In the end, Tom still didn't die tragically at the hands of Fang Bei.

He exchanged the way of communicating movies with Fang Bei for a chance to live.

"Fang, have you gone to Hollywood to figure out what movie you want to make?"

Fang Bei has a plate of fried vegetables in his left hand and a plate of scrambled eggs with shrimp in his right hand: "Are you so sure you can win the bet?"

"Absolutely. Tom took a fork and put a green vegetable into his mouth, and breathed a long sigh of relief, "Fang, I have learned more about the film industry in China during this time, and even I went to your film and television academy to communicate with those professors, and I found an interesting thing. ”

Fang Bei was interested: "Oh? ”

Tom smiled: "Fang, do you know that in Hollywood, and even in the European film industry, there is no such thing as a literary film at all. ”

It's more of a genre film statement.

Like cartoons, fantasy movies, gangster films, sci-fi films, westerns, sports movies, suspense films, romantic comedies, courtroom movies, epics, etc.

What comedies, thrillers, song and dance films, women's films, children's movies, and even SQ movies are a classification.

Including the superhero movies that Fang "pioneered", it is also a new category.

In Hollywood, in the European film industry, there has never been any such thing as a literary film.

No, it should be said that in the film industry outside of China, there has never been such a thing as a literary film.

They only talked about the artistic value of the film, but they never said how the literary film was.

Do the three major European and Hollywood, including other large and small film festivals, have awards such as "Best Literary Film" and "Best Commercial Film"?

No!

I don't know if there is such an award in China.

He also thought that there were also literary and commercial films abroad.

"Fang, your domestic 'film masters' like to play some formalistic things, and the audience can't understand them, so they say that your aesthetics are not enough. But the core of the movie is to tell a story to the audience. And the biggest problem of those directors in China is that they refuse to tell the story well. ”

"I've talked to some of your directors, and with the exception of Luo Zhang, many directors ask them to summarize their film content in one sentence, and they can't say it themselves. ”

"Then I went to the film and television academy to audit a class, and their drama teacher actually said in class, 'Literary films can be without logic and stories, and they are movies with the director's personal feelings as the theme'. I really think it's ridiculous. ”

Tom suddenly leaned forward and stared at Fang Bei: "Fang, you remember, movies are first and foremost commodities, and he must be able to sell them for money before he can talk about other things." Otherwise it's not a movie, it's just a rubbish (garbage) that cheats money!"

Fang Bei was unmoved: "What does this have to do with me." ”

"Fang, I know you! I know you better than yourself!" Tom activated the brain supplement, "You are actually an arrogant person, but your arrogance is hidden deep in your heart! Your dream must be to overturn Hollywood and lead the rise of Chinese films! I know everything!"

Farewell: "???"

I don't even know that I'm going to save Huaguo Films, how do you know?

Tom didn't refute when he saw it, so he said proudly: "Actually, the first time I watched your "Shadow of Light", I thought you were the kind of genius with extraordinary talent. Later, after I found "Captain China" and watched it, I was more sure of my idea. Fang, that was your first film, and I heard that you probably didn't systematically study filmmaking before?"

Fang Bei nodded: "That's right, what can you see here?"

You can see I'm just messing around?

Fang, after decades of summarization in Hollywood, we have summed up a film festival machine, which is something that countless people have summarized through countless movies and industrial means against the data of box office, audience reputation, audience psychological curve, etc. ”

Tom began to talk about seemingly unrelated things: "For example, at the beginning of the movie, there is a tense and exciting hot opening, which is mainly to attract the audience, usually about six to thirteen minutes. ”

"After that, when the whole film is about 70 percent, it is almost the most difficult time for the protagonist to enter the most difficult time when he has nothing. Here is to mobilize the audience's emotions and suppress their emotions, so that they can be released happily in the later outburst. ”

"Twenty to twenty-five percent of the space is devoted to the final explosion. Finally, five to ten percent come to the end and let the audience reminisce. In this way, when they walk out of the cinema, they will feel that their ticket money is worth it. ”

Don't be really shocked.

It turns out that making movies also has to talk about routines?

Come to think of it, it is.

In fact, everyone can feel the ups and downs when watching the movie, most Hollywood movies come up with a wonderful and exciting performance, and then officially enter the plot, and then let the protagonist start to be unlucky in the second half of the middle, and finally break out.

But in the past, everyone had a vague feeling, but it was not so intuitive.

Hollywood has already turned them into an industrial assembly line, indeed...... Something.

But what does that have to do with someone on my side?

Tom smiled: "Fang, that's why I said you're a real genius." Because you have never been in contact with the film industry, you can find the perfect rhythm and routine when you get started with your first movie, and you have stepped out of Huaguo's own commercialization path.

After that, your second film "Shadow of Light" made a direct breakthrough, breaking through the shackles of this film festival filmmaker, which is something that only a true film master can master, and you only used two films to break through. ”

That's why others don't think of themselves as the biggest opponents in the future.

Because with the current Fang Bei, he is not his opponent, but he can't wait for the day when Fang Bei matures in twenty years.

He was already old by then.

Fang Bei didn't speak, he was thinking about something.

Tom asked, "Fang, what are you thinking?"

Fang Bei came back to his senses: "I was wondering where they were going to play after the movie was over." By the way, Tom, I would like to recommend you, if you want to go to the beach, where is the safe place?"

After all, it's a "beautiful landscape".

Fang Bei didn't want to be a corpse in the "landscape".

"......" Tom was silent for a moment and began, "Saipan." ”

"Why don't you go to Hawaii? Is Saipan cheaper?"

"Saipan is safer, at least the police officers on duty there don't have to wear body armor. ”

"Do Hawaii police officers still wear body armor?

"Heat stroke is better than being shot. ”

Most of Saipan's visitors are Chinese and people from the south side of the peninsula.

Hawaii......

Pearl Harbor is right in Hawaii.

Fang Bei nodded.

After finishing the domestic affairs, I will take everyone to Saipan for a vacation!

Tom raised his head: "Fang, what about going to Hollywood......"

"Besides, I'm not interested. ”

Tom didn't say anything more,

He has already thought about it, and when the box office of the movie comes out, he will tell the bet between the two of them!

When the time comes, you just can't think about it!

............

"What's the movie to watch first?"

"Captain America", "Your Name", "The Grandmaster", in that order. ”

"The ticket is done, and the company reimburses you. ”

"All right!"

At half past ten in the evening, Wang Ming met a friend he knew, that is, lawyer Fang Tangjing, in the mall.

Tonight, the two of them plan to kill all three movies.

No way, as a young person, it is a very reasonable and logical thing to use this way to celebrate the New Year.

And neither of them has a girlfriend, so in order to avoid loneliness, two happy bachelors meet to watch a movie together, which is also very reasonable and logical.

"Do you think "Captain America" can beat Director Fang's two movies?"

Wang Ming pushed his glasses: "First of all, unless the gap between movies is too big, it is difficult to distinguish between good and bad. Do you just look at the box office? I don't think it's reliable. Again, those two movies were not made by Director Fang, so why do you care so much. ”

The audience just watched the movie: it is enough for the movie to be good.

The ink was on until 11:50 p.m., and the cinema on the sixth floor officially began to enter.

Wang Ming and the two followed the crowd into Hall 1.

Their theater is not the theater chosen by the crew for the roadshow, so as usual, they put some trailers of other movies and some commercials first.

Soon, ten minutes passed, and the theater gradually went dark.

The dragon mark is here.

The movie officially begins.

............

In the Hengdian Cinema, two figures, one fat and one thin, sneakily moved to the first row of the theater.

They took off their hats, but their masks were still on their faces.

Luckily, the lights are dim now, and no one knows them.

These two people are Liu Mang and Wu Kai, the directors of "Your Name" and "The Grandmaster", which were also released tonight.

"Fatty, is it really okay for the two of us to come and watch "Captain America"?"

Liu Mang whispered: "Let's call it to find out the enemy's situation! Besides, don't we have Lao Nie and them staring at it, what are you panicking about!"

"I'm not panicking. Wu Kai explained, "I think you are too confident? We can really do that Tom, he is known as the 'Hollywood tyrant'!"

"What are you afraid of! With the old Fang's script and ideas, I'm stable now!" Liu Mang said.

But his constantly shaking legs still betrayed his nervous mood.

"Watch the movie first, and when I go back after watching the movie, I'll open a trumpet and write a movie review to criticize his movie!"

Wu Kai asked a question: "What if his movies are particularly good?"

"......" Liu Mang said viciously: "I said thin monkey, why do you have to grow the morale of others and destroy your own prestige? Even if you are not sure, do you still have no confidence in Lao Fang's script?"

"It's not ...... either"

"Noisy, noisy, noisy, noisy, noisy, noisy, noisy

Suddenly, a big brother who spoke in a dialect opened fire in the back.

He has put up with these two grandsons for a long time!

Tick mutter, mumble mutter, let no one watch the movie?

It happened that the lights dimmed at this moment, and Long Biao was invited out.

The two looked at each other and fell silent.