"Tony, what's wrong with you?" Nicole looked at Monet's lonely magic and asked with concern.

"Because of this news!" Monet handed the newspaper to Nicole.

Nicole took it and took a look, only to see that the headline of the news was "Chinese version of "Titanic", Taiping Steamship Shipwreck!" Seeing this, you don't need to look down at Nicole to know that Monet is definitely touching the scene, thinking of what happened to him on the Titanic, so he comforted: "You are remembering the things of the year again!" ”

Monet nodded and replied: "Yes, now when I look at the words Titanic, I feel uncomfortable, probably because of old age!" ”

"It seems that you are indeed old, I remember that when you first came to New York, the first money you made was to write "Titanic", at that time you could still use this to make a joke, but now you don't dare to read it!" Nicole chimed in.

"In fact, there was no way at that time, because when I was penniless, only this experience was the most gimmicky, and it could be regarded as using my own scars to make money!" Monet replied lightly.

Because it was the first time she heard Monet say this, Nicole was a little stunned, but after thinking about it carefully, she found that Monet was actually right, he had just arrived in New York at that time, and he was not familiar with the place, and there was really nothing else that could attract attention.

At this time, Monet said again: "Even if there is no such thing, this Taiping Wheel incident is tragic enough, thousands of people are killed and missing, and what is even more sad is that compared with the Titanic, this is almost a man-made disaster!" ”

Monet is not unreasonable, because one of the reasons for the sinking of the Taiping ship is overloading, the carrying capacity of the Taiping ship is only 2050 tons, but in addition to more than 1,000 passengers on board, there are more than 600 tons of steel alone, as well as various machines and medicinal materials, files, goods and so on.

Especially the passengers, there were only 508 registered passengers at that time, but in fact there were more than 1,000 people, who had identity and business cards, had relationships, and bought them at a high price if they didn't have anything.

Then, in order to avoid interception by the army, the Taiping Wheel not only did not turn on the lights, did not whistle, but also did not follow the prescribed route, so at 23 o'clock, it collided with the Jianyuan loaded with coal and wood......

Thinking of this, Monet couldn't help but have a ridiculous thought in his mind, if he hadn't worn it on the Titanic but on the Taiping ship, what would his fate be? (That's right, my next book is "Rebirth Begins with the Peace Wheel")

"Okay Tony, stop thinking about these things, Darryl will be over in a moment!" Nicole reminded.

Nicole is referring to Darryl Zanuk, who was originally a producer at Warners, and later co-founded 20th Century Films with Joseph Zink, former president of United Arts Films, William Gertz and Raymond Griffith, who were born in Fox, and later merged with William Fox's Fox Films, so it became the well-known 20th Century Fox Film Company!

Darryl came to Monet this time for the script of "The Tuner", and the reason why he was sent here was because he was quite familiar with Monet, after all, he was born in Warner, how could he not know Monet as a shareholder.

After greeting each other for a few words, Darryl persuaded Monet: "Tony, let us the script of "The Pianist", you can rest assured, the script fee will definitely satisfy you!" ”

Then he said: "And if I'm not afraid that you will hit me, this story is really not suitable for you to shoot, I heard Monroe say that you are still writing the movie of twelve men in one room, that is the most suitable movie for you to make!" ”

"What is a movie of twelve men in a room? How can a very positive movie make you say so weird, and even if I may not be able to make "The Pianist", then I can give it to Warner or MGM, why do I have to give it to you Fox? Monet asked unhappily.

Darryl knew that Monet was telling the truth, with his relationship with Warner and MGM, and the excitement of the script "The Pianist", as long as he said it, the other party would definitely not refuse, and even if it wasn't for the fact that he knew the news earlier, maybe they would have come over to grab it now. (In fact, the creativity of the movie "The Tuner" is really good, and it can be a classic screenplay at least half of the credit!) ）

But he also came prepared, so he took a step closer and whispered: "We have decided that Betty will play the role of Sophie, and she wants to discuss the script with you in the evening!" ”

Because it was the first time we met, there was only a limit to what we could talk about, and after chatting about the script for a while, Monet casually asked, "Betty, what do you usually like to do?" ”

Betty replied with some embarrassment, "I like to read, but I read fairy tales!" ”

"Fairy tales are good, because for those of us who write stories, fairy tales are the hardest to write!" Monet replied with a shrug.

Betty nodded and agreed: "Well, I think so too, because to write a good fairy tale, you need to have a childlike heart to empathize with children, which is not easy for an adult, and I have recently found this feeling in Prussia's "The Great Thief"!" ”

"The Great Thief? Is that the story of Lord Hochen Brutz? Monet asked tentatively.

Betty nodded in surprise and replied, "That's right, that's it, you've seen it too?" ”

"Of course I did, I love this story!" But in his heart, Monet secretly said that I have only watched cartoons......

Speaking of which, you may not believe that "The Great Thief" is a foreign cartoon no matter how you look at it, but it is actually produced by Shanghai Art Studio, and of course the copyright was bought in the hands of Oderfred Prussia.

And not only "The Big Thief", but also "Duck Detective", "Little Mouse on the Prairie" and other cartoons are also domestic, so in fact, domestic cartoons have a glorious period, and even Miyazaki when he was young had to come to Shanghai Art Studio to "make a pilgrimage", but now it is in decline......

Then Monet said: "By the way, this time I went to Tokyo, only to find out that there are actually people in China who like "The Great Thief", and even they wrote a song for Master Huo Chenbruz, let me sing it to you, I am a big thief, I am not afraid of anything, I live at ease, and I am happy all day long haha!" ”

PS: Isn't writing "The Great Thief" a bit revealing of age, but I really like the Great Thief Huo Chen Brutz......