Made in Hollywood

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"Have you got the latest weekend box office statistics?"

Naomi Watts was indignant when she heard the words of her agent, Nancy, that she was a client she signed, not her personal assistant.

"Here's the stats I just got from the crew."

Although she had an idea in her heart, she understood her status, and obediently placed the statistics table on the table in front of Nancy. Nancy who had drank the oatmeal had just picked up the statistics table, and her eyes suddenly opened with a hint of drowsiness. big.

"Alien 3!" Her tone was a little incredible, "The $20.27 million of "Alien 3" beat the $19.44 million of "Alien 3" and won the second weekly box office championship!"

She raised her head and asked Naomi Watts, "Has the North American box office of "Life and Death" exceeded 100 million?"

"Breaking a billion."

Out of Nancy's sight, Naomi Watts rolled her eyes quickly, "If I'm not mistaken, the total box office should be $104.05 million."

"A director who joined the 100 million yuan box office club at the age of twenty-two." Nancy suddenly stood up and walked around the restaurant in the suite, "This is an absolute potential stock, as long as his next two to three This work can still sell well, and it can completely rank among the first-class commercial directors in Hollywood..."

She patted her forehead. "I remember yesterday there was a story in the New York Times about Duke who said his second work had already been conceived?"

Having said that, Nancy suddenly stopped, and everything was telling her that she should definitely sign him while the other party is still a potential stock!

However, those damn conditions he made...

"Nami, make an appointment with Duke for me."

Hearing this, Naomi Watts was very unhappy in her heart, but she acted without any hesitation. She stood up and walked to the phone and dialed a number. After hanging up, she said, "Nancy, the promotional activities of the crew are temporarily over. Now, if you want to see Duke, you have to hurry up."

In another suite on the same floor, Duke is flipping through the newspaper. As the competition for summer slots heats up, Twentieth Century Fox is devoting more resources to other areas. Starting this week, the promotion of "Speed ​​of Life" And the scale of screening will shrink sharply, which is a market law that every movie cannot escape.

In today's era, the North American box office of over 100 million is almost a benchmark.

"Duke Rosenberg, Hollywood's burgeoning new director..."

"Young Duke sent his first feature film into the $100 million club by destroying half of Santa Monica."

"Duke Rosenberg seems to have an endless desire to destroy. In the film, he not only destroyed half of the streets of Santa Monica, but also blew up an elevator, a house, two buses and a plane. , he created an action movie in an atypical sense, and maybe a young Duke can lead a new trend in Hollywood action movies."

Today's "Los Angeles Times", "Washington Post", "New York Times" and many other national newspapers have his name on it. It seems that all the media in North America are waiting for the moment when the film box office exceeds 100 million, and then they will carry him out. The overwhelming propaganda bombardment.

In today's Hollywood, there are only ten or so films that gross North American box office over 100 million each year, and his work as a rookie director has finally passed this threshold. The media that had previously ignored him will naturally burst into the greatest enthusiasm.

Although it is inevitable to be happy to see this, Duke has a clear mind. If his next work messes up, the media will definitely step on him without hesitation and stomp him a few times.

Checking the time, Duke put down the newspaper, left the room and went to the cafe on the second floor to meet with Nancy Josephson again.

After Nancy Josephson expressed enough sincerity, Duke did not deliberately make things difficult, but insisted that he would not accept the packaging of his works by the agency and not interfere with his private life. Others can be discussed.

The conversation between the two lasted all morning, and then reached a certain consensus on some aspects. Although no agreement was initialized, it was a huge improvement compared to the last meeting.

Duke is also slightly inclined towards Nancy Josephson in the choice of future agents. Although the last time the other party handled the harassment incident of Naomi Watts left him with a bad impression, the atmosphere of the entire industry is In this way, what's more, he is looking for a professional agent, not a friend.

After his meeting with Nancy Josephson, Duke went straight to Manhattan, where the Santa Fia advertising company was making an annual advertising campaign for Estée Lauder's youthful morning dew fragrance. After Mrs. Leah flew to New York some time ago, Because this single business has been stuck on the East Coast.

Walking into the studio on Eighth Avenue, Duke did some inquiries and found his mother's temporary office.

"Mother……"

He knocked on the door and walked in. Mrs. Leah, who was sitting behind the desk, nodded and praised him rarely, "Well done, Duke."

Seeing Dukra open the chair and sit opposite, Mrs. Leah took off her glasses and looked at him seriously, "I'm proud of you."

"thanks Mom."

Duke didn't say much, he would remember everything his mother did for him.

Probably because there was work to be done at hand, Mrs. Lia pressed the intercom to call the assistant, and took Duke a brief tour of the studio. Duke was also very interested in the youth Chaolu fashion blockbuster that had been filmed and was busy in the later stage, so he went to the studio. Visit where Santa Fea's hired advertising team is working.

Walking into an editing room, Duke couldn't help but tremble slightly when he saw the director of the commercial who was busy with the commanding staff.

The director was tall and thin, with a characteristic long face under his long messy brown hair.

Although he is much younger than he remembered, but combined with the vague picture in his memory and the identity of the other party's advertising director, Duke instantly confirmed that he is definitely Michael Bay!

Although he had an idea in his mind, Duke would not show it. He stood in the corner of the room, watching the crew deal with those gorgeous and exaggerated images. If you count the time, this is almost Michael Bay's last advertising career. Now it can be said that he is one of the top directors in the advertising circle. It should be that Santa Feia specially invited him to direct this advertisement of Estee Lauder.

Just like in the legend, Michael Bay does not have the talent of James Cameron, but has the same grumpy temper. From time to time, his roar will sound in the editing room, especially an assistant director named Zack Snyder, He was almost scolded by Michael Bay and couldn't hold his head up.

"interesting……"

It didn't take long for Duke to leave. He didn't expect to meet two super directors who rose from the advertising industry here.

But on second thought, this is not surprising. The top advertising circle in North America is much smaller than that of Hollywood, and the fashion blockbuster produced by Santa Fe for Estee Lauder will definitely focus on the top people in the industry. Since these two people To be able to get out of the advertising industry, must be a leader in this industry.

"Hi Zach, may I call you that? Thank you?"

Taking advantage of the break of the advertising team, Duke asked Zach Snyder to be called into an office, "I heard you studied at the Pasadena College of Art and Design?"

"Yes, Mr. Rosenberg." Zach Snyder, who was sitting across from him, replied calmly.

"Just call me Duke."

Strictly speaking, the other party is older and more senior than Duke, but the $100 million box office of "Speed ​​of Life" is enough to reverse all this, and Duke said directly, "Let's put it this way, I Preparing for my second work..."

Of course, Duke wouldn't tell him that the script was ready, but the investment wasn't there yet.

"I need an associate director, an associate director with a philosophy similar to mine."

Hearing Duke say this, Zach Snyder's eyes lit up instantly, and a hint of excitement appeared on his calm face. Which director doesn't want to be a movie director? Why did he enter the advertising circle? It's not about looking for opportunities to enter the big screen while discussing life to hone yourself.

Although this is an assistant director, he is a real movie assistant director, not the current advertising assistant director, and he has also entered the mainstream Hollywood film circle, so he will definitely have more opportunities in the future.

Zach Snyder knows how difficult this step can be without someone to help.

The most typical example is Michael Bay, the current head of the advertising team. His uncle is the executive director of Warner Bros., but he has not yet had the opportunity to direct the film.

You can imagine how important opportunity is in Hollywood.

"May I ask what you think about the look and color of the film?"

As someone who has studied each other's work, Duke knows what Zach Snyder is best at.

"I think there are many similarities between film and painting, especially the composition of the picture. If you use the eyes of a painter to examine a film, then the picture of the film will present a unique style."

Zach Snyder knew that this was a rare opportunity, and after thinking for a while, he said, "I think the brilliant colors of oil paintings can be used in movies, because the rich colors in oil paintings, if applied to movie pictures, absolutely It can bring unprecedented visual impact to the audience..."

When he said 'visual impact', his tone was obviously aggravated.

Sure enough, it was Zach Snyder, and some opinions were formed very early.

Although he completely agrees with this concept, Duke will not make a decision lightly. Every excellent director has gone through a long process of tempering. Who knows if the young version of Zack Snyder is in vain?

Afterwards, the two talked about a lot of topics about movies, and they shared a common language in many places, especially their views on 'visual impact'!

Duke is now a relatively immature director, and Zach Snyder is obviously younger than him, but he has worked in commercials and MV for a few years, and relevant work experience is not a problem, and he can be included in the investigation. in the list.