Hollywood Drawing

Early March 2022, Los Angeles.

Winter passes quietly without people noticing, and Hollywood is still the same glamorous Hollywood. The sunshine in Los Angeles is still hot. The scorching sun puts a psychedelic coat on Hollywood, and at the same time, it hides the dirt like a cesspool in the shadows. middle.

Today is a special day. Since the transformation of Warner Studios into Warner World, the number of visitors arriving today has reached an all-time high.

There are tourists from all over the world around, bustling in the same direction. If you observe carefully, you can find that among the tourists, many people are wearing commemorative T-shirts from different periods. Without exception, these T-shirts have different superhero avatars printed on the front, and two large letters on the back: DC .

"There are rumors that Wayne will attend today?"

A middle-aged black man over forty, wearing a strange security uniform, followed the flow of people and turned to look at a middle-aged lady beside him and asked. "Did you get the news? Will he really show up today?"

"Don't be stupid, tomorrow is the Oscar ceremony. I heard that the Academy is very sincere this time and wants to invite him to attend."

The middle-aged woman shook her head and said with a very certain tone: "And the information Aiktona received shows that Wayne is probably preparing for the Oscar and will not take time to come here."

People walking around the two people nodded. Wayne Greenberg has been absent from the Oscars for many years in a row. Even in the past ten years, he has only appeared in the media a handful of times. It seems that he does not like to be in the public eye. This became apparent after becoming the big boss of Time Warner.

But having said that, Time Warner is the world's number one media group, and its Warner Bros. is the number one film company in Hollywood. Wayne himself represents the will of a media empire. As long as he doesn't want to, no media company dares to do so. Randomly report on him.

"Hey, Daisy, I think Ector is right."

One of their companions beside them waved his hand seriously and said: "I heard that Will Smith has a very high probability of winning the award this year. With the relationship between Wayne and Will Smith, he is definitely I will be there in person to witness this moment.”

Daisy nodded, with a hint of sarcasm on her lips. “I guess it’s because of this that the Academy dared to advertise in advance that Oscar Wayne would attend this year.”

There is an indisputable fact here. Since the past few years after 2000 years, Hollywood is still the same Hollywood, still the center of world cinema, but the Oscars have inevitably begun to decline.

Although the influence of the Academy Awards seems to still exist, as its ratings have plummeted, the brand myth of Oscars as Hollywood's number one "marketing" power has long since disappeared.

“F**k, Warner Bros. is so generous.”

A few people chatted in low voices and followed the tourists to the center of the studio, in front of a building converted from a studio.

Schroeder first cursed in a low voice, then slowly raised his head and looked at the huge bronze statues in front of the building with his mouth wide open. No wonder he was so amazed, no one expected that Warner Bros. would have such a big hand.

The average height of these bronze statues is more than three meters, and each of them is lifelike. Whether you are a movie fan or not, you can name them from the decoration and characteristics of the bronze statues.

The first one to bear the brunt is the "Dark Knight Batman". Bruce Wayne is wearing a full-body Bat suit and riding the iconic Bat motorcycle. Although the mask obscures his face, the first sight of this bronze statue is , which brought Schroeder back to the 1990s. This feeling is too familiar.

Just like the tourists around him, he walked slowly to the foot of the bronze statue, reached out and gently touched this iconic DC character, with a smile on his face, as if he had returned to that exciting era again.

On the right side of Batman Bruce Wayne is the bronze statue of "Joker Arthur", which is also very iconic. It is a screenshot of the scene of Arthur dancing on the stairs in the classic movie "Joker".

If seeing Batman was just a shock to Schroeder, when he walked to the Joker's feet, this time he fell directly into memories.

After so many years, he still remembers that if it hadn't been for attending the premiere of "Joker", which made him regret it, he might have died in a colored neighborhood long ago.

Therefore, when he learned that the "Greenberg" film museum in Warner World was open today, he took out a security uniform that he had collected for many years and put it on. For other movie fans, it is more for fun, but for him, this is no less than a pilgrimage.

"Joker, Batman, Flash, Wonder Woman, Superman."

More than twenty years passed in a flash, and countless memories suddenly poured out. Schroeder ignored Daisy and others who were accompanying him, and slowly walked past each tall bronze statue, with the memories of these years flashing in his mind.

After "Wonder Woman" was released in the summer of 1999, it immediately gained an explosive reputation among movie fans around the world due to its wide audience. Relying on a not-so-"Greenberg" style, Like a Heavy Rain scored US$414 million in box office in the North American theater market, and the global total box office also successfully reached US$822 million.

What people didn't expect was that such a box office bomb was not the annual box office champion in 1999.

As a good friend of Wayne, George Lucas later produced "Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace", and the box office exceeded his friend in a short period of time. With a North American box office of US$474 million and a global box office of US$1.002 billion, it became the leader of the summer season that year.

Movie fans always miss that year afterwards. This scene, which can be called a fight between gods, is the happiest moment for every movie fan. In that year, it seemed that there was no shortage of good movies for movie fans to watch.

Yes, "Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace" did not remain proud for a long time. George Lucas was once again kicked off by his good friend Wayne before he could even sit on the annual championship throne.

After the summer of 1999, when media around the world were praising Star Wars, Wayne teamed up with Zack Snyder to release another DC masterpiece in October: "Man of Steel." 》.

That's right, when Superman Clark Kent appeared on the scene, he used his own strength to prove who is the most popular superhero in the world.

The timeline of this Superman was set before Wonder Woman by Wayne. The main story is about General Zod coming to Earth in order to expand his territory and recruit Superman to resist Darkseid's ambition to annex the entire universe!

The plot of the story is not complicated. Superman rejected General Zod and defeated him, successfully protecting the earth. In the final Easter egg of the film, Superman kills the scout sent by Steppenwolf and realizes that a huge crisis is imminent.

And this easter egg happens to be the successor to the "Wonder Woman" easter egg that was released in Superman. Superman found Diana Prince, who worked in a museum, and asked her to contact and assemble superheroes to jointly resist the huge crisis that was destined to come.

After the release of "Man of Steel", it completely triggered the superhero craze in the global movie market. This work with a strong "Greenberg" style finally grossed a crazy US$1.367 billion from the global theater market, completely promoting DC superheroes to all parts of the world.

This is Schroeder's own unique pilgrimage. Every time he passes a huge bronze statue, he stands there and touches it gently for a while. His mind is like a big screen, flashing the movies he has watched. .

Since 1999, Wayne, who has been working like a robot, rushed to the mid-May of the 2000 summer vacation to bring "Justice League", which was called by thousands of movie fans.

At the beginning of "Justice League", Steppenwolf came to Earth and fought against Clark Kent. It can be said that he was seriously injured and retired as soon as he appeared. At the same time, Superman's memory began to blur due to serious injuries and he sank to the bottom of the sea. On the other side, Wonder Woman found the Flash and Batman, and the three came to Metropolis to look for Clark Kent, but of course they found nothing.

At this moment, Aquaman and Superman met the three superheroes by chance, and at the same time Darkseid arrived. With Superman depressed due to injury, Aquaman teamed up with Wonder Woman, Batman and The Flash to fight against this huge crisis.

Armies from all over the world joined forces to fight in the face of crisis. When the whole world was caught in the flames of war, various memory fragments kept flashing back in Superman's mind, and he slowly flew into the air, receiving the sun's rays to heal his body and restore his memory.

Later, Superman served as the arrow character of the Justice League. Under the command of Batman as the commander, everyone worked together to defeat the forces that invaded the earth.

In the post-credits scene, the seriously injured Steppenwolf reports the battle situation to Darkseid himself and asks for support. The last scene shows Darkseid slowly standing up, looking towards the Earth with a fierce look in his eyes, and muttering to himself: "Let's end it."

This is the end of the first phase of the DC Universe. "Justice League" was a huge success, taking in more than 2.2 billion U.S. dollars at the global box office, plunging the global movie market into a superhero craze.

At the same time, the throne of the number one box office in film history has officially changed hands. With the global box office of "Justice League" of 2.2 billion US dollars, Wayne surpassed James Cameron's "Titanic" with 2.18 billion US dollars and became the world's box office number one. A director.

"Shazam introduced the concept of the magical world. Green Arrow actually led the company to make money in partnership with the "Master's" Wayne Group. Aquaman, Suicide Squad, and Justice League Part 2"

As the tall bronze statues passed by, Schroeder stood there and smiled. That's right, in the center of all the bronze statues of superheroes is a bronze statue of about the same size.

But this time it’s not a superhero with distinctive characteristics, but a bronze statue of Wayne himself built with a lot of money from Warner Bros. He was wearing a smart suit, holding a director's viewfinder in his hand, and in front of him was a 16mm hand-cranked camera.

Whether it is the director's viewfinder or the camera, they are all looking in one direction with Wayne's gaze, and that is the superheroes ahead.

Schroeder found that not only he had stopped under this bronze statue, but Daisy and others had also stopped here. They looked at each other, and smiles appeared on everyone's faces.

That's right, it's the second phase of the DC Super Hero Universe. Directors such as Zack Snyder, Gilmour, and Christopher Nolan have completely devoted themselves to this series. In this second phase of DC, Wayne only personally shot "Aquaman" and the final "Justice League" part 2.

Strictly speaking, whether it is Shazam who brought out the wizarding world, or characters such as Green Arrow and Suicide Squad, they actually have little to do with Wayne. After all, he only serves as a producer.

Even after the second part of "Justice League", Wayne simply retreated behind the scenes and never directed a DC superhero again. This is the most regrettable thing for movie fans around the world.

But it makes sense. After two thousand years, the outside world didn't know what happened to Wayne in the past two years. It can only be seen through media reports that a huge change suddenly occurred in Time Warner. The cause should be the merger of Time Warner and America Online.

But the result was beyond everyone's expectations. The merger with America Online did not take place. However, a few months later, Wayne became the largest individual shareholder of Time Warner. According to legend, the shareholding ratio was no less than 30%, completely Became the big boss of the world's largest media giant.

Wayne, who joined Time Warner, did not appear in a management position. Time Warner's CEO is still Kevin Tetsuhara. The chairman can only be seen at some major events and meetings.

But since he became the big boss of Time Warner, he has directed only a handful of films. In the past ten years, he has not directed any films at all.

"You really don't want to go and see?"

Located at the end of Mulholland Drive on the top of Beverly Hills, on the lawn of the Greenberg Manor, Naomi Watts, who still looks tough, tilted her head and looked at the man lying on the lounge chair, and joked: "I listen to the blues -Rosenblum reported that the film memorial opened for you today has received at least more than 100,000 visitors, and most of them are your die-hard movie fans."

"No, Nami."

Wayne didn't even open his glasses on the recliner, but waved his hands impatiently and continued to enjoy the quiet sunshine.

Naomi Watts turned her head and looked at the middle-aged Nina. Both women shrugged. The former looked at the hot sunshine and fell into memories, while the latter continued to read through the decades. fashion magazine.

I'm afraid no one would have thought that Wayne Greenberg, the famous playboy in North America, would never have any gossip news after 2005 years. All the Hollywood actresses around him were deliberately kept away from him. In the end, even he himself simply avoided the spotlight.

The only woman still with Wayne is Naomi Watts. The two are not officially a couple yet, but they have followed the promise they made when they first met and are still each other's most important life partners.

Two thousand years later, with the release of "Justice League", Greenberg Studio, under the leadership of Avi Adela, officially launched the amazing superhero movie "Iron Man" the following year.

Although this film cannot compare with the hugely popular DC movies, it still earned more than 250 million US dollars at the North American box office without any star support. Since then, Avi-Adela has ushered in the era of amazing superheroes.

With the release of "Iron Man" part one and two, "Black Widow", "Black Panther" and other movies, as well as the hugely successful "Tomb Raider" series, "Resident Evil" series, "Taken" series, " "John Wick" series, and even movies such as "A Dog's Purpose" and "King Kong", this Wayne-owned studio quickly expanded into a monster within two or three years.

As a last resort, Time Warner had no choice but to exchange shares for shares and endured severe pain to acquire the studio. This also created Wayne, the largest natural person shareholder of Time Warner.

Then came the explosion of Wayne's Blue Sky Studios, which produced blockbuster animated feature films such as "Ice Age" and "Rio". Time Warner had no other choice but to exchange its shares again. Having acquired the animation studio, they couldn't possibly watch Wayne being sold to other companies.

At the latter point, Wayne used the huge cash flow in his hands to slowly acquire Time Warner's equity while investing in Netflix, a new streaming media platform.

The same scene happened again. Under the leadership of Kevin Tetsuhara, Time Warner once again issued a merger invitation to Netflix. Hastings, the head of Netflix, cashed out and left for unspeakable reasons. This growing streaming media platform simply sold his company to Time Warner and became part of this media giant.

After several years of continuous acquisitions and integration, people suddenly discovered that Wayne's equity holdings had exceeded 30%, making him the largest boss of Time Warner.

At this time, the second phase of the DC Cinematic Universe officially came to an end. With the release of "Justice League 2", Wayne directly retreated behind the scenes and spent more time in the role of producer, watching the development of the DC Cinematic Universe. develop.

Just when movie fans around the world thought that Wayne would never take the camera again, two years later, a small-budget movie called "Three Billboards" quietly appeared in the theater market on demand.

Only then did people discover that the director of this low-budget film, which probably cost less than tens of millions of dollars to produce, was actually Wayne Greenberg.

It was precisely this low-budget film that perfectly released Wayne's strong personal style that had been suppressed for many years. In the following year, it not only won him another Best Director statuette, but also won the starring Naomi Watts. Here comes a statuette of a movie queen.

However, this was just the beginning. Only three years later, Naomi Watts once again won the title for the second time with the movie "Weakness". And this has also become the swan song of Wayne's photography. Everyone knows that he has fully made up for the friendship of Australian girls for many years with two Oscar-winning actresses.

Afterwards, in an exclusive interview with Naomi Watts in Vanity Fair magazine, she bluntly said: "Asking a man with tens of billions of dollars to stop playing will make tens of billions more than asking him to stop playing. Knife is even harder, but no one can deny that he will respect me no matter what he does or how he plays outside.

Facts have proven that when a man with a net worth of tens of billions of dollars has had enough fun, he will return to the home where he is most comfortable.

Note that this logic only applies to the situations I encountered and does not have the conditions for widespread implementation. First, you have to find a talented poor boy, give him a daughter, and then make sure that he will be worth tens of billions in a few years."

"Nina."

Wayne's cry appeared in the ears of the two ladies. They turned around and saw the man who had been quietly enjoying the sunshine just now, now cross-legged.

Closing the fashion magazine in her hand, Nina tilted her head and asked, "What's wrong, boss?"

Wayne was silent for a while, then lit a cigarette and whispered: "Tomorrow's Oscars ceremony will be the last time I step into the spotlight."

Over the years, all of his life goals have been achieved, so he is seriously considering whether to put aside all the glamor and fame, go to Ventura County to take over his father's farm, and enjoy life quietly.

"Are you really not ready to find a boyfriend, get married, have a child, etc.?"

"no!"

In recent years, Nina has heard this question frequently, and the answer this time was still the same. She shook her head happily. "Those men are probably here for my money, right? I can't tell which one really wants to start a family with me and spend a lifetime together."

"Hey, hey, hey, Nina." Wayne shook his head with a smile and teased: "Do you still remember my methods in the past?"

"What?"

"First break your legs, then give you a pair of crutches, and then tell you that without me, you can't even walk. You have to be grateful!"

"Shit."

Nina rolled her eyes, ignored Wayne who was looking very proud, and opened the fashion magazine again.

She was very familiar with this method. She still remembered that many years ago, most of the actresses who couldn't wait to climb into Wayne's bed were fooled by this method.

"Wayne, is it really your last time attending the Oscars tomorrow?"

Naomi Watts smiled softly, looked at the man and asked.

"Hmm, Will will most likely win the Best Actor Oscar at tomorrow's Oscars." Wayne nodded, but the voice coming out of his mouth became lower and lower, and in the end it even became a mutter. "Tsk, tsk, tsk, at the Oscars tomorrow, Will will show off his tricks, it will be very interesting."

Taking one last look at the sun in the sky over Los Angeles, he slowly closed his eyes, but there was still a puzzling mischievous smile at the corner of his mouth.

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over

That's it. Work problems, family problems, relationship problems, all come up during this period. Because of the mask disease, work and other issues also make people have headaches every day, so let’s stop here. There are too many things interfering, and I really can’t focus on this.