Dominating Hollywood: Starting with Scarlett

Chapter 121 Temporary Guidance
  After several articles he published were rejected by Baiyi Music Magazine, Dylan directly chose to publish his comments on his personal blog.

"Shit song, shit MV, this guy Raymond is blaspheming the music! Director Tang De is also blaspheming the MV! Look what they did, a meaningless venting, nailing all the music critics Kill on the wall! And then! Without criticism, praise is meaningless!
  "Even if they kill me in the MV, I will still shout out the syllables of resistance with my own voice! This is a piece of shit with no beauty! I can't stand that this kind of music is popular, think about those young people, Think about their future. Under the influence of this kind of music, they will only become extreme and unable to listen to opinions! If this continues, the music scene will also become inferior!"

However, the day after Dylan expressed his views, his fans suddenly discovered that their idol, who would rather die than surrender, had a different look on his face. He even began to confess his criticism of Raymond and Tang De on his blog. .

"Sorry, I regret the arrogant mistake I made. Raymond's new song is great. Whether it is his voice or lyrics, he has proven his strength and deserves a Grammy Award."

These words were undoubtedly shocking, and as the gossip spread, everyone heard that the reason why Dylan changed his story was that he had received a large sum of money.

At this time, his reputation fell directly to the bottom. He was directly banned from publishing articles and comments by magazines, and he himself never published any news through his blog.

But others didn't know it, but Tang De knew the reason. It was very simple, Davis took action.

Still fearless, he dared to secretly follow Dylan with a gun, then hold the gun to the music critic's temple and ask him to post a confession on his blog.

If Slow and Badman hadn't helped with money and threats with leaves, he would have been sued by Dylan and sent to jail for the rest of his life.

It has to be said that since the death of his brother Raymond, he can no longer tolerate anyone's opinions about his brother.

After this incident, music critics' evaluation of the song has remained unchanged.

In just one week, "Condescending" ranked 12th on the Billboard, rising straight up to the third place on the Billboard, although its ranking performance was not as good as Tang De's previous works.

However, the profit he can obtain far exceeds that of other works. Qian Qian estimates that it will bring Tang De millions of dollars in income in the next year.

This is his income alone.

When Tang De heard the good news from Giorgio, he felt a little excited and clenched his fists.

"Tang! I have your phone number!" Suddenly someone came to remind Tang De that it was the stage manager of the crew.

"Who is it?" Tang De was a little confused. If it was his friend, he would definitely call his cell phone instead of calling the crew.

But if he wasn't a familiar person, he wouldn't have thought that anyone would call him.

But all this was solved after answering the phone call.

"Don! I'm Quentin!"

"Quentin Tarantino?" This voice was very familiar to Tang De, because he had seen this guy's classic Chinese-speaking video.

"That's right, Don! I didn't know your phone number, so I went straight to the crew."

"Is there anything you need?"

"Tang! I saw your MV! The colors are great! You made up for what I needed most, so Tang! I need a little help!"

When Quentin finished speaking, Tang De raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect that the MV could bring him such unexpected gains.

Serving as a temporary art director for Quentin's crew?

It sounded pretty good, so Tang De agreed directly: "No problem, but the production of The Devil is about to start, and my time is very short, only one week."

"Emmmm, I'm a little nervous, but it doesn't matter! Don! I just need you to shoot one scene!"

"In that case, that's no problem."

"Great! Don, I'll ask someone to buy you a plane ticket."

The scene Quentin was talking about was naturally the classic scene of killing a hundred men. The movie had not yet filmed this scene, so when he saw Tang De's work, he was immediately hooked.

This is the effect he dreams of achieving, and it also adds a new feeling, the feeling of large contrasting colors. If it can be incorporated into his own movies, it will definitely further enhance the look and feel.

After receiving Quentin's invitation, Tang De did not delay. After settling the matters on the "Devil" crew's side, he took a plane and rushed to Quentin's crew.

"Kill Bill" was filmed in several locations, including Tokyo, China and the United States. At this time, Quentin and the others had finished filming the scenes in America and headed to Tokyo, where they were setting up the scene of killing a hundred people.

The plane soon arrived in Tokyo from New York. As soon as Tang De landed, he saw a thin man at the exit holding a card with "New York, Tang" written on it, waiting for him.

"Hello." Tang De stepped forward and extended his hand to say hello, but the man directly bent down and bowed, saying in classic Japanese English: "Welcome to Tokyo. I am the crew manager, Ogawa Sugikai."

Tang De raised his eyebrows. This felt really good. You must know that when he came to Tokyo in his previous life, he did not enjoy this kind of treatment.

Seeing that Tang De didn't speak, Ogawa Shankai raised his head, with a warm smile on his face, and stretched out his hand to guide: "Mr. Norton! This way, please!"

"Okay." Tang De put on his sunglasses again and watched Ogawa Sugikai take the suitcase and lead him all the way to the parking lot.

"Get in the car!" Ogawa Sugikai opened the car door like a dedicated service worker and put his hand on the door frame to prevent Tang De from bumping into him. "Thank you." Tang De sat in the car with satisfaction. Ogawa Sugie put the suitcase away, got into the driver's seat, and drove towards the crew.

Along the way, Ogawa Sugikai asked Tang De from time to time how he felt, whether the vehicle was bumpy, and whether he needed to drink water. He was so considerate that Tang De couldn't help but sigh that the "education" of Tokyo people is really good.

They did not immediately go to the Kwonpak Tavern where the crew filmed, but first checked into a five-star hotel.

After Ogawa Sugikai placed their luggage, and at Tang De's request, the two arrived at the filming location of the crew.

As soon as he entered the tavern door, he saw the extremely familiar environment.

The simple and dark Edogawa period decoration style, combined with artificial small bamboo trees, black leather cushions, and various low eaves form the overall appearance of the pub. At first glance, it just feels depressing and chilling.

While entering the crew, Tang De also saw several familiar faces.

For example, Uma Thurman is standing on the white stage in front of her, holding a samurai sword and wearing a yellow training uniform, and not far away is Lucy Liu wearing a black kimono.

They were practicing before shooting with Wu Zhi. The two of them were strapped with wires so that they could perform various flying movements.

Quentin, with his iconic high hairline, immediately came over to hug Tang De warmly after seeing him.

"Hey! Don?"

"It's me." Tang De nodded, and the next second he was hugged by Quentin: "Oh, great! Man, I really like the MV you directed, and the scenes in "Chicago" Super cool.”

"Thank you." Tang De smiled. It seems that Quentin has also done his homework in the past few days and learned about the movies he has shot.

After the greetings, Quentin continued: "You came just in time, Tang. There are some problems that need to be solved now."

"What's the problem?" Tang De didn't expect that he would have to rush to the shelves as soon as he arrived. Quentin was really straightforward.

"Here! Look, I wanted to highlight Uma Thurman's dress with big blocks of color, but..."

While the two were discussing, the surrounding crew members and Uma Thurman who had finished the rehearsal also saw the stranger.

"Who is this?" She put down the katana in her hand, a little confused. In her impression, although director Quentin was often excited on the set, he usually guided others to implement his own ideas.

But now he didn't say much, but it was more like he was asking Tang De for advice, as if this young man was a teacher.

Ogawa Sugikai walked over diligently and replied: "It's the art director invited by Director Quentin. His name is Don De Norton, but outsiders call him 'Don'."

"Don?" Uma Thurman nodded: "Thank you."

"You're welcome! Miss Uma, this is my honor." Ogawa Sugikai's respectful attitude made Uma Thurman a little uncomfortable. She had been here for so many days and still couldn't get used to the strange enthusiasm of Tokyo people.

Especially that smile, it's so fake.

Turning her head, she saw Lucy Liu walking quickly on wooden clogs.

Lucy Liu knew Tang De, and after meeting her, she immediately introduced it to Uma Thurman: "He is Tang. He used to work as a photographer in "Chicago", and I guest-starred in that movie."

""Chicago"? I remember that this film seemed to be very controversial." Uma Thurman has been training in isolation for the past few months and is not very familiar with things in Hollywood.

"Yes, but it turns out that "Chicago" is a good film, and Tang is also a very good photographer. I am optimistic that he will win the Oscar for Best Cinematography this year." Even though Lucy Liu and Tang De have not collaborated much, she is very optimistic about it. Tang De's impression is very good.

"Really?" As soon as Uma Thurman finished speaking, she heard a big Chinese sentence suddenly pop out of director Quentin's mouth not far away: "Awesome!"

"what?"

She and Lucy Liu turned around and saw that Quentin was excitedly asking Tang De for advice.

"Tang! Awesome...is this pronunciation correct? Tang, you are so awesome! Is that so?" The director was like a child who got a new toy, beaming with joy.

"Hahaha, Quentin, your pronunciation is quite standard, yes, awesome!"

"So when I get to China, I can use these two words as long as I think the whole person is awesome or the scene is beautiful?"

"Of course!" Tang De completed the achievement of teaching Quentin to speak Chinese ahead of schedule. After he solved Quentin's doubts just now, the two of them chatted about China and its customs. So Tang De suddenly told Quentin these two words.

As a result, Quentin was very happy and kept talking about how awesome he was.

"In the United States, if you want to express that someone is awesome, you mean super cool. I didn't expect the Chinese to say awesome, but what exactly does awesome mean, Tang?"

(End of this chapter)