Chatty Hollywood

Looking at herself screaming and waking up on the big screen, Charlize smiled.

As a heroine, she knows that the plot of being killed for the second time is quite funny. However, that is from the perspective of the moviegoer. If it were Cui himself, he probably wanted to curse!

"But why do you always resurrect on the bed in the boys' dormitory?"

Charlize asked Charlotte this question during filming. The answer I got was:

"What's wrong with having the archived resurrection point on the bed? If you're unlucky, the resurrection point might be in the toilet."

——Well, according to him, being resurrected in bed is indeed considered lucky.

Also thanks to Penny's four geek neighbors - if Charlize hadn't played video games with them several times when he visited Penny, he would have never known the concept of archive resurrection.

——But how many unlucky people would it take for the resurrection point to be in the toilet?

Charlize could only be speechless about Charlotte's statement.

At this time, Charlotte was not sitting next to her.

Not long after the movie started, he went out with the assistant director Lao Qiang.

"Is it boring because I made the movie myself?"

Charlize thinks this shouldn't be the reason.

At least, as the female lead in the movie, she still found it interesting when she watched "Happy Death Day" herself.

"But if she wasn't bored, what would Charlotte be doing?"

The girl watched her performance on the big screen while wondering where the director was going.

"He won't do anything weird again, right?"

Thinking of past deeds, Charlize was secretly vigilant.

***********

Charlotte wasn't doing anything weird.

As he told Charlize before, at this internal test screening, because the audience was too small and the power that could be borrowed was insufficient, he did not plan to do anything.

This is just an ordinary internal preview of the movie.

Charlotte will come out of the screening room, actually for the same reason as Old Gun——

They are all nervous!

"It's strange to say that "Fatal Turn" was obviously your debut, but you weren't very nervous at that time."

Lao Qiang was teasing Charlotte while smoking to relieve his tension.

"That's different."

Charlotte smiled bitterly.

When filming "Fatal Turn", he was mostly rushed to the stage and had no chance to be nervous at all.

Moreover, at that time, he shot the movie with the mentality of fulfilling the last wish of his predecessor Charlotte. For himself, making movies is not his only option.

Therefore, at that time, to a large extent, he was able to view the filming and release of the movie with a detached mentality, so naturally he was not easily nervous.

But things are different now.

After "Fatal Turn", he gradually fell in love with the feeling of being in charge of the guide tube.

And turning fictional stories into movies that everyone likes gave him an indescribable sense of accomplishment.

What's more, after several experiments - including letting Jodie Foster supervise the production of "The Blair Witch Project" - he discovered that successfully filming a movie would also bring him magical benefits -

Just like what he discovered before, after the movie about him is released, his speed of practicing spells will be greatly increased.

In this Dharma-ending era, this is a rare benefit.

Therefore, Charlotte now really likes making movies, and is ready to take directing as her real job in the future.

From this perspective, compared to "Fatal Turn", which has been restricted in various places by previous director Alan McElroy, this "Happy Death Day" can be called Charlotte's true love story. Debut novel.

——Even though this is also a copycat of the original world movie.

But the difference in stance naturally brings about a difference in mentality.

Simply put, caring leads to chaos.

"However, let's not talk about me. My reasons are more complicated."

Charlotte glanced at the red-bearded man smoking in front of her strangely,

"Old Qiang, why are you so nervous after me? I remember you weren't very nervous when you were watching "Fatal Bend", either?"

"Can that be the same!?"

Lao Qiang blew out a smoke ring mockingly,

"At that time, you also know that except for you, everyone came to the filming of "Fatal Turn" with the mentality that it would be a fluke and not a salary. In that case, there was nothing for me to be nervous about."

"what about now?"

"Now we need to prove that our success, especially yours, was not a fluke!"

Lao Qiang stubbed out the cigarette in his hand.

"This is more difficult than succeeding the first time! It's like throwing dice. If you roll a 6 the first time, but expect to roll a 6 the second time, you will definitely be more nervous the second time!"

"Although from a probability perspective, the probability of the second throw has nothing to do with the first throw. But -"

Charlotte sighed;

"Indeed, you are right."

This world is so cruel.

If you fail, you probably won’t get a second chance;

But if you succeed, you often need to succeed again to prove that you are not just a guy who relies on luck.

At least, that's how it is in Hollywood.

"And, have you forgotten?"

Lao Qiang continued,

"Our plan to change the situation must be based on the success of the internal test screening of "Happy Death Day"."

Previously, because New Line planned to default on the share of the "Fatal Turn" crew members such as Lao Qiang, they made a plan to change the situation under the persuasion of Charlotte, who had already given up the share -

They swapped their share of "Fatal Turn" for their investment in "Happy Death Day," and then borrowed Jodie Foster to bring Orion into the business, hoping to cash in when "Happy Death Day" had better profit prospects.

The way to realize the profits is naturally to let the two companies New Line and Orion compete for the right to distribute the film. In this case, they, small investors, can wait for the price and sell the film, and the fisherman will profit.

The prerequisite for the success of this plan is naturally that both companies are optimistic about the movie "Happy Death Day".

——This is why Lao Qiang said that this internal preview meeting is very important.

Naturally, the several companies involved in production and distribution cannot really wait until the movie is released before making publicity and distribution plans. By then, many things will be too late.

They must make a judgment in advance whether watching the movie "Happy Death Day" is worthy of their emphasis.

Is it worth them fighting for?

——This is an important role of internal preview screenings.

"Of course I remember this kind of thing!"

Charlotte smiled;

"Don't be nervous!"

"not nervous!?"

Lao Qiang muttered,

"It's easy for you to say, if you--"

Halfway through Lao Qiang's words, his voice suddenly got stuck.

He realized that their current state was actually very similar to Charlotte's state in "Fatal Turn"——

put all one's eggs in one basket!

"Charlotte, you won't laugh at our jokes at the last moment, will you?"

Lao Qiang smiled bitterly.

"That's not the case."

Charlotte felt a little more relaxed at this time.

"But I will help you while watching the jokes."

"That's good!"

Lao Qiang shook Charlotte's stretched out hand sheepishly, but he felt a little formidable sigh in his heart.

At this time, the door to the screening room opened.

PS1: "Extreme Tension" is a thriller released in the United States in 2008. It's not very famous, so I don't recommend it; PS2: The person whose resurrection point is in the toilet is Zhang Wei from "Love Apartment", because this guy's character in every movie The first time he appeared was at the door of the bar toilet. Book friends who have read it may still remember this gag;