I am a director, but I have the skills of an actor

Chapter 234 Irony?

On the screen, Fan Bayi suddenly forced Liu Yifei back with a move, jumped into the sky, and dodged away in the distance. Liu Yifei, who had not taken advantage of the fight just now, did not pursue her.

Then the scene changed. At this time, Guillaume Bray, the vice president of Colombia, quickly turned to Koch and whispered,
"You will go to the special effects company later and ask them to compile the requirements that Wan Qingshan told them before into notes. We will use them later."

Koch nodded repeatedly.

On the screen, the scene turned to Raj's house. When Raj was walking around in fear, thunder broke out in the void, and Fan Bayi walked out of the thunder.

Raj was relieved immediately, and then he quickly asked, "Is she dead?"

"No, only you can kill her. You and her are the chosen opponents. After you awaken, only she can kill you."

"What opponent, what awakening? What on earth are you talking about?" Raj shouted excitedly.

Seeing this, Fan Bayi shook his head slightly, "You can only know everything after you awaken and defeat her. Otherwise, if you know too much, you will suffer even more.

You should prepare as soon as possible. Time is running out. I can only protect you for three days. After three days, I have to leave. "

"Why three days?"

Fan Bayi didn't reply and disappeared in an instant.

Raj was stunned for a moment and scratched his hair irritably.

That night, Raj had another dream, and this time the dream was about the battle between Fan Bayi and Liu Yifei.

When the two of them went to the rooftop to fight, he ran home. While running, he met the manager of the pizza shop where he worked before.

The store manager, as everyone fled in panic, was hit by a car when he got up and couldn't get up.

"Raj, Raj, help me!"

Facing the store manager's request for help, Raj stepped forward to help, but after taking two steps, the thunderous sound of fighting coming from the building not far away scared him so much that he did not dare to step forward to help, so he turned and ran away.

As soon as he ran away, he woke up again.

"Why, why should I save him? He often scolded me before and even deducted my salary. Why should I save him?"

What Raj said to the void seemed to be questioning Fan Bayi in the dark, but the irritable expression on his face made it clear that he was questioning himself.

Then, the scene changed. When he was escaping during the day, he really met the store manager. The store manager was really hit by a car, and he really escaped.

"Why, why should I save him?,,,,"

After Raj murmured a few more questions to himself, the scene changed. The next day, Raj was watching TV.

I just happened to see the news report about yesterday's incident, there were many casualties, and the body of the store manager appeared in the camera, which made Raj turn off the TV irritably.

That night, Raj dreamed again, but this time the dream was a little different.

He was hanging on the cliff, his hands tightly gripping the edge.

Knowing it was a dream, he was about to let go, but at this moment, the dead store manager and his family of four suddenly appeared and pulled him up.

After coming up, Raj looked at the store manager and the family of four and was silent for a long time.

"I'm sorry!" Raj said to several people with red eyes.

Then, Raj comes as a surprise.

After he was dazed under the bed for a while, when he was about to get out of bed, Fan Bayi suddenly appeared.

"Oh, Shet, what's wrong with you?"

After landing, Fan Bayi fell to the ground, covered in blood and with weak breath.

"She attacked me. Ahem, I can't protect you anymore. You have to rely on yourself. If you want to save everyone in the city, you have to..."

Looking at Fan Bayi who closed his eyes before he finished speaking, Raj collapsed and shouted, "NO!"

Then, suddenly Liu Yifei appeared out of thin air.

"You devil!" Raj roared angrily and punched Liu Yifei.

Liu Yifei raised her hand slightly, and a black energy poured into Raj's body.

Black gas entered his body, but Raj did not die.

With his veins exposed, he roared angrily, and fire erupted from his body. The fire forced all the black energy out of his body.

At this time, Fan Bayi, who was lying on the ground, suddenly opened his eyes and then disappeared out of thin air.

Liu Yifei did not chase Fan Bayi, but kept a close eye on Raj, who was always on fire.

"what!"

In the firelight, Raj yelled in pain, and a giant light red light emerged from his body, looking at the roof as nothing, and headed straight towards the Lantern Festival.

The red light enveloped Raj, and Raj looked very painful in the firelight, and his face was distorted in pain.

Tom Hiddleston is still an unknown actor. In order to perform well in this big production, he heard during the filming that Wan Qingshan would use some physical means to make him appear to be in great pain. He did not refuse.

So, Wan Qingshan sent people to Chinatown to buy two embroidery needles and had the prop set inserted into Tom Hiddleston's arms.

When filming this scene, there were people on both sides pulling the embroidery needle tied with silver wire, so Tom Hiddleston's painful expression was not considered an act. He was really in pain, but his expression was just magnified. point.

The expression that was too real made all the senior officials in Colombia slightly lean back.

When the camera turned, Fan Bayi, who was still covered in blood but looked as usual on the beach, looked up at the red light in the distant sky that shot straight into the sky.

"You will fail. Courage and perseverance cannot be obtained by deception." The crab on the stone nearby made a mechanical sound.

Fan Bayi looked at Crab, "You are not a human being. Even if you live for thousands of years, you will never understand human beings no matter how much you have experienced.

For people, they are either deceiving others or being deceived all the time. Deception fills people's life, and deception can deceive everything. "

After waiting for a few seconds, Crab made another mechanical sound, "Maybe, maybe I really don't understand people, just like I didn't understand how Fengjie had the courage to bear everything for you."

The camera focused on Fan Bayi's sad eyes for a few seconds, and then the scene turned to show that in Raj's room, facing the red light that shrouded Raj, Liu Yifei waved her hand, and a black air hit the red light.

The black energy made a sizzling sound when it touched the red light. In the blink of an eye, the black energy was polished by the red light.

Liu Yifei frowned and made no move, staring at Raj closely with a pair of cold eyes.

What follows is a one-minute long shot, focusing on Raj’s cheek, which is twisted in pain.

After a long shot, Raj roared, his distorted expression gradually returned to normal, and the red light that shot straight into the sky gradually dissipated.

What followed was a fight that lasted for 10 minutes, from inside the room to outside the room, from the ground to the rooftop.

This time, the special effects of the fight are not just visions.

Visions only make people cool, but they are not shocking enough, so this time the special effects include both visions and the collapse of high-rise buildings similar to the special effects in Marvel movies.

The combination of the two special effects made many Columbia executives frown.

Although the combination of the two effects is still very exciting, it does not have the same sense of surprise as before. The image of the collapse of the building is too proportional, making the special effects less prominent.

So as soon as the war plot ended and Jela burned Liu Yifei to death with several beasts of fire, Columbia's Vice President Yao Mbray said to Wan Qingshan, "Mr. Wan, can the movie be adjusted so that the subsequent special effects are still made?" Special effects from the previous fight between the two ladies.”

“Mr. Bray, the film can certainly be adjusted, but I don’t think it’s necessary.

"Fire" is released globally, so the global box office must be taken into consideration. The special effects for the previous battle between the two ladies were already available in Asia.

If it was all about those special effects, the box office in Asia might be affected. "

Wan Qingshan's words made Yao Mbulei silent.

Although Yao Mbre still thinks that the previous special effects are better, as for the impact on the box office in Asia, it doesn't matter, the box office in North America and Europe will make up for it.

Compared with the two sides, the box office in North America and Europe is more important.

He was silent because he thought that if he adjusted the special effects, he would have to invest more.

Special effects are expensive. Just the two 10-minute special effects probably cost tens of millions of dollars.

On the screen, after Raj burned Liu Yifei to death, he stood on the rooftop and looked down at the devastated ground. Then, the screen went black, and a list of the behind-the-scenes staff of the "Fire" crew appeared.

The top executives of Colombia thought the movie was over and started to get up.

"Everyone, the movie is not over yet, I put some linkages at the end."

Wan Qingshan asked them to sit down again and watch the screen closely to see how Wan Qingshan interacted.

As soon as the crew members passed by, on the screen, in the dark universe, two giants looked down.

The giant's whole body was shrouded in white clouds, and his clothing and appearance could not be seen clearly. Only his exposed eyes were different.

The man with eyes as dark as black holes laughed, "I won this one!"

The person with completely blue eyes, no distinction between pupils and whites, snorted coldly, "You have planted one of your origins. I am convinced to lose."

"Haha, I planted one of the origins, but you also planted one of the most difficult seeds to control."

The person with completely blue eyes raised his hand, and a group of blue light flew out from the body shrouded in white clouds towards the person with eyes like black holes.

The man with eyes like black holes had just caught the blue light, and over there, the man with completely blue eyes said, "One more bet, this time a five-part bet!"

"it is good!"

After the man with eyes like black holes finished speaking, the two took out black light and white light from their bodies and threw them downwards.

Then, the screen went completely black.

"Mr. Wan, who was the person who made the mechanical noise on the sea before?" Yao Mbrai asked.

Wan Qingshan smiled and did not answer.

Seeing this, Yao Mbulei, who had originally wanted to test it out, also knew that Wan Qingshan was now very guarded against the script, so he didn't ask any more questions and changed the topic.

"Mr. Wan, let's go to the office to discuss the release of the movie." "OK."

Wan Qingshan and Yao Mbulay agreed on the release time.

There's no way it can be inconsistent. It's already October now, and the next best time is Christmas, otherwise we have to wait until next year.

It was scheduled to be released the day before Christmas, and then the promotion and the release in China were decided, and then everything was left to Colombia.

After walking out of Columbia Company, Wan Qingshan called Wang Zhongjun.

At this time, it was still midnight in China, and Wang Zhongjun was woken up by a phone call. When he heard the voice coming from the mobile phone, his irritability instantly turned into joy.

"Mr. Wang, I have made an agreement with Columbia that the movie will be released on December 12.

But Colombia will release the movie in Japan, South Korea, and Europe at the same time. If you can complete all the intermediate procedures as soon as possible and get the movie to be released in the mainland until December 12, then the agency distribution in the mainland will be handed over to Huayi . "

"Don't worry, Director Wan, I can handle it and guarantee it will be released on December 12." Wang Zhongjun quickly replied.

"Mr. Wang, since you can handle it, come to the United States as soon as possible to sign the contract."

"Okay, okay, I'll be there tomorrow."

After hanging up the phone with Wang Zhongjun, Wan Qingshan called Jiang Zhiqiang again and handed over the matter of the film's release in Hong Kong Island to Jiang Zhiqiang.

The next day, Wan Qingshan signed a distribution contract with Wang Zhongjun and Jiang Zhiqiang, who flew to Los Angeles.

At the same time, they were asked to make up for the money. The movie was over budget and had to make up 1000 million in promotional expenses.

Wan Qingshan didn't ask them to make up the money this time. It was as much as it was. This little money wouldn't make him shameless.

As soon as the contract was signed, Wang Zhongjun took Wan Qingshan to ask him to help, talked to Wu Kebo about making up the money, and flew back to China.

Jiang Zhiqiang asked him to bring one of the five people back to Hong Kong Island to arrange the release of "Fire". He took the other four people to stay and enter Columbia Company to prevent Columbia from doing its accounting.

Someone will be sent to keep an eye on the accounts. Wan Qingshan told Yao Mbrei yesterday.

Someone was sent to keep track of the accounts. When signing the "Fire" cooperation contract in the early stage, Wan Qingshan strongly requested that it be written on the contract, so even if Yao Mbrei was unhappy, he could only accept it.

After handling the matter of "Fire", Wan Qingshan began to work on the later stages of "Marriage Story" while Leonardo was a little anxious.

"Marriage Story" is participating in next year's Oscars, and its release date cannot be later than the end of December, otherwise it will not be able to make it to this year's Oscars.

So just a few days after Wanqingshan started post-production, Leonardo asked when the post-production process would be completed.

The post-production of "Once Upon a Marriage" was very simple, but overtime is not popular in Hollywood. Post-production staff are required to work overtime unless a lot of money is spent.

After Wan Qingshan made an estimate, he said that it would be completed in mid-December. Then, Leonardo contacted the distribution company and scheduled the film to be released on Christmas Day.

With Wan Qingshan watching "Once Upon a Marriage" every now and then, the post-production process was a little faster and was completed on December 12th.

Then, Wan Qingshan immediately joined the crew of "Fire" and began pre-release publicity.

Until December 12nd, the promotion will stop, and tomorrow will be the premiere of "Fire".

The premiere of "Fire" was still held at the Huaxia Grand Theater. Many stars came, including one invited by Colombia, and some who came for Wanqingshan.

Also, many film and television companies work together!
Because, some time ago, a news spread in Hollywood - 'Wan Qingshan has created a movie universe, and the new movie is one of them! '

This shocked all the film and television companies in Hollywood, so many people came to watch the movies in the Wanqingshan Cinematic Universe.

"Evan, did you really create a movie universe?" Matt Damon asked curiously.

Hearing this English name, Wan Qingshan felt helpless.

Some time ago, when he went to eat at his neighbor's house across from his house, the family, whom he had become very familiar with, advised him to give him an English name, otherwise it would be difficult to call him.

So Wan Qingshan said casually, "Then let's call him Evan!"

Originally, Wan Qingshan thought that this title was just a private address for the family opposite him, but a few days later in the morning, Leonardo came to his house to look for him.

When he went out, the young woman from the opposite family, Saiyi Doffey, greeted him and called him Evan.

Then - word spread from Leonardo's mouth, everyone called him that, and even the media started reporting on him by this name.

"That's it."

"Wow! That's amazing, Evan, you're going to be wanted by every company in Hollywood."

Wan Qingshan shrugged, "It may not succeed. If it doesn't succeed, I'm afraid no company will ask me to make a movie. If the investment of nearly [-] million is lost, no one will be willing to find me."

"Of course not, Evan, if the movie doesn't succeed, I will definitely ask you to collaborate.

Evan, next time there is a literary film script, don’t keep thinking about Leonardo. You can cooperate with me, and the director’s fee will definitely not be small. "

"OK, OK!"

After a while, the premiere was about to begin, and everyone started walking on the red carpet.

This time on the red carpet, Wan Qingshan and Liu Yifei were together.

Walking on the red carpet, I heard the fans gathered on both sides of the red carpet excitedly shouting 'Devil! Liu Yifei was full of envy.

After a few seconds of envy, she saw reporters on both sides raising their cameras to take pictures, so she immediately turned slightly sideways and got closer to Wan Qingshan to get into the camera.

At the last premiere of "The King of Kung Fu" in North America, she didn't get close to Cheng Long and Li Lianjie. As a result, there were no photos of her in the news reports the next day, only Cheng Long and Li Lianjie.

In "Fire", the male and female protagonists are only slightly famous in North America and have no fans at all. The audience who can attend the premiere, except for a small number of people who come to see the stars, are basically fans of Wanqingshan.

Fortunately, Wanqingshan has enough movie fans that the theater was still full before the screening of "Fire" began, so the atmosphere of the premiere was not ruined.

Just as Columbia executives expected, the special effects of "Fire" made the audience feel novel.

The special effects of the battle between the two women made many viewers exclaim, 'What!'

Film critics don't have any feelings. They have never been partial to special effects blockbusters. They prefer literary films.

The eyes of reporters and people from Renren Film and Television Company were bright. This novel special effect, coupled with the quality of the previous movie, is not bad. As long as the quality of the latter part is maintained well and the linkage is good, then Wanqingshan... seems to be Could really make a movie universe series.

As the movie progressed, film critics began to change. The conversation between Fan Bayi and Crab made them feel that this special effects blockbuster was really not like Marvel.

"Evan's movies are really as cold as ever. I didn't expect this special effects blockbuster to be the same. It's a bit like Nolan." A film critic exclaimed.

“No, no, in Nolan’s movies, the protagonist still has warmth, but in Evan’s movies, not only the supporting characters, but also the protagonist has no warmth.

But this lack of temperature is very reasonable. "The filmmaker on the side retorted.

"You two, tell me, if you remove the special effects and treat the characters of Fan and Liu as Raj's hallucinations, do you think this movie looks like the lines in the movie? Deception can deceive everything."

The elderly film critic in front turned around and said.

The two of them looked stunned, and one of them exclaimed, "Parker, you are saying that the essence of this movie is about deception!"

"This is a great statement. Mediocre and failed people will always find countless excuses to deceive themselves. Raj also failed in life before." Another person exclaimed on the side.

Parker, an elderly film critic, shook his head slightly and said with a smile, "I don't know if the movie is about deception, maybe it's about people having to rely on themselves.

But I think Evan is more suitable for making literary films. I have watched all of his films, including those Chinese films.

Although for those Chinese films, because of the differences in characters, language, and culture, it was a headache for me to look up the information.

But after getting to know the culture there, I found that except for his first commercial film in China and "Ip Man", which he did not control the script, all of Evan's films are like a cold scalpel, piercing people's hearts. ! "

The two of them had only watched Wan Qingshan's Chinese-language movie "Loyalty Liver and Righteousness", so they didn't know how to answer the question.

Seeing that the two of them were a little confused, Parker sighed inwardly.

"Still can't meet anyone who understands Evan's movies." Parker muttered in disappointment before turning his head and continuing to watch the movie.

In the final battle of the movie, as Yao Mbre expected, the audience's interest was not as high as before.

But it's okay, after all, the special effects are enough, and the audience won't be disappointed.

After the movie was over, Wan Qingshan followed the crew on stage under the applause of the crowd.

Wan Qingshan thought there wouldn't be any tricky problems. After all, it's a commercial special effects blockbuster. Once the special effects are done, what else can happen.

But he didn't expect that one of the two movie reviewers stood up and asked about what the three of them had talked about before.

"Evan, is the movie about deception? Are you using the movie to satirize mediocre and failed people who can only survive by deceiving themselves?"

Wan Qingshan is a little confused. It's just a commercial film with no nutrition. How did you make up this meaning?

"I have said it many times in China, but this is the first time here. After the movie is released, it is not my movie, but everyone's movie. You can understand it however you want."

Wan Qingshan's words made many film critics' eyes light up. If this is the case, then they can just make up their minds.

Film critics' speculations are very exaggerated. That night, a bunch of imagined film reviews appeared on the Internet.

'Evan used the movie to satirize mediocrity's love of fantasy. '

'Evan satirizes 99% of the world's people! '

'A daydream movie. '

,,,,
Some even say that the movie is all a lie, starting with the protagonist feeding the cat, and then it is all fantasy.

Fortunately, these film critics have a high level of 'professional ethics' and received money from Colombia. Although they just wanted to increase the number of clicks and brainwash the film's connotation, they also praised the film.

From the special effects, to the actors, to the plot, to the graphics, everything has been praised so much that it’s almost overwhelming.

The comments from these film critics have made many viewers itchy and want to know what kind of movie is a satirical movie about people around the world, and what kind of gorgeous movie uses the whole of Los Angeles to daydream.

It also made the audience attending the premiere very confused. Why is this different from the movie they saw? What kind of daydream?

Wan Qingshan ignored the subsequent commotion caused by the film review on the Internet, because the premiere of "Marriage Story" was the next day after the premiere of "Fire".

(End of this chapter)