Pokémon's Lord of Fear

After finishing the matters at Dewen Company, Teng Shu left work early at five in the afternoon.

"Boss, the actors for "Alien" have completed the preliminary screening. Would you like to take a look?" Just after leaving the company, Zoroark quickly followed and took out a document.

Teng Shu's eyelids twitched as he looked at the document in Zoroark's hand.

"Give it to me." Teng Shu took the document helplessly and took a look at it. This time the actors had basically been screened out. Next it would depend on who Teng Shu would choose from these actors.

Anyway, he is the screenwriter, director and investor. If Teng Shu is willing, there will be no problem in getting a black LGBT animal protection environmentalist to play the leading role, but Teng Shu will not do that.

Thanks to the Pokémon League, there are no such magical confrontations in this world.

Chapter 289 Joker 2?

"Boss, have you seen the latest movie?" Zoroark said excitedly. After hearing this, Teng Shu rubbed his brows and leaned lazily on his leather sofa.

"I have seen it. You mean "Joker 2", right?" Teng Shu said calmly. He was on a plane at the moment, heading to the Kanto region. The Kanto region specially cleared a piece of open space on the quartz plateau for Teng Shu to use for filming movies. The construction team was also in place, waiting to build a spaceship according to Teng Shu's requirements.

This time, Teng Shu was going there to supervise the construction of the spacecraft and to do some interior arrangements for it.

Now, a week has passed since Teng Shu became the person in charge of Devon Company.

During this week, Teng Shu has been constantly handling the affairs of Dewen Company and Ghost Pictures. Although he felt a little hesitant at the beginning, he has now gotten used to it and can handle it in an orderly manner.

Fugui also goes to school every day, and only stays in the library to study on his own on weekends when he has no classes.

According to Fugui, he planned to finish his university courses as soon as possible and then jump to graduate school. Then he could stay with Teng Shu and study for a master's degree at the same time.

Teng Shu also supported this. After Fugui finished his studies, Teng Shu planned to hand over Ghost Pictures to Fugui for training, and he himself would be a director. By then, Teng Shu would no longer need to handle the affairs of Ghost Pictures.

After knowing his trainer's idea, Fugui quietly began to study management, and he planned to get a double bachelor's degree.

After Teng Shu confirmed with Kuroda that there was no other matter at Dewen Company that required his personal presence during this period, he decided to go to the Kanto region first to prepare everything that needed to be prepared and then start filming the Alien movie.

Finish shooting as soon as possible.

"Yeah, I heard it was a terrible movie, luckily I didn't go to see it." Zoroark said thankfully. Teng Shu curled his lips, this guy was really lucky.

"Joker" is a very unique movie. The previously released "Joker 1" can be regarded as a hit movie, which brought in good box office revenue. The production company may have learned the experience that "sequels are best left to the original crew, and the company should not interfere too much", so they gave up interfering. The movie "Joker 2" was also produced by the original crew.

So it stands to reason that since the original team made such an excellent movie like Joker 1, then it shouldn't be a problem for them to make a good Joker 2.

After all, Joker is a work based on a comic book original, so it can be completely adapted from the comic book. If that doesn't work, adding some high-IQ crimes and madness from the original version wouldn't be too bad.

But unfortunately, Joker 2 is a bad movie. Even the League, a relatively authoritative film rating company, only gave it a D score, which is uniquely bad. You should know that similar superhero spin-off movies like "Spider-Mrs." only got a C+ score.

And the audience ratings were also very low.

If one person gives a low score, it may be a personal problem, but if a group of people give a low score, it is the problem of the movie.

"The whole movie is very dull, without much emotional ups and downs or highlights, and the characterization of the Joker is not as good as in the first film, like a wimp." Teng Shu gave his own evaluation.

This movie is indeed not that good, but Teng Shu took out his precious rest time at night to watch it. However, after watching it, Teng Shu couldn't sleep the whole night because he didn't know why the original team could make such a bad movie.

Are all sequels bad movies?

"Sounds okay?" Zoroark was eager to try it, and Teng Shu rolled his eyes.

That's how people are.

Everyone else said it was terrible, but I still refused to believe it and went to taste it myself.

"Maybe some people will like it, but for now, there are very few people who like it." Teng Shu yawned, then took out two fear candies, fed one to Little Q who was lying on his head, and the other to the Night Watcher who was in a daze nearby.

The Night Watchman happily took it, ate it in one bite, and then began to daydream again.

"I haven't eaten yet..." Mr. Gengar came out with a resentful look. Teng Shu's mouth twitched, and then he threw one to Gengar, who then happily ate it and shrank back.

Mr. Gengar is the special effects artist hired by Teng Shu. After all, only Gengar can achieve the darkness and deathly silence of the universe.

Although Zoroark is not a problem, it cannot be soundproofed. If it is not soundproofed, the sound of the wind may be recorded carelessly, which is not a good thing for Teng Shu, a director who pursues perfection.

So Teng Shu hired Gengar and asked him to follow him as a special effects artist.

"I still want to take a look~" Zoroark rubbed his hands. Teng Shu didn't say anything. People are like this. They won't give up until they hit the wall.

Let Zoroark go and see, and he will be silent once he sees it.

"By the way, boss, the Dream Demon in the Orange Forest wants to communicate with you about something." Zoroark remembered something and told Teng Shu hurriedly. Teng Shu raised his eyebrows after hearing it. Dream Demon?

Speaking of dream demons, Teng Shu hasn't seen a dream demon for a long time.

Ever since the filming of "Old Corpse in the Mountain Village" was completed, it has brought some popularity to the theme park. Now the Chenghua Forest Theme Park has become a unique paradise. Although there are still people coming here every day to have fun and experience it, it is still far inferior to the crowded occasions in the past.

After the filming of Alien was completed, the spaceship would remain on the Quartz Plateau and become a way for the Kanto region to make money, so Teng Shu could not do anything.

"I understand." Teng Shu roughly guessed what Meng Yaomo was going to say to him. It must be about the issue of future development.

Those ghost Pokémon have been living a comfortable life filled with fear for a while, and they will definitely not be used to returning to their previous lives.

It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality.

It seems that we need to find a way out for these little guys. After all, strictly speaking, they are also employees of Ghost Pictures.

As the clouds under the plane dissipated, Teng Shu saw the highest quartz plateau below, a giant mountain range that divided the Kanto region and the Johto region. Looking at the mountain range below, Teng Shu's expression was a little subtle.

This is where the super rookie Ash makes his debut, and also where the strongest villains in the league, Team Rocket, appear.

It can be said that it is a place of outstanding people and beautiful scenery.

"I think it will be interesting." Teng Shu smiled.

Chapter 290 Props Preparation

"Boss, there's a lot of discussion on the Internet about Murder on the Orient Express Season 2!" Just after getting off the plane and getting in the car, Zoroark came to report on his work.

Teng Shu glanced at Zoroark. Ever since Zoroark learned how to be a secretary from Secretary Kuroda, he has become more professional. He has even learned to actively search for potentially useful information on the Internet. It has to be said that this is a huge improvement, at least much better than before.

"It's normal that there's a lot of discussion about it." Teng Shu said lightly, but he couldn't help but pick up his phone to search for it. After all, Teng Shu was still very concerned about Murder on the Orient Express. This work could be regarded as the most satisfactory revision of Teng Shu's Sherlock Holmes. Although there were many lines that needed to be deleted after the revision, it was at least a success.

Creators all have a desire to share. That is, when a creator creates a work that he thinks is good, he can't wait to get other people's comments and see what others think. Although Teng Shu does not have such a strong desire to share now, he still has some.

So at this moment, looking at the news headline [Murder on the Orient Express! Another pinnacle of mystery works!] on his phone, Teng Shu was in a very happy mood. Zoroark, who was standing next to him, looked at Teng Shu with a smile in his eyes, then took out his phone and took a photo of Teng Shu. The sound of the phone taking a photo made Teng Shu pause.

"Contacting Shizuka again?" Teng Shu looked at Zoroark helplessly. Zoroark nodded very directly. Teng Shu was helpless, but didn't say anything.

Ever since Shizuka and Zoroark separated, the relationship between Zoroark and Shizuka has been as close as a pair of sisters. Although they are not biological sisters, they are better than biological sisters. Teng Shu does not think there is anything strange about it. After all, Zoroark and Shizuka were originally the same person. If there was no Shizuka, then there would be no Zoroark.

The unique achievement reward of the system also prevented Teng Shu from becoming obsessed with Furui, but since they separated, Zoroark has been in contact with Shizuka frequently. They have similar interests and hobbies, so they have a lot in common.

"Let's go. We have to see how the construction is going in the Kanto Alliance." Teng Shu yawned, then took Zoroark and the company's employees on the bus prepared by the Alliance to the filming location that the Kanto Alliance had prepared for Teng Shu. When Teng Shu got off the bus, he was a little surprised.

"This... the effect is very good." Looking at the bumpy rocky ground in front of him and the sci-fi, all-metal spaceship parked next to it, even Teng Shu had to say that the Alliance was really thoughtful this time.

Teng Shu had given the alliance the construction drawings before, but he didn't expect that the alliance could build these two things so quickly.

"Is this the main shooting location this time?" Fawu looked at the shooting location in front of him and was a little shocked, but also a little worried. After all, Teng Shu had already said that this time the shooting would basically be concentrated in the spaceship, and there would be very few shootings outside the spaceship, and even if there was any shooting, it would only be a few shots.

If a movie is limited to just one scene, will it bore the audience?

"It looks good." Teng Shu was very satisfied. The next step was to ask Gengar to prepare the sets, and then fix the sets, as well as the lining inside, and then they could start filming the movie Alien.

Although Teng Shu has some time now, Dewen Company is a large company after all, so Teng Shu also needs to solve the company's problems from time to time, so Teng Shu's shooting cycle is relatively short.

"But fortunately, the story of Alien doesn't require such a large scene." Teng Shu looked at the spaceship in front of him.

The biggest trouble in shooting science fiction horror films is modeling and special effects, but other than that is the script. If the script is good, even a very small place can produce quite excellent works. For example, the horror movie "Buried" in the previous life was very good. There were no ghosts, but it was still amazing to watch.

This time the Alien is a piece of cake for Teng Shu, and the original Alien 1 was somewhat difficult to shoot due to special effects issues at the time. But now Teng Shu naturally doesn't need to be so limited. The biggest advantage of the Pokémon world is that special effects for filming movies can be solved very cheaply.

This also led to a significant reduction in the cost of filming movies in the Pokémon world. If the directors who previously spent 280 million out of the 300 million investment on hiring actors knew about such a cheap and affordable special effects production method, they would probably be able to spare an extra 10 million out of the 300 million investment to pay the actors.

"Mr. Teng Shu, I am the head of the first construction team of the Kanto Alliance." A man walked over, looked at Teng Shu, and extended his hand enthusiastically.

"Hello, hello, I'm Teng Shu." Teng Shu politely shook hands with the other party.

"Director Teng Shu, at present, part of the work in the construction list you sent me before has been completed, such as the alien terrain and the main structure of this spacecraft." The man introduced it to Teng Shu while taking Teng Shu to visit the spacecraft in front of him.

The spaceship in front of him was not particularly big, but this was also Teng Shu's request, because if it was too big it would be very troublesome, and the original spaceship in the alien was not very big either. After all, it was just a transport spaceship, not a space station. If it was one of the space stations that appeared later, I'm afraid the Kanto Alliance would not be able to agree to it so quickly.

"Okay, thank you. Have you finished the layout inside?" Teng Shu looked at the spaceship and nodded. It seemed a little too new now, so he could make it old later.

"Not yet, because we don't quite know how to lay them out." Teng Shu was satisfied with the man's words. In fact, the layout inside the spacecraft did not need to be very rigorous, but Teng Shu had already handed over the internal design drawings to the props team to prepare.

When shooting a movie, not all props have to be restored one-to-one. Sometimes some props may be made temporarily, and then a movable wall is created, which makes it convenient to achieve the desired effects.

Some foods are even made of props. Although they are more expensive than real food, they are convenient when the shooting period is longer.

Chapter 291 Ken Dao: That’s so authentic!

“Like I said, this emerging director Teng Shu is actually just a rich kid who’s out for fun. You don’t really think he’s some special and powerful director, do you?” At this moment, on the Never Change video website, a man named Ken Dao was talking to the audience in the live broadcast room.

This is a middle-aged man with not much hair and wearing a hat. He looks very ordinary, but his active live broadcast room shows that this man does have some fan base.

[It’s so funny. Although Teng Shu is the heir of Devon Company, the two big IPs launched by this company, Sherlock Holmes and Tom and Jerry, are enough for some people to be jealous for the rest of their lives.]

[He is so rich, who knows if he bought these scripts with his own money? I saw someone on the Internet revealing that those scripts were bought from others, didn’t he? ]

[Yes, yes, yes, give money, give Tom, Jerry and Sherlock Holmes (laughing and crying)]

[Kendall definitely didn’t get the money, but how could a store visitor with only 3 million fans dare to touch the Zvochi family? ]

[Before charging: It was so lame; after charging: It was so authentic, it tasted like my mom's! ]

"Hey, you haters please stop talking here. Let's not talk about these rumors that have been around on the internet for a long time. Up to now, which of the movies directed by Teng Shu has been a successful art film? Is there any depth? No! He just relies on scaring people to attract attention." Ken Dao ignored the comments attacking him.

The housing management will take action anyway.

"I'm saying this, which of these big directors today is not successful and famous? Which of them hasn't made profound movies? Does Teng Shu deserve it? Does he deserve to be compared with these big directors?" Ken Dao was still talking.

His nose was held high.

[Don’t Sherlock Holmes and Tom and Jerry have depth? Can’t you see that they use humor to express the deep meaning? ]

[Don’t mention it, my favorite story is the one where Tom, Jerry and the dog share the spoils in Tom and Jerry]

[The metaphor is very good]

[I am dying of laughter. You brainless fans, does Teng Shu have any profound movies? Isn't it just about throwing money? ]

The debate was still going on in the comments, and some nosy bloggers and marketing accounts edited the videos and posted them online. For a while, the entire Internet was arguing about these issues. Whether Teng Shu was a person who spoke with his works, or a person who relied on his wealth to buy other people's scripts, was also a hot topic and became a controversial issue for many people.

Such a debate was naturally noticed by the public relations departments of Ghost Pictures and Devin.