Raising Dragons in Hollywood

Chapter 15: Sudden death of two brothers

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Sammy's anti-strike ability has always been very high.

Although he encountered the most ridiculous filming scene in his life on the first day of employment. But after a fun night of playing 'Dragon Quest' with Mickey, he has a dramatic recovery.

because…

How can a dragon slayer fear difficulties and dangers

This little trouble is just a little obstacle for the warriors to kill the dragon

Michaelon was unable to correct this.

He can now silently filter out 'Dragon Slaying' automatically: just be happy.

In this way, Sammy, who has always been a self-proclaimed dragon slayer, successfully hypnotized himself.

He quickly revived on the spot full of blood, and rushed back to the battlefield (the crew) with vigor and vigor, determined to fight the 'evil forces' to the end.

However, unexpectedly,

Before he could actually do anything, the Jones director came to him empathetically.

"Have you directed any films before?"

"No."

"Oh, now you can try it."

"?!"

The scene of the shooting has changed again.

Director Drunk Jones is still sitting on his high throne (director's chair), drunk and drowsy, the only difference is: this time, the director woke up and didn't shout 'do it again', but asked ' What should I say? '

It was the first time I encountered this situation, Sammy thought about it for a long time, and then said: 'I think the atmosphere in this scene is very tense, the actors should run faster, not walk slowly';

Unexpectedly, Director Jones immediately shouted at the shooting location: 'Come again, all the actors run faster! '

'Hey! ' Sammy was taken aback: 'Wait... I'm just suggesting! Suggestions! '

I have to say that Director Jones did this suddenly, which is really frustrating!

because…

- Well, I occasionally look in the mirror and say 'Sami, you're the best'! But everyone knows that it is just to say something nice to encourage themselves. Essentially, I'm just a weird, incomprehensible kid full of whimsy.

- So, I can't fool myself into believing that I have become a powerful director who can replace Mr. Jones and direct the entire crew without any experience

In short, this approach of director Jones may be a good thing for some newcomers who are good at dealing with errands.

But for Sammy, who has a strong sense of responsibility, it has brought a mountain of pressure.

There is no way for him to be sure that every decision he makes is correct; there is no way to prove that his ideas are realistic; there is no way to guarantee that the TV series will achieve a higher rating under his behind-the-scenes direction.

These unavoidable questions kept popping up in his head every moment, making him think over and over again: 'What if I screwed up? What if you screw up? "

As for what's messed up is Director Jones's business, who told him to let me direct' this idea of shirk responsibility.

Sadly, it never happened!

then…

There are always bad moments in life.

At this stage in 'Help' Jones director, that's it.

Sammy finds himself in a situation of extraordinary helplessness and fear.

Because he has never been so strongly aware that he is so insignificant in the huge field of directing.

He is like an uninformed countryman entering the city. He clearly has many ideas and is full of expectations and enthusiasm, but he is completely lost in the colorful and prosperous world. Then, he is ashamed and at a loss.

Obviously, passion alone is not enough to do anything successfully.

To this end, he secretly made an almost harsh assessment of his talents: [poor script comprehension, poor directing ability, naive creative ideation that he thought was exquisite, erratic screenwriting talent, The mise-en-scene, third-rate painting skills, and... sometimes high, sometimes low, moods that are too polarized and unstable. ]

These conclusions were almost unbearable for Sammy.

Because no matter how bad the external evaluation is, people like to beautify themselves in the depths of their hearts, and facing the truth is as difficult as forcing a person to jump from a thirty-story building.

But if the problem is always avoided, the problem will never be solved.

Sammy was reluctant to admit defeat.

He gritted his teeth, made up his mind, and began a long and protracted battle.

If you have never been exposed to the knowledge of a director, you should start from scratch. This is an information-developed society, and any knowledge that people need can always be found through various channels as long as they have the heart;

If you have never had directing experience, you should be rooted in the crew. Those veteran employees who have been on the crew for half their lives are all teachers, and they learn from them humbly and understand every link and step of filming.

later…

Director Jones specifically said: "If a person only sleeps four to six hours a day, and spends the rest of the twenty-four hours a day on studying and practicing attentively, there will only be two results in the end, one is sudden death, the other is Success. But not everyone is Sammy, so don't follow him."

On the other hand, Sammy ignored Mickey's presence for a long time because he was too busy and focused.

After the burnt house was repaired, he thanked and said goodbye to Rossi and the others, and moved back to his home with Mickey.

But that also meant that when Sammy was out and about, Mickey had to stay home.

Logically speaking, this is exactly what the dragon wants. He eats, drinks, lives and does not need to work, sleeps brightly every day, and no one worries about the dragon's ear.

But Mikey was sulking strangely.

After coming to the human kingdom, he seems to have become inexplicable even in his emotions.

But after thinking about it carefully, I felt that it was all the fault of the round-faced dwarf!

It's not that he hates Sammy all of a sudden, or that he doesn't want Sammy to do anything else, but: "You are obviously my human, but how can you care less about me? I'm still a minor. baby dragon."

He makes up his mind that he is like some poor left-behind children in the human community, waiting lonely and cold every day for a little bit of meager emotion from human beings, while the wicked round-faced dwarf Sammy knows nothing and destroys (he made up) 'some kind of latent contract between humans and dragons', 'raising dragons, but ignoring dragons'.

This is too much.

He angrily wanted to have a good talk with his human.

But Sammy was completely unaware of the dragon's displeasure.

He was exhausted to death every day, while desperately trying to absorb knowledge like a sponge, while ensuring that his work did not go wrong, the latter required him to read the script to be shot in advance, to ensure that director Jones strikes again due to drunkenness, and starts' When what should I say', give a correct answer that, even if it is not good enough, is at least a passing level and not wrong.

So, when Mickey was sitting in the living room, preparing in advance 'the belly draft that took a whole day to lay down', just waiting for the humans to come back, when he asked angrily 'why do you come back so late every day'...

Sammy had let himself down wearily on the sofa.

He closed his eyes as if he was about to die, and muttered softly, not knowing what he was talking about: "Please, I'm dying of exhaustion! Can you throw me on the bed? Or, just ignore me, let me sleep here..."

Noticing the blue-black marks under Sammy's eyes and the weak tone in his voice, Mickey immediately forgave him.

He walked over and easily picked up the person with one hand, steadily, without disturbing the sleeping human at all.

After all, compared to his tall and strong figure, the round-faced dwarf in his arms is like a lifeless large doll, which can be manipulated at will.

Although he is still an underage fire dragon.

But the difference between races has become more and more obvious. Human beings are as light as a feather to him. Maybe one day it will become a prototype. If you blow it hard, you can blow people away. .

Thinking of this, Mickey's actions became more cautious.

But when he put the man on the bed, he couldn't help but sneakily poked Sammy's little round face.

What makes the dragon sad is...

He seemed to have to deal with the tragic fact that 'his bun seems to be deflated'.

"Is it bad to eat, drink, sleep and sleep every day? Why do you have to make yourself like this?" Little Fire Dragon, who is different from human thinking, is distressed and puzzled.

But there is no denying that this inevitably made him curious: "I don't like work at all. Is work fun? Why do you like it so much?"

But Sammy's efforts were not in vain.

Soon, Director Jones, who had been refusing to communicate, finally approached him to talk.

"What on earth are you trying to do?" The director, who was drunk every day, rarely sobered up, but asked impatiently.

"Huh? What?" Sammy was puzzled.

Director Jones seemed to think he was acting stupid, and waved his hand as if he didn't want to listen: "You ran to please everyone in the crew, recited boring scripts, ignored other people's ignorance, and persistently expressed some inexplicable opinions every day. It was fine at the beginning, but now I want to point fingers at the shooting, so what are you trying to do?"

Sammy was stunned and defended aggrievedly: "I didn't, I didn't please anyone, I just asked them for some advice. Moreover, I didn't express my opinions indiscriminately, just give opinions. And point fingers... Not every time you shoot Do you always ask 'what should I say'?"

"I'm asking 'what should I say', but I'm not asking you to actually express an opinion, but..."

Facing Sammy's almost serious stubborn eyes, Director Jones suddenly didn't want to say 'but let you deal with it casually'.

At this moment, he suddenly realized that the young man in front of him seemed to... Seemed to be for real

The atmosphere became very quiet for a moment.

But in the end, Director Jones was still ruthless, pretending not to see Sammy's puzzled and aggrieved eyes, and continued to say indifferently according to his original idea: "I don't care what you want to get from this, but give it up!"

"This drama is already in its fourth season, do you understand what this means? With its potential, there is no more oil and water to make. At present, the company just doesn't have a suitable substitute for the time being, and wants to recover the cost. It survived for a few days."

"Two months at the latest..."

Director Jones asserted with absolute certainty: "It must be cut off!"