Chapter 104 Newcomers and Oldcomers

In order not to challenge the American concept, Su Yun intends to make the emotional line of the American version of "Leon: The Professional" as close to the teacher-father relationship as possible to avoid any unexpected trouble.

Anyway, all the filmed materials are in her hands. She even has system-shot materials with higher resolution and more angles than those shot on film. This is also one of the golden fingers provided to her by specializing in entertainment systems. When all kinds of video production software are fully available on the Internet in the future, these materials may be used.

Of course, it is still useful today: when burning CDs and videotapes, you can put some waste film materials in as bonus features.

Moreover, a commemorative edition with extended extras can be released. The extras at the end of each disc will be different. When this film becomes a classic in the future, this commemorative edition will probably fetch a good price.

Then, when uploading homemade videos to websites becomes something that most people can do, these commemorative footage will surely be uploaded to the Internet by those big shots who want to show off their large collections. After that, those UP hosts with the scissor hand will save various editings, making them bound to become timeless classics!

After all, Su Yun had also done the scissor hand gesture in her rare free time before, so when she put herself in the other person's shoes, she came up with this win-win solution - she really scoffed at those stupid bans that forbid others from using their own video materials for secondary editing.

Those who only care about the small profits will only see that their long-overused materials are used for free, and feel at a loss if they don't get paid. However, they don't think that it is precisely because of those excellent second-time editing creations that new audiences are attracted, which injects new vitality into this film or television work.

Generally speaking, a movie has at least three creations. The first is the initial complete structure given by the screenwriter, the second is the light and shadow conversion creation of all the details given by the director, and the third is the complete presentation brought by the editor.

Although Su Yun did not get the final cut when filming the movie before, she still made some suggestions and learned a lot from the side. Now that she is with the good-tempered Spielberg, and is also an investor and one of the main post-production personnel, it is not a big problem for her to make several versions this time.

After all, this is one of the unspoken rules in the industry: in the Hollywood film industry and producer-centered film environment, directors are mostly just part of the production and filming team. Even if they occupy a relatively high position in creation, they still have to make adjustments to the producer's requirements in the end.

Many times, the director of a movie does not even have the right to edit the film, and even if they can get the right to edit the film and make a so-called "director's cut", in the end they basically have to compromise with the final editing rights held by the film producer.

As long as the producers feel that the original version is too long, the meaning is incomprehensible to the audience, or the content is unpopular and cannot sell tickets, they will exercise their rights and make certain adjustments to the final film.

They don’t care about creative freedom, their real need is whether they can make money!

However, it cannot be said that the producers have no respect for creation. Because a movie is not the private property of one person, but the product of the joint efforts of many people. If the director is too obsessed with making big things and creating randomly, it will become a bad apple that ruins the product of the whole team's hard work. The producers have a lot of control rights in the film production process to prevent such accidents from happening.

It is precisely because the creative rights represented by the director and the control rights represented by the producer check and balance each other that the progress of film industrialization can be promoted to the greatest extent and the balance between art and commerce can be barely maintained.

In contrast, the reason why China generally does not have director's cuts is because in China the editing is directly determined by the director, and the finished film is directly the director's cut, with the only difference being the approved version and the unreleased version.

In Hollywood, where all the games are played out, the screenwriters, directors, and producers have almost the same say. If there is any dispute, there may be multiple versions of the film, as happened with The Butterfly Effect.

Of course, the reason for multiple versions may also be that in order to enter certain countries or regions with strict censorship restrictions, some content has to be edited and deleted to avoid censorship risks; or the production company may have come up with a gimmick in order to sell more discs and make more money...

Although the material of Zha Lan's explosive acting is not suitable for the American version that tries its best to adapt the love line, it is estimated that the Japanese version can use some of it first - Su Yun has previously played the emotional role of Qiaobian Chuyu in "Memoirs of a Geisha", and the Japanese people like the combination of uncle and Lolita. They should be able to accept the ambiguity brought by the affectionate green eyes.

After finishing editing this part of the material in the small dark room, Su Yun got up and plunged into the busy filming work.

However, despite the busy filming schedule, the protection of actors' rights in Hollywood is relatively good, especially since Su Yun is still an underage actor. She has much more rest time than when she was in Hong Kong - in Hong Kong, no one cares about adults or not, and in order to catch up with the schedule, it is common to work day and night.

Even though Su Yun has already filmed several movies in the United States and Japan, she still remembers the almost breathless rush she felt when filming "The Perfect Match".

Of course, she was still a rookie at that time, and her first movie was shot in such a hurry, which inevitably caused a certain amount of psychological trauma.

Sitting on a small chair during the break, Su Yun took a breath and turned to look at Rui Fan who was sitting on her right: "How do you feel?"

"It doesn't seem that difficult..." The reason why Rui Fan joined the group late was to wait for his brother Li Fu's surgery. It was not until Li Fu's surgery was successful and he was recuperating in the hospital that he was brought here by his assistant mother.

"Then you are very talented." Now they were bored waiting for the filming to start, Su Yun chatted with Rui Fan for a few words, then took out a Game&Watch and played some games with Rui Fan.

Without the worry about his brother, Ruifan, who used to be full of hatred, now became a little more lively and started to get closer to kids of his age.

Seeing that he was absorbed in the game, with his mouth slightly open and an expression like a surprised cat emoticon, Su Yun stroked the soft golden hair on his head, then sat back, intending to take a short nap to relax.

Unexpectedly, just as she half-lay down, someone came to inform her that there was a new member joining the group.

Su Yun looked up and saw another patch of golden hair gleaming beautifully in the sunlight.

"Hey, Tom, you're finally here?" Su Yun waved her hand. "But you're not included in today's photo shoot. I'll see if they can make it up to you tomorrow."

Tom nodded, then sat to the left of Su Yun, his eyes fell on Rui Fan: "He..."

Rui Fan, who heard the change in the situation beside him, also raised his head early.

When Rui Fan saw Tom's golden hair, he felt a sense of crisis that he might be replaced.

He has to earn money to support his family, and he can't let this guy with the same personality as him steal Su Yun's attention!

So, after Su Yun briefly introduced them, Rui Fan took the initiative and said, "Do you like playing video games? Mary gave it to me. If you want to play, I can lend it to you for a while."

Tom lowered his head and glanced at Rui Fan. When he felt the provocation in his eyes, he immediately looked at Su Yun again: "Why did you only give him a game console? Aren't we good friends?"

"I left in a hurry last time and forgot to give it to him." Su Yun quickly took out another Game&Watch: she originally planned to give one to Tom, but she was hurt by the comparison during the holiday last time, so she decided to give it to Tom when he came to join the crew for the filming.

Su Yun's action undoubtedly pleased Tom, so he took it with a smile, raised the machine and waved it at Rui Fan who was frowning.

Seeing the two golden retrievers starting to compete with each other while holding a machine, Su Yun, who thought they were childish, moved away and looked at Zha Lan who was not far ahead.

Compared to Su Yun who had no visitors and had to find people to talk to by himself, he actually had a wide circle of friends, and from time to time there were always friends who came to visit him with gifts.

Look, the latest visitor is a heavyweight – Jair Bolsonaro’s ex-fiancee, Romy Schneider, who became famous for her role as Princess Sissi.

I heard from Jalan's agent Piero that she and her son David were traveling here recently and learned that Jalan was filming here, so she came here to thank Jalan for helping her solve a problem before.

When Su Yun didn't even have a golden retriever around her before, she also tried to sit next to the two of them to join in the fun and wanted to get close to a beauty like Romy. However, Romy treated her like her own child, praising Zha Lan in front of her from time to time, saying that he was righteous and caring, and told her not to believe the rumors outside.

"Alan is really nice to the people he likes," Romy said. "When my career was hit hard before, he insisted that I must be the heroine in the movie Swimming Pool before he would act in it. And it was thanks to this movie that my career turned around."

Su Yun nodded seriously: This way we can still be friends after breaking up, isn't it the best ending after breaking up?

After sitting with Romy for a few days, I hardly got any information from her, but I did hear a lot of gossip about Zha Lan.

"In my life, he is the best man to me - at least he doesn't want my money, and he won't use his own children as bargaining chips." Romy was very emotional when she thought of the past when they broke up peacefully, and then compared it with the fact that now she has to give half of her property to her alcoholic and drug-addicted German ex-husband in exchange for custody of her son.

Su Yun looked at her sad expression and felt helpless: the man who treated her best in her life was a scumbag recognized by the world. Should she say that she was lucky or too unfortunate?

After thinking for a while, Su Yun opened her arms and said, "Do you want a hug?"

"Thank you, but that's okay." Romy was amused by Su Yun's mischievous look.

"If you could treat me the same way you treat her, maybe we wouldn't have ended up like this." After filming a segment, Zha Lan came over and saw the two people's smiling faces and said jokingly.

"You know this is impossible - we quarreled almost every day over trivial matters. If we continue, our feelings will be completely worn out. It's better to be like this now, even if we are apart, we will miss each other in our hearts." Romy shook his head: they met too early and too young, and both of them were at an age where they felt that as long as they loved each other, they could be together forever, without considering the gap caused by external factors such as wealth, personality and status.

If they had met when they were older, perhaps there would not have been the news of them eloping to Paris hand in hand, shocking the whole of Europe.

"As my mother said, you don't belong to anyone, and I need a stable life. This is the best ending." She led a stable and peaceful life with her children, while he continued his romantic life.

"If you have any problem, feel free to come to me and I will try my best to help." Zha Lan raised her eyebrows, then went to practice with the martial arts instructor with a nonchalant look on her face.

It turns out that this martial arts instructor was specially invited back from Hong Kong by Su Yun. In addition to Lin Jingying, with whom he has always had a good relationship, he also invited several of his fellow apprentices to help design the many fighting scenes in the movie: Seriously speaking, the movie "Leon: The Professional" is not mainly about the classic characters of the male and female protagonists, but about pioneering and innovating in narrative and shooting techniques, and the focus is on using this to create a new fighting style.

But many people focus on the pairing of uncle and Lolita.

Seeing Zha Lan, whose martial arts moves were not standard, being taught by Lin Jingying and his fellow apprentices, Su Yun could not help but burst out laughing.

Let you show off how many friends you have!

However, Su Yun, who was feeling fortunately that things were changing, was laughing at this cycle when suddenly she really encountered a change of fortune and was notified that someone had come to visit her at work.

Looking up at the golden retriever that was shining in the sun because of its length and natural elegant curls, Su Yun couldn't help but glance at the other two golden retrievers who were still playing game consoles on the other side.

Really, either none of you come, or we come together...

"What's the matter with you coming to see me?" Su Yun looked at Bourne.

"The troupe is on holiday recently, and I thought of you filming here, so I wanted to invite you to dinner after work as a thank you for helping me before." Bourne smiled and said, "I just got my salary."

"Oh, really? How do you feel about being in the troupe?" Su Yun asked again.

"Not bad. I really like working in the troupe. I learn a lot from it." Before Bourne finished speaking, he felt a flash before his eyes.

Looking down, he saw two boys suddenly gathered around Su Yun. One on the left and one on the right, they tilted their heads and looked at him with frowns. Their hair was still the same golden color as his...

Seeing Su Yun surrounded by big golden retrievers, medium golden retrievers and small golden retrievers, Zha Lan didn't care whether they were still in training or not, and laughed out loud in response without any hesitation.