The Goddess Shines on America

Time has passed, and DreamWorks has moved its headquarters, no longer on Sunset Boulevard, but in the northeast of Hollywood, where Griffith Park and Highway 134 meet. It's right between Burbank and Glendale, and not far from Universal Studios. On a hillside in front of the park, there are brand-new buildings standing there, and there is a wide parking lot in front of it.

When Lawrence's car stopped at the door, Alice looked at the surrounding environment and couldn't help but said, "I always thought that we seem to occupy a large area of ​​the zoo, what do you think?"

Lawrence unbuckled his seat belt and said, "Oh, that's right, if those guys want to occupy a piece of land in front of them, then we will indeed occupy it. But unfortunately, no one is interested in the land outside the zoo, so Let us just be thankful."

Alice happily got out of the car. She liked the fact that DreamWorks chose such a piece of land when choosing the site. , Looking at the forest zoo, the natural environment is of course too good to say anything. Of course, the overall woodland landscape in California is the same, and it is far from enough to compare it with the real mountains. But at least when the kids walk out of the zoo, the playful name of "DreamWorks" is a kind of free publicity.

"Hey, Jack!" After getting off the car, Lawrence walked towards the gate of the company, and said to the young security guard at the gate: "I remember that there should be an actor audition this morning, have they all arrived yet?"

"Of course it's here, boss." Jack was very refreshed today, and he answered excitedly as if he was drunk: "They are all waiting outside Room 520 on the third floor, and Director Reitman is going to be very busy now .”

"Oh, that was really hard work." Lawrence patted Jack on the shoulder and walked into the company. There were not many people at the front desk. As a new company building, its area is of course much larger than the previous one, and the expansion of the front hall area is one of the most important image projects. Alice looked left and right, and said with a smile: "Some days you didn't come, and you even put four flower pots, is this your wife's idea?"

"Actually, Sissy thought of it, maybe she didn't tell you?" Lawrence walked towards the elevator: "She always felt that we decorated the front office of the new company like a bank, and all the employees had to wear suits according to the regulations. It's time to go to work. By the way, Alice, do you want to go to the third floor first?"

"Of course that's great." Alice walked into the elevator and saw Lawrence pressing the third-floor button. She asked, "What movie are you shooting now? Who is the Reitman that Jack mentioned just now?"

"Oh, it was recommended by Cameron." When the elevator went up to the second floor, Lawrence said: "He wants to ask Schwarzenegger to make another movie, but of course it's not the Terminator, just want to give the guy another movie." Chance……"

The elevator door opened, and it didn't take much distance for Alice to hear the girls chattering.

At the same time, Lawrence went on to say: "...The script of this movie was provided by Cameron himself, but it is just an idea. It is a comedy in genre. To be honest, I don't know that Schwarzenegger will play a comedy. What is the effect..."

"I believe there is still a bright future, hey, ladies!" Alice walked forward, and in the corridor leading to Room 520, many young girls were walking, waiting for her arrival: "You are all here to apply for the heroine ?"

I saw a high school girl coming here accompanied by a middle-aged man, and neither of them looked like they were going to audition. The candidate actors present were all good people. Who didn't know that her identity was unusual?

"Oh, yes, young lady." A girl closest to Alice grinned, "You know? The movie we are auditioning for is going to work with the Terminator, do you want to meet her?" What does a real Terminator look like?"

As soon as the words fell, another girl with blond curly hair also smiled and said: "But child, I'm afraid you won't be able to apply for any roles. The director has stated in the recruitment advertisement that actors must be at least twenty-four years old. It's not far off."

It's not bad to have two people talking to each other. Alice simply smiled at them, and then glanced at the closed door of 520. Sure enough, there was a piece of paper pasted on it, with the words "The Second Actor Interview of "Dragon Brothers and Mouse Brothers"" written on it.

"Oh, "Dragon Brothers and Mice Brothers"." Without stopping here any longer, Alice patted Lawrence on the shoulder and walked towards the elevator, and asked him: "You said this is a comedy category?"

Of course, I already know the content in my heart, but it is Schwarzenegger's new work anyway, so I still need others to introduce it to me verbally.

"Although the director is not well-known, it is Cameron's idea after all, sci-fi comedy." Lawrence said indifferently: "We currently have two versions, and I will show you later."

There was no intention of meeting the director directly, and the two went straight up to the chairman's office. Lawrence ordered Liliana, the secretary at the door, to pour something for each of them. Alice especially emphasized whether to order tea or coffee.

"Actually, it doesn't matter if you drink something now." Opening the wooden door under the bookcase, Lawrence looked for the file bag and said, "As long as you don't stay up late often, the stimulation of caffeine is nothing, and you must stay up late at ordinary times. No coffee..."

"I'm a good boy, Uncle Roger, and good boys don't drink coffee when they're underage~"

Talking and laughing, Lawrence has already taken out the script. Of course, as a movie script that has been decided as a shooting project, of course, a piece of paper is also counted. Alice took over and made it simple, and sure enough, it was exactly the "Dragon Brother and Mouse Brother" she had expected.

The plot of this sci-fi comedy is simple to say.

Many years ago, scientists conducted an experiment to create a perfect human being. Unexpectedly, the uneven cell division during the experiment made the experiment only half successful, and the other half completely failed. The pair of twin brothers created by scientists, one is a typical perfect human being - tall Julius with all-round development of morality, intelligence, body and beauty; the other is a collection of all human shortcomings - short Vincent. The two brothers were separated when they were born. Julius was sent to a small island in the South China Sea to be raised by scientists, while the younger brother spent his childhood in an orphanage.

Time flies, years passed, and the two brothers didn't know each other's existence until they were in their forties. When Julius reunites with his brother Vincent, whom he has never met, the two brothers decide to embark on the road to find their biological mother. But at this time, an accident happened suddenly, which brought them a fatal disaster.

"Hmm..." Alice pursed her lips and laughed when she saw that she was scanning the introduction and then roughly scanning to the first article of the text.

Of course, it doesn't matter what the murder is, the plot after that is nothing more than the old action movie assembly line. What Alice cares about, of course, is the actors.

Obviously, this script was tailor-made for Schwarzenegger. Julius is Schwarzenegger, and it can be finalized directly. The main job of the crew is to pick out another special actor. As for the heroine and other characters, they are undoubtedly the foils for the two brothers. The girls who are interviewing in front of the 520 gate are chattering excitedly. It's impossible to become famous in one fell swoop.

"What do you think?" Seeing Alice smiling happily, Lawrence was also very satisfied: "In this year, the company has not produced any profitable movies, and there are not many famous directors and actors joining us. We are still very satisfied." It is necessary to launch a representative work as soon as possible.”

Of course, Alice understood Lawrence's feelings very well. The whole of the 1980s was just a bridgehead for Hollywood blockbusters to flourish again, but now it is already 1988, and many of the most classic movies of this decade have almost been made by other film companies. Since Alice spent a huge amount of money to shoot "Alien 2", it is reasonable that Lawrence has not been able to make any blockbuster films.

"But it's not enough to rely on "Dragon Brothers and Mice Brothers." Alice immediately recognized the essence of this movie: "Although Schwarzenegger is there to help out, this is not "Terminator II" after all. With his current Fame is not enough to make ordinary movies directly become hits."

"I also want to make a new attempt," Laurence said frankly, "that is, to sign a long-term contract with a well-known actor, and it happens that Schwarzenegger is also trying to transform. He has been making the same kind of movies over the years, first "Hercules" In New York", "Destruction" and "Conan the Barbarian", after "Terminator" became famous, he also filmed "Devil Commander" and "Ultimate Warrior"... Seriously, Alice, you Are you about to throw up?"

"Isn't it!" Alice giggled, "It's good to let Arnold try to transform, the silly big man in the comedy, and there are action elements added, maybe it can really make him transform successfully. "

"Maybe." Lawrence pondered and said, "His action movies in the United States have always only earned tens of millions of box office over the years. If the transformation in DreamWorks is successful, we and he will both gain fame and fortune, and the comedy movies The cost is not high, and it is not hard to see where to lose money. So..."

Having said that, he looked at Alice and said, "In your new movie, Jack Nicholson is insisted on playing the main villain. What kind of subject do you want to shoot?"

"A DC Comic has already prepared the main script for us. With the help of computers, the effect will definitely not be bad." Alice smiled, obviously confident in her proposal: "Let's put out "Batman", what do you say?"