Chapter 14: The Ghost Record

The "it" that Jin Jingcheng said is the name of a movie.

This is a famous movie in a previous life, and its fame lies not in its bigness, but precisely in its smallness.

It's so small, but it's a box office miracle that shocks the world.

It's "Ghost Record"!

This movie left a very deep memory on Jin Jingcheng in his previous life.

"Paranormal-activity", also known as "Smart: Ghost Shadow", is the first part of the American suspense and horror-themed film series "Ghost Shadow".

This movie is a typical horror film with a small investment and a big return, with a cost of only $11,000, but in the end it made 10,000 times more revenue by word of mouth, creating a box office miracle of nearly 200 million US dollars.

This very small budget film also won an honorable mention at the 2007 Scare Film Festival in its previous life, and helped director Oren Paley be nominated for an American Independent Spirit Award.

The storyline of "Ghost Record" is very simple, telling the story of freelancer Mick and his girlfriend Katie moving into a new house, and the excited Mick gets a video camera to track and film the two of them. However, their excitement was soon replaced by an inexplicable restlessness.

Apart from the two of them, there seemed to be other lives hiding inside the empty house. At two or three o'clock in the morning, the camera in the corner of the bedroom room recorded those unusual events.

As time goes by, the paranormal events intensify, Katie can't bear to want to move away, but Mick is excited to make a movie about the event, he doesn't know that when he really wants to leave, it's too late......

is such a movie, but it has become a typical case of Jin Jingcheng's small-budget and big-box office movies in his previous life.

According to memory, "Ghost Record" was filmed in 2007, and now it is only 2003, Jin Jingcheng feels that at this time, the screenwriter and director of "Ghost Record" Oren Paley should not have given birth to this idea and shooting plan.

Because the inspiration for the creation of "Ghost Record" came from Oren Paley's own personal experience of hearing strange noises after moving to a new house, it is estimated that at this time, Oren Paley's experience has not yet happened.

This is a great opportunity for Jin Jingcheng to take the lead.

In fact, as early as when Jin Jingcheng decided on Facebook's plan after his rebirth, and when he was sure that he had to earn a lot of money as soon as possible, he had already thought of "Ghost Shadow" and wanted to use its miracle to benefit himself, but it was only because Jin Jingcheng didn't like horror very much, especially supernatural ghost movies, that he put this plan in his heart.

But Kim admires and admires this movie, especially its success, which has a magical magic.

Now, under the pressure of Facebook, Jin Jingcheng still decided to start this plan, in his mind, this plan should be the fastest to get money, and some other money-making plans harbored in his mind are either difficult to implement with his current situation and ability, or it takes too long, he can't wait.

Now that it's decided, it's time to make a decision.

The next day, with the help of Nikolai's mentor, Jin Jingcheng contacted Oren Pelly in Los Angeles, and directly flew across the United States from New York on the east coast of the United States, and went directly to Los Angeles on the east coast.

After arriving in Los Angeles, Jin Jingcheng did not immediately make an appointment with Oren Paley, but first rented a house here, originally he only wanted to rent it for ten days, but the landlord was unwilling, so he had no choice but to pay a month's rent.

After renting the house, Kim contacted Oren Pelly and made an appointment to meet him in the rented house.

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In the empty house, Jin Jingcheng sat on an old sofa and looked at a young man who had just walked in through the door.

That young man was Oren Paley, who was not an American, but an Israeli.

Looking at the inconspicuous appearance of Oren Paley, Jin Jingcheng quietly admired in his heart, thinking that it was such a young man who created the miracle of the "Ghost Record" series in his previous life.

Moreover, Jin Jingcheng knows that Oren Paley is an all-round talent in film, producer, director, cinematographer, screenwriter, editor, etc., proficient in everything, and even very good at publicity and distribution, 90% of the success of "Ghost Record" in his previous life was done by Oren Paley alone.

When Jin Jingcheng looked at Oren Paley, he was amazed in his heart, but his appearance showed a very calm and steady appearance.

On the contrary, it was Oren Paley, who was older than Jin Jingcheng, and when he looked at Jin Jingcheng, his expression was a little unnatural.

"Sit down. Jin Jingcheng said with a smile.

"Okay. In an awkward state of mind, Oren Paley walked to the couch and sat down next to Jin Jingcheng.

Oren Paley wondered that he was just a small clerk at a small film and television company in Los Angeles, and just two days ago, the owner of the company suddenly approached him and said that Nikolai, the head of the film department at New York University, was looking for him.

At that time, he was a little confused, as he was committed to the film industry, it was impossible for him not to know Nikolai's name, whether it was several famous film magazines in the United States, or several major awards including the Academy Awards, Nikolai was a frequent visitor.

It was only later, when Nikolai told him that the person who was really looking for him was not Nikolai himself, but one of Nikolai's doctoral students, that Oren Pelly was disappointed, and he thought that he had been favored by Nikolai and wanted to train and promote.

Later, when Nikolai contacted Jin Jingcheng, and when Jin Jingcheng told him that he wanted to invest in him and let him be fully responsible for making a small-budget film, Oren Paley became excited again, but he was even more confused.

What's going on here?

Until the moment he sat next to Jin Jingcheng, Oren Paley's mind was disordered.

Kim looked at Oren Paley in silence, making the latter look more and more uneasy.

After a while, Oren Paley saw that Jin Jingcheng had no intention of speaking, so he asked a little confused: "Do you really plan to invest in me to make a movie?"

Jin Jingcheng nodded: "Yes, I understand the principle of not disturbing if you are not sincere, if it is not very sincere, how can I run from New York across the entire United States to Los Angeles?"

Oren Paley asked curiously, "But, I'm just a small clerk in a film and television company, what do you like about me, and why did you think of asking me to shoot?"

Although he had great doubts about Jin Jingcheng, Oren Paley spoke in a respectful tone, not to mention anything else, the fact that Jin Jingcheng was Nikolai's doctoral student deserves Oren Paley's attention.

Jin Jingcheng said calmly: "I have seen some of your internship works, and I can see that you are a film talent worth investing in, in addition, I want to say that film is magical, in this magical hot land, anything can happen, so you don't have to wonder, for example, although you are just a nameless staff now, maybe you will become a well-known film personality in the future." ”

Oren Paley was so confused by Kim's last sentence that he didn't pursue further on this question, but instead asked, "So, what kind of movie are you going me to make?"

Jin Jingcheng blurted out: "Horror movies related to ghosts and supernatural spirits!"

Oren Pelly stood up at once......