My house collapsed from the top, and the system just came?

Originally, the Cannes Film Festival in previous years always opened in May.

However, this year, Cannes encountered some special times in May, so the organizers had to postpone the opening date by one month.

This also caused Wang Mo to forget about it.

But it doesn't matter if he forgets, as long as Yuan Xiong remembers.

right?

But when he thought of "Kung Fu", Wang Mo thought of Zhong An.

He still valued Zhong An very much. Because he saw the shadow of Master Xing in Zhong An.

It was just that after filming "Kung Fu", Wang Mo was so busy with all kinds of things that he forgot to arrange the next things for Zhong An.

Thinking of this, Wang Mo looked at Fu Hong: "Sister Hong, what is Zhong An busy with now?"

Fu Hong said: "I'm not sure. Anyway, I'm sure he didn't take the role."

Wang Mo was stunned: "You didn't take the role? No way?"

In his opinion, Zhong An has become a popular movie star in China after starring in "Kung Fu", and the other party is one of his own. Under such conditions, one should be soft-hearted in taking on roles.

Fu Hong replied: "It's not that no one is looking for him. I heard that after the release of "Kung Fu", his movie invitations exploded. At least ten movies in China have extended an olive branch to him and asked him to be the protagonist. But all of them were rejected. He refused. From what he meant, it seemed that he was not satisfied with the script. Then various rumors spread in the industry that Zhong An was a big star and was complacent after becoming famous... It was just because of you and Yunhai Media. Because of his deterrence, these rumors did not spread, but everyone in the industry knew the news, so over time, no one looked for him anymore. "

"so?"

Wang Mo frowned and thought.

After a while, he said: "Sister Hong, call Zhong An and ask him to come see me."

"OK."

Fu Hong nodded in agreement and left.

office.

Wang Mo was thoughtful. He was sure that Zhong An was definitely not an arrogant person.

Could it be that there is something hidden?

After hesitating for a long time, Wang Mo sank into the system. It wasn't until there was a knock on the door outside that he exited the system and shouted: "Please come in."

Outside the door, Zhong An walked in.

Wang Mo's eyelids jumped slightly after seeing Zhong An.

Because at this moment, Zhong An had serious bags under his eyes, his face was haggard, and he was obviously lacking in energy, but his eyes were still bright.

"Brother Mo."

Hearing Zhong An's voice, Wang Mo smiled and said, "Zhong An, I heard that you didn't take on any more roles after filming "Kung Fu". What's going on?"

When Zhong An heard this, he did not show the embarrassment and uneasiness that Wang Mo had guessed. Instead, he shook his head and said: "I have read the movie scripts given by the directors and found that they are not suitable for me at all. Especially the comedy themes that many directors think are self-righteous, but I can see it. I was so embarrassed that I thought I couldn’t do it, so I refused.”

When Wang Mo heard this, he suddenly understood.

Zhong An is taking a nonsensical route, and looking at China today, I am afraid no one can write a nonsensical script.

Even if it were forced to be written out, it would probably be completely different.

No wonder Chung An rejected the script.

After all, if he took those roles, the box office of the movie he forced to perform would not be high.

Zhong An continued: "After I found that none of the scripts were in line with my wishes, I visited several well-known domestic screenwriters and discussed with them the type of scripts I needed, hoping that they could write a movie according to my needs. Script. But I found that the screenwriters didn’t seem to understand the word nonsensical. In other words, even if they could understand what I meant, they couldn’t write nonsensical scripts at all.”

Wang Mo nodded.

Indeed.

In the past life, it seemed that no one in mainland China could write good nonsensical comedy scripts.

too difficult.

Speaking of this, Zhong An sighed, and then his expression became serious: "After I found that I couldn't find a script that suited me, I made a bold decision: I stopped wasting time, started to systematically study screenwriting, and began to study silent writing. Brother, for your "Kung Fu" script, start going to the drama school to ask for advice."

Wang Mo's face gradually showed surprise when he heard this.

He already knew what Zhong An was going to do: "Do you want to write the script yourself?"

Zhong An smiled slightly: "I have already written a script, but it is just a practice work."

As he spoke, he took out a printed script file from his backpack and handed it to Wang Mo.

Wang Mo took it and opened the document out of curiosity.

""The Story of Xiaozhaimen"?"

He looked at it carefully.

It took almost half an hour to finish reading this seemingly not too complicated story.

The expression on Wang Mo's face remained unchanged, but ripples appeared in his heart.

Because although this script looks very childish, the content inside really has a sense of nonsensical charm.

He knew that Zhong An didn't understand screenwriting at all before, so he was able to learn from scratch and write this decent script in less than a year. Apart from his talent, he didn't know how much effort he put in behind it.

"good."

Seeing Zhong An standing aside with nervous and expectant eyes, Wang Mo gave a thumbs up.

Zhong An's eyes suddenly brightened: "Thank you, Brother Mo."

Wang Mo changed the subject: "But the nonsensical style of "Kung Fu" is actually not very strong, so you have to learn nonsensical style, and just relying on "Kung Fu" is not enough. So... here is one, well, it can be regarded as two movies. , let me learn from you. You should put all your energy into these two movies and then you will be able to achieve something in terms of nonsense.”

No one can teach Zhong An except Wang Mo for his nonsensical style.

And just relying on Zhong An to explore on his own, maybe it will take ten or eight years to achieve results.

Although Wang Mo saw that Zhong An had enough talent and hard work in Wuli.

But it's not enough.

After seeing the script written by Zhong An himself today, Wang Mo had a thought in his mind: he had been negligent at the beginning, and he should have given Zhong An some catalyst earlier.

Finished.

Wang Mo pretended to operate on the computer, but in fact he downloaded the movie script from his mailbox and then printed it.

After sorting it out, he handed the script to Zhong An.

The name of the script is:

"Westward Journey: The Moonlight Box" and "Westward Journey: The Marriage of the Monkey King".

They are actually a movie, just divided into upper and lower parts to play.

For Wang Mo, the nonsensical style of this movie far exceeds that of "Kung Fu", and it can be regarded as Xingye's nonsensical masterpiece. It’s just right to study and star in Zhong An.

In addition, my own "Journey to the West" is about to be published, so when Zhong An makes the movie, it will be relevant and interactive with "Journey to the West", so that the Chinese people in Blue Star will not be confused. .

When Zhong An saw the movie script Wang Mo handed over, his hands trembled a little: "Thank you, Brother Mo, I will study hard."

"Um."

Wang Mo smiled and said, "We are going to attend the Cannes Film Festival next. This process will allow you to familiarize yourself with the script. When you come back from Cannes, you will find Chai Qing and ask him to plan the filming of the movie. By then, I Let Chai Qing give you a position as an assistant director and let you learn how to shoot movies.”

This is to prepare Zhong An to develop into an all-round director + screenwriter + actor.

In Wang Mo's view, Zhong An has this potential.

And only in this way can Zhong An become the true star master of Blue Star in the future.

But when Zhong An heard Wang Mo's words, he was stunned: "Me? Assistant director?"

Wang Mo raised his eyebrows: "What? You don't want it?"

"want!"

Zhong An was overjoyed and nodded repeatedly.

Wang Mo then smiled and said: "That's fine, go ahead and familiarize yourself with all aspects of your work as soon as possible. Don't embarrass me when the time comes."

"OK."

Zhong An suppressed the excitement in his heart, agreed, and ran away with the script in hand.

…

the next day.

Yuan Xiong rushed back from North America.

As soon as he arrived at the company, Yuan Xiong came to Wang Mo's office: "Ah Mo, the Hollywood company's affairs have been settled."

Wang Mo exclaimed: "So fast?"

Yuan Xiong also lamented: "I didn't expect it to be so fast. The main reason is that Kenneth has strong strength and background in the film circles in North America and even around the world, so what he came forward to do was almost given the green light. The whole process No obstacles were encountered.”

Wang Mo smiled and said: "It seems that I have a chance. I have to thank Kenneth. When the time comes, I will give him a piano piece."

Yuan Xiong chuckled: "Haha, Kenneth is the most obsessed with the piano. If you give him a piano piece, he will probably worship you as God."

Take a sip of water.

Yuan Xiong suddenly said mysteriously: "I brought you a surprise when I returned to China this time. What do you think it is?"

Wang Mo: "You brought a blonde girl here?"

"..."

Yuan Xiong was speechless.

What the hell is going on in your head?

He stopped trying to keep things secret, worried that Wang Mo would say something outrageous again.

"Pop!"

Yuan Xiong clapped his palms twice and saw an old man with blond hair and blue eyes coming in from outside.

Yuan Xiong raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "There is no blonde, but the old blond has one. Do you want one?"

"..."

Now it was Wang Mo's turn to be speechless.

But soon, Wang Mo's eyes were fixed on the old man who came in, with doubts in his eyes. He always felt that this old man looked familiar.

After a few seconds, he exclaimed: "Mr. Clement?"

That's right.

The old man who came in was the great Hollywood science fiction director Clement.

Hearing Wang Mo's exclamation, Clement said: "Hello, Master Wang Mo."

"Hello."

Wang Mo quickly stood up, asked Clement to sit down, and then asked: "Mr. Clement, why are you here?"

Clement blinked: "Master Wang Mo, I'm here for "Iron Man". I have studied your script several times, and in my opinion it is definitely an excellent science fiction script. It's just that There are many details in it, and I don’t quite understand what you mean, so I found Mr. Yuan Xiong and asked him to bring me to see you for advice.”

"Don't dare to take it, don't dare to take it."

Wang Mo was touched in his heart.

It seems that I really gave the script to the right person.

Even though the other party is already a major Hollywood director, he is still willing to travel thousands of miles to China to find him for a script. Although the other party's purpose is not necessarily to consult him, he is sincere enough.

He looked at Yuan Xiong.

Then he saw Yuan Xiong showing an intriguing smile.

Then, Yuan Xiong came close to Wang Mo's ear and whispered: "Although this old man is a great science fiction director, his mind is a bit too simple. To put it bluntly, he is silly and cute. He has devoted almost all his life's energy to When it comes to filming, he has never known what it means to be worldly. Therefore, he is not very popular in the Hollywood film industry. He often offends people unintentionally and is often cheated by others. This leads to the fact that although he is a top director, his life is not very good. It’s still just mediocre.”

Wang Mo's heart moved slightly.

He somewhat understood Yuan Xiong's intention.

Sure enough, Yuan Xiong continued: "So this time, I kidnapped him to China with just a few words. Let's work together to see if we can trick him into joining our company. Anyway, he has not joined any company or association. If we can win him over, his future development in Hollywood will definitely be much smoother.”

Wang Mo listened with the same enthusiasm.

This is a big Hollywood director!

The world's top science fiction director!

He nodded slightly, indicating that he knew what was going on.

It is so easy to surrender yourself to someone.

Isn't it just showing off?

This is what I am best at.

He gave Yuan Xiong a look: "Look at me!"

then.

After sitting down at Clement and taking a few sips of coffee.

Wang Mocai smiled and said: "Mr. Clement, welcome to China. I wonder if you are still used to it?"

"great!"

Clement smiled and nodded.

At this moment, he was proud inside.

After all, he is a big director in Hollywood. He came to China, a country where movies are almost inconspicuous. It is unrealistic to say that he is not proud in his heart. If Wang Mo's status wasn't noble enough, if the "Iron Man" script Wang Mo hadn't given was good enough, and if Wang Mo hadn't promised him the temptation of the investment amount, he probably would never have set foot on this land in his life. .

As for the question he asked for advice before, it was just his wording.

His real purpose is to come to China to find Wang Mo to finalize the US$150 million investment in "Iron Man".

Only when the investment is confirmed can his mind settle down.

And filming?

Clement didn't think Wang Mo could give him any good advice.

However, in order not to reveal his true purpose too abruptly, he was still going to pretend to ask a few questions: "Mr. Wang Mo, what do you think we need to pay attention to when filming "Iron Man"?"

Wang Mo smiled brightly: "Generally speaking, the difficulties in science fiction movies are in the production of special effects. There is no need to elaborate on this. Compared with other science fiction movies, "Iron Man" has several more difficulties:

First, the protagonist’s equipment design places extremely high demands on the special effects team. This includes the expansion and contraction of armor, the display of weapon systems and Iron Man flight, etc.

Second, the movie is full of various high-intensity action scenes. How to make it reasonable and make the actors' performances not abrupt requires intensive training for the actors and requires the action director to carefully design various actions.

Third, "Iron Man" is not purely virtual science fiction. How to create a fusion of real scenes and virtual scenes is particularly important.

fourth,……

fifth,……"

Fluent English, concise description.

At first, Callement was unimpressed.

But as he listened, ripples began to appear in his heart, and then the waves became bigger and bigger, and finally he became shocked.

In fact, Wang Mo's words accurately stated almost all the difficulties in filming "Iron Man". This is not something that ordinary people can do. Only directors who have a good understanding of scripts and science fiction can do this.

Even Clement himself didn’t think that deeply about many difficulties.

He didn't expect that Wang Mo also had such profound insights into directing.

It was beyond his expectation.

Clement took a deep breath and asked his second question: "Then how do you think the protagonist's equipment should be designed? Do you have any general guesses?"

This question is actually a bit beyond the scope.

Because "Iron Man" is just a script now, and the protagonist's equipment requires a whole team to study for a long time to determine the shape. How could Wang Mo answer it?

However.

The next second, Wang Mo said: "I feel that to be worthy of a superhero, the equipment must have prominent colors, domineering and beautiful shapes, and excellent features. The first is the color, preferably red and gold..."

Almost without thinking, Wang Mo drew the Iron Man's armor in his memory.

Clement originally wanted to test whether Wang Mo had any plans for the protagonist's appearance. As long as the other party could give a rough outline, he would be convinced.

But now, Wang Mo just revealed the prototype.

Clement had his eyes widened and looked at Wang Mo like a monster.

As Wang Mo described it, a living, domineering Iron Man even appeared before his eyes.

It is so powerful, so noble and domineering.

This is definitely the most perfect Iron Man in my heart!

"God!"

Clement exclaimed in a low voice.

In fact, Wang Mo's performance far exceeded his imagination.

Is that human being?

You casually revealed what you think is the most critical and difficult protagonist's look in the movie?

You can hardly find any shortcomings, and even think that it is the best Iron Man look in your memory?

"That……"

Clement took a deep breath and asked a question that even he thought was too much: "According to the script, the most exciting and classic plot in the movie should be the final showdown between Iron Man and Obadiah Stan. It’s difficult to shoot this duel. How do you think it should be shot best?”

If the second question just now goes beyond the scope, then this question is just to make things difficult.

That is, people with low emotional intelligence like Clement would ask such a question.

Even Yuan Xiong frowned.

However, there was still no displeasure on Wang Mo's face, but he continued to talk: "I think that to shoot this scene well, it needs to be achieved by switching and focusing many lenses. First of all, the battle has just begun, so let the camera slow down Zoom in and focus on Iron Man's armor, showing its might and domineering power..."

this moment.

Wang Mo once again used temperament transformation, possessing Jon Favreau, and all the shots and images of "Iron Man" were clearly presented in his mind.

How to set up the machine.

How to move the mirror.

How to switch lenses.

How to combine virtuality and reality.

In Clement's eyes, a scene that was so complex that it would take a long time to plan even for him to operate it was actually described so vividly by Wang Mo.

The way Clement looked at Wang Mo changed from a monster to a god.

In fact, he didn't know that Wang Mo was only invincible in theory. If he was really asked to operate it, it would probably mean nothing.

But in Clement's mind, theory is the most important, and practical operation only requires hands-on practice. Theory is the core that reflects whether a director has real skills.

Therefore, Clement was almost stupid at this moment.

Being able to vividly depict the most complex scenes in "Iron Man" based solely on the script.

Even all the shooting details were noticed.

Clement even felt that based on Wang Mo's description, he could film the magnificent scene of the final battle without changing almost anything.

"Is he still human?"

Clement’s heart was trembling.

Who says Wang Mo doesn’t understand science fiction films?

Who said Wang Mo was a science fiction black hole?

fart!

Before coming, Clement investigated Wang Mo's information and found that many people said that Wang Mo didn't understand science fiction at all, and even had a history of bringing down a top entertainment company because of a science fiction script.

If it weren't for the fact that the script of "Iron Man" looked really good and Wang Mo didn't hesitate to invest, Clement would have been scared away.

But now, when he looked at the confident and eloquent Wang Mo in front of him, he was completely confused.

If Wang Mo doesn’t understand science fiction.

Then who do you think you are?

But he didn't expect that what would shock Clement even more was coming later.

After taking a sip of coffee, Wang Mo smiled and said: "Originally, I was not planning to shoot "Iron Man", but planned another script. Because that script was too complicated, I gave up."

"What?"

Clement was stunned.

Does this mean Iron Man isn't complex enough?

He swallowed and asked tentatively: "Mr. Wang Mo, what is the content of the other script you are talking about? Of course, if you don't want to say it, you don't have to say it. If you are willing to tell me, I can swear to God. , I will definitely not leak even a single sentence.”

It's a big no-no to ask others about their unfinished script ideas.

That's why Clement said this.

It's just that he is really curious about what script Wang Mo has more complicated than "Iron Man".

"Hey!"

Wang Mo's smile was intriguing: "My original plan was not for a person to wear armor and become a superhero, but for an ordinary person to drive a car. This person is still an ordinary person, but the car is not ordinary."

Clement: "Is the car unusual?"

Wang Mo nodded: "Yes, I call it 'Transformers'."

Clement was confused: "What do you mean?"

Wang Mo: "This car can become a huge mecha robot, tens of meters tall, powerful and domineering. They come from alien planets and come to the earth to protect..."

He briefly explained the script of "Transformers".

He looked at Clement with a smile.

Clement opened his mouth, and the man had turned into a sculpture.

"This story...this mecha...this science fiction..."

Clement's imagination in science fiction movies is one of the best in the world, so even if Wang Mo just described a few sentences, huge Transformers appeared in his mind. Even if he just imagined, he could Feel the pressure of them coming towards you.

In fact, although Wang Mo's description was simple, it went beyond the scope of the script. He almost described the specific scenes, allowing him to see a magnificent mecha battle before his eyes.

Just based on Wang Mo's words made him tremble all over.

He couldn't imagine how shocking this kind of movie would be if it were shot.

Stunning the world is certain.

"Oh my God."

Clement wanted to say something, but he hesitated.

After a while, he looked at Wang Mo with an almost fanatical and admiring look: "Mr. Wang Mo, I think you are the greatest science fiction director in the world!" (End of Chapter)