This director is vindictive.

Chapter 144 Chen Mo adds another pink scene

"Nine-story Demon Tower" was criticized as a "devastating" adaptation. Apart from the name of the protagonist, there was no trace of the original work in other parts.

But Rikutaro expressed his dissatisfaction!

When he was criticized for his role in Nine-story Demon Tower, he finally couldn't help but explain: "The original novel has a lot of tomb-exploring plots, but tomb robbing is illegal after all, and ghosts cannot appear on the big screen in China.

This limitation was very difficult for me, so in "Nine-story Demon Tower," the tomb-raiding element was toned down and science fiction elements were incorporated. The "Ghost Cave Clan" was gone, and the "Ghost Clan" was changed to the "Ghost Clan," and the descendants of the Demon Kingdom became descendants of aliens.
For this reason, "Nine-story Demon Tower" has taken a thorough science fiction approach."

In a word, it’s all the fault of the review!
But this explanation is useless. After all, you are not a new director. You have been a director for so many years. When someone told you that there should be no "tomb robbing" elements, he actually listened and believed it.

But in fact, this thing is really not that exaggerated. Chen Mo in "Ghost Blows Out the Light: Mojin" has no such concerns at all. He says so, but the bottom line is sometimes very flexible, right?
Even Chen Mo and his team didn't do anything else. They just submitted it for review and it passed.

I can only say that Lu Chuan has been a director for so many years and has made so many "marginal" art films, but he still can't figure out this problem. If he doesn't fail, who will?
On December 12, the highly anticipated "Ghost Blows Out the Light: Mojin: The Lost Tomb" held a press conference in Beijing.

Naturally, I was asked what I thought of the movie "Nine-story Demon Tower" with the same theme!
Chen Mo was pragmatic and did not deliberately belittle the other party because there was really no need. He was telling the truth. Sometimes the truth is the fastest knife!
"In fact, the special effects and monsters in 'Nine-story Demon Tower' were quite good, but I think that both the special effects and the monsters should always serve the story. In 'Mojin: The Lost Tomb', we are more focused on the characters and the story."

When talking about Lu Chuan's complaints about the domestic film censorship standards, Chen Mo smiled and said, "I don't understand why Director Lu Chuan has so many concerns. He doesn't even try and think it won't work. I can tell you, please rest assured, our film has both "touching gold lieutenants" and "graveyard raiders." In the film, we enter the tomb, fight monsters, and pass levels as needed."

Chen Mo naturally had no idea how big Lu Chuan's psychological shadow was, and he had no interest in it.

But the media people couldn't help laughing.

Can you say double standards? You really can't, right?

As soon as you hear that you can't do this or that, you start to change it without even trying it yourself and think that it won't work. Who can you blame?

The film review department is also innocent, right?

"I haven't even seen it. I don't even know if it's okay or not. How do you know?"

"Director Chen, you just said that the special effects of "Nine-story Demon Tower" were very good, so what about "Mojin: The Lost Tomb"? Are you satisfied with the special effects in the film? Can it surpass "Nine-story Demon Tower"? " a reporter asked.

"How should I put it? Since this is a fantasy adventure film with tomb-exploring elements, special effects are an unavoidable issue.

Actually, this is my first time filming a movie with so many special effects scenes, but I personally don’t like discussing special effects alone, because when special effects are mentioned, people will think they are showing off their wealth, such as how much money was spent on special effects. ” As soon as Chen Mo finished speaking.

Some of the reporters below couldn't help laughing, because when Lu Chuan talked about the special effects, he said that most of the costs were spent on special effects. Then when he asked you to evaluate "Nine-story Demon Tower", you separately commented that the special effects were good. But when it came to him, he didn't like to discuss the special effects issue separately. Who are you talking about here?
Just report the person’s ID number directly.

Chen Mo continued to talk freely: "In my opinion, it is best for the audience not to realize that it is a special effect when watching a movie. If they realize it, it will ruin the show."

"Of course, 'Mojin: The Lost Legend' is a fantasy film, and the presentation of the underground world must rely on special effects technology. But I still say that we should not talk too much about special effects technology. As a director, I think the focus of the film should still be on the story. Because all special effects technology is used to better tell the story, I hope that the audience will be moved by our story and characters. After all, this is always a suspense adventure film, not a special effects blockbuster with superheroes fighting monsters!"

Chen Mo really didn't mean to make things awkward, but the media people didn't see it that way. In their opinion, Chen Mo was too petty. He didn't mention Lu Chuan in every sentence, but every sentence was full of awkwardness.

Chen Mo's words at the press conference were reported without any changes.

Then netizens laughed.

One netizen even composed a limerick for "Nine-story Demon Tower": "There's a knack for slowly beating monsters, and being neither a ghost nor a fox is also unique. Willing to love and hate Hu Bayi, Nine-story Demon Tower is nothing but a fool."

"Chen Mo understands yin and yang! Hahaha, Lu Tailang's actions are confusing, right? I don't know who told him that there can't be tomb raiding, there can't be ghosts, and then there really are none of them. Then why adapt "Ghost Blows Out the Light"? The first word of the novel can't even appear."

"Rikutaro is so funny. He's made so many movies, and yet he's still so naive? The film review department said we're not responsible for this. All you showed us was fighting monsters. What can we do? The things you said we should ban are not even in your movie!"

"Chen Mo's serious and sarcastic tone is unparalleled. I feel like a little bear with its hands spread out would be more appropriate!"

"The special effects are good, but that just means your story is terrible. Film critics should really learn from this and see how others review! Don't just blindly praise the special effects after receiving the red envelopes. The red envelopes aren't for nothing, right?"

Lu Chuan was really driven into autism.

Because not only netizens were laughing, many directors in the circle were also laughing.

Others don’t understand this stuff. You, Lu Chuan, are the sixth generation director. What are directors of this generation famous for?
You are famous for not making banned films. How can you have the nerve to call yourself a sixth-generation director?

But what happened? As soon as you, Rikutaro, heard that you couldn't do this or that, you actually castrated yourself.

People say that the security here is good and people don't lock their doors at night, so did you really leave your door open?
No wonder Rikutaro has never been banned, this is the reason!
Of course, it's understandable. After all, you are Rikutaro. The movie was criticized and the box office did not meet expectations, so you have to find a reason, right?
The premiere of "The Mojin".

This premiere is definitely luxurious enough.

After all, the four investment companies behind "Mojin: The Lost Tomb" are the companies with the most resources in the industry today.

Moreover, Chen Mo's magic is unquestionable, not to mention that he has "Nine-story Demon Tower" as a foil, so many people have high expectations for this movie.

However, Chen Mo did not expect that at this premiere, the movie would just be a foil.

So who is the protagonist? The big zongzi? Not really!
Ever since the five golden flowers gathered together at the premiere of "Charlotte's Troubles" and sat in a row to eat fruit, Chen Mo didn't know why.

I swear to God, the seats were not arranged by him.

Normally, since the CEOs of several investing companies were present at the premiere, their seats would definitely be in the first row.

However, at this moment, many media people's attention is focused on the first row because it is so damn dazzling.

Gao Yuanyuan, Fan Binbin, Yang Mi, Zhao Liying, Jing Tian, ​​these five are fine, after all, even a fool knows that these five have unclear relationships with Chen Mo.

This is not particularly uncommon in the entertainment industry.

But if you look again, the person sitting next to Gao Yuanyuan is actually that tiger woman Zhang Yuqi. This can barely be explained. After all, she is not divorced and has even publicly confessed her love to Chen Mo.

However, tonight's premiere was destined to have pink news.

Because the front row is all women, and most importantly, they are all the most popular young actresses at the moment.

The incredibly thick-blooded Liu Tianxian is here, as is the blind sister Liu Shishi, and the shame of the Chinese opera, Tang Yan, is also here.
Anyway, all the female stars, dressed up gorgeously, became the most beautiful scenery of the premiere.

Look at those media outlets, they seem to have springs installed under their butts, and they can't wait to run to the front and take a picture of this scene.

What made Chen Mo even more speechless was that the Wang brothers of Huayi, Wang Changtian of Guangguang, Ye Ning of Wanda and other CEOs were all there, but they all sat in the back and saw the look in Chen Mo's eyes when he looked at him.

They all had a joking look on their faces, as if to say, "This is what we should do, no need to thank me."

What made Chen Mo speechless the most was that Chen Sicheng, who had joined Wanda Films and also came to support the event, said, "What the hell do you mean by putting your wife in the first row?"
"Oh my god, this is the first time I've seen such a scene! It's so neat!" said a reporter, trying hard to resist the urge to run to the front with a camera to take pictures.

"Who says it's not true? All the hot young actresses and most of the most popular female stars in the entertainment industry are actually sitting in the first row. Tsk tsk, I don't know who arranged this. This photo is absolutely unprecedented!" "Is Chen Mo going to become the public enemy of men? What qualifications does he have?" Some reporters also said sourly.

"What has he done to deserve this? You know what, in the entire entertainment industry, he's the most special. He's young, talented, handsome and rich. Look at the entire entertainment industry, who can compare to him? You can be envious, but don't ask him how he has done to deserve this. I just saw that these seats were not originally given to them, but they were swapped out by those entertainment industry bosses." Another reporter looked at the young reporter with disdain.

"Hahaha! Old Wang, your arrangements this time are really perfect! For many years, no, I should say that there has really not been such a spectacle in the entertainment industry!" Ye Ning couldn't help but laugh and teased Wang Changtian, the instigator standing aside.

"This is not just my credit. I just saw Zhang Yuqi and felt that the first row was full of beautiful girls. It made me, a grown man, uncomfortable sitting there, so I changed my seat. I didn't expect that you guys were also so mean, especially you, Old Ye. You really went too far. You even let Director Chen Sicheng's wife sit there. What were you thinking?" Wang Changtian couldn't help but look at Wanda's Ye Ning and joked with a smile.

"Hey, what's the big deal? I asked Director Chen, and he also thought this scene was rare, so we naturally agreed to it." Ye Ning said with a smile.

"Look at the expression of our director Chen on the stage, hahaha!" Wang Changtian said with a smile and stuck out his lips towards the stage.

"Hahaha!"

Everyone couldn't help laughing when they saw Chen Mo on the stage looking at the first row of beautiful women from the entertainment industry from time to time, and then hesitating as if he wanted to say something.

Of course, this scene can indeed be said to be the most special ever.

Even those movie award ceremonies have never been played like this.

Of course, there are definitely more stars attending award ceremonies than Chen Mo's movie premiere, but it is impossible for the first row to be filled with only popular female stars like this time.

Many media people have already thought about the pictures and headlines for tomorrow's front-page headlines.

After all, this scene is really exciting, right?
There are more than 20 seats in a row, and each one is occupied by the most popular young actress in the country. It can be said that it is really a competition of beauty. I just want to ask you, have you seen it?
At least Chen Mo himself has never seen it.

Although it's quite pleasing to the eye, I don't know which one of them is unreliable. If you want to arrange a lineup of all female stars, then do it, but what's the point of leaving the middle position for yourself?
After Chen Mo walked off the stage, he was originally going to sit down with the main creative members of the crew.

But in the end, I was led to the middle position in the first row.

With so many people watching, what could Chen Mo do? He could only go over and sit down.

Now the scene is even more exciting.

The staff member who arranged the seats was glared at by Chen Mo, but he was also very distressed. Several bosses had given him instructions. What could he do? It was difficult for him too!
The movie started, but Chen Mo felt very uncomfortable.

Tired, destroy it!

It really seemed like no one was paying attention to the movie. After the screening, Chen Mo felt that the applause was sparse and perfunctory.

Then, when the lights came on, many media reporters rushed to the front and started clicking their shutter buttons at the first row.

Many people did not even rush to leave, but instead ran to the front to watch the peep show.

After the premiere, Wang Changtian and others came to Chen Mo to take credit.

"Hahaha, what do you think? Is this arrangement surprising and unexpected?" Wang Changtian was the first to take credit.

Chen Mo said unhappily, "Then I should thank Mr. Wang? Why don't you save a seat for yourself?"

"How can I compare with you? There are so many young and beautiful female artists, of course you, a young, handsome and talented man, are more suitable for them!" Wang Changtian patted Chen Mo's shoulder and laughed.

"That's right, Director Chen, this scene will definitely go down in film history. Your premiere is absolutely one-of-a-kind!" Wang Jun also spoke.

"Then I have to thank you?" Chen Mo said helplessly.

"That's not necessary. Just don't forget us when there are good projects. By the way, I heard that you have a new idea? How about it? Take us one?" Wang Changtian said with a smile.

"You guys at Guangguang have no shortage of projects, and 'The Ghouls' is just about to be released. We don't know how the box office will perform yet. Why are you in such a hurry?" Chen Mo was not surprised that Wang Changtian knew that he had a new project.

"It's true that we have no shortage of projects, but we lack high-quality projects! Director Chen can't favor some over others!" Wang Jun from Huayi also spoke up.

Chen Mo neither refused nor agreed. Of course, such a thing would not be finalized in such an occasion.

After the premiere of "Mojin: The Lost Tomb", it was officially released in the early morning of the same day.

Lu Chuan did not attend the premiere of "The Ghouls", so of course, he did not receive an invitation.

But he still secretly went to watch a show of "The Mojin" in the middle of the night!
The main reason is that I am unwilling to accept it!

Of course, he was different from other viewers. He really watched the film with a critical attitude.

But the process of watching it was really too painful for him.

It was mainly the conversations and discussions of the audience in front, behind, and on both sides that made him feel extremely harsh.

"It has to be Chen Mo! This is what we call an adaptation of 'Ghost Blows Out the Light'! And what the hell is Lu Chuan?! It's a truly devastating adaptation, they don't even care about their reputation!"

"Who says it's not? From a casting perspective, doesn't the iron triangle of 'Mojin' and Xia Yu's big golden teeth beat 'Nine-story Demon Tower'?"

"And the special effects in 'Mojin: The Lost Tomb' are just right!"

"Lu Chuan really deserves to die!"

“To be honest, I’m a little disappointed with the ending.”

"There's nothing we can do about it. There's no way a ghost will actually appear, right? If that happens, we won't be able to see this movie."

Lu Chuan's mentality almost collapsed.

He felt that this group of audiences were really too hypocritical. In his opinion, Chen Mo's "Mojin: The Lost Tomb" was his admission that the plot was more in line with the original novel, but putting aside the facts, was there no problem with this movie?
Why do they get criticized just because their own movie has some problems? Chen Mo's movie and the ending are clearly in the style of a domestic horror movie, but they all act as if they understand it.

If this isn’t double standards, what is?
Adding alien elements to my movie is a radical adaptation. In Chen Mo's movie, everything is explained by hallucinations in the end. Does that make sense?
It's still the same thing, Chen Mo, you only have this much ability, is that all? If you have the ability, can you come up with something else?

After returning, the more Lu Tailang thought about it, the more unbalanced he felt. Especially after reading some comments from netizens, his mentality completely collapsed.

"Watching 'Mojin' suddenly reminded me of Rikutaro's 'Nine-story Demon Tower'. You see, both are based on 'Ghost Blows Out the Light', but 'Mojin' openly mentions tomb raiding. It's also about digging graves for treasure, but in 'Mojin' the characters never hand over the treasures to the country, a high-minded ideal. But all this didn't prevent it from being released on schedule!"

"The climax of the Lu Taro criticism this year was when 'Nine-story Demon Tower' was released. I was busy and didn't see it, so I didn't get to see it in person. So God gave the audience who missed the chance to criticize Lu Taro last time a second chance to criticize him. If you didn't enjoy watching 'Mojin: The Lost Tomb', it must be because you didn't see Lu Taro! Lu Taro made your expectations stay too high, which is unfair to Director Chen Mo.

Especially after I went to watch "Nine-story Demon Tower", I suddenly woke up!"

(End of this chapter)