Chapter 261 Tell Me, How Much Is It
For everyone present, except Shen Lang, this scene was probably the most baffling audition in their filming career.

No one understood, or could not fully understand, Shen Lang's intentions.

After the audition, Shen Lang smiled at Samuel and said, "You are one of the best actors I have ever seen!"

Although he got the affirmation, Samuel still frowned: "Jeff, I really don't understand what your play means? What do you want to express?"

Everyone looked at Shen Lang at this moment. Obviously, everyone had as many questions in their minds as Samuel.

Shen Lang smiled and said, "Okay, let me explain to you what this paragraph is trying to express!"

"first……"

He looked at Samuel and said, "This is a clip of helping a gang boss get [the goods] back."

"According to the usual plot of Good House, after entering the door, it is nothing more than the director's previous arrangement, intimidation, blackmail, torture, robbery, and murder!"

This is indeed exciting, but the plot is too cliché.

"Let me ask you, Samuel! Why are you willing to take on a role in a movie directed by a minor director like Quentin? You know, you're the best supporting actor at the Cannes Film Festival!"

Samuel thought for a moment and said to Shen Lang, "Because his arrangement of the plot was fragmented. It was not until I finished reading the script that I connected these small stories into a complete story!"

Quentin looked at Shen Lang with some resentment. Well, it’s better to expose people’s shortcomings than to expose their weaknesses. Why did you have to bring up this matter about the [young director]?
Shen Lang laughed loudly: "That's right, Samuel, you have a sharp eye! Quentin has the potential to become a master, but a master will not shoot such a clichéd plot!"

Quentin, who was a little emo just now, smiled when he heard Shen Lang's words, "That's right, Jeff is right. I won't make a bad movie without creativity!"

Shen Lang glanced at him, haha!

Then he said to Samuel: "So, we did the opposite and changed the lines, the plot, and the characters."

"The lines and the plot are all for the role. From this scene just now, do you see any changes in your character?"

Samuel frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly his eyes lit up and he said, "My character is more rounded. Putting aside the stereotype of the gangster in the past, the gangster I show is a very principled and polite, but moody, murderous [bad guy gentleman]!"

Shen Lang smiled and nodded at him, encouraging him to continue.

“For example, when Jules was with his girlfriend, he was still a vegetarian even though he loved to eat meat!”

"For example, before killing someone, he would read a passage from the Bible, as if he were a dark angel. Damn, it's so fucking funny!"

"Also, the attitude towards traitors and opponents. Every aspect is unexpected!"

Shen Lang clapped his hands: "That's very well said!"

Samuel said embarrassedly: "I just remembered it, that's all I have!"

"That's enough!" Shen Lang first gave affirmation, and then explained to everyone.

“Is a polite killer more interesting, or a cold-blooded killer more interesting?”

"By the way, here's a prerequisite: in this play!"

Everyone thought of Samuel's performance just now, eating and drinking, and being very polite and courteous, and they all nodded.

"Yeah, I still remember what Samuel just said!"

"If we add gunfire and sound effects, the scene just now would be even more shocking!"

"It came all of a sudden, it felt so good!"

"One second he was still talking and laughing, and the next second he didn't even look at the person on the sofa and killed him! It's really..."

No one can really tell what it is.

But obviously, such a scene is engraved in everyone's mind.

After hearing these feedbacks, Shen Lang turned around and asked Quentin and Samuel, "What is the most important thing for a good movie?" "Uh!"

"..."

The two were unable to come up with an answer for a moment.

Shen Lang said: "The most important thing is to make people remember, idiot!"

"Hahahaha!"

"This answer, hahahaha..."

Everyone laughed!
Yes, isn’t a good movie meant to be remembered?
Such scenes are full of nonsense, and the lines themselves don't make any sense.

But all of these lines are shaping the character of Jules.

Why create Jules?

Why was this passage from the Bible included?
Because according to the plot, Jules finally decided to retire, turn over a new leaf, and stop killing people.

The Bible was the introduction. Later, a man hiding in the room suddenly rushed out and shot at Jules and Vincent. With so many shots, none of them hit them. Jules thought it was a miracle! His determination to turn over a new leaf became stronger.

After Shen Lang’s explanation, the previous and subsequent plots immediately connected.

Samuel was overjoyed, and this made his character of Jules indeed more full-bodied and more memorable.

A killer who has turned over a new leaf, a killer who speaks sensibly in everything, a killer who is polite one second and kills without blinking an eye the next, a killer who believes in God and is finally saved by God.

What an interesting character.

If we say that before, Samuel agreed to act in this play because of the plot.

But now, he discovered that his role was also great!
If this isn’t a pleasant surprise, then what is?
But there is one last question: "Why are you talking about burgers? This shouldn't make any sense, right? Eating and drinking..."

Shen Lang turned around and asked everyone: "Do you know what this means?"

All heads were shaking as if they were in a nightclub.

Shen Lang laughed and said, "It's meaningless, I'm just talking nonsense!"

Samuel: "..."

Everyone: "..."

Quentin interrupted at this time and said, "This is Jeff's brilliance. You don't know what it means, and neither do the audience. Let them watch the movie with questions. Just when they think they will find the answers later, the story I want to tell in the whole movie has already been told!"

Samuel was surprised: "That's it?"

Shen Lang nodded!

Samuel gave a thumbs up and said, "Other people's scripts are all about coaxing the audience to keep reading. Your script is about being indifferent to the audience, whether they want to read it or not... I can only say, Jeff, you are a genius, a genius who changed the narrative style of movies!"

After that, he looked at Quentin again and said, "Director, you are also a genius. You are a genius who changed the structure of movies. With the two of you geniuses together, I think this work will be very interesting!"

Quentin smiled and said, "So, Samuel, you approve of Jeff's script?"

Samuel looked at Shen Lang: "Of course, Jeff, with your talent, you will definitely have a place among the screenwriters of Hollyhouse! However, I hope you can play Vincent, you are the guy who can bring Vincent to life!"

Shen Lang smiled and turned to look at Quentin: "Do you need me to revise the script?"

Samuel quickly said, "Director, you must let Jeff revise the script! He is a guy who can make you and me successful, don't hesitate."

Quentin said helplessly: "Tell me, how much!"

(End of this chapter)