Disaster Artist

Welcome to Lanchuan, a huge Vanity Fair whose appearance is bright and attracts attention, but the darkness beyond the light is swallowing dreams and strangling lives.

However, life is also like this——

You can give up, you can bow your head, or you can fight, no matter what, life will continue.

After a short period of irritability, Ji Xu regained his strength.

Even though Streamer Films is a magnificent shadow over Lu Qian's head, but they still don't plan to surrender, Ji Xu still tries his best to find distribution channels.

So, he started to contact professional distribution companies. Lanchuan is so big and there are so many distribution companies, so he can always find a breakthrough.

Especially those distribution companies that are keen to release thriller/horror movies, looking forward to them being able to "unfriend" and take over the distribution work.

However...here, Ji Xu felt the powerful influence of the streamer film industry more deeply and clearly.

The email reply, or the system's automatic reply template, "Dear Mr./Ms. XX, thank you for contacting our company, we will review it, wait for a decision before contacting you, please wait patiently" and so on.

Either it is a standard reply, "...Thank you very much for your trust in our company, but..." There is no need to read the following words. It is nothing more than expressing regret but rejecting it.

Ji Xuguang cast a wide net to select at least 30 distribution companies, and selected companies of different types and sizes. However, there are no exceptions!

Although Lanchuan has a well-developed film industry, more than 3,000 films are produced every year, but only 500 of them can be put on the big screen of the theater, and most of the works are stored in the warehouse to accumulate dust. There is never a day to come, and distribution companies are never short of options.

Moreover, the name "Lu Qian" is not a famous talent, or even a former idol. It is normal for these distribution companies to not respond.

However, more than 30 distribution companies did not move at all, like a stone sinking into the sea. If they didn't look at Liuguang Pictures, then Ji Xu would not believe it.

Three months ago, Ji Xu submitted a letter of resignation as soon as his mind became hot, and left Streamer Films with Lu Qian. Lu Qian rolled his eyes and complained fiercely, saying that Ji Xu had made a stupid choice.

But Ji Xu doesn't think so, "Who do they think they are? They are not the one who covers the sky, how could they make everyone reject us?"

At that time, Lu Qian just said one sentence, "It's true that they can't cover the sky with one hand, but their palms are enough to block the sun above our heads."

Ji Xu thought Lu Qian was too pessimistic.

Not to mention whether the streamer film industry can affect the wind direction of the entire film industry, even if they have it, they will not do it to such an extent for a Lu Qian; and, isn't it a failure of the unspoken rules, as for directly blocking a person's entire career? ? Completely change a person's destiny?

It's really not necessary!

It wasn't until now that Ji Xu understood what Lu Qian meant. He saw it more thoroughly than he did.

Besieged on all sides.

Hit walls everywhere.

behind bars.

While Lu Qian devoted himself to post-production, Ji Xu was rejected again and again in reality, pressed to the ground and rubbed hard.

In fact, even though he is in the film industry, Ji Xu boasts that he has seen strong winds and waves and the darkness of life. Working in the streamer film industry, he has encountered obstacles and failures back and forth, and Ji Xu will also be angry and setbacks. He considers himself "hard enough".

But the reality is that from school to society, Ji Xu's life has always been smooth sailing. Like the son of the sun, he is always bathed in praise and pursuit. Even if he encounters some difficulties in the work of Liuguang Pictures, it is just a game of interests. , not a real conflict and rubbing.

It is precisely because of this that Ji Xu acted on a whim and left Liuguang Pictures with Lu Qian.

Up to now, I am out of the halo of "Liuguang Film Industry", and I am stretched everywhere. I once thought that the iron-core relationship has become a friend who may break down at any time. What used to be easy to accomplish requires ten times or twenty times the effort. To be able to see some light.

Ji Xu grew up overnight.

Mouth full of bitterness, but helpless.

They expected difficulties, but the reality is more cruel, and the difficulties may be ten times more difficult than imagined.

"So, is it good news?"

Lu Qian's voice came, but Ji Xu couldn't answer, the voice stuck in his throat, looking at Lu Qian, who was about to transform into a panda with dark circles under his eyes, he was a little sad and a little ashamed, and always felt that he could not help.

The air became quiet again.

After a moment of silence, just when Lu Qian was about to fall asleep, Ji Xu's voice came again, "A Qian, if all of them are rejected, and the film cannot be released after filming, what should I do?"

This is not a threat, but a fact that has happened countless times in real life.

Lu Qian didn't answer, as if he had really fallen asleep, and even his breathing calmed down, and the dust in the air began to slowly settle.

Then--

"I'm going to sell myself, so I'll stop at Thirty-Second Street in the East City and pay off your debts first."

Lu Qian's voice came muffled, with a mellow hoarse stained by tiredness and sleepiness ~www.novelmt.com~ with a nonchalant joke, he said jokingly.

Ji Xu was speechless for a while, and rolled her eyes, "A Qian, I'm serious."

Lu Qian complained silently, "There is no humor at all, you should say it directly, why don't you look down at Shao Man and see how it goes."

Ji Xu just felt a little heartbroken, "Then you become a little wolf dog, right? Ah Qian, this is not funny at all."

"Little wolf dog, haha." Lu Qian was amused by Ji Xu's adjective, and laughed twice.

After a pause, Lu Qian opened his eyes again, and finally became serious.

"I've been thinking about what the meaning of life is, eating, drinking, living, getting old, sick and dying. We always follow the socially prescribed track. It seems that there are always some tasks that need to be completed, but we forget to stop for a while and ask ourselves, what do we want? what."

"Perhaps, life is like this, some people can't find meaning in their whole life, so they just drift with the flow; while some people are lucky to see a ray of dawn, find the color and weight in the depths of the soul, and light up the dark night. Gorgeous, then, do you think these people should go after them?"

Silence spread throughout the room, like the sound of the slow spinning of a vinyl record blank, and the restless mood slowly settled down.

There are no impassioned slogans, no **** appeals, and no disheartened epiphanies. On the contrary, behind those doubtful words, the answer from the bottom of the heart can be clearly heard - the speaker's, and the listener's.

"Mr. Ji, will you choose to follow the crowd because you are afraid of challenges, and then regret it because you give up the challenge? Or do you try to challenge regardless, and then regret it because of your bravery?"