Chapter 8: Cool! Chainsaw Horror!

  Damn it! Such a short time makes me think! Can the first film be randomly selected? What if I choose poorly, my old man will be permanently impotent!

  Zhou Shaoming cried in his heart and wiped away tears.

  The countdown in his mind sounded like a death knell, and he finally rallied his spirits and began to prepare for the selection.

  Alright, alright, let's rule out sci-fi movies first. Most of them are money burners and I don't even have $10,000 to spare at the moment, so no sci-fi for now!

  The sci-fi icon in my mind slowly faded away with radiant golden light, and disappeared gloomily.

  Again and again, excluding war movies! Is it a big production if no one watches? In this era, if you don't blow up dozens or hundreds of cars, and ten to twenty buildings, can you call it a war movie? I'm not buying that scene anymore.

  Excluding romance films and action movies, this type of film is hard to support without big-name stars, but big-name stars also represent a lot of funding! Zhou Shaoming thought to himself, the icons for romance films and action movies slowly disappeared.

  Exclude other films, I don't want to make a top 10 banned film or something that can't be screened, the ending of not being able to show it is forever not showing it!

  Now only horror and thriller movies are left, Zhou Shaoming's brain, which has been educated by romantic action movies, can't even tell the difference between these two types of movies. In his opinion, these two types of movies seem to be one and the same!

  The electronic female voice's countdown sound made Zhou Shaoming feel annoyed, and suddenly a light bulb flashed in his mind, remembering a sentence from that cheap old dad of his.

  "In America, horror movies are the easiest genre to succeed with a small budget."

  Achieving great things with small means is most likely to succeed! Aren't these the two elements that you need most at this moment?

  Then let's go with horror movies!

  The icon of horror movies suddenly lit up in Zhou Shaoming's vicious curse, a classic horror movie that was all too familiar to himself, with countless audiences who knew it by heart, and had a large number of fans worldwide, turned into countless data streams rushing straight into his brain, thunderous!

  "TV Drama Shock!"

  Saw, a 2004 horror film directed by James Wan. The film was shot in just eighteen days and premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2004. It was released theatrically on October 29, 2004, and grossed $55.18 million in North America. Due to the massive success of the first film, a sequel has been released almost every year since then, with Saw VII being the latest installment.

  This exceptionally successful horror film is not only extremely popular among North American audiences, but also has a large number of fans in the Chinese Empire, which is separated by oceans and has not been released. People are fascinated by the shocking scenes of blood splashing everywhere, as well as the reflection on life attitudes after the self-abuse-like madness of this play.

  "Most people live their whole lives without ever knowing what it means to be grateful. But you won't, never again."

  "Life and death are in your hands!"

  This is the famous saying of Leatherface, the founder of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. In this film, Tobin Bell's performance that can be compared to an Oscar actor makes the killer also deeply rooted in people's hearts.

  An unexpected ending, an unreasonably crazy one!

  This bloody and gory killing game is different from previous horror movies, such as "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" and "A Nightmare on Elm Street", it has its own unique rules, all the dead, in the end, are not killed by the chainsaw, but by their own fear of death, the chainsaw did not "personally" kill a game participant.

  From Forrest Gump, it can be seen that the spirit that Americans have always advocated is a self-reliant and indomitable one. However, this spirit has been performed in a nearly distorted way in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. It makes people think whether completely surpassing life comes from the fear of death?

  For those who have lost themselves in the colorful reality, this is a sublimation of spirit and flesh, although no one dares to truly face all of this.

  Interestingly, the director of this Saw is James Wan, a Chinese-American, and in this world, this extremely challenging film was handed over to Zhou Shaoming, also a Chinese!

  It seems as if fate has its own way.

  Shot-by-shot script, staff list, cast list, soundtrack, ideal camera position diagram, shot-by-shot rough sketch, material list and other necessary materials for a film, turned into countless streams of data rushing into his brain, making him feel like his head was about to explode.

  Biting back the pain, his heart was filled with wild joy. Perhaps just a few minutes ago, he still felt that this blind and meaningless persistence had made him lose face, but now, nothing could shake Zhou Shaoming's confidence.

  "Awesome! This movie is definitely going to help me complete my mission!" Zhou Shaoming excitedly clenched his fists in the cold wind and rain.

  Having completed the task of directing the system, creating a movie with a box office of 50 million US dollars, the volcano that had been dormant in his heart for thousands of years finally erupted, like hot lava recklessly sweeping everything away. He slowly straightened up, gazed calmly at the golden signboard of New Line Cinema, clenched his fists tightly, and left slowly.

  The opportunity given by heaven must be grasped firmly! I cannot let hope, let dreams slip away quietly from my side! The director system that suddenly appeared in life has given me the foundation to complete what was previously just a luxury, just an empty thought. Although this guy is not good-natured and makes it difficult for himself, as long as he dares to fight, there will always be times when the system is left speechless! Zhou Shaoming's heart is filled with soaring fighting spirit, struggle!

  Los Angeles' Hollywood, where miracles happen, Zhou Shaoming begins to turn his dreams into action.

  All day long, Zhou Shaoming has been running around all the major film companies, looking for their bosses, looking for those wealthy people who used to smile at him, hoping that someone could give himself a hand and provide an opportunity to invest in his $1.5 million project.

  "Haha, are you kidding me? Or am I mistaken? Oh my god, you're going to make a movie!?"

  "Sorry, I don't think we're familiar enough with each other for us to casually invest $1.5 million in you."

  "Joke, joke! You, a second-generation rich kid who only knows how to fool around in the world of cosmetics, can actually make movies?"

  "Your name is already known throughout Hollywood, the prodigal son and playboy no longer likes women, but has taken a liking to making movies. I think this subject can be brought to the big screen! The protagonist is you!"

  "Our supervisor is not in."

  "Hey, you almost made me laugh out tears."

  "Sorry buddy, America is a country full of dreams everywhere, but not for someone like you."

  "Get out!"

  Eight film companies and five wealthy individuals who had dealings with him before did not think highly of Zhou Shaoming, a man with a dubious reputation who only knew how to flirt with women.

  All kinds of ridicule and sarcasm, all sorts of disdain and astonishment, made Zhou Shaoming seem to have grown up overnight.

  He learned to sit alone in the cold ridicule of others, maintaining a smile, and in the condescending insults and blame of those people he learned to knock on the door before visiting.

  Some people, when faced with setbacks, will produce severe self-doubt and even inferiority. Some people will give up on themselves and fall into depravity, never to recover again. But Zhou Shaoming won't!

  The more blows only made the eyes of this twenty-two-year-old big boy brighter, and the more malicious laughter only made his thin lips pursed tighter.

  The mental defense in his heart was not destroyed by the surging attacks, but instead became more solid and unbreakable!

  "I'm sorry, making a movie isn't just something you can do with empty ideas. I don't think I can give you this opportunity." The middle-aged man in front of him said, starting to lower his head and write copy.

  Zhou Shaoming stood up calmly, walked to the middle-aged man's side with big strides, and extended his hand in a friendly manner: "Thank you, Mr. Luo, for your guidance. In just a few minutes, I gained a lot, but dreams come from persistence. I think I can definitely do it!"

  The middle-aged man raised his head, hesitated for a moment, and stretched out his hand to shake hands with Zhou Shaoming.

  Before leaving the office, Zhou Shaoming turned back and nodded to the middle-aged man who was seeing him off, then turned around and left resolutely. The words of encouragement he muttered to himself floated into the middle-aged man's ears.

  "Persevere, keep going."

  The middle-aged man was slightly stunned, and then a hint of an appreciative smile floated up, but it was just a hint of appreciation, completely unable to change anything.

  He returned home and spent a silent night with Christina, his mood irritable.

  On February 8th, Zhou Shaoming, with even more enthusiasm, shuttled between various large and small film companies, desperately trying to get in touch with the wealthy people he had slightly known before, but still failed.

  Dragging his exhausted body and battered heart, he remained gloomily silent with Christina without saying a word.

  February 9th

  February 10th

  February 11th

  Time is passing day by day!

  No one appreciated Zhou Shaoming, no one appreciated his persistence and madness, only endless rejection and ridicule, only constant blows and disdain.

  But Zhou Shaoming did not give up. If he was said to be lazy and extremely lustful, his only advantage was that he was persistent.

  Of course, in some people's eyes, this is not called persistence, but foolishness.

  Although battered, Zhou Shaoming burst out with infinite power. No matter how tired and sad he was when he returned home every night, when the sun rose the next day, Zhou Shaoming was filled with courage again, picked up his trampled self-esteem, shouted hard work and struggle, and rushed out of the door time and time again.

  The only thing worth being happy about is that Christina, who was tied up at home, has become more and more familiar with us, from not speaking a word at first to chatting a few words whenever she wants.