his opinion, although these shots are a bit bloody, they are not as exaggerated as Anthony, right? He felt that it would be fine to use this movie to make a meal.
Seeing Anthony shook his head, Duane asked again: "Do you want to stop the screening?"
This is not good.
It was difficult for Zhang Jiayi to attract two audiences based on his popularity. He didn't want to stop immediately when he saw the movie. That would be too disappointing.
“This is not suitable for public play…”
Anthony just said this, although his face was a little pale, his eyes never left the screen from beginning to end. He paused for a moment and smiled helplessly, "But I really want to watch it, so, don't worry."
He shrugged.
Duan's heart was relieved.
"...Do you really want to die by cutting your wrists, or do you just want to attract the attention of others? I'll wait and see tonight."
The plot continues and no one speaks again.
“…Ironically, if you really want to die, then you just need to stay here, but if you want to live, you have to hurt yourself again, try to drill through the barbed wire to the door…but you have to be quick, because the door will be locked at three o’clock…”
The holes that were made on the barbed wire mesh were very small, and the broken wire was sharp. The victim was a fat man full of fat. If he wanted to try to drill through the hole, he would undoubtedly be scarred and even life would be difficult to save.
Anthony's expression was solemn and his eyes were shiny.
To exchange self-harm for survival, or to exchange health for death? This proposition is so interesting.
The horror movies he has watched before are all the kind of horror for the sake of horror, and has never seen such a horror movie.
He wants to watch more now.
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Chapter completed!