"Sophia", who returned home, couldn't wait to jump into the arms of her mother "Maggie". Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Before leaving, "Sophia" reluctantly hugged "Richie", and Richie gave her his hand-turned comic strip. While Sophia and Maggie are leaving, Richie finds a court restraining order on the table with clauses for aggressive assault and harassment.

This also explains the bruises and scars on Maggie's face just now.

Maggie complained and handed Richie the bill, but after Richie repeatedly refused, Maggie angrily began to blame Richie.

Richie, however, recounts an incident from the past - in the fourth grade of elementary school, there were two bullies who were always looking for fault with him. Maggie knocks over the big man with a punch, and they laugh at Richie's sissy and ask their sister to protect her. But Ricky knows that he has the coolest sister in the world.

They've grown up, they've changed, Ricky has changed.

But Maggie's beautiful little daughter is smart and unique. It wouldn't have been possible without Maggie's hard work, and some things never changed - Maggie was still his, the coolest sister.

Richie's words made Maggie cry.

Upon returning to his home, Richie crawled back into the tub with half a tank of "blood", stripped naked, jumped into the tub, and ripped off the bandages.

The shocking wound was exposed again, and Richie trembled as he picked up the bloody blade again. Just then the phone on the floor rang again.

"Ding Ding - !!"

After the bell rang twice, Richie ripped off the wires, staring blankly at the ceiling, frowning as if thinking about something. After hesitating for a while, he finally got up again and put the wire back on.

"Maggie?" came his sister's whimper.

"Can you ...... Usually come over to help me take care of Sophia. I was just...... I need help, okay?......" Maggie's words continued.

Under the swirling melody, Richie held the microphone and froze for a long time, and finally a warm smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

“OK。 ”

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"The music needs to be tweaked, it's too psychedelic now, it's more like disco music in the club than a movie soundtrack. Sid touched his chin and said to the composer.

"Yes, I see. The composer nodded in agreement.

Sid is now working on the post-production soundtrack of "Curfew" at a professional recording studio in Los Angeles.

Ever since he entered the full-fledged production stage, Sid has found that he can delegate non-visual tasks such as sound effects and music to professionals, which can greatly reduce his workload.

So after editing the three short films, Sid asked Henry to send them to various professional studios for visual post-production adjustments, music and sound effects, etc.

Speaking of editing, Sid later rejoiced to discover that there was now film transcription technology, so he didn't have to really find a bunch of editors to cut and paste film like in the old movies.

Although the current digital editing platform is still a little rudimentary, there is no shortage of key functions, so Sid is relieved.

So the editing went quite quickly, and of course, Sid also did a lot of preparation work in advance. According to the original sequence of the shots of the three short films, Sid has already arranged the sequence of shots that should be. All that's left is to adjust the duration and rhythm of each shot.

This kind of editing is so simple and easy that it has never been done before, and the editor was very surprised.

But when it came time to dim and color, it took a lot of effort. Because the current dimming system, which is quite primitive, cannot be adjusted to any part of the picture as it will be in the future. It's just a simple overall adjustment of hue and luminosity.

This makes the whole dimming process rely more on the experience and feel of the dimmer, and Sid can only provide general requirements such as "I want to be brighter" and "I want to be warmer and lighter".

Sid, who had planned to slowly polish the three short films, was suddenly interrupted by a new piece of news, and had to let Henry take over the final finishing touches while he rushed to deal with new troubles.

But fortunately, all three short films have been completed eighty percent, and Henry has also assisted Sid as an assistant director throughout the process, so there is no big problem.

When Sid rushed back to the Fire Lion headquarters, Ali (Emmanuel) was already waiting here.

"You've been waiting for a long time. Sid nodded and sat down on top.

"Nothing, I just arrived. Ali (Emmanuel) said with a smile.

"How's it going?" asked Sid.

"The IP aspect of the novel is relatively smooth, most of the domestic novels have already been completed, only "A Song of Ice and Fire" because the author George Martin wants to meet with the acquirer, so it depends on your schedule. ”

"Old man Martin?" Sid couldn't help but laugh when he remembered the old man who later became a "modern-day Tolkien" with "A Song of Ice and Fire", "I can do it at any time, you can find someone from the General Affairs Department to arrange for the old man to come to Los Angeles, the first air ticket, the Four Seasons Hotel suite, the Limo (limousine) transfer, and the treatment should show our sincerity." ”

"Anything else?" Sid took the folder from Ali.

"Foreign novels are being negotiated, and they will be ready by the middle of the year. Ali (Emmanuel) said.

“Cool。 Sid nodded, "What about the comic IP?"

"There are three that are more troublesome. The first is Dark Horse Comics' "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", and the gang of Dark Horse Comics shouted 30 million. ”

"Dollars?" Sid asked, smirking.

Ali (Emmanuel) shrugged for sure.

"After last year's 'Batman and Robin', they still dare to shout such a high price?" Sid was a little speechless, some people just felt very good about themselves, and these vampires from the comic book company were still so greedy at a time when everyone was shouting at the comic book movie.

"It doesn't matter, let's grind with them slowly, we are not in a hurry anyway. Sidnunu said.

"Well, the second is Hasbro's Transformers, and now we have a competitor. Ali (Emmanuel) said.

"Really, competitors, who?" Sid asked with interest, and he was under the impression that it was the great director Spielberg and his DreamWorks who finally got the rights to the "Transformers" movie. But this is still nearly a decade away from the movie version of "Transformers" in "history", could it be that Spielberg started so early?

"It's a small company called Angry. Ali (Emmanuel) said.

"Angry? Sid shook his head.

"It's a small company with a little name, and it's not worth mentioning. Ali (Emmanuel) pouted, "But the trouble is, it makes the Hasbro gang feel like they can sell it for a price, so they're deliberately going both ways to rip us off." ”

"Cut, none of these guys are worry-free. Sid grinned, "Since the Hasbro gang is willing to negotiate with small companies, it means that they don't care about the results of the film, they just want to sell for more money." In that case, we will grind with them, anyway, with the current special effects technology, it is impossible to really start shooting. ”

"What about the third?" asked Sid.

"is the copyright to Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Ali's (Emmanuel's) words immediately lifted Sid's spirits, and he swept away the laziness just now, and looked at Ali with a look in his eyes, "How's the situation!"

"We're a step late, and Warner Bros. Pictures has already reached out to J.K. Rowling. Ali's (Emmanuel's) words made Sid straighten.

"We also got in touch with JK Rowling later, but JK Rowling's attitude. Ali (Emmanuel) shrugged helplessly: "One is the little-known Fire Lion Pictures, and the other is Warner Bros., the world's largest entertainment group, I think you can also imagine the situation at that time." ”

"But the Warner Bros. vampires don't do charity, and their demands are not simple. Sid cracked his mouth and laughed.

"How would I know about the internal negotiations between Warner and J.K. Rowling?" said Ali (Emmanuel) with a feigned surprise.

"Pretend-!" Sid looked at him with disdain, "don't tell me, you didn't get into the inside information. ”

"Haha, you still know me. Ali (Emmanuel) excitedly moved his chair over and whispered: "There is a grapevine that JK Rowling asked not only the "Harry Potter" series of movies to be filmed in the UK, but also to dominate a series of matters such as film shooting and peripheral development, and even veto permission. ”

"What about Warner?" Sid smiled and raised his eyebrows, JK Rowling really asked so much.

Warner said that the more authors demand, the smaller the film's revenue share would be. The latest news says that JK Rowling is already considering charging only the fee for selling out the IP of the novel. ”

"In other words, Warner asked Rowling to check the movie for them, monitor the surrounding development, and didn't give her a penny, and in the end JK Rowling still has to thank them?" Sid himself felt more and more ridiculous.

"Uh, that's good!" Ali (Emmanuel) nodded after a pause.

"Wow, these guys are so dark. Sid laughed.

"Who's to say it isn't. Ali (Emmanuel) also raised his hand, "Compared to them, I am simply merciful like a saint in the company." ”

"You!?" Sid sneered as he looked Ali up and down, "Half of the people in Los Angeles hate you Ali's stinky temper, and the other half hate your temper. ”

"But it's still not as good as the Warners bunch. Ali (Emmanuel) said with a smile and raised his hand.