The Greatest Showman (Big Play Bone)

Chapter 76 Small demonstrating

Lan Li repeatedly read these two pages of script three times, then put down the script and slowly pieced together the entire blueprint in his mind.

This is an excerpt from the middle of the movie. Paul has already contacted the FBI through his mobile phone and is waiting for rescue. The kidnappers called and asked Paul to record a video according to the note they left in the coffin, demand a ransom of one million from the US government, and then send it to the kidnapper. But the staff of the Bureau of Investigation discouraged Paul from recording the video, because that would only make things worse, and Paul did not record the video in the end.

The excerpt is in the next paragraph. The kidnappers didn’t receive the video for a long time, so they sent a video. The video was a female colleague of Paul. She was also kidnapped, but in a room similar to a warehouse. The kidnappers threatened to kill this female colleague. In an emergency, Paul was forced to agree to record the video.

Lan Li couldn’t help thinking seriously. He couldn’t know how he felt trapped in the coffin, but he knew that Paul’s emotions at the moment were very complicated. On the one hand, he was waiting for the rescue of the FBI; on the other hand, he was worried that he would not be able to escape, so he called his mother who lives in a nursing home. The kidnapper’s video was sent at this emotional moment.

Originally, Paul still had a glimmer of hope that he could escape from birth, but then the crisis hit again. Not only his life was hanging by a thread, but the lives of his colleagues were also in jeopardy; what’s even more irritating was that he was trapped in In the small coffin, even if you want to resist, you can’t but be beaten passively.

Looking left and right, they were sitting in the lobby on the first floor of the youth hostel. As the weather cleared again, the crowd gradually dispersed away from Ali, but at this time there were still seven or eight people scattered in the lobby chatting. The atmosphere seemed peaceful and peaceful.

“I’m ready.” Lan Li made an “OK” gesture to Rodriguez, “Will you help me with this scene?”

Rodrigue didn’t keep up for a while, he was stunned, and then nodded, “No problem.” In this scene, Lan Li needs a kidnapper’s opponent, and there are not many lines, but the two sides need to start a dialogue.

The reason for choosing this scene is very simple. Paul was in a dramatic moment when he was pushed off the cliff after a brief relaxation. This extreme change tested the actor’s control over emotions, which was in line with the first part described by Lanly; moreover, Paul witnessed Colleagues were caught in a crisis and were touched. At the same time, he must consider the dissuasion of the Bureau of Investigation. The changes in Paul’s heart will be even more special, in line with the second part described by Lan Li.

Of course, Rodriguez also knew that in just a few minutes, the content of the investigation was limited, but he was still very curious about how the confident Lan Li would perform. Under his gaze, Rodriguez saw Lan Li lie down… He actually lay down like this!

Lan Li adjusted his sitting posture, stretched his legs and lay on the sofa, then closed his eyes, letting the rhythm of breathing gradually slow down, and outlined the feeling of being trapped in a narrow space in his mind, dark slowly. Falling down, surrounded him in groups, and began to shrink little by little.

For the time being, he doesn’t think about the probability of Ryan Reynolds getting the role in the war, nor the possibility of breaking the age yoke to win the role. At the same time, he doesn’t think about the noise of being in a public place, and he focuses his thoughts on the role wholeheartedly. , So that the spirit is highly concentrated.

In the darkness, the noise in the ears began to become louder and louder. As the darkness shrinks, it becomes more and more obvious, as if the entire world outside the darkness is experiencing a New Year’s Eve party, further compressing the dark space. , Almost surrounded Lanli close to the body, airtight; after the darkness was compressed to the extreme, it began to bounce back again, swallowing up the noise like a tide, as if the darkness was swallowing the light, in a blink of an eye, all the surrounding The sound disappeared.

Rodriguez’s eyes widened and looked carefully, only to find that Lanly was not moving at all, as if he was completely asleep. This made Rodriguez completely puzzled, and for a moment he didn’t know what to do— —Should he wake Lan Li?

But at this moment, Lan Li’s breathing began to accelerate, and his chest undulated fiercely like a bellows. The violent movement almost made Rodrigo think that Lan Li’s illness had occurred, which was indeed a bit shocking. Then Lan Li’s eyes opened.

Those deep eyes were concealed behind a mist of mist, the slightly clenched teeth tightened the facial lines, a trace of forbearing pain and struggling between the slightly frowned eyebrows loomed, heavy breathing stuffy in the chest cavity The ground was stirring, as if every breath was consuming the energy of the brain.

Even without the help of makeup, even if the face looks young, even without any language, the emotions are still conveyed clearly and accurately. Rodriguez understood it almost immediately. After talking to his mother, Paul’s Emotions fluctuated violently, and the split of family affection slowly spread between the teeth with a heart-piercing pain.

Paul picked up the phone, closed his eyes fiercely, exhausted all his strength and endured great pain, and then put the phone to his ear, but his thumb was hesitant to press the call button, and Ying’s brow was lightened. With a twist, the bitterness rippled like this, and the breath suffocated, as if all the emotions in my heart stopped at this moment, but the ripples that came up spread out in circles, uncontrollable. He pressed the call button.

There was no sound on the other end of the phone. Paul took the phone to his eyes and glanced at it. Someone actually sent a video. Paul’s holding breath suddenly relaxed. The entangled eyebrows couldn’t suppress the panic in his heart. His pupils vibrated restlessly, and the roots of his teeth were still biting, but it still didn’t help. He raised his thumb again and paused slightly. , In less than half a second, you could see the gently trembling fingertips, and then the thumb pressed the OK button.

“No.” The air was quiet. Without any other assistance, Rodriguez watched the one-man show in front of him, but his heart was immediately tangled. He knew that Paul had seen his colleague’s video-that fast Shocked pupils with a trace of dazedness and panic, the desperate nightmare began to climb all the way up from the fingertips, “No, no, no, no, no!”

The negative voice began to tremble slightly, his eyes widened in disbelief, and he stared at the phone screen, the ashes of heart palsy passed through his eyes, and the voice began to collapse, “No, no!”

He was breathing heavily, the brilliance in his eyes gradually disappearing, he pressed the number quickly, and the call was connected almost immediately, Rodrigue lowered his voice and said, “Did you record it?” God, he His performance is nothing short of dog/shit, pretentious, and he can’t say everything in one line. He is really not suitable for being an actor.

“Please! No…no…don’t hurt her!” Paul’s voice was fragmented, and he could even hear the clash of teeth fighting, without being affected by Rodrigue, “Don’t hurt her! Let her go!”

The panicked voice revealed the ashes of despair, as if even the darkness had become insignificant. Rodriguez’s emotions couldn’t help but be moved, and he said viciously, “If I don’t make a video, I will shoot!”

“No, no, no! Don’t shoot! Don’t shoot!” Paul’s earnest voice lost control, and it burst like a blister—the fierce sound, but nothing but nothingness, quickly fell into a bottomless abyss.

In an instant, the eyes of the entire hall of the youth hostel were concentrated, and people were worried, the noise disappeared, their muscles tightened, and their whole body was on guard. Then they heard Paul’s urgent pleading, “I Yes, I will! I promise!” The fragility in the voice seemed to fall apart in a breeze, “I promise! Please, she is a mother and she has two children.”

“Two children? I have five children, now there is only one left!” Rodriguez couldn’t help grinding his teeth fiercely. Even he himself didn’t know why he did it. The cruel voice was like a poisonous snake. Spits out, “You will make a video right away!”

“Wait! Wait!” But Paul was retreating steadily. He didn’t even have the power to parry, let alone fight back. “No, wait!” The bitter pleading had no effect at all. I don’t know what you want me to say…” In the panic, he was still trying to mediate, as if he fell on the edge of a cliff and clung to the last rope, unwilling to give up, but the other party was obviously No longer gave him a chance, “I will give you three seconds, three, two…”

The death-like countdown squeezed Paul’s throat tightly, his muscles were tense, but the whole person could not move, he was firmly pressed in place, as if his limbs were fixed, only the voice was Free. As a result, the hoarse roar began to vent the inner suffocation, anger, helplessness and despair, “Good! Good!” The pupils began to spread out, and you can clearly see that the vitality of the soul is disappearing, and the despair of dead ashes has begun to invade the brain. “I can do video! I do video! I do video!”

The words were more rushing, and painful. This was his only weapon, but it was of no avail, “Please! Please! Please!” The scream that made every effort to vent all the energy, he let go of his hands and slowed down. Slowly falling into the dark abyss, my ears finally became quiet, and the countdown voice finally disappeared, “I want to hang up the phone and make a video now, can I?”

“You have three minutes!” Rodriguez’s voice came up from hell.

Paul hung up the phone, turned over immediately, and pointed at himself with the camera on the back of the phone. He even forgot to breathe. His pale lips were not bloody. His soulless eyes looked numb and hollowly at the camera. , Gritted teeth revealed a trace of determination-he knew that after making the video, he had cut off his own vitality with his own hands, but he had to do so, because man made me a fish and he had no choice. .

took a deep breath, without any pause, he pressed the record button.