hollywood melon man

Chapter 97 Protagonist and Sideline

In addition to being busy with post-production, little Gilbert is also focusing on the production of soundtracks.

Musician McCann did an excellent job, including the robot boxing part, using hard-core heavy metal rock as the basis for the soundtrack.

The father-son scenes between Charlie and Max, as well as the vast rural scenery of central America in the early stage, use a lot of country music-style soundtracks, each with its own characteristics.

Of course, the most surprising thing are several songs from the band AD/DC and songs specially composed for the movie by rapper Dr. Dre.

At Little Gilbert's request, Dr. Dre abandoned the obscene accents and foul language common in West Coast rap, and instead composed songs based on the passion and passion of boxing.

Although he has never been a fan of hip-hop music, the lyrics satisfied little Gilbert.

Sofia Coppola was more interested in this. After listening to it, she told little Gilbert: "It's not bad. It sounds very emotional, and people can't help but want to dance along with it."

Since you have feelings, it’s easy to talk about it.

Little Gilbert didn't know much about European and American singers and pop music. Some had heard the songs but didn't know the singers, and some had simply heard the names.

Except for superstars like Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston, who are familiar even to Chinese audiences, he knew very little about the European and American music scene in the 1990s.

However, the ability to appreciate music will not decline a lot just because you don’t know it well.

These soundtracks and songs, in Little Gilbert's opinion, are indeed very good.

After receiving the final version of the score and songs, Gilbert Jr. began editing the existing material.

While producing special effects, he also added it to the live-action shots, which put higher demands on the work of little Gilbert, who did not have much experience in this kind of work.

There was the original film as a reference, but the post-editing process went rather poorly at first.

"Mehndi, I need to cut Charlie's scenes shorter and leave more scenes for the robot boxing scenes." Little Gilbert said.

Editor Mehdi Thomson was a little suspicious of his ears: "Little Gilbert, if this happens, Charlie's role will be reduced a lot. Isn't this inappropriate?"

"That's it. The selling point of our film is robot boxing, those robots." Little Gilbert replied affirmatively.

"No, I don't understand what you mean," Mehdi Thomson scratched his head: "You mean, Charlie is actually a supporting role, and he is a supporting role for the robot?"

"In a sense, it is."

Mehdi Thomson was a little skeptical: "If a popular actor plays a supporting role for a robot, will the market buy it?"

It's not that Mehdi Thomson wants to question little Gilbert, but no one has ever done so.

Even the robots in "Terminator" look like humans and are played by human actors.

However, the robots in "Iron Fist" were completely designed with models, motion capture, and computer special effects, so the sense of immersion was quite lacking.

But Mehdi Thomson had no say, and the final editing of the film was in the hands of little Gilbert.

Mehdi Thomson had no choice but to edit the film according to Gilbert's instructions, and then reported the problem to the producers at Disney and Warner.

After hearing this, Kane Waxman and Charles Rowan also felt that it was inappropriate to do so, and immediately came to discuss with Little Gilbert.

When the two came over, little Gilbert was discussing the sound design with the sound design team.

"Chris, I don't need so much electronic noise from the machine, I just want the purest collision of steel.

Have you ever been to a boxing match? I want the sound to be more intense than the feedback from a boxing match. "

Chris seemed to understand, and tried to make several versions of the sound effects, which sounded very exciting.

Seeing the two producers coming over, little Gilbert did not say hello, but simply nodded and continued to communicate with the sound design.

“The clash of steel, the noise and cheers of people, the beginning of violent swearing should all be designed.

If you can't find your way, go watch a boxing match or a football game and feel the atmosphere. "

After communicating with the sound design, little Gilbert had time to talk to the two producers.

"Is there a problem?"

Kane Waxman and Charles Rowan looked at each other, and finally it was Charles Rowan who said: "Little Gilbert, I heard from Mehdi that you shortened Bruce's scene significantly."

"That's right," Little Gilbert admitted honestly, and also explained: "At the beginning of the film's project, I repeatedly emphasized that the robot is the protagonist."

"This..." The two producers looked at each other, and little Gilbert did indeed say this.

But no one cared about it at the time. Indeed, the robot was the protagonist of the movie. Little Gilbert’s statement was fine.

But who knew that the role of the robot would be so important that the role of the human actor would be reduced.

Seeing that the two producers still had questions, Little Gilbert asked again: "Then you guys said, if you take away the robot boxing scene, what else will the film have to offer?"

What to watch? For a drama, the father-son relationship may be the highlight.

But for a film that aspires to make a splash in the summer season, this is far from enough.

The two producers had to admit that what little Gilbert said made sense.

If you want to reduce the role of robots, why not just film a pair of boxers and their son and let Bruce Willis box.

But the problem is, with "Rocky" in front of it, any real-life boxing movie will always be unable to bypass this movie, so why not hire Bruce Willis, just go directly to Stallone.

Unless the young male protagonist Max goes up to fight an adult boxer, it might be interesting.

However, this plot seems to be more science fiction than "Iron Fist".

After a conversation, Kane Waxman and Charles Rowan had to agree with Gilbert Jr.'s editing plan.

However, Charles Rowan still asked Gilbert Jr. to retain as much of Bruce Willis's scenes as possible and not to cut too many.

Little Gilbert said he understood, and of course he wouldn't cut too much.

Not to mention that Bruce Willis's salary is not cheap. Too many scenes were cut to compensate for his salary.

Moreover, the actors themselves would not want their scenes to be cut too much, which would be a loss to the actors.

Starring in a movie is not just for the pay, otherwise those bad movies can pay high prices to hire Hollywood's top actors.

But in fact, except for scam movies, those movies that are terrible at first sight, almost no Hollywood stars will star in them.

Unless you're crazy poor, like Sofia Coppola's cousin Nicolas Cage, who makes bad movies to pay off debts.

Or perhaps he acted in order to repay a favor.

For actors, the value of a movie is not only reflected in the salary, but also in the fame and popularity brought about by the rise in status.

Therefore, some Hollywood stars also have rules when accepting roles. For example, their roles must be no less than a certain number of minutes, and their characters must not have such bad tempers and characteristics.

The ultimate representative in this regard is Tom Cruise.

Tom Cruise can be said to be an idol-level actor in Hollywood, so his image is very, very important to him.

So when you study Tom Cruise's film works, you will find that most of the characters he plays are somewhat similar, just to maintain his image.

Bruce Willis is okay, as long as his scenes aren't cut too much, he doesn't have any objections.

If it were Tom Cruise who played a supporting role for the robot, I guess Tom Cruise would not be happy.

Time slowly came to December 1993, and the post-production of "Iron Armor Steel Fist" was in progress in an orderly manner.

The storm of public opinion stirred up in August and September has not completely dissipated, and many movie fans continue to pay attention to the film.

Of course, Disney and Warner Pictures must continue to attract the attention of movie fans and continue to release various gossips about the crew through newspapers.

For example, Bruce Willis's wonderful performance in the film, and the young actor Ryan Gosling's innocence and cuteness.

There’s also the love triangle between Naomi Watts and Cameron Diaz and little Gilbert, and it looks like someone named Charlize Theron is also involved.

Various true and false news continue to impact movie fans, keeping them interested in the film.

Little Gilbert was not idle here either, and produced several specious manuscripts, as well as some stills that did not reveal the plot, and revealed them through the royal interview reporter Sarah. It is worth mentioning that this former reporter of the Los Angeles Business Journal has been promoted to the chief reporter of the entertainment section.

It is said that the "Los Angeles Times", "Washington Post", and "Hollywood Reporter" all want to poach her.

However, Sarah ultimately stayed at the Los Angeles Business Journal. After all, the environment here was relatively relaxed and free, and she had the resources of Little Gilbert, so the boss above would not treat him badly.

These manuscripts and stills also aroused discussion among movie fans.

In one of the stills, you can see the scene where Niu Niu's black lightning dismantles the robot sniper.

The first time they saw this photo, some movie fans couldn't help but murmur, is this movie about cows versus robots?
  If you read a little bit of the original novel, you might understand some of the story.

However, the original novel is not a world-renowned masterpiece like "The Lord of the Rings". Not many people have read it, so the audience's speculations are varied.

When feeding materials through Sarah, little Gilbert felt it was not very convenient.

In his spare time, he was thinking, if there was a platform like Weibo or Twitter at this time, would it be much more convenient?
  In this way, he can publish the stills and materials of the movie through Internet social platforms to continue to attract the attention of movie fans.

Later, little Gilbert's thinking became more open-minded. Although he didn't understand technology, he could find someone who did!

He can provide both funds and ideas. Although Internet companies burn a lot of money, in the early stages of business development, they don’t need a lot of funds. He can definitely afford it, and he can also raise funds!

Thinking of this, little Gilbert couldn't help but give himself a slap, which made Sofia Coppola look stunned.

"What's wrong with you? Why do you suddenly want to slap yourself?" Sophia asked.

"It's okay, I just realized that I was so stupid before. I'm going to make a call." With that said, little Gilbert went to call his investment manager David.

Sophia rolled her eyes and thought to herself: So you know you are stupid!
  "David, go find some talents for me, preferably those who are familiar with the Internet and programs. I can use them."

Investment manager David was not surprised. In fact, his boss' brain circuit was obviously different from other investors, and David had become immune to it.

Fortunately, little Gilbert's talent in movies is indeed unparalleled and can support his abnormal brain circuit as an investor, otherwise David should change his boss at this time.

After receiving instructions from Little Gilbert, David immediately arranged for people to go to the university for interviews to find the talents Little Gilbert needed.

He was smart enough not to ask little Gilbert what they were for. Little Gilbert would have told him if he wanted.

David recruited talents in the name of Little Gilbert's Bag Investment Company, but many college talents subconsciously felt that it was not a good job when they saw a bag company.

Even after David said that the boss was the famous Hollywood director Gilbert Jr., there were quite a few people who were interested.

They don't understand the relationship between the Internet and the film industry. Perhaps IMDB, established in 1990, counts as one, but IMDB has been a non-profit website until now.

Even in November this year, IMDB was connected to the Internet and became a remotely accessible website on the World Wide Web.

What's more related is probably the role of computers in special effects production.

It is estimated that Gilbert Jr. wanted to set up his own special effects studio. George Lucas also set up Industrial Light and Magic in order to make "Star Wars".

But looking at the recruitment requirements, it seems that it is also related to the computer special effects industry.

Finally, after some hesitation, two young people participated in the recruitment and their abilities were recognized.

One of these two people is Honey Mars, a German, and the other is Elihu Lyon, a French.

Both of them studied computer science in college, so designing a web page and program is not difficult for them.

The only question is, what on earth did Little Gilbert, a well-known director, recruit them for?

Their doubts were quickly answered. After hearing that David had recruited two talents, little Gilbert asked David to bring them to Los Angeles for a chat.

Because the matter they discussed was relatively secret, little Gilbert kicked the old man out for vacation and received the two people at the old man's home.

"Please sit down!" Little Gilbert made Longjing tea from China for the two of them.

The two drank it, but they didn't think it tasted as good as coffee.

Of course, little Gilbert invited the two of them here not for tea, but to talk about things.

After some simple greetings, little Gilbert went straight to the point: "I wonder what you two think of the Internet?"

Honey Mars first answered: "I think the Internet has brought the world closer and made it easier for people around the world to communicate. It is a very active platform."

"What about you, Leon?" Little Gilbert asked the other person.

Elihu Lyon put it very French: “I think, sir, that the Internet can be a large database.

In the past, if people wanted to look up information, they had to go to the library to look it up, but they might not be able to find it.

But these processes can all be realized on the Internet. "

"How to do it?" asked little Gilbert.

Elihu Lyon said: “In our university library, you can already use computers to access books and materials.

What if we expand this computer search method? "

Little Gilbert didn't understand the Internet, but after all he had knowledge and experience in his previous life, he immediately realized, isn't this Baidu!
  Of course, overseas it might be Yahoo, Google or something, but little Gilbert doesn’t know.

But the problem is that now Google doesn’t even have a shadow, let alone Baidu.

Perhaps Elihu Lyon also had this idea in his previous life, but unlike the two founders of Google, they received funding and opportunities, while Elihu Lyon did not.

When he thought of a giant company that would be born during today's conversation, little Gilbert felt like he was getting excited.

So he said to Elihu Lyon: "You write a plan and discuss it. If the plan is feasible, I will invest."

Elihu Lyon was overjoyed, but he didn't expect that this was just an idea he had in his spare time, and was appreciated by little Gilbert.

This was important because little Gilbert had money and he had ideas.

Seeing Elihu Lyon leaving with excitement on his face, Honey Mars was very envious and turned to look at little Gilbert expectantly.

Little Gilbert did not disappoint Honey Mars, communicating his thoughts with him and forming a social network by sharing photos.

Honey Mars did not have extraordinary imagination, but his impression of the German's rigid execution and rigor was reflected in him.

Soon, Gilbert Jr. explained clearly to Honey Mars the idea of ​​​​what kind of website to set up.

After this, Honey Mars can start to officially develop this website. He plans to go back to school first and establish a company with the funds provided by Gilbert Jr.

Start from the campus to realize little Gilbert's vision.

Since the advent of the World Wide Web, like a virus, Internet users in North America have exploded.

Although little Gilbert doesn’t know much about the Internet, he knows that the next few years will see rapid development of the Internet.

It's just that there seems to be an Internet bubble or something, and he doesn't quite understand it, so he can only take advantage of it.

Honey Mars believes that Internet users will continue to grow explosively in the next few years.

Taking advantage of this shareholder trend, the new company has great prospects for development.

"What's the name of this website?" Honey Mars asked.

Little Gilbert thought for a while and said: "Why not call it Facebook!"

　Editor Cha Bao and the big guys in the group said that three chapters a day is better. I think it’s okay, so I will change it to three chapters a day, but I still guarantee updates of more than 10,000 words a day.

　　The first order results are good, thank you all for your support.

　　Of course, writing a book will not satisfy everyone. I have seen all your opinions and will listen to them and make some appropriate revisions.

　　If it can't be modified, there's nothing you can do about it.

　　There are also people who say I delete comments, but there’s nothing I can do about it. Sometimes my mind doesn’t want to delete it, but I can’t help it, and it’s gone…

　　If you add updates later, you will also add updates according to the big chapter. If you can't make up the code, you'll have to wait until later.

　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)