After Liu Qingshan brought the two girls to the hotel, he also went directly to Martin's floor.
After the meeting, the number of people present in the room was slightly different from the information sent by Kevin Carlton, that is, there was one more person present.
However, Liu Qingshan also knows this person. He is Robert De Niro, who will play one of the three leading actors in "The Irishman".
This Hollywood real emperor and superstar came in a hurry after Martin. It is said that he was filming in a certain crew for more than half a month, just to ask for leave and return to China with Liu Qingshan to participate in that film. premiere.
But don't think that such an old-school actor with god-like acting skills has such a high level of emotional intelligence in terms of human relations and sophistication.
In fact, his character continues the family's gene of being silent and unsociable. During daily interviews, he often inadvertently reveals emotional expressions with obvious tragic overtones.
His relatively taciturn character makes it difficult for him to achieve success in comedy.
Moreover, this person is in and out of the two doors of life and career, and it is always difficult to reconcile the relationship between life and career.
Even his unique personality problem has caused many film critics to open columns and argue endlessly for his various character displays.
The only thing these people have in common is that De Niro is an actor who was born to act. When he tried his best to become an ordinary person at a certain moment, he was already too deep into the drama.
The focus of their subsequent research was: Is this person a person or an actor? This is a question considered by many commentators to be of profound philosophical significance.
Is this a conceit? Because he's one of the best actors in the world? Or is it his innate nature that despises everything?
Similar questions have been widely popular in European and American entertainment circles. In fact, he has become the research object of many people, and he himself knows it.
But not surprisingly, the answer he got from his mouth was equally distinctive: "There is nothing more ironic than life itself. The boring research of these boring people is a kind of irony! Those people are actually more ironic. It should help me make a conclusion first, and I must figure out whether I exist as a person or as an actor."
Just imagine, how could such a heartless person with almost no interest in life have a happy family.
But such a person would actually choose to work continuously for half a month in order to support Liu Qingshan, so that he could squeeze out time to travel to China to attend the premiere of a movie that was not starring him.
This unexpected and unexpected performance not only shocked all those who knew about it, but even Liu Qingshan found it difficult to adapt to this person's unexpected change.
Moreover, don’t expect to get a real answer from this person, because if he can answer you even one of the ten questions you asked, that is something that only the person who has the most friendship with him can do it.
Fortunately, not everyone has a strong sense of awe towards him. He also has a lifelong friend, Martin, who is Meng Bulijiao.
In fact, in front of Martin, De Niro, who has always been cool, will still show a rare and lively side, but it will only be limited to inadvertently telling some cold jokes, but the kind of jokes are so cold that ordinary people will never really mean them even if they hear them. Laughable.
However, after getting to know Liu Qingshan, there was one more person who could make him interested in telling some cold jokes. Of course, this strange and inexplicable sense of familiarity came from the role of his only old friend Martin. .
But Liu Qingshan's own ability cannot be ignored. Otherwise, how could De Niro, who is more arrogant than indifferent, establish friendship with a foreigner with an age gap of several decades.
It's just that this person doesn't seem to value Liu Qingshan's terrifying force value very much, but cares more about his script writing ability.
Although Liu Qingshan has not produced many scripts so far, the three scripts he has seen, including "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", which has a lot of comedy elements, gave De Niro a sense of admiration and admiration.
However, this recognition never revealed his inner thoughts to the outside world. Even when he saw Jin Xishan and Taylor, he didn't show much smile on his face. Just a slight nod was already a high reward.
Even Taylor, who had just arrived in Los Angeles not long ago, still looked a little intimidated when faced with this famous man's cold face.
Her expression was noticed by Martin, who gave De Niro a dissatisfied look: "Little Taylor is still a child, you can easily scare her with your appearance!"
De Niro was stunned. The next moment, he smiled at Taylor, who was shaking his hands frequently in defense: "Taylor, I know, your song "Lovestory", I heard it on Pacino's old CD player. Yeah, it sounds great!”
Pacino is another equally famous superstar, Al Pacino, the other protagonist of "The Irishman" and a common friend of the two.
In fact, De Niro and Pacino look like two brothers born in different families. The two guys are so similar, deep, melancholy, and lonely, as if they are their own mirrors, and they see the other. I.
But the world is so strange. Martin's relatively cheerful personality makes it easier to melt a cold heart. Therefore, De Niro and Martin are true confidants.
For Pacino, the friendship established between the two at work included recognition of each other's abilities and appreciation of their acting skills. Talking about everything in life became a foil.
Taylor was taken aback by De Niro's outburst of kindness, but then was replaced by being deeply flattered.
Being able to be heard singing by an acting master who is like a god in her eyes is no longer a mere honor.
""Lovestory" is composed and composed by Shanzi, and it was a gift from him!"
Taylor stuttered a bit in his answer, obviously still very nervous.
Compared to her, Jin Xishan is much more generous. Perhaps after following Liu Qingshan for a long time, no matter how big a person is, she doesn't have much sense of looking up to him.
She immediately explained to Taylor: "Shanzi is a song tailor-made for her. I didn't expect you and Pacino to also listen to this kind of pop music."
De Niro even gave a rare smile: "That song is also his work? I really didn't notice it before!"
He turned to look at Liu Qingshan: "You are simply responsible for "The Irishman" to the end, and you also create a theme song for it that suits the plot?"
Liu Qingshan had never felt any fear when facing this person and always looked calm.
He shook his head and explained with a smile: "I don't think modern pop music is more suitable for that film. In fact, I have the most suitable music configuration in my mind. I don't know if you or Uncle Martin have heard of an old song called "In the "Still of the Night"?"
The scene fell into a kind of silence for a while, but it was not awkward but the two old people fell into deep thought for a long time.
It wasn't until a minute later that the two people unexpectedly made the same leg-slapping action, but it was Martin who spoke first.
He said excitedly: "Yeah, yeah, Robert and I have both heard "In the Still of the Night". This song can be traced back to 1950 or 1951. I often heard it in church services at that time:' Like a thief in the night, death will follow.' The silence of the night is when the story takes place. This is something that has always existed in my mind. Now that we reach a certain age, the silence of the night becomes Becoming is secrets, love, danger, and everything. You feel the same as I do, and this is the song!"
De Niro's eyes also gleamed, "In that era, you don't know, what this song brought to our generation was a very simple and touching story telling. When the song was played, it created a It’s an atmosphere and a mood, you’ll hear this song on the jukebox or on the radio. My point of view is the same, this song is the movie, it’s ‘The Irishman’.”
Liu Qingshan nodded in agreement: "The theme of "The Irishman" is actually aging. The three protagonists are over 200 years old together. At this age and status, it is obvious that they no longer need to prove anything. It suits their state of mind. The same is true for their music, vicissitudes of life, desolation, and lingering sound, which is the truest portrayal of their lives!"
Martin was rubbing his hands together excitedly, "That's it, that's it! What about Robert, Shanzi is a talent in this area, right?"
De Niro nodded affirmatively: "Sure enough, the author knows his work best. When I was reading the script, I once thought that you had personally experienced those years that were more unforgettable for us! Today, when combined with this song, it seems The artistic conception has suddenly improved a lot.”
Jin Xishan and Taylor seemed a little baffled by the exchange between the three. Apparently they had never heard this old song.
But Taylor was more alert, and it was also related to her obsession with music. She immediately grabbed the backpack that Liu Qingshan was still slinging on his body, which contained a laptop.
And with a few quick moves of her hands and feet, the old song that was originally hovering in the hearts of the two old people slowly wandered out through the speakers.
The two of them immediately gave Taylor appreciative glances, praising her for understanding the old man's mood and knowing what they needed most right now.
As the two gradually indulged in the deep memories brought by the music, Liu Qingshan found a pen and paper in his bag and quickly wrote and drew on it.
Taylor was out of curiosity at first, but the expression on her face became more and more solemn, because she could see that Liu Qingshan was composing the background music of the movie on the spot.
The soundtrack of the original film is so classic that it was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score that year.
It's a pity that the application that year was ruthlessly rejected on the grounds that it was non-compliant. The film made extensive use of other licensed songs and the soundtrack accounted for too little.
However, before that, the entire film's soundtrack had just been nominated for a Critics' Choice Award, and the judges of that award had more professional discernment.
But the Oscar for Best Original Score is more likely to be recognized by the public, even if it is only nominated.
Therefore, Liu Qingshan planned to write some old songs with similar styles. There are actually many later works that can be used for reference. He just wanted to find one from those new songs with similar retro styles.
