Rebirth in America

When Alex saw Morris coming to ask for funding, an idea occurred to him.

"Would you like to try making a movie?" Alex thought to himself. He had had this idea a long time ago, but the time was never right.

Although he starred in "Little Fugitive", that movie was really a minor hit and not a big deal. He wanted to do a big production, a big movie. It would be fun to make a lot of money in one go.

To make a movie, someone has to have money. As a person, the Morris in front of me is pretty good. As for funds, the Carpenter family is now relatively wealthy. Electronics companies, battery companies, and record companies are all very profitable. Especially the electronic products produced by Carpenter Electronics Company are very popular. They earn an estimated Tens of millions of dollars.

You know, the price of one of the world's most advanced computers is calculated in millions of dollars. The profits were unbelievable, even better than robbing a bank. In particular, government departments have placed large orders for transistor computers. They need these computers to calculate missile trajectories, the effects of atomic bomb explosions, and so on.

Computers produced by Carpenter Electronics have gradually been used in various fields such as military, scientific research, and economy. Now that the United States and the Soviet Union are competing for hegemony, they are willing to invest hundreds of billions of dollars in order to increase the research speed even a little bit. Government scientists are clamoring for the use of this state-of-the-art computer.

They use computers to perform various complex operations and process large amounts of data, such as satellite flight trajectories, data processing in weather forecasts, etc. With faster computers, computing tasks that once took days or years to complete can now be completed in a fraction of the time. This is of great help to scientists.

Not only were governments in need of transistor computers, but so were large corporations. All in all, the Carpenters could be extremely rich just relying on the electronics company even if they had no other companies.

Some people say that money and power are the things that can change a person the most. With power and money in his hands, Bart slowly became more confident and tough.

Making a big-budget movie requires investing millions of dollars. Alex isn't sure he can convince Bart.

Although electronics companies make a lot of money, they also spend a lot of money on research and development. Plus the normal operating expenses of the factory, they don't have a lot of cash on hand. It can be a little difficult to withdraw that much money all at once. This is also a very troublesome problem.

"Forget it, let's get ready first." Alex thought. He carefully searched for unfilmed movies in his mind to see which movie would be more suitable. It can both make money and be truly photographable. Don't even think about movies that require computer special effects. The fastest computer in the world is now at Carpenter Electronics. No matter how powerful Alex is, he can't build a 486.

War movie, PASS!

Sci-fi movie, PASS!

Romance movies are interesting, but they require a lot of actors. The most important thing is that I am not old enough yet, even if I am starring, I will be a bit player. Still PASS!

Can people of this era make action movies? It's better to wait until you grow up and think about it later, at least until Bruce Lee comes to the United States.

Musicals, well, this seems to be a bit of a twist!

Alex has locked his memory search for musicals. His "retrospective" ability is now becoming more and more powerful, and he can now conduct specific searches for certain keywords. He quickly found the musical and dance movies he had watched in his memory bank, including almost classic musicals from all eras.

At this point, people who come from the era of information explosion have a great advantage. He has watched any movie that is even remotely famous at least once. After all, it is impossible for a homebody not to watch several movies, TV series or cartoons every day.

Soon, Alex found his target. With the clear images and sounds of the movie in his memory, he felt that as long as external conditions allowed, he would definitely be able to shoot this classic movie.

But, how can he convince others? This is a big problem. He can't just run up to Bart and Angel and say loudly, "Let's make a movie!"

Then, they fully supported him in making movies and had no objection at all? That is impossible! If it was an investment of tens of thousands of dollars, perhaps neither Bart nor Angel would say anything. Just treat it as some pocket money for him to spend. This time it's not tens of thousands of dollars, but millions of dollars, or even tens of millions of dollars.

No parent would give so much money to a child so easily. Even the son of the world's richest man, the Rockefeller family, can't do it. This is not how you spend your money.

"We must, we must find a way to convince them." Alex thought carefully in his mind.

He thought for a while, went to the living room, picked up the phone, and said to the operator on the other end of the phone: "Please transfer me to Carpenter Records."

"Okay, please wait a moment," said the operator on the other end of the phone.

Soon, someone on the phone said, "This is Carpenter Records. Who are you looking for?"

Alex said: "I'm looking for Chuck Berry. Is he in the company now?"

"Mr. Chuck? Yes, he is here! Who are you? What should I say to him?"

"Just say that his boss (BOSS) has something to ask him for."

The person on the other end of the phone immediately changed his tone and said to him: "Are you Mr. Rudy?"

Alex smiled and said without explanation: "It's not Rudy. In short, you just tell him that."

"Okay, please wait!"

Less than a minute later, Alex heard the sound of someone running over on the other end of the phone.

"Boss, I'm Chuck. May I ask if you have anything to do with me?"

Alex said: "You can help me find a lawyer and ask him to contact someone. I have something to talk to that person about."

After he explained clearly what he wanted Chuck to do on the phone, he put the phone down. He thought for a while and felt that this was not enough. He had to come up with something convincing.

So, he went out and took the elevator down to the lobby.

The doorman at the Dakota Towers had seen Alex often, and he was also familiar with the Carpenters and had listened to some of their records.

The doorman in a black suit stood in front of the door. He opened the door and said, "Are you ready to go out?"

Alex nodded and said, "Yes, I'm going out to buy a book."

"Buying a book? Is it a reference material for writing a book?"

"No, it's for giving away."

Before the doorman could say anything else, Alex had already arrived on the street.

The area where they live is relatively tidy and clean. There are rich people nearby and the public security is good. No gangsters dare to wander around in this area. Alex doesn't need to bring any bodyguards when he goes out, and it seems that Bart and Angel haven't adapted to the life of needing protection. Their family lives a very simple life now. At most, they can only hire a nanny to help take care of the children.

As the Carpenter brothers become more and more famous, Alex now doesn't dare to be too ostentatious when he goes out. He came out after putting on a disguise. He was dressed more normally and put on a hat and sunglasses.

Alex walked into a bookstore and asked the clerk: "Excuse me, is there the book "The Von Trapp Singers"?"

"What singer? Well, I don't think I've seen it before. But you can look for it." The clerk had no impression of the title of the book he mentioned and could only do nothing.

"Haven't you heard of it?" Alex felt a little disappointed. He thought about it and changed to another bookstore. In this bookstore, he still couldn't find the book.

Alex felt a little confused. He thought to himself: "Is this book not published yet?"

So he returned home and called his editor, Carl.

"Karl, look up a book for me. It's called "The Story of the Trapp Family Singers" (The Story of the Trapp Family Singers)! See if this book has been published. If possible, you'd better buy a copy for me. "

"Who wrote it?" Karl knew that to check a book, it was best to know the title and author.

Alex immediately found the author's name from his memory, and he said: "Maria Von Trapp (Maria Von Trapp), this is the autobiography she wrote."

Karl didn't understand why Alex was looking for this book, but he still said: "Okay! Can you wait a moment? I'll be back soon."

Bantam Books was very efficient, and Carl quickly had someone check it out. They didn't find the book, or even the author's information.

"The book you are talking about has never been published. Did you remember it wrong?" Karl asked doubtfully. In his impression, Alex had never made such a mistake.

So Karl said with self-denial: "Maybe this book has just been published not long ago, and UU's book www.uukanshu.net is not very famous. I'll look for it again."

"Thank you, no need. I may have remembered it wrong." After thanking Alex, he hung up the phone.

It's not that Alex remembered it wrong, it's that he didn't have detailed information about the book at all. He only knew that the movie was adapted from the book. However, what he never expected was that the book had not yet been published. This is difficult to handle, but fortunately, he has asked Chuck to contact a lawyer to find the author of this book.

"It doesn't matter, I can make this movie even without the book. But, in this case, it will not be good for the original author." Alex thought to himself, and he decided to wait until Chuck found someone.

Alex sighed and said: "Is it so difficult to film "The Sound of Music"? Even if it was ten years earlier, it shouldn't be impossible."

Yes, the movie he wanted to make was that musical movie that is a household name in the United States. This movie is recognized as a good work, and the most important thing is that the box office is very high. It’s a movie with a box office of hundreds of millions of dollars, and that’s just in North America.

This movie caused a viewing frenzy at the time. According to a survey by The New York Times, an old woman in Los Angeles watched the movie more than 300 times, almost once a day. A young man in Oregon could even recite all the lines. come out.

Some critics called this film "a perfect masterpiece in movies". The heroine Julie Andrews's sincere and simple performance and beautiful singing voice made American audiences regard her as "the most ideal wife in their hearts." Mother and Daughter”.

Alex is not so stupid as to not make such a good movie.