Westwood's words made the scene immediately silent, everyone was silent, the whole office was as dead as a hospital morgue in the middle of the night, and like a room with a gas leak, full of tension.

"As Alan said before, let another Allen director, Alan Smith, take over. Hasn't he done this kind of thing many times?"

Perhaps feeling that the atmosphere in the room was too oppressive, the drama manager Michael Rich subconsciously wanted to make a joke to liven up the atmosphere, but the producer's immediate eyes told him that his joke was not clever.

"Director Alan Smith doesn't exist! Mr. Richie, if you want this director to direct, then please go to him and get his salary, not me!"

- Alan Smith is a special back-up man for Hollywood producers and directors when they have conflicts, and the FBI can't find out the existence of this gentleman, if you go to him to get a salary, it's basically no different from drinking the Northwest Wind.

was scolded by the producer who can't afford to joke now, Michael simply shrunk his neck and said nothing. Originally, as a drama manager, he could only be regarded as a small character among the main creative staff of the crew, and it was normal that he couldn't speak, but everyone else except him was silent, which made Westwood a little confused.

"Richard, you're the assistant director, what do you think?"

If no one takes the initiative to speak, Mr. Producer can only name him. And Lao Gun, as the most senior person in the crew, naturally can't run in this regard.

"Can't we bring in another director?"

It's not that the old gun can't hear that Westwood has the intention of letting him take over directing, but he still chooses to pretend to be stupid.

"Judging from the script, the difficulty of directing this film is not too high, and our preliminary preparations have been completed, as long as the funds are okay, it should be possible to change the director!"

"The problem is in terms of funding!"

Westwood smiled bitterly,

"Everyone has experienced the previous preparation stage, and you should know that the crew's funds are only at a sufficient level. Originally, if Allen hadn't disappeared, he might have been able to use his connections to pull some money in. But now that he's missing, it's a question of whether the rest of the money will be available. This alone has already made our financial chain very tight, and if we hire the director again to give a salary, even if it is only a small part, it will make us completely collapse, don't forget, in addition to the director, our heroine is also missing, so we have to leave some money to find a new heroine!"

Speaking of this extent, Westwood simply spread out and said,

"I called you here today, and my original purpose was to hope that someone would stand up and take on the job of director. Of course, as mentioned earlier, there is no hope of increasing the salary. It's not that I don't want to, but I really don't have any money. However, I can get a share of the box office after the release - originally I would not have gotten a share of this kind of film if it weren't for a famous director, but now it's a matter of urgency. So, is anyone willing to step up?"

Saying this, he set his eyes on the old gun, obviously hoping that the most senior assistant director in the crew would come forward. This time, the old gun didn't pretend to be stupid again,

"I can't!"

He replied simply,

"It doesn't matter about seniority, ability, etc., it's just that since the divorce, I haven't had the urge to direct on my own. If I had to choose between directing a film myself and taking back custody of my children, I would definitely choose the latter. For me now, making movies is just a job, but directing is more than just a job!"

"This ......"

The old gun's answer was obviously beyond Westwood's expectations, and he sighed,

"I was going to think of some arguments to convince you, but now ......"

Westwood turned his head to photographer Addison Young. Many directors are photographers, and as the role that has the clearest grasp of the film outside of the director, Addison was originally the best choice to succeed the director in addition to the most senior old gun. However, he shook his head:

"I can't either!"

"Why!?"

"Because ......"

Addison picked up the cigarette in his hand and took a few puffs, exhaling a smoke ring before continuing,

"Have any of you seen James Cameron's first movie?"

"Cameron's first film?"

Faced with this question, everyone was in a daze.

"Is it Piranha 2? ”

It was Charlotte who answered. With the help of the almighty Internet and the regrettable copyright situation in later China, he has seen a large number of movies, and the debut of "King of the World" naturally cannot be missed.

"Is it pretty?"

"This ...... It can only be said that it is not satisfactory. ”

"yes, unsatisfactory, unsatisfactory!"

Photographer Addison pinched the cigarette in his hand, looking a little dazed,

"The film was shot in Italy, when Cameron was still a novice as a director, and his situation at that time was not unsatisfactory, it can be described as miserable! The crew, from the actors to the cinematographers to the drama, no one respected him, and the producers not only did not give him editing rights, but even disdained his opinions. And I was the cinematographer of that movie. ”

"What?"

Addison's self-exposure history surprised Charlotte, he didn't expect that such a crew, which can basically only be described as a straggler, has the experience of working with a "god" like Cameron. Gold is found in the sand, which is also a kind of "Taobao", right?

"So, you're worried that you'll happen to Cameron when you succeed as director, right?"

Unlike Charlotte, who has a somewhat divergent brain, producer Westwood is more concerned about why cinematographer Addison is reluctant to be the director, and after listening to these words, he feels as if he understands something,

"Please don't worry about these issues! I have to protect the director's authority in the crew, although I am a failure as a producer, but I still understand this-"

"No, you don't understand !!"

Addison, who had been reticent, suddenly became irritable, and he brutally interrupted Westwood's words,

"I'm not telling you about the conditions!I've seen Cameron being ignored by the whole crew, and I know about him picking locks in order to edit his own films, but that's not what I'm worried about at all!!Do you know?When the film was finished, he used to gather the whole crew and scolded him in front of everyone, saying that we could disrespect him and be unwilling to follow him to work overtime, but in the end, he would become a big shot, and we-"

He gasped violently, and the words that followed seemed to be hooked arrows piercing the wound, causing him to endure severe pain for every point he pulled out.

"—We're going to do nothing, and we're going to do nothing—we're going to do nothing!!"

"This ......"

AS A TIME-TRAVELER, CHARLOTTE IS ALSO A FAN OF CAMERON, AND HE KNOWS THE STORY. From Cameron's point of view, this can certainly be said to be an inspirational story of perseverance, but from the perspective of those who despised the fledgling Cameron at the time, but later regretted it, what is the taste of this? This is like the top 10 goals in the World Cup, as a goal-scoring player, it is naturally glorious, but what will it be like to be a defender and goalkeeper as a background?

Looking at the photographer Addison, who seemed to run out of strength after saying a sentence and sat directly in a chair, Charlotte didn't know what to say for a while.

"You know what? When we first heard what he said, we all laughed. For us at the time, it was like the clichéd line 'I will be back!' that the villains would always say, and it wasn't worth mentioning at all. And yet, ten years later, he's really back!!You know?! When I saw the change in the metal form of the T-1000 in Terminator 2, my whole body trembled, and it wasn't the excitement of the filmmakers when they saw the good shots, but the fear, the despair! Cameron really became a big shot, and me? I was afraid that I was really like what he said, and that I could achieve nothing!!"

Addison spoke quietly, no one interrupted him, everything in the room was silent except for his voice, and it seemed that the slightest noise was a blasphemy.

"Actually, I can really say that I have achieved nothing in the past ten years, although I have also participated in a few films, and now I have some qualifications as a photographer, but I have always ...... Every time I see Cameron's achievements, I think of his words! Just like just now, you know, my dear Mr. Producer, when you asked, 'Who will be the director?' how much I wanted to say yes! But I was like wearing the mask of Dr. Hannibal with his mouth sewn on, and I was afraid that I couldn't open my mouth at all, yes, I didn't dare! Cameron's words were a curse to me, and now I can't bear the pressure of being a director at all......"

"Is this another corpse lying on the road to the ideal?"

Looking at Addison, who seemed to be shining with water in the corner of her eyes, Charlotte couldn't help but sigh in her heart. In fact, how many people in this crew are not losers? The old gun's family is divided and he has lost his enterprising spirit in his career, so needless to say, how many of the other makeup and special effects departments are not losers? Director Allen may have chosen a group of inactive losers to form the crew in order to avoid anyone from challenging his authority. This group of losers curses him behind his back every day, but when he disappears, the entire crew is as scattered and on the verge of destruction as the planetary swarm has lost its sun.

How ridiculous!?

However, right now, in the midst of such a group of losers, Charlotte's heartbeat is getting more and more intense-

Do you want to try it?