Raising Dragons in Hollywood

Chapter 36: Daily Independent Film Festival

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After the tough Mr. Corrion threw up...

I wiped my mouth with a tissue and went back to watch the whole movie.

He then agreed to make an additional investment.

It's just that when signing the check, he said to Rossi: "If you don't lose a lot, you make a lot of money!"

Rossi promises that he will shoot well and will not lose money.

But neither of them believed it.

It's all about the future, who knows

The money is there anyway.

Everyone can go back and shoot again.

During this process, Sammy did not show up from beginning to end.

He hid behind Rosie, acting less like a crew director and more like a sidekick to the producers.

Mr. Corinne habitually ignored such 'little people'.

Until they left, they didn't find that the culprit who 'caused himself to vomit' was still an acquaintance.

Next, the crew filmed for about seven or eight weeks.

Then, officially entered the final sprint stage.

At this stage, Sammy wanted to film a scene of the Great Migration of Snakes as the finale of the whole movie.

In order to make this scene real and vivid, he went around looking for people to find a way to help get some real snakes over...

Everyone thought he was crazy: "What the hell do you think a snake is? A cute little cat?"

Sammy didn't think the snake was a good cat, but: "I'm a dragon slayer, and the snakes retreat."

Some people thought it was very interesting, and they really helped him contact a reptile house, pet store and other places, and brought hundreds of snakes here and there...

That dense scene was terrifying.

Many crew members couldn't stand it and wanted to take time off.

After Mickey noticed his death-defying move, he couldn't help laughing and crying: "Please, I'm a giant dragon, but you're not! You're going to lead a group of snakes with just a little breath, you really think of yourself as a dragon slayer. Are you a warrior?"

But the slander returned to the slander, in order to prevent his own human beings from being killed by Shekou.

Mai Qilong still ran over with the thought of 'I want to watch the fun' and escorted him, so that those low-level animals who only have instincts are obedient, don't mess with a small round face, otherwise, 'I I'll burn you to death'.

So, the filming of a great migration of snakes began in a rented remote pasture.

The snakes were released one after another from the snake box, and then, driven by the staff with sticks, they climbed one by one to the wet grass. The giant python model made by the props group stood at the forefront, icy cold. The eyes are looking into the distance, like a leader, leading the entire snake family and moving forward firmly!

Sammy's eyes lit up, and he excitedly directed the photographer to shoot back and forth around the snakes.

Mickey also followed around, so that the group of snakes would obediently film and make less trouble.

This scene is truly terrifying and magical.

Because everyone couldn't figure out why those snakes would listen to Sammy.

Wolf, who has been holding on to the director's thighs, also mentioned this matter when he was on the show: "If the person who rented the grassland to us knew that we wanted this grassland to graze real snakes, he would Probably scared to death, or regretted to death."

He said with a puzzled face: "After all, snakes are easy to release, but difficult to find again. Who knows where these snakes will crawl in the future. But the most amazing thing about the whole thing is that Sa The snakes that Director Mi let out all came back later, and the ones that came back by themselves came back in a neat line, a lot! He is really an amazing director, no, an amazing snake tamer."

Many people don't believe it at all, thinking that this is a hype by the crew.

Similar to those who make ghost movies, from time to time they will come up with some haunted news, in order to attract the attention of movie fans.

But for those on the set at the time, Sammy did become a 'wonder director'.

This allowed him to do a lot of work in the later period, and it was very smooth no matter what he did in the crew.

Worrying about his own human beings, he had to suspend work. Mai Qilong, who has been on the crew for a long time, once again succeeded and retired, hiding his merits and fame.

Finally finished shooting.

Producer Rossi, who has been trying to control Sammy and continue to spend money, can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

He admits that Sammy is a super good friend, quick to do things, and a man of righteousness.

But that still doesn't change the fact that 'Sami's view of money is a piece of shit'.

Fortunately, all the money spent is over.

Now, it's time to think about how to make money.

Rosie took Sammy on the road to seek distribution for the film.

They checked the time and participated in a domestic film festival specially set up for independent filmmakers, where they planned to promote their films.

Even though there is so much art for art's sake at the festival, too much gaudy stuff, and the competition is fierce.

But for young filmmakers, it does provide a showcase for their films.

So, every time the festival starts, hundreds of films are battling it out here trying to attract buyers.

Here, various tea parties, cocktail parties, and small-scale media gatherings are held every day, and it seems that it is just a private place for some filmmakers to socialize and connect with each other. In fact, every party is a mini-marketplace. If there are no filmmakers with any connections, it is very likely that they will not even be able to enter the gates of these trading venues.

However, Rossi is in such a place like a duck to water.

He is well aware of all the latest happenings at the festival and is very professional.

In order to sell the film, he looked for people everywhere to build relationships. From time to time, he would squat at the door of those parties or in the parking lot, ready to wait for an opportunity. Seek friends, expand contacts, and try to squeeze into those circles anyway.

Sammy is generally too lazy to go with him.

People who have been pampered since childhood, even if their attitude is calm, they still have a bit of arrogance in their bones, so he is not willing to flatter people just to participate in a bad drinking party.

Rossi didn't force it (mainly because he was afraid that Sammy wouldn't be able to help and would cause trouble), but just suggested in a good voice: "Since you don't go with me, then let Mickey go with me. Otherwise, it's just me. It's boring to be alone, and I'm also working hard for our cause."

Sammy doesn't matter.

He's pretty good at playing on his own, he doesn't need anyone to accompany him, he just lets Mickey decide for himself.

Mickey had nothing to do after thinking about it, and was curious about this human film festival, so he agreed.

As a result, the next day he rushed back to find Sammy and cried, "Rosie is too much, and asked me to coax a rich woman so she can take us to the reception."

Rosie tried hard to argue, "Mrs Chris just wanted to have a cup of tea with you because you looked like her dead husband."

Mickey complained: "Nonsense, her deceased husband was a 300-pound short and fat man."

Sammy was simply shocked.

Mickey was so big, but he hid behind him, like a baby who was wronged and finally found his mother. He held Sammy and didn't let go, and refused to go out with Rosie again.

Rossi is very sorry about this. Maybe Mickey's handsome face really has the effect of a 'pass'

But it can also be seen from this incident how unscrupulous he was at that time.

But even everyone in the world looks down on Rossi's behavior.

Neither can Sammy.

Because it is with the continuous efforts of Rossi...

The film they shot called "Snake" was successfully delivered to Leotini.

Leotini is a member of the jury of this film festival.

When he got the film, he didn't feel anything, because the film itself was not famous at all. Except for Nali, a well-known TV star, the actors involved were not well-known either. The filmmakers are all newcomers.

So, Leotini gave up hope for this film.

It was only because a friend asked him to help him take a look, that he decided to take a look at it before going to bed at night. If it doesn't look good, it's just hypnosis.

Then…

He couldn't fall asleep again.

At the same time, Sammy and the others were still running around the streets putting up posters.

But there was a little problem when putting up the poster.

At that time, there was a bar, which was also the heat of the film festival.

They allowed filmmakers to put posters on the window panes of wine handles for publicity.

The traffic of this wine is quite large. If the poster is really posted, it will definitely be a good promotion.

However, when Sammy and the others went to put up posters, they were stopped by security.

"You can't do this, let's go, find another place to post it." The bar's security guard said.

"What? Why not?" Although Sammy also knew that he was angry for no reason, after all, this was someone else's place, but he was not convinced, because: "Why can others post it, but not mine? If it's a poster If it is too big, if it takes up space…”

To prove myself right.

He also stretched out his finger, pointed hard at a poster next to him and said, "Isn't this one bigger?"

On the movie poster he pointed to, there was a scantily clad beauty, and next to it was the words 'Sister Jenny met with you on XX month XX', which looked like some kind of Yellow advertisement.

The security looked at it and smiled.

Then, he said, "You compare a terrifying snake to a pretty girl? Go, go, how can a snake look good in a girl!"

Sammy is pissed.

He felt that it was the security guard who was looking for faults, and the reason might be that he was afraid of snakes, or that they were not pleasing to the eye.

Actually, neither.

It's just that they didn't give security to the security.

But Sammy hadn't thought of that in a hurry.

Rossi went to socialize again, and the Mai Qilong who followed him didn't even know the unspoken rules of the human world.

So, he could only be sulking himself.

As a result, I was angry, I had a flash of inspiration, and I had a good idea - I also made a poster with beautiful women.

Mikey began to find it difficult for humans to understand again.

He couldn't help but ask: "You obviously shot a snake movie, and you painted a beautiful woman on the poster, isn't it a false advertisement?"

Sammy directly painted the only two heroines in the film as beautiful snakes, which is the kind of... beauties on the upper body and snake tails on the lower body.

After hearing Mickey's question, he pokes the new poster with confidence and plausibility and asks, "There's a fake there? Isn't it in these movies? Isn't Mrs. Reynard in the movie? Isn't Laura a role in the movie? In the movie Are there no snakes? Since there are all of them, how can it be called false advertising? If there is no, it is called false! If there is, it is called environmental protection! This is to save paper, and I am making do with the characters."

Is this still possible

Save paper? role play together

After thinking about it for a long time, Mai Qilong couldn't think of anything wrong with what Sammy said, so he believed it a little.

So, he admired in his heart: "Humans really have endless creativity!"