Chapter 24: Childhood Fantasy (2)
"S-class mission open, childhood fantasy, series of missions."
"The first step is to trigger the plot of Inception, so that Nolan has the concept of Inception in advance."
"Inception, a five-star script, ranked TOP39 in the world, box office $800 million, honors: eight Oscar nominations, four awards."
After three sentences, the system was silent.
"No reward?" Lin Xiao was stunned.
It stands to reason that every task will have a reward, especially the S-level mission, which is not mentioned by the system now.
There was silence for a few seconds, and the cold system tone sounded again.
"In view of the particularity and openness of the task, the reward of this mission cannot be directly calculated, and the system cannot evaluate it for the time being."
"From the host's contribution to Inception, the rewards will be divided into several levels, with the lowest being sorting out the thoughts for Nolan and triggering the concept of Inception."
"Where's the highest?"
There was silence again for a few seconds before the system replied, "Starring in Inception." ”
Lin Xiao let out a long sigh.
The difficulty of this task was far beyond his imagination.
Leonardo. DiCaprio. has long been one of the 20 million salaries, and he deserves to be a superstar in the United States, but before the inception, it is a little reluctant to say that he is the world's emperor superstar.
Since the Titanic, girls all over the world seem to regard him as the lover of their dreams, Prince Charming, but unfortunately, Titanic made Twentieth Century Fox make a lot of money, and Cameron gained fame and fortune. Winslet was defeated at that Oscar for "perfection." ”
After that, he had a four-year silence, in 02 he completely subverted the image of the cream boy with a cat and mouse game, and the New York gangs he participated in in the same year also made a lot of money, and in 04 the Aviator and 06 blood diamonds, both of which were nominated for the Oscars, which established his worth of 20 million salaries.
However, his 20 million is a real price. A real world-class superstar, and there are dividends in it.
The appearance of 20 million is an internal rule of Hollywood, beyond it, I am afraid that a film will be eaten poor, the salary of the male lead, what about the female lead? It's impossible to find someone who is not famous in the slightest to act, right? Therefore, real superstars have dividends in them.
It wasn't until the Dream of Occupancy that he laid the threshold for him to truly enter the emperor's superstar.
Despite this, it is almost a demanding requirement to win the role of Inception.
He frowned, thinking to himself.
"It's a difficult task, but it's not impossible." At this moment, the voice of the system said, "Inception, which is completely different from Batman, can be said that Batman can't find people from other countries to play, but the starring role of Inception is not completely excluded." ”
"Second, it is the habit of director Nolan himself. He is a nostalgic person, and the starring role of Inception was Bell, because Bell was filming Terminator 2018 at the time, and the schedule was not compatible and staggered. Nolan has a habit of using it once and people who feel good like to use it all the time, such as Ken Watanabe. ”
"Third, there are many action scenes in Inception, although it is a suspense film, but the action accounts for at least four points, and the host has already left a good impression on Nolan in the mystery of the Heroes, if Inception has a script, the host should be on Nolan's list. However, it is likely to be the target of the first round of vetoes. ”
"So, it's not an impossible task. Tasks that can't be completed are also not issued. ”
"What's wrong? Lin, you seem to have something on your mind? Just then, Nolan's voice came.
Lin Xiao's brows furrowed unconsciously, and he saw it in his eyes.
"Nothing." Lin Xiao smiled, "I just think this idea is very ingenious." ”
"It's not ingenious." Nolan took a sip of wine, "Everyone, when you are a child, must have had a lot of dreams. And movies are a place to make dreams, when I don't have this ability, I can only fantasize, but with this ability, who doesn't want their childhood fantasies to appear on the big screen. ”
"Only such imaginative people can become screenwriters and directors."
"So, the director is fond of horror movies?" Lin Xiao smiled, "Fantasy and dream, almost two inseparable words, since you all know that he is a fantasy, why not use dreams to embody?" ”
The atmosphere was good, and he went along with it.
"Dreams?" Nolan frowned slightly, and held his chin to think about it, "Oh, that's a good idea, but how to achieve it?" ”
Lin Xiao suppressed his heart that was a little accelerated, after all, this is now talking about his future works in front of the original author.
"It's easy." He laughed and said, "Just let your story happen in your dreams." ”
can't say too much, otherwise Nolan's good opinion of him will skyrocket, but Inception is a screenwriter for ten years, and it will be difficult to guarantee that the other party will forget him in the next few years.
From the moment he received the task, he decided that he would also silently join in the writing of this script.
Spit little by little, little by little, it is best to let Nolan discuss with himself often, then his goal has been achieved.
The seeds are planted first, and the discussion with Nolan in the future is to water the seeds, and as for what can grow, he can only think of this step now.
"In a dream?" Nolan lowered his head and pondered, he just said it casually, and the other party seemed to say it so casually, but it made him feel like he had grasped something.
"Dream ...... Dream? He fell into deep thought, completely forgetting that Lin Xiao was beside him, and the whole person entered a state of wandering outside the object.
Five minutes passed, ten minutes passed, and Lin Xiao didn't bother him.
After almost twenty minutes, Lin Xiao whispered "Director......"
"Shh Unexpectedly, Nolan suddenly glared at him in anger, and then continued to lie on the rock like a stone carving.
After half an hour, he nervously focused on the focal length and shook the wine bottle in his hand, "Very good, continue." ”
Lin Xiao smiled bitterly.
"Just thought of something. But it's not perfect. Nolan returned to normal and said with a smile, "This dream has a hint for me, and I want to thank you." ”
"I'm just talking about it." Lin Xiao knew that he couldn't go too deep now, so he didn't continue.
There is still a lot of time, this seed must not only be branded with Nolan's name, but also engraved with his name.
"What are your plans after this play is over?" Both skipped the topic and continued to drink without a sip.
"Pick-up, filming, artists are like this." Lin Xiao replied.
Nolan was silent for a while, and suddenly said, "Lin, you are a very dedicated artist, I admire you, I dare to say, there are not many Hollywood people who dare to do this like you now." ”
"If I succeed in this show, Batman will evolve into a new series." He thought and said, "If, I mean, Warner still lets me direct the next film, maybe I'll use you again." ”
"Then my star luck will be handed over to the director." Lin Xiao smiled.
A seemingly meaningless conversation, Nolan may not have taken it to heart, maybe he just remembered talking to an artist on the way to the party, maybe he only remembered the mention of dreams, but it is undeniable that the seeds have been quietly planted.
However, this did not have much to do with the filming of the mystery of the heroes, and the next day, the entire crew was still engaged in the filming in full swing.
Nolan has a habit of filming difficult things at the earliest, so this day was filmed with Lin Xiao and Bell practicing on the ice lake.
This one is not difficult, the difficulty is that Bell will end up falling into the ice lake.
The shooting was taken on the other side, and Bell had a rope attached to his waist, and when he finished filming, he immediately switched to the shattered ice lake, and after falling, he had to be quickly pulled up.
Bell was simply miserable, several unsuccessful shots ahead, and his lips were blue from the cold.
This scene was filmed for two days, and I basically had to rest for half a day after falling twice, and finally, when Bell was about to reach his limit, the filming was finally completed.
As soon as these two scenes are over, the Icelandic scene is almost undifficult. Soon, the first phase was over.
Shooting is like an assembly line, and Nolan's style is also vigorous, and he did not celebrate in stages like in China, but immediately packed up his things and went to the Hollywood studio as soon as the shooting was finished.
"Lin, do you want to go to Hollywood with the crew?" When the crew was busy, Lin Xiao and Ken Watanabe were already idle, Ken Watanabe's role was too small, and there was no drama here, and Lin Xiao's next schedule was two months later, the last show of the Japanese Shinkansen.
Lin Xiao shook his head, "Thank you Director Nolan for your kindness, but I have to go back to China immediately, there are two film appointments in China, and they are about to start." ”
Nolan was only a formal question, after all, he and Lin Xiao were not familiar with each other yet.
He patted Lin Xiao on the shoulder, "OK, then in two months, Tokyo, Japan, we'll see you then." ”
Lin Xiao smiled and nodded, Christina is still in the United States, and it seems that the casting turmoil has not subsided.
In China, it is not a film appointment, but the "Beautiful China" directed by Zhang Yimou is about to start filming, and the endorsement of World of Warcraft also needs his makeup photos.
Both of these are major events, one is a global attention, and the other is a miracle online game that has affected teenagers for nearly a decade.
Everything can allow him to stabilize his value when he is not in the country.
"Director Zhang, ......" On the plane, he looked at the blue sky and white clouds outside the window, and suddenly smiled a little, "It's been a long time......
From the confrontation of no thieves in the world to today's participation in Zhang Yimou's film, there are twists and turns in the middle.
The two parties have won and lost, the hero won the box office and lost the word of mouth, and the world remained the highest box office in Chinese films, which was indisputable, and the ambush on all sides after that was a real loss of fame and fortune.
"Oh, by the way, and the promotion theme song that was promised."
He smiled, there was nothing to worry about at this point, the popular song "Beijing welcomes you," was definitely the best choice.