mtl008 Chapter 3663 Evil Force (1)
Chapter 3663 Evil Force (1)
Chapter 3663 Evil Force (I)
For everyone else, the success of Ilvermorny was good news. The director fulfilled his dream of artistic creation, the wizards promoted magic through the movie, the actors and young actors had a lot of fun, and the audience watched a good movie. It can be said that there were no losers.
Except Schiller.
In fact, Schiller was not a star, but an internet celebrity, and not a first-rate one at that. His number of fans on the short video app was only third-rate, and he didn't have many loyal fans. Most people came to watch the fun.
The videos he usually shoots are all about superheroes. To be precise, most of his fans are actually fans of other superheroes, and Schiller plays the role of a camera, leading them to see the details of the superheroes' lives. After the popularity of variety shows passed, his popularity was not as high as before.
But this time, Schiller has completely become popular again. To be more precise, he has gotten rid of his status as an internet celebrity and officially become a star. Moreover, he did not accumulate fans step by step, but became popular overnight and directly landed in the ranks of first-line stars.
It sounds pretty good. After all, filming is quite profitable, and the leading actors all get box office dividends, and Schiller is very satisfied with the income.
But it's obviously not easy to be a star. Now there are paparazzi around Schiller's nursing home 24 hours a day, and cars from various media are coming and going around the nursing home. Even the whole community has become lively. Everyone wants to take a picture of him.
Although it was annoying to be watched 24 hours a day and have no privacy, they did not break any law after all. They even got along well with the community residents and learned a lot about Dr. Schiller from them.
All of his former patients who had his contact information would send him messages or call to greet him, or ask for an autograph or a photo. In order to maintain his customer base, Schiller couldn't refuse.
It can be said that during this period when the popularity of the movie soared, Schiller's popularity alone exceeded that of the entire Avengers. The number of followers on the short video software account increased threefold in just a few days. Countless agencies contacted him and wanted to sign him.
When Schiller said he was not a professional actor, the other party asked him to consider changing his job; when he said he had a nursing home to manage, the other party promised that it would not interfere with his business time. In short, they kept pushing him back and forth to get him into the entertainment industry.
Schiller prefers to cook for himself, and to cook for himself he has to go out to buy groceries. The other dishes are easy to buy, but the key is that some seasonings must be purchased at Chinese supermarkets. Americans do not know Chinese and do not know the taste of those seasonings. If they ask others to help buy them, they will definitely buy the wrong ones.
But whenever Schiller went out, he was surrounded by a huge crowd. There were more than a dozen cars following him. When he arrived at the place, regardless of gender, age or status, they all rushed over and blocked him inside, unable to move.
In fact, it is reasonable to say that the Internet is forgetful. When the popularity of the movie dies down, no one should pay attention to him. But because Schiller refused to cooperate with interviews before and rarely went out, almost no one could catch him. The less interviews there are, the less material there is, the more curious the audience is, the louder the voices are, and the higher the popularity is.
It can be said that Schiller's avoidance of interviews has turned into a hunger marketing. Now, even if there is a picture showing only a glimpse of him, with a vague back or profile, fans will flock to him as soon as they hear the news. It can be said to be a traffic code.
Where there is traffic there is profit, where there is profit there are people to film. This has led to more people filming Schiller. In addition to squatting in the sanatorium, major media outlets are also looking for connections, just to be able to contact Schiller and get first-hand exclusive reports. Major TV shows have also repeatedly invited him, and even chased him to Chris and Strange.
The most outrageous thing is that Schiller has a fan who is a congenital cultist. He contacted Mephisto when he was seven years old. Without joining Kamar-Taj, he had become a well-known black magician in junior high school. He was not found until the magic defense network was upgraded to the latest version. At that time, he was already in college.
His main contract object is Mephisto, and he has been diligently spreading the evil beliefs of the King of Hell. He also helped Mephisto set up a church, which is even legal. If Ghost Rider is a military officer, then this one is a civil servant, and is also highly regarded by Mephisto.
He even made a wish directly to Mephisto, just to meet Schiller and take a photo with him. When Mephisto saw that his general had such a request, he had to satisfy it, so he found Strange.
Strange was full of questions: No, is it popular to call the hotline of hell now? If someone doesn't want to see you, do you have to send them to hell?
But Mephisto was sincere and offered a high price. Strange had no choice but to consult Schiller: You said that this free money is not worth making, at worst we can split it in half and use it as your announcement fee.
Schiller was also speechless. It seemed that this fan didn't know the plot later. If he knew that he was the one who specifically opposed Mephisto's agent, he would definitely quit being a fan and turn against him.
In order to prevent this situation from happening, Schiller had to call him first and roughly revealed to him the subsequent plot, saying that if you are a fan of the character, it is best not to raise your expectations too high. After all, if Mephisto is a legal belief, then doing this might be suspected of insulting the belief.
It turned out that the other party was actually very excited, and after hanging up the phone, he discussed with Mephisto for the whole night.
The next day, Strange received news that Mephisto was going to play the biggest villain in this series of movies himself.
Schiller didn't know how this guy convinced Mephisto, nor did he know what Mephisto was thinking. Anyway, when he finally saw Saphir, who looked exactly like him, in his tower, he felt that the world had finally gone crazy.
Mephisto turned into Schiller, or to be more precise, Safire, who looked exactly like the school doctor Barton. He had the same red vertical pupils and long black hair as Mephisto himself. Combined with Schiller's original appearance, the words "I am not a good person" were really written on his face.
The day he came, he almost scared the terrifying falcon head to death. Many gods in the Egyptian pantheon, which are crowded in one plane, are far inferior to the dimension lord. The key is that this lord has a face of Schiller. If Kong Su had a mobile phone, he would have almost broken the dial button for calling the police.
Fortunately, there are many talented people in the tower. First, the midst of the world, Jörmungandr, smelled something wrong and came to take a look, his pupils shaking. Then, one of Nyarlathotep's clones, the Black Pharaoh, warmly welcomed the new visitor. When Greed returned, half of the personality traits in the tower came to watch the fun.
Greedy took the elevator, and when the door opened at the bottom floor, he was speechless. It wasn't enough that I was being chased and blocked in the real world in recent days, why is it that I am still crowded in the tower?
Then when he saw the new him, Greed almost took off. He did agree to play opposite Strange and Mephisto because Mephisto offered a good price. But that was a movie! Why did you really come?
And you're here now. Don't you, the Lord of Hell, have your own skin? Why do you have to use mine?
Schiller didn't know how to describe himself played by Mephisto for a moment. He was the stereotypical devil image in all kinds of film and television works: dressed in a suit and leather shoes, well-mannered, but in fact, he exuded evil temperament from head to toe.
And Mephisto definitely mixed his own ideas into it. The Schiller he made looked different from Schiller, becoming more handsome and evil, lacking Schiller's postmodern neurotic indifference, but with a more traditional evil temperament.
Schiller also wanted to call the police now. But it was obvious that Strange, the policeman who could catch Mephisto, had already chosen to collude with him. The key point was that he had been blinded by money before and agreed to Strange's conditions for Mephisto's participation. The contract had been signed, and it was too late to regret it now.
Mephisto was wearing a very old-fashioned traditional gentleman's suit, which was different from the manipulation that preferred bright colors. His clothes were low-key and luxurious, with softer shoulder lines, combining British conservatism and French elegance. He also held a cane with a gilded pattern in his hand, and his hair was meticulously combed back.
Greed opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say. But Mephisto reached out and brushed the dust off his collar, then said, "Long time no see, Dr. Schiller. I recently found out that you are very popular among humans, and the movie you are filming happens to have a rivalry between you and me. I'm afraid I have to borrow your image, and I think this can also bring me more believers."
Schiller then realized that Mephisto was not interested in the movie, but was coveting the traffic of the movie.
To be honest, these demons and cosmic gods are really behind the times. In the Middle Ages, they could only spread the gospel by tricking believers and then spreading it by word of mouth.
But what time is it now? It’s the 21st century! If you register an account on the most popular short video platform and broadcast something, you can gain followers faster than if you work hard in a dream to fool people for a long time.
Mephisto was obviously one of the first to awaken. They realized that modern people were not as ignorant as those in the Middle Ages. They were bombarded with a large amount of information every day, some of which was even more evil than the Demon Code.
In the eyes of modern people, God and Satan are just cultural symbols. Most of the current believers are too far away from that era. They only regard it as a myth and can even make jokes about them on the Internet. The ruling power of the church has long been not as strong as before.
In an age when even demons can be discussed openly, the previous sneaky methods are too inefficient. With the Internet, they can preach openly.
Kamar-Taj will only stop the demons from invading the Earth, but they are not a religious organization and cannot control other people's preaching. To a certain extent, they even allow the demons to find agents to preach. As long as you don't start a war on Earth, or carry out large-scale cult rituals that take human lives, then neither Kamar-Taj nor the Supreme Sorcerer will care. They didn't care in the era of the Ancient One. Otherwise, with the level of military power of the Ancient One, which religion could develop under her?
In other words, as long as you practice religion legally, reasonably and in compliance with regulations, there is no need to be sneaky. Taking advantage of the booming development of the Internet, you can choose to attract fans online.
But even for demons, it takes some skills to accurately grasp the trend of the Internet. And the clever Mephisto directly chose the simplest way, which is to take advantage of the popularity.
Who is the most popular person on the Internet right now? It's Schiller! If he can catch this overwhelming traffic, wouldn't it be a matter of minutes for him to become famous?