Don't Be My Old Man [Entertainment]

"Name."

"Zhao Rui."

"age."

"36."

"Zhao Rui, from City C, lives at No. XX, X Road, ID number is..., graduated from..., right?"

"Yes."

"You and the deceased, Zhuo Jie, Lu Tianhao, Ding Ying, Zhang Xilin, Lu Zhixin, and Wang Xiaojun, were once together. In the end, you were the only one who survived. The other six died tragically. Can you tell us who the murderer is? "

"No...there is no murderer." The man being questioned covered his head, his eyes seemed to be terrified, cold sweat rolled down his head, "Yes, there are ghosts, there are ghosts!"

Accompanied by the man's scream, the ethereal BGM sounded, and the names of the leading actor, supporting role, director, screenwriter, etc. all appeared on the screen.And in the middle of the screen, there was always the eyes of the hero Zhao Rui, which were filled with panic.

In just one minute before, the emotions of the audience have been mobilized.

Those eyes are really scary, as if you can feel the panic conveyed by them just by looking at them.

The sound of the music is also pretty good.

It's not that kind of classic horror soundtrack, but it has been transformed and sublimated in it. The drumbeat should make people feel passionate, but at this moment it is like a big hammer, hitting their chests heavily.

Yang Li turned his head slightly, and saw the director and the sound engineer smiling.

Head start!

This is also one of the reshoots after Yang Li was called over after finishing filming.

In the way of flashback, from the mouth of a suspected murderer and the last victim, starting with "there is a ghost", slowly introducing the whole story.

At this point, the general audience will have two ideas.

One is to follow Zhao Rui and start looking at the story on the premise that there is a ghost; the other is not to believe that there is a ghost at all, but to think that the other party is playing tricks and fall into a state of criticism from the beginning.

But no matter which one it is, it can ensure that their curiosity has been seduced.

Such an opening is undoubtedly much better than those ordinary domestic ghost films.

After the prelude was over, seven people held candles in their hands, surrounded by seven elongated shadows, and the candlelight illuminated their faces one by one.

Among them, some dismissed it, some were afraid and panicked, some were eager, and some didn't care at all.

The faces of these people were half hidden in the darkness, and they could only be seen clearly with the help of flickering candlelight.

Flash and flash.

It looks like a "real ghost documentary" or something.

But in this way, it can make the acting skills not so good, such as Ruan Hong and others will not be overwhelmed by other actors.

Because they can't see clearly, the audience will not be so demanding on the facial expressions of the actors.And the face that really faces the audience is an old drama player who can subtly express any emotion——Zhao Dayi.

Zhao Dayi was not popular when he was young, but he was not famous when he was old.It's not that he doesn't act well, but that he's picky and doesn't lack money.Rather than supporting the little boys and girls in the entertainment industry, he prefers to entertain himself and participate in drama performances by his friends in the industry.

It took a lot of effort for Director Jiang Liang to invite him.

After all, in this kind of domestic horror film, if the faces of the actors are very familiar to everyone, it will be difficult to create that kind of horror effect.

Horror is an easier genre than any other.

Therefore, in the selection of actors, try to choose the face that is not very familiar with the show. Yang Li also appropriately reduces the exposure rate, and rarely accepts those down-to-earth variety shows.

It is necessary to ensure the freshness of the audience!

"Let's start." Ruan Hong's rich second generation Ding Ying said tremblingly holding a candle, "If we don't each tell a ghost story, we will really die!"

After Ding Ying finished speaking, the field fell into silence.

After a long time, Wang Xiaojun, played by Zhao Dayi, began to tell the first ghost story—the girls' dormitory.

He only had 10 minutes to tell the story, which was about the incident of four girls in a dormitory fighting for the only place in the insurance graduate school.The girl with the best grades could not bear to commit suicide by jumping off the building because her pornographic photos were distributed everywhere, while the remaining three girls all succeeded in their postgraduate studies, but they all jumped to their deaths in the first year of school.It turned out that the original pornographic photos were produced by three girls, and their roommates came to revenge after their death.

After telling the story, Wang Xiaojun blew out his candle and left the room.

"It's a corny story."

"Yes, the story he told is not qualified."

"It didn't scare me at all."

"So, the next one is me." Ruan Hong cleared his throat, "What I want to tell is a story about an infant spirit."

Screen switching.

Wang Xiaojun, who had finished telling the story, reappeared after blowing out the candles, but jumped directly from the top floor of the villa and fell headfirst to his death.

Zhao Rui's face was hidden in the darkness, only a shadow could be seen.

Ruan Hong also blew out the candles and left after telling an old-fashioned infant spirit story, and died of caesarean section.

One after another they all died.

All of them died from the content of the ghost stories they told.

Died on the same night, only Zhao Rui, who was the last to tell the story but dawned, was left.

It was Zhao Rui who took the initiative to call the police.

When Zhao Rui was the only one left among these people, the plot of the movie was only half finished.

The screen cuts again to the scene of Zhao Rui confronting the police.

"There really is a ghost." Zhao Rui hugged his head, and the scene smoothly turned into a specific picture of what he said.

"Wang Xiaojun told me that he, he has done a lot of sneak shots before. He took the girl's bed photo, and he took the money from the other three girls and posted the photo. Get out. Later, after that girl jumped off the building and died, he has been blackmailing the next three girls. Among the three girls, one of them got into a car accident because of unbearable pressure, and the other two unconditionally provided for him to eat, drink and have fun. It must be, the two girls who were killed by him before must have come to him!"

The picture shows Wang Xiaojun triumphantly hugging his sister and bragging about his glorious past.

Next, Zhao Rui told all the crimes of other people he knew.

"Each of them died because of the people they killed." Zhao Rui looked at the opposite policeman sadly, "Look, there really is karma in the world."

After the policemen finished asking, goosebumps all over their bodies.

"No, I don't believe there are ghosts in the world. What Zhao Rui said is unbelievable!"

"But what he said is so right, I feel chills behind me when I hear it."

"Boss, boss, we found out." A little police officer ran over, "We did what Zhao Rui said, and went to investigate what he said. We found that the victim he said really existed. , It’s just that some of them are old, and some of them released the suspects because of insufficient evidence.”

Could it be that there are really ghosts in the world?

"I don't believe it." The captain stubbed out his cigarette, "In this world, there are only people who hide their murderous intentions by using ghost stories."

So far, the movie has only the last half hour left.

Yang Li focused on watching the movie in front of him, and kept asking himself in his heart, is this really the movie he acted in?

What he acted was only material, but the director used his own ability to delete, delete, and subtract these materials, and finally combined them together like magic, and made up this "Seven People Talking About Ghosts".

Many of Yang Li's previous roles have been deleted.

That's right.

However, when I watch this movie again now, I find that the editing is just right.On the contrary, those superfluous scenes he performed before seemed really unsuitable to be taken here.

Watching a movie, especially an edited movie starring an actor himself, is like ordering a delicious bowl of dessert.

Milk, sugar, fruit, eggs, these can be added to any dessert, but now, no matter how good their quality is, they are not suitable to be placed on the finished product.

A little more, a little less, will affect its flavor.

Being a director is really a very powerful profession.

For the first time, Yang Li felt the difference between a TV drama director and a movie director.It is also a director, but in terms of overall grasp and completion of the work, it is not at the same level at all.

To narrate such a complicated story with so many characters in just two and a half hours, as long as there is a slight error, it may affect the rhythm of the story.

But director Jiang Liang was not restrained at all.

He used one hour to render the horror atmosphere, one hour to reverse reasoning, and the last half an hour to completely integrate the upper and lower parts.

In his hands, everything seemed orderly.

An already good story, in the hands of an excellent director, blossomed into a work that is more touching and impressive than the original text.

The "Seven People Talking About Ghosts" carefully crafted by Jiang Liang embodies all of Jiang Liang's hard work since he was unknown for many years.

Every shot, every line, has been pondered over many sleepless nights.

Yang Li's mood calmed down surprisingly.

Can't go wrong.

This is an even better work than he thought!

Only the last half hour of the movie is left.

According to the consistent routine of domestic horror films, this should reveal that there are no ghosts.

The reason why domestic horror films are not expected by the audience is often because there are too many foreshadowings in the front, and there is no way to complete the latter, or there is no plan to complete the plot at all.

They tend to use things like "dreams" and "mental illness" across the board.

It is too much praise to describe it as anticlimactic. It can only be said to be anticlimactic, which completely overturned the good impression left before.

The film critics also gradually breathed a sigh of relief from the tense and depressive atmosphere in the early stage, and they can relax and watch the next story.

As far as the degree of completion in the early stage is concerned, whether it is the horror atmosphere or the use of camera language and lines, it is not inferior to any horror film in Japan and South Korea.

If the Film Bureau hadn't strictly stipulated that there should be no ghosts, it might really become a blockbuster!

But what about the next half hour, what else can this movie do?

Dream, or mental illness, or Zhao Rui is the murderer, but there is no ominous ending?

"I know, they must all be waiting for the crash in the second half hour." Jiang Liang muttered to himself, "No, the second half is the exciting part!"

Half an hour later, Yao Peipei finally made his debut.

The criminal police in charge of the case always felt that something was wrong, and went to investigate the murder scene again, and immediately found many clues.

In Zhao Rui's narration, he was keenly aware of the loopholes in it.

This is not a disturbance by ghosts and gods, but a ten-year-long, carefully planned layout!

"No, don't kill me. I really didn't mean it. If you want money or a car, I can give it to you."

Ding Ying, played by Ruan Hong, begged for mercy while running, as if he wanted to shout loudly, but he was dragged back by a pair of hands before he ran a few steps.

"Go to hell and confess to the kid!"

Holding the knife, Zhao Rui aimed at his stomach and cut it open.

Blood splashed on his eyes, but he didn't even blink his eyelids, allowing the blood to fill his eyeballs and then slowly fall down.

A close-up of Yang Li appeared on the screen.

Indifferent, mechanical.

It is the complete opposite of the previous timid image!

When Zhao Rui killed these people one after another, the memories of him and the scavengers played by Yao Peipei were also quickly revealed on the screen in the form of a "black and white movie".

Yang Li's crying scene at the beginning stayed on the screen for a full five seconds.

This is the only scene that the director will not cut.

All the preparations in the early stage are revealed in the movie one by one through flashbacks, including Zhao Rui's method of killing people, including his scheming to lure those people to play with the ghost stories he prepared.

Everyone thought that they were Zhao Rui's collaborator and the planner of this big surprise, but they didn't know that each of them was just a pawn.

In order to get close to them and get to know them, Zhao Rui finally set up this killing scheme, which lasted for ten years.

"It's impossible for you to do so many things by yourself. Who is your accomplice?" The experienced criminal policeman has already noticed Zhao Rui's motive and method of killing, but such a huge workload cannot be completed by himself.

He must still have a large group of associates.

This may not be impossible, after all, the six people who died were not kind people, and it would take a long time to find people who had enemies with them as helpers.

"Shh, don't wake him up." Zhao Rui hissed at the policeman and stretched out his hands, "My helpers are those ghosts."

The final frame of the movie is Zhao Rui's smiling face, and the camera turns to the back of Zhao Rui's head.

It turns out that behind that head is another face full of innocence!

When the last shot appeared, many film critics were prepared but were taken aback.

It's not that this face is so scary, on the contrary, it's the brightest smile Yao Peipei can show.

If there is no previous story, it is a smiling face that you will laugh with when you read it.

But putting it here will only bring endless cold to people.

It made people gasp.

So far, the feature film of "Seven People Talking About Ghosts" is over, and the easter eggs will not be released until the official release.

Pei Rong only came to his senses when the movie's ending music played, and found that his back was covered in sweat.

This is also the reason why he is too fully equipped, but he is more scared by this movie.

I originally thought that the last half hour would be easier, but I didn't expect to be more emotionally mobilized.

Especially in the part where Zhao Rui was crying, Pei Rong found that his eyes were also a little moist.

In the end, the movie seemed to give the answer "everything was done by Zhao Rui", but it left deeper doubts.

Who is Zhao Rui's helper?

Does this movie have ghosts or not?

The director didn't give an answer.

The audience may have different opinions in their hearts, but anyway, this is a work that is enough to make people's skin crawl, and it cleverly combines various horror elements.

If there is a ghost, it is a horror movie.

If there is no ghost, it is a suspense film.

But even if it is a suspense film, it has successfully completed the classic proposition of "the human heart is more terrifying than ghosts".

It is clearly all the old-fashioned routines and stalks that can be guessed by others, but combined in this way, it glows with a completely different vitality!

Movies are so amazing.

"This story is very different from the original script I saw." Lin Yueqiu lowered his hat, stood up, and was about to leave the scene directly, "It's a pity that I didn't receive it."

But there are so many opportunities in the entertainment industry, not everyone can grasp them.

Compared to losing this opportunity, what Lin Yueqiu cared about was Yang Li's acting skills.

Delicate and deep.

Although the processing of emotions is not so perfect, and the transition is a bit blunt, but the combination of this youthful feeling and this film has become enough motivation to tempt people to watch it!

It's not at all like someone who's being touched by the big screen for the first time can show it.

Lin Yueqiu could clearly see Zheng Wushu's shadow on Yang Li's body!

It doesn't matter whether Yang Li's acting skills are that good or not, but his acting skills in this movie are already hard to fault.

At the very least, he is the most suitable Zhao Rui in this movie.

Although there are some bugs and deficiencies in the movie, once you think about the classification of domestic ghost movies, its production, and its team, you will only be amazed and praised.

With a bunch of unqualified things, a level of more than [-] is made.

This is even more amazing than using a bunch of [-] things to make a [-] level.

This is actually an unknown director?

Is this actually an underrated story?

The leading actor Yang Li is actually the person who was evaluated as "no work"? !

With this movie, Yang Li can bravely tell everyone that he is not just good at making wine.

Lin Yueqiu found it extremely ironic.

He really wanted his agent to come and see what a good opportunity he turned down, what a good script!

Lin Yueqiu even regretted that he came to participate in the preview of this movie.

Maybe, he should make some mental preparations before watching it, so that at least he won't regret it in his heart.

He also really wants to transform, and wants to break through the restrictions of traffic artists!

However, it was clear that such a good opportunity came to him, and it was lost in vain, and he can only find an object of resentment from his side?

For Lin Yueqiu, this is undoubtedly an unacceptable result.

"Pei Rong." Lin Yueqiu called out suddenly.

"what happened?"

"You're right, you can't set a flag casually." Lin Yueqiu left such a sentence and walked out directly.

The movie theater was full of applause from film critics, and he didn't stay here.

Perhaps, he really should change his agent.

"Who is it?" Pei Rong glanced at Yang Li, who was surrounded by everyone, with a little apprehension, and left silently.

No, I have to talk to the team when I go back, and take good care of this Yang Li.

"Seven People Tell Ghosts?" Pei Rong sighed silently.

If an actor wants to get up, one work is enough.

And Yang Li undoubtedly owns such a work.

No wonder his team is so slow, it turns out that the killer is hidden here.

Zheng Wushu's vision is too poisonous!

Pei Rong gritted his teeth, and called the film crew of "Chasing the Deer" after he left.

Never underestimate this midnight movie.

He can imagine how crazy moviegoers who are hungry for the genre of horror and suspense will go crazy after seeing this movie.

"Seven People Talking About Ghosts" may not be the best, but it is the only one that stands out among domestic horror films, you have to eat it if you don't eat it, and you are so grateful to eat it!

"It's amazing." Several film critics had already surrounded the director and Yang Li, "I'm very glad that I came to this preview today."

"Yes, the plot is too smooth. I haven't watched a movie so intently for a long time."

"It's clearly a familiar routine, but the ingenious grasp of the rhythm and atmosphere still surprises me."

"Has Director Jiang already thought about his next movie? Here is my business card. If you need investment, you can come to me."

……

Yang Li was already a little embarrassed by the praise, "Everything is taught by the director." "Really, the director is really good, I almost can't recognize Zhao Rui on it as me." " I hope you can help us a lot, our film really needs your publicity."

After the preview of "Seven People Talking About Ghosts" ended, the invited film critics and other directors and producers expressed their great appreciation.

After watching the movie, the people on the theater side also quietly improved the filming, and even made a lot of billboards and put them in the movie theater, strongly recommending it to the audience.

Potential for all to see!

Among them, a high-profile film critic known for his poisonous tongue summed up his views on the film in one sentence after picking out its shortcomings.

"In "Seven People Talking about Ghosts", I saw the infinite possibilities of our domestic ghost films in the future."

Even if one dances in shackles, someone will eventually be able to fully demonstrate this restraint-filled dance.