The time of the conflict on the set of "Tales from the Night" ended abruptly with the mediation of producer Gary Luchesi. Wiseman was forced to apologize to Lin Mingyang, and the crew agreed to return to work. However, there is no impermeable wall in the world, and this matter was soon learned by the Hollywood media, and the contradiction between Lin Mingyang and Wiseman was finally exposed to the world under the exposure of the media.

First director Wiseman insulted the leading actor, followed by Lin Mingyang "beating" the director, in the tracking and reporting of the whole incident, the Hollywood media fully exerted their imagination, although there was no reporter at the scene at the time, but the detailed description in the newspaper is as if the author of the article witnessed the whole process of the incident.

"Formerly at odds with actors (Hillary-Duff) and now beating up directors, Felix Lin has become a notorious villain in Hollywood, and I wonder what he's going to do next, murdering the producer or putting a bomb in the cinema to wipe out all the audience?" The Washington Post pointed the finger at Lin Mingyang for its public opinion commentary, while the old rival "New York Times" sang against it.

"Felix has always been an innocent victim, because he is young but talented, fledgling but dazzling, so he is always envied by many people, and many people want him to make mistakes, so scandals, malicious insults and even ** provocations followed, Hollywood's genius was smeared like this, and a new star who had not fully released his light fell like this?"

…… All kinds of reports filled the pages of the entertainment media, and because of the impact of the incident, the crew can no longer operate normally, and the filming of the film has come to a standstill. The producer, Lakeshore Film Company, has been overwhelmed by the media and public opinion, but Lin Mingyang, as one of the parties involved, is still in the mood to drag Kate to hang out in Budapest City.

The agent Ex went to the crew to pounce on the crew, and made a phone call to find out that Lin Mingyang was drinking coffee with Kate.

Budapest has formed a unique café culture in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and the famous New York café has a history of more than 100 years, and many writers, poets, and journalists like to write in the café. When Ex arrived at the café where Lin Mingyang and Kate were, he found that they were sitting at tables and chairs in the open air, and the location was next to the pedestrian street.

"Do you know that now reporters are looking for you all over the world, and you are actually looking for such a place to drink coffee, do you think that you are not famous enough now, and you have to let reporters report a little more fierce news to make you more popular?" Ex pulled up a chair and sat down by himself, speaking in a low voice for the sake of caution.

After accusing Lin Mingyang, he began to criticize Kate again, "Why are you messing around with him?" ”

Kate smiled slightly apologetically at her agent, although she was pulled out by Lin Mingyang, but at this time she helped the other party to exonerate, "Felix said that the more dangerous the place, the safer. ”

"That's not just what I mean!" Ex had long known that Kate would help Lin Mingyang speak, and he shook his head: "He had a conflict with Wiseman, why did you get involved?" ”

Faced with the agent's questioning, Kate replied calmly: "Felix had a conflict with Wiseman because of me!" ”

"Well, now Wiseman has announced his retirement from the crew!" Ex took out one and threw it on the table, "Are you two satisfied with this result?" ”

"Wiseman is gone?" Lin Mingyang was stunned for a moment, and then laughed, "This is the best news I've heard recently!" ”

But there was no expression of joy on Ex's face, "In Hollywood, I've heard of changing actors in the middle of the process, but I haven't heard of changing directors in the middle of the process, but this time you are famous!" ”

"He didn't do it himself!" Lin Mingyang said very "aggrieved".

"The rest of the crew is 'rebelling' with you, and it would be strange if Wiseman could continue to stay in the crew!" Ex snorted angrily, "Lakeshore Films spent a quarter of the film's budget and invited you to be the starring role, and then you killed the director of the film, I think Gary Luchesi now has the heart to commit suicide by jumping into the river!" ”

"Then let's change the director!"

"You're right-hearted, the film has already been filmed, who is going to pick up this mess now?" Ex stared at Lin Mingyang with wide eyes, "You tell me, who would want to do such a stupid thing?" ”

"Do you want me to try?" Lin Mingyang tried to ask.

Ex really wanted to squirt this guy to death with a sip of hot coffee, looking at his agent's knife-like eyes, Lin Mingyang stopped this thought at the right time.

"What's worse is that Wiseman took the rights to the script, how do you say this movie will be made?" Ex was in a very bad mood, originally just trying to persuade Kate Beckinsale through Lin Mingyang, but he didn't expect him to intervene sideways, and finally made the result like this.

"The copyright of that script is not Wiseman's in the first place, he copied the idea of a novel, and then put on the plot content of a computer game, as long as Lakeshore Pictures gets the copyright permission of the author of the novel and the game company, Wiseman is infringing!" The situation that Lin Mingyang said is also known to producer Gary Luchesi, so he is not worried about this issue.

"And what do you say now?" Ex is completely out of line.

"You can suggest that Gary Luchesi increase his investment in the film, which is the only way to avoid the losses that are already there, so that you can get a good director for the film." Lin Mingyang thought for a while, "In order to apologize, my salary can be reduced by $2 million as an increase in the filming budget for the film." ”

-- Wiseman's resignation escalated media coverage of the Tales of the Night conflict, and Lakeshore Films was under tremendous pressure, at which point Ackes approached Gary Luchesi.

"I'm grateful to Felix for his decision to cut his own salary, but we still haven't found a more suitable director." Gary Luchesi reluctantly told Ex that the biggest problem now was that there was no suitable director to take over Wiseman's work, "Felix has any good advice there?" ”

Gary Luchesi actually has two considerations for asking this, the first is because he is really helpless on this issue, and the second is more out of helplessness, he doesn't want to find another director, and then Lin Mingyang has a new conflict with that director.

Hearing this, Ex was also smiling bitterly in his heart, Lin Mingyang did recommend a director, and he had even guessed that Gary Luchesi was now desperate, and he would firmly grasp any life-saving straw.

"Felix recommended John Woo."

"The master of the aesthetics of violence in the East?" Like many Americans, Gary Luchesi only really got to know John Woo from the film "Changing Face". But what really impressed Gary Luchesi was John Woo's deep directing skills in the film "Mission Impossible 2".

Although like many Hollywood blockbusters, "Mission Impossible 2" released in 2000 did not escape the fate of the dog's tail and the rough script became the target of public criticism, but the strong stylized images and the cool and stylish personal show of Cruise drowned out the critics' criticism, ignited the enthusiasm of fans, and the box office climbed all the way, and created a history of supreme glory - the box office ranked first among all spy action films, in which director John Woo contributed a lot.

John Woo has been recognized by Hollywood with his efforts, he became the first Chinese film director to leave his name on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, his Chinese and English signature handwriting is in front of the China Grand Theater, and the Chinese who come here for sightseeing and sightseeing like to take pictures around John Woo's square.

In Gary Luchesi's view, John Woo is indeed a good candidate, but he also has his own concerns, "Our company has not had any previous dealings with the Chinese director, and the gloom of the Gothic style of "Tales of the Night" and John Woo's masculine and violent aesthetics seem to be a little incompatible. And the part that Wiseman filmed, we can't reshoot it again because of a change of director. ”

"If you agree, Felix is willing to talk to John Woo, and he will do his best to convince the other party."

――――Although he has a lot of dazzling halos on his head, John Woo did not mix well in Hollywood during this time, and the reason for this is because of the box office fiasco of "Wind Whisperer" in 02. When the post-production of this film was not completed, MGM had a test screening of a sample film, which was only for the reference and evaluation of insiders.

Although John Woo has been emphasizing in front of the media before, "This film is not another 'Saving Private Ryan', although it also has a very scary movie scene, it is closer to a documentary, and I want to send a message through this film, which is that we should stop the war." But immediately after the sample screening, some critics counted John Woo's film in a sloppy manner, saying that he was completely a B-grade film that was a piece of classic war films such as "Field Platoon" and "Saving Private Ryan"; Wu's signature style of "aesthetic violence" has been completely replaced by boring and shoddy explosion scenes, much to the disappointment of those who had high expectations for him.

John Woo made changes to these comments, but it did not change the film's box office failure. MGM lost a lot of money because of the film's high production costs, and the company even came to the brink of bankruptcy at one point.

In Lin Mingyang's memory, later generations of John Woo rarely recalled this experience, "Wind Whisperer" suffered a tragic "Waterloo", and even affected the stock of MGM Films, so he just needed a box office hit to prove that he was not as talented as Jiang Lang.

Last year, John Woo cooperated with Paramount Pictures to shoot the first sci-fi film "Memory Rift" after entering Hollywood, and returned to the action movie route again, John Woo balanced the romantic love clues in the suspenseful and thrilling plot, integrated science fiction, suspense and other genres, and with the help of computer technology, played a thrilling and exciting violent aesthetic game, but the audience responded indifferently after the film was released. The producers barely recovered their costs, and John Woo still hasn't been able to get out of the shadow of the failure of "The Wind Whisperer".

When Lin Mingyang came to visit, he was received in the living room by Wu Yusen's wife, who has been serving as the "woman behind the successful man" for more than 30 years of husband and wife. Although her husband has been working hard in Hollywood, Mrs. Wu herself does not pay much attention to Hollywood news, so she did not know Lin Mingyang's identity at first, but just regarded him as an ordinary visitor.

Lin Mingyang won her favor with his fluent Chinese, and when Wu Yusen came down from the study upstairs, he was surprised to see Lin Mingyang and his wife talking happily.

Lin Mingyang had an appointment with John Woo before he came, although he had never met, but in Hollywood, John Woo was no stranger to Lin Mingyang. Lin Mingyang can speak Chinese fluently, and he himself is a mixed-race Chinese, and there is no sense of interracial communication between him and John Woo.

"No wonder I always feel that in the movie, your performance has a sense of déjà vu, it turns out that you were born in a martial arts family." Wu Yusen figured out the doubts he had been having, and his mood suddenly became brighter.

"Bajiquan kung fu, I actually only learned a little bit of fur, and I usually don't dare to show it off to others, but it makes Mr. Wu laugh!"

John Woo always thought that a Hollywood movie star who became famous at a young age like Lin Mingyang would always have some arrogance. However, after a brief contact, he found that Lin Mingyang was very different from his previous understanding, and he was not as arrogant and arrogant as some Hollywood media said, and there was no one in his eyes.

With an appreciation for a young man, John Woo and Lin Mingyang chatted seriously, and the topic of the two involuntarily involved John Woo's violent aesthetics, and in the discussion, Lin Mingyang mentioned the film "Wind Whisperer".

"I don't think 'The Wind Whisperer' is a product of a purely violent aesthetic, you're just recreating the picture according to a ready-made American movie script."

"Oh?" No one has yet made such an intuitive evaluation of this film in front of John Woo, and Lin Mingyang's comment successfully aroused the interest of John Woo, "Don't you think that the war scenes in the film are the ultimate expression of violence?" ”

"If this is true, wouldn't Spielberg's 'Saving Private Ryan' be the quintessence of violent aesthetics?" Lin Mingyang shook his head: "I have read your early works, before you never made a value judgment on the war of political forces, such as the Vietnam War in "Bloody Street", you did not judge the Vietnam War as a whole, but only expressed the looting of South Vietnamese soldiers and the brutal torture of the Viet Cong, and the behavior of the US military was only a glimpse of passing shoulders. Although the three Hong Kongers shouted 'I am Chinese' in the chaotic situation, in fact they did not represent the Chinese people's understanding of the war. ”

In "The Wind Whisperer", you are finally forced to accept for the first time the perspective of judging the national interest of the form of war, in this film, you finally stand in the phalanx of the regular army, and transform the enthusiasm from the grievances of a single person into a collective consciousness of the group, and your previous works have never shown a kind of collective spirit of the team so directly, I don't know if this is the inevitable result of your joining the main theme film in the United States, but in this film, I didn't see the John Woo I was familiar with! ”

(To be continued)