Chapter 2: Catalytic History of Cinema

In ancient times, boxing was more akin to kickboxing, where you could wrestle, hit, kick, kick and kick until you put your opponent to death, so it was just a game of slaughter for slave owners to have fun. However, in 1896, at the first Summer Olympics, the Greek monarch did not approve boxing as one of the events of the Games, because it was considered too violent, dangerous and inhumane. It wasn't until 1881 that the British Amateur Boxing Association was founded, which set a series of rules that led to the current sport of boxing.

But it is precisely this reform that has turned boxing into a simple ring sport, although it still has great combat value, but it is much worse than free fighting. In Liang Xiaolong's view, the offensive and defensive methods of boxing are too simple, and in the face of real masters, they have no actual combat value at all.

"That kid is here to beat him up again." Seeing Liang Xiaolong coming, Bobby first screamed strangely, and stretched out his thumb down: "Chinese kung fu, a girl's game." His eyes swept over this stupid big man whose muscles were comparable to Swarzenegger, and Liang Xiaolong was depressed, thinking that the previous owner of the body was also too good to be a big stupid man. But before he could say anything, the stupid big Bobby waved his fist at him: "Little man, do you want to do it again?" I wouldn't mind knocking you out again. ”

Liang Xiaolong was not interested in arguing with a stupid big man, so he hooked his fingers: "Silly big man, solve you in ten seconds." Bobby is big, but he is not stupid, and he hates people to call him stupid and big, so as soon as Liang Xiaolong said it, he entered a state of rage, and rushed over quickly: "Little man, I will beat you so that you don't even know your mother." Bobby's heavy punch was already a bit hot, if an ordinary person was hit by a punch, he would faint to the ground, but Liang Xiaolong only avoided this heavy cannon with only a slight side.

"It's too slow!" Liang Xiaolong's voice sounded in Bobby's ears, and then he was hit in the chest, the force was not very great, but it seemed to be directly hit into the flesh, which made people feel extremely painful. Bobby was stunned, Liang Xiaolong didn't just punch, but punch after punch, as if there was no pause: "How could he be so fast?" "Liang Xiaolong used the short punch of Wing Chun, the punching speed is incomparably fast, combined with the strength of Wing Chun, the attack power is extremely strong, but it is a pity that Liang Xiaolong does not have the true qi of the inner family, otherwise a punch can make Bobby suffer internal injuries. But even without the assistance of the inner family's true qi, Bobby was stunned and completely lost his ability to resist, which made Liang Xiaolong suddenly change his move, and a high whip leg directly kicked the stupid big man of 1.9 meters and flew out.

Bang! Bao fell heavily and tried to get up in anger, but he didn't have the strength to do so.

"Wow, Xiaolong, you're amazing." Carl jumped up excitedly: "You can go to the movie, like Bruce Lee." ”

"Making a movie?" Liang Xiaolong was stunned, in his previous life, he was a senior movie fan, and his biggest interest was watching movies, but he never thought of making movies. But Carl's words gave him a flash of inspiration: "According to the course of history, I have to wait 16 years before I can see a new movie, but if the movies from 1995 to 2011 are all shot in advance, will it promote the development of the film and affect the shooting of the original film?" Liang Xiaolong can't help but praise himself for being a genius, he doesn't need to shoot all the movies, as long as those classic films are put on the screen in advance, he can stimulate the competition of major film companies and major filmmakers, and there will be more classic films released, and new movies will be seen in a few years.

In an instant, Liang Xiaolong thought a lot, Hollywood classic blockbusters include "Titanic", "Avatar", "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, "Lord of the Rings" series, "Shrek" series, "Iron Man" series, "Star Wars" series, "Matrix" series、、、 of which "Titanic" is already in production, will be released in 97, won eight Oscars in 98, and the rest are basically released after 2000. If you can write the scripts of these films in advance, you can definitely promote the development of Hollywood films.

As for the production of the script, Liang Xiaolong is not worried at all, as a senior fan in his previous life, he has watched these movies several times, and even studied some scripts, as long as he works hard to recall, it is not difficult to write them. Moreover, these can make Liang Xiaolong earn enough money and fame.

"There must be gains if there is a loss, and the ancients did not deceive me." Liang Xiaolong only realized the benefits of traveling to 1995, in this era, he is equivalent to having 16 years of vision from others. Although he has not set foot in society in his previous life and does not know much about the economy, as a senior movie fan, he definitely has a great future in the entertainment industry.

"Not only Hollywood, but also promote the development of Chinese-language films." From the early 60s to the late 80s, Hong Kong cinema was brilliant, and was known as the Hollywood of the East. However, after 30 years of development, Hong Kong martial arts action films have reached the peak of an era, which has also caused the audience's aesthetic fatigue, and if it cannot be reformed and renewed, it will eventually lose its original status. In the early 90s, Hong Kong films not only did not reform and become new, but also because of a series of unstable reasons, which led to the withdrawal of film companies one after another, and the loss of big-name directors and big-name stars to Hollywood, and finally the prestige plummeted, and it was not until the return of Hong Kong in 97 that it slowly recovered.

However, even if there was great development later, it still couldn't win back the fans who were robbed by Hollywood, making it difficult for Chinese stars to gain a foothold in Hollywood.

"If I can contribute to the revival of Chinese-language films, I can be regarded as worthy of the people and the party." Liang Xiaolong is secretly happy, there are many domestic classic movies, such as "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", "Red Cliff", "Kung Fu", "Tangshan Earthquake", "Do Not Disturb", "Myth", etc., as long as these films are filmed at the right time, they can definitely stimulate the development of Chinese films.

Thinking of Chinese movies, Bruce Leung thinks of the two superstars Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee is undoubtedly the most successful international superstar among the Chinese, leading an era that makes the world know Chinese Kung Fu, even if he has died for many years, people will give a thumbs up when they mention Bruce Lee and say: Chinese Kung Fu, good! Jackie Chan has also developed well in Hollywood, and the "Peak Moment" trilogy has set a high box office of $500 million in North America and $830 million worldwide, ranking first among the yellow race.

Liang Xiaolong remembers that Jackie Chan successfully entered Hollywood last year, that is, in 94, with "Red Fan Zone" and achieved a good box office, and 99 years later, he filmed "Peak Moment" and "Around the World for 80 Days", all of which hit a good box office, and after Bruce Lee, he set off a kung fu frenzy in the United States.

"Even if my internal kung fu is not as good as Bruce Lee, it is not much worse, and I have 16 years of vision more than Bruce Lee, can't I gain a foothold in Hollywood?" Before and after two lives, Bruce Leung's ambition was revealed for the first time: "If I am also like Bruce Lee to set off a kung fu frenzy in the United States, will people mention me like Bruce Lee?" ”

"Once you have a direction, let's start working on it." Stimulated by ambition, Liang Xiaolong no longer had the idea of beating up all the boxers here, but just walked up to Bobby: "Silly big man, Chinese kung fu has been passed down for thousands of years, and it has gathered the efforts of countless ancestors in my country, and his actual combat value is not something you can imagine." If you judge without knowing it, it will only make your outlook on life more and more narrow. After speaking, Liang Xiaolong gave alms and left, Carl hurriedly followed, and kept asking: "Xiaolong, is this Chinese kung fu?" Before, you didn't use this kind of kung fu to beat him, but used sanda? ”

Sanda is just a ring sport developed from Chinese kung fu, and like boxing, it has a strong combat value, but it is much worse than real kung fu.

"I let him before, don't you think it's more rewarding to beat your opponent when he's triumphant?" Saying this, Liang Xiaolong's face is not red and he is not panting, who let him not come to power before? Carl agreed: "Yes, I think that stupid big guy will probably hide in the toilet and hug his head and cry." ”

"Haha、、、 then let him cry." Liang Xiaolong laughed, thinking about what script to write first. As a rookie editor, when you first enter the industry, even if your script is well written, it is impossible to sell it for too high a value, so you can't think about making money in a short period of time, but about making a name for yourself.

Hollywood's best film in '95 was Braveheart, a tragic epic that won five awards at the Oscars in '96. However, the film is likely to have entered the production stage, and Liang Xiaolong didn't want to make a creative crash, and was finally accused of piracy.

"The English Patient", this film was released in 96 and won 9 awards at the Oscars in 97 for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Film Score, Best Music, Best Art Direction, and Best Costume Design. Liang Xiaolong's ambition is not small, but if you think about it carefully, you have to give up, because "The English Doctor" was written and directed by Anthony Minghella, 95 has already entered the production period, maybe the script has come out. Moreover, "The English Patient" is adapted from a British novel, which involves copyright issues, and Bruce Leung doesn't want to wait for the film to come out and be sued in court.

"'Braveheart' and 'The English Patient' are both some of Hollywood's most classic films, and it's too difficult to compete with them." Thinking about it, Liang Xiaolong had a headache: "Just write "The Sun is Like Me", the film will win the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay in the future, if I can walk on the red carpet of the Oscars and come back with a little golden man, I don't have to worry about fame." ”

Liang Xiaolong carefully recalled the information of "The Sun Is Like Me", the film invested 10 million US dollars, and the global box office was 220 million US dollars, which is absolutely small investment and high returns, as long as it can be successful, it can definitely establish his status in Hollywood. However, Liang Xiaolong still feels that there is a fly in the ointment, although "The Sun is Like Me" did well at the box office, it did not cause much of a sensation, what Liang Xiaolong needs is a sensation.

"Why don't you write Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl?" This film is Liang Xiaolong's favorite Hollywood blockbuster, with a tense and exciting plot, a strong and shocking visual impact, the eccentric Captain Jack, the youthful and rebellious Elizabeth、、、 and the box office of the film is also guaranteed, with a global box office of 600 million US dollars, and the sequel has set a high box office of 1 billion and 957 million. And in a series like this, you may not make much money writing the first one, but if the other party wants to make a sequel, you have to pay him a large amount of manuscript fees.

However, after thinking about it carefully, Liang Xiaolong still rejected this idea. Because "Pirates of the Caribbean" heroine Kayla. Knightley is his favorite Hollywood actress, but it's 1995 and Kayla is only 12 years old. If she misses Pirates of the Caribbean, can Kayla still be popular? He will never let his momentary speed affect Kayla's star journey. Moreover, computer technology is far less advanced than in the 21st century, and the effect produced does not have to be in the previous life.

"It seems that the only way to keep the pirate uncle silent is to continue to be silent into the 21st century." Thinking about these clearly, Liang Xiaolong has a headache again, there are so many blockbusters, which one to choose? Or just pick one and make money?

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