The Best Director

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In the lobby of Fu Ji Chinese Restaurant, the guests sat on the wooden chairs beside the square table enjoying the food and chatting happily. The spacious and bright restaurant is decorated in a classical Chinese style. There are carved wooden railings at the partitions, calligraphy and painting couplets on the walls, and soft piano music is played... There is also a huge Chinese brush plaque in the middle of the restaurant, which reads "Lucky Fortune".

A tall black-haired Chinese man walked in from the door. His thick white shirt and blue jeans set off his well-proportioned muscle lines, making him look energetic and full of strength; A tough and mature masculine charm. Marcia, who was laughing and chatting with friends at the dining table, accidentally glanced at him, and couldn't help but whispered: "It looks so familiar..."

Seeing him waving towards him, the two Chinese and a white man with black curly hair who were sitting at a table in the corner immediately cheered up. Among them, the square-faced man wearing black-rimmed glasses is Lin Yibin, who raised his hand to beckon; the other is a thin Chinese man with single eyelids and a big nose, Wen Ziren; and the honest-looking white man is his good friend Ray Warner.

"Hi, Justin" Hearing his hearty voice, Wen Ziren suddenly felt a little nervous. Ray Warner gave him an "unbelievable" look of surprise. Fantastic director Wang Yang and the others sat in Australia and headed to the United States. When I was on the plane, I really hoped to meet some of my favorite idols during this trip. This magical director who was three years younger than them was at the top of the list. I didn’t expect to see him now.

Wen Ziren was born in Malaysia on February 27, 1977, and then grew up in Australia. He set up his dream of making movies at the age of 11. In the first two years, he studied film at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, and also majored in Chinese ethnic division. The same 25-year-old Ray Warner is his classmate and buddy. His parents are film and television photographers. After graduation, he entered a TV station as a host of a film review program. But both of them know that the movie is their home.

So during another drink, it was said that the 18-year-old Miracle Yang dared to use all his net worth of 10,000 US dollars to make a movie, why can't they at the age of 25? The two finally decided to make an independent film to enter the film industry, so what film and what story to make?

The unexpected death of his father at the age of 14 was a grief-stricken and unbearable blow to Wen Ziren, which also led him to prefer horror movies; while Ray Warner has been suffering from headaches for the past year, the worst What's more, the doctor couldn't find out the reason. He woke up with pain and nightmares almost every night. He longed for health and was afraid of death. For the first time, he understood the pain of life beyond his control.

This time they proposed to make an independent film, and the two immediately had a clear idea, to make a horror film like Magic Yang, a story about a perverted killer suffering from terminal cancer, he will kidnap those who he thinks do not value life , if they want to live, they must kill each other according to his instructions, understand the value of life...

After finalizing the script and story, Wen Ziren and Ray Warner ran all over the film companies in Australia, looking for investment and distribution. But no one is interested in two 25-year-old unknowns,

Nobody wants to spend a dime on that horror movie called Saw. Then they boarded the plane and came to Los Angeles to continue the sales promotion, and immediately went to the fm company of the "leading independent film".

The FM company has this title not because it is particularly rich. If it is said to be rich, those big film companies will naturally have more; but no company is as willing to invest in independent films as it is. Generally speaking, those independent film companies invest and produce a few 7-figure films every year, which is considered a lot; and fm is said to invest 50 million yuan this year. Counting other plans, such a million or hundreds of thousands of independent films can be divided into dozens of films, which is absolutely crazy.

Then their movie was immediately spotted by fm investment director Peter Wilkes, and he proposed a plan to invest one million. promise. I went to Dimensions, Miramax, Summit Entertainment and several other companies to try my luck, but the results were no different from those in Australia. I heard "" and was blasted out.

Seeing Wang Yang approaching, both Wen Ziren and Ray Warner stood up, stretched out their hands with smiles on their faces, and introduced themselves: "Hello, Mr. Wang, I am James Wen, Wen Ziren.", "I It's Ray Whannell."

"Hello, James, Lei, just call me Yang." Wang Yang smiled and shook hands with them vigorously, looking at this face of the same origin, James Wen? He frowned suspiciously, and suddenly remembered, isn't he the director of "Chain Saw"? Ray Warner is another main creator and actor of Adam. He couldn't help laughing, these two guys are really bloody

After they got acquainted with each other, they sat down on the chairs again and ordered some Chinese dishes from the waiter. After chatting for a while, Wen Ziren and Ray Warner handed the script they had brought to Wang Yang, and he took it over and read it carefully. It really was "Chain Saw", but he had read it in his mind. There are many differences, maybe it is like this, maybe many things are changing.

Does this world have its origin? Is there a future? Anyway, he changed a lot, Rachel made a movie at the age of 19, Jessica didn't play "The Hands of the Loose", and musical movies revived early...Maybe Anne Darren didn't commit suicide, Harry became a photographer, and Nancy went Reading the director, Briana is not dead, but Cole is dead... Many people's life trajectories are different, they may become wonderful, they may become ordinary, and they may take a different path to the same end.

Maybe a guy named Sam Johnson stumbled out of a movie theater after watching Ghost Story in 1998 and was sent to the hospital; maybe a guy named Jack Tull avoided it because he watched Ghost Story A fatal car accident...then Sam meets Emma, ​​a nurse who will become his wife in the hospital, but his "original future" wife Bella doesn't recognize Sam at the ball, she comes to the street and meets Jack- Tours……

This is the so-called butterfly effect, which can drive the brain crazy. Anyway, from the moment the bb car hit him, everything was out of control and it was different. Or maybe this world is just like this, like Stephen Hawking's parallel world, who knows.

Wang Yang read the script page by page. Lin Yibin, Wen Ziren and others were all waiting quietly. At this time, the Asian waiter came with a serving tray and took the fried rice and crispy shrimp they ordered. , barbecued pork and other dishes on the table: "Please take it easy. Baidu search: the title of the latest and fastest TXT novel" Wang Yang put down the script, and naturally already had an idea in his heart, which could have been affirmed by Peter Wilkes He will be willing to invest anyway; now it is "Chain Saw" and Wen Ziren, and there is no reason to refuse.

"James, Ray, the story is very good. "Chain Saw" will definitely be a great horror movie." Wang Yang picked up a piece of barbecued pork with his chopsticks, looked at Wen Ziren and Wen Ziren sitting opposite him, and asked, "Now Peter What kind of plan are you talking about? 1 million cost investment? Guys, let us make it clear how much money we need and what kind of cooperation we want.”

"Remember not to be polite to him." Justin Lin said something coldly, and the lenses of his glasses shone brightly. Wang Yang nodded and smiled, "Yes, absolutely not."

Wen Ziren and Ray Warner looked at each other with a smile, and there was a surge of excitement in their hearts. Wen Ziren smiled so much that his eyes narrowed, and said sincerely: "We hope to get an investment of 1.5 million, that will be enough; As long as there is 1.5 million, we don’t need to pay in advance, we don’t need a penny, and we can just give some box office dividends.”

"Yes, yes." Wang Yang agreed without even thinking about it, and the two of them were stunned for not knowing what to say. Lin Yibin held his glasses and sighed softly: "I've already said, don't be polite." Wang Yang Gnabbing on the char siew in his mouth, he said with a serious face: "There is no need to be so tight on funds, let's invest 3 million, and I think you guys know how to use the newly added 1.5 million?"

The two nodded stupidly, their breathing became heavier, 3 million can do more and better... Wang Yang continued: "There is no salary, 20% of North American box office dividends, 15% of DVD sales, how about it?"

Compared with the $100 million global box office of "Chain Saw", an investment of 3 million is really nothing, but to Wen Ziren and Ray Whannell at this time, Wang Yang on the opposite side is like a man in red clothes, Santa Claus with a gray beard, other film companies don’t even want to pay 500,000 yuan, and they don’t want a salary in order to get 1.2-1.5 million investment. Film companies like to do this kind of “no capital business” in independent film investment. .

However, 10% of the general box office is already very high. Now 20%, 15% for dvd, this dividend plan is definitely the highest level of treatment for independent films. How could you disagree with such a lucrative contract? Wen Ziren and Ray Warner both had bright smiles on their faces, and they were so excited that they nodded speechlessly. Wen Ziren smiled and said, "Yang, thank you so much." Ray Warner sighed again and again: "My God "

"It's nothing, I got the baby." Wang Yang shrugged with a smile. With the "Chain Saw" series, Flame Movie is much closer to a stable track. The goal of establishing a TV channel so that it is not restricted by others Also took a big step. He held a crispy shrimp in his arms and saluted the two of them, and said with a smile, "Thank you."

Amidst their cheerful laughter, Wang Yang put the crispy shrimp into his mouth and gnawed, then raised his eyebrows and shook his head: "Well, this Chinese food is not authentic, when did Fu Ji change the chef? Or did they serve the wrong dish?" What the hell didn't you see that we are all Chinese?" Another chef's son, Justin Lin, also tasted a crispy shrimp, and frowned, "How did you make it sweet?" Wang Yang was helpless. He swallowed the prawns without hesitation, and said, "In this way, the freshness and fragrance of the prawns are actually lost."

Ray Warner, who was holding chopsticks, was a little puzzled: "I think it's okay, what's the problem?" Wen Ziren, who was eating shrimp, looked at him, explained with a smile: "Brother, we like these corpses to be spicy. .”

Wang Yang switched to other dishes and said, "It doesn't have to be spicy, but I'm really sorry for these shrimps." He took a mouthful of fried rice with a spoon and put it in his mouth, and said with a vague smile: "Guys, you If you try my cooking, you will know what Chinese food is, and it is guaranteed to be more authentic than those in Hong Kong, Beijing, and Taiwan. Justin, do you have any objection to me saying that?"

"No, I'm looking forward to your craftsmanship." Justin Lin shrugged and smiled honestly, his white teeth looked like he was selling toothpaste.

Wen Ziren and the two also laughed. At this time, Ray Warner suddenly screamed "ah", and pressed his forehead tightly with his left hand, his face was full of pain, and he let out a hiss of sucking air. "Ah, ah..." This immediately startled Wang Yang and Lin Yibin, and Wang Yang asked urgently, "Lei, are you okay?" Enduring the severe pain, a layer of cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

"He's fine. This poor guy has been suffering from headaches for the past year," Wen Ziren patted Ray Warner's shoulder comfortingly, with a sad expression on his face, and said, "It's like being teased by the devil." Similarly, I suspect that he has suffered from witchcraft in Thailand." Looking at Ray Warner, whose face was livid with pain, Wang Yang frowned and asked doubtfully, "How did this happen? What did the doctor say?"

Ray Warner gritted his teeth and didn't speak. After a while, when the headache subsided, he exhaled a long breath and said in a hoarse voice: "The doctor can't see it. I went to many hospitals and I told them 'I may have a brain tumor', but have you checked? They said it was a neurological problem. You know that the brain tissue is very complicated, and it has not yet reached the stage of surgery. So they only prescribed some pain relievers and relieve pain. Medicine for nerves, but you see..."

He propped his forehead, closed his eyes and sighed: "If you don't eat, you will be like this. If you eat, you will feel sleepy, and you can't think of anything."

Wen Ziren said mysteriously: "It should be a head drop technique, maybe it's haunted by ghosts, of course taking medicine is useless." Ray Warner was about to be pissed off by him, and said: "James, I didn't go I have been to Malaysia with you after I have been to Thailand, is there also there?" Wen Ziren nodded and said: "Yes."

It was a very serious matter, but Wang Yang and Lin Yibin laughed because of them, but horror movies belong to horror movies, they don't believe that there are really ghosts or head-downs, although sometimes they are still scared Miserably. Wang Yang looked at the helpless Ray Warner, thought of something, and asked, "Have you tried acupuncture in Chinese medicine?"

Ray Warner shook his head in confusion: "ture※n?" He couldn't understand what it meant, Wen Ziren explained: "It's a kind of Chinese medicine, but you don't believe in Chinese medicine." Ray Warner spread his hands and said : "It's not that I don't believe it, it's just that I think those machines and pills are useless, what else can I do?"

"You can really try it. Acupuncture is a kind of physical therapy, not drug therapy." Wang Yang picked up his chopsticks and made a pricking motion, saying, "It's just sticking a very thin needle into your body. In some nerves of the brain, directly make them behave." Ray Warner looked at the pair of thick chopsticks, and opened his mouth in surprise. Wang Yang said with a smile: "It's really a very thin needle, basically there will be no pain during the treatment."

He said with a serious face: "Dude, trust me. I'm so old that I don't remember how many times I've been pierced. My master did it for me. Look how good I am now? The last time I had a cold was... It happened two years ago."

Even if acupuncture can't cure those nerves, it won't have any side effects. Of course, this requires a qualified doctor. After explaining the medical principles and recognition of acupuncture points, Wang Yang said with a smile: "Actually, I know a little bit, but I don't have a license, so forget it. Lei, you go and understand it carefully, and then decide whether to try it or not. But I want to ask, what else can I do now?"

Ray Warner thought silently, looked at Wang Yang's kind face, then at Wen Ziren and Lin Yibin, nodded and said: "Well, I will, as long as it can restore my health, I am willing to try anything "Wen Ziren frowned and said: "Then you should go to the ghost exorcism ceremony with me." Ray Warner gave him an angry look and said, "That's too stupid." Wen Ziren shrugged: "It's better than that." hello hello."

All four of them laughed uncontrollably, and continued to eat with chopsticks after laughing for a while. Wang Yang gnawed the fried chicken in his mouth, turned his head to look at Justin Lin, and said with a smile, "Hey, Justin, it's time to talk about our business." Justin Lin's eyes flashed with excitement, and said: " Of course." Wen Ziren and Ray Whannell both knew that they were going to talk about their new film project, and they quietly acted as listeners.

"Do you have any new movie ideas now?" Hearing Wang Yang's question, Lin Yibin thought for a while, stopped his chopsticks and said, "If we talk about simple ideas, I think we all have a lot, but mine belong to the The kind that won’t sell.”

Wang Yang said with a smile: "Independent films are not judged by the box office, we just need those films." The three of them nodded in agreement, and he continued: "So no matter what the performance of "Hot Moji" is, 1 million box office, Five million box office is fine, let's leave it alone. If you want to continue making independent films, find Peter; if you are interested in doing mainstream commercial films, I have 60 million for you."

60 million? Lin Yibin's glasses almost fell off. This cost may not be called a "blockbuster", but it is definitely not a small cost. Now he is just a director who has made an independent film with a cost of one million. ? He felt his heart suffocate, and Wen Ziren and Ray Warner, who were listening on the other side, also stared slightly, as expected of madness

Looking at Wang Yang waiting for the answer, Justin Lin nodded heavily: "Yang, I will never give up independent films; but of course I am interested, I like and want to try to shoot mainstream films, which is very challenging. "

"That's good." Wang Yang snapped his fingers with his left hand. Thinking of this plan, he became a little excited: "Justin, do you like cars? Racing cars? Drag racing?"

He will invest in Justin Lin to make a new film, but which film is better and more suitable? The reason for the thrilling drag racing action movie is very simple. Justin Lin originally directed "Fast and Furious" 3, 4, and 5 in the future, each of which is better than the other. "Fast 5" with a global box office of more than 600 million is even better Is it a new pinnacle of drag racing movies? Now what is more suitable for Justin Lin than a drag racing robbery crime movie like "Fast 5"?

"Drag racing?" Justin Lin didn't understand why this was the case, he shook his head and said with a smile, "I'm not a car fan, and I'm not familiar with drag racing. I haven't seen those races." Seeing Wang Yang's gaze, Wen Ziren also shook his head and said, "No, neither do I." Ray Warner pressed his forehead and said, "Now I get a headache every time I hear those 'woo hoo' cars."

Wang Yang smiled indifferently. He also has no crazy attachment to cars, and he prefers motorcycles. He said with a smile: "Flame Films is going to make a racing movie, and the goal is to make a long-term series. Just like the model of "Fast and Furious", what speed, hurricane, storm... any name is fine; and drag racing Integrate into crazy stories, such as robbery, police chase, crashing a cliff into a train; and then find some muscular men and hot beauties to act, but the salary should not be spent too much, controlled within 10 million , use all the money to make movies."

He paused, looked at Justin Lin and said seriously: "We want to invite you to create this series, how about it?" Justin Lin adjusted his glasses nervously, this is a great opportunity, but... …he asked, "Why me? You know I don't know much about drag racing."

"This is not a problem, just understand it clearly, those things are not born." Wang Yang smiled and scooped up fried rice with a porcelain spoon, and said: "Justin, I watched your "Hot Mochi" , which advocates not to follow the rules, but to boldly go your own way and enjoy your own life. Yes man, we are fed up with those rules”

Lin Yibin and Wen Ziren both had knowing smiles on their faces. Although they grew up in the United States and Australia respectively, they all knew what the "rules" were as Chinese Americans. A stable job, a family with great responsibilities...

Wang Yang shrugged and said with a smile: "Anyway, I found that you are actually a crazy person in your bones, and you can do some crazy things." Hearing this comment, Justin Lin laughed like selling toothpaste, his eyes widened. Brightly said: "Probably yes, without your investment, I'm going to max out ten credit cards to make a movie. I don't know if it's crazy?"

"Of course forget it." Wang Yang, Wen Ziren, and Ray Warner all replied in unison. It was a gambler with red eyes. Wang Yang turned his head and looked him up and down, and said, "Drag racing is a very Crazy, passionate stuff, it takes someone who can unleash the madness inside him, and when he does, he can design some exciting shots.

He patted Justin Lin on the shoulder hard, and said with a smile, "I think that person is you, Justin Lin, Justin Lin."

"Hmm..." Lin Yibin was very excited by his words, his heart was beating eagerly, he looked at Wang Yang's serious face, nodded heavily and said: "Yang, since you said that, then I also No problem, I take up the challenge."

"Wow, that's so cool." Wang Yang raised his fist with a smile, and he seemed to have something more in his heart. If the flame movie has a blockbuster drag racing movie series, it will undoubtedly add another important weight. Wen Ziren and Ray Whannell on the opposite side both smiled congratulatingly: "Justin, then we will wait to watch this crazy racing movie.", "I hope my headache will be cured by then."

However, although "Fast 5" was very popular, "Fast 3" was filmed timidly and in accordance with the rules. Wang Yang knew that this was a process of exploration and growth, but he hoped that the time of this process could be shortened as much as possible. It is well known that the confidence and support given by the producer is very important. Wang Yang said the plan that had been booked long ago: "We don't have any requirements for the first film, and it is enough to keep all the revenue such as box office DVDs; then we will work hard on the third film."

He said this because he understood that if a director doesn't have virtuous pressure, it can also be the reason to screw up a movie.

"Let go of your mind and imagine, don't shoot according to the way the academy taught us. Don't think it might be impossible; first think about how it is incredible, how exciting it is, and then find a way to make these images The camera becomes possible." Wang Yang kept waving his left fist, saying: "Explosions, impacts, thrills, lawlessness... More passion, more madness, more adrenaline rush"

The other three people at the dining table were thinking about the "unbelievable picture". Lin Yibin pondered over the words he said, and suddenly felt that it made sense. Some unrelated blurred pictures came out of his mind, and he muttered pensively : "It's not just drag racing, explosions, lawlessness..."

Wen Ziren also seemed to have thought of something, frowned and said: "If every time after breaking through a certain speed, a lying ghost will appear on the windshield..." The three of them were stunned, and Ray Warner was helpless. Spreading his hands freely, Wang Yang followed his train of thought and said: "The ghost couldn't see clearly at first, but after a few times, he saw clearly, and it turned out to be his own appearance. In fact, he was already dead. He died in a racing car, but he does not know……"

"Hmm..." Wen Ziren's eyes lit up, and he said pleasantly, "Is he the next one?"

Wang Yang rolled his eyes, put his mind in the atmosphere of a horror movie, and conceived: "This is a desert, this is a road that never ends, no matter how fast he drives, he can only see it once and again. Ghosts, but they can’t get away. But every other road in the desert has the same small hut, cobwebs, broken toilets... There are some different words written in blood on the wall of each hut: the-end , kill yourself, you can't escape"

"I seem to understand. This is a horror movie for one person?" Wen Ziren was very excited, touching his hair unnaturally, and said, "What is the scariest thing? You are trapped in a same place alone." There are places where time is stagnant, and there are only ghosts, dilapidated houses, and scorching deserts... If he wants to leave, he has to rely on the clues in the dilapidated house to find out the truth of the whole thing."

Wang Yang nodded and said, "Yes, as long as the atmosphere is well created to make people creepy, it will be a successful suspense horror movie." Wen Ziren smiled and glanced at Ray Worner next to him, only they understood: "See, master?" Wen Ziren asked again expectantly: "Yang, can I ask you a question? When will you make another horror movie?"

"Horror movies? Probably... I don't know. I don't want to be so scared that I can't sleep anymore." Wang Yang laughed suddenly. He felt a little uncomfortable thinking about it just now. You are definitely a Chinese-American horror film director New Hope, the master of horror in the future." All three laughed, Wen Ziren seemed to be quite shy, but nodded confidently, and said with a smile: "I hope."

Just when the four were chatting happily, a young blonde girl came over and interrupted politely: "Excuse me? Are you Wang Yang?" Wang Yang glanced at her and said with a smile: "Yes Yes, I am. What's the matter?" Marcia covered her mouth in surprise and said, "Oh, God." It turns out that Fan Yang is so handsome, and her heart beat a little, and she asked, "Can we take a photo together?"

In fact, she is not a die-hard fan of Fantastic Young, just an ordinary fan who likes his movies and thinks he is great, but now she finds that she has fallen for him all of a sudden. When she first saw the photos of Fantastic Young, he was a strong man I didn't expect that the older he is, the cooler he is now, he has a great body and temperament, and he is also a magical director and the youngest billionaire... Marcia wowed secretly, wondering if he can get his phone number?

"Okay, no problem, but when I clean my mouth, I have to pay attention to what image I have. It's very annoying." Wang Yang wiped his mouth with a tissue with a smile, and stood up; Marcia called a black girl friend to hold a digital camera, and then Standing next to Wang Yang with a smile on his face, the digital camera quickly took pictures amidst the clicking sound. Wang Yang looked at Justin Lin and the three of them, and said with a smile to Marcia: "Girl, you can't miss this, they are all excellent directors and screenwriters, let's take a photo together."

He excitedly pulled Wen Ziren up, and said: "This is James Wen, and soon you will know what a 'chainsaw maniac' is. This is Ray Warner, another chainsaw maniac... and This." He pulled up Justin Lin, who had a mouthful of white teeth, and said with a smile: "This guy is Justin Lin, I tell you, soon you will know that besides Michael Bay, there are people in Hollywood who can whine, boom, boom Boom, haha"

Naturally, Marcia couldn't understand what he was talking about, and with a puzzled smile on her face, she said, "ok..."

The black-haired girl pointed the lens of the digital camera at them, and Wang Yang in the middle hugged the shoulders of Lin Yibin on the left and Wen Ziren on the right. All three of them had bright smiles on their faces, and Ray Warner and Marcia also smiled. Standing next to each other, behind them are the landscape calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall of the restaurant.

With a click, the picture was frozen.

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ps: Warmly celebrate that the number of words in this book has exceeded one million. Wow, thank you for your unwavering support all the way, and I will continue to work hard to write a good story for everyone to read. Be more festive and happy rv