You Made Me a Superstar

  Chapter 398 America's Past

Although    is rarely shown on the bright side, most Hollywood directors come to China with a sense of superiority.

   seems to come to the wild land with an inexplicable brilliance, and uses cool special effects to amaze a group of Chinese fans who have never seen the world, and go crazy for it.

   Probably on…

  James Lee, is this mentality.

   "Oh, God, scare me, my legs are soft now!"

   "The feeling of bullets shooting through the screen is so realistic that I couldn't help but block it with my hand..."

   "The picture of Superman flying in outer space with a rocket on his back is so shocking, **** it, it made my scalp tingle!"

   "Epic sci-fi blockbusters, really, foreign movies are fun, hey, domestic movies are always shot like this, when will our Chinese movies have such blockbusters?"

   "Ten years later!"

   "Not necessarily in ten years, look at this technology..."

  “…”

The plot of the film follows on from the previous film "Superman 1". The special effects alone cost $80 million. Among more than 1,400 stunt shots, Superman flies into the deep sea, traverses a burning tunnel, and recreates the help of the baseball field. A series of shots such as the forced landing of the Boeing 777 to achieve a soft landing can be said to be one of the most expensive special effects blockbusters in Hollywood...

After the premiere of "Superman 2", the young fans were very excited. After walking out of the cinema, they repeatedly talked with their friends about how they felt when watching the movie. Some people even found it unsatisfactory, and went to the ticket window again to watch it for the second time... …

The eyes of those directors were extremely complicated, as if a brand new door was opening in front of them. Some people were lost, others surrounded James Lee with admiration and said all kinds of flattering words, and some people were muttering to themselves, as if they were shocked. I don't know what to say. I thought that "Superman 1" was already the pinnacle of Hollywood special effects blockbusters, but no one could have imagined that the special effects in "Superman 2" were actually more shocking than "Superman 1". After wearing 3D glasses, Everyone seems to have come to another world...

  Django was also struck by the special effects of Superman 2.

   But compared to Cao Bangguo, who was always enthusiastic with James Li, and talked about the evening lecture, he always maintained a complicated mood.

The appearance of    "Superman 2" is destined to be a catastrophe for Chinese movies.

  Whether it is "Infernal Affairs" or his "Night Walker", it will be influenced by this hero...

   "This is Mr. Milank, one of the special effects team of "Superman 2", Xiao Jiang, I will make an appointment with you later, you can have a good chat."

   "Okay, thank you Uncle Cao..."

When he left the screening hall and came to the reception hall of the Huaxia Film Association, a group of directors chatted about various topics around the "Superman 2" team. When Cao Bangguo was in a trance, Django specially pulled him, and then He pointed to the blond young man not far away, and patted Django on the shoulder.

   Django nodded, and the words "Learning the skills of the barbarians to control the barbarians" echoed in his heart.

But for some reason, he felt an inexplicable sense of humiliation in his heart, especially when he saw that Feng Minrui, the president of the China Film Association, showed a hopeful smile on his face when he saw James Li. There is a hint of pleasing.

   A year ago, he was actually very suitable for such occasions, and even when filming "Mechanical Man", he could not wait to kneel and lick these foreigners.

   And now...

   I don't know if I watched "Things About That Rabbit That Year" a few days ago, and I don't know if it was influenced by the song "My Motherland", I always felt a sense of irony in my heart.

   However, after thinking about it carefully, he didn't think that Cao Bangguo and others were wrong.

   There is a gap between Chinese movies and Hollywood movies, right?

   Being nice to them now isn’t flattering or flattering…

   Even so, it’s to learn from them…

  …………………………

U.S.

Los Angeles.

  Christian is such a **** director.

When I met Christian, he was preparing for the filming of "Lamb". Later, after the filming of "Chainsaw", he was still preparing for the filming of "Lamb". Now even the American version of "Infernal Affairs" has finished the filming of "Lamb". Halfway through the shoot, and because of the actor's problem, it was temporarily stranded again...

  The American version of "The Departed" is called "The Departed".

   Yes, it is the translated name of the Hong Kong version of "Infernal Affairs". The plot of the movie is roughly the same as "Infernal Affairs", and even the screenwriter hangs Zhou Yang's name in a grand manner.

   But after watching the full version of "The Departed", Zhou Yang didn't know how to evaluate this "The Departed".

   "Infernal Affairs" is quite oriental Buddhism, and every dialogue and content is full of the unique ideological realm of the East.

  The spirit of the characters needs to be upgraded. He wants to be able to do things that normal people can't do, but the whole is relatively subtle, and people need to experience his realm carefully and feel the charm of this movie.

   And "The Departed" expresses the thinking of Westerners, and the emotional expression of the characters should be more prominent in realism...

   Surprised, frustrated, angry, panic...

   In fact, if we really want to talk about the difference, Zhou Yang found that the American version of "The Departed" was more unrestrained, or more emotional, than Zhou Yang's, and completely abandoned the implicit sense of "Infernal Affairs".

   "The Departed" is a bit more of a literary film, while "The Departed" is a bit more of an American police and gangster movie...

  Especially the occasional **** or two in the lines, as well as the conflict between the black brother and the white police detective, has risen from a subtle influence to a mainstream flavor again.

   "Tomorrow "The Departed" will be released in North America..."

   "Not only will it take over the filming of "The Departed", but it will also have more publicity resources, especially the FBI police officers, who are willing to cooperate with the promotion of "The Departed"..."

  “…”

   Zheng Jun gushed about the situation of "The Departed" in front of Zhou Yang.

   Zhou Yang nodded after listening to Zheng Jun's introduction to the movie "The Departed".

  The memory gradually became clearer.

   When I first met Zheng Jun, Zheng Jun was humble, strong, and restrained, as if the edges and corners were smoothed by life, like an inconspicuous stone on the side of the road.

   And now, standing in the most conspicuous position of the conference table, he has become extra confident and expounded his concept of shooting "The Departed".

   I have to admit that Zheng Jun is very talented, and he has a deep understanding of the culture of old beauty. The same plot, for Zhou Yang to shoot and Zheng Jun to shoot, are simply two concepts.

   One is in the sky, and many old American viewers have a headache when they see it.

  One is on the ground, very grounded, especially in the description of each segment, the current situation of the old beauty is simply realistic.

   "Infernal Affairs" definitely has more market in Laomei than "Infernal Affairs".

   After the introduction of "The Departed", Zheng Jun began to talk about his future ambitions in Laomei...

It seems that after the filming of "The Departed", a certain nerve in his body was completely touched, and he kept saying in front of Zhou Yang that his new movie wanted to make an old and beautiful gangster film, and told Zhou Yang some of his thoughts on gangsters. The idea and concept of the film.

   "I want to make an old American gangster film from the 20th century, from the 1920s to the 1960s... It mainly tells the history of gangsters in this period and the rise of some low-level people..."

   "If I could, I hope this movie is a gangster epic about the human conflict of friendship and antagonism, loyalty and betrayal..."

"Mr. Zhou, no matter how much box office "The Departed" gets, as one of the directors, I don't want a penny. I hope you can support me in making this movie. I'm very eager, I can even say that this is a kind of from The longing of the soul..."

   "This is the outline of my script. Although the film investment may be huge, I promise that this film will not lose money! If it loses money... I am willing to sign a ten-year, or even twenty-year contract with you to pay off the debt..."

  “…”

  SKY company meeting room.

   Zheng Jun's eyes were full of longing, and he was as crazy as a madman.

   He handed the script outline to Zhou Yang, his hands were shaking constantly, Zhou Yang could obviously feel a little sweat on his palms.

   is rather like an all-or-nothing gambler.

   "I'll look at the outline first."

   Zhou Yang did not agree, but took over the movie outline of "American Gangster History" and read it.

   Jung Joon's script is always so pleasing to the eye...

  Like the previous "Mine Bottom", although it is an outline, every character and every storyboard is extremely detailed, and even the time period when the main character appears is clearly written.

But maybe it was because of cultural differences, or maybe it was Zheng Jun who wrote the outline in such detail that it made people's head hurt. Zhou Yang really didn't have much sense of substitution for the outline of the movie "History of American Gangsters". After reading it, he looked up at Zheng Jun, hesitated for a while and then looked at Zheng Jun's expectant gaze, but he couldn't bear to refuse.

   "How much to invest?"

   "Ten million dollars..."

"How many?"

   "Ten million dollars." Zheng Jun continued, and after he finished speaking, the light in his eyes became more and more fiery.

  10 million US dollars, equivalent to nearly 80 million yuan.

   After hearing this number, Zhou Yang felt a little stagnant in his heart, and he felt a little frightened. So far, all the films he has made have never had such a high investment.

  The huge conference room suddenly became silent.

   Then, he glanced down at "American Gangster History" and looked at the script outline of the film again.

   Looking at it, Zhou Yang always felt a little inexplicable familiarity...

   Indistinctly, another movie came to mind, that movie was "Once Upon a Time in America".

This movie was very famous in the original world, but due to some editing reasons, the investment of 40 million US dollars was exchanged for millions of dollars at the box office. It only entered the history of old American movies and was regarded as one of the landmark movies of old American classics...

   Zhou Yang's introduction to the movie, and I have seen the commentary of the movie, but I haven't seen the full version of the movie.

  The full version is too long, four hours long...

   He was really impatient to watch.

   But after seeing "History of American Gangsters", Zhou Yang's mind came up with the general context and core selling points of "Once Upon a Time in America"...

"Well, give me your script, and I'll change it a little bit. After the change, if you think it's suitable or not, if it's suitable, shoot it! Well, it's not a change, it's just adding something to your script outline, you Do you think it's okay?"

"Okay, okay, great, actually, there are some things I don't understand here, Mr. Zhou, I can just ask you for some advice..." Zheng Jun nodded excitedly, his face became flushed and red, as if he was taking drugs General.

  ……………………

   "Has the box office of "Infernal Affairs" come out on the 15th?"

"Out……"

"How many?"

   "Twenty million... not ideal, the impact of "Superman 2" is too great!"

   "Does Mr. Zhou know?"

   "I don't know, Mr. Zhou's phone has been unable to get through..."

  “…”

   China.

   Huaxing Entertainment.

   After Wang Jing and Xu Mei got the box office of "Infernal Affairs" on the 15th day, they fell silent instantly.

   (end of this chapter)