Chapter 510 Beloved Relatives and Friends
The early promotion of "Inception" requires the participation of Chen Linfeng and Leonardo, and naturally Liu Qianqian is also indispensable.
After all, she is the female character with the most scenes in the movie.
At the end of June, Chen Linfeng went to the airport to pick up Liu Qianqian.
The airport in Los Angeles has a lot of people.
After a while, I saw Liu Qianqian appearing with several team members from a distance.
Perhaps because the air-conditioning temperature on the plane was low enough, she wore a pink jacket over her white skirt.
Liu Qianqian also obviously saw the person picking up the plane and ran a few steps towards it.
The first step in meeting me was to rush to Sister Mei and give her a hug.
Chen Linfeng naturally opened his arms, waiting to be embraced.
"What are you doing?" Liu Qianqian tilted her head pretending to be strange.
Chen Linfeng glared at her, she must be jealous, right?
"I didn't expect you missed me so much."
Without waiting for a response, people rushed towards him.
Sister Mei watched the interaction between the two with a smile, as if she were watching her younger siblings.
In fact, even if they weren't originally, after so many years of getting along, they are almost the same.
After all, there were many pedestrians at the airport, so everyone left without delay.
It can be seen that Liu Qianqian is very happy, even walking on tiptoes.
"Have you finished filming all your scenes?"
"Well, Director Cheng filmed my scene first."
In the second part of "Hurricane Rescue", there is a highlight scene of the daughter played by Sissi. She is no longer just a character being rescued, but a person with high mobility who can cooperate with Fanglong.
However, the protagonist is still Fang Long, so in more than a month, Sissi has finished filming her own scenes.
Then, without waiting for Chen Linfeng to ask, she started chattering about the situation of the crew.
"The relationship between Brother Fanglong and Director Cheng seems to be rather subtle. I feel that apart from normal work, they don't communicate much in private."
Chen Linfeng nodded, "Actually it's not bad, much better than I expected."
"Ah?" Liu Qianqian turned to look at him in surprise.
"Although Fang Long is usually very kind to others, I heard that he was quite domineering on the crew before."
"It feels good when I'm filming with you. Oh, okay, just pretend I didn't ask."
Liu Qianqian immediately realized that she had said something stupid, and then she changed to another topic.
"By the way, Brother Fang Long asked me to ask you by the way, after this film is finished, what do you want to do next.
Actually, I'm quite curious too. ”
Chen Linfeng thought for a while and said, "Actually, you can probably guess some of this from the part you just finished filming."
"Rescue 2" takes over the content of the first part.
In the first film, in order to save his daughter, Fang Long killed the boss of the opposing gang.
However, the villain also has a father behind him, so revenge is coming.
The overall tone is generally consistent with the previous sequel.
However, the quality of the third film "Rescue" in his previous life was really not good, and Chen Linfeng did not intend to continue to "learn from it".
Therefore, when filming the second part this time, he specifically considered the layout of the subsequent plot.
Chen Linfeng made changes to some detailed settings.
In the second part of the original series, the protagonist takes his daughter to the embassy of a beautiful country for temporary resettlement, and then goes back to save his wife.
Now that Fang Long plays the leading role, the identity setting has long been changed.
With his status, he couldn't enter the embassy, so it was better to use the Continental Hotel.
It just so happens that the Continental Hotel has a rule that once you enter, you will be safe.
Therefore, in the new version of the plot, the protagonist takes his daughter to the Continental Hotel.
This is how my daughter came into contact with the dark side of the Continental Hotel.
As soon as Chen Linfeng mentioned this setting, Liu Qianqian understood it immediately.
“So we’re going to tell the story of the Continental Hotel later?”
"Well, but the protagonist will be replaced by someone else, which will start a new series of stories. In the new series, you and Fanglong will be mentioned as backgrounds from time to time, and the old and new legends will alternate."
Seeing that the other party didn't understand, Chen Linfeng clicked,
"Do you still remember that in the second part, Fang Long started to teach his daughter his skills at the beginning?"
Although the training time is short, his fighting ability has not been improved yet, but other aspects have begun to show in the second part.
These are all slightly different from the original work.
Liu Qianqian nodded, then clenched her fists and waved excitedly, "So it's time for me to become a master in the future."
"After filming one or two new series of movies (John Wick), we can continue to engage in hurricane rescue, but then it will become a daughter saving her father."
Or use the settings of the Continental Hotel.
Fang Lung's role in the film certainly didn't come in vain. It's not too easy to make up love, hate, and so on from his past experiences.
In a global-level movie, it is still a bit too difficult for Sissi to serve as the leading heroine and carry the box office.
Therefore, Chen Linfeng didn't dare to do it right away, as he had to lay out so many preparations.
After listening to this series of plans, Liu Qianqian felt that it was indeed smooth and smooth.
She couldn't help but be moved and said, "Xiao Feng, you are really thoughtful."
Chen Linfeng silently knocked on her forehead, "Do you know how to use words?"
"Oops~"
……
The marketing of "Inception" has been done very well so far.
Whether it was Chen Linfeng’s previous rejection of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Disney followed the trend with a wave of publicity.
It was also the viral marketing carried out by the film team, both of which had very good results.
A large number of European and American audiences know the news that "Inception" is about to be released.
Furthermore, those who have followed the viral marketing all the way have become quite interested in the movie content itself.
Directed by Chen Linfeng and starring Leonardo DiCaprio.
For many people, this naturally has a certain appeal.
The main force of propaganda is also these two people.
In addition, Scarlett is also a key publicity target due to the popularity of "Avengers".
However, since "Avengers" is still in the global promotion period, Scarlett can only follow the promotion a few days before the release.
Of course, when it is released later, I will join the promotional team throughout the process.
In addition, Keanu Reeves, Bruce Lee, Lawrence, and Ken Watanabe will promote the film in Asia.
Keanu is very famous throughout Asia because of "The Matrix", and even Lawrence, "Morpheus", is also a familiar face.
Shi Xiaolong is because of his past TV series, "Reply", which is a very popular TV series in Asia.
Although it is not as popular as "Star You", "Reply" has been rotated a lot. In terms of long-term success, it is not worse than "Star You".
And in terms of content marketing.
The setting of penetrating into other people's dreams was rarely photographed in the past. Now that it has been put on the big screen as a commercial theme, it naturally has some new ideas.
Many movie fans will be curious about how the director presents the dream.
In particular, the rise of 3D and computer special effects in recent years has made everyone more and more interested in movies.
In a recent interview with the film's main creator, the reporter asked this question.
"Chen, how is the dream in "Inception" different from reality?"
"The settings in the movie are somewhat different from conventional dreams,"
Chen Linfeng explained, "The first level of dreamland that the protagonist Cobb's team enters is a scene designed by the dream architect."
"So it will be very similar to reality, even the laws of physics will be similar."
"Only affected by the subconscious mind of the dream owner, a small number of scenes that are not consistent with common sense will still appear."
"As the layers of the dream world continue to deepen, the surrounding scenes will gradually become weird and bizarre. Except for the areas specially created by the dream builders, the characteristics of dreams will be obvious in other places."
"Only the Lost Realm is special. It is a concept of the collective dream of all mankind. The dream world of the Lost Realm is very similar to reality and is very difficult to distinguish."
"As for other deep dreams, dream stealers will not feel anything wrong in the dream, but trained people will notice abnormalities once they return to reality, just like people wake up from a dream and notice that there is something wrong in the dream. ”
"Therefore, the dream stealing team is needed to create special scenes to cover up the abnormalities in dreams."
This is a relatively obvious difference from the setting of the previous original work, and it also strengthens the importance of the dream builder in the team.
Chen Linfeng added some new settings to the settings of "Inception".
The bizarre settings of the deep dream are mainly for the purpose of showing off the special effects.
The reality-like scenes created by dream builders can achieve the same purpose as the original work.
The reporter clearly noticed the importance of the dream builder. She raised her eyebrows and asked a provoking question.
"So, is the character played by cc the most important role in the entire team?"
Chen Linfeng was not fooled.
"She is indeed very important, but she is still not as important as Cobb. Leo is the soul and core of the entire team."
The reporter asked, "Can you describe Leonardo's performance in the film?"
"I think he performed very well and fulfilled my requirements perfectly. It is precisely because of this that I invited him to join the new work."
"I heard that the new work is "Joker"?"
"Yes."
The reporter is obviously very interested in "Joker", but now it is a talk show about "Inception", so it cannot take over the show.
So she could only change the topic regretfully.
The reporter turned to Leonardo and asked, "What kind of person do you think director Chen is?"
Leonardo replied, "Chen has a strong directorial ability and can effectively manage the team. Everyone obeys his orders."
"And I have to say that his screenwriting skills are very good and he can often create novel and interesting stories."
"Recently, I also discovered a new advantage of him."
Having said this, Leonardo turned his head and looked at Chen Linfeng.
"Oh? What is it?"
"That is my ability to train acting skills. I think that my performance in "Joker" broke through the limits of my previous abilities and reached new heights. This all depends on Chen's teaching."
Leonardo is very serious, and he is truly grateful from the bottom of his heart for Chen Linfeng's guidance on his acting skills.
The reporter instantly emo.
Can you please stop mentioning "Joker" all the time.
There was obviously big news in the new movie "Joker", but she couldn't ask about it now.
This made her feel like she was being scratched.
"Um, how about we do an interview with "Joker" another day?"
Chen Linfeng's "kind-hearted" rescue.
The reporter was overjoyed, "That's great, I have to thank you, chen."
Chen Linfeng and Leonardo looked at each other and smiled without saying a word.
In early July, "Inception" began small-scale screenings.
A small number of viewers said they "didn't understand", but they rated the film very highly and thought the plot was exciting, but they just needed to use their brains to understand.
Their strongest demand is that the movie be released on a large scale as soon as possible and they want a second release.
The audience who understood it again were even more excited and directly shouted that it was a "perfect and precise work of art".
They also asked for a second brush, and they probably understood it, but many details still needed to be looked at again.
The 20 theaters open for on-demand screenings were almost full.
The box office of a single theater was US$120,000, setting a record for the highest point screenings in recent years.
The overall audience score gave it an A grade.
There are various indications that the quality of "Inception" is terrifyingly high.
On social platforms, related discussions gradually became louder, and some viewers who had watched the screening expressed their opinions frantically.
""Inception", a god-like movie!"
"Sometimes I really want to pry open Chen's head to see what's inside. It feels like it should be full of holes."
"After "Avengers", there are no good movies this summer. It seems that "Inception" will be the next one."
""The Dark Knight Rises" is also worth looking forward to, but "Inception" comes first, and I can't stand it anymore."
"Well, the little spider in "The Amazing Spider-Man" is pretty good too."
"Forget it, no matter how good Little Spider is, how can it be compared with the other two movies? Chen and Nolan's works are simply not comparable to superhero movies."
"..."
It can only be said that there is also a chain of contempt among the movie fans in the beautiful country.
Currently, Nolan fans and Chen fans are at a high level.
Mainly, one of the two movies has a sense of high-end, and the other is not only that, but also has the status of a well-known writer.
The two of them still have the largest number of fans among directors.
That is to say, neither of these two people have the identity of Tianlong. Otherwise, among the fan base, Spielberg would have been punched and James Cameron kicked. In terms of media, because of the popularity of "Lord of the Mystery" and the Nobel Prize incident, literary newspapers and media will sometimes report on Chen Linfeng's new movie.
The film and television media, except for "Avengers", only reported on "Inception".
In terms of cast, "Inception" really has a big advantage.
Scarlett, a cheap actress at the time, has now become the most popular female star in the world.
"Inception" just happened to have the biggest wave.
Fans and moviegoers pay the most attention to the stars in the movie. This is the first intuitive impression.
Leonardo, Scarlett, Keanu Reeves, and Liu Xixi are all typical handsome men and beauties (or they were in the past), and they are the most eye-catching.
In China, there are a lot of people paying attention to "Inception".
Since "Your Name", Chen Linfeng has been on the trend of ascending to the altar in China.
It has been a year and a half since the Spring Festival last year.
However, so far, there is still no domestic movie with a box office of more than 1 billion (Infinite World is still Chen's work, which is excluded).
There is no mistake in every song, one post, one content, one 6 one, one book, one book, take a look!
"Your Name" has exceeded 2 billion.
Among the heroes of Gaia, there is no one better than this.
To a certain extent, "Your Name" is similar to Truck Driver's "Titanic".
A film that made many colleagues breathless.
Starting this year, Hollywood blockbusters have entered China in batches, but many viewers don't have much to worry about.
Because none of these blockbusters can compare to "Your Name".
Not even close.
Now, after a year and a half, a new film directed by Chen Linfeng is released.
He naturally attracts everyone's attention.
Domestic colleagues are even more concerned.
Another gathering in the Beijing circle.
The focus of everyone's discussion is Chen Linfeng's new film.
Ye Daying lit a cigarette, took a deep puff, and then asked, "Isn't this person going to scare people by imitating "Your Name"?"
Wang Shuo shook his head first, "It shouldn't be the case. There were some special factors involved that time."
Then, he looked at others with some uncertainty, "What I said should be okay, right?"
It's true that Xiao Chen has a bit of an evil streak, and he doesn't feel confident anymore after being treated.
Wang Zhonglei was also present. He shook his head violently and said, "That's because of the Spring Festival release. The summer release shouldn't be that fierce. Think about last year's "Infinite World", wasn't it only 1 billion?"
Only one billion...
Everyone was speechless. No one except Xiao Chen had reached this billion.
Feng Xiaogang and Chen Kaige just smoked and didn't talk at all.
"Inception" is different from the previous "Infinite World".
Leonardo has been a superstar for many years.
Although Xiao Chen is also very good, he is still far behind as an actor.
Even adding "Little Wizard Hermione" won't work.
In the eyes of these people, the level is completely different.
And there are multiple Keanu Reeves.
These are the top global superstars of the year.
As directors, who among them has never dreamed that one day they would be able to invite stars of this caliber to star in their own films.
Not to mention Scarlett, a newly popular star.
Liu Qianqian is not someone to be trifled with. It's hard to say whether she followed Xiao Chen or brought her own weird luck.
It's really hard to feel that so many top actors and stars have fallen into Ren Xiaochen's sect.
Anyway, in their opinion, "Inception" is a bit evil, and box office figures cannot be easily estimated.
They have begun to worry whether the global box office of "Inception" will give them a big hit.
Feng Xiaogang even thought of the "one billion agreement" that several directors made together.
Seeing Xiao Chen jumping out one billion at a time, they are still nothing.
It doesn’t sound good if you say it out loud.
So I had no choice but to smoke silently.
Zheng Xiaolong didn't think too much about it. Although he was also a director, a TV director was inferior to a movie director.
He just considered the general trend, and then said with a hint of sadness, "We will never get to one billion. This is inferior to human beings. As time goes by, this..."
This sentence made everyone fall silent.
Indeed, it was great when Zhang Yimou made "Hero", but right after, Xiaogang also made a movie with a box office of hundreds of millions.
Before "Hero", there were actually hundreds of millions of domestically produced movies in China.
Therefore, no one is too worried.
But it's different now. People have billions or even two billion in a row, but they are still at the level of five or six billion.
This is obviously inferior to the grade.
"Hey, who knew that the Spring Festival is so important," Wang Zhonglei sighed, "If I had known, I would have fought for it no matter what."
Everyone also sighed.
Zhang Guoli looked strange. The recent momentum in the Beijing circle was not quite right.
The topic at the party was always inseparable from Xiao Chen, so why did he keep sighing and feeling depressed.
Because Jiang Wen couldn't stand it, he stopped coming several times.
Of course, he has always been dissatisfied, and now he is working on a new movie.
It’s just that the script was changed back and forth, but it just couldn’t be settled.
There was no other way, Chen Linfeng praised "Let the Bullets Fly" for him. He just thought that his new film should also be both literary and popular, and he couldn't go back further.
As a result, "One Step Away" became increasingly difficult to produce, and it has always stopped at "One Step Away".
Today's Beijing circle, because of Chen Linfeng, almost everyone is changing.
As a whole, the circle is also changing compared to before.
If nothing else, at least he is sincerely willing to cultivate new people.
Nowadays, when we gather together, there are always a few new faces in the room.
For example, this time, Yang Mi, Yang Zi, Zhang Yishan, Zhang Meiyun and others were also silently listening to the boss chat.
These are all natives of Yanjing.
Because Yang Mi no longer had a role in Da Chen's movie, she was not ostracized by Beijing circles.
Instead, he was accepted because of the popularity of the TV series in the past two years.
The Beijing Circle knew that she was close to Chen Linfeng's people, but they didn't care.
Yang Zi and Zhang Yishan were brought up as role models, showing that Beijing Circle is willing to train new people, and they have been given several opportunities recently.
There is no way, if we don't make progress, we really won't be able to maintain the spirit of the circle.
Several young people also felt this invisible pressure, but they didn't pay too much attention.
The younger generation does not have such a strong sense of place, and they still want to cooperate with Director Chen one day.
These few were also chatting quietly.
Zhang Yishan asked, "Let me tell you, are you going to see "Inception" then? I heard that foreign screening theaters have a very high reputation."
"Of course," Yang Zi said, "Leonardo and Keanu Reeves, they are all handsome guys, we must go."
Not to mention Yang Mi, not only did she watch, she also had to take photos and post them on Weibo.
Otherwise, how can we make progress in the future?
Her heart is a little wilder than the other two, and she wants to please both sides and reap the benefits.
Zhang Zhaoyun was thinking about how to hook up with Long Lin.
He doesn't have high demands now, just can act in Long Lin's TV series.
In Zhang Huoyun's view, the films produced in Beijing are too old and difficult to adapt to the new situation, especially not suitable for young people like them.
There are not many suitable characters, and the few that are there are basically supporting roles.
"The Legend of Zhen Huan" is a rare exception.
Zhang Yishan and the others are fine, but he still wants to play the leading role.
"Maybe I can let dad think of a way?" he thought to himself.
Yes, the next generation gathered in the Beijing circle are already thinking about rebellion.
It can only be said that the general trend is indeed irreversible by human power.
"Why don't we all go together? It would be more interesting."
"Okay, okay." "Agree."
The three of them looked at Zhang Xianyun, who had remained silent, "What about you?"
"Ah?" Zhang Huoyun came back to his senses, "I'll go too."
……
On July 5, "Inception" premiered in America.
Due to the time difference, it is the 6th in China, which happens to be the premiere on that day.
"Inception" adopts the method of simultaneous global premiere.
Basically, they premiere on the 5th and 6th.
The premiere was held in Los Angeles.
There is no way, the filming location is already in China, so the premiere cannot be held in China.
That's still not a Hollywood movie.
Investors also have requirements, and there must be no loopholes in public opinion.
Around 5 p.m., the Huaguo Theater on Avenue of Stars was crowded and noisy.
A large number of people have gathered here.
In front of the big movie poster, the film's creators and many stars took turns to appear.
The fans watching cheered from time to time.
Almost all the creators of "Avengers" came out to help Chen Linfeng's new movie.
When they came out, the cheers were the loudest.
Chen Linfeng, including Leonardo, had to accept this.
The Marvel method is now beginning to bear fruit.
The fire is really fire.
After taking photos with the media, we walked into the theater. Many celebrities had not yet taken their seats and were standing chatting with others.
These people will not miss any opportunity to build connections.
After Chen Linfeng smiled, he walked up to several celebrities to say hello.
Robert Downey Jr. and Scarlett Johansson walked up.
Downey came up and gave him a hug, "Chen, I haven't congratulated you on your new book's success."
"Haha, the popularity of "Avengers" is enviable."
Chen Linfeng looked at Scarlett, "How about it, I say you will definitely become famous."
Casting Scarlett to play Mel in "Inception" is indeed a coup.
The only woman in the "Avengers" team attracts attention, almost second only to the absolute protagonist of Iron Man.
In the past two months, Scarlett has really brought a lot of popularity to "Inception".
Scarlett couldn't hold back her smile, "Thank you for inviting me to join "Inception."
In her eyes, it wasn't that the other party made a mistake, but that she took advantage.
After performing in "Avengers" and "Inception", and adding more oil to the fire, I really don't know how far she can go.
Robert Downey Jr. sounded a little sour, "Chen, actually I can do it too. If you have a good script, come to me. I'm pretty cheap now."
He looked at Chen Linfeng with bright eyes, "We are friends, aren't we."
Chen Linfeng smiled and nodded without saying much.
Robert Downey Jr. has been working on "Iron Man" and "Avengers", and his salary has already reached the maximum, and it is even rising.
Otherwise, why did Iron Man snap his fingers later? It’s because the pay was too high.
But it's mainly for this series. The other movies are fine and not that over the top.
This is similar to Johnny Depp, whose salary besides being a captain is not that high.
They are all stars of a single series, and the public's trust in them is more limited to that series.
From this point of view, none of them are more cost-effective than Little Plum.
Especially people who are willing to take the initiative to reduce their pay in order to win awards.
Those are my beloved relatives and friends.
(End of chapter)