China Entertainment 1997.

When "Now Now You See Me" premiered, the film was also released at roughly the same time around the world due to the time difference.

In the capital city, Liu Tianxian and his best friend Shu Chang appeared in a remote small theater wearing hats and masks, and they even specially chose the evening show.

No way, now is not ten years later, there are too few people wearing masks.

That is to say, the smog in the capital city is heavy, and it can be covered to some extent. In other cities, this appearance is not usually noticeable.

In fact, it's normal for celebrities to watch movies in private, and it's okay to be recognized. However, Liu Tianxian is relatively low-key, and he still hopes to avoid trouble.

Of course, the more important thing is that if she is found watching "Now You See Me", considering the big honey in it, I'm afraid it will be all kinds of speculation.

After quietly receiving the tickets, the two found a corner seat and waited. Shu Chang couldn't help but tease his best friend.

"Honestly, when you watch this movie, are you running after Yang Mi?"

"No."

Liu Tianxian shook his head in denial, took a sip of the milk tea he just bought, and closed his eyes to enjoy the collision of milk milk and pearls in his mouth.

The female star has strict management in terms of "eating", not to mention that she is prone to gain weight. The management team and her mother are not to say completely prohibited milk tea, which is high in sugar and calories, but Liu Tianxian can't touch it easily.

This time I made an appointment with Shu Sing to watch a movie, the assistant was waiting in the car, no one was watching, she took the opportunity to indulge a little.

"really?"

Shu Chang expressed doubts. Others don't know that she has a very good relationship with Liu Tianxian, so she still knows something inside.

Liu Tianxian spoke indifferently, as if he didn't care about the other party, but he always attached great importance to this old enemy in his heart.

As far as she knew, Liu Tianxian secretly set up a few trumpets, followed Da Mi Mi's Weibo, personal post bar, Mtime.com group and other fan gathering places, personally collecting information and spying on the enemy's situation.

This time "Now Now You See Me" is released, although Liu Tianxian kept saying that he came for Cao Xuan and the rare big production.

But Shu Sang felt that big honey was the first reason why Liu Tianxian didn't even sleep in the beauty sleep and pulled her to watch movies.

Facing Shu Chang's suspicion, Liu Tianxian decisively changed the subject: "Let's not talk about this, how is your play, it seems to be banned?"

"Well, it's your company who sued. Yu Zheng lost the lawsuit, so he probably has to hide it."

Speaking of this, Shu Chang couldn't help but sigh.

In the past two years, because of the popularity of popular TV series such as "Mythology" and "Tang Palace Lock Jade", the theme of time travel has become very popular.

Last year, the Tang Dynasty announced that it was preparing to shoot the well-known Qing Chuan web novel "Bubu Jingxin". Yu Zheng, a dead girl who started to cooperate with Huanrui, also produced a Qingchuan drama "Gongxin Locked Jade", which was still in time for "Bubu Jingxin" Heart" aired before.

It's clear that I want to intercept the attention of "Scary Step By Step", and by the way, the name is similar to "Tang Palace Lock Jade", and I also want to gain a wave of popularity.

This kind of operation is a little disgusting, but you can really do nothing about it. Although it is a sideshow, it is not illegal.

The heroine of Dead Girl's "Palace Lock Heart Jade" is a woman from Xinjiang who cannot be named. The two have collaborated before in "The Maid Under the Big House", and he prefers to use acquaintances.

The male lead is Feng Shaofeng, who also worked with "Lock Qingqiu" before, the second male He Shengming is an artist under his banner, and the third female Yang Rong is also an artist under his banner and is a classmate at the same time.

Only the second female lead, Shu Chang, was the first time to cooperate with a dead girl, but he stepped on a big thunder in the end.

The ratings of "Gong Suo Xin Jade" are quite good. When combined together, it should be second only to "Zhen Huan Biography" in recent months, and it is on par with "Xin Huan Zhu Ge Ge", or even slightly stronger.

However, because this TV series was too popular, something happened instead.

Someone with good deeds made an inventory of the plot of "Gong Suo Xin Jade".

It was found that its settings borrowed from well-known youth novels such as "Scary Step by Step" and "Dream Back to the Qing Dynasty", and the character settings were a bit plagiarized from "Meteor Garden". Four, eight, nine, and ten are simply replicas of F4 such as Daoming Temple.

And the most excessive thing is that a large number of specific plots in it imitate or simply copy "Tang Palace Lock Jade" starring Da Mimi.

There are more than [-] cases of one-to-one plot plagiarism listed by the good-for-nothings alone, and the cumulative duration almost exceeds two episodes.

An ordinary film and television company wouldn't be able to bear it, let alone Fanxing, and would directly sue the dead girl to court without saying a word.

Demanding that the TV series be taken off the shelves, the screenwriter/director and crew publicly apologized, and at the same time claimed 200 million economic losses, etc...

Facing the giant Fan Xing, the dead girl did not hesitate at all.

In the interview video, the dead girl is beaming with joy and grinning, what kind of attitude can you treat me.

The previous "The Harem of the Qing Dynasty" was considered to be a reprint of "Golden Branch Desire". Many plots of another drama are quite similar to Fan Xiaopang's "Beauty's Scheming". In addition, many authors and writers came out to beat him.

Authenticity is high.

However, no one has punished him in these years, and no major negative disturbance has been formed, resulting in the dead girl getting away with it.

Until "Palace Lock Heart Jade" became popular, "Golden Branch Desire" was a Hong Kong drama with a low degree of popularity, and "Tang Palace Lock Jade" was a hit in the past two years.

Many people still remember those plots, comparing the two phases, it's not something a dead girl can pick up with a single sentence.

Most importantly, his unscrupulous attitude angered Fan Xing.

In fact, at the very beginning, Fanxing didn’t want to take anything against him, because plagiarism is difficult to define. When creating this kind of thing, it often pays attention to routines and patterns, and never deviates from the original purpose.

With the same setting, it is normal for two sets of stories. Many creators have examples of learning from each other and imitating each other. Even the stars cannot completely eliminate it.

The reason why the dead girl was hammered was because her food was so ugly that people would be suspected of plagiarism at a glance, otherwise Fanxing would not have lodged an appeal.

Even so, Fanxing didn't think about what to do to the other party, and the delisting and huge sum of money claims were more of beatings and warnings.

As long as the dead girl apologizes publicly, reshoots and deletes some obvious plots, and pays a symbolic compensation of tens of thousands of dollars, it will be fine. This is the case with most plagiarism cases in the industry, and it is even lighter than this price.

But the mistake was that the dead girl was too big, and she made the same mistake as the little black fat man before.

He thinks he is famous and famous, but relying on his cleverness and playing with his writing skills, he greatly underestimates the consequences of angering a giant.

His response was interpreted by Fanxing as a naked provocation, so Asia's No. [-] Entertainment Company, which has been cultivating itself in recent years, finally showed its fangs.

For Fan Xing, the dead girl is really just a small character, she doesn't need to bother at all, she can make him kneel down and call her daddy in two or three strokes.

As a result, Fanxing continued to appeal and raised the previous compensation of 200 million to 1000 million.

At the same time, after several operations, the three projects in the hands of the dead girl all stagnated.

A TV station that was originally interested clearly stated that it would stop cooperating, a few investors in a project directly withdrew their funds and left, and another two leading actors who had been in contact with each other suddenly announced a schedule conflict.

Even Huanrui, who claimed to be the backer of the dead girl, didn't dare to let go of half a fart, and instead asked the dead girl to apologize publicly.

The self-satisfied dead girl found out that the world was turned upside down within a week, and she was completely dumbfounded.

He wanted to contact someone to intercede, but with his popularity, no one was willing to help. After struggling for a few days, the dead girl posted a public apology letter on Weibo.

"I was wrong, this is a bloody lesson"

But things have come to this point, not an apology can end.

Under the public opinion of the outside world, the relevant platforms removed "Gongsuo Xinyu".

It is inevitable that this TV series will be frozen. Even if it can be released in the future, it will take a few years before the popularity is long gone.

And after the conflict with Fan Xing, the dead girl's future career must have some influence, at least for a short time, he has to keep a low profile for a while.

And the compensation lawsuit requested by Fanxing still has to be fought. The first legal team in the entertainment industry is not kidding, even if they can't pay 1000 million, they still have to scratch the surface.

Except for Fanxing, because the TV series was taken off the shelves, advertisers, investors, and platform parties probably have to find trouble with the perpetrator of the dead girl, enough for him to drink a pot.

I don't know if the dead girl regrets that she owed her at this time, otherwise he wouldn't have been so miserable.

At the same time, he should also be thankful that Fanxing didn't completely kill them all, but just taught him a huge lesson, otherwise he could just pack up and change careers.

Not to mention, with the energy of the stars, "Gongsuo Xinyu" can be officially banned.

If this is the case, it is completely two concepts from the platform side taking the initiative to remove the shelves.

If the platform is removed from the shelves, it can be released after hiding from the limelight for two years. If it is officially banned, it will remain cool forever.

Even the dead girl may be reduced to the point of being half-blocked because of this incident. All platform parties and investors dare not use him for insurance, and their careers will directly fall into the abyss.

The reason why Fanxing didn't do that was not because she was soft-hearted to the dead girl, but because once the officials were brought to an end, many subsequent things might be out of control.

You can block and kill a girl today, but if something happens tomorrow, can you block another girl?

Where are the scales and standards for banning?

Should the blocked artist or director's works be taken off the shelves? If so, who will bear the losses in other aspects?
If a trend is formed, everyone will report to each other in the future, leading the officials to block the opponent's family, and the whole circle will be in turmoil, so what should we do?
Cao Xuan knew very well that once some openings were opened, they couldn't be blocked even if they wanted to, and the consequences brought about by it could not be explained clearly in one sentence.

From a selfish point of view, Cao Xuan is very supportive of some banning decisions. Some people deserve what they deserve, but sometimes they feel that they have overcorrected, so that everyone is like a soldier, and the rumors are turbulent, and artists dare not even speak.

No matter what the future holds, at this moment, Cao Xuan does not want to open this Pandora's Box from his hands.

The dead girl has been dealt with, and although Shu Chang has not been implicated, the new drama broadcast is gone, so it is impossible not to be affected at all,
This made Shu Chang feel wrinkled and hurt when he thought of it. Liu Tianxian couldn't bear it, so he raised a few words.

"Our company is going to shoot the fourth IP of Mr. Cao's music universe, which is "The Year in a Hurry". Young actors are needed, and I can recommend you to try it."

"A Year in a Hurry, you don't want to shoot?"

"I don't want to shoot campus subjects anymore, I'm afraid it will be stereotyped."

Liu Tianxian gave her own answer. She has already filmed two youth campus movies and was awarded the title of "National First Love". Circle dead.

Moreover, "The Year in a Hurry" is regarded as a group drama, and the company's positioning is mainly to welcome newcomers. Not to mention Liu Tianxian's going to grab the limelight, it is easy to cause budgetary pressure.

"Okay then, I don't know if people like me or not."

Shu Chang was under a little pressure. Frankly speaking, the past two years were considered a period of decline. Since "Magic Phone", she has not shown a particularly outstanding performance.

More importantly, she has made very few films before, which may be her minus item.

But if you have a chance, you still have to give it a try. After the explosion of "The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years", Fanxing Music Universe IP has also become popular, especially "The Year in a Hurry" is still similar to the theme of youth campus, and the prospect is still very good .

The two chatted for a while, and began to enter the theater. It was a night show in the early morning, and it was still a remote theater, and the attendance rate was almost half.

"Do you think this movie can surpass "Transformers 3"?"

"Not sure?"

Liu Tianxian's expression was a bit dignified. Even if this drama can't reach the height of "Transformers", 5 million+ is still very promising.

Many professional organizations even estimate 6-8 million, surpassing Lao Mouzi's "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" and "The Founding of the Party", and are regarded as the most popular Chinese-language movies this year.

It should have been the most popular movie in theaters this year, but "Transformers 3" performed too aggressively, and all parties restrained themselves.

But even so, "Now Now You See Me" is regarded as the only movie that can challenge "Transformers 3" this year, which shows that the outside world is optimistic about this movie and Cao Xuan himself.

If "Now Now You See Me" can meet expectations, plus Hollywood and Asian related box office, the total box office will easily exceed 20 billion yuan.

For a movie of this magnitude, even if Da Mimi is only a supporting role in it, it would be terrifying to be able to make money.

If Liu Tianxian was more or less relaxed and high-profile just now, seeing this scene in the theater, the pressure in his heart suddenly increased a lot.

The two found a corner and waited for a few minutes for the movie to start.

The original version of "Now Now You See Me" is in English, and there is a Mandarin-dubbed version in China. Among them, Cao Xuan and Da Mimi are the original voices, and the audience can choose freely.

Liu Tianxian and the others chose the original English version. She is good at English and has almost no barriers.

As soon as the movie opened, the magician played by Cao Xuan appeared on the stage, and he played a fancy card-cutting hand, which caused a small cheer from the audience.

Liu Tianxian and Liu Tianxian couldn't help but look at each other. This cutting card is not a close-up of the hand, but a half-length shot of Cao Xuan. The hands, head, and body are all in the frame.

Judging from their experience, the chance of special effects is very small, because it is not worth it, so it is very likely that Cao Xuan himself is cutting cards.

"I didn't expect Teacher Cao to have such a hand."

"I haven't heard that he can do magic tricks. He probably practiced it when he was making a movie."

Liu Tianxian and Cao Xuan have filmed scenes, and know that Cao Xuan likes to practice some character skills in private. During "Taken", Cao Xuan has learned a lot of action shooting, and he shoots targets every day when he has nothing to do.

Although the level is far worse than some professionals, but compared to ordinary people, it can be regarded as a master.

Speaking of movies, each of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse has a magic trick. Relatively speaking, Cao Xuan's magic may not have a visual effect, but it is interesting to interact with the audience.

When performing magic tricks, Cao Xuan faced the audience outside the screen directly. The cards were cut twice for people to choose cards, and some audience members might unconsciously follow suit.

And when the answer is revealed, everyone will find that the cards they think are the same as those in the movie. This is the most interesting point.

And the secret is also very simple, because the magician intentionally keeps the [7] card in the sight of the audience as much as possible because of the two cut cards, and subconsciously selects [7].

And this is also the characteristic of magicians, who are superb in technique and like to play subconscious tricks.

And the tone of the whole movie is constantly emphasizing this point——

Sometimes, what you hear and see is not necessarily true.

The magician took the girl home, and when he was about to have a good time, he suddenly saw a figure outside the window. He chased the girl away and jumped out of the window.

"Hi, brother, long time no see."

"Daniel, I need your help."

Thus, the main storyline started, and the magician played by Cao Xuan appeared at the performance scene of Unlocking King (American Team) and Hypnotist (Juan Fu).

Needless to say, the king of lockpicking is technically characterized by strong stealing skills, some magic skills, likes to play tricks, and is also a fan of magicians.

The appearance of the hypnotist is full of highlights, not to mention the hypnosis technique. The most interesting thing is that relying on micro-expression interrogation, he uncovered all the secrets of a man.

"What were you thinking, the beach, the cocktails, going home..."

After the husband paused, the hypnotist immediately asked: "What do you want to do at home, party, watch football, women..."

The husband panicked, and the hypnotist concluded: "Woman, it seems that you are not honest. What's her name?"

The husband was anxious: "I don't know what you are talking about?"

The hypnotist didn't care, and continued to ask with great interest: "A, B, C...J."

Seeing J, the husband's eyelids moved, and the hypnotist stopped: "A name that starts with J, Jane? Jessie? Jane? Julia..."

Seeing her husband pursing his lips, the hypnotist stopped and looked at his wife next to him: "Do you know Julia?"

The wife's face was livid: "She is my sister."

Don't talk about how the hypnotist in the movie blackmails the husband and uses hypnosis to make the wife forget what happened just now.

Just talking about the scene just now, pressing step by step, judging only by micro-expression, you can bring people alive to the scene of collapse, which aroused the amazement of the audience.

"Fuck you, you're awesome."

In fact, in the original movie, the hypnotist only asked a few questions, and it was more about demonstrating the ability of hypnosis.

On the contrary, he borrowed this passage from the ending chapter of "Mao Lie", carried forward this passage, and made it a classic fragment in the play. Shao Banxian, who used this method, also became a god in one fell swoop.

So Cao Xuan deliberately changed the script of "You Now You See Me", combined with "Mao Lie" to add a scene to the hypnotist, and it was full of force in an instant.

Whether it is the detective Sherlock or the later Doctor Strange, Juan Fu is very good at playing such a mysterious and high-profile role.

The hypnotist of the original movie, perhaps wanting to reflect the contrast effect, found a strong man with a fierce face. Some people may think it is good, but some people think it is against harmony.

Cao Xuan was considered the latter, he felt that Juanfu was more in line with his positioning and vision of the role of hypnotist.

If the original version is followed, the hypnotist is probably played by Dwayne Johnson...

The last one to appear is Da Mimi, the Escape Magic, which should also be the most visually effective appearance of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

The audience responded very well, especially when Da Mimi took off her coat, it was like a turbulent wave, and she jumped into her hand, followed by a wet temptation, which caused many audiences without female companions to howl.

Liu Tianxian couldn't help taking a few more glances, comparing himself, and then said sourly that it was all thanks to technology,
It is worth mentioning that the original time-space Da Mi Mi has a "Far Cry" this summer, and a bad movie, all thanks to Da Mi Mi's popularity and sales, feasting the eyes of many viewers.

Now that the situation has changed, Cao Xuan still reserved benefits for the audience, which can be described as well-intentioned.

However, "Far Cry" only sells meat, "Now You See Me" is not so simple.

After several people came out one by one, Cao Xuan showed up again with a blueprint that he didn't tell the audience directly.Convinced the other three to form the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse together.

The next plot is one year later, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse will be officially released, and a magic show will be held in Las Vegas.

And this magic trick is to send a lucky person to the vault of a certain bank in Paris thousands of kilometers away, and then empty the entire vault of banknotes under the watchful eyes of everyone.

The magic was a big success, live-streamed, and the lucky guy got to the vault, leaving tickets and playing cards as evidence, and then the vault's fan rolled the banknotes into the pipes, and it rained banknotes at the magic show.

The most frightening thing is that afterward, the Paris bank found that its own vault was indeed empty, leaving only the magic show tickets and playing cards as evidence at that time.

This magic made the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse famous, and it also made the audience outside the screen curious.

How did this magic come about?

The FBI dispatched police detectives to investigate, led by Mark Ruffalo, and partnered by police flower Gal Gadot.

They arrested the four knights and interrogated them in various ways, but there was no evidence, so they had nothing to do with them, and they were teased by the four knights instead.

Cao Xuan also molested a wave of police girls and established a preliminary CP relationship, which also paved the way for the following.

The four knights left gracefully, and the police detective's investigation was deadlocked. They could only find the famous magic revealer, that is, the big villain, the black old man.

The old man is very good at it, and soon cracked the secret of the four horsemen of the apocalypse.

The so-called teleportation actually means that an identical vault is built under the stage, and everything that the live and live audiences see is the picture of this vault.

As for how the bank in Paris was stolen, it should be that the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse hypnotized the driver of the cash truck and the bank auditors, and intercepted the real banknotes, while the banknotes in the bank safe turned into fake banknotes printed on magic prop flash paper. The props ignited spontaneously without leaving any traces, which also caused the "fact" that the bank was emptied by the magician.

The magic evidence tickets and playing cards left by the lucky one are also because the magician has been hypnotized repeatedly that day, allowing him to choose the playing cards as the magician asked him to do as he wished.

Through the flashback to reveal the secret, the audience figured out the principle. Although some details may be flawed, the overall logic is correct.

This kind of refreshing feeling with the reasoning of the case makes the audience full of satisfaction.

And looking forward to the confrontation between the two sides.