Chapter 928: I'm not so worried
Kunes is annoying, yes, very annoying.
It's all to blame for Linton and APLUS, the meager cat-and-mouse game screenwriter's salary was spent by himself last year, and Hollywood is full of opportunities, and it is really a big sales hole. It was at that time that Johnny Carson frequently invited himself and two other writers to Bamberck's home, and the old man looked forward to the awards season with great enthusiasm, as if he were the one who had contributed the most.
And his attention is all on the other party's manor mansion, the extravagant life and the young fourth wife......
Suddenly, a thought, a tribute to two idols, the legendary con artist Abagnell and Clifford Elwin, grew wildly in his mind.
As soon as he said it, he quickly devised a plan to imitate Hughes's autobiographical hoax, targeting Johnny Carson, who would not live as long as Hughes back then, and who was just as famous as he was back then, and he could feel that the old man was clearly worried that the fact that he had not contributed much to the cat-and-mouse game adaptation would be exposed before the awards season.
Johnny Carson's signature? The early adaptation of the cat-and-mouse game from '80 to '82 was on the cover of the script, and his handwritten notes and complaints were everywhere next to the script, and as a performative personality who aspired to be a legendary liar, he had already begun to learn the 'introductory' skill of imitating handwriting.
As for the rest, it's better to do, Johnny Carson has lived in the spotlight for most of his life, and he can make up a very detailed life by looking for news materials from the library back then, and then on some key events, such as his DMC car company's mental journey from its inception to its collapse, it is estimated that he has already been summarized by the media as a complete character deduction and blind fabrication.
Soon, he came up with an outline of his memoirs and a more elaborate plan, and if he wanted to deceive, he would have to deceive the top publishing houses like Clifford Elwin.
He did get a very high level of hospitality at several targets, and the editors-in-chief and senior executives of large publishing companies who were rare to see when he used to be a third-rate screenwriter are now enthusiastic, which strengthens his confidence in playing a big game.
Also, don't look at those publishing companies with annual sales of hundreds of millions, billions, in fact, most of them are supported by the accumulation of historical copyrights and rigid needs such as children's books and reference books.
The only difficulty was that everyone was very cautious, which showed his foresight again, as he quietly built a miniature camera to record and bring home all the adaptations he could get his hands on when he was writing the script for the cat-and-mouse game.
After selectively throwing out the evidence related to Johnny Carson, Simon Schuster Publishing House suddenly increased its sincerity, and halfway through it, he also played the most proud deception method of admissions Ping, predicted the time when they made a call for verification, took the initiative to visit Johnny Carson's house, intercepted him halfway, and used all kinds of misunderstandings between the two sides to convince Simon Schuster's people from then on.
But! Who would have thought that the cat-and-mouse game would actually be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and finally win the award!?
He regretted it the moment he got the little golden man, with this qualification, he was instantly promoted to a first-line screenwriter in Hollywood, with constant invitations, money? It's not so urgent again!
Simon Schuster was encouraged by this and chased harder, and was about to confess to give up, when an incident prompted him to make a final decision.
Abagnell sold the rights to the cat-and-mouse sequel 'The Art of Stealing' to Tom Hanks, Spielberg and others, and the Hollywood superstars handed over the pre-project preparations to the well-known producer Gary Gonzman. When he was excited to follow his idol to join the new screenwriting team, he was told by the other party that he didn't have his own share! And the other two screenwriters were invited!
He is furious, and he can't help but be jealous of his idol Abagnell, who has just set a record of selling the adaptation rights for four million dollars, but suddenly turned cold, and the best way to get revenge is to humiliate him through Johnny Carson's 'mouth'.
The predecessors will one day be planted in the hands of the juniors, idols are used to surpass, that's right, that's it!
Impulsively, he immediately agreed to his suitor, Simon Schuster Press, and of course, in addition to submitting more detailed information before signing the publishing contract, he did not forget to ask for an extremely large deposit.
There is no way back!
But unexpectedly, Simon Schuster turned his head and played himself, and also violated the confidentiality agreement by releasing news through the media for final verification, and Johnny Carson was not a withdrawn Howard Hughes after all, and the old man immediately called the police.
Right now...... Everything was out of order, and it was completely different from the original plan......
'Knock knock. There was a knock on the bedroom door.
"Wait!" He shouted outside, snuffing out Marlboro in a full ashtray and waking the woman next to him awake, "You should go." β
"Let's sleep a little longer." The woman yawns and is coquettish.
"Get dressed and get out!" Impatient, he pulled out his wallet from his pocket, pulled out a large bill and threw it into the air, then another, and another......
The woman immediately got up and screamed and cheered for the money, and then picked up the clothes scattered on the ground with great professionalism and left as fast as she could.
"What's the matter?" He asked the middle-aged man who had just knocked on the door, his new lawyer.
"It's time to do something, you're running out of time." The lawyer pointed to his watch with a cold attitude, even if he was kept in the dark at first, he should have noticed it now, but so what? It's not like you have to keep it a secret for me, and I can afford to pay for a lawyer!
"Simon Schuster's hint you know, right?" The lawyer asked.
"A bunch of cultural hooligans pretending to be stupid!"
Of course he knew that Simon Schuster had read the cat and mouse game screenwriter documents he provided, and they also knew that Johnny Carson seemed to have a handle to catch, so now there is still a possibility that the road to the road will go through, which is to force Johnny Carson to make a deal!
But it's all on your own, and Simon Schuster's well-dressed guys are happy to see the result, but they will never say it, let alone take personal legal risks for the company's business.
"Let's make another trip to Simon Schuster Press."
He can only take one step at a time, and as a competent liar, he has already made a new plan on the spot, re-loaded a cigarette, grabbed his coat, mobile phone and car keys and strode out the door.
Well? A tall black man was standing on the side of the road on the side of the road opposite the house, staring down at a colorful map of the car, wearing only a tight tank top, revealing his large arms and tattoos all over his neck, face and even forehead in Los Angeles at the end of April.
βHeyοΌ Do you know him? Is it one of yours!? β
He walked behind his car and unceremoniously slapped the hood of another car.
"Hehe, how come?"
The two white men sitting in the passenger seat in the car replied with a hippie smile.
Nasty! He gave him a middle finger, then got into his car with the lawyer, and after driving onto the road, the car swaggered to follow, the two white men were Simon Schuster's private investigators, and Kunes glanced in the rearview mirror, and the tattooed black man was still looking at the map.
Hehe, I'm still too nervous, it's not good to be suspicious......
He drove all the way to Simon Schuster headquarters and walked with his lawyer into the conference room on the top floor.
"In any case, we will keep your information confidential, Mr. Kunes."
After arguing with the opposing team about the handwriting test results, the editor-in-chief tapped the tall pile of documents in front of him with his glasses, "If you have anything to add or change, it's still too late." β
is still hinting that he is cooperating with Johnny Carson, Kunes can hear it, then only sorry APLUS, if the news breaking point is not Johnny Carson, it must be him, involved in the still hot Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay, these two are the most famous.
Little Golden Man...... I also have a little golden man...... How did it come to this?
"Yes, I remembered some mistakes, the problem was a bit serious, and I will go to Bamberk right away." He replied.
"Good." The editor-in-chief put on reading glasses and ignored him.
"They're all hypocrites!"
He cursed in the elevator, and when he got down to the parking lot, the eye-catching Chevrolet came into view, and this time he noticed the other party's Illinois license plate.
"Hey! Hey! How could it be such a coincidence, he was furious, strode over, was napping in the driver's seat, and sure enough, it was the tattooed black man, slammed down the window with his fist, and woke the other party up, "Who sent you?" Who do you do things for!? M-fxxk don't try to intimidate me, I'm not afraid of this! β
The tattooed black man shrugged blankly through the glass and spread his hands.
"This is not the place for people like you! Security guard! Security guard! β
He shouted to the parking lot security, "Check this person!" He's stalking me! Still...... Also a personal threat! β
"It's not convenient for us......" The security guard saw the black man's vicious appearance clearly, and said words of evasion, but still cautiously touched his waist and leaned over to ask.
"Then call the police!"
Kunes dropped his sentence and drove to Bamberg with his lawyer.
Halfway through, the haunted Chevrolet appeared in the rearview mirror.
"What a fucking ......"
Kunes shuddered as he remembered the urban legends related to APLUS.
"Ahh Yes! Yes! β
Meanwhile, in the studio, a man on fire writhed his body and limbs, screaming violently, and slowly slid against the tile wall in the heat and smoke.
Song Ya in front of him was holding a prop shotgun and staring at this scene coldly.
"Cards! Card! β
With the shouting of the head of the stunt team, a group of people rushed forward with fire extinguishers, and the fire was extinguished in a few seconds, revealing the blackened fireproof suits.
"Are you alright?" The crowd dragged him away and helped remove the thick fire hood.
"It's okay, little thing."
The white guy who didn't care about the sweat on his head, but the fireproof oil, he was the stunt stand-in of the crew, and soon talked and laughed with the stunt team colleagues and Chinese martial artists who came forward to care, and took the mineral water bottle and drank it.
"Yo, good job."
This is really hard work, Song Ya knows that it is not easy for them, so the group with the crew has a very good relationship with each other, and they smiled and bumped a fist with him in the past.
"Thank you." The white guy laughed and was full of white teeth.
"How was your conversation with Johnny Carson yesterday?"
After a day, this kind of thing can't be hidden from the well-informed Catherine, as a producer, if the stunt double is injured in this major scene, the crew will have to increase a lot of expenses, so she has been watching from the periphery just now.
"Uh, I don't know."
Song Ya returned the prop gun to the staff, "Johnny has been blaming me and Linton for not managing the screenwriters of the crew well, and the confidentiality agreement is useless, and ......so on."
"That's a bit of a problem, or I'll postpone the follow-up shooting plan, and you can concentrate on the things over there first."
The cat-and-mouse game has earned everything that should be earned anyway, and his own personality has collapsed, and it is the new project of Blade Warrior that is more affected, and Catherine is very concerned.
"No, didn't you say that if these scenes are postponed, it will create a lot of confusion for the special effects progress of Industrial Light & Magic?" Song Ya waved his hand disappreciatively.
"Don't take it seriously, the king of stand-up comedy and African hip-hop singers ......" Catherine is worried about this, Johnny Carson and herself have their own opinions, and many people will not take the evidence seriously.
"Honestly Catherine, I'm not really worried."
Song Ya winked playfully at her.
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