Chapter 1736 - 1556: Entertainment Tycoon of Another World 16 (4,000 Words)_2
Chapter 1736: Chapter 1556: Entertainment Tycoon of Another World 16 (4,000 Words)_2
Ji Yuzhe suddenly began to understand what Jian Shuangshuang meant by acting. Jian Shuangshuang stood up from the ground, patted the dust off her clothes, and walked back into the room normally once more.
She looked at Ji Yuzhe, smiled, and said, "This is acting—portraying a story as if it’s truly happening, providing the audience with a real experience. It’s completely different from traditional stage performances. So, what do you think? Do you have the confidence to learn how to act?"
Honestly, after witnessing Jian Shuangshuang’s astonishing performance, Ji Yuzhe didn’t have much confidence. Just now, Jian Shuangshuang’s acting was incredibly realistic.
In that instant, he even forgot that Jian Shuangshuang was just a child. She seemed to have truly transformed into the story’s decadent male protagonist.
Ji Yuzhe felt uncertain, but he had no other choice now. He wanted to seize the opportunity that Jian Shuangshuang was offering, so he earnestly said, "I will study hard and strive to meet your expectations."
Jian Shuangshuang nodded. She had some confidence in Ji Yu. In any case, he was better than someone with no foundation in acting at all.
The story Jian Shuangshuang previously showed Ji Yuzhe was actually the script for the first movie she planned to shoot. She chose a horror film because it was the simplest and most cost-effective to produce.
Jian Shuangshuang planned to shoot it using a narrative method, filming from the protagonist’s primary point of view to present a series of terrifying events through their eyes.
Moreover, there weren’t many roles in the entire film—a main protagonist, Ji Yuzhe, and then a neighboring family primarily responsible for unraveling the haunting secrets of the deserted house.
For the actors playing the ghosts, Jian Shuangshuang planned to let Feng Ying and Du Ying, Du Xinyu make appearances, while Du Xinning would play the ghost.
Initially, Jian Shuangshuang hadn’t intended for Du Xinning to play the ghost. She was too young, and Jian Shuangshuang feared she wouldn’t be able to capture the right essence.
Unexpectedly, though young, Du Xinning had a remarkable talent for acting. With just a few simple lessons from Jian Shuangshuang, Du Xinning was already performing convincingly.
Besides, playing the ghost mainly involved sudden appearances and disappearances, floating around, relying more on atmosphere than on expressions or physical actions, so it didn’t require high-level acting skills.
Subsequently, Jian Shuangshuang began training a group of people in acting. To better observe the results, Jian Shuangshuang generously used the Memory Stone to start filming.
The filming process was truly challenging because there was no capability to switch scenes or edit, requiring the use of the simplest first-person filming method. If it wasn’t a horror film, the finished effect would really be hard to watch.
With the use of the Memory Stone by Jian Shuangshuang, several determined individuals progressed rapidly. What Jian Shuangshuang had initially expected to take two or three months to achieve in acting training took about only a month to become visually impressive.
Filming then officially began, with Jian Shuangshuang wearing multiple hats—director, production assistant, props master, and film score composer, among others.
This filming endeavor spanned a whole two months, during which she exhausted over a dozen Memory Stones to finally produce a satisfactory film.
The day after the film was completed, Jian Shuangshuang took the Memory Stone to find Zhen Shu for future collaboration on releasing the film. The inn Zhen Shu operated was definitely the best venue for this.
Zhen Shu, who hadn’t seen Jian Shuangshuang for several months, was still very enthusiastic upon seeing her and immediately spun Jian Shuangshuang around, laughing: "Hmm, it’s just been half a year, and you’ve changed quite a bit."
Zhen Shu raised her hand to measure Jian Shuangshuang’s height: "You’ve grown so much taller, you look like a big kid now, though your face is still youthful. What brings you to see your elder sister today?"
Jian Shuangshuang laughed and said, "Naturally, I’ve got something good for Sister Zhen to see, but when you watch it, be prepared mentally so you don’t get too scared. What I’m going to show you is a bit frightening."
Zhen Shu burst into laughter and pinched Jian Shuangshuang’s cheek: "What, are you underestimating your sister? Even though your sister is just running an inn now, she’s still the most formidable Xuan Master in Wujia Town.
Ask around outside; who’s daring enough to say that your sister is timid? Whatever you’ve got, take it out. I assure you, I won’t be scared."
No sooner had Zhen Shu finished saying this than she regretted it. She followed Jian Shuangshuang into a quiet room and, following Jian Shuangshuang’s directions, covered the windows with black cloth.
The inn’s staff were very curious and didn’t know what Zhen Shu and Jian Shuangshuang were doing, but before long, they began to hear strange noises continuously coming from inside the room.