"Duke, is this Nancy? This is where Collins' 1994 novel "Monster Love" comes from, which details the origins of werewolves and vampires, and tells the story of their millennia of feuds. ”

Listen to Wallace? Lee's words, Duke's eyes quickly skimmed over the short stories on the table, and a sense of familiarity came over him, especially the plot of a certain female vampire falling in love with a special human, which seemed very similar to a certain movie he had ever seen.

Wallace? Li said, "I've met the original author, but the price he offered is something I can't afford personally, and one of Lakeshore Entertainment Company is called Lun? Wiseman's people, also reaching out to Nancy? Collins, who wants to fight for the right to adapt. ”

Duke closes Wallace? Lee brought the text, thought for a while before saying, "Lee, you know, the script doesn't mean anything to Hollywood. ”

It's like when he ran into a wall everywhere, trying to impress Hollywood with a script or a story, that's just fantasy.

Many people think that as long as they are talented in Hollywood, they will shine, and good stories and movies will definitely kill Hollywood and even the world, but Duke has been in Hollywood for ten years, and he was bleeding at first, and now he is gradually climbing to the top of this circle, and he has a deep understanding of this.

Hollywood is indeed a place where art and talent are created, but in fact, making zuò movies is a business, and definitely not an art.

Therefore, Hollywood-related industries are called "acting careers" and have never been "performing arts".

Some people may always think that Hollywood is looking for talent, and in many TV shows, you can always see Hollywood agencies and film companies telling the audience in front of the camera - we are looking for talent in cinema - this is one of Hollywood's biggest lies.

In fact, if someone had taken their word for it and called Hollywood's biggest agencies to tell them that they were the genius they were looking for, they wouldn't have any reaction. It will even hang up this kind of phone directly.

In fact, what Hollywood needs is not a genius mind, but a brand with marketing potential, such as James? Cameron, Duke? Rosenberg, Tom? Cruise and Tom? Hanks and so on.

Whether it's a producer, an author, an actor or a director, Hollywood doesn't value talent, but the potential to make a profit, a lot of the time. A young man of aspiration in the film industry – such as Duke's journey – impresses Hollywood companies not with the artistry of his work, but with the benefits of his work.

When a person's name has the ability to attract the audience, or attract the money in the audience's pocket, then he is the so-called "genius" that Hollywood is looking for.

People who can enter Hollywood are not all talented, but they must know or someone knows how to package themselves and make their name a brand, which is also a talent in a certain way.

In this commercial paradise, there is a great need for creativity and storytelling. But everyone knows very well that creativity and stories are the least valuable, Hollywood super blockbuster movies, the stories are very simple, similar to "Independence Day", "Titanic" and many other works, in terms of the storytelling of the script, at most it is the level of second-rate or even third-rate screenwriters.

It's no exaggeration to say that there is nothing creative about such a story. If a newcomer goes to a film company with this kind of story, no one will pay attention to it at all.

Hollywood thirsty for talent? Is Hollywood a place where talent is valued and shines? Don't be silly.

It's like a lot of people hear about Hollywood. The first reaction was that this was a place to make movies.

Indeed, a large number of films are produced here every year, and major Hollywood companies, as well as directors and investors, including Duke, want the public to see Hollywood only as a place to make good films.

But the truth is that film production is only a tiny part of Hollywood, and it is an industrial area for film marketing. It's not a creative paradise.

Just like those so-called big-selling films with small budgets, are they really low-cost?

Their production costs only a dozen or two hundred thousand dollars, but how much does it cost to spend on marketing?

In Hollywood, people spend more time marketing their films, about twice to three times longer than making a movie.

Movies in the Hollywood sense. It's not something that the director shoots and cuts out on his own camera, it's a film at best, and a movie is a film that will eventually be released in theaters after a series of marketing campaigns.

The biggest difference between these two concepts is that films don't make money, while movies can make money.

When a film can be advertised in the media and promoted to the public, it realizes the transformation from "film" to "film".

Just like Duke's films, which always create a huge wave of publicity and marketing, story, creativity, and art ...... In the process are very cheap some of the deposits.

Of course, many artistic and idealistic directors will choose to take the road of film festivals.

But in fact, most film festivals, including the three major film festivals in Europe, if you want to participate, you need not only works and art, but also a lot of money!

In order for a film to participate in a film festival, the producer needs to submit an admission fee to the film festival, which is often expensive, followed by various expenses such as the cost of printing promotional materials, transportation costs, staff salaries, expenses during screenings, and expenses for public relations activities......

If you're lucky, you meet a distributor at a film festival who is willing to buy it, and then the film has nothing to do with art, and all the discussion will only revolve around "profit", "sales", and "distribution".

Does this sound particularly unartistic?

To put it bluntly, whether it is a person or a film, if you want to be valued in Hollywood, you must first prove that you are valuable and can bring benefits.

Otherwise, no matter how much you say, you will be like Duke, who will be rejected, rejected, and rejected......

Can a story and an idea lead to investment? Talent will be valued? This dream is indeed beautiful.

Before you prove yourself, all the stories and ideas are ethereal.

So Duke closes the script and says to Wallace? Li shook his head slowly.

Just in Wallace? When Lee thought Duke was going to reject it completely, Duke spoke up again, "I'll let people buy the adaptation rights, but Lee, you need to prove to me that you have what it takes to direct this film." ”

"I will!"

Wallace? After all, Lee is not one of those idealistic young people, "I will make a detailed plan after I finish my current work." ”

"I'll wait for you." Duke gave that novel to Tina? Phenanthrene.

It is never easy for a person to change from an assistant director to a director.

It's getting late, and Duke stays with Anna? Prinz and Wallace? Lee had dinner together, and a few people threw away the afternoon topic, more discussing the later stages of "The Two Towers".

Because of the fact that some of the post-work of the trilogy progressed at the same time, "The Two Towers" progressed significantly faster than "The Fellowship of the Ring", and according to Duke's expectations, all the post-work of the second part could be completed around the New Year.

Although everyone is bound to take a long vacation in the middle, Duke will not wait until the release of "The Two Towers" to start the post-production of the third part, and intends to officially carry out the editing of "The Return of the King" and other work from February.

After dinner, Wallace? Lee and Anna? Prinz quickly took his leave and left.

"Tina, when is mom coming?"

Back in the living room, Duke first asked about his mother's itinerary, Tina? Faye immediately replied, "No later than next Monday at the latest, Mrs. Leah will meet Miss Johnson in Tokyo and fly to Los Angeles together." ”

Duke calculated the time, and he shouldn't bump into it, so he was relieved.

Walked over to the couch and sat down, and he saw Tina? Fei was reading the novel, and said again, "Let the Duke's studio do its best to win the film adaptation rights." ”

"Hmm." Tina? Fei nodded.

Ivanka walked over curiously and leaned over to Tina? Faye looked at it for a moment and asked Duke, "You seem to value it?" ”

"Important?" Duke shook his head, but didn't explain.

Seeing this novel, he naturally remembered the movie of werewolves and vampires that he hadn't seen a few times, and he still had the vague impression that the investment in the film was very small and the box office was not high, but if it could continue to be produced, it must have generated a lot of profits, otherwise it would have been abandoned by the company.

If Wallace? Lee proves that he has the ability to direct commercial films, and Duke will choose to invest, and if he can't, then leave it to someone else, like Anna? Prinz can too.

This female director is not like Sophia? Coppola, who is a little resistant to the enormous pressure of directing a film alone.

Duke won't be because of Wallace? Lee, a former classmate of his, gave the green light to make a business decision, so that he would have three Duke's studios and end up going bankrupt.

The lights in the Duke's Manor were brilliant, but the night sky above was gradually darkening, and under the bright starry sky of Beverly Hills, a yellow Chevrolet turned onto the auxiliary road, parked lightly on the parking space, and pushed the door out of a woman who looked a little strong.

It was clearly a Latina who closed the car door, strode to the side of the roadside café, pushed open the glass door and walked inside, sweeping through the restaurant with a somewhat sharp gaze, the high partition obscuring her vision.

"I'm looking for Miss Jessica."

She said a word to the waiter who came over, and the waiter immediately led her to a partition.

"Hi, Jesse." She smiled widely.

"Hi Michelle."

Like the best sister, Jessica? Alba stands up with Michelle? Rodriguez gave a hug.

Just where she can't see, Michelle? The disgust on Rodriguez's face flickered. (To be continued......)