Jiangcheng Industrial headquarters is sparsely lit.
As a company whose main business is real estate, Jiangcheng Industrial does not have a culture of working overtime. After get off work, most employees, except for a few departments, have already left.
In the chairman's lounge located on the upper floor, Song Yunyan was sitting on the sofa, with her secretary Li Zijian standing next to her. Lu Jian was sitting diagonally opposite, with a projection screen hanging on the wall of the lounge, ready to play Lu Jian's video.
"This video is about twelve minutes long, not too long."
Lu Tan explained casually.
Secretary Li Zijian picked up the remote control and pressed play.
"Is this a horror theme again?"
Song Yunyan asked curiously. She saw that the camera looked like a surveillance camera, as if it was in a car.
"I don't think it's very scary, just like Indiana Jones, adventure theme!"
Lu Jian immediately replied.
"?"
Song Yunyan was stunned.
She turned her attention to the projection screen.
...
Twelve minutes later, the video ends.
The first two viewers of this video, Song Yunyan and Li Zijian, had completely different expressions.
"Zi Jian, please tell me your thoughts."
Song Yunyan rubbed her temples and asked her secretary to speak.
When Li Zijian heard this, his expression was a little excited.
"The production of this video is quite good. It has a scary atmosphere and the special effects are very realistic. At the beginning, the monster appears and disappears, which makes people feel nervous. Later, the appearance of the fish completely pushes the audience's emotions to the edge of the cliff.
And the last scene, when the protagonist escapes and sees the smiles of his teammates, it really gives the illusion that the heartbeat slows down by half a beat."
He analyzed it for a while, probably wanting to show off his appreciation ability in front of Song Yunyan.
After all, the boss who usually doesn't have any entertainment activities is suddenly interested in this kind of video. It can't be because Lu Tan is handsome. He must be wanting to invest in this field and make more flowers.
Now when asking for your own opinions, you must also look at the understanding of the people under you in this field.
Fortunately, I had to be careful when I went to find Lu Jian in the middle of the night. After that, I did a little refresher on the creation and analysis theory of horror movies, so I don't show my timidity now.
"By the way, the idea of plants growing out of the body is indeed very good, and the special effects are very real. It made me feel itchy all over. The plant that usually looks inconspicuous suddenly turned into a predator, and it also caused a lot of pain.
A kind of insecurity that is broken every day, I like this style very much!”
Listening to Li Zijian's analysis, Lu Tan nodded.
In fact, he didn't think much about it.
I just edited out the shots I thought would be attractive.
I haven’t seriously designed any other ideas to break the daily insecurities.
"That white humanoid monster, I think, is pretty good too. It looks like a human, but in fact it looks different from humans. This should be called the uncanny valley effect, so when its mouth opens and its tongue sticks out,
It makes people feel scalp numb.”
Li Zijian kept talking, which made Lu Tiao feel embarrassed.
"As for the shortcomings, the grassland, the mutated humanoid monsters, and the fish flying in the sky are all too surreal. For Chinese people, the ghosts may be more frightening."
"Then the eating scene in the middle is a little different in style from the rest of the video. Although it looks very tempting, I don't think it matches well."
Finally, the secretary also pointed out the shortcomings of Lu Jian’s video.
"Learned."
Lu Tan nodded in agreement, which made Li Zijian's expression brighter.
"You go out first."
Song Yunyan did not comment, and just asked Li Zijian to leave, leaving herself and Lu Tan alone.
After Li Zijian carefully closed the door and left, Song Yunyan remained silent.
In the lounge with the lights on, Lu Tiao saw that Song Yunyan's hands were trembling slightly.
This charismatic chairman has never seen any big storms, but when faced with what Lu Jian's video showed, he still felt fear.
That's not to say that these things look scary or that Lu Jian's editing techniques are unique and superb, but that these images remind her of that night twenty years ago.
"Where did you film these things? The dead people in this video were eaten like this?"
Song Yunyan did not ask Lu Tian about the authenticity of these videos, because she knew very well that these must be Lu Tian's personal experiences.
What she is most curious about now is where these things exist.
When I think about what if there are really plants that can grow between flesh and blood and turn humans into vegetation, when I think about those human-looking monsters with terrifying mouthparts that may attack me in the night, when I think about those huge, wandering monsters,
When the fish in mid-air swallowed up the human body parts, Song Yunyan felt a shiver from her heart.
That's the fear of the unknown.
"You can rest assured that this is not something of this world."
Lu Tan did not explain the Abandoned Capital and the Quiet Place in detail. For someone like Song Yunyan who had been exposed to related things, she should be able to imagine some more. The more she knew, the more dangerous it might be for her.
"As for the dead, I regret not being able to save them."
"Not this world..."
Song Yunyan chewed on this word repeatedly. She looked at Lu Jian and felt that this young man couldn't understand it at all.
"Don't you feel scared when you face these monsters?"
"How should I put it? In fact, when you really encounter this kind of thing, you don't have time to feel fear. If you don't move, you will die directly."
Lu Tan said matter-of-factly.
"The reason why you took these videos was because of things 'over there'?"
Song Yunyan asked again to confirm.
"Of course, that's exactly why I came to see you, Ms. Song."
Lu Tiao paused and continued.
"You are afraid of the content of the video and the monster in it, right?"
Song Yunyan nodded hesitantly.
"The reason why you are afraid is because these are unknown things, or variations of things that exist in reality, which will make you feel like you are in a strange place, causing natural fear."
Lu Tan followed suit and processed Li Zijian's words just now.
"These things, if shown to others, will produce a similar sense of terror. The reason why I made the video is to let people know about these things in advance."
"Think about it, from ancient times to the present, human beings' own imagination has also created many monsters, such as ghosts, ghosts, and alien demons. However, while these things bring fear to people, they also make some people accept their existence, thus weakening the
fear."
"So, I think that as long as these hopeful images can be broadcast to the world, although it may cause fear for a while, over time, people will gradually accept these abnormal things and eventually eliminate their fear."
"The best way to eliminate fear is to face it. If similar monsters appear in the human world in the future, humans who are prepared in advance will not fall into panic."
What Lu Tan said was so clear that even he almost believed it.
"...You mean, those things might appear in this world?"
Song Yunyan only captured this point.
Reminiscing that the videos Lu Jian shot before were all in his room and the Jiangcheng Grand Theater, it shows that there must be some weird things in this world.
Maybe, these mysterious and weird things are slowly recovering.
In this case, no matter how much money or power it is, it will be difficult to compete with such a monster. On the contrary, people with extraordinary power like Lu Jian may be the real leg.
In this case, there is nothing wrong with spending some money to buy peace of mind and establish a good relationship with Lu Tan.
Song Yunyan, who had experienced these things personally, had an idea.
"Okay, I will invest in you..."
As she answered, she looked at Lu Jian, only to find that something was crawling under the skin on the inside of Lu Jian's arm.
Just like the new shoots about to burst out of the ground in the video.
Song Yunyan felt that her heart and lungs had stopped.
Noticing Song Yunyan's gaze, Lu Tiao looked at his arm.
He lifted it up, saw the restless bulge, and gently smoothed it away.
"Please don't worry about it, Ms. Song. It's just a small problem. If you come out to mess around, you will always have to pay it back."
Lu Tan showed a smile that made Song Yunyan shiver.
It's hard to describe whether those monsters are more terrifying or the young man in front of him is more terrifying.
"I'm not scaring you or threatening you, am I?"
Regarding Song Yunyan's investment, Lu Tian politely confirmed.
"No, no."
Song Yunyan found that her right hand seemed to be shaking even more violently. She held it down with her left hand and shook her head repeatedly.
"Then, happy cooperation."
Lu Tiao stretched out his right hand, and the thing crawling under his skin flashed past.
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