Hollywood Drawing

"mother fxxk!"

Wayne and his group left the hotel, and under the worried eyes of Luke and Jimmy, his face was terrifyingly gloomy.

For this young man who is about to turn 21 years old, this roller-coaster negotiation has left the calm head he has been trying to maintain behind.

Jimmy saw Wayne angrily kicking the trash can on the side of the road. He walked a few steps to catch up with him, grabbed his shoulders with both hands, and shook him hard twice:

"Wayne! Listen, this is Hollywood, don't let the anger go to your head. We have other options. We can continue to negotiate with Touchstone. There are still a few days left in the film festival, and we still have a chance."

"Okay, Jimmy, okay!" He broke away from Jimmy's arm and rubbed his face hard with both hands. "Let's go back first, Jimmy, help me contact Touchstone Pictures and say that I am willing to consider their conditions."

After speaking, Wayne tried to suppress the anger in his heart and thought about the reason for all this. Seeing Luke looking at him worriedly, he gave Luke an ugly smile.

Just when everyone thought he had adjusted his mood and was about to take a taxi to leave, they found Wayne standing next to the trash can and kicked him hard again.

“mother fxxker!!!”

"Okay, I have no problem. Let's go back. Jimmy, go find out and find out what happened at Castle Rock Pictures and why the contract was suddenly canceled."

He opened the back door of the taxi and got into the car. He kept thinking about what was the reason that forced the other party to not make any money.

Luke opened the door to the theater and continued to prepare for the movie screening. This unexpected situation, not to mention Wayne, even Luke, who had the most peaceful mind, felt frustrated.

Seeing that after nearly half a year of hard work, we were about to get results, there was such a damn accident. But now all they can do is continue to show the film and wait for potential buyers.

Wayne was sitting at the door of the theater, with a cigarette in his mouth, watching the tourists on the road entering various movie theaters one after another. Starting from the next day, his films began to gain popularity due to word-of-mouth among tourists.

Now nearly half of the seats are filled before every game. He himself knew why. To put it bluntly, among the independent films shown on this street, only his own films had commercial elements.

Take a look at those independent filmmakers who work for the so-called art. Most of the things they produce are vague themes, a proliferation of long shots, scenes that can shake people to the point of vomiting, and the indispensable large-scale emotion. plot.

It seems that without these, there would be no so-called film art. He does not deny that some masters can skillfully use this slow narrative rhythm to make films with high artistic achievements, but there are too few such masters.

The teacher was always right, movies are always a form of entertainment for the public, not the director’s own carnival. Professor Anderson told him this before, because he was afraid that Wayne would not be able to get out of the so-called personal style and the so-called art.

Just like Happy Holidays, which is playing behind him, Wayne has not changed too much based on the principle of insurance, but the obvious black attribute can still be seen at first glance.

But most of the film company viewers can tell that although the cost is not high and there are some elements of the director's personal style, the core of this film is a Chi Luoluo commercial film, and most of the shots are almost in To serve the audience.

Seeing Jimmy walking over in a hurry, he pressed the cigarette butt hard on the ground, and asked anxiously before he arrived:

"How's the situation? Have you figured it out?"

"Both news are as bad as shit!" Jimmy sat on the roadside, picked up the water on the table and took two big gulps, and continued:

"I just contacted Tom from Castle Rock Pictures. Tom didn't know why the company suddenly stopped negotiating. He only knew that the order came from Los Angeles and told Edward to give up. Tom couldn't ask Edward about the specific reason.

Also, I just called James from Touchstone Pictures, asked them to continue negotiations, and revealed your willingness to accept their conditions. But he told me that Mr. Mason refused and Touchstone decided to abandon the film! "

Jimmy finished the two pieces of bad news in one breath and looked at the young man in front of him worriedly. To be honest, even Jimmy himself found it baffling.

He knew that these companies were basically transparent, and most likely they had a tacit understanding to exploit this young director. But judging from what he learned, this was not the case. Low-level people like Wayne and the others did not have to use this method in these companies.

"Jimmy, what do you think the problem is? My mind is very confused right now and I can't find a clue. But I have a hunch that there must be a problem in some link, otherwise it would be impossible for both companies to reject it at the same time."

He lit another cigarette. Nicotine could clear his mind, which would help him figure things out as quickly as possible.

"I'll make a call later to see which other companies with distribution capabilities are still here. It shouldn't be difficult to get their phone numbers. Don't worry too much. The most numerous companies in Hollywood are film companies."

Jimmy drank the water in the bottle in one gulp, stood up and prepared to try his luck in other companies. This is also an opportunity for Jimmy, and even Jimmy attaches no less importance to the film than Wayne, the director and producer.

He has been out of the mailroom for more than two years, and the clients he has are still some minor actors. Clients with a little bit of potential will not choose him as a novice agent. Even the small actor clients he has now are not his own, they are jointly managed with two agents in the company.

He saw hope in Wayne. If he could have a successful director client, the situation would be completely different. Jimmy would never allow a great opportunity to slip away from his hands. He entered the CAA mailroom after graduation and became a small agent under the mocking eyes of his classmates and friends.

Jimmy believed that he had the talent to do this business. Even though his former classmates and lovers in the past three years had established their own footholds in Wall Street companies, he was still a small broker, a Harvard economics graduate with a trivial salary. Salary small agent.

If Jimmy helped Wayne recruit crew members and actors in the first place, it would be for those pitiful commissions. Jimmy now sees hope for the opportunity he has been waiting for.

Wayne didn't notice when Jimmy left. Now he just wanted to think clearly about what the problem was.

"It couldn't have been the fat pig Harvey Weinstein, right?" Wayne suddenly thought of the fat Jewish man, but felt it was unlikely.

Harvey is not the troublemaker who will win Oscars in the future. Even Harvey Weinstein, when he was at the peak of his power in Hollywood, was not able to get those medium-sized film companies to bow their heads and cooperate with him.

With a "pop" sound, he slapped his thigh hard. Yes, you can try Harvey Weinstein's Miramax to see if their attitude has changed.

Face is the most useless thing in this circle. Wayne doesn't mind negotiating with shame. Face is worthless in front of US dollars.

After hurried in and greeted Luke who was at the screening, Wayne returned to the small hotel, picked up the phone and directly dialed the number given to him by Tully, the Miramax cinematographer.

"Hello, this is Wayne Greenberg. Ms. Tully, I would like to have a chat with Mr. Weinstein again. Yes, it's about the film. Okay, no problem. I'll be there right away!"

Putting down the phone, he was right. Miramax dared to take the film that no one else wanted, so he had to go and see what the situation was.

Tully took him directly to Harvey's room this time. He looked at the big fat man in front of him, wearing a suit and sitting on the sofa, and he still felt uncomfortable for a while. What this is, perhaps no one in this era knows it better than him.

"Mr. Weinstein, I think we can continue to talk about the distribution of my film. I believe that the film "Happy Birthday" will definitely bring good profits to Miramax and Mr. Weinstein! "

Sitting opposite the big fat man, Wayne said unconscionable words. He had never thought about selling the film to the other party now. Miramax was just the last choice. He just wanted to dig out some information from this fat pig.

"Listen, Director Greenberg, I didn't want to see you again, but your film still has some value. I'm only giving you one chance, $800,000, and I want all the rights, but I promise to get it into theaters. Public screening.”

Among the people from the film companies that Wayne has come into contact with in the past few days, Harvey is definitely the one with the sharpest vision. If the first Happy Birthday film can achieve good results, I will definitely continue filming it. This film has the potential and space for a sequel.

Harvey was able to bring Miramax to the level of a medium-sized film company because of his own vision. He was by no means as rude and brutal as he appeared. He was an extremely smart Jewish businessman.

"No, Mr. Weinstein, if it's $800,000, I won't even be able to make back the filming cost. In that case, I'd rather watch it at home." Wayne shook his head, cursing this greedy fat pig in his mind.

"You will agree, whether today or in the future." Harvey picked up the wine glass, looked at the young man opposite, and continued: "You have no choice. I believe that even if you don't agree today, you will come to me again. one day.

Look at me, kid! Only I, Harvey Weinstein's Miramax can distribute it for you, and consider that the next time you come back, the price will be half a million. "

He looked at the other person's confident look. He definitely knew something to be so confident. But she couldn't get him out of his words. She had no chance to play tricks on a veteran who had been in charge of a film company for many years.

"Okay, I'll go back and think about it. Thank you for your hospitality, Mr. Weinstein."

When Wayne saw that the other party was naked, he stood up happily and decided not to waste time with him. I had gotten what I wanted, at least I knew that the root of the problem was not with this big fat man.