When Xu Qiao finished filming and left the Hundred Ghosts crew, only the last of the five stories in the series had not been completed.
Judging from the time, it should be almost finished now.
The first four stories were independent and underwent post-production editing after filming. Now that the last story of One Hundred Ghosts has been completed, it can basically be aired.
Going onto Weibo, Xu Qiao looked through the official Weibo account of Bai Gui, which had just released a pilot film with each story edited separately.
The investors of Hundred Ghosts are not short of money. They have been promoting the film continuously while it was still being filmed. Now that it is about to be aired, they have spent even more money to build momentum. The materials they have invested in and the big V self-media they have cooperated with can send two or three entries related to Hundred Ghosts to the hot searches every day.
Among them, "Water Ghost" was quite bold in content, and the pilot film led the five stories in terms of reposts, comments and likes by a large margin.
Xu Qiao clicked on the video, Xu Siyi looked up, put the painting he had drawn back to its original place, and looked at it with him.
The first thing that appears in the picture is a scroll. When the ribbon is untied, the scroll spreads out like water.
A silent lake. With the soothing and gentle background music, dead leaves drifted to the lake surface with the wind, creating ripples, and the babyish voice of a little girl was heard.
"Are you afraid of anything?"
The bgm paused for a few seconds.
Then a pale, thin hand reached out from the lake and picked up the dead leaf, and a gentleman's face emerged from the lake. His long hair spread out like waterweed, and his eyes, stained with water droplets, were clear and calm, as if he was looking at someone.
"I'm afraid of fire." The voice-over sounded.
The following shots are interspersed with scenes of the water ghost Liu Wen carefully teaching Wang Xiu to read and write, followed by a few fast cuts, and Wang Xiu has grown taller and more graceful like the willow trees on the shore.
The scene changed and a young Taoist priest appeared. He was unfamiliar with the Taoist techniques and was clumsy, rolling down the mountain with his bag on his back.
“Ahh—”
The bushes halfway up the mountain stopped him. The dizzy little Taoist saw the goose yellow skirt, raised his head, and met Ah Xiu's eyes.
The BGM then slowly changes from light and lively to rapid and low, and the "boom" and "boom" music hits the eardrum.
"A golden boy and a jade girl." Outside the clinic, the villagers' teasing voices could be heard one after another.
Wang Xiu looked at the young Taoist priest and then looked away uncomfortably.
The slug spirit's voice began to emerge, "What's so good about that little girl Wang Xiu? Is she worth a hundred years of companionship between you and me?"
He turned around, revealing a face that looked exactly like the water ghost's, but with a completely different feeling.
The camera zoomed in on his eyes, and the brightly colored pupils reflected Liu Wen's expression, which had changed from clear-headed to trance. The two of them were entangled in the water, their faces pressed together and kissing passionately.
The beautiful slug spirit was bewitched by the empty-eyed water ghost Liu Wen. Her long hair fluttered and intertwined, and in the underwater camera, everything was so slow that nothing could escape her.
When seeing this scene, Xu Siyi turned his head and glanced at Xu Qiao.
He looked focused, with his head half lowered as he watched the video, revealing thin and beautiful lines on his jaw, shoulders and neck.
Xu Siyi thought of the kiss under the water that day. He hugged this person, and for some reason, a strange desire surged in his heart, as if he wanted to rub into the cracks of his bones, and pressed him down and kissed him tightly.
Xu Qiao was as obedient as a doll, enduring and cooperating with a dazed look on his face.
Xu Siyi moved his fingers and thought it might rain today. The weather was very hot and humid. He stood up, walked to the window and pushed open the glass window.
Xu Qiao glanced at him, and when he saw Xu Siyi coming back after pushing the window, he turned his gaze back to the screen.
This was followed by the slug spirit's contemptuous voice that sounded like a smile.
"I imitate you in everything, even my transformation, but you just look down on me, right?" The ending tone was light and floating, with a deliberate seductive meaning, and the slug spirit stuck to Liu Wen's body again, "Now you are the same as me."
The camera turns.
"I came down the mountain to exorcise demons and eliminate evil for the people!" With the cold voice of the little Taoist priest, the scene came to an abrupt end.
Just when Xu Qiao thought the pilot had ended, the voice of the female doctor Wang Xiu rang out, as weak as a candle in the wind.
"fire… "
Her collapsed and low voice was intertwined with the innocent and ignorant voice of her childhood.
"Are you afraid of anything?"
The picture went completely black, the scroll rolled up, and the words "Water Ghost" appeared on the screen.
Xu Qiao turned off the video.
"The editing is good." Xu Siyi watched it nearby and commented, "The soundtrack is also OK."
The editing transitions from slow to fast, and the atmosphere becomes more and more tense. In just a few minutes, there is a sense of contradiction and anticipation.
Xu Qiao nodded in agreement and retweeted the Weibo post.
“What do the reviews say?”
Xu Qiao opened the comment section, scrolled down, and saw that the audience was discussing enthusiastically.
"One Hundred Demons" rarely revealed any plot details before. In the "Water Ghost" chapter, he played two roles, and the two roles were so contrasting that they attracted a lot of attention.
[I actually saw Narcissus in a Chinese TV series, it was so exciting, my brother is so handsome, I’m covering my nose for blood]
[Can you cut out the kissing scene underwater a little bit? I can imagine a thousand-word little yellow mosquito]
[I didn’t expect that he played two roles. The preview was really exciting.]
However, because the character of Slug Spirit is somewhat controversial, being androgynous, and to some extent easily associated with his previous role, the brothel boy, it aroused the disgust of some people.
[It does look quite attractive, but why does Xu Qiao always play such feminine roles?]
[What do you mean by acting all the time? Brother has only played three roles in two dramas. Playing two roles in Water Ghost is a real test of his acting skills. Isn’t Liu Wen’s performance also outstanding?]
[The slug essence is too disgusting, I really can't accept it, can you be a little more manly?]
[? ? No, it’s just a play. Why do you care? I think it’s a good performance.]
[Don’t mind the nitpicking, my brother’s acting is good and anyone with a discerning eye can see it, I look forward to the feature film being aired]
[I won’t say more. Although there are only a few scenes in the trailer, I’m still attracted to Liu Wenwen and the slug spirit.]
[I got +1]
Whether it was a good review or a bad one, it always provided heat. Xu Qiao put down his phone and glanced at Xu Siyi: "If they knew that the stand-in in the movie was you, would they scold me even more?"
With Xu Siyi's popularity, Xu Qiao could almost imagine how his fans would tear him apart if they knew about it.
Xu Siyi smiled nonchalantly: "If you want to scold someone, scold me."
He paused, raised his sharp eyes, and said, "I volunteered."
After saying that, Xu Siyi stood up.
"We have to go back." He looked at the drawings on the table again, stopped and asked, "By the way, what game is this?"
Xu Qiao replied: "The End of the World has not been released yet. Are you interested?"
"Quite interesting." After learning the name, Xu Siyi picked up the thermos bucket of soup on the table and left.
On the way back, he searched for game-related content and found the official website of Dianxing Technology. There was a special area on the official website that introduced the settings of the main characters in the game.
I don’t know if it’s because the writing skills are too good, but Xu Siyi feels that when he reads these words, the pictures seem to jump out on the paper.
This might be a good game, this thought popped into Xu Siyi's mind.
…
Just as fans were eagerly looking forward to the broadcast of the "Water Ghost" volume, the "Survival" documentary took action first.
What was released was a promotional poster shot by a drone.
The background of the poster is an endless tropical rainforest, in which a group of wild Asian elephants are particularly eye-catching.
They are huge and heavy.
In contrast, there is a young boy carried on the back of the leading female elephant.
The boy was thin, in stark contrast to the giant elephant beneath him. He lay there as if he was asleep, his body covered in blood and mud.
The calf next to the mother elephant raised its trunk to touch his finger.
This scene is extremely harmonious and shocking in terms of composition, color tone and content.
[I love this picture quality, save it as wallpaper]
[The color tone is really comfortable, which adds a bonus to the promotion. The poster is really well made. There is no trace of synthesis. It is really natural.]
[Suddenly I am looking forward to this documentary]
[How can I support my brother's program?]
[But there is really no trace of photo-editing on this poster. It was cut out pixel by pixel. The post-production of the poster is really amazing.]
Gong Sheng: “???” Who told you that this poster was synthesized
Seeing that netizens generally gave positive comments on the poster, Gong Sheng smiled proudly.
He himself is very satisfied with this poster. When the documentary disc is released, it will definitely be used as the cover or included in the commemorative album.
I originally wanted to explain that the poster was not composited, but was directly shot by a drone. Xu Qiao really climbed onto the back of a wild Asian elephant.
After thinking about it, Gong Sheng decided to forget it, since he would know the answer after the first episode was aired.
On the night of the broadcast, Gong Sheng finished his work, looked at the time and decided to get off work, so he packed up and went out.
After taking two steps, I saw Ji Jiang, the director of the variety show channel.
Ji Jiang looked at him as he was about to leave work and was quite surprised: "Director Gong, are you going home now?"
"Why don't you go home after get off work?"
Ji Jiang leisurely admired his unhappy expression: "Tonight our station's "Living Together" and your documentary will both premiere, why don't you stay and monitor the data?"
Gong Sheng curled his lips. He didn't have any expectations for the documentary's ratings. What was there to see? Anyway, the ratings would be out tomorrow after it was aired today.
If it’s 0.1%, he will breathe a sigh of relief; if it’s 0.2%, he will burn incense and pray to Buddha and wake up with a smile in his dreams.
"No need to watch it anymore. My wife and kids are waiting for me to go home for dinner." Gong Sheng waved his hand and walked past him.
Ji Jiang shrugged and said vaguely, "I don't know if there is 0.5%."
It's hard to tell whether he was talking about their variety show or his own documentary.
Gong Sheng took a deep breath, resisted the urge to curse, and walked out with his briefcase.