America: Starting with the acquisition of MGM.

Chapter 320 318. Superheroes in Action

"This song, isn't it the theme song of Inception? Cobb and his team used this song as a wake-up signal."

Watching the passionate singing of Edith Piaf, played by Nicole, on the big screen, many viewers discovered the highlight.

"Yeah, I realized it when you said that. No wonder the Dream Steals used this song. It turns out it's because Nicole Kidman starred in two movies at the same time."

"Wow! Her acting is so good. She is heroic, proud and powerful in "Inception", and she is so miserable and heartbreaking in "La Vie en Rose"."

"Look at her expression, like a frightened sparrow, she's afraid of everything."

"La Vie en Rose" is playing on the big screen. As an award-winning film, Eric is doing his best to pave the way for Nicole.

All the media and film critics who could be invited were invited so that everyone can enjoy this masterpiece together.

The film shows Piaf's life, from her youth to her death, not only the good but also the bad.

She was caught up in the war when she was young, and her mother was a street singer who had no time to take care of her, so little Piaf almost died of illness.

She has never felt maternal love and hates her mother.

However, at the age of 17, she gave birth to a child with a newspaper delivery boy. Then, like her mother, she wandered around singing on the streets, which led to the death of her 2-year-old child due to illness.

Later, she met a noble man who discovered her singing talent and brought her to a high position in the music industry.

Then Piaf became arrogant, started to act like a big shot, started to indulge herself, and was even willing to fall out with her benefactor.

She was so lacking in love that she didn't know how to pursue love, and she fell in love with a married man who had three children.

Although she knew that this relationship would not have any result, Piaf was still deeply involved in it.

In the end, because he missed her so much, the man wanted to fly to her overnight, but he died in a plane crash.

This blow completely broke Piaf's spirit. She began to have hallucinations and became mentally confused.

To make matters worse, he suffered two car accidents during this period, which dealt a double blow to his physical and mental health.

Alcoholism, drugs, addiction, all bad habits.

But in contrast to Piaf's tragic life, her artistic career reached its peak at this time.

Just like Van Gogh and Beethoven, many artists are like this. They cannot live without being crazy, and only when they are on the verge of collapse can they reach the pinnacle of art.

Until the last moment of her life, the famous song "I Have No Regrets" came before her.

On the stage of the Olympia Theater, Piaf gave the most wonderful performance of her life.

Not long after, the French chanson queen died at the age of 47.

When he died, he weighed only 71 pounds, or about 65 kilograms.

In order to film "La Vie en Rose" well, Nicole specially learned French and practiced singing French chanson, which really put in a lot of effort.

For the songs in the movie, as long as they involved stage performances, her original voice was used instead of film recordings.

This is exactly the same as Joaquin Phoenix, who is currently filming "Bohemian Rhapsody". Both of them have given their best.

Ron Howard also invested a lot of energy in the film. Eric gave him all the power and he believed in the big boss's ability to control the biographical art film.

Holding Nicole's hand tightly, Eric couldn't help being moved as he watched her scream in despair and collapse because of Marcel's death. Heat kept rising in his eyes.

Looking at Nicole again, tears were already on her face, and her mind had returned to the emotions she had during the initial filming.

"Honey, is my makeup ruined?" Nicole asked in a low voice.

"No, you're gorgeous darling!"

"Phew, I feel a little blocked in my heart. Maybe it's just like what Piaf wrote in her diary, try hard to pursue love and don't worry about anything else!"

You can see that she suddenly became very excited and seemed to want to hug me and give me a passionate kiss.

To be honest, Eric wanted to do that, but he had to restrain himself because reason told him that doing so would lead to an explosion.

Feeling her hand being held tighter, Nicole realized that she was too excited and wiped away her tears hastily.

"Baby, I'll love you again when we get home later."

"Ah."

Finally, the more than two-hour movie came to an end with the singing of the Queen of Chanson.

As the lights came on, everyone present stood up and applauded, and many people had tears in their eyes.

Eric and Nicole hugged each other, and no one would doubt it at this time.

He shook hands with Ron Howard again: "Howard, you have completed an outstanding work of art."

The 50-year-old man smiled and nodded: "This is the result of our joint efforts. You provided an excellent script, Nicole contributed amazing acting skills, and everyone is perfect."

Many film critics and reporters also gathered around.

"OMG! Nicole, you shocked me today. It was perfect, absolutely perfect, especially that long shot of more than four minutes."

"Your mood changes are amazing, absolutely subversive, I like it, I like it very much!"

"Thanks, Joe!"

"I like that part the most, too. That long shot is heartbreaking. I have seen many biopics about Piaf, but there is no doubt that La Vie en Rose is the best."

"Howard, you old man actually brought out such a great movie again. It almost made me cry. Look, see if it's red?"

"Uh, it seems not. You have a very high tear point."

"Haha. But I was really moved. And you also showed Piaf's shortcomings and neurotic behaviors. That's good. I like this kind of objective expression."

Ron Howard pointed at Eric and said, "The most powerful screenwriter in Hollywood is standing in front of you. Theoretically, this should be his work. I can't even find a few places that can be changed."

Eric waved his hand. "Without a good director, even the best script is useless, isn't it?"

As an art film, and one that aims to win awards, "La Vie en Rose" is destined not to be released on a large scale.

There were only more than 500 cinemas open for business, and the box office in the first three days of the weekend was not particularly high. After all, art films are actually more suitable for watching at home.

But the advantage of art films is unmatched by commercial films, that is, the screening time is very long, lasting until the end of the Oscar ceremony.

If it wins the grand prize, the release scale will instantly expand to the entire United States and last for about another month.

Of course, if you don’t win the award, you will have to leave in disgrace, and you may even be cursed and reviled by the theater owner behind your back.

The scale of screening of "Napoleon Magnificent" was not very large. Unlike "La Vie en Rose" which was unanimously praised by everyone, its reputation was very polarized. Those who liked it thought it was great, while those who hated it thought it was too boring and too weird.

As a campus youth movie, this situation generally does not occur, because the movie abandons the commonly used campus youth protagonist.

The film features a boring, dull male protagonist with no special skills, just like most people in real life, but different from the protagonists in most movies.

The solo dance of the male protagonist in the film will later be brought into the game world by Yamaguchi-san and become the prototype of the dance of male blood elves.

Eric doesn't know how much box office "Napoleon Magnificent" can earn, but judging from the current performance of more than 1300 million, it has obviously been a success. After all, the cost was only 40 US dollars.

Scratch tickets can sometimes really win big prizes.

Monday, Los Angeles.

The Christmas holiday is not over yet. Some families are used to watching TV while eating breakfast, while others watch it after breakfast. In the morning, since there are fewer entertainment programs, the father usually controls the remote control to watch the morning news.

After anchor Amar Davis finished reporting a piece of news, she suddenly took the manuscript handed to her.

Seeing this scene, experienced people knew that this must be a major emergency and they couldn't help but concentrate their attention.

"Dear viewers, let me interrupt you with a piece of news. The Los Angeles District Attorney's Office just sent us a report."

"Police Chief Greer Strange called an impromptu press conference with an urgent announcement, asking us to turn the footage to the scene."

Then the camera switched, and a middle-aged man with a serious expression appeared in the picture. Those who follow the local news will know him.

Dressed in a police uniform, the man shouted, "I am Los Angeles Police Chief Greer Strange. Danger has resurfaced and we are looking for you!"

"Los Angeles needs you, New York needs you, the whole United States needs you, there is a girl in danger who needs your help."

"Show up, superhero, show your courage, and bring hope and light to people across America!"

"Come on, superhero!"

Seeing the police chief speaking strangely on TV, people who don't know him are confused. What the hell is this? Have I traveled through time?
But soon someone came to help them solve their doubts.

"Dad, don't you know? This is a charity dream-making event."

"A little boy under 5 years old was born with leukemia. His parents are worried that he won't be able to survive, so they hope to fulfill his wish."

"That kid named Wendy wants to be a superhero. The Dream Fulfilling Organization posted a petition not long ago, and I have joined it."

"Ah? What are you talking about, son?" The old father obviously didn't understand.

As my son put on his shoes, he said, "It's on Century Street. The event is right there. You can come and take a look."

Watching his son riding away on his bike, the man turned his attention to the TV again.

The scene has arrived at a house, there is a knock on the door, and the owner opens the door.

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With the sound of metal friction and collision, Iron Man walked in. The cool gold and red armor instantly shocked the little boy. It could be clearly seen that the child opened his mouth in surprise.

"Wendy, I heard you wanted to be a superhero, now is the time."

"Someone out there is having a hard time. Put on your uniform and let's fight together!"

At this moment, the child suddenly screamed, as if he had just come back to his senses. It turned out that there really are superheroes in the world.

He nodded excitedly and put on a small battle armor with the help of the staff.

"Now, let's go save the world!"

"GO!"

On Century Avenue, both sides of the street were already crowded with people.

The moment little Wendy walked out of the house, cheers rang out immediately.

"Iron Man, say hello to everyone, I am Ironman!"

"HI, I am ironman!"

Today's armor was made by MGM's best prop master. It is not only beautiful, but also has some built-in functions.

Like horns, cool lights and jet flying.

It was naturally impossible to fly high, at most a few dozen centimeters off the ground, and the fuel was only enough to maintain a flight of more than a hundred meters, but it was enough.

Next to Century Avenue is Winnie Park, which has been rented by MGM.

Then, in the surprised gaze of everyone, two Iron Men, one big and one small, rose off the ground, and flew forward with gas spurting out from the soles of their feet.

After flying for dozens of meters, a little girl tied up appeared on the roadside, shouting for help, and next to her was Iron Overlord laughing wildly.

"Come on Iron Man! You can't beat me!"

"what!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the robot fell to the ground in the colorful beams emitted by the two battle armors.

The little girl untied herself and came over to hug Wendy: "Thank you, Iron Man, you are a true superhero!"

People on both sides of the road also gave applause. Today everyone was very interested and had the time to play games with a little boy.

Maybe it’s because of morality and compassion, or maybe it’s because of having a childhood full of superheroes.

Continuing forward, the Red Skull appeared in the middle of the road with a group of thugs blocking the way.

"Iron Man, you are forbidden to pass here!"

"Wendy, there are so many of them, what should we do?"

"I don't know."

"Let's call for help, some more superheroes, too, shall we?"

"Ok!"

"Then shout with me, Steve, Thor, Natasha"

As the two shouted, the onlookers also shouted.

Captain America, Black Widow, Thor, Daredevil and other superheroes jumped out of the crowd and defeated the bad guys together.

Escorted by a group of superheroes, Little Wendy came to Winnie the Pooh Park.

A stage had been built here overnight, and he was carried onto a high table.

The mayor of Los Angeles came up and handed him a key.

"Iron Man, thank you for your contribution to Los Angeles. Now I will give you the key to the city. You are a superhero worthy of respect."

Little Wendy happily raised the key above her head, and there was applause and cheers from the audience below the stage.

"Wendy, remember that you are already a superhero. Superheroes are fearless and they dare to face all difficulties and challenges."

"I heard you were sick, but would a superhero be afraid of getting sick?"

"No, absolutely not!"

"That's right. We should face the disease bravely, overcome it, and use your deeds to inspire more people, okay?"

"Yes!"

"To thank you for fighting evil, someone created a song and wants to give it to you."

Swish!
The stage curtain suddenly opened to the sides, revealing two rows of more than twenty children standing there.

Little Wendy's eyes widened in surprise: "Missy, Liam, Olivia, Emma."

These children are little Wendy's classmates, and Avril is standing among them.

"Wendy, Iron Man, this song is for you and all real-life superheroes!"

(End of this chapter)