Chapter 1074: Xiao He: Am I going to "lost" the Japanese market?

In the darkness, the terrifying monster bared its fangs and pounced on Chu Xin, who had fallen to the ground.

Just as Chu Xin raised her hand, trying to forcefully block the attack, her collar was grabbed and pulled back quickly.

"Fatty, this is cheesy!"

Chu Xin was pulled and sent flying backwards to the ground, but fortunately, the hospital corridor was exceptionally slippery even though it hadn't been cleaned recently, and she slid quite a distance under the force of the pull.

The instant Zhou Zhiyi reminded him, Fatty Wang Budao pulled another jar from his bag and threw it at Zhou Zhiyi: "This is the only jar I have left, so use it wisely!"

Unfortunately, no sooner had he finished speaking than Zhou Zhiyi pierced through the air with his sword!

The jar was skewered onto the wooden sword, and a large amount of dog blood splattered out, instantly staining the wooden sword red with dark blood. At the same time, the monster that had failed to attack Chu Xin immediately set its sights on Zhou Zhiyi, who was now standing at the front, and roared as it pounced on him!

Zhou Zhiyi immediately raised his hand, quickly pulled out the wooden sword that had pierced the jar, and used the force to smash the jar onto the monster's head!

"Bang!"

With a crisp sound as the jar slammed onto the monster's head, the remaining blood inside splattered out, staining everyone's vision red. Amidst the red and black blood, the wooden sword stained with the finest dog blood pierced the monster's head with remarkable speed!

It was clearly just an unsharpened peach wood sword, with its edges rounded and thick, giving it a cold, unsharpened look. But in that instant, the patterns on the blade, mixed with blood, seemed to gleam with a sharpness. The ordinary wooden sword suddenly possessed the divine power to cut through iron like mud, and it actually pierced through the monster's head!

As Zhou Zhiyi pushed forward, he pinned the monster to the wall behind it in one go!

"hiss--"

Even so, the monster nailed to the wall continued to struggle frantically and roar at the crowd.

Its powerful struggle was so great that even Zhou Zhiyi, who was wielding the wooden sword, found it difficult to withstand.

"Come quick and help!"

Zhou Zhiyi roared.

"They're here! They're here!"

As Wang Budao ran this way, he bit his finger and began drawing talismans, but in reality, his mind was still blank, and he didn't know which spell would work.

"Little Chu Xin! Quick, quick! Take a look at what this monster is! The methods I use to deal with zombies are completely ineffective against it!"

Wang Budao desperately sought help.

Chu Xin was also running and scooping out glutinous rice. When she heard Wang Budao's words, she shook her head with a wry smile and said, "I don't know either!"

The three of them then frantically started tinkering.

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With Xiao He involved in the action scenes of "Long", there's not much to say; it's basically a sure thing.

Eastern metaphysics, feng shui, the I Ching... the classification of zombie systems and related Taoist culture in China are gradually improved in these high-octane action scenes, and the true strength of the "anti-metaphysics" trio and their respective team roles are shown to everyone.

Zhou Zhiyi is a disciple of orthodox Taoism. He is decisive in killing ghosts, possesses a natural aura of malevolence, and is a master at suppressing evil spirits.

Wang Budao came from an unorthodox background and followed crooked paths. His methods of blood sacrifice were extremely harmful to both himself and others, but the talismans and formations he drew were indeed very useful.

Chu Xin was born with the ability to see ghosts, but she was physically weak and couldn't learn much. She was also easily haunted by ghosts. Her family was a very orthodox, reclusive family of metaphysical practitioners. She spent the first twenty years of her life at home, and as a result, she read through the family's collection of books and had a wealth of knowledge. She also knew some knowledge that orthodox Taoism had not inherited.

The backgrounds of these three people are actually very simple, but when they meet, there is a strange chemistry between them.

It might be because whether it's the reliable Zhou Zhiyi, the complaining Wang Budao who never misses a thing, or the introverted Chu Xin who stays at home all year round °• N ?? v ?? l i g h t •° and doesn't like to talk, the three of them and the actors present their daily images in sync, with similarities and resonance.

Therefore, Director Zhuang, who has the autonomy to choose actors and is very familiar with his script, is actually very important.

What surprised Xiao He was that Zhuang Hongyi had simplified some parts of the plot and did not directly and bluntly point out certain plot points.

For example, when the main characters learn that the monster, which is suspected to be named "Lang," actually escaped from a research institute left behind by the Japanese in China, this scene only shows Zhou Zhiyi's ugly face and Wang Budao's cursing, but the plot does not directly explain the origin of this research institute.

Only the Japanese text on the outer packaging and some text inside the research institute can clearly suggest the true situation of this research institute.

Furthermore, because many Japanese characters are derived from Chinese, some complex characters can easily overlap. Therefore, people who are not particularly politically or historically astute might not be able to distinguish between the two at first glance, and would not be aware that this work actually contains personal agendas.

Even foreign viewers would only interpret the protagonists' anger and disgust as the monster "Long" itself, rather than taking a magnifying glass to examine the text on the background panels and figure out what the text was and what it meant.

So, the plot becomes simple: the main characters discover a conspiracy at the hospital (who the mastermind is, those who know, know); the main characters decide to go to the research institute to resolve the crisis (who the bastards built the research institute, those who know, know); and finally, the main characters, together with everyone, unravel the villain's conspiracy! (Who the villain is, those who know, know).

Anyway, Chinese people will definitely understand this plot at a glance. As for others, they may or may not understand it after watching it, but as long as they do some research, it will be a great success for them. It will once again emphasize the actions of those guys on Chinese soil and tear off their hypocritical faces of pretending that nothing happened.

No matter the era, human experimentation is always the most heinous and a source of hatred that the Chinese people have never been able to forget over the years.

Xiao He was somewhat impressed by Zhuang Hongyi after seeing these half-hidden accusations.

Director Zhuang's clever trick is really something; he's not afraid of being blacklisted by Japanese audiences.

Let alone Director Zhuang, he is actually a little worried that he will lose the Japanese market after the official release of "Long".

Although he says he doesn't care, he's living a pretty good life. He's rich and has a market, so what's wrong with him making some money?

He even paid taxes after retrieving it!

Don't let this get you blacklisted!

However, Xiao He was also quite curious about how Director Zhuang managed to get "Long" screened there.

"Director Zhuang, if I remember correctly, you were talking about distribution in Japan these past few days... Are you really planning to release 'Long' in that market?"

Xiao He leaned close to Zhuang Hongyi's ear and whispered something.

Upon hearing Xiao He's words, Zhuang Hongyi raised an eyebrow: "There will definitely be controversy if it airs, but it's not entirely without a chance. Are you afraid? Besides, many similar spy and war films have been shown in theaters there before. Ours is a pure ghost film, so what are we afraid of? I didn't use their flag to openly mock them, and I didn't say a single word against them in the whole film!"

Anyway, Wang Budao kept swearing, and no one knew what he was actually cursing. Whoever got angry just took it personally.

"And it's acceptable for other imported works to include their own agendas and make sarcastic remarks, yet still achieve huge box office success and rise steadily in the domestic market, but it's not allowed for my exported works to include their own agendas and make veiled criticisms?"

Zhuang Hongyi gave Xiao He a look, signaling Xiao He to look to the other side: "I've already negotiated with those guys, don't worry. You're quite popular over there. Although they have their concerns, they're still quite greedy."

Xiao He: "..."

No, Director Zhuang, are you really going to protect me this time?