My movie scared the global audience to tears

When they arrived at the hotel, Xie Lei helped Song Qi register for a room, then sent him upstairs before saying goodbye and leaving.

Today was the day for the attendees to arrive, and he had to go to the airport to pick them up.

There are meals on the plane, but on a three-hour flight, even in first class, the meals are relatively average.

Therefore, Song Qi simply ate something and felt a little hungry after getting off the plane.

Just as he was about to go to the restaurant to eat, Song Qi's door suddenly got a knock.

She thought it was Xie Lei who had left and returned, but when Song Qi opened the door, he found a thin, middle-aged man with long hair standing outside the door.

When the man saw Song Qi, he immediately greeted him warmly and introduced himself: "Hello, Director Song. Let me introduce myself. My name is Wang Xingren. I am also a horror movie maker and a colleague."

Dog?

Song Qi's expression was a little strange.

Seeing this, the man smiled bitterly and said, "The name given by my parents has a good meaning. You can also call me Lao Wang."

"Oh, Teacher Wang, nice to meet you."

Song Qi smiled and said politely.

"No, I'm ashamed!"

Wang Xingren smiled and said: "I can't be a teacher in front of you. I'm just a little older than you, so just call me Lao Wang!"

"Then it's Brother Wang!"

Song Qi asked politely: "What do you want from me?"

"Have you eaten?" Wang Xingren asked.

"Not yet, I'm getting ready to go out to eat!"

"That's just right, let's go out for dinner together?"

Wang Xingren explained: "There are many directors and actors who make horror movies in the association. We have a group and we often chat or meet for dinner. This time we are here for a meeting. It is rare for us to get together, so we plan to go out to eat together in the afternoon.

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It just so happens that I heard that you are coming this year, so I wanted to ask you to come and sit with me. If you have nothing to do, why don't you come with me?"

"That's it!"

Song Qi was a little moved.

Wang Xingren joked: "Let's go together! Logically speaking, you can be regarded as the person carrying the banner of our horror movie category now, but we haven't met yet. You have to give us old guys a chance to learn from it, right?"

"Brother Wang criticized me."

Song Qi smiled and nodded and said, "I would also like to meet all the seniors, but I have never had the chance."

"Then stop talking and let's go!"

Wang Xingren laughed and waved: "You don't need to bring anything, the car is waiting downstairs!"

Song Qi turned around and took the room card, then followed Wang Xingren downstairs. Sure enough, there was a business car parked in front of the hotel.

The driver was a fat man with a bald head, and the meat on the back of his head was piled together. When he saw Song Qi following Wang Xingren into the car, he let out a whoop and smiled heartily: "He's really here!"

"Director Song, hello, hello, finally I see you."

The fat man turned around, shook hands with Song Qi, then took out the cigarette case from the car and handed it over: "Burn one?"

"No, thank you."

Song Qi declined and looked back at the car.

There were three people sitting in the car, all of them men, all in their thirties or forties, and Song Qi was the youngest.

Wang Xingren introduced Song Qi to the fat bald man named Ma Biao. Like the other three, he was a director of horror movies.

It's just that Ma Biao specializes in making big online movies, and the others, like Wang Xingren, all make theater movies.

They have been in the industry for more than ten years, and they are all considered Song Qi's predecessors.

But in front of Song Qi, they behaved very politely, even a little attentive.

Later, as we chatted, Song Qi understood the reason.

It turns out that these directors have all followed the trend and made films about monsters, including Wang Xingren.

That "Poisonous Python" is the work of Wang Xingren.

When they talked about monster movies, they were quite emotional. Wang Xingren said that "Anaconda" was the highest-grossing movie he had ever made in his life. He had been renting a house before, and it was not until he filmed "Anaconda" that he made any money.

I have enough money to buy a house.

The situation of others was similar to his. After understanding this reason, Song Qi knew why they were so polite to him.

From a certain perspective, Song Qi actually gave them a bite to eat.

Before following the trend of making monster movies, they were all unknown directors in the industry.

But after following the trend, they gained a certain reputation. Now they are accepting more films and their income has doubled several times.

Therefore, they have a certain sense of gratitude towards Song Qi.

But from another perspective, they were also very attentive to Song Qi, and there was also a certain element of fear in them.

Following the trend is not a risk-free thing, on the contrary, the risk of following the trend is very high.

The biggest risk is copyright disputes.

Whether it is Wang Xingren or other followers, they are all dancers dancing on the tip of the knife.

Since it is following the trend, it means imitating other people's movie elements.

For example, in Wang Xingren's "The Poison Python", there is a huge, crudely made python.

Although the characteristics of the venomous python are different from the giant snake in "Apepu", the story rhythm and core logic of the movie are very similar to "Apepu".

In this case, it is very likely that Song Qi will sue for infringement, and basically every lawsuit will be accurate.

But Song Qi did not sue them because they followed the trend. It was equivalent to raising a hand and letting them go and giving them a bite to eat.

But even so, the copyright issue is always like a sword of Damocles, hanging over their heads, which may be chopped down at any time.

Maybe Song Qi gets upset one day and sues them, and then they will still have a hard time.

Therefore, when they asked Song Qi to come out, they also wanted to build a good relationship with Song Qi, reduce risks, and also test his tone and ask him if he would settle the scores later.

Song Qi takes a relatively light view of the issue of following trends.

It is impossible to completely prevent this kind of thing. As long as you can make money, there will always be people who take risks.

Moreover, for a certain type of subject matter, it does not mean that whoever shoots it first will not be able to shoot it. In that case, the film industry would have died long ago.

If the industry wants to flourish, in addition to letting a hundred flowers bloom, soil is also very important.

In fact, in many cases, it is because of the large number of bad movies that the entire film industry is supported.

Wong Jing, who is known as a genius director, is often accused of being the king of bad movies and often makes bad movies.

But it was precisely because of his bad movies that the industry practitioners at that time had a living.

Song Qi can certainly report or sue the content producers who follow the trend of making monster movies, but in that case, it will actually be the horror movies that are harmed.

Lin Yunsheng told him that an important aspect of this industry conference was how to support and promote the flourishing of various types of movies.

Horror movies, as a long-standing problem for the entire film industry, are the focus of attention this time.

Song Qi, as the only leading director of horror films currently, needs to speak and give suggestions at the meeting.

Lin Yunsheng said that with Song Qi's performance, he has a good chance of joining the board of directors after joining the association.

Currently, there are very few members in the horror film industry in the Filmmakers Association, only two, and Song Qi is likely to be the third.

Board members and association members are two completely different concepts. After becoming an association director, Song Qi can truly have a say in the industry.

Therefore, Song Qi has now jumped out of the previous category of directors and begun to think about issues from the perspective of the entire industry.

If you look at it from the perspective of the entire industry, or from the perspective of horror movies, following the trend is actually not a bad thing.

The current problem of horror movies is that there are too few talents, and it is difficult to find a subject that can be developed. If Song Qi kills it at the source, then the entire horror movie will not improve even more.

So, after guessing their thoughts, Song Qi told them directly that he had never regarded the Behemoth Universe as his own property.

The Behemoth Universe belongs to everyone in the world, and anyone can participate in its construction.

After understanding what he meant, Wang Xingren and others couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and became even more enthusiastic towards Song Qi.

Soon, the group arrived at their destination, which was a local restaurant in Shenhai City.

When several people came to the box under the guidance of the waiter, there were already about ten people sitting there.