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Chapter 292 Abstraction has gone mad!

10 o'clock in the morning.

The weather is a bit gloomy.

[Feihe Cinema] is noisy and crowded.

Liang Xiaogang wore a mask and hat, trying to blend in very discreetly into the crowd...

As an academic director who prides himself on being involved in film art, he has always looked down on Zhou Yang's "knock-off aesthetics" and despises Zhou Yang, a self-taught "wildcat" who has never received any formal education.

But somehow, every single one of his movies became a box office smash...

Last night, Liang Xiaogang tossed and turned, staring at the ceiling, his mind filled with the 100 million RMB subsidy plan from the relevant departments. For some reason, the more he thought about it, the more agitated and uneasy he became.

The news leaked from who knows where...

Zhou Yang's company, [Xuan Shi Entertainment], is going to release ten movies in the first half of the year!

The news was like a thorn in his heart.

"When did making movies become like selling cabbages on the street?"

"That self-taught guy who's never even stepped foot in a film academy has the nerve to talk about film art?"

He felt a mix of emotions, thinking that Zhou Yang's assembly line work was most likely to be a complete flop!
But the more he thought about it, the more inexplicably panicked he felt. The numbers on that subsidy list made his temples throb. He thought of Zhou Yang's ten movies, and his previous films—they were all making a strong showing, with several of them breaking 100 million in box office revenue. What if these ten movies…

Damn it, if that kid really manages to steal most of the subsidies with these shoddy films...
What are they doing?!
The dark clouds on the horizon grew thicker. Liang Xiaogang pulled down his mask and silently waited in line.

His gaze fell on the title of the movie, "Ultraman Universe: Calabash Brothers Save Grandpa," in his hand. He took a deep breath and felt a suffocating sensation welling up inside him.

This name is...

It made him want to curse!
However, the movie tickets are very cheap, only 8 yuan each, and come with a miniature version of "Bingbingyang Soda".

"Forget it, let's just consider this an investigation into the market's cancerous problems..."

Then, he silently walked into the ticket gate and sat in one of the last few rows...

It must be said that in the past two years, with the explosive success of one Zhou Yang film after another, his box office appeal has been quite astonishing, coupled with the low ticket prices...

The screening room at Feihe Cinema was packed with people, including a large number of children, news media, and many familiar film critics...

He took a deep breath and pulled his mask up even tighter, afraid of being recognized.

Otherwise, even if you jumped into the Yellow River, you wouldn't be able to clear your name.

Fortunately, the media was too busy discussing how abstract the previous "Bao Gong" was, and no one paid attention to him...

About ten minutes later.

The screen is dark!

As the movie began, Liang Xiaogang took a deep breath, sat up straight, and stared intently at the big screen…

The very first scene sent chills down his spine!
He saw the Land of Light in the M88 Nebula suddenly swallowed by darkness!

A group of Ultramen panicked and ran around in a panic, then Mother of Ultra, dressed in a sexy leather suit, appeared in time and calmed everyone down!

then……

Let me do a quick calculation!
Yes!

Liang Xiaogang rubbed his eyes, his gaze fixed intently on the screen!

He saw Mother of Ultra, and she actually did something like a professional, swindling fortune teller, calculating with her fingers!
The movie even provides an explanation!
Because the Plasma Spark Tower was stolen, some technologies of the Land of Light couldn't be deployed at all, making it impossible to locate anything. Then, Mother of Ultra suddenly remembered the mysterious magic from the East—she had lived in China when she was young and greatly admired Chinese culture. Since the technology was failing, she began to seek help from metaphysics!

Following this, after a series of calculations, she discovered that the source of the energy imbalance was actually Mount Hulu in China.

When Liang Xiaogang saw this scene, his mind went completely blank!
Immediately afterwards, the camera shifted slightly, showing the snake demon using an alchemy furnace to melt the core of the "Plasma Spark Tower" and forge it into a divine artifact!
then……

Seven Ultramen have arrived!
Seven Ultramen were ordered to provide a rescue, but as soon as they crossed into the Earth's atmosphere, they were compressed into seven colorful gourds by the magnetic field of Calabash Mountain, hanging on vines and swaying in the wind.

"Is this a plot that a normal person could come up with?"

Looking at the swaying gourd on the screen, Liang Xiaogang was extremely shocked, staring intently at the screen!

Damn it!

This movie is fucking good!
To make it more vivid and concrete, this movie even went so far as to add a cheerful piece of music!

"Huluwa, Huluwa!"

"Seven flowers on one vine!"

"I'm not afraid of wind or rain!"

"Huluwa..."

After the song ended, she saw the red Ultraman (the leader of the Calabash Brothers) struggling and shouting, "Brothers, don't panic! We are... photosynthesizing, we are absorbing energy. The magnetic field here is wrong. Our energy conversion method requires photosynthesis, just like some green plants on Earth..." The moment Liang Xiaogang saw this scene, he suddenly began to doubt his life. This movie, does it have no shame?

Then, the scene shifts to the snake demon's cave, where she is seen sitting with her legs crossed, using the "Mystic Mirror" to broadcast live the imprisonment of Ultraman King (in his white-bearded old man form and human form)...

Immediately afterwards...

The eldest child came out first!

The appearance of the eldest brother (Red Brother) is completely "borrowed" from the costume of the eldest brother Fizzo in "Ultraman Brothers", and he even has a gourd on his head!
Furthermore, the character design for the eldest brother is quite exciting... The red brother's ability is immense strength, and he can shoot lava beams from his chest, but every time he exerts his strength, he shouts "Fairy, give me back my grandpa!"

Second Brother, Purple Brother (invisibility): Due to the instability of plasma, when invisible, only a color timer floats in the air and flashes, making him easily detectable...

Then the third and fourth brothers started breathing fire and water...

The most outrageous thing is the combination attack, where the seven Calabash Brothers combine to form "Super Saiyan Calabash Ultraman". The head is an Ultraman suit shaped like a gourd, while the body is a Frankenstein-like combination of gourd texture and Ultraman shape...

Then, the movie's plot begins with the eldest brother being incredibly powerful, but he falls into the snake demon's trap, gets framed, and is captured...

The same pattern repeats itself: the snake demon uses the stolen Plasma Spark Core to revive monsters from the Classic of Mountains and Seas, causing Ultraman's opponent to become the Gluttonous Ultraman, whose power is that of an Ultraman warrior corrupted by dark energy, capable of eating anything in sight, even biting off half of the snake demon's scorpion demon husband...

Then a nine-tailed fox appeared, capable of spewing Samadhi True Fire. The flames were as hot as an Ultra Bomb, causing Ultraman's red light to flash wildly...

……

An even more abstract scene is about to unfold!
The snake demon's cave is actually an alien ruin, and its magical artifacts are all high-tech. The jade ruyi she took out is a quantum computer that can predict Ultraman's movements...

The final boss is Calabash Mountain itself, a living mountain range with the face of the King of Ultra. It requires seven Calabash Ultramen to use the "Seven Star Pill Formation" to exorcise it.

During the final battle, Grandpa (King of Ultra) was tied to the alchemy furnace, which was actually an alien spaceship engine. The "Seven Star Pill" that was refined was actually a collective self-destruct program for Ultraman!

……

When Liang Xiaogang saw these scenes, he felt that his worldview was instantly overturned!
You think this movie is simple?

Damn it!
There's absolutely no complicated plot!
The seven gourd brothers are sent forward one by one, and then, amidst a series of thrilling scenes, in a clichéd way, they are defeated one by one...

You think this movie is simple?

He's thrown together all sorts of random elements, making it hard for you to figure out what kind of movie it is!

Yes!

This film combines elements of science fiction, fantasy, tokusatsu, mythology, and educational films for children...

It's hard to describe how a movie with so many elements could actually be shown in theaters!
It's absolutely awful!

Damn you!

Is it just missing the romance element?

Liang Xiaogang felt his brain tremble and goosebumps rise all over his body. He wanted to curse and wished he could run out of the screening room immediately to wash his eyes!
Just when Liang Xiaogang thought this film was the pinnacle of his career...

An even more outrageous scene has occurred once again!

Fuck!
There really is love in this movie. Yes, you read that right. This movie, which has gathered so many great elements, has added a love story!
After a series of special effects that sent chills down adults' spines and got kids' blood pumping...

Finally, the movie came to an end!
It turns out that the snake spirit's true identity is a princess exiled from Nebula M98. She kidnapped the grandfather to avenge the Land of Light for breaking up her relationship with Ultraman Seven. Then she came to Earth and was affected by the magnetic field, instantly transforming into the snake spirit form...

In the end, after being persuaded by a series of words of "kindness and love," Grandpa used Ultra Sign to forge a "Marriage Certificate from the Civil Affairs Bureau of the Land of Light." After tricking the snake spirit into signing it, the snake spirit began to realize her mistake and eventually flew into space to live happily ever after with Grandpa...

Fuck!
This movie!

They even included elements of romance!

The main idea is to cast a wide net and attract fans, right?

"What the hell? This lousy movie can actually make a profit?"

When the ending theme song of "Ultraman Universe: Calabash Brothers Save Grandpa" played, Liang Xiaogang slumped in his chair, the screen displaying the magical image of the seven colorful gourds combining.

After watching this movie, he felt that not only his values, but even his outlook on life had been overturned!
He has been directing films for many years and has seen all kinds of ups and downs.

What movie haven't you seen?

Such a "perverted" movie is simply unheard of and unseen!

It was absolutely inhuman, a truly horrific act of genocide!
........................

Liang Xiaogang didn't know how he walked out of the screening room.

All he knew was that after leaving the screening room, he, who usually cursed loudly, found himself completely devoid of the urge to curse!
My mind is completely captivated by the movie's plot; it's like I'm under a spell!
Immediately afterwards...

He subconsciously looked into the distance...

Damn it!
Another, even more abstract film, "Ultraman Racing," is about to be released!

(End of this chapter)