Chapter 16: The Sun Finishes

Gangsters are a destabilizing factor in all walks of life, so to avoid accidents, Stephen ordered that the crew should not go out, much to the disappointment of those who wanted to enjoy the Egyptian scenery while filming. But this is also a helpless thing, no one wants to be beaten by the gangsters when playing, or even a black knife.

However, Liang Xiaolong's carrots really worked, and those gangsters who collected half a million dollars honestly did not appear again. In fact, the local gangsters don't want to make a big deal out of it, otherwise there will be only one result, that is, the US Embassy in Egypt will intervene, and then the US political axe will put pressure on the Egyptian political axe, and finally the Egyptian political axe will not be able to withstand the pressure from the US side and will take the local gangsters. Therefore, instead of making a big fuss, it is better to accept it when it is good, and besides, 500,000 US dollars is not a small amount, and it is nearly 3 million in Egyptian pounds.

"I wanted to take you around the pyramids, but now it's impossible." Liang Xiaolong regretted that Egypt is also a country with a long history and culture, and Cairo is one of the best-preserved cities after World War II. But after such a fuss by the gangsters, Liang Xiaolong didn't dare to go out easily, who knows if those gangsters will have guns in their hands? Liang Xiaolong didn't have the courage to fight the bullets.

Rachel smiled and shook her head, not minding this: "No matter how magnificent a man-made building is, it is also a man-made building, and I prefer natural scenery to these." Liang Xiaolong agreed: "That's right, even if artificial buildings can turn decay into magic, they can't compare to the magic of nature." However, when it comes to natural scenery, our China is definitely better than any other country, Changbai Mountain, Tianshan Mountain, Mengda, Huayingtian four major heavenly pools; Emei, Huangshan and Lushan are collectively called the three mountains; Hengshan, Huashan, Songshan, Hengshan, and Taishan are combined into five mountains、、、" Liang Xiaolong excitedly described China's major scenic spots to Rachel: "Find a time for me to take you to all these places, believe me, you will definitely like our China." ”

Rachel was a little fascinated: "When I hear you say that, I can't wait to fly to China immediately." However, there are so many famous places that you can't finish until you are 80 years old. Liang Xiaolong joked: "We can buy a DV, take pictures of all the places we walk, and when we are old, we can sit in front of the TV and savor life slowly." Rachel laughed, "According to our British romantic model, it must be by the fire." Liang Xiaolong agreed: "That's right, you must be by the fire, and then I will say to you affectionately, my dear, I love your beauty and vanity when you were young, but I love your devastated face even more now." ”

"you." Glancing at Liang Xiaolong, Rachel asked again: "Xiaolong, what are your plans after filming "Tomb Robbery Maze"?" Wait for this sequel to continue as an action director? Liang Xiaolong hurriedly shook his head: "I already have a general idea of the script for the sequel, but I don't want to be an action director anymore, I plan to be a director and make a movie myself." ”

"Directing yourself? Xiaolong, you're not kidding? Rachel had to suspect that Liang Xiaolong's ability to write scripts might be talent; can be an action director, because he is a master himself. But being a director is definitely not that simple, there are too many aspects involved, and if you don't have a certain amount of experience, you can only take money to waste.

Liang Xiaolong didn't think about this, so in order to accumulate shooting experience, he was busy asking Stephen for shooting experience in his spare time, and at the same time making up for theoretical knowledge through books. Of course, this is not enough, he needs more time to accumulate. But Liang Xiaolong is still willing to try, because he has an innate advantage that ordinary people don't have, he has crossed over, he has seen these movies, and in the process of directing, even if he can't shoot his own style, but can't he shoot the film as it is?

Moreover, it is far faster to accumulate experience by shooting by yourself than to be an action director. What's more, being a director is the ultimate goal of Liang Xiaolong, and editing and action direction are just stepping stones on the road to directing. Of course, Liang Xiaolong will not be optimistic that he can shoot blockbusters or those suspense films with complex plots now. Therefore, this is the first time to direct, and the material is selected very carefully, and it is best to have a simple and straightforward plot and a selling point.

However, Liang Xiaolong couldn't think of a good theme for a while, so he simply postponed this matter first, after all, "Tomb Robbery" will take a long time to complete the filming: "Let's talk about it then, but baby, you have to come over to play a cameo role at that time, I believe that with a stunning beauty like you, the film will definitely have more selling points." Rachel chuckled, "Of course." ”

From the exterior to the interior, it is carried out in an orderly manner, Liang Xiaolong can be regarded as seeing Stephen's clever control over the crew, whether it is fight scenes, chase scenes, horror scenes, and dialogue scenes, they all achieve an almost perfect effect under his control. Liang Xiaolong roughly calculated, if it was directed by himself, the effect would definitely be much worse than Stephen's, and the time and money wasted would be twice as much as Stephen's. However, in this case, Liang Xiaolong has better learning conditions, and every day when filming, he will compare practical and theoretical knowledge, and ask Stephen if he doesn't understand.

Stephen always patiently explained to Liang Xiaolong, and gave a relatively practical theory: "Xiaolong, whether it is a fight scene, a chase scene, a horror scene, an exit and an exit, a scene in the car, a dialogue scene, a quarrel and conflict scene, and a love and passion scene, there are certain rules. First of all, you have to understand these rules, and then through practice, you have to integrate these rules into reality, and adapt them to make them compatible with reality, then you can become a good director. ”

Liang Xiaolong learned very passionately, and the filming went smoothly, until the end of May, "The Sun Like Me" was finally completed, and Liang Xiaolong almost jumped up without excitement when he heard the news. Among his three scripts, "The Sun Like Me" is definitely not the most profitable, but it is the script with the least loopholes and the strongest artistic atmosphere, as long as the director does not make it a bad movie, it will definitely attract applause after its release, and Liang Xiaolong can also gain a certain popularity.

Disney's action was also very fast, and the trailer came out the next day, and at the same time, various posters flew all over the sky, starting the first round of publicity offensive. However, the major media unanimously chose to argue with Disney, or Bruce Leung, with the Chicago Sun's words being the strongest: "The Sun Is Like Me" is finished, an art film that revolves around the war of minds, but look at its editor, the student at the School of Economics. I can't believe that the students of the School of Economics can play art, so is there art in this world? It's safe to say that this is definitely a garbage film under the guise of an art film, but in fact it is full of copper stench.

The Los Angeles Times hasn't forgotten to add fuel to the fire: some people like to give away scripts for free, and some people like to pick up small bargains, Bruce Leung is undoubtedly the former, and Disney is clearly the latter. Looking at the boring trailer and featureless poster, I feel deeply sorry for Disney. I made a preliminary budget, and the box office of this kind of bad movie in the first three weeks was only 3 million at most, and Disney's production cost of 10 million was bound to be wasted.

And the report of each express is the most interesting: "The Sun Is Like Me" has a box office of 100 million, and Liang Xiaolong gives the script for nothing; The box office is 200 million, and Liang Xiaolong earns 10 million; The box office is 300 million, and Liang Xiaolong earns 20 million. Will Liang Xiaolong realize the transformation from student to multi-millionaire? Let's look forward to a miracle together. Lord, bless this Chinese child.

"Donkey, do these people have nothing to do when they are well fed? Director, actor or something, that's not a very good topic, why do you keep talking to me? Liang Xiaolong tore the newspaper in an angry manner: "Ya, what's wrong with Lao Tzu being Chinese?" One day, I want Chinese faces to appear in Hollywood blockbusters, I want American cinemas to show Chinese films all the time, and I want all American journalists to revolve around Chinese stars. ”

"Baby, don't be angry." Rachel hugged Liang Xiaolong with her arms around and comforted: "The media is like this, they will shut up after the film is released, and now there is no need to pay attention to them." Liang Xiaolong's heart was angry: "Damn Americans, if the editors of "The Sun Like Me" were Americans, they would definitely applaud and shout genius editors, why would it be replaced by us Chinese and attract a lot of scolding?" Rachel laughed: "The whole world is saying that our British are arrogant, and the Americans are about the same, and when you turn over, they will keep your thighs and promise to lift you to the sky." ”

"Forget it, it's not interesting to deal with this group of media who have no surname and no position." Liang Xiaolong sighed lightly, and finally calmed down, but the beauty in his arms made him feel like a pit for a while: "But baby, I'm very hurt and need someone to accompany me." Rachel laughed, "Aren't I with you?" Liang Xiaolong hurriedly pretended to be pitiful: "But I want you to stay with me longer, baby, can you stay at night?" ”

Over the past few months, the two of them have been like glue, and their relationship has developed greatly, except for the last step, everything that should be done has been done, but Rachel has never agreed, she is a person who pursues perfection, especially emotionally, otherwise she will not keep the first time for twenty-four years in Europe and the United States that are not open to the wind. However, looking at Liang Xiaolong's pitiful appearance, Rachel relented a little, thinking that if he hung the other party's appetite like this, would Liang Xiaolong be very painful? Also, as the relationship develops, Rachel feels more and more that Liang Xiaolong is a dedicated and reliable man, and she also feels that she is more and more inseparable from Liang Xiaolong.

"phone, can't you wait?" The mobile phone that suddenly remembered made Liang Xiaolong feel very back, Rachel was about to agree, but as soon as the mobile phone rang, Rachel hesitated again, Liang Xiaolong hurriedly said: "Baby, just let it ring, let's not answer." Rachel laughed, "Don't be a child, take it quickly, maybe something important." ”

"Okay." Liang Xiaolong sighed lightly, picked up his phone, and looked at the real name of Julia on the screen, Liang Xiaolong's face became bitter: "This woman must be jealous again, today is no show." Sure enough, Rachel's hand was already on Liang Xiaolong's waist, and she might pinch it down at any time. Liang Xiaolong's trembling pressed the answer button: "Sister Big Mouth, why did you remember to call me?" Do you want to eat? ”

"Wow, you're so godly, you even know this." Julia smiled: "Come to my house, my sister will cook for you today." ”

It's a good thing for someone to invite you to dinner, but this makes Rachel have an indescribable taste, a woman with a surname who invites her boyfriend to her house and cooks herself, what's going on?;