"The set of "The Hangover" was too noisy, and it was complained by nearby residents."

"There are too few black characters in 'The Hangover', and the director is suspected of discrimination."

"This is a man-oriented movie, there are very few female characters, and the director is a traditional male Chinese."

"It's not a comedy at all, it's a very bad farce."

"'The Hangover' is great, and they're going to surpass 'Marvelous Night at the Museum,' which is going to be the best comedy movie of the decade."

"'The Hangover' is a replacement for the Chinese director, and his original plan was not to shoot 'The Hangover'."

"It's a great comedy movie, even funnier than Jim Carrey's comedy."

……

Lee turned down Sony Pictures' request to enter the game, and then there was significantly more news about "The Hangover" in various parts of the country.

Some are mocking, some are killing.

In general, it is actually very low-level, and it can't really hinder the operation of the crew.

Several of the main actors have read the script and seen Li Shengyao's directing ability, and they are all more confident at this time and have not been affected by external events.

In such a situation, the gossip is just a small problem of scratching the boot.

Lee didn't care about these troubles, he focused on his own shooting.

The boss behind Sony Pictures is the island country, and when they bought Columbia Films, they suffered a big loss and suffered a miserable pit.

But in the end, there was money, and then it was relieved.

In 05, Sony Pictures acquired MGM, which was even more popular in the beautiful country.

They have achieved good results in film production in recent years, just like at the beginning of this year, they released "Spider-Man 3", "Ghost Rider", "The Last Corps", "Ghost Longing" and several acclaimed and popular movies.

Are island people, in their bones, they are bullying the soft and afraid of the hard.

In the 90s, Warner cheated Sony Pictures for 800 million US dollars, and Sony didn't dare to let go of a fart.

But in the face of small movies from other countries, or foreign production teams, they like to play some tricks.

Li Shengyao did not say anything ruthless.

The main reason is that the mainland market has not risen now, and after 2010, the mainland market will explode, and it will be much easier for him to fight back at that time.

One night in May, Lee Shengyao finished a day's shooting, dragging his heavy legs, slowly returning to the hotel, taking a shower, and eating something.

Soon after, Lee stepped on slippers and wore short-sleeved shorts to an open-air terrace on the 19th floor of the Four Seasons Hotel.

At this time, there was no moon in the sky, and there were three or two stars hanging from it, which took on an eerie blue color under the dazzling light of the city on the ground, as if there was a bottomless whirlpool.

Las Vegas is still the same, everywhere is very bright, the lights are brilliant, and the pillars of light are sliding around.

Sports cars roared and rumbled through the streets.

Li Shengyao thought that the city was very beautiful before, but at this time he felt that it was too dazzling, and his eyes were a little uncomfortable.

At a table at the outermost part of the balcony, sat Toby. Emmerich, the big guy looks very formal in a white shirt and black trousers.

Li Shengyao walked over.

"Toby."

Toby saw Li Shengyao dressed like this, his eyes flashed with surprise, and then nodded, "Li, you look a little tired. ”

"Yes, I'm a little tired."

Recently, Las Vegas has been hotter, and Lee Shengyao and his family are naturally more tired, and they often have to shoot in the sun.

Li Shengyao had already added food to himself, and he ate better, but he was still very tired.

Toby waved his hand to help Li Shengyao ask for a glass of water and a few snacks.

"Li, have you been worrying a lot lately?"

Toby asked as if he didn't seem to care.

When Li Shengyao heard this, he immediately understood what Toby meant.

It's nothing more than those little moves that Sony did.

"No, I'm fine."

Toby nodded, "I've seen some newspapers, TV entertainment news, and I've found out that there's more news about The Hangover, but it's not very good." ”

"It's all some negative news, some of which seem to be praising "The Hangover", but actually killing it."

"In a beautiful country, whether it is a brand or an individual, reputation is very important, and in the eyes of many smart people, it is just some very boring and low-level evaluations, but the people believe it."

"Lee, if negative news like "The Hangover" is allowed to ferment, it will be a major blow to this movie."

Li Shengyao smiled secretly in his heart, "What do you think?"

"It's Sony Pictures who is pushing the news behind, and we at Warner have a good relationship with Sony Pictures, and I can help you with this."

"Do I have to give anything?"

"For a small return, we want our share of the investment in The Hangover."

Toby spoke up without hesitation.

Li Shengyao knew it in his heart, and then shook his head, "Thank you for your kindness, but don't need to." ”

He paused for a moment, then said: "In our country, there is a word called black and red, which means that even if it is negative news, it is a kind of communication, and I have almost no serious publicity about "The Hangover", and now someone is helping me to promote it, which is a good thing." ”

Toby's eyes were full of surprise when he heard this, but the phenomenon of black and red naturally exists in beautiful countries.

It's like Paris Hilton, it's just deliberately messing around to maintain the heat.

and the later Kardashian family, all of whom took this route.

He was a little surprised that his previous words did not bluff Li Shengyao, at this time Li Dadao's eyes were calm, his expression was indifferent, it didn't look like a disguise at all, people really didn't care about those negative news.

Toby suddenly found it a little difficult to handle.

But he naturally still has a back-up move.

"Lee, maybe the people at Sony Pictures will work in the film association."

The film association of the beautiful country came to absolutely what level this movie is, and the best is naturally the mass level, no matter who you are, you can watch it.

And something like R or NC17 is worse.

R-rated movies, audiences under the age of 17 need their parents to watch them.

NC17 movies are not allowed to be watched by people under the age of 17.

In Lee Shengyao's previous life, "The Hangover" was an R-rated movie.

Lee is not worried about this, he didn't expect it to be a family-style movie.

"'The Hangover' was originally a restricted movie, and I don't care what they do."

When Toby heard this, he couldn't help but peek at Li Shengyao, and when he saw Li Shengyao picking up a snack to eat, he was helpless, but he also understood that Li Dadao really didn't care at all.

He thought for a moment, and then said: "Li, "The Hangover" has not yet been completed, you still have to be wary that Sony Pictures will have some means to hinder you in the future. ”

"I know, I'll be careful."

"Are you really not worried about them?"

"Don't worry."

Li Shengyao worked as an assistant director in Hollywood in his previous life, and he is very clear about the methods of those yin people in Hollywood, which is nothing more than some red lines and some political and political correctness in a beautiful country.

He was already very careful, Sony Pictures wanted to find him a problem in this regard, it was a dream.

Toby was very depressed when he heard this.

As more and more news of the "Hangover" crew spread, they were more optimistic about "The Hangover" and thought about whether they could increase their share, but they didn't expect that Li Shengyao's side was like an iron wall, without the slightest gap.

……

Las Vegas in May is even hotter, and the crew of "The Hangover" are very tired.

Las Vegas was very hot in June, and the cast and crew of "The Hangover" worked even harder.

Thankfully, these days are very short.

After more than 60 days of filming, the crew of "The Hangover" finally arrived at the time for the completion of the set.

At 10 a.m. on June 5, next to a highway on the outskirts of Las Vegas, the crew was filming the final scene.

In this scene, several male protagonists carry money and make deals with small gang leaders.

In Li Shengyao's previous life, the small leader of this gang was a Chinese, but now Li Shengyao has changed and changed to a Moxi singer.

The two sides pay the money with one hand and the other hand.

After the actors finished putting on their makeup, Lee Shengyao then took the actors to their positions.

Standing still under the scorching sun doesn't take ten minutes, it's just sweating profusely.

Li Shengyao felt drops of sweat slipping down his head, a little itchy, sticky, and very uncomfortable.

But when it comes to the last scene, he naturally wants to finish it well.

He stood up to the sun and moved as he spoke.

Filming such a comedy is actually quite interesting, and actors can perform some things that they usually dare not do.

The same is true of director Lee Shengyao.

After a while, he finished his explanation, and then returned to the sun umbrella, the big iron fan was blowing whirring, and the whole person was cool and comfortable.

Several actors were still rehearsing outside.

Li Shengyao looked at Zach and the others, and felt a little reluctant in his heart.

The filming system in the beautiful country is much stricter than in the mainland.

Almost no one here can do drama, and neither the crew nor the production company will allow it.

And in addition to some bad actors, such as Wesley, the male lead actor of "Blade 3". Snipples.

The others, whether it is Brad Pitt or Xiao Lizi, have to listen to the director's talk, watch the director move, and then have to rehearse.

The actors all have radios,

Not only the filming time, but even the rest time, except for the director and the assistant director, who can speak, everyone else walks cautiously and does not dare to lose their voice.

The actors had to say their lines on the spot, and he hadn't heard of the Hollywood movie where the actors could say 1234.

Comparatively speaking, the shooting environment in mainland China is much more relaxed.

From the director's point of view, he naturally prefers such a rigorous environment.

There are relatively many characters in this scene, there are seven people in total, and the actors are slow to rehearse.

It was almost twelve o'clock in the afternoon, and the actors finished rehearsing.

Li Shengyao clapped his hands, "Okay, let's officially shoot and end it as soon as possible." ”

The last scene will naturally not be delayed until the afternoon.

So the crew officially filmed, Zack and several of them are old actors, with experience and acting skills, and everyone is very excited at this time, although it is very hot, so the spirit is exceptionally good.

After shooting five times in a row, it met Li Shengyao's requirements.

He then thanked the actors and crew with a megaphone, and then loudly announced that the filming of "The Hangover" was over.

The actors and the crew cheered.

Lee stepped forward to shake hands and hug the actors, agreed on dubbing, and then announced that a party would be held in the evening to celebrate the completion of the movie.

The cast crew cheered again.

"The Hangover" was recorded at the time of filming, but there should be some unclear places that need to be repaired at that time, and it should be done quickly, in a few days.

With Lee Shengyao's editing speed, he could have completed all the post-production even before July if he had rushed some.

Of course he didn't need to be in such a hurry.

He hopes to release the film at the end of September.

September and October are considered the off-season for movie-watching in the beautiful country, and this year's blockbusters that have been confirmed to be released in late September include "Resident Evil 3: Extinction", and blockbusters released in early October include "Impact Road".

"The Hangover" was released at this time, and it can strive for more films.

And in early September, "Gossip Girl Season 1" will be broadcast, and after only two or three episodes, Blake. Lively will be on fire.

Lee Shengyao plans to rub off on Lively Heatley's popularity.

He had time to make it slowly.

In addition, he will return to China later this month, and the Shanghai Film Festival invited him to be the guest of honor.

He also wants to go and see the variety show recording agreed with several David TV at the beginning of the year.

Li Shengyao wants to determine a tone and style for these variety shows, so that the directors and editors behind will know how to make the editing.

The last thing is to set up a project for "Hurricane Rescue 23", he plans to start preparing in July, and when he and Cheng Long have time, they will quickly finish filming these two movies.

(End of chapter)