Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Concept of a Song and Dance Film

Andy smiled: "Don't you know that there is also a friendship cameo?" Liang Xiaolong thinks about it, after Andy becomes famous in Hollywood, if someone watches "Black Fist" in the future, they will definitely exclaim: "Oh my God, Andy, I actually saw Andy here." However, letting his idol be a trick, Liang Xiaolong always felt a little reluctant in his heart: "Declare first, if someone asks in the future, you have to say that you are voluntary, I don't want to be cut." Saying that, Liang Xiaolong felt that something was wrong again: "How do I feel that I want to be a bitch and want to build an archway?" ”

Andy smiled and punched him: "What to say nonsense, friendship cameos are not uncommon, if you really feel sorry for it, give me a close-up in a while, just as my debut in Hollywood." Liang Xiaolong smiled: "Okay, then I'll set an expression for you, look dumbfounded." Andy smiled: "Cheng, do you want to keep some more saliva?" "Liang Xiaolong has a black line, it seems that Liu Tianwang also has an evil side.

At the end of the day's shooting, Liang Xiaolong called Andy and Wu Jing: "Go to my house, I'll cook a big meal." Jessica said angrily on the side: "There is a big meal that doesn't call me, because I'm tired and tired." Liang Xiaolong said with a smile: "Little sister, aren't you afraid that our three stinky men will do you what and what you do?" Jessica snorted, "Or I'll call Rachel right now and tell her you're trying to insult me." Liang Xiaolong had a black line: "You're about to have a fight with Kayla." Jessica laughed, "Didn't you say Kayla was the cutest?" Let's move towards cuteness. ”

Liang Xiaolong was speechless, I remember that when I first filmed "The Police and the Thief", this girl was still a little shy little girl, and she had become a witch for a long time, and her mouth was still poor. Of course, Liang Xiaolong was very justifiable to shift the blame to Kayla, and it was definitely that girl who broke Jessica.

Liang Xiaolong made five or six dishes, enough for four people to eat a meal every time, during which everyone chatted casually, Andy also talked about his salary, which was only 500,000 US dollars, which was much less than in China. But this is also normal, no matter how good you are in China, you can only start from scratch when you come to Hollywood, and Jet Li in his previous life was paid $500,000 when he first came to Hollywood to shoot. However, Andy doesn't care about these, it doesn't matter how much the first film earns or how little he earns, the key is to have an excellent performance and win more film contracts.

After having dinner and sending the three away, Liang Xiaolong continued to look through the materials of the Anti-Japanese War, during this time he was almost used to this kind of life, and he fell in love with this kind of life. Because the Anti-Japanese War is a history of blood and tears, but also a history of heroes, seeing the information about the devils doing evil on the land of China can make you feel resentful and scolding, and seeing the stories of the heroes of the Anti-Japanese War will make your blood swell and be full of pride. There are countless stories hidden in this history of heroic blood and tears, and it is definitely a huge library of movie themes, but Liang Xiaolong is not in a hurry to write the script, he only concentrates on absorbing these materials.

After all, it is not easy to connect various stories together, and because of incomplete understanding, there are often big loopholes in the written scripts, so instead of rushing to write, it is better to concentrate on finding information and organize it in more detail. Secondly, Liang Xiaolong is also trying to recall the classic scenes in the war movies he watched in his previous life, and then integrate these bridges into the story, and finally connect them into a movie.

There is another point, which is also Liang Xiaolong's biggest headache, foreign audiences must know that history, but they never know that history, and the Eastern and Western cultures are very surprised, can the Anti-Japanese War film resonate with them? If it can, it will become a classic like "Schindler's List", but if not, the word-of-mouth will fail, and the box office will be ruined, because the audience goes to watch war movies, and there are few factors that want to watch fierce battles, and they want to feel that history and enjoy the touching that the film brings them.

In the previous life, "Pearl Harbor" is a good example, don't look at the global box office of hundreds of millions, but compared to its production costs and publicity expenses, purely at the box office, the producer can only make a small profit, and the profit obtained is far from proportional to the risk of investment. And the word-of-mouth is even worse, at most, this is a decent film.

So, Liang Xiaolong had to find a fusion point between East and West that would resonate with Western audiences, but would it be easy? Just like the loyalty and courage in Jin Yong's works can make Chinese people crazy, but Westerners can't understand it at all, and even many people think that those so-called chivalry are stupid.

A headache is a headache, but as long as you want to make a blockbuster of the Anti-Japanese War, you must think about it, and for this reason, Liang Xiaolong has also been on many American war forums to learn more about the views of Americans and Westerners on that war. There are also many people in Western countries who understand that period of history, after all, the Anti-Japanese War was an integral part of the entire World War II, and the United States was also involved in that war, and finally dropped two atomic bombs on the devil's territory, otherwise the Anti-Japanese War would not have ended so quickly.

Opening the webpage again, Liang Xiaolong searched for today's news at random, and was stunned to see a huge headline: Shocking! The invincible captain was brutally beaten. Liang Xiaolong was stunned, when was he beaten violently? But when he opened the video, he was clear, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, it turned out to be a scene where Jessica chased him with a stick on the set, and there was a text at the end of the video: It turns out that the strongest is not the captain, but the woman, I knew this, I should have let the woman challenge him in the ring in the first place. There are even some websites with headlines like this: Hollywood's number one master is not the captain, but Jessica, our sweetheart in America.

"The camera shouldn't have been turned on then, right?" Liang Xiaolong couldn't help but be depressed, and immediately thought that this was Danny's ghost, and he deliberately wanted to make himself a joke. In a fit of rage, he called Danny again: "Danny, I'm going to kill you." Danny laughed: "It's no wonder to me, it's Carl who told me to make more interesting films as publicity." You should settle accounts with him. Liang Xiaolong was choked, it seems that it is common to use a piece of flower for publicity, but why do you have to be yourself? Is the captain's joke funnier?

"Captain, I almost forgot something." Julia snatched the phone from Danny: ""Black Fist" is about to be completed, bet on the box office, forty dishes." Liang Xiaolong smiled: "Sister Big Mouth, listening to the voice, it seems that you have a lot of resentment?" Julia snorted: "I must win it back, just bet on "Black Fist", a box office of $500 million." Liang Xiaolong was almost not frightened, it is inevitable that the box office of "Black Fist" will be popular, but 500 million, unless the gods and Buddhas come at the same time to encourage the world to enter the cinema. Looking at Hollywood's box office history, as of 2010, only 74 films have exceeded 200 million at the global box office. Before 96, there were only 10 films with a global box office of more than 500 million.

Moreover, these films basically have one or both of the two characteristics, a large number of first-line superstars, and the box office appeal is extremely strong; The special effects are produced in a big way, and the investment is huge. And what does "Black Fist" have? With an investment of $15 million, starring Wu Jing and Jessica, no matter how good the quality of the film is, it is impossible to get 500 million box office. Of course, if there is really a god and Buddha coming from the sky, then Liang Xiaolong can only shout that a miracle has appeared: "Sister Big Mouth, since you want to gamble, you have to be fair, the price is unacceptable, let's talk about the actual number." ”

"That's okay, I'll be generous, the global box office is 400 million." As soon as the voice fell, Julia hung up the phone, leaving Liang Xiaolong alone with a wry smile, 400 million, as of 2010, there are only 124 films with a global box office of more than 400 million: "I just found out now that Sister Big Mouth is a scoundrel than anyone else, forty dishes, is it so easy to make?." ”

The filming of "Black Fist" has come to an end, and after the joint efforts of the crew, only the last set of shots remains, and it is also the most exciting part of the dance of "Dancing with a Hundred Beasts". Before filming, Anne came over and said, "Xiaolong, do you plan to shoot a kung fu dance film?" I can continue to be a choreographer for you, and of course, I need a stage to show my talents. ”

"Kung Fu dance videos?" Liang Xiaolong's heart couldn't help but move, song and dance films in his previous life were very popular, "Dance Out of My Life", "Beautiful Girl Cheerleader", "Song and Dance Youth", "Street Dance Boy" and other films with little investment have achieved a very high box office, but in recent years, song and dance films have not been popular, and there have been no wonderful song and dance films in Hollywood, that is to say, this aspect is almost a blank, as long as you can make wonderful song and dance films, you can quickly occupy the market in this area.

Moreover, when the song and dance film has not yet been revived, the revival led by kung fu dance can definitely cause a strong response, and at the same time, it can also make Chinese kung fu spread more deeply and take root in dance. It can be expected that if the quality of the film is good enough, many young people who learn dance, especially hip-hop, will try to learn Chinese kung fu, and then find that kung fu and dance have a lot in common, then Chinese kung fu will become a part of his life.

However, let himself direct a song and dance film, Liang Xiaolong will definitely not do it, he knows that he has no choreographic ability at all, and the director of the song and dance film is usually simply a choreographer, only then can the dance show the director's creative intention. In this regard, what Liang Xiaolong remembers the most is "Chicago", where several women who have committed crimes get together to show a big era with a song and dance film, and finally won the Oscar for Best Picture. And the reason why the film is so successful is because the director is simply choreographed, and the dance shows the director's creative intention, which runs through the soul of the film.

"Annie, I'm so busy filming this dance scene, how can I be able to direct a song and dance film." Liang Xiaolong's words made Anne's expression darken, but Liang Xiaolong's next words made her jump excitedly: "If you want, I can write a script for a song and dance film, and you will play the starring role." ”

Anne is a choreographer, but she also has a dream of directing, as evidenced by the fact that she directed so many films in her previous life. And Liang Xiaolong is recognized as a talented editor in Hollywood, and the scripts he writes are a guarantee of high box office and high quality, as long as the shooting is good, she can gain great fame. However, Anne was still worried: "But I don't have any directing experience, can I be a good director?" ”

ps: Thank you for the reward of the book friend "Gu Anjie" for "being scared quietly". Ask for collection, recommendation, thank you! Sweat...... Punching Schindler's list into Hitler's list, my head is dizzy.

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