Chinatown is located at the southern end of Manhattan's Downtown/Downtown area, just six or seven blocks from Lan Li's apartment—and now Lan Li has finally remembered where his apartment is. After seeing Andrew leave in a taxi, Lan Li did not choose transportation, but took a step and jogged all the way back.

When I returned to the apartment, I was sweating profusely, as if I had just finished a sauna, my whole body was steaming, I took off my clothes, took a shower, changed into a set of clothes, rummaged through the refrigerator and found the ingredients that had already been cut, made a simple sandwich, drank a cup of coffee, then grabbed my skateboard and left the house again.

It's rush hour, and the whole of Manhattan is congested, not just the highways, not just the subway, but even the people coming and going on the streets. Lan Li was supposed to cross Wall Street and go straight to his destination, but that area was the hardest hit area, so he simply made a big circle, detouring all the way from the block on the south side, looking at the Statue of Liberty above the Hudson River, and even opening his arms to feel the coolness and wanton of late autumn.

Autumn in New York is full of colorful and gloomy poetry, with a touch of warmth in loneliness. This city in this season, as if the shadow under the Polaroid photo, is covered with a layer of mist, but it makes the distance closer, and at this moment, Lan Li is willing to believe that in fact, God still loves this place.

In the distance, the gray concrete buildings that resemble a jungle come into view, and in the midst of this forest of steel, the wanton and chaotic green rushes in with a primitive roughness, and sits out of place in some remote corner, growing stubbornly and madly, as if abandoned by the world. However, the exuberant vitality is like a beating heart, disturbing the pulse of the city.

It's hard to imagine that this is a coffee house, like being in the middle of the Amazon jungle. That's what makes New York the most unique. There's always the craziest thing going on in the world around a corner. Even if most people don't know it, even if Wall Street is separated by less than three blocks.

Looking down at his watch, there was still a quarter of an hour before ten o'clock, and his footsteps stopped at the door of the coffee house, stepped on the tail of the board, took the skateboard in his hand, walked in quickly, and looked around, but found that the sight was really limited.

The interior is cleverly designed, with potted plants, baffles, suspended ceilings, etc., creating a jungle feel, with unobstructed views but not really visible between the booths, and the coffee counter in front of it resembles a primitive tribal table, as if the clerks standing in the back had to wear a tiger fur coat to make sense – but they didn't.

Such a bizarre and strange scene could not have appeared in London, it could not have appeared in Los Angeles, only New York, the unique New York.

A waiter in a white T-shirt and black jeans stepped forward and said, "Sir, do you need any help?"

"......" Lan Li spun around, "Are appointments accepted here?" Lewis?" Tim Lewis, today's party convener.

"Yes, of course. The waiter smiled and nodded, and gestured to the left-hand corner, "Mr. Lewis has arrived and is waiting for the arrival of the guests." In the primeval forest, there is a sense of disobedience to the use of formal and respectful polite language, and Lan Li's mind is the image of cannibals tying up their "prey" and carrying them to the campfire.

However, after taking three or four steps forward, the line of sight suddenly opened up, dark brown log low tables, light brown handmade rattan chairs, randomly and scattered, and the sunlight penetrated the tall trees behind him, like the core conference room of a primitive tribe. Another village.

Lan Li was not the first to arrive.

"Sorry, I'm late. Lan Li stepped forward, and everyone's eyes were projected, and they greeted each other with a smile and apologized.

"No, no. Tim smiled and waved his hand, "I arrived early for fear of being late." As a result, someone came earlier than me. "The appointment time was 10 o'clock, and the group arrived early. This small detail can be seen: this crew does not have a single big name.

Tim Lewis, producer, Derek Colsta, Billy-Ray, screenwriter, Lucinda Sisong, casting director, and...... Paul Greengrass, director.

This is the first production team of "Killing Reincarnation", plus Lan Li, in the entire lineup cast, the biggest card is not Paul Greengrass, but Lucinda Sisong. It's no wonder that the media has been comparing "Killing Cycle" to "Cable TV Fixer", believing that Lan Li is following in the footsteps of Jim Carrey.

Lan Li walked to the side, pulled a chair over, glanced around with a smile, and introduced himself, "Good morning, I'm Lan Li Hall, and I'm going to play the role of William Cage next." ”

This friendly gesture made Lucinda laugh, "Looks like we need to formally introduce ourselves." Lucinda, who is in charge of casting, is here today to watch and understand the situation. This light-hearted remark made everyone chuckle, and then they started to make introductions.

Tim, Derek and Lucinda, these are all familiar faces. In the previous auditions, Lan Li has more or less communicated, and there are two new faces, Paul and Billy.

Needless to say, Paul's "Thriller Flight 93" and "Spy Shadows" series have opened up the situation for him. However, Paul is still not valued in the industry, on the one hand, because of his unique hand-held photography method, as well as sharp and fast editing methods, the applicable film genre is very narrow, and the same set of techniques is reused too much, which is easy for people to produce visual fatigue, and on the other hand, because of his background as a journalist, the selected works always have a sharp perspective, which does not conform to the mainstream aesthetics of Hollywood.

Last year, Paul and Matt Damon's "Green Zone" was officially released, focusing on the Iraq war, but the filming was completed in 2007, and the release time was delayed by three years, mainly because the major distribution companies in the industry were not optimistic. After the movie was released, it also suffered a double failure at the box office and word of mouth, which was a big disappointment.

After filming "Spy 3" and "Green Zone" in 2007, Paul has not received a film project for three years, and "Spy 4", which was originally scheduled to be directed by him, also failed to make the trip, and Universal Pictures handed over the director to Tony Gilroy, the screenwriter of the first three parts of the series. It's fair to say that Paul is now at a low point in his career.

When Lan Li talked to Jeff before, he mentioned Paul, but he didn't expect that Warner Bros. really chose Paul. After all, from multiple perspectives, Doug Liman would be the better choice at the moment. The media is not optimistic about Paul's arrival, and it is understandable.

However, Lan Li is looking forward to it. Paul's control of the war pattern, battle scenes and narrative rhythm is naturally in line with the "killing cycle", and it is really exciting to see what kind of style the film will present under his lens.

Billy's case, he was recommended to the crew by Paul. Since the director and screenwriter are in a cooperative relationship, each director more or less has his own screenwriter who often cooperates or wants to cooperate with screenwriters. Of course, the reverse is also true.

Billy and Paul had never worked together on any work before, but Billy was a well-known screenwriter in the industry, he was very good at the interaction of scenes and characters, and he has been in the industry for more than 15 years, and his list of works includes commercial works such as "Crisis in the Air", "Molten City", and "National Case". However, his work that really entered the mainstream of Hollywood was the adaptation of the first part of "The Hunger Games".

Derek is a newbie who has read the original book repeatedly and has a more accurate grasp of the plot framework and core ideas, while Billy is a veteran and has a better understanding of the rhythm and character development of the script. However, this is just on paper, and it is also unknown whether two people can help each other and rub sparks in the process of cooperation.

Now, Lan Li can be 100% sure that the "Killing Cycle" in this life will be completely different from the "Edge of Tomorrow" in the previous life, and the entire core team has been transformed.

"Ahem. Tim coughed lightly twice, trying to get everyone's attention, but after everyone actually looked at it, he became nervous again, and his expression suddenly became unnatural, "Uh, me, here's how it is......" Tim didn't know how to speak, so he had to bite the bullet and start straight away," said Frank-Marshall, whose first request if he accepted the project was to change the name of the film. ”

Silence, silence, everyone looked at each other.

Frank Marshall is the top producer in the industry, he is the husband of Catherine Kennedy, the two husbands and wives are well-known in the industry, Catherine naturally needless to say, later took charge of Lucasfilm, developed "Star Wars" into the most profitable series of films in film history, even in the process of Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm, she can be seen.

On the other hand, Frank has been in Hollywood for nearly three decades, "Raiders of the Lost Ark" is his medal of honor, and the "Spy" series, "Back to the Future" series, "Jurassic Park" series, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and other works are all his production works.

It is worth mentioning that Frank and Steven Spielberg are close friends, even if Steven works every work, Frank serves as a producer. Frank's forte is not filmmaking, but commercial promotion and marketing strategy. And, of course, Oscar PR.

It is really unthinkable that such a top producer in the industry actually joined the "Killing Reincarnation", and even Paul heard it for the first time and was surprised.

After Tim became the center of attention, his eyes widened and he laughed dryly, but everyone's eyes still did not turn away, Tim had to shift the target, pointing at Lan Li, "Frank only has two requirements to accept the project: one is the name of the movie, and the other is Lan Li Hale. ”