Chapter 165 Tongtong’s Amulet (Please subscribe and vote monthly!)
"Brother, eat this!"
Tongtong opened a brand new pack of chocolate bars and first placed them in Lin Zheng's hands.
Then, he went to find Zhang Xirou, who was sitting next to him practicing, and Mei Jixing, who was giggling while watching the short video.
Finally there is his grandfather.
After giving them to everyone, he took the remaining two and ran to the little black cat waiting for him to play with him not far away.
He took out another one and wanted to feed it to Xiaomi.
But Xiaomi disdains these things.
Its little head glanced sideways, raised its paw, and made a refusal gesture.
How can a noble cat eat such a non-nutritious thing?
Only Moonflower Dew is worthy of me!
Ever since Xiaomi got Yuehualu, she hasn't eaten much, not even cat food.
It is my favorite cat strip, and I have to pester Lin Zheng to feed it one every day, and occasionally I can eat two bites.
All its food has become moonlight.
If it weren't for the amount of Yuehua Dew that Lin Zheng gave me, it would be okay, and basically I only need to feed one bottle a week.
In addition, Yuehua Dew seems to be quite able to satisfy hunger, and Xiaomi has not lost weight even though she goes on a "hunger strike" every day.
Otherwise, it might have starved to death long ago.
After being rejected, Tongtong was not angry. Instead, he smiled and stuffed the chocolate bar into his mouth.
Then, continue to play and make noise with Xiaomi.
It's very heartbreaking to give snacks to others.
This way, he has two sticks to eat!
Delightful!
Lin Zheng, who was not far away, hung up the call from the staff of Secret Media. Looking at this scene, he smiled slightly, put the chocolate bar in his hand into his mouth, and started to bite it.
The taste is ok and crunchy.
It has been eight days since the movie was finished and they returned to Liyue Community.
The post-production progress of "The Ghost Story" has also been very smooth.
Lin Zheng completed the editing of the entire film in just over a day.
Then, he sent the film to the staff of Secret Media introduced by Li Changsheng.
Secret Media is worthy of being a major media company, and the strength behind it cannot be underestimated.
It only took six days to complete the post-production of the entire film, with almost no omissions.
What’s more important is the special effects!
The special effects of this movie "The Ghost Story" are countless times better than those of all Lin Zheng's previous films.
It has almost reached the top level of special effects in Daxia.
The other party sent the completed film. After Lin Zheng checked it, he was naturally very satisfied and even a little surprised.
After that, all that's left is the process of reviewing, finalizing, and scheduling films.
As for these programs, Lin Zheng, who has been playing in online theaters, really has never had much contact with them.
So naturally I don’t know much about it.
Fortunately, the staff at Secret Media took care of everything, so he didn't need to worry about it at all.
Lin Zheng could only look forward and wait.
Logically speaking, among the remaining procedures, the most important one, and the one that has the greatest impact on the movie's box office, is naturally the setting of the film's release date.
A good schedule can allow a rubbish movie to earn more money from the box office, and it can also allow an excellent movie to fully demonstrate its original strength!
But the best time for movie schedules each year is also limited.
Usually it’s those long holidays.
Labor Day, National Day, Spring Festival, etc.
During this period, most people do not need to work and will use various methods to relax.
And watching movies is undoubtedly a better choice.
Therefore, the box office potential and overall market of these periods are undoubtedly the greatest.
But equally, there is also extremely high competition difficulty.
The closest thing to now is the National Day of Daxia in five days.
The next better time slot is the Spring Festival, which will only be available in nearly four months.
But in these two schedules, it seems that "The Ghost Story" is unlikely to be able to win.
It is now September 25th, and five days later, it will be the National Day. Movies that can enter the National Day schedule have been lined up months ago, and have even been promoted for a month or two.
In this case, "The Ghost Mission" will definitely not be arranged.
As for the Spring Festival, the waiting time is too long after all.
Since traveling to Blue Star, Lin Zheng has never tried it. After a movie is finished, it has to wait four months for it to be released.
In addition, Spring Festival movies are generally family comedies, meant for children and the elderly.
Although "The Ghost Story" is also a comedy, it does have some scary scenes, so it is naturally not very suitable for the Spring Festival release.
Therefore, according to Lin Zheng's original idea, "The Ghost Story" could only get a normal schedule at best.
But he was already very satisfied.
After all, this is the first time his movie has been shown in theaters.
But to Lin Zheng's surprise, the mysterious media staff member who communicated with him during the call just now told him an extremely surprising news.
Mysterious Media unexpectedly inserted "The Ghost Story" into the originally scheduled National Day schedule!
Just put it in directly.
Now when you log in to all major ticketing apps, you can see the posters and trailers of "The Ghost Job".
Moreover, according to the information provided by the other party, the amount of film arrangement they have obtained is also astonishing.
It's not at all lower than the scheduling rates of big directors, big stars, and big-budget movies.
It basically belongs to the first-level configuration in the industry.
This level of awesomeness even reminded Lin Zheng of a movie called "The Founding of the People's Republic of China".
I can only sigh that it is a company worthy of Fengzhi Media.
This authority... is really too cruel!
Although after joining the National Day schedule, there is only the last five days left to promote the film.
It's definitely not enough.
But Lin Zheng didn't care much about this.
First of all, he himself has no publicity ability.
Even if you give him a month or two, he might not be able to publicize anything.
It’s even less likely to compete with those movies about gods fighting on National Day.
Starting from "Happy Ghost", all publicity has been handled by Secret Media.
The staff member from Secret Media also assured him that even if there were only five days left, it would definitely not affect the publicity and final box office.
Therefore, Lin Zheng was naturally completely relieved.
Secondly, even if they don’t promote it at all, the movie entries in the theater are still a natural recommendation!
During the seven-day National Day holiday, no matter how many movies are scheduled, the audience can still watch them all.
Therefore, as long as "The Ghost Story" can have a place in the cinema and be seen by the audience.
Then more or less people will be interested.
Coupled with the movie's reputation and sales, it's not impossible to pick up in the later stages.
According to Lin Zheng's experience on Earth, there are many movies that were not sufficiently publicized in the early stage, but they have achieved extremely high box office results relying entirely on good quality and reputation.
Finally, in fact, in the phone call just now, the staff member had already told Lin Zheng.
They held a three-day advance screening of "The Ghost Story" on September 28th, 29th, and 30th at the largest studio in Li City.
Moreover, most well-known film critics, directors, and veteran artists from across the country will be invited to participate.
Review and rate movies, and... promote them!
This is already considered a large-scale publicity method.
You know, the people invited to this screening are all very popular.
If you really think the movie is better and help promote it on the website or on various websites, there will definitely be a lot of viewers willing to buy it.
It is worth mentioning that.
Pre-screening is generally only done by movies that are very confident in their quality.
Because, once the screening is over, all kinds of spoilers and reviews will immediately appear on the Internet.
If the movie itself is not good enough and its reputation collapses, and then it is officially released, it may not be able to win any money at the box office.
Of course, Lin Zheng is still very confident in his movies.
Regardless of the rationality of the overall plot, the excitement, rhythm, comedy, and the faint horror atmosphere.
As for the fighting scenes, which are the biggest selling points of his movies, there is almost no fault to be found.
Moreover, after being handed over to Secret Media for post-production, the special effects, the biggest shortcoming of his movie, has finally been improved.
The dual protagonists of Liang Chi and Mei Jixing, and after revisions to the script, his later role and importance are no less important than that of Taoist priest Zhong Fabai.
In terms of acting, there is nothing to criticize and he is completely qualified.
After all, everyone is basically acting in their true colors, and this is not a movie that requires superb acting skills.
After comprehensive consideration, Lin Zheng believes that even if his film "The Evil Dead" cannot become a hit, its reputation cannot be ruined.
The only problem is that time is still a bit tight.
In order to make the screening go smoothly, he must gather all the main crew members tomorrow and rush to the scheduled studio.
Fortunately, Lin Zheng had nothing important to do, otherwise, he might really be unable to get away.
He picked up his phone, entered the group chat, @all members first, and then sent a notification message.
I opened my address book again and planned to call Liang Chi and others one by one to inform them.
But at this moment, a familiar shout suddenly came from the side.
"I knew your kid was here!"
Lin Zheng turned his head and saw the old law enforcement officer Zhang Chengmin holding a newly bought lollipop and looking at him with a smile.
Then, he raised the lollipop in his hand and waved to his colleagues who were chasing and playing with the black cat in the open space in the distance.
"Tongtong! Look what I brought you! Lollipops!"
Lin Zheng rolled his eyes and continued to call.
This old law enforcement officer was so shameless that he gave Tongtong all lollipops every time.
He always looks so precious.
Only Tongtong doesn't care at all. Even if he receives lollipops every time, most of them are of the same flavor.
But the surprise and happiness on his face never changed.
Tongtong's IQ is indeed not high, and it may remain that way for the rest of his life, but he has experienced a lot.
Zhang Chengmin played with his classmates for a while, and then walked towards Lin Zheng.
At this time, Lin Zheng had just finished making the notification call.
I am very fortunate that my friends in the crew have nothing to do these days and can meet him on time tomorrow to prepare for the advance screening.
"Are you so idle lately? You come here every day and work harder than me." Zhang Chengmin asked, carrying a stool and sitting next to Lin Zheng.
"On the contrary, it's okay to stay at home. Besides, I'm worried that Li Qing from last time will come back and cause trouble." Lin Zheng answered casually, and then changed the topic, "By the way, what's going on with the case from the Law Enforcement Bureau?
"
"We are investigating, but there is another case recently, which is very troublesome."
"What case?"
"Two cameras in the city did not cover the old city, and two children were lost..."
"Child? Human trafficker?"
"I don't know yet. It just happened when something happened in the bureau some time ago. It's a bit troublesome to investigate now, and there are no cameras at the place where the incident happened. I hope it's okay... The recent events are really one after another..."
The two of them chatted about each other.
Since returning to Liyue Community, Lin Zheng has been visiting Tongtong's house almost every day.
I always bring a lot of things with me.
I also helped Tongtong replace some old electrical appliances at home, and also bought an Internet TV and connected the Internet cable.
Let Tongtong watch cartoons at any time.
In this way, you can also go out less and reduce the probability of accidents and bullying.
According to Lin Zheng's own experience, as long as there are endless cartoons for children, there is a high probability that they will stay at home and watch them all the time.
It also saves Grandpa Tongtong from worrying.
Anyway, Lin Zheng now has plenty of money, and he has no intention of enjoying himself in other aspects.
It's better to do something within his power. Besides, this thing is a drop in the bucket to him.
The reason why he did this was because they were very close to Tongtong and also liked this sensible child.
Especially Xiaomai, who had a lot of fun playing with her classmates. One person and one cat were both happy, which was equivalent to walking the cat.
Secondly, as he said, he was worried that Li Qing's family would take the opportunity to retaliate against Tong Tong and the others.
I have to say that Lin Zheng's worries are correct.
Li Qing's family did have such thoughts before.
But at that time, Xiaomi had just obtained her second ability. In order to exercise and strengthen herself, she tried it too frequently on the experimental subjects of Li Qing and his wife.
The next night, I even practiced ten times.
As a result, Li Qing had a physical problem. After waking up in the morning, he went directly to the hospital.
When Lin Zheng and the others were filming "The Ghost Story", Li Qing was worried that there was something wrong with his body, so he managed to recover and stayed in the hospital for several days.
So there is no time to target the same company.
After finally getting out of the hospital and regaining consciousness, Lin Zheng came back again.
Xiaomi also started her own practice again.
After several days of training, Li Qing's physical condition was getting worse day by day.
Even his mistress outside broke up because of the disharmonious life.
On the other hand, his wife looks radiant every day, but she doesn't have time to think about other things. She is thinking about how to supplement her husband's health every day.
If this continues, Li Qingren will be seen dead.
The relationship between the couple has regained its second spring, and even the naughty child has been left out.
Xiaomi naturally didn't know that her unintentional actions might have saved a family.
Now it is jumping on Tongtong's head, standing firmly and maintaining balance.
After these days, with Yuehualu's support, Xiaomi's strength in all aspects has made sufficient progress.
The hair becomes smoother and shinier, the body becomes stronger, the movements become faster, and the strength becomes stronger.
It does need to move more every day to become familiar with its gradually strengthening body.
But of course it wouldn't dare to provoke these two monsters, Lin Zheng and Zhang Xirou.
Fortunately, there are colleagues who are willing to accompany it.
It really likes this big kid.
…
In the evening, everyone had dinner at Tongtong's house.
When leaving, Lin Zheng smiled and said goodbye to Tongtong: "Tongtong, tomorrow, my brother will go out to do some things. In the next few days, I won't be able to come and play with you. You have to listen to grandpa."
"I know." Tongtong replied, then suddenly fell silent for a moment and asked in a low voice: "Brother, you are going out to do errands, do you want to take a car?"
Lin Zheng was stunned and subconsciously replied: "Yes, of course I do. It's far away, so it will take a few days for my brother to come back."
When Tongtong heard this, his expression immediately changed, and then he immediately turned around and ran back to his room.
"Well?" Lin Zheng turned to look at the old law enforcement officer Zhang Chengmin, with a puzzled look on his face, "What's going on?"
Zhang Chengmin shook his head and explained: "You have been coming frequently these days and have become closer to Tongtong. This child has begun to care about you.
Remember what I told you, the same family was involved in a car accident.
From then on, the child became afraid of cars and rarely took the car even when he was sick and went to the hospital.
Didn't you see that I never came here by car? That's why you said you didn't want to take a car just now, which was considered a white lie."
Lin Zheng looked annoyed: "Officer Zhang, why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Zhang Chengmin waved his hand: "It's not a big deal. You just need to be more careful in the future. As a child, it's okay to lose your temper. Let's go."
With that said, he was about to turn around and leave.
But at this moment, Tongtong, who had just ran into his room, suddenly rushed out of the door and ran in front of Lin Zheng. He held a Jade Guanyin with half a corner broken in his hand and pushed it into Lin Zheng's hand.
deliver.
Lin Zheng took it, his face became even more confused, and he immediately asked: "Tongtong, what is this?"
"This is an amulet." Tongtong smiled, pointed at the Jade Guanyin and said, "If you wear this when riding in the car, nothing will happen to you."
Lin Zheng's pupils shrank, as if he thought of something.
At this moment, Zhang Chengmin, who was next to him, also leaned towards his ear and whispered: "This may have been worn by Tongtong after the car accident.
At that time, he survived, probably because of the Jade Guanyin."
After explaining, Zhang Chengmin couldn't help but feel jealous. He looked at Tongtong with a displeased expression and asked, "Why is Brother Lin Zheng given to you, and me? Why don't I?"
Tongtong said: "Grandpa, you don't take the car."
Zhang Chengmin was speechless. I was trapped in my white lies about my feelings.
But that's certainly not the reason.
Just these days, Lin Zheng has bought a lot of things for Tongtong's family, which has greatly helped him and his grandfather's life.
Although Tongtong's IQ is not high, he also knows that those things are definitely not cheap.
Moreover, neither he nor his grandfather could repay it.
But this does not mean that Tongtong will not repay it!
Zhang Chengmin's guess was correct. This mutilated Jade Guanyin was indeed worn by Tongtong when he was in a car accident. The missing part was indeed caused by the car accident.
At the same time, this was also the last gift his parents gave him before the car accident.
For Tongtong, this jade Guanyin is very precious. It is not only the sustenance of his parents' longing, but also his psychological comfort.
From the time of the car accident to now, if he is seriously ill and has to go to the hospital, he will wear this Jade Guanyin when riding in the car.
And since then, he has indeed never had another car accident.
For Tongtong, this Jade Guanyin is indeed a very useful amulet.
Therefore, this Jade Guanyin now has both Tongtong's feelings for Lin Zheng and his blessings.
But it also includes some reward for Tongtong's help to Lin Zheng.
As mentioned before, his IQ may not be high, but he has experienced far more things than children with the same IQ.
He is more sensible and kinder.
Lin Zheng stared at the Jade Guanyin in his hand, then looked up at Tongtong, who had a mixture of expectation and worry on his face.
Tongtong was worried that Lin Zhenghui would not be willing to accept it.
But Lin Zheng did not do this. He directly put the Jade Guanyin on his neck, and then said: "I accept your amulet, and I will give you a few amulets as well."
Lin Zheng said, and asked Xiao Mi to run home and bring over the corpse suppressing talisman he had obtained from the system for the experiment, as well as the talisman corpse, the writing brush, yellow paper, and ink with rooster blood.
I spent a full 140 years of my skills to draw three pictures for Tongtong. Really! Amulets!
Moreover, it is the kind that adds his own spiritual thoughts to it, allowing him to feel whether the amulet is damaged, no matter how far away it is.
Lin Zheng folded the three amulets into three small pieces, strung them together with a red rope, and tied them around Tongtong's neck.
Tongtong seemed very happy, but of course he didn't know the true value of these three little amulets.
I just thought Lin was joking with me.
"You have to wear this amulet properly and don't take it off," Lin Zheng reminded.
"Um!"
Tongtong nodded vigorously, put the three amulets into his clothes, and stuck them tightly to his chest.
Lin Zheng felt relieved after seeing this.
He has already experimented before, whether it is a corpse suppressing charm or an amulet, they are all useful.
However, the effect was not very good.
With his skill, the zombie talisman he drew could only freeze Mei Jixing's body for ten seconds at most.
Not to mention Zhang Xirou, who could barely hold on for less than five seconds.
The effect of the amulet is not as good as his own PDD armor, although it can block some damage.
But after all, there are limits.
But even so, as long as Tongtong does not encounter any continuous danger, these three amulets can still keep him safe.
"Maybe in the future, I can draw talismans to sell them and make money?"
On the way back, Lin Zheng couldn't help but think about it.
At night, before going to bed, Lin Zheng caught Xiaomi again, and then gave Tongtong to his Jade Guanyin, and asked Xiaomi to secretly return to Tongtong's room.
Of course, it will be hidden in a place where Tongtong cannot easily find it.
Lin Zheng has seen too many clichéd plots about amulets in various movies, TV series, novels and animations.
Nine out of the ten films are under the flag.
He doesn't like this kind of plot.
Even if it was just a superficial effort, he had to eliminate it from the root!
A big chapter of six thousand words!
There are indeed a few updates these days.
But the bosses must also be able to see that the next plot is really important, after all, the protagonist is about to know the truth.
This plot was highlighted at the beginning when we came out of Rishi Mental Hospital, and it is considered a very important node in the book.
Please allow me to write a little slower and try to write as well as possible.
Of course, if I have spare time, I will definitely try to update more!