The successful release of "The Sound of Music" brought great fame to the Carpenter siblings and attracted the attention of the film company. People were impressed by the performances of several of the Trapp children. Soon someone called and came to the door, wanting the Carpenter siblings to star in a new movie.

At that time, Alex couldn't go anywhere, and he was staying at home bored with drawing and writing. Occasionally, through the phone, remote control Chuck and others to do some investment and management things.

For days, it was drizzling in New York City, and the sky was overcast.

Alex was painting alone in the living room, sitting on the couch with a sketch book. Draw some bits and pieces on it, including people, landscapes, scenes, and so on.

At this time, my parents were at work, and my younger brother Richard was also going to school. He and his sister Cullen were the only ones left in the house, and Cullen was sleeping at this time. Usually, the nanny at home also took leave to go back, saying that she was going to get married or something.

When he got tired of painting, he got up and walked to the balcony to look out. I saw that the outside had been shrouded in a little drizzle, the Empire State Building was faintly visible in the distance, and there were few pedestrians on the street, and all the people who came and went were black cars.

Suddenly, the phone rang.

"Bell bell bell! Bell bell bell! ”

Alex felt a little strange, I don't know who called Lu Dao, and this phone call at home is not given to strangers. Chuck and they won't be calling at this time, and they haven't had much going on lately.

He walked over and picked up the phone, only to realize that it was Deere calling.

"Alex, there's good news!" Dill said on the phone.

"What's the good news?"

"MGM is looking for you to star in a movie, which is a relatively important role."

The three Carpenter siblings are all attached to Carpenter's agency, and Dell is responsible for helping them with such related matters. It's just that Alex and they usually don't take the initiative to go to the film company, so there is nothing to do with Deere.

Now that this kind of good thing has come to his door, of course Deere is very excited, and the more jobs the Carpenter brothers take, the higher the income of the brokerage company.

"What movie is MGM looking for me to make?"

Alex certainly knows MGM Pictures, one of the top five studios in Hollywood. The former box office champion "Gone with the Wind" was shot by MGM, and in terms of animation, it also created the immortal cartoon character "Cat and Mouse".

MGM Pictures' Leo Lion logo was once a symbol of America, and its star-studded superstars created the myth of a movie released every week.

It's just that what Alex didn't expect was that his "The Sound of Music" movie had just broken the box office record of their "Gone with the Wind", and the other party immediately came to the door to invite him to star. Is this an attempt to show favor to him in this way, or is it to test his attitude towards MGM?

Deere didn't think about it that much, he said on the phone: "It's a film that reflects the confrontation between teachers and students, and the theme of school violence." They want you to play a supporting actor in a movie, a middle school student. The specific content has to be obtained from the script to know the truth. ”

"Then let them hand over the script first, and I'll read it first."

"You have to hurry, the director of this film said to give an answer within this week, otherwise he will immediately look for other candidates."

"What a shame! I had to at least read the script before I decided. ”

MGM Pictures quickly sent the script over, and Alex read the entire film script in just an hour.

The movie is called "Blackboard Jungle", and it is about the male protagonist Dadi who is a teacher in a middle school in New York and has high educational ideals, but almost all the students in the class are unscrupulous hooligans, completely ignoring school ethics, and even putting young female teachers in the library in an attempt to rape.

Duddy rescues a female colleague, but the students attack him.

One of them, a white student with a bad nature, was even more-for-tat with Duddy, making trouble every time he went to class, and even ambushed Dudi on his way home and beat him up severely. Not only that, but the bad student also tried to drive a wedge between the Duddies, by writing anonymous letters.

In the face of many setbacks, Dadi was once disheartened by the work of education, and later decided to fight back by fighting poison with poison.

He chose a black student in his class who had leadership skills, hoping to use him to influence other students. Unexpectedly, it aroused the disgust of the white students, and a large-scale fight broke out between the two sides. The campus, which was supposed to be used for preaching and teaching, has become a primitive beast jungle!

MGM Pictures wanted Alex to play the bad student in the movie. At the same time, the director also wanted to be able to use the song "Day and Night Rock".

It is said that the main character has already been chosen, and they plan to have Glenford play the teacher Duddy, and as for the black students, Sidney Poitier, who has just debuted.

Grenford was born in 1916 in Quebec, Canada, and made his screen debut in 1937, starring in countless classic masterpieces.

Sidney Poitier was born in 1927 in Miami, Florida, to a black family. His father was a farmer. Sidney, who grew up in poverty, had little formal education and was sent to Miami at the age of 15 to put an end to his budding bad behavior. At the age of 18, he came to New York and worked as a laborer at the bottom of society. I did a lot of work, and I came to perform on the Broadway stage later, and then entered the film entertainment industry.

After reading all the information, Alex immediately made a decision in his mind, and he called Dill and said, "MGM movie, help me ask if you can change this role." I have some thoughts about this character and feel it is necessary to mention it. ”

Dill agreed, saying that he would definitely bring Alex's request to MGM Pictures.

However, it wasn't long before Dill called Alex again and said, "Alex, I have good news here. United Pictures wanted to find Richard and Cullen to star in the movie. ”

Alex listened to this, and was a little strange: "Then you should find Richard or Bart, I can't help them make a decision." ”

"No, in addition to this, they also want to find a film company to co-invest in the film. I took a look at it and thought it was pretty good, so I told them that your dream factory was looking for someone to work with. What do you think, are you interested? ”

The United States Film Company was founded in 1919 by C. Chaplin, D. Van Punk, M. Bicker, and D. W. Griffith. The purpose is to get rid of the shackles and exploitation of big film companies, and strive for more creative freedom and greater profits.

Originally, it was conceived to produce and distribute the works of the four founders. After Griffiths withdrew, Chaplin, Van Punk and others had limited productions, so the company made it a business priority to fund independent producers to make and distribute their films.

Now DreamWorks is also a big banner in the independent production company, and many filmmakers come to them to cooperate in the production of films on their own. It is reasonable for United States Film Company to think of cooperating with Alex.

"What about the script for this movie? I can't decide until I see the script. ”

Soon, the script came to Alex, and the movie was called "Hunter's Night", which was a thriller.

This movie is about a bank robbery murderer who is sentenced to death, and before the execution, he tells his cellmate, an unpredictable itinerant missionary Harry, that he hid the 10,000 dollars he had stolen in his room.

After Harry was released from prison, he searched for the widow of the condemned prisoner and pursued her with all his might, eventually marrying her.

When he concluded that the woman didn't know where the money was hidden, he killed her, and then began to treat the little brother and sister who knew the whereabouts of the money step by step, until he told him where the money was hidden.

Just as Harry tried to run away with the money, the children escaped with the money and crossed the river to the elderly Rachel, who protected the children with a gun until Harry was caught by the police......

United Pictures wanted Richard and Cullen to play the two siblings in the movie, and after watching "The Sound of Music", they felt that Richard and Cullen were very suitable to play the role of the brother and sister. At the same time, I also hope to work with DreamWorks to make this film.

After reading the script, Alex was also deeply attracted by the storyline of this film. He hadn't seen the movie, but he also thought it was a great one, like watching a thriller from a later generation. However, he is still a little worried, afraid that the director of this movie is too advanced and will make a good film so that the audience can't understand it.

"Whatever! A loss is a loss, and I hope to see such a film on the screen. ”

Alex liked the script very much, he thought about it for a while, called Dill and said, "You can help me ask, does this script already have a director." If not, help me fight for it, I want to direct this film. ”

Dill was a little surprised, when he got the script, he read the script and knew that it was a thriller. He thought that Alex's second film would be a light-hearted comedy, if not a song and dance film. As for the director's thriller, it was a real surprise.

"Okay, let me help you ask. So did you decide to cooperate with Luen Mei Pictures to shoot? ”

"Yes, I'll talk to Maurice about it. As for Richard and Karen, it's up to you to convince my parents. This film is a thriller, and probably they are reluctant to let Richard star them. ”

"That's fine, I've already told Bart and Angel. They say that as long as Richard and Karen want to star, there is no problem. ”

"That's good, I'm okay here." After Alex finished speaking, he hung up the phone and dialed Morris to ask him to discuss the film with Midland Pictures.