Hollywood Drawing

The preparatory work before the shooting of "The Flash" in the studio of Warner Studio is going on step by step, whether it is the special effects production of Industrial Light and Magic, the training of the protagonist James Franco, or the production of props by the prop team. All went quite smoothly.

Even though Wayne had to carefully watch these tasks countless times every day, he didn't find any major problems. After several years of training, some people left and others came, but the core behind-the-scenes team managers around him still maintained a stability that was rare in the industry. This also allowed this group of people to unknowingly grow into Hollywood. Top team.

There are some people in the behind-the-scenes team, such as Steve Wilson, the lighting supervisor in an important position, and Mia Craig, who has been leading the set team in obscurity. They have been working together on every film since the end of 1990 until now.

Or the camera supervisor Robert, the props team leader Wicks Hart, the casting assistant director Schwartz-Bob, the black senior sister Julia who was in charge of editing wholeheartedly, and even the assistant director Gilmore, who joined later. In fact, everyone After starting preparations for a new project, he signed a contract with Warner Bros. and received the highest salary in the industry.

Not only are the top behind-the-scenes workers in the industry paid, some of them, along with Wayne, received enviable honors and recognition at the Oscars. Top-notch salary and honors. It all means good career development, which is also the main reason why no one in Wayne's core team behind the scenes has left, although they are all good players.

Even the low-level handymen who have existed in the crew since the second film "Get Out" still have some who have followed them to this day. These low-level helpers are not eye-catching, but they can play a role to a certain extent. This shows that the core team behind the scenes is stable and brings a lot of work convenience to the director.

"What happened?"

After carefully inspecting the preparatory work, Wayne returned to his office. As soon as he sat down, opened his work notebook and continued to draw the storyboard of "The Flash", he rarely discovered a strange thing. The assistant lady, who had always been unsmiling, now had a trace of anger on her not pretty face.

You know, as his personal life assistant, financial controller, and work housekeeper, Nina has an extremely special status both on the set and at home.

There is no need to deliberately inquire. Some information has been reported countless times by gossip tabloids. As Wayne's closest life and work partner, her salary has also been hyped by the entertainment media. The media has mentioned Nina Clark. Because talking about her with Pat Kingsley is enough to illustrate her importance.

All kinds of information indicate that this woman's status is very special. Almost everyone in the crew from top to bottom maintains considerable respect for her, because everyone knows that in most places except work, this woman can fully represent Wei Wei. kindness.

Coupled with this woman's attributes that are easily overlooked due to her appearance and her taciturn and mediocre personality, almost no one can anger her. This is what makes Wayne feel strange. Even a fool should know that he should not go there if nothing happens. Mess with this woman who only reads fashion magazines in the corner.

"It's Lillian."

Seeing the man stop what he was doing, the assistant lady curled her lips, and there was obviously still a trace of emotion on her face.

"Which Lilian?" After hearing the assistant lady's name, Wayne asked again casually, but this time before the other party could explain, he slapped his forehead, put away his work record book, and looked at The expression on his face is no longer casual. "The Lillian who brings everyone coffee?"

"Yep." Nina nodded.

Strictly speaking, this 40-year-old black woman named Lillian actually belongs to his behind-the-scenes team, but her job is rather special. She belongs to the lowest level of the crew. Every time she starts a new project, she will always appear next to the actors and team members. Assistant, just like her humble job, has never attracted the attention of big shots like them over the years.

The reason why Wayne will be remembered is not because of Lillian's skin color, but because of her work attitude. As a black woman born in a slum, she is almost illiterate, and her appearance does not conform to the mainstream aesthetics. She is completely a black aunt, and she is only responsible for simple tasks such as delivering coffee.

When this woman was still part of the crew of his small workshop, his senior brother Luke Simmons, who was the coordinator of the crew, recruited her to save money, but she has been following her until now. Everyone has already adapted to it, and whenever there is a new project , this low-level employee will appear around to serve tea and do other chores.

The reason why Wayne admired her work attitude was because on the first day she joined the team, Luke Simmons told her that she would only be responsible for the director and actor. But after this woman went through a movie After the filming work, I found that the hardest working people in the crew are not the glamorous actors and the most powerful directors and producers, because they all have their own exclusive life assistants. The hardest working people are often those who work hard in obscurity. Behind the scenes workers.

Therefore, this woman prepared some extra coffee, towels and other things every day. Not only did she provide these inconspicuous but indispensable life care to the actors and directors at the right time, but she also provided the behind-the-scenes staff with the hard work. , also sent these, and have persisted for so many years.

This is also the reason why as soon as the project enters the preparatory stage, this woman will be recruited by the crew at the same time. She is illiterate and can't learn much, but everyone appreciates this low-level assistant and is willing to take care of this little person who is struggling in the circle.

"Patrick Dempsey who plays...the owner of the lab."

Wayne listened to the assistant's emotional complaints. The actor Patrick Dempsey was confirmed by him after a personal audition, and he had also joined the team to participate in the preparations. Basically, as soon as Nina opened her mouth, he knew what happened. The status hierarchy in Hollywood crews is very clear. It was just that something bad happened and the assistant lady saw it.

"He actually asked Lillian to buy it six or seven times because the crew's coffee didn't taste good! F**k, and in the end, he even swore at her and accused her of dereliction of duty. If Gilmore hadn't stopped me, I would have I'm gonna throw coffee in his disgustingly handsome face! Bullshit."

Similar scenes are very common in Hollywood crews. As we all know, these actors all have sensitive personalities. In order to reflect their status in the crew and other reasons, it is not uncommon for an assistant to torment him, because chairs, water glasses It's even common for people to get angry over issues such as makeup placement and other issues.

"You inform Gilmore now."

With a "kacha" sound, Wayne lit a cigarette, waved to the angry assistant lady, and pointed to the phone on the table. "Just say what I said, let Patrick Dempsey and Lillian formally apologize, okay?"

Without any hesitation, Nina directly picked up the phone on the desk and dialed the mobile phone of Assistant Director Gilmore.

Looking at the assistant lady who relayed his words, Wayne smiled and shook his head, opened his work record book again, picked up the pencil, and continued his storyboarding manuscript.

This matter is actually very simple. If the assistant lady hadn't said it herself, he would most likely not have intervened even if he had witnessed the whole incident. That's how the Hollywood crew is, everything is aligned with profit, and as one of the main characters, Patrick Dempsey can obviously bring more value than a low-level life assistant on the crew.

Besides, as long as he thinks about it, there are countless tasks waiting for him to be busy later, and it is impossible to care about such nonsense, so he is not paying attention to the follow-up of this matter.

"Boss, coffee."

Half a day passed by in a flash. When Wayne raised his head again and put down the pencil in his hand, the sun outside the window had already moved away from the center of the sky. He picked up the coffee that the assistant lady had put down and took a sip. He raised his wrist and glanced at the time, and found that the distance was far away. It's not long since I got off work.

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"Lillian sent it. She asked me to say thank you to you on her behalf."

Seeing that her boss had finished drinking coffee, Nina shrugged her shoulders, raised her eyebrows playfully, looked at him and said.

After waving his hand, Wayne twitched the corners of his mouth helplessly and smiled, knowing that the future celebrity gentleman seemed to have just lowered his head. "Anything else? Pack up and go home from get off work."

"Hmm, yes."

A smile instantly appeared on the assistant's face, and it was obvious that the work she was going to report next was a good thing. "In the afternoon, uh, when you were concentrating on drawing those storyboards, Colin Howard called and said that Warner Bros. has included the follow-up to "The Departed" and the first part of "The Matrix", as well as "Batman" A portion of the box office share and the final portion of the basic remuneration from "The Dark Knight" were credited to Greenberg Studio's account."

Making money is naturally the happiest thing. Not only did the assistant lady have a smile on her face, but upon hearing the news, Wayne also had a smile on his face.

"The follow-up income of the film "The Departed" is very good because of the Oscar effect. The video rental and sales of the first part of "The Matrix" and the sales of peripheral items have always been very good, especially in the video tape industry. The sales of the second part of "The Matrix" have been very good. The hit movie also boosted income in this area..."

Nina knew her boss's work style, so she didn't just follow the script and recite those annoying financial statements, but directly talked about the revenue figures of these two films.

The assistant lady talked about these two films separately because they are fundamentally different from the DC series directed by Wayne. They involve the later sharing of all copyrights, including the profit from the rental and sale of the big head video tapes, and the TV broadcast. Revenue from rights trading, revenue from the sale of peripheral items, revenue from global product licensing of the film, etc.