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Chapter 177 A Strange Romance in the Republican Era

Although it was a bit of a pity that the horror movie was rejected, since it couldn't bring commercial value to him and the company, there was no need to make it.

He's a company owner, not a director with any commercial passion for making ghost movies.

So, once it's been killed, it's been killed.

But it's different now.

Hao Lai thought that if the ghost wanted to be an actor, he could just be the lead in a ghost movie. He could play himself and his acting would be absolutely genuine.

Without much hesitation, Hao Lai immediately contacted Bian Dong.

He told Bian Dong that he had a ghost movie with a good script, but he was currently short of a male lead. If the ghost was willing, he could let him join the crew.

Soon, Bian Dong relayed the news to Xu Qingling.

Actually, after posting on his WeChat Moments, Bian Dong received many inquiries, but he filtered them out.

After all, there are even scenes where ghosts act in modern dramas, playing domineering CEOs.

Bian Dong felt it wasn't suitable, but ultimately decided that what Hao Lai said, a ghost movie, was more appropriate, especially since the filming background of this ghost movie was the Republican era.

Xu Qingling revealed that the ghost named Zhang Zhao died during the Republic of China era.

After seeing Bian Dong's reply, Xu Qingling asked Zhang Zhao for his opinion.

"Yes, I'm willing." Zhang Zhao was overjoyed, not expecting a result so quickly.

Moreover, it was a ghost movie and a period drama set in the Republican era, so he felt he could definitely play himself.

"Okay, I'll have them send over the specific information."

Hao Lai was overjoyed upon receiving Bian Dong's definite reply. He hurriedly told his secretary, "Contact Feng Chengfeng. The ghost movie we talked about is restarting. Our company will invest all the missing funds. However, we'll keep the male lead role for now; I have a suitable candidate."

"Ok."
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Feng Chengfeng is the director of the ghost film "The Strange Romance of the Republic of China".

If we're talking about someone who has a passion for making ghost movies, then Feng Chengfeng is the one to come to mind.

Speaking of which, Feng Chengfeng is still very young, only in his thirties.

He is also a talented director. He graduated from the directing program at a drama academy and made several low-budget commercial films after graduation, all of which became instant hits.

He also became the youngest and most talented director.

However, what no one expected was that Feng Chengfeng would choose to make a ghost movie at the height of his fame.

Ghost movies are notorious box office poison; they have a small audience, but they can still recoup their costs.

Everyone advised Feng Chengfeng not to make ghost movies, but to stick to making romance movies and coming-of-age films instead.

But Feng Chengfeng was stubborn.

I'd rather go make horror movies.

They even filmed three more movies.

These three films faced immense difficulties in securing investment during the early stages, but fortunately, investors were drawn in later due to Feng Chengfeng's reputation as a genius director.

I was thinking that maybe Feng Chengfeng would become famous for making a ghost movie?
As it turns out, that was just wishful thinking.

All three ghost movies were box office flops, with dismal box office returns.

As a result, now, even if Feng Chengfeng has a great script, no one is willing to invest in making ghost movies anymore.

This is also why Hao Lai rejected the ghost movie that Feng Chengfeng submitted.

A qualified businessman would never engage in a losing business.

Meanwhile, after repeatedly hitting a wall, Feng Chengfeng looked at the script on the table and smoked one cigarette after another.

The smoke in front of him almost blurred his face.

After a long pause, Feng Chengfeng sighed softly. To be honest, Feng Chengfeng did have a passion for making ghost movies. He wasn't unaware that the returns on making ghost movies were low, but he just had this kind of persistence, or rather, obsession.

As for the reason, perhaps no one would believe it.

The reason is that Feng Chengfeng saw a ghost when he was a child, and was even helped by the ghost.

Although he never saw them again after growing up, he still remembered his childhood memories. Even if he told others, they said he might be dreaming or that he remembered it wrong.

But Feng Chengfeng knew he hadn't misremembered.

Feng Chengfeng, who had a good memory since childhood and was relatively intelligent at an early age, felt that the ghosts he saw and the help he received from them were real.

He wanted to make a ghost movie so that everyone would know that ghosts are real and that there are good and bad ones.

He developed a dream of becoming a director, and his career in directing stemmed from this unwavering belief.

Therefore, even though he knew that he could be more successful and make more money by shooting commercial films such as romance films and martial arts films, he still resolutely switched to shooting ghost films.

His biggest dream in life is to make a wildly popular ghost movie.

Unfortunately, the previous three films were all failures.

But Feng Chengfeng never gave up.

And so, we have the fourth installment – ​​"A Romance in the Republican Era".

This script is different from the previous ones. People only know that his ghost movie is adapted from a best-selling novel, but no one knows that he is actually the author of the novel.

That's right, Feng Chengfeng wrote and published it when he was 19 years old.

Feng Chengfeng submitted the script to various entertainment companies, hoping to secure their investment, but without exception, all of them rejected it.

Nobody is willing to invest.

Even after Feng Chengfeng begged and pleaded with everyone, no one was willing to help him.

But Feng Chengfeng was still unwilling to give up.

In his thirties and still unmarried, he sold his house and, with his savings of over two million yuan, started filming.

only……

Thinking about what happened next, Feng Chengfeng sighed.

He intended to perfect this drama, so he estimated the filming cost to be at least 20 million yuan. And that's exactly what happened. Now, after only ten days of filming, his savings of more than two million yuan are about to be spent.

If no further investment comes in, then he won't be able to continue filming.

No, it's just that filming can no longer continue.

He looked up at the Taoist priest who was performing a ritual not far away, his eyes filled with deep expectation.

But not long after, he saw a sudden gust of cold wind blow in, overturning the offering table and everything else to the ground, and even blowing off the Taoist priest's hat.

Soon, Feng Chengfeng's assistant, Xiao Li, arrived.

"Brother Feng, that Taoist priest ran away, saying he couldn't do anything."

When Feng Chengfeng saw that scene, he already knew the outcome, but he still couldn't help feeling disappointed.

"Forget it, let's not bother with it for now."

I couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness: Did God really not want him to make this horror movie?
This story begins with Feng Chengfeng using the money from selling his house to organize people to film.

He organized the actors, but because he didn't have much money and not many actors were willing to film ghost movies, he hired mostly new actors this time.

These new actors, of course, can't compare to those experienced actors, let alone veteran actors.

Therefore, Feng Chengfeng felt very frustrated watching the new actors who kept making mistakes.