[1] Difficulty choosing Mai Qilong
Compared to the little round-faced human who is always thinking about himself, and even stalking and peeping at the Mai Qilong.
Sammy's performance was unmistakably 'cold-blooded', he hadn't thought of Mickey for a minute, no, not even a second.
He said goodbye to Ms. Selena, and the first thing he did when he got home was to dig out a bunch of occult materials again, re-invest in the study of "The Exorcist", and plan to take the camera, find a place, Find a way to shoot a few good samples, and strive to get this hard-won 'big screen dragon slaying' good opportunity.
As for the sloppy proposal of Mickey Dragon
Isn't that a joke
Sammy apparently thought so.
But what's worse is...
The joking process was seen by the two older brothers in the family and sparked a not-so-good misunderstanding.
Especially when the big mouth of the second brother Dunbar quickly exposed the whole thing to the other brothers.
This misunderstanding becomes even more difficult to explain.
That day, even Duke, the steadfast older brother, began to stare at him with a very tolerant gaze, trying to reassure him by saying, "Don't worry, Sammy. Regardless of gender, race, appearance, as long as you like it, I will try my best to adapt to it. Yes, but it will take a little time. But you have to believe that Big Brother will always be behind you."
It sounds so touching!
But it only takes a few seconds to be moved, if you don't watch the chat group.
In the chat group belonging to the younger generation of brothers and sisters of the Griffin family, the eight brothers in the family, plus a few distant cousins, etc., have already targeted the 'the youngest brother in the family is suspected of finding a homosexual' that night. The topic was heated up.
Because they chatted so happily that Sammy's sentence [that's not true, just joking] was quickly overwhelmed by countless swipe messages, and eventually no one paid attention.
During this discussion, this group of boring people was divided into three factions, and the Three Kingdoms debate was lively.
One faction is more old-fashioned and old-fashioned, and insists: [Our family Xiaosa can still like girls. After a while, I will introduce him to a few beautiful girls. What does it look like with a guy? outrageous, opposed, firmly opposed];
Another school of thought believes: [In modern society, people who like men and women are free, don’t be old-fashioned. Look at Sammy, Sammy has the right to choose who he likes, support, firmly support];
The last school of thought is: [For Sammy to choose who he likes, but against the guy named Mickey. ]
Because, [This guy looks unreliable. A while ago, he had been eating and drinking Sami and living in Sami, and letting Sami support him. Now he just made a name for himself, and he came out to propose again. What are you doing? This is going to depend on our family Xiaosa for a lifetime (Mickey is surprised: amazing, this has been seen)! ]
These people are arguing every day in the group, and they also take Sammy to judge them:
[Sami, you say, who is right? ]
Sammy, who was forced out of the closet, blocked the entire group in exhaustion.
The unreliability of the brothers and sisters quickly broke his heart: "You actually don't want to care about me at all, you just find an excuse to quarrel! You don't care whether I like men or women, you care about... Who can Great victory in this debate."
The Griffins had countless children, each with at least a dozen cousins.
People who have lived in groups all the year round will learn a little bit more or less, that is, don't care too much and don't pay too much attention, otherwise, all kinds of trivial things will annoy people to death.
So, Sammy heartily put it aside.
As for the issue of speaking out, he was too lazy to distinguish: "Why do I have to be like a erring elementary school student to justify whether I like men? Or do I like women? Childish! Isn't slaughtering dragons fun?"
If Michaelon said it, it would definitely not be fun.
But he hardly knew what to do with Sammy now.
Sammy Griffin, a great friend (he's willing to share everything with his friends), terrible co-worker (an obsessive overtime and an all-out work model that often drives everyone to want to kill him every day before committing suicide), And, badly racist (every time he talks about dragon slaying, he gets excited like a genocide Nazi).
For the last point, Mikey was often so angry that he wanted to break up with him.
For this reason, he also secretly wrote some books about breaking up friendships in secret, such as 'I have decided to ignore you again, because you never respect dragons'; It's been driving me away from you, it's powerful, really powerful'; and 'no matter how much you cry to keep me and apologize to me (never), I won't forgive you easily'.
But in fact, these divorce books will eventually be burned to ashes by his flame.
The next day, I ran around with Sammy as usual, why did we break up with him? Nothing at all.
The spineless little fire dragon was completely stunned by his small round-faced human.
It feels a bit like the line from the graphic fairy tale book The Little Prince, 'Maybe there are five thousand flowers in the world exactly like you, but you are my only rose'. For Mickey, it's the same, 'Maybe there are eight billion humans in the world, but only you are my only human being. '
Therefore, he has no intention of working.
Every day, like a pervert, he wanders at the door of Sammy's house.
The agent, Miss Brenda, was utterly desperate.
She finally realized that she had made a super-losing deal, that this newly signed actor, handsome and radiant, with a seemingly bright future, was actually a neurotic with a problem with his brain, and what was worse, a very scary neuropathy.
Although I don't understand why I was so frightened that I didn't dare to move that day.
But Miss Brenda instinctively sensed a danger with her years of experience in the entertainment industry. So, in the days to come, she sought advantages and avoid disadvantages, and no longer helped Mickey take any jobs, but only served as a subordinate. There is no such person.
Although doing so gave Mai Qilong more leisure time.
But his behavior really left Sammy speechless.
In Mickey's imagination, standing at the door and silently guarding him is as calm and reliable as a mountain.
But from Sammy's point of view, a tall, handsome man sneaks around at the door of the house all day long. He is in a daze if he doesn't speak when he meets each other. Whether he is opening the door or opening the window, he can see it every time. Stare, what the hell is this
It took about a week or so, and I was impressed by Mickey's patience (for the dragon, a week was not enough sleep).
Sammy finally decided to say something.
Whether or not Mykey was joking, he felt compelled to reiterate an important question.
That is: "I don't plan to get married, and I don't plan to marry you."
Michaelon especially understands.
He gave a standard answer full of sadness: "I understand, you just want to kill the dragon."
Check it out!
What is a confidant? What is a best friend
That's it!
Before you take the initiative to say it, he will understand and understand everything!
Satisfied, Sammy nodded.
Then, he continued to ask in a clearly relaxed tone: "Then what are you doing? Haven't you been working lately?"
"No..." Mickey replied.
"Impossible!" Sammy was stunned: "Aren't you very popular a while ago? How come you don't have a job?"
Mickey decisively dumped the blame on the innocent Miss Broker.
"Brenda didn't give me a job," he said.
"How could she do this?" Sammy suddenly became unhappy.
Mikey wasn't too wicked, and hurriedly added: "I don't want to work lately either."
Sammy's expression softened slightly.
But he still had a feeling of 'my friend was bullied', the buddy loyalty in his bones emerged again, and his overbearing personality surfaced again, although he did not propose to let Mickey move home to live again , but the big brother impulsively decided to play with Mickey in the next sample shooting.
Of course, Michaelon would not object, and immediately followed him on the spot.
Then, he met another dragon, a black dragon, fake.
Sammy is really ambitious this time to make a big scene.
Therefore, he contacted the special effects artist he knew from his previous work, and tried to cooperate to create a temporary animation short film of about ten minutes. The content is about a precognition dream of the protagonist exorcist Albioni - the night of the Halloween carnival.
The streets and alleys are crowded with people, and there are monsters and demons who take the opportunity to mingle in the crowd. Colorful lights illuminate them. The background is the dark old city buildings. Monster, it seems that the whole picture is ghostly and lifeless.
And the only protagonist who didn't dress up as a monster, just dressed up as an ordinary person, in the crowd, looked like an alien.
He was desperately weaving through the horde of monsters in a panic, frightened and viciously shoved around until fireworks exploded in the sky.
The shadow that had encompassed the entire city miraculously wriggled.
Then, a huge black dragon broke free from the shadows and rose into the air, completely covering the entire city.
Animation or something is not done yet.
But for the sake of personal hobby, the dragon is done.
Sammy has contacted the props engineer a long time ago to come up with a model of a black dragon that is not too big, but not too small.
This black dragon model has been made extremely ferocious and terrifying. It has long fangs and hard black scales like a raised weapon. The body is quite tall for humans, maybe four or five meters high. The huge red longan seemed to be staring at the ground with murderous aura.
Sammy was so pleased to see this model that he jumped over happily and couldn't wait to give him a kiss and ride.
Before that, he also handed the mobile phone to Mickey and instructed the other party to take a photo of himself and Heilong.
But the question is...
- What's the difference between this and going out in front of me
Although it is a fake dragon, there is no need to care about it.
But it's a red dragon anyway! Why black dragon
Mickey frowned, and the whole dragon's expression turned bad.
He didn't want to take some shitty pictures of Sammy at all.
If this kind of intimate group photo is taken, it will be seen by the dragons of the same clan in the future...
what! You will be ridiculed to death! !
[Mickey, you can't do it, why do the lovers you think would rather kiss a fake dragon than play with you? ]
[My God! It's a black dragon, from the black dragon family! Dragon God is above, Mickey, you are too embarrassing for our fire dragon. ]
[Mickey, are you a fiery dragon? Watching your lover kiss and hug a black dragon, yet still helping to take pictures? ]
[Ah! You useless waste dragon, you shame on the fire dragon family! ]
"Mickey, are you ready?"
At this time, Sammy, who was holding the black dragon's neck and posing for a long time, leaned out impatiently and shouted.
The underage Fire Dragon tightly held the phone.
His heart grew heavier: "To be or not to be, that's a question."
[2] Best special effects Mickey Dragon
Under Sammy's increasingly dissatisfied gaze, Michaelon chose to take 'intimate' pictures for them despite the humiliation.
This made his heart very tormented and painful, so that when he left the studio of the prop master, he frequently turned his head behind him, and with a pair of angry eyes, he shot the (non-existent) death light wave towards the fake black dragon.
Sammy misunderstands his behavior and feels a confidant again.
He patted Mickey on the shoulder and said, "You can't bear it, right? I know you're just like me, and this dragon does a great job! Look at the head, look at the wings, look at the huge body , XX (referring to the props master) is really amazing, I love him so much."
- what to look at!
- So ugly! So ugly!
and…
—You love props masters!
—You love that fake dragon!
- But you never said you love me!
Michaelon is more painful.
He was stimulated and felt that he had to do something, otherwise, this would be too embarrassing for Long from beginning to end.
Sammy is naturally very happy.
Because the sample is simple, but after choosing Halloween as the background, it fully shows the vivid and eerie charm of all kinds of monsters and demons that he has spent a lot of time designing, and the picture is also full of Sammy Griffin's strong personalities. Style, a bizarre and magical world of exorcists, of course, the most outstanding thing is that it is always shrouded in the sky over the city, like a dragon born in the dark shadow, very oppressive.
"If that's the case, and I'm still rejected, then there's nothing I can do," Sammy said to himself.
Then, he stopped thinking about it and turned his attention to some trivial work.
After the success of the film "Say Hello to the World", many co-stars sent text messages of 'congratulations on the success of the film' and 'hope to have the opportunity to collaborate in the future'.
For example, one of them, Warren, who likes to hug his thighs very much and is very successful in hugging his thighs, sends a greeting text message almost every day.
In the face of these text messages, in order to avoid appearing too cold, Sammy was picky and replied as much as possible.
Although he is not good at this kind of social interaction, maintaining a good relationship with the actors will undoubtedly bring some help to his future work, so it is still necessary to do it.
In addition, there is a backlog of job invitations in the email.
Sammy also picked it up and looked at it, most of them were not very reliable, just seeing that he was famous recently, he swarmed together: "Oh, it's not worth it, it seems that I should find an assistant, there is so much garbage. mail."
Then, old acquaintances - the Kerry brothers.
The two brothers who were expelled not long ago were very unwilling. They tried to re-establish a friendly and cooperative relationship with Sammy. They sent more than 20 scripts in one breath, let him choose, and promised that they would definitely invest.
If you ignore the shameless actions of the two brothers before...
From the perspective of work alone, the more than 20 scripts they sent are of high quality among all the job invitations, and the attitude is also very good, which is a sincere invitation.
In addition, the two brothers did something that surprised Sammy.
They recently submitted the film "Say Hello to the World" to the Academy for the Oscars.
The movie went well at the box office.
But it's no secret that the Oscars have never been fond of high-grossing commercials. Moreover, many people in the circle are not very optimistic about this film's participation in the election. As the film critic Bobby Hans said, the core and essence of this film are superficial and not worth thinking about.
Most people think that Bobby Hans is mean, but there is something wrong with what he says. If 'the film finally came to the end, and the band never succeeded', the depth of the film might be a little higher, but if it succeeded, it would have turned into a badly filmed cliché and happy ending.
Sammy scoffed at this.
He told reporters bluntly: "I don't think it's wrong to give people hope and dreams on the screen. Are only those that make the audience cry as a good movie?"
But rule out this little problem.
The performance of the Kerry brothers is really impressive.
They did their best to publicize the Oscars, and spent money to hold lavish banquets one after another, and at these banquets they played the movie publicly to expand the popularity of the movie; at the same time, they took advantage of the opportunity of Hello's national tour to hype the movie; after that, they acted like Like some kind of vulture chasing prey, he hovers above the roster of judges every day, discussing in every possible way: "Look, does anyone know this person?" "I think about it, he seems to have cooperated with XX, I Contact XX to speak for us."
How to say this
Marketing and operations are no longer a topic to be ashamed of in modern society.
However, it is not easy to be as shameless and stubborn as the Kerry brothers.
For those directors who only want to pursue fame and fortune, they will probably be moved by the efforts of the two brothers (after all, if they really win the award, it will be both fame and fortune), and they are willing to cooperate with everything and continue to persevere together. , until it really recaptured that tantalizing Oscar crown.
Khasami is different.
He's not so arrogant that he doesn't care about fame and fortune.
Rather, compared to fame and fortune...
What he thought more about was a punk-style, cool and unrestrained life of [a little money, a little wine, and good friends by his side, who can get in the car anytime].
Thus…
The aggressive behavior of the Kerry brothers will naturally only make him feel: not cool, shame!
But Sammy IQ is online all year round.
Emotionally, he thinks so, but intellectually he understands the 'normal' behavior of the Kerry brothers.
So, this made him very troubled for a while.
In the end, he showed neither for nor against.
Although afterwards, he defined his actions as 'hypocrisy'.
But because 'I can't think of a better way to do it, just let it go'.
The operation of the Kerry brothers helped Sammy indirectly become famous.
This gave him more advantages in the pursuit of directing "The Exorcist". The Disney company had great hopes for this well-known and prosperous new-generation director, especially in the high-level meeting, the former boss Nuo Mr. Rees has also been actively supporting him, claiming several times that 'Sami is the most suitable director for "The Exorcist"'.
From this point of view, Sammy, who clearly wanted to draw a clear line with the Kerry brothers, had to accept a favor from the two brothers.
It can only be said that these two brothers are too powerful. Once they get on it, they can't get rid of it like a cowhide candy.
However, for the time being, I will not consider whether I will cooperate with the two brothers again in the future.
When the situation is good, Sammy's director qualification for "The Exorcist" seems to be only a nod from the original author, Ms. Selena.
So, the two soon ushered in a second meeting.
The venue for this meeting, due to the fact that the demo was to be played, was simply arranged in the screening room of the Disney Company.
Sammy returned to the old place, and naturally met many acquaintances.
As he greeted everyone, he ran to play the samples that had been prepared for a long time.
Lady Selena's expression was serious.
She said to Sammy privately, "I'm grateful for your love for my work and moved by your hard work, but if it doesn't meet my requirements, no matter how famous you are now, and no matter what the company imposes on me. Pressure, I will not agree."
Sammy didn't mind what she said and acted confident.
He replied, "Try it, I'll try my best, but don't discriminate against me just because I'm famous."
Lady Selena was amused.
The tense atmosphere was relaxed again.
After the demo was played, the screening room was quiet.
That kind of strong personal style makes people unable to take their eyes off. In the precognition dream of the protagonist exorcist Albioni, the Halloween carnival begins. Seemingly dark, but also revealing a kind of innocence, the protagonist who fled in a hurry in the crowd has an unhappy expression and a funny feeling.
In the end, when Heilongweifeng appeared...
A group of Disney managers watched the screen intently.
Although in their eyes, the quality of the temporary samples is still a bit low.
But magically, there is an attractive and powerful charm, which makes people want to watch it with a smile.
Lady Selena also thought deeply.
In her opinion, of all the directors she has seen in this period, Sammy is the least fit.
Because, he didn't follow the original novel to make the movie at all, but based on the original novel, he gave full play to his imagination, and flew freely.
In a way, the original author does not like others to interfere in their own creation.
Therefore, Ms. Selena chose to reject Sammy at the beginning.
But what's interesting is that when she saw the demo, she found that these adaptations of Sammy did not make her feel disgusted.
The reason may be... the sincere emotion that Sammy puts into the dailies.
He's not trying to show off his talent, or change it out of any personal preference.
On the contrary, every frame he shoots is thoughtful and full of deep affection, even the most useless and most wretched little monster in the book, when it comes to his lens, there is a hint of Kind of lively.
Lady Selena hesitated.
She lowered her head and hesitated: "Is it to choose a director who is well-behaved and scripted? Or choose a director like Sammy who dares to make a big adaptation? ... of course it's a big win or lose big venture, but if you win, the movie might be great!"
When the screening of the dailies came to an end, the room was quiet.
Sammy looked at them all inexplicably, trying to get a clue on their faces.
But everyone is thinking, and no one has spoken yet.
"Well, actually, I still have a lot of ideas."
Sammy took the initiative to stand up on a rare occasion, wanting to say a few good words for himself to win this rare opportunity.
But before he could finish speaking,
Everyone in the screening room raised their heads again, with a look of astonishment on their faces.
Sammy turned around feeling that something was wrong, and also looked at the screen behind him.
I saw that there was an extra follow-up to the sample that was originally played...
A fire burst out like a fire snake, with a crackling sound, and in an instant, sparks splattered around the black dragons on the screen and burned them.
In the large flames, a clear dragon roar sounded, and the fire dragon with golden red radiance, many times larger than the black dragon, waving huge wings, jumped out from an unknown place on the ground, and smashed the black dragon fiercely. Stepping on the feet, in the screen, holding your head high, looking forward to the gods flying, showing off your power!
What a special effect!
How is this made
So real!
So shocking!
Before Sammy figured out 'what the hell is going on with all this green? Where did that green dragon come from'
Ms. Selena was moved: "God, how much did this... how much did this cost? It's just a sample! My God, child, I can see your sincerity! Thank you for your love for my work, I have to say... God, I never thought you could do this!"
All of Disney's senior management couldn't help but nodded: "Yes, yes, I didn't expect you to pay so much attention to it, Sammy."
The expressions they looked at Sammy were especially gentle, especially Mr Norris' happy 'you didn't embarrass me' look.
Only Sammy looked confused.
He thought to himself: You don’t believe it when you say it, but I didn’t expect it either.