"Smack! Syllable! Syllable! ”

Applause rang out, and almost everyone in the theater stood up.

Including Diane, Alfonso, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Alberto and others.

"Lee, we succeeded."

Emmerich stood next to Lee Shengyao, looking around, his eyes full of excitement, clapping and shouting.

Phoenix stood on the other side of Lee Shengyao, pursing his lips and his eyes reddened, and no one knew how much he had paid to play the role.

One apple a day, and even a little nervous breakdown during the shooting.

That is, Li Shengyao supports him, otherwise, he may really collapse.

Fortunately, everything has passed, and judging from the applause after the screening, there is no doubt that this film is very successful, even if it can't win an award, it is a very classic movie.

"Lee, come on, share with us the filming experience of this film, and your thoughts."

Lee Shengyao, Emmerich, Phoenix, De Niro, and Baez came to the stage together.

Taking over the microphone in the host's hand, Li Shengyao was about to speak, but the applause from the audience became louder.

When the applause dropped slightly, Lee Shengyao said: "I'm very happy that everyone likes this movie, and when the people on the Warner side approached me, I thought about making a different movie."

Then I thought of the clown in the DC universe.

This character is very charismatic, and there have been many predecessors who have performed his distinctive qualities brilliantly.

I thought maybe I could make this character more alive and make people understand his past and why he became the one who went against Batman.

I want to thank a lot of people, Emmerich, Phoenix, De Niro, Baez, and the rest of the cast, and all the post-production friends, the field workers.

There are also some media friends, and their urging has given us more motivation.

And, of course, my friends at the Venice Film Festival, you are very friendly to Joker, I can feel the care of Alfonso and Mr. Alberto, thank you very much. ”

The words fell, and the applause rang out again.

The beautiful country likes to be stupid and straight.,Very confident character.。

But Europe is actually more humble, which is the difference between old Europe and beautiful countries.

Li Shengyao's testimonial is obviously very in line with the habits of the vast majority of the audience at the scene.

Subsequently, Phoenix, De Niro and others successively expressed their opinions on "Joker".

The applause continued, and the interview after the screening lasted for 30 minutes, and when the time for the second screening came, the audience was reluctant to leave.

Albert couldn't help nodding at Lee Shengyao, "Lee, thank you for bringing such an excellent movie, I hope you can win the award." ”

"Thank you, Mr. President."

Wait for the audience of the first show to leave, and the audience of the second show quickly enters.

Although I don't know the plot of the movie, the news that ""Joker" has received rave reviews" has spread, and everyone wants to see this high-scoring movie.

The first screening had more celebrities, and the second screening was almost all ordinary audiences.

However, the crew members of "Joker" still stayed, and the big guys were very excited and didn't feel so tired.

They are willing to share with more people the process of making "Joker" and their own mentality.

In this way, the second screening began, and at the end, as in the first screening, there was continuous applause and cheers......

"'Joker' is the best movie I've seen in recent years."

"'Joker' gave superhero films another direction, and this film is very important and has a guiding significance across the ages."

"I have to say, Li Shengyao is really at stake, he conquered me."

"A great film, "Joker" has the hope of winning the Golden Lion Award at this Venice Film Festival."

"There was no urine spot in the whole process, Arthur is the most classic character of 2015."

"Phoenix gave an unparalleled performance, and he made the role of the Joker even more exciting."

"Hildy is a young soundtrack, but I was impressed by the soundtrack of Joker."

After the movie was released, the word of mouth completely exploded, not only in Venice, but also in France, England, and Spain, where the media praised "Joker".

"Sight & Sound" and "The Movie Handbook" didn't come out so quickly.

Magazines such as "World Film News" and "Film" published film critics' opinions on "Joker" early.

In this case, "Joker" has attracted more attention, and more fans are looking forward to the premiere of "Joker".

And Warner naturally did not let go of this opportunity and increased publicity again.

"Joker" will be released worldwide on October 12, and the Venice Film Festival will be held on the evening of October 11.

In other words, Warner is actually waiting for "Joker" to win the award, and then promote it and release it immediately to make money.

Emmerich was very nervous, and "Joker" received very good reviews, raising his expectations even further.

Originally, Warner thought that the global box office of "Joker" could have 300 million US dollars.

Now they want 500 million dollars.

Emmerich wants to rely on "Joker" to make credit, and he naturally wants "Joker" to be higher at the box office.

In Li Shengyao's previous life, the global box office of "Joker" was about one billion, and now a few years in advance, Li Shengyao believes that there will be no problem with the box office exceeding 500 million, and there is even a chance to reach one billion US dollars.

But he didn't tell Emmerich.

After the screening of "Joker", there were still many excellent movies screened, and there was no publicity task, so Li Shengyao arranged for the crew members of "Joker" to move freely.

He himself went out to the movies every day.

Almost every time he participates in the three major European film festivals, he will watch the film well.

This time it was the same.

Until the last day of the film festival, the closing ceremony movie "Lao Paoer" was screened, and Li Shengyao was watching the movie.

On this afternoon, the sun was shining and the autumn breeze was blowing gently, and a group of young Chinese fans came, shouting loudly on both sides of the red carpet.

Before the screening of "Lao Paoer", the crew members had a ceremony to walk the red carpet before the start.

The lineup of this movie is still very strong, with Xiao Gangcang, as well as Fan Fan, Li Yifeng, as well as Xu Qing and Zhang Hanyu.

Fan Fan withdrew from the Korean group, and after returning to China, he was a top male star, even in Venice, many little girls came to support him.

Li Shengyao has always been in contact with Xiao Gangcang, and since the movie starring Xiao Gangcang is screened, he will naturally come over to cheer.

This movie is a closing film, so naturally you can't expect any awards.

In fact, "Lao Paoer" is promoted through the Venice Film Festival, and they will soon be released in China.

After Li Shengyao came to the screening hall of "Lao Paoer", he sat in the middle of the crew of "Lao Paoer", with a small steel cannon on the left and Guan Hu on the right, just like the main members of the crew, in fact, he did not have a single cameo in the movie.

Such treatment is naturally because he is now an international director.

Li Shengyao didn't have much contact with Guan Hu, and he mainly chatted with Xiaogang Cannon.

At this time, Xiao Gangcang was wearing a suit, and his complexion looked normal, but if you look closely, you can still see a lot of lesions, which is quite scary to look at.

The momentum of the small steel cannon in the past two years is obviously not as good as in the early years.

Although the box office of the "Do Not Disturb" series is good, it is not comparable to "Thai Embarrassment" and "Hong Kong Embarrassment", and his current box office is not even as good as Deng Chao.

starring in a movie this time can be regarded as an attempt by him.

However, as a powerful director, he is naturally unwilling to serve other directors.

He just didn't think about the subject matter, and when he thought of the subject matter, he would still quickly redirect.

"Director Li, it's still your cow, it's really a cow, you will definitely win the Golden Lion Award this time."

Xiao Gang Cannon looked at Li Shengyao, his eyes were full of envy, and he gave a thumbs up as he spoke.

There is no doubt about Xiaogang Cannon's achievements in commercial films, not as good as Lao Mouzi and Li Shengyao, but much better than Brother Kaizi and Chief Jia.

He now wants to make some "normal" films, films that reflect his level.

However, he knows very well that his movie may have a score of seven or eight, but it is not outstanding, and if he does not score nine, his level cannot win the big three awards in Europe.

In this regard, he will never be as good as Lao Mouzi, Brother Kaizi.

He really admires Lee Shengyao's continuous awards.

Li Shengyao smiled and looked at the big screen in front of him, "Director Feng, you haven't presented the award yet, it's too early to say this, let's wait, if you can really win the award, I will invite you to drink at that time." ”

"It's not enough to just drink, you must come to make a cameo in my next movie."

Guan Hu sat on the other side, and looked at the small steel cannon with envy.

Lee Shengyao is so popular now, please make a cameo appearance, and the movie will definitely attract more audiences.

It's a pity that he doesn't have such a friendship with Li Shengyao.

Li Shengyao looked at Xiao Gangcang's emaciated face, nodded with a chuckle, "Okay, when your new movie is made, greet me, and I'll make a cameo when the time comes." ”

When Xiao Gangcang heard this, he happily gestured to OK, and then he thought that Li Shengyao had shown him the script before.

This time "Joker" is a script written by Lee Shengyao, creating such a charismatic clown.

If you ask Lee Shengyao to help read the script at that time, the story of the new movie will definitely be more solid and exciting.

He opened his mouth to say what was on his mind, when a white reporter bent over.

"Lee, can I take a picture?"

"Of course."

It's not suitable for an interview now, after all, "Lao Paoer" is being screened, but squatting in front and taking pictures will not affect the audience behind to watch the movie.

With someone to take the lead, more reporters and photographers soon came over, all to take pictures of Li Shengyao.

These foreign reporters don't necessarily know Xiao Gangpao and Guan Hu, and they came here to see Li Shengyao.

Xiao Gangcang looked at the reporters and photographers one by one, and was envious in his heart, and at the same time understood Li Shengyao's current influence.

Thinking of his request to invite Li Shengyao to help read the script, he couldn't help but hesitate.

Li Shengyao's current coffee position and willingness to make a cameo are enough to save face.

I also need people to help me read the script, is it too much?

Lee Shengyao won't invest in his movies, it seems that it's really not suitable.

After the reporters finished taking the photos, Xiao Gang Cannon thought about it for a moment, and couldn't help asking: "Director Li, does your new movie have a direction?" ”

"No, several major Hollywood film companies have approached me, and they have given me a salary of 30 million, production rights, editing rights, and 30% of the film copyrights, but I still want to wait for the release of "Joker" before making a decision."

Xiao Gang Cannon was very smart, and immediately understood what Li Shengyao meant, "Director Li, do you think that "Joker" can achieve a very high box office, get more salary, or put forward higher requirements?" ”

"yes, that's what I thought."

Are you still not satisfied with the salary of 30 million US dollars?

is even higher, that is, the salary of 50 million US dollars.

There are very few salaries at this level in Hollywood.

James Cameron has the highest price, unique in the history of world cinema, "Avatar" has the right to share the box office, and a movie can earn two or three billion US dollars.

Like Spielberg, or Nolan, it's a salary of 50 million US dollars.

However, Spielberg's salary is unstable, after all, after all, after the millennium, there are fewer high-grossing movies.

Nolan's words have two billion-dollar movies, which is why he has such a salary.

Li Shengyao wants to get a salary of 50 million US dollars, which means that "Joker" may be able to make 1 billion US dollars.

Although I have known that Li Shengyao is very awesome for a long time, and I admire Li Shengyao's strength very much.

However, a billion US dollars, Xiao Gangcang still thinks it is unlikely.

is like Nolan's two billion-dollar box office movies, which are the "Batman" series of movies, one of which still rubbed the gimmick of Heath Ledger's death, which got such a high box office.

Batman is a very famous superhero in a beautiful country, and his role is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so it is reasonable that he can get a high box office.

But the clown does not have such a mass base, not to mention that the story of "Joker" is not in the comics, it was rewritten by Lee Shengyao himself.

In such a situation, it is too difficult to get a billion dollars at the box office.

In addition, I heard that "Joker" will not be introduced to the mainland due to plot reasons, which makes it more difficult for "Joker" to pull up the global box office.

Thinking of this, Xiao Gang Cannon looked left and right, then lowered his voice and couldn't help but say: "Director Li, do you think "Joker" will be a big hit at the box office?" ”

Li Shengyao nodded, "There is a chance." ”

In Lee Shengyao's previous life, "Joker" was released in 2019, but in fact, in 2019, the global economic situation has begun to decline, and the box office of the movie has also declined.

The Marché du Film in 2015 was better than in 2019.

What's more, Lee Shengyao's appeal in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong Island, Wanwan, and Europe should be better than that of his previous "Joker" director Todd. Phillips is stronger.

Therefore, Li Shengyao believes that the box office of this movie will not be worse than in his previous life, at least one billion.

Of course, if he says it now, Emmerich will not believe it, and will think that Lee Shengyao is delusional.

That is, now chatting with Xiao Gangcang, he is bragging to his fellow countrymen and saying what he thinks.

"Lao Paoer" is being screened, just in time for the actor to brag about it.

This movie reflects the old and new gangsters of Yanjing, except for a few characters, the other characters like to brag.

Xiao Gangcang looked at Li Shengyao, and couldn't tell for a while whether Li Shengyao was bragging, or whether he really had such confidence.

"A billion, that's too much."

(End of chapter)