Raising Dragons in Hollywood

Chapter 62: Super hardworking people

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On a sunny day, the sun hanging in the sky radiates light and heat recklessly like a super furnace.

But in this kind of weather, someone was wearing a long brown coat with a high collar and knee-length, wearing sunglasses and a black hat, sitting there drinking hot coffee without being too hot.

'Is it cold? '

The waiter in the cafe looked and looked, hesitated for a long time, but chose to step forward. He asked thoughtfully: "Sir, can I help you? For example, help you get a seat that is not so close to the air conditioner?"

"No need, go away." The eccentric replied angrily.

He was not afraid to pour a whole cup of hot coffee, and burped.

The cafe waiter tried his best not to show a strange look, and chose to leave silently.

At this time, the sound of opening the door came, and a woman wearing a professional dress who looked very shrewd and capable hurried in, glanced around for a while, and walked quickly in the direction of the eccentric. Moreover, she happened to pass by the enthusiastic waiter, so the waiter who was giving way to the guest just took a step to leave, and could hear a frantic question: "What are you wearing? What are you wearing? what the hell?"

"Shh!" Weird, no, Mickey Dragon sneakily stopped his manager from continuing to nag.

"Look over there." He pointed to the opposite table not far away, and a well-known color-blind director's permanently dyed hair (this time blue) appeared very conspicuously in the eyes of the manager. , brought a sense of astonishment.

"do you know… "

The agent, Miss Brenda, was going mad.

But it was only halfway through.

Mai Qilong raised his head angrily, raised his index finger on his lips again, and motioned her to whisper.

The manager had no choice but to stop her words reluctantly, and quickly detoured to Mickey's side before she finished her sentence again: "Do you know that your current behavior is very perverted? What the hell is this? Stalking? Yes, you skipped the audition for "Fatal Crisis" just to run over to follow director Sammy.

"Oh." Faced with these accusations, Michaelon remained lazily unresponsive.

To this guy who is still a dragon even if he is underage, the nagging voice of the manager is nothing at all, and it does not need to be paid attention to. It is like the buzzing of some flies and mosquitoes. Burns out easily.

"I'm talking to you!"

After realizing Mickey's inattentiveness, the manager's lady couldn't bear it any longer and was about to slap the table: "Believe it or not, I'll rush over and tell Director Sammy, you pervert..."

The next moment, she shut up.

For a long time, despite being unmotivated, unreliable and lazy in daily life, and never retaliating no matter how he was scolded, Michaelon, who seemed to have a good temper, suddenly became dissatisfied with her after hearing her words. look over.

To outsiders, it is very normal, just slightly sideways and glanced at the past.

But at that moment, it was terrifying!

The economic lady froze inexplicably, and felt a kind of fear suddenly come to her mind, as if she was being stared at by something dangerous.

She stood up all over her body, her heart was beating so fast, and she couldn't move her body at all. It was a bit like the panic feeling of herbivores when they encounter natural enemies. In short, she didn't dare to move!

But soon, Mickey withdrew his sight.

He turned his gaze back to the table where Sammy was, and began to complain in a still very soft tone: "I only talked to Sammy about marriage yesterday, and he came here today to date the mother's, um, female human being, Isn't it too much? Why are you humans like this, anyway, you have to seriously consider my words."

The manager's face was pale, and she was trembling inexplicably.

She couldn't figure out what was going on with this strange trembling reaction. Even in Hollywood, she was a super handsome existence, but she was so scared that she wanted to stand up and turn around and run away

Mikey didn't seem to have any plans to respond.

His eyes were always on the table where Sammy was sitting, looking a bit like a neurotic little girl who came to catch a traitor but was half-cowarded, and kept mumbling in a very low voice and sour: "He's still wearing clothes. I got a suit and a hairstyle, isn't my height right? I'm away from home, and I've grown taller overnight? Ah, I see. Humans like to add things to their shoes. What do you call increased height? Too much! What does it mean? I'm not a stingy dragon, um, human. I'm not a stingy person. I'm just, I was the one who proposed the partner contract first, but now, he doesn't respect me at all."

It's getting harder and harder for the underage fire dragon to control his anger.

He angrily poked the small cake on the table with his fork, poking it like a lump of unidentified vomit.

The agent also felt that the surrounding temperature was rising.

Although she still can't figure it out, what the hell is going on? He obviously just came out to find the actor who skipped the audition. According to the original plan, he would yell at him first, then drag him over, apologize to the casting director, and re-attend the audition.

But now...

She was sitting on the other side of this strange actor, trembling with fear, her mind was blank, and she was magically hot in the air-conditioned room and sweated all over

Mickey's anger continued to rise, so much so that the waiter in this cafe had already checked the air conditioner for the fourth time: "Strange, it's running normally, but why is the room so hot?" Air conditioner repaired."

But in fact, Sammy wasn't dating at all, as McKellon had suggested, but was working.

He seriously opened the drawing book that he always carried with him, and showed some of his own ideas to the author of "The Exorcist" in front of him.

Yes, "The Exorcist" is the original.

This is also an important reason why Disney has been slow to shoot the film.

When the author of the original author signed the contract with them, he had specially marked the article "During the film adaptation process, the author himself is allowed to control the direction of the script adaptation." Therefore, this has led to repeated disagreements between the two sides, and the author of the original author has repeatedly denied the actors they submitted. And the director list, they are also constantly rejecting some of the plot requirements put forward by the original author, and it has been difficult to reach an agreement over the years.

As a result, Disney insidiously shelved the shooting plan, trying to consume the original author who couldn’t wait any longer. After all, best-selling books are also time-limited. If you delay like this, the popularity will slowly decline, and you may miss the best time for adaptation. In this way, they are so anxious that it is the author; but what they did not expect is that the author's character is stubborn to a certain extent, and he is always unwilling to make compromises on this. He would rather not shoot than destroy the one in his heart. Exorcist World. The negotiation between the two sides completely reached a deadlock, which indirectly led to the delay in the implementation of the filming plan.

A few years in the blink of an eye.

The once best-seller really turned into a bottom-of-the-box book, but the movie still didn't appear.

In fact, this matter is a loss to the company and to the original author.

Therefore, the two sides finally do not want to spend so much any longer.

They make concessions and compromises with each other.

First, Disney will release the rumors to be filmed, attracting a large number of directors and actors who are interested in it, and then the original author, Ms. Selena, will choose acceptable people.

This went on for a long time.

Ms. Selena's nitpicking made the company extremely dissatisfied, and even made rumors that she didn't want to make the original film into film at all.

Under such circumstances, at the suggestion of Mr. Norris, Disney executives finally thought of Sammy, a former employee who had a soft spot for monsters and later filmed a "Snake Bane", and put him on the scene. listed as observation objects.

But because Sammy's qualifications are too shallow, they waited until the film "Say Hello to the World" officially hit theaters, and the box office went up all the way, which indirectly proved that he was a director who could carry the box office and make money. The invitation was officially issued.

Sammy hadn't paid much attention to the project.

But at the celebration dinner for the movie "Say Hello to the World", Mr. Norris, the former boss, mentioned it specifically, and he promised to consider it. Therefore, after receiving the invitation, he still seriously bought the complete set of "The Exorcist" and did his homework in advance.

As a result, he was surprised to discover a new continent!

In "The Exorcist", there is actually a dragon: [Archangel Michael bound the rebel Satan in heaven with chains and threw it into the world. Satan transforms into a mighty dragon, trying to break free. ]

Since it is only a brief setting, there are no dragons in the monsters that appear later.

So, Sammy hadn't noticed this bestseller before, but when he found it, he immediately became interested.

Think about it, if you can be selected as a director, can you bring in some private goods

Thinking about Disney's deep pockets, hey, slaughtering dragons on the big screen doesn't seem like a dream anymore!

Sammy was instantly excited.

Only for this point, when meeting the original author of "The Exorcist", naturally, you have to be a lot more cautious! Wearing a suit and doing hair is nothing, he also sprayed perfume, and grabbed the makeup artist who used to know the crew to help with makeup!

It's a pity that Ms. Selena didn't feel his urgency, but was frightened by him being so solemn.

She later said on Twitter: [He (referring to Sammy) took this meeting very seriously and acted like he was going to the Oscars right away, but I was actually very upset at the time because I couldn't find the right one. people, all accusing me of being overly harsh and critical. So, I just want to find an ordinary coffee shop, first meet in a low-key manner, chat casually, and see if we can chat together. As a result, I kept my head down the whole time and didn't really want to look at him...]

The netizens below laughed.

Later, some netizens left a message saying: [You made a mistake, Selena. If he really went to the Oscars, Sammy wouldn't be so serious! ]

So, in the eyes of Mickey Dragon, the scene of this scene is:

The small round-faced human beings in their own family are full of enthusiasm, but it is the mother, not the woman, who keeps bowing her head, as if she is very shy.

But in fact, Sammy is just trying to convince the other party to shoot "The Exorcist" for himself.

And Ms. Selena is a standard writer who prefers to express her emotions with words rather than words. She is not good at communication, and she will subconsciously dodge in the face of Sammy's overly enthusiastic gaze, so she keeps turning her head down. that drawing book.

Compared to Sammy himself who gushed about how to make a movie...

She prefers to read drawing books.

I have to say, after working in Disney for a few years, he has learned to draw seriously. Although Sammy rarely involves paintings that require color due to color blindness, he still draws very well for some black and white line drafts. Very vivid and soulful.

As the original author of "The Exorcist", Selena can clearly recognize every monster in the drawing book, except... the dragon bound by chains.

"Excuse me, what is this? It kind of looks like a crown?"

Ms. Selena pointed to a picture and asked suspiciously.

"Yes, in my imagination, it should be the red flame crown." Sammy's eyes suddenly lit up, as if he was asked what he was most proud of.

He pointed to the picture and talked eloquently: "Hell fire, abyss fire, etc., are they very majestic? How about seeing it as Satan, the king of demons? The ferocious wings that cover the sky, the flame crown..."

Ms. Selena was a little tangled: "Excuse me, excuse me, that, I'm not asking about the dragon, it's this on the dragon..."

"What? Oh, this is the protagonist of your book, Albioni, the exorcist," Sammy replied.

- Oh, it's Albion the exorcist!

Lady Selena fell into an eerie silence.

After a long time, she pushed her glasses and asked again cautiously: "Excuse me, this person who grabbed a broad-brimmed sword and rode on the dragon's body, held the sword and inserted the sword into the dragon's back, Is it my protagonist? His profession is still an exorcist, right? No, use a little... er, use a little spell, magic or something?"

Sammy thought about it and decided to meet the original author's request.

He took a pen and drew what looked like round bubbles around the sword: "So what?"

Ms. Selina looked at the abstract round bubbles and asked tangled, "What is this?"

Sammy replied solemnly, "Little water polo."

Ms. Selena: …

Sammy said eloquently: "He is not releasing ordinary water balls, but holy water, which can extinguish the flames from hell."

Sammy is known to be an eccentric thinker and a rambunctious person.

He is very easy to immerse himself in the imaginative world he has created, and then, regardless of it, he cannot extricate himself, and forget everything around him.

Therefore, according to the previous thoughts and plans, it should be a good talk about the shaping of the main line of the plot of "The Exorcist", the tone of the film, and the specific shooting of some scenes. But in fact, after Ms. Selena accidentally asked about the dragon, the focus of Sammy's conversation changed instantly, from the origin of the dragon, to the race of the dragon, to the evil deeds of the dragon, and finally to killing the evil dragon!

Ignoring the drawing of the script of The Exorcist itself, as a fantasy writer, Ms. Selena is really interested in this topic.

She was a little embarrassed at first, but she was finally infected by Sammy's brows, and finally couldn't help it, and couldn't help but interject a few words. Especially the interesting new idea that Sammy later proposed, the possibility of 'Technology Slaying the Dragon'. What cannonballs bomb the dragon, or replace the Dragon Slayer Sword with a high-powered chainsaw and drive the mecha to slay the dragon... It's so funny!

The more they talked, the happier they were.

But in the end, they argued over the issue of 'killing the dragon'.

Ms. Sailinan said sympathetically, "If there is a dragon in the world, it should be regarded as a very rare protected animal, right? Maybe we can coexist peacefully and build a harmonious society with humans and dragons."

Sammy scoffed at this.

He first emphasized the sentence: "There are dragons in the world, but they hide in a place where humans can't find it."

Finally unable to hold back, Mai Qilong, who secretly moved over slowly table by table, just heard these words.

He couldn't help but nodded again and again in agreement: 'Yes, there are dragons, yes, hiding. '

But then, Sammy reiterated another point: "Rare and protected animals? You are too naive, Selena."

He said in a earnest tone: "Dragons are very scary animals, they have the blood of destruction flowing in their veins (Mickey: I don't have none), they have been known to like to destroy since the Middle Ages, Robbing the royal family's gold and silver treasures, destroying towns, killing people and setting fires, forcing human beings to hand over the most beautiful virgins (Mickey's voice is hoarse: I'm not, I don't have, slander). They do all evil and have always been the mainstay of the evil camp, and human beings can't talk to them. Reason must be eliminated.”

Wait, where did this ingrained prejudice come from

Mai Qi Long Ju retorted sentence by sentence in his heart aggrieved: "I am by your side every day, when did I go to rob jewelry? At most, buy cheap highlights; when did I go to kill and set fire, I didn't even step on ants Have one; when you want a beautiful virgin, you can't eat it!"

He couldn't understand why he liked such a cruel little round face.

Even at this moment, he is still obsessed, and he thinks that the other party is very cute when he talks about 'slaughtering the dragon'.

Later, there were people who suspected him of some human sorcery.

Mickey also helped to explain: "He is the most sincere human being I have ever seen. Even if he kills a dragon, he speaks upright and open. Besides, he just said that, it is impossible to kill a dragon at all. His strength is so small, he He's so small, he looks like a piece of soft honey, which is as light as a feather in his arms..."

The dragon's babble at the back can be omitted, but the first sentence might as well not be explained.

All the Fire Dragon people think this is quite scary.

Ms Selena doesn't seem to share that sentiment either.

At first glance, she and Sammy belonged to the same kind, and for a 'virtual' species, she could seriously retort: "You can't unilaterally determine the good and evil of a race, and even genetics can't make absolute determinations. The conclusion. Think about Satan, who was an angel at the beginning, but not a fallen one in the end. Therefore, there is no absolute good and evil in the world, if you kill dragons, you must give those kind dragons a chance."

'Speak as if you can really kill dragons. '

Obviously these words sounded more friendly than Sammy's dragon slaying theory, but Mai Qilong shook his ears with double standards, dismissed the lady's remarks, and thought arrogantly: 'Dragon does not need you to give it to me. opportunity. '

Sammy seems to want to refute something, such as the excessive racism that dragons are inherently evil.

But at the moment when the words were about to be spoken, he accidentally glanced at the table, and the drawing book he had drawn for "The Exorcist" with all his might, instantly sobered up.

In order to avoid completely offending the original author.

He retracted his rebuttal in a timely manner and began to organize his language again: "Uh, um, um, maybe you are right, when we meet a kind-hearted dragon, we really need to educate him well, let him be obedient and sensible, and sit in the zoo obediently. Come on, don't bark at the kids (Mickey:!!!)... By the way, do you have any opinion on what I just thought? I'm not talking about dragons, I'm talking about exorcists."

Ms. Selena showed an embarrassed and polite smile: "I'm sorry."

"You may not be the director I want," she said apologetically.

As if struck by lightning, Sammy blurted out: "You can't have an opinion on me just because our views on Dragon Slaying are controversial. We had a good chat just now!"

Ms. Selina couldn't help laughing, and was completely amused by him: "No, I'm not because of the dragon, but because of... Let's just say, if I wrote "The Exorcist" instead of "The Dragon Slayer", I would definitely insist Agreed with you as a director, but Sammy, it's The Exorcist."

The eavesdropping Micron laughed.

He'd wisely understood what Sammy was doing by now, not dating, but fighting for a job.

Although in a way, he still hates (jealous) the woman who rejects Sammy and has a good relationship with Sammy just now.

But it was really nice to learn that the two didn't work together in the future.

Then, he wanted to take Sammy to the Hello tour and follow the band to the show.

After many years, the rock band is on the road again, touring across the country and selling tickets to the show, but don't worry, for the crew like Sammy and Mickey, all the shows are free.

"Sammy can drive with me on a road trip, as humans say... what a road trip!"

Michaelon, who can't drive, made up his mind and unilaterally planned a date.

He even thought that if Sammy's performance wasn't so extreme, maybe he would be willing to let him see the dragon.

Of course, it was to pick a deserted and uninhabited place, and then, he had to have no weapons in his hands, such as the dragon-slaying sword, the dragon-slaughtering armor, and all those tattered pieces of iron were not there...

Maybe you can scare him, pick him up and fly into the sky, and see if this bad guy wants to continue slaughtering dragons.

The more Mickey thought about it, the more delighted he became.

But is Sammy someone who gives up so easily

Even if Ms. Selena said her refusal in person, he still insisted on getting a chance: "Promise me, wait for me for a while, I will take a sample for you to see. In addition to the dragon, I will definitely be able to shoot the effect of magic, and also There are all kinds of demons."

Selena hesitated.

Perhaps touched by Sammy's enthusiasm, she finally nodded in agreement.

Sammy immediately gave a boyish fist.

He looked high-spirited, and Xiao Yuan's face shone brightly.

On the other end, McGillon slumped again.

No gigs, no dates, no changing dragons, just a damn job.

Why are humans so diligent

Mai Qilong tried hard to recall the so-called healthy dragon life standards in the dragon family, what 'work once, take a year off', what 'sleep for three years for a better job', and 'eat well, sleep long, Babies can grow tall and strong", and then think about the need to work every day after coming to the human kingdom...

Dragon God is above!

He was a little terrified for a moment: "I'm still a baby! Although I eat a lot, but I sleep so little, I won't be as short as Sammy in the future, right?"