The next morning, Chen Feng and Zhong Lei got up and ate at the rooftop restaurant of the hotel.

Zhong Lei's hands unconsciously fiddled with the whole-wheat slices, and her eyes stared at Chen Feng with curiosity. "It is said that Katie is the goddess in the eyes of many music fans in China. Don't you know her?" "

Yes."

"Then I will do it today. Why don’t you look excited at all to see me in person?”

"Why should you be excited? We were invited by each other to cooperate. We are all equal. Moreover, I am very sure that the person in front of me is better than Katie and will have higher achievements in the future. I can see you every day, why should I You settle for the next best thing and expect someone who is not as good as you?"

Zhong Lei was speechless for a long time.

"I don't know whether I should say you are arrogant, or that you think too highly of me, or maybe you have become more slick and good at sweet talk."

Chen Feng pointed at his face, "Do I look slick?"

" "

That's right, I'm being realistic."

Zhong Lei: "It feels like you've become crazy since coming here."

Chen Feng put down his spoon, "This Western food is really bad."

He smiled, "People are shaped by their environment. People here like to greet madmen. In their eyes, the arrogance of capable people is not called arrogance, but coolness. Both of us are cool. So there is no need for us to hold back."

Zhong Lei was still I don’t know, this is just the beginning.

After attending the tasting session in the afternoon, she was shown off by Neil Brockamp, ​​who was madly promoting "Unhinged" for a long time. Only then did she realize that Chen Feng's arrogance was simply beyond measure.

Director Neil is also a madman, very While boasting about himself, he also expressed his contempt for Chinese science fiction.

In Neil's view, Chinese filmmakers lack both imagination and rigorous scientific literacy. Apart from a few films that are not satisfactory, most of them are not good enough. Some Chinese science fiction films are so bad that they should be put into the garbage truck and destroyed.

Neil also believes that his invitation to Chen Feng to cooperate with him is a great opportunity for Chen Feng. It is impossible for China to produce a film that is worthy of " A science fiction film with "Bath of Fire" and "Self-Ignition" as its theme songs.

Neil thought Chen Feng should be grateful to him because he had provided the two of them with a real stage to display their talents.

Although Zhong Lei felt that what the other party said was true, it was indeed unpleasant to hear. Chen Feng was even more straightforward, with an impatient look on his face. , and there were signs that it was on the verge of exploding at any time.

At that time, Katy Swift also expressed her opinion, and seemed to want to take full control of the lyrics adaptation, and let Zhong Lei and Chen Feng help her.

Not only that, Katy also She wanted to completely change the original meaning of the lyrics and write in her own understanding of the universe and future technology.

This was her creative concept, she wanted to personally give soul to the song she was going to sing.

Then Chen Feng exploded.

I made a harsh statement on the spot that the Chinese side must take the lead in revising the lyrics. Otherwise, even if I gave you the right to rewrite the lyrics, I would not admit that this song had anything to do with us after I returned.

Of course, I would not sue you, as you used it legally, but I would never He refused to admit that he had any cooperation with the English version.

In simple terms, he was ashamed to be associated with you and make the English version of "Self-Ignition" unorthodox.

After saying that, Chen Feng took Zhong Lei away, leaving Neil and others behind. People looked at each other in dismay.

They didn't know what they had done wrong.

But they obviously couldn't let the situation deteriorate like this, otherwise the box office of this movie in mainland China would most likely be negatively affected.

Then a Chinese actor in the production team understood. The nature of the problem,

he said.

"This is probably a cultural difference. Mr. Chen may think that our confidence is arrogant."

This summary is very accurate.

After walking away, it was the usually hot-tempered Zhong Lei who tried to persuade Chen Feng.

She also couldn't understand Chen Feng. Why are you so angry?

"Don't be like this. You have to be so picky about money. We are all new here. You should try to control yourself."

Chen Feng took a deep breath. "I think it is very difficult to control myself."

Only he himself He knew why.

He had personally experienced many wars, and even felt the feeling of having his body torn into countless pieces on the front lines.

When I see others using such childish narratives to describe future wars, full of meaningless personal heroism, describing the rulers of the future world as wise children, with a worldview that is so bleak and blunt that it goes against logic, yet they speak nonsense without any self-awareness. , when he was madly releasing his sense of ideological superiority, his mind was about to collapse.

"Too superficial, too ignorant, too short-sighted, too absurd. Does he have the qualifications to laugh at our naivety?"

Zhong Lei said: "Maybe he didn't mean it? "

Isn't that even more infuriating? It means that's how he thinks deep down."

Chen Feng panted, trying to calm himself.

Zhong Lei looked at him for a long time, and waited until he calmed down before saying, "You weren't the easily excited person before. You have something on your mind."

"Yeah."

Chen Feng leaned against the wall, the plot of "Chaos" reappearing in his mind.

Although the title of this new film is in the same vein as "Elysium", the stories of the two films are not related.

"Chaos" tells the story of a war between humans and aliens that took place three or four hundred years in the future. Well, by then ,

humans had already mastered wormhole technology and controlled dozens of galaxies near the solar system.

Funny.

The human population had also exceeded 500 billion.

Still funny.

But all humans obeyed an alien. The control of representatives belongs to the vassal civilization.

This alien looks exactly like a human, except that his ears are a little pointier, his hair is tentacles, and his hands and feet are a little longer.

The wormhole technology that humans have mastered was given to them for free.

It's even more ridiculous.

What's even more ridiculous is that this alien is also licentious and immoral, and is a living tyrant.

Chen Feng simply finds it eye-catching.

The management method of this alien is very simple and crude, that is, no management, only taxation.

Therefore, the entire structure of human civilization is very chaotic, with gangs and companies separatist, just like the lord era in medieval Europe.

Then the male protagonist rises from the civilians and chats with his childhood sweetheart. In the future, I will give everyone freedom, "I promise."

There are many stalks in European and American movies, one of which is that if the male protagonist promises something at the beginning, he will definitely do it.

This male protagonist is really hanging all the way. He persuaded the high-level traitor to rebel with a few words. One person rushed in with a pretend energy weapon, but in fact it was a Gatling weapon.

The final boss, the alien, actually held a long sword and fought the hero with a bayonet in the base!

The hero even won!

The civilization behind the alien was actually shocked by the hero's amazing fighting ability and recognized the equal status of the earthlings.

Chen Feng was really choking.

If fighting against invaders is really as easy as in your movies, then what is the point of mankind's efforts to resist for the next thousand years? What

is the point of so many people's sacrifices?

In addition, this alien civilization that claims to be able to dominate the galaxy is so stupid!

What kind of weird setting is the debauchery!

What's the difference between aliens having sex with humans and humans having sex with sheep?

This is the source of his anger.

Chen Feng took a deep breath and spoke softly.

His voice sounded a little distant and his mood was very bleak.

"Before humans' thoughts take off and truly leave the Earth and step into space, if humans encounter a war at the level of a cross-civilization and cross-galaxy, it is absolutely impossible for a war to be solved by individual heroism alone."

"Just like humans decide to destroy an ant nest, who will squat down and pinch the ants to death one by one with their fingers?"

"No, they will only light a big fire and bake the entire land where the ant nest is located for three days and three nights. Not only will it not destroy the soil, but the afterglow of the flames will make this place fertile."

"Or pull a water pipe and water the land thoroughly."

"Every action of humans is doomsday for ants, but it is effortless for themselves."

"So whether it's the past "District 9" or "Independence Day", or "Edge of Tomorrow", "Pacific Rim", "Starship Troopers", and so on and so forth... they are all childish."

"Well, I'm not afraid of your scolding. I think Star Wars is especially childish."

"The laser sword BiuBiuBiu, my source force explodes BiuBiuBiu," Chen Feng pretended to wield a sword and shook his shoulders, "They don't understand anything at all."

"This is completely unequal. The people on Earth don't even know what the enemy is. A disaster that can end in an instant can't be considered a war at all."

"Put yourself in their shoes. Can ants understand how humans caused the 'world-destroying flood'? Well, a water pipe and a self-priming drainage pump, can ants understand it? Do they know how to cut off the power to the drainage pump?"

"This movie is too absurd and funny. I personally cannot accept it emotionally. If Neil was more low-key, I might be able to tolerate his ignorance, but he is still so arrogant, so I got angry."

After listening to him, Zhong Lei still didn't quite understand his anger, but she chose to understand.

Zhong Lei began to try to put herself in Chen Feng's shoes and asked, "But movies are all shot like this now. Otherwise, if the male and female protagonists are not eye-catching enough, the audience will not be able to empathize with the film, and there will be no box office." "

So I agreed to cooperate at first, and I didn't intend to nitpick. It's just that Neil stepped on my pain point, and my emotions got a little out of control. I will go back and talk to them later."

Zhong Lei was slightly relieved and asked again, "If humans can step into space, or even travel across the galaxy, and then a war breaks out?"

Chen Feng was shocked and began to imagine that scene in his mind.

He also thought of the history of humans fighting against beasts, natural disasters, diseases and other disasters from ancient times to the present.

He recalled Ding Hu's last words before his death, and the corners of his mouth curved unconsciously.

"That must have been an era full of magnificent epics, where countless heroes used their flesh and blood to create the legend of their race. It's a pity that humans can't see it."

Zhong Lei shook her head, "It's just that we can't see it, you're too arbitrary."

"Okay. Let's go back."

Zhong Lei: "Wait, I suddenly thought of a point. Back to the topic of ants you just mentioned, what if an ant in the ant population mutated and became particularly poisonous, and a bite could kill an adult? Even if the ant race cannot be saved, at least there is a chance to die together? If the bite is fast enough, maybe a few of the same race can be left as the spark of civilization to survive?"

Chen Feng was stunned.

"Yes!"

"So personal heroism is sometimes useful?"

"Which side are you on?"

The two did not chat here for too long.

It was Neil and Katie who took the initiative to bring people here first.

The other party reflected on their attitude, apologized solemnly to Chen Feng and Zhong Lei, and expressed their willingness to respect their cultural concepts, and repeatedly emphasized that their previous words were not malicious.

Since the other party gave the stage, Chen Feng went along with it.

The cooperation officially started, and it was agreed that each party would go back to advance the work.

The Chinese side will come up with a draft of the English version of the lyrics within two days, and will meet the day after tomorrow for consultation, and will polish and fine-tune the lyrics provided by the Chinese side.

The two returned to the hotel. Zhong Lei began to translate the lyrics while biting the tip of the pen, while Chen Feng was bored and searched for other people's science fiction movies to watch for fun.