Chapter 22: The new film is back
Bandits! Looking at these two words, Liang Xiaolong had a feeling of vomiting blood, and slapped his right hand vigorously: "Why are you so cheap?" What are you writing these words for? "It's no wonder that Bruce Leung is depressed, police and gangster films are one of the most prolific genres in the Hong Kong film industry, and there are many classics, and Bruce Leung has seen a lot, such as "The Legend γγγof Inspector Lei Luo of 500 Million", "Police Story Series", "True Colors of Heroes", but although there are many such films, most of them are action movies, or dramas, full of suspense, does he have the ability to direct?
It's not that Bruce Leung is incapacitated, but that he is self-aware, and the funniest of those police and gangster films produced in Hong Kong is Jackie Chan's "Plan A", but the biggest highlight of this film is still in the action. Thinking of Jackie Chan, Liang Xiaolong seemed to have a lightning bolt in his head: "Then can I write a drama action movie, and then invite Jackie Chan to be the starring role?" β
The more Liang Xiaolong thinks about it, the more excited he becomes, and there are two stars in his mind that no one can shake - Andy Lau and Jackie Chan. At the thought of being able to cooperate with his favorite star, Liang Xiaolong's only bit of sleepiness disappeared immediately: "Write, you must write a good script, why can't you splash dirty water on Jackie Chan?" β
Police and bandits, these two words are too bloody and violent, not suitable for the comedy route, so Liang Xiaolong named the new script "Police and Thieves". Bandits use robbery, thieves use stealing, the former plays violence, the latter plays technology, not on the first level, but the latter is undoubtedly more suitable for taking the comedy route.
Liang Xiaolong didn't want to make the background too complicated, and he didn't want to make the plot too twisty, so he chose to keep everything simple and write a duel between an invincible detective and an invincible thief. But after thinking about it, the story of the two people is a bit monotonous after all, which is easy to cause aesthetic fatigue: "Just write about the duel between two families, each family of three, and the husband and wife have a daughter." Thinking of this, Liang Xiaolong's mind was activated, two wives and two daughters can put four beauties, even if they put four vases, they can attract the audience's attention, not to mention two beauties who can fight and be funny?
But after thinking about it, Liang Xiaolong made another change, the thief husband and wife are both thieves, and the thieves definitely don't want their daughters to be thieves too, so their daughters have to be quiet and well-behaved. Of course, this is a comedy, quiet and well-behaved can only be used as a coat, and it is still naughty and mischievous on the inside. As for the daughter of the detective couple, she naturally has to become a little witch, because the couple must feel that it is very honorable to be a policeman, so they train their daughter as a future police elite.
If you have a character, you have to name the character, and the detective couple named the probe and the flower, which is not only appropriate, but also has a hint of funny, as for their daughter, it's good to call the little witch. The thief couple is named Stealing God and Stealing People, and the daughter is called Sweetheart.
"For the type of policeman and thief, the biggest laugh should be on the thief, so Jackie Chan is the most suitable to play the thief." After determining the route, Liang Xiaolong began to portray the beginning of the script, which was mainly to highlight the strength of the thief and the detective, giving people an invincible and lonely image. So Liang Xiaolong's design is to steal gods and steal people to wander through the crowd, and he shot again and again, stealing a bunch of wallets and jewelry, and then stealing gods and stealing people sighed: Brother (sister) is not stealing money, brother (sister) stealing is loneliness; Similarly, Probe and Tanhua fought gangsters bravely on the street, and after being easily subdued, they also sighed: Brother (sister) is not a thief, brother (sister) is lonely. Then the shots of the four people were all in one place, and at the same time they sighed: There is a kind of loneliness called invincible, who can understand our loneliness?
Next, they went out on the streets as a routine, and then stole the probe, triggering the ultimate showdown between the two families, making a hilarious scene. The more Liang Xiaolong wrote, the more excited he became, and he even forgot the time, until Rachel got up He didn't realize that it was dawn, and it was past eight o'clock: "Baby, you go wash up first, I'll get you breakfast." Rachel smiled: "In your China, if you are a first-time wife, don't you have to be responsible for making breakfast the next day?" Liang Xiaolong smiled: "That means the second day of marriage, go wash up." β
"Honey, you're so funny." After washing up, Rachel picked up the script and couldn't help but laugh. Liang Xiaolong poked his head out to see the jade man smiling, the most primitive instinct of human beings was about to move, but he still held back for the two poached eggs in the pot: "Baby, what do you think?" Rachel smiled: "Sister is not a script, sister is lonely." β
Rachel was able to say this, undoubtedly agreeing with the script, which strengthened Liang Xiaolong's confidence, and felt very funny: "You can choose one of the two roles of Tanhua and Stealing People, you promised me." Rachel smiled: "I'd better choose Tanhua, the name stealing people is too weird." After breakfast, Liang Xiaolong hurriedly lay down on the bed and slept for a while, and had to go to the airport to pick up his parents at noon. Rachel lay lazily beside him, looking at the sleeping man, and an indescribable sense of satisfaction rose in her heart, talented but humble, charming but single-minded, and indeed worthy of her trust to him.
Seeing his parents at the airport, Ye Ying pulled Liang Xiaolong aside as soon as he looked at Rachel's flattering attitude, and asked softly, "Son, it's fast enough, how does it taste?" "Liang Xiaolong has a feeling of vomiting blood, should such an old mother laugh or cry?" Mom, why do you say this as soon as you meet, your son's career is very successful, do you praise every word? β
"If you want to put this on your father's, maybe you have to say a few words, but pride can make people regress, son." Ye Ying said in a strange voice: "But the new film is about to be released, are you confident?" Liang Xiaolong said: "The most important thing your son lacks is confidence, the box office of "Never Compromise" should not be lower than "The Sun is Like Me", anyway, there is no problem to break through the 200 million mark." By the way, Mom, how is the family's business funds? Would you like to turn some over from my side? Ye Ying refused with a smile: "No, you have your own ability, and your father and I will never have the idea of expanding, so the funds are still very abundant." You, just take care of yourself, you don't have to worry about family affairs. β
"Never Compromise" is about to be released, and the major media outlets are starting to shout again, the Los Angeles Times announced that they interviewed the parties Erin and Ed: Erin and Ed claimed that they had read the script of "Never Compromise" before the film started filming, and said that they recognized Liang Xiaolong's editing ability, and it seems that we don't need to question the script anymore. Now we should care about whether Julia can act in this play well, the previous Julia participated in "I Love Trouble" was ordinary, without a surname, can she cheer up and play the changeable Irene?
The Chicago Sun, on the other hand, is a big deal about the scandal between Liang Xiaolong and Julia, although this is nothing new, but its journalists have super writing skills: this is a love that transcends race and age, Liang Xiaolong paid the script, can Julia repay Liang Xiaolong's love for her with her perfect interpretation?
Another tabloid called the Evening Banner report is also very interesting: Julia is 26 years old, Liang Xiaolong is 19 years old, and the old cow eats tender grass; Liang Xiaolong is 1.75 meters, Julia is 1.8 meters, and the child hugs the giant; Julia Caucasian, Liang Xiaolong Yellow Race, Yellow and White Big PK. The conflict may seem like a lot, but I believe that "Never Compromise" will spark bigger and brighter.
"It's worthy of a tabloid, the ability to talk about ghosts is not ordinarily high, it's quite high." Liang Xiaolong threw the newspaper into the trash in frustration, and then said to Rachel: "Baby, it's good that you don't have a meter eight." Rachel smiled: "It's good that you're not 1.65 meters." β
The more hype the media, the more popular the film will be, and of course the premiere will have to be held as scheduled. This premiere is obviously much more lively than the last time, Disney has a lot of high-level people, the crew is all together, the crew of "The Sun is Like Me" and "Tomb Robbery" also has a lot of people, and Julia invited more than a dozen friends in the circle, so that the first row can't sit anymore, so I have to add a row of seats, and Liang Xiaolong's seat is arranged in the second row. This made Liang Xiaolong very depressed: "Is my brother so unimportant, only squatting in the corner?" In fact, it's really like this, compared to the stars invited by Julia, Liang Xiaolong is not enough in terms of popularity or income. Even Matt has captured a large number of fans with his superb acting skills in "The Sun Is Like Me", and his popularity has soared.
In fact, this is also an inevitable phenomenon, in the entertainment industry, the most concerned must be the star, followed by the director, as for the editor, most people will not care about this, Liang Xiaolong is already an outlier.
As always, the premiere begins, the lights dim, and the trailer begins. Although the trailer is only three minutes, as long as it is well edited, it will create a lot of suspense among the audience and increase the curiosity of the audience. Although the background of the story of "Never Compromise" is very gloomy, it has become a very comedic film under Julia's superb acting skills, so neither the invited stars nor fans have closed their mouths in these three minutes. But Julia herself is an exception, clenching her hands nervously: "Who cut the trailer?" made me so vulgar, my image was completely ruined. β
After the trailer, the host came to the stage and invited Julia to the stage: "Julia, how do you feel after watching the trailer?" Julia said depressedly, "Feelings? Of course there is, very impulsively. The host was stunned: "Impulsive? Julia affirmed, "Yes, there is an urge to humanely destroy the editor." β
"Then let's see how impulsive Julia is in the film." The host smiled faintly, and Julia immediately appeared on the screen scolding: That bastard hit my fucking neck; scolded in the company: That's right, miss, you were born with two left feet and ugly shoesγγγ and finally scolded Ed in the company: The problem is here, you lawyers always like to complicate things, do you know that everyone calls lawyers villains who eat people and don't spit out bones?
"Oh, that's too bad." Julia herself couldn't help but cover her face: "There is a reason why these shots appear, you can't take them out of context." The host smiled: "Julia, Erin is sitting below, she doesn't blame you for scandalizing her, what are you embarrassed about?" Julia said depressedly, "Okay, you go on, I know you're going to have to trick me." β
"Everyone says that Julia is too strong, I don't take this opportunity to fix you, how sorry am I for myself?" The host laughed and said, "In the next session, let's see how rude Julia can be." β;