Movie tycoon

Chapter 698 Dismal Box Office
Besides, on the big screen at this moment, an extremely fierce shootout began. Of course, it was different from ordinary shootout movies, and belonged to the inherent killer shootout in "League of Assassins".One of the most distinctive shots is "the bullet will turn".

This set of shots will be called "a breakthrough in physics for action movies" in the future.

To put it nicely, it gives people an extremely strong visual effect, but to put it badly, it is nonsense.

Has anyone seen a bullet that bends?How about you make a sci-fi film? !

But all in all, the American audience, who has always been good at reason, finally accepted and liked this kind of lens.

Although there is no scientific theory to speak of, it is creative and novel enough.

Of course, as the designer of this set of shots, Chen Xiaotang doesn't want to repeat the mistakes of this drama in his previous life.

In the previous life, the director who filmed this movie may think that the set of "bullet turns" he designed is very fun, cool, and interesting, so he used it in the movie, making your bullets turn, and mine will be too. , he's even more... so that the shocking shots become more and more boring the more you look at them.

The director is not willing to give up his good design, and wanton abuse will only make this good thing extremely cheap.

Chen Xiaotang knows what "things are rare is precious", and he also knows why only Linghu Chong can "Dugu Nine Swords" in "Swordsman", and only Zhang Wuji can "Shift the Universe" in "Yi Tian Tu Long".

When watching a movie, what the audience wants is a sense of substitution, that is, to turn themselves into the protagonist and dominate the wind and rain. Therefore, this kind of "stunt" can only be enjoyed by the male protagonist, and it is understandable to occasionally cheat on the big devil. Experts, there are brilliant ideas to share.

Therefore, the brand-new "League of Assassins" is definitely "conservative" in this unique skill. After making the audience shine, it will no longer appear, but it will arouse the audience's endless reverie, what will happen in the future...

In this brand-new era background, whether it is a cold weapon or a hot weapon, it seems that new life has been injected into the play, which makes people want to watch it.

As we all know, Hollywood action movies have never been as exciting as Hong Kong movies. Their action scenes are nothing more than a few punches, or a tiger pounce when a car explodes.

In the future, until Li Lianjie Cheng Long and others went to Hollywood, they also brought Hong Kong action design to the past, coupled with the help of the great director Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", Hollywood's action dramas have made great progress .

But now, Hollywood is definitely still soft when it comes to action scenes, so Chen Xiaotang's film "Assassin's League" can be regarded as letting them see what is called "action" and what is called "kung fu".

One thing is certain.These action scenes are extremely attractive, making people almost tense in the wonderful fights.It is undeniable that this is an extremely attractive and wonderful commercial film!
Whether it is a commercial film or not, Chen Xiaotang knows best! If a commercial film can impress the Golden Statue and Oscar, then the future Li Lianjie and Cheng Long will not return directly from Hollywood.

At this moment, Chen Xiaotang was only concentrating on admiring his performance, he was sure that the play was perfect.But he hasn't really appreciated his own performance yet...

His character change and identity change in the play, as well as his performance in the three aspects of family, love and friendship, are absolutely remarkable.Watching the screen constantly struggling with ethics and morality, the life of a killer, and the male lead in real life, Chen Xiaotang recalled the confusion in his mind when he was acting in this movie, and he had to hire a psychiatrist to manage it.

Gradually, he had a very strange feeling, as if he was eager to follow the change of his personality on the screen! Madonna, who was beside him, had already noticed him, and saw Chen Xiaotang's complexion constantly changing.His face is full of decadence, and his face is full of sinister smiles, as if countless personalities are competing for status in him...

When he was deeply worried, Chen Xiaotang's thinking was completely messed up, as if countless potential personalities had emerged, following the performance temptation on the screen.His head could no longer resist the heaviness and confusion, and he panted heavily...

Suddenly, his hand was grabbed.

It was Madonna by his side.

Chen Xiaotang's forehead was covered with sweat.

He looked extremely tired...

King Mike, who was sitting on his right side, also noticed his abnormality and asked, "Chen, what's wrong with you?"

Chen Xiaotang felt that Madonna's hand tightened, and the worrying feeling of splitting eased a lot.

"I'm... fine." Chen Xiaotang's throat felt a little dry.

Mike looked at him suspiciously again, and then said: "I think you look very bad, should you take a rest first?"

"Alright!" Chen Xiaotang stood up, but found that his back was soaked.

Madonna also stood up and said, "I just want to go out to get some air, let's go together."

"En." Chen Xiaotang nodded.

Seeing that the two left together, Mike said from behind: "By the way, bring me some popcorn and beer when you come back!"

In the lounge outside the cinema, Madonna took a bottle of mineral water and handed it to Chen Xiaotang, "Drink some water."

"Well, thank you!" Chen Xiaotang smiled and nodded.

"You looked horrible just now, what's wrong?" Madonna asked.

Chen Xiaotang took a sip of water and exhaled, "It's an old problem. I used to have this kind of pain when I couldn't get away from filming."

"how come?"

"Why not, when you integrate into the role yourself and don't know who you are, the pain is like a blind man groping in the dark, unable to see the light and hope..."

"What you said is too scary."

"It's not scary, it's the truth." Chen Xiaotang explained, "That's why I once advised you not to get too involved in the play, it's just acting, there's no need to be so serious."

"Hehe, that's not like what you said."

"why?"

"Because you are a good actor, how can a good actor teach others not to learn well?"

Chen Xiaotang shrugged, pointed to his pale face and said, "See, this is what happens to good actors."

Madonna looked at him, "Perhaps, this is just because you are under too much psychological pressure."

Chen Xiaotang shook his head, "You don't need to comfort me, this is not psychological pressure, it is one of the signs of schizophrenia."

"Schizophrenia? Impossible?" Madonna said in surprise.

Chen Xiaotang took a sip of mineral water, "It's not what I said, but what my psychiatrist said. To be precise, it's not schizophrenia, it's split personality!"

Chen Xiaotang pondered for a moment, "The reason is that I was too involved in acting, which led to a split personality, which in turn led to the emergence of potential personalities."

After saying this, Chen Xiaotang couldn't help but smile wryly, is this asking for trouble?

The original "League of Assassins" was just a purely commercial film, as long as the wonderful fighting scenes were gimmick enough, it would be OK.But Chen Xiaotang was dissatisfied, insisted on adding artistic elements to this drama, and even integrated "Fight Club" into it.If I play two different personalities by myself, can my personality not be split? !
"Chen, I don't know what to say, but I hope you can rest well in the future, and you'd better adjust..." Madonna said, stroking his cheek with her hand.

As if feeling her true feelings, Chen Xiaotang smiled and nodded.

While Chen Xiaotang and Madonna were talking, a white waiter came to them with champagne and stammered, "Excuse me, are you Mr. Lafite Chen? I am your fan, you Can you sign it for me?"

Chen Xiaotang was taken aback, and looked at the white waiter, "Yes...but where is the sign?"

The waiter was very happy and excitedly said: "Sign here, on the clothes!" Pointing to his snow-white shirt, he said.

"This is not very good..." Chen Xiaotang looked at his overalls.

"Oh God, please, just sign here!" The waiter was inexplicably excited.

Chen Xiaotang had no choice but to take out the signature pen, brushed it, and signed his name on the waiter's snow-white shirt.

Seeing that the request for an autograph was successful, the waiter was so excited that he was about to jump up and couldn't stop expressing his thanks, then turned to Madonna and said, "I'm also your fan, can you..."

Before he finished speaking, Madonna simply said: "Of course." She took Chen Xiaotang's signature pen, and directly filled in her English name on the signature on the white shirt.

The waiter didn't expect Tianhou to be so talkative, and happily incoherently said, "Thank you, thank you so much, I love you all!"

Then I ran to my partner to show off.The waiters were urging him to come forward, but they didn't expect him to get an autograph. They were all regretful and jealous, and now, regardless of their working hours, they were ready to come forward and ask for autographs.

Seeing the opportunity, Chen Xiaotang hurriedly pulled Madonna and said: "I see, let's go back to watch a movie!" After finishing speaking, he ran away.

The group of waiters in the back couldn't catch up, and they all bowed their heads and stamped their feet...
Chen Xiaotang and Madonna will go to the movie theater, when Mike saw them, the first thing he said was: "Where's my popcorn?"

Chen Xiaotang shrugged: "Unfortunately, I forgot to buy it!"

Madonna: "Almost besieged by fans again."

Mike sighed, "It's understandable, but luckily I didn't go out!"

The movie is now nearing its end.

The male protagonist becomes a good-for-nothing hero, leveling up all the way, meeting people from all walks of life on a narrow road, and presenting wonderful fights one after another.And the guitar killer played by King Mike is even more handsome from beginning to end to explode.Madonna did not act as a vase herself. In addition to showing her original sexiness in the play, she also further challenged her acting skills. For example, in a crying scene, she cried so badly that the audience felt sad after watching it.

The special performance of the Heavenly King and Queen made the audience who had been waiting to see their jokes lose their temper completely.

"No way, God! When is Mike going to act?"

"As expected of the goddess in my heart, look, I can't even cry so hard~ my soul!"...

Almost all the audience present were moved by Mike and Madonna's outstanding acting skills, and some of them were spies from the film company who originally planned to take the opportunity to make fun of Mike and Madonna when they "made a fool of themselves".

But they didn't expect that they didn't even have any mistakes, which made them very depressed, how could they go back to work.

In the movie, the most intense scene has already been staged. Chen Xiaotang, Mike, and Madonna are fully mobilized, hot and cold weapons are fired at once.

The entire big screen burst abnormally, and various exciting images filled people's eyes.It can be said that the special effects of this play make the visual impact of the whole play extremely strong, allowing all audiences to enjoy a visual feast from beginning to end.

The development of special effects in Hollywood has a long history. From the use of special effects in "Ben-Hur" to the perfection of the "Star Wars" series, today, this perfection can no longer meet the needs of the audience, and requires bold innovation and breakthrough.

As a filmmaker, as an actor, as a screenwriter, and as an investor, Chen Xiaotang has a deep understanding of this, so he spent a lot of effort to let Industrial Light and Magic help with the computer special effects shots of this film.

From the beginning to the end, there are more than 1000 special effects shots, and then after modification, supplementation, and improvement, 1000 of the 100 are selected, and then more than half of the [-] shots are removed, and [-], [-] are kept. After editing and fitting, only more than [-] special effects remained in the end.

It can be said that computer special effects is a huge amount of work, and it is hard work to discard the chaff and save the essence. As a leading Hollywood company, Industrial Light & Magic relies on this hard-working spirit to break out of many competitors.

Now whether it is the crew of "Assassin's League" or the achievements of Industrial Light and Magic, they have received due rewards. At the end of the movie, everyone stood up and gave their warmest applause to express their excitement.

Yes, this is definitely a rare good movie!
wonderful story.

Intense fight.

Rich characters.

All of this makes the audience mesmerized.

Facing the thunderous applause, Chen Xiaotang was extremely happy, but in comparison, it was the king of heaven Mike and the queen of heaven Madonna who were even more happy.

"We made it, yay!"

"Yes, we succeeded!" The two embraced happily.In the past, they only became famous in the music world, but now, they have become real movie stars!

Yes, hard work comes with rewards, and now is the time to reap the fruits.

Looking at them, Chen Xiaotang was also happy for them.

The craziness of the audience immediately dominated the movie theater, especially when countless movie fans flocked to hug their idols, those originally strong bodyguards had to remind Chen Xiaotang and the others, "Boss, I suggest you go back first. !"

Yes, it's time to go. If you don't go, something may happen.

So Chen Xiaotang, Mike and Madonna escaped in a hurry, shouting loudly from behind, "Rafi, I love you!" "Mike, you are my idol!" "Madonna, goddess!"...

The premiere of the film "League of Assassins" was so successful that major Hollywood media gave extensive coverage.

American "Entertainment Weekly" ---
"We don't know what words to use to describe this film. If we say that this is a purely commercial film, it is undoubtedly a little too light on it. No matter in terms of technology, visuals, or storyline, it is very important. It is an excellent movie, especially as the male protagonist, Lafite Chen has changed the character of the male protagonist before and after, and interpreted it vividly, making people think that he is acting in his true colors, in a word, good!"

British "Times" ---
"About League of Assassins, what I want to say is the performance of King Mike in the movie. His performance is astonishing, it is really good! If you haven't seen this movie, please watch it as soon as possible ,Look at how My King played the guitar killer, his coolness, passion and cold blood are all presented in the play, we have no doubt at this moment, how bright the future will be as the movie star Mike King!"

The entertainment section of the French "Liberty Times"——
"The shock that this movie gave us was unexpected, especially the wonderful story content and wonderful fighting scenes of this movie, which completely subverted our Hollywood action movie model. It seems that the director who shot this movie It's teaching us...that's how action movies should be made!"

……

The turmoil of public opinion made the whole movie the most topical topic, and it was a free publicity for Chen Xiaotang and the others.

What's ridiculous is that no matter Chen Xiaotang himself, the king of heaven Mike, or the queen of Madonna, in these gossip remarks, they have all become historical figures in "establishing a new monument of action movies".

Faced with such a situation, other Hollywood blockbusters released at the same time could not sit still.

It would be fine if the movie was bad enough, but the reputation is so good, this is unbearable.What's more, the leading role is still Chinese.

Therefore, the major Hollywood film companies, represented by MGM, mobilized their writers to pour cold water and dirty water on "League of Assassins". .

MGM's "Entertainment Review" ---
"I doubt the American audience's aesthetic vision. A super bad movie will be praised. Look, what is it about? A killer group that is innocent enough to punish bad guys for God. Who knows that in the end they themselves became villains. There is also a good-for-nothing hero who turns into an invincible killer. Isn’t this kind of plot too bloody?! As for acting skills, our king Mike and queen Madonna have improved a bit, But one can only be handsome, and the other can only be sexy, if this is acting, then I might as well kill myself with a headshot!"

Columbia's "Monday Star" ---
"Who will be the star of the week? Rafi Chen, Michael, or Madonna? No, neither! If we talk about popularity, they have been fired very loudly recently, but that's just loud. For those of us who are film review professionals For people, popularity does not mean acting skills, popularity, and it does not mean that he is the weekly star of the week. It may be hard for many people to say such words, but please understand our position, we just want to To find the real star!"

Universal's "Entertainment Talk" ---
"What is a good movie? A good movie is a movie that draws people to be kind and has a conscience! Instead of bloody fights, nonsensical 'my bullets will bend'!"

Warner's "Entertainment New World" ---
"There is no reason for a bad movie! If we are only looking for visual impact, then we might as well watch pornographic movies!"

……

It has to be said that if everyone talks about it, it will destroy the money.

With such bad reviews, the movie "Assassin's League" has shown a trend of declining box office.

All of a sudden, many bigwigs from Hollywood companies applauded and celebrated, while Moying Entertainment was gloomy. The problem now was, what should we do? ! ! !

(End of this chapter)