Pokémon’s Lord of Fear

Chapter 314 What is the core of comedy?

Teng Shu hasn’t paid attention to the affairs of Team Rocket and Mewtwo for a while.

After all, ever since Team Rocket went looking for Mewtwo and failed to find him, Mewtwo has been playing a hidden game with Team Rocket. Teng Shu doesn’t know why Mewtwo is hiding like this. After all, although Team Rocket is very strong, Mewtwo is a legendary beast. Needless to say, the power of a legendary beast is self-evident, otherwise there would not be a Rainbow Rocket Team.

If Mewtwo wanted to, it could just run to a place where no one knew it and then find a place to live as a otaku, but Mewtwo just liked to play this cat-and-mouse game with Team Rocket. However, in Teng Shu’s opinion, although this cat-and-mouse game is called a cat-and-mouse game, the positions of the cat and the mouse are still swapped.

According to Mewtwo’s current strength, Teng Shu felt that except for Sakaki, it would be a bit troublesome to deal with him, but it would be very easy for Mewtwo to deal with others. So Teng Shu now couldn’t understand why Mewtwo did this. Thinking of this, Teng Shu sent a message to Mewtwo to ask.

Teng Shu and Mewtwo’s current relationship can be considered as otaku friends. After all, in addition to making movies, Teng Shu is very interested in playing games, and there are some relatively famous games in this world. So when he is not working, Teng Shu will play games like Monster Crushing with Mewtwo to pass the time.

Therefore, the relationship between Teng Shu and Mewtwo is pretty good now, so there is nothing wrong with asking this question.

Because I want to live a peaceful life

Mewtwo’s reply came quickly, but this sentence made Teng Shu look like an old man on the subway. He really didn’t expect Mewtwo to say that. He guessed that Mewtwo watched too much anime.

【Then please be my lifelong otaku friend】

Teng Shu also made a joke.

However, although Teng Shu was joking, he was still very efficient. He sent a message to Zoroark, asking him to find a house at random and put the key in a specific area, and Mewtwo would go and get it.

Of course, Zoroark itself does not need to return to the Hoenn region. It only needs to use its mobile phone to complete Teng Shu’s request, which is still very simple. After instructing Zoroark, Teng Shu chatted with Hai Xin in front of him and then said goodbye.

“Director Teng Shu, since you are coming to the United States this time, would you like to visit our film academy in the United States?” Hai Xin said to Teng Shu with a smile. After hearing this, Teng Shu was stunned for a moment, then became interested.

United Film Academy, which sounds like a fake school, is actually a very famous film and television university in the United States. It is even known as the incubator of great directors and movie stars, and in fact, the United Film Academy really deserves this title.

Many great directors have come out of the United Film Academy, and even a very famous silent film comedy master. Teng Shu has seen his works before, and they are indeed very interesting. Teng Shu saw a bit of Chaplin in him.

But I don’t know if it’s because the core of comedy is tragedy, or if it’s the common fate of all comedians, this silent film master later ended his life hastily. According to the doctor’s diagnosis, this comedy master suffered from depression.

This reminded Teng Shu of some comedians in his previous life, who were also prone to depression.

This seems to be a curse, but after Teng Shu became a director, he felt that these actors might be thinking about how to make the audience laugh, and the excessive pressure caused him to become depressed.

“Can I go?” Teng Shu was indeed very interested, and he also had some other ideas about the university, which was to donate a building.

After all, the university houses a lot of college students. Donating a building can gain a good reputation on the one hand, and it is also a kind of amulet on the other hand. Although Teng Shu does not really need to do this, Teng Shu does not mind donating a building to this university that has incubated so many film masters and accumulating some reputation for himself in the film and television industry.

“Of course you can, Director Teng Shu, you are very famous in the film and television circles now. Everyone says you are a great director.” Hai Xin said with a smile. After hearing this, Teng Shu waved his hands embarrassedly.

He is just a porter of the movie.

Although Teng Shu has adapted some movies to make them fit the world view of Pokémon, he is not so far as to say that he is the original creator. What is the difference between him and those who open the comment section and steal the video and turn it into their own video?

“Then I’d better obey your command.” Teng Shu smiled. He was indeed very interested in this film academy, although most of his interest here came from the great master of silent comedy.

Under Hai Xin’s guidance, Teng Shu quickly arrived at the film academy. After entering, there were not many people on campus, but there were some people walking around. After all, the study time in college was not fixed, and sometimes there would not even be a single class in a day.

“Hai Xin, what majors are there in this film and television academy?” Teng Shu is now quite familiar with Hai Xin, so he calls her by her name when they chat. Hai Xin has no objection when she hears this.

“Actually there are a lot, but every year the directing major and film and television performance-related majors have the most applicants.” Hai Xin’s face was full of pride, and Teng Shu nodded. This was expected. After all, being a director can realize one’s dreams, but being an actor is not sure about getting rich, so naturally many people want to become one.

“But it is also because of this reason that the admission threshold is getting higher and higher every year when recruiting students.” Hai Xin sighed.

Everyone wants to make a lot of money, but the amount of money in this world is limited. After all, the output of economic value does not come out of nothing, and most of the money is taken away by a small number of people, while the other working people can only make ends meet.

It is extremely difficult to stand out in the cruel film and television industry. It can even be said that it is just like hitting the jackpot, which is equivalent to buying a lottery ticket and winning the first prize. After all, every year there are a lot of handsome men and beautiful women who graduate and become extras with their youth and beauty. If you don’t have any resources, it is difficult to play a role with lines.

Not to mention becoming famous overnight and becoming a well-known star in the entire film and television industry.

“After all, it makes money quickly. I heard that some universities in the Padiya area have started offering live broadcasting majors, and there are quite a lot of people signing up.” Teng Shu said calmly. This world is full of smart people trying to make a lot of money in the industry. Once you get in, you will find that it is filled with smart people.

“Being an Internet celebrity is a profitable business, but it’s not easy to succeed.” Hai Xin’s tone did not contain any contempt. After being tortured by the cruel society, everyone knows that as long as you can make money, it is a good job. Other things are really not very important. Of course, the discrimination chain in the film and television industry also exists. Some people are part of the discrimination chain. They discriminate against others crazily, and I don’t know where their confidence comes from.

Zoroark followed behind Teng Shu, looking around curiously, and at the same time used his mobile phone to look up some information about the Film and Television University. After all, if Teng Shu asked later, he still needed to answer. Although Teng Shu might not ask, as a secretary, he needed to make these preparations.

This was also a little trick that Secretary Kuroda taught Zoroark. Zoroark felt that what Secretary Kuroda said made sense. After all, as the saying goes, there are top talents in every profession. There is no doubt that Kuroda himself is the top talent in the secretary profession.

While chatting with Hai Xin, Teng Shu looked around at the students. After seeing Teng Shu, those students had some disbelief in their eyes, and then ran to Teng Shu excitedly to ask for his autograph, and Teng Shu gave it to him.

“Looks like we have to move faster.” Hai Xin looked at them with a smile. Although a film critic like him was once a member of this school, it was still impossible for him to compare with Teng Shu in popularity. However, Hai Xin also knew that these students now knew that Teng Shu was here, and if he didn’t move faster, he would be surrounded.

“Yeah.” Teng Shu nodded, then followed Hai Xin to the teaching building. However, looking at the teaching building in front of him, Teng Shu always felt that Hai Xin did it on purpose, after all, there would be more students here.

As expected, Teng Shu was surrounded by a group of students. Teng Shu did not put on airs, but politely signed autographs and took photos with them.

However, what made Teng Shu regretful was that among these students, there was not the holy body of Tenso Kayako that he had his eyes on.

Although there are many handsome men and beautiful women here, after all, there is not much else in the Film and Television University, but there are definitely a lot of handsome men and beautiful women. Although it may sound a bit cruel, but in a place like the film and television industry, a good appearance is the key to success, and the higher the appearance, the better.

Of course, Teng Shu also saw some more ordinary people who mingled among them and looked very confident. Teng Shu smiled and didn’t say much.

Although the film and television industry needs handsome men and beautiful women, it also needs some ordinary people. Otherwise, how can a TV series be filmed if it is full of handsome men and beautiful women? Some villain roles also need the cooperation of some special actors.

“Judge Hai Xin, I feel like you’ve tricked me.” Teng Shu looked at Hai Xin in front of him unhappily. Hai Xin smiled and handed Teng Shu a cup of tea and a key.

“That’s not true. I just brought you, Director Teng Shu, to visit the school.” Hai Xin said with a smile. He really had no intention of plotting against Teng Shu. It’s just that Teng Shu’s popularity was indeed too high. Coupled with the rumor that Teng Shu was good at promoting people, it was natural that more students who wanted to be actors would pursue Teng Shu.

“What is this key?” Teng Shu looked at the key in his hand with some doubt. When Hai Xin heard Teng Shu’s words, a hint of pride appeared on her face.

“This key is the dormitory key of the silent film comedy master who once walked out of the academy.” What Hai Xin said made Teng Shu pause. Teng Shu glanced at Hai Xin. The Film and Television Academy actually retained the dormitory of that master?

“But this was also the master’s own request. He also donated some of his things here. Now it is considered the master’s cultural memorial hall.” Hai Xin added, and Teng Shu nodded. It did seem like a visit, so Teng Shu followed Hai Xin to take a look.

After the visit, Teng Shu did not have many thoughts, after all, this master passed away quite early. However, there were many of the master’s things displayed here, among which Teng Shu noticed an interesting thing.

“What is that?” Teng Shu looked curiously at a notebook with the words “Inspiration Essay” written on it.

“This is the master’s inspiration essay. It records some of the sudden inspirations that the master had during his performance.” Hai Xin explained casually. Teng Shu asked curiously if he could take a look at it. Hai Xin naturally agreed, and then told Teng Shu that most of the things here were replicas.

It is a one-to-one replica, and the original is preserved separately in order to preserve it more completely.

Teng Shu was a little amused, but he still opened the notes and took a look. After reading them, he found that this master had once thought about making a horror movie, and even envisioned a comedy horror movie.

“Comedy horror movie?” Teng Shu became interested.

Horror films and comedy films, two seemingly unrelated genres, are naturally very difficult to combine together. Teng Shu himself knew this, and after writing three pages, the master gave up the idea.

Because he found that how to combine comedy and horror films was a difficult problem. If it was too comedic, it would not be scary, and if it was too scary, it would not be comedic. He also had some other film contracts, so he finally gave up.

But this reminded Teng Shu of a classic horror movie.

“The Night of the Dead”

“The Soul Returns at Night” is a movie starring Stephen Chow. The whole movie is a comedy with some horror scenes. It is very interesting in itself, and the combination of comedy and horror is also very appropriate. Of course, most of the time, Teng Shujue’s movie can be regarded as a comedy, but it is undeniable that there are some horror elements in it.

Especially the final scene where Stephen Chow fights the evil ghost couple, some shots are still scary, it is a very interesting horror movie.

“It’s just that I have The Grudge on hand right now. After I finish filming The Grudge, I’ll just make a movie called Return of the Soul.” Teng Shu seemed to be thinking about something. The horror level of The Grudge was too high. Teng Shu felt that he needed to make a movie like Return of the Soul that mixed comedy and horror, so that the audiences would muster up the courage to go to the cinema.

After all, the alien alone was enough to make some viewers’ scalps tingle, and some even said they dared not watch it a second time, which made Teng Shu laugh and cry.

When The Grudge is released, I’m afraid that these audiences will pee their pants in the cinema, after all, The Grudge is extremely scary and horrible. (End of this chapter)