"Tut-tuo-tuo, la-"

In the light of the night, the soft humming sound resounded in the music room on the first floor of Santa Monica Yewei's house, which was a newly arranged music room, and there were not many musical instruments in the room, and there was no soundproofing and soundproof decoration, except for a set of sound equipment, it looked very simple.

Amy Rosen sat in a wooden chair with a backrest without armrests, holding a black acoustic guitar and playing songs.

This is Ye Wei's guitar, she likes to compose music with the piano the most, with a wider vocal range and more aspects, but there is only a guitar here.

Ye Wei said that when he was a child, he had to learn musical instruments, and his mother reported him cello, violin, piano, and guitar, and in the end, only the guitar survived. He agreed to buy her a grand piano and move in, not just the piano, but she had to decorate the nest.

What kind of flowers are good for cultivating in the flower room in the back garden? I will ask him later, but he is busy working in the upstairs workshop, and he is really too diligent.

Gia Coppola's hateful gaze suddenly flashed in my heart, Amy's right hand to pluck the strings stopped, and then continued to play, it doesn't matter, I just know what I'm doing!

......

There is a studio on the second floor of the house, where you can't hear the sound downstairs, which is arranged in a style that combines a study and a studio, as well as a lot of film copywriting research and development tools.

Ye Wei was sitting at the computer desk, staring at the Movie-Magic-Screenwriter document on the LCD screen of the desktop computer in a daze.

Last month, he completed the first draft of the script for "Soul Surfer", and this month it has been half a month with Michael Arndt as the main character, Heck Potko as the vice, and himself as the main character, and himself to make fine revisions together.

Each script is developed at a different pace, including theme, structure, characters, development, dialogue, etc., as well as taking into account the cinematic feel, shooting style, budget, ......

The theme and structure of the story of SS are very clear, unlike the complexity of TLB, as long as you grasp the main line of Bethany and match the changes in the supporting characters such as her family and friends.

But there are still a lot of problems, such as not finding a good way to set up mentors and villains, or is it needed?

For Christians, the greatest teacher is God, but without guiding characters, stories can easily fall into a false void. Even in the most self-redeeming stories, mentors are often indispensable, like Morgan Freeman in "The Shawshank Redemption".

This comes from life, there will always be something that inspires you, and someone who will touch you. Confucius is right, there must be my teacher in a threesome, anything can be a mentor, and each other can also be a teacher, like Leon in "This Killer is Not Too Cold" taught Matilda the skills of the killer, and Matilda taught him the true value of life.

In "Dance of Angels", Bella is a mentor, but she can't always let Ginger be Bethany's mentor.

As for the villain, in a story like this, everyone seems to be a partner or ally, and the villain is just the damn shark, but it's just a functional character. The question is in the surfing competition part, should you set up a villain?

The villain doesn't need to be a villain, as long as it's an opposing force that prevents the protagonist from achieving his goal. The conventional wisdom is to be a champion-seeded player who stands in the way of Bethany's victory. With the existence of such a No. 1 person, there can be competition, and Bethany will turn defeat into victory.

But is it really appropriate to place this kind of villain in this inspirational story, and is the competition part really going to be a competition?

Bethany's biggest opponent is herself, whether she wins the championship or not does not affect whether she defeats herself, it is not necessary to win the championship to win, if she can't get it, she will fail, when Bethany stepped on the skateboard on the field, she had already won, and her family and friends were enough to be relieved, as far as the movie was concerned, it was already over.

In reality, she didn't win the event in the first year of the semi-finals, but finished fifth, and only won it the second year.

Why don't you adapt it to get it in the first year and have another exciting competition?

These are all unanswered questions in the script, Ye Wei prefers not to focus on competition, but Bethany's team hopes to have competition.

For the sake of the director, there is a big structural problem that must be solved.

In the script, Bethany's story before the accident had to show her original beautiful youth, dreams and life, which was only contrasted with the transition and change. This is easy to bias towards the feeling of a young girl's movie, and the second part is an inspirational plot, and the third part is a sports competition.

The unity and rise of the cinematic sense becomes a problem, and what the director has to do is to merge the three parts together and turn them into an organism, rather than starting like watching a movie and ending like watching another movie.

This problem was discovered from the script, Ye Wei now wants to start from the script, the first act weakens personal youth and strengthens family warmth, and the third act does not want to compete in the plot, and implements the feeling of inspirational plot from beginning to end.

But he had been in a daze for 15 minutes, not a single letter had been tapped, there was no inspiration in his head, and from time to time this thought flashed through him: What's the point?

After another half, he closed the document with the mouse in his hand, and opened another film screenwriter magician document, "Lovely Bones".

TLB's script has not yet officially started development, and it will be up to him to set the framework, write the first draft, and then do the teamwork.

There are two main reasons why TLB is difficult to adapt, one is that the story spans a very long period of ten years, and the other is that there are many characters.

It can be said that a TLB can be adapted and shot into many different types of movies, depending on which character is used as the main line of the world. If it is like Peter Jackson's idea of "Mr. Harvey", grasping the line of committing crimes, investigating cases, and solving crimes, it will be a thriller and suspense movie.

If "Thunder" is the main thing, it can be made into a touching love movie.

Even with "grandmother" as the mainstay, it can make a warm movie between elders and juniors.

Ye Wei had already made a decision in this regard, it must be based on the Shamon family, which focuses on Susie's father, and the family's pain, cracking, healing, and the growth of new bones are the most important parts of the story and the essence of the original work.

The problem is that in order to shoot the theme of "cute bones", the time span must not be short.

A month, half a year, a year, these may be suitable for thrillers and suspense, but not for families, that is Susie's tragic death!

But it doesn't have to be ten years, the key is that there is an obvious and convincing time change, "Susie has been dead for a long time", like in the original book, the Shamon couple were separated for many years and reconciled, Barkley changed from a child to a teenager, Lincy went from a girl to a marriage, and gave birth to a daughter named Susie.

Only with this kind of change can we capture the unforgettable grief, the emotion of time making new bones grow, and then remembering Susie while smiling and crying.

Otherwise, it's only been a few months, how can we talk about healing?

Even if the time span is reduced, Lincy cannot change without it, she has to have two actors, one is 12 or 13 years old, and the other is at least as old as Susie, and similar to Susie, and she plays the role of her daughter in the original book.

Lincy and Susie, Lincy and Susie......

Ye Wei looked at the computer screen, he didn't know where his previous talents had gone, as if he was suppressed by a wave of trouble. He grabbed his head with both hands, closed the document, and drew the concept map with the tablet on the table, but neither SS nor TLB had any energy to engage in, as if everything had lost its meaning.

Why is that? What is this for?

A jumble of lines is drawn in the artboard on the screen.

"It's not cool, man. Ye Wei exhaled, threw down the brush of the tablet, got up and walked to the painting table on the other side, and used a pencil to draw a storyboard at random, and after drawing for a while, he suddenly grabbed the page of storyboard paper and crumpled it into a ball and threw it away, "it." ”

You've betrayed a lot, please don't betray the movie again......

Don't betray her, don't hurt her......

Ye Wei stood up again, pulled out a wooden drawing board, took paper and pen and other tools, and walked out of the room, maybe it was just too stuffy here.

......

"La-la-"

Amy was engrossed in playing the guitar, immersed in the river of music with her eyes closed, and after meeting Ye Wei, she was so inspired that it was like connecting to an ocean, which was a good feeling.

At this time, there was a knock on the door, and the door was pushed open, she opened her eyes and saw Ye Wei walking in with a drawing board, she asked with a smile: "Are you done with work today?"

Ye Wei sighed, "Don't speak, you continue." He pulled over a chair and sat down, his eyes glaring at her, "Keep busy." ”

"You want to draw me?" Amy couldn't help but smile, didn't say anything more, and continued to play the guitar and hum the song.

Ye Wei observed her silently, today Amy was wearing an elegant mid-length dress with white flowers, her slightly curly long hair was shawl, her face was still so beautiful, her lips with red lipstick were like roses, and the whole person walked out of "The Phantom of the Opera", but she exuded charming happiness.

He looked at her, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt settled in his heart, so he drew a full-body sketch of the side of the character with a pencil on the drawing paper on the drawing board, and the lines fell one after another......

For a while, there was only the crisp sound of guitars, gentle humming and slight painting in the music room, Amy glanced at Ye Wei from time to time, and every time her eyes met, she was intoxicated by his serious and focused heat.

Nearly half an hour seemed to have passed, and just as Amy looked again, Ye Wei suddenly put down the brush, "Not bad." ”

"Done?" Amy couldn't suppress the joy and interest in her heart, she sat down a little numb, put down her guitar and got up and walked next to him, her eyes lit up, and she saw herself lifelike in the drawing paper, her singing lips slightly open, as if she was smiling, and her eyes turned slightly as if she was peeking at the painter.

This beautiful girlish style sweetened her heart, and I was like that in his eyes......

I also saw Ye Wei pick up the pen and draw a rose in the lower right corner of the drawing paper, and then write "Playing-Guitar-Emmanuelle, Jan." 20，2006，VIY”

"For you, Amy Grey. He took the "Emmanuel on the Guitar" off the drawing board and handed it to her, "You're a muse." ”

"Thank you, the painting is awesome. Amy took the drawing paper and looked at it carefully, there was still his residual warmth on the paper, the more she looked at it, the sweeter her heart became, and the stronger the love for him became, stronger than that night. She looked at him and poured out her passion with laughter: "Little fool, you have said this to many girls, you are a muse?"

"It's just you. Do you believe it?" Ye Wei looked up at her. Amy nodded toothily, "I'm willing to believe it." Ye Wei got up suddenly, hugged her into his arms, pinched her chin, and kissed her passionately......

He abruptly let go of her, smiled, and turned to walk outside, "Never trust me, Amy Grey." ”

Amy took a deep breath and watched his back disappear around the corner of the doorway, she chuckled, looked at the painting in her hand, and whispered, "But I'm willing to believe it." ”

......

The night light and lights shine on the large back garden of the house, the flowers and trees dance lightly in the sea breeze, and at the leisure glass round table under the flower stand by the back door of the house, Ye Wei is sitting on a rattan chair, drinking a can of Budweiser beer, looking at the stars and moon in the night sky.

The footsteps approached, and a young girl in a long denim coat sat down on a wicker chair next to him, her brown eyes looking at the night sky.

Ye Wei handed the beer in his hand to her mouth.

"I don't drink alcohol, it hurts my throat, unless it's whiskey. Amy shrunk her shoulders without drinking, and there was no wine in the fridge when she cooked dinner, which he must have just sent someone to buy.

"Oh?" Ye Wei glanced at her, "Will kissing and having sex with a drinker hurt your throat?"

"I guess so. Amy laughs. Ye Wei's hand didn't take it back, "Take a sip and add some ingredients." She was amused and coquettish, but she went to grunt and take a sip. He then withdrew his hand and continued to drink, raising the corner of his mouth, as if the beer was more fragrant.

"Isn't there a flower house, what flowers should we plant?" asked Amy.

"You're pretty idle. Ye Weiyan looked at her with an interested gaze when he heard this, "You shouldn't be so idle." ”

Amy will be here tonight, on the 16th, 18th, and then on the 20th, and he will call her to come, and there doesn't seem to be much to do during the day, and today's Chinese vegetarian dinner took a lot of time and thought, and talked about how to decorate the house, and take care of the garden, what is going on.

Amy blinked wide, "How busy should I be?"

Ye Wei shrugged, "You know, you have to be busy with work, acting in movies, attending events, shooting magazines, appearing on TV shows, and being interviewed by the media...... Maybe when will I come to the theater for a "Phantom of the Opera". Also, you're a college student and you still have to go to school. In short, you shouldn't be so idle. ”

"Huh. Amy smiled mysteriously, "Since I was 7 years old, I have been very busy every day, studying, working and career, and I am so tired until now." Her beautiful face glowed, "Last year I was thinking, do I really want to continue like this? I found that this kind of life doesn't make sense to me, it's not what I want." ”

Ye Wei's eyes were even more playful, "So?"

"So I decided to pursue my true goals. Amy raised her hands and smiled at him, "I'm going to take a break for two years." ”

"You!?Xiying?" Ye Wei couldn't help but be surprised, and became a little serious, "Amy Rosen, you have been out of film for two years now? Are you kidding?"

Now is the time when Amy's popularity is hot and her star luck is smooth, "The Phantom of the Opera" and "The Day After Tomorrow" not only bring her the Golden Globe Award, Saturn Award (award), Satellite Award, but also the Young Artist Award, MTV Movie Awards, etc., which represent the popularity of the young people.

The "Poseidon" in which she participated was a film, and the production cost reached 1. A $600 million blockbuster.

And she is 20 years old, this is the best period of an actress, and every year is the key to her career.

For Amy Rosen, what is the normal path next, starring in 2-3 movies every year, at least one commercial and one in literature, and the literary and artistic aspects continue to hit the Oscar nominations for Best Actress, and even the youngest Top10 Oscar actresses. On the commercial side, the pace continues, and large and small pieces seize the top of the mountain together and march towards the first-line superstar.

In this industry, her Jewish background, her status as a prestigious family, and her status as an Ivy League student are all helpers, and she has no glass ceiling.

To a certain extent, Amy Rosen can use Natalie Portman as a template.

When Portman was 20 years old, in 2001, Portman was still inferior to the awards and honors that Rosen won in the same period, and there was only one Golden Globe nomination for the awards, Portman was the supporting actress ("The End of the Heart"), and Rosen was the heroine ("The Phantom of the Opera").

Commercially, Portman has the "Star Wars Prequel" series, and Rosen also has "The Day After Tomorrow", so she can't lose much. What did Portman do after that, with the "Star Wars Prequel" series that has ensured his fame, then he will act in more literary films, from 20 to 25 years old, "Cold Mountain", "Stealing Hearts", commercially there is also "Love to New Jersey", "V Vendtta", which coexists with commercial literature and art.

Amy Rosen is now out of film, two years, made another movie in 2008, was released in 2009, and will be 23 years old when she comes back, which means that she doesn't want anything in her career.

"You're kidding. Ye Wei said again and took a sip of beer.

"Nope. Amy shook her head, "No kidding. Don't worry, it has nothing to do with you, I have already decided! I don't have any film and television contracts now, and it feels good to be free. ”

She looked up at the starry sky, "I won't act anymore until I achieve my true goal in life." ”

Seeing Ye Wei's puzzled look, she smiled and said, "Little fool, your career has just begun, but I've been busy for many years." I'm not going to, and I don't want to, do what my agent thinks I should do: build momentum, movie after movie, date celebrities...... Okay, in the end, I made this mistake, you are different, a few celebrities who are not stupid. ”

"I prefer a more energetic lifestyle anyway. Amy smiled and paused, "Don't tell me I should hurry up with my career, that will disappoint me." ”

"Amy Grey, I'm just discovering that you really have a character. Ye Wei raised his beer and saluted her, "You gave up the opportunity to become a superstar, this is really not a choice that everyone will make." ”

"I don't care. Amy leaned over to take another sip of beer, her face flushed, and she said with emotion: "I love acting life." I grew up in a single-parent family...... When I'm in a movie with so many siblings incarnated, I'll never give up acting. It's just that you can't jump into the screen all the time. ”

"As much as I love movies, I agree with you. Ye Wei nodded and smiled, and then he was stunned, I love movies......

What is all this for?

Perhaps, for the sake of the movie.

"If you lose your true purpose for the sake of so-called fame and fortune, I don't think it's worth it. Amy smiled and reached out to shake his hand, "Aren't you too?"

He turned down every opportunity to direct a commercial blockbuster from a big studio, which was only more than she gave up.

"I know a lot of people want to be stars. She added, "Tomorrow in your draft, there must be a lot of girls who are aiming to be stars." But not me, I've had enough...... That's why I'm so idle! It's okay to study, you don't have to worry. ”

"I'm not worried, it's just ......" Ye Wei looked at Amy's sweet smile and felt a little unwanted sense of responsibility, she still seemed to be too serious, "It's just that I think your fans will be sad, and I'm a little bit too." How can you stop at the age of 20?"

"Nineteen!" exclaimed Amy, hurryingly, "I'll be twenty in September." "So for seven months of the year, we're only one year apart.

"OK, 19 years old. Ye Wei twitched her hand, but she held it, "Then tell me about your 'real goal'? wouldn't it be for me to be a gardener?"

Amy suddenly said with great interest: "I want to release a music album, and there is ......" a bigger goal, find a talented and good man to marry, and form a happy family. She looked at Ye Wei who was silent, her heart was flowing with sweetness, and she didn't know if that person was you.

"Do you want to be a singer?" Ye Wei asked.

"I'm not interested, I want to make music. Amy pursed her lips and organized the language, and said quite seriously: "It's not pop music, I should say, I want to try my best to expand the human voice!"

Ye Wei parroted and repeated: "I want to do my best to expand the voice of the human being. You're really ambitious. ”

Amy is not modest: "Yes, I just want to be like this, it's not about how many sales, charts or whatever, I don't care about those, just make the music I want to make." ”

"It seems that success has set you free. Ye Wei said.

Amy shook her head: "Success has made me see the essence clearly." She looked at him, smiled again, and said, "Do you want to say, 'It's not yourself who is too free, it's lost arrogance.'" 'I know, this album is definitely not going to be a commercial success, but to myself, it's a success. So I really love Little Sunshine, and we can't afford to get lost in the success of public standards, right? ”

"Maybe. Ye Wei thought about something, his eyebrows furrowed a little, "Amy Grey, how can you be sure that this is your real goal? Maybe not?"

"I'm not sure, we'll see. Amy wondered if he asked, "It's not movie after movie anyway, that's definitely not my goal." ”

"Music albums. Ye Wei suddenly talked about another topic, "I've always wanted to come up with a music album, you may not know, I have my own band." ”

"You have a band?" Amy surprised, "I really don't know." ”

"Yes, I've been working with a couple of dead parties called 'Super Dumb Band', and we've been planning to do an album for years. ”

Amy smiled and asked, "You're the lead singer?"

"I'm the lead singer and guitarist. Ye Wei shrugged his shoulders as he spoke, "I play the guitar well, but I can't sing." Amy laughed and said, "There are no people who can't sing, only people who don't find a way and a way to sing that suits them." Sing me a few words? Carpenter. ”

"Well, but after drinking, you know, throat. Ye Wei cleared his throat and sang a song "Rainy Day and Monday".

After listening to him sing it again, Amy was surprised and said, "Isn't it very good to sing?" Ye Wei smiled: "It's probably improved." ”

Amy tasted seriously and said: "Your voice is very good, sunny, refreshing, magnetic, and a little gentle, this is a good voice." And I can hear that you are a person with a sense of music, and if you have a sense of music, you will definitely sing. When you have time, I will teach you, and it won't be long before you are very good at singing. ”

"Maybe. Ye Wei smiled, looked at the night sky, and suddenly said, "Amy Grey, you really look like a mentor, something." I'm not sure about a lot of things, and sometimes I don't know what I'm thinking. But there are some that I can, you want to make music, I want to make movies, I want to try my best to expand the cinema of humanity, it's all the same, that's the real goal that can be determined. ”

He exhaled, "I'll make a call." ”

Amy was a little curious and puzzled, Ye Wei went to pick up the mobile phone on the leisure round table, pressed it for a while to get a number, and dialed it, after a few beeps, it was connected, and a girl's voice came: "Hello?"

"Trampled, trampled! Earl, get out, get out!", from 20 to 25 years old, "Cold Mountain", "Stealing Hearts", commercially there is also "Love to New Jersey", "V Word Vendetta", which coexists with commercial literature and art.

Amy Rosen is now out of film, two years, made another movie in 2008, was released in 2009, and will be 23 years old when she comes back, which means that she doesn't want anything in her career.

"You're kidding. Ye Wei said again and took a sip of beer.

"Nope. Amy shook her head, "No kidding. Don't worry, it has nothing to do with you, I have already decided! I don't have any film and television contracts now, and it feels good to be free. ”

She looked up at the starry sky, "I won't act anymore until I achieve my true goal in life." ”

Seeing Ye Wei's puzzled look, she smiled and said, "Little fool, your career has just begun, but I've been busy for many years." I'm not going to, and I don't want to, do what my agent thinks I should do: build momentum, movie after movie, date celebrities...... Okay, in the end, I made this mistake, you are different, a few celebrities who are not stupid. ”

"I prefer a more energetic lifestyle anyway. Amy smiled and paused, "Don't tell me I should hurry up with my career, that will disappoint me." ”

"Amy Grey, I'm just discovering that you really have a character. Ye Wei raised his beer and saluted her, "You gave up the opportunity to become a superstar, this is really not a choice that everyone will make." ”

"I don't care. Amy leaned over to take another sip of beer, her face flushed, and she said with emotion: "I love acting life." I grew up in a single-parent family...... When I'm in a movie with so many siblings incarnated, I'll never give up acting. It's just that you can't jump into the screen all the time. ”

"As much as I love movies, I agree with you. Ye Wei nodded and smiled, and then he was stunned, I love movies......

What is all this for?

Perhaps, for the sake of the movie.

"If you lose your true purpose for the sake of so-called fame and fortune, I don't think it's worth it. Amy smiled and reached out to shake his hand, "Aren't you too?"

He turned down every opportunity to direct a commercial blockbuster from a big studio, which was only more than she gave up.

"I know a lot of people want to be stars. She added, "Tomorrow in your draft, there must be a lot of girls who are aiming to be stars." But not me, I've had enough...... That's why I'm so idle! It's okay to study, you don't have to worry. ”

"I'm not worried, it's just ......" Ye Wei looked at Amy's sweet smile and felt a little unwanted sense of responsibility, she still seemed to be too serious, "It's just that I think your fans will be sad, and I'm a little bit too." How can you stop at the age of 20?"

"Nineteen!" exclaimed Amy, hurryingly, "I'll be twenty in September." "So for seven months of the year, we're only one year apart.

"OK, 19 years old. Ye Wei twitched her hand, but she held it, "Then tell me about your 'real goal'? wouldn't it be for me to be a gardener?"

Amy suddenly said with great interest: "I want to release a music album, and there is ......" a bigger goal, find a talented and good man to marry, and form a happy family. She looked at Ye Wei who was silent, her heart was flowing with sweetness, and she didn't know if that person was you.

"Do you want to be a singer?" Ye Wei asked.

"I'm not interested, I want to make music. Amy pursed her lips and organized the language, and said quite seriously: "It's not pop music, I should say, I want to try my best to expand the human voice!"

Ye Wei parroted and repeated: "I want to do my best to expand the voice of the human being. You're really ambitious. ”

Amy is not modest: "Yes, I just want to be like this, it's not about how many sales, charts or whatever, I don't care about those, just make the music I want to make." ”

"It seems that success has set you free. Ye Wei said.

Amy shook her head: "Success has made me see the essence clearly." She looked at him, smiled again, and said, "Do you want to say, 'It's not yourself who is too free, it's lost arrogance.'" 'I know, this album is definitely not going to be a commercial success, but to myself, it's a success. So I really love Little Sunshine, and we can't afford to get lost in the success of public standards, right? ”

"Maybe. Ye Wei thought about something, his eyebrows furrowed a little, "Amy Grey, how can you be sure that this is your real goal? Maybe not?"

"I'm not sure, we'll see. Amy wondered if he asked, "It's not movie after movie anyway, that's definitely not my goal." ”

"Music albums. Ye Wei suddenly talked about another topic, "I've always wanted to come up with a music album, you may not know, I have my own band." ”

"You have a band?" Amy surprised, "I really don't know." ”

"Yes, I've been working with a couple of dead parties called 'Super Dumb Band', and we've been planning to do an album for years. ”

Amy smiled and asked, "You're the lead singer?"

"I'm the lead singer and guitarist. Ye Wei shrugged his shoulders as he spoke, "I play the guitar well, but I can't sing." Amy laughed and said, "There are no people who can't sing, only people who don't find a way and a way to sing that suits them." Sing me a few words? Carpenter. ”

"Well, but after drinking, you know, throat. Ye Wei cleared his throat and sang a song "Rainy Day and Monday".

After listening to him sing it again, Amy was surprised and said, "Isn't it very good to sing?" Ye Wei smiled: "It's probably improved." ”

Amy tasted seriously and said: "Your voice is very good, sunny, refreshing, magnetic, and a little gentle, this is a good voice." And I can hear that you are a person with a sense of music, and if you have a sense of music, you will definitely sing. When you have time, I will teach you, and it won't be long before you are very good at singing. ”

"Maybe. Ye Wei smiled, looked at the night sky, and suddenly said, "Amy Grey, you really look like a mentor, something." I'm not sure about a lot of things, and sometimes I don't know what I'm thinking. But there are some that I can, you want to make music, I want to make movies, I want to try my best to expand the cinema of humanity, it's all the same, that's the real goal that can be determined. ”

He exhaled, "I'll make a call." ”

Amy was a little curious and puzzled, Ye Wei went to pick up the mobile phone on the leisure round table, pressed it for a while to get a number, and dialed it, after a few beeps, it was connected, and a girl's voice came: "Hello?"

"Stampede, trampled! Earl, get out of here, get out of the way!"