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Chapter 135: Loyalty, Justice, Morality, and Righteousness

Chapter 135: Loyalty, Justice, Morality, and Righteousness

For Liang Long's invitation, Leslie Cheung was also surprised and surprised. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Because since before the appearance of Liang Long, only the late Li Long has successfully stepped into Hollywood among Chinese actors, and after Liang Long appeared, although he is also trying to extradite Chinese movie stars to Hollywood exhibitions, the number is very small, only Andy and Wu Jing have really gained a foothold in Hollywood. Jackie Chan, Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh can only say that they have stepped into Hollywood, not gained a firm foothold in Hollywood.

Of course, Leslie Cheung is still very excited, in Hong Kong, he won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 91, many sets of albums have been sold, his career has already reached the top, and if he wants to go further, he will go to an international exhibition. Internationally, the strongest influence is Hollywood, as long as you can become a first-line movie star there, then you are a first-line movie star in the world.

After understanding the script and role, Leslie Cheung happily took the role, and Liang Long said: "In addition, I hope you can go to the military camp for training for two months with several other leading actors in the crew." Leslie Cheung said: "Of course, I also need to better integrate into this role." ”

"The two most important roles have been found, but Milong, A Yi, Veterinarian, Yu Xiaoqing, Not Spicy, To Hemp, She's Butt, Bean Cake, 、......" Liang Long suddenly felt a headache, these are not dragon actors, they are all very important roles, every actor needs to think carefully, not everyone can play.

A large number of characters have confused Liang Long himself, so every time he thinks of someone, he immediately starts to contact, and the result is that Big 6 Hong Kong runs on both sides, if the other party is willing to take over the play, it's fine, if he refuses, he continues to run around. However, Liang Long can also understand that there are many roles that you want to invite big names at all, because there are too few scenes, even though it is a Hollywood film, people still can't watch it.

In the midst of the busyness, the box office of the third week of "100% of Men" came out, and the local market continued to be popular, sweeping 450,000, winning the box office list for three consecutive weeks, and the total local box office has reached 13.3 billion US dollars. Overseas, it was released in the second week, sweeping 40,000 US dollars, and the total overseas box office was as high as 100 million US dollars. The global box office is as high as $24.4 billion.

While "100% of Men" continues to be popular at the box office, "Terracotta Warriors" has withdrawn from the box office battle and has begun to enter the final stage, with only $130,000 in the local market this week, and the total domestic box office has reached a terrifying $25.7 billion. The overseas results are not bad, still 240,000 US dollars, and the total overseas box office is as high as 29.7 billion US dollars, infinitely close to the $300 million mark. The total global box office has reached $55.4 billion.

"The box office continues to be popular, but the preparation of your new film is too slow." Jessica complained: "I thought I was here for a tour, but I didn't expect it to fly on both sides of the plane." Liang Long hurriedly went over and hugged her: "Sweetheart, when I'm done with this, let's go to Yunnan to inspect the filming location, and then we can have a painful time." ”

Liang Long is really helpless, and the progress of the work is really not fast, these days only found a few main actors, among which Jacky Cheung is willing to play A Yi, which is also a point that makes Liang Long more excited, because the role of A Yi is the same as Meng Fan, he is a contradictory person, if in Meng Fan's words, he is such a person who tries to use non-existent charm and courage to reorganize our confidence, which makes people feel a little awkward. And Jacky Cheung happens to have such an ability to act, and he can definitely play this role alive.

In addition, Yu Rongguang agreed to play the role of the Northeast Yankee Milong, and his temperament is in line with the Northeast masters, so he is the right candidate. Tranquility will play the role of the guerrilla female warrior Yingzi, and Uncle Motoyama will also play the role of veterinarian. The rest of the characters are still empty, and Diplodocus still has to continue to look for them, but as far as the current lineup is concerned, it is definitely an all-star luxury lineup in China.

"Among the female horns, there is still a lack of the woman of the dragon and the woman of Meng Fan." Liang Long thought about it for a while, although these two characters do not have many scenes, but their images are very distinct, Mi Long's wife is calm and calm, and Meng Fan and his wife are delicate and shy, but they all have a common characteristic, take care of the family, and send men to the battlefield with a smile.

"Milong's wife, Liu Ruoying is quite suitable." Liang Long pondered, Liu Ruoying is not a standard beauty, just like a cup of warm milk tea, although there is no noble and elegant red wine, no delicate and modern coffee, but it has a warm and fragrant fragrance, which is really suitable for this role. Of course, Liang Long selects actors and emphasizes acting skills, if the acting skills cannot meet the requirements, the image is not eye-catching in line with Liang Long.

However, for Liu Ruoying, Liang Long is still more confident, his style is delicate and natural, very life-oriented, and very suitable for Hollywood's route. Moreover, Liu Ruoying is not a newcomer, she became a sensation with "Girl Fishing" and won the Best Actress Award at the Asia-Pacific Film Festival for 5 years.

However, Liang Long is not sure whether Liu Ruoying will take over this role, after all, she already has a good popularity, and there are not many scenes in this role, so she has to say that she can see this role. However, if Liu Ruoying takes over this role, then the actors of the big 6, Hong Kong, and Taiwan will be all together, and the motherland is a family, which is also a good publicity stunt.

"Captain, where is it?" Shirley called suddenly, and her tone was fast and urgent: "I said that I would find the subject of the script, but now it's good, and the smoke is gone." Liang Long hurriedly apologized: "Recently, I am planning to shoot a new film, and it is really not easy to find actors, and I am still busy." But Shirley, don't worry, I've already found the subject matter for you, and if you want to, you can even make it into a series. Shirley breathed a sigh of relief: "That's okay, you're done with it, hurry back to the United States, the screenwriting team on my side has been drawn together, and we can't let everyone wait." ”

"Another soul hypser, I'm really working hard." Hanging up the phone, Liang Long began to sigh: "It seems that I still have to find a time to go back to the United States and pay off Shirley's debt." Rachel said: "Our two companies have cooperated a lot, and Shirley has also helped us a lot, so it's really not good to delay this matter for a long time." Don't go there today, get all the materials ready, and then find a time to send them to Shirley. Liang Long said: "Okay, then you will guard the empty room tonight, I'll be busy." As he spoke, Liang Long suddenly said again: "Of course, if you can't sleep, you can call me, I am still willing to serve you." ”

In terms of sci-fi, the Chinese side is almost zero, and if you want to make Chinese-style sci-fi films, Westerners don't buy it at all, or rather, they don't bother to watch it at all. Therefore, in terms of subject matter, you can only choose historical stories and myths and legends, and in this part of history, the history of the Qing Dynasty is useless at all, and the pigtail dynasty from the emperor to the commoners is a dynasty full of slaves. In terms of myths and legends, it is also difficult to accept pure Buddhism and Taoism culture, because both Buddhism and Taoism are the means of fooling the people in power at that time, and the myths and legends also lack the courage to break through the shackles, which is completely inconsistent with Western-style heroes, so it cannot be chosen in Buddhism and Taoism.

In these two aspects, Liang Long is more inclined to historical stories, if it weren't for the fact that the background of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is too huge and it is too difficult to change, Liang Long wants to throw the original book directly in front of Shirley, if it can be changed, it is no problem to make a series longer than 7".

Therefore, in the choice of themes, at least in line with the taste of Westerners, so as to earn money in the pockets of Westerners. In the eyes of Westerners, their heroes must be righteous, must have strong opponents, must be lonely, and must have twists and turns in the plot.

So what kind of person is Qin Qiong? Where does his charm come from?

Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty succeeded to the throne, although he was extravagant in the early stage, the country had not yet reached the point of no help, and in this context, Qin Qiong, as a Sui soldier, suppressed bandits for the generals under Zhang Xutuo, and was loyal.

Later, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty became more and more brutal, making the people of the country miserable, and it was the king who forced the ministers to rebel, Qin Qiong entered Wagangzhai and opposed the violence*, which is justice.

After the death of Zhai Rang, Li Mi ascended the throne, and after destroying Dou Jiande, he was defeated by Wang Shichong, Qin Qiong chose the Ming Lord, and threw himself under Li Shimin's account to help Li Shimin unify the whole country and end the turbulent era when the people were not able to make a living, which was for morality.

The country is unified, Li Shimin, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji are symbolized by the three dragons, and the battle of Xuanwumen exploded, did Qin Qiong participate in the battle of Xuanwumen? Both the old and new Tang books record that he participated, but the records are very vague, but it is the "Zizhi Tongjian" that states that he did not participate in the Xuanwumen Change. And Liang Long is also more inclined to "Zizhi Tongjian", because Qin Qiong is a hero with benevolence and righteousness.

It is reasonable to say that he did not participate in the Xuanwumen Change. First of all, after Qin Qiong voted for Tang, he was more favored by Li Yuan than Li Shimin, so it is very likely that he chose to avoid it like Li Jing and Li Ji. Secondly, in terms of Qin Qiong's military exploits, after Li Shimin ascended the throne, he should be rewarded with a special reward, what is the result? In the end, although he was also named the Duke of the Kingdom, his fief was only 7oo households, and even Cheng Yanjin, whose credit was far inferior to him, had 13oo fiefdoms, if he participated in the Xuanwumen Change, with his merits, how could Li Shimin only give such a fief? In the end, there is the ranking of Lingyan Pavilion, twenty positions, Qin Qiong is ranked last, is it reasonable with his combat exploits?

Therefore, in the coup d'état in Xuanwumen, Qin Qiong chose not to participate because of Li Yuan's favor, for the sake of benevolence and righteousness.

And who doesn't like such a hero who combines loyalty, justice, morality, and benevolence? However, there are also depressing things in Qin Qiong's story, heroes need beautiful women to support, but there is no record of this in both the old and new Tang books or the Zizhi Tongjian, maybe the only way to let Paramount's screenwriting team make up a fiction as needed, after all, it is impossible to say that there are heroes without beauties, and Qin Qiong herself has a wife and children.

Liang Long took all the information well, then rushed back to the United States alone, and smashed the information on Shirley's desk: "Don't disgrace the mission, tell you, this protagonist is our Chinese door god, do you know what a door god is?" It's the New Year, and a pair of door gods will be posted on the door of each house to protect the safety of the house. Shirley said: "Mythological stories, that can be a lot of special effects." ”

"Who said the myth?" Liang Long explained: "The door god is not a mythological figure, but a real two-level hero in history, and people treat them as gods. ”

"I'd better read the script first." Shirley read the information in detail: "It is indeed a first-class hero, suppressing bandits is for the peace of the world, entering Wagang Village is also for the peace of the world, and voting for the Tang Dynasty is a theme that is too good to be good, which is in line with your Chinese aesthetic concept and our American aesthetic concept." However, there are two problems, there are not many directors who are good at shooting ancient war scenes first, and you Chinese pay more attention to strategy and war in terms of war, which is very different from our Western tactics. ”

Hearing Shirley say this, Liang Long first breathed a sigh of relief, because this sentence showed that she wanted to shoot Qin Qiong according to the Chinese's thinking, rather than forcibly putting the Westerner's set on Qin Qiong's head. Liang Long said: "Actually, you can ask a Chinese assistant director, or directly find a Chinese director." ”

Shirley couldn't help but smile bitterly: "I'll tell you the truth, just you and John Woo can gain a firm foothold in Hollywood, and I really can't look down on the rest." Liang Long couldn't help but smile bitterly, thinking about his previous life, a lot of directors shouted, if you want to give me a big sum like Hollywood, I can also make a blockbuster like Hollywood, in fact, if you give money, you can only shoot goods like "Wuji": "This problem, it's still your own headache, let's talk about the second problem." ”

Shirley said: "Of course it's the heroine, there is no heroine in the hero film, who will watch it when it is released?" Liang Long said: "I can't help this, there is no record of this in history, and it is rarely seen in wild history, so you should make up one yourself." Shirley smiled: "That is made, fictional, and has more room to wield." ”

After talking about the script for a while, Liang Long diverted the topic: "I heard Mark, you don't want to hype up my bet with him, why haven't you seen any movement?" Shirley said: ""Titanic" was filmed in cooperation with Fox, and the specific aspects are operated by them, but I think it is because the film will not be released for a long time, so there is no rush to promote it, but you can definitely help with this matter when the time comes." Liang Long smiled: "As far as the relationship between our two companies is concerned, can I not help?" It's "Peerless Tribulation", it's time to be released, right? ”

Shirley asked rhetorically, "You didn't watch the news, did you?" Liang Long smiled: "Haven't you been busy looking for actors recently, and you don't have time." Shirley couldn't help but shake her head and smile bitterly: "Anyway, you are also a screenwriter, it's too irresponsible, it will be released next Friday." I really have to thank you for this, Andy's box office appeal is not weak now, and there will definitely be many fans rushing to him into the cinema. Liang Long said: "That's right, you have to treat this matter, otherwise it will be too much to say." Shirley smiled: "Okay, when the film is released, I'll have a celebration banquet and invite everyone over." ”

"Okay, I guess I'll be done next week." Liang Long said: "By the way, Andy is now well-known and has strong box office appeal, if you want to shoot Qin Qiong's story, just let Andy be on it." Shirley said: "I think so too, in fact, among the actors in Hollywood in China, Andy will also stand firm with his acting skills, and when the script comes out, I will discuss with him." ”

"Okay, then I'll go first." Liang Long didn't stay long, next Thursday "The Peerless Tribulation" will hold a screening, he has to participate in the screening, he must also find all the actors before this, and then transfer to Yunnan to find the filming location.

Time is in a hurry, Liang Long doesn't want to delay for too long, after all, "My Captain, My Regiment" also has to step up filming, so as not to collide with "Titanic" next year, then it will really become a Titanic. And the rest of the roles, although they are also very important, but there are not many scenes, big-name stars are reluctant to take it, Liang Long is simply ruthless, and finds the Central Academy of Drama again: "Dean, I'm here to trouble you again." The dean smiled: "I have taken a fancy to that student, take it away, I wish you had taken all the students away." Liang Long said: "Then I'm really welcome, don't say that I delayed their studies when the time comes." ”

The dean smiled, "Practice is the best way to learn, and I think that group of students think the same way." Liang Long said: "Then let's just hold an interview directly and give all students a chance, anyway, there are still many roles." ”

There are indeed many vacant roles, such as not spicy, to be numb, to give up the ass, bean cake, Crowber, Li Liansheng, Cui, Yu Xiaoqing, Zhang Lixian, He Shuguang, Yu Zhi...... There are definitely a large number of people, and Liang Long estimates that this has to be based on his original ideas, looking for big names one by one, and he may not be able to find them all in a month.

And the more roles needed, the happier the dean became: "I'll go and arrange it for you now, and the audition will start in the afternoon." Liang Long said: "Then I will borrow your office and prepare materials." The dean said, "Cheng, then I won't bother you." ”

Liang Long hurriedly called Rachel again: "Baby, you all come over and help me host the audition." Rachel said, "Isn't that okay?" None of us have any experience. Liang Long said: "You must have all participated in the interview, just follow it, besides, isn't there me here?" ”

In order to make Liang Long satisfied with the selection of enough actors, the dean also made a lot of money, and shouted directly on the campus radio: "All the students listen, I am your dean, and a news related to you will be broadcast next." Mr. Liang Long, the captain of the Hollywood exhibition, is now preparing to make a new film, and now he is coming to our school to recruit actors, and students who have this intention can come to the audition. Auditions begin at 2 p.m. at the school's second theater. Please tell each other that you are listening to the announcement, and don't miss this opportunity. ”

Hearing this news, Duan Yihong was stunned for a moment, and then grinned: "The captain made such a big move, it seems that I have to hurry back home and surprise my parents." ”

It turned out that Duan Yihong kept suppressing the news and didn't tell his parents, just to surprise his parents. At the same time, the Central Academy of Drama became lively at this moment, the teachers of the school were talking, the students were talking, and then ......