After watching the film, Chen Chong and Bonte looked at each other and found that both sides had dissatisfaction and confusion in their eyes.

The lens is perfect, the explosion of fire, the rapidly rising fireball, the instantly shattered and splashed glass, and the dust clouds formed by the shock wave, were all taken, and the shooting angle was very exquisite, and the miniature model looked exactly the same as the real building.

However, Chen Chong felt that although the details were very real, the scene didn't look big enough and was not popular enough. Something seemed to be missing...

"Mr. Bonter, is it my illusion?" Chen Chong touched his chin and said, "The explosion seems to have missing a critical shot."

"No, I feel the same way," Bonte replied, and he stood up, manipulated the projector himself, flipping around and looking at the explosion.

The projectionist standing by was recruited by Shen Chong from Paramount's printing factory. He was in his fifties and was a very old-school employee. He dissuaded: "Mr. Bunt, you can't repeat the screens like this, it will scratch the film and reduce the quality of the film."

"It's okay." Chen Chong stood up, raised his hand, signaled it, and said, "It doesn't matter if this roll of film is ruined. As long as you can find the problem, you can shoot it again."

Bonter watched it several times, but still couldn't find out the problem. He was quite annoyed. He paused the show, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, took out one, took out another lighter, and slapped it with a "splash".

The projectionist snatched the lighter, extinguished the flames, and shouted: "Film is a flammable product, open flames are strictly prohibited. Bonte, are you crazy? Smoke here."

"Tom, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Bonter said, holding his hands up, "I just want to take a break and find some ideas."

The moment the lighter lighted up, Chen Chong's inspiration flashed, remembering a behind-the-scenes footage from the original "Die Hard" filming, and immediately understood what was missing in this set of shots.

"Mr. Bonter, I know what's wrong." He slapped his hands and said, "It's the fire. The gunpowder in the miniature model is limited in power, and the fire generated by the explosion is not shining enough..."

"" Bonte screamed. He quickly returned to the projector, controlled the machine, stopped the camera on the frame recording the moment the explosion occurred, and then shouted excitedly: "It's here, a set of flashing lenses need to be added here to make the explosion scene look more spectacular."

"Yes." Chen Chong looked at the screen and asked, "But how should we shoot this set of lenses?"

Bonte was stunned and frowned and said, "Let me think about it, use a powerful searchlight? No, no, no, the flashing interval is too long, use a flash bullet? How can I stuff it into the model..."

After waiting for him to think hard for a while, Chen Chong stopped hiding it and said with a smile: "Mr. Bonte, in fact, I have a shooting idea. One flash is not enough. We can gather dozens or hundreds of flashes together, and then face different directions and light them up at the same time."

"It's OK to do this," Bonter thought for a while and said, "But the model is too small now and there are too many flashes in it. I need to re-made a larger one."

"Who said I'm going to take pictures in the miniature model?" Chen Chong made a gesture and said, "Let's go to Kangle Building to take pictures on the spot."

"Very good, very good." Bonte applauded and said, "I've seen it there. The building is beautiful and the real scene is better."

"But for real-life shooting, I need to contact the owner of Kangle Building first, and then notify you of the shooting time after obtaining permission."

"Of course." Bontethead said: "No problem."

Chen Chong looked at his watch and it was already past seven o'clock at night, so he took Bonte out to find a specialty hotel, had a good meal, and after seeing him off, he returned to the printing factory alone. He planned to watch the plot sample filmed by John Woo.

Before watching the sample, he called home as usual.

"Hey, who are you looking for?"

"Tianbao?" Chen Chong heard the voice and asked, "Are you alone at home?"

"My sister is here too. My dad just came back." Tianbao replied: "Why haven't you come back yet? My sister is still waiting for you to read together."

Chen Chong grinned, and he had been reading books and studying management last night, but he skipped class today... He said with a tough bullet: "Something is happening outside, please tell your sister and let her read it yourself first. I will not go back at around 10 o'clock."

"Brother-in-law, I really don't know how you got to SIPG University back then." Tianbao mocked him with anger, and then said, "Okay, I'll tell her later."

"Thank you, remember, don't be sowed." Chen Chong threatened: "Help me say a few good words and buy you a good guitar the day after tomorrow, otherwise, hum, hum..."

"I know." Tianbao replied in a long voice, and then whispered quietly: "Brother-in-law, I will tell you an insider information. What benefits do you give me?"

"What inside story?"

"Insider information related to your confidante in Taiwan."

"You little girl, you're talking nonsense again." Chen Chong played hard to get, pretending not to believe it, and said, "Okay, that's it, I'll hang up the phone."

"Don't hang up, it's true." Tianbao was still a child after all, so he immediately leaked the news and said, "In recent days, my sister has often spoken with her on the phone."

Chen Chong was stunned when he heard this.

"How is it, brother-in-law, how much is this insider information worth?"

"Okay, Tianbao, you won." Chen Chong surrendered and said, "Tell me the phone content, and then I will give you whatever you want."

"Brother-in-law, what you said, don't cheat."

"No, if you want the moon in the sky, I will build you a spaceship, okay?"

"I will tell you because you are so sincere." Tianbao giggled a few times and said, "Actually, I only overheard a little bit, saying something like movie scripts, steel plates, etc. It sounds strange in any case, but brother-in-law, don't worry, my sister kept laughing when she called, it shouldn't be a bad thing."

Chen Chong understood what was going on as soon as he heard this. He put down the phone and shook his head and smiled bitterly - women are indeed gossip animals, and they can't keep their secrets. It must be Brigitte Lin who told Zhang Aijia the script he wrote and the content of the conversation that night.

I don’t know what the two women said on the phone, but as long as it is not a rhythm of turning against each other, everything is easy to say...

Chen Chong breathed a sigh of relief, put down his random thoughts, and then walked into the trial room and started watching the sample.

The script of "Die Hard", Chen Chong only borrowed creativity from the original version, then wrote a skeleton, outlining the main plot line - the male protagonist is a local policeman on Lamma Island, with a secret crush on the heroine who grew up together. After the heroine graduated from college, she entered a multinational bank in the Kangle Building as an employee. On Christmas, the male protagonist used the holiday to see her. First, he met a rich second-generation love rival, and then met a robber. Finally, relying on his outstanding kung fu and self-dedication, he successfully knocked down all the gangsters, rescued the heroine, and finally got the beauty back.

As for the details, such as the childhood of the male and female protagonists, the behavior of the rich second generation, and the origin of the bandits, John Woo and Chen Xinjian are all polished, and adapt to the situation according to the actor's conditions.

After watching the sample, Chen Chong sat in his seat, motionless, frowned and worried.

It’s not that the filming was not good. John Woo is indeed a few tricks to become famous in the international film industry in the future. The scenes and plot atmosphere in the sample are very well mastered. The problem lies with the actors - Anthony Hopkins is so outstanding that everyone is overshadowed, especially Sammo Hung. In his opponents, he seemed to be the first time acting Chu Ge was suppressed and completely defeated.

Having an impressive villain will add a lot of color to the movie, but the villain is too outstanding and overshadows the main character, which is a bit inconsistent.

Sammo Hung is already the best actor among Hong Kong kung fu stars, but compared with an actor with top-notch temperament and acting skills like Anthony Hopkins, he immediately pales in comparison, and is several levels behind.

At this time, Anthony Hopkins was already in his forties, but he had not yet made a name for himself in Hollywood and was unknown. Although he was not famous yet, it does not mean that his acting skills were immature. Chen Chong had read his resume and his acting career had lasted for a long time.

Anthony Hopkins was born in Wales, England on 31, 1937. He was a child with poor academic performance and had dyslexia. He was reunited for five semesters before he graduated from the preparatory school successfully. He then entered the Department of Music and Drama at the University of Wales and graduated in 1957. After serving for two years, he moved to London and entered the Royal Academy of Performing Arts for training | In 1920, he entered the National Theater of the Royal Academy. In 1920, he participated in the film for the first time and collaborated with Catherine Hepburn to film "The Lion of Winter" and played Charlie, the Lionheart King. This movie won Hepburn an Oscar for Little Golden Man.

In 1974, he decided to come to the United States to develop his career. He performed many dramas on Broadway where stars gathered. Although he had excellent acting skills, he was not tall enough and handsome enough. Although he had always had the opportunity to perform, he was all supporting roles and could not get good roles to play his acting skills. In the past five or six years, he was basically in a state of despair.

Hopkins has received professional training in top performance schools and has acted in drama for many years. Drama is the highest-level performance form. After years of hard work, he will naturally become familiar with films. Sammo Hung was born as a martial artist, and his performance is all wild, and he relies on his own thinking. Moreover, in the Hong Kong film industry, people who engage in kung fu movies have never attached much importance to acting...

"Missue, mistake." Chen Chong gently tapped the armrest of the chair and murmured to himself: "Next time I shoot a movie, I must audition first, and I can't walk on my feelings and match the actors randomly."

This time, the selection of actors was all based on his memory's impression and his own initiative. However, making movies is not about playing football. Putting a group of great people in one team may be able to win the World Cup, but a group of great people in one movie may not be good.

If we follow the business rules, the male lead in "Die Hard" should be chosen as a more handsome one, such as Chow Yun-fat. If he plays it, he may not be suppressed so badly. Even if Chow Yun-fat doesn't have the foundation of kung fu, it would be fine if it was Yuan Biao. Yuan Biao's righteous appearance is very likable in the Japanese market.

But Shen Chonggan Gang was arbitrary and attracted Sammo Hung's movement design ability and chose him as the male lead. Although Sammo Hung's honest appearance is also good, his fat body shape is really a big disadvantage, so he specially hired a nutritionist to lose weight for him. He went back and forth, and both parties were not pleased...

According to my hobbies, I chose a master-level acting school like Anthony Hopkins to be the villain. As a result, bad people are more charming than good people, and it is difficult to get rid of the tiger...

"Forget it, let's leave this matter to John Woo for a headache."
Chapter completed!