Raising Dragons in Hollywood

"Why can't human beings do it? It's as if you are not human."

Sammy laughed as he spoke.

Mikey couldn't help showing a puzzled look on his face. He couldn't understand why human beings could be crying one second and laughing the next.

But anyway, he was relieved to see Sammy no longer crying.

Although the round-faced dwarf is bad and ignorant, he doesn't know how to cherish the beautiful fire dragon at all, and even arranges for the underage dragon to go out to work.

But for Mai Qi, in the human kingdom, although there are countless people, those people have nothing to do with him, and only the human being who takes him in is his own human being.

It is the innate nature of every dragon to protect its own treasure, so the human beings who belong to it must also be cherished.

Today, due to being underage, weak, wandering in the human country, and not having accumulated enough treasures, the only thing he can have is "his human being".

Think of it...

The little Charmander, who shamelessly and secretly classified people as his own, looked at Sami more intently.

He also stretched out his fingers, and carefully wiped the tear stains on that round face as he did when he wiped his jewels before, but he didn't expect that the hand felt so good, so he secretly poked it twice, and then felt slightly in his heart. He sighed with regret: "Human beings are so troublesome. In fact, it will be cleaner if you lick it."

As soon as he was distracted, he forgot to move, and just now he leaned over like that, and suddenly the distance between the two of them was extremely close.

Sami raised his head strangely, wanting to ask what's the matter, but couldn't help but stare blankly, noticing that the 'minor' he had taken in actually had a pair of very sexy green eyes.When he was serious and no longer showing his almost silly side, those shining green eyes and handsome face were enough to make anyone easily intoxicated.

"Uh...you got off work so early today?"

Sami felt that the atmosphere was really strange, so he looked away in a hurry and asked a question casually.

As a result, everything sexy and handsome disappeared immediately.

Mikey's face fell, and he said very unhappy, "I'm not doing it."

"What? But you've only been there for three days..." Sammy said in surprise.

"Yeah, I didn't waste too much time." Mai Qilong replied plausibly.

If so...

Sammy was speechless.

When he was comforted for the first time, he felt a sense of relief spontaneously, like 'the cub who has been raised for several months is finally sensible and considerate to his old father'.

But now...

"Look for a job slowly, sooner or later you will find the right one."

That was all Sammy could comfort.

Mikey nodded obediently.

But what he was thinking in his heart, no one knew.

However, based on the importance he showed to Sami before, Rossi finally changed his attitude towards him a little bit, and changed the other party's identity from "Even if it's true that his background is pitiful, but he eats and drinks for nothing, is lazy, and sooner or later he has to find a way to get rid of him." The rogue' rises to 'young but conscientious, barely able to communicate, but a drag bottle that needs to be observed'.

It can be seen from this that although Sami took in Mikey, although there was not much opposition, it has not been approved by the friends around him.

Especially the defensive Rossi.

He looks like an ordinary otaku with glasses on the outside, and he seems to be easy to communicate with at ordinary times.But in fact, gentleness is just a disguise, and his nature is very shrewd and difficult to deal with, and he is not so easy to get along with.

Many times, in fact, even Sammy can't handle him.

Simple example...

Sammy sometimes discusses some story ideas and ideas with him online.

Under normal circumstances, the tastes of two people are still close, and they can communicate smoothly and understand each other.

But occasionally, Sammy would have some whimsical ideas.

The brain hole of an art creator is always comparable to a black hole, and it is not uncommon for an idea to go astray occasionally.

But the problem was that he didn't say anything about his deviation, but he still wanted to hold on to Rossi and ask him to agree with him.

Every time, I still have a fierce fighting look of 'I am right, I must convince you'.

But Rossi is a very pragmatic character, it is impossible to agree with him, and he does not want to argue with him.

So, whenever this happens, his way of coping is: don't say right, don't say wrong, just go offline and disappear.

So, every time Sami chatted and chatted to a critical moment, he found that someone was missing?Waited for a long time without reply.

At this time, his emotions usually start with anger like 'Why didn't you reply me, do you think it's wrong'; then develop into doubts like 'Where have you been, are you busy'; then, after the mood eases , various interpretations of 'Look at what I said...'; eventually turned into reflections of 'Well, I think it's not quite right when I think about it...'.

Wait until he thinks about it.

Rossi went back online as if nothing had happened: "How did you say so much? I just went to the bathroom."

Sammy: "..."

If you count a few years back, Rossi still has a youthful and passionate side.But since arguing with others impulsively, which caused the career to be hindered, the whole person has become a lot more indifferent.

He now neither enjoys wasting words, nor supports any senseless violence.Once encountering something, let yourself stay out of it and watch with a cold eye. When the right time comes, you can calmly make a simple choice of AorB from "whether to add fuel to the flames" or "to pour a basin of cold water".

In a way, it's kind of nasty and irritating.

But precisely because of his calmness and sobriety, when Sami and everyone in the team still looked confused, not knowing what to do next...

He habitually pushed his glasses, and confidently gave everyone a very firm conclusion: "Don't worry for now, this matter is endless. Our cartoons are not made for nothing, just wait patiently, there will definitely be Good."

A proverb.

But any large company that can develop a certain scale and is still on the rise without going downhill will not let go of talents easily.

As a result, all members of this temporary animation production team soon ushered in a new round of job transfers.

Originally just a rookie animator, Jack skipped the internship period and was transferred to the popular animation production team that was newly established but the company invested a lot of money and attached great importance to it; photographer Gavin directly joined this year's main animation "Rabbit". The production team of "Nana"; Rossi had a small change, but finally got a small promotion and became the head of the department.

As for Sammy...

His change is the biggest, whether it is the department or the position, there has been a huge change miraculously. He was directly transferred from the creative department to a TV series called "The Adventures of Young Aaron" and worked as an assistant to the director of this TV series. ?

As for why there is such a big change?

Or the follow-up questions brought about by the animation "Who Killed the Dragon".

In fact, when Sami and the others thought that this animation was unresponsive and unpopular...

Several management personnel, headed by Norris from the film and television entertainment department, once gathered in the screening room and watched this short animation over and over ten times.

In the animation industry, the basic appreciation is online.

Although this animation does not conform to the company's promotional route, it is difficult to release it on the market, but this does not prevent the company's high-level executives from admiring and loving this animation.

And, by repeatedly watching this animation, they also noticed a person by coincidence - the main creator of the animation, Sammy Griffin.

Sammy, who was originally an ordinary employee in the creative department, successfully passed this animation and walked in front of them with a new attitude.

At first, this employee who they thought was mediocre, but had a lot of weird ideas in his head, in this short animation production of just a few minutes, unexpectedly showed the "immature, but already unique, almost ghost-like" personality. Directing talent.

Those suggestive close-up shots, a flashback from time to time, and the excellent creation of the weird and bizarre atmosphere, almost without a single failure, greatly increased the visibility and narrative tension of the animation itself, which is amazing.

It can be said that in this extremely crude clay animation, no matter it is the music, the lens, the narrative method... It is only after his integration, patchwork, and careful modification that he can successfully present the gloomy, but meaningful of mystery.

However, what surprised everyone even more was that this employee named Sammy had never had directing experience before, nor had he received relevant studies.

In other words, this animation is completely a natural expression and display of his personal talent.

For a while, everyone was silent.

Although the company has not had works of this type and style before.

But Norris, the head of the film and television entertainment department, first proposed that talents should not be missed.

After discussing with each other, they thought that they could give a chance first, and try to cultivate people as directors.You don't need to deliberately pluck the seedlings to encourage them to grow, just watch his development slowly, maybe it will bring some surprises in the future.

In this way, Sammy received a transfer notice with a large span, or in other words, a turning point in his life is approaching.

But at this time, he is still ignorant of his so-called talent as a director, and he only wants to toss about "slaying the dragon", working step by step every day, ignorant of future development, and has no ideas or directions at all.

After receiving such a cross-department transfer notice, although he felt strange, but because he had never been in contact with a real crew before, out of a desire to see new things, he simply went to the crew to report to the director in a daze.

Before he went, he was full of curiosity and anticipation: "How do live actors shoot? They must not be as easy to direct as those clay dolls, but they should have a more interesting side, right? I'm going to be an assistant to the director, so I'm Can't I see for myself how the director directs on the spot? Can he control the audience? Cool, I can't wait to see it for myself!"

But unfortunately, imagination is always good.

The crew disappointed him very much.