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Chapter 174: Perfect Fabrication (Part II) Liang Xiaolong defines the environment as the future, incorporating sci-fi elements in order to pursue visual perfection. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info thought about it carefully, Liang Xiaolong changed boxing to free fighting, so that it can logically integrate various fighting methods, so as to enrich the audience's visual sense. In particular, the scene where the male protagonist trains the female lead, Liang Xiaolong defines it as kung fu training, pointing to China, which can imitate the bamboo forest scenes in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" to create a beautiful side.

However, such a change has always had the momentum of affecting the whole body, because there were many philosophies about boxing in the original film, and after this modification, the philosophy of boxing will be adapted to the philosophy of kung fu and the philosophy of free fighting. However, this does not mean that he, as a martial arts master, is not a big problem in adapting this aspect. Moreover, martial arts are all the way together, and not everything needs to be changed, such as the phrase that the male protagonist often hangs on his lips - protect yourself at any time, and it is correct to use it in any kind of fighting.

After a busy week, Liang Xiaolong finally finished the script, although a lot of things were adapted, but the narrative style of crude oil was basically retained, but one thing is for sure, after his surgery, "Million Dollar Baby" has become a standard blockbuster, a blockbuster with hundreds of millions of dollars, and a blockbuster that takes a long time to complete: "It seems that this year is only enough time to create this film." Thinking of this, Liang Xiaolong couldn't help but stick out his tongue, Jessica wanted to know, and it was estimated that he would have to let the dog bite him.

After finishing the script, Liang Xiaolong picked up the phone casually and dialed the phone number of Hillary Clinton that Carl got from him, and Hillary's voice immediately came from the other side of the phone: "Hello, I'm Hillary, are you?" Liang Xiaolong suddenly remembered a joke, so he said: "Hello, I'm Santa Claus, what kind of gift do you want this year, I'll arrange it in advance." ”

"Inexplicable." Hillary muttered and hung up the phone. Liang Xiaolong couldn't help laughing, and continued to dial the phone, and Hillary's voice immediately came from there: "Santa Claus, you are delivering gifts every year, and I will give you gifts this year, what gift do you want?" I'm good to arrange in advance. Liang Xiaolong couldn't help laughing: "Oh, that's great, I need an actor, can you send it?" ”

"Actors?" Hillary was stunned for a moment, and then realized that the other party could be a director or a producer, and this phone call would also be related to her life: "Are you?" ”

"Okay, no kidding, I'm Liang Xiaolong. **Liang Xiaolong straightened his color, and then explained his intention: "I don't know if you are interested in taking this play?" ”

"Of course, when can I audition?" Hillary cheered, the film created by Bruce Leung must be a masterpiece, and it is definitely an easy thing to become famous in his film. The most important thing is that Liang Xiaolong is good at creating characters, and in his films, even a supporting role has a distinct personality that can leave a deep impression, especially at this year's Oscars, his two films won the Best Actor and Actress and Best Supporting Actor and Actress Four Golden Statuettes.

"Of course, the sooner the better, if you're in Los Angeles now, then tomorrow. Of course, if you're out of town, you choose your own time. The time is about to enter April, and Liang Xiaolong also realized that there will not be too much time left for him, and he must prepare for filming as soon as possible and enter the shooting schedule as soon as possible.

"Then tomorrow morning, at ten o'clock, I'll go to your company." Hillary happily cut off the call, realizing that her chance had come, her chance to make the cut. She sat in front of the mirror and said, "Hillary, you must perform well in the audition tomorrow, you will definitely do it." ”

Cut off the call, Liang Xiaolong dialed Morgan's number again, for this old man, Liang Xiaolong naturally would not use any more joking methods: "Hello, Mr. Freeman, I'm Liang Xiaolong." ”

"Oh, it's a pleasure to get your call, because I've realized that I'm going to receive a great gift." Morgan joked.

"Yes, but the point is that you like the gift." For this veteran star, who has been nominated for an Oscar three times, Liang Xiaolong naturally will not say with confidence, you will definitely like it, after all, there is no shortage of film appointments.

"Then I think we can find a time to talk." If Morgan doesn't look forward to it at all, it is definitely a lie, and he is also looking forward to whether starring in Bruce Leung's film will bring him another Oscar nomination, or even win the statuette.

"Mr. Freeman, will it be ten o'clock tomorrow? I also made an appointment with another person to audition, right at my company. Liang Xiaolong asked.

"Of course, but you can just call me Morgan when we meet tomorrow."

"There's also a male lead. Liang Xiaolong couldn't think of a suitable candidate for a while, and wanted to ask the people around him, but found that only Jessica was left, Rachel had already gone to Egypt with the crew of "Tomb Robbery", and Sophie also took over the filming of "Lost and Gained", and now he and Jessica are idlers left at home: "Sweetheart, you have also read the script, help me recommend the actor." ”

Jessica glared at him, "Where's my script?" Liang Xiaolong smiled: "Don't worry, don't you know how fast I can write the script?" Once I've finalized the cast, I'll start working on your script. Jessica continued to glare at him: "You directed? Liang Xiaolong smiled: "Sweetheart, I'm sorry, we've all had too long a break this year, and there's not much time left, but I promise that I will definitely direct the film starring you early next year." ”

"If you dare to lie to me again, hum......" Jessica snorted twice, then proposed, "Tom. Hanks, the first superstar in Hollywood history to win the Oss Best Movie Award in a second consecutive year. ”

"It's a good candidate." Liang Xiaolong nodded, the ability of the two-time actor is undoubted, and at the age of forty-two, he is also very suitable for the age of the actor in the film, and he is indeed a good candidate. But there is also one point, the superstar's salary is not ordinarily high, to say the least, it costs $25 million, which invisibly raises the budget.

"I can't bear the child and can't trap the wolf, so I fight." Liang Xiaolong gritted his teeth, as long as he can win the ideal box office, it doesn't matter if he spends a little more money. Thinking of this, he called Karl: "Man, help me with Tom. Hanks, see if he's willing to take on my film. ”

"You kid, you're going to be ruthless?" Carl couldn't help laughing, he knew that the loss at the Oscar made Liang Xiaolong quite unhappy, and it was not surprising that he launched a ruthless invitation to the actor this time. As for Tom's high salary, Carl doesn't care, has Bruce Leung's film ever lost money?

"There's no way, it's all forced." Liang Xiaolong couldn't help but think of "Saving Private Ryan" and "Weng Sha's Love History", if it wasn't forced by these two films, why would he spend so much effort to shoot the original film directly. But this is a good thing for Liang Xiaolong, there is pressure to be motivated, and in the process of continuous adaptation, it can also continue to stimulate his creative ability and improve the level of screenwriting, so many years later, he will definitely be able to create a script that is completely his own, a script that is applauded and sold.

Liang Xiaolong printed a few copies of the script, went to the company early the next morning, and found Carl first: "What did Tom say over there?" Karl said: "I said that I would decide after reading the script." Liang Xiaolong smiled, this is also inevitable, Tom is not an ordinary first-line star, he is a two-time actor, and he has never lacked film contracts, so he is more cautious when choosing the script, even if Liang Xiaolong's script has a box office guarantee, it can't easily impress him.

Liang Xiaolong left one of the scripts: "Then you send it over, I'm sure he will be interested." Carl laughed, "I'm sure not many people can resist the temptation of your script." As he spoke, Carl opened the stock trading software again: "Your kid is right, the Indonesian rupiah fell below 10,000:1 against the US dollar, and the Singapore dollar, ringgit, Thai baht, Philippine peso, etc. fell one after another, and this time we didn't make less money." However, I heard that Indonesia and the International Monetary Fund are drafting a plan for economic reform, and it is estimated that this will soon be stopped. ”

"These countries are about to be bankrupted by you." Liang Xiaolong smiled happily, even if these countries were really bankrupt, it had nothing to do with him, and he even wished that these countries would die more miserably. Liang Xiaolong thought about it carefully, and then said: "When this side is stabilized, the international speculators will definitely not end here, Asian countries will continue to suffer, and Japan may be their next target." ”

"It is very likely that the Japanese economy was deeply affected by the last plan against South Korea, and it is indeed appropriate to bleed them again at this time." Carl grinned as he seemed to see a large sum of money rolling into his account again.

"You'll have to play big this time, you know I had a fight with the Japanese." Liang Xiaolong also smiled gloomily, it has been almost a year, and the funds that Carl smashed into the international financial market are like a snowball, rolling bigger and bigger, and now the total funds have exceeded five billion US dollars, and smashing all of these into the Japanese financial market can definitely cause greater turmoil in Japan.

"Of course I don't have to deal with money." Carl said with a smile, every day with his team, with a movement of his fingers, it is the entry and exit of hundreds of millions or billions of funds, and he feels that a country is barely like a lamb to be slaughtered all the time, and this feeling is many times more comfortable than robbery. He even fantasized that this economic crisis would never end, so he would be able to maintain this comfort forever.

While chatting without a while, Carl's secretary called the office: "Boss, Morgan and Hillary are here." Karl said, "You take them to the small conference room." Then he smiled and said to Liang Xiaolong: "Man, it's time for you to go to work." ”

After meeting and greeting, Liang Xiaolong handed over the script: "You guys read the script first, and then we will discuss the role." Morgan and Hillary read the script carefully, the time was never too short, Liang Xiaolong quietly retreated, and then went out for a walk, and went to Uncle Mai's store to buy some food, and when he came back, it was already half past eleven: "Finished reading?" Eat first, then discuss. ”

Morgan and Hillary were not polite, and ate two burgers quickly, Morgan spoke first: "The whole script gives me a feeling that although it incorporates a lot of sci-fi elements, the dialogue is a little too bland." Liang Xiaolong said: "That's right, although it integrates science fiction elements, the characters in the play still need the most life-like performance, and this will be a film that lacks drama." Morgan couldn't help frowning, he has been in Hollywood for decades, and of course he understands that a film that lacks drama does not mean that it is not worth watching, and that it will also be a good film, but this type of film requires a very strict director's directing ability.

"I think the script is very good." Hillary Clinton prefers this script, especially the portrayal of emotions is very nuanced. But again, it is too nuanced and requires a higher level of director's ability.

"I promised to take over the show." Suddenly, the two said in unison, looked at each other, and laughed in unison. That's right, they have no reason to doubt Bruce Leung, the outside world has already regarded him and Cameron and Steven as the three greatest directors in Hollywood in the 90s, and "My Captain, My Group" directed by him is an almost perfect film, and they have no reason to doubt Bruce Leung's directing ability.

Moreover, this script was written by Liang Xiaolong, I believe he knows every detail very well, and he can handle these during the filming process.

"Don't worry, I'll see if you can meet the requirements." Liang Xiaolong said with a smile, although he highly agreed with the acting skills of the two, the procedures that should be followed must not be less, because stars have a low ebb period, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to enter the drama for a certain period of time. Just like Julia, there was a low ebb before she met Liang Xiaolong, and even her career was greatly affected, and various film companies were thinking about how to suppress her salary.

Therefore, while Liang Xiaolong is examining their acting skills, he must also determine whether they are at a low ebb, if so, then they must not be used, otherwise it will only ruin the script and ruin hundreds of millions of dollars of investment.

"One more thing, I've got to see Hillary Clinton and your athleticism." This is also the most important point, because in Liang Xiaolong's adaptation, visual perfection will be pursued, and the play is also a very important part. This requires a very strict athlete's athletic ability, otherwise you can only use WIA constantly, and the completed movements will give people a very fake feeling.

(To be continued)