King of Hollywood

This part of the "Vietnam Battlefield" shot is relatively easy. At least Lieutenant Dan's legs don't need special treatment, so you don't have to worry about wearing them during shooting. But what made Adrian a little worried was that the military adviser he invited didn't look like a professional.

With a pair of goldfish eyes bulging, it seems that he never blinks, his head is slightly bald, and he has a belly, and he always looks listless. If the assistant hadn't reassured that this guy named Walder Bernsen had indeed participated in the Vietnam War as a lieutenant and also worked as a consultant for "Born on the Fourth of July", he would have thought this guy was a liar.

Bernsen still has something in his stomach. At least several other relevant assistants admit that he is quite good in this area, and basically there is nothing wrong with his tactical arrangement. So even if this guy is deprived of the right to drink on set, and constantly babbles about things like "when I fought for this country in Vietnam, most of the people here were still scumbags", Ah Derian didn't take it to heart either.

The shooting went smoothly, and there were many interesting places. Hanks used the line "re in te 1e" to tease Adrian. This is a term commonly used by the U.S. military to avoid bombing by its own side. When this sentence was called, Lieutenant Dan was asking someone to throw a grenade into the dngxue, which completely fits the literal meaning.

The most difficult scene to shoot should be the scene where Forrest Gump runs to save people. The previous scenes were fine, but the scene when he was holding Babu was not so easy. In this scene, Forrest Gump has to hold Babu and run out before the incendiary bomb falls, so it is impossible to use the montage technique of "holding up" and then switching to "putting down" as before. Hanks must hold Bob The nearly pound-for-pound Williamson covered at least a hundred feet, no easy feat.

After thinking twice, Adrian first let the stuntman try to run once, then hung a steel wire on Williamson to support his weight, let Hanks run again, and finally shot the explosion scene again. As for the next jet planes and incendiary bombs, they need to be added with CG in the later stage, just like the large helicopters when Forrest Gump and the others first arrived at the camp.

"This is the document you need to sign today." During the break, Charlize sent some documents to Adrian. She seemed to be a little colder than before, but Adrian, who knew her situation well, didn't take it to heart. superior.

"It's already been negotiated? Why don't I know?" Looking at the document in his hand, he asked in surprise.

"Claude called the day before yesterday. At that time, you were busy because of the rainy scene. Please let me not disturb you. Of course, I will not go against your wishes." Charlize said lightly.

"Oh, yes, the effects of those shots were not very good, so I was a little impatient." Adrian said suddenly after recalling it, and then patted Charlize on the shoulder: "Sorry, Charlie."

"Sorry?" Charlize raised an eyebrow at him.

"My tone was not very good at the time." Adrian said with a smile, and signed his name on the document.

"I'm used to it." Charlize shrugged, turned around and left after taking back the file, "Claude will be here in a few minutes."

"Claude? What is he here for?" Adrian asked strangely, and it was Claude himself who gave him the answer: "Of course he came here...how do you say it? Visiting class, right? I have never seen it before." The way you work, and besides, it's on my father's golf course, I should come over if it makes sense, shouldn't I?"

And the first thing he said when he came here was: "God, if Dad knew you were ruining his golf course like this, he would kill you. WWw.YZUU dot m"

"Unfortunately, Crowe, he will kill you first before then." This was Adrian's answer.

"How do you feel, is it different from the director's job in your mind?" Adrian asked Claude after he took Claude around the entire crew and answered some questions in detail.

"Yes," Claude nodded, "I always thought that the director was either sitting on a chair and yelling the beginning and end, or he was setting up something with the prop man for special effects, or he was shooting against the camera. .”

Having said that, he stopped and thought about it, and looked at Adrian: "It seems that what I said is the same as what I saw just now."

"Come on, Crowe, don't sell 1ng in front of me," Adrian smiled and punched him, "Every director has his own specialties, and James Cameron is a director who is keen on technology. But as a director, the most important job is not to do special effects, not to resist the camera, but to schedule."

"Scheduling?"

"Yes, a director can shoot a grand movie even if he doesn't know how to use lighting, how to apply makeup, and how to do special effects. All he needs to do is tell the heads of various departments what he wants What kind of result, and the results made by the supervisory departments meet their own requirements. The key is that the director must have a complete conception and a complete picture in his heart, and be able to grasp the progress of the entire movie." Adrian explained in this way .

"It sounds like that," Claude stroked his chin, "it doesn't seem to be any different from my job."

"Most things in the world are essentially the same," Adrian patted him on the shoulder with a smile, "Okay, let's talk about the current situation. I originally thought it would cost 200 million yuan, but I didn't expect it to cost only 200 million yuan." It cost 120 million."

"You have to know that Disney initially offered Miramax a price of only tens of millions, and it was raised to tens of millions after we joined. However, Michael Eisner obviously didn't think their value was higher than this, so in our Let it go after reaching 100 million." Crowder explained briefly, "Of course, the 120 million is not in vain. Although Miramax retains the right to operate independently, it was fully acquired by us. gave them 18% dividends”

"So you've met the Weinstein brothers? How does it feel?" Adrian asked immediately.

"I've only met a few times, so I'm not sure yet, but judging from the information collected from other sources, these two guys are similar to what you said. But they are also very personal, and they have aggressiveness no less than ours. They are already in their fifties, and they have a deep affection for the Miramax trademark," Crowder recalled.

"Of course, this is a company named after their parents." Adrian shrugged his shoulders. "Sooner or later, they will find that it is much more pleasant to be acquired by us than to be acquired by Disney of all ages."

"By the way, Ed, are you interested in meeting them?" Claude said suddenly.

"See you next time?" Adrian raised his eyebrows.

"Of course, you are the chairman." Claude laughed, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Okay, no problem." Adrian agreed, and then added: "If you have time."

There must be time. The golf course where the "Forrest Gump" crew is located is not too far from Claude's private club, so Adrian met the Weinstein brothers here the next day.

Of the two brothers, Bob Weinstein looks more familiar, while Harvey Weinstein is very talkative.

"If I had known that you would have achieved what you are now, Ed, I would have gone over and won the right to exercise myself." Harvey said with a smile when talking about what happened a few years ago.

When Adrian took "Two Smoking Barrels" to the Venice Film Festival, Miramax was the first to come to him - it can be seen that their vision is still very good. At this moment, it feels like it is destined to say this, and it immediately wins the relationship between several people, except Adrian. If he hadn't turned out, Miramax would have become the focus of the early years under the cooperation of the Weinstein brothers.

Well, never mind that much, they're already in his pocket.

"As I said to Crowe before, we are more suitable for you than Disney. Come to think of it, Disney's signature has always been suitable for all ages, while Miramax has no restrictions, and Eisner has always liked to be arbitrary. There may be nothing in the time, but after a long time, there will definitely be irreconcilable contradictions." Adrian said.

This is not alarmist talk, but something that happened in his memory. Of course, the problem is not all with Disney. It is only natural for the parent company to ask the subsidiary to develop in the direction it plans. To put it bluntly, it is still a matter of control.

But now that Miramax has been acquired by the media, it is unlikely that such a situation will happen again. First, as he said, they are more compatible with each other than Disney; second, since he knows some situations, he must will be avoided. More importantly, the media and Disney are different under Adrian's plan.

After these remarks, the Weinstein brothers obviously realized this too. Both of them looked thoughtful, and then became more enthusiastic.

"Great job, Ed, I knew it was the right thing to let you come over." After the Weinstein brothers left, Crowder praised.

"I'm just telling the truth," Adrian smiled and moved his fingers, "Besides, the Weinstein brothers will not become loyal to us because of these remarks, and we will not give up letting Mira Mike We are operating according to our plan."

"That's right." Claude raised his coffee cup, and then changed the subject: "If you want DreamWorks to act as a shield in front, why invest another 100 million? If you want to share some profits, 100 million is inevitable. A little less? I heard that Spielberg and the others are trying to find a way to raise money-or do you just want to support him?"

"Of course not, my purpose of doing this is after the year." Adrian smiled slightly.

"After a year?" Claude suddenly showed a look of surprise, "You really planned far enough, Ed."

"It's okay to support Spielberg, but it's more for Katzenberg." Adrian added.

"Jeffrey Katzenberg?" Claude was even more confused, "Didn't he just fall out with Disney?"

Adrian smiled and didn't answer. The establishment of DreamWorks was much earlier than he remembered. Of course, this was related to his persuasion, but it caused a series of changes. For example, Spielberg still found David Geffen and Jeffrey Katzenberg, hoping that they would join and support him. Geffen agreed, but Katzenberg declined. He is now in Disney The top management has done a good job, and there is no need to follow Spielberg to start from scratch.

As far as DreamWorks itself is concerned, it doesn't matter much without Katzenberg, and Spielberg may be able to find a better one. But for Adrian, this is an annoying thing. The reason why he urged Spielberg to establish DreamWorks in advance is to find another goal besides finding a shield for his company. Katzenberg's words, it is difficult to say whether it will be realized.

But this butterfly effect was caused by him alone, and he couldn't remember why Katzenberg agreed to Spielberg's invitation in the first place. In this way, facing this situation but being unable to do anything, Adrian had to comfort himself, not everything will follow his own mind.

However, a few weeks later, there was a turnaround. Michael Eisner's deputy, Frank Wilson, died unexpectedly in a helicopter accident. Katzenberg was full of joy and thought that he could take over after working hard for so long. Unexpectedly, Eisner appointed Katzenberg and Dinis were immediately torn apart by an angry Katzenberg.

"Mike left Paramount because of this kind of thing. I didn't expect him to use this trick on others today." After seeing such news, Laverne, who had worked with Eisner, said so.

In fact, this is normal. Everyone will change after they take power. Adrian asked Lavern if he would do the same if necessary in that position. Lavern gave the answer after thinking for a while. Hit sure - he's honest. Power is the best *y, this saying is not groundless, for example, Adrian's behavior is the best explanation of the literal meaning of this sentence.

In short, Katzenberg asked for the benefits he deserved from Disney, and at the same time invested in Spielberg, who seized the opportunity to offer an olive branch, so the Big Three of Dream Engineering finally got together, and Adrian was relieved.

Naturally, he would not tell Claude Ming about this. After drinking his own coffee, Adrian immediately got up to leave.

"I've got work to do," he said. "Call me or Charlie if you need anything."

"Understood." Claude sent him away from the club without further questioning.

"Tell Richard, I'm already on my way back, let him get ready." After the car drove on the road, Adrian ordered the nv secretary and nv assistant beside him.

Charlize was quick to fulfill his request: "They've already begun to adjust."

Although Adrian came here to attend the appointment, the shooting there never stopped. Just like in Alabama, some simple shots were shot by the assistant director.

"Thank you." Adrian nodded, thinking of something, turned his body sideways, and looked at Charlize with one hand on his chin: "Hey, Charlie, it's the weekend soon, maybe we can go out for a stroll?"

"Going out for a stroll?" Charlize glanced at it.

"Yes, I suddenly discovered that we haven't spent the holiday together." Adrian said with a gesture.

"We've had enough holidays together, and please allow me to remind you, Ed," Charlize glanced at Glover who was driving in front of him, "We agreed that I can only sleep with you, not you sleep with me."

Although he was very clear about the relationship between Adrian and Charlize, Glover still couldn't help coughing lightly. Looking from the front rearview mirror, his expression was a little weird, as if he was holding back something. Adrian, who was also aware of this, felt embarrassed by Charlize's recklessness, touched his nose and didn't know what to say.

"Also," Charlize said again at this moment, "let's deal with your troubles first."

Then, she turned her head and looked out the window, ignoring Adrian. Adrian shrugged and put it down for the time being, and Charlize was right, dealing with the current troubles is the most important thing.

In fact, this is not much trouble, because after asking Blanchett to go out to sea to get him, the two of them will be lingering together for more than a week, so naturally they have to neglect others. This is a very normal thing, who told him to maintain a relationship with four or five women at present, once the link of life is broken due to an accident, there will definitely be a problem that it is difficult to separate.

But Adrian didn't have any bad feelings. On the contrary, he enjoyed it very much. Isn't it what he wanted to walk among women like this? Moreover, under his training, Monica basically belongs to him, even if he knows it, he won't care; Kate is currently in conflict, and she won't notice it; Buffy the Vampire, he also shot "Forrest Gump" in the studio before, cu time passed to see that there was no problem at all, and n*Sarah tried the storage room love and gave her mouth. So the only problem is with Julia.

"I called you ten times, Ed made ten times, but every time it was your nv assistant who answered the phone, can't you answer the phone once? Well, you have something to do, you have a job, you It's inconvenient to answer the phone, but why don't you call me back? Even if you call me back, do you really care about me, Ed?" Julia yelled angrily on the phone.

Even so, Adrian could still hear the uneasiness hidden in the anger.

"I just want to say sorry, honey, I'm sorry." He suppressed a smile in his heart and said in a sincere tone.

"Don't you think it's too late to say sorry, Ed?"

"Yes, it's a bit late, but it's not too late. Well, tomorrow is the weekend, we go to Orange County to relax, and your mood will improve."

"I won't promise to rest."

"Then it's settled, I'll pick you up tomorrow."

"Hey Ed, I haven't agreed yet"

"See you tomorrow, I love you."

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