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Chapter 293 Zhou Yang, I'll fuck you!

evening!

Feihe Cinema Screening Room.

Liang Xiaogang walked out of the screening room...

he……

I've watched all the movies released by [Xuan Shi Entertainment] one by one...

After reading it, he felt like his head wasn't even his own anymore...

Ultraman the Dark Lord, Ultraman the Mighty, Ultraman the Racing Car, Ultraman the Judge's Night Trial, Ultraman the Universe: Calabash Brothers Save Grandpa...

Of these five films, three were so diverse that it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say they were all making their own unique styles...

He glanced back at the plot of "Dark Lord Ultraman," took a deep breath, and for some reason, felt a little bit of déjà vu!

"Bao Gong's Night Trial of Ultraman" is a Sino-Japanese fusion of modified magic and technology, while "Ultraman from the Universe: Calabash Brothers Save Grandpa" is a hodgepodge of multiple elements, a little bit of everything...

However, "Dark Lord Ultraman" seems to have a little bit of plot. It is a story about Ultraman's revenge, a pure action movie formula!

The righteous warrior "Light" of the M88 Nebula was betrayed by his comrades and imprisoned in a dark matter prison. Ten years later, he absorbed black hole energy and transformed into the Dark Lord, his chest armor timer becoming the core of his vengeance. Manipulating plasma energy to monopolize cosmic routes, he returned to the Land of Light as "Count Ultraman," shattering his enemies' masks of deceit with the Specium Beam. In the final battle, he transformed the Solar Energy Matrix into the "Hellfire Gallows," engaging his nemesis in a supernova-level duel amidst a rain of meteors—"Judgment! In the name of darkness!"

But looking back at the plot...

What the hell!
Why is there a slight, inexplicable sense of familiarity?

Damn it, why is it so similar to the plot of "The Count of Monte Cristo" in Western stories?

The original movie features a count, and you're making a count movie here too? You've got absolutely no shame!

After watching the whole thing, Liang Xiaogang didn't know how to describe his emotions, but he was absolutely shocked!

Liang Xiaogang ultimately didn't go see the two movies, "Ultraman Mighty" and "Ultraman Racing".

But given the track record of other movies...

Most likely, these movies are more and more abstract than the last!
He could even speculate that "Racing Ultraman" might be made up of two actors wearing Ultraman masks, who cobbled together a messy plot and setting, and then, as the fighting progressed, the outcome was decided by racing...

Just as Liang Xiaogang was looking miserable!
His phone rang!

The call was from director Chen Kesen!

Chen Kesen was a bit irritable!
"Director Liang, have you seen the movies that Zhou Yang is showing?"

"Look!"

"Damn it, the filming was just... too... I don't even know how to curse him anymore. This guy is a menace..."

"..."

"I checked the information of these directors, and they're all just ordinary directors. Some of them aren't even in the industry; Zhou Yang just pulled them in to make movies..."

"..."

"You come with me. Go to the relevant department immediately and report to Director Chen. If he continues to cause trouble this March, the Chinese film industry is doomed!"

"..."

..............................

Relevant departments of China Film Group.

There was a knock on the door of Chen Li's office, where he was working on his research.

After the secretary peeked in and gave a brief report, Chen Li felt a bit overwhelmed, but ultimately nodded.

"Let them in!"

The moment he finished speaking, the meeting room door opened.

Chen Li saw Chen Kesen, clutching a crumpled film schedule, suddenly push open the door to Chen Li's office and walk in with a grim expression, followed by seven or eight other directors with equally ashen faces.

Liang Xiaogang slapped five movie ticket stubs on his desk. The title "Bao Gong's Night Trial of Ultraman" on the ticket stubs was very eye-catching in the evening sunset.

"Director Chen, I can't take it anymore! Damn it, do you even know what kind of movies he makes? Look at this! Calabash Brothers and Ultraman crossbreeding? Turning a guillotine into a quantum weapon? This isn't making a movie, it's just shoving shit into the audience's brains! Is this a movie that can be shown?"

Chen Kesen trembled all over, his face turned red, and the veins in his neck bulged: "Director Chen! Really, do you know what I heard? I heard that the whole industry is laughing at our Directors Guild for having a lower entry threshold than a sewer... I heard that other industries are laughing at our movies for being such garbage. Ugh, I can't take it anymore!"

Li Mingrui then took out a data sheet and placed it on the table. The data sheet showed that the five "Abstract Ultraman" movies occupied the top five spots in the day's movie screenings, accounting for a total of 63%!

"Look at this guy, what is he doing? This guy is taking advantage of his control over the movie theater scheduling system to recklessly schedule screenings for his own movies. It's completely shameless business behavior. Look at these movies, there is absolutely no creative logic to speak of, no storyboard design! No acting skills! They rely entirely on knock-off IPs and barely passable special effects!"

He suddenly lost control of his emotions and slammed his hand on the table: "Today he can use the Calabash Brothers to hybridize Ultraman, tomorrow he'll dare to have Sun Wukong fight Spider-Man!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the conference room fell silent. Li Mingrui shuddered and then his eyes widened!

Damn it, this guy already made "Monkey King vs. Superman 2", is there a problem with making another one like "Monkey King vs. Spider-Man"?
The sudden silence in the office caused everyone's faces to gradually turn ferocious, and some even began to lose control and break down!

"Director Chen, if we let him make movies like this, the entire film industry is doomed. Director Chen, we must deal with this seriously!"

"..."

Seeing everyone's angry expressions, Chen Li put down the documents in his hand, sighed, and felt even more overwhelmed. But in the end, he looked at everyone and said, "Everyone, calm down. Zhou Yang's films are all children's special effects films. From 'Bao Gong's Night Trial of Ultraman' to 'Calabash Brothers Save Grandpa,' they are essentially lighthearted farces for children. Judging them by the standards of art films is like using Michelin standards to judge roadside cotton candy—you're going in the wrong direction... We've reviewed these films, and apart from the somewhat 'unique' plots, there's nothing wrong with them..."

After seeing everyone fall silent...

Chen Li shook his head: "Films should be diverse and vibrant; isn't that what makes them interesting?"

Li Mingrui clenched his fists, his face turning ashen. "Director Chen, according to your logic, should we all follow Zhou Yang's example from now on? Change 'Water Margin' so that Wu Song pilots a Gundam to fight a tiger? Have Lin Daiyu bury flowers with a laser sword?" He ripped off his tie, his voice trembling. "Fine! Tomorrow I'll have the crew remake 'Overlord' into a mecha battle—anything can be made into a children's movie, right?"

Chen Kesen, his face darkening, added insult to injury: "Since artistic standards are so cheap, why not just change the funding to an 'Abstract Creativity Award'? I'll go back and have my team write 'Tang Monk's Interstellar Racing,' guaranteed to be even more 'creative' than Calabash Brothers fighting monsters!" Several directors, hearing this, pulled out their phones, pretending to dial...

But Chen Li remained silent: "As long as it passes the review, you can all film it like this. The market is very tolerant..."

This one sentence seemed to have gripped the throats of all the directors, and the conference room suddenly fell into a deathly silence.

Then, finally, no one made those calls!

Ultimately, these directors couldn't bring themselves to make the film, and in the end, they were all furious, but none of them really dared to make a movie that could ruin their reputations...

Isn't this fucking ridiculous?

..............................

"Director Liang, what's your opinion on Zhou Yang's new film?"

"Director Chen, what measures will the Directors Guild take to deal with this type of film?"

"Did any consensus reach at this meeting?"

"..."

[At the entrance of the relevant departments of China Film Group]

As night deepened, the buildings in front of the relevant departments remained brightly lit.

Countless media reporters flooded in, completely surrounding the entrance.

When Liang Xiaogang and his entourage walked out the door with grim faces, the reporters who had been waiting for a long time immediately swarmed around them like sharks smelling blood.

A blinding flash of light erupted from the cameras, microphones were thrust out in front of them like a forest, and a cacophony of questions rose and fell.

With a livid face, Liang Xiaogang pushed away the microphone in front of him and, under the cover of his assistant, quickly walked towards the parking lot.

His suit jacket became wrinkled during the shoving, and his fists clenched and trembled.

After being surrounded and unable to get a ride, he suddenly lost control of his emotions and flew into a rage, ripping off his mask and roaring at the camera: "Chinese cinema has been ruined by opportunists like Zhou Yang! 'Calabash Brothers Save Grandpa'? Is this a plot that carbon-based life forms could come up with?"

His forehead veins bulged as he threw the movie ticket at the camera: "Today he can get Bao Zheng to behead aliens, tomorrow will he have Guan Yu riding a Harley-Davidson to fight zombies?"

"Grass!"

After finishing his rant, he took advantage of the reporter's momentary daze and finally got into the car.

More than an hour later.

Liang Xiaogang slammed the door shut, cursing and swearing. He ripped off his tie and slammed it onto the sofa. He drank half a bottle of whiskey but still couldn't calm down. He tossed and turned in bed, his mind filled with the absurd images from the movie theater.

Fuck!
Zhou Yang, that bastard!

They're just making easy money!
Why are these kinds of people still being... handled by the relevant departments?

Just then, my cell phone rang!

He suddenly grabbed his phone.

Immediately afterwards, his pupils contracted sharply!
"What? These five movies have an average box office of 11 million?"

"Are the advance tickets for tomorrow selling quite well?"

"Ultraman's box office has actually reached 1300 million RMB? And the pre-sale tickets are selling very well?"

"What an international joke!"

"Are you crazy?"

Just as Liang Xiaogang's expression turned ghostly!
He received another message!
"what?"

"Zhou Yang's mother, he thanked me in front of the media?"

"????"

He turned on the computer as if he'd seen a ghost.

Immediately afterwards...

I saw an interview video.

In the video...

Zhou Yang pushed up his glasses, revealing a disgusting smile.

then……

"Thank you, Director Liang, for the creative inspiration! The idea of ​​'Guan Yu riding a Harley motorcycle to fight zombies' is indeed brilliant, and we have decided to adopt it and make it into a movie. To express our gratitude, we will credit Director Liang in the screenwriting credits and transfer 1000 yuan in creative fees directly to Director Liang's company account."

"..."

After watching the video!

Liang Xiaogang's blood pressure spiked, and he suddenly collapsed!
Immediately afterwards...

"Zhou Yang, I'm a ****!"

(End of this chapter)