Chapter 120: Interim Guidance
After publishing several articles that were killed by Baiyi Music Magazine, Dylan directly chose to publish them on his personal blog.
"Shit songs, shit MVs, this guy Raymond is just blaspheming music! Director Tang De is also desecrating the MV! Look what they did, a senseless catharsis, and nail all the critics to the wall! And then what! Without criticism, praise is meaningless!
"Even if they kill me in the MV, I'm going to shout the syllables of resistance in my own voice! It's a piece of shit with no aesthetics! I can't stand this kind of music being sought after, think about those young people, think about their future, under the influence of this kind of music, the whole person will only become extreme, unable to listen to opinions! In the long run, the music scene will also become inferior! ”
However, the day after Dylan finished expressing his opinion, his fans suddenly found that their idol who would rather die changed their faces, and even began to repent of their criticism of Raymond and Donde in their blog.
"I'm sorry, I regret the arrogant mistake I made. Raymond's new song is fantastic, both in his voice and in the lyrics, he proves himself and deserves a Grammy award. ”
These words were undoubtedly a big surprise, and as the grapevine broke, everyone heard that Dylan's change of heart was due to a large sum of money.
This made his reputation fall directly to the bottom, and he was directly banned from publishing articles and reviews by the magazine, and he himself did not publish any news through his blog.
But others don't know, but Tang De knows the reason, it's very simple, Davis made a move.
He still has the virtue of not being afraid of heaven and earth, and dares to secretly track Dylan with a gun, and then hold a gun to the temple of this music critic to make him publish a blog confession.
If it weren't for Slow and Badman to help clean up the aftermath with money and threaten with leaves, he would have been sued by Dylan in prison for the rest of his life.
It has to be said that since the death of his brother Raymond, he can no longer tolerate any opinion anyone has about his brother.
And after this incident, music critics' evaluation of the song did not fluctuate again.
In just one week, "Everything in the Sky" landed on the twelfth Billboard and rose to the third place on the Billboard, although its ranking results were not as good as Tang De's previous works.
However, the benefits he can obtain far outweigh the rest of the works, and it is estimated that he will bring him millions of dollars in the next year.
That's his income alone.
When Donde heard the good news from Giorgio, he also felt a little excited, and clenched his fists.
"Don! There is your phone! Suddenly, someone came to remind Tang De that it was the field work in the crew.
"Who is it?" Tang De was a little puzzled, if it was his friend, he would definitely call his mobile phone instead of calling the crew.
But if it weren't for someone he was familiar with, he couldn't think of anyone who would call him.
However, it all worked out after answering the phone.
"Don! I'm Quentin! ”
"Quentin Tarantino?" This voice Tang De is very familiar because he has seen this guy's classic Chinese speaking video.
"That's right, Don! I didn't know your phone number, so I went straight to the crew. ”
"Is there anything you can do?"
"Don! I saw the MV of Ling! The colors are fantastic! You made up for what I needed the most, so Don! I need a little help! ”
When Quentin finished speaking, Don raised his eyebrows, he didn't expect the MV to bring him such an unexpected gain.
Temporary art director for Quentin's crew?
It sounded pretty good, so Tang De directly agreed: "No problem, but the female devil is going to turn on here, and my time is very short, only a week." ”
"Emmmm, yes a little nervous, but that's okay! Tang Dynasty! I just need you to make a scene! ”
"In that case, that's fine."
"Great! Don, I'll ask someone to buy you a ticket. ”
The scene Quentin said is naturally a classic 100-person slashing scene, and the movie has not yet filmed this clip, so when he saw Donde's work, he was hooked immediately.
This is the effect he dreams of aspiring to achieve, and it also has a new feeling, the feeling of large contrasting colors, if it can be included in his own film, it will definitely make the look and feel even better.
After getting Quentin's invitation, Tang De did not delay, and after handling the affairs of the crew of "The Female Devil", he took a plane to Quentin's crew.
There are several filming locations for "Kill Bill", Tokyo, China and the United States, and at this time, Quentin and they have finished filming the American scenes and went to Tokyo, and they are arranging the scene of 100 people being killed.
The plane soon arrived in Tokyo from New York, and as soon as Tang De landed, he saw a thin man holding a card with "New York, Don" written on it, waiting for him.
"Hello." Tang De stepped forward and stretched out his hand to say hello, but the man directly bent down and bowed, and said in classic Japanese English: "Welcome to Tokyo, the contemptible person is the crew of the scene, Ogawa Sugijie." ”
Tang De raised his eyebrows, this feels really good, you must know that when he came to Tokyo in his previous life, he had never enjoyed this kind of treatment.
Seeing that Tang De didn't speak, Ogawa Sugikai raised his head, with a warm smile on his face, and stretched out his hand to guide: "Mr. Norton! This way, please! ”
"Okay." Tang De put on his sunglasses again, watched Ogawa Sugikai take the suitcase, and walked in front to lead him all the way to the parking lot.
"Get in the car!" Like a dutiful waiter, Ogawa Sugikai pulled the door open and pressed his hand against the door frame to avoid Tang De from meeting.
"Thank you." Tang De sat in the car satisfied, Ogawa Sugijie put the suitcase, sat in the driver's seat, and drove in the direction of the crew.
Along the way, Ogawa Sugikai asked Tang De from time to time how he felt, whether the vehicle was bumpy, whether he needed to drink water, and he couldn't help but sigh that the "education" of Tokyo people was so good.
They didn't go to the Kwon Hachi Tavern where the crew filmed for the first time, but stayed in a five-star hotel first.
After Ogawa Sugijie placed his luggage, at the request of Tang De, the two arrived at the filming location of the crew.
As soon as he entered the tavern door, he saw the familiar surroundings.
The quaint dark Edogawa period decoration style, with artificial bamboo forests, black leather cushions, and various low eaves form the overall appearance of the tavern, which only feels oppressive and solemn at a glance.
While entering the crew, Tang De also saw several familiar faces.
For example, Uma Thurman, who was on the white stage in front of him, holding a katana and wearing a yellow practice uniform, and Lucy Liu, who was wearing a black kimono not far away.
They were practicing with Wu Zhi before shooting, and the two of them were strapped to Weiya in order to do all kinds of aerial movements.
Quentin, on the other hand, with his signature high hairline, came over to hug him warmly after seeing Donde.
"Hey! Tang Dynasty? ”
"It's me." Tang De nodded, and the next second he was hugged into Quentin's arms: "Oh, great! Man, I love your music videos and Chicago, which is super cool. ”
"Thank you." Tang De smiled, it seems that Quentin has also done his homework in the past few days and learned about the movies he has filmed.
After the pleasantries, Quentin continued, "You've come just in time, Don, and there are some problems that need to be solved right now. ”
"What's the problem?" Tang De didn't expect that he would rush ducks to the shelves as soon as he came, and Quentin was really direct.
"Here! Look, I wanted to highlight Uma Thurman's clothes with big color blocks, but ......"
Just as the two were discussing, the surrounding crew and Uma Thurman, who had finished the rehearsal, also saw the stranger.
"Who is this?" She put down the katana in her hand, a little puzzled, and she remembered that director Quentin, although he was often in a state of excitement on the set, generally instructed others to implement his own ideas.
But now he was in a state of not much speech, but it was more like asking Tang De for advice, as if this young man was a certain teacher.
Ogawa Sugikai politely walked over and replied, "It's the art director invited by Director Quentin, his name is Don Norton, but outsiders call him 'Don'." ”
"Don?" Uma Thurman nodded, "Thank you." ”
"You're welcome! Miss Uma, it's my pleasure. Uma Thurman was a little uncomfortable with Ogawa Sugi's respectful attitude, and she couldn't get used to the strange warmth of the people of Tokyo after so many days here.
Especially that smile, it's fake.
Turning her head, she saw Liu Yuling walking over with small steps on clogs.
Lucy Liu knew Don De, and immediately introduced Uma Thurman after seeing him: "He's Don, he used to be a photographer in Chicago, and I made a cameo appearance in that play. ”
"Chicago? I remember that there seemed to be a lot of controversy in this film. "Uma Thurman has been training in a closed stream for the past few months and doesn't know much about Hollywood.
"Yes, but 'Chicago' turned out to be a good film, and Don is a great cinematographer, and I'm very optimistic that he will win this year's Oscar for Best Cinematography." Even though Lucy Liu does not have much cooperation with Tang De, she has a very good impression of Tang De.
"Really?" As soon as Uma Thurman's voice fell, he heard a big Chinese sentence suddenly pop out of Director Quentin's mouth not far away: "Awesome!" ”
"What?"
She and Lucy Liu turned their heads to look and found that Quentin was excitedly asking Tang De for advice.
"Don! T ...... Is this pronunciation correct? Don, you're awesome! Is that so? "This director is like a child who has gotten a new toy, and his eyebrows are fluttering.
"Hahaha, Quentin, your pronunciation is pretty standard, yes, awesome!"
"So when I get to Huaguo, as long as I think the whole person is very powerful, or the scene is very beautiful, I can use these two words?"
"Of course!" Tang De completed the achievement of teaching Quentin to speak Chinese in advance, and after he solved Quentin's doubts just now, the two talked about Huaguo and customs. So Don De told Quentin these two words on a whim.
As a result, Quentin was very happy, and kept muttering.
"In the United States, if you want to say that someone is great, it's super cool. I didn't expect the Chinese people to say, but what does mean, Tang? ”
(End of chapter)