I've Transmigrated Into This Movie Before

Chapter 35

35: For You

"<<Phantom of the Theater>> Wins Best Film"

"Deep Analysis of <<Phantom of the Theater>> What is So Good About It?"

"Understanding the Classic Lines From <<Phantom of the Theater>>."

"Actor Bai Rong: Being able to act in <<Phantom of the Theater>> is the luckiest thing that has happened in my life."

...What was going on? Did Director Chen hire people to write positively about his film on the internet? But it was impossible to do it to this extent. Every critic website actually increased their score for <<Phantom of the Theater>> from an average of 4 to an average of 9, they even made up such high box office numbers and awards, what was Director Chen thinking?

The fingers with which Ning Ning were using to swipe on her phone froze, it stopped on a post.

The title of the post was: "Exposing the True Tragedy That Happened While Filming <<Phantom of the Theater>>."

Ning Ning stared at the title for a while before tapping on the link.

At first glance there was an old photo. In the photo was Orchid Theater from 1988, there was a row of people standing in front of the entrance, she recognised every single one of them—they were all from the movie she just got out of! The director, the actors and the rest of the crew!

Ning Ning's chest heaved, she felt her breaths turning a little heavy.

"Right, what do you want to eat for dinner?" Her manager asked as he was driving.

"Anything." Ning Ning didn't have time to think about dinner at the moment. She took two deep breaths then she began to read the content of the post word by word.

A draft of an interview was uploaded with the post.

The interviewee was Director Chen who was young, vigorous and in his prime.

"The success of <<Phantom of the Theater>> lies within a murder case." He spoke his mind in front of the reporter, "No one would have watched my film if not for the murder case."

How did a film from, essentially, a new face attract the attention of the public? It relied on the news of someone's death.

In 1987, on the eve of the day <<Phantom of the Theater>> was supposed to begin filming, the Socialite who was supposed to act as the Wealthy Lady was murdered.

"When the movie was released, there were two types of people in the audience." Chen Guan Chao said, "One was the people who came to watch the movie, the other was the people who came to look at the murderer."

Not long after the Socialite died, rumours started swirling in the public. Every newspaper had "Orchid Theater", "Phantom of the Theater", "Murderer" in its headlines, some tabloids even made up the details of the murder without a baseline. It was unknown whether all of them thought alike or if someone paid them off, every newspaper had the same person as the murderer—Miss Wen.

"Who is Miss Wen? She was a rookie actress." Chen Guan Chao said, "She was a very hardworking and talented actress. For the sake of acting as the Phantom, she spent long periods of time sleeping in a coffin, not consuming warm food and drinks, she even cut off interactions with other people...I really liked this part of her."

He said that he liked her, but he never helped clear her name. It was not until <<Phantom of the Theater>> started showing in cinemas that he told the truth to the public. He told everyone that she was not a murderer, she was but another victim, she even saved someone and perished along with the actual murderer. Before that, there were all sorts of rumours flooding the public, the smaller newspapers were still saying that Miss Wen was the actual murderer.