Raising Dragons in Hollywood

The audience in the movie theater can basically guess the next plot.

Nothing more than the band members reuniting and taking the stage again.

But some plots, even if they can be guessed, will still make people excited.

They stared at the screen intently, waiting for the climax of the plot to come.

Guitarist Jon wakes up from a hangover.

Apparently, during the first half year of leaving the band, he was not as rational as he thought and found a career that could replace music. On the contrary, he fell into alcoholism and let alcohol paralyze his nerves every day.

When he heard the phone ringing in the living room, he was no different from an ordinary alcoholic. He even rolled and crawled over the ground, kicked away the messy beer bottles on the floor, and then rubbed his head with a splitting headache. Seeingly, he picked up the buzzing mobile phone, and whispered impatiently: "Hello, how are you?"

"It's me." There was a choked voice on the phone.

That voice was very familiar, but it was so far away that it seemed to come from the other side of the world: "It's me, Colin."

The phone fell to the ground.

But soon, Jon hurriedly picked it up again in a panic.

He seems to have accidentally pressed the external release button...

Colin's voice was amplified several times in an instant, echoing in the quiet room: "Yes, I'm sorry, Jon, forgive me, for everything I messed up, you are right, I am not suitable to be a leader, I did a lot of things wrong and took you too many detours... But, but, I still miss you and want you to come back... Not for making money, not for being famous, not for being popular, I just want to My brothers come back to me. Come together, like before, stand on the stage and sing happily!"

Innocent!Innocent!Innocent!

Why are you still so naive?

Jon kept cursing, angry, and even complaining in his heart.

But he heard his hoarse voice clearly: "Okay."

It turned out that the so-called resentment was nothing at all.

It turned out that I was the same fool!

Jon stared fixedly at the phone, and finally smiled in relief.

It turns out that the dream has never been forgotten!

As soon as the picture changed, the bass player Kahn was sitting in a taxi, wearing a big earphone, with his fingers on the steering wheel, listening to the song with an intoxicated expression on his face.

Someone knocked on the car window, and he yelled without even turning his head: "Go away, go away, don't pull anyone!"

But the next moment, the door was pulled open.

Kahn was immediately annoyed: "Grass mud horse, I say no... Colin? Jon?!"

Colin and Jon got into the car together.

They sat side by side in the back seat and smiled at Kahn.

Colin asked softly, "Is my bass player there?"

Kahn realized something for a moment.

His eyes lit up little by little, and his expression became more and more excited: "Could you, shouldn't you... Fuck!"

next shot.

Drummer Guerin and a group of slaughterhouse workers have just tied a cow to the slaughterhouse.

For some kind of so-called humanitarianism, the slaughterhouse has a special anesthesia gun.

Before slaughtering a cow, you must give it a shot with an anesthesia gun. After hitting the head, the cow will lose consciousness, so that the cow will not feel pain during the slaughter.

But when the gun is shooting, it must face the cow and aim at its head.

This job is quite challenging. In movies, people often play people holding guns, killing people like hemp, one shot at a time, which is very easy and simple, but it is really their turn to shoot, especially at living animals. Generally, except for perverts, few people can be so decisive and precise.

Therefore, most of the workers in the slaughterhouse do not want to do this job, and they usually come in rotation.

This time, it was Gelin's turn to shoot.

The drummer Gelin, who used to hold the drumsticks in both hands and beat for three or four hours, with strong arms and bulging muscles, actually had no idea, but he raised the anesthesia gun at the cow with a blank expression.

But at the moment when he was about to shoot, the lead singer Colin shouted loudly regardless of the occasion: "Gaylin, Gaylin, where the hell are you? Hello needs you, and I need you too!"

Gai Lin was startled, his hand shook, and there was a 'bang', accidentally injuring the friendly army.

A worker grazing a cow was paralyzed on the spot and fell to the ground rolling his eyes.

The cow, who was originally tied up, suddenly felt his body loosen, as if he had gained the hope of life.

It raised its hooves, mooed, and after breaking free from the shackles, it rushed towards the enemy in front of it angrily!

The slaughterhouse workers were shocked.

They scattered and fled in all directions without caring about anyone else!

Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!

Gai Lin yelled and cursed, turned around and ran wildly. After running for a while, when he saw his three idiot friends, he waved his hands desperately and shouted: "Run! Run! Fuck, run!"

At this time, Colin, Jon and Kahn also saw the mad cow behind Gailin, all of them changed expression and turned around to run.

In the slaughterhouse, chickens are flying and dogs are jumping, and the crowd is desolate and chaotic!

The movie theater ushered in a burst of laughter again.

The first day of the Hello Band reunion!

All four members ran out of breath, in a panic, and there was a frenzied cow chasing desperately behind them...

The audience who sighed for the fate of the band just now laughed out loud.

It can only be said that the Sand Sculpture Band has not collapsed after half a year.

However, this scene was not easy to film.

Mai Qi, who plays Colin, used a stand-in rarely, because no matter how many shots or how many cows are exchanged, as soon as he appears in front of him, the cow immediately kneels down.

This is also the unsolved mystery of the crew.

However, when being chased by a bull, there is no special shot, and a double is enough.

At this time, the background music also sounded just right.

The voice became louder and louder.

At the beginning of the film, the song that appeared once again resounded throughout the audience.

This time, the audience heard the lyrics clearly.

——On the long road, you walk with me.

The Hello band happily participated in the tour, not to mention that they didn't make any money, and were thrown on the road in the scorching sun.

—I know that I have made many mistakes, but I do not ask for forgiveness; because it has become a fact and cannot be compensated.

The band is infighting, with the vocalist and guitarist getting into a fight and saying hurtful things to each other.

——Let the pain grow in the body, only hope to find the light of dawn in the darkness.

The four people reunited, looked at each other and smiled in the simple rehearsal room, and picked up the instrument again.

—Here I am, center stage.

——Say hello to the world, still looking like a teenager.

—Here I am, center stage.

——I am here, on the road of chasing dreams.

— say hello to the world,

——Started again, still looking like a teenager.

The singing gradually became smaller.

The picture on the screen also slowly freezes.

Then, fade little by little.

Four people running in different poses and a frenzied cow turned into a large black and white poster.

Right above the poster, a line of crooked words slowly emerged.

Just like the posters on the walls of small bars many years ago: -Areyoureadygirls? !

In an instant.

Memories welled up, tears welled up in my eyes!

The audience in the theater couldn't help but have mixed feelings.

They stared at the screen for a long time, feeling relieved, but more excitedly looking forward to it.

After the Hello band was rebuilt, according to Colin's idea, they wanted to do some evening performances in some small bars.

But guitarist Jon slammed an invitation to the music festival on the table.

A newly established music festival with little reputation and low requirements for participating bands.

Although Hello has been down and out in the past few years, they released a record in the early years and participated in a tour band, and their reputation in the industry is not bad. Therefore, after entrusting their relationship, they got the invitation letter miraculously.

It's just that the invitation letter is the worst kind...

The organizer of the music festival kindly announced in advance: "The music festival has three days, but if you want to participate, it is likely that you will be ranked first in the three days, which is around one or two o'clock in the afternoon."

As we all know, no matter what kind of performance, this time in the afternoon is the most rubbish time.

Who would come to listen to loud rock and roll at noon?

But the Hello Band has no choice, and cherishes this rare opportunity to perform!

Less than three days after the band reunited, the four of them pooled their money and went all the way to perform at this music festival at their own expense.

On the way, they chat.

Lead singer Ke Lin sighed: "My dream is to be able to sing in front of thousands of people."

Guitarist Jon was as cool and realistic as ever.

He analyzed: "The first music festival may not have so many people coming, but it would be good if there are five hundred to one thousand people."

Bassist Kahn doesn't care: "Five hundred or one thousand is not bad, I just hope there are people in the audience when I perform."

Drummer Gailin had a hard time: "It's really not possible, let's close our eyes and pretend that there are people underneath."

The four looked at each other and nodded solemnly: "Good idea."

You can really comfort yourself!

The audience below were all amused.

In short, a group of people came to the music festival in this way.

Before going on stage, they sneaked to see if there were any audiences in the venue, but they were shocked to find that the audience was packed outside!

so many!So many people!

It is simply a gift from God!

but……

"Can we do it?"

Bassist Kahn muttered to himself.

Drummer Gelin also gripped his drumsticks nervously;

Although the guitarist Jon didn't change his expression, his hand holding the beer bottle shook.

Lead singer Ke Lin stood in front of a mirror in the dressing room, looked straight into his own eyes in the mirror, and said, "Today, I will die with no regrets."

A few more sporadic laughs sounded in the theater.

One can think of the miserable and rough life of these four people all the way, and understand their somewhat restless performance now.

But no matter how nervous you are, no matter what you think in your heart...

Some challenges are always to be faced.

What's interesting is that when the Hello band got closer to the stage, their mood became more and more calm.

In the script, Sami's annotation of this episode is: [A kind of anger slowly rises from the hearts of the four people. ]

I have been deceived countless times, betrayed countless times, and been identified as a 'loser' by people around me countless times.

Failed countless times, stood up countless times, and started again!

This anger is not a negative emotion.

Instead, it's so positive, warm and menacing!

It urges the band to stride onto the stage quickly.

It clamors for the band to give some bastards a little color, and tells everyone loudly: We are not disbanded, we are not knocked down by fate!We can still fucking keep singing!Whether going up the mountain of swords or down into the sea of ​​fire, we will - impressive!

The Hello band walked to the stage step by step.

Amidst bursts of passionate music, Ke Lin's voice-over also sounded.

——As long as everyone in Hello is still together, as long as we can stand on the stage, I can feel a kind of magic appear.

——That kind of magical power is invisible, colorless and soundless, but it can immediately make me forget my fear and tension, and immerse myself in the wonderful music, to listen, to feel, to express!

- I'm not a celebrity.

——I just fucking want to sing, stand on stage, and sing to people!

The man was shaking with excitement.

The moment he stepped onto the stage, he turned around abruptly, swung his arms vigorously and shouted: "Make the audience go crazy!"

Under the scorching sun in the afternoon, the Hello band finally stood on the stage again.

On the open-air stage, there are no special effects, no lighting and scenery, only... the purest music.

The non-verbal Hello band didn't bother to say a few wisecracks to brighten the mood.

What they have is always simple and direct, which is completely opposite to their honest style in real life, almost rough wild music.

Bass and drums are always the best openers.

One sound after another, as if the most primitive heart was beating.

The camera moves slowly, and the faces of the fans off the stage are curious.

When the music started, the fans in the front row casually clapped their hands along with the rhythm.

Ke Lin stood in the center of the stage, wearing an exaggerated stage outfit and heavy makeup, a hollow top, black short leather pants, long riding boots, painted to a somewhat pale face, black eyeliner, thin eyebrows, and heavy metallic eyeshadow , all kinds of tinkling metal chains, it looks like a different person in peacetime.

Moreover, his typhoon is strong and dangerous. After holding the microphone tightly with one hand, the whole person is like an eagle about to fly, slowly opening his arms, closing his eyes with thick eyeshadow and long eyeliner, as if dyed Xue Xue's lips curled up slightly, and he raised his head, immersing himself in the prelude to the music at this moment...

But at the moment the prelude ends.

He stepped forward without hesitation for a second, and a roar burst out from his chest: [Fucktheword! ]

There was silence for about two seconds.

A series of guitar tones that suddenly poured out, accompanied by the lead singer's tearing high notes, instantly bombarded the audience like countless cannonballs.

An overhead shot.

The unexpected and shocked expressions on the faces of the crowded fans under the stage clearly appeared on the big screen.

After a pause of a few seconds, the camera returned to the stage.

At this time, the shooting angle changed to an upward shot again, starting from the perspective of the music fans off the stage.

As a result, the audience in the theater seemed to be standing with the music fans, looking up at the stage.

And the first thing they saw was a pair of long legs.

As we all know, Mikey had a classic record of "dominating the cover of national teen magazines for several months".

But in this movie, it is really hard for everyone to imagine his good looks. When he appeared on the stage, his face was full of pimples, plus all kinds of clothes that were so poor that people couldn't bear to see them. Dress and hairstyle have not changed.

until this moment!

Like a diamond that has been polished layer by layer, it finally begins to shine with its own brilliance.

Shine brightly in the sun!

Long legs, narrow hips, clear bones, looks a little thin, but not skinny, every inch of skin seems to contain strength, when he slammed the microphone violently and sang in the sun, the sweat glistened like an angel The luster, the exuberant vitality is like a burning flame, exuding a dangerous and sexy charm.

In the theater, the audience looked at the screen in surprise and joy, as if they had reached a spiritual bond with the fans at a certain moment.

Amidst the intense music, they were even ready to move in their seats, wanting to cheer and dance their bodies together.

It's different from everyone being completely immersed in the film.

Sami was still thinking about this scene very calmly: "Is the shooting here too exaggerated? Although this change is more shocking and refreshing, the change is a bit too big..."

But obviously, the audience in the theater doesn't care about such small details.

They automatically made up their minds, and couldn't help muttering: "Phoenix Nirvana, Phoenix Nirvana..."

indeed!

The real Colin was not able to control the wind and rain on the stage from the very beginning.

He used to have such low self-esteem, he wore long hair to cover up his pimples, and because he was too tall, he was too embarrassed to look down on others, so he hunched over.

The gossip around him and the pressure of life make him like an ordinary person, he doesn't even want to look in the mirror because he thinks he is ugly.

But it is precisely because of ugliness that I want to work hard to become stronger.

He is so powerful that everyone ignores his appearance, so now he is standing on the stage.

- Can we do our best?

--OK!

--What are you waiting for?

just now……

On the stage, he has red hair, white skin and blue eyes, and even his sweat-soaked chest glistens in the sun.

Having experienced countless injuries, he can be so fearless and calm;

Only after giving up hope can we shout and vent wantonly, no longer considering the eyes of outsiders.

This band is like a fire.

Everyone will burn their souls crazily to emit dazzling light.

Accept the pain and live.

Live!

Then, say Hello to the world!

The world kisses me bitterly, but I want to repay it with a song!

Sing a happy one!

The crowd of the audience, the applause of the tide.

The audience in the theater is almost as crazy as the fans on the screen.

It's so easy to fall in love with a band like Hello!

Just follow the camera of director Sami and accompany them to taste all the pain in the world.

Then, listen to them singing for you with tears in your eyes like this...

--I'm here!

- I'm on the stage!

--I'm here!

——I am on the road of chasing my dream.

Ke Lin looked down at the music fans off the stage, his whole body was drenched in sweat, like a shining golden god.

At this moment, his eyes had no focus, and they fell far away to the unknown distance.

The voice-over sounded again.

A sentence that used to make everyone laugh, but now it doesn't sound funny.

——Today, I will die without regret!

- Yes, I did it!

The girls in the theater began to wipe their tears.

It was obviously a successful scene, but they couldn't figure out what was going on, they just felt that the director just shot it so that it made people want to cry.

The plot continues.

But according to the arrangement of the music festival, the Hello band only has time for this song.

So, after singing such a song, the four reluctantly walked off the stage.

On the way backstage, they bumped into Jimmy, the lead singer of Planet Band, who was also invited to the festival.

Unlike the obscure Hello band, this is a super famous singer.

The truth came to light, no wonder there were so many audiences under the stage. It turned out that this emerging music festival invited big stars for its popularity.

What a surprise!

Whether it's for the Hello band in the film, or for the audience in the theater now...

Brother Kerry couldn't help showing a look of astonishment.

The two brothers looked at each other, and saw the same puzzled look in each other's eyes: "You invited me?" "Didn't you invite me?" "So who invited me?" "Isn't this bastard super difficult to talk to?" ?”

Whoever invited it, when Jimmy's signature green eyes hit the big screen...

Many people in the theater were so excited that they were about to faint, and they screamed out: "Jimmy! Jimmy!"

But in the film, this guy, who is always reported by the media as a hooligan, is arguing intently with his bodyguard standing in the aisle.

He is completely different from other stars, he doesn't care about his image at all, and quarrels seriously in a very bad tone: "You are a bodyguard, you are just a fucking idiot who works for me, why should I care about me? Why can't I have a drink? I should Take a sip, I'm two fucking hours away from going on stage, so long, why can't I take a sip?"

"You quit drinking." The bodyguard said forcefully.

But such a reason can't convince the other party at all.

Jimmy stared, plausibly saying: "Nonsense! If I hadn't given up drinking, I'd drink a fucking bottle, why would I only take one sip?"

The so-called abstinence from alcohol is...

From a bottle to a sip?

Colin, who just got off the stage, couldn't help laughing.

But the laugh immediately made Jimmy turn his head and glared at him viciously, but when he found out who the other party was, his eyes softened a little, and he said unashamedly, "It's you guys, you were great on stage just now!"

However, as soon as he returned to reality, Colin's charm on the stage disappeared completely, and he turned back to that stupid, inarticulate, simple and honest big man.

So, he opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.

But maybe, I still want to seek a little recognition.

"You, did you watch our performance just now?"

He brushed his sweat-soaked hair uncomfortably. He was extremely unconfident, but he managed to muster up the courage. He cautiously asked the famous singer for advice with a little expectation and a little confusion: "Uh, how about that?" Me, can I sing well?"

The singer named Jimmy opened his eyes wide in surprise, with an expression of disbelief.

Thinking of the uncontrollable bad temper of the singer in the media reports, Ke Lin flinched instantly: "Well, I don't want to, I don't want to answer, you don't need to reply..."

"Are you fucking kidding me, buddy?" Jimmy cuts him off quickly, loudly, sternly.

He gave a thumbs up sincerely: "You guys are so awesome! I just stood here and listened, and I was so fucking fucked up!"

Ke Lin was stunned for a second, and finally realized that the other party was praising him, and couldn't help grinning like a child.

When he turned his head to look at his teammates, he also found that everyone had bright smiles on their faces.

At this time, the voice-over sounded again.

——Today, I will die without regret!

The film freezes at this moment of success.

The screen gradually turned black, and the audience in the cinema took a deep breath, struggling to get out of the mixed emotions for a long time.

The next moment, a line of subtitles appeared on the screen:

[Thanks to Planet frontman Jimmy for the friendly cameo, but the festival doesn't exist. ]

The audience in the theater was stunned.

Then, the picture turned into a room full of various high-fidelity dolls.

A line of subtitles appeared on the screen again:

[These are - in the film, the 'real' fans offstage when Hello is playing. ]

Wait, what the hell is this! ?

The news report thought it was fake, but it actually came in handy!

All the audience in the theater were dumbfounded.

But it's not over yet.

Then the screen on the big screen was divided into two.

On the left is the Hello band in reality, and on the right is the Hello band with superb acting skills and lip-syncing throughout the film.

The background music sounded again, in the intense music of the Hello band's unique style...

One picture after another quickly flicked across the screen.

In reality, Colin shakes the microphone vigorously;

In the film, Colin played by Mikey also vigorously shakes the microphone in the same gesture.

In reality, Jon kneeled on the stage and played the guitar immersively;

In the film, Jon, played by Mick Lee, also kneeled on the stage and played the guitar wildly.

In reality, the Hello band stood awkwardly on the road with a bewildered expression;

The Hello band in the film is also standing on the main road in embarrassment, equally at a loss.

In reality, the Hello band ran to the office to send the audition audio, but was ignored by everyone.

In the film, the Hello band went to the office to listen to the audio, but someone threw the audio into the trash can and said, "Stop dreaming."

The Kerry brothers Qiqi rolled their eyes.

Another slap in the face, this is indeed what they did in reality.

Even the good-tempered little Kerry couldn't help muttering angrily: "Sammy is too shameless!"

Scenes of similar plots, the same dress, the same stage attire, the same hairstyle.

It makes the audience in the theater suddenly feel that it is difficult to distinguish between true and false, and at the same time, they also realize that this is not just a movie, but a story that really happened in reality.

At last……

On the right is the Hello band performing passionately on the stage of the music festival in the film. There is a dense crowd of fake audiences in the back row, and the real audience in the front row cheers and shouts in unison;

But the left side is completely different this time. Half of the screen is cut into four windows. The members of the Hello band in reality, those who move bricks, those who cook, those who drive taxis, and those who kill cows ox.

When the audience was puzzled, the screen turned black again.

Once again, a huge line of subtitles emerged: [Hello band needs a stage! ]

—Fuck!

——This ad is fucking amazing!

The Kerry brothers would have been rather proud of their previous success in the music industry.

But at this moment, the two were completely shocked.