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Chapter 154 Fang Biezai Gets Nervous (Second Update, 7000 Words Complete! Requesting Monthly Tickets!)

Liu Mang was very anxious; that's just his impatient nature.

Wu Kai was originally an impatient person, but he has been worn down quite a bit.

Secondly, the actors, stunt doubles, and many extras in "The Grandmaster" were all professional martial arts practitioners. What could he possibly say?

Moreover, with powerful figures from Shaolin and Wudang backing him up, he couldn't get angry.

"Fatty, there's no use rushing these things. You have to wait for them to figure it out themselves."

Actually, Fang Bie is almost there.

After getting used to being watched and facing the camera, Fang Bie's performance was quite good.

It's at least beyond the average level; you could say it's natural and smooth.

After all, Liu Mang wrote the film character design based on Fang Bie himself.

But the problem is Su Mulin.

This young lady just can't seem to get the right feeling out of her acting.

"Oh dear, what should we do?"

Liu Mang sighed as he watched the monitor.

But no one answered his questions.

He turned around: "Huh? Where's Lao Fang?"

Wu Kai added, "He probably went to the restroom. I just heard him say he drank too much water."

Liu Mang nodded, then turned around and said, "Let's do it again!"

Originally, Liu Mang had only mechanically repeated the statement, and he didn't have much hope.

But this time, the young lady nailed it in one take. In fact, she didn't just pass; she nailed the shot perfectly, naturally, and smoothly.

"Hmm?" Liu Mang immediately perked up.

"Skinny Monkey, why did Miss suddenly become an actress?"

He had a feeling that once he found the reason, his movie would be a success!

Wu Kai shrugged: "I wasn't there for the first two movies. How did you guys film 'Shadow of Light'? How was the young lady's performance back then?"

Liu Mang's voice was devoid of emotion: "I had to do countless takes to portray a corpse."

"..." Wu Kai rubbed his temples. "That's simple. Think about the differences. Divide the timeline into three points: the first is during 'The Shadow of Light,' the second is during the previous filming, and the third is after the young lady has passed away. What points are present in the first two but not in the third?"

Liu Mang frowned, deep in thought.

Nie Fang joked from the side, "It can't be because Director Fang was there the first two times, but we passed this time because he went to the bathroom and wasn't there, right?"

That's ridiculous.

But when he looked up, he was startled to see Liu Mang staring straight at him.

"W-what's wrong?"

"I think you have a point!"

"Hmm? What makes sense? Tell me about it."

Fang Bie finally returned from the toilet.

He had the air conditioning on all night last night and has a bit of diarrhea.

"Uh, it's nothing." Liu Mang clapped his hands. "Come on, let's take another take while we can still feel it!"

Ten minutes later.

"Tsk, it seems Old Nie was right after all."

Fang asked curiously, "What's right?"

"It's nothing," Liu Mang patted him on the shoulder. "Old Fang, can you do me a favor?"

"What?"

"My stomach is a little upset, could you go to the bathroom for me?"

"No, you can substitute for someone else when you go to the toilet?"

"Stop talking nonsense! Men! Throw him out!"

"Holy crap! Liu Mang, are you rebelling?!"

No one dared to do that before.

Unfortunately, the director is now the most powerful person on set, and Liu Mang has the final say.

This was something that Fang Bie and Su Mulin had agreed upon.

Moreover, Nie Fang and his film crew were on the sidelines the whole time and understood what was going on.

So two burly men from the film crew appeared, one on each side, and grabbed Fang Bie and threw him out of the film set.

They also brought Liu Mang's order—Fang Bie was not allowed to appear on set for any scenes involving the young lady.

As for what to do when the two of them have scenes together, we'll see.

Fang Bie, who was outside the film crew, spat and then patted his butt to go find Wu Qiong and the others.

With the game progressing smoothly, as a major shareholder who had invested money, he had to go and take a look.

At least when you go to the company, people will know you are "General Manager Fang", right?

"Passed!"

Liu Mang clenched his fist, signaling the end of today's filming.

All he wanted to say to Nie Fang was "Nice!"

Once Fang Bie disappeared, the young lady's acting was completely flawless.

Although a few shots were taken multiple times, most of these were due to unfamiliarity with the camera positions and lenses.

Of course, Liu Mang also severely criticized the photography team led by Nie Fang.

After exchanging opinions with him, Nie Fang agreed and made a profound self-criticism.

In the future, whenever we film scenes featuring a young lady, we need to learn to adjust the camera angles flexibly. We can't expect the young lady to cooperate with the camera crew; the camera crew should cooperate with the young lady.

Moving the camera, don't you guys know how to do that?

The young lady expressed her flattery and said she would continue to work hard. Finally, seeing that everyone was working hard, she gave the crew 200,000 yuan to buy drinks and ice cream to cool them down.

In the end, everything was peaceful and harmonious, which is cause for celebration.

The next day, Fang Bie woke up early in the morning and found that the young lady was nowhere to be seen at the company.

However, she left breakfast for Fang Bie.

After breakfast, Liu Mang called.

He gave Fang Bie a two-week leave, which meant that Fang Bie didn't have to do anything during those two weeks.

The subtext is: "Old Fang, don't show up on set for the next two weeks."

If Fang doesn't want to go, then he doesn't have to. He has his own things to do anyway.

"Xiao Fang, you're wearing a mask, a hat, and sunglasses all over. It's only the beginning of autumn, aren't you hot?"

"It's hot, but I'm trying to keep a low profile."

Inside a general manager's office, Fang Bie removed his sunglasses, mask, and hat: "Old Wu, what did you call me here for today?"

When it came to serious matters, Wu Qiong became much more serious.

"There are two things. One is that the character design is problematic, and the other is that we have enough manpower now, so we don't need to waste it. You can also put that 'Your World' thing you mentioned on the agenda. We only had a rough draft before, but you can talk about it in detail today."

"It's 'Minecraft,' not your world," Fang Bie corrected, then asked with a hint of confusion, "What's wrong with the character design? Isn't the character I created good?"

Since some of the bosses were going to be female, Fang Bie naturally designed them in the style popular in online games.

They were heavily made up and looked incredibly aloof, with long, white legs and other indescribable features that were also very well-defined.

Any other questions?

"This is a big problem, okay?" Wu Qiong said helplessly. "This is supposed to be a high-level martial arts game. When have you ever seen ancient female warriors showing off their arms and legs? Even the demonesses of the Demonic Sect didn't do that, okay?"

"How do you know that people in ancient times didn't expose themselves?"

"Don't argue with me, okay? We're talking seriously, stop with the sarcastic remarks!"

"Alright, alright." Fang Bie's expression became much more serious. "I came to this conclusion after looking at the popular games on the market recently. And I've noticed that people tend to spend a lot on in-game purchases, often exceeding their personal limits."

And what's the most deceptive way to make people spend money on in-game purchases?

The first is, of course, the factor affecting attributes, and the second is the factor affecting appearance.

Card-collecting mobile games are another matter, as they actually exploit people's gambling mentality.

This attribute is unlikely to be sold directly by the official team, unless they want to squeeze out the game's full potential.

Then it's just about the appearance.

Wu Qiong tossed him a cigarette and then laughed: "Xiao Fang, when it comes to drawing, I can't even see your ass, but when it comes to understanding games, I can confidently say that you're no match for me."

"Do you know what the gaming industry is like these days? There's already a lot of that kind of flashy stuff you're talking about. Players are tired of it. Is glowing good? Is showing more skin good? Times have changed, bro."

Moreover, the censorship of games is much stricter than that of movies and TV series.

"All the games these days are flashy and superficial, so if we want to stand out, we need to differentiate ourselves in terms of gameplay and graphics, you know? The moves can be cool, even cooler, but the style and immersion must be strong, and it has to be unconventional."

Fang Bie frowned: "But aren't those players all talk and no action? If a really simple game with really difficult graphics were released, very few of them would actually play it."

To be honest, he was the same kind of person in his previous life.

He'll say he'll play whatever game you suggest, but once it's actually released, he complains about how complicated the controls are and is too lazy to play it.

That's just how real people are.

But he forgot that this was a different world.

The gaming industry in this world is certainly very strong, but since Wu Qiong is going to make a martial arts game, it means he is absolutely confident.

"Clothing can be gorgeous, but not revealing. Or rather, it should be like a woman partially concealing her face. What's more important to us is the gameplay and the storyline."

While they were talking, Xu Kuangfu and Ye Tian were also struggling with something.

"Xiao Ye, you already know the news, right?"

Ye Tian nodded: "Understood."

When the "Hollywood tyrant" was interviewed by Time magazine, he was asked who his favorite director was.

He mentioned several older directors who were either semi-retired or had become producers.

Then he said someone's name.

This person was also the only name he mentioned among the younger generation.

BieFang.

This is a Chinese name.

The bigwigs in China's film and television industry have their own channels, so they already knew about this news in advance.

Given Tom Smith's recent visit to China and his previous comments about challenging Chinese films, they're starting to panic.

What does this mean? Is Fang planning to run away to Hollywood?

Or is it that Fang Bie colluded with Tom Smith to target Chinese films?

However, Xu Kuangfu and Ye Tian both need to find a solution for either one.

It wasn't about how to deal with Fang Bie, but rather how Liu Mang and Wu Kai should respond if Lu Shengyan caused trouble for them.

After thinking it over, Ye Tian suddenly had an idea: "Director Xu, we can hire an online army!"

Xu Kuangfu retorted irritably, "I was almost killed by the online trolls you hired. And you hired online trolls? Then tell me, why did you hire them in the first place?"

"Of course, we'll get Black Director!" Ye Tian said decisively. "Let's find Black Director!"

"Huh?" Xu Kuangfu wasn't stupid; he understood Ye Tian's meaning. "You mean to throw dirty water?"

"Great!" Ye Tian nodded. "Let's create some really ridiculous dirt on them and throw it at the online trolls, then we can get other trolls to stir things up! And then subtly pin it on Lu Shengyan and his group!"

As expected of a seasoned double agent, Ye Tian is a cunning and treacherous fellow. Xu Kuangfu nodded: "So, what kind of dirt is enough to make you talk nonsense? And who are you going to find?"

"Let's say this was all orchestrated by Director Fang himself. It was actually a scheme set up by that Hollywood tyrant. He's always wanted to go to Hollywood, but he's been prevented from doing so by the Chinese film industry. So he made a public bet with Tom Smith, who admires him the most: if Chinese films couldn't compete with Director Smith, then Director Fang would have to go to Hollywood!"

This was Ye Tian's idea.

Xu Kuangfu thought for a moment, then excitedly slapped his thigh: "Brilliant!"

This washing method is great!

First, they let online trolls speculate and accuse Fang of being selfish and self-serving, having no regard for the development of domestic films, and only wanting to develop his own future in Hollywood.

But actually, this is a bad trick.

Because Fang Bie 120E's die-hard fans definitely won't believe it!

Moreover, this accusation is utterly absurd!

Then some "insightful people" will come out and point out that the domestic film industry is panicking. They don't want Fang Bie to leave, so they deliberately splash dirty water on him to stir up trouble and try to tie Fang Bie to the domestic film and television industry!

After all, they had been suppressing Fang Bie all along!

Moreover, Wu Kai was Lu Shengyan's student before, and he has a history of hiring online trolls and black-market trolls!

But Wu Kai declined the Golden Phoenix Award, which he was not eligible to attend!

He was abandoned by Lu Shengyan!

Then Fang reconciled and took Wu Kai in!

What does this tell us?

This shows that Wu Kai was actually a scapegoat! The real mastermind behind the black-hat troll incident was Lu Shengyan!

Xiao Ye's move was extremely cunning and insidious.

Because Lu Shengyan and his group had to come out and refute the rumors in the face of Fang Bie's brainless fans.

But as soon as they refuted the rumors, Xu Kuangfu and Xiao Ye's backup plan came into play.

Then some "wise people" will come forward and ask: "If you're innocent, why are you denying it? Isn't that just admitting guilt?"

In order to resolve this matter, Lu Shengyan and his group will compromise, and the Golden Dragon Award will inevitably clear Liu Mang or Wu Kai of suspicion!

This strategy, which achieves multiple benefits in one fell swoop, is truly unbeatable!

Moreover, Lu Shengyan's prestige would inevitably be damaged afterward, and Xu Kuangfu would have the opportunity to bring Lu Shengyan down!

"Xiao Ye!" Xu Kuangfu grabbed Ye Tian's hand. "With your assistance, I, Xu Kuangfu, am truly like Liu Bei with Zhuge Liang's help!"

Ye Tian smiled and said, "It's all thanks to your leadership, Director Xu."

Of course, he had his own agenda; he wanted to rise to power.

But since we share the same goal as Xu Kuangfu, let's stand with him for now.

Xu Kuangfu nodded: "Then who will send the first message from Black?"

Ye Tian smiled slightly: "Director Xu, why don't we both write it down on paper and then show it to each other?"

Xu Kuangfu readily agreed.

A moment later, the two of them simultaneously unfolded the blank paper and then laughed together.

All that could be seen on the paper was the same name.

"The Great Onmyoji - The Strongest Paramecium!"

I'll eat first, and try to finish another chapter tonight.

(End of this chapter)