Porcelain to Porcelain

The original content of "The Mummy" is 1719 BC, in the city of Thebes, Egypt, the love affair between the evil high priest Ai MoHuoTePu and the pharaoh's wife Aksuna was exposed, Ai MoHuoTePu committed suicide in the city of death in despair His actions blasphemed the gods.

The high priest will become a zombie under the ultimate curse, sealed alive in a sarcophagus, and will never die.He will be free only when his rotting body disappears.

In 1920, American explorer O'Connor was employed by a British librarian and her brother, an Egyptologist, to explore Egypt. Unfortunately, he "released" a thousand-year-old mummy into a living person, and then embarked on a thrilling journey.

Lu Qiu made a lot of changes to "The Mummy". The original background of The Mummy is Egypt. Lu Qiu adapted the location of the story and moved it to Xinjiang, China.For this reason, the time was changed to the sixth century BC, and the background country was changed to Ruoqiang, an ancient country in the Western Regions along the Silk Road.

In Lu Qiu's adaptation, the decent male and female protagonists are still set to be Westerners. In the early years of the Republic of China, the two went to explore and hunt for treasures at the ancient ruins of Xinjiang, China.

The heroine Evelyn becomes a historian who is interested in China, and occasionally gets an ancient map of the Western Regions from her grandfather's relics.After that, Evelyn had weird nightmares every day.In order to clear up the confusion and be attracted by the treasures recorded in her grandfather's diary, Evelyn and her brothers hired an experienced hero who is an adventurer to go to China together.

Zach read the introduction carefully twice.

"It's a wonderful story, Qiu. Do you want me to play O'Connor or High Priest Hope? Although Hope is the villain, I think the love story between him and the king's favorite concubine Ansu is quite touching."

Lu Qiu changed the name of the high priest, Emhotep, to Hope, and the pharaoh's wife, Ansu-Nam, to the favorite concubine, Ansu.

Ansu's affair with the high priest was discovered by the king, and in desperation, Ansu and the high priest killed the king.Concubine An committed suicide to cover the escape of the high priest. The high priest, in order to resurrect his lover, did not hesitate to violate the rules of heaven, entered the city of the dead, and used the black curse of the undead to attract the soul of Concubine An.

Concubine An was about to be resurrected, but was discovered and stopped by the king's loyal guards.Hope's monks were mummified alive, and Hope himself was sentenced to be eaten by insects, the most vicious curse in ancient times.

The arrival of the hero and heroine accidentally released the thousand-year-old mummy into a living person, which triggered an exciting and thrilling story.The story ends with the high priest being resealed in the sarcophagus.

"Do you sympathize with the villain couple?" In the first and second films, the high priest and Concubine An impressed Lu Qiu more than the hero and heroine.

Zach stared at Lu Qiu. "Yes, I sympathize with Hope the most. He endured more than 2000 years of torture for love."

"If you want to play Hope, where do you want me to find the leading actor?" Lu Qiu wiped his sweat.

There are not many actors who are more handsome and attractive than Zack, but if there are, they are also big superstars, actors of that level, Lu Qiu can't invite them.Movies in mainland China are poor and weak, and actors with a little reputation in the West are reluctant to patronize them, let alone world-class superstars.

Zach's fame is only revealed now, and he has not yet reached the position of a world superstar.Lu Qiu came up with the idea of ​​being invited to act because of his personal relationship with Zac.

Arnold Voslow, who played the role of the high priest in the previous film, is very manly, especially in the sequel "The Mummy Returns", the first thing to do when he is resurrected is to do everything possible to resurrect his lover An Fei.

Lu Qiu has watched all the "Mummy" movies.When I watched "Return", I sympathized with the high priest. When Concubine An finally reincarnated, she abandoned her lover weakly and selfishly.

Lu Qiu, like many movie fans, felt that Concubine An lost the temperament and determination in the first movie.In the first movie, Concubine An committed suicide probably because she was afraid of being tortured and died, so she had to kill herself first.But that kind of self-finishing is very straightforward, which makes the audience sigh and sympathize.Anfei's personality charm is vivid in people's hearts.

After rebirth, Lu Qiu re-examined the film as a filmmaker, and understood the helplessness of the director.The big villain, the high priest, has already given sympathy points. If the cheating An Fei villain doesn't make the audience bored, the movie will be eulogizing the villains. With these three views, the movie will definitely attract criticism from the mainstream media.No matter what kind of political philosophy and type of country, it is the truth that evil cannot prevail.

Seeing the tangled expression on Lu Qiu's face, the corners of Zac's mouth turned upward.

"O'Connor is also quite charismatic, and I like the part where he jokes with the mummy."

This plot was specially written by Lu Qiu, just to attract Zac.

"The movie will use a lot of special effects."

"Where are the special effects produced?"

Zach is not flattered about the current special effects of domestic movies in China.

"The special effects are produced by John Technologies."

"John Technology? Is that the company that was acquired by the Eastern businessman last year?"

"You also know John's Company?"

"I just heard recently that John's company's group software effects are quite realistic, and Hollywood special effects artists always discuss these when drinking." Zach blinked suddenly: "Qiu, John's company was acquired by the Chinese?"

Lu Qiu smiled: "Yes, my friend has some shares in the company."

John Technology Company was bought by Zhou Hongxun for more than 2000 million yuan and given to Lu Qiu, who is the largest shareholder of the company.

"Could it be that the friend you're talking about is Feixun's Zhou?" Zach's eyes darkened a bit.

"Yes, Zhou is my best friend." Lu Qiuyu admitted frankly that Zhou Hongxun was his cohabiting partner.

Perhaps because of being born into a poor family, Lu Qiu never puts love first, but bread.When life doesn't need to worry about bread, Lu Qiu thinks about feelings.

In the previous life, Lu Qiu didn't have time to develop a relationship. In this life, he was tied to death by Zhou Hongxun at the very beginning of his life.Zhou Hongxun treated Lu Qiu very well, so good that Lu Qiu was not the same, and he resigned to his fate to stay by Zhou Hongxun's side.

It was helpless to offend Zhou Hongxun, but Lu Qiu didn't want to offend anyone else.Zach is outstanding both in appearance and acting skills. If "The Mummy" is to hit the world film market, it needs an actor with potential like Zach.

Lu Qiu admitted that he was selfish and wanted to rely on his friendship to win over Zach to take over the movie.While wooing Zach, Lu Qiu didn't want Zach to misunderstand, so he made it clear in front of Zach that he already had a cohabitant.

Zach's blue eyes dimmed, and the corners of his mouth pulled upwards. "Qiu, congratulations! Zhou is good, Silicon Valley still has his legend."

Zhou Hongxun is the most well-known Chinese entrepreneur in the American business circle.Feixun was successfully listed in the United States at the beginning, and the relevant reports of the company's founders were all over the screens of major media.

Zach paid attention to Lu Qiu, and noticed that Zhou Hongxun was an investor in Lu Qiu's film and television company.Zhou Hongxun is young and promising, Lu Qiu is handsome and talented, and they are a good match together.

Lu Qiu raised the wine cup: "Zach, thank you for your blessing, I hope you will find your favorite partner as soon as possible!"

Zach smiled lightly and drank the sake in one gulp.In Hollywood's environment of fame, wealth and material desire, there is no shortage of bed partners to go to bed, and it is difficult to find a partner you like.

At the Cannes Film Festival, Zach first heard about Lu Qiu's name before meeting him.Seeing Lu Qiu with his own eyes, Zach had only one sigh. This oriental actor is as exquisite as porcelain, which gave him the urge to take it home and treasure it.

After watching the movie "Farewell My Concubine", Zach was attracted by Lu Qiu's character again, and felt sympathy for each other.At the reception, Zach couldn't help but invite Lu Qiu to spend the Spring Dawn together, but unfortunately, Lu Qiu refused.

Later, Zach went to Hollywood and kept in touch with Lu Qiu.Orientals have reserved feelings, so Zach put away his presumptuousness and wanted to slowly increase his relationship with Lu Qiu.Unexpectedly, in the first meeting in Japan after the Xana Film Festival, the oriental beauty showed that she belonged.

However, Zac is a Westerner after all, and he is more open-minded than Easterners in terms of emotions. He quickly adjusted his emotions, and his speech and behavior no longer desire Lu Qiu.

"Qiu, I'm very interested in the story you wrote. I'm very happy with the characters of O'Connor and Hope."

"Zach, you are too handsome, let you play Hope, a decent protagonist can't be mixed."

Zach couldn't help but smile when he heard the praise again and again. "So, I can only play O'Connor. Qiu, what are you playing in this movie?"

When Lu Qiu heard this, he was happy, and Zach expressed his intention to take on the leading role.

"I will play the captain of the king's guard."

"You only play the captain of the guard?" A supporting role with few roles.

"I want to transform into a director for this movie."

When he said this, Lu Qiu felt aggrieved, and felt that in front of Zhou Hongxun, he was a husband in the late period of his wife's strict management, and his wife dared not look around.Both O'Connor and the high priest have emotional scenes, and Lu Qiu promised Zhou Hongxun not to play emotional roles. Even if the image of the two male protagonists fits, he has to give up.

Zac stared at Lu Qiuduo twice.

"What's the movie's budget?"

"Zach, the budget of the movie "The Mummy" will be around 8000 to [-] million."

Seventy-eight million investment is a big investment in China in this era, but it is not enough in Hollywood.In the previous life, the production cost of "The Mummy" was 8000 million, which was a low-cost movie.

"Only 8000 million?" Zach was a little disappointed.

"The special effects fee is a friendly price. If it is handed over to other American companies for production, the cost will be at least twice as high. You can rest assured of the movie special effects produced by John Technology." John Technology Company is Lu Qiu's confidence in making sci-fi movies.

Realistic special effects technology is in the hands of a few American companies, and Asian films often pay sky-high production costs, and they cannot buy the desired effects.You have to negotiate with them, the special effects company is quite big, to show whether love will come or not.

I have learned that spending money can’t buy effects, especially for movies in mainland China, I fell in love with Wumao special effects.

Zach pondered for a moment, then raised his head and said to Lu Qiu, "Qiu, I'm fine, but the contract I signed with George requires his approval to take on the role."

"I know that." Lu Qiu nodded again and again.Zach's agent is different from Wang Gui. Zach's development in Hollywood depends entirely on his agent George to negotiate and select roles.George has great control over Zach, unlike Wang Gui, but relies on Lu Qiu to survive.

"I'll discuss it with George when I go back tonight, and I'll give you an answer tomorrow morning."

"Okay! Then I'll wait for the good news." Zach agreed, but it was half the battle, and Lu Qiu was very confident.

At 08:30 the next day, Zac called Lu Qiu.

"Autumn, I'm sorry!"

Zach's words made Lu Qiusheng feel ominous.

"George didn't agree?"

Zach rubbed his fingers between his brows. "Yes, I failed to convince George."

"And the reason for George's refusal?"

"Hey, Qiu, George has always been in Hollywood. Apart from Hollywood, he doesn't think much of producers in other regions."

The implication is that the Asian region is even more disrespectful.

"I want to talk to George." Lu Qiu refused to give up.It is rare for an actor to encounter a movie with a good theme, and a movie with a good theme also requires high-level actors to perform.

"today?"

"Yes, today."

"George and I have left the hotel to go to the airport, you can only come to the airport." Zac calculated the time, and Lu Qiu only had two or three 10 minutes to persuade George.

"Okay! I'll be right over here."

Lu Qiu ended the call and took the bodyguards to the airport without having time to notify Secretary You and Xiao Zhang.

There were a lot of fans at the airport sending off Zac. Lu Qiu put on sunglasses and a peaked cap, and sneaked into the VIP room under the cover of bodyguards.

In the VIP waiting room, Zach was looking out frequently, and when he saw Lu Qiu, he smiled.

Beside Zach was a tall, thin, blond, middle-aged man with a haughty look on his face, and he seemed to be a difficult person.

Lu Qiu walked over quickly, and Zach introduced the two of them.

After exchanging pleasantries, Lu Qiu wanted to mention "The Mummy" to George, but was interrupted by George.

"Qiu, it's a pity that Zach won't be in your movie."

"Why? Is the salary unsatisfactory?" Lu Qiu's salary was slightly higher than Zach's "The Spy Shadow".

"No, it's not about pay."

"Can you tell me why?"

"The quality of movies in Asia is often not guaranteed."

"Are you worried about the quality of The Mummy?"

"Qiu, I admit that your "Farewell My Concubine" is brilliant. One movie is great, but it doesn't mean all of them are great. Let alone Asia, even in Hollywood, there are too many short-lived and silent filmmakers." George raised his chin, Emphatically: "I can't put Zach at risk."

Taking on bad movies has a great negative impact on an actor's career. George would rather Zach take a vacation than get involved with bad movies. An actor's reputation is very important.

"The Love of Ghosts, which I starred in and co-directed, will be completed this month, and the post-production will be completed next month." Lu Qiu paused at this point and looked at George.

"Congratulations!" George didn't understand Lu Qiu's intentions.

"George, I hope you can refuse later, and help Zac make a decision after watching the sample of "Ghost Love"."

"Qiu is very confident about the new film?"

"Yes, as confident as Farewell My Concubine." Lu Qiu imitated George and raised his chin.

George looked at Lu Qiu, and after a moment, he showed interest: "Okay, I will fly to China to watch the samples next month."

Zach and Lu Qiu smiled at each other, and George agreed with Zach to take over the role of O'Connor after passing the sample of "Ghost Love".

The author has something to say: The previous chapter has been revised, and "The Return of the Mummy" is the second part