This star is too fierce

Chapter 417, The Overlord of Western Chu is coming!
After spending two days with Gao Yuanyuan and Jia Jingwen, Lu Bu and the rest of the army gathered for Singapore, then transferred to New York a week later.

These two concerts, like the previous seven, were very successful.

However, [-]% of those who come are international students and overseas Chinese.

After returning to China, the only thing left is the Yanjing concert on November 11th. This time the interval is longer, more than half a month.

Lu Bu first summoned the directors Xu Krypton, Jiang Wen, and Ning Hao, the screenwriter Zhang Jizhong, the producers Yu Feihong, Shi Nansheng, and Luo Xiong, and the martial arts instructors Yuan Heping and Zhang Jin of "Three Kingdoms: Chasing the World" for a meeting.

All actors and the corresponding remuneration are determined at the meeting.

Lu Bu himself recruited Yu Feihong and Gao Yuanyuan, so naturally he had to accept people from Huangying Entertainment, Hairun Film and Television, and Zhouyi Film and Television, such as Huangying's Bai Li, Hairun's Sun Li, and Zhouyi's Yu Bo, but they were all guest appearances. .

Why are there no people from Luo Xiong’s Longteng Film and Television?Because his company does not sign artists, it only produces movies and TV series.

After the signing was completed, the news was released as soon as possible, which immediately caused a big discussion.

"This cast feels fake and too luxurious, starring Chen Daomin, Chen Jianbin, Hong Yanbao, Li Youbin, Yu Hewei, Di Long, Lu Shuming, Kang Kai, Yue Yueli, Dai Chunrong, Li Mingqi, Yu Feihong, Gao Yuanyuan, guest stars Jiang Wen, Jiang Kui, Bai Li, Sun Li, Yu Bo, Zhang Jin, Yuan Heping, Yuan Xiangren, Wang Baoqiang, Huang Bo, Yuan Hong..."

"Half of the powerful mainland actors!"

"Can't help but look forward to it."

"The actor is OK, the director is OK, the martial arts director is OK, now we just have to see how the script is written."

"Referring to "The Myth" and "A Chinese Ghost Story", Lu Bu participated in the scripts. One scored 4 and the other 8.5. I dare say that this "Three Kingdoms: Chasing the World" has a guaranteed score of 8.8, which is lower than Septic Tank Butterfly. !”

"The only movies that are not bad with big investments like 1 million or 2 million are currently made by my second brother."

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Since the turn of the millennium, many so-called "blockbusters" have emerged in the mainland and Hong Kong.

Among them, there are many well-known directors, well-known screenwriters, and well-known actors participating.

For example, "Hero", "The Promise", "The Night Banquet"...etc., but how many of them are both popular and popular?

If it doesn’t look good, the audience won’t buy it.

And this ultimately comes down to the filmmaking itself.

First of all, producers and investors are confident that big investments and big productions will lead to high returns. They blindly imitate foreign special effects, but ignore whether they are close to society and whether they can resonate with local audiences.

Secondly, there is the issue of casting actors. A good actor can only play a role well after time and life experience. Instead of hiring a popular star to attract the audience, an actor can be a star, but a star is not necessarily a star. He is a qualified actor. How can a star without acting skills perform in a good movie?

Finally, the quality of a script determines the box office of the movie to a certain extent. The script is the crystallization of the movie. If the script is not good, the movie star will be in vain.

Lu Bu's advantage is that he is the capital itself, and he is making his own movies, so he can avoid many problems.

This ensures quality.

At least it won't be unsightly and become a bad movie.

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Yanjing, brothers of friendship.

"He played a big game this time." Wang Jun put down the newspaper in his hand and said.

"Obviously, I got a taste of the benefits from "The Myth" and "A Chinese Ghost Story". I want to make a lot of money, but good acting does not mean good writing and directing. The professionalism involved Knowledge is vastly different." Wang Lei expressed his opinion.

"Do you think he will fail?" Wang Jun asked.

"Success has never been an easy thing, especially in the film industry. How many big directors and stars started to be ambitious and confident, but in the end they stumbled, and it is still difficult to get up." Wang Lei replied.

"I also want to see if I can shoot a little bit." Wang Jun shrugged and said, "You put it like that, it's not necessary."

"Wrong!" Wang Lei blurted out.

"What's wrong?" Wang Jun asked in shock.

"You can vote," Wang Lei replied.

"Isn't this contradictory to what you just said? If he can't succeed, why else vote?" Wang Jun asked confused.

"Although it is difficult for him to succeed, in theory there is a possibility of miracles, so he can use small things to make big gains." Wang Lei explained.

"How much will you invest? 2000 million?" Wang Jun asked.

"Almost." Wang Lei nodded and said, "But I'm afraid I won't be able to vote in now. Isn't it full?"

"Call and ask." Wang Jun said.

Wang Jinghua's departure and the failure of "The Night Banquet" severely damaged the vitality of the friendship brothers.

Now, we need to make up for it in industries such as movies, TV series, and music.

Lu Bu's works have the lowest probability of losing money in the entertainment industry today, and are one of the few "good" choices.

Competition is one thing, making money is another thing, and they cannot be confused.

But when I called him, Lu Bu declined, saying they would collaborate on the second film.

Because sometimes more money is not always better. The budget of 2 million has already reached the top. Every extra point will increase the pressure.

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The Yanjing Olympic Games Opening and Closing Ceremony Operation Center is located at No. 55, Lincuisili, Yanjing, a quiet courtyard on the west side of the Olympic Village near the North Fifth Ring Road.

Because there is an independent yard, it is naturally isolated from other buildings in this community, forming a "closed" environment that is easy to manage.

The plans for the opening and closing ceremonies were decided upon at a meeting here.

On July 7, the first meeting was held.

November 11th, today is the second meeting.

In the afternoon, Zhang Yimou came out of the conference room with a solemn expression. Many of his ideas were rejected by the Olympic organizing committee.

Among them, all the programs about Lu Bu failed.This is going to be difficult...

Half an hour later, Xinfeng Tower.

This restaurant is well-known in the capital for serving braised purple abalone with cabbage, sesame yuanxiao and plain noodle soup. It was a famous Beijing restaurant in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. It opened during the Daoguang period and could be compared with the most luxurious "Dongxing Tower" at that time.

Zhang Yimou called Lu Bu and learned that he was in Yanjing, so he invited him out to have dinner with him.

"I saw the news that you are preparing for a new movie. Have you been busy with this recently?" Zhang Yimou asked casually.

"Almost, there is still the last concert on the 11th." Lu Bu replied.

"Alas, I had a meeting with the people above today and many ideas were rejected." Zhang Yimou sighed.

"Actually, it doesn't matter if I get there or not." Combining Lu Bu's words with his act of inviting someone to dinner, it's not difficult to guess what the purpose was. Anyway, his attitude towards the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games from the beginning has been, It's good to be able to go to school, but it doesn't hurt if you can't go to school.

"But, to me, it doesn't matter." Zhang Yimou was determined to have him appear on this stage.

"..." Lu Bu didn't know what to say.

"Eat first, let's find a place to sit down after dinner, and then we can sum it up." Zhang Yimou poured him wine and put food on the table.

After dinner, Lu Bu took Zhang Yimou to the Three Kingdoms Bar.

Soft music can reduce anxiety and stress, calm the mood, and calm emotions.

"The conditions for singing the theme song are too harsh..." Zhang Yimou began to complain.

The Yanjing 2008 Olympic Song Global Collection has been conducted for a total of 4 periods, and 98871 submissions have been received. However, because most of the works by non-professionals cannot reach the ideal level, from the beginning of 2007 to the end of the year now, the Olympic Organizing Committee will conduct the competition according to the opening ceremony. In order to meet the requirements of creative work, we solicited theme song works from dozens of professional musicians such as Tan Dun, Bobida, and Chen Shaoqi.

In October, the judges of the Olympic Song Collection and Selection Committee reviewed 10 recommended tracks. All the songs that participated in the review had their names, authors and other information hidden, and 24 were selected by secret voting. Candidates for the first theme song, and suggested that "Operation No. 8" should be identified as a key recommended track.

The theme song has been roughly decided, and as for the singing, Zhang Yimou's imagination is that Lu Bu is sitting alone on a giant prop earth, playing the guitar, nothing complicated, just like talking to himself, very kind and very Comfortable and light weight.

However, the Olympic organizing committee believes that Lu Bu's image is good, but his singing skills are insufficient, which may affect the performance of the song.

The reason given is that this is an important stage to show China to the world, no detail can be spared, and there are many more suitable singers than Lu Bu.

"I want you to be the leader of the team, but none of the dozens of formations passed..." Zhang Yimou continued.

In order to create "the momentum of a great country and the pride of a nation", the number of teams participating in the arrangement was expanded from 400 to 5000.

If you want to bring out a single person, the formation will be limited, because this program is also responsible for the countdown.

The Olympic Organizing Committee believes that there is no need to forcibly destroy the overall formation in order to add an individual performance.

Speaking of this show, Zhang Yimou talked more and said: "The person in charge of "Singing the Fou and Singing" is Sun Yupeng. After getting the drawings of the Fou from you and finding the factory to make it, he still hasn't been able to come up with a satisfactory one. Here’s a sample.”

Sun Yupeng is the leader of the choreography team of "Singing with a Fou" and the choreographer of the Song and Dance Ensemble of the General Political Department.

I felt very embarrassed about this matter and felt that I had failed to meet expectations, so I submitted my resignation report.

However, Zhang Yimou did not agree.

Lu Bu asked: "Did you encounter any difficulties?"

Zhang Yimou nodded and said: "Because the team of 5000 people is too large, we can't find a beautiful way to hit."

Lu Bu thought for a moment and realized that the number of people he had seen playing fou at most was only a dozen or so, usually three or five, so he said: "With more people, the scene becomes grander and the momentum becomes majestic. Isn't it also more chaotic?" ." Then he jokingly said: "We Chinese people always like to seek luck and luck in everything, so why not reduce the number to 2008 and match the year number." Then, he restrained his smile and said: "As for the method of hitting. , I can provide you with one as a reference.”

Zhang Yimou looked happy and said, "This is a good suggestion."

Lu Bu admired and appreciated him very much.

On August 2004, 8, during the closing ceremony of the Athens Olympic Games, 29 minutes were used to showcase the program for the city that will host the next Olympic Games. However, this became the darkest 8 minutes in Zhang Yimou's director career. Fourteen people attended the event that day. Girls in traditional costumes appeared with "Jasmine". Because of their cool clothing and red cheongsam, the show was criticized for being nondescript. From direct instructions from leaders to letters from the masses, it received almost all negative reviews.

When the Olympic Organizing Committee began to collect creative proposals for the opening ceremony from all over the world, 13 teams entered the final competition. The discussion was intense at the meeting. Three or four of the nine people made it clear that they believed Zhang Yimou was not good. However, after the personal statement, However, the average project score of Zhang Yimou's team was the highest. After that day, he sat in the office with the slogan "The interests of the motherland are above all else". He said to the camera, "If it fails, it will be the lowest point in life."

Not afraid of difficulties and obstacles, having the courage to challenge and setting higher goals, this is the personality charm exuded by Zhang Yimou.

Therefore, when it comes to the opening ceremony, Lu Bu will try his best to help him if he can.

After eating, the two went directly to the rehearsal venue for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games in Yanjing DX District.

Sun Yupeng and the team captains of the protocol training team were already waiting there.

This 5000-strong team is composed of warriors from major JQs.

After a brief acquaintance, Lu Bu circled Le Fou and said: "Seven points of ancient charm, three points of national style, awesome!"

This musical fou designed by Zhang Yimou has a square surface with a drum skin in the center and is surrounded by neat LED lights. There are two holes on the edge of the fou to place the drumsticks used by actors. The four legs are engraved with exquisite It has the image of an auspicious animal taking off, with complicated patterns, and there are wheels underneath to meet the needs of entering and exiting the performance.

Although it is not exactly the same as the ancient music fou, it is elegant without losing the ancient meaning, and is low-key and gorgeous.

It's enough to have reservations and be creative.

Lu Bu coughed twice and said, "My hitting method is from that ancient book."

After saying that, he started to show them the way of beating the fou in his memory.

Zhang Yimou and Sun Yupeng were fascinated.

This is a "knife-slicing"-like hitting method, which is different from any previous hitting action of percussion instruments.

However, it is very consistent with Zhang Yimou's requirements.

While ensuring aesthetics, it can also reflect "the momentum of a great country and the pride of a nation".

That's it!

"It's not a good fight, it's ridiculous." Lu Bu said modestly. Before, he knew nothing about music, but now it's different. He understands rhythm, pitch, and range.

"It's not a bad fight, it's a great fight." Zhang Yimou's appreciation and love for Lu Bu increased again. This guy is really a treasure. There are always endless surprises. No, I must work together in a movie in the future. Film.

Lu Bu was busy until midnight before returning home. When he saw Yu Feihong still watching TV in the living room, he said, "You don't have to wait for me. You can go to bed early."

But Yu Feihong smiled and said: "I'm not waiting for you. I got together with some college classmates in the evening. I didn't catch the first broadcast of "Legend of Chu and Han" live. Now I'm watching the replay."

(End of this chapter)