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Chapter 150: The Charm of the Captain

Chapter 150: The Charm of the Captain

"The Runaway Bride" was originally starring Julia, and Liang Xiaolong wrote the script to prepare for Julia's comeback, but he didn't expect to get her superstitious words, which made him very depressed: "Sister Big Mouth, I worked hard to prepare the script for you, and you didn't even listen to me about the plot, just listening to the name will deny it, it's too much." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info" Julia also felt that she was a little too much: "Okay, let's talk about it now, but I don't have much time, be brief." Liang Xiaolong smiled and said, "As long as you are willing to listen, I guarantee that you will like this film." ”

Seeing that time was limited, Liang Xiaolong made a long story short and briefly described: Ike is a columnist for the New York Times, he has experienced a broken marriage, so he has a bit of a cold for women and seems to be scathing, and he is often anxious about deadlines, and what makes him even more frustrated is that his immediate boss is his ex-wife. To escape the stress, he hides in the bar he frequents, and when he overhears a discussion of a rural Maryland woman, Maggie, who has run away from marriage phobia three times when she stepped on the other end of the red carpet with a groom-to-be. This immediately piqued Ike's interest and he decided to write a column on the topic and sneered at it. Later, he wanted to confirm the correctness of his report, so he decided to visit the town himself, but the townspeople were disgusted by his report, and Maggie, who was about to enter the wedding hall with her fourth boyfriend, was even more embarrassed by the report, so she ran away again, and decided to take revenge on Ike in the same way. In the case of you coming and going, the two sides have a deeper understanding and slowly attract each other, and finally resolve the previous suspicion and come together.

"It's a wonderful story, but I don't like films like marriage, you better hurry up and prepare a new script for me, otherwise it will look good with you." Julia chuckled, the reason why Liang Xiaolong was asked to talk was to play tricks on him.

Liang Xiaolong was angry, and dared to love this saliva in vain: "Count you ruthless, when the film comes out, don't regret missing such a wonderful film." Julia laughed, "No, not at all, anyway, you'll prepare a better script for me." Liang Xiaolong was speechless, this woman was unreasonable, she had time to reason with her, it was better to think about the script, who would let herself owe her? However, Liang Xiaolong was not without means of revenge, and pinched Xiao Xia Sufan's little face: "Little guy, don't learn from your mother when you grow up, you won't be able to get married." Then he pinched little Binnis's face: "Little guy, don't look for a woman like your mother when you grow up, just look at your father." ”

Bang Bang Danny and Julia gave him a kick from left and right: "Get out, don't teach our family to be bad." Liang Xiaolong laughed: "To tell the truth, I was beaten, it's too unreasonable." ”

After the trailer for the final version, the premiere immediately entered the interactive session, which can be said to be the premiere with the largest number of Chinese in Hollywood's history, with the director, leading actors and the main characters all Chinese. However, because "Black Fist", "Terracotta Warriors" and "Man 100%" have all used a group of Chinese movie stars, the American audience does not reject Chinese movie stars, even if they don't like it very much, they will treat the film with an objective attitude. This is also what Liang Xiaolong is most satisfied with at present, allowing people of different races to blend together, and then produce cultural integration. Liang Xiaolong even thought about whether one day, there will be a group of people in the United States who will run to read Jin Yong's novels?

Jin Yong's novel is not an ordinary martial arts novel, integrating Chinese virtues such as loyalty, filial piety, etiquette, and faith, but this set is not popular in Western countries, if there is really such a day, it can only be said to be a miracle.

In the interactive session, because of the language problem, there must be a translator to help, and the host also interviewed each character, so that everyone can fully understand the crew. Liang Xiaolong sat quietly below, holding Xiao Xia Su in his arms, the little guy is really well-behaved, so many people, not only did she not cry, but stared curiously, looked left and right, and smiled from time to time, very cute, Liang Xiaolong commented: "The little guy is not chaotic on the spot, calm as a mountain, he already has the demeanor of a star, and he is a good seedling to be an artist." Julia smiled: "I didn't want Xiao Xia Su to take the road of showbiz, the pressure is too much, it's best to be an ordinary person." Liang Xiaolong smiled: "Then what's the matter, you are the queen of the movie, and the little guy has to take a little golden figure and be a little queen of the movie." Liang Xiaolong was talking, Xiao Xia Suyi laughed, Liang Xiaolong hurriedly said: "Look, the little guy is so excited when he hears the little golden man, you can't kill the child's ideals." Julia said angrily: "Don't make a mess of it, such a young child still knows the little golden man." ”

Liang Xiaolong suffered a dumb loss, and now he is most willing to make trouble for Julia: "Children also have big dreams, doesn't your American education system guide children to develop in terms of interests?" Besides, what's so bad about being a star, like you, a film costs 20 million US dollars, and a film can cost a lifetime. Julia smiled: "Say that you make money quickly, who dares to compare with you, it's only been two years, and your net worth is billions of dollars, I estimate that in another ten years, you can compete with Bill. Gates raised the bar. Liang Xiaolong smiled: "I'm also a filmmaker, so it's most appropriate to let the little guy enter this circle." Julia said angrily: "Get out, don't tell me about this again, be careful I'm in a hurry with you." ”

Liang Xiaolong smiled happily: "Okay, let's not talk about it now, it will still grow in the future, and then I will slowly guide the little guy." Julia was a little speechless, and said depressedly: "Yes, now that you are the master, can't you let my little Xia Su go?" Liang Xiaolong said with a smile: "You take the play "Runaway Bride". Julia huffed: "Don't even think about it, I'll let Xiao Xia Su stay away from you in the future." ”

Liang Xiaolong happily argued with Julia offstage, and the actors on stage showed their skills, although there was a prophetic obstacle, but there was a translator, and it could be combined with the clips in the film, which still achieved a good entertainment effect. Liang Xiaolong was also invited to the stage, and the host asked him a few questions to get off the stage, which was all set in advance, the purpose of the premiere was to make the actors show off, and Liang Xiaolong would be bored if he went up again. When he got off the stage, Julia quipped: "What's the matter, I feel that I am old, my heart is calm, and I am not in the limelight?" Liang Xiaolong sighed: "No way, the years are like knives, and the knives are engraved on my face." Julia rolled her eyes.

After the interactive session, the video was about to start playing, and Julia suddenly pushed Liang Xiaolong again: "Take a gamble." Liang Xiaolong immediately remembered that this woman was a scoundrel, and snorted: "If you want to gamble, you have to write down the gambling contract." Julia laughed, "Don't be so stingy, right?" Well, whatever you want, bet on forty dishes. Liang Xiaolong was afraid that she would shout at the box office again, so he hurriedly said: "200 million box office." Julia said angrily: ", isn't your film a box office of less than $200 million?" Also, would you spend $80 million on a $200 million film? After deducting publicity fees, copy fees, transportation fees and theater commissions, there is no profit at the box office. ”

Liang Xiaolong is also uncertain about the box office prospects of "My Leader, My Group", after all, it is not a copied script, and there is no history to learn from. However, to bet with Julia, she must first press the box office to the bottom, otherwise she will shout indiscriminately: "Then I will let one, 300 million US dollars, not low, right?" Julia said, "Just double it." Liang Xiaolong was speechless again: "Six hundred million? Eldest sister, if you look at last year, there were only two films worth 600 million, so I bet with you like this, am I stupid? Four hundred million is about the same. Julia said again: "Then everyone will give up one step, five hundred million." ”

Liang Xiaolong thought about it, and although he didn't know the bottom in his heart, he still gritted his teeth and promised: "When the premiere is over, you remember to sign it." ”

The lights were already dim, the screen was on, the colors were a little gray, and the cannon fodder were like beggars nesting in that cramped and dilapidated house, casually teasing each other, if they died, they must have died of carelessness. Fans are a little curious, they can't help but think of the group of scum in "The Peerless Tribulation", which makes the whole film more humane, and now Liang Xiaolong chooses a group of scum, is it also out of the same consideration?

The appearance of war correspondent Niya made people's eyes light up, although she was wearing a women's military uniform from the fifties and sixties, but her beautiful face and graceful figure matched this outfit, her whole body exuded a strange style, even Liang Xiaolong couldn't help swallowing his saliva, and then he felt two eyes shooting at him, one left and one right, and he could clearly feel that the eyes came from Rachel and Jessica respectively. He hurriedly pretended to be casual and went back to see the reaction of the fans, which is also his main job today, judging whether the film is attractive through the reaction of the fans.

The behavior of the cannon fodder makes people laugh, and everyone can feel that this is a group of scum rotten to the bones, to live is to wait for death, to live is to waste air, and to die is to waste land. At this time, fans heard Niya use the word "cannon fodder", and they suddenly found that this adjective was already appropriate to the bones.

"Cannon fodder, what can a group of cannon fodder do on the battlefield?" A trace of doubt flashed on the faces of fans, cannon fodder, to put it bluntly, is used to consume the enemy's bullets, and to put it bluntly, it is used to send people to death, is the whole film about how this group of people died? Is the film the so-called whole process of death, or the great commentary of death?

It wasn't until Yu Xiaoqing appeared that fans finally reacted, it turned out that cannon fodder could not always be cannon fodder, and their souls would also wake up. Another veteran movie fan is confused, yes, they feel it, a group of routs have been taken to the bones, but they woke up so suddenly and threw themselves into battle, isn't the plot too simple? There can even be a sense of abruptness. Of course, they agree with Yu Xiaoqing's words very much, the important thing is that there are devils who can be killed, this is the belief on the battlefield, the belief that a soldier must have.

"We in the United States are really great, and China's War of Resistance is indispensable to our contributions." A slightly nationalist fan muttered, but he was right, the United States did give a lot of assistance to our country during the Anti-Japanese War, and if it were not for the United States' assistance, the Anti-Japanese War would not have been so smooth. But there is also another situation to consider: why should the United States help China? At that time, China, Britain, the United States, and other countries were an alliance -- an anti-fascist alliance, and if China was defeated, the entire Asian region would be Japan's, so how could the United States handle Asian affairs?

Anyway, there is no talk of friends between countries, only the theory of interests, and China and the Soviet Union did not break up in the end? Wasn't the master-slave relationship between the United States and Britain reversed in the end?

An aerial battle made everyone's eyes widen, such special effects are not the best in Hollywood, but in terms of background, they are definitely the pinnacle of World War II films. Each plane is so realistic, it's as if they were actually made and then put into filming. Two aircraft combat groups are chasing, flying stunts are endless, and explosions are constantly occurring...... Everyone is worried about the fate of the cannon fodder......

"The special effects are very well made." Shirley said suddenly: "Captain, your Weta Digital Studio is also developing too fast, if you want to shoot this kind of war film in the future, you should find your company." Liang Xiaolong smiled: "You are welcome to send money over." Shirley smiled, "I'm happy to send money over too." ”

"The special effects are really realistic, especially the large-scale entanglement just now, and there are frequent misfires, which is very in line with the air force technology during World War II." An old fan nodded, and also briefly explained that Yanhuang Film Company did not sell dog rou with a sheep's head. But no one at the scene knew that this old man was actually a pilot of the US Air Force who went to the battlefield in Burma that year, a member of the Flying Tigers, who had shot down seven devil fighters and three transport planes, and was a well-deserved combat hero.

The veteran came to the cinema because he had participated in that damn battle, and although he won in the end, many of his American and Chinese brothers were buried there, and he wanted to see if he could recall more movies - because "My Commander, My Regiment" was the first film to shoot an expeditionary force.

The damn plane landed, the cannon fodder was about to start that damn battle, they were running in the jungle, Meng Fan planned to kill the Japanese soldiers, Ah Yi was trembling with the gunner, shouting in a low voice, for fear that the devil would hear the ground shouting: "No retreat, no retreat." "It made this blocking battle longer and fled, because only Ah Yi and Mi Long had guns in their hands among the cannon fodder, and Mi Long still had rifles in their hands, and the rate of fire was too slow.

"Cannon fodder, always cannon fodder, the soul has awakened, but the soul will soon fly." The veteran fan smiled slightly, and he knew that the story was by no means as simple as Yu Xiaoqing waking them up with a few words, and then taking them to the battlefield to kill the enemy.

The real regiment commander was lost, the fake regiment commander came out, and he appeared like a madman, he scolded the cannon fodder to shit as bad, but let the cannon fodder be willingly absorbed by him, and the prototype of the cannon fodder regiment finally came out. And his words deeply moved the fans, and they felt a little in their hearts - dead, the body can't go home, and it's called home when buried with his compatriots. It turns out that war is so brutal.

The veteran closed his eyes, tears kept falling, he felt this sentence too deeply, back then, many of his brothers died in Burma, and the bodies could not be found. He had spent many years in China and learned a lot about Chinese culture, including the fact that the dead could not return home, so they had to be lonely ghosts, and perhaps the souls of his brothers were still wandering aimlessly in the wilderness.

The more the veteran thought about it, the more sad he became, and he whimpered, and his granddaughter, who was sitting next to him, hurriedly comforted: "Grandpa, why don't we go back." The veteran wiped away his tears: "No, I must finish watching him." ”

Dead Dead Dead fled in the jungle with cannon fodder, in Meng Fan's words, this was the most decent escape from his countless failures, at least there was a formation, wasn't it? Moreover, along the way, they also attacked the Japanese detachment many times, grabbed a lot of weapons and ammunition, and paved the way for the first battle on the Nantianmen.

"That's a bit of a jerk." When the Americans died of freedom and casualness, the British died of old-fashioned and arrogant, and the Chinese died of carelessness and resignation, many people were a little dissatisfied. In fact, this is normal, people, more or less like to listen to good words, like to be scolded, that is cheap. But after a careful review, they have to admit that this sentence is very reasonable, during World War II, the United States mainland was rarely invaded by war, and the Americans were indeed free and loose, otherwise Pearl Harbor would not have been bombed by the Japanese army.

As for the British and Chinese, the Americans do not know, but I believe that when the British and Chinese see the film, they will agree.

The main line of the story is basically out, and fans also roughly understand what Liang Xiaolong wants to express, which is actually the attitude of various characters in the war towards life and death, as well as the cruelty of war. There are iron-blooded soldiers like Yu Xiaoqing, battlefield maniacs like Long Wenwen, fierce but courageous officers like A Yi, and scum like Meng Fan who wants to live no matter what...... All kinds of people with completely different personalities are mixed together, and all kinds of psychological activities are mixed together, and the multifaceted xing of war is fully displayed.

The first battle on the Nantianmen is undoubtedly the best interpretation, in the face of the heavily armed Japanese army, what did the cannon fodder do? They withstood eighteen attacks by the Japanese army, and their attitude towards life and death made people of all mentalities suddenly become unanimous. Similarly, this story also paved the way for the later plots, and they owed a thousand graves to Nantianmen.

And this grand explosion also made fans addicted, they can really feel how the bullets flew over, how the shells fell, how the bayonets stabbed in...... The real and bloody scene made everyone clench their fists for fear that the character they suddenly liked would be stabbed to death.

"Grandpa, is war really so terrifying?" The veteran's granddaughter suddenly asked, and the veteran nodded: "Maybe the local explosion is not so secret, but the explosion scene is bigger than this, we ...... back then" The veteran just said a few words, and then stopped, his eyes were already attracted by the screen, Kang Ya died, and Kang Ya, who always likes to ask people for this and that, died.

Kang Ya's death can't say anything, but their attitude towards death is moving, even shocked, that kind of joking life and death not only shows their attitude towards life and death, but also shows the friendship between them.

The ammunition is exhausted, and there are more than a dozen cannon fodder left, although Yu Xiaoqing hopes that they will sacrifice their lives, but he doesn't want to fight for death, he promised the cannon fodder, he will take them alive - they also came back alive, Milong has a wife and children who have picked up, Meng Fan has a lover who is a woman, the most simple and helpless love in this kind of war makes people feel funny, but it is tear-jerking. Many people laughed helplessly while wiping their tears, and at this moment they suddenly discovered: "It turns out that the captain is not only a master of writing comedy, but also a capable person in the sensational world." ”

It's true that these scenes are a bit sensational, but at that time, because they are real, only real emotions can make people cry.

Everyone finished crying, but the film made everyone laugh again, Dead Dead's performance in court was really outstanding, especially the big jump, which made everyone dumbfounded - is this still the hero on Nantianmen? The ruffians on the streets are more backbone than him, right? But just such a person, it's so likable.

"Sophie appears frequently, and her role is no less than that of the protagonist, but what about Bruce and Ben?" Bruce and Ben's die-hard fans suddenly became a little depressed, and to be honest, although they were moved, although they liked the film very much, they wanted to see their idols. Even, they are already wondering if it will really be the same as rumored, Bruce and Ben are just cameos in a few scenes, and they can't be considered real performances. If that's the case, then they've been fooled.

But did Bruce and Ben play that quickly? Of course not, in the third stage of the scene, in addition to the whole army ready to go, there are two major scenes, crossing the river to save people and massacres.

When Yingzi, played by Tranquility, was brought to the front of the battle and sang loudly: "The flag is fluttering, Ma Zheng Xiaoxiao, good man, good man, good man, serving the country is ...... today" Everyone's hearts seemed to be blocked, not knowing what they were thinking, perhaps, unbelievable.

"Grandpa, is there really such a brave person?" The veteran's granddaughter suddenly asked again, with a hint of tears in the corners of her eyes, she was moved. The veteran nodded: "They have a saying in China that it is easy to die generously, but it is difficult to be righteous calmly, but it is not absolute." On the real battlefield, there will never be a shortage of people who are calm and righteous. Because war can cause so many things, hatred, fraternity, anger...... When these emotions merge together, the courage that erupts is not something that people in peacetime can imagine. ”

The dog rou suddenly appeared, chasing and biting the devil, disrupting the devil's formation, which made everyone applaud: "The Japanese really do a lot of evil, and even the dog can't stand it." But when the dog rou was shot, the devil in the film was dumbfounded, and the fans in front of the screen were also dumbfounded, the shadow stood on the pile of shells with a mortar shell, smiling softly, her smile was so bright, her smile was really beautiful.