Chapter 104: Tricked
It took a day to finally clean up Tom's room, and Huang Chamberlain collapsed on the sofa he had just changed, and he didn't want to get up.
"Liszt, you said you are the only one living in this house now?"
"yes, what's wrong?"
Liszt replied nonchalantly.
He is still injured, so he naturally has to be a little weaker, only one hand is still helping to do things, and when he gets tired, he naturally has to do it early, drinking juice and watching others do things, there is nothing wrong.
Along with him was John, who came to oversee the work to prevent the bear child from doing bad things and causing damage, but he was also injured and could only move his mouth but not his hands.
"Let's shoot right here, the room you originally chose doesn't fit well, I think this is good." Huang Chamberlain was speechless and looked at the two people who pretended to do something and completely became masters, and there were countless MMPs in their hearts, but they didn't dare to say it.
There is no way, Huang Chamberlain can only comfort himself, he wants to have a good meal!
Yes, the actor was found, the contract was signed, Liszt paid the rest of his salary, and then promised an assistant job with a salary of two thousand dollars.
This made it difficult for Huang Chamberlain to refuse, as for the search for a singing genius, he had already left it behind, he figured it out, if he didn't mix it up, even if he found the ideal talent and went back, he couldn't keep it.
It's better to take this opportunity to accumulate some original capital, just accompany the prince to study, and want to make a movie with a broken DV, he has long passed the age of not knowing anything and working hard with enthusiasm.
If it weren't for the fact that there are dollars to be earned, and the money is not tiring, Huang Chamberlain would not be so concerned.
As for taking the initiative to remind Liszt, he also wanted to help this little brother who couldn't tell whether it was good or bad, and didn't want the things he shot with blood to be worthless in the end.
Although he didn't think that his reminder could help much, the loss could be a little less.
Before Liszt could speak, John spoke first: "Don't do it, Tom might beat you up if he knew." ”
Liszt squinted and thought, of course Tom wouldn't beat him up for making a movie, and besides, he was the only one living here now, as long as he didn't say anything about John, the filming would be finished in a week at most, and Tom might not be able to come back by then.
The reason why John objected was actually to remind Liszt of Tom's identity.
The fewer people who know the identity of a federal agent, the better, and the residence of the same federal agent is to be kept as secret as possible.
John also came this time and brought the news he found out, and the one who was sprayed to death by him with a shotgun was really Rogge.
How Rogge knew Tom's location is still under investigation, but Liszt has ruled out John's leak.
Even all the people in John's group who knew that Tom was urgently transferred to Los Angeles could be ruled out, and there were very few suspects left.
Liszt also thought that what John said was reasonable, and wanted to reject Chamberlain's proposal, in fact, if it were not for the same concern, he wanted to place the filming location at Tom's house in the first place, and Los Angeles was not as convenient as San Francisco.
But now it's different, Tom's residence has been exposed, and it is definitely not suitable to live again, so moving has become inevitable, so naturally there is no concern.
When Liszt spoke of his own considerations, John felt that this was so, and he no longer objected.
Sidney Prescott, a student at the University of Windsor, Ohio, majoring in theater, seems to be a celebrity according to reports.
A horror movie called "The Killing," which is being filmed, is based on a serial murder case she experienced in her hometown of Woodsburg, and is expected to be released this year.
After learning about this, Liszt was a little dissatisfied with the heroine chosen by Huang Chamberlain.
It's not that Sidney is not good-looking, and certainly not too good-looking, which is the reason he used when he refused to star in Bella.
The main reason is that Sidney is a celebrity, and he didn't expect such a small budget production Huang Chamberlain to find a celebrity to play.
Although none of the works of this celebrity came out, whether in film and television or music, nothing.
But that case caused a sensation in California at the time, and even had a national impact, especially when Gail, a female journalist who was also one of the survivors, wrote the case into a book and set off a wave of terror across the country.
The name Sidney has also become familiar to the public.
These were found by Liszt after listening to Huang Chamberlain's introduction, but the so-called horror stories did not attract his attention.
At that time, he had to hunt vampires, hone his skills, and go to school, and he didn't have the extra energy to pay attention to these, who made the perverted murderers in America too maniac.
If it's any other movie, it's natural that the director, male and female lead actors, the more famous, the better, so that it can sell well.
If Liszt can find an actor like Tom Cruise in this world, naturally there is no need to worry, the movie will not sell in the end.
But is it possible?
He originally wanted to silently launder the money in his hands by investing in movies.
He has no way to invest in the movies of those big companies, so he shoots them himself.
Originally, I wanted to shoot "The Man from Earth", with a simple layout structure and a small investment, but Liszt had little experience after all.
Speaking of the help of his super learning instrument, so many director books have been read, and it can be said that he will never forget it, but the director's skills have not been unlocked for a long time, and even the acting skills, which I don't know how to come about, have reached the amateur level, but there is no director.
So to be on the safe side, he chose this pseudo-documentary in pursuit of truth as his first film.
He wants to launder money, but it doesn't mean he wants to lose money.
After becoming a policeman, if Liszt wanted not to worry about money, he was destined to make money for the first film he invested.
Pseudo-documentaries have never appeared in this world, and even he himself is not sure if this first DV movie will be released in theaters as he wishes.
Liszt didn't plan to spend time running one film company after another, and was finally swept away, so it was better to give up this kind of test of luck.
It is already a great luck for him to be able to travel here and live a new life, and the luck of the world cannot be given to him alone, and it is better to gamble on luck.
So at the beginning of filming, he was already thinking about publicity, and instead of breaking his leg and not having a result, it was better to let the distribution company come to the door by himself.
This involves online hype, horror movies, and ghosts, how to attract audiences online?
"Lao Huang, is there no other candidate?" Liszt snorted at Sidney, who was studying the script with the male lead.
"Please, you're not satisfied with such a good actress? People are beautiful and study drama, and the key people themselves are well-known, 4,000 US dollars, you can steal it if you can invite such a person!"
After complaining about Huang Chamberlain's birds, he didn't know that he was a cheap and obedient cheater, rubbed his hands and smiled and walked to Benjamin, the agent who was checking whether the shooting location was legitimate.
For this thirty-year-old handsome blonde guy, Liszt was also very speechless, because the director and investors did not have any popularity in the circle, and the actors recruited did not come forward in person, and changed the shooting location at will, so they had to follow over in person to ensure the safety of the two actors.
What could Liszt say? It's not the first time I've been deceived by someone, so admit it!
"Miss Sidney, I've heard a few things about you—oh no offense, don't worry, I'm not like the unscrupulous media want to know about those unpleasant things, I just have something to say in front of me."
Sidney looked at the young and excessive director in front of her, and the anger that was originally aroused gradually subsided, it was strange to say, this whimsical young man who wanted to make a pseudo-documentary made her feel inexplicably at ease with a few simple words.
"Director, if you have anything to say, just say it, am I not performing well?"
Liszt shook his head: "I watched your audition video, you are very good among so many people, but the performance traces are too heavy, it may be related to your major in drama, my film is shot in the form of a documentary, so in terms of style, I hope you can grasp it again." I'll talk about these things later, and what I want to say now is that this is not the promotion of the movie. ”
"Propaganda? Does this have anything to do with me? Sidney looked at the gradually serious face in front of her suspiciously, and when she thought of something, her face suddenly became gloomy.
"You want to use the Woodsburg tragedy as your promotional selling point? Hmph, it's a pity that you found the wrong person, someone has already done this again. ”
Liszt knew that this misunderstanding had occurred, and hurriedly explained: "Don't be angry Miss Sidney, please listen to my explanation, you misunderstood me. ”
Liszt spoke very politely, but his attitude was different, and he continued to explain himself without giving Sidney a willingness to listen.
Liszt was afraid that the conversation would end up in a cycle of "you listen to my explanation" and "I don't listen, I don't listen".
"The propaganda I'm talking about is not the killings in Fort Woods, it's Miss Sidney herself. You should have read the script, I want to change the heroine's name directly to your name.
The story of Miss Sidney, the prototype of the heroine of "Killing", and her boyfriend who met with a ghost in their house and were both killed with her boyfriend, I think is very selling.
To be honest, I didn't know you had that experience at first, until Chamberlain told me your story.
You studied drama and film, so you should know very well that this movie will be difficult to win theatrical release......"
“…… Miss Sidney, the reason why I am telling you this is that you want you to decide for yourself whether or not you want to continue our cooperation. I don't know if you came out of that incident, and if I were to advertise it like that, it might have caused you some mental damage, so ...... No matter what decision you make, I respect your choice, there are no liquidated damages, and the promised travel expenses, room and board expenses, and the $4,000 are still valid. ”
After speaking, a sincere smile immediately appeared on his serious face.
Sidney didn't know why, she always wanted to punch this handsome smile.
Sidney pondered for a long time and didn't speak, and just when Liszt was about to lose his nerves, he finally spoke slowly and hesitantly: "The reason why I went to school in Ohio was that I didn't want to be disturbed by the media anymore, they always asked me about what happened that day, and asked me how I felt, and what I said The public has the right to know the truth. Does the truth have anything to do with them......"
Liszt looked at Sidney who was crying with a headache, the smile on his face finally couldn't hold back, and he reflected in his heart whether he was too much, make less money, make less money, anyway, he wouldn't lose money with the performance of the ghost record, just for the sake of that money to stimulate a weak ......
"So I agreed!"
"Oh, uh-huh......"
“……”