Chapter 121: Francis
At the banquet, Fifth Jade walked in front alone with a helpless face, while Taeyeon was affectionately with Mei Lian, and walked behind with a smile.
God knows that there is still such a thing as a heightened insole, and it inadvertently provokes Taeyeon's fifth jade to be full of grievances, and even the gorgeous banquet has not been able to win back the attention of the fifth jade.
The fifth jade also changed into a dress at this time, compared to the gorgeous and unusual costumes of the women, the men's dresses are still solemn. The black dress set off the slender figure of the fifth jade, and the hair that reached the crook of the leg was casually draped behind him. As soon as he entered, the fifth jade attracted the attention of most people.
"Mr. Fifth Jade?" A man who was almost forty years old asked with a hint of nervousness and excitement towards Fifth Jade.
Fifth Jade looked at the man he didn't know suspiciously, and said in a deep voice, "Yes, excuse me?" ”
"I'm Francis. Torred. You may not have heard this name, but maybe you have heard of me by another name: Francis. Lawrence! Francis introduced himself, then looked at Fifth Jade, waiting for his reaction.
"I'm sorry, no!" Fifth Yuzheng was in a bad mood because of Taeyeon's affairs, so he didn't bother to talk about it, so he replied directly without any scruples.
"Uh......" Franciston's face was embarrassed.
In fact, Francis is a rather famous Hollywood director. In 05 years, I filmed a god and demon movie starring Keanu Reeves, "Hell Detective"! And in 07, he also made a movie with a doomsday theme: "I Am Legend"! If there are still some people who haven't seen the previous work, I believe that most people have seen the latter one.
For members of the Torreid family, generally speaking, they will hide their identities when they go out to do things, although these people who can come out openly are also normal people, but if they appear as the Torreid family, they will always attract some unnecessary attention. That's why they hide their last names, and as for resumes and whatever, it's not a problem for the Torred family.
From the information, Francis learned that Fifth Jade now seems to have an intersection with the entertainment industry, and some time ago he also starred in a Hong Kong movie. I thought that Fifth Jade should be interested in movies, so I confidently thought that Fifth Jade would recognize his name.
It stands to reason that Fifth Jade's answer should make Francis retreat, but Francis didn't come up to talk because of Fifth Jade's identity, but the image and temperament of Fifth Jade at this time touched him.
"I'm a director, maybe you've seen 'I Am Legend'?" Francis didn't want to give up on his thoughts, and continued.
Fifth Jade was stunned for a moment, and turned her head again to look at Francis seriously.
"Really? I did watch it, and it was a very good film. ”
For Fifth Jade, if Francis mentions his gods and demons movie, Fifth Jade will definitely not know anything. Because Fifth Jade never watches these ghost movies, for him, that kind of film is not even a comedy, it can only be regarded as a farce.
"I heard that Mr. Fifth Jade made a movie in Hong Kong, maybe he is interested in this aspect?" Now that he had opened up the conversation, Francis began to probe step by step.
"It's just a good time." The fifth jade waved her hand, not wanting to talk more. In fact, since it was only a brief cameo, Fifth Jade didn't take it seriously. But for various reasons, I participated in many variety shows through this movie. Although he was quite interested at first, he always talked about this kind of thing, which made Fifth Jade feel a little uneasy.
Because no matter how you say it, it's just a cameo. In the process of promoting the movie, it seems that I have done and said a little too much. It's obviously just a cameo, but when it comes to publicity, it looks like a protagonist, and God knows what some people will think of themselves after the release of the movie. Although Fifth Jade doesn't pay much attention to other people's opinions, and doesn't even like to surf the Internet, if he still does it knowing that he will be despised by others, it will be called a crime.
In the final analysis, Fifth Jade is just a twenty-one-year-old young man, no matter how mature and rational he is, but to say that he can achieve the realm of "not being happy with things, not being sad with himself", it is a bit nonsense.
Wanting to find an excuse to end this conversation, Fifth Ok turned her head to look, only to find that Taeyeon had already gone to the corner with Mei to whisper, and suddenly felt a little helpless.
Discovering the small action of the fifth jade, Francis understood that he should make a long story short, so he said straightforwardly:
"Mr. Fifth Jade, in fact, I am planning to shoot the second part of "Hell Detective", and there is a role in it that is very suitable for you, I wonder if you are interested in participating?"
"You're the elder Thaler said you were talking about?" Fifth Jade suddenly remembered what Thaler mentioned on the day he first came, and on the day he first came, Thaler mentioned that he had an elder who was preparing a movie, which seemed to be about gods and demons.
"Yes, I'm his uncle." Francis nodded.
"Oh! But I'm not interested in the movie you're talking about, in fact I don't know how to act! Fifth Jade refused, just like the last cameo in Hong Kong, first of all, it was just a few minutes of footage, and secondly, there was no strong emotion to show, for Fifth Jade it was just a few lines, and then moved his body.
"You don't need acting!" Francis answered immediately.
"Oh? Is it just a cameo? Fifth Jade guessed, but he was no longer interested in making a cameo. Of course, it's not that he wants to go further and do starring or something, but that his curiosity about movies has faded a lot.
"Of course not!" Francis shook his head decisively and said, "The so-called acting skills are just the performance of things that don't belong to you through some skillful performance, and the role I am talking about is just like tailor-made for you, you only need to be responsible for saying the lines once, and the other actions can be completely according to your daily habits!" ”
"Forehead......" Fifth Jade looked at Francis curiously, as a member of the Torred family, there is naturally no need to cling to herself, so the reason why Francis is so enthusiastic can only be that the role is really suitable for herself! So curious, Fifth Jade asked:
"What kind of character is it? I think we've only met for the first time, how do you know that the road is right for me? ”
"Yes, this is the first time we've met." Francis admitted, and then the voice changed: "However, first of all, the image of you now attracted me, which made me think that the image of the character in the movie should be like you, and secondly, the character in the movie is the same as you, the same onmyoji!" Compared to the fictional actions and actions in the script, of course, your own thoughts are more realistic! ”
Fifth Jade became interested, so she beckoned to Francis, "I think we should sit down and talk." ”
After coming to the corner and sitting down, Fifth Jade asks Francis about the specific content of the movie. I learned from Francis that in fact, the first part of the movie "Detective Hell" was not particularly successful at the box office, and it was just a cost recovery. The main reason is that the film is mixed with too many religious factors, so that people who don't understand it can't understand it, and those who understand it feel that the film is blasphemous to their beliefs.
And Francis has always hoped to make a popular film of gods and demons, taking advantage of the success of "I Am Legend" this time, Francis started the idea of filming the second part of "Hell Detective". Drawing on the reasons for the failure of the previous one, this one Francis tries to downplay the religious content and instead focuses on the aspects of human nature.
As a movie adapted from a comic, the protagonist is naturally Constantine, and it is still based on the ugly side of human beings as an inducement, some people plan to open the passage between the world and hell, because human beings are too easy to compromise, and only if they are not given the opportunity to compromise, they will show their beautiful side such as unity, hard work, and enterprising. And Konstantin, as a human being, naturally wants to prevent this from happening, and from the perspective of human beings, no matter what shortcomings human beings have, it is only human beings' own business. Correction is necessary, but not by dragging humanity into the flames of war.
The main contradiction of the film arises, and what remains is how the protagonist works hard and how he eliminates this evil plan. In the middle, there is some love and friendship as embellishments, a typical Hollywood-style blockbuster.
After listening to Francis's narration, Fifth Jade pouted at first, as far as the story was concerned, there was not much attraction to Fifth Jade, the only thing that interested him was the role of Onmyoji.
"So, the onmyoji you said is the main character?" Fifth Jade touched her chin and asked lightly.
"Although the protagonist is also an exorcist, the onmyoji I am talking about is not the protagonist!" Francis said, shaking his head. "Even if you have the opportunity to star, you can't have that much time to be on film, can you?"
Francis naturally will not invite the fifth jade to play as the protagonist, on the one hand, as Francis said, as a real onmyoji, it is absolutely impossible for the fifth jade to have so much time to follow the crew all the time, compared to the protagonist, the kind of supporting role with few scenes or simply a cameo is more suitable.
On the other hand, it is naturally a box office problem, as a Hollywood blockbuster, the protagonist naturally has to invite those big names, and you must know that the appeal of the big-name actors is not covered. Moreover, as a pure Asian, and without any popularity, the fifth jade will never be recognized for playing the leading role in a Hollywood blockbuster.
For example, China is preparing to remake "Shaolin Temple", but instead of Jet Li, the protagonist chooses Tyson......
Fifth Jade shrugged, for him, the days with Taeyeon were his life, the Onmyoji was his job, and everything else was just the embellishment of life. If there is a suitable opportunity, he will naturally do it, and if he doesn't have it, he won't force it.
"So, which role do you think would be a good fit for me?" Fifth Jade thought for a moment, as if Francis hadn't mentioned similar people just now.
"He is the villain of the film and the leader of the evil plan!" Francis replied with a serious face.
Fifth Jade: "......"