"The great hero Li Mubai wanted to withdraw from the world, so he entrusted his confidante Yu Xiulian to bring his Green Underworld Sword to the capital as a gift to Lord Belle for his collection. Li Mubai's move to retreat from the world actually caused more grievances...
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In the conference room.
Shen Changwei looked at the outline of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" carefully.
The more I looked at it, the more surprised I became, and the more I looked at it, the more transparent it became. Suddenly, it was like an enlightenment.
The failure of "Hero" in Berlin made him feel depressed for a while.
After feeling lost, I once calmed down and thought about the reasons for the failure of "Heroes", but after thinking about it for a long time, I still couldn't figure out what the reasons were.
After all, he is an authentic Chinese. Although he received a Western education and spent a long time abroad, his deep-rooted knowledge and education came from China. When making movies, although he tried his best to promote the movies internationally,
In a sense, it has the idea of catering to the international world, but it is not complete.
The appearance of the film outline of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" made Shen Changwei think clearly and his chaotic thinking suddenly became clear.
When he reviewed "Hero" again, all the problems that he had once been unable to figure out suddenly became clear to him!
Just as some Berlin viewers commented, the audience doesn't understand the feelings of family and country or martial arts. They only know that this movie is very gorgeous and cool. After watching it, they were amazed at the subtlety of the special effects and the beauty of the fighting scenes.
Art, but not many people really talk about art in depth, the core of this movie and the deeper things they want to show the audience through this movie.
The main plot of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is really straightforward, and even the various examples and dialogues that appear in the script outline are particularly straightforward.
It simply caught the attention of Westerners, as if the outline of this script was tailor-made for Westerners. It has Platonic love, Shakespearean dialogues, and lofty humanistic realm, all of which are just right for those so-called Western intellectuals.
The key point, in addition, the entire outline of the movie is to exaggerate "freedom" and "revenge". "Dare to love, dare to hate" and "extremely straightforward dialogue" are another harsh stab at ordinary Americans.
With a knife, I really pulled out the outline, and found that one of the lines had a cool template similar to "The Count of Monte Cristo".
"Is this movie...still a Chinese martial arts movie? Is this an art film meant to trick foreigners into watching?"
After watching the movie, Shen Changwei fell into deep thought for a long time. After thinking about something again, he suddenly murmured to himself.
Next to him, Wang Shuai also finished reading the script of "Infernal Affairs 2". After hearing Shen Changwei's muttering, he also picked up the script outline of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and started reading it.
After reading this...
Wang Shuai's face flashed with confusion, and then he compared the two books for a while, and then remembered the past movies Zhou Yang had made, and a wry smile appeared on his face.
"This is a monster!"
It stands to reason that every screenwriter, no matter what themes he writes, you can find more or less common points among these themes. This is a characteristic of every screenwriter.
but……
Starting from "Under the Mine", to "Infernal Affairs", and even to "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".
They are all written by the same person.
However, Wang Shuai discovered that each of these scripts seemed to be written by different people, and there was no trace of the same screenwriter at all.
How could one person write such a script?
Unless it's schizophrenia, or...
monster!
The conference room became quiet again.
Because it is quiet, it is easier to hear the noise outside. Zhou Yang seems to be in contact with every new director.
Talk to them about some movies they have made, some experiences, and talk to them about the future...
More than an hour later, Zhou Yang opened the door again and came in. Shen Changwei and Wang Shuai looked at Zhou Yang holding a stack of thick notebooks in his hands, and their eyes seemed to be thinking about something.
"Xiao Zhou, are you going to wholesale scripts?" Wang Shuai teased Zhou Yang.
But he found that Zhou Yang didn't respond, and didn't even see the two of them. He just sat on the main seat. He didn't write the outline like "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", but just typed on the computer keyboard.
.
It's very similar to when Zhou Yang was filming "The Crow", he was immersed in the character and became a different person.
The two looked at each other, but did not leave. Instead, they watched Zhou Yang typing the keyboard faster and faster, and even left afterimages with his fingers.
"Two directors, how about you... do it yourself first? Director Zhou is caught up in the creation, and he is so confused..."
Outside, the door opened.
Xu Mei walked in, hesitated for a moment after seeing Wang Shuai and Shen Changwei, and whispered this to them in a low voice.
Wang Shuai nodded to leave and stood up to leave, but was stopped by Shen Changwei.
"I want to see what script he will write next..."
After Shen Changwei said these words softly, Wang Shuai also nodded, unable to hide his curiosity in his eyes, and finally sat back on the chair.
"Then I'll prepare lunch for the two directors..."
When Xu Mei saw that both of them were in this formation, she nodded, said nothing, and just turned around and left.
More than half an hour later...
Xu Mei came to the conference room with three lunch boxes. When the lunch boxes were placed next to Zhou Yang, Zhou Yang recovered from typing on the keyboard, but stared at the computer screen. While eating, he was deep in thought, and from time to time he would
Putting down the lunch box, I wrote something with my hand and was making corrections.
Shen Changwei and Wang Shuai kept staring at Zhou Yang for five hours. When they felt uncomfortable sitting on their buttocks, they finally saw Zhou Yang let out a long sigh of relief and touched his eyes tiredly.
Then he looked at Shen Changwei and Wang Shuai in shock: "Director Shen, Director Wang, are you...still there?"
"Xiao Zhou, you only gave me a script outline for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and then wanted to send me away? Why don't you give me a slightly more detailed outline of the script?"
Shen Changwei looked at Zhou Yang's shocked look and immediately couldn't laugh or cry.
"Ah... I forgot, Director Shen, the general outline of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is like this, but many details need to be slightly changed... In this way, I will hand over the entire outline to you in two days.
?" After Zhou Yang looked at Shen Changwei, he slapped his head and suddenly realized, and then glanced at Shen Changwei sheepishly.
"Well... apart from "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Infernal Affairs 2", what other books have you written?"
"Well, there are only two books for now, one is "Crazy Stone" and the other is "Eavesdropping". I have just finished writing the outlines of these two books. Well, I still need to talk to a few young directors outside the house about the details.
Judging from their shooting intentions, they are roughly of these types, so it shouldn’t be wrong..."
"Xiao Zhou, you are crazy. Do you really plan to fight against the Chinese movie box office by yourself?" When Wang Shuai saw Zhou Yang say these words, he was instantly horrified and stood up from his chair violently.
He finally realized what Zhou Yang was going to do when he suddenly called them to Huaxing today and gave them the script!
only……
The more I think about it, the more horrifying it becomes, and the more I think about it, the more incredible it becomes.
After Zhou Yang saw Wang Shuai's horrified expression, he just showed a bit of an embarrassed smile: "I didn't think so, but I just want to make up for the 90,000 box office of other directors... If everything goes well, "The Grandmaster",
"Infernal Affairs 2", "Eavesdropping", "Crazy Stone", that should be enough..."
"Oh my God! Are you sure that each of these script outlines you wrote is a small hit that can exceed 100 million in box office?"
Wang Shuai couldn't help but walked towards Zhou Yang's seat and saw the script outlines of "Eavesdropping" and "Crazy Stone". At first, he thought it was nonsense, but the more he read later, the more shocked his face became.
Is this what this guy can write in a few hours?
"I don't know, what if it works? If it doesn't work, I have another movie with only one actor. This movie is called "Sniper Phone Booth". Director Wang, are you interested in filming "Infernal Affairs 2"?
, spend a few days and try to make this movie?"
"Are you crazy?"
When Wang Shuai saw Zhou Yang smiling and his eyes glowing with blazing light, he suddenly lost his voice.
"Director Wang, I won't write the script for the time being. My head is a little dizzy. How about I talk to you about the plot of this solo film?"
"..."
Wang Shuai has been directing movies for so many years.
He had seen countless actors and screenwriters, and was used to countless storms and waves, but looking at Zhou Yang at this moment, he still felt a slight chill.
The chill penetrated into the bone marrow and turned into an unknown feeling of fear.
Zhou Yang's behavior was too abnormal and too crazy.
He was clearly standing here alone, but Wang Shuai actually felt like there were many mysterious people standing behind Zhou Yang.
My brain shut down, and then my heart beat faster unconsciously.
But Zhou Yang seemed not to notice his expression and began to chat with him about the script of "Sniper Phone Booth".
Zhou Yang looked very tired.
His eyes were red.
But the light in his eyes became more and more fiery, and when he was talking about the script, his whole face was beaming with excitement, as if he had endless topics to talk about, even like an audience watching the filming of "Sniper Phone Booth", and even
Can name all the props that can be used for shooting...
Wang Shuai listened dully to the movie outline and story. The more he listened, the more horrified he became. There was a buzzing in his head. In the end, he could only hear Zhou Yang's mouth opening and closing, and he couldn't even hear clearly what Zhou Yang was saying.
After a long while, or after a long time...
"Awesome, this is a great idea! Oh my God, what is hiding in your head? I want to pry it open and take a look! Xiao Wang, can you take a picture of this book? If you don't take a picture, I will take a picture?"
When Shen Changwei heard Wang Shuai stand up suddenly, his eyes were full of surprises!
He patted Wang Shuai on the shoulder.
Wang Shuai was sitting on the chair, just staring at Zhou Yang's back. He didn't know if he had been sitting here for too long today, or for some reason. He felt that the "mysterious people" standing behind Zhou Yang were getting closer and closer.