roccoschili Chapter 192 Who in the world is not a ghost?
Chapter 192 Who in the world is not a ghost?
After the release of the Sun Xiaosheng movie, no one watched Seven Warriors anymore.
In fact, the shooting techniques, storyboards, scenes, lines, acting and scenery of Seven Warriors are far superior to the spoof and vulgar "Sun Xiaosheng's Kingdom of Daughters vs. the White Bone Demon"
If we talk about it in later generations, Seven Warriors is an art film, and The Kingdom of Daughters vs. the White Bone Demon is a pornographic, violent, three-star restricted film.
But most of the audiences in the Republic of China were illiterate and could not understand the metaphors in Dark Horse Ming's Seven Warriors.
Director Huang's movies don't require much thinking to watch, and the plot of the White Bone Demon is so direct and brutal that even children can understand it.
The devils are bad, and the White Bone Demon is bad.
The Japs and the White Bone Demon are even worse.
It's just such a simple truth.
It's not like Seven Samurai, which uses allusions and beats around the bush and is hard to understand.
Besides, Seven Samurai was showing in theaters, and a ticket cost one dollar.
The Battle Against the White Bone Demon is shown in an open-air cinema, and it's free except for watching the commercials.
Who doesn't like to watch for free?
In fact, Wencai also made some money.
The advertising fee for a merchant is one hundred yuan a day.
As long as the effect is not good, the merchant can remove the advertisement at any time.
Once an advertisement is removed, it will disappear as soon as the editor cuts it.
Later, other businesses will want to do it and then paste new advertisements on it.
Wencai then had ten commercials, each lasting only one minute.
Ten minutes of commercials and a ninety-minute movie are nothing to ordinary people who want to watch movies for free.
One thousand yuan a day, this little money is not much for Wencai, but it is enough for his salary.
It’s only been two days and everyone in Shanghai knows these ten businesses.
There is one in particular that sells big milk cat milk candy.
The boss didn't have much money and business was not good, so he only paid for three days of advertising to give it a try.
The product became an instant hit and we were overwhelmed with orders.
Now everyone in Shanghai knows about Big Milk Cat Toffees.
Children would feel embarrassed to play with their friends if they didn't have a few Big Cat Candies in their pockets.
The boss paid Wencai one hundred days' advertising fees at once.
At this time, Coca-Cola's Longguo Shanghai agent contacted Wencai.
"Mr. Xu, I'll give you 10,000 yuan a day, but I want to be the first to be broadcast."
Coca-Cola placed an order for 100 days, but Wencai did not agree to give him the first broadcast rights.
The agent gritted his teeth and agreed.
Even so, the film did not make Wencai much money in Shanghai.
But it’s different across the country.
There are thousands of cinemas across the country, and ticket prices vary by region.
Two or three cents in small places, and about fifty cents in provincial capitals.
The highest coin in Beijing and Nanjing is one yuan.
Excluding the share of the cinema, more than 100,000 yuan can be contributed to Wencai every day.
Including advertisements in various places, I can earn about 200,000 yuan a day.
The movie really makes a lot of money, and it’s all clean money.
As the movie became popular, the one who suffered the most was Ren Zhuzhu.
Now she is the number one porn star in the Republic of China.
In fact, nothing was revealed in the play.
It's just a big bellyband, similar to a swimsuit.
But in the Republic of China, this was considered a three-star pornographic film.
Ren Zhuzhu also became a woman who didn't button her clothes.
Now when I go out, I have to wear the same sunglasses as those worn by five-star generals to cover my face.
Seeing the good momentum, Wencai took the opportunity to make Baima Film and Television popular.
It is mainly aimed at opposing Feng Jingyao's Dark Horse Films.
You are the dark horse and I am the white horse.
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With the investment in the battle between the Kingdom of Daughters and the White Bone Demon, Wencai found a legitimate way to make money.
Opening casinos and nightclubs to make money through illegal means is always not acceptable.
Making movies is different, it’s a serious art.
Wencai’s two investments in the art field.
The movie was a success.
Filming the drama was a mess.
There were quite a few people watching the drama, which also caused some impact.
But Fengbo Pavilion has too many metaphors and too many people have criticized it.
After seeing this, the traitor Wang Jingwei put himself in the shoes of Qin Hui.
The Japanese saw this and put themselves in the shoes of the Jin soldiers.
After seeing this, the government of the Republic of China put itself in the shoes of the incompetent Emperor Huizong of Song.
Especially the word "Song" in "Da Song" aroused the disgust of a certain important official in the government.
This person is Chang Shenkai’s wife Song Meili.
Ouyang Han was arrested by the government and the Orchid House was also closed.
Wencai took a lot of effort to redeem Ouyang Han.
But Ouyang Han has been banned and will never be able to enter the art world again.
Song Meili took over the order and asked Shanghai to manage culture and art and eliminate cultural traitors.
We cannot allow artists to write and do whatever they want, or to use history to satirize the present.
All of a sudden, all dance halls in Shanghai were strictly controlled, and Yiping and Hong Mudan were not allowed to sing anymore.
Wencai succeeded in making the movie, and with the support of Director Kang, he was promoted from Director of the Demon Suppression Bureau to Minister of the Demon Suppression Department.
The Demon Suppression Department is responsible for dealing with demons and monsters in the Republic of China, and a department can have its own office building.
The Demon Suppression Department has the power of law enforcement and belongs to the Ministry of Justice. All personnel in the department can be equipped with guns and are on the same level as police officers. They also have their own prisons, but they cannot arrest people, only demons and monsters.
This made neighbors like Gao Jin and Ma Baoguo extremely envious.
Wencai recruited more than 20 members of the Demon-Suppressing Team and appointed Liang Runsheng as the team leader.
This greatly improved Liang Runsheng's status.
Lai Xiujing is also a talented person, and Wencai arranged a section chief position for her in the department.
As for college, you can go to school while being a section chief.
Just like in later generations, many students from art schools filmed movies while attending school, and it did not interfere with their studies at all.
When the school heard that Lai Xiujing had become an official, they immediately made an exception and allowed her to graduate early and get her certificate.
So Liang Runsheng and Lai Xiujing, one a civil servant and one a military officer, the two major assistants started working under Wencai again.
As for Zuo Shuangtao, he seldom goes to work.
Shanghai is so much fun that the higher-ups seem to have forgotten about her.
She now rents a house for two hundred yuan a month, plus her salary of a few dozen yuan.
She's simply a little rich woman.
Wencai simply bought an office building to serve as the Demon Suppression Department's office building and recruited more than 20 team members.
"Boss, there are no ghosts in Shanghai. This job is not very lucrative. Why don't you talk to the higher-ups and change the Demon Suppression Department to the Prostitute Management Department? This is a lucrative job!"
Liang Runsheng didn't understand why Wencai spent his own money to make such a big deal out of an empty position with little benefits.
There is not much money to be made from catching ghosts and zombies, but Wencai went to great lengths to buy an office building and recruit team members at his own expense, spending hundreds of thousands of dollars, which Liang Runsheng did not understand.
"Runsheng, you don't understand this. Ghosts are invisible and can't be seen or caught. If I say someone is a ghost, then he is a ghost. If I say someone is a demon, then he is a demon."
Wencai replied with a smile.
As soon as these words were spoken, before Liang Runsheng could react, Lai Xiujing had already clapped his hands in admiration.
"The boss is smart, just like the White Bone Demon. It doesn't matter if the devils are the White Bone Demon or not, as long as the world thinks they are the White Bone Demon, then they are the White Bone Demon."
"Smart, in my opinion, Feng Jingyao is the devil, and our department is needed to suppress him."
It was said so bluntly that Liang Runsheng also understood.
Demon Suppression Department!
It is indeed a good department.
But on second thought, it is Minister Xu rather than the department that is truly powerful.
There is no good department in the world. Only those who make good use of the department can turn decay into magic.