Legend of Tomorrow

Guo Xu embarked on a new away trip amidst the praise from the media and fans, leading the team to continue their winning streak.

On the 8th, the Suns defeated the Trail Blazers 125-102.

The Trail Blazers are last in the Western Conference and their goal this season is the No. 1 pick.

Their offense is not bad. Little Flying Squirrel Stoudemire was not traded away in the summer. They can shoot unexpectedly through pick-and-roll tactics. The two inside players Milicic and Villanueva have range and can evacuate the inside. His catch-and-shoot and air-cut offense are both good, and he learned the tactics of the Grizzlies twin towers.

However, it is difficult for the Trail Blazers to win. They are one of the worst defensive teams in the league. They have no defensive experts on the wings, are easy to be penetrated from the outside, defend the pick-and-roll in a mess, and barely care about their opponents' three-pointers.

Guo Xu played 31 minutes and scored 45 points and 6 assists. It entered garbage time at halftime. He played the entire third quarter purely to improve his statistics. His shooting percentage was 50% and his three-point shooting percentage was 40%. It seemed that he only had average touch. .

On the 9th, the Suns defeated the Warriors 108-93 back-to-back, another simple victory. Guo Xu scored 41 points.

The Warriors are very strong on the outside. Baron Davis, Fisher, and Barbosa can score a lot of points in rotation. The forward combination of Battier and Luol Deng is good at offense and defense.

However, the Warriors' interior weakness is very obvious. Troy Murphy was out for 4-6 weeks due to injury. They have no future until they strengthen the interior. They cannot defend the penalty area at all. They still cannot make the playoffs this season.

After the Suns defeated the Warriors and won 8 consecutive games, their total record of 16 wins and 3 losses was the same as the Spurs, tied for first place in the Western Conference.

Almost all the questioning basketball experts shut up. If the Suns only had a good record in the first few games, it can be said to be a coincidence, and maybe the schedule is easier. Playing 19 games and still ranking first, this is strength. It's time to discuss whether O'Neal's grandma can win the championship by playing with Guo Xu.

After playing the Warriors, everyone from the Suns took a bus from Oakland to Los Angeles. They will challenge the Clippers away from home on the 11th. This game was not an easy one. The Clippers were very strong, ranking third in the Western Conference with a record of 13 wins and 5 losses. The Clippers won the first game between the two sides.

The Suns were on holiday on the 10th, and Guo Xu participated in the audition for Inception and served as a judge.

There are many characters to watch this time, including Fisher who stole the dream, the politically correct black pharmacist, the heroine of the dream maker, and the hero Cobb's wife Mel, who is responsible for guarding the first layer of dreams. The female number three and so on.

There are four judges, Guo Xu, Keanu Reeves, Robert Smith who returned from his honeymoon, and director James Wan.

They discussed choosing a director for a long time,

There has been no suitable candidate. It's not possible to hire Nolan, the original director. Once he comes, the movie's fighting scenes will be all over. Both Jet Li and Jason Statham can ask him to direct the gangsters to fight.

Other directors were either too artistic or lacked schedules. In the end, Guo Xu suggested looking for Hollywood's emerging director James Wan.

James Wan was born in Malaysia and grew up in Australia. In his early years at university in Melbourne, he majored in the classification of Chinese ethnic groups. Robert thought it would be risky to find such a halfway monk to be the director of a science fiction blockbuster, but Guo Xu firmly believed that he could do it.

Some geniuses may not necessarily need experience before doing great things. Didn't Zhuge Liang lead troops before he came out? Wen Ziren was much easier to invite than Zhuge Liang. He didn't need to look twice at the thatched cottage to just call him.

In Guo Xu's previous life, more and more Chinese directors would become famous in Hollywood, such as Ang Lee, the director of Brokeback Mountain and Life of Pi, Fast and Furious 5 and Star Trek 3 director Lin Yibin, director of Now You See Me Zhu Haowei, etc. In terms of box office appeal alone, none of these people can compare with James Wan.

Guo Xu feels that Wen Ziren is fully qualified to join his winner circle of friends in life.

In 2004, James Wan, who had never directed or starred in a feature film before, was spotted by Hollywood and directed the horror thriller Saw. The film only took 18 days to shoot and cost 1.2 million, but earned 50 million. US$103 million at the North American box office and a global total of US$103 million.

Until Guo Xu was reborn, James Wan's movies had almost never failed at the box office. Aquaman he directed in 2018 once again created a box office miracle and was called the savior of DC. James Wan has made many hit masterpieces, such as the Conjuring series, the Saw series, and the box office legend Fast and Furious 7.

Fast and Furious 7 has a global box office of US$1.51 billion, ranking seventh in global film history!

In short, James Wan is a director who is very good at telling stories. He is not famous yet. He has only filmed Saw and will not release Dead Silence in 2007. Dead Silence is also a hit, with an investment of 20 million. The North American box office is close to 170 million, and the global box office is 220 million.

Now his main job is to work as a screenwriter for the Chainsaw series. He was shocked when he was invited. Of course he is willing to direct Inception, but he has no confidence in his ability. He is not afraid of making bad movies, but is afraid of overpowering himself. There are no big-name actors. He is far behind in terms of qualifications and age. He was born in 1977 and is 4 years older than Guo Xucai.

Guo Xu called Wen Ziren and explained his thoughts. I admire your talent very much, especially Saw. I know your skills. If you can scare the strong men into screaming, you will definitely be able to make this science fiction film. Are you worried that the actors are difficult to control? It’s superfluous, because we are a group of friends cooperating in filming, so everything can be discussed.”

I have no experience and no reputation, why did you choose me? James Wan asked.

Because you are Chinese, I think you are more friendly. Don't you dare to play hard with you?

Thank you, I did it. This thin director also wanted to prove his strength.

In the morning, everyone started the draft, and the first choice was the second female lead, Keanu's wife.

Without much competition, this role was won by Eva Green. She is only 25 years old, but she fits the character's temperament very well.

In Inception, Mel always appears as a saboteur. She is cunning, clever, and tries her best to sabotage Cobb's plans and try to kill Cobb.

Mel, who always wants to kill Cobb, is the mirror image of Cobb's own heart, a projection of his hatred for Mel, or he is giving himself a reason to kill his wife. I kill you in self-defense. But on the other hand, Cobb was full of guilt for killing his wife and repeatedly allowed Mel in his subconscious to sabotage his plans.

Mel's role is very important, and Eva doesn't even have to play it. She has a hint of evil in her appearance, which cannot be concealed.

Eva has a huge advantage in competing for the role. She is famous enough and the salary required is not high. She can shoot for 500,000 yuan. The price she quoted made Guo Xu and Robert, who were capitalists, too lazy to take advantage of her, because she had just starred in the epic blockbuster Kingdom of Heaven and was still quite popular.

This blockbuster, which was released on May 6 this year, is an important reason why Eva's net worth cannot rise. More than 140 million US dollars were invested in it. The money was indeed wasted. The shocking scenes of the movie can really be described as visual impact, making the movie become the same. A leader in genre films. However, the North American box office only earned 50 million US dollars, and the global box office was 210 million US dollars.

The movie flopped, and both Eva and Orlando Bloom were affected as the lead actors.

Orlando has the foundation of the little blacksmith in Pirates of the Caribbean to be able to withstand it. If Eva doesn't prove herself in a blockbuster movie as soon as possible, the situation will be a bit bad. She chose Inception, believing that Cass's lineup would be impossible to play again.

In fact, she will still be popular even if she doesn't film this movie, because her full name is Eva - Not Taking Off Uncomfortable - Green...