Chapter 396: Let's Make a Bet
"Intensify it carefully, okay? Are you sure you can write it down? Okay, just nod your head...... Okay, now we're emptying our heads again, taking a deep breath, taking a deep breath, and then, let's sketch out the next image. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" Li Xu clapped his hands and kept saying, "The characteristics of the second image are that the lower half of the body is crawling, the head is sideways, the face is fatter and more relaxed, showing a shocked and sad look, and finally a tear flows from the corner of the eye, understand?" ”
After a while, after all the women with their eyes closed nodded, Li Xu said again: "Okay, remember my request is that when you are tired enough, you must bring in the actor you know, the person with the best acting skills." ”
Nodding again.
"Then, now we will start to further sketch the first image," Li Xu said again, "Note, this person is a policeman, and he is also a policeman sent by his boss to go undercover in the gang, and the relationship between him and his boss does not seem to be very harmonious on the surface, but they care about each other very much." The gang senses that there are undercover agents in the gang, and one day they design a trap to arrest the undercover police when they connect with their boss in a certain building. But the undercover police also have a few friends in the gang, and they don't know that he is a policeman, so he receives a pager message when he connects, and the gangster friend tells him to go quickly, and if he doesn't go, he is undercover. ”
At this point he paused, and after they had digested the information, he began to speak again: "The undercover policeman told the boss, and the two left separately, and the boss went down the stairs, but was caught by the gang members who came up, and the undercover policeman left from the elevator of the repair building, and came to the street smoothly, and then called a taxi and turned to the front of the building." As soon as I got out of the car, I had only walked a few steps inside the gate when I heard a bang, and my boss was thrown down from the upper floor, smashed into the taxi, and was already dead. So, the undercover cop walked over and crawled beside him, looking shocked and griefed, and leaving a tear. ”
followed by a long period of silence, Isabel, Sophie, Hu Yinmeng, Zhang Aijia, several women who have a deep relationship with the movie, all closed their eyes and frowned, trying to sketch the picture Li Xu said in their minds.
And Jingzi, Qiu Shuzhen, Li Jiaxin and several others who also have closed their eyes, who have completely lost their ties to the entertainment industry in this life, have a calm face and are very clear about their essence as an additive.
"Okay, let's sketch the second scene now," after Isabel and the others nodded again, Li Xu also spoke, "Let's talk about the background of the story first, the male protagonist is a small assistant to the film crew, and the supporting actor is a world-renowned director, and they inadvertently formed a year-old friendship." Then, the director suffered a stroke one day and was sent to the hospital, where he could die at any time, and before that, he commissioned the actor to hold a comedy funeral for himself. The actor didn't know what a comedy funeral should look like, so he asked an unreliable friend to help, plus the director didn't have much savings, so they didn't have the money to hold the funeral, so they finally decided to use the director's fame to advertise at the funeral. ”
With a snort, Zhang Aijia laughed, and the corners of Hu Yinmeng's mouth twitched.
"Don't open your eyes, sketch out what I'm talking about." Li Xu hurriedly said.
"At the funeral...... Advertise? Isabel asked incredulously.
"That's an exaggeration." Sophie chimed in.
The others chuckled.
"Don't go into these details, finish our experiments first, or you'll forget about them." Li Xu shouted, "Next, they looked for money everywhere, and they also found a lot of money, and many advertisers were willing to sponsor it, and finally the puppet used to make the simulation had different socks on each foot." ”
A few more chuckles.
"But this is not the end, this day was still discussing adding more advertisements to the puppet, another investor brought someone over, this person is the image I asked you to sketch in the first place, hurry up and adjust it!" Li Xu clapped his hands as he spoke, "This man is an actor, he walked to the puppet, stared at it for a long time, pondered for a moment, and then showed a shocked, incredulous expression, and covered his forehead with his hand. He showed a strong reluctance and unwillingness, as if to say: How can this be! The eye sockets were also red. Then, he took out a vial and shook it, and said in a mournful tone: Why did you leave like this? We've all supplemented our nutrition, and we're just one step away, and we're just one step away from you! ”
He learned that passage vividly, and coupled with the foreshadowing before, there was a sudden sound of snorting.
Then Li Xu added the following sentence by the way: "Then this guy wiped his face, regained his composure, and asked the actor: Is this relationship enough to invest?" The actor gave a thumbs up: That's it for his son. ”
Suddenly, the laughter was louder and louder.
"How can there be such a person!" Qiu Shuzhen and Li Jiaxin couldn't help but open their eyes, laughing and whispering.
There is also Zhou Huimian, but she lowered her head and covered her mouth and did not show it.
Anyway, they are adding heads, and it doesn't matter if they open their eyes at this time, so Li Xu rubbed his hands: "Okay, it's almost here now, I think you should also roughly outline the two images, is that so?" ”
The women with more or less smiles on their faces nodded, but Isabel frowned, as if she had realized something.
Then I listened to Li Xu say: "Very good, now re-sketch the first scene, and at the end, put the image of the second man in!" Then, re-sketch the second scene, and at the end, put the image of the first man inside. ”
Then there was silence for a while, and then the women made a fuss, or Sophie and a few of them made a fuss, especially Sophie, who couldn't open her eyes a lot: "This is simply impossible, you give so many differences, and suddenly exchange them immediately, no one can accept it." ”
Zhang Aijia also closed her eyes and echoed: "Yes, this kind of replacement doesn't mean anything, it's completely a sudden attack." ”
But Hu Yinmeng, who also closed his eyes, just said: "It's really difficult to change." ”
Only Isabel was silent, her eyes closed, as if trying to sketch out the images.
After a moment like this, she let out a sigh: "Can you open your eyes?" ”
"Of course," Li Xu shrugged as he waited, "they've all opened their eyes." ”
"It's really hard," said Isabel, who had obviously deliberately adjusted her emotions, as she opened her eyes, "but even that doesn't mean anything, it's just the effect of our imagination, and it's definitely different from the actual situation, and everyone has a different image in their minds." ”
"Very good, very good, Isa, you have finally learned to fight back with logic, not emotion." Li Xu applauded slightly.
"I'm not stupid." Isabel gave him a cold look.
Li Xu smiled indifferently: "Isha, if I say ...... In my conception, are these two images actually reversed? ”
Isabel suddenly stopped talking, and the other women all exclaimed.
"You're saying that in your conception, the second image is actually in the first plot?" Hu Yinmeng asked for the first time, and without waiting for Li Xu to answer, he muttered again: "No wonder I feel that something is wrong......
"Don't you think so?" Li Xu immediately raised his eyebrows, "What's wrong?" ”
"I don't know, it's just ...... A gut feeling. Hu Yinmeng replied honestly, "The image of covering the forehead, maybe it would be better to put it in the sudden death of the boss." ”
"It seems that you are very suitable to be a screenwriter, because of dreams." Li Xu couldn't help laughing, and then looked at Isabel again: "Isa, do you need me to get both movies out?" ”
"It doesn't make any sense at all, it's out, and it's not the image I sketched." Isabel is unremarkable, "That doesn't mean that actors aren't important. ”
"Okay, since that's the case......" Li Xu obviously didn't want to make her admit defeat like this, so he immediately said again, "Let's make a bet, Isha." ”
"I don't want to bet with you." Isabel said alarmedly.
"I will invest 80 million to 100 million US dollars in a French film," Li Xu said to himself, "I will find the best screenwriter in France to write a script against the backdrop of the St. Bartholomew tragedy, and you will be the heroine." ”
As soon as these words came out, the air in the room was a little frozen, with an investment of 80 million? Or even 100 million? And it's still dollars?! You must know that more than three years ago, "Heaven's Gate", which made Luen Mei lose a lot, was only an investment of $44 million.
Even, in today's Hollywood, a cost of 20 million can already be regarded as a big investment, which has already frightened the major studios and will start calculating profits.
Spielberg is probably the most profitable director in Hollywood now, but none of his works has invested 20 million, and Lucas's last "Star Wars" reached 30 million, but there is obviously moisture.
"Of course, not all of this money is spent on shooting," Li Xu said at this time, "It is expected that two-thirds of it will be used, and more will be used to build various models, collect various information, and conduct social surveys." ”
"Social ...... Survey? The bewildered Isabel asked subconsciously.
"Yes, I didn't plan to make money with this movie," Li Xu smiled slightly, "I want to use this movie to do something interesting, such as ...... Verify the first-cause effect. ”
"Verify the First Cause Effect?!" Isabel was even more confused.
"Yes, since you don't believe it and can't approve of it, let's do an experiment to prove it." Li Xu raised his hands, "The facts are in front of you, you can't deny it anymore, right?" ”
"What kind of experiment?" Isabel asked, dumbfounded.
"I can't say this," Li Xu laughed, "If you say it, the effect may be much worse, how about it, do you want to show your acting skills, Isha?" ”
"What do you want?" Isabel bit her lip before she resisted her urge to say yes.
"If you win, the agreement between us will naturally be written off." Li Xu looked at her blue eyes, "But if you lose, you will always be mine." ”
Isabel shuddered.
"Also, I want to make it clear that I'm just saying from the beginning to the end that the actor is the least important, not the least important." Li Xu grinned again.
Isabel shuddered again.