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Chapter 147: Propaganda and Planning

Chapter 147: Propaganda and Planning

The filming of "My Commander, My Regiment" has come to an end, and the last bombing is about to take place, and the bridge on the Nu River has been built, Liang Long decided to start with this bridge first, otherwise there will be another flood, not to mention the loss of millions of yuan, build another bridge, and the film will be released. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"I like to see explosions the most, it's more powerful than fireworks." Watching a group of people busy, Bruce quipped, and similarly, Ben agreed: "Fireworks are beautiful, but after all, they are for viewing, and if you use bombs directly, that's enough." ”

"You two don't stand and say that you don't have a backache, you have the ability to stand in the middle of the bridge and see if I can send you to the sky." Diplodocus gave them a blank look and continued to discuss the effect of the explosion with Myron, and then adjusted the camera position with Bill to ensure that the most realistic explosion footage was collected. Moreover, in order to be able to reproduce the picture clearly, Diplodocus asked Bill to adjust the camera to 96 frames per second, and 24 frames per second during playback, which is equivalent to shooting four times the slow motion, and finally can also use special effects technology to actually adjust, so that you can feel the explosion more intuitively.

Bill and his camera crew erected six cameras on the ground and brought in two helicopters for aerial photography, for a total of eight cameras. Bill gestured to Diplodocus to indicate whether to start, and Diplodocus nodded: "The camera crew turns on the camera, Myron, explode in three seconds." ”

One, two, three...... Ten bombs were detonated at the same time, and the flames rose into the sky, and the huge bridge was broken into several sections, buried in various forms into the Nu River, and disappeared in a few seconds.

"It's been busy for months, and it's over in seconds." The workers present were a little sorry, they had been busy here for more than five months, building two bridges, one was washed away by the flood and the other was blown up with a bomb, which made them feel very uncomfortable, as if the fruits of their labor had been robbed.

"It's so exciting, I can't wait to see the explosions all over the mountains." Bruce suddenly had a heroic mood, and even hated himself a little bit for not being born in World War II, otherwise he would have been the one who threw ** into Japan, watching the huge mushroom cloud rise, wouldn't that be more exciting?

In the next few days, explosions continued to be heard on the mountain, and the people of Heshun watched from afar at these explosions that are impossible to see, and even many residents of nearby towns rushed to see the excitement. But they also suffered from it, because the blasting was carried out not only during the day, but also at night, and sometimes they were in a sweet dream, and then they woke up with a bang; Or when they were about to do something, there was a bang, and the children in the next room were scared and cried, and they could only stop when they were really carrying guns and preparing to go into battle; Or, when playing cards, there is a bang, and all the cards are scattered. Anyway, the continuous explosion made a lot of trouble and Shunren couldn't eat and sleep well, so I looked forward to the crew finishing it quickly, and then how far and how far it went, and even some people sued the county government, but this shooting was agreed by the city, and everyone could only endure it anymore, anyway, the crew wouldn't nest for too long.

The big blast is over, and there are still a lot of local blasts, and today's scene is Arthur McLuhan who was tied to the front of the battle with a cross by the devil, and he ordered to bombard him and free him from his pain. But it wasn't the case during filming, and when Bruce was tied up, a group of people surrounded him, staring at Bruce with malicious intent, and looked at Bruce's heart: "Guys, it's time to film, you guys don't all have to go." None of the people spoke, just looked at it with bad intentions, and Bruce became more and more uncertain: "You guys, what are you going to do?" ”

"It's nothing, I just want to strip you naked, and then take a few artistic photos for you." Ben smiled heavily, rubbed his hands, and was ready to do it. Bruce hurriedly shouted, "Captain, come and help drive this herd away." Liang Long pretended not to hear it, and continued to discuss it with the set designer Dehan, occasionally sneaking a glance to see if the cannon fodder would actually do it.

"It's so unjust." Bruce scolded indignantly, then smirked, "Guys, I'll treat you to dinner in the evening." Everyone nodded, and then stared at him with bad intentions, Bruce knew that they were ripping off the bamboo, but now that people are swordsman, I am a fish, and they can only give in: "I've invited you this week, good wine and good rou, it's all right?" ”

"I said it earlier, we were delayed for so long." Everyone rolled their eyes and walked away, as if he had made a mistake. Bruce suddenly felt like crying, he had never seen such a bully.

415, the cannon fodder came out of the tree fort, looking at Chanda from afar, with a lot of thoughts, "My Leader, My Regiment" was finally announced, and everyone cheered loudly at the same time, and their hearts were also full of thoughts. This time, the requirements for acting skills are too high, and it is a great challenge for everyone, especially for Leslie Cheung and Jacky Cheung, the kind of performance style with a strong stage flavor in Hong Kong is not used in the film at all, they almost use a new way to interpret new roles, and the difficulty can be imagined. And others, especially the student faction led by Duan Yihong, are fledgling, and everything is challenging.

Similarly, this film is also a great challenge for Liang Long, so far he has shot films such as "Police and Thieves", "Black Fist" and "Man 100%", but the requirements for directing ability are not too high, especially the first two films. But "My Leader, My Group" is different, this is a film that focuses on the director's directing ability, actors' performance ability, crew coordination ability, and special effects processing ability...... Very demanding films. It wasn't until it was finished at this time that Liang Long could breathe a sigh of relief: "It's finally over, five and a half months." ”

The film is finished, so naturally there will be a big celebration banquet, and Diplodocus will naturally become the target of everyone's attacks, but the crew is different from the previous crews, no one knows how much Diplodocus drinks, so Diplodocus pretended to be drunk and urinated after drinking all his heart, and the others are estimated to have a good drink all night, and even Uncle Benshan is shouting for Bruce and Ben, the two foreign guys, to be poured under the table. Bruce and Ben were secretly speechless, thinking to themselves, don't fight with the Chinese in China in the future, the amount of alcohol is about the same, but the wheel war is different, and it can't withstand it even after so long.

There is also Sophie who escaped with Diplodocus, in fact, everyone who has a love for the two of them also sees it, but no one will say it, which is also an unspoken rule of the entertainment industry.

"What's next for you?" Diplodocus sat on the sand and let Sophie lean on his arms, a little reluctant, after all, they had been together for so long. However, the relationship between the two has always been in a wonderful state, not lovers, nor lovers, it seems to be between lovers and lovers, saying that love is fake, saying that love is also false, and feelings seem to be between love and non-love.

"I have a house in Los Angeles, and I'm going to officially settle in Los Angeles." Sophie arched in his arms, and she was a little vague about her choice. It is inevitable to end the already broken relationship with Andre, but why get together with Diplodocus? She can't tell, she just follows a wonderful feeling, but for the future, she has never had a clear positioning, and she has a posture of counting one day at a time. However, she never put the slightest pressure on Diplodocus, let alone intervene between Diplodocus, Rachel and Jessica.

"Why don't you come with me to New Zealand for two months?" Liang Long thought about it, he still had to go to Weta Digital Studio to participate in the post-production of special effects, which would take almost two months. During this time, Rachel was also busy with the filming of "Tomb Robbery: The Immortal Spirit", and Jessica was also busy filming "The Matrix", so she naturally wanted to spend time with Sophie.

"Aren't you afraid of being revealed?" Sophie suddenly giggled, perhaps, subconsciously, this was the answer she was waiting for.

"Let's take a day, count it as a day." Liang Long smiled, in fact, he also had mixed feelings in his heart, wanting to spend time with Sophie, but also worried that Rachel and Jessica would have an overreaction. His hand roamed over her again, maybe Jessica was right, men are animals that think with their lower bodies, especially when a beautiful woman is in her arms, and the brain is basically in a short-circuit state.

The film is finished, and the crew is dispersed, but then the actors have to wait for the company's call and then start a large-scale promotional campaign. Liang Long and Sophie also separated, Sophie first went to New Zealand to settle their home, and Liang Long took the plane to Xi'an, where Andy was filming "Heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties", that is, the story of Qin Qiong, whose director was also Michael Bay. Because "The Peerless Tribulation" was a box office hit, Michael's directing ability was also fully affirmed, Shirley talked to him in detail after Diplodocus provided the script, and it happened that Michael was also interested in the story of this theme, so he agreed to take over, and even participated in the screenwriting work.

However, Michael is also a master who can burn money, Shirley's original budget was $50,000, Michael was stunned to mention $10,000, saying that he was going to shoot a series of big scenes, Shirley naturally would not be stingy with this 10 million, because she was going to shoot this theme into a series, and if the series wants to be successful, the first part is particularly important, and there must be a box office guarantee, only then will the board agree to shoot a sequel. Of course, the happiest thing is Diplodocus, you throw money, the more money you throw, the better the special effects, the more acceptable the film, and the more acceptable the Chinese theme.

"Michael, long time no see." Liang Long smiled and went up to say hello: "Is the shooting going well?" Michael smiled and hugged him: "I have to say that the preparations on the side of China Film Group are very sufficient, and we have almost no resistance." ”

Eight units, including the background film studio, have now formed China Film Group, and the original Beijing Film Studio holds the power of China, the three blockbusters "My Captain, My Regiment", "Immortal War Spirit" and "Heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties", and the invisible financial resources are immeasurable, so Han Sanping has also sat in the position of chairman of China Film Group without danger. China Film Group is a state-owned enterprise and has a good relationship with the local military, as long as the subsidy is paid and then coordinated by the people above, there will be almost no problems. In Michael's setting, there is a large-scale armed war at the airport, which requires the mobilization of a lot of personnel, but the coordination of China Film Group is in place, which makes him very satisfied: "This feeling of only thousands of troops is really good." But thanks to the help of director Zhang Yimou, I really can't handle those weird formations. ”

"You actually invited Zhang Yimou to be your assistant director?" Liang Long was a little surprised, Zhang Yimou is definitely the first brother among the directors, although many people are scolding, and many people are unhappy with him, but they can't deny his status. "No One is Missing", "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit", "My Father and Mother", these films that are too cheap to shoot can not be cheaper, but under the direction of Zhang Yimou, they all show the most real and touching side, and have won numerous awards internationally.

However, Zhang Yimou is indeed a scolded guy, because compared with other directors, his achievements are too outstanding, standing out from the crowd, and it is strange not to be scolded. Just these three films filmed the most real side of that era, but countless people scolded him for forgetting his roots or something, not filming China's good, only filming China's ugly side, and sensationalizing. It wasn't until O2 that "Hero" was born and kicked off the frenzy of Chinese blockbusters, and the scolding was even worse, saying that he beautified the violent Qin, and the things he shot were empty, and he didn't understand art at all...... Almost every time he appears in a film, he has to be scolded once.

Of course, sometimes Liang Long also feels that he should be scolded, that is, which city is full of messy nails, real hollowness, the whole film is in the current pectoralis major muscle, but if you want to show the pectoralis major muscle, then learn from European and American countries first, spread the breast augmentation surgery and then come out to show off the style.

However, one thing Liang Long is very sure of is that Zhang Yimou has made great contributions to China's film exhibition, no matter how much you don't like him or scold him, this can't be denied. And this time to be an assistant director for Michael, Zhang Yimou also has his own plans, learn the directing style of famous Hollywood directors, learn some special effects production, and when he is about to shoot a blockbuster, he can also have a reference, so as not to blindly shoot the first blockbuster.

chatted with Michael for a while, Liang Long didn't bother them, and watched the crew busy on the side, until it was time to get off work, Liang Long went to Andy and handed over the good five songs: "You all need to revise the lyrics and songs yourself, and I write them all amateurishly." Andy snorted a few words lightly and felt very smooth: "Okay, with these songs, coupled with my current popularity in Hollywood, I have the confidence to knock on the United States from time to time." Liang Long smiled: "If you need it, you can go to Karl, in the United States, I believe it can give you a lot of help." Andy smiled: "Thank you, when the film is finished, I will start recording new songs, first in the United States, if the situation is good, there will be a concert there at the end of the year." ”

The next day, Liang Long transferred to Huangshan, Anhui Province, which is the current filming location of "Immortal War Spirit": "Baby, do you miss me?" Rachel was overjoyed and immediately ran over: "Honey, why are you here?" Is the film finished? Then, he pinched him hard again, and snorted: "I won't tell you when it's finished." Liang Long hugged her: "Isn't this trying to surprise you, now it seems that the effect is good." Rachel snorted, "You're bad, you'll have to stay here a few more days, or you'll be over." Liang Long smiled: "I still have to participate in the post-production, but it's okay to stay for two or three days, what about you?" When will it be finished? ”

"It's not that fast, I guess it will take more than a month." Rachel is also a little depressed, because there are many scenes and the need to constantly change the filming location, which adds a lot of shooting time to the film, and it has been more than three months so far, that is to say, she and Liang Long have met so many times in more than three months. Liang Long said: "That's right, when your side is finished, and my post-production is completed, then we will rest for a while and travel everywhere." ”

"Of course, I'm tired for a while, but there is one thing you must not forget, I am going to get the gold man next year, and you have to prepare the script for me." Rachel, like all Hollywood filmmakers, is very eager for gold, but Liang Long is not sure: "Baby, the script is naturally fine, but it depends on yourself, whether you can perform it properly." Rachel snorted: "I don't care, if I can't get the gold man next year, don't blame me for being ruthless." Liang Long smiled: "You have to be scared, then I will prepare a script for you at night." ”

"You two haven't had enough sweetness, have you? Don't you see a group of living people here? Stephen quipped next to him: "Captain, you also have enough heavy sex and light friends, seeing your wife, a group of friends are all forgotten." Liang Long smiled: "Who made you not attractive enough to attract my attention, of course, I am not interested in men." Stephen smiled: "Captain, your film is finished, do you come over to help me?" Liang Long rolled his eyes: "You don't need to participate in post-production?" It's you, and the shooting degree is also slow, which affects the two of us to get along. ”

"No matter how slow it is, it's faster than you, you can shoot two months earlier than us, and I will be able to finish it in more than a month." Stephen smiled heartily and asked again, "Captain, aren't you quite good at guessing the box office?" Why don't you estimate the box office of "Immortal Soul" now, so that everyone has a bottom in their hearts. Liang Long smiled: "I didn't write the script, I don't know what you will make the film like, how can you guess?" However, it is certainly not a problem to have the box office of "Terracotta Warriors" to build a box office of 500 million US dollars, as for whether you can break through again, it depends on your ability. ”

"This time there will be more investment, and the special effects will be better, it should be possible to break through, and I still want to win the top of this year's annual box office list." For the post-production of "Independence Day" at the end of last year and stealing the position of the top of the annual box office list, Stephen has some pimples in his heart. However, Liang Long shook his head: "This year, it is impossible, remember the bet I made with Mark?" When you encounter the Titanic, you have to turn any film into the Titanic, go and sink one ship. Stephen couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Is it really as mysterious as you say?" Diplodocus nodded affirmatively.

At night, after tossing for half a night, Rachel nestled softly in his arms and said quietly: "Sometimes I think about it, I really don't want to make a movie, so I'll be by your side." Liang Long was very touched in his heart, Rachel was five years older than him, a relatively mature woman, when she was tired of being together, she was a lover, and she was more like a sister, and she could consider him in all aspects, even Jessica. However, Liang Long naturally couldn't let her quit the film industry, because he knew that her biggest ideal was to win a bottle of Oscar Best Actress, and he would help her achieve this ideal no matter what, even if all the films that won the Oscar for Best Actress were shot in advance, he didn't hesitate to do it, because he owed her too much.

"Baby, if you want to win the gold next year, you have to pay attention to a film, "Perfect", Helen Hunt will be your biggest opponent." Liang Long kissed him lightly and began to analyze her opponents this year, Helen Hunt is undoubtedly the strongest, and her performance in "Perfect" is perfect, and she was also the heroine of "100% Men" in her previous life. Rachel suddenly came to her senses again, and got up: "Then I have to study her performance well, and try to surpass him in every way, and of course, your script must be equally good." ”

For helping Rachel choose the script, Liang Long was prepared as early as the beginning of the year: "Do you know a story about a girl named Brandon, which was hyped by major media in 93? Rachel shook her head, she only went to the United States in '94 to seek exhibitions, and in '93 she was still in England and didn't know much about American things.

"Then I'll tell you some scripts." The drama Boy Don't Cry Chosen by Liang Long", this film won the 72nd Academy Award for Best Actress, and it is also a story of same-gang love. However, it is different from "Brokeback Mountain", it is written about one woman, not two men, and it does not take homosexual love for granted like "Brokeback Mountain", so there is no need to worry about being attacked.

In the year 3, a strange man came to the city of Faos, located in the territory of Nebraska in the central United States. His presence shattered the tranquility of the city. Almost everyone who met him was attracted to his innocence, and the women frequently expressed their love for him. Although he became a popular figure in the city and befriended many people, people didn't really know about "him" - "he" had his own secrets.

The young man, who called himself Blantontin, was actually a daughter, and lived in Lincoln, 75 miles from Faos. Her real name is Tina Blanton. She can't accept her own xing, but she has always considered herself a man with a "xing-other role crisis". To do this, she moved to Faos in the hope of being accepted and living like a man.

"His" new friend Lenny tells him that an outsider will be looked down upon if he can't find a friend in the city of Faos. As a result, Blanton soon became the city's love saint and lived with a single mother named Candes. But Lana's appearance changed his life, and the two quickly fell in love with each other after their first encounter. Blanton also became friends with Lana's ex-boyfriend, John. John and Tom, both of whom have a criminal record, gather a gang of rough men, drink heavily, and party day and night. They took in Blanton.

Paper can't contain the fire after all, and Brandon is arrested for a traffic violation, and her secret is revealed. When Lana learns the truth, she sides with Brandon, while John and Tom feel humiliated, and their anger quickly swells into a bloody violent crime - they ** and brutally kill Brandon.

"What a poor fellow, but people with abnormal xing orientations tend to be so miserable." Rachel sighed faintly, and suddenly laughed again: "The story can be touching, then it will challenge the ability to perform, my dear, try to write the script." Liang Long smiled: "Don't worry, when the film is finished here, I will accompany you to train and perform every day and strive to be perfect." ”

Liang Long stayed in Anhui for three days, accompanied Rachel for three days, and then transferred to Wellington, New Zealand, Sophie did not dare to pick him up at the airport for fear of being bumped into by reporters. Liang Long is also very concerned about this matter, now that the film has begun post-production, it is about to enter the publicity period, if the improper relationship with Sophie is spread, it will inevitably bring a lot of negative effects to the film. Out of the airport, Liang Long walked a little way by himself, making sure that he was not being followed before taking a taxi.

Sophie's rented house is not far from the Weta Digital Studios studio, only two blocks away, and if Diplodocus wants to go to work, it will be ten minutes away. As soon as the door opened, Sophie hung on him like a water snake, and only calmed down after a hot kiss: "In your Chinese words, your main room is willing to let you go?" Liang Long rolled his eyes, somewhat empty-hearted, because in the three days in Anhui, Rachel asked him more than once if he had an improper relationship with Sophie, although Liang Long pretended to say no, but he wanted to use Rachel's cleverness, I am afraid that he would see something.

"What's wrong? Won't be blasted out of your main room, will you? Sophie giggled again and looked at him playfully, as if enjoying his embarrassment. Liang Long said: "Don't think about it, I think we should do what we should do now, instead of talking about what we shouldn't talk about." Sophie smiled: "I'm weak-hearted, I'm afraid that the two women in your family will turn the sky upside down?" Liang Long said: "You don't want to open any pot and mention which pot, but Sophie, I think we should have some plans, is it enough to stop, or to fall deeper and deeper?" If you don't grasp it well, many people will get hurt. ”

"And what do you say?" Sophie's eyes are red, from the beginning, they are wrong, wrong, they can be withdrawn, or they can be wrong to the end, but feelings and careers are different, and it is not a simple choice to make a decision. Liang Long hugged her gently, and as soon as the words came out, he had no idea in his own head, how could he choose this kind of thing? Perhaps, we can just let it be.

Under Carl's operation, the first round of publicity of "My Captain, My Regiment" was almost launched, and this round of publicity was mainly to bring up the old things, digging up the bombing of the Atlanta Olympics last year, which can be regarded as a warm-up. However, the effect of publicity is really good, last year's explosion Liang Long was injured I don't know how many people's hearts were touched, and now when it is mentioned again, many people recall that moment and are waiting for the film to be released.

After three days of publicity and good results, Carl immediately conducted a second round of publicity, striving to make "My Captain, My Group" the hottest topic at this stage. And this round he chose Bruce and Ben, previously, Yanhuang Company did not announce that Bruce and Ben participated in the filming, and now it suddenly broke out, which immediately attracted wider attention, especially their die-hard fans have been calling for the film to be released as soon as possible.

For this reason, there was another war of words on the Internet, and some said that Yanhuang Film Company must be trying to create a gimmick, and invited Bruce and Ben to make a cameo, and there was nothing to look forward to. Some think that with the fame of Bruce and Ben, even if they are not the leading actors, they are very important roles, otherwise how could Bruce and Ben participate. After a few days of such an uproar, Bruce and Ben attended a press conference to promote that they both played important roles in the film.

Admittedly, they don't have many scenes, but the roles are really important, Bruce plays Arthur McLuhan heroically, showing the cruelty of war and comradeship; Ben's Alger Collins completes his metamorphosis, which also proves the cruelty of war and the transformation of people in war. So, the argument that they play an important role is entirely true.

After the second round of propaganda ended, Karl immediately carried out the third round of propaganda, in his words, I just want to use fatigue bombing to make them think of the picture of my regiment commander and my regiment in their heads, and I am not afraid that you will not buy tickets when the time comes. And his third round plan is to use Wu Jing as a breakthrough, Wu Jing is now known as a kung fu son in Hollywood and is very popular with fans, while Carl appeared in "My Captain, My Group" as a kung fu son, can he create a perfect action movie?

"My Captain, My Regiment" has a rou fight, but it can't be regarded as an action movie at all, Carl's slogan is a little irrelevant, but it doesn't matter, because it has been explained that Wu Jing is a cameo during the promotion, whether it is a perfect action movie or not is the audience's own guess, and it has nothing to do with Yanhuang Film Company. Most importantly, it gets a lot of attention.

In fact, after these three steps of publicity, it did attract very wide attention, and Carl was also very satisfied with Erlang's legs in the office, preparing for the publicity of the fourth part. But at this moment, someone walked in: "You are really leisurely, but don't you think that our company has made a few movies this year?" ”

"Uncle, you sit down first." It was Liang Jin who came in, and Karna dared to slacken: "Indeed, there are three films in total, two of them are big investments, and the production cycle is relatively long, so we have to increase efforts to buy scripts from script intermediaries and screenwriters associations." But this aspect is like looking for a needle in a haystack, and there is an element of luck. Liang Jin said: "Anyway, the company wants to have a good cycle, but what it has done so far is not enough, and you also urge Long to let him write another script quickly." ”

"Uncle, you have to do this, he is your son, and it is better for you to give an order than if I urge it a hundred times." Carl laughed.

"It's because I'm his dad that I can't urge him, otherwise he thinks I'm putting pressure on him." Liang Jin said with a smile: "Okay, I won't tell you more, just to inform you of one thing, after a while, you send someone to help me take over the case in my hand, and your uncle and I have to go back to Hong Kong." Karl asked, "Is it important to go back to Hong Kong?" Liang Jin said loudly: "Of course it is important, Hong Kong is about to return to the motherland, is there anything more important than this?" ”

ps: A little embarrassed, 10,000 words still haven't been written, only 8,000, I feel like there is no inspiration in the past two days, it is estimated that it is in front of the computer all day, the reason for no activity. Keep up the good work tomorrow.