424: Chapter 424 Swearing

Lin Chuyan was still wondering how a short video could be edited.

But when Director Du Qiyu finished editing and sent it over, he was speechless.

Director Du Qiyu didn't record the beginning where Lin Chuyan felt rusty; he started right with a flurry of swift actions. In the video, Lin Chuyan quickly completed the disassembly and Gun Assembly, looking like an expert at a glance.

Not only that.

For a short video, he had actually manually cut between close-ups and medium shots, preserving both the part where Lin Chuyan's fingers flew through the motions and a close-up of his face.

In the frame, Lin Chuyan's brows and eyes were focused, a hint of confidence playing on the corners of his mouth. Combined with his hand movements, it was clean, crisp, and effortlessly smooth—the aesthetic of a man operating a firearm was fully revealed.

It was simply amazing.

Director Du is just Director Du.

"Alright."

Director Du Qiyu didn't let Lin Chuyan post it; he used his own account, which he basically never updated, and posted it directly.

The caption read: "the mission and Lin Chuyan."

A great director still had to maintain some level of prestige; he couldn't shout out like Lin Chuyan's "fam" style...

However, because Lin Chuyan had previously posted on Weibo about joining the crew, this account now had quite a few fans following it.

So, it was quickly noticed as well.

Last time he posted photos of joining the crew, but this time there was actually a video to watch?

Originally, everyone thought that even if it was a video, it might just be some small behind-the-scenes clips posted by the crew, but when they clicked in to see—

Holy crap!

What is this?

[My brother can also handle guns??? Since when???]

[Are you seriously learning a new skill for every movie you film?]

[Awesome, from boxing, to swords, to the three-pointed double-edged spear, and now straight to real guns... Is there anything Lin Chuyan can't do?]

[Holy crap, that's so damn cool!]

[This man is too perfect; everyone who hates on him can go to hell.]

["the mission," right? I'm looking forward to it more and more.]

[Director Du, out of 100, what score do you give Lin Chuyan's Acting?]

Director Du Qiyu specifically replied to this comment: [200]

...

Filming continued.

For the scene where The Five-Man Group distributes guns, Director Du Qiyu shot a lot of footage.

Besides that, Lin Chuyan also began to contribute the profanity he had designed for his character.

The plot here was that because Ah Lai had been transferred to protect Brother Wen, the bar he originally managed started being harassed by someone who usually didn't get along with him, which affected business.

Business at the bar was bad, and he couldn't go back to handle it, so it was reasonable for him to use profanity.

Ah Lai was clearly much more irritable.

He started making frequent phone calls to his underlings.

Director Du Qiyu didn't restrict his improvised Lines, so he started to let loose.

During the day.

Xin Zai was test-driving the car, and Ah Lai was on the phone.

"Come back? You want me to come back? Slash his mother!"

Come nightfall.

Ah Gui sat in the passenger seat, and Ah Lai was driving while on the phone, his expression extremely impatient, cursing loudly, and finally smashing his phone hard.

"Can't out-slash them? Five arrested, two injured. Wait, no, five injured, two arrested. What now? Damn you, go eat shit!"

This connected with the plot from the phone call during the day.

And also, it felt great; he finally got to say that line "go eat shit," just in a different way.

Back at the villa.

Ah Gui couldn't help but ask him.

"What's wrong?"

Ah Lai: "What? What's wrong?"

Ah Gui: "Is something bothering you?"

Ah Lai became increasingly impatient, but he had no choice: "We're out here living the life, not standing around. If we're just going to stand around, we might as well go be prostitutes instead of standing here playing night watchman."

Director Du Qiyu laughed as he filmed.

Lin Chuyan had discussed things with him before joining the crew, but he hadn't asked how exactly the profanity should be delivered. He hadn't expected him to be so... willing to go all out.

Very good, the character was becoming more and more fleshed out.

"Cut! That's a wrap, this take is good too."

...

After filming that night, Wu Yue and Xia Zhi came over to find him.

Wu Yue tilted his chin at Xia Zhi: "You go first."

Xia Zhi nodded: "Brother, I found some leads on the matter you asked me to investigate last time."

Xia Zhi was referring to the incident Producer Zhang Man had mentioned to Lin Chuyan about someone buying up Lin Chuyan's fan accounts.

"Go ahead."

"I asked around, and indeed, some fans reported that people were asking them in private messages if they wanted to sell their accounts. However, they ignored it and didn't link it to you, since the other party didn't mention you."

Lin Chuyan was noncommittal: "Anything else?"

"Not many fans reported it, just one or two, but in reality, there must be more. I guess some people treated it as spam and ignored it, while others saw it but didn't care. And there are also..."

Lin Chuyan nodded: "It's impossible to find out exactly who sold their accounts, but I guess there must be some. After all, a regular account could actually be exchanged for money; if they sold it, they sold it."

Wu Yue interjected: "The problem is that these accounts have posted a lot of your Weibo posts before, so they look like real fans. Later on, they'll put on a show of a 'true fan' leaving the fandom and turning against you..."

"There's nothing we can do about that..."

Xia Zhi agreed: "Anyway, for the one or two who reported it, I asked them to take screenshots and send them to me."

Anyway, let's leave it at that for now; we can only take it one step at a time.

Wu Yue had other things to do.

"The final cut of 'summer of the little monsters' is out. Do you want to take a look?"

"So fast?"

"Not really. It's waiting for you, the client, to review and suggest changes, right? There's still some post-production to do, but it's mostly there."

"Alright, let's see it."

The other party provided a physical hard drive, which was the safest way.

Lin Chuyan opened his computer, plugged it in, and started watching.

The story was still the same story, and all the content was under his control. Even without the system, 'summer of the little monsters' hadn't deviated in the slightest.

Very good.

"Brother Yue, how much did we sell this short film for?"

"They offered two models. One is for Bilibili to buy out the copyright, a one-time transaction, and we don't have to worry about what happens afterward. The other is that we collect fees."

"What do you think?"

"Of course, a buyout. It's only 20 minutes long; the day after it's released, the whole internet will be full of pirated copies."

"How much for the buyout?"

"Still negotiating. After all, it's exclusive, and regardless of what happens later, we can also negotiate the terms for derivative merchandise."

"Hmm... I'll leave it to you." Lin Chuyan didn't worry about this; Wu Yue was better at talking money than he was. He had other things to do. "By the way, combining these two things, I can post on Weibo again."

"Which two things?"

"Director Deng Yu still wants to mess with me, so I can't stop on my end either."

Lin Chuyan logged into Weibo, pondered for a long while, started editing his Weibo post, and clicked publish.

[A little teaser: I wrote and directed a short film called 'summer of the little monsters.' There's a high probability that everyone will be able to see it by the end of this month.

By the way, it seems someone said I couldn't be a director, and even said something like "this is hard to judge." @Director Deng Yu, hello, how about we make a bet? Let's bet on the rating and reputation of this short film. You name the stakes, and I'll accept them.]

Come on, let's fight.