"Martin. Scorsese: Superhero movies are garbage, Marvel and DC are cultural garbage. ”

"Ridley. Scott: I've always admired Lee a lot, and I don't understand why he made a DC Comics movie. ”

"Woody Allen: Superhero Movie Doesn't Eligible for the Awards."

"The Oscar competition for the year after tomorrow will be very fierce because Lee will be participating in [Spielberg."

"Jackie. Phoenix is losing weight under the direction of a nutritionist. ”

"Lee has arrived in Los Angeles, and he's working on 'Joker,' which will start shooting in September."

"New York will host Chinese Culture Week, Yao, Jackie, and Li will all participate."

……

As we enter August, Los Angeles gets hotter and it's the peak season for filmmaking, when film and television talent from all over the world gathers to make their mark in Hollywood with great enthusiasm and enthusiasm.

In front of an ordinary small bungalow in Hollywood, there is a long queue, men and women, young and old, black and white, and yellow people, all of whom are Hollywood group performers.

"Joker" is about to start filming, so it naturally needs a group performance.

Opposite the procession, there were seventy or eighty people, holding banners and shouting against the clown filmmaking.

These people are extreme clown fans.

From time to time, someone throws a few eggs and smashes them at the small bungalow opposite, or the group performance team.

"The Joker is the best movie character that you can't tarnish."

"How can Chinese people understand the mystery of DC comics, this is a terrible decision."

"It's a conspiracy of the Jews, they want to turn us into a cultural depression."

"You've never hated Warners so much, and you're going to definitely regret it."

A variety of banners are very conspicuous.

Li Shengyao stood under the sun umbrella on the roof of the small flat building, and he did not need to be personally responsible for recruiting group performers.

He just came to the beautiful country two days ago, and now he is here to comfort the busy employees, but he didn't expect to see such a situation.

"Will these people do anything else?"

"Yes, last night, someone threw rotten leaves at our door, and there were people spray-painting the walls before, and as for throwing rotten eggs, that's a regular occurrence."

The assistant next to him immediately replied.

Li Shengyao nodded, "What do we do?" ”

"I can only call the police, boss, now our crew is very popular in Hollywood, there is a group of reporters who are staring at us, and any of our actions will be reported by them, and a few days ago, there were reporters who picked on the stingers and posted that there are too few Mexican staff in our crew."

White, Black, Asian, Mexican......

Now Hollywood pays attention to political correctness, whether it is actors or crews, they must be reasonably matched.

Li Shengyao thought that he couldn't stand the rules and regulations of Hollywood before, so he left.

The assistant was right, and although their crew's stronghold in Hollywood was sabotaged by extreme clown fans, they could not take drastic countermeasures and could only call the police.

Thinking of this, his tone softened slightly, "Is there anything else?" ”

"Boss, now the crew of "Joker" is very popular, not only a group of reporters, but also a group of people who want to make trouble, it may be self-media, it may be a trick.

These people are very cunning, and when we just came here last month, one of the brothers almost got stuck in the room, but luckily he was in good health and jumped out of the window and left.

You'd better be careful when you're away from home. ”

The assistant looked at Li Shengyao's face and reminded softly.

When Li Shengyao heard this, he didn't blame the assistant for being nosy, but nodded seriously, "This matter must be made clear to the domestic compatriots in the crew, don't be fooled." ”

"We've reported it several times, and everyone is very serious, but it's ......"

The protesting clown fan noticed the sun umbrella on the roof of the building, picked up a pebble and threw it up.

The assistant was startled, Li Sheng's dazzling and quick move had already avoided it, he took two steps back slightly, "Find someone to call the police, the monitoring below should be able to find the perpetrator." ”

Soon after, the assistant rushed back, and Li Shengyao asked him to continue.

"Boss, there are some field workers who can't stand the working environment here and want to return to China."

Earning a knife in a beautiful country, the salary is naturally higher than before, but the working environment is definitely as comfortable as in China.

Here, not only is there freedom to carry guns, but you have to be careful of stray bullets, and you have to be careful of all kinds of political correctness.

Calling a man who is 1.6 meters tall and weighs 160 pounds "fat" may be accused of discrimination.

People who are accustomed to being free and comfortable in the country and have almost no taboos are really not used to it.

Not to mention that there is no nightlife here, when the sun goes down, just obediently close the door, and you must take a car when you go out, and if you don't take a car, you may be robbed.

Li Shengyao nodded, "I understand, there are many people who want to return to China?" ”

"Not a lot, but a few."

The assistant opened his mouth to explain to these people, but quickly closed his mouth, he felt that he should listen to Li Shengyao's opinion before deciding what to say.

Li Shengyao continued: "Then you make a statistic, send these people back to China, and then supplement them from China or Hollywood."

Anyway, it's spending Warner's money, and you don't have to worry about money. ”

"Yes, I see."

Li Shengyao then looked at the clown fan opposite, and only after three minutes did he leave the small flat building.

Similar to Emmerich's information, extreme clown fans go over every day to protest, rain or shine, and these people have some dangerous actions, but generally within the control range.

In this case, there is no danger at the moment.

However, with the official start of "Joker" and the official start of filming, it is hard to say whether these clown fans will escalate their aggression.

After the official start of the machine next month, they still have to strengthen security.

As before, a security company needed to be hired specifically to take care of the security on set.

Of course, Lee Shengyao spent money on these things before, and this time Warner spent money.

Li Shengyao thought about it and felt that in order to prevent accidents, he still called his assistant and asked him to buy accident insurance for all the employees of the crew.

When the assistant heard this, he couldn't help but say, "Boss, in this way, more people will return to China." ”

"It's okay, safety is the most important thing."

It was on the way that Li Shengyao drove away with people.

Suddenly, there was a burst of gunfire, and the driver hurriedly pulled over, then shouted: "Get down, get down." ”

The driver is a Chinese immigrant who works in Hollywood, and was originally a doctor in China, but came to the beautiful country and became a driver.

I speak English and Chinese very well, and I am a talent.

It's not the first time that Lee Shengyao has encountered a shooting, in fact, he has encountered it in his previous life, so he is very calm.

The gunfire continued for dozens of seconds before stopping, and after about five minutes, the road returned to calm with the sound of police whizzing past and loud sirens.

The cars that had just pulled over returned to the main road one after another, and then rumbled forward.

Li Shengyao sat up again and straightened his clothes.

Several other people in the same car were very frightened, and they then reported their safety in the group, and no one had an accident, and the big guy breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing this, Li Shengyao frowned slightly.

"Joker" will be filmed in New York, which is more chaotic than Los Angeles in terms of law and order, and there are more immigrants over there, immigrants from all over the world, everywhere.

As he expected, after the actors of "Joker" were confirmed, the biggest problem was safety.

He needs to negotiate with Emmerich and must get Warner to hire the best security company.

……

It was a hot day, and there was a crackling sound in the air from time to time.

The outside temperature in New York was 38 degrees.

In the past, there were people coming and going, and the streets were very busy, but today there are no people.

There was a scorching stench in the air, and I wondered if there were some dead rats or dead birds burned.

A long red carpet was laid in front of a building in the East End.

Several hostesses wearing cheongsams were sweating profusely under the sun.

Inside the building, Li Shengyao, Da Yao, and Cheng Long are standing in a row to take pictures, this is a Chinese cultural festival held in New York, which is led by it, and I don't know which one is the idea, anyway, the Chinese celebrities in the beautiful country have come to participate.

Li Shengyao's eyes were open, and his eyeballs were a little bloodshot.

He was really tired during this time, just like he had returned to China before, and he went around Southeast Asia and visited seven countries in a row.

This time, he was in a beautiful country and flew to several cities in a row.

Promotional activities related to Chinese culture, as well as preparations for "Joker".

In addition, he has some domestic work to deal with.

This made Li Shengyao run around, really tired.

He now admires the NBA team that plays consecutive away games, it's really amazing, it's always flying around, and he can run on the court for two hours.

The effect of Huaxia's overseas cultural promotion is actually very average.

The main reason is that there is too little modern pop culture, and it is difficult to attract young people by relying on those cultures with relatively high porches.

For example, Korean groups and Japanese comics don't have anything to watch the porch, but it is easy to attract foreigners.

The Peking Opera, calligraphy, and ceramics promoted by the Chinese Cultural Festival have few overseas audiences each time, and the venue is mainly Chinese.

Li Shengyao is bored and has nothing to do.

"Da Yao, you used to play basketball, flying around in a row, aren't you tired?"

When Da Yao heard this, he immediately smiled and said: "Tired, I don't want to fight at all, there is no way, I have to play, and I will be fined if I don't play." ”

The NBA is probably the most sincere business league in the world.

The state of the players must be checked before the game, and they must play if there is no physical problem, and people will really be fined if they don't play.

Cheng Long said beside him: "Director Li, when I was young, I drank with my brothers all night at night, and I still filmed the next day, and I was alive and well." ”

Brother Cheng Long didn't say that in martial arts, he is a talented martial arts wizard.

He should be a physical monster and has a very good mental head.

In the NBA, it's a character like Kobe Jordan.

Li Shengyao had always felt that he was in good health, but at this time, standing with Cheng Long and Da Yao, he felt that his eyes were dry and sleepy, and he suddenly felt that his physical talent was very average.

Cheng Long then asked at this time: "Director Li, the Golden Rooster Award and Huabiao Award in October, are you returning to China?" ”

"I won't go back, this time I'm going to shoot "Joker", and strive to finish the filming in one go, and I won't return to China during filming, nor will I go to overseas film festivals."

He hopes to complete the on-set shooting of "Joker" as soon as possible.

This time "Joker" is turned on, he will not leave the crew.

In fact, the Huabiao Award, the Golden Rooster Award, the Venice Film Festival, and the Toronto Film Festival all invited Li Shengyao to participate, such as the Golden Rooster Award and hinted that he would be awarded, but he refused.

There really wasn't time this time.

He is still worried about extreme clown fans doing things, and hopes that the filming will be completed as soon as possible, so as not to have any accidents.

When Cheng Long heard this, there was envy in his eyes, he actually didn't want to run around, but he had time at that time, and he couldn't refuse.

He then thought that Hollywood has not rated Lee Shengyao well recently, and many people oppose the production of "Joker", and it is said that more than 30,000 people have opposed the filming of the clown with their real names.

I felt a little more sympathy.

In the past, he always thought that Lee Shengyao was very powerful, but now it seems that it is still difficult for foreigners to break through in Hollywood.

Lee Shengyao's honorary awards are so outstanding, and he wants to direct "Joker", which still attracts the suspicion of many fans.

He couldn't help but think that he had been in Hollywood before, if it weren't for the help of Lee Shengyao's "Rescue" series, I was afraid that he wouldn't be able to bear it.

"Director Li, I think you can make a pilot trailer first, which roughly tells the theme story of the clown movie, which should let more people understand Ling's creative intentions.

Maybe you'll get those extreme clowns hooked, after all, you're not shooting a story from DC Comics.

Your movie is an original story. ”

When Li Shengyao heard this, he thought about it, and felt that Cheng Long's proposal was good, so he nodded, "Big brother, you have a good idea, I'll go back and give it a try." ”

"Director Li, I heard that your Fenghua Online is now the hottest video website in Southeast Asia, and my new movie is about to be released, you have to help me promote it more."

Cheng Long then said his thoughts.

"That's as it should be."

After Fenghua Online was officially launched in Southeast Asia, relying on a large number of idol dramas filmed by Lee Shengyao in the past, it quickly defeated a number of video websites and became the website with the most registered users in Southeast Asia.

Li Shengyao then copied the plan of the domestic video website, that is, to sell members at a low price, and to adopt the model of watching the first three episodes for free and paying to watch them later.

Under his guidance, Fenghua filmed a large number of sweet idol dramas, which have low ratings, but they are very popular in Southeast Asia.

Cheng Long got Li Shengyao's promise and nodded happily.

The three of them then chatted and picked up the topic just now, Cheng Long said about his previous affairs on Hong Kong Island, saying that he had been filming for several days in a row, sleeping two or three hours a day, and he was still alive.

Da Yao said that playing back-to-back in the NBA is also very awesome.

Li Shengyao listened quietly, listening to the two of them bragging, he didn't feel so sleepy.

After the opening ceremony of the cultural festival, Li Shengyao waved goodbye to Cheng Long Dayao, and then hurried to the airport, he also had to go to Los Angeles, this time to meet Jie Kun. Phoenix, let's see how the lead actor is preparing.

Boarding the plane, sleepiness hits, and then he thinks of extreme clown fans, and he can't help but feel a little negative.

It's so tiring, there's so much mess.

(End of chapter)