"Home Alone" was officially established, but it was a little embarrassing that Huo Que's new movie did not cause any sensation, unlike some big-name directors, the new film received the attention of the media from all sides during the preparation period, and it was so calm.

However, Huo Que didn't care about this.

This is a real society, let alone in a more realistic Hollywood.

Not to mention that Huo Que is still a little-known newcomer, even if he is a superstar who once swept the country, he will still be snubbed by the audience and the media after he is out of breath. The audience is very realistic, they only look at the quality of the work, and the media is more realistic, they only care about the audience's preferences.

Huo Que is obviously not a well-known director in Hollywood today, who would want to waste less than a square meter of newspaper to promote his new movie for this newcomer?

So if you are left out in the entertainment industry, don't blame anyone, you can only blame yourself.

Huo Que won't blame himself, because he is still in his infancy, he believes that one day in the future, his slightest move will cause a sensation in the whole world, and what he is doing now is to lay a foundation for himself that can carry him to a considerable height, and when the foundation is firm, why not go to the clouds?

After thinking about it, Huo Que decided to hire an assistant director when filming "Home Alone", which has two advantages, the first is to share some work with him.

The second point is that Huo Que decided the route of development after thinking carefully during this time, and he wanted to lay a good foundation for Kirin to be able to sit on an equal footing with the six major companies in Hollywood in the future, that is, to tap talents. No matter how capable he is, he is no longer afraid of hardship, but he is not three-headed and six-armed after all, and his energy is always limited, if he only shoots a movie alone, I don't know how many years it will take for Qilin to reach the height that Huo Que wants.

And Huo Que is now short of money and time, that is, there is no shortage of scripts that can make money, if he can dig out enough cutting-edge directors to join Kirin, and then he helps them write those classic movie scripts on the earth, Kirin's growth rate will definitely increase exponentially.

Alex was extremely supportive of this matter, it seemed that not only Huo Que was young and ambitious, but the old man with gray hair was still not a fuel-efficient lamp.

Huo Que's recruitment advertisement for assistant director has just been released, and it has caused a great response, and the front desk has received dozens of calls in just over a day, and there are as many as 20 people who want to apply for this job.

It's not surprising that in Hollywood, there is a lack of everything, that is, there is no shortage of talents who strive for the ideals of film.

There is an old Chinese saying that gold shines.

But this phrase may not be appropriate for Hollywood.

You must know that although there are opportunities everywhere, how many people are staring at this opportunity?

It's like a well in the desert that can produce water, and some people desperately want to find it, but not many people can actually find it.

The location of the interview was set up in the conference room of Kirin Pictures, Huo Que sat at the innermost end, and next to him was the assistant he had only recruited yesterday, Alice. Gus.

The first one to come in was a young man in his twenties, and Huo Que quickly scanned his profile.

"You just graduated from directing?" Huo Que asked. The words are very calm, to the point that he really has a bit of a boss's taste, in fact, he still has a trace of discomfort in his heart, after all, he is still a newcomer, maybe the seniority of the person who came to apply today is much older than him.

"That's right, Mr. Huo." The young man looked a little nervous, probably because he wanted to get the job, maybe because of Alice, because he didn't know how many times he had sneaked a look at Alice since he came in, obviously this was not the assistant director Huo Que wanted.

Huo Que asked a few more inconsequential questions, and then asked him to go home and wait for news. Anyone who has experienced the workplace knows that if the interviewer tells you to go back and wait for the news, there will be basically no news, even if some companies find out that they want to give you news, they will hit you again.

interviewed four or five candidates in a row, but none of them were satisfactory to Huo Que, and Huo Que found that these people were basically students who had just graduated from the film academy. They also have a lot of enthusiasm, but they only discovered the cruelty of reality when they left the campus and prepared to do a big job, just like the previous Huo Que who couldn't attract investment, and only gave birth to a plan to find a job in order to make a living.

"Next!"

A black man walked out of the conference room dejectedly, and the front desk in charge of recruiting yelled in the hallway.

A person walked out of the crowd, his face was a little haggard, he was about thirty years old, unlike the previous applicants, he did not deliberately dress himself, just casually put on a somewhat old suit, he strode to the door, knocked lightly.

"Please come in." It was Huo Que who spoke.

The candidate opened the door and walked in, all of them were so natural, and there was no nervousness on his face, as if he had already experienced countless interviews like this.

"Laurie Evans." Huo Que's eyes moved from the resume to the applicant's face, and there was a slight hint of surprise in his eyes, this person was different from all the people who came in just now with a nervous face, his appearance was very natural, and after coming in, his gaze returned to normal except for lingering on the stunning Alice's face for an extra second.

"It's me." Laurie replied with a smile.

"Your major doesn't seem to have anything to do with movies." Huo Que learned about Laurie from his resume. Evans graduated from a university of economics, so he was a little curious.

Of course, it doesn't mean that people from the directing department of the film school must be able to become great directors, and those who have not studied directing can't film?

On the contrary, there are not many really big directors who graduated from the directing department of the Orthodox Film Academy.

For example, Zhang Yimou, who can wander between business and art in China, is a student of photography, although he is also involved, but he is not a professional class after all. and Feng Xiaogang, who was born in art, is also thriving in the directing industry.

So Huo Que didn't mean anything else when he asked.

However, after Laurie heard Huo Que's question, a flash of disappointment flashed on his face: "I think film is a way of expression, just like we speak, we shake our heads, we wave our hands, the purpose is just to convey information to other people." So I think film is a special way to convey to the audience what the director wants to express, although I was not born in a junior college, but I love film, and I have been engaged in film-related work for many years, so I have the confidence to apply. ”

Huo Que smiled with satisfaction, he could already hear from Laurie's words that he was a very thoughtful person, and anything that engages in art can be without, that is, ideas can't be without, how can there be creativity without ideas?

"Have you ever photographed any of your works?" Huo Que thought for a while and added: "Or have you ever been an assistant director?" ”

People who come to be assistant directors want to be able to remove that adverb one day, so in addition to those who graduated from the directing department, even if they were not born in a professional class, they must at least have engaged in related work, otherwise Huo Que really doesn't dare to ask for it, after all, he is not handy at making movies now, what he needs is a capable assistant.

"Yes." Laurie listened to Huo Que's tone and did not deny it because he had not studied directing, so he became interested, and hurriedly took out a disc from his arms and handed it over: "This was filmed in Texas two months ago, that day I was driving alone on an open field, I was in a car on the road, and suddenly it rained heavily, the thunder was particularly heavy, and the rain was also very heavy, I felt a little scary sitting in the car, so I wanted to leave this horror in a special way, so I used a casual DV to shoot a short film, This is also my work. ”

When Laurie said this, Huo Que's mind had already come to that rainy day, thinking of the scene at that time, the oppressive black clouds, the hideous lightning, the deafening thunder, and the dense and breathless rain, if a person drove alone on the empty road to feel this scene, it was indeed a little terrifying.

In fact, art is like this, and it is a success to shoot a rainstorm that repeats itself every year to make people feel frightened.

There was a projector in the conference room, and in order not to delay the time of those applicants in the back, Huo Que asked, "How long is the film?" ”

"Ten minutes." Laurie finally showed a hint of excitement, in recent years, he has been an extra, done on-set labor, and even moved props, he gave up his professional high salary to come to Hollywood is actually stubbornly want to become a director, in order to achieve this goal He has also made a lot of efforts, but just because he was not born in a professional class, the director is now thirty years old and still has no improvement.

And Huo Que's enthusiasm made him see hope, and the reason why he has always adhered to his ideals is that he thinks he is very talented in art, so he lacks a pair of discerning eyes to dig, and he believes that Huo Que will definitely hire him after watching this short video.

"Boom!"

The DV is not very clear, and the picture freezes in a gloomy, and suddenly, a bright lightning flashes on the dark screen, that is, in an instant, the dull thunder of the previous lightning is emitted through the guò sound. Even though Laurie had already told Huo Que and Alice that this was a rainstorm that he took casually, Alice, who still focused all his attention on the screen, was startled.

The sky was very dark, as if it had been covered with a veil.

The camera is looking out of the window through the car window, with Laurie's slight panting and the shaking of the camera, the hazy scene outside the car window slowly unfolds, it is a colorless sky, or it is a sky with only one color, black and confusing.

"Click......

The sound of raindrops, panting, and the slight creak of Laurie's moving seat, combined with this ordinary rainstorm, really made people feel terrifying, at least Huo Que felt it now.

The film is very short, only ten minutes long.

The film is long because it makes people feel oppressed, and people wish that the rain would be able to fall as quickly as possible, and then reveal the sun that can drive away this dull atmosphere. So people who watch this video are looking forward to it, looking forward to the weather getting better, and looking forward to not being depressed.

Laurie is a genius!

This is the only thought in Huo Que's mind after watching this short film, at least no one would have thought that filming a rain would be so eerie and terrifying, if he was given a script for a horror movie, who knows what kind of effect he could achieve?

"Is it okay?" Laurie saw that Huo Que and Alice didn't speak for a long time, so he asked. It's just that his voice trembled slightly, he didn't know if Huo Que's expression was in agreement with this short film, or something else?

"Good." Huo Que smiled and commented pertinently.

Laurie took a deep breath and slowly exhaled, "Then am I hopeful?" ”

"Of course." Huo Que replied.