Raising Dragons in Hollywood

Chapter 131: Exposure brings work

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The dragons are extraordinary.

The entertainment media really loves this Claw Root ambassador!

The next day, Black Dragon Deen made headlines.

Although the state news media has been trying to explain 'Mr. Deen is unintentional, this is just a misunderstanding caused by the different customs and habits of dragons and people', most people still believe that the black dragon is intentional.

Some people think that the dragon is pretending to be peaceful, but in fact it is declaring war on mankind;

Some people think that dragon's self-control is too poor, and it will put its mouth down when it sees delicious food. What should I do if one day I see a human's appetite greatly increased

All in all, I had everything to say for a while. I opened newspapers, magazines, and web pages, and I could see a bunch of news about dragons.

But in fact, most of them are fake news to join in the fun. For dragons with long lives, there are very few wonderful people like Mickey who are willing to live in the human kingdom. Most dragons like to live in the claw root country house. It is best to stay with all of your property and not go out for hundreds of years, so it is difficult for humans to really get news of the dragon family.

This has resulted in a one-sided carnival by the media.

But in fact, there is no embarrassment of dragon cooperation.

Black Dragon Deen made a mess and ran away very shamelessly.

He has been in the human kingdom for many years and is very good at hiding himself, so no one can find him.

Mickey and Sammy are, of course, inevitably part of the harassment.

But they were public figures before and had some experience in dealing with it.

What's more, Mickey is not the protagonist of 'eating pigeons', and he always maintains the original human form. He can't see the appearance of a dragon at all, which makes paparazzi reporters report and report. It's actually a dragon', reporting that 'Mickey and Sammy are determined to be lovers' is more likely to increase newspaper and magazine sales and website hits.

However, the love pattern of the two...

If it used to be a same-sex romance between Hollywood directors and actors, it is now a cross-species fantasy romance between humans and dragons.

But in any case, compared to the seemingly serious discussion about whether humans and dragons should go to war, in fact, there is no sign at all.

People still prefer to see love gossip like Sammy and Mickey.

Meanwhile, Sammy receives a job offer.

The invitation came from the U.S. government and wanted him to make some dragon-related films.

Their general idea is to make a popular science film that is easy to understand and entertaining, to introduce dragons to the curious people, and at the same time, to curb the 'dragon threat theory' in society.

After all, the high-level human beings have long been aware of the existence of dragons, and they also know that those lazy dragons will not move their nests for eight hundred years. , there is no need to fight with them (and not necessarily to win), so I don't want to create a misunderstanding between humans and dragons.

In fact, if the dragons hadn't accidentally exposed it, they wouldn't even want the common people to know about it.

Sleeping Dragon, don't disturb!

Sammy, who has been transferred to become a dragon scientist, is very interested in this project.

He had a serious discussion with the person in charge of the government, whether to make a TV program, broadcast one episode after another; The BBC kind of serious documentary.

But at the end of the discussion, both parties were not satisfied.

Later, the staff on the government side did not talk about business, and when everyone gathered together to chat, suddenly and inadvertently mentioned an animated short film of Sammy's early years - "Who Killed the Dragon".

There was a staff member who put on the attitude of a brainless fan, and actually took out ten movie tickets for "Happy Life" from his wallet on the spot (because the animated short "Who Killed the Dragon" was in those days. appeared in theaters as a "Happy Life" giveaway, just a short opening animation), and asked Sammy to sign him.

Sammy still finds this behavior silly.

But he is not as outspoken now as he used to be. After expressing his gratitude politely, he began to sign seriously.

Halfway through signing in...

He suddenly remembered, "It seemed like a fitting idea for a dragon I had a few years ago."

That idea was about soul swapping.

It's about people and dragons swapping souls...

At the time, Sammy was still working in Disney's creative research and development department, handing in some ideas every week, but never getting picked.

During that time, he was devastated. No matter how much he drew, the reply he got was: "Sami, you are very good at drawing, but we want XX more, because XX's creativity is more appealing to children."

So, what do kids really like

Are rabbits cute? Is the kitten meowing

Sammy is frustrated and wants to change.

But it is difficult to change himself. What kind of princess style and what kind of cuteness is really not suitable for him. Painting and painting can really drive people crazy.

Finally one day, Sammy realized: "Fuck him, I don't care whether you choose me or not, I just want to draw my dragon."

As a result, he entered the peak period of creation and intensified his efforts to engage in various stories about dragons.

For example, the animated short "Who Killed the Dragon" is actually a product of this period, but it was relatively lucky to be produced.

And its unlucky siblings, all of which are left on the shelf in Disney's archives, never see the light of day.

"Anyway, Disney doesn't want it either. I'll take it and change it. It just works this time?"

Thinking of this, Sammy was a little moved: "It's not a waste of time for me to think and draw so hard."

But what I didn't expect was that as soon as he planned to start filming, Disney responded quickly and sent someone over.

Or Mr. Norris, Sammy's former boss, went to himself and reminded with a smile: "Sami, have you forgotten? Employees in the creative research and development department, the ideas submitted during work, the copyright belongs to the company. If you If you want to shoot, you have to get permission from Disney.”

Sammy pretended to be innocent.

He also tried to pretend that there was no such thing at all, and asked with a puzzled face: "What idea? Are you saying that I came up with this new one this year?"

"Whether it's a new idea this year, you know it yourself."

Mr. Norris smiled: "Come on, Disney just wants a cooperation opportunity, and has no intention of going to court to sue you for infringement."

This is good.

To avoid conflict, and to have a strong partner, Sammy couldn't think of a reason to refuse.

What's more, it's pretty exciting.

Watching Disney dig out the trash that was simply disdainful back then, laboriously dig it out from the underground archives, carefully store it as a treasure, and actively run around to find its own cooperation, this is really a piece of work. Very cool thing!

A few years ago, didn't you look down on it

It's not time to ask for cooperation!

Sammy felt a little complacent.

In addition to the job that made him proud, there was an invitation for him and Mickey from a TV station.

The film crew of that TV station wanted to make a variety show in which people and dragons live and live in harmony.

But Sammy has little interest in 'being surrounded by multiple cameras, documenting everyday life throughout the day'.

However, the reasons given by the film crew are quite convincing.

They patiently reasoned with Sammy: "Everyone has been curious about the dragon ever since it became real. Rather than let them try desperately to explore on their own, rushing to interfere with your life every day, it's better to The public way is in your own hands, and you can provide everyone with what you can see in advance, so as to satisfy your curiosity and reduce trouble for yourself.”

That seems to make sense.

But Sammy asked Mickey patiently first: "Do you want to participate in this kind of show? If you don't want to participate, you can not participate."

In order to avoid some underage fire dragon from being confused.

Sammy is still very serious about the possible consequences of the show: "Everyone in front of the TV will see us..."

Mickey was excited: "See us together?"

Sammy froze for a moment: "Yes, but..."

"Participate, you must participate!"

Mickey said innocently, "I want everyone to know you're with me!"