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Chapter 194: A complete refresh

Chapter 194: A complete refresh

"Haha, I'm so happy. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info" Kate suddenly laughed, and her expression was relaxed. Liang XiǎoLong's heart sank, and Kate naturally hoped that the record would not be broken, otherwise it would never be so easy.

"I love this movie." Leonardo also laughed easily, in fact, he didn't read the postcard at all, and his mind was to play, constantly creating psychological pressure on Liang Xiǎo Long.

"Play with me?" Liang Xiǎo Long was also a little weak in his heart, looking at the expressions of these two, it seemed that the best film had nothing to do with "Million Dollar Baby". But the front has been tricked a lot, and these two are probably playing tricks...... Anyway, he's just struggling right now.

"It's so sad...... I was mistaken, I thought a new record was about to be made. Kate's expression changed, and she seemed a little sad, but this made people even more confused, did she want the record to be broken?

"But I just love the movie." Leonardo still doesn't read the postcard, and it seems that he likes it no matter which film, like a typical unassertive fan.

"No kidding, I guess everyone in the audience is in a hurry." Kate smiled: "Since you like this movie so much, it's up to you to read it." ”

"That's good." Leonardo took the postcard: "Congratulations to the captain, congratulations to Million Dollar Baby, congratulations to the Oscars, a new record is born." ”

"yes" Liang Xiǎo Long stood up and hit the crew one by one, and the new record was created by them, and history will remember this moment. Liang Xiǎo Long took the stage to receive Xiǎo Jinren, and after thanking him, he also joked: "I really hope to work with Kate and Leon to make an action movie, and I guarantee that they will be exhausted to death on the set." ”

"It seems that we have a grudge." Leon smiled at Kate, and Kate said seriously, "I'm looking forward to this kind of cooperation opportunity." Leon rolled his eyes, "You really don't have a sense of humor. ”

The youngest best director at the Oscars, the film with the most Oscar nominations, and the most Oscar winners have all been refreshed, in fact, there is another record that has also been broken, but no one has kicked it out, because the one who broke the record did not get the Xiǎo Golden Man tonight. He's Tom. Hanks, became the first actor to be nominated for Best Actor twice.

Finally, there is an award, the Lifetime Achievement Award, which is given to Ilya. Kazan. However, when the award presenter was the famous Hollywood actor Robert . De Niro pronounced Elijah. Although there was a lot of applause at the scene, there were also many people who applauded, thinking that Ilya was too bad to be eligible for this award.

Ilya was born in the early nineties and has been galloping in Hollywood in the thirties, with representative works such as "Gentlemen's Agreement" and "Dock", and has also won the Oscar for Best Director twice with these two films. However, in the 50s, Elijah was involved in the Hollywood political "blacklist" incident, the ** attitude adopted during the McCarthyism period, and testified before the House Committee of Inquiry on UnAmerican Acts and exposed the behavior of others. Chaplin, Orsson. Many liberal directors and screenwriters, including Wells, went into exile, but his directing career is still flourishing, and the films "A Dream of Family", "The Doll Bride" and "No Grass at the End of the World" have brought him many honors.

Because of this, Ilya took on the name of a traitor and sought glory, and has been with him to this day. He himself has remained silent and refused to apologize for the "blacklist" time, because he does not consider himself guilty or feel that he has betrayed his friends for glory, saying: "It's sad to hurt others, I'd rather hurt them less and hurt myself more." ”

However, in the sixties, Ilya also gradually withdrew from the entertainment industry, and it has been thirty years now. And when receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award, Ilya confessed: "Thank you very much, thank you very much for the courage and generosity of the Oscar Committee for giving me this award. ”

Liang Xiǎo Long did not have any opinion on these things, who could clearly explain the situation at that time, and even less on matters involving politics. The only thing that is certain is that Ilya is a talented director who has made outstanding contributions to the development of Hollywood cinema and deserves to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award.

The next day, almost all major media reported on the Oscars, analyzing the awards, the reasons for the awards, and the NV star costume jewelry...... In short, there will never be a shortage of topics about the Oscars, and the constant worry is that the layout is not enough and cannot express everything that you want to express.

"Million Dollar Baby, the Greatest Combination of Commercial Art", this was the headline of the Los Angeles Times the next day: breaking four records in a row, setting an Oscar record, and a box office of $1.4 billion, second only to "Titanic". So, it's definitely one of the greatest films in Hollywood's history, both commercial and artistic.

Yes, this year's Oscars are equivalent to the fulfillment of Liang Xiǎo Long, although he failed to beat "Titanic" at the box office, but surpassed "Titanic" in honor, and has a box office of 1.4 billion US dollars, he is enough to be remembered by history forever.

But compared to the Chicago Sun's revelations, the Los Angeles Times is obviously much worse, or all the media reports are not as powerful as the Chicago Sun's reports.

Who will sing the lead role in this Oscar? There is no doubt that Liang xiǎo dragon. So Liang Xiǎo Long is going to have a baby, is it a powerful revelation? The Chicago Sun's page is dominated by Rachel's picture and a circle drawn on her belly. Moreover, its title is also very scary, even with the flavor of condemnation: Captain, unmarried and pregnant

"The Sun's reporters are too sharp-eyed, aren't they? No wonder it's everyone's favorite gossip newspaper. Seeing the newspaper, Liang Xiǎo Long couldn't help but sigh, Rachel's stomach was only slightly bulging, if you didn't read it carefully, at most, it would only be a little redundant. But the reporters of the Sun have a good eye, that is, they can keenly capture details that other reporters can't capture.

"We're going to be in trouble." Rachel is sure that they are all the top stars in Hollywood, and if this matter is exposed, media reporters will definitely flock to it, and then conduct a series of investigations. Even, Sophie and Jessica will be found out, that's what is annoying.

"Instead of being beaten passively, it is better to take the initiative, so ......" Sophie raised her eyebrows: "Let's hold a press conference, break more information, and make the reporter satisfied, and he won't come to bother us." ”

"That's it." Liang Xiǎo Long hated reporters for interfering with his life, but now he has to do this: "Today everyone will not come out of the mén, tomorrow we will hold a press conference, and the day after tomorrow we will rush to New Zealand to continue the next shooting, I believe that things will settle down." ”

As conjectured, as soon as the Chicago Sun-Times report appeared, it was immediately reprinted by major entertainment programs, and they all speculated about it, whether Rachel was really pregnant, or was she fat? Almost every media outlet wants to obtain information in this area, but Liang Xiǎo Long himself has a feeling of being a thief, so the residence is always confidential, and it is not easy for reporters to investigate. Therefore, the reporters could only go to Yanhuang Film Company and ask for an interview with Liang Xiǎo Long and interview Rachel.

"Man, you're playing Dafa this time." In the office, Carl looked at Liang Xiǎo Long playfully, and he also wanted to know how Liang Xiǎo Long would respond to the reporter's answer. However, it is certain that if the matter of Liang Xiǎo Long and three NV people living together is dug up, it will definitely cause a strong earthquake in Hollywood.

"Don't gloat, if the things in your back are dug up, don't think about good fruit to eat." Liang Xiǎo Long gave him a blank look, in a sense, the two brothers still have a lot in common. The difference is that Liang Xiǎo Long is in charge, and the NV people around Carl never exceed three months.

"I don't care, at most, even if I have too much money, I don't live in moderation." Carl didn't care at all, besides, he was just the CEO of the company, not a star, and reporters didn't have much interest in hyping him.

"Scum" Liang Xiǎo Long scolded angrily, and then took out the script and threw it in front of Carl: "I won't write too many scripts this year, but with these two scripts, plus the scripts from other sources, it should be enough to keep the company running, right?" ”

"Of course, even if you don't write a script, the company won't have a problem." Carl is full of confidence, after four years of development, except for the lack of its own TV station, Yanhuang Film Company is completely comparable to the eight Hollywood giants in other aspects, and the profit in the film area is even more than that of most companies.

"I like imposing names." Carl picked up the book "Killing with a Knife" and read it, the reason why Liang Xiǎo Long can remember this film is because its story turned out to be very special, and it had brought a new breath of wind to Hollywood in his previous life, so Liang Xiǎo Long decided to choose this film.

"Murder by the Knife" tells the story of a disgraced multinational drug cartel who discovers that they will be charged by a federal grand jury, so they make a frantic decision to kill five insiders. Vincent is a ruthless professional killer who comes to Los Angeles on his own while being hired by the drug cartel, and from his contacts, he gets a laptop with detailed files of five insiders, and as he has done for the past 10 years, all he needs to do is to complete the mission with his skills and brutality, get paid, and get out quickly. However, what Vincent didn't expect was that he, who had never made a mistake, would fall into the legal net this time because of an ordinary taxi driver who had nothing to do with it.

The taxi driver who made Vincent lose his hand is called Max, he is a veteran driver who has been driving a taxi for 12 years, and every day the passengers of the same shape sèsè call jiāo, shuttling through the noisy and impetuous city all day long but still able to live a calm and optimistic life, until he meets the silver-haired Vincent, and the peaceful life becomes thrilling in an instant.

Before carrying Vincent, Max had just sent the beautiful NV prosecutor Annie to her destination, and he should have fallen in love with the NV prosecutor at first sight, but the disparity in identity made him dare not think much about it, but his humor and optimism still made her suddenly cheerful because of the depression due to work pressure. Vincent came up after the NV prosecutor got out of the car, when he had just killed the first insider and was about to go to his next destination. For convenience, he paid a lot of money for Marcos's car. So, on the wrong night, in the wrong place, between two wrong characters, a wrong story was staged.

Vincent threw the second target of the assassination from the roof of the building onto Max's car, and then he swaggered out of the building, looking at Max in horror when he was stunned by the sudden tragedy. Naturally, Max won't follow him anymore, so Vincent hijacks Max and his taxi and breaks into the darkness of the night to find the next target that needs to be "solved......

At the same time, Los Angeles police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have also received a report and have launched an operation vowing to bring the serial killer to justice. A battle to the death unfolds on the streets of Los Angeles. However, despite Max's best efforts, he couldn't get out. He even chose to die together to stop Vincent's actions. But for the sophisticated and vicious Vincent, it was still in vain. He was completely furious when he stumbled upon the discovery that Vincent's last assassination target turned out to be the beautiful NV prosecutor. Max followed Vincent into the building where the NV prosecutor worked, and the NV prosecutor's wit and calmness, coupled with Max's bravery, this time Vincent was defeated and was eventually killed by Max in the subway.

In terms of the structure of the script, it is generally in three acts, that is, the so-called beginning (foreshadowing), main body (conflict), and end (resolution), but "Killing with a Knife" breaks this pattern very well, and the first two acts have already taken place before the film officially begins, and the whole film is about the third act.

"Yes, it's a good innovation." Carl read it roughly and liked the structure of the whole script very much: "But a new structure is not something that everyone can control, and it is easy to shoot a good script into a bad movie, so in terms of director, is there a good recommendation?" ”

"Michael. Mann, from the Academy, of course, was just an offer. Liang Xiǎo Long smiled, Michael. Mann is also a veteran director in Hollywood, graduated from the University of Wisconsin and the International Film School in London, and began writing scripts for television stations in the late seventies, including "The Last Mohican" and "The Line of Fire". In his previous life, he was also the director of "Murder by a Knife".

"Okay, I'll go to him, but people may not want to take it." Carl joked, it seems that there are really not many directors in Hollywood who can reject Liang Xiǎo's script now, because none of the movies that Liang Xiǎo's script has been filmed into are loss-making, and the box office results are also very good, and exceeding 100 million US dollars is not a problem at all. Compared with many other directors, they are very proud to be able to shoot a film with a box office of over 100 million in their lifetime.

"Let me ask you again, how do you position yourself for "Legend of Doom"?" Carl never asked this question, and he was also very curious about the film, which cost up to $250 million to make, and even thought that Liang Xiǎo Long wanted to make an impact on "Titanic" at the box office.

"I don't have any plans, just shoot and play, and learn more about special effects technology by the way." Liang Xiǎo Long really didn't plan to use "Legend of Doom" to impact the status of "Titanic" at the box office, and the reason why he was willing to invest a lot was mainly because he wanted to learn special effects technology. And this film, even if you invest $250 million, you don't have to worry about losing money.

"Do you know about 3D technology?" Liang Xiǎo Long asked again, the time has entered 99 years, and 3D technology has been mostly proposed, but there has been no substantial progress in Xing.

"Are you sick?" Carl couldn't help but laugh: "Weta Digital Studio has been developing in this direction, although it has not yet achieved substantial success, but theoretically it is definitely at the forefront of Hollywood, you don't even know this, right?" ”

Forehead? Liang Xiǎo Long smiled, although he has been in Weta Digital Studio, but because 3D technology cannot be used substantively, and he has not heard Peter say it, he really doesn't know that there is such a thing. But since he talked about this, Liang Xiǎo Long immediately became interested: "So what do you think of the future of 3D technology?" ”

"It's really helpless to meet someone who doesn't care about anything." Carl smiled bitterly, and then talked about his grandmother, in his opinion, 3D technology will become the mainstream of the film market, and whoever can take the lead in this area will be able to occupy the market to a greater extent. Therefore, in terms of the development of technology, Carl has never been stingy, and has so far spent more than 100 million dollars into it. However, he also knows that more money will definitely be thrown in the future.

"We are completely on the same page." From his previous life, Liang Xiǎo Long is very clear about the future of 3D technology, as long as he occupies this market, 3D cameras, film, cinema equipment...... Together, that amount of money would be an unimaginable amount, and it would be worth the investment now.

Of course, the most important thing is that Liang Xiǎo Long wants to seize the opportunity to create his own 3D film before 2010, that is, before "Avatar", and strive to get ahead of the box office charts.

"Of course, I'm even ready to buy a TV station in ten years." Carl is now more and more comfortable in running the company, on the one hand, the accumulation of work, and on the other hand, Liang Xiǎo Long completely let go, so that he can let go of his hands and feet. As Hollywood's top film company, not having its own TV station means that the pay-to-demand part will be scraped off a lot of profits.

"It's really good to have your own TV station, or you inject money." Liang Xiǎo Long said with a smile, in the economic crisis, Carl made more than five billion US dollars, and among his peers, it is estimated that only Liang Xiǎo Long is worth more than him.

"I can't watch Xiǎo TV station, big TV station, it's not enough for the two of us to smash all the funds into it." For example, ABC TV was acquired by Disney for nearly $20 billion, and after several years of operation, even if someone bids $30 billion, Disney will never make a move.

"Then wait a few more years, you read another script here first, and I'll go and send those annoying reporters away, otherwise there will be no peace." (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )