Looking at his son's calm smile, which was not at all like the anxiety and frenzy that a suicidal person should have, and then thinking of the changing expression of his son he saw at the door just now, Adam was also full of worry about his son in his heart. He didn't know if his son was really good or crazy.

"Don't lie to me, I know what a grumpy kid you are." Adam looked at him and said, "Nick, I know you're a proud kid, but no matter how proud you are, you have to see what you're doing. I understand your mood right now, and the fact that your first film you made seriously smashed is a big blow to any young person who wants to make a name for themselves - but you also have to remember that you are still young. You're only 23 years old, and in this Hollywood, what does 23 mean? In the film industry, this is the age of a baby! is a big genius, they won the Oscar, but they are not young anymore. Spielberg, Lucas, Coppola, these people are all successful when they are in their thirties and forties, and you are only in your early twenties, do you need to prove your greatness with death? You can't shoot good work, there's nothing strange about it. Young people in their early twenties should be in the era of self-accumulation and enriching their social experience. You don't need to be frustrated by a single failure. ”

"I said, I'm not going to die." Levy shrugged, "I'm serious. It dawned on me that talent is more important than temperament for an artist. If you can make good works, you can be considered an artist, otherwise, what kind of artist is you if you have the temperament of an artist? Even if I die now, I can't prove that I am a qualified artist, and without works, the artist's temperament is nothing. ”

Levy's words made Adam look at his son with some amazement - when did his son change? Seeing his gaze, Little Levy also opened his mouth directly, "You don't have to worry about me, I'm not talking nonsense." A person commits suicide once, sees life and death, and has a qualitative improvement in a person's vision and philosophy. After committing suicide once, I suddenly understood a lot of things, I had a different idea about life and death, and many of my attitudes would change. Why are you so careful to encourage me again and again? I really changed my mind. ”

"Encouragement to his son is what a father should do." Adam said.

"I'm not a child, I'm not a woman, I'm too fragile, not like a man. After committing suicide, I suddenly understood that failure is nothing in the face of death. The failure of filming this time was a big blow to me, but what is it compared to death? Yes, we made a terrible movie, but it at least proves that some of my ideas are undesirable. With experience, I still have a future, I can go and make money again, and I can try again. Failure once, failure is only one of my ideas, a person can have an infinite number of ideas, failure once is nothing, if you choose to commit suicide, then the failure is my whole life. Life is only once, no matter what it is, it is not worth exchanging life. ”

"I was really surprised that you could say something like that." Sitting across from him, Adam looked at his son for a long time before he spoke.

What's the surprise? Your son is a flower in a greenhouse, thriving under the care of a big man like you, and naturally he can't afford to take a blow at all. But I'm not the same as your son. In my previous life, I was also a person who had been in the Chinese entertainment industry for ten years, and I have always been poor, just an advertising director, if I don't have the ability to withstand failure at all, how can I survive there? People who have a way can grow up by relying on the care of others, and if there is no way like me, if there is no indomitable will, what can I do?

Is it worth committing suicide if you smash the film? There are still people who never have the opportunity to make movies in their lifetime! When he recalled the thoughts of the previous owner of this body in the ward just now, Levy had already despised him, the new Levy was not the old Levy, maybe he was still the body of the previous Levy, but the soul was definitely different. How can such a thing as suicide happen to you? What are you kidding, what you want is to leave this room and go to the world!

In his previous life, he had to continue his unfinished pursuit, and he had to continue in this life!

"After you are discharged from the hospital, I will help you make arrangements." While Levi was still thinking nonsense, Adam groaned for a while and spoke, the change in his son was unexpected, but this did not prevent him from giving Levi some help according to his own thoughts, "Since you really want to make a movie so much, then, I will help you." Only, you don't have to rush it either. If you don't have enough life experience, it's hard to shoot anything. This time the movie was not shot well, although it is a blow, but it is also a good thing to be able to make you recognize reality. Don't make a movie just yet, I've seen your movie...... Accumulating it again will be good for your future development. ”

It means that the shooting is terrible! Levy didn't say anything, since his cheap dad is a top film critic in Hollywood, there is no need for him to question his vision. Besides, if you don't shoot a movie that you shoot on the street, you don't have to say anything.

It's the attitude of his cheap dad that is very interesting: it seems that he was not very supportive of his own filmmaking before, but after he committed suicide once, he quickly reversed his mind. As soon as he finished speaking, people who have a way will be on the doorway, and he didn't expect it, so he handed the door to himself.

Levy also understood Adam's thoughts and painstaking efforts. My body, I have been exposed to the top education since I was a child, I am very familiar with various shooting techniques, and I have money in my hands, so I have neither technical problems nor money problems, but the first movie was shot and I went home, which may really be as Adam said, this is caused by the lack of accumulation of films. A young man in his twenties, who has been clothed and fed since childhood, lacks social experience, but still wants to shoot a profound movie with depth and connotation, and it is not a strange thing to hit the streets.

Anyway, it's all in the past, so why bother? Now, what is more noteworthy is what kind of opportunity Adam will provide for himself?

Levi looked at Adam with some interest, he didn't think of old Adam as his father as soon as they met: his own memories were still there, and he knew who his real father was. However, a man who treats himself as a son and is willing to help him, he will never refuse his help - after being in the society for so long, Levi knows very well: how many people are looking for a father for a chance. I have a chance now, and there is no need to push it out.

Levy was well aware of the tremendous energy of a well-known critic, and he wondered what kind of help he could get from his cheap daddy.

"I think your film is not very good, but you still have talent." Seeing that he didn't speak, Adam thought that he had followed his advice, so he continued, "Your ability is very good, NYU is a place to cultivate talents, as a director, you are basically still decent, the foundation is very good, you just need to accumulate life experience...... I would love to help you, but you are too young and have just experienced failure, so I can't help you get investment. Especially when it comes to independent films, it's just February, and the Sundance Film Festival has just passed...... I don't recommend you touch other independent film releases. Actually, according to me, if possible, the thing of independent films, if you can, don't touch it. You are my son, you go to play those small-budget, shoddy independent movies, not only do you make people look down on you, but also, even I make people look down on you. ”

The point is actually to shoot shoddy films, which will affect your reputation as a film critic! Levy had a mental guess, but he would never refute it - he didn't want to touch independent films himself.

Adam said that independent films are despised, and this Levy is also very clear. The independent film scene is chaotic – even in Hollywood, which has always been known for its chaos, the independent film gang is unique. Because independent films have low investment and few requirements, anyone can intervene to play them, which makes the threshold for independent films very low and the ingredients complex. Although there is no shortage of people with lofty ideals in the independent film circle, there are more drug users, cheating money, cheating women, and everyone. Because of the chaos, independent films have never had a very good reputation. It is said that in Hollywood, one of the most important things that agents warn actors is that they should never audition for an independent film in the case of a person. It is extremely dangerous for an actor to meet the director of an independent film alone.

Such a circle, of course, Levy also stayed away.

However, although the independent film industry is chaotic, it is still the easiest and fastest path that directors who want to get ahead can choose. As a director, if you strictly follow your professional background and walk on the road of professionalism, it may take a long time to accumulate before you can have the opportunity to direct a movie. In contrast, the requirements for independent films with a lower threshold are obviously a simpler route for those who want to become famous quickly. What Levy had just envisioned in the house was to take this path.

And now, Adam tells him not to touch independent films, in a haughty tone, as if independent films are a piece of thing that attracts flies.

Such an attitude is too rampant, isn't it...... However, looking back, it seems that he does have rampant capital. Hollywood's top film critic, a senior member of the Academy of Film and Arts, and if his memory is not wrong, and his father is not bragging, it seems that his grandfather is a big man in Hollywood, so to speak, the glory of this family can be traced back to the golden age of Hollywood, such a background and status, so that Levy, who is familiar with this circle, feels terrible when he thinks about it.

I can't imagine my current identity, but I am a second generation.

Levi raised his head and looked at the ceiling, he had struggled in China for a long time in his previous life, but he knew very well how much influence it would have on people if he had good enough contacts and ways in this circle. Not to mention anything else, if you go bankrupt when you make a movie, others can really only commit suicide if they encounter it, but for little Levy, it can only be solved with the help of his father. In my last life, I always complained that although I was talented, I had no room to show my talents, and there was no room for play. And in this life, my identity has changed, I am no longer the little character who is struggling in the circle, and my current self is completely different from before!

I am now, but I have a lot to do - if I have this identity and can't mix it up, I can be regarded as a fool in my previous life for ten years.

It's just, how do you get ahead? Adam said that he would not let himself make independent films, so he must have found a better path for himself, right?

"Independent films, don't think about it now. And if I want to recommend you to a big company to make a movie, I can't recommend you until you have achieved anything. Moreover, especially if you make a suicide scandal, those film companies are afraid that they will not use you even more. What you need is to accumulate life, and I think I'll give you a chance to do something. It's not about making a movie, but it's a similar job. ”

It's not about making movies, but it's similar to it, and it's also able to build up contacts...... Thinking that it was February, and the Sundance Film Festival had just passed, Levy immediately thought of something.

"You're talking about major TV networks starting to produce new dramas?" Levy immediately thought of the meaning of Adam's words, but his tone was also a little hesitant, "TV series? You're not mistaken, are you? You want us to shoot a TV series? ”

"You're smart enough to think about it so quickly," Adam nodded, "I'm unlikely to recommend you to a big-budget movie - you can't shoot it either—but the TV series is different." I have a couple of friends who work at ABC, and you know, ABC just changed owners and Disney bought them. My friend mentioned a few days ago that ABC wants some new TV series. If you'd like, I can recommend you to ABC and write a script first and let them see if you're able to shoot the TV series...... How, to go or not to go? ”

TV series? Levy groaned: Is this path suitable for me?