You Made Me a Superstar

   Chapter 343 Are these people out of their minds?

  Life is mostly for the sake of fame, fortune and beauty.

   Artists are naturally not exempt.

  When he was young, John Williams followed his parents to witness the symphony "The Last Supper" by the world-renowned musician Richard by chance in Vienna.

He saw the solemn and sacred National Opera House sprinkled with golden sunsets, and the expensive crystal chandeliers were shining and holy against the sunset, and countless audience members were like believers, letting the baton wave, in the epic pound Intoxicated in the melody...

   He was deeply shocked when he was young.

The    performance ended with thunderous applause.

   He heard his father staring at the stage full of tears, like an honored witness.

   He only felt a hot blood boil in his chest as if it was about to spurt out of his throat.

   "This is Master Richard's last work, and history will remember him!"

   His father muttered to himself, leaving these words.

   Then...

   He saw Master Richard bowing to everyone, gradually disappearing under the golden light, and the audience on the field had not left for a long time.

  Some people muttered to themselves some incomprehensible voices like their fathers, some people looked at the stage with sad expressions, and some people were full of reluctance in their low voices of cheers.

   Every scene is like a dream.

   He naturally didn't know what this performance meant.

   But when he went back to class, he saw that he had never had any faith, and the music teacher with a cold expression did not teach them music as usual, but folded his hands as if praying for something, and asked him to pray with him.

After praying, he told a story to John Williams. The protagonist of the story is a master who is about to go away. The story is full of ups and downs of ups and downs, and full of bitterness that is not recognized but always persists. It's a pity Before the story was finished, the music teacher received the news and left the music room with his face covered.

  The next day, newspapers, news...

   Countless people are scrambling to mourn the deceased master of music with a painful voice.

   He was one of the witnesses, and he felt an unprecedented respect and seriousness, as if another page of history had been drawn.

   He began to yearn and yearn.

   He hopes that he can become a person who will be remembered and mourned in the next hundred years, and will be brilliant and splendid in the chapters of history.

   Later John Williams naturally followed this path...

   However, this road has always been difficult. Step by step, he created many popular works, which caused waves of trends, and was vaguely called "Master".

   But when he is really proficient in this line, he really understands that "classic" and "trend" are completely two concepts.

   His works are well known, but none of them can be compared to "The Last Supper", and there is even a big gap with the real masters of music in this era.

   It is impossible for a work like this to gracefully ascend to the sacred hall of Vienna, and even if it ascends, it is impossible to be remembered by the world.

   Over the years, he really worked hard to create and read the manuscripts of countless masters.

  Complete, incomplete, ancient, modern…

   He will watch.

   These manuscripts are indeed instructive.

   In the dark, there seems to be a guiding force, which makes his works more and more popular.

However!

   He seems to have no choice but to stop there.

The distance between    and the master seems to be very close, just a few melody, a few notes, but it seems extremely far away, like a desperate effort to cross, but unable to cross the gap.

   However, God will always have mercy on those who strive to pursue art.

   He heard a very inspiring melody, especially "The Last of the Mohicans" and "Homecoming" and "The Sound of Silence"...

   "Mr. Zhou Yang, do you have any inspiration today?"

"No……"

   "Mr. Zhou Yang, have you thought about how to fill it up today? I'll play another paragraph, listen, do you think it's appropriate to fill in like this?"

   "No, it doesn't feel right..."

   "Mr. Zhou Yang...Did you have any inspiration today?"

   "Uh, not yet..."

   "Then do you have any other melody in your head?"

   "It seems like there is, but I can't remember it recently..."

   "Shall we talk about music again?"

"OK."

  John Williams wondered why an ordinary director would suddenly make up such powerful melodies and tunes!

   This in itself is illogical.

   He also thought about why this person is from China, and he is a too young Chinese director...

   This is even more illogical.

   He complains, regrets, and gets jealous.

   Jealous of why God is so unfair, obviously giving him a gift on his works, but not giving him a complete version, but rather incomplete...

  John Williams seemed to open a door.

  The door is full of gold, but he can't dig it, he can only watch, he can only worry!

   Sometimes even jealous of why God didn't give him John Williams, who is obviously the most musical and religious person.

   But reality itself is cruel.

   May.

  Summer solstice.

  John Williams asks Zhou Yang all kinds of questions almost every day.

However……

The response    received was extremely regrettable.

   Zhou Yang can't seem to remember.

  ………………………………

   The crew of "Infernal Affairs" has already been set up.

The    site selection points were also placed in Zhou Yang's office one after another.

  The first scene is just after arriving at Wanfo Mountain in Paitou Village, Shatian District, which is the temple where Han Chen shouts in front of everyone at the beginning of the film, "If you succeed, your bones will die."

  The actor who performed Han Chen is named Zeng Jiabao, a famous actor on Hong Kong Island, known as one of the uncrowned movie stars, and is familiar with the king Liu Hua and others.

The actor who played Huang Zhicheng was going to invite Wang Qiusheng, but Zhou Yang had read his resume and felt that this guy had some inexplicable Hong Kong* remarks, so even if someone specifically recommended him, Zhou Yang would refuse, but Wang Qiusheng had a problem with Zhou. Yang himself doesn't catch a cold, so he joined the crew of "Night Walker" early.

   "Infernal Affairs" is not as rich and powerful as "Nightwalker".

   "Night Walker" is indeed a big shot.

Not only did he spend a lot of money on hiring a large number of actors on Hong Kong Island, but he even bought a lot of media. Every day when you open your eyes, you can see some mainstream media ranting about "Night Walker", as if this movie is about to become a boxer. Hit Southeast Asia, and beat Hollywood's cross-era movies.

   In comparison…

   "Infernal Affairs" is actually very inferior. Not only does it not have any shadow of a blockbuster, it is even quite shabby.

Although the    lineup is good, it is far from being as strong as "Night Walker", and when the investment project came out, it was a big disappointment to the media.

   The budget of 15 million is not as good as the salary of a slightly more important actor in "Dark Walker".

   This **** is a movie against "Night Walker"?

   What are you kidding?

   "Infernal Affairs" actors' remunerations are divided according to the movie except for some basic expenses.

  Some people have specially calculated that the box office of "Infernal Affairs" will be at least 200 million. Only then can these actors receive generous remuneration, otherwise, Liu Tianwang alone will suffer from scalp tingling.

   However, sometimes things are just so weird.

  Liu Tianwang not only didn't care, he was happy all day when he appeared on the set, and even tried every means to discuss with Zhou Yang constantly, hoping to invest a little from his own pocket.

   Not only Liu Tianwang, but even the actors who joined later, have gradually expressed their desire to bring money into the group.

   And there are countless nepotisms in it.

   "Mr. Zhou, Wang Duobao Beverage hopes to pull a title advertisement space for our movie, just give them a close-up shot of drinking a drink..."

   "Mr. Zhou, the boss of Haiyang Lao hot pot restaurant has just discussed with us that they are willing to invest 10 million in advertising fees, as long as they can focus on the deliciousness of their hot pot and give them a few close-up shots of their signboards..."

   "Also, Mr. Zhou, just now Liu Tianwang said that he has a business friend who loves movies and admires you very much. I hope I can make friends with you..."

  “…”

  In the office.

  Xu Mei took a document and came to Zhou Yang very solemnly.

   "Infernal Affairs" will be officially filmed in two days.

   Zhou Yang was writing the shooting draft, composing the music, and communicating with the crew. In the evening, he would spend a little time learning various vocal music, so busy that Xu Mei felt shocking, for fear that Zhou Yang would die suddenly on the spot.

   Fortunately, the male lead role in "The Youth We Chased Together in Those Years" was finally given up by Mr. Zhou because he was too busy. Otherwise, Mr. Zhou might not be schizophrenic!

  Under such high-intensity work, as Zhou Yang's agent and assistant, she should have shared more work instead of increasing the workload.

However……

   She had to come over.

   Don't look at "Night Walker" being fired in Hong Kong and Taiwan. In contrast, "Infernal Affairs" has no publicity at all, and even the so-called opening ceremony is not planned...

   But the capitalists are frantic almost crazy!

  The marketing of Polaroid is too successful!

   "Das Kapital" mentioned: If there is 50% profit, capital will take risks; 100% profit, it dares to trample all human laws; 300% profit, it dares to commit any crime!

   The jealous capital wants Zhou Yang to do a big marketing advertisement for their products in the form of movies through various channels...

   "Forget it, you told them that all we have to do is to make good movies... I don't think about other things for the time being, and we don't lack money, so it's impossible to do marketing deliberately."

do not know why.

   After spending more time with John Williams, Zhou Yang seemed to be a little more paranoid about his works, and even got a little pretentious for some reason.

   "Really refuse? Then Liu Tianwang wants to pursue some investment..."

"Forget it, let them add some more, but I really can't figure out what people like Liu Tianwang think, even if they bring money into the group, we will not increase his share ratio by much, this is too much money and nowhere to go. flowers?"

   Zhou Yang was puzzled.

   I can't even figure out what Liu Tianwang's group thought.

   Is your brain broken?

  …………………………

   There is a lot of nonsense in this world.

   For example, film investment...

   "Infernal Affairs" is full of 15 million investment, which is considered to be the sky, and Zhou Yang never thought of investing more money.

   A few hours later.

  Xu Mei handed Zhou Yang a list of additional investment projects for "Infernal Affairs".

   After reading it, he felt at a loss.

   He saw that 15 million was forcibly pulled to 30 million, and it was pulled up in the state of limited investment.

   "So, you paid back the money before you made it, and still made money?"

   "Well, yes." Xu Mei nodded.

   "What happened to Liu Tianwang?"

   "Liu Tianwang took the advertisement of Haiyang Fishing and felt a little embarrassed..."

   "What's so embarrassing about this?"

"The boss of Haiyang Lao sees that we refuse to insert his advertisement in the movie, even if he simply tries to save the country, he invites Liu Tianwang as an endorsement and asks Liu Tianwang to take the actors to their Haiyang Lao hot pot restaurant for dinner. Liu Tianwang thinks this is useful. "Infernal Affairs" was suspected of being famous for making money, so he invested some money in the movie. President Zhou, many actors have received advertisements. In fact, the investment of 15 million was indirectly infiltrated by many advertisers. Something to do with the movie..."

  Xu Mei said a lot.

   Zhou Yang was both stunned and absurd after hearing this.

   In a sense, these capitals are really pervasive.

   Of course, it doesn't matter as long as it doesn't affect the movie itself.

   Then, he answered a phone call.

  The call was from James Bond.

  ………………………………

   Early morning of May 8th.

   "The Master" was painted in a commotion.

   Huaxia's total box office is 440 million RMB and the global total is 250 million US dollars, which not only refreshes the box office history of Huaxia movies, but also creates a new box office record for the export of Huaxia movies.

   After I painted, I didn't smile at the comparison of the film, but the discussion exploded.

   Some people think that this is a milestone in Chinese movies, and it should be tied with Chen Kai's "Overlord". Some people think that this is just a successful commercial film. Although the ideological concept is not low, it does not reach the artistic height of "The Overlord" at all. Some people feel that it is a pity that the box office of this film not only did not break 500 million, but it is even close to 500 million yuan. Four hundred and fifty million is almost...

   This is a movie that brings together top international superstars from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and three places in China!

   Although it broke the record, it was still far from satisfactory.

   Huang Jiacheng was quite satisfied. At the beginning of the filming, he never thought of making a film with the same height as "Overlord".

  How to shoot?

The film "Overlord" has been in preparation since the time of Chen Kai's father, and the work is the last work of Li Ruihua, a top screenwriter in the circle. It took more than ten years from filing to shooting...

   There are few works that have been boiled down through the hard work of two generations, throughout the entire history of Chinese films!

   And what about "Grandmaster"?

The essence of    is a slightly rigorous commercial film after the decline of martial arts, and it is a success to shoot the keynote of the great hero for the country and the people.

   Huang Jiacheng is so defined by everyone, but you still want to compare "The Grandmaster" with "The Overlord", which is the peak of Chinese film literature and art. Isn't this bullying honest people?

noon.

   Huang Jiacheng came to the crew of "Infernal Affairs", ready to chat with Zhou Yang about the script of "The Master 2" while taking advantage of the heat.

However……

   As soon as he entered the office, he saw Zhou Yang's face full of sadness, as if he was struggling with something.

   "Brother Huang?"

   "Xiao Zhou, what's wrong?"

   "Ask you some worldly questions?"

"Um……"

   "How can I turn down James Bond's offer to be a consultant on The Infernal Affairs?"

  “???”

   I'm sorry, there are only 4,000 words today, the second one is even longer, and I ended up writing a piece of shit, I'm really such a rubbish, you can scold whatever you want

   (end of this chapter)