CFJTM Chapter 143. The suitable director from the movie [Peep]

TN: as promised before the week ended! This is Thursday’s update (* >ω<)

TN: Trigger warning, mentions of rape, physical and mental abuse, murder. Steer clear from the start of the plot of “Peep” if this triggers you.   

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Shen Qingshu is still thinking about this problem on the way back.

Of the four directors mentioned by Zhou Mian, he knows two, and he doesn’t know much about the other two.

The two he knows are Lu Chang and Yu Ren. The two he doesn’t know are He Lian and Zhao Xiaoguang.

Zhou Mian told him about their four representative works in this field respectively. After Shen Qingshu went home he carefully watched different works of the directors, excluding Lu Chang and He Lian. Although he liked movies with criminal themes, he did not like movies with such themes using techniques that make everything seem dark. Giving people the feeling of being trapped in a grey fog, which created an oppressive and gloomy atmosphere.

Shen Qingshu still prefers normal lighting to darker tones.

Therefore, he prefers Yu Ren and Zhao Xiaoguang relatively.

Of course, he is most inclined to Zheng Dao, who he has worked with before.

Shen Qingshu made a careful mental analysis and called Director Zheng.

He waited for a while, before hearing the voice of Director Zheng, “Xiao Shen? What’s the matter?”

“Are you busy recently, Director Zheng?” Shen Qingshu didn’t talk nonsense. After being polite, he asked him directly, “Our company is working on a new movie. Currently we are looking for a director, it’s also a crime theme. Are you interested?”

“I’m afraid that’s not possible.” Director Zheng sat back in his chair and rarely had a rest, “You know, Xiao Shen, we are still editing this film. After editing, we have to do the post-production process. I’m too busy.”

Shen Qingshu had already guessed this result before, so he was not too disappointed, just a little disappointed, “I guessed it might be like this, what a pity.”

“Why is your company suddenly interested in this genre? I remember you are with Changle, right? Don’t they prefer to shoot idol dramas?”

“I want to shoot another work in this genre, and there happened to be a suitable one. Considering my future development in the film industry, the company wants to invest by shooting it themselves. I have only cooperated with you on this genre, so I thought of you first.”

Director Zheng understood, “Well, that’s a pity. I don’t have time, but I’ve just finished shooting a film in this genre, and I won’t shoot something similar in the near future. If you want to find a director, I can recommend a director for you. Do you know Mei Ruo?”

“Not really.”

“You can get to know her. In fact, she is also good at shooting this genre, but she hasn’t worked on anything similar in the past two years. But her previous “Peep” is very good, you can go and check it out.”

“Okay. By the way, Director Zheng, has Qin jie accepted any new projects recently? I want to ask her to be the screenwriter of this play.”

“I don’t think so. Go ask her and see what she says.”

“En, thank you.”

Shen Qingshu hung up the phone and called Qin Mo, who was the screenwriter of “Plundering time”.

Maybe she didn’t expect him to find her for the screenwriter of his new work, as Qin Mo was also surprised.

“I have time, but I want to read your novel first.” She said.

“Okay,” Shen Qing answered, “I’ll send it to you in a moment.”

“En.”

Shen Qingshu hung up the phone and sent the novel “Ephemera” to Qin Mo’s WeChat.

He searched for the director Mei Ruo.

This is a female director who is famous for her beautiful pictures and exquisite storytelling. She has won several awards, but the number of films has decreased significantly in recent years. The most recent film was released last year and shot the year before last.

Shen Qingshu soon saw the movie “Peep” in her work column.

However, to his surprise, it was a banned film. He spent a lot of effort to find a way to watch the film.

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The music of the movie started with ringing, accompanied by the singing of a woman, which was melodious and graceful. The camera perspective started with her thin white hands, followed by the perfect figure of the woman after she stood up, and saw her walking forward step by step on high-heeled shoes.

This is a very beautiful woman. She walks in a flowing manner. She greeted people she knew on the way and went to work in the company as usual.

But this is also a poor woman. She is beautiful, but her parents forced her to marry a husband who never finished primary school.

She didn’t want to, “We don’t even have a common topic. He didn’t graduate from primary school. Why should I marry this uncultured man?”

Her parents just advised her, “His family’s apartment has been demolished and he now owns several suites.¹ You can enjoy a lifetime of happiness when you get married. Now there are so many college students who can’t afford to buy a house. Diplomas are not so important. Money can allow you to live well. When you get married, you will naturally have a common topic, we think he is honest and will certainly treat you well.”

His husband smiled innocently, with two dimples on his plain face, which seemed to be exactly how her mother described.

She refused and protested, but her father was seriously ill and hospitalised. She said in tears, “I just can’t stop worrying about you. How can I stop worrying if you still don’t marry? Why don’t you want to? Will your parents hurt you? If you do this again, you really can’t get married. I can’t be at ease even if I die!”

So she put on a wedding dress and married the beloved in her parents’ hearts, with tears in her eyes.

Her parents’ faces are full of joy, as if marriage is the happy end of a woman’s life.

But her marriage was not the beginning of her happiness. She and her husband could not find a common topic at all. She liked reading books and her husband liked watching short online videos. He looked at those vulgar jokes and laughed loudly. She hid in the bedroom and cleaned up.

He didn’t want her to go to work and wanted her to give birth to a child and take care of children at home. She was unwilling. After several quarrels, one day he beat her and raped her.

He cursed while he raped her, “The wife should give birth to a child for her husband and take good care of her home. Why can’t you? Is a graduate student so valuable? You don’t want to give birth to a baby!”

She couldn’t resist the other’s atrocities and cried bitterly all night.

The next day, she returned to her home and said that she wanted a divorce. Her parents asked her why, and she said what happened last night.

Her parents advised her, “It’s normal to have a baby. He wants you to have a baby and he wants you to take care of the baby at home. You should have a baby. A few years later, having a baby in old age will be difficult on your health.”

“But I don’t want to.” She cried and said, “Did I go to school for so many years to take care of my children at home? I just got married. What kind of baby do I need to have? Can’t I wait a few years?”

“Isn’t this what he wants? Anyway, you have to give birth sooner or later. If he gives birth sooner, my dad and I can help you with it. Isn’t it good?”

She looked at her parents. “I want a divorce.”

“How can you do that? You’ve just got married and you want to divorce? Besides, you can’t find a better partner just because of our family conditions. You can have a good life with him. You have to have children when you marry others. It’s all the same.”

Her parents persuaded her to go home. He looked at her proudly after her parents left and raped her again that night.

He said, “You don’t accept me treating you well. I have to beat you a few times before you are obedient. So shameful.”

Since then, he has become more disrespectful to her. When drinking with friends, he casually pulls her down on his lap and kisses her in front of everyone. If she struggles, he will raise his hand and slap her. “What, is it illegal for me to kiss my own woman?”

She has become the capital for him to show off. How beautiful she is! Her skin is white and beautiful, and her face looks like a peach blossom. He is so average, being just over 1.6 metres tall. He did not graduate from primary school, but he married a beautiful graduate student.

Who doesn’t envy him? They say he is capable and powerful.

She sat in her bedroom, listening to those people’s praise of him. Her heart was calm as water, and it seemed that there were beasts roaring out of her chest.

Too much weight almost suffocated her. She had to take action to save herself.

So she killed him.

After careful planning, the beast in her heart succeeded in eating the hateful man that made her feel sick.

It was her first time doing this, but she was not even a little bit nervous. Her mood was very calm, as if the one killing him was not her, but another person in her body.

She returned home, and the next morning, she changed her clothes, put on make- up, sang a song and walked out in high heels.

She greeted the familiar people she met. She was as gentle as water. No one could guess that there would be hard bones under her soft appearance.

A few days later, her husband’s body was found. She was surprised and confused. She looked at the police at a loss and said, “I don’t know how this could happen.”

With tears streaming down her face, the police quickly comforted the poor woman and urged her to accept the truth.

After that, the police visited her husband’s other relatives and friends and asked them questions about the husband and wife.

Everyone said that he was lucky and had a good life. He married a beautiful and educated wife.

His friend was very sorry. “Why did something happen? Wang ge had planned to make his sister-in-law pregnant this year, and he was going to get her to quit her job to help out at home. Why did something happen now? Wang ge left, what will sister-in-law do now?”

The police sensitively perceived something, but could not find evidence of her murder.

It was not until the end of the film that she was finally taken to the police station by the police as they presented the key evidence.

She was still as gentle as water, and there was no panic on her beautiful face. She said, “I killed him.”

She calmly stated the killing process, and whispered, “Everyone has a beast in their heart, which stealthily peeps at the world, and then when you can’t stand it, it will struggle out of your heart. I am also a person, and of course that can happen, so why don’t you respect me?”

There was a moment of loneliness and confusion on her face, but she soon recovered her gentle smile.

She asked, “I can hire a lawyer for myself, right? Then I will hire the best defence lawyer for me, and try to reduce the sentence by several years. In this way, when I come out again, I will have a new life without restrictions.”

She was taken away, and the camera started to switch following her rise. Her hands were still thin and white, and her figure was perfect. She stepped on high heels, hummed a song, and walked forward gracefully.

She is not afraid, because her spirit is now free.

The film was forcibly removed a few days after its release, and has since become a banned film.

Shen Qingshu was curious about the reason it was banned at the beginning, but after watching it, he felt no wonder.

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However, he really liked the director’s storytelling method and camera language.

Shen Qingshu has been touched by scenes in this film several times, and couldn’t help but want to pause and enjoy it carefully.

She is really a director who can use the camera  profoundly.

He quickly called Director Zheng and said that he had finished watching “Peep” and wanted to know how to contact the director.

“Oh, well, I’ll give you her number, and you can just say that I introduced you.”

“Okay, thank you, Director Zheng.”

“You’re welcome, but she is very picky. I can’t guarantee that she is willing to direct this project for you, but you can try. If she agrees, she will do it well.”

“En.”

Shen Qingshu got the contact information and immediately called Mei Ruo.

A soft female voice answered, “Hello.”

“Hello, is this director Mei?”

“That’s me. What’s wrong? You are?”

“I’m Shen Qingshu. I worked with Director Zheng before, and he gave me your contact information.”

Mei Ruo replied, “Do you want to shoot with me?”

“Yes.”

“I’m sorry, I want to have a good rest these two years, so I have no plans to film for the time being.”

“How about I send the novel to you. After you read it, you can decide whether to take it or not?”

¹ From what I understand, some old houses are set to be demolished and either the government or companies pay a huge sum of money to the owners and they will also be given a few of the newly built apartments in the apartment complex. This may not be totally factual, do not quote me.   

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