Raising Dragons in Hollywood

"Are you all right, Norris?"

Ed from the marketing department pretended to be concerned, but in fact asked gloatingly: "I heard that the very talented newcomer you highly recommended, that little guy named Sammy, actually gave up the opportunity you fought for him and didn't participate in the competition." The company's selection of new directors this year, instead, went to shoot a bad drama that was about to be axed?"

"No way, young people always have their own dreams."

Norris from the Film and Television Entertainment Department answered calmly and frankly.

This calm attitude successfully stunned Ed.

Although he has always been not very optimistic about the director named Sammy, but he is more interested in profit in essence, and immediately put aside his previous idea of ​​wanting to laugh at the idea of ​​"Norris has worked hard, but the foolish newcomer doesn't appreciate it", and turned suspicious. He asked humbly: "So, in your opinion, is there still hope for that drama?"

"It should be hopeless."

Norris replied calmly.

Ed: ...I can't save you so confident P!

"But young people must always have the courage to dare to do something. Talented people are worth investing in." Norris said with a smile.

Ed rolled his eyes involuntarily: "I annoy you people the most. You keep talking about your talents! Please, who knows if such invisible and intangible things exist? In my opinion, Those who can make money are those who are talented; as for shooting a bunch of people who are messy and no one can understand the stuff, it’s best to pack it up and go home as soon as possible.”

Norris smiled helplessly, not wanting to argue with him.

But Ed became annoyed about this for no reason, and yelled in a pretext: "It's not that I have to talk about it, but we have worked together for many years... Norris, it is not easy for you to get to the present step by step. Now you are finally in power. In my hands, I chose such an unworthy piece of trash. Do you know what your actions are? This is suicide!"

"You don't worry too much, it's just a small-scale TV series, nothing will go wrong." Norris reminded, dumbfounded.

Ed didn't listen to it, but said plausibly: "There will be no problem this time, but what about next time? Brother, if you don't change your behavior style, you will suffer yourself sooner or later."

On the other hand, Rossi also went crazy after learning that Sammy had secretly taken over the filming of "The Adventures of Young Aaron".

He directly made a phone call: "Are you an idiot? Is there a need to save that show? You put your bright future and opportunities aside and insist on doing such a thankless thing. You are worthy of my troubles before." A tip-off?"

Sammy, however, is working enthusiastically with the writers on the script for the fourth season follow-up.

Facing his friend's almost severe accusation, he didn't realize what was going on for a while, so he gave a series of out-of-state responses very unconscionably: "What? You tipped me off, what's the matter? I'm sorry, I I've been too busy recently, so I accidentally forgot. Can you remind me of something important?"

(Suddenly, Rosie curses angrily on the other end of the phone.)

"...Oh, I remembered. You said that the selection of the company's new director is not a big deal, so I gave up."

(Rosie swears on the phone.)

"Don't be angry. It's not good to be angry. You will get wrinkles when you are angry. You speak slowly, slowly."

(Rosie continues to curse angrily.)

"The Adventures of Young Aaron is very fun, you know? There is a huge pyramid model in our crew. I took a photo with it yesterday and I will send it to you later."

(Rosie is utterly annoyed.)

"By the way, there is one more thing. My hair has grown out and I want to dye it again. Are you free to come over and play with me recently? By the way, help me adjust the dye cream. I don't want to dye it pink again. That's too gay. .”

Rossi didn't want to talk to him.

Rossi hung up the phone.

Sammy looked at the phone inexplicably, not knowing what his friend was doing with such a call, and still acting so angry.

He turned around to continue studying the script, but met a pair of eyes full of 'admiration': "Uh, what's wrong?"

It wasn't until the original screenwriter of "The Adventures of Aaron" left that he was temporarily assigned here. Kent, who had no sense of presence in the crew and could only be regarded as a poor screenwriter, shook his head silently. He just thought that this assistant director, never In terms of thinking mode, it is indeed a bit beyond ordinary people.

Naturally, Sami didn't know all the wild thoughts in this little screenwriter's mind.

He announced happily: "I have a brilliant idea!"

Leaving aside the tragic problem of 'actors getting bigger and bigger' mentioned earlier.

In fact, there is a serious problem with the fourth season of "The Adventures of Young Aaron".

This drama is a drama that broadcasts as it is filmed, and the fourth season has broadcast almost four or five episodes not long ago.

In other words, the previous plot has been fixed and there is no way to change it.

So, in the episode that aired, the Aaron family went on a trip again.

Because the ratings of the third season were a bit miserable, the fourth season did not dare to innovate again, so the plot returned to the old routine of "holiday travel, encounters with the world".At the same time, due to the reduction of funds, the Aaron family has no money to travel abroad. This time they chose to go to the countryside, rent a country house, and live a leisurely holiday life.

But the protagonist's life is bound to be full of twists and turns.

In this holiday life, the Aaron family began to lose things frequently, and encountered various strange things such as "sudden closing of the windows, the sound of people walking around in the middle of the night, and the black cat squatting on the window sill quietly watching".

According to the original plot, a villa ghost (not too scary, after all, it is a family carnival TV series) should appear next as the BOSS of the whole drama. It may be for any reason such as wanting to resurrect, find a substitute, find a former lover, etc.

In short, after the last round of sabotage, the Aaron family will defeat it according to the past routine.

Then, the family went home happily.

End!

For the crew that is about to disband, such a plot is not brilliant and not helpful at all.

But there is an advantage, that is, you don't have to worry about it at all.

The crew members are all old employees of the show, and they have long been familiar with the job at hand;

The actors played their roles, and after three seasons, they got used to it;

Therefore, in the face of such a routine plot, they don't need to direct at all. Based on past experience, they can shoot the script well. Of course, don't be too demanding about the quality.It is precisely because of this that Director Jones was able to shoot drunk every day without any accidents.

But since Sami decided to intervene, he naturally couldn't allow this routine to continue.

Therefore, he temporarily put aside the issue of actors, and the first thing he did was to change the script.

"I have a brilliant idea."

Sammy said excitedly to the editor: "Kent, the ghost of the villa sounds too ordinary, it has to be replaced with something better. Anyway, this ghost character has not officially appeared yet, so we simply changed it to Teddy Bear!"

Kent's screenwriter was full of confusion: "Where is a teddy better than a ghost?"

"What, a teddy bear?" The villa ghost actor was even more confused.

At the new plot discussion meeting held by the crew, he directly shouted unhappily: "That's not what you said when you hired me to act! Are you kidding, I look like a teddy bear? What a mess People from all over the world came here to direct blindly, not to act!"

For the time being, don't think about whether the actor is "seeing the crew's situation is not good, so he took the opportunity to find an excuse to break the contract and stop acting"; he still wants the lion to open his mouth and take the opportunity to raise his salary; or, he is really at odds with the teddy bear. Loathe this character from the bottom of your heart?

This is very troublesome for Sammy.

With great difficulty, he began to try to make some changes to the crew under the acquiescence of Director Jones. Unexpectedly, the first order was rejected, and the actor quit directly. So, what should we do next?

This is not the same as the last "seizing power" filming, proving one's ability.

During the last filming, the actors didn't know his details, and they were bluffed for a while, so they behaved very obediently.

But if you don't take out more chips as soon as possible, the previous advantage will be exhausted soon.

You must know that the relationship between actors and directors is always delicate. If a director wants to make a good movie, then the most important thing he should do is to control his own cast.

Actors are not puppets, they can direct at will.

Many experienced actors can keenly perceive whether a director can control the situation?

Once they find that the director can't control the situation, they often choose to go their own way and don't listen to the command.In this case, the shooting scene will immediately become a dungeon that is as difficult as hell.

So, no matter how anxious and troubled you are in your heart.

Sammy showed all the mental qualities that a director should have in this moment of 'the actor's strike'.

He didn't let anyone see his dissatisfaction and annoyance, with a small round face, ignored the striker, turned to the casting director in the crew and said calmly: "Since he doesn't want to act, then we Just change."

At this moment, everyone in the crew was secretly looking at him.

Sitting in the chair, this little man with a round face like a doll, obviously doesn't look sharp at all, but he seems to be very resolute and resolute in his work style, and he is not threatened by any.

The actor who played the ghost of the villa was angry alone for a while, and found that no one was paying attention, so he had to leave in such an anger.

And Sammy held the newly revised script, as if nothing had happened, and said calmly: "The person who should go is gone, then let's continue discussing the new plot."

Director Jones, who was sitting on the sidelines drinking and watching coldly, silently gave him a thumbs up in his heart.

Everyone in the crew was a little confused about the assistant director's way again, and fell silent again for a while.

In the eyes of outsiders, Sami's 'seizure of power' was very successful, and initially subdued the crew.

However, after the meeting...

Sammy was exhausted.

The whole discussion meeting was a battlefield where the new director and the veteran actors of the crew repeatedly battled wits and courage, and every minute and every second was a torment.

He had to pretend to be confident to fight against the doubts and anxiety of the actors; he had to put on a confident and optimistic attitude to cheer up the stagnant negative emotions of the actors; Hostility and dissatisfaction, combined with an absolutely resolute posture, to show a 'my order will never change' attitude.

Everything is exhausting.

That night, he returned home with his exhausted and almost numb head, only to find with envy that the netizen Mai Qi was full of energy, even excited, eating two slices of bread with sugar and butter.

When he saw Sammy, he greeted: "My dear friend, would you like to have some too? It's super delicious."

Sammy was too tired to speak at all: "No more."

At this time, Mikey's handsome face suddenly showed an expression of extreme struggle.

After a few seconds, he said reluctantly: "Let me help you."

"What?" Sammy raised his head in confusion.

Mikey proudly announced loudly: "I'll help you, you won't be so tired."

"...But what can you do?"

Sammy wanted to appreciate it, but couldn't help laughing, and said softly, "You don't know anything."

But Mai Qi was irritated by this sentence, and he really wanted to show the human beings a big roc spreading its wings, soaring into the sky, breathing flames, and starting a prairie fire for thousands of miles!

But because the dragon was under the eaves, he resisted the impulse and retorted angrily: "Nonsense, I know a lot! Didn't someone disobey you today and want to strike? What is he doing, I will replace him! "

"How do you know someone is on strike?" Sammy asked subconsciously.

Mikey's eyes rolled, and he really didn't want to confess that he was worried about a certain bun, and he even sneaked around to observe the work of humans, so he made it up vaguely: "Uh, I and his brother who is the stage manager of your crew My wife's nephew's cousin once worked together..."

Sammy: "..."

Mai Qilong was impatient: "So, do you want my help?"

It was the first time I met someone who was so confident in asking for a role from a director.

Director Sammy laughed.

He jokingly said: "Does this mean that I want to rule you unspoken?"

When Mai Qilong first came to the human kingdom, he actually didn't know what unspoken rules were.

But he didn't want to be underestimated by humans, so he pretended to be experienced and experienced, as if he had seen everything, and waved his paw proudly: "What is that, a trivial matter! Come on, no problem!"

Sammy: "..."