In September, the filming schedule far exceeded expectations, and the film was no longer far away from being closed, and the reason why the crew went so smoothly was that in addition to the precise advance planning, the huge budget that was finalized at the beginning played a crucial role.

To put it bluntly, many problems are actually money problems, and as long as there is sufficient financial support, most of the difficulties will be solved.

Ryan said goodbye to the Rosario set once again and returned to Los Angeles as the USC Film School was about to begin.

"Why do you want to apply for a dormitory for me?"

Looking at the little luggage that had been sorted out, Ryan stood in the middle of the living room and asked Nicole? Kidman, because he has been busy filming, many of his matters before entering school are mostly handed over to Nicole and Kingsley to handle.

"It's an hour's drive from USC to Beverly Hills, and it's even longer in traffic jams, so if you have classes all day, do you have to go home at noon? Not to mention looking for a house or renting a hotel suite over there, you've probably heard of what the security is like in that area. ”

If Nicole wants to persevere, she can find 10,000 reasons to come, "It's just a temporary resting place, you must know that the dormitory of USC has always been very tight, in order to find a suitable place for you to rest, Pat asked George for help." ”

She said George, naturally George? Lucas.

"I remember there should be cafes and restaurants on campus......" Seeing Nicole's insistence, Ryan closed his mouth, looked at the time, and finally asked, "Are you sure you don't want to come with me?" ”

"Come on. Ryan. Nicole rolled her eyes, "You went to USC, not St. John's Elementary." ”

The University of Southern California is located in the heart of Los Angeles, as Nicole said, some distance from Beverly Hills, and the surrounding Redmond, Normandy and other neighborhoods are very poorly secured, and shootings occur from time to time, especially for international students from overseas, where day and night are basically two worlds.

Walking around the USC campus, Ryan rarely had the mood to enjoy the scenery. Although some people keep casting attention on them. There are also people you don't know who will suddenly say hello, but there is no incident of chasing and intercepting, which may have something to do with the fact that USC has the No. 1 film art school in the United States?

After a brief inquiry, Ryan and George soon found the location of the film school. Very separate campus complex.

It's very different from other buildings in USC. The entrance of the film school is a Latin-style dome and column. The sloping roof with a rustic Mexican charm highlights the solemnity and heaviness of the building, and most of the buildings behind the doors have earthy yellow walls. The brown slope tops, and the courtyard is planted with tall palm trees.

Entering it, the first thing Ryan sees is Douglas? A full-body statue of Fan Punk, holding a sword in his right hand and a film script in his left hand, as if to show the dynamism and passion of creation.

In fact, the USC Film School and the School of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have always maintained a close relationship, and the latter can be said to be a strong backing for the former, and the former continues to provide fresh blood for Hollywood and the national film and television industry every year.

Ryan's film and television production major is the strongest major in the college, and it is definitely ranked first among similar majors in the United States.

Probably with George? It had to do with Lucas saying hello in advance, Ryan quickly completed the formalities, received the class schedule and assignment instructions, took a small turn around the film school, and after getting familiar with the environment, he went back to the car with George to pick up the luggage and went to the dormitory building that had been lined up.

"Why do I feel like a relation?" Ryan muttered to George, Mr. Bodyguard but smiled.

All right! When you are richer in the future, you can also learn from George? Lucas and Stephen? Spielberg Okay, give a huge donation to the film school and let them have a name called Ryan? Jenkins' Mansion.

Unfortunately, the Lucas and Spielberg Towers will not be seen until the new century.

Led by the housekeeper, Ryan made his way to the apartment dormitory on the third floor.

"This is it, Mr. Jenkins."

The housekeeper opened the door and gave Ryan the corresponding key, "This is an apartment for two, you are the only one staying at the moment, and the other person must be arriving soon." ”

"Thank you, Mr. Lune, just call me Ryan." Ryan shook his hand again and sent him away.

This is a very ordinary American-style apartment dormitory, in addition to two bedrooms, the living room, washroom, small storage room is the same, the layout is quite neat, although it is not comparable with home, it is enough to be used as a temporary resting place.

Choosing a bedroom at random, Ryan quickly put away the items he received and brought, although he was a little spoiled by Nicole in the past few years, he still has the situation of degrading to domestic waste.

Walking up to the balcony of the bedroom, Ryan nodded approvingly, directly in front of the apartment building is a pool of clear water, on the right is the USC Library, on the left is the college's large lawn, and in the distance there is a lush palm grove, the environment is quite good, except that the dormitory fee is a little higher, I can't find too many shortcomings.

Not long after, there was a knock on the door, followed by the sound of George talking to another person, and Ryan guessed that his roommate had arrived, and immediately walked from the bedroom to the living room.

"Hello, I'm Ryan? Jenkins. Ryan politely held out a hand.

It was a dark-brown-haired man of less than six feet, who looked to be eighteen or nineteen years old, and he looked at Ryan and scratched his head again, as if he couldn't believe it.

"I ...... You...... Oh, God! Didn't expect me to be with Ryan? Jenkins lives in the same dormitory. He sighed and quickly shook Ryan's hand, "Darren? Bowsman, from Kansas. ”

Ryan ...... Can I call you that? Wow, that's great. He asked, "You went to film school?" What major? ”

"Film and television production." Ryan gestured to him to sit down, "Sit, Darren." ”

"I'm also a film and television production major." Darren? Bausman was quite excited.

"Need my help?" Ryan pointed to his luggage on the floor, and the guy scratched his head. "No need, I'll do it myself, I'll clean it up first, and we'll talk about it later, okay?"

Ryan made a gesture of please, looked through the class schedule and assignment instructions he had received, and flipped through them.

There is no purely theoretical curriculum in the film school, almost all coursework is combined with practice, and the teachers and professors have rich practical experience, especially the comprehensive production courses that Ryan focuses on, which are more practice-oriented, after the initial courses. Each semester requires a short story of about five minutes to be filmed with a small video camera. as a job.

Filmmakers are personally involved in all the processes, from script writing to finding actors to editing and production, and all of them are solved by learning and doing and asking questions, if they have not been exposed to the industry before. In the early stage, it will definitely be a lot of hardship.

This major trains producers who are in control of the big picture. Not only do students need to be familiar with Hollywood-style production methods. You even have to be able to be involved enough.

Of course, none of this was a problem for Ryan, who had been on the set and met so many directors and producers. Unique in its age group.

"I've been interested in photography since I was very young, and becoming a director is my dream." Darren? Bowsman quickly walked out of the room, and after a few small talks, he gradually relaxed when he saw Ryan's gentle attitude, "My biggest dream is to become a horror film director. ”

"Horror?" Ryan was a little weird.

"Yes!" Darren? Bowsman sat down on the couch and said with certainty, "Ryan, I love Scream so much, I love the bloody feel in the movie, it's wonderful." ”

Ryan found out that this was a hardcore lover.

"Ryan, maybe we can work together in the future......" The more he said, the more he said, the more he became more and more incomprehensible.

"Come on, Darren, it's going to take four years for us to graduate." Ryan finally interrupted what seemed to be an idealist rambling.

Students who graduate from the USC Film School do have an advantage over those who are born in the wilderness, but if you really want to shoot for a movie, you need not only ability, but also enough opportunities.

This age is the time when he is at his most energetic, Ryan entered the apartment building and did not dress up, and soon the news of his appearance here spread out of the city, and people from several nearby apartment dormitories came to say hello, Ryan also generously got acquainted with these people one by one, and communication is also a compulsory course in college.

"Hello, Ryan, I'm Chen Jiazheng and I'm from China." What Ryan didn't expect was that one of them was an international student from the Far East.

Looking at the other party's yellow skin, black hair, black eyes, and the remaining Chinese accent, Ryan could only sigh for a long time.

"A few years ago, I used to go to Hong Kong because of publicity, and it was impressive." Ryan asked him to sit down and said casually.

"I read it in a domestic entertainment magazine at the time, and it was to promote "Jurassic Park", right?"

Hearing the other party say this, Ryan nodded, "That's right, it was 93, and I went to ...... at the time."

I really couldn't remember how to translate, so he had to change to a bit of sandwich Chinese, "Luohu Port, it should be this name." ”

"Do you know Chinese?" Chen Jiazheng was a little surprised, although Ryan's words were a little blunt, but they were more standard than the Chinese pronunciation he had seen in the United States.

"I have always been interested in oriental culture, such as Chinese food." Ryan shook his head again, "Originally, I wanted to go over there to have a look, but it's a pity that China introduced True Lies and Jurassic Park too late. ”

"Actually, I made up my mind to study here after watching these two movies last year." Chen Jiazheng is an international student at the Film Academy, "I really don't know what to do, it turns out that Chinese films have been left so far behind by the world." ”

He's been here for a while, and naturally knows the huge reputation of the young man across from him in Hollywood.

It is rare to meet a person who knows a lot about the film industry on the other side, Ryan listened to some news without a trace, and then synthesized the memories in his mind to make a rough inference about the film market there, so that Jenkins Pictures and Paramount Pictures could further develop it. (To be continued......)