Global Movie Emperor

In autumn, the sunset is getting earlier and at five o'clock in the evening, the light has begun to turn from bright to dark. Slowly, the raindrops fall, suppressing the willow leaves that have been blown to the sky by the wind that arrives in advance.

Under the lights of thousands of houses, the curtain of rain is getting heavier, and cars are gradually honking on the road. The silver thread on the back of the orange uniform of the sanitation guard is dazzling by the light. The rain flows along the body, passes through the arms, reaches the fingers, and condenses into larger water droplets. Low, with countless dust attached, united into a piece of sand.

He stood in front of the window, watching the people running wildly in the rain. He could guess that these people must be shivering during the autumn rain and the cold. The record player was playing "Piano Music of the Night", which matched the outside environment at this time. He opened the door and called the sanitation guard. He wanted him to come in to have a rest and drink a cup of hot water, but the sanitation guard had already got off work. He was excused for some reason, and he didn't seem to recognize who Lu Ze was.

As soon as the wind blew, he instantly got goosebumps all over his body. When the sanitation guard refused, he stopped inviting him, closed the door, turned around, turned off the drip coffee machine on the bar, and poured a cup of coffee to warm himself.

"Boss, is it raining?"

"Um."

At the table in the corner, she leaned against the glass and listened to music. When Lu Ze opened the door, the sound of rain started suddenly. She could hear it clearly. She was a little worried about how she would go back without an umbrella. The reason for asking was just to hear Lu Ze. Ze denied her conjecture and gave an answer that it was just a sprinkler truck passing by, but she was disappointed in the end.

She lowered her head, sighed secretly, and her expression became a little sad. Now she could only hope that the rain would stop soon so that she wouldn't go back too late. She had never thought of asking Lu Ze for help. There was no such thing in her mind. option, her fair and slender fingers crossed, and the still warm water glass between her hands. She put her ear close to the glass and began to pay attention to the sound of the rain.

She turned to Lu Ze, who didn't pay attention to her facial expression. He returned to his seat, opened the ink-scented document, analyzed it one by one, and finally signed his name on the document.

There are two copies of the document, which is the contract for the male lead of "Atonement". When he returns to the UK and gives the document to Fatini, the contract will officially come into effect, and Lu Ze will officially join the crew of "Atonement".

The script of "Atonement" adapted by Mickey was sent to Lu Ze's mailbox a few days ago. I took the time to read it in the past few days. The script probably still follows the same idea, a lonely elderly killer. Lu Ze has never denied the script. Creative, but the plot of the first version was a bit cliché.

But now, after being adapted by Mickey, the creativity of this movie has begun to exude the charm it should have, incorporating some things worth thinking about, not to mention, it has also adapted the killer to be more neurotic and cold-blooded, and the character image is very It is rich and three-dimensional, and the story is extremely controversial. Overall, Lu Ze is very optimistic about the potential of the second version of "Atonement".

But this work is different from the works shot by Mickey himself. It is more commercial and has a stronger ability to attract passers-by. The connotation and thinking are not like Mickey's works, where every short paragraph is worth recalling. If Lu Ze were to evaluate it, It can only be said that "Atonement" is a very interesting popcorn movie.

The only thing that made Lu Ze have some doubts was the assassination method. This is also the key factor that distinguishes "Atonement" from other killer movies. It... is too fantasy. To put it bluntly, it is nonsense. It transcends the guns and cold weapons of killer movies. This is the most conventional assassination method, more similar to the weird and seemingly coincidental killing method in "Death is Coming".

In this way, it will be difficult for this movie to make the audience's blood rush, and to be unable to extricate themselves from the excitement due to common forms such as large-scale gun battles. On the contrary, its sense of suspense will be stronger, making the audience more nervous, even Lu Ze I also temporarily forget how to breathe when reading certain passages.

If it is paired with a slow-paced, slightly scary song, the effect will definitely be even more outstanding. Lu Ze can foresee how much shadow area will be created in the audience's hearts after the combination of picture and sound.

If "Atonement" is completed, it will definitely be a movie with high reputation. If there are no big IP competitors, we can also look forward to the box office.

This is indeed very attractive to an actor like Lu Ze who only earns reputation but does not make money. After all, no one will mind if he can earn more with high reputation.

Moreover, the treatment given to Lu Ze in the contract is also very favorable, with a salary of 2 million euros, plus an 8% share. Note, it is not a share of the box office, but a share of all channel income.

Including 8% of the revenue generated by "Atonement" from box office, peripherals, streaming media, etc., this price is indeed high considering Lu Ze's popularity in Europe.

Even though Lu Ze now has a certain fan base in Europe, and in Europe, the largest box office for literary and artistic films, a large number of literary and artistic film lovers have a positive attitude towards Lu Ze, but looking at the entire market, he still regards him as a Asian actors in the niche market are labeled as such, and they are in a rather awkward position.

If a guaranteed price is really given that is in line with Lu Ze's worth, six hundred thousand euros to one million euros is appropriate. As for the box office share as the male lead, 8% is quite reasonable, not too much, not too little. .

Is this because Fatini has too much money and no place to spend it? Definitely not, it's just that as the assistant director of "Exile", he participated in the filming of "Exile" and made a choice with full confidence in this upcoming film. He believed that "Exile" would be a hit, so he took the initiative to advance Lu Ze's net worth after "Exile" was released.

A popular movie may cause the star's net worth to skyrocket several times, and it is not impossible to even add a zero after the original salary. As expected, "Exile", although the possibility of adding a zero is unlikely, it will increase by 180%. One hundred thousand should not be a problem.

Now that the release of "Exile" is no more than five months away at most, it would be better to correct the attitude and directly raise the price to two million, firstly to show that he is hungry for talent, and secondly to express his love for the film. Lu Ze respects Lu Ze’s strength, lest Lu Ze thinks that his salary will be doubled after five months, there is no need to sign now, wait until five months have passed, and then ask for the salary at that time, in case it increases by then More than twice as much?

Lu Ze didn't mind what Fatini did. Friends are friends, and business is business. Lu Ze also understands the attitude of Italians towards business. When dealing with business with friends, it is best to do business with others, and only then can private matters be kept private. And this In fact, it was a gamble by Fatini. Once "Exile" failed, there was a possibility that he would lose money, so the contract was placed here. In an attitude of great sincerity, it was not a bad idea to sign it.

After the contract was signed, Lu Ze put it into a brown paper bag and locked it in the safe. The CD played on the record player was about to reach the end. Lu Ze stood up, took another CD from the bookshelf and opened it. Just as he was about to put it in the record player, But she was suddenly interrupted.

"Boss, actually I also brought a CD... it's a rare one, so I want to invite you to listen to it, don't mind..."

She brought the CD with her in the spirit of pure sharing, so she was afraid that Lu Ze would think it was because she thought the music in Lu Ze's collection was not good to listen to, so she seemed a little uneasy. In fact, this is normal. She brought out some good niche music. It is also a pleasure to appreciate the works.

She handed the CD over. It was full of Russian characters. Lu Ze couldn't recognize a few words. He took it and looked at it carefully. The CD seemed to be old and the outer packaging was full of scratches. He turned it over and took a look at the barcode. The production date below indicates that it was produced in 1988. It doesn’t look like a pirated disc, it’s probably from a pocket.

Knocked tape refers to genuine optical discs that cannot be sold abroad and are processed uniformly. A hole is cut in the outer packaging to ensure that they will not enter the market again, and then shipped to China, which was not yet developed at that time, for unified destruction.

Although these optical discs were not resold abroad, they were picked up by some Chinese scavengers or hawkers who specialized in this business during their destruction, and flowed into the Chinese market, becoming the first batch of low-priced genuine copies to appear on the market. Music CDs can still be found in flea markets to this day.

In foreign countries, these things are unsaleable, but in China, when the entertainment industry was not developed at the time, they became popular and were bought back and enjoyed by young people who pursued fashion. To a certain extent, the beat band was the basis of many early Chinese music. People’s first teachers, including many well-known rock bands, all started their music career after listening to the beat band.

Lu Hua also handled Su Lian's garbage decades ago, so that such CDs were not uncommon in Lu Hua's market at that time, including the Beatles, ACDC, and Queen. , wait for the CD. Now Lu Ze goes home and looks for it, and he may be able to dig out a few more.

"Do you need a mouth strap? Oh, Anton Rubinstein, his CDs are hard to find."

"Boss, do you know...?"

If this disc had not been pressed by a Dutch studio, and there was a yellowed English note on the back of the CD box, Lu Ze would not have been able to tell whose work it was from the cover. This thing is indeed rare, Lu Ze Ze also had no chance to meet him, but he didn't expect that she still had a copy in her hand.

And although Anton Rubinstein is not famous, in the eyes of today's piano lovers, he is indeed not among the first-line pianists in the world's piano history.

There are many reasons for this. For example, his light has been overshadowed by Liszt, and because his composition concepts were not in line with the collective at that time, he was constantly criticized. In short, his life was not smooth, and no one reached out to help him when he was in poverty. Since his death, he has rarely been mentioned. It seems that people have forgotten the contributions made by him, his family, and his students.

His gag tape was very rare and precious, at least here in Lu Ze, so he couldn't help but put his palm on the CD case and wiped it gently for a while, but it had no effect. It still remained It was full of scratches and the cover was still faded. Fortunately, when I opened the box, the disc inside was still as clean as new.

"Want to hear it?"

He didn't answer her words, and even just responded to her questions. The second before she answered, he had already put the CD into the record player and waited for a moment to start. The top-notch speakers restored the sound quality perfectly, without any trace of time. , even Lu Ze knew that this CD could not have been recorded by Anton Rubinstein, but this is the most precious thing. What it brings to people is like... a divine friendship separated by a hundred years.

"Romantic"

At this time, a glass of whiskey is needed, and there should be a glass of whiskey. It should not be too strong, but it needs a long enough aftertaste, so Lu Ze chose a glass of Xiang 21 Years.

The square whiskey glass crossed the bar table and stopped in his hand. A few ice cubes were picked up and thrown into the glass, making a clinking sound.

The bottle was opened, and the aroma of the wine had not yet spread out. He poured it into the glass one-third of the way up. He picked it up, smelled it gently, and felt the aroma that was different from Scotch whiskey. He took a sip and felt a cold sensation at first. Then I felt the taste of the wine itself. It was easy to drink and not that spicy.

"This CD is rare, keep it in your collection."

He held the wine glass, pulled out the stool opposite her and sat down. The dim light shone on the diamond-cut wine glass, which was very beautiful, and the body of the wine was dyed a deeper brown-gold color.

"good……"

She began to worry. Lu Ze obviously liked this CD. Her brain power started to work. She had been thinking for a while whether she should give it to him for free if Lu Ze wanted to steal her love.

She couldn't see, so naturally she didn't know how to hide her face. What she was thinking was clearly written on her face. Lu Ze didn't interrupt her thoughts. He held the cup with both hands, trying to make the ice melt faster. I wanted to feel what flavors the diluted wine would produce, and I looked out the window, the rain hadn't stopped yet.

"If you like it, boss, just accept it... I have caused you a lot of trouble, and I have nothing to say to you. I will give you this CD..."

From her words, you could feel how reluctant she was to give up, but she still gritted her teeth, endured the throbbing pain of her heart, and pushed the CD box in front of Lu Ze.

"No, it shouldn't be traded. It should be kept as a family heirloom. If it's a rare thing, it becomes less pure after being traded. I will borrow it from you if necessary."

Lu Ze pushed the CD box back, and the two of them argued for a few times before stopping, and she put it away obediently. It wasn't that she was pretending not to give it away, but that Lu Ze really didn't want to take it.

"Then... boss, if you need it, just take it."

"We'll talk to you later when necessary."

The two were silent for a while before she spoke again: "I didn't expect you, boss, to know Anton Rubinstein."

"Well, he's not unpopular or niche, but it's hard to find his music online."

"Really... This is the first time I heard someone talk about him. I thought few people knew about him."

She is not the kind of person who likes to collect her favorite songs, never share them with others, and treats songs as treasures. But unfortunately, there are very few people she knows who know music, and she knows more about Anton Rubinstein. few.

"The Russians should know a lot. After all, they are Russians. The Moscow Conservatory of Music was founded by his younger brother, so it is rarely mentioned in China. Of course, many people have a bad impression of him. After all, he is indeed informal. Being obsessed with details will make many stubborn people dislike him, but there are always people who like him, such as me..."

Gradually, the conversation started, and the two of them chatted around the piano giant with great interest. Unfortunately, she didn’t know much about Anton, and her knowledge was indeed not comparable to that of Lu Ze. Until the end, she could only listen to him. When people talk, they just nod their heads from time to time to show that they are listening attentively.

"Boss, you know a lot..."

As time passed, she gradually came to admire Lu Ze. She was a girl who did not have much knowledge reserves and could not store much knowledge. Lu Ze was like a huge treasure house of knowledge, which contained not only It included music knowledge, as well as a lot of literature, philosophy, and life insights. At this time, in her eyes, this boss she had never met seemed to know everything.

In fact, she was right to understand this. After all, if he really opened up the conversation, the eighty-year-old man would be confused by his chatter and learn from him how to spend his old age well.

His reputation as a friend of elderly women is not just due to his appearance that pleases the elderly. He must be able to get along with old men and old ladies, and have a group of elderly people follow his lead. Everything can only be achieved by his decision-making.

In other words, if he really doesn't want to be an old man and goes to attack any old rich woman, he can fool any old lady in the world within three days. She secretly promised that she would make a will on the spot and give him her inheritance.

After all, in addition to being able to read people's hearts, he is also an actor, an extremely perverted actor...

Then again, an old lady can be coaxed by him, let alone a little girl who has never seen the world? There is no need to act at all, he just needs to show some knowledge and talent inadvertently, coupled with his low tobacco and alcohol subwoofer that he has honed by studying scripts for many years, it is enough to make countless girls' hearts flutter.

Her face was a little rosy, but Lu Ze didn't notice it under the dim light. She cared about her voice because she couldn't pay attention to her appearance, so a nice voice could attract her attention more, and she liked the content. , gradually, she began to feel confused without drinking.

Perhaps it had something to do with the time that the two of them didn't notice. Her head gradually lowered, slowly nestled in her arms, and she closed her eyes unconsciously.

"So...are you asleep? Wake up, it's already nine o'clock."

"Huh? I'm sorry, boss... I was a little sleepy, so I fell asleep... nine... nine o'clock? No, I have to go back quickly, the school is about to lock its doors."

She packed her things in a panic. In fact, there was nothing to pack. Lu Ze didn't answer. He just opened the blinds and looked outside. Under the street lights, the raindrops were particularly obvious.

"The rain hasn't stopped yet, I'll see you off."

"No boss, I've already caused you a lot of trouble. Can you lend me an umbrella? I'll return it to you tomorrow..."

"It's raining so hard, it's not safe for you to go back alone as a girl..."

"It's okay, I often do it when it rains..."

"Don't refuse, pack your things and I'll give them to you."

His words were firm, and she couldn't hear any perfunctory tone. She could only lower her head, put her phone back in her bag, picked up her walking stick, walked to the door, and walked to Lu Ze who was waiting for her at the door.

After locking the door and opening the umbrella, it wasn't raining heavily outside, but the wind was cool. It made the two of them a little cold, but they kept a safe distance. Only then did Lu Ze discover her special function. She didn't need to remind him at all. She could bypass puddles on the road. Although she was not so precise that she would not tread water at all, she would never get her shoes wet. Even if there were some puddles that she couldn't get around because of Lu Ze's presence, she could still jump over them.

She could only remember the distance on the ground, but she didn't know if there was any garbage on the ground. There was another puddle. She crossed over and stepped on a garbage bag. Her feet slipped and she was about to fall back. Fortunately, Lu Ze had quick hands and quick eyes. He hugged her back directly to prevent her from lying in the puddle and causing an ugly situation.

It's just... this is the first time she has been hugged by someone's shoulders.

My face turned red. It was really red. I was so red that I forgot to say thank you and just kept walking forward. I didn't hope that this road would not reach the end. Instead, I hoped that the next step would be the school gate.

Things went as she wished. A few hundred meters away, she arrived. In the guard room, the security guard stretched out his head, wanting to see the man's face, but he held the umbrella very low, preventing the gossiping security guard from succeeding.

"I am leaving."

"Then...goodbye, boss."

He didn't hear the security guard teasing and joking about her, and he didn't want to hear any scandals about her and him. She was a very clean girl, so in Lu Ze's opinion, in addition to being friends, the two of them should be with other people. Emotions have nothing to do with it. This is not the first time that he has sent a girl back to school, but then he doesn't want to do it again. This has nothing to do with whether she can't see it or not.

He held a black umbrella and walked along the deserted streets in the drizzle. When the wind blew, the tail of his unbuttoned windbreaker blew up. He put one hand in his pocket and took out a cigarette from his pocket. , hold it in your mouth and light it. When the wind blows again, the drifting smoke seems to be pulled by someone, pulling it into a gradually dimming line in the air.

When he arrived at the door of the store, the rolling shutter door was not electric, and the street lights were not bright enough. He couldn't find the key. The car lights parked on the roadside kindly turned on the high beam. He lifted the iron door, and the rainwater accumulated above hit the umbrella. , he nodded to the man who had been sitting in the car for a long time, but did not ask him why he hadn't gone home yet.

He just opened the door and walked in. The door was not closed. He stood at the door and shook the closed umbrella vigorously. Then he took a bottle of beer from the cabinet, wrapped it in a plastic bag and placed it at the door. Then he closed the rolling shutter door again. .

He took off his coat, passed by the table, picked up the whiskey glass he had just finished drinking, and turned around to see a CD lying alone on the table, lonely...it didn't seem appropriate.

"This child..."

He took it, looked at it, smiled, and put it on the bar. The cripple was still lying lazily on the bar. He picked up the cripple with difficulty and sniffed it with a look of disgust. , got into the bathroom.

"..."

PS: I suddenly had an idea (on a whim) and wanted to make a strategy game. The goal is to pick up an old lady. I challenge how to successfully make her make a will and leave all her property to the player despite the firm opposition of her children. I think this is a good idea. Yeah~ Friends who can make galgame games can contact me and I will write a script!