Chapter 21: Where Did Locke Go (Asking for Recommendations)
A rapid ringing of the phone woke Lisa from her sleep.
The boyfriend next to him snorted as if complaining, rolled over and fell asleep again, while Lisa could only put on her pajamas and walk to the living room to answer the phone.
As soon as she heard her boss's voice on the other end of the phone, Lisa brushed her hair a little frantically.
"Mr. White, it's 4 o'clock in the morning!"
"I know, but it's really important, and I can't wait to figure out what's going on."
"What?" Lisa couldn't understand what Shay was saying now.
"Remember that tape dailment you put on your desk? I found it when I came out to pour my coffee, and that's exactly why I called you! Shay's voice didn't show any distress, but rather an inexplicable excitement.
The more Lisa listened, the more confused she became, her boss actually called to wake herself up in the middle of the night because of a movie sample that was going to be disposed of as garbage, could she be dreaming?
"Listen, I need the contact information of the director of this dailie, it's not in the paper bag in the tape, I'm sure you know where it is."
Shay made it clear this time, and Lisa finally understood her boss's thoughts.
"Mr. White, wait a minute, let me think about it...... By the way, when this tape arrived, I happened to be answering a phone call, and I pulled out a piece of paper from it and wrote down a phone number, which should still be in the note box, yes, it must be there! ”
"Okay, I'll go find it!"
There was a thud on the other end of the phone, followed by Shay's cheers.
"Look, I found it!"
Lisa breathed a sigh of relief, if she had disposed of this piece of paper as waste paper yesterday, what was waiting for her at this moment would definitely be Shay's monstrous rage.
"Mr. White, do you need to go to the company now?"
"No, I'll contact the other party directly, you can continue to sleep!" Shay's mood at the moment should be very wonderful, otherwise this kind of thing would not have happened to him with compassion for his subordinates.
Out of gratitude, Lisa reminded her in particular: "Mr. White, it's getting late now, I'm afraid it's a little inappropriate for you to contact the other party at this time." ”
"But I can't wait, you have no idea what a great movie it is, it completely turns my previous perception upside down!" The more Shay spoke, the more excited he became, and he couldn't stop at all.
Lisa suspected that Shay was in high spirits after drinking too much coffee, but she didn't dare to say it on the phone, so she could only obediently listen to Shay babble about his thoughts on the film.
"You can't imagine that a science fiction film doesn't need any special effects, just the language dialogue can firmly attract people's attention, this idea alone is worth talking to the director of the film in person, and that's not all the reason why I'm so excited, the other thing that shocked me about this movie is that it only took one shot to shoot the whole movie, I watched it twice and didn't find any traces of editing, do you know what that means? This is very likely to be the world's first feature film to be completed with just one long take, which is nothing short of a miracle! Shay spoke quickly, as if that could not fully express the excitement in his heart.
Lisa knew her boss's temper very well, so she was smart enough to keep her mouth shut, knowing that if she asked a little more, it might lead to another tirade from Shay, so she really wouldn't have to sleep tonight.
"Okay, that's all for now, I have to call the director." Shay finally didn't get down to business.
"Thank goodness it's finally over." Lisa secretly rejoiced in her heart, and at the same time couldn't help but feel sympathy for the director who was about to be woken up by Shay's phone call.
But just as she was about to hang up the phone, Shay discovered a new problem.
"Wait a minute, are you sure this piece of paper is with that tape?"
"I'm pretty sure!" Lisa assured.
"But it says that the director of this movie is called Jude Locke, and I think I've heard that name somewhere!"
"Jude Locke?" Lisa spelled the name in letters, and her tone was even more surprising than Shay's.
Shay also found out about the problem.
"Do you know this person?"
"The famous Hollywood bad boy, almost everyone who is familiar with the entertainment version of the news, knows that half a year ago he was sentenced to four months in prison by the court for causing a serious traffic accident due to drunken driving...... It can't be the same name and surname, right? Lisa carefully came up with such an assumption.
Jude Locke didn't do it as an actor and actually ran to be a director, which is even more unacceptable than the boss calling her in the middle of the night to wake her up.
"Whether it's him or not, I'll win the distribution rights of this movie, I'm pretty sure of that!"
Shay's words dissuaded Lisa from dissuading him, and if the director who made the film was really Jude Locke, then things would be hilarious.
Shay also thinks the same way, but he doesn't think it's a bad thing, and if done properly, it may even become a big gimmick for the film's promotion, and of course he can't miss such a good thing.
After hanging up Lisa's phone, Shay then dialed Jude's phone number, but unfortunately what he heard was a phone message:
"Hello, this is Jude Locke's room, I'm out on errands, and I'm expected to return in half a month, if you have something important, please leave a message, I'll reply immediately after I see it, thank you!"
Shay cursed in his heart to be damned, but he still left Jude a message.
"I'm Shay, the president of New Line Films, and I'm very interested in the movie "This Man is from Earth", and I hope to get in touch with you as soon as possible!"
After putting down the microphone, Shay hugged his hands and thought about it, and felt that the message just now didn't seem to be able to fully express the sincerity of his cooperation, so he called Jude again and continued to leave a message: "Locke, I am very much looking forward to cooperating with you, the new line company will provide you with the greatest convenience for cooperation, give me a month, I promise to let all Americans know about this movie!" ”
After doing all this, Shay was about to breathe a sigh of relief, but he suddenly found that he had very little information about Jude, only that he was a child star, and he was very popular as a teenager, but then the transformation failed, and he contracted some bad habits, which led to a constant stream of negative news.
is such a person, after four months in prison, he suddenly made a work that made him feel very amazing, how did he do it?
In order to find out what happened to Jude, Shay called Lisa again and asked her to gather all the information about Jude overnight, and he was going to see it on his desk by 9 a.m.