The bustling city corners are filled with stench and countless fishy smells.
In the dilapidated tent, a pair of dull eyes looked at the camera, full of confusion and helplessness.
Some children huddled in the corner, while others boldly approached the "Spider-Man" crew. After seeing the friendly faces, the children became bolder and even made a grimace to the staff.
, and then ran away laughing.
"I didn't expect that after going round and round, I could only choose this piece of land in the end. The conditions are too bad..."
Although he repeatedly reminded himself that Zhou Yang is an amazing director who can turn around in adversity, Cruise still felt desperate after seeing the current situation that "Spider-Man" was facing.
At the same time, I have some regrets...
I regret joining the crew of "Spider-Man", and I regret even more that I came to this place with the crew of "Spider-Man" from the glamorous Hollywood.
Why did you reject the superhero movie "King Kong"?
Governor Howard of Delaware has no interest in the movie "Spider-Man" at all, let alone any help or support for the movie, completely leaving the movie to fend for itself.
Movies like this are like children who grew up in slums not far away. Although America's good social welfare prevents them from starving to death, they live in a state of confusion every day, like uncivilized maggots.
However, Zhou Yang didn't seem to care about these things at all.
Cruise subconsciously looked in the direction of Zhou Yang. While Zhou Yang was asking the staff to help clean the abandoned warehouse and old residential building not far away, he followed another wave of people with "Poly Mobile Phone" written on them.
The staff distributed cotton-padded clothes and food to the homeless people.
November 30th.
The weather has been very cold.
Cruise really couldn't figure out what reason to shoot "Spider-Man" at this point. At the same time, he also felt worried about his future.
"Is it possible that our careers would start with 'Saw' and end with 'Spider-Man'?"
Cruise muttered to Trent next to him.
When Terrence heard what Cruise said, a wry smile appeared on his face: "Do we still have a choice? Keep exercising, make movies, and don't think about anything else."
When the two of them followed "Spider-Man" to Delaware, it was like they had boarded a pirate ship and could never get off.
After Trent said these words, he continued to practice basic skills with martial arts instructor Zhao Bo.
only……
I don’t know why, but I always feel a bit like a “lost dog”.
"I still can't figure it out. Even in Delaware, there are prosperous areas. Why would we choose this inhospitable place as a studio? And we have to choose actors here..."
Cruise shook his head and followed Trent in disbelief.
"Who knows, anyway, we can do whatever Mr. Zhou Yang arranges. Now we have no choice..."
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When the gentlemen of Great Britain first set foot on the American continent and were about to starve to death, the Indians brought food and saved their lives. So the gentlemen designated this day as Thanksgiving to thank the Almighty Lord for saving them.
After giving thanks, they brandished their butcher knives and massacred the indigenous "barbarians", and finally officially took over this "terrain".
When he was in New York or Los Angeles, all Zhou Yang felt was prosperity and hustle and bustle. Even standing at the subway entrance, he felt like there were huge crowds of people and prosperity.
Watching their movies, Zhou Yang saw "freedom", "democracy", "equality" and "human rights" without any hint of banditry.
When he came to Delaware, Zhou Yang could more or less feel some traces of the Indian ethnic group. Occasionally he saw some wandering artists on the street who looked like Orientals and had whips on their hair. The artist sat on the street.
On the street, I picked up the genna flute and played desolate and mournful music, with a roar in my voice, which seemed to take people back to this continent centuries ago.
The artist is very lonely. In this slum, everyone lives a mediocre life, and no one appreciates the music. After playing for an entire afternoon, except for playing until his body trembles, no audience stops to listen.
But this wandering artist did not move...
He performed at the same place for several days in a row. Occasionally when Zhou Yang's crew handed out food, the artist would say "thank you" in a strange foreign language, and then continue to play as if no one else was around, as if he was completely isolated from the world. See
Looks very unique.
On the morning of December 1st.
When the crew of "Spider-Man" finished cleaning the warehouse and setting up the corresponding studio, Zhou Yang saw this Indian guy again.
The weather is getting colder and colder, and ice has formed on the riverbed not far away, but the Indian guy is still wearing thin clothes, sitting in the slums and playing music that no one listens to, looking like a stubborn fighter.
"Sir, you will succeed."
Just when Zhou Yang finished listening to a song and was about to leave to choose the actor for "Spider-Man", he heard this young man stand up and start a conversation with Zhou Yang.
"Ah? You speak English?" Zhou Yang was very shocked.
In the past few days, this young man responded to Zhou Yang in a language that Zhou Yang could not understand. After hearing pure English spoken by this young man for the first time, Zhou Yang was stunned.
"I can only communicate in English, after all, everyone speaks English..." The younger brother looked at Zhou Yang with a helpless expression on his face.
"oh……"
Under the sunshine, Zhou Yang began to chat with this young man.
The younger brother’s name is Tuka. His personality is not as lonely and paranoid as he appears on the surface. On the contrary, he is very talkative.
However, when talking about life, my brother's mood inevitably produced an indescribable sense of sadness.
"A long time ago, I felt that I was an American. I spoke English and I was very proud to live in this wonderful country. Later, when I went to school and interacted with people, I found that many children watched
Our eyes looked weird, and they privately called us ethnic minorities..."
"Later, by chance, I heard such a piece of history..."
"The place we are sitting here is the place where those people landed centuries ago..."
"..."
Tuca became more and more talkative.
He felt that Zhou Yang was different from other hurried people. Zhou Yang seemed to like listening to stories and different stories, and in front of this Chinese person, you could easily start talking without even knowing why.
Create the illusion that he will understand and feel the same way.
Zhou Yang listened to Tuka's story and silently saw the streets and the long river in the distance, feeling the unknown past.
Time passed little by little, and when it was before noon, Zhou Yang saw the genna flute in Tuka's hand, and the melody of "The Last of the Mohicans" came to his mind.
I suddenly wanted to make a movie about the gentlemen who landed in this place around the 16th century...
But then, he temporarily put away his thoughts.
Now is not the time...
After declining Tuca's dinner invitation, Zhou Yang returned to the set of "Spider-Man", but the song "The Last of the Mohicans" could not be left in his mind.
Then I immediately picked up paper and pen and wrote most of the song. There were some areas that were not smooth before, but now it feels like writing is smooth.
After finishing writing, Zhou Yang looked at some of the incomplete parts of the song...
Just when I was about to think about it, I heard a knock on the door.
"Mr. Zhou, the casting news for "Spider-Man" has been released. A group of actors have come. Do you want to go and meet them in person?"
"good!"
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The people in Hollywood suppressed Zhou Yang extremely thoroughly.
This thoroughness even affected Will Smith and Uncle Anthony, who had already signed contracts.
They received a ban from the film union, and their company forced them to appear in several films.
Because of the contract signed earlier, if these prohibitions are violated, they will most likely not claim the sky-high contract price, and they will have to give up in the end.
So their role becomes vacant.
The crew of "Spider-Man" and the actors who came with them all felt extremely heavy, and everyone felt that they had no hope for the future.
However, although it is heavy, the work is still done very responsibly and conscientiously. After all, at this point, everyone is a grasshopper on a rope. There is really no choice but to go to the dark side.
The choice of "Spider-Man" is still near the slums, the most famous homeless gathering place in Delaware.
There was no way. Except for this area, where Zhou Yang could get the right to use a large piece of land, other places were more or less unsatisfactory. Either they couldn't rent it, they wouldn't rent it, or they couldn't get it approved.
There was also Howard's instruction in this.
Governor Howard forcibly regarded Zhou Yang's donation as a charity and said that only this place could be rented for free until the end of the contract...
What else could Zhou Yang choose?
In the afternoon, there were a lot of people coming to join in the fun. They were basically either homeless people or a group of laymen who didn't even know much about movies.
Zhou Yang looked at these people with enough enthusiasm on his face.
Zhou Yang firmly believes that there are no actors who cannot be trained well, only directors who cannot be trained.
After all, miner Zhao Zhen can be trained by Marie Varney to become the best actor in Venice, why can't others?
Moreover, except for some roles in "Spider-Man" that are slightly more important, the rest of the roles do not require high acting skills. As long as they are chosen appropriately, it is enough.
But when it comes to the actual audition...
Zhou Yang found that he had made a complete mistake. Many people came here to cheat on food and drinks. Except for drug addicts who were dull-eyed, decadent, had little hope for life, and were just waiting to die, there was no one who could satisfy him.
Spider-Man's casting requirements.
Until the evening, Zhou Yang had not found any suitable actors, not even a decent supporting role.
These people are so outrageous!
But even so, Zhou Yang still waited until night without giving up hope.
Just when he thought he had gained nothing today, Zhou Yang finally found a decent actor.