Chapter 395: Reversal after reversal, 'Saw' is released
Martin is actually no stranger to his father's arrogance.
There was a lot of discussion before, but in order not to run out of money to go everywhere and show off, he has been silently enduring and trying to please her.
Now, he no longer feels it is necessary.
Now that he has decided to find his own way, Martin has never considered getting help from Paige.
He believed that Xu Ji was also interested in him as a person, rather than the influence of Paige Pictures in the United States.
Even if I starve to death outside, it is absolutely impossible to go back and beg my father again!
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After Wesker left angrily, the director couldn't help but say:
"Mr. Martin, is this really okay?"
— "What?"
Martin came back to his senses and looked at the director.
The other party hesitated for a while and then said:
"If you offend your father like this."
"It's not good for us."
"The movie "Saw" hasn't been rated yet."
"With Paige's help, maybe we can get the R rating."
"Otherwise, judging from the content of the movie, Nc17 has not escaped."
After the director finished speaking, Martin was also stunned.
He almost forgot about it.
As a horror film, "Saw" does have a lot of bloody and violent scenes.
Rating is a very critical issue.
The United States is not like China, where movies must be rated before being released in theaters.
Needless to say, the lower the level, the fewer the restrictions, and the greater the help for the movie's box office.
Rated R means those under 17 years old must be accompanied by a parent or guardian to watch.
But for Nc17, it means that teenagers under 17 years old are directly prohibited from watching.
Although the difference between the two sounds not big, in fact the impact is huge.
The impact on the box office is not of the same magnitude at all.
If "Saw" finally gets an Nc17, the box office is estimated to be less than 20%.
In this regard, we have to rely on the help of Paige Pictures to be more secure.
Thinking of this, Martin immediately regretted it.
He stood up and ran out the door.
......
Martin still went and begged Wesker in a low voice.
Of course, he was constantly convincing himself.
This movie means a lot to him, so it doesn't matter even if he lowers his head a little.
Although Wesker didn't give a good look after meeting him.
But when he saw Martin coming to beg him in person, he still agreed.
This is his character. On the surface, he is indeed a strict father.
But when his son is in need, he will still help.
Otherwise, Martin would not have been able to defraud him so many times before.
So many times before, he certainly knew that Martin's so-called projects and reasons were just to defraud money.
But this amount of money is really nothing to Wesker.
Paige from Eight Pictures, giving Martin a few million to play with is basically no pressure.
At the very least, Martin will not rely on his status to affect Paige's management.
Wesker just let him go
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But this time, Wesker could clearly feel it.
This prodigal son of mine is indeed different.
I feel particularly attentive to this low-budget film.
He was so tough at first, but later he came out to apologize and beg for help.
I originally thought that the other party was planning to ask for money again as before.
But I didn’t expect that it really wasn’t.
It's because of the movie rating.
"Sir, I think the young master is serious this time."
Wesker's assistant also spoke at this time.
Of course, Wesker shook his head at these words.
"The Chinese people probably just wanted to try it with him."
"With these millions of dollars of investment, our Paige projects will not be so shabby."
"He's the only one who takes it seriously."
Wesker spoke his mind.
I came here with high expectations.
As a result, I was naturally disappointed when I saw that Martin's place was in such an environment.
"Remind me when the movie comes out. I'd like to go see it."
"What kind of movie is it."
Although Wesker didn't have high expectations.
But in the end he said so.
The assistant who has been with Wesker for decades is actually not surprised by this.
This is Wesker's character.
What you say and what you actually do are completely different things.
"Got it, Mr. Wesker."
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About a week after Tongji Entertainment’s graduation season performance, the popularity gradually dropped.
At this time, Kiwi started to promote the drama "Bright Sword".
After paying such a high price for copyright fees, Xuanfa Shang Congzhu will naturally not be reluctant to pay.
On the day "Bright Sword" was scheduled to be released, almost all the news on the Internet was about this drama.
Of course, the biggest publicity point is still placed on Xu Ji as the screenwriter and producer.
The label also has "Xu Ji's New Drama" in the most conspicuous position.
Although he is a top-tier director, Song Lili is not the most important publicity point.
Of course Song Lili also saw Kiwi’s choice for this announcement.
I am also very helpless about this.
Although I feel a little unhappy, from a publicity perspective, there is really nothing wrong with this approach.
Song Lili still has a good idea.
Compared with Xu Ji, the gap in popularity between him, a top-tier director, is indeed too huge.
Even if Xu Ji is not the director, as long as the screenwriter has Xu Ji's name on it.
So this drama can still attract the attention of many netizens.
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G station, of course, also saw the announcement of the drama "Bright Sword" from Kiwi.
Especially when he saw Xu Ji's name written in big letters on the promotional poster, Chi Jiang felt very complicated.
Most of the time, Xu Ji should appear in the official G station account.
But this time, he also experienced the feelings of other platforms before.
Fortunately, there haven’t been any dramas that have been broadcasted that we attach too much importance to at Station G recently.
Otherwise, Chi Jiang can only choose to postpone it.
Even if he gets a new drama from Tongji Entertainment, Chi Jiang still has to think more about whether to avoid the schedule of "Bright Sword".
Although he has only watched the first few episodes of this show, he has already secretly felt that if nothing unexpected happens, it will probably become popular in the future.
This means that Xu Ji’s own drama can have a chance to compete with his drama.
But this is obviously not worth the loss.
After all, if both dramas have the potential to become a hit, then the platforms of the two dramas will suffer the most if they fight to the death during the same broadcast.
The audience was robbed before each other.
On the contrary, it will not achieve the effect of maximizing interests.
If this happens, Chi Jiang may still have to consider negotiating with Kiwi to resolve the issue.
Avoiding the schedules of the two dramas is a good thing for both platforms.
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The domestic "Bright Sword" is still in the announcement stage and has not been officially broadcast online.
But here in the United States, "Saw" has been officially launched soon.
Through Paige's relationship, the film successfully received an R-rated release rating.
Martin is quite satisfied with this.
After all, given the content of this movie, it is basically impossible to lower the rating.
It’s different from the original release of “Coco,” which was helped by theaters.
"Saw" was basically released without any announcement.
The film schedule is naturally quite low.
After all, for such a low-budget horror film, it is unlikely that theaters will give it a very high ranking when it comes out.
The risk is too great.
What's more, almost all the directors and actors in the movie are amateurs with little reputation.
On the day the movie was released, Martin himself went to the theater.
Originally, he planned to watch it quietly by himself.
But I don’t know who disclosed the news.
As a result, his so-called friends were all clamoring to go to the premiere of this movie together.
In desperation, Martin himself could only agree.
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"Mr. Wesker, Master Martin's movie has been released."
"Do I need to arrange for you to go to the cinema?"
Paige Pictures, the assistant reminded.
Wesker only remembered this after hearing it.
I took a look at my schedule during this time.
Then he nodded.
"It's nothing to do anyway, I just went to take a look."
Wesker stood up and said.
The assistant nodded, not surprised.
Unlike Martin and the others, Wesker, as the boss of Paige, naturally has the privilege to go to the cinema.
These are specially arranged performances, and only Wesker is in the theater.
Wesker hesitated for a moment, and finally said:
"Are there any other sessions?"
"Take me to a regular venue with an audience."
Even though I say I don’t care, I still don’t like it.
But Martin is so serious this time, he still wants to see the general audience's feedback on the movie.
"I'll go ask."
The assistant immediately agreed.
Then walked out of the theater.
After a while, he came back and took Wesker to a normal open ordinary hall next door.
Of course, although it is a general hall, there are not many spectators at this time.
After all, there is no pre-publicity for the movie at all.
Basically, there will be no audience who come to the theater specifically for this movie.
At this time, most of the seven or eight viewers in the theater actually came to the theater and wanted to watch a horror movie, so they randomly chose a movie.
Wesker frowned.
This still seems a bit too shabby.
If it were Paige's movie, it would be impossible for the premiere audience to be so small.
Although this is not Paige's movie, after all, the producer and director of the entire project is his son Martin.
Even Martin would not deliberately mention his identity.
But when many people mention Martin, his main identity is still Paige’s second son.
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While Wesker was thinking about this, the movie officially started.
Weisier in the opening title is somewhat familiar, it is the logo of the Huaxia Company.
In addition, the names of directors and actors also began to appear in movies.
But Wesker doesn't know any of them.
Obviously, these directors and actors are all complete newcomers, with no reputation or fans at all.
The subtitles ended and the plot of the movie soon entered.
A young man woke up from the bathtub and found that he was locked in a closed abandoned room with his feet locked to the water pipe.
In addition, there is another person in the room, a doctor, who is also locked.
Between the two people is a corpse holding a pistol and a tape recorder.
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"This is a bit interesting at the beginning..."
Wesker said.
I originally heard it was a low-budget horror film.
He thought it would be traditional ghosts and gods.
Now it seems that it is completely different from what he imagined.
The movie is still going on at this time.
The two first found a saw, and then tried to cut off the chains on their feet, but found that it was impossible.
After the doctor's reminder, the young man realized that the saw was not for cutting his chain at all.
But the legs are sawed off.
The two people in the room came to their senses and each found the tape on themselves.
After hooking the tape recorder on the corpse in the middle with his clothes, the doctor played his own tape.
An old voice came. From the content of the tape, we can know that this young man is a peeping tom. He asked the doctor to kill him before six o'clock.
Otherwise he and his wife will die, and the only clue to get out is an x sign.
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Wesker originally watched this movie with a critical eye.
But slowly, as the plot progressed, he became completely involved in the plot.
Especially the terrifying various killing opportunities inside.
And the mysterious jigsaw.
He likes to find people who don't value their own lives, and then designs some inhumane trap games.
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If it cannot be completed, everyone will eventually die miserably.
And many of those who died were miserable.
As the investigation progressed, the two people in the room discovered the surveillance.
Jigsaw, the mastermind behind the scenes, is obviously watching them from behind.
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According to the progress of the investigation, the murderer behind the scenes should be the nurse at the hospital where the doctor works.
And when the nurse called, the doctor who heard his wife and daughter crying finally couldn't bear it anymore.
The previous plan with the young man had failed and was discovered.
He directly picked up the saw that was on the ground and cut off his own foot.
Then he climbed to the body in the middle, picked up the gun, and shot the young man.
That bloody scene, even though Wesker was prepared beforehand, still felt horrifying.
Although I was scared, I was still attracted by the plot and continued reading.
At this time, the few spectators in the theater actually gradually became serious from being indifferent at first.
As expected, the paramedic appeared. After examining the young man's gunshot wound, he planned to kill the doctor who had amputated his foot.
But what he didn't expect was that the young man suddenly got up from the ground, knocked him to the ground with the toilet seat, and smashed him into a bloody mold.
The doctor with the broken foot crawled towards the door, preparing to call the police, leaving the locked young man to continue waiting here.
All this was still what the two had planned before.
Wesker can no longer remember how many times this has been reversed.
He was completely impressed by the script.
Just when he thought it was the end of the movie.
The third tape appears.
It's still a mission, but this mission is for the caregiver who everyone thought was Jigsaw before.
The caregiver is not Jigsaw!
Just when Wesker was surprised by this change, he saw a scene that shocked him.
The corpse that had been staying in the room suddenly stood up on its own.
Then he staggered towards the door, closed the door, and said: "Game over!"
Wesker thought about the details before, such as the jigsaw killing people who did not cherish their own lives, so he was not a caregiver, but the patient.
Also, he likes to see the games he designed up close. It turns out that everything has been foreshadowed long ago.
This script is absolutely amazing!
At this time, Wesker no longer cared about the low-budget films that he had always looked down on before.
I was completely shocked by the plot that turned around several times.