Chapter 558: Materialist Iron Fist

"It's okay, Dad, it's just talking about business. Someone asked me to film a movie, and the reward is quite generous. I can't avoid seeing them, right?"

"Okay, I know, don't worry."

After an explanation, Luo Quan finally ended the call with her old man.

The matter between her and Caran was spread by the media, and half of the United States was eating melons. After knowing it, her old man called to ask about the specific situation for the first time.

Female stars who get involved with politics usually don't have a good end. The legendary sexy goddess of the last century is the best example. Eric is also afraid that his daughter will have any special ideas, so he called to remind her.

Little did he know, Luo Quan had no extra emotions for Caran. In fact, she could treat most boys equally.

The only boy who could make her emotions particularly excited was called Huang Songtao, who was said to have been sentenced to life imprisonment. If there were no accidents, it would be decades later when they met again.

"Director, another batch of reporters came outside wanting to interview you." Just after dealing with her old man, the security guard walked in again.

These few days, reporters' interest in interviewing Luo Quan has been unusually high, and they are trying every means to enter the set every day. Fortunately, the security personnel Luo Quan hired are very professional and have been performing their duties, so they didn't let these people succeed.

Hearing that these people were unwilling to give up and came again, Luo Quan sighed and walked towards the entrance of the set.

Originally, she didn't want to pay attention to these reporters, but it looked like if she didn't come out, these people wouldn't give up for a day.

Anyway, she would have to face it sooner or later, so it's better to send these people away as soon as possible.

"Luo Quan is out!"

Soon, the reporters guarding outside the set saw Luo Quan walking out from inside and let out an excited shout.

"Ask one by one if you have any questions." Luo Quan tidied up her impatient expression and barely squeezed out a smile.

For the media, as long as they didn't touch her bottom line, no matter how annoying they were, she would still receive them politely.

"Luo Quan, what do you think about the internet rumor that you and Caran have started a relationship?"

"Fake news!"

Luo Quan raised an index finger and said with a very serious tone: "I don't know how these people came to this conclusion."

"But Caran and I have only met once, and the communication time was less than ten minutes. It is probably impossible to start a relationship."

"And, I have said countless times that I don't consider emotional problems before the age of thirty, and I can tell everyone very clearly that I haven't found the person who can make my heart beat until now."

"I don't know if my expression is clear enough?"

This series of affirmative sentences made the reporters look at each other, not expecting Luo Quan to say things about emotions so clearly.

However, this could not stop the reporters' steps to continue gossiping.

"Then can you talk about your impression of Caran?" A reporter asked.

"Confucian and gentle." Luo Quan casually pulled out an adjective.

"What do you think about netizens paying so much attention to your love rumors?"

"Many stars have encountered it. The person himself must clarify the rumors. Whether others believe it or not is not something I can control."

The interview lasted for ten minutes. Luo Quan answered every question the reporters asked and completely denied a series of rumors currently circulating on the internet.

It was also considered that the media interviewed this time were quite formal. When playing the interview video, they didn't edit too much and conveyed her meaning quite completely.

After the clarification, the rumors on the internet decreased a lot, and the melon-eating enthusiasm of the masses decreased a lot.

And on the other side, Caran was also a bit distressed.

Originally, he was thinking about how to get close to Luo Quan, but he didn't expect that Luo Quan's refusal in the media would strip him of the opportunity to speak.

People have already said it so clearly, she doesn't talk about love before thirty. If he goes to tease her now, isn't it asking for trouble?

If it's talking about work, but he knows nothing about movies, what can he talk to Luo Quan about?

This is a very contradictory point.

Caran has encountered quite a few difficulties since he was a child, but the difficulty this time is really too high. He doesn't even know where to start.

"Love is harder than politics." Caran flipped through materials in the library at home, but didn't find any constructive opinions, and could only sigh in vain...

"Falling in love is harder than doing business!" On the movie set, Seifert came to visit the set and complained to Luo Quan.

"You claim to be a love saint. Can emotional things stump you?" Luo Quan looked at Seifert with a bitter face with a smile. It is estimated that he is having some trouble with Annie.

"You know, as a high-level executive at Universal's headquarters, I am very busy at work every day, and I have very little rest time. Besides sleeping and working, I am basically accompanying Annie."

"But even so, she feels that I don't care enough about her, and we always separate immediately after staying for a while."

Seifert said and sighed again: "I didn't deliberately stand her up. Isn't this the company's regular meeting, and I really can't get away?"

After listening to Seifert's words, Luo Quan knew that he had encountered the troubles of Andy, the heroine of "The Queen Who Wears Chanel," busy with work and ignoring his lover.

And Seifert is the company successor appointed by her old man. If he wastes his work because of falling in love, Annie is afraid that she will not be recognized by Seifert's old man.

Such a difficult problem, using more secondary words to describe it, is that you cannot embrace you while holding a sword, and you cannot protect you without holding a sword.

"I don't know why, obviously our relationship was quite good at the beginning. At that time, I was also very busy, but she never had similar complaints." Seifert said in a deep voice, feeling very puzzled in his heart.

"Annie is studying at school now, right?" Luo Quan asked.

Seifert nodded proudly: "Yes, Annie has good grades and saves credits very quickly. Graduating early is not a problem."

"I guess when you first started, it was because she was your secretary. When you were busy, she was always by your side, so she wouldn't feel lonely."

"If you want to solve it, let her be your secretary again. Won't it be solved if you are together every day?" Luo Quan put forward a method that was a bit taken for granted.

But sometimes, this method sounds quite reliable.

"It seems to be like this. I'll go back and try to see if it works." Seifert's spirit was lifted. After being depressed for so long, he finally got a solution that might work.

"By the way, how is your movie filming? How long until it's finished?"

As the distributor of "The Silence of the Lambs," Seifert came to find Luo Quan this time, complaining was secondary, and asking about the progress of the movie was the main task.

"Soon, the most difficult part has been solved. Next, as long as the hotel part is filmed, this play is basically done." Luo Quan said with a relaxed expression.

For a movie with many literary scenes like this, the speed of progress depends on the actor's lines and the director's level, and Luo Quan has done her best to do both, so the movie is not only fast but also has no flaws in quality.

"The hotel you asked me to find for filming, did you find it?" Luo Quan asked an important thing.

In order to highlight the sense of the era, the hotel Luo Quan is looking for is the kind of hotel with old-fashioned decoration.

There are not many such hotels in the United States now. Many hotels have been renovated, and they don't reach the effect she wants.

"Found it, but..." Seifert revealed a bitter smile.

"But what?" Luo Quan's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that the hotel owner didn't want her to film this kind of movie?

"To be honest, this hotel has a bad reputation and is very evil." Seifert said and lowered his voice, deliberately creating a suspenseful atmosphere, "I don't know if you know the Cecil Hotel?"

"Cecil Hotel?" Luo Quan had no special impression in her heart, took out her phone to check, and was stunned.

This Cecil Hotel is a hotel from the last century and has been around for a long time.

This was originally a very ordinary luxury hotel, but since the 1950s, this hotel has gradually become famous.

Not for anything else, mainly because people who stay in this hotel often encounter accidents.

Many strange and terrifying murder cases have occurred in this hotel, and most of them have not found the murderer until today. In addition, according to some customers who stayed, strange things can sometimes be encountered in this hotel in broad daylight.

In short, this is a haunted hotel famous throughout the United States.

The fame is great, and there are many tourists who come here every day, and the decoration is also in line with Luo Quan's requirements.

However, such an evil hotel, Seifert is not sure if Luo Quan is willing to go.

"Because the scene you want to film is too bloody, many hotels don't want you to go, only Cecil Hotel agrees, and it's quite happy." Seifert's expression was a bit crying and laughing, "But this hotel is indeed very ominous. If you are really unwilling, we can spend more money to find other hotels."

"An ominous hotel?" Luo Quan chuckled when she heard this, "Seifert, do you know why the sightings of water monsters, wild men, UFOs, and monsters have become fewer and fewer in recent years?"

"Why?" Seifert didn't understand.

Luo Quan took out her phone and raised it: "This phone of mine can clearly film every pimple on your face from hundreds of meters away."

"With this pixel, those mosaic-quality pretentious imaging equipment have no market at all."

"Similarly, so-called paranormal events are just hearsay. I can be in awe, but I will definitely not be afraid."

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"Rest assured, I suspect most of these cases are just made up by this hotel to grab attention. If there really were frequent murders, the police would have started investigating the hotel owner's background long ago." Luo Quan appeared very calm, indicating she wasn't worried about the hotel's so-called reputation.

After the filming location was set, Luo Quan took everyone to New York the next day.

The Cecil Hotel is right in the center of New York City and is quite prosperous, but the people who come aren't serious guests; they are mostly members of paranormal societies or streamers from YouTube and Twitch.

These people all know the Cecil Hotel's fame and are aware of people's current curiosity, so they are all willing to come to this hotel for exploration.

However, every time they start a livestream, they make it look very serious, but after staying up all night, they never find anything unusual.

Yet even so, no one has ever questioned the Cecil Hotel's reputation; after all, this hotel has indeed been the site of several major cases that shocked the nation.

After the film crew arrived, Luo Quan had a brief discussion with the hotel owner to explain the layout of the filming scenes.

The owner looked like a very kind old man with a white beard and was quite welcoming of Luo Quan's request to film a movie.

In fact, he had seen too many horror movie crews like this; people came to his place to film every year.

There is a saying in the American horror film industry: if a horror movie hasn't been filmed at the Cecil Hotel, it can't be considered complete.

Luo Quan certainly didn't know this saying; she came here purely for the cinematic effect, as the hotel's decor was very close to the effect she wanted in the movie.

After obtaining permission from the hotel owner, Luo Quan immediately arranged for workers to start building the set.

The crew members didn't show any special emotions about this infamous hotel; compared to mysterious things like spirits and ghosts, they were more afraid of losing their jobs and not making money.

Under the workers' efforts, a birdcage-shaped prison was completed. Luo Quan sat inside wearing a white prison uniform, and the photographer took the opportunity to snap a few photos.

Luo Quan picked a few from them and posted them on Bilibili and Twitter as behind-the-scenes leaks for the movie.

Photos with such unique themes always have great gimmick value, and as soon as they were released, they drew teasing from fans.

"Luo Quan's imprisonment play. (Funny)"

"I'm afraid this birdcage is keeping a canary."

"Pretty good, didn't expect Luo Quan to be into this."

"Is this the legendary cannibal? Please, by all means, lock me in too."

"My heart has been stolen by her."

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Compared to some photos posted before, Luo Quan's expression in today's photo was much softer and no longer made fans feel terrified.

And this outfit and environment were indeed quite eye-catching and topical, so a bunch of perverts started up again.

However, they probably couldn't imagine that the person in this cage would soon create such a tragic and shocking "human body art scene."

The filming in the birdcage was finished quickly. Building such a cage took over two hours, but the actual filming time was less than half an hour, and the time cut into the movie was even shorter.

Next was setting up the most shocking scene in the movie—"The Passion of the Lord."

Before escaping from prison, Dr. Hannibal brutally murdered the police officer guarding him and hung him in mid-air.

That appearance was just like Jesus nailed to the cross.

Luo Quan knew that after the movie aired, this scene would become a world-famous painting that countless people would find unforgettable!