Although Sammy ruthlessly chose to refuse for the first time.
But Rosie knew him well, and knew that although this little round face was eccentric, he was very loyal, and he was never hard-hearted towards his friends.
So, he ran to knock on the door of Sammy's house, in a pleasing tone: "Come on, Sammy! Come on, let's play together!"
But just as Rosie knew him, Sammy also knew this friend who had known him for many years and had a super persistent character. policy, shouting out through the window: "You go, you go! I don't want to play with you."
Coincidentally, Michaelon was busy being the cover boy recently and was not at home.
Only Sammy is at home, so if he doesn't open the door, no one can open the door for Rossi anymore.
So, Rossi pushed down his glasses in embarrassment, and reluctantly continued to stand outside the door and shouted, "It's fun, let's play together!"
Sammy continued to refuse: "Don't play, you go!"
—Come on, let’s play together, it’s really fun.
- Don't play, don't play, you go, you go!
Since the two were just shouting at each other across the window and the door, there was no end, and they acted like Romeo and Juliet on the Broadway stage, which caused a strong discomfort in the stomach and intestines of the next-door neighbor.
So, the neighbor ran into the yard and shouted, "Hey! You two gays are enough! If you want to play, go out and play. You flirt in the middle of the night, and no one else sleeps? It's disturbing, you know?"
The air was suddenly quiet.
Sammy didn't dare to continue shouting through the door and window, so he awkwardly opened the door and let Rosie in.
But once you put it in, it's over.
Rossi grabbed his arm earnestly and said, "Sami, help me, let's come together."
When faced with this kind of face-to-face, Sammy was embarrassed to refuse again.
But he still wanted to struggle unwillingly: "But I don't have any other ideas other than slaughtering dragons. If there are no other ideas, there is no book, and if there is no book, I can't shoot."
However, what he didn't know was that...
After he wrote more than ten dragon slaying stories, Rossi had long been desperate for his so-called creativity.
"Don't worry! You don't need to be creative this time, I have a good idea."
While speaking, Rossi was ready to take out a newspaper and pointed to a piece of news for him to read: "Look, is this a ready-made good subject?"
Sammy looked at the newspaper suspiciously, and saw the headline on it: [Laying 80 eggs at a time, pet snakes dominate the United States! ]
For a while, his head was full of black lines, and he thought to himself: What kind of low-pressure news is this? It feels like some farms are advertising again.
But after a closer look, I found that it was not a farm.
The specifics are probably as follows:
There is a kind of non-venomous snake that was very cute when I was a child. Not long ago, it was introduced to the American pet market as a pet.
But who knows, this snake can eat and grow, and if you keep it, it will grow bigger and bigger...
In the end, the pet owner couldn't afford to keep it, so he had to choose to release it kindly.
(Sami: Can you eat and grow? Why does it sound familiar?)
But after the release, these snakes still did not stop growing, and they struggled in one breath to become a giant python with a length of more than four meters.
Since they were imported from abroad and there were no natural enemies in the local area, they ran rampantly and completely became a local tyrant.
However, it's not the worst.
Worst of all, this pet snake has an amazing fecundity and can lay more than 80 eggs in one litter. If it is not discovered in time, the government is so frightened that it hastily figured out a way to manually intervene, it would be a disaster.
So, Rosie tapped the newspaper triumphantly and said, "How is it? My vision is good, right? Ready-made monster films, close to reality, and sensational gimmicks. If the speed is fast, the filming is done, and we don't have to do it ourselves. advertised."
I have to say that Sammy, who has always liked monsters, suddenly became interested.
He looked at the pictures in the newspaper curiously and fascinatedly, and couldn't help muttering to himself: "The pattern of this snake is quite beautiful. It looks... um, she is a little beauty."
a snake? little beauty
Rossi, who can never reach an aesthetic agreement with his friends: "… "
Fortunately, the two finally reluctantly reached an agreement on the subject matter of the script, so they decided to shoot this.
Sammy: No way, I can't shoot a dragon, let's shoot a snake first to practice!
But before shooting, the more logical approach is to come up with a script first.
After all, if you don't have money, you can still owe your salary, or be a rogue, but if you don't even have a script, you can't throw a newspaper in the same way when you're recruiting for an audition, and let the other party watch it, right
This time, Sammy isn't going to get involved in scriptwriting.
First, he is a director after all, and he can't take the screenwriter's job every day; secondly, some of his obsessions are too heavy, and if he is not careful, he may turn the script into a "warrior slaughtering the snake" without changing the medicine. At that time, Rossi would probably be pissed off.
Anyway…
Old rules, professional things are left to professional people to do.
Immediately afterwards, the two got together and made a selection of screenwriters who might agree to cooperate.
Among them, those whose remuneration is too high should not be asked; those whose writing is too obscure should not be asked; those who are too stubborn and unwilling to cooperate with the director’s requirements should not be asked…
Because the above conditions are too harsh.
They ended up picking only one person - Hughes Humphrey.
This is a high-level screenwriter. The asking price is not high. He has written commercial movie scripts that sell well before. He has a good temper and will not be hard against the director. It stands to reason that such a good talent will not be able to turn to Sammy. Their.
But this man has a very serious flaw, and this flaw alone makes it very difficult for him to get a job.
This flaw is - dragging the draft!
For Hollywood, if a script is written for three years...
Then don't say anything, wash and sleep as soon as possible!
But Rossi said: "I can handle him."
Because he was always reliable, Sammy believed it.
The next step is to pull investment, find actors, recruit staff, and have to find filming locations...
All in all, a bunch of mess.
But to be honest, this kind of work that builds the crew from scratch and hands-on everything is still very interesting.
Moreover, the good news will come soon - Rossi has successfully attracted the investment with the contacts he has accumulated over the years.
However, Sammy did not pay much attention to what the investors did.
He only knew that if the film could make a profit, he and Rossi could only get 10% each, and the rest would belong to the investor.
Fair enough already.
After all, investing in rookie producers and rookie directors is definitely a risky investment, and if you are not careful, you will end up losing all of your money.
After that, Rossi found some friends and gathered enough for a film crew.
After Sammy ran around, he also looked at a few venues suitable for shooting outdoor scenes. After talking about it verbally, he felt that there would be no major problems.
It can be said that everything is ready, only the actors are not yet in place.
But if you want an actor to audition, you have to get the script first.
So Rosie called the screenwriter they had been looking for: "Hey Hughes, how's the script going?"
Hughes Humphrey replied in a natural tone: "The script, didn't I just come back from a trip? I haven't started writing it yet."
What? travel? Haven't started writing yet
Wait, we just signed the contract and paid $20,000 in script processing fees.
result…
You went on a trip with the money, come back and tell us - the script hasn't started yet
For the first time in my life, I have met such a person who has no contract spirit and is extremely irresponsible.
Sammy was dumbfounded by the side, and his expression was extremely confused.
But although Rossi became a producer for the first time, he already had the temperament of controlling the overall situation and calm and calm.
Hearing such bad news, he didn't change his face, he didn't rush down his glasses, and simply asked, "Where are you now?"
Hughes Humphrey isn't really irresponsible (he's such a scoundrel, he can't get along in the circle).
He is just a sloppy nature, and likes to go with the flow and the so-called inspiration in everything. Therefore, when he heard the 'creditor' urging the draft first, when he asked about his location, he didn't feel any guilt or defensiveness at all, and answered directly. :"I've just got home."
Rossi said, "Okay, I'll go look for you right now."
Half an hour later, he and Sammy knocked on the screenwriter's door together.
The screenwriter is having lunch.
When the door was opened for Rosie and Sammy, the steak on his table was only half eaten.
However, as soon as Rosie entered the door, he rushed over aggressively.
He also took the knife that had just cut the steak from the table, and very naturally placed the tip of the knife in the middle of the screenwriter's eyes, and asked seriously and threateningly, "I can finish the script today. ?"
Unpredictable, the screenwriter was stunned.
He never thought that in a legal society, he would still encounter such a thing!
However, forget about him...
Even Sammy who came over was stupid.
He thought bitterly: 'Rosie, you've changed! You are also unreliable! Is this what you said can be done? Please, we are making movies, not gangsters! Also, I didn't do anything, it has nothing to do with me! The police are here, please do your best and don't arrest me! '
It's all a joke!
The producer finally couldn't bear the screenwriter's delay in drafting, and was angry and confronted with a knife!
But it's such a ridiculous picture, and the two actually stalemate for a while.
Rosie was especially a skilled trader, with steady hands that didn't really shake at all.
Hughes Humphrey can't help it.
He was afraid that he would meet some lunatic. It would not be worth it to lose his life for the script fee of $20,000, so he had to compromise: "I will write it now, I just got inspiration..."
Rosie then took back the knife and sat beside him with a cold face.
From that day on, he went nowhere, supervising Hughes until the script was finished.
There is no script.
Sammy couldn't do anything for the time being, so he had to join in the fun.
But this screenwriter is not a fuel-efficient lamp either!
Before the script was completed, he was afraid that Rosie would really fight for him; but after the script was completed, he estimated that Rosie would definitely not fight for him again, because after getting the script, it would not be worthwhile to work hard, so he began to take revenge !
After handing the script to Sammy, he jumped straight back, and turned back to give Rossi a revenge punch.
Rossi is also angry, although he knew that this person likes to drag drafts, but he found such a second-rate screenwriter cheaply, what else can he do? Therefore, there was also a backlog of dissatisfaction in my heart, so I simply fought back and fought back.
The two of them were beside them, and they started fighting.
Sammy wanted to fight at first, but considering his small size, probably no one could beat him, so he wisely chose to give up.
So, he ducked away and started to read the script.
It turns out that there is no virtuous person under the reputation.
Hughes Humphrey is really amazing, the script is well written!
Sammy became more and more excited as he watched, so he simply sat down and looked at each sentence.
But because Hughes was threatened, the writing was naturally a bit hasty, and there were inevitably some omissions and mistakes in the script. When he looked at it, he took out his pen and, like a primary school student doing his homework, he marked the key points line by line, carefully corrected the annotations beside him, and from time to time he followed the script and drew a few imaginary sub-shots sketch.
Not far ahead, Rosie and Hughes were still on the ground. You punched me, I kicked you, and rolled around and scuffled.
However, because Rossi's attack is more shady, Hughes is now completely a bruised pig's head.
While Sammy bit his pen and continued to struggle with how a scene in the script was represented...
Hughes fights back!
Rosie collapsed in front of Sammy with a 'bang', her glasses flew far away, and her nose bleeds down!
However, hurt others hurt yourself!
Hughes staggered and turned around twice, and he looked like he was about to die soon.
Sammy slaps the table and inspiration comes!
Immediately following the bad example of these two idiots, he worked hard and drew three sketches of split shots in a row...with one swipe, hearty!