Chapter 32: Butterfly Wings
"Jetmir, I know you have a conflict with Mr. Ex of Disney, but you shouldn't taunt that boy named Felix like that, my gut tells me that he's not as simple as you think." Still halfway through, Orlando Bloom also talked to his agent about Lin Mingyang, and he felt that the agent's move just now was indeed a bit "excessive".
"That little guy just acted in a musical and dance drama, and now he is a popular idol at best. Brooksheimer doesn't like this kind of packaged idol actor. And you don't have to worry about that Ex, he's not the kind of guy with real power in Disney, and he has almost no role in this matter! The agent, named Jetmir, said nonchalantly.
"Butβ" Orlando Bloom was still a little uneasy, and the strong confidence displayed by the boy he met at the door stung him deeply.
"There's nothing, Brooksheimer is very optimistic about you, you should know this better than me, let's wait for the official signing with the crew!" The agent patted him lightly on the shoulder, "I know you care about this role, but you don't need to put so much pressure on yourself." β
Just then, Jetmir's cell phone rang suddenly.
"Look, it's a call from the crew, and I think they can't wait to sign with us!" His agent showed the same confidence as Lin Mingyang, but in Orlando Bloom's view, this confidence was completely two concepts.
Jetmir answered the phone, but after only two sentences, the smile froze on his face, "What! The crew decided to change people? Whose decision is this, I'm going to have a direct phone call with Mr. Brooksheimer! β
The agent's angry voice made Orlando Bloom's mood plummet to the bottom, and his fears finally became a reality at this moment.
"I'm sorry, this decision was told to you by Mr. Brooksheimer personally, please tell Mr. Orlando Bloom, I'm really sorry this time, because we found a more suitable candidate!" After saying this, the other party hung up in advance, and Jetmir was stunned with his mobile phone, listening to the busy sound of the dood, and didn't know what to say for a while.
"What should I do now?" Orlando Bloom was also frustrated, and the news hit him hard.
"This must be a complete conspiracy, we were deceived from the beginning!" Jetmir, who came to his senses, began to curse the crew loudly, "This must be the Axes guy who is making trouble, he must have lobbied the top of Disney and then asked them to put pressure on Brooksheimer, it must be like this." β
"But I don't think that's the truth, and you're still blaming other factors for your failure, and you've been ignoring the boy who humiliated you!" Orlando Bloom shook his head in disappointment, he patted the driver in front of him on the shoulder, "Man, let me get out of the car at a convenient parking spot in front, I need to calm down!" β
Jetmir tried to defend himself, but Orlando Bloom didn't want to hear anymore, and as soon as the driver pulled over to the side of the road, he pulled the door open.
"Orlando, listen to me..."
"Maybe the boy named Felix was right, I got a terrible agent!" Orlando Bloom coldly dropped such a sentence, reached out and stopped a taxi, and drove away.
Unwilling, Jetmir took out his phone and prepared to call Brooksheimer, but the other party's mobile phone kept being on the phone, and he called several times in succession, and finally lost the phone in his seat in hatred.
Little did he know that Brooksheimer was on the phone with two pirates of the Caribbean writers, "Ted, are you with Terry?" β
"Yes, we're discussing the script together, are you going to participate?" Ted Elliott's hearty laughter came from the other end of the line, "I wonder if today's audition has made you particularly rewarding, and if the final candidate for our male number two has been decided?" β
"I was about to tell you about this, about the character of Will, today I found a guy who is more reliable than Orlando Bloom!"
"Really?" Ted Elliott didn't expect this most suspenseless character to have a big reversal at the last moment, you must know that Orlando Bloom is a young actor that Brooksheimer is more interested in, and the guy who successfully won the second male lead in "Pirates of the Caribbean" from Orlando Bloom aroused the screenwriter's strong interest.
"Have you watched "Youth Musical"? It's the song and dance drama that Disney Channel set a ratings record a while ago, and the actor in it is our new male number two! β
"Are you sure?" Ted Elliott is not just curious this time, he knows that Brooksheimer has always disliked actors from idols, and he thinks that such actors are all quick products packaged by acting companies and do not have much connotation. I really don't know what shocking things that the boy I have never met did at the audition that would make Brooksheimer look at it differently. "But the boy still looks too young!"
"To be honest, I didn't expect this to be the result, but isn't the heroine we chose also very young?" Brooksheimer smiled, he glanced at Lin Mingyang, who was talking to Ackes not far away, "This boy punched through a two-centimeter-thick plank with his fist in front of us, God knows how he was connected, but I think he will be a good performer in action scenes!" β
After listening to Brooksheimer's eloquent narration of Lin Mingyang's peculiarities, Ted Elliott was even a little eager to meet this boy who was praised by his friends. "You said he used Chinese Kung Fu?"
"That's right, he's a beautiful half-blood, the point is that his kung fu interests me a lot, I think it's very necessary for you and Terry to meet him, since he plays the male lead, our script may need to be adjusted a bit." Brooksheimer spoke his mind.
"Well, I'd love to meet the amazing kung fu boy you talked about, too!"
After hanging up the phone, Ted Elliott and another screenwriter, Terry Roccio, drove to the audition site at this time, when Brooksheimer and Lin Mingyang were chatting hotly. Seeing the two, Brooksheimer enthusiastically introduced the two screenwriters of the film to Lin Mingyang: "Felix, this is Mr. Ted and Mr. Terry, they are both well-known screenwriters in Hollywood, in related fields, you can ask them for more advice, so that your screenwriting level can be improved more!" β
"Ted, what's going on?" Terry RocΓo looked at his partner with a puzzled expression.
Ted Elliott was also confused by Brooksheimer's remark, "Jerry, didn't you tell me Felix was an actor?" β
"Of course, but that's just one of his identities!" Brooksheimer explained with a smile: "I forgot to tell you that Felix is not only the star of "Youth Musical", but also the original screenwriter of that film! β
"So you've found a genius!" Ted Elliott squeezed his eyes at Terry Rocsio beside him, and the other party hurriedly stretched out his right hand enthusiastically, "Hello, amazing kung fu boy!" β
Ted's genius made Lin Mingyang a little embarrassed, and he shook hands with both of them a little shyly. Seeing that everyone knew each other, Brooksheimer hurriedly beckoned everyone to sit down, and even because of Lin Mingyang, Ex finally came into contact with the core circle of "Pirates of the Caribbean" for the first time.
"Felix, you've read the script just now, talk to our two screenwriters about your specific thoughts!" Brooksheimer gave Lin Mingyang the right to speak.
"Terry and Mr. Ted's intriguing supernatural elements in the story make this pirate genre a successful transition from adventure to fantasy. It's a very new and unique idea, and if the film is just about to tell a story like this, then the plot can be said to be almost perfect, but I think neither Mr. Brooksheimer nor Mr. Terry and Ted are going to make just one of them. Once the film is a success, there will definitely be a sequel, and even "Pirates of the Caribbean" will be made into a classic series. Lin Mingyang glanced at everyone's expressions, no one objected to his assertion, and everyone was seriously thinking about what he had just said.
"From this point of view, as the first work in this series, can we introduce some more diversified film elements, so that the film can win more audiences outside of Europe and the United States!"
After Lin Mingyang's speech, Ted Elliott and another screenwriter, Terry Roccio, both turned their attention to Brooksheimer. Lin Mingyang is just a beginning, and the real protagonist is the Hollywood gold medal producer.
"I also got some inspiration from Felix's Chinese kung fu, can we introduce some similar elements into the plot story, even if it is some foreshadowing, it can also provide a lot of convenience for our subsequent plots!"
Terry Roccio, who had been relatively silent, finally spoke at this time: "You mean to reset the role of Will?" β
"According to Felix's reality, the character must be modified, for example, Will's origin must be reset, and he can't be the little blacksmith before, we have to give Felix more room to play!"
After a brief pause, Ted Elliott suddenly asked, "Felix, do you have any good advice for yourself?" If it were an ordinary actor, I guess he wouldn't ask that, but Lin Mingyang still has the title of screenwriter on his head, and the situation is very different.
"I've admired Robin Hood since I was a kid and I've always wanted to play that role!" Lin Mingyang just lightly, the two people sitting next to him are both understanding people, of course, they can hear the implicit meaning together.
Terry Rossio's eyes lit up: "The Governor's daughter fell in love with a thief who went against her father, and after his girlfriend was kidnapped by pirates, the little hero who used to be chivalrous on land came together with our pirate captain in order to rescue his sweetheart, this story is a bit interesting!" β
"It's really more fun than a little blacksmith, and don't forget that he's also the son of a pirate 'shoelace', and he was born with adventure in his bones!" Ted Elliott also nodded, and the two screenwriters quickly reached an agreement on the modification of the role played by Lin Mingyang.
(Today I repair the computer at home, and the upload is a little late, sorry)
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