From Flower Vase to Film Emperor in Hollywood

David Klein was very depressed, very, very depressed.

A few days ago, David received a call from his good friend Darren Star, asking him to arrange a role for the child he had watched grow up, and David readily agreed—

This was not a big deal at all.

As the producer of "Friends," David's influence in Hollywood was at its peak. The sitcom was now in its sixth season, and the ratings remained high,俨然 already becoming NBC's undisputed mainstay; in addition, he was also producing three series at the same time.

Arranging a small role was really simple.

In fact, Darren himself could have done this. "Sex and the City" was also a top-rated drama with both critical acclaim and viewership. There were countless handsome men and beautiful women making guest appearances every now and then, so arranging a small role was very easy; but there was a small problem here. "Sex and the City" was a restricted-rated drama.

"He's just turned eighteen, and I'm worried his mother might write me a screaming letter of protest. She probably wouldn't want to see her little son taking off his shirt on screen."

These were Darren's original words, which successfully brought a hearty laugh from David.

So, David agreed, and he was very generous, preparing to find a small role in "Friends" as a favor to his good friend.

Viewers familiar with "Friends" should know that Chandler and Joey's favorite show is "Beverly Hills, 90210," which is Darren's work. From this small detail, you can see David and Darren's personal relationship. Facing Darren's small request, David naturally wouldn't refuse.

Moreover, this was just a matter of lifting a finger.

Series like "Friends" and "Sex and the City" are basically filmed and broadcasted simultaneously. On the one hand, new topics are added at any time according to current trends, and on the other hand, scripts are revised and adjusted at any time according to audience feedback and ratings to ensure quality—especially for public television stations.

"Sex and the City" is an HBO series, which is a cable TV station. They don't need to refer to ratings. The only thing they need to refer to is the evaluation of paid subscribers, which also means that they have greater creative freedom, allowing HBO to create countless classics in the late nineties and early twenty-first century.

"Friends," on the other hand, belongs to NBC, which is a public television station. The ups and downs of viewership and ratings every week will be constantly monitored and measured, and will become the standard for whether a series can be renewed for the next season, so adjusting the script every week according to the performance feedback is a daily task.

Originally, the main creative team needed to hold script meetings every week to discuss the subsequent creation and the direction of the plot; now, according to David's instructions, the writing team only needs to insert a small role in the subsequent scripts, and that's it, which will not affect the series at all.

But!

Unexpectedly, the writing team completely misunderstood David's meaning—

A small role?

No, the writing team actually wrote a brand new script, and it was still a guest star! The whole plot revolved around the guest star.

This…

Where exactly did the communication go wrong?

David was furious.

HBO doesn't need to worry about ratings, but NBC does.

Of course, a series of the level of "Friends" cannot be canceled due to fluctuations in the ratings of one or two episodes. The seventh season has already been booked early; but this will directly affect the advertisers' quotations and affect David's reputation. He doesn't want such a stupid thing to happen.

Damn it!

David had a headache.

But after the rage, David quickly calmed down and quickly found a solution. Similar things were not the first time anyway.

Darren Star's request was still no problem, it could be postponed a little bit.

The only thing that made David depressed was that this season of "Friends" was coming to an end, and the ratings were very important, so they needed to be more cautious in the later stages; if they couldn't find an opportunity to insert a role, then they might as well switch to a guest appearance in other series in his hands, which could be easily solved.

The real problem was still with "Friends." For the perfect finale of this season, they needed a strong stimulus. Now that the writing team had come up with an idea, David only needed to find a superstar to serve as the guest star, and he already had someone in mind.

—Bruce Willis.

This actor, who became a Hollywood A-list superstar with the "Die Hard" series, ushered in another career peak last year with the low-budget suspense film "The Sixth Sense," and earlier this year, he pioneered the comedy field for the first time in "The Whole Nine Yards," and his career was in full swing.

In "The Whole Nine Yards," Bruce partnered with Matthew Perry, who played Chandler in "Friends." At that time, Matthew and Bruce made a bet that if the movie could win the weekend box office champion, then Bruce would make a free guest appearance in "Friends," and Bruce agreed.

As a result, "The Whole Nine Yards" topped the North American weekend box office chart for two consecutive weeks.

David believed that now was the time to make Bruce fulfill his bet.

Originally, today's so-called audition was just a formality. What people didn't know was that auditions were important, of course very important, but many times, things had already been decided before the audition started.

David just wanted to see that Anson, and play the role of an elder, giving the kid a little bit of advice as a producer, that was all.

But now, the audition had to be postponed. He needed to contact Bruce, first persuade Bruce with favors, and then put pressure on the agent to ask the other party to free up the schedule.

Time was of the essence.

Then, David saw that young man.

He had been in Hollywood for twenty years, and he had seen all kinds of handsome guys like Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jude Law, Hugh Grant, and so on.

But, he was still immediately attracted by the person in front of him.

The facial features seemed to have been meticulously crafted by the best craftsmen. The eyebrows were like sharp blades, the nose was like a mountain rock, the face shape was just right, and the cheekbones and jaw were like steel wires measured precisely, which was really pleasing to the body and mind.

The eyebrows and eyes stretched out, like the first ray of sunlight shining on the pine branches through the blue moment in the summer morning, and the natural youthful vigor came to the face.

There was no tension, no anxiety, no restraint, just standing in front of him with such grace.

David paused slightly, his thoughts surging, the angry words were still lingering on his tongue, but in a flash of lightning, he changed his mind—

Emergency, it was still the same emergency, but there was no rush in these three or five minutes. At this time, Bruce should still be in a hangover.

"Come in."

David simply pushed open the office door and made an inviting gesture.

Anson politely showed a smile to the statue next to him, bypassed the other party's position, and entered the office, the dumbfounded figure was messy in the wind:

Just now, what was going on?

What about the promise of every second counts, what about the promise of imminent urgency? What is this 180-degree U-turn plot?

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