Chapter 36: The Mysterious World of Hollywood

At the end of February 1991, the action movie "Hurricane Rescue" jointly produced by New Line Pictures and Touchstone Pictures officially opened at Disney Studios in Burbank. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Hurricane Rescue" is Li Wei's second self-directed and self-starred work, which has been hyped in the media for a while, but it was quickly drowned out by the nomination of the 63rd Ostrom Awards, March 25, 1991 is the award ceremony, at this time the entertainment media will follow the convention, summarize last year's film market.

And the most photogenic is "The Killer Tragedy", major media are deeply analyzing the reasons for the success of this movie, and the most mentioned words are "Kung Fu", "Will. Lee', which also led to a serious follow-up phenomenon.

According to the detailed information released by the media alone, there were 37 kung fu film projects that were intensively prepared by major film companies in early 1991, and there were even more projects in the investment process, estimated to exceed 100, but it is unknown how many of them could make money in the end.

"Killer Tragedy" is a commercial action movie, which earned a full house at the box office, but it did not receive any Oscar nominations, the media did not miss the opportunity to ridicule Li Wei, of course, there are also comments encouraging Li Wei, there are really not many filmmakers in Hollywood who can write, direct and act by themselves, and Li Wei is only twenty years old, even if he slowly boils his qualifications, he can mix in the ranks of first-line stars!

No matter what the media says, Li Wei himself is not interested in the Oscars at all, he made his debut as an action star, and it is estimated that he has been classified by those old men into the column of filmmakers led by Schwax Captain Stallone, unless he changes his career to art, otherwise he will not be able to win the Academy Award when he is a grandfather.

Li Wei automatically ignored the Oscars and stayed on the set all day.

Time passed day by day, and soon it was the eve of the awards ceremony, and the final scene of "Hurricane Rescue" in the United States was also filmed, and the crew will move to Paris after filming.

Because of his age, Li Wei made significant changes to the script of the first part of "Hurricane Rescue". Mills became his older brother Brian. Mills, the brother and sister were set as orphans, their parents died early, and they were in the custody of their grandparents, the elder brother was ten years older than his sister, he had already joined the workforce, and he was a SWAT member of the Los Angeles Police Department's SWAT team, his sister was in high school, and he was more naughty, and he insisted on following his classmate Amanda to Paris for a vacation during the summer vacation, but was kidnapped by traffickers, and his brother went to Paris alone to rescue him.

That's the setting of the story.

Li Wei deleted the family scene in the early part of the original work, he felt that it was too cumbersome and too slow to enter the plot, and his new film started with a hot scene, like "The Killer's Tragedy", focusing on his brother Brian. Mills' life at the police station, especially the action scenes of fighting the kidnappers in L.A.

The beginning has been filmed, and Li Wei is currently filming the scene where he looks for clues to the kidnappers through phone recording after his sister is kidnapped.

My brother's old classmate 'Sam' is an intelligence agent in the Los Angeles branch of the North American Intelligence Agency, and my brother asks Sam for help in deciphering the kidnapper's identity.

'Sam' by Big Fat Kevin. Played by James.

This is a purpose-built model intelligence room.

Sam sat down at the computer and dialed his brother's number.

The crew's special photographer has set up the camera, the lever microphone is also aimed at 'Sam', and the room is full of staff. Goldstein stood next to the camera and once again said to Kevin. James said: "James, you have been delaying for half a day, please remember that you are not allowed to laugh again, please do your job dutifully, ok?" ”

Kevin. James said embarrassedly: "Don't worry, boss, I promise that I won't NG again this time!" ”

Gary. Goldstein nodded, making a power on gesture.

"Lights ready!"

"Recording ready!"

"Ready for photography!"

"Power on!"

"Nineteen scenes, thirty-six acts, six times, action!"

'Sam' was holding the phone, and his brother's voice came from the other side: "Sam, what did you find?" ”

'Sam' looked at the computer screen and said: "They speak Albanian, judging by the tone of voice, they must be from Chopaga, that place is a den of scum, even the Russians are shy away from these guys, the one who talks to you is called Mako, we received the message, one is called Mako. Hoxha's underworld boss, who moved to Paris six months ago, if that's him, he's a big fish, and that tattoo is a gang sign! The gangs in that place specialize in abducting and selling women......"

Brother: "Go on!" ”

'Sam' remained serious and said, "Okay! Their usual trick before was to find women from emerging Eastern European countries, such as Yugoslavia, Romania, and Bulgaria, to provide jobs as maids or nannies to the West, and once they were smuggled over, they were addicted to drugs and forced to do ****, but they later found out that it was more economical to directly kidnap young women in tourism, so that they could save transportation costs! ”

Brother: "What else?" ”

"Based on the modus operandi of these people, our analysis shows that you have 96 hours from the time she was kidnapped......

Brother: "Otherwise? ”

'Sam' said, "I won't find her again!" ”

……

“cut! Crooked Good, James! ”

It's finally over, Kevin. James took a deep breath, this scene was completely his one-man show, he needed to memorize a lot of lines, he prepared for about a week, NG six times to count, it's not easy!

Li Wei also came to the camera, and gave Kevin a lecture first. James gave a thumbs up and then gave producer Gary. Goldstein said: "How's the preparation for the cast in Paris? ”

Gary. Goldstein said lightly, "Everything is ready, the venue is rented, and the crew has rushed over, just waiting for you and Liv. Miss Taylor flies to Paris! ”

"When is the ticket?"

"Three days later! The Oscars are over! ”

Gary. Goldstein executive produced "Pretty Woman" last year, and although he only received one nomination for Best Actress, he still had to walk the red carpet and attend the awards ceremony.

Li Wei smiled and said to him, "Good luck, Gary!" ”

After finishing the cooked film, Gary. Goldstein announced that the crew was going to work, and when he saw that Li Wei was alone, he couldn't help but say: "Will, we have been filming for a month, and there is almost no time to rest, and now that the scene in Los Angeles is over, we have three days off, do you want to have some fun?" ”

He suddenly lowered his voice, "Before the Oscars, the stars will have a secret party, and I know the meeting place, the time is tonight, as long as you agree, I can take you there!" ”

"Huh?" Li Wei was quite interested, he knew the inside story of this kind of party, and said with a mocking face: "Gary, I thought you were a decent family man, but I didn't expect you to be a sullen person!" ”

"What do you mean by being sullen?" Gary. Goldstein didn't know the term.

"Sven on the outside, beast on the inside!" Li Wei pointed at him and emphasized: "Just like a shy and honest man like you!" ”

Gary. Goldstein is already in his forties, where can he be frightened by a stunned young man like Li Wei, he asked with a smile: "So Will, are you sullen?" ”

Li Wei also lowered his tone, "All men have a beast living in their hearts, whether they are gentle or not!" ”

Hitch up with Gary. Goldstein's Chevrolet car, the two rushed to a resort hotel in Hollywood, and when they arrived at the door, Li Wei looked at the name, and was instantly in awe, this turned out to be Marmont Manor, this is not Scarlett, the queen of bee waist. Where did Johnson get the ladder door?

Li Wei was a little imaginative, how high the queen's desire must be, so she would do it directly in the elevator.

After getting out of the car, Gary. Goldstein tossed the car keys to the waiter at the door, and led Li Wei up to the fifth floor, which looked like a large bar, with seven or eight security guards standing at the door.

It's not easy to get in, you need three things, one is the password, the second is the face, and the third is the money.

Gary. Goldstein is obviously a veteran, the password is effective, not to mention the face, the head of the security knows him, and greets politely when they meet: "You're late, Mr. Goldstein, the party has been going on for an hour!" This gentleman is...... Oh, you're the little badass Will. Mr. Lee, right? ”

"Falk oil!" Li Wei raised his middle finger at the security chief, how could he be a person who would call him a little villain.

Gary. Goldstein couldn't help but laugh, gave the tip, and dragged Li Wei directly into the bar.

The environment here was hazy, shimmering with a dull yellow light, and Li Wei frowned, somewhat repulsing the smell of tobacco and alcohol that diffused in the air.

With a glance, Li Wei almost dropped his jaw in shock, guess who he saw, Steven. Spielberg, Harrison. Ford, Michael. Douglas, Ridley. Scott was sitting at a table and was playing cards. Miller, Susan. Sarandon Bryce. Danner, Meryl. Streep was smoking a cigarette and chatting at the bar.

Both men and women are a litter of giants, characters who really call the wind and rain in Hollywood!

There are even more stars of the younger generation, and the whole bar is enough to accommodate three or four hundred people. Goldstein led Levi through the crowd and found a seat in the corner.

After Li Wei sat down, his eyes were on the next seat, the bad boy Johnny. Depp, Horse Face Nicholas. Cage, cool go-Keanu. Reeves was gathered around happy.

Brother Ku held a square box in his hand, poured out a little white powder on the table, put his nose on it, sucked it hard, and the dust entered his nasal cavity, he seemed to enjoy it very much, leaned back in the chair, and slowly closed his eyes.

Nicholas. Cage was drinking, and when he saw Cool's dashing movements, he frowned, patted Cool's shoulder and said, "This thing is going to kill you, Keanu!" ”

Brother Ku couldn't hear anything, he felt like he was asleep.

At this time, Johnny. Depp suddenly stood up, took the square box to him, learned from Brother Ku's touch and sucked the powder, and said while sucking: "Nikolai, life is very short, you have to be happy in time, this is what my grandmother taught me!" ”

Nicholas. Cage didn't look at him at all, but stared at a tall girl on the trail, who was passing by, and he immediately raised his hand and slapped her on the girl's buttocks, not forgetting to whistle.

The girl was not annoyed at all, and stretched her tongue out slightly, towards Nicholas. Cage hooked his finger.

"Oh!" Nicholas. Cage showed his trademark big eyes and looked at Johnny. Depp tilted his head and said with a smile: "You're right, John, but we have a different way of having fun, I'm going to Fark my new girl!" ”

After saying that, he got up and left.

Li Wei turned his head in confusion, he bowed!