Lance got out of the car and walked briskly forward. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

He hadn't been back to New York for years, and he had almost forgotten how bad the traffic was here, and the potholed roads on Ninth Avenue had finally caught the attention of the municipal/government, and the construction team arrived at the site and began to re-pour asphalt and cement, causing traffic on several surrounding roads to become more congested, and cars were stuck in the middle of the road, unable to move forward or backward, which was really rude and unspeakable. This reminded Lance once again of why he was more inclined to the subway in his previous life.

This morning, Gawain's basic training entered the second phase of the recovery period, and he began to gradually increase the volume. However, if Gawain wants to return to the court, he will have to wait a month to undergo the league's concussion test, and only after passing the test can he be eligible to return to the team for regular training, as for the specific time to play, it is up to the Green Bay Packers to decide. It is precisely because of this that Lance has been accompanying Gawain in recovery training in the morning, and after coming out, he realized that he had underestimated the power of traffic paralysis in New York.

Looking at his watch, he was fifteen minutes behind schedule. Fifteen minutes is almost negligible in New York's traffic, but given the importance of today's meeting, it's a terrible time.

A dozen steps away from the agreed coffee house, Lance saw George Miller at a glance.

long gray hair mixed with black and brown bubble noodles, slightly messy; A pair of black-framed Harry Potter glasses made his wrinkled face more relatable; Wearing a black loose gown, even so, he still can't hide his round figure, just like the old man who came out early in the morning to walk/take a bird walk in the old Shang/Hai period. At this point, George put his hands behind his back, carefully examining the weather-eroded statue of the Virgin Mary at the entrance of the café, as if he were contemplating the artwork displayed in the Louvre.

Lance lighted his pace, walked to George's side, and then bent down and took a serious look at the statue of the Virgin, in fact, this statue has no special origin, it is not a work of art, it is just a very ordinary statue, but time is the greatest artist in nature, it can always create unique works, "New York is really a city full of disasters, isn't it?" Heavy rain, hurricanes, blizzards...... Every catastrophe can be traced on her. ”

George didn't turn his head, his eyes were still on the statue, "You can't see this kind of art in Los Angeles." The casual and relaxed tone was as if two strangers had accidentally met and then started a casual conversation.

"I don't think so." Lance shook his head, "New York lacks sunshine, and the sun here isn't hot or intense. As a result, the colors always look darker. But in Los Angeles, the dryness and drought of the desert can always leave a mark on the artwork. ”

"So we couldn't tell where the art was better placed, Los Angeles or New York." George slowly straightened up, with that amiable smile on his face.

"Personally, I think it's New York, because there's a lot more appreciating people here." Lance also stood up slowly and turned to face George, "However, it must be admitted that some works of art are born under the birth of commerce, and some works of art are destined to be incomprehensible to the public. Therefore, it mainly depends on the original intention of the art creator. ”

"Interesting point of view, I have always thought that the original intention of art creators is the same, to express ideas." With those Harry Potter glasses on his face and a shallow smile on his lips, the conversation easily became lighter.

"Ha, if artistic creation can be so simple, that's really lucky." Lance shrugged, "The artists who are impoverished by art, even starving to death on the streets, are expected to crawl out of their graves." ”

"Haha." George laughed heartily, then stretched out his right hand and gestured, "I want to take a walk, would you like to accompany me?" I think we might have something in common. ”

"Oh, I thought you were ready to leave, after all, my tardiness seems unforgivable." Lanstan looked at George and politely apologized, but not grovelling.

"Then you must not have visited my hometown, Queensland, Australia." George's response made Lance not hold back, and he burst out laughing. George didn't invite again, but walked straight away and led the way. Lance didn't hesitate and followed, they had planned to sit down in the coffee house and talk slowly, but since George was going to take a walk, Lance didn't have an opinion.

"I heard that you admire me very much, so you have changed all kinds of relationships and expressed your desire to visit me in person?" George's opening words made Lance stunned, especially George's serious expression, there was an indescribable sense of contrast, which made the corners of Lance's mouth rise slightly, "Oh, no, misunderstanding, it must be a misunderstanding." Strictly speaking, I haven't seen any of your works except for 'Pig Baby'. ”

George clasped his hands to his chest, showing a look of disappointment, and looked at Lance with a wry, "That work wasn't even directed by me. George was the producer and screenwriter for "Baby Pigs."

"That's how the misunderstanding came about." Lance shrugged helplessly, "However, I heard that you're trying to reboot the 'Mad Max' series, and I think it's a great idea. Perhaps, we can create an apocalyptic world that has fallen into desolation because of nuclear wars, so that the younger generation can have a good idea of what the real apocalypse is. ”

"Young generation", George glanced at Lance meaningfully, George is sixty years old this year, and it is appropriate for him to say this, but Lance is only in his early thirties, and this sentence seems old-fashioned, "I do have such thoughts, but obviously things are not so simple, I hope to be able to show the grandeur and majesty of the end of the world, not a children's drama like 'the day after tomorrow'......" George also mocked Lance without minions, which can be regarded as a direct response to Lance just now, "but really cruel, Bloody, violent, and most importantly, primitive. I think that in the end of the world everything will return to the primitive stage, and maybe even basic survival will become a problem. ”

But such an idea is not acceptable in front of the Big Six, because what they need is computer visual effects. In the absence of a direct impact of the visual sense, it was almost impossible for George to convince the big six studios that the picture he had conceived was far more magnificent than the computer special effects. People have inertia, and Hollywood is used to the shock brought by computer special effects, how can it be possible to return to primitive society?

"I think it's a brilliant idea." Lance's response made George's gaze pause slightly, although his expression did not change, but looking at Lance's gaze seemed meaningful, "I think this story can completely show the struggle and red fruit of human nature under the end of the world." You know, it's like in primitive societies, you might be able to kill people just for the sake of an apple, but in the context of the end times, there is no moral constraint, survival is the first element, and all cruelty and madness become reasonable. That's the real gore. ”

George's footsteps stopped, and Lance took two more steps forward, only to realize that he was ahead of his time, and turned back to meet George's curious gaze, Lance raised his eyebrows, and expressed his thoughts with a puzzled look. George stepped forward again, "If there is no moral bondage, then this means a mess, and it is almost impossible to make a movie." ”

"Why not?" Lance's made George stunned, and then he smiled dumbly, "The biggest difference between the last days and the primitive society is that the human beings in the last days have gone through the baptism of civilization, and they have understood the operation of society and the structure of government. Therefore, in the last days, it will not be full of blind killing like primitive societies, on the contrary, people will reuse their abilities to control resources, and when resources are controlled by someone, hegemony is formed. Regressing from modern society to primitive society is like the pharaohs of ancient Egypt. ”

George's eyes lit up, and for the first time, someone could really understand his idea. "Mad Max 4" is not a remake of the previous series, but a new storyline that reopens and the whole story is upgraded, "So, you mean, some...... The evil people, who took control of the water source, made it a rare existence, violently suppressed the other survivors, formed a small survivor village, and then established their own rule. ”

"And then, our hero is the hero who broke this rule." This is the model of Hollywood genre films, just set into the background of the end times, the whole story begins to change, as long as it is carefully set, then the movie will be free from the shackles of genre films, and truly become an anti-hero anti-genre film, "I think there can be two kinds of heroes, one is a slave, just like 'gladiator', this may be our male protagonist, but he is not Maximus, he is a shameless person who survives, and even does not compromise ......the means" This is in line with the setting of the end times, in the context of the end times, Those who want to be heroes are often the first to be killed.

"What about the other one?" George found things getting more and more interesting, he was almost twice the age of Lance, but there was no obstacle to the communication of the two people's thoughts, and he could even feel the resonance between the two people.

"The other is women. In the last days, women have almost become forbidden to men because of the weakness of the innate power balance, and men try to reawaken the beauty of male supremacy, making women their captives, and their status is even lower than that of slaves. Lance's mood also became cheerful, and communication with people with common thoughts was not only simple, but also rich, and every conversation was so pleasant and light, "But, this is not a primitive society, the woman has long been awakened, so this woman has started a struggle, for her own fate, for the fate of other women." ”

"Wonderful!" George's response was short but powerful. (To be continued.) )