Xiangjiang old events [entertainment circle]

As Su Yun's transformational work, "This Killer Is Not So Cold", which she adapted in many details, was released on Thanksgiving Day on November 11. It did not almost cause a sensation when it was released like before.

Because the plot has greatly weakened the ambiguity between the male and female protagonists, what most people see is just the tenderness and hearty new fighting style of two lonely people redeeming each other—even though this It is indeed a warm and touching story, but compared to the various outstanding works that appeared this year, it can only be regarded as a slightly mediocre literary commercial film.

Knowing that even in the 90s when the original version was released, there would be a lot of scolding because the superficial meaning expressed in the story crossed the line that many people could not touch, so the North American version that Su Yun is releasing now is as much as possible Be a low-key person, and only add a little change to Dongying, which is more acceptable, so that a little hazy emotional line can be conveyed through those intoxicating green eyes.

Therefore, the true face of this story still needs to wait for the polishing and precipitation of time, so that it can be seen in the future when the average level of people's film appreciation has improved.

Compared with the film productions that Su Yun has participated in before, whether it is "Artificial Intelligence" with special effects technology that refreshes the concept of the times, or "The Exorcist" that has become a horror classic, or "Memoirs of a Geisha" full of Japanese style and suspenseful warmth. "The Sixth Sense of Spirituality" with a twisted ending, and "Jaws" which pioneered deep-sea horror and almost destroyed the summer beach tourism industry... This new work is uncharacteristically calm, as if the undercurrents and turbulent currents underneath are all It is hidden in the deepest dark place, and has never been seen by the world.

However, the reputation of "This Killer Is Not So Cold" in the circle of film critics is much better than that of Su Yun's previous works-in contrast, it is an inevitable phenomenon that the reputation is good but the attendance rate is low.

Coincidentally, this year's Thanksgiving is also Lu Shaolong's birthday.

When Su Yun made a long-distance call to congratulate Master on his birthday at night when the first snow fell, Lu Shaolong, who was in a much better state of mind, gave Su Yun a very high evaluation of this new work.

"Master, are you really trying to comfort me? From the premiere to the ordered screening, many people were not optimistic about it, and today's attendance feedback is not very good." Su Yun made a small joke.

"Do you really think so?" Perhaps due to the influence of studying philosophy and the implicit and hazy traditional oriental aesthetics, Lu Shaolong foresaw that in the video tape Su Yun sent him, there are some other things that are not much for the time being. What people pay attention to, "In addition to creating a new fighting style and pioneering innovations in shooting and narrative techniques, the focus of your new work is also on the character image and relationship mode of the hero and heroine? "

"Master is worthy of being a master, and many people have failed to notice this—I think that the charm of this new movie can be slowly discovered after time has passed." Even if she secretly asked Ovitz A lot of film critics who received money to write good reviews were hired as sailors, but in terms of the information transferability of this era, the effect is far inferior to that of the Internet era of later generations.

Well-known film critics with status cherish feathers, it is not easy to buy them with money, and they can only express their impressions casually; those film critics who know how to eat, most of them can only be half-red and not black, and the marketing conversion is not profitable. Not too high.

Of course, the quality of the film is there, and there are not too few praises for quality and content.

However, quality and word-of-mouth are only the eyes of insiders. The box office, the most concerned issue, is always limited by the sensitivity of the subject matter of this era and the influence of movie audiences.

Until the film is released in North America, and the estimated sales of videotapes and CDs are included, "This Killer Is Not So Cold" is just able to pay back; if only box office revenue is counted, it can even be regarded as a good A little bit of a loss.

It was the first time that the box office hit the street, and the word of mouth was not praised by everyone, but mixed. Although at Su Yun's age, it is nothing to fail once, but compared to the previous ones who made a lot of money and gained both fame and fortune. The resume, the failure this time, is a bit ugly.

In the final analysis, as a little girl from the East, the process of making her fortune actually has the typical style of the American dream. This time the "personal design collapsed" not only wiped out the goodwill of many people who regarded her as a little idol in their hearts. , It also fueled the arrogance of those who already hated her.

"Without those fancy post-production special effects, Mary Sue is nothing!"

"The mutual redemption of an adult man and an underage girl?! Anyone with eyes can see what those metaphors imply!"

"At such a young age, I have already mastered the hype routine, and I still use the old relationship between Alain Delon and Romy Schneider to hype and market!"

"Everyone loses money at the box office. It's just that the script Marysu chose this time is really problematic. Has her previous vision for script selection deteriorated with age?"

"Mary Sue shouldn't have chosen this script. Her strength is the production of special effects that seem to have surpassed the times. Of course, I have to admit that even as an oriental face, her appearance is good enough-so, I think she should continue to participate in similar "Star Trek" or "The Exorcist" behind the scenes or play some beautiful exotic girl characters that suit her, so as to gradually establish a foothold, rather than rushing too aggressively to challenge new genres..."

All of the above are mildly worded, and there are also more unsightly and dirty comments, but Ovitz and his partners filter them out.If you really want to read it, all kinds of positive, negative, pertinent and yin and yang comments are mixed together, which is called one after another.

"Are you okay?" Ovitz looked at Su Yun calmly flipping through newspapers and magazines, and asked carefully, as if he was afraid of hurting her weak heart.

"I'm fine. I had predicted this ending when I started making this movie—speaking of which, the current situation is a little better than I expected." , Spielberg is also famous for innovating a movie style rather than making bad movies, and the box office of the movie is not as bad as it is, so this time the "failure" in the eyes of the world is in her eyes. It's all a success.

"Then what are you going to do next?" Ovitz took out the itinerary notebook, wanting to record Su Yun's future itinerary.

"Probably I will focus on the improved design of the Apple II and the DOS operating system during this period of time, and I should be in California until January next year." Apple and Microsoft, which were established at the beginning, were still small companies with less than ten employees. Moreover, the R&D personnel are only the bosses themselves, and it is rare for Su Yun to spare this period of time, so she has to go to help.

It stands to reason that the technology is almost mature, and what they lack now is the correct idea, so they can only choose to use the method of trial and error to find the best way to improve research and development—and what Su Yun currently has It is the optimal solution obtained by the predecessors after continuous trial and error.

"Is there anything else I need to do?" Ovitz asked again.

"Yes, I have a new movie ready. Last night, Steven called and said that he had already accepted a new movie and could not help me as a director, so he recommended his friend George Lucas to me. " Su Yun took out a plan and handed it to Ovitz, "The director Lucas recently planned to make a sci-fi action movie, so he specially created a special effects production company called 'Industrial Light and Magic' .”

"He wanted me to come in as a production consultant under the name of Future Dream Studios, and the exchange I got was that Lucas would personally direct my next new movie."

Ovitz thought about the resume of George Lucas—he and Su Yun are quite related. At the beginning, Su Yun's first overseas work "Artificial Intelligence" exploded his "American" with a slight lead in the box office. The box office of "American Graffiti", but seriously, the investment of "Artificial Intelligence" far exceeds that of "American Graffiti", so the most profitable dark horse at the box office in 74 was "American Graffiti" and George Lucas.

Moreover, Lucas was also nominated for 5 awards, including Best Director and Best Picture, in the same year when Su Yun won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. His strength is absolutely sufficient.

"Are you going to make "Home Alone" or "Wonder Girl"?" Ovitz said while opening the folder Su Yun handed over, "If George Lucas directed it, his style should be more In favor of "Wonder Girl"..."

When he said this, Ovitz was almost choked by the new film plan he saw when he looked down.

After a while, Ovitz, who had recovered, raised his head again and stared at Su Yun seriously: "Are you sure you want to shoot this? And the choice of actors is still so unique?"

"I refer to Lucas's style, and after careful consideration, I came up with a new plan." Compared with children's films such as "Home Alone" or "Miracle Girl", returning to the ranks of child actors but the basic box office Su Yun is more inclined to build a conservative line that will recover steadily, and then take this opportunity to start the transformation.

"It's just an ordinary youth romance film, is it worth hiring these big names? And it also needs to include a lot of Chinese supporting actors?" The more Ovitz watched, the more he felt that he had already begun to see another "" This killer is not too cold" number two...

"Believe me, if you don't shoot now, you may not be able to make up this lineup in the future." Those big-name stars who agreed to appear in guest roles were all gathered together through personal relationships and chance encounters, and there are still some characters in this movie. A large number of teenagers and children's characters are very suitable for a large collection of young Chinese and foreign stars.

"You have to know that my real debut work has never been a sci-fi movie with special effects in their eyes, but a comedy romance movie." Su Yun said meaningfully.

"But Warner Bros. is probably not willing to invest in this subject matter..." As Su Yun's manager, Ovitz certainly knows Su Yun's journey better than anyone else, but looking at the new project plan in his hand... Although the story is very The good angle is also novel, but the group play and the simple main line of teenage love are indeed too risky.

It is even more adventurous than the previous "This Killer Is Not So Cold" - at least "This Killer Is Not So Cold" can catch the rest of the kung fu movie and the heat of action movies, but this new work is a real realistic plot, It's still a nostalgic and fresh flavor of the love story of teenagers and girls that no one has ever tried.

"I recently received a share from Nintendo, plus the box office share reported back from "This Killer Is Not So Cold", and then I went back to Xiangjiang to talk to Mr. Zou from Jiahe during the Chinese New Year. The person brought here to brush up his qualifications, he is responsible for a part of the investment to pave the way...it should be enough." Su Yun briefly explained her pre-thought-out plan for raising money.

"No wonder you want to use Xiangjiang's actors as part of the supporting role. In addition to role setting, it is also to get investment from Xiangjiang..." Ovitz suddenly realized: Su Yun, this child, is really exchanging benefits for mutual benefit. One point was played to the extreme.

"So for a period of time in the future, I will be busy attracting investment and looking for actors from Xiangjiang. I will leave the preliminary preparations on the American side to you." Su Yun and Ovitz shook hands and made a decision. The agreement of running on both sides.

So, at the end of the new year in 1976, when returning to the sunny Xiangjiang from the snowy North America, Su Yun touched Jiahe's door immediately.

I got the content of her new film project plan from Su Yun. In the past two years, Zou Yunhua, who has made a lot of money from the comedies of the Xu brothers, pondered for a moment, and decisively set aside 300 million US dollars in investment, planning to be like Su Yun. He proposed to send some people under his company to go abroad to make films to "get qualifications".

It can be seen from this that Zou Yunhua is really obsessed with the international market compared to the Zhao family who sticks to the Xiangjiang market.

"The other family members, how do you plan to choose them? We don't have young handsome boys who can sing and have a good image." Although Xu Gujie is still a young actor, the role of the heroine brother in Su Yun's new movie script, The age group set is the age range that requires American high school students, so it is really not suitable.

After all, this time Xu Gujie is going to resume his old career again, putting on some old makeup to play the role of Su Yun's father in the play.

"It's a round of advertising auditions. The outstanding people in Xiangjiang should be able to be selected, and by the way, a few young actors from childhood will be selected." Su Yun waved her small hand with ulterior motives, "Thank you for your hard work." , Lord Qi!"

"Who told me to be your Lord Qi... Sigh." Xu Gujie took the promotional flyer in Su Yun's hand with a resigned look, "I happen to be going to Central to pick up a custom-made suit later, so I'll go find it by the way. A friend will help you put up the advertising paper."

When Su Yun walked out of the company with a nodding and bowing voice of "hard work" and took a ride to an old fashion store in Central, Xu Gujie suddenly saw a somewhat familiar figure.

"Ah Sam!" Tan Yunlun shouted happily when he came to get the clothes but met the idol.

Seeing that they were the two members of the recent rookie band Wenna, Xu Gujie smiled and nodded: "Are you also here to order clothes?"

"Yeah, yeah, I'm really lucky today, I was able to meet you!" Although Tan Yunlun already has a certain reputation, when facing Xu Gujie's mountain monster level, he still looks like a little sand sculpture fan .

But Xu Gujie will not regard them as small fans who met by chance: last year's movie box office statistics, Jiahe's "Genius and Idiot", which was co-operated by their brothers, received 455 million box office, although it is still the annual box office. The box office champion, but compared to the 625 million box office of "Ghost Horse Double Star" last year, it has dropped a lot.

On the contrary, Zhao's "Overwhelming Country and Alluring City" has improved compared with last year, reaching 243 million.

However, the most eye-catching thing is the movie "Café de Café", which was produced by a small film company and starred by the rookie band Winner, with a box office of 190 million. This shows their popularity among young people.

I don't know whether they will become friends or rivals in the future, but the other party has already reached this position, so they must be respected with the same status.

The two chatted for a while, Tan Yunlun had sharp eyes, and when he saw a stack of leaflets on the table next to him, he picked one up and read it.

"Hey, don't you, it's written here that you need to know young handsome boys who can sing, and the age limit is 20 to 25 years old. Are you a Geng this year?" Zhong Zhentu came over curiously and looked at it, his tone was actually a little bit Uncertain ridicule: Although Tan Yunlun is 20 years old, he still looks a little baby-faced, and it is not impossible to pretend to be [-] years old with tender makeup.

"Where did you go, I'm already such a mature man—I gave it to Danny!" Tan Yunlun said, and leaned into Zhong Zhentu's ear and said, "You know, although Danny Boy, his old bean, reluctantly agreed with him to study music, but in his heart he still wanted to be the helper of the watch shop when he finished his studies..."

"Our band has basically taken shape now, so it's not easy to increase or decrease the number of people. Danny is coming back from the holiday this time. If one of them can't get it right, maybe their family will have another trouble."

"And it is stated on this advertisement that the person who gets the role can get a song composed and written by Mary Su, and Jiahe will help contact the music company to make it into a single... If Danny can choose this role If you get the song or if someone is not paying attention and becomes popular abroad, then you will have a bargaining chip when facing his old bean in the future."

"It's hard for you to think so long-term." Zhong Zhentu sighed with emotion, and quickly took a leaflet.

The speaker is unintentional and the listener is interested.

When the good brother here was worrying about the little brother in the small team, an old maid who came by to pick up and mend the clothes silently pulled out a leaflet from the stack of leaflets on the table.

Bringing a big bag of things back to my young master’s rented room, seeing Zhang Querong sleeping sprawled on the bed in an old man’s vest and big pants, the old maid immediately yelled distressedly: “Ten boy, I’ve had a good job recently. Hard work?"

Zhang Querong was startled, rubbed his eyes and sat up: "Fortunately...it's not very hard."

"Come on, you don't need to coax me anymore. Sixth sister knows how hard it is to find food outside—here, here it is for you." Sixth sister, the old maid, handed over the flyer in her hand.

"What is it?" Zhang Querong subconsciously took it.

"I heard people say in the store that it was a promotional flyer for a competition, and I was selected to be able to sing and film..." Sixth Sister had no education, so she reluctantly relayed the news she had heard.

"How can I do this? I have never learned singing or filming. If there is someone who has learned these majors, wouldn't I be compared to others all at once?" Zhang Querong saw the promotion clearly The content on the list is a bit dumbfounding.

"You want to shrink back before you start? Ten, this is not you." Sixth Sister babbled while tidying up the messy things while admonishing the young master she had seen since she was a child, and then fumbled from her pocket. He took out 20 yuan from his pocket, "Take it, you are such a big man, you still don't know how to take care of yourself!"

"I'm rich, Sixth Sister!" Zhang Querong hurriedly declined: Sure enough, she couldn't hide anything from her. When I just started working, I didn't notice that I had spent all my money and didn't even have a fare. .

But Sixth Sister's salary is not much...

"You are going to the competition. This is more or less a blessing from the elders to the younger generation. You must take it." Knowing that the child is hard to say that he has no money, the sixth sister forced the money into his hand.

Only then did Zhang Querong silently accept the money: "Thank you..."

"Silly boy, thank you for what you say, and winning the reward well is the best reward." Sixth Sister struggled to tidy up a lot of sundries.

Seeing the warm and reliable figure in his memory but already slightly hunched in reality, Zhang Querong squeezed the banknotes in his hand tightly, with the rebellious and unyielding fighting spirit in his bones, and the fighting spirit that he must do his best to do his best if he wants to do it , it burned up at this moment.

What he didn't know was that at the same time, Chen Boyang, who also received the leaflets and comfort from his relatives and friends, also let go of his misunderstanding about the beauty of the past, and began to think about his own future. And the determination to struggle.

Of course, most people probably don't know that even in the era of the most intense struggle, the "Red and Purple Controversy" was vigorous enough. Before the two parties had officially met, it had already been planned in the dark. Foreshadowing.

After the audition for the audition on the first day, facing the two selected transcripts, Su Yun inevitably fell into deep thought.

"What do you think? The appearance of both of them is good enough, and they even have similar charms. No. 7 Chen Boyang's voice and singing skills are good, and he has studied in a foreign professional music academy, but unfortunately his acting skills are numb; No. 12's Zhang Querong is very talented in acting, but his voice is low, and his singing skills can be seen without much study and training..."

Su Yun picked up the pen and ticked off the No. 7 report card.

Xu Gujie nodded, and when he was about to say something, Su Yun moved her hand a little, and ticked off the report card on the 12th.

"Are you going to have another round of semi-finals and decide who will win?" Xu Gujie thought he understood Su Yun's difficulty in choosing, so he asked.

Su Yun shook her head, took the two report cards and said with satisfaction: "No, I want them all—the 'brother' character in this movie is a pair of twins."