Chapter 42: Appearance
The car arrived at Paramount's headquarters on Melrose Avenue, which spans sixty acres and occupies an entire block.
Entering the venue through the arched gate, there is a parking plaza, like a park, and then radiating warehouse-like studios and office buildings around it.
Paramount, the largest film company in Hollywood today, is now plagued by U.S. antitrust laws, and the Commerce Department has been working hard to dismantle them.
Because today's Paramount not only produces films, rents out studios, but also controls distribution, controls many theaters, and does as long as it is a commercial business that is related to movies.
In later generations, almost none of Hollywood companies can still control the upstream, midstream and downstream of an industry. So this era has always been called the golden age of Hollywood.
The area here is so large that you can't walk around it in a single day.
The buildings here are generally only two or three storeys, and only one building has five floors, which is also extra luxuriously decorated. Of course, this kind of luxury is only relative to this era, in the era when large pieces of flat tempered glass are still luxury, how to decorate it can not be like the building of later generations.
The convoy stopped in front of a warehouse, and Chukor said: "This is our prop warehouse, where there are clothing styles from every era in history. ”
Zhou Nan asked with some curiosity: "For the filming of "The Diary of Anne Frank", you only need to prepare some unsalable clothes from previous years, and that is enough. ”
Chukor laughed and said: "That's true, ordinary clothes are well prepared, the number of clothes for the concentration camp, we also commissioned a Dutch clothing company to sew them, 3,000 sets of prison clothes, and it cost more than 10,000 dollars." Come in and take a look, there are a few public fitting rooms, which are larger and easier for media reporters to shoot. ”
Zhou Nan looked at Audrey next to her and squeezed her little hand. "Don't be nervous, it's no more difficult than when you shoot a perfume commercial."
Audrey's eyes looked at a large group of reporters and staff at the door of the warehouse, and looked back and smiled at Zhou Nan. "I'm ready," he said. ”
Zhou Nan looked at Held, who was sitting behind him, and asked, "Have the makeup artists we arranged been assessed?" ”
Chukor chimed in: "Of course, it is a professional makeup artist to help Audrey with her makeup, she is the only protagonist, and her style also directly affects the style of the whole movie." If you're not satisfied with the results from our makeup artist, consider your makeup artist. ”
Helde nodded and said, "Although Ms. Haradin can accurately express Audrey's beauty, she is not a professional special effects makeup artist, for the overall style of the movie, we decided to use Paramount's makeup artist to try the effect first." ”
Zhou Nan nodded and deliberately asked Chukol: "Then is the movie style suitable for Audrey, or does Audrey have to match the movie style?" ”
Chukol replied slyly: "Why not cooperate with each other and achieve together?" ”
The door of the bus opened, and the reporters outside the security line immediately prepared their cameras and pointed them at the people who were about to get off the bus.
Chukol, as the owner of the film company, was the first to get out of the car, and the second was Helder, who cooperated with Paramount on behalf of Zhou Nan.
After the two of them got out of the car, they stood on both sides of the door, and then Zhou Nan got out of the car.
However, Zhou Nan simply waved his hand at everyone, turned around and stretched out his hand. Audrey, who was dressed in a variety of manners, took Zhou Nan's hand and stepped out of the car.
For Audrey's appearance in the United States, Givenchy specially designed several different styles of clothing for Audrey to adapt to different occasions.
Two days ago, Audrey had actually made an appearance in the United States. But at that time, the protagonist was Zhou Nan, who aroused the common attention of Europe and the United States.
Today is different, most of the reporters who come are entertainment reporters, and today's protagonist has also aroused the curiosity of countless Americans, an Audrey who has never made a movie, but is an absolute heroine as soon as she debuts.
Audrey did not disappoint all the reporters present, and took away everyone's grace as soon as she appeared.
It's lukewarm in Los Angeles in April, and Audrey is wearing a pure white close-fitting shirt today, with a pleated long skirt with a few plaid patterns underneath, and a wide black belt in the shape of a butterfly at the waist is the finishing touch.
Her height is 1.72 meters, plus a pair of half-heeled heels that are five centimeters high, she is not much shorter than Zhou Nan.
However, the most conspicuous thing on her body is the off-white cashmere medium and long coat, the king has no decoration, only the simple shape of the cut and lines, which makes her look slim.
Her hair was combed into a simple ponytail and then coiled at the back, and she wore a wide-brimmed hat of the same color as her coat, and in the middle of the off-white hat was a light gray checkered belt that echoed her skirt up and down.
Although the overall outfit makes her look a little mature and capable, it is also playful, and more importantly, it sets off the purity and dignity of her whole person.
Her appearance immediately made the flash lights of the scene pop on, and a friendly smile appeared on her face, although her eyes were a little shy, but they could arouse the desire to protect everyone's hearts.
Although the role to be played this time is a little girl, this is not Audrey's public image.
What is a public image is the image that comes to mind when a person is mentioned. Audrey's clear eyes, sweet smile, pure temperament, and aristocratic background are Audrey's public image.
In her first official appearance, Audrey's stylist hesitated for a long time, but at the suggestion of Zhou Nan, she changed into this outfit.
It's not a press conference, that's tomorrow's work. Audrey's job today is to try on makeup, and after everyone is satisfied, she will let these reporters take a few more photos for Paramount and the media to promote.
So, they didn't give an interview, just said hello to a group of reporters, and then entered the dressing room.
Popler and Flegg checked the safety of the dressing room and locker room, nodded to Zhou Nan, and took the initiative to retreat to the periphery of the crowd.
The makeup artists and stylists on both sides quickly got into the working state, and surrounded Audrey with the director and producers, expressing their opinions and discussing how to dress Audrey.
Although Audrey was a little unaccustomed, she was already mentally prepared, and she kept exchanging opinions with them with a sweet smile on her face.
At this time, Zhou Nan couldn't help much, he accompanied Audrey today, the main purpose was not to wait for a few hours or even a day, he mainly wanted to borrow a few scripts that had already been filmed and learn how to create scripts.
"The Diary of Anne Frank" is just his first attempt, he learned the way to create scripts, he doesn't have to create movies for Audrey in the future, he can completely create scripts from several classic films that Audrey has shot.
What's more, he also has a plan in mind, that is, to find John Rabe, who had been in China for 30 years, and make his diary into a movie, so that the people of the world will know about his contributions and Japan's atrocities.
Rabe saved 250,000 lives in China, but he himself was treated unfairly. After his return, he was arrested by the Gestapo for exposing Japanese atrocities. After World War II, because he was a member of the Nazi Party, he was imprisoned for more than a year.
Zhou Nan actually looked like he was going to look for him very early, but his current situation is very complicated, and Zhou Nan is a little afraid that he will be involved too much with him, which will arouse the hostility of the other party.
Because of his contribution in Nanjing, the Blue Party also provided him with a living allowance every month, so that he would not be in his old age, and he would have to run for life.
His relationship with the Blue Party is also as close as a family, not only him, but his family is also very close to the Blue Party, which is the reason why Zhou Nan has not made up his mind.
He died three years later, and Zhou Nan went to him again when he was preparing for the year after next, when the Red Party had already had an absolute advantage. What's more, he hasn't even fully figured out how to write the script now.
Chukor approached Zhou Nan's side and said, "Jonas, it will take a long time for them to stay here, we can't stay here forever, I have a few friends who know that you have come to the United States and want to meet you." ”
This kind of social activity was expected, Zhou Nan had no roots in the United States, and he also needed to get in touch with some big capitalists and influential people.
After all, this is the global hegemon for the next seventy years, and Zhou Nan just wants to make a stumbling block for them secretly, but on the surface, he still has to maintain a good relationship. The main thing is to pick some supporters for yourself.
He has memories of future generations, so he naturally knows who will be the potential stock of the future. And the return on this investment is far greater than any business investment.
For example, Reagan is still a second-rate actor, and Nixon and Kennedy have just entered politics. Get on good terms with these future presidents, and he won't be treated unfairly for decades to come, whether he invests in the United States or gives speeches.
As long as he does not openly oppose the United States and oppose the United States, even if he is not too popular now, he will certainly be able to gradually become invincible in the future.
"Mr. Chukol, although I am in Europe, I pay no less attention to the United States than I do in Europe. After all, this is the greatest country in the world, and the revival of Europe depends on the support of the United States, and I am also willing to have more open and honest exchanges with people in the American political and business circles. ”
"I want to ...... They won't let you down. Chukor smiled and said, "You may have just known about your influence in the Chinese community, but you don't know that you also have super influence among the Jews." Although the film "The Diary of Anne Frank" has not yet started filming, almost all the costs have been recovered. Among them, the Jewish community contributed a lot of money to support the film. ”
Zhou Nan smiled and said: "In this way, my investment can also be repaid?" ”
He laughed.
(I can't stay up.,The third update is updated at night.,I still owe two more to book friends.,I'm remembering.,I must make up at least one more today)