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Chapter 337: Shocking Premiere! A Dream That Chinese Directors Have Never Had! (Part )

At the very beginning of the picture, you can see Leo's slightly chubby face.

The young Leo was madly handsome. Although he is less handsome now, he has a more mature air.

It's the same shot as in "Hearing Girl", but this time it's from near to far. The picture first gives a close-up of Leo, and then zooms out to the beach where two children are playing.
Then it continued to zoom out, revealing a corner of the beach villa.
He looked very tired. When the camera pulled back, he lay in the sea again.

Several men in black dragged Little Leo into the house.
The huge space, the empty scenery, finally the scene turned and looked at the old man beside him.

"Damn, Mr. You's makeup is a copy of The Father Stuck in Time!"

What appeared on the screen was You Benchang's face. Although his makeup was similar to that in "Father", You Benchang did not look much old at this moment. Instead, his eyes were projecting a sharp light.

"Are you here to kill me?"

You Benchang practiced English for a long time before the filming, so at least his lines sounded very authentic.

Playing with a gun and a spinning top, he lowered his head to look at the things in his hands, his face as calm as a lake.

"Many years ago, I knew a man who also carried a spinning top."

Then, he spun the gyroscope with his hands, but when the gyroscope fell on the table, the camera suddenly changed!
……

It's still this room.

The scenery has hardly changed.

Wearing a suit, looking much more handsome than his tired look just now, Leo's face appeared in the center of the screen again.

But this time he had his hair slicked back.

When the camera found the opposite side again, You Benchang had changed his makeup. His hair was dark and his face was clear. Compared with the previous one, the two sets of makeup showed completely different age groups on him.

Anyone who sees him probably wouldn't believe that he is an old man over seventy years old.

You Benchang picked up the steamed bun in front of him with chopsticks.

“I’ve loved this since I was a kid.”

Then he just ate by himself, and Leo began to introduce his profession.

Next to him is the assistant played by Joseph.

The setting of the film finally becomes clear here. After experiencing the suspense at the beginning, many viewers have been attracted into the plot.

It turns out that the protagonist is a dream stealer.

No wonder it’s called Inception!

At this moment, the protagonist is promoting his "Dream Security" business to the super-rich China Energy played by You Benchang.

Everyone present was stunned when they heard this.

This was the first time Han Sanpin watched this movie, and he watched it very seriously.

Previously, the China Film Group held a meeting to study Guan Ling's Source Code, and believed that the most important thing about science fiction movies is that the setting can be left alone, and what is important is the plot.

But this time, Old Han was completely confused.

Guan Ling is clearly abandoning the setting and going to be a dream security guard in a dream. It's very interesting!

But if you continue like this, how are you going to shoot for two hours?

You Benchang listened to Leo's crazy outburst without any change in his expression, he just looked at him as if he was a fool.

Then he stood up and straightened his Zhongshan suit.

"There's still a banquet, so why don't you send the guests off? I'm used to eating xiao long bao, and I'm always hungry even at high-end banquets."

Then You Benchang turned and left.

When the audience was looking forward to the follow-up plot, the assistant suddenly said, "We may have been exposed."

Then the whole room began to shake wildly.

Like an earthquake.

The scene suddenly changed again, and soon shifted to a cramped and small space.

The three people just now, You Benchang, Xiao Lizi and the assistant, were sleeping in different postures.

Outside the window, there was a war-like riot, with fire everywhere, screaming, and countless people running.

At this moment, the screen gave a close-up of a running thrower, and Ma Yufei, who was sitting in the film critics' seat below, immediately recognized who this person was.

"Liu Yan!"

Ma Yufei could recognize people by their chest. It was just a few seconds of footage, and the person’s face couldn’t even be seen clearly, but Ma Yufei saw it at once.

This made him feel excited!
In the small room, an actor was running back and forth anxiously.

Then, the scene returns to the second part where Leo's makeup is shown. He walks out of the reception room with his slicked-back hair and sees a woman at the railing of the platform.

After the two exchanged a few words, they found that they were not on the same page.

At this time, the audience knew that this woman was Mel, the wife of Cobb, played by Leonardo DiCaprio.

Then, in order to get You Benchang's information, Leo transformed himself into a thief and tried to steal his safe.

Mel comes out to interfere.

There was a fierce gun battle in the villa, and Cobb's mission failed.

These shot transitions made the people watching at the scene confused.

But after all, we had the experience of "Father" before, so everyone guessed something.
"Are these different scenes all fantasy?"

But the movie doesn't give them much time to communicate.
When the mission failed, the rhythm of the movie did not change.

The camera changes again, Leo and Arthur suddenly wake up in the small house, and Cobb even crawls out of the bathtub.

Together, they grabbed the elderly You Benchang's throat and strangled him fiercely.

You Benchang was then tied to a chair and a gun was pointed at him.

Cobb stated his purpose truthfully and was commissioned by your competitor to steal your dream secrets.

You Benchang turned his head, his eyes full of question marks.

……

The scene changed again. A speeding train was in sight. Cobb and his companions were sleeping soundly on their seats.

A little boy put headphones on Joseph, and then the music from the train rang directly into the small room. At this moment, the riot outside the window had begun to spread into the small room.

Cobb got anxious now and threw Old Man You directly onto the carpet, yelling at You Benchang to tell him his secret.

You Benchang touched the carpet on which he was lying and suddenly laughed.

"I hate the carpet in my house, but my wife doesn't like me to change it because it's a wool carpet. No matter how much money she makes, she is still the same person at heart. That carpet is so worn out that it's even faded, and this one in front of me is rough and hard. It's not my carpet. So, I don't have it in my house."

You Benchang turned his head and looked at Leo, and it was a glance that lasted a lifetime.

"So, young man, you are amazing and you live up to your reputation as a dream stealer.

But at this moment, I am still dreaming.”

The camera zoomed in on You Benchang's face. His wrinkles were smoothed out a little by special makeup techniques, but when he smiled, he gave people a soul-stirring feeling.

"Dreams within dreams? This is exciting!"

You Benchang stood up, turned around gracefully and looked at Leo.

The camera gave a countdown, and the countdown came to the last second.

The rioting crowd opened the door.
Cobb and others looked back at the crowd and looked at each other in bewilderment.

At this moment, the camera returns to the train again, and the sleeping person opens his eyes.

"We're in trouble."

Joseph woke up the people in front of him and the mission failed.

……

"Fuck, a dream within a dream?!"

Jiang Wen looked at Ning Hao standing aside. He was about to shout out, so he pinched Ning Hao's thigh hard.

Ning Hao was speechless and looked ferocious.

"You're so f*cking surprised, why are you pinching my thigh?"

On the side, Zhang Yimou looked at the screen calmly, his eyes full of curiosity.

He is a bit old, and for now he can understand what the movie is about, but he has no idea what to shoot next.

This is the difference in imagination.

No matter how great a director is, when he encounters brain-burning science fiction, he can only marvel.

Brother Chen Kai's face was not looking good at the moment. This beginning was completely different from the rhythm of Chinese movies, and even different from Guan Ling's "2012" that year. The various rhythm changes at the beginning were dazzling.

All kinds of suspense are thrown out as if they are free.

Compared with "The Promise", in terms of the attractiveness of the plot, Brother Chen Kai has to admit that perhaps the beginning of "Inception" is slightly better in quality.

Brother Hu was sitting in the third row, looking at You Benchang in the first row, and was completely stunned. “Is this the power of my teacher’s acting skills at the Shanghai Theatre Academy?”

Just like the look in Mr. You's eyes just now,
It was as if he could see through Leo's past and future.

Cannes Best Actor, well-deserved title!
……

At this moment, Cobb, who has woken up, has begun to let everyone fend for themselves and go back to their own homes and find their own mothers.

At this time, You Benchang made a phone call. The voice on the other end of the phone did not speak, but You Benchang kept nodding.

The fleeing Cobb was stopped at the border by You Benchang.

He asked Cobb to implant the idea of ​​dissolving his own energy company in the son of his competitor.

The condition is that Cobb does not have to continue fleeing around the world, but can return to the United States openly.

This shot is very artistic, but the movie does not explain who is on the other end of the phone.

But a Chinese energy tycoon can send a person back to the United States with just a wave of his hand.

And he is someone who is suspected of having committed a crime.

This confidence can be said to show something special about China.

"Director Guan, is this a coincidence? The economic size just announced in June showed that our GDP surpassed Japan to become the second largest economy. Director Guan is in the movie. Is he trying to put some eye drops on the United States?"

Principal Gu looked at Director Tong who was standing beside him.
"Although the filming is a bit obscure, as the saying goes, we Chinese people don't cause trouble, don't look for trouble, and don't fight for hegemony. There is such a scene in the movie. Aren't you afraid of trouble?"

"It was the other party who provoked us first."

Director Tong smiled and said, "In the movie, Mr. You is in a position like this, so he must be the leader of a state-owned enterprise."

The two of them whispered to each other and then burst into laughter.

Guan Ling had to add this clip. If You Benchang were allowed to decide certain things on his own, it would be a bit disrespectful.

Report, must report!
As for what the Americans think, there are no lines, just a flash of a shot and some prevarication, who cares? !

Then the movie finally got on the right track.

……

At this time, Zhang Yimou knew how to shoot the sequel of the movie.

It turns out that enemies have become friends.

Cobb began to assemble a team.
In Paris, he found his father-in-law, the teacher who taught him how to dream.

The dream maker comes first.
Liu Yifei's appearance caused an uproar at the scene.

For Chinese actors, being able to act opposite Leo is a collision of time and space.

Watching Liu Yifei appear in the movie holding a book.

Yang Mi’s back teeth were almost broken.

She had a smile on her face the past two days. After all, she has two movies coming up. But her senior sister Liu Yifei was not a few years ahead of her and is now a leading actress in Hollywood. This made her completely unable to suppress her envy.

Liu Sisi's face was also full of greed.

Tang Yan's eyes were full of little stars.

"If this role could be mine..."

Zhang Ziyi thought of Guan Ling's completely disrespectful words when he asked for the role, and felt extremely complicated emotions in his heart.

Fan Bingbing's emotions didn't fluctuate much, after all, she would soon have such a movie.

Jing Tian looked at Ye Ning who was standing beside him, and then at Wang Sicong who was staring at him in amazement, and whispered,
"I don't know when I will be able to act in a Hollywood movie like this."

"If you have a script that suits you, money is not a problem."

"But the problem is, how can I find a Hollywood script suitable for me in China?"

"We can only find it slowly in Hollywood, but you know that our country has too little say in Hollywood now, and the giants there are not vegetarians. The only one who can have a say..."

“Only the guide.”

Jing Tian interrupted Ye Ning, looked at Guan Ling in front of him, and swallowed his saliva.

"Correct."

Ye Ning said, "In fact, we were just a step late. Your English level is not bad, but Liu Yifei is lucky. This is just a coincidence, and it is hard to say who is right or wrong. It's just that fate has not arrived."

"It's just that fate hasn't arrived yet." Jing Tian glanced at Ye Ning, "But Director Guan is never wrong. The mistake is that I met him too late."

"Fuck." Wang Sicong looked back at Jingtian and was shocked. His thoughts kept pouring out, "This background is so flattering? How much does this person love acting?"

"Is there no chance?" Jingtian's eyelids drooped slightly and he sighed.

Ye Ning was a little embarrassed: "I can go and talk to Director Guan, but if you want to stay in Hollywood forever, the price may be sky-high."

"Just one movie is enough. At least people won't say I'm a box office poison."

Jingtian showed a sweet smile,
She wasn't too greedy, and Ye Ning breathed a sigh of relief.

There might really be a chance for this.

……

In the following movie plot,

One setting after another is thrown out, the so-called Inception, which is the invasion of external consciousness.

This is somewhat similar to the original "The Matrix", except that "The Matrix" is the connection between the brain world in reality and fantasy.

This time, "Inception" creates a dream world.

"So, those paintings of dreams that Director Guan hung up earlier were a kind of preview in themselves?"

Principal Gu muttered to himself,
When he entered the auditorium for the premiere just now, the first things he saw were the nine paintings.

Each one corresponds to some of the most famous dream worlds in China.

The Dream of Banana Deer hanging in the very center covers ten levels of dreams.

It makes it impossible to distinguish between reality and dreams.

At this moment, when these clues were combined with the content of the movie, Principal Gu began to understand a little.

Then he couldn't help but exclaim.

"Creativity! This is absolutely top-notch creativity!"

Principal Gu looked at Dean Zhang of Beijing Film Academy and said, "Dean Zhang, if Director Guan puts his mind on studying, I think he might be able to get into Tsinghua University."

"Principal Gu is right. I know you like this kid very much now," Dean Zhang said with a laugh without any panic. "But, your guess is useless. He is from Beijing Film Academy."

Principal Gu: "..., do I want Guan Ling to come to Tsinghua? We are all scientific research talents in Tsinghua!"

But the thought in his heart betrayed him.

After all, Tsinghua University also has a major in film and television.

I really want it! But it’s a pity that I can’t have it!

……

As the movie goes on, the whole setting finally appears in front of everyone in a slightly rough manner.

Liu Yifei's dream maker, responsible for creating Inception,
This process requires a dream machine and injection of drugs.

The dream stealers are responsible for acting.

For the target, they need to get his subconscious thoughts, or implant an idea in him.

Subconscious thoughts, or secrets, will be locked deep in his dreams, which these people call a safe.

When external consciousness invades, the brain dream will generate an autonomous anti-virus program for defense, which is the rioting crowd that opened the door in the first scene.
So the moment they opened the door,

The countdown is over,
They woke up on the train!

Suddenly!

"Awesome, so awesome!"

Jiang Wen couldn't stop and shouted a few more words.

Although he likes making dumplings, he doesn't even mind making a big pot of dumplings for a small bowl of vinegar!

But Guan Ling is different. What Guan Ling is packing is an atomic bomb!
Jiang Wen can understand movies. During the period of time when the movie is being broadcast, people can gradually understand the plot of the movie, which really gives everyone at the scene,

A huge IQ crush and mental shock!

How on earth could he come up with such a script? !

Nobody knows,
this moment,
Guo Fan below was also silent.

In fact, some of the scenes in this movie were shot by him.
But it was the first time for him to see the finished film.

He remembers every detail of every scene in the movie, but when these settings and editing are completely integrated into the finished film,
Guo Fan was stunned.

In the communication between Liu Yifei and Xiao Lizi,
Liu Yifei, who didn't know what "dream stealing" was, was slowly answering the questions in the audience's mind when she was communicating with Leo.

"How detailed do I have to be to make the target believe they are in reality and not in a dream?"

At this moment, people suddenly realized why the details of the carpet were given enough close-ups!

It turns out that it was because the dream maker’s skills were unprofessional!

Let Mr. You Benchang discover the problem with the carpet!
Many people in the audience thought of this.

Including Guo Fan.

He was amazed.
The finished film was in front of him, and he was studying, thinking, and researching the first part of the film.
But at this moment,
It was as if an electric current was transmitted throughout my body.

Guo Fan suddenly shuddered and his eyes widened as if he was possessed by a demon.

"this movie……"

(End of this chapter)