Chapter 404. ["Journey to the West"]
After Yi Feiyang finished speaking, the reporters in the audience discussed a lot, and at this time, another reporter raised his hand and asked: "Hello, China Yi." I heard that in addition to these excellent Chinese actors, there are also some Hollywood stars joining this play, is this true? ”
"That's a good question." Yi Feiyang smiled and said, "That's right, although this is a top-notch Chinese film, I took into account the needs of the Hollywood market, so I also arranged some more interesting roles for everyone to be familiar with Hollywood stars...... For example, this Mr. Keanu Reeves, I arranged for him to play the role of Erlang God in my play, which is a very important role, a heavenly god of war comparable to the Monkey King. In Western parlance, he is a combination of Apollo and Athena, with a handsome appearance and super combat effectiveness. Yes, it seems to me that no one but Reeves can be perfect for this role! ”
"And this Mr. Jordan, you can't imagine what role I have assigned him, right? Then I can tell you very clearly once again that the character I assigned to him is the Djinn God! A tall, powerful Heavenly Court warrior, and the first enemy challenged by the Monkey King Sun Wukong. Although Mr. Jordan is very dark, I believe that as a giant spirit god, his figure and size are definitely qualified! ”
"Of course, the boss also saw the beautiful Latin diva Miss Beyoncé next to me, but she will not play the role in this play, but will sing the theme song of this play...... To be precise, it is the theme song of the Hollywood version of this play. ”
"In addition to their stars, other actors under our Dream Entertainment will also follow their own schedules. Appropriate cameo appearance in this play. What has been confirmed is Robert Downey Jr.'s cameo appearance as the Dragon King of the East China Sea. Nicolas Cage and Johnny Depp make cameo appearances in Claireye, Shunfeng Ear, and some other stars, which will appear as easter eggs, you can look for them if you are interested after the movie is released......"
"Dear Yi, what about these Chinese actors, what are their respective roles?" Another reporter asked.
"I think it's better for them to introduce themselves!" Yi Feiyang closed his mouth appropriately. lost the right to speak to Brother Cheng Long and others, in his opinion, this is a good publicity opportunity to help these Chinese actors expand their popularity in Hollywood.
Brother Cheng Long and others didn't know Lu Dao Yi Feiyang's kindness, and in gratitude, they took the microphone one by one and began to introduce themselves, mainly including who they are, the character and story of the role they want to play.
Brother Cheng Long took the lead and said, "Presumably many people know me, I am Jack Chen." My Chinese name is Cheng Long, and I've acted in a few Hollywood films. These include the "Rush Hour" series, as well as the recently released "Around the World in 80 Days". But it's a pity that the box office of this drama is not very good, and my foreign boss said that I may not get dividends......"
This sentence seems to be laughing but not laughing, directly expresses the sorrow of Chinese actors, working hard in Hollywood depends on people's faces, if you do well at the box office, you will be rewarded with a bone, and the box office is almost not even a bone to gnaw.
"But it doesn't matter, I don't care if I have dividends or not, because my money is enough to spend, and I don't need to do it anymore, not to mention that now I have taken on a very good role, which is to star in the Bull Demon King in this "Havoc in the Heavenly Palace...... A brute bull with extraordinary mana, with a big nose, similar to me, I think the director also gave me this role because he fell in love with my nose! ”
Brother Cheng Long's humorous speech caused bursts of laughter.
"Okay, I won't say more, let's give the microphone to this friend next to me, we all call him Fa Ge, it's an honorific title, because he is very good at acting, and his acting skills are first-class, in your Hollywood words, he is a powerful actor!" Cheng Long laughed and handed the microphone to Zhou Yanfa.
Zhou Yanfa was not polite, took the microphone and said directly, "Speaking of acting skills, I may really be better than Jack Chen, but when it comes to Chinese kung fu, I am ashamed!" ”
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The next half an hour almost became a special session for Chinese actors, and after Fa Ge finished speaking, he handed the microphone to Li Lianjie, then Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, and Lin Yuling.
Among them, they told everyone about the roles they wanted to play, such as Fa Ge as the Jade Emperor, Li Lianjie as Tota Li Tianwang, Michelle Yeoh as Guanyin Bodhisattva, Zhang Ziyi as the Seven Fairies, and Liu Yuling as the Queen Mother.
After this group of Chinese factions finally finished introducing their roles, Yi Feiyang took the microphone again, and at this time, those reporters riveted their spirits again and interviewed him: "May I ask dear Yi, what is the weakness of such a strong cast in your opinion?" ”
When Yi Feiyang heard the reporter's question, he couldn't help frowning, and said with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth: "Weakness?" That's right, just like a formation, any lineup has weaknesses. And the biggest weakness of our squad is that they are all too good! Yes, it's because they're so good, I'm afraid that when I'm filming, they'll steal the lead role, and sadly, that lead character is me! ”
Yi Feiyang's words immediately aroused a commotion at the scene.
A reporter said excitedly: "So that means, dear Yi, do you really want to star in this play?" All the previous rumors are true?! You're not kidding the hype? ”
Seeing the reporter's excited stammering appearance, Yi Feiyang couldn't help but feel funny, "Do you look like I'm joking?" Besides, even if I really want to hype, I won't throw myself in the pot to stir up, you know, acting is very hard! ”
Those reporters don't pay attention to Yi Feiyang's ridicule, what they all care about is that Yi Feiyang is really going to act!
There is no shortage of some big directors in Hollywood, because of interest, cameo appearances in their own movies, such as Quentin, the Hollywood weird director who directed the "Kill Bill" series, he likes to show his face in his movies, and everyone is more familiar with the male protagonist's younger brother he played in "Deus Ex Dawn", a neurotic bastard. But it has also become a very interesting stroke in his wonderful film life.
In addition, Hollywood actor Mel Jebson is a successful template for turning from an actor to a director. Mel Jebson became famous earlier and is well-known to everyone for "Booming Cannon". Later, he acted and directed. With the help of Yi Feiyang, "The Passion of Christ" was filmed. And now he is preparing to shoot his other big drama "Mayan Revelation".
In addition to them. In Hollywood, there are many talented actors or directors who go back and forth between the two. Acting and excellent is directing, and directing and excellent is acting.
Now, the legendary China Yi, the magic Yang, is finally going to embark on this road, you say, how can people not be excited?!
"Hello, dear Yi. Can you tell us why you want to act in this play? What do you think about this play? What do you know about the characters? A reporter asked.
Yi Feiyang was speechless, this time there were three questions.
"Anyway, I was forced to act in this play, because in my opinion, no one can play the image of the Monkey King in my mind except myself. In my mind, this character is unmatched, and the story told by Havoc in Heaven is itself a myth with a very rebellious spirit! As the protagonist in a mythological story. The Monkey King, he is a symbol. Perseverance and fighting spirit! He has great powers, despises the powerful, is not bound by worldly forces, and is able to liberate himself! In my opinion, he is similar to me, neither likes to be constrained, to be comfortable, likes to be constantly challenged, likes to fight. Only with struggle can we constantly reinvent ourselves and improve ourselves. Only when you are full of fighting spirit will you always stay young and always have high morale! ”
"Of course, those are some of the reasons why I acted in this play. In addition, there is another reason, that is, I want to use this drama to fight with Cameron's "Avatar". Yes, he is a big production, although I don't care about box office gains and losses, don't care about word of mouth, don't care about winning or losing; But it's important to respect your opponents, even if you don't despise them! I respect Mr. Cameron, that's why I took the initiative to appear in this play and use my best strength to have a real battle with Mr. Cameron! ”
"So may I ask, for this competition, do you think your "Havoc in Heaven" can really be successfully released in North American theaters? Such a movie has reached the North American market, I wonder if you have considered the audience's receptivity? After all, this is a Chinese-language film, and there is a huge generation gap with the North American and even Western markets, and whether the Western audience likes it or not is the point, isn't it?" asked a reporter with a New York Daily nameplate eagerly.
When Yi Feiyang heard such a question, he couldn't help but be stunned, and said lightly: "Hollywood is a film factory in the world, and it will not reject any valuable movie!" Although my film uses oriental colors and uses classical Chinese mythology as the background to shoot the magical theme, the shooting techniques and scenes presented are still carried out according to Hollywood specifications, such as Hollywood-style magic special effects, makeup special effects, and Hollywood-style blockbuster models...... I believe that this movie will bring you more unexpected visual enjoyment because it has a novel oriental color! ”
In fact, Yi Feiyang's horizons at this time have long been extremely broad, not only in the North American film market, as he shoots more and more movies, the box office results continue to hit highs, whether it is popularity or influence, they are far ahead of others, and at this time, Yi Feiyang is already confident that he can support the drama "Havoc in Heaven" with his incomparable popularity alone.
In addition, as Yi Feiyang just said, with his understanding and understanding of Hollywood movies, he is no longer as helpless as before in the field of blockbusters, on the contrary, he has a "vision" that modern people can't reach, and the revelation brought to him by N super blockbusters in his previous life has made him more than twenty years beyond his contemporaries!
With these 20 years of valuable experience, Yi Feiyang believes that he will be able to create his own magic blockbuster with the help of Hollywood's best special effects and makeup effects.
At the end, another reporter stood up and asked an extremely direct question, she asked: "Yi, aren't you afraid that your play will fail?" ”
yes, aren't you afraid of failure?
The first movie you starred in yourself, a fiasco to Cameron, are you afraid?!
You support Chinese-language movies, but you want to shine in Hollywood, this is undoubtedly walking a tightrope!
Everyone looked at Yi Feiyang, waiting for his answer.
Yi Feiyang smiled, and then said, "As a Chinese director. I have a dream. That is to make a good Chinese film. Right now. That's what I'm doing. "Havoc in Heaven" is my dream, it is true that many Hollywood people and Americans will not accept such a Chinese film, but I still want to make it! No matter what's in front of me, I'm going to finish this work, take it to North America, and take it to the world. Push to the whole world! ”
Push to North America, to the world, to the whole world!
Everyone in the audience was stunned, no one would have thought that Yi Feiyang would answer like this.
Crisp, direct, not pretentious!
Although many people had already guessed this before, there was still a trace of emotion from Yi Feiyang's mouth. Especially those Chinese people present, they can deeply understand Yi Feiyang's good intentions.
Help Chinese films go abroad. Going to the world is the dream of many people!
But the dream was too heavy. In the history of Chinese films, they have sprinted again and again, broken again and again; Hope condensed, but the result was a complete failure!
Now, Yi Feiyang wants to use his own practical actions to realize this dream, will the dream be shattered?
No one knows!
But one thing is clear to everyone, that is, Yi Feiyang's unparalleled courage! The courage to challenge the pattern of the world's film industry!
Push Chinese films to the top of the world, who else is me?!
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The press conference ended successfully.
But what is not over yet is the impact of this release.
The whole of North America is in an uproar because of this incident.
"China Yi is sure to star in "Havoc in the Heavenly Palace", and challenge "Avatar" with Chinese films!"
"Magical Yang will be incarnated as the Monkey King, and Chinese magic and North American science fiction will go head-to-head!"
"The stars joined "Havoc in the Heavenly Palace", and their popularity is bound to surpass Cameron!"
In addition to these big and small titles, there are also some Hollywood filmmakers who scoff at them, including Cameron, whose opponent is Yi Feiyang. In his opinion, Yi Feiyang's most threatening thing is science fiction and horror films, and now he takes out a Chinese magic film and PK with himself, isn't this looking for his own death? What bullshit "Havoc in Heaven", how many people in the United States have heard of this story? How many people know that there was once a monkey named Sun Wukong?!
Yes, not only Cameron is not optimistic about Yi Feiyang's play, but many filmmakers can't think of Yi Feiyang why he would use this play against Cameron so brainlessly.
It's death!
Was it kicked in the head by a donkey?!
China is easy to have times when it is confused!
Let's see how he cries in the future!
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That's right, Yi Feiyang actually recognized this, that is, the story of "Havoc in Heaven" is not popular in North America or even in the West.
Except for those Americans who have been exposed to Chinese culture, few people will know that there is such a magical story in the Dao.
Of course, compared with before, when Yi Feiyang announced the start of filming this drama, it is estimated that the whole United States was talking about this topic, so it is estimated that the Monkey King Monkey King has also been pulled out of the library by many people from the Internet world.
However, in Yi Feiyang's view, such strength is not enough, although with his own popularity, he has made Americans make up for the story of the Monkey King, but many people still don't know much about it, so they must really like it.
What to do?
A very wonderful idea suddenly appeared in Yi Feiyang's mind.
Maybe, it will work!
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Yi Feiyang's idea is very simple, that is, to make the story of "Havoc in Heaven" into an online game. To be precise, make this story, and the characters in it, into an online game to make people familiar with it!
And Yi Feiyang has a good partner here, that is, Blizzard Game Company, which has established an incomparably close relationship with Dream Entertainment.
Since the cooperation with Fantasy Entertainment, this game company has become a giant in the game industry in North America and even the world with the strong support of Fantasy Entertainment funds. Under the production of Blizzard, "Warcraft" and the "Dark Destruction" series have become a topic of conversation among everyone.
Now, Yi Feiyang intends to let Blizzard develop "Havoc in Heaven" and make it an online game, before the movie starts, to make a preemptive appearance.
However, developing a game doesn't happen overnight, and sometimes it takes three or five years to develop a new game, so how can Blizzard accomplish this impossible task in the shortest possible time?
Yi Feiyang has already prepared for them, that is, "stealing the game"!
Specifically, Yi Feiyang played a very classic online game called "Journey to the West" in his previous life. The game is simple, easy to play, and captivating.
Yi Feiyang gathered Blizzard's people a few years ago to develop the game he came up with. It's just that this game project has remained mysterious and has not been made public.
Now, the production of this game is basically completed, and it is almost ready to go to market.
It just so happened that at this time, Yi Feiyang was going to shoot "Havoc in Heaven", which is equivalent to saying that the two things came together very cleverly.
Considering these factors, Yi Feiyang had a very bold idea, that is, to change "Journey to the West" to "Havoc in Heaven"!
Secretly change the name of the game and thoroughly promote your own movie!
Of course, although Yi Feiyang is the CEO of Dream Entertainment and the largest shareholder of Blizzard Games, this matter still has to be discussed with Blizzard's executor and the company's number one person, Alan Adhan. (To be continued......)