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Chapter 165: Things from Years Ahead (Two in One)

"Take a break?"

In a boxing gym in Beijing, Wu Jing asked Lu Pingan with a smile.

Without even thinking about it, Lu Pingan directly agreed: "Okay."

Then he took off the braces, slumped on the ground and panted heavily.

After Guorong's party ended, Lu Ping'an chatted with Wu Jing.

The most talked about is about the topic of action scenes in film and television dramas.

This involves the question of whether the action scenes of "Batman" should be improved.

While chatting, the two proposed to exchange ideas after returning to the capital.

Lu Pingan still has a "basic fighting skill" in his hand. He hasn't used this skill since he got it. Now he can try it out to find out for himself and see how high his martial arts level is.

But now, putting aside the level and so on, Lu Pingan only has one feeling, that is, what Guorong said at that time was not a lie.

Putting on the protective gear and stepping onto the ring, my heart tightened.

Then I typed only one word: Tired!

This is still on the premise that Wu Jing is not serious.

"Fighting looks simple, but if you really want to fight in real life, it is much more difficult than what you see on TV. Most people go to the ring, let alone a 5-minute round, even a 2-minute round can be exhausting. Two rounds The legs are full of lead, and by the third round, there is no physical strength, and all technical movements are messed up. If the willpower is not enough, it will be slaughtered. You are not bad, Lu Gui, and your physical strength is much stronger than ordinary people. If you work hard Practice, maybe you can take a career path."

Wu Jing handed over the mineral water, and Lu Pingan took it. According to his skills and experience, he just took a small sip, and his thirst quickly dissipated.

After recovering, he asked Wu Jing: "Are you also so experienced in martial arts?"

"Who hasn't been to the ring a few times yet?"

"Who can fight you or Lian Jie?"

Wu Jing hesitated for a moment, then smiled and gave the answer: "Fist is afraid of the young!"

"I'm also afraid of kitchen knives."

"Haha, yes, the best way to run in case of danger is to run, so physical fitness is still the top priority."

Wu Jing said with provocative eyes, "It's been 5 minutes, have you slowed down, can you still do it?"

"Okay, why not, come on!"

Lu Pingan bit back his braces, and the two continued.

More than an hour later, the two took a bath in a bathhouse in the capital, and then chatted about action scenes.

When Lu Pingan was filming "Wonderful Night" before, he actually talked about this topic with relevant professionals.

It's just that there were very few action scenes in "Wonderful Night" at that time, the difficulty was not high, and the filming only took two days, so I didn't have a deep chat with Wu Zhi at that time.

This time "Batman" will involve a lot of action design, Lu Pingan took this opportunity to have a good chat with Wu Jing, an action star.

It was just a fight and two days of chatting. After knowing the deep relationship between martial arts and the movie, Lu Pingan felt that there was no need to improve the action scenes of "Batman 1".

Just imagine, over there, a large group of policemen and thugs are fighting on the street, guns and sticks intersect, blood flows into rivers, the camera turns, Batman and the big villain are singled out, you kick the shadowless kick, I use the Mizong Fist, Then put two hidden weapons, take advantage of the force to fly into the air, jump and chase on buildings and vehicles, dodge and move, and kick each other in the air
Playing is very enjoyable, but there is a high probability that the audience will not applaud, they will only laugh.

Huang Feihong's style must not work.

So what about Zhen Bullet's throw, Tony Jia's flying knee, and Steven Seagal's old punch?
Although it is close enough to actual combat, for Batman, the cloaked hero, the costume itself already has a strong romantic element, which is a bit out of the realistic foundation, and it is about to float away.

How to do?
So it is better to fight a little more clumsily, so as to press the style back to the ground.

This is also the action scene that Nolan had talked to him about.

It's not that Nolan doesn't know that China's action guidance is the best in the world, but why not use it, but use Chiss fighting skills tailored for Batman, and show it with a designed clumsiness?

The more Lu Pingan thinks about it now, the more he feels that this is actually Nolan's strength.

If the trilogy is to be made into an epic, all the good things can’t be piled into it, distracting the guests and making the eyes dazzled, that would be a mess.

To use another analogy, in addition to the action scenes of the Batman trilogy being criticized by some fans, Batman's equipment is also criticized.

Everyone thinks that these equipment seem to be too ordinary. Compared with the Iron Man next door, it feels that the two people's worth may differ by several Musks at a glance.

But if you look at the theme of the film, it is easy to convince everyone that Batman is just an ordinary person. As long as you have money, you can also become Batman. In this way, Batman will be even more brilliant.

So from the perspective of building an epic trilogy, there really isn't much room for improvement in the trilogy.

Of course, what should be tried is still to be tried.

Xiangjiang's martial arts director is excellent in that he knows how to subtly change the martial arts style to match the realistic elements of the film.

In addition, the system can also score at any time.

So Lu Pingan still felt that he could invite a well-known martial arts team to have a try.

If you can, keep it, if not, just follow the original version.

So after taking a bath, Lu Ping'an finally extended an invitation to Wu Jing: "Jingzi, introduce me to a martial arts team, it fits the style I said."

"no problem."

"If you're free, come and play with my crew then, right?"

Wu Jing was slightly taken aback after hearing this, and then tried her best to answer naturally: "Okay."

Lu Ping'an continued: "Let's talk about it first, there may not be any characters showing big faces, but if there is a need for action scenes, it's okay if you are willing to help."

"no problem!"

Wu Jing directly agreed.

To be honest, since the two chatted last night, he already knew all kinds of Lu Pingan's thoughts on the Batman action scene, but Lu Pingan never mentioned the matter of inviting him, just discussing it.

Although Wu Jing didn't show that kind of thoughts, he is also an ordinary person after all. Is there any mainland actor who doesn't catch a cold in Hollywood these days?
Especially for Wu Jing, who has encountered a major bottleneck in his career, he will definitely be excited if such a good thing happens to him.

So he has been looking forward to whether Lu Ping An will send out an invitation.

Now that Lu Ping'an really invited him, Wu Jing suddenly felt that the punches he gave him just now were not in vain, and the pain on the face bones of his arms and legs disappeared immediately.

Of course, what made him even happier was that the two became friends.

Wu Jing suddenly felt that the future became very bright.
After taking a bath, Wu Jing thought about treating Lu Pingan to dinner at night.

But Lu Pingan refused: "I still have something to do at night, it's very important, I'll drink it on the fifth day of the lunar new year."

"Okay then, see you on the fifth day."

The two agreed to leave after dinner at Lu Ping'an's house on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.

Back in the courtyard, when Lu Pingan entered the door, he locked it and put the bolt on it, in case someone with the key came in without saying hello.

After entering the room, Yan Danchen just opened the door.

"Oh, I'm scared to death!"

Yan Danchen was taken aback, but Lu Ping'an's bright eyes had already brightened.

At this time, Yan Danchen was wearing the costume of Chang'e in "The Lotus Lantern".

Increase attack speed, increase crit.

This kind of divine costume is on the upper body, can you still bear it?

Lu Pingan hugged her horizontally.

"Take it easy, just this costume."

The moonlight is good tonight, no wonder Chang'e will descend to earth
. . . . . . .

I stayed at home with Yan Danchen for a day, and at noon on the third day, Yan Danchen boarded the plane to go home.

There are still two days before New Year's Eve, Yan Danchen will be in the production of "Lotus Lantern" which will start filming in Hengdian after the next year, and Lu Pingan will also start the production of "Batman" after the seventh day of the lunar new year, so this time we will not see each other for a long time.

It's the same with Zeng Li, she's going home tomorrow, and she's going back to the production team in Shanghai on the fourth day of the new year.

And now, although the two have confirmed their relationship, they haven't seen each other since that snowy night kiss.

Lu Ping'an was very busy, so the two of them didn't make any more substantial progress, they just made phone calls and text messages to enhance their relationship.

But today Zeng Li deliberately stayed in the capital before going back, so Lu Pingan naturally wouldn't be puzzled.

That night, Lu Ping'an and Zeng Li came to the cinema in disguise.

Like ordinary couples, the two used the routine of watching movies and eating to follow the couple process.

The privacy of the movie theater is guaranteed, because this is Lu Pingan's movie theater, one of the 8 movie theaters he bought.

In the next year, this cinema will start to be renovated, and the decoration style will be the same as that of the UME cinema not far away.

UME Cinema is currently the most upscale cinema chain in China.

The decoration is luxurious, the service is in place, and all the standards are in accordance with the old beauty.

This makes UME the first choice for many white-collar workers and foreigners to watch movies.

That's why Lu Ping'an was able to easily sell the current theater not far from it.

In the future, Road Ping An's idea is the same as that of UME. The decoration will be taller, and then more advanced projection equipment will be put in.

In this way, the cinema will become competitive.

Of course, he doesn't rely on this to make money. What he values ​​is the future development of this piece of land and projection equipment.

Having said that, tonight's theater is deserted.

It's not his family, it's almost the same in all parts of the country.

Because the end of the year is approaching, and there are indeed no good movies right now.

Among the movies currently being screened, only "Mobile Phone" is relatively well-received. It has been released for a month, and the box office is about to reach 5000 million.

In addition, there is another movie with a big name, "Flying Eagle Woman" starring Yang Ziqiong, Ren Xianqi, and Li Binbin.

In the movie, Yang Ziqiong flew over the Great Wall on a motorcycle, working very hard, and the cost of the film was as high as 1.5 million Hong Kong dollars.

When the filming started, there was a lot of momentum, and the media called it the domestic version of "Batman". Now Lu Pingan is going to direct "Batman", so the film crew brought this point up a few days ago, and it is said that there is a lot of attention.

It's just that now that the film is out, the plot and characters are hard to describe in a single word. In the end, the film was a big hit, and the box office in the mainland was only 1400 million.

Halfway through the movie, Lu Ping'an and Zeng Li looked at each other, saw the confusion in each other's eyes, and left early.

However, this did not affect the mood of the two of them.

After watching the movie, the two went home, Zeng Li cooked, her cooking skills were comparable to Yan Danchen's, relatively speaking, it was more suitable for Lu Ping'an's appetite, because it was not so spicy.

The two chatted while eating, and the TV in the living room, which had hardly been turned on, was also playing programs.

Zeng Li doesn't like to watch TV, so the role of the TV today is a buffer to alleviate the embarrassment that may arise.

Compared with movies, the programs on TV are much better.

"Supreme Beauty", "Cornucopia", "Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties" and so on.

As long as you change the channel, you can get a boutique in three steps, and a classic in five steps.

The vitality of the TV drama market is much greater than that of movies.

Lu Pingan didn't care about it, and Zeng Li didn't care about it either.

Now the two are just worrying, why are the pants tied into a dead knot?
After a while of busy work, Lu Pingan finally untied the knot on his belt with the help of Zeng Li.

Then the two breathed a sigh of relief, looked at each other, and laughed.

Then nose to nose, then lips to lips.

Shan Xiongxin on the TV outside the living room faced the enemy with a solemn expression.

Lu Pingan felt that he was inferior, so he had to learn from himself at this time, it was the brave man who met on a narrow road
. . . . . .

The next day, the two of them got tired until 10 o'clock in the morning, less than two hours before the flight, and the two of them got up reluctantly.

Then it took another half an hour to take a shower, and finally Zeng Li stepped on a little bit to catch up with the plane.

In the text message, she complained to Lu Pingan for a while, just like Yan Danchen, except that Yan Danchen complained that he tore the costume.

However, both of them were in a very good mood, because Lu Pingan had prepared gifts for their families.

Although Lu Pingan, a big scumbag, is not in tune with this, he also knows what to do and when to do it.

In the future, if you want to embrace left and right, there is a long way to go.

But a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and Lu Pingan still has a plan.

After sending the women away, Lu Pingan then devoted himself to the post-production work of "A Wonderful Night at the Museum".

Now there are many people who want to make an appointment with Lu Ping An, even though it is only two days before New Year's Eve, there are still many invitations.

Lu Pingan didn't like this kind of meaningless entertainment, so he just let it go, saying that "Wonderful Night" will be upgraded in the later stage.

In fact, there is no need to upgrade. The conversion of ordinary movies to 3D is planned after the skills are acquired.

But because Lu Ping'an said before, Xingchen Film and Television will learn advanced experience through "Batman".

So this reason became very powerful, and it became a wave of publicity for "Wonderful Night" years ago.

And this also made "Wonderful Night" gain more attention.

Movie fans and fans are looking forward to what kind of effect "9527", which has the latest Hollywood technology, will be after it is released.

Of course, more people are curious about what kind of film "9527" is.

In this regard, Lu Pingan has already had a publicity plan.

On the 29th of the Lunar New Year, several main creators of "Wonderful Night" appeared in Guangguang's TV program in costumes.

In the show, Ge You's Sima Qian, Fan Wei's security guard, Huang Xiaoming's Tang Seng and so on.

Several main creators wished the audience friends New Year greetings.

This is pre-recorded.

In other words, the official promotion of "Wonderful Night" will start from this year's Spring Festival, and then it will be deciphered step by step.

For this reason, the studio located in Chaoyang Trade City was strictly guarded during this period to prevent leakage of secrets.

This has also increased the curiosity of the media and movie fans.

Now, several main creators are wearing costumes through movie-level lenses, and wishing everyone New Year greetings in the image of characters.

During the New Year greetings, the main creators also revealed their roles.

Along with the decryption of historical figures one by one, modern figures with a unique style of painting are added, such as the bodyguard Fan Wei.

This made the attention of "Wonderful Night" continue to skyrocket.

Movie fans are even more curious about what this movie is about, it's so interesting to watch!
There were also many speculations, decryptions, and gossip posts on the Internet in the first place.

Some guessed very close, saying that this may be related to the time travel of historical figures.

Some guessed it outrageously, saying it was a play within a play.

Some even guessed right, saying that this is the resurrection of the characters in the museum.

This is probably because someone was bribed and couldn't keep a secret.

But it doesn't matter, because Lu Ping'an already has a backup.

He prepared three convincing "guess scripts" and put them directly on the Internet.

While muddying the water, it can be regarded as an inoculation for everyone in advance.

All the following speculations point to several points, that is "brain hole" and "first attempt at comedy".

The former is Lu Ping'an's signature, reassuring movie fans.

The latter is to let movie fans know what to expect, so don't compare it with high-scoring films like "Source Code".

The marketing of commercial films is a technical activity.

It can't be too much, and it can't be too conservative.

Control the audience's sense of expectation within the range you want, and wait for the movie to come out. The quality of the movie exceeds the audience's expectations. This is the correct way to open it.

(End of this chapter)