Natalie Portman, now a sophomore in high school, has returned to New York to prepare for her final exams.

Don made a phone call, and wanted to ask her out to get to know each other better, but it was her mother, Shirley Hirschler, who answered it, and it was a little embarrassing.

This Jewish mother was very strict with her daughter.

Don didn't even have access to her private contact information.

Since the fierce conflict of ideas between Donn and George Lucas that day, Done Walker, as the director, has not appeared in the Star Wars crew, and the preparation of the crew is completely controlled by Lucas.

He had already figured out that if George Lucas was stubborn, then he would do his job, finish the film, take the money and leave, and ...... Well water does not interfere with river water.

The Tao is different, not the same!

It's late April, and "My Grand Greek Wedding" has been released overseas one after another, and the box office has ...... Not good.

In the five countries that have been released, Austria has grossed $1.02 million, Brazil has grossed $1.23 million, Chile has grossed $170,000, Finland has grossed $430,000, and thankfully Nicole Kidman's home country Australia has earned a lot of $12.8 million.

With the arrival of May, the movie will gradually be released on a large scale.

However, overall, the trend of the box office is not optimistic.

After all, it is a comedy, and because of the cultural differences in various places, it is difficult to popularize it all over the world like a commercial blockbuster.

Fortunately, the English-speaking region and the European region have shown good box office trends.

By May 15, the cumulative box office in Australia reached $21 million, and the United Kingdom, which had just been released for nine days, also had $15 million, France $5 million, Germany $8 million, and Italy $7.5 million......

There is still half a month to go before the start of Star Wars, and the overseas box office of "My Grand Greek Wedding" has accumulated to 65 million US dollars.

Don's worries are getting heavier and heavier, the United Kingdom and Australia have passed the hot period, relying on other non-English speaking regions, can they accumulate another $55 million at the box office in this month?

At this time, Donne, who had disappeared from the Star Wars crew for half a month, finally received a call from George Lucas.

"Boy, you're not going to forget that you're my film director, are you?"

"How could it be? I'll show up before the movie starts. ”

Lucas laughed and scolded: "Stinky boy, are you still losing your temper with me? Forget it, you can take the time to come over, I have something to tell you." ”

Done's heart jumped, judging by Lucas's attitude, he ...... Seems to have flinched?

When Donn drove to Lucasfilm on the outskirts of California, he heard the good news.

George Lucas acknowledges Donne's changes to the script and acquiesces in adding drama and intensity to the action scenes.

And Lucas also came with a -

"The movie "Following" you gave me, I watched it, it's pretty good, I helped you contact two small theaters, less than a hundred, let's try it first, and there is no publicity. If the effect is good, maybe more than a dozen theaters can be added. ”

Tang En raised his eyebrows, and laughed in his heart: "Is this considered reparation?"

However, he is not optimistic about the box office market of the movie "Following", a movie of less than 70 minutes, in terms of length alone, cannot attract enough fans, let alone a black and white film.

"Thank you then. ”

For such a small thing, Donn understands that with the influence of George Lucas, it is not difficult to do.

……

On May 27, "My Grand Greek Wedding" finally exceeded $100 million at the global box office.

As of May 31, the global box office is $112.7 million!

There are still six or seven million short of Donne's request!

According to the requirements of the crew of "Star Wars Episode 1: The Ghost Man Menace", the group will be joined on June 1, and the movie will be officially filmed on June 3.

Tang En didn't have the ability to "mirror possession" at this time, so it was naturally impossible to enter the group, so he quickly made an excuse, saying that he was sick and had a fever, and he would wait two days to enter the group again.

On June 1, it was $5.4 million short of the target;

On June 2, there was still $1.2 million short of the target.

……

"Donn, how's your body?"

Tomorrow the crew will officially start filming the movie, and George Lucas personally made a phone call to condole.

The crew won't wait for Donn to arrive before officially starting the film, with Lucas in charge, and seven or eight assistant directors, they can adjust the order and shoot some irrelevant shots such as framing first.

Tang En was so anxious that he could only grit his teeth, "It's much better, at most...... Two days, I'm definitely there!"

Fortunately, most of the films were shot in Lucasfilm's studios, which is a 40-minute drive.

"Well, that's fine, I'll let them shoot some scattered shots first. Lucaston paused, "By the way, one thing I forgot to tell you, your movie "Following" has been released from theaters on a large scale. ”

""Following?" Donne's heart jumped, thinking of something, and couldn't help but be a little excited, "George, how much is the box office?" uh...... I've not been in good health lately, so I haven't paid much attention to these little things. ”

Because "Following" is produced by Tang En Pictures, Tang En naturally added his name to the position of producer.

Lucas thought for a while, "I didn't pay much attention to it, it's less than two million dollars anyway, you can check it yourself." ”

Two million dollars?

Don almost jumped in excitement.

It's done!

The goal of 120 million has been achieved!

Hung up the phone, Don immediately put on sunglasses, turned on the system, and sure enough, in the package on the upper right, he found a brand new icon - mirror possession.

"Haha! It's not easy!"

During this period of time, the mountain that was pressing on Don En finally disappeared, and Tang En was relieved and excited.

"Which director's abilities should I choose?"

Don thought about it for a long time, and finally chose three people - James Cameron, Steve Spielberg, and Ridley Scott.

Needless to say, the first two are also a big director, he directed the sci-fi film "Blade Runner", and also directed the action films "Black Rain" and "Big Wave".

Instead of making a decision at the moment, Donn called George Lucas and told him that he would be there tomorrow morning.

Lucas was naturally very happy, Donn is a film director, and it is somewhat unreasonable not to show up at the opening ceremony.

"By the way, George, if the director of this movie had to choose between James Cameron, Steve Spielberg, and Ridley Scott, who would you choose?"

Lucas said without thinking, "Of course it's Steve!"

"Oh? Why?"

Lucas smiled: "Didn't you say that the script I wrote was too young? If you want to shoot depth, you naturally have to choose Steve! However, you are not a bad kid, I am very optimistic." ”

"Haha, borrow your good words, George, I won't let you down!"

Don suddenly brightened up, hung up the phone, and calmly clicked on the character attributes of "Steve Spielberg".

"Are you sure that Donn Walker's 'mirror possession' Steve Spielberg's expertise is known?"

"Sure!"

……