The entire filming schedule of "Seven Deadly Sins" was full, and Jude could only spare a day at most, flying back to Los Angeles the night before and flying back to New York that night.

As soon as he got on the plane, before he could turn off his phone, Jude received bad news.

"What do you say? That actress had a car accident and couldn't act? ”

Looking at the flight attendant who came over to remind him to turn off his phone, Jude made a gesture that was immediately good, turned sideways into the microphone and said, "Listen, you have a day, no matter what you do, to solve this problem before I go back to New York, that's all!" ”

I slept on the plane and woke up 5 hours after I opened my eyes.

After asking the flight attendant that the plane would not land for an hour, Jude, who was sleepy, asked for a cup of coffee, pondering the previous incident as he drank it.

The actress who was involved in the car accident plays the wife of a murdered lawyer in "The Seven Deadly Sins" and only appears once in the entire movie, less than two minutes before and after, but this role is a key point in the plot - she finds an abstract painting in her husband's office hanging up, which leads to fingerprints on the wall, and the police follow this clue to find a third victim.

There are many similar roles in "The Seven Deadly Sins", and the actors are all selected by the casting director, if it weren't for the other party's car accident and couldn't play normally, Jude wouldn't even know that there was such an actor in his crew.

At this time, the captain began to remind all passengers on the radio that the passenger plane had reached the sky over Los Angeles and began to land fifteen minutes later.

Jude finished his cup of coffee and quickly squeezed the matter out of his head.

Coming out of the boarding tunnel, Jude saw Leet waving at him in the crowd at a glance.

Of course, a Chinese standing in the middle of a group of whites and blacks will be particularly conspicuous, but this is not the point, the point is that there is also a person next to this Chinese who Jude did not expect.

Jude stepped forward quickly and took the initiative to hand over his right hand.

"Mr. Sommus, I was really surprised to see you here."

"Ever since I read the script of 'National Treasure', I've been looking forward to this meeting." Stephen Sommers shook Jude's hand, and then hugged each other like old friends.

"I know you're going to have a lot to talk about right now, but we've got to get out of here first." Li Te saw someone pointing in this direction on the side, and immediately reminded him.

Both Jude and Stephen Sommers accepted the suggestion, but that didn't stop the two from talking as they walked.

"You may not believe it, but the inspiration for this script was actually from a street pamphlet that mentioned the time when the Declaration of Independence was regularly exhibited in the National Archives, and then the story popped into my head that behind the Declaration of Independence was a secret treasure map, a vital document in danger, and a man was forced to steal the Declaration of Independence."

"Then how did you come up with the idea of using the pattern on the dollar as a clue?"

"It's supposed to be the most daring treasure hunt, and I think it's perfect for an action-adventure movie, because it's based on real history, so I chose the simplest thing as a starting point, which is the dollar bill, which we use every day but never look closely at, and the most important thing is the most overlooked."

After listening to Jude's explanation, Stephen Sommers joked that after reading the script, he almost believed that the Templar treasure was really buried in the United States.

The Knights Templar, the world's most powerful secret order in the 11th century, were stationed at the Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem, and were rumored to have hoarded a large number of treasures, but in the 14th century, their possessions suddenly disappeared without any sign of it. To this day, treasure hunters around the world still have a thirst for this treasure, especially in the United States, where many believe that the treasures were brought to North America, and some even speculate that Columbus was a Templar.

But Jude tells Sommers that he is actually out of desperation.

"You know, it's only been more than 200 years since the founding of the United States, and to be honest, I really can't find too many stories of legendary treasures, so I had to choose the most legendary and popular Templar treasure in history as the background, and if anyone really takes the movie as reality, then I can only express regret."

Although he was poured cold water, Stephen Sommers was still interested, and after getting in the car, he continued to pull Jude to talk about the filming concept.

"I've consulted some professionals with the script, some of them are former DEA agents, some are retired Navy SEALs, and they all think that the plot of stealing the Declaration of Independence is very reasonable, and even mentioned that some of the computer technology and fingerprint recognition technology in it are cutting-edge, and some of them are even just in the laboratory stage, and the results have not been released to the public, so they are very interested in thinking of such a setting in the script."

Jude looked at Stephen Sommos with some surprise, "You certainly didn't tell them my name, did you?" ”

Stephen Sommers's answer suddenly made Jude's heart chill.

"How is it possible, of course I said your names and told them that you just had a cool movie that came out some time ago, and then as soon as they heard that you were the director of Two Smoking Guns, they asked me if I needed a special consultant for this movie, and to be honest I doubt they were actually coming at you."

"Then they will probably be disappointed, because according to the original plan, the film will not start filming for another few months, but there is a little surprise." Jude glanced at Litt in the passenger seat, "The filming of the film has been advanced, and I am shooting another film in New York during this time, so if there is any problem during the filming of the film, we can only communicate on the phone, unless there is a problem that cannot be solved on the phone, otherwise I will not show up on the crew." ”

Jude's words are equivalent to directly telling Stephen Sommers that he will not interfere with the specific shooting of the film, which is definitely a high level of trust for the director.

Stephen Sommers, though somewhat regretful not being able to work with Jude, happily accepted the arrangement.

And Li Te, who didn't plan to interject, finally couldn't sit still at this time.

He turned his head to look at Jude, "You can leave the filming side alone, but as a producer, it's your job to decide who the heroine of the movie is, right?" ”

"Heroine?" Jude looked at Leeter and Stephen Sommers in some surprise, "You two can't make a decision on this matter?" Or do you disagree on this issue? ”

"The only thing I ask of the heroine is that she is beautiful enough and casual in other aspects." Stephen Sommers took the initiative to give up the decision on the selection of the crew in order to thank Jude for not interfering in the crew's decision.

Jude turned his gaze to Leet, "Don't beat Kate's idea, the filming schedule of "The Seven Deadly Sins" is in conflict with this play. ”

Li Teh had been prepared for this, pouted and said: "This is what you said, I will take you to meet someone immediately, if you think it is appropriate, then the heroine of this play is her." ”