As soon as the event on the premiere stage was over, George Lucas stopped Lin Youlun.

"Lin, was what you said just now serious?"

Lin Youlun looked puzzled, "What does Mr. Lucas mean?" ”

"You said that the Indiana Jones series and the Ghost Blowing the Lantern series could intersect, and I thought it was a very good idea." Lucas's expression was serious as he spoke.

Lin Youlun shrugged, "Yes, I had such an idea, but the premise of cooperation is that "Ghost Blows the Lantern" must be able to achieve the same influence as 'Indiana Jones', not to mention surpassing but at least not too bad." ”

Lucas laughed, "It seems that you have a lot of faith in the Ghost Blowing the Lantern series. ”

"What is the movie like, doesn't Mr. Lucas know what to do after seeing it for himself?" Lin Youlun didn't explain, and made a gesture of please towards the screening hall.

Lucas nodded and walked into the screening room side by side with Lin Youlun.

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On the big screen, the story of "Ghost Blowing Lantern I. Exquisite Ancient City" begins at a train station full of educated youths who go to the mountains and countryside.

During the Cold War, the United States made special reports on some historical events that took place in China in the 60s and 70s, and the American audience in the screening room more or less knew that China had such a history, but it was only a very vague impression, and they were very curious when they saw the scene reflecting the historical events of this era for the first time.

As soon as the picture turned, Hu Bayi played by Yuan Di and Hong Jinbao played by Fat Man had come to a mountainous area in Inner Mongolia near the northeast. A female intellectuals were lost in the forest, and Yuan Di and Hong Jinbao volunteered to find someone, and they went into the mountains with a local girl named Yanzi. During this time, he encountered a wild bear. A fierce fight ensued between the two sides.

The audience all around was staring nervously at the screen. Lucas was the only one who pinched his chin with his hand with great interest, he had seen the special effects of this human-bear fight before, the bear that attacked the three people used a model and special effects processing method, and the special effects staff of Aurora Company spent more than a week just observing the living habits of wild bears in order to make realistic effects.

Judging by the audience's reaction in the screening room, the effort was well worth it, and the moment the bear showed up, almost no one doubted that it was just a model. Coupled with some clever editing and shooting angles, this scene looks like the real thing.

Because the power of the gunpowder gun in his hand was limited, Yuan Xuan, Hong Jinbao, and Yanzi finally only injured the bear, and it was more difficult to climb the tree after the last, because it was dark and not sure whether the bear had left, and Yuan Huang volunteered to get down the tree, and then got lost in the forest, and came to a cave very strangely, and met the female intellectuals who went into the mountains with them to find.

This female intellectual, who was sitting with a group of people dressed in ancient costumes, watched the play, and beckoned him to sit down with Yuan Di when she saw him.

Although Yuan Di is very strange, why would such a group of people appear in this barren mountain and wild mountains. still pressed the doubts in his heart and walked over, but he secretly kept a heart.

Just got over an intense adventure. Suddenly, there was such a plot, and the American audience in the screening room did not understand it, but soon they understood what was going on.

The picture turned to an old lady who was watching the play seriously with Yuan Di's gaze, the other party was eating very weirdly, Yuan Di was startled, and broke a teacup by mistake, and then something even weirder happened.

The old lady's head fell off one by one, but her eyes continued to stare at the stage, and her mouth continued to chew.

Although the American audience in the screening hall has been tempered with a tough heart by various thrillers, but suddenly seeing such a terrifying picture, I can't help but feel a chill down my spine.

If it were filmed by a different director, the handling of this scene would be more terrifying, but Wang Jing did not dig deep in this regard, but handled it very dramatically, and the maid standing aside picked up the old lady's head and put it back on her neck as it was.

The nerves of the American audience may be relatively large, and when they saw this, some people actually laughed.

However, Yuan Di in the movie was already frightened by this scene, and quickly pulled the female intellectuals out of the house, and the surrounding scenes began to collapse, and the entire cave was shaking violently.

The two of them escaped without danger, but they fell unconscious by the creek and woke up and were rescued back to the farm.

The American audience in the screening room still didn't understand the plot, but later a self-description of Yuan Di finally explained the reason to everyone, it turned out that they had encountered a scene conjured up by a ghost.

This plot is not long, that is, about ten minutes, in fact, it is a brief introduction to the identity experience of the protagonist, which is common in all adventure films.

Yuan Di later joined the army and went to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and was photographed building a secret base in Kunlun Pass, when choosing a site for this secret base, he first encountered the attack of an unknown fire ladybug, and then fled to a deep ditch of death, encountered a pyramid-like nine-story demon building, and encountered a huge monster similar to a frog.

This part of the plot is tense and exciting, the special effects scenes are extremely realistic, and there are exclamations in the screening hall from time to time, and many people are staring at the screen with their eyes wide open.

Even Lucas, who is an expert in special effects, is also amazed by the special effects that appear in this film, although such special effects scenes can be made by industrial light and magic, but it will definitely not be easier than Aurora, and the cost may be a lot higher.

"Lin, I think I can congratulate you in advance now." Lucas reached out his hand to Lin Youlun again.

"But this is the official beginning of the plot." Lin Youlun didn't shake hands with Lucas, but turned his head to look at the other party with a smile, "Is it a little too early for Mr. Lucas to make a conclusion now?" ”

There was an obvious doubt in Lucas's eyes, "Isn't this plot just now the official beginning of the story?" ”

"It's just an episode before the story begins, and the real story unfolds in the desert." Lin Youlun explained.

"Oh my God, how can you squander your creativity so extravagantly, even if you encounter bears and ghosts in the forest at the beginning, this section on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau just now can be unfolded as an independent story, and you actually just use it as an episode to show the experiences of the characters!" Lucas shook his head.

Lin Youlun didn't say anything, but his evaluation of Lucas in his heart was even higher, and he can be called one of the most influential "four directors" in the United States, Lucas's vision is indeed unique and keen

"Mr. Lucas, don't worry, I understand what you mean, in fact, this plot just now is a small easter egg that I deliberately buried, and it is a clue that involves the story of the sequel to the film."

After listening to Lin Youlun's explanation, Lucas suddenly realized that when he was watching it just now, he felt that this plot was very hasty in processing, but it turned out that it was because of this.

"Let me guess where the first part of "Ghost Blows the Lantern" is an adventure story that takes place in the desert, then the second part takes place on the snowy plateau, and where will the third part take place...... Oh, rainforest, I guessed right. ”

Lin Youlun nodded, then shook his head again.

"Mr. Lucas, you've only guessed part of the content correctly, and the order is wrong."

"Ghost Blowing the Lantern" is currently planned to shoot four films, the first is "Exquisite Ancient City", the second is "Longling Grotto", the third is "Yunnan Worm Valley", and the fourth is "Kunlun Divine Palace".

After listening to Lin Youlun's conception of the entire story of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", the excited look in Lucas's eyes became more and more intense.

Although the film has not yet been finished, from the performance of the plot and special effects shown at the beginning of the film, Lucas can predict that the "Ghost Blows the Lantern" series of films may really create a new "Indiana Jones" craze.

Although old friend Steven Spielberg has made it clear that he has no plans to make a sequel to "Indiana Jones" in the next ten years, the idea of waiting for the "Ghost Blows the Lamp" tetralogy to come out, as Lin Youlun said before, to make the two adventure series movies intersect will definitely move Spielberg again.

Lin Youlun didn't know that Lucas had thought about things ten years later, and now he only cares about the current audience's reaction to the film. Of course, since "Ghost Blows the Lamp" can make Lucas show strong interest, it naturally has a unique attraction for ordinary American audiences, which can be proved by the expressions of the surrounding audiences staring intently at the screen.

An hour and a half passed quickly, and at the end of the film, the three protagonists who escaped death in the desert all had a strange eye-like mark on their backs, and the film came to an abrupt end, leaving the audience with a lingering suspense.

The overhead lights came on, and many viewers came back to their senses, and when they left the scene, they were still discussing their opinions on this film.

"It's the best adventure movie I've seen in years!"

A freckled, brown-haired man had just let out an exclamation, and then immediately drew ridicule from his companions.

"Come on, John, you said the same thing last week when we went to see another movie...... Of course, I agree with you this time. ”

A girl with glasses held her hands wistfully, "China is really an ancient country full of magic, and I really want to go to those mysterious mountains and dense forests for an adventure if I have the opportunity." ”

"And then go make food for those monsters?" The female companion next to him asked jokingly.

The words drifted into Lin Youlun's ears, making him a little more confident in the North American box office expectations of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern". (To be continued......)