Chapter 425 Premiere Preparation
Su Yun has been in a hurry to come and go recently, in order to make money and do business, so no matter how great the temptation is, it is difficult to keep her - after pretending to be coquettish and naive to admire the lovable side of the smart people who do stupid things, she plans to pack up and go back to where she should go, and continue to immerse herself in work.
However, compared to those uninteresting and unskilled people who would just silently wait for her to clean up or help her clean up, which was a heartwarming but boring behavior, Zhang Querong, who was very interesting in both character and methods, seemed to be much more attractive.
Whether it was the moment of eye contact or the touch of fingertips, it was touching from beginning to end, with a kind of hesitation to express.
As the saying goes, a gentle town is the home of heroes, but when a person who is really talented, good-looking and has a heart gets angry, it doesn't matter what the gender or the person is, it only matters their attractiveness and self-control.
Pinching his palm secretly, Su Yun tried to keep his mind clear. He bent down and kissed him as a farewell, then hurried out the door to catch the plane.
Both of them still have a way to go, and should not indulge in love.
Not knowing how glorious and chaotic it was when Zhang Querong returned to Hong Kong with the honor of being the best actor, Su Yun felt that she had achieved another small goal and was very confident in Zhang Querong's character. So she only occasionally picked up newspapers and magazines sent from Hong Kong during her free time when visiting Grandma Su and Aunt Huang Misheng, and tried to peek into the situation of her distant hometown and relatives and friends from the black and white words and colorful pictures.
Lesley is indeed a stable person, and Chen Boyang, the singer of the theme song of "Ladder of Love", has also gained further knowledge abroad. Not only did the two of them not meet each other, they also avoided most of the troubles caused by the media comparing them.
As for Mei Yanshuang, with the support of Mr. Zhao, coupled with her own talent and hard work, she seems to be the leader of the new generation of female artists in Hong Kong.
As Su Yun watched, he thought to himself: Now that Zhang Querong has been promoted, it's time to put Mei Yanshuang on the agenda as well.
Moreover, from the perspective of "breakthrough", Mei Yanshuang had the precedent of her own, so her path was much easier than Zhang Querong's, who started from scratch to break the shackles: after all, in this world, going from zero to one, from nothing to something, is sometimes as difficult as climbing to heaven; but going from one to two afterwards is often much easier.
Su Yun secretly wrote down another new "task" in his little notebook, then looked at the calendar time and saw that the hot summer was approaching.
In people's impressions and memories, summer always seems to carry vibrant heat and vigor. However, at the beginning of this summer, a hint of coolness from the "darkness" can be seen.
The Dark Knight is scheduled to be released at the end of June. In the previous previews and advance screenings, the reviews have been quite polarized: some people think that the darker storyline of this movie is completely opposite to the comedy type of the popular live-action TV series in the 1960s, so the audience is very likely to not buy it, and then this movie that cost a lot of money will become a terrible blockbuster...
Some people also believe that this darker style is more similar to the settings of old comics, and is a new type of adaptation style that takes a different path from the TV series. It is also more in line with the current age group of the audience who have watched the TV series, and is very likely to create a new era of comic-adapted movies.
But no matter what those who are optimistic or pessimistic say, against the backdrop of the increasingly subpar live-action Superman movies, this Batman movie does have quite a few highlights.
Whether it is the extremely textured images, the smooth camera movements, the interlocking stories or the cool special effects scenes, it can be seen that Su Yun did not do things perfunctorily at all, but really put her heart into shooting the film - the only problem is that the creative concept of the entire movie is different from previous successful precedents.
This means you have to gamble on the audience's acceptance of this new creative style.
Of course, despite the numerous and continuous controversies, Warner Bros. will certainly not be willing to just stuff a big production that it has high hopes for and spent a lot of money on back into its stockpile. On the contrary, regardless of whether it gets rave reviews and a big box office hit or bad reviews and a big box office hit, at least it will be released first to see how much it makes back, and then see whether to increase the effort or cut losses in time...
Apart from anything else, Su Yun has already attracted a large number of 2D fans, and most of those who have attended the preview have been full of praise for the film. Thanks to their promotion in the circle, there is at least a little box office foundation.
At the same time, the praise in the circle also gave rise to a question that made many people wonder: most of the people who praised this movie are comic fans, so... the threshold for watching this movie is relatively high?
This is a big no-no in movie making!
Even though North America is the home base of American comics, as a movie adapted from a comic, the support from comic fans can never sustain this level of investment cost, and most of a movie's box office data comes from the majority of passers-by.
In particular, Su Yun took a different approach and did not start filming from the origin of the story. Instead, she chose to adapt part of the plot like an interlude and started from the middle part which had no beginning or end.
"It says here that you made this arrangement so that I can play Batman..." Zha Lan looked at the newspaper in his hand happily, and was amused by the so-called speculations in it. "They said that there must be some unusual relationship between you and me..."
"Whether it's me towards you or you towards me, our relationship is definitely not simple." He put down a newspaper in his hand and pointed at a paragraph on it, "especially this one, saying that you actually gave up those young and handsome young actors and chose an 'old guy' like me. There is definitely something wrong..."
"I would also like to start filming from the origin of the story, but the problem is that you are already past that age!" No matter how advanced the special effects technology is, it is difficult to perfectly reverse time. At most, only a small part of the clip can be used. It is impossible to use special effects on the most important protagonist throughout the whole process just to make him look young.
Even if she had the future black technology, Su Yun would naturally not be able to accomplish or do such a thankless task. Being able to take advantage of Zha Lan's beauty and let him, the most suitable actor, play Batman once or twice was already her last effort.
Besides, she only secured the rights to shoot one movie. Instead of making a good start to pave the way for others and then letting "Batman" be squeezed dry of its remaining value like the "Superman" series... it would be better to just shoot an excellent middle section that does not need a beginning or an end, making it an independent unit plot.
Anyway, the popularity of the character "Batman" is obvious to all. Even if people don't read comics to understand the ins and outs of the whole story, they will vaguely know that Batman is a hero who grew up in darkness and adhered to the light through so many years of subtle influence - if the audience can distinguish between good and evil from the beginning, then the whole story will be much easier to tell.
The story of "Batman" itself can be adapted into a complete unit story by taking appropriate parts.
She also had no intention of creating a perfect work of art. She simply wanted to let the actors in their prime to transform the paper-like characters of the past into flesh-and-blood memories in the light and shadow of the movie at the most appropriate time.
This way, if Warner Bros. sees that comic book-adapted movies have money-making potential and tries to exploit this IP, it won't be easy to ruin the work that she and many others worked so hard to create.
"Don't ask me why I don't ask young people to play the role. In my mind, there is only you, the Batman and Bruce Wayne." Su Yun stared at him seriously and said.
"Oh? I'm really flattered." Although Zha Lan responded perfunctorily, after knowing each other for so many years, how could Su Yun not see that this super narcissistic person was satisfied with such praise?
"It's a pity that your admiration for me is always superficial, and you don't know how to explore my inner heart." Zha Lan said, and sighed with regret.
"Exploring my inner thoughts doesn't mean anything will happen between us. I hope you can understand this." Hearing his hidden meaning, Su Yun replied with a sullen face.
"Alas, after all, the people you can't help but fall in love with are all people of your age, so naturally they can't appreciate my mature charm." I don't know if he was feeling pity, unwillingness, or some other reason, but every word he said today seemed to be full of thorns.
"Alan." Su Yun shook her head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and looked at him again with an extremely serious look, "It's not that I don't like you, but... before love and desire, I want to respect you and the relationship between us."
These words sounded like the most affectionate ones. If it were anyone else, they would be moved for a while by Su Yun's earnest eyes and the affection in her tone.
But in this case, for a man like Zha Lan who is capable of competing against the top scumbags, he is obviously just a little bit short of the required level.
"I have said similar things to many people. Now you are mainly a producer, so please don't steal my lines." Facing Su Yun's gaze, he replied with this sentence very righteously.
Such a self-righteous and almost shameless response, if he wasn't needed to promote the movie later, Su Yun would have wanted to pin him down on the sofa and beat him up on the spot...
"You look dangerous right now." He narrowed his eyes, "but it's not the kind of 'danger' I want to see..."
"Didn't those young people calm your anger caused by the busy work?"
Ignoring Su Yun's disgusted expression and cold eyes, he didn't know what method he used, and slowly slid over from the other end of the sofa like a snake: "Perhaps, instead of beating me, you need to 'study' and 'relax' more now?"