Chapter 6. Filial Piety
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"Uh, now?" Ryoko Kakyoin couldn't recall how many times she had gotten a headache recently, so she wearily asked Pucci, "Are you really sure we should start now!?"
Although the entire crew was managed by Pucci, the supervisor appointed by Kujo Jolyne after she took on the role of a hands-off boss, it was only Kujo Jolyne who had such mysterious confidence.
It's better to say that no producer in any other crew would fail to send professionals to check whether the crew had invested their funds in the filming or if they were preparing to run away with the money under the guise of filming.
But at the Green Dolphin Studio, the producer and supervisor's responsibilities naturally fell on the shoulders of Ryoko Kakyoin.
For this reason, over the past few days, she had been staying up all night learning about the filming process related to film and television.
Although she couldn't say that she could guide the filming of a film and television work on her own, it was to ensure that she wouldn't be fooled when she saw others filming, and there was no problem.
In this way, Ryoko Kakyoin couldn't help but remind Pucci.
After all, a full-dive shoot seemingly closes the idea of the actor's main consciousness and makes them lose their memory of the real world, completely immersing them in the script world and using the subconscious mind to shoot, right?
But there are also loopholes in this. Hypnosis, suggestion, deepening the script role... Mature film crews or well-known actors all have a set of guarantees that they will not deviate too far from the script under the conditions of full-dive.
Otherwise, if actors' subconscious played freely, finding actors perfectly suited to roles would be a stroke of luck each time. How lucky is it to find these perfect actors every time?
The filming of a full-dive work has risen, and the transformation of traditional film and television works is about to sweep into the history of garbage.
But who calls Pucci a newcomer to direction? Aren't Dio and others also a group of new actors?
This kind of technique, Pucci is also studying in school, able to learn some general content from the teacher.
As for the high-end content, it is regarded as an inheritance technique by various well-known film crews and actors, and will not be lightly transmitted.
Therefore, the industry had developed psychological counseling and hypnotist professions specifically for this purpose.
"Secretary Kakyoin, what level of technical support do you think we can afford with our crew's funds?" Pucci asked. "If we aim for the standards of larger crews, it will indeed significantly improve our work, but we will not have any extra funds for subsequent shooting."
"As for the technical support of ordinary specifications..." Pucci continued, "To be honest, that kind of thing is not much different from what I did before."
Pucci, who helped Dio and the others with full-dive devices different from the home versions, was doing all the preparatory work. And let their consciousness access the world of the script they had prepared.
He then turned around and told Kakyoin, "And I also believe in Dio. After all, there is no need to say, Dio is a genius actor who can only appear every few thousand years!"
"Petty thieves, illegal vendors, street thugs... He doesn't need to act out any of these; he just stands there. A stench even fouler than sewers and vomit will automatically emanate from him!"
"In short, Secretary Kakyoin, just observe." The debugged screen, which was transmitted from the full-dive device to Pucci, was being watched by Ryoko Kakyoin: "You will see the reason why I chose them."
"..."
…
Where is this?
Who am I again?
Dio, who returned to consciousness from the stiff sofa, was regretful to close the book in his hand.
He was impatient to get up, and at the moment of getting up and putting down the book again, he covered up the expression of regret and impatience. "What happened, Dad? Is it time to take medicine?"
"You fool! Even if you take those medicines, there is no effect at all!"
Sure enough, I was just dreaming before.
Although he couldn't remember the content of that dream now, he still remembers that in that dream, his life was better than now.
--Humph, wait. Even if it can only be obtained in dreams, I, Dio, will also get them in this reality! But before that...
"I want wine! If you have money to buy medicine, it's better to give me a change for wine!"
Dio dodged a flying wine bottle and glared at the old man lying on the bed like a corpse.
Gazing at his supposed father, he thought--
--First, I must deal with the stinking obstacle in my path.
Yes, it must be thoroughly dealt with…
So...
[Dario Brando]
[Born: 1827]
[Died: 1880]
"You were ugly and cunning, and you made Mom work herself to death. You were simply the worst father."
"You want me to be rich? Fine, I will show you!"
"Though I could have survived on my own, I'll use anything available! Including your inheritance and this family called Joestar!"
Similarly, this is also to allow me to quickly live a happy and secure life in my long-forgotten dream!
At that moment, he had transitioned from being a patient lying on a bed to becoming a tombstone lying in the cemetery.
Dio, holding a letter in his hand that his father claimed would elevate him, a resident of the slums, into the Joestar family, looked at the words on the tombstone with disdain.
And a fresh spit from his mouth hit the father's tombstone without leaving any emotions, and he accurately said: "Scum!"
"..."
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And outside the script world, through the instruments to observe the situation in the script world, Ryoko Kakyoin has not been able to recover from Pucci's "praise" for Dio.
Then she saw Dio in the script world, without even extra padding, wonderfully performing this scene of loving father and filial piety.
"Is this... entering the role?"
"It turned out to be so fast!?"
A genius actor who can only appear every few thousand years.
Petty thieves, illegal vendors, street thugs... He doesn't need to act out any of these; he just stands there.
A stench even fouler than sewers and vomit will automatically emanate from him!
Ryoko Kakyoin remembered Pucci's introduction to Dio.
Now she finally understood what it meant to have such a valuable talent that it takes thousands of years to produce one.
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