Chapter 33: Striving for Perfection

The press conference was a success, and the next day the major media responded one after another, with the Los Angeles Times writing: "Tomb Robbery" is targeting a box office of 400 million, and Stephen is the highest-grossing director at the end of the year. This year is a year of box office depression, and there is no film in the entire Hollywood that has a local box office of more than 200 million and a global box office of more than 400 million. In this regard, director Stephen is full of confidence, and this film with a large investment of 70 million is indeed worth everyone's expectations, as can be seen from last year's "Little Taishan", director Stephen has super directing ability; Secondly, the handsome guys and beauties in the film are also worth everyone's expectations, because they are all actors recommended by Mr. Liang Xiaolong, and like "The Sun Is Like Me" and "Never Compromise", Mr. Liang Xiaolong's vision of people is definitely one to one, and Brandon and Rachel will not disappoint everyone; Finally, I have to talk about the problem of the script, I believe that no one dares to doubt Mr. Liang Xiaolong's editing ability, "Tomb Robbery" is definitely a wonderful film.

There are many similar reports, but most of them are positive news, after all, the crew did not have any scandals during the filming. Of course, if the relationship between Liang Xiaolong and Rachel and the Cairo brawl in Egypt are exposed, then the major media will immediately change their tone and unanimously crusade against Liang Xiaolong, after all, Liang Xiaolong's affair with Julia has not yet been clarified, and if it is revealed that he is in love with Rachel again, he will definitely be crowned with the title of abusive and **. In addition, long before the release of "The Sun Like Me", some media defined Liang Xiaolong as a violent maniac, if people know that he fought in Egypt, then there is no doubt that the title of violent maniac is firmly established.

Looking through these newspapers, Liang Xiaolong is quite satisfied, at least no media has written the words Chinese children in the newspapers. In fact, this is also normal, Liang Xiaolong's editing ability has been widely recognized by the industry, and has also attracted a large number of fans, which will only annoy fans if they talk about Liang Xiaolong's identity as a Chinese. Moreover, with Liang Xiaolong's current reputation, if he files a lawsuit with the court to sue these media for racial discrimination, the media will never have good fruit to eat. Because the United States, a country with extremely serious racial discrimination, always likes to flaunt that its country is a free country, as long as the word discrimination is involved, the result of the trial will be very terrifying, and the social repercussions will be very serious.

In the afternoon, Liang Xiaolong met with three reporters on the set, who were from the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Sun, and Time Magazine, all of which are very influential media in the United States. After greeting each other for a while, the Times reporter first asked: ""The Sun Like Me" describes a heart-to-heart duel, "Never Compromise" writes about entrepreneurial aspirations, "Tomb Robbery" is a magical adventure, "The Police and the Thief" is a comedy martial arts, four scripts, four styles, what is the source of your creative inspiration, Mr. Liang?" ”

"Piracy, of course!" Liang Xiaolong first gave the answer in his heart, and then said hypocritically: "I think it should come from life, I don't have a fixed surname when I write scripts, I often write what comes to mind, and then write the story according to the requirements." The Sun reporter asked, "Mr. Liang, can you tell us about your relationship with Miss Roberts?" Liang Xiaolong knew that reporters would ask this question, and this is definitely the question that reporters are most concerned about, if he doesn't answer it well, then tomorrow's scandal between him and Julia will have to make newspaper headlines: "Previously, many media have reported on my problems with Julia, and today I will clarify that I am just friends with Julia, and as for whether you believe it or not, it is not up to me to influence." Of course, this kind of thing is by no means clear in one sentence, Liang Xiaolong is almost certain that tomorrow the Sun will inevitably write: Liang Xiaolong claims that he and Julia are just friends, whether it is true or not, needs further research.

The reporter of Time magazine apparently did not care about this issue: "Mr. Liang, at the age of 19, you are worth more than $30 million, becoming the youngest multimillionaire in history, what do you think about this?" Liang Xiaolong said with a smile: "Regarding this, I can only say that I am lucky, before that, I just want to say that I will earn a little manuscript fee, but I didn't expect the box office to be so prosperous in the end." The weekly reporter asked again: "Then how is Mr. Liang going to use this money?" Liang Xiaolong said: "Aren't I using it?" The budget of "The Police and the Thief" is as high as 15 million, plus more than 20 million for later publicity, and 8 million for the acquisition of the company, it can be said that the money in my hand has been almost spent. ”

The weekly reporter said: "Yes, Mr. Liang's courage in breaking the kettle is indeed admirable. Liang Xiaolong smiled: "It's nothing, isn't making money just to achieve your ideals?" The weekly reporter said: "Yes, what does Mr. Liang think of the box office of "Tomb Robbery" and "Police and Thieves"? Liang Xiaolong smiled faintly and said: "The box office has a lot to do with the quality of the film, the intensity of publicity, the release time, and the theater line of the film. As for "The Cops and the Thieves", I can only make one guarantee, there is absolutely no problem with the quality of the film. ”

The Times reporter asked: "At yesterday's press conference, the crew of "Tomb Robbery" has always thought that you are extremely harsh on martial arts scenes, what do you think of this problem? Liang Xiaolong did not deny it: "Yes, if I can achieve 100 points, I will never pursue 90 points." Actually, I have to thank the actors, without their dedication, my fight would not have been able to continue, let's take Brandon, in fact, he was injured when he went to the press conference yesterday, and both of his little arms were bruised, but he still insisted on filming the next scene. ”

chatted for half an hour, the crew had to continue filming, this scene was the ultimate battle in the final stage of the film, this scene was originally scheduled to be filmed half a month later, but because of the publicity problems of "Tomb Robbery", Liang Xiaolong had to finish filming this scene in advance, because the six main actors of this scene had to be present. This scene was filmed in a martial arts hall, and the first shot Liang Xiaolong also pirated the scene of Xing Ye in "Tang Bohu Dotting Autumn Fragrance" and knocking down a group of people with intestinal piercing, Wu Jing has a deep memory of this scene: "Xiaolong, be careful that Xing Ye sues you for piracy." Liang Xiaolong laughed: "Master Xing is not that kind of stingy person, and strictly speaking, this cannot be considered piracy." ”

Face to face, with sharp eyes, wandering around looking for flaws, like a master duel, but he made a sigh, and a sentence came out that the two of us just sympathized with each other, and couldn't help it. I don't know how many viewers this scene in 93 years of Xing Ye has fallen, Liang Xiaolong believes that this scene can also thunder American audiences, so that Americans can also know the sympathy between stupid masters. But this shot is just a hobby, the next fight scene is the key, Brandon uses a stick, Wu Jing gun, is a duel of long weapons: "As the so-called year fist and moon stick practice gun, compared with other weapons, the stick is indeed the easiest to use." But since ancient times, there has been a saying that Brandon must show that sense of strength to sweep thousands of armies when he makes a move. ”

Brandon smiled: "Xiaolong, if I cooperate with you in a few more plays, I can become a martial arts master." Liang Xiaolong rolled his eyes: "Martial arts master? Just you? It's good to go to Shaolin and Wudang for a few years to have a small achievement. Wu Jing, you and I don't need to say anything, pick a line with the gun and tie this line straight with me. This will change Wu Jing to roll his eyes: "Please, I'm a champion in marksmanship." ”

Weapon duels are more difficult to shoot than hand-to-hand combat, and they have to show all kinds of tricks, show a sense of strength, and be careful everywhere for fear that the actors will be injured. However, this scene is the finale of the whole film, Liang Xiaolong has extremely strict requirements for every action, and if there is a slight flaw, it will be reshot immediately, Brandon estimated, according to Liang Xiaolong's shooting method, the film wasted in this fight scene alone is worth more than 100,000 US dollars. Of course, Brandon is more happy, and the more the director pursues perfection, the higher the quality of the film, and the more popularity it will gain after its release.

"Uncle Xiaolong, my eyes are so tired." Taking advantage of the free time to change the camera, Kayla began to complain, and it is no wonder that during the shooting for several hours in a row, the four of them used as the background and had to follow the martial arts movements to make corresponding expressions, which was not much easier than Brandon and Wu Jing. Liang Xiaolong quipped: "The little girl's eyes are so small, if she keeps it open for a few more hours, she may become a big-eyed beauty." The little girl immediately pounced: "I dare to say that I have small eyes, I will fight with you." Liang Xiaolong hurriedly restrained the little girl: "Isn't it okay if the uncle is wrong?" Kayla is a beautiful girl with big eyes who is invincible in youth, okay? So, the little girl went back satisfied, and let Liang Xiaolong shake his head, why are Hollywood beauties so narcissistic? Julia is like this, Kayla is like this, and even Rachel is like this with her own family.

The next set of shots is the most difficult to shoot in the whole scene, Wu Jing picks off Brandon's long stick with one shot, and then flies up, kicks Brandon on the shoulder, and then kicks Brandon in the head. Brandon blocked it with a long stick, pushed hard, and Wu Jing somersaulted to the ground, this kind of shot even if Wu Jing, the martial arts champion, had to be completed with the help of Weiya. But Liang Xiaolong's action is much more than that, in order to increase the comedic effect, Kayla also throws a banana peel, Wu Jing just stepped on the banana peel when he landed, his body slipped backwards, and then supported the ground with his hands and rolled over.

Several actions in a row, unless they are shot separately, they can't be completed even with the help of Weiya, but in order to increase the coherence of the actions and improve the visual impact, Liang Xiaolong decided to complete this action by himself as a stand-in for Wu Jing. Wu Jing was anxious: "Xiaolong, it's not necessary, right?" It's already quite perfect to shoot us to this extent, so there's no need to take this risk. Rachel also came over to stop him: "Honey, don't joke with your body, this kind of action will never be able to be done even if the top physical athlete trains repeatedly." Julia also persuaded: "That's right, especially when you step on a banana peel, turn around and land in the air, and step on a shanga peel, no one can guarantee what kind of accident will happen." If you, the director, fall, will you be able to continue filming this scene? ”

Whether it is empty-handed combat or weapon fighting, this film is all showing Chinese kung fu, and if the most difficult action in the film is filmed and synthesized in sections, it will inevitably be criticized, and radicals will even say: Chinese kung fu is not done by special effects, and it is not a big deal. Therefore, Liang Xiaolong ignored everyone's obstruction: "Don't worry, although this action is difficult, it shouldn't be difficult for me." Bring the banana peel and I'll put it myself, Brandon, and when the boss sticks are on top, you must push hard, otherwise the action is bound to fail. ”

"Xiaolong, I'm so angry." Rachel made a straight face: "If you insist on this, I'll call my uncle and aunt now and ask them to clean you up." Liang Xiaolong secretly complained: "How can this woman be a scoundrel?" If you really want your parents to know, maybe you will fly over from Hong Kong overnight. ”

ps: It will start to break out tomorrow, friends will collect it first, recommend and support, and there will be a more at night!

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