Chapter 282 Cheng Long Is Old

After the meeting, Lu Pingan and Cheng Long first said goodbye to Bob Chaye, and then Lu Pingan and Cheng Long sat down to continue chatting.

"I'm sorry this time, I didn't expect him to ask for so much."

After sitting down, Cheng Long's first words were still sorry.

Lu Pingan waved his hand: "It doesn't matter, I have already experienced the Anglo-Saxons' virtues."

It actually happened before when "Batman" was made.

Speaking of which, these two companies are really similar, both are so self-righteous and short-sighted.

Think about it, New Line is owned by Warner.

No wonder they are not from the same family and do not enter the same door.

"I still have to thank you, this time you paid a lot."

Cheng Long continued to sigh.

Lu Pingan smiled and said: "To make money, you have to pay something, let's not talk about this, Brother Long."

"I will set the table after I go back, and we will have a good drink."

Cheng Long generously set up a thank-you banquet.

Lu Pingan did not refuse again.

Then the two of them briefly talked about how to shoot "Peak 3".

At present, New Line has not brought the script, so we can't talk about it in depth for the time being, so we can only talk about it in general.

In fact, Lu Ping'an already has an idea for the adaptation of this film.

First of all, it should be made clear that the current American audience's aesthetic ability for commercial films is relatively mature.

In other words, among Hollywood audiences, "Kung Fu" is definitely after "plot".

No matter who you are, how good you are, or whether the plot is good or not, it is the core of success.

So for "Peak 3", "Kung Fu" determines the lower limit, and "plot" determines the upper limit.

This is the case with "Peak 3" in the original time and space.

There are many bad points in the plot, and only by relying on secondary factors such as Jackie Chan's actions, the viewing inertia of the series, and the black man's mouth cannon, the box office of the movie is maintained at a not particularly bad data.

Among these secondary factors, Jackie Chan's Kung Fu drama is the most important, but in the end, because Jackie Chan was extremely limited in the filming and his body was getting older, even this advantage could not be fully brought into play.

So the "lower limit" dropped again.

And the upper limit of the plot is already low.

So the results are not good.

140 million in North America, just over 200 million worldwide.

It looks good, but it’s nearly half less than “Peak Season 2”, and the box office account is also a big loss.

Of course, the disc can still make money.

But the box office account is actually the target of success or failure.

So if you do a good job in the plot, and then make sufficient guarantees in the kung fu, it’s no problem for the movie box office to exceed the original.

For this point, Cheng Long nodded in agreement: "You are right, and this is why I want to work with you."

Cheng Long was very happy that Lu Pingan could grasp the key issues simply and clearly, proving that he was right to find him.

But then Lu Pingan said: "There is another point that is also very important."

"You say."

"If you want to make the action scenes shine again, you have to admit that you are old."

Cheng Long: "."

"You are 52 years old."

Lu Pingan reminded, "At this age, it is normal to not be able to catch up with the state of youth, there is nothing to be embarrassed about."

"But I can still fight!"

Cheng Long was very unwilling to admit defeat.

Lu Pingan expressed his understanding.

This was indeed the mentality of Cheng Long at that time.

He did not really accept the fact that he was old.

It was not that he did not accept it, but that his fans did not accept it, so he had no reason to accept it actively.

It was not until later that his movies came out one after another, and the sense of oldness in his actions and images became more and more serious, and fans began to "remember" him belatedly.

This led to a not-so-good situation.

Before that, everyone still regarded Cheng Long as the vigorous Cheng Long.

The expectations were still the same, but after the film came out, there was inevitably disappointment, and then it became bigger and bigger as time went by, and finally a change of mentality was achieved.

So what Lu Ping An had to do now was to break this sense of expectation in advance.

"There's nothing wrong with admitting that you're old. First lower your expectations, and then use explosive action scenes to slap your face. It's that simple."

Lu Ping An simply gave a plan.

"Explode? How do you explode?"

"Just risk your life like you did before."

".Okay, but I'm afraid you'll get hurt and delay the progress."

"Look, you still say you're not old?"

"That's not what I mean."

"I know."

Lu Ping'an said with a smile, "So I won't really let you risk your life, but I will."

"What do you mean?"

"It's better to have a different way of risking your life. Modern technology is already very powerful. You don't have to fight with real guns and swords. The main thing is to create a shocking visual effect, and then add a little bit of your real-life characteristics. Don't worry , it will definitely be good by then."

"I still don't understand, can you explain it in detail."

"For example, lying on a train, have you ever done that?"

"That's easy."

"Then this time, lying on a plane, hanging outside."

"It's a bit difficult, but it's okay."

"Then jump off the transport plane, fight in mid-air, between various airdrops, and make a long shot, and be funny while fighting."

"It's a bit exciting, but it's hard to shoot."

"This requires technology, Brother Long, times have changed."

This period also happened to be the period when action movie stars were at the junction of real swords and guns or special effects.

Lu Ping'an's idea is to retain the real swords and guns that are characteristic of Cheng Long, but also to have more visually shocking synthetic shots to raise the audience's adrenaline and let Cheng Long break through himself in the new appearance of the movie.

There are many such shots in the later Hollywood action blockbusters. You can learn a lot from them at random, and then put them in 2007, the visual effect will be very impactful.

After Lu Ping'an briefly explained, Cheng Long nodded: "Okay, let's study it when the time comes."

After the chat, the two went their separate ways.

Cheng Long had to rush back to Hong Kong to continue filming "Baby Project".

Lu Ping'an went directly back to Beverly Villa to sleep.

The next day, we came to the top and talked about the investment and casting issues of "Pacific Rim".

Wattsberg brought three cast lists over: "Lu, take a look at these three. Do you like them?"

Lu Ping'an had reserved opinions on Brad Pitt and others before.

Brad Pitt was because of the issue of insulting China, and the others were because of salary or schedule issues.

As for why Will Smith, the only suitable candidate, was put on the list, Lu Ping An didn't say, and Wattsberg wasn't curious. Now he was considering Lu Ping An as the main candidate.

Lu Ping An took the form, and the first one was Robert Downey Jr.

"He's recommending himself again?"

"Yes."

Wattsberg said with a smile, "But his goal is still "District 9". I thought "District 9" was postponed, so I recommended "Pacific Rim" to him."

"It's not suitable."

Lu Ping An looked at the photo of Robert Downey Jr. and shook his head.