Chapter 478: Juno (Medium)
"Juno" is Diablo. Based on many of her high school experiences, Diablo never thought about making it into a movie at first, and she actually wrote Juno with a cynical attitude.
However, after being encouraged by a friend, she was also tempted and took the script to the major production companies, but the result was not ideal, not that they were not interested in the script, but that the content of the script made them have concerns, so they were unwilling to invest.
After hitting a wall many times, Diablo has no illusions that someone is willing to invest. On this day, she received a call from the friend who encouraged her to pitch the script, asking her to take the script to a villa in Beverly Hills, which has been dubbed "Xiahou Mountain Mansion" by the media. Diablo didn't want to go, but thinking that her friend had put a lot of thought into her script, she went around to help her find investors, and she couldn't bear to waste his kindness, so she tried it again with a dispensable attitude.
"May I be seated, Miss Coty, what would you like to drink?" Xiahou Zhongying asked with a gentle smile.
Diablo was visiting a mansion like Beverly Hills for the first time, and the extravagant dΓ©cor of the villa made her a little restrained. However, after seeing Xiahou Zhongying, who has been in the limelight with the most scandals these days, looks like the big boy next door, with a gentle smile that is a little green, she suddenly feels like a spring breeze, and her body relaxes.
"Coffee, thank you!"
Xiahou Zhongying gave an order to the servant, and then smiled: "Yesterday I was a guest at Brad's house, and Matt Damon said that he had read your script. Recommend to me, Brad. Pete also praised your script. It just so happens that our company wants to develop in the United States, and there is a lack of good scripts, so I just want to take a look, and I'm really sorry for you to make a special trip. β
"It's okay." Diablo didn't expect his script to be praised by two Hollywood movie stars, and couldn't help but be a little excited, and took out the script from his briefcase and handed it to Xiahou Zhongying with some nervousness.
When Xiahou Zhongying took over the script, the maid also happened to bring the coffee, and said to Diablo, "Please feel free". and put all the attention into the script.
When Xiahou Zhongying read the script. His eyes are focused, and he enters the realm of selflessness, and there are only the characters in the script and the characters in the script that seem to jump in his mind. I just watched a paragraph, a cynical girl Juno. Soon coincided with the image of the mad woman Christine in his mind. I couldn't help but praise secretly. Brad. Pete's eyes are really vicious.
The villa was quiet, except for the occasional sound of turning paper, so quiet that you could hear a needle on the ground. Diablo said secretly in his heart. It is no wonder that this little boy was able to create a huge family business at such a young age, and looking at his crazy energy after putting into work, he knew that his success was not accidental. Although madness does not necessarily make a person successful, a successful person must be a madman in his successful field.
I don't know how long it took, after Xiahou Zhongying read the script, he leaned back on the sofa with the back of his head, closed his eyes and thought, and spent about twenty minutes demonstrating the plot of the script from beginning to end in his mind, and then slowly opened his eyes and sighed in admiration.
"Miss Coty, I want to invest in this script." Under Diablo's somewhat nervous and expectant mood, Xiahou Zhongying said with a smile.
When Xiahou Zhongying said that she was willing to invest, Diablo's tense waist suddenly relaxed, and she was very excited, she didn't expect that when she was about to give up, someone in her script was finally willing to invest.
"Thank you!" Diablo said with difficulty, his voice trembling slightly.
"It should be me Xie Lu to thank you, I wrote such a good script." Xiahou Zhongying praised: "At the same time, I thank those big production companies and thank them for their concerns, otherwise it would not be my turn to invest and shoot this script." β
Xiahou Zhongying's humor made Diablo couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"However, there is one thing I think I must make clear to Miss Coty first, that this is the first time for our company to come to Hollywood, and unlike those big studios, our company is not very well funded, so the investment will not be too large, and if we invest in this film, it will only be produced on a small budget." Xiahou Zhongying said.
"No problem." For Diablo, it's already satisfying to have someone willing to invest, so where could you ask for more?
The two then chatted for a long time, mainly Diablo talking about her experience and thoughts when creating the script, and Xiahou Zhongying hoped to deepen the image of the script and the characters from her conversation, so as to prepare for the next casting and shooting.
"I'm back." While the two were talking, Christine came back, yelled as soon as she entered the door, and then ran over to give Xiahou Zhongying a kiss.
"Miss Coty, what do you think of her?"
In the script, Juno is a cute ghost elf who usually likes to play tricks, and enjoys her invincible youth in a different and unique way at her dance school. Although she will give you a sense of maturity that you will never do anything wrong, under her strong exterior, Juno is just a little girl going through puberty, trying to comprehend and adapt to everything and changes around her like other peers.
Christine's jumping personality when she entered the door and yelling, she was tired of being by Xiahou Zhongying's side after kissing, marking her territory's cleverness, and because she debuted as a child star, she has been in Hollywood for a few years now, and she unconsciously shows a sense of maturity that is different from ordinary peers, beautiful appearance, less than 17 years old, all of which coincide with the image of Juno in the script.
Diablo couldn't help but sigh in admiration, and said, "It's so similar, I can't think of a more suitable person than Miss Christine." β
"What are you talking about?" Christine asked, confused.
"Speaking of the script, yes, that's it, I want you to play the role of the heroine in the film, you can see for yourself if you are interested." Xiahou Zhongying patted Christine's little hand and smiled.
"Huh? You're going to make a movie again? Didn't you say that you wouldn't shoot it for the time being when you were studying? Christine asked, confused.
"What's the hurry, UCLA won't enroll until the fall, and there is still more than half a year to go, so how can I pass the time if I don't find something to do." Xiahou Zhongying laughed twice, he didn't tell all the thoughts in his heart, "And I don't make movies to earn some living expenses, where will I get the money for your lavish expenses, and we can't afford to live in this house at that time, so we can only move out of the house to sleep on the street." β
Xiahou Zhongying's words caused Christine to giggle, and Diablo couldn't help but laugh.
"Don't be afraid, I'll raise you. My requirements are not high, as long as you don't use the money I earn to seduce other women, just be good to me alone. β
Xiahou Zhongying almost couldn't help but spurt out a mouthful of old blood, and directly became a concussion patient. (To be continued......)