"One more word. On the big screen in the screening room, in the elegantly furnished spacious room, Andrea, played by Jessica, turned around and looked at the expressionless silver-haired demon Meryl Streep on the sofa over there, and said with a smile: "FUCK-YOU, MIRANDA, FUCK-YOU!" Under the close-up, she turned and strode away, with a sweet smile on her face that was really relieved, followed by a fading Miranda.

The phrase FUCK-YOU is not a curse of resentment, it is not a shrew scolding the street, but a very subtle psychology. Andrea actually understands Miranda's hardships as a strong woman, and her previous dissatisfaction and irritability also disappeared at the moment when she made her life choice, but this is like disdain for Miranda's "everyone loves flashiness", and she is no longer afraid of this female demon, which is a victory declaration that she finally defeated herself and got rid of Miranda and found herself.

What is the best word to reject the fashion industry? ruin its gorgeous and elegant coat, FUCK.

"She's just a child. Meryl Streep always had a faint, nonchalant look, she opened the magazine in her hand, and her voice was inaudible: "Disappointment." ”

Listening to the brisk soundtrack and watching the arrival of the ending, Wang Yang on the seat in front of the screen also smiled, thinking to himself: "Thank you Jessica, you still chose me." Margaret, Valey Pfister, and soundtrack musicians David Lawrence and Mark Slunt also smiled. Soon the 120-minute video was over, the ending song and credits were unveiled, and Wang Yang applauded and laughed: "Very good! What do you think?"

"It's beautiful. "Great!" The three of them also laughed and clapped their hands, very satisfied with the work.

Mark Slunt, an outsider to the production team, also applauded and nodded, 120 minutes are smooth and natural from beginning to end, there are lighthearted humor and dazed struggles, the performances are superb and the set props are excellent, the colors of the picture are soft and refreshing, bright and full, the lens style is fresh and simple, the story is completely controlled by the director's perfect control, if you want to divide it from the magical Yang's works, it belongs to the camp of "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" and "Juno", which is really a pleasing classic movie.

"Thank you, thank you, Maggie!" Wang Yang looked at Margaret on the right, a middle-aged woman with glasses, and smiled seriously: "You saved my life." ”

Wang Yang is very grateful to Margaret for giving him a slap in the face, otherwise this 120-minute story is still the same story, but the expression of the details will be very different, enough to make A+ become C+ different. And because of her drinking and cooking, he regained his enthusiasm when he was thinking and shooting, and regarded it not as a job or a task, but as a movie, and fully supervised the completion of all post-production work such as editing, soundtrack, and color grading.

He was very satisfied with this version, and under the bright rhythm, several layers of Andrea's psychological changes, Miranda and Emily were depicted, telling an interesting story, an explosive ending, and at the same time saying what he wanted to say and discuss, he thought that this was already the ultimate in "easy way" to tell this story type, and he could do it to the extreme, so he was in a happy mood at this time.

"You're welcome. Margaret smiled and lifted her glasses, feeling relieved, although there are too many unstable factors in the market, but in all fairness, this is a work that has almost all the conditions to sell well. Not only does she think so, but people who have watched this theatrical version so far have the idea of "there is another box office bomb this Christmas", and they all feel that it has no problem with the global box office of 200 million or 300 million.

The big tree has been planted, and the next thing is to wait for the harvest!" Wang Yang patted Margaret on the shoulder, stood up, and said with a smile: "Send it to the MPAA for review, but I know that it must be PG grade." ”

"Of course. Everyone stood up with a smile and left the screening room together, no violence, no terror, not even a kiss scene...... There are only two sentences that are forbidden to foul "FUCK-YOU", otherwise you may get a G rating.

"But relatively speaking, 'The Demon Wears Prada' doesn't have much of your features. On the way back to the office, Marc Slant continued to comment on "Prada", Wang Yang smiled puzzledly: "What is the feature?" Marc Slant thought and said, "It's just not that amazing." "Ghost Record" can scare people to death, "Hangover" can laugh to death, "21" is so cool that it can't be described, "District 9", "Juno", "Youth Musical" ......"

He looked at Wang Yang with a look of "admiration" and said, "My boss, you can always shock people, oh my God!" Wang Yang shrugged his shoulders, and Slang spread his hands and said: "But "Prada" is a bit like the style of "When Happiness Knocks on the Door", like a cup of warm boiling water, but it is not so moving. ”

"What do you still want, what do you still want it to do?" Wang Yang couldn't help laughing, did he really regard him as a superman? Every movie has to reach an extreme of "scared to death", "laughing to death", and "cool death"? Or do you have to reach the level of "The Godfather"? And the fact is that movies have too many detailed genres, too many sensory feelings, some of which are extreme and "The Godfather" and "The Shawshank Redemption" cannot give, and "The Demon Wears Prada" is one of the gentle and light-hearted.

"I think the Oscar for Best Picture is good. Mark Sloan laughed too, "Why not" pretending to be confused: "You've got Meryl Streep." ”

Wang Yang punched him, and said with a smile as he walked: "No, I just ignore Oscar and won't design for it." "He just wanted to make a movie that was impulsive at the time, and make a movie that was satisfying. He laughed and said, "If you want an Oscar, you can adapt that book into a dark story in the fashion industry, what kind of power and money temptation to fall...... Discussing the deeper things of human nature is not the 'life choice' that is now light-hearted. ”

"You still have a way to make the global box office 300 million, right?" Mark Slunt naturally understood what he meant, according to this line of thinking, it would be a completely different kind of film, which would be favored by the judges of the film critics' awards, but it would be difficult for the average audience to explain.

"I don't know, that's not a good idea, it's not supposed to be like this. Wang Yang shook his head resolutely, of course, now that the movie is about to be released, he will not change anything, but if he wants to do it again, he will still make the same choice as the original, making this nagging and resentful "The Devil Wears Prada" light and humorous, and he pays more attention to showing the changes in the characters' minds.

Wang Yang said: "Abandon the idea of art films, from the perspective of commercial films, you can't start it to an extreme and make it like "The Hangover" and "21", which will mess up." This theme and this content should be told in this gentle way, and then explode! He patted Mark Slent, who nodded, and said with a smile: "I don't need the audience's emotions to fluctuate too much, just enjoy watching the whole film and have a good evening, okay? ”

"I can't think of a reason why the audience, especially the female audience, doesn't like it. Mark Slunt smiled and gave a thumbs up and praised, "You're right, I now think that even if it cost 10 million to adapt, we would have to buy that book." But I have a concern......" he said seriously: "The reaction of the film critics, they don't know if they will accept such a 'mediocrity' as yours." ”

The decline in word of mouth in the film critics has been a big worry for Mark Slunt lately, after the flame was like Pixar, seeing the symbol of that moth butterfly flame on the theater screen, no matter how alternative that movie was, the audience knew that it must be a good, good movie. But now that "Dance Out of Life" and "Chainsaw" have suffered film review failures, the media's verbal criticism will definitely affect the judgment of some audiences, resulting in a decline in the brand value of "Flame".

These sounds will affect the box office, and even more so the sales volume in the later period. As a company gets bigger and bigger, and more and more films are released on a large scale every year, it is naturally difficult to ensure that each film will win the hearts of the audience and the film critics.

And the biggest signboard, "the chairman of the money-grabbing chairman", can he maintain double profits? All flame people are inclined to can. But on the other hand, it's like a basketball game, a magical superstar scores 50 or 60 points per game, and fans and experts are used to alike averaging 55 points per game, and suddenly there is a 30-point game, 30 points are not low at all, but 25 points less. What's going on? The experts' mouths won't be closed.

What's more, they've been resentful of the flame movie lately...... Mark Slant looked at Wang Yang's calm face, spread his hands and said, "Maybe it's just that I'm thinking too much, anyway, I'm pleasing to the eye." ”

Wang Yang didn't speak, as far as he knows, although the 06 version of "The Devil Wears Prada" was caricatured as "a fashion show", it has 76% and 84% of the freshness of film reviews, and he also has aesthetic judgments, and the current "Prada" is obviously better, and it is not a work on Rotten Tomatoes in any case. He casually asked, "It's a good movie, what's the reason to scold it?"

"Is Saw a good movie?" asked Mark Slant rhetorically.

"Haha!" Wang Yang couldn't help laughing, which illustrates the limitations of the film critic world. He is admitted that he likes to praise awards, he will not disdain film review awards, and he always reminds himself not to get carried away with those praises, and to keep the heart of the original moth under the beautiful coat of butterflies, Margaret saved his life, but this beautiful moth does not want to praise anyone, it has to please everyone, it just continues to fly towards its original goal.

Wang Yang shrugged his shoulders and said, "I don't care. ”

"Hmm. Mark Slunt nodded silently, I hope this doesn't happen to "SA", this Pokémon has not faced any real accusations since he stepped on the big screen, and now he doesn't care, if it happens, it really doesn't matter? He laughed: "We said it too seriously, those guys won't open their eyes and talk nonsense, a good movie is a good movie." ”

"That's not necessarily, "The Hangover" has a lot of critics. Wang Yangha smiled and patted him, and strode towards his office.

In mid-November, the entire production of "The Devil Wears Prada" was completed, and as its production cost was fixed at the second highest personal record of 55 million, in addition to cooperating with some of its publicity, Wang Yang's shoulders were really loosened a lot, and his mind on the film can be all focused on the preparation of the passionate "Firefly", and choosing the right actor for the role is naturally a major focus.

He just had the idea of a candidate for an important role, not the crew of the Serenity, but the number one villain of "Firefly", the secret police "Blue Glove" sent by the Star Alliance to capture Reva.

"Blue Gloves" is actually another name for the secret police organization, as they are all dressed in suits and leather shoes, wearing a pair of blue gloves on their hands, and are ordered to "capture Reva and kill anyone who comes into contact with her, including the Covenant officials". Joss Wheddon's original TV script featured two blue gloves for this task, and now it's time for the big screen, and Wang Yang has cut it down to one.

In terms of behavior, Blue Glove is a person who can't be worse than bad, for the goal of "Brave New World", he kills people without blinking, even if he kills a million or ten million innocent civilians with his own hands, he will not hesitate to do it, he believes that the death of these people in exchange for the "Brave New World" is worth it, all the people and things that hinder the "Brave New World" will be smashed, and the day when the Brave New World really comes, he will only take a look, and then he will kill himself.

This is his belief and he considers his existence worthy. On the surface, Blue Glove is a lackey loyal to the Covenant, or he has been completely brainwashed by the Covenant, but no, his philosophy is just the same as that of the Covenant, so if destroying the entire Covenant can bring about a new world, he will not hesitate.

If you want to describe this character, it is like a "calm storm", with both righteousness and evil, with a trace of absolute persistence in the calm, and a trace of kindness under the devil...... This is definitely not an easy role to play, and at the same time, it must be tall and powerful enough in appearance, preferably handsome and charming.

After considering many people, Wang Yang first sent an invitation to Brad Pitt to audition for the role, in fact, he has always admired Brad Pitt on the screen, whether it is "Interview with the Vampire" or "Fight Club", it is very commendable. Just a number one villain who is not the main character, will Brad Pitt agree?

(To be continued)