Warm sunlight filters through the glass windows and into the hotel meeting room.

The breeze was blowing, and the leaves that did not want to stay on the branches were flying, ticking on the windows.

Li Shengyao,Emmerich,Jack Quin. Phoenix, Sagie. Baez, Robert. De Niro sat around the conference table together.

In front of him was a glass of red wine, an imported wine from France, which tasted excellent, mellow and full of stamina.

He likes to drink, I don't know when, he feels that wine is an indispensable companion in life.

In front of him was a glass of water, and the other three were coffee.

Only Jackie asked for a glass of wine.

Saji. Baez was a newcomer and had little knowledge, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes when he heard his request.

Jackie Kun saw it in his eyes, the corners of his mouth curled, and he smiled with enjoyment.

He's a well-known Hollywood freak, so it's natural to be a maverick.

Both De Niro and Emmerich were accustomed to seeing such scenes, and they did not have any special expressions.

Only Sahee. Baez, her eyes widened and her pupils dilated, made Jackie find it amusing.

He thought of a phrase in the NBA - rookie, this is the NBA.

If Sagi. When Baez finds him afterwards, he'll say to her, "Rookie, this is Hollywood." ”

At this time, Li Shengyao was talking, and the others were listening.

Lee called the three main actors over to tell them the shooting schedule, and if the actors had ideas, they could bring them up with Lee and he would make adjustments.

There are some plot shootings, and Lee Shengyao also asked the actors.

For example, the actor Arthur took off his shirt in the dressing room, revealing a rib-like figure.

For example, Arthur was at home, watching TV with his mother, and at this time he also showed his skinny figure.

Lee Shengyao specially filmed these two scenes in December.

He felt that this time Jack Queen. Phoenix should have finished losing weight.

Jie Kun listened to Li Shengyao's words and did not raise any objections, he is now eating an apple a day, the whole person is confused, and sometimes there is tinnitus, he actually can't hear Li Shengyao's words clearly.

At this point, he relied entirely on distraction to maintain his vitality.

If he stops and doesn't find something interesting, he'll probably fall asleep on the table the next second.

One apple a day, the hardest thing is not hunger, not weakness, but sleepiness.

When he is running low on energy, he has little energy to stay active, and he sleeps a lot these days, but he is still very sleepy.

When you pause for a moment, or if you think about something for too long, you can easily fall asleep.

On the other side, Li Shengyao finished talking to Sha Ji. Baez, Robert. De Niro exchanged opinions, they did not deliberately lower their voices, and spoke at a normal volume.

At this moment, Jackie couldn't help but squint his eyes, and then his head shook and fell towards the conference table.

"Bang!"

Jaaquin dozed off, his forehead slamming against the table, the pain keeping him awake slightly.

He looked up at the others and waved his hand, "It's okay, I'm used to it." ”

Seeing this, Li Shengyao got up and came to Jack Kun, "Phoenix, you go to the rest room in the back to sleep." ”

Jackie tilted his head and thought, "Okay, thank you for your kindness. ”

He then got up, swayed and walked to the rest room.

Lee sat down and re-married with Saki. Baez, De Niro communicated, and their voices were slightly weakened this time.

Jacques entered the rest room, lay down, and fell asleep.

I don't know how long I slept, but Jacques woke up, and his mental state was slightly better.

He overheard Lee Shengyao and Emmerich talking outside.

"Li, Jie Kun is in such a state, he didn't understand the shooting plan you talked about at all, he may not understand it at all, are you so indulgent to him?"

"I'm not conniving at him, I'm believing in him."

"What if he's not ready, he didn't listen to the shooting plan at all, can he handle it?"

"Man, trust me, he absolutely can, his acting skills are undoubted, there will be absolutely no mistakes."

Jiekun heard Li Shengyao's words and paused slightly.

Speaking of which, Li Shengyao is really very indulgent to him, and even supports him with a weight loss plan of one apple a day.

In addition, even a powerful actor like De Niro has to determine his performance schedule and prepare in advance.

And he just went in the left ear and out the right ear.

In such a situation, Li Shengyao did not blame him.

Jackie rolled to his feet, then twisted his neck and left the lounge.

"Lee, why do you trust me so much?"

"Have you forgotten? My creative model is you, and in my mind, you are the most suitable clown actor.

I don't even think you need to wear makeup to perform. ”

When Jie Kun heard this, he still didn't understand why Li Shengyao believed in himself so much, but he has never been a person who asks the bottom of things.

He nodded and replied confidently: "Li, you can rest assured, I will show the charm of this role." ”

Li Shengyao smiled and didn't say anything.

Moments later, Jackie. Phoenix left the hotel and met his assistant and his agent in the van. Phoenix sat down, and the agent asked urgently, "Man, how is it, did Li refuse your behavior?" ”

"He was very supportive of me and he believed in my approach."

The agent naturally knew how Jie Kun was losing weight now, and he had no way to persuade him, so he could only hope for others.

However, to his surprise, Li Shengyao believed in Jie Kun 100% and didn't care about Jie Kun's behavior at all.

was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help but say in an angry tone: "He must be a person who only has movies in his eyes and doesn't care about the life and death of actors at all." ”

"No, on the contrary, he cares a lot about the actors and respects them very much, so he is willing to accommodate me in such things."

The agent only thought that Jackie had lost his mind, waved his hand, and did not refute.

Seeing this, Jie Kun said seriously: "We have been friends for many years, don't worry, my judgment has always been very accurate, I know very well that Li is not accommodating to me, he cares about my health problems very much, but he is more rational and trusts me more to solve the problem." ”

"Why do you think he's so good?"

"Because he is the one who wrote the script of "Joker", I believe that to write such a script, it must be someone with a loving heart for the world."

Jackie was loud so he wouldn't be so sleepy, and he continued, "Man, we're going to turn it on next month, and he believes in me, and I want you to believe in me too, I can do my best." ”

……

"Joker" has been confirmed to start next month.

The actors were all informed, and the shooting schedule was communicated with them, and the big guys knew the filming time.

Lee Shengyao rushed to New York to carry out the final work of the scene.

Regarding the details of the filming of "Joker" in the previous life, the New York scenes that need to be used.

For example, the long ladder that the male protagonist Arthur walks every day, and the section of the road where Arthur finally became a "Joker".

After the movie was released, these became well-known attractions, and Li Shengyao remembered it very clearly.

He can easily find out, at this time it is said that it is a scene, but in fact, it is more about going to the shooting scene to find a feeling.

New York streets, subways, orphanages, and under overpasses.

He has been to these places many times, constantly walking, observing the position of the pendulum from all angles.

After about half a month, he has already figured out these places.

On this day, Emmerich rushed over from Los Angeles, his face was full of excitement, "Lee, good news, the New York Times will interview you, you are ready, this is definitely a good opportunity to promote the movie." ”

"No problem."

"If they have a difficult question and are prone to controversy, you don't have to answer it."

Soon after, Lee received an interview invitation from the New York Times, and after receiving information that Lee was available at any time, he immediately arranged for a glamorous hostess to interview Lee Sung-yao that night.

Katie. Stam is 1.77 meters tall, weighs 132 pounds, graduated from Indianapolis University, has blonde hair, convex and backward, she used to be a beautiful Miss Country in 2009.

After entering the New York Times, she was the ace hostess of the newspaper.

Many bigwigs in the entertainment industry are willing to let her interview, and Hollywood superstars stuff notes for her.

She's good enough that she feels like she doesn't need to rely on anyone else to get to the top.

In this interview with Li Shengyao, the above means to ask some controversial questions as much as possible, so as to attract traffic.

The media in Los Angeles mostly didn't have a good word about Lee.

There are also a lot of clown fans here in New York, and these people are waiting to see Lee Shengyao's jokes.

When Katy saw Lee Sheng Yao, she was a little stunned, Li Sheng Yao was so handsome, she felt like a Hollywood actor.

Not only is it good-looking, but it is also in good shape.

Katy was happy to communicate with good-looking men, and she smiled: "Lee, you've been in New York for a while, what do you think of the city?" ”

"It's an old city, I'm not talking about New York's long history, I think all aspects of New York are very old-fashioned, and to be honest, I'm a little disappointed to see a city like this."

As almost everyone knows, New York's infrastructure is too old.

The subway is full of rats and graffiti.

And when it rains heavily, the subway is prone to flooding.

Not to mention the fact that there are homeless people everywhere, as well as poop and urine everywhere.

In this case, New York's claim to be the world's largest city is indeed a bit disappointing.

"Oh, in that case, why did you come to New York to film?"

Carty is well aware that New Yorkers actually have a lot of self-esteem, and outsiders criticize New York, they go along with it on the surface, but in fact they don't think about it in their hearts, and they still believe that their city is the best in the world.

Lee noticed Emmerich blinking vigorously as he stood next to him, who clearly hoped that Lee would say something nice.

However, Li Shengyao does not intend to deceive people, he is going to take the black and red route this time.

"We were going to shoot 'Joker,' and I didn't hesitate to think of New York, which is very much like Gotham."

Gotham is the home of Batman and the Joker, and it's a chaotic place that, despite being famous, isn't a good reputation.

Carty frowned, "Lee, I didn't expect you to have such a bad impression of New York, I'm sorry, then would you take a bad picture of New York?" ”

"Of course not, I'm not filming New York, I'm filming Gotham, and I believe the audience has enough judgment to determine whether it's New York or Gotham."

Lee Shengyao answered the question very quickly, almost without too much thought, and it can be seen that this is what he really thinks in his heart.

Carty continued: "Then you won't worry, because this movie will affect the reputation of New York and make some elite talents who originally had plans retreat." ”

"Of course not, I'm going to show the real culture of the city, I'm going to show some beauty that no one else notices, I've got a message for New Yorkers to thank me, and I'm going to bring more travelers to the city." ”

Li Shengyao is so confident and calm, which makes Katy a little dissatisfied.

It's too fast, it's too natural.

It seems that Lee Shengyao is completely in control.

Obviously she's the interviewer.

She then noticed that Emmerich's face next to her was becoming more and more ugly, and she immediately realized that Li Shengyao had not followed Emmerich's advice and said good things seriously.

Thinking of this, she then asked: "Li, you have won the Palme d'Or twice and the Best Director Award three times, and your award will crown the world film industry after the new century, so what do you think about the Oscars, and do you have the confidence to win the award?" ”

Li Shengyao nodded, "I can't bring back next year's Oscars, at that time, "Joker" was still in production, and there was no way to participate in winning the award, but the Oscars the year after tomorrow, we have a chance to compete, and I am personally full of confidence." ”

In his previous life, "Joker" only won Best Actor, and in Best Picture, he lost to "Parasite".

Now "Parasite" is being filmed in advance for Li Shengyao.

He felt that "Joker" was strong enough to compete for the best film.

Katy laughed, "Li, you don't seem to look down on the filmmakers of the beautiful country, do you think your strength no longer needs to care about the filmmakers of the beautiful country?" ”

"I don't care about it or not, in fact, anyone with eyes can see that movies in the beautiful country are in decline, there are superhero movies everywhere, mass production, there is no meaning, except for the box office, there is no promotion for the film industry in the beautiful country.

Although "Joker" was born out of the DC universe, it is not that story at all.

I think we can set up a new archetypal film for others to study and blaze a new trail for superhero films. ”

That sounds crazy.

When Katy heard this, he laughed secretly in his heart, the more exaggerated Li Shengyao's words were, the more they could attract the audience.

Instead of correcting her, she continued to guide Lee to answer some controversial questions.

Wait for the whole interview to end.

Katy consciously completed the task, generously hugged Li Shengyao, and then strode away.

Emmerich smiled bitterly: "Lee, this is the New York Times, even if it's true, you don't have to say it?" ”

Li Shengyao shook his head, "Man, don't worry, I'll tell you the truth, a year later, the box office can prove my words." ”

(End of chapter)