King of Hollywood

Every director must have his own authority when he is on the set, even for commercial films where investors have the final say, unless the producer sent to supervise is an idiot or the director is too arrogant, the supervising producer will be careful upholding the director's authority on the set. Because it is related to whether the film can be successfully completed, if the director can't direct the command like an arm, it will be a disaster for any film in production.

Each director has his own way of declaring his authority. For example, does James Cameron, who has not started filming "Terminator 2", like to roar and drink on the set, so he is privately called the tyrant of the set. But this is certainly not the way Adrian wants, he prefers to use a fast rate of speech to discredit people who make mistakes.

It's just that this method is more suitable for people who have worked with him for a long time. Only with experience will he know when and what to do. Now these staff are called up temporarily. Once the words are heavy, it may have the opposite effect. It takes a person to come out and sing the red face, and Dennis plays this role.

I have to admit that Dennis is very good at winking. Adrian didn't take this into account when he first started mocking, but Dennis took over the topic in a timely manner and comforted a few words skillfully, comforting him at the right time. other people. In the future, whenever there is a problem with someone, one person will ridicule or lose his temper, and the other will inevitably persuade and comfort them, and they cooperate very well, and no one can see it except for a few employees of the film company.

"You know, a job like a waiter must be observant, and there is a set of procedures for dealing with customer dissatisfaction. You must follow his words and wait for his emotions to calm down before distinguishing." Dennis explained.

As a result, Adrian has more affection for this guy, and it seems that he can be considered. But now is not the time to talk about this, he has more important things to deal with.

"Joseph! Where have you been! Where is the person I want!" Adrian shouted angrily, and soon a slightly panting voice came over: "Here I am, Mr. Adrian, I am coming."

The thin figure hurried over, followed by a young girl who was about 5 feet 5 inches tall, about 20 years old, and looked around curiously as she walked.

"I...I found the person you want, Mr. Adrian," Joseph wiped his sweaty forehead and pulled the young girl to introduce him. "This is..."

"This is the actor I need, Joseph? This is what I need?" Adrian glanced at the girl, then asked in a tone that suppressed his anger, "Do you know what kind of actor I need, Joseph? Look at her, look at her! What I need is a thin, sick girl who doesn't seem to be taken seriously, but what did you find? A messy short hair, basically Don't tell me she's actually a man!"

"Ah... Mr. Adrian, I can explain..." Joseph said hurriedly, waving his hands.

"There's nothing to explain, Joseph, how many times do you think this is the first time?" Adrian looked at him sternly, "Let's not talk about the previous things, the actress thing happened a few days ago. It's settled - even if there aren't many shots of this character - but you've been dragging it on until now! Do you think pulling someone over on the street is enough to complete the mission?!"

"Sorry, Mr. Adrian, I just..." The poor assistant looked like he was about to cry.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Director, can I say something?" A clear voice interjected, with a melodious British accent, but the speaker was full of sullenness.

"It's a pity, miss, I won't just find an inexperienced person to play this role. If you're just curious and want to try, then please come back." Adrian said mercilessly. .

"I have to say, you are not a gentleman at all, Mr. Director!" The girl's tone was sarcastic, "Leave aside the previous slander about my gender, I really want to know how you concluded that I have no experienced?"

Under the gaze of those bright brown eyes, Adrian's throat rolled slightly, but he would definitely not admit his mistake at this time, and quickly calmed down and asked: "How can you prove that you have experience, miss? ?!"

"Yes, I admit to being pulled from the street by Mr. Joseph, but that doesn't mean much. My father and mother were both great actors and were well-known, and I was entirely born in the show business, and Played several roles in the school's drama troupe - of course, Mr. Director 'you' don't need to know that."

There were low-pitched laughter around, and it didn't stop until Adrian glanced at them. Adrian wanted to refute a few words, but the girl in front of him didn't give him a chance at all: "But 'you' will definitely say that whether your parents are actors or played roles in the school's drama troupe doesn't mean anything, after all Drama and film are two different things, and there is a difference between theory and practical operation, but the problem is - you don't even give a chance to try, why do you just deny a person's incompetence? Oh, yes, 'you' have This right, even at the expense of justice and fairness."

Adrian's face turned slightly blue. He didn't expect that this sharp-toothed girl would dare to speak to him like this in public. He had to know that he had a hard time... Well, it seems that there is no other candidate at the moment, so , you will know what is just and fair!

"Fergil, come and put makeup on her, and then try two shots." After staring at the girl for a long time without saying a word, Adrian turned to the makeup artist in the distance.

The young girl was obviously relieved, but then raised her chin again when Adrian's eyes turned around. Unfortunately, Adrian's eyes did not stop on her, but walked towards the camera. The girl pouted, gave a small fist to Adrian's back, and followed Joseph to do makeup.

"Okay, you've got the role now—" Adrian looked at the signature on the contract, "Miss Catherine Bechenza, I believe Joseph has already told you about the relevant matters, I think you should be fine, right? "

"Yes, Mr. Director... I will try to do my best." The girl named Catherine wanted to ask Adrian's name, but she dismissed the idea after seeing his expressionless face. Then, as if a child deliberately protested, she straightened her fairly well-developed breasts: "You won't regret it, sir."

"I hope so." Adrian replied briefly, then turned to instruct others to prepare the rest of the film in one go. The girl shrugged and said nothing. She found a place to sit down and read her own thin script. She didn't see the sneer at the corner of Adrian's mouth.

After the staff set up the den of the young drug dealers, Adrian manipulated the camera to take a few simple shots as before, and then gradually let go to speed up. After a few uncomplicated scenes, it was Miss Catherine's turn.

As the only female character in the entire film, she doesn't have many roles. If she plays well, it can be shot in three days at most. Catherine plays the girlfriend of someone among the group of young drug dealers. She has been smoking marijuana and has been in a state of confusion all day long. She can't do anything and can only lie on the sofa. . Of course, the characters, while seemingly useless, can still be very surprising when the situation is critical.

Although it is relatively simple, if you want to perform well, you still need a little acting skills. Sitting on the sofa dumbly is not what it should look like when you smoke marijuana and become unconscious. If you are not careful, the continuous NG is for newcomers. Certainly, not to mention that Adrian, who is in charge of the guide tube, has no good intentions.

"Please tell me, Miss Bechenza, please tell me, do you really look like a marijuana-intoxicated person? Are you sure you look like you're smoking too much and not because of the middle of your brain? The corpus callosum was suddenly cut off?" Adrian asked mercilessly after shouting "cut".

"I..." Catherine on the set only said one word and then closed her mouth. This situation has been repeated a dozen times, and even a fool knows that he is targeting her.

"Remember how many times I told you, Miss Bechenza?" Adrian continued sarcastically, "You have to feel the character's feelings with your heart and express them with body language! How many times have you been wasting a lot of film by now? Now?! But you haven't improved at all, to be honest, if it wasn't expressly prohibited by law, I really want you to actually smoke marijuana to that state!"

The whole set was silent, only Adrian's words echoed in the middle, and Dennis, who usually came out to mediate, also remained silent, because he knew why Adrian did it. To put it bluntly, it is still a matter of the authority of the director. Even if Adrian is the boss, the producer or the director, he is still a newcomer after all. If he cannot quickly establish his own prestige, he will be in trouble. Originally, this matter was almost done, but the face-to-face challenge of this Miss Catherine Bechenza almost made things out of control. Wherever she lost, she had to take it back. Adrian was naturally rude. took her to the knife.

Fortunately, although Adrian was very unhappy, he still maintained a certain degree of restraint. After scolding a few more words, he finally stopped and looked at the time and immediately announced that today's shooting was over.

All kinds of voices rang out for a while, and Catherine, who kept her head down and never made a sound, finally released her tightly clenched fists, secretly gave Adrian a hateful look, and silently helped to pack up things Come.