Chapter 1284

Heaven has unpredictable weather, and people have unpredictable fortunes.

The director of *The Wolf of Huaerjie* probably never dreamed that he would be hit by a driverless Tesla and end up in the ICU.

At the time, he was walking on the street, watching the people coming and going while looking for inspiration for the work he was about to film.

Who knew that a Tesla sliding down from a high slope would land directly on him.

Fortunately, the slope wasn't very high, and the car's speed wasn't too fast when it came down, so this unlucky director saved his life.

However, with multiple fractures all over his body and ruptured organs, he basically won't be able to get out of bed for high-intensity work for at least half a year; he'll need at least a year to fully recover.

But the film's investors can't wait a year; so many actors and equipment are all greenbacks. If they really drag it out for a year, who knows how much loss it will cause.

At this moment, the investors suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

Since the original director can't film it, how about letting Luo Quan film it!

She is the older sister of the male lead, Gao Liang; seeing her own brother encounter this situation, she shouldn't just stand by, right?

So these people immediately found Gao Liang, wanting him to ask.

Gao Liang felt this was a way, but he had a prerequisite.

After all, Luo Quan is his beloved friend and sister, so if he wants her to be the director, he must ask for more money!

However, because Luo Quan is a director who usually can't be hired even with money, if there really is an opportunity to hire her, the investors are still very willing to add investment, so they agreed to Gao Liang's request.

Subsequently, the scene on the phone happened.

And Luo Quan was idle anyway, and since this film isn't difficult to shoot—mainly because there are many dialogue scenes, which test the male lead's acting skills and won't take too much time—she agreed.

It just so happens that she hasn't been to the US for quite a long time, and she heard that one of her college roommates went to the US, so she can just go see how she's doing.

Of course, because there are many contract issues to resolve after changing directors, the film has to be postponed for a while before it can start filming; it's estimated that she won't be able to set off until the end of the month.

So the investors sent over the script and the actor list first to see what Luo Quan's opinion was and if there was anything that needed to be changed.

After getting the script, Luo Quan opened it and started reading.

However, after reading nearly half of it, she discovered that this script was completely different from the *Wolf of Huaerjie* she knew in her previous life.

The *Wolf of Huaerjie* in her previous life had the protagonist say countless swear words, qualifying it as one of the films with the highest frequency of profanity in film history.

This film was completely immersed in an atmosphere of vulgarity, luxury, depravity, and promiscuity.

The audience thought they would see how Huaerjie elites strategize and manipulate the stock market.

However, what the film truly presented were the ugly faces of these financial workers, the corruption of people by capital, and the viciousness of capitalists who would sell even their souls for profit.

It can be said that the film *The Wolf of Huaerjie* fiercely satirized that group of financial elites on Huaerjie.

However, this script on the computer showed absolutely no satire.

The dialogue also lacked highlights and was a bit too polite.

To summarize simply, it was a bit like a remake of *The Pursuit of Happyness*.

It's just that the protagonist of *The Pursuit of Happyness* started out selling medical equipment.

And the male lead Gao Liang is going to play is a stock trader.

Even more, this script wanted to mold Gao Liang into a character like a "stock god," meaning whatever he buys goes up, using small capital to gain big returns.

This transformation from a satirical film to a documentary about a stock god lowered the intent by several levels, not to mention the fact that the cast list was stuffed with connections—it was clearly a bad movie at a glance.

One can only say it's fortunate that the director flopped, otherwise this film would have flopped.

"The script needs to be overhauled from beginning to end, and several actors need to be replaced. If that's not possible, please find someone else."

Luo Quan typed quickly, stating her demands.

Facing Luo Quan's request, the investors were of course compliant, not daring to say a single word of refusal.

Just kidding, this is the director who filmed this year's box office champion.

And she is also an extremely rare super-director who balances box office and word-of-mouth.

That she is willing to come and be this firefighter, they should already be burning incense.

Never mind changing the script and replacing actors; even if she pushed everything over and started again, there would be no problem at all.

As long as they don't change the investors, she can mess around with everything else!

This is the attitude of the client, and it was very clearly conveyed to Luo Quan.

Seeing the reply from the other side, Luo Quan was immediately relieved.

For any work she handles, she has a very strong sense of exclusivity; she must have complete control herself to feel at ease.

Now that she has obtained 100% dominance, it also made her feel much more at ease.

As for that unlucky director, the investors haven't notified him yet about the news that he is going to be replaced.

It's mainly out of concern that it will make this director anxious; after all, he is still lying in the ICU and hasn't completely escaped life-threatening danger.

If he hears this and gets so angry that he kicks the bucket, the family of the deceased will 10,000% sue the company and demand huge compensation.

And there is a high probability they would get it, as there are plenty of ambulance-chasing lawyers in the US.

So the investors are prepared to wait until the director's condition is stable before telling him, and then change the contract, let Luo Quan become the director, and then continue filming.

As for now, Luo Quan naturally brought out the script of *The Wolf of Huaerjie* that she was familiar with, completely replaced it, and gave a copy to Gao Liang.

"This is the *Wolf of Huaerjie* after my revisions. Take it and study it well; if done right, this might be a breakthrough work for your acting skills."

Luo Quan sent a file to her little brother, while adding a word of advice.

Ten minutes later, Gao Liang sent a shocked emoji: "No way, big sister, I just took a simple glance; why are there so many swear words in this film?"

As a rapper from the underground, Gao Liang is quite familiar with swear words.

Many of the rap albums he listened to in the past had "Parental Advisory" labels printed on them.

The so-called "Parental Advisory" label is actually a rating system for music albums.

Movies have the "18+" rating, and records with the label are equivalent to the "18+" of records.

However, he wasn't surprised that rap has so many swear words; after all, this is a culture that originated from the streets, and those who played this at the beginning were mainly people of low quality, and even now, the quality of most groups isn't necessarily very high.

But a film...

It's still considered a kind of art, right? If it's art, it shouldn't be so vulgar, right?

This is Gao Liang's thought.

And Luo Quan's answer was: "You don't think that those capitalists on Huaerjie are all as gentle and elegant as aristocrats, and that they all use honorifics with each other, right?

You yourself are also a Tieba user; the ecology there is very likely a true corner of society.

Hostility, rudeness, and indulgence are the realistic situation for people living under high pressure for a long time.

To survive in a place where people eat people, just being a docile sheep is impossible; you must be a fierce wolf."

After reading his big sister's answer, Gao Liang immediately had a feeling of sudden enlightenment.

He had said before that when he read the script, he always felt something was wrong, but he couldn't put his finger on it.

Now that he thinks about it, the previous script was wrong from the start.

You call it *The Wolf of Huaerjie*, but the protagonist inside is as docile as a gentleman.

Can a gentle gentleman achieve such great success in business?

Anyway, he hadn't seen such signs from his grandfather.

When he was young, he saw his grandfather arguing with others quite often.

The most down-to-earth business wars are often the bosses of two competing companies cursing each other on the street, fighting over a piece of land.

Like the way things are solved by just talking in movies, it actually seems a bit unrealistic.

And the script his big sister gave him made him feel the reality.

It's just that because it's too real, he doesn't even know if this thing can be put on the big screen.

Actually, the mouths of those people on Tieba are actually dirtier and smellier than the male lead's.

But they don't have to perform on camera, so of course they say whatever they want.

But if they act according to the script, the elites on Huaerjie will probably get anxious.

However, Gao Liang felt that this character is indeed quite tense, especially those lines that are comparable to MLM brainwashing; he felt his blood boiling just by reading them, and he couldn't imagine what the effect would be if spoken in the film.

Churchill's speech in *Darkest Hour* achieved a classic in film history.

Gao Liang felt that if he acted well here, he could also have a place of his own.

Although he already had one before, that was Jack standing at the bow of the ship, embracing Rose against the sea breeze.

But who would complain about having too many iconic scenes?

This kind of thing is, of course, the more the better.

And so, after getting the script, Gao Liang locked himself in the room and began to ponder wholeheartedly.

As for Luo Quan, after the script was revised, she didn't do any further work; she'll wait until the film officially starts shooting.

As for now, Luo Quan didn't mourn for a moment for the controversy caused by *Crossing the Raging Sea*; the next news to arrive on the battlefield was the news of the October Earth band lip-syncing.

October Earth is considered one of the most popular bands in the country, having created many popular songs, won many major awards, and possessing the youthful memories of countless people.

But it is such a top-tier band with high national popularity that recently had news of suspected lip-syncing at a concert.

Luo Quan was quite surprised when she saw it; after all, lip-syncing at a gala is quite common, but cutting corners and lip-syncing at a solo concert is really rare.

Mainly, this is completely smashing one's own brand.

A singer lip-syncing at their own concert—what's the difference between this and letting fans spend a lot of money to listen to a CD in a stadium?

Besides, lip-syncing at a commercial concert is an illegal act; if evidence is obtained, fans can sue based on the ticket stub.

It's just that so far, the matter of October Earth lip-syncing hasn't received a definitive result.

There is only an appraisal video made by an UP-master, and the result obtained is infinitely close to confirmed lip-syncing.

To truly confirm it, I'm afraid we can only wait for the court's verdict or October Earth's apology letter.

But the latter is almost impossible to happen.

After all, lip-syncing at a concert is already smashing one's own brand; either don't get caught and keep making easy money, or get caught and have your good reputation destroyed overnight.

If they still admit it, it's equivalent to confirming the fraud, and then they will probably be completely finished in the domestic entertainment industry.

So, like the vast majority of celebrities who collapse, October Earth chose to play dead and resist.

For the vast majority of situations, cold treatment is the best PR.

Once the wind blows over and the fans wash the ground, they can still come out and make money.

After all, the internet has no memory.

However, those who choose to play dead generally don't have a good ending.

Because people who haven't done it, when they encounter slander for the first time, will definitely speak up to clarify, rather than being like a mute, playing the "silence is gold" card.

Proving one's innocence for someone who originally had a good reputation with passersby is really a very simple thing.

Because everyone likes you, when they hear such a thing for the first time, they will all think it's a rumor.

As long as you come out and say it's a rumor, there will definitely be many people following along to wash the ground.

There are many reversals on the internet; the netizens who follow the trend don't care if they will be slapped in the face, after all, they aren't public figures.

But if you don't even dare to speak up to clarify, it's almost no different from an admission.

Because whether there was lip-syncing or not, the singer knows best in their heart.

Now that the matter has blown up so big, if you speak up and say you didn't do it, but the final investigation result is that you did, then there will be no room for reputation recovery.

So, since they are going to be scolded anyway, October Earth chose the one that would be scolded the least.

However, perhaps seeing that the netizens were scolding too much and too fiercely, October Earth still couldn't hold on after playing dead for a day and posted a poster promoting the concert.

Yes, after being reported for lip-syncing, October Earth was still promoting the concert a few days later.

I don't know if they are treating netizens as idiots or their own fans as idiots.

What's worth pondering is that there is a slogan on the promotional poster: "This time, we will really sing until dawn."

This meaning is very thought-provoking.

"This time, we will really sing until dawn"—does that mean the previous ones were fake?

Or is this a response, and the specific details will be explained clearly when the concert is held, or will they prove themselves through their singing skills?

One can only say both are possible.

However, to be fair, a band holding so many concerts in such a short time, the members responsible for the accompaniment are all playing instruments with their backs covered in dog-skin plasters.

And the lead singer's voice is still as good as new, and the singing is as accurate as a CD.

More or less, it really makes people feel suspicious.

An average singer doing this for three shows in a row would probably have to be sent to the hospital to rescue their vocal cords.

October Earth has already been doing this for seven or eight shows in a row; I don't know what kind of golden throat it must be to let the lead singer hold on until now.

Even more, it won't be long before there's another concert.

If there's no lip-syncing, who would believe it?

According to custom, Luo Quan was naturally asked by fans about such an event.