Chapter 224: The Road
When the news of Shao Yingying's bet on the Hollywood media at the Hollywood press conference was reported by the world, everyone found that the media's attitude towards this report was completely different, for example, the mainland media chose to use 'Hollywood media bullying too much, Shao Yingying angrily bet on Hollywood' as the headline, and the European media was a bit of a mountain watching the tiger fight, using 'What's wrong?' Isn't it necessary for Hollywood to have big news breaking out every time? The title to show impartiality is actually a reprint of idle egg pain. The media in the United States turned the incident into a kind of voting activity to mobilize the participation of the whole people, and they not only reported on the incident, but also made a voting option under the newspaper to ask 'who do you support'.
At this time, there are a large number of idlers in the United States, and their gang of people seem to be able to only watch entertainment news while losing their jobs, after all, it doesn't cost a lot to buy a newspaper, and it is still free to read news on the Internet.
As a result, the Internet is full of scenes of American audiences spraying, but whenever there are American viewers who support Shao Yingying, some people will jump out and button the big hat of "traitor", followed by a fierce debate, Shao Yingying never imagined that this matter would form a "pro-Shao faction" and "anti-Shao faction" on the Internet.
At this time, Shao Yingying brought Scarlett and Morgan Freeman back to the capital, which was the filming location he chose for "Super Body".
Originally, "Super Body" was filmed on Treasure Island, and the reason why it was chosen to shoot on Treasure Island was definitely not because Luc Besson said that Treasure Island is beautiful, but because of the coping strategy made by the film's investors in order to win over the domestic box office. At that time, the domestic box office market was very hot. If you want to play better in this land, there are only two options, either you will choose the filming location here, or you will use domestic actors. For example, Wang Xueqi, Li Yiyi, Fan Qiqi and other superstars have participated in Hollywood productions under the company's operation. There are even rumors that Wang Xueqi will play the villain Man Man in "Iron Man", of course, in the comics, Man Man is a very important anti-No. 1, but when the film was filmed, not only did Wang Xueqi's Man not act, but also made Ben Kingsley, who played Man Man, completely comical, completely blind.
This can be seen from this. That is, in the large-scale production of Hollywood shooting, all the crews that invite domestic actors must be for the domestic market, that is to say, people choose domestic actors in order to make you more willing to spend money to enter the theater after seeing your favorite local stars. By no means because the actor's acting skills have reached the point where he can impress Hollywood. Therefore, don't really take the participation of these wrists in the mainland in the Hollywood A-level system as a fortunate thing, if one day the mainland market declines, the first batch to abandon the market is these Hollywood companies.
But for the film itself. Whether it is filming in Treasure Island or in the capital, it is not a big problem. has no impact on the plot, and under such a premise, Shao Yingying will naturally choose a more familiar place.
Back in the capital, that is Shao Yingying's world, what scene he wants to find can be found almost immediately, and whoever he wants can be contacted immediately, for example, Korean actor Choi Min-sik was contacted after Shao Yingying came back. Don't really think that Shao Yingying knows much about the stick entertainment industry, he uses Cui Minzhi and Hollywood companies use mainland actors. It's for the box office of others, and everyone knows that Bangzi's support for local actors and local zuΓ² is quite high. Choi Min-sik's participation in the "Super Body" movie will definitely enhance the influence of the film in South Korea.
According to a number of jΓΉ, when "Super Body" was released in South Korea in 2014, the number of moviegoers reached 143226 on the first day, ranking second, second only to "Lao Qian 2: The Hand of God" with 201,042.
And that's just the first day of release!
You must know that the population of South Korea is only more than 50 million!
Shao Yingying is now sitting on the support of the Asian box office to fight against all the Hollywood media, and there are Hollywood stars such as Morgan Freeman and Scarlett Johansson, who attracts the attention of men the most, and the confidence is enough, and the rest is just a fight against the water.
Fortunately, the tense atmosphere on Shao Yingying's body did not affect the filming of the entire crew, for example, Scarlett completely felt the atmosphere filled with gunsmoke. After coming to the mainland, Scarlett felt that her eyes were not enough, and when she rushed from the station to the filming location, she kept looking out the window in the car, and whenever she saw something curious, she would ask the interpreter, she would always lean against the car door and point to a roadside stall and ask, "What is that?" At this time, most of the time the translator replied: "Pancakes, egg scones, meat buns." Answers like that. Don't laugh at Scarlett's ignorance, these things are only curious because they don't exist in the world she lives in.
As we all know, there are also many Chinese restaurants in Chinatown, but these things have changed when they reach the rice people's own kitchen, such as dumplings, on the table of the rice people, dumplings are a bowl of mush-like things, and it will make people lose their appetite when they look at it.
Well, the next thing obviously happened naturally, that is, the translation of the big beauty Scarlett became a regular customer of the roadside stall, and all kinds of food such as skewers, knife-cut noodles, and grilled gluten entered Scarlett's stomach.
At this time, the filming of "Super Body" also entered an unusually smooth stage at the same time, whether it was Shao Yingxing to shoot the scene where Fan Yiyi was captured by Cui Minzhi in the hotel or the action scene of Fan Yuyi in the prison cell, or even when the scene of the car chase was filmed with a green set to close the street, they were all flattered and got the full cooperation of the relevant departments.
Not only that, but the media in the mainland don't seem to harass the entire "Super Body" crew much, they will discuss with the crew first when they want to interview the actors, as long as the crew says, 'The actors are very tired and need to rest, can you arrange another time', the media will never bother, at most they will take a few photos not far away.
At that moment, Shao Yingying could feel that everyone around him was holding back a momentum, that is, we must let our Chinese directors win in the international market, regardless of whether they can help at the box office in the future. However, during the filming process, everyone will try to provide them with the best working environment possible.
Shao Yingying was a little moved, this was the first time he felt that 'home' was so warm.
"Xiao Shao. I, Wang Zhongjun, I heard that you got involved with Hollywood? Wang Zhongjun asked when he called.
What Shao Yingying didn't expect was that it was not only the relevant departments that supported him, but even the brothers of the Wang family also participated: "Mr. Wang, have you heard of it?" β
"Now I guess there is no one in the world who doesn't know about it." Wang Zhongjun continued: "I can't help you with anything, but Huayi Cinema can provide some convenience. Xiao Shao, tell me in advance when your movie is released, and Huayi will leave you with the best time slot and the most theaters. Other than that. I'll talk to a few other theaters, isn't it just surpassing the $60 million box office of "Source Code"? Now that the economy of the United States is so poor, and the dollar continues to depreciate, our old brother will work hard for you. Strive to help you fulfill this wish without going abroad! β
That's really not bragging!
If Wang Zhongjun can really talk about the big bosses of several theaters. Shao Yingying, with big-name actors such as Morgan Freeman, Scarlett Johansson, and Fan Yiyi, plus the power of the once 500 million box office, may really be able to complete the goal in China.
"Mr. Wang, thank you."
Shao Yingying didn't say that the people of the country would deny the account if they surpassed the local box office "Source Code", it was obviously not appropriate to say these at this time, and he could only express his gratitude now.
"What are you talking about, that's it."
hung up the phone, and before Shao Yingying could come to his senses in the moved, he has now become the God of Wealth in the movies and TV series of Hero Huayi, and the CEO of Ping An Insurance, who has invested more than 200 million yuan in sponsorship fees, also called.
"Xiao Shao. Such a big thing has already come out, why don't you know to say hello to our gang? β
"How much box office was "Source Code" last time? I can't help with too much. In this way, we Ping An Insurance will help you complete 5 million shares, and I will ask its employees to watch a movie. β
Shao Yingying took the phone and took a deep breath, the whole person was warm from head to foot, Ping An Insurance has become the sponsor who is most willing to spend money on movies and TV series in China. Now people are on the pole to help!
"Thank you, I'm thanking you, but I really don't need to, it's not that I'm playing false, the key is that Hollywood reporters are afraid of not recognizing the box office on our side, even if I surpass "Source Code" at the local box office, they won't admit defeat. I can't always beg you to take the plane to send the employees out to watch a movie and pull them back, you say? "At this time, you can't use your conscience to blacken the money for other people's help, if you don't tell the truth, it really becomes a fraud.
"Oh, what's going on, if we book your 5 million movie tickets on the website and no one goes to the movie, will the media find out that you bought the box office yourself?"
"Possibly."
"That's okay, if you have something to talk about, I'll have the money for you."
When the phone hung up again, Shao Yingying felt as if there was a halo above his head, and there seemed to be a lotus platform under him!
He didn't want to become a Buddha on the spot, but the care of the people around him made him feel the love that can only be found in his own world, just like your Buddha light.
Putting down the phone, Shao Yingying turned around and walked out of his room, these days he has received more than two calls, even the third master of Zhongying has expressed his willingness to help in the domestic review, as long as the content of this movie is not too much, the third master said that he can help the hero Huayi complete the review within three days, and will never delay the release schedule for even one day.
Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the hotel, Shao Yingying's confidence doubled, this time, he not only wants to win, but also to win beautifully!!
Under the countless voices of support, Shao Yingying completely fell into a state of work, and he began to put forward higher requirements for performance, at the request of Shao Yingying, Scarlett and Fan Yiyi fell behind at the same time, and both of them appeared in scenes where they shot more than a dozen times for one shot. The veteran actor Morgan Freeman copes with Shao Yingying's request, and his natural state when performing is simply indescribable, no matter how many cameras are placed in front of him, Morgan can show his demeanor in the play in the shortest possible time in the way Shao Yingying wants.
Morgan can make Shao Yingying shout 'pass' by shooting up to three times in the crew, and his acting skills are ......
He gives you the feeling that he is not acting, but watching how he speaks, acts, and lives in the real world, this is an actor who is completely consistent with reality in front of the camera, without any acting elements.
This made Shao Yingying feel very amazing, and Uncle Ge was the only one who could do this, so Shao Yingying pulled the translator to humbly ask for advice in his free time during filming: "Mr. Morgan Freeman, can I ask you how you make your acting skills so natural?" β
It's not the first time Morgan Freeman has met an actor who asks him for acting skills, but when he reaches Shao Yingying's position, he still has to ask for acting skills, and he really hasn't seen anyone who wants to improve his acting skills.
"Shao, have you ever tried to perform on stage in front of the audience?"
Hearing Morgan Freeman's rhetorical question, Shao Yingying shook his head.
"Facing the audience is the most challenging place to be, and my short years on Broadway have helped me accumulate some of the most valuable assets in my life. On stage, you can't NG, if it's the first time you participate in the show, the actor will be in a state of high tension because you are wrong, and it is the joint efforts of everyone who has done for it. Under this kind of torture, you will find a trick to release your nervousness, that is, to treat every performance as your last performance, and to sway to your heart's content after full preparation, slowly, with the accumulation of experience and the loss of time, you will find that your tension disappears, which has developed a habit, a habit that you will take every performance seriously, and, under the lens of NG, you will get extremely relaxed yourself. β
This interpretation reminded Shao Yingying of many domestic actors, such as Guo Jingfei, who is very relaxed in front of the camera, is a drama actor, Sun Honglei is also a drama actor, and even Huang Bo, who is likely to become the most natural actor in China after Ge You, also has profound drama performance skills.
As Shao Hero pondered, Morgan Freeman continued: "However, your performance on stage will make you lose your sense of camera, and you will have more of a stage actor's habit of playing in a tone and tone, and at this time, you have to use perseverance to make yourself forget about things that are not suitable for being taken out in front of the camera, which is very difficult, and I learned this in 1987, when I was nominated for two Oscars for Best Supporting Actor and Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor for my role as a pimp in "Black Prison." β
Shao Yingying responded: "What you mean is that only those who have experienced the most tense performance will get the most relaxed way of acting, and in the lens that can NG, an actor can never experience this tension, so it is impossible to know what the feeling of relaxation is like." β
"You're right." Morgan Freeman laughed when he said this.
Old Morgan didn't tell Shao Yingxing how to relax, nor did he say how to make the audience feel your relaxation through the camera, and he didn't give a specific performance example to let Shao Yingxing experience what it is like to be relaxed. He just told Shao Yingying a way, and told him that he might find what you want on this road, because that's how he found what he needed back then. However, this road is not safe, and it is likely that when you get what you want, you will also gain something that you will have to forget about later.
The conversation between Shao Yingying Tong GuΓ² and Morgan Freeman understands why many actors in China have to go to the drama stage, not to open up a new field, but to test whether they can perform the feeling they want in a non-NG environment. Didn't Ge You also join the National General Art Troupe in 1979 and began his stage performance career? If it weren't for the tempering of those years, it's really hard to say whether Ge You would be able to perform so freely today.
Shao Yingying has seen a new path that can quickly improve his performance, and he wants to go on this path, perhaps, this will make him realize his desire for awards. Of course, the most important task now is to come up with the best "Super Body". (To be continued......)