Slade lives in Los Angeles, so Andy drove the Raptor in less than an hour to the agreed location, a café in Beverly Hills.

Beverly Hills, as the most famous city-within-a-city in Los Angeles, is a gathering place for rich people, especially with a lot of stars, and Sladeyo is normal here, but Andy is very skeptical that such a weak second-tier director can afford to live here.

The café was on Beverly Street, and after parking the car, Andy soon found the café.

Slade, now in his forties, with a bald head and a short beard on his chin, is still very recognizable, and Andy recognizes the fat man sitting in the corner as soon as he pushes the door.

Of course, Andy, as a star in a special field, was immediately recognized by him, and Slade stood up and shook Andy's hand and said, "Mr. Wang, it's a pleasure to meet you." ”

"I'm glad to meet you, Mr. Slade, I'll ask for coffee this time, let's order first."

Coffee houses in the U.S. often double as light meals, so they can barely be used for lunch, and Slade is not polite, ordering a cup of coffee and a cake.

While waiting for the meal, Andy got to the point after a few pleasantries.

"So, Slade, you've also watched two episodes of the script, tell us what you think of the show."

Slade crossed his hands, pondered for a while, and then said: "Andy, although I haven't seen the outline, I suspect that at least one of the Greek gods is in collusion with demons, and their purpose is to overthrow the existing world structure, especially the rule of Zeus, and then practice extreme ideas. ”

Seeing that Andy was noncommittal, Slade continued: "And why did Apollo happen to meet the psychic Maria, there must be a god who sensed that something was wrong and arranged a chance encounter, and why Apollo is the protagonist, first of all, Apollo is the god of light, he is the one who does not want the world to fall into darkness, and he is arrogant and lazy, so he is easy to be guided." ”

"Moreover, Apollo should be able to learn nuclear physics later, in order to give his sun god a strong boost for the final battle, from a chess piece to a chess player."

After listening to Sred's analysis, although Andy is calm on the surface, he is giving a thumbs up in his heart, except for Apollo's personal reasons for being the protagonist, all other guesses are not far from ten.

Although this drama has the shadow of "Kangxi Weifu Private Interview", according to the habit of Americans who like to complicate characters, it is more similar to "American Gods", there is no absolute good or bad, just a conflict of ideas, and personal choices will also waver.

"Slade, you have a pair of keen eyes, can you tell me what you want?"

"To be honest, I've always wanted to make a film about what all the gods look like after they fall into the world, although your script is just a suspense drama where the gods pretend to be mortals, but I am also willing to take over, my requirement is that the production cost of this drama must be 50 million US dollars as you said, and I have the right to modify the script."

50 million dollars is not Andy's pure bragging, now it is calculated that the modeling cost of the Greek god realm alone will cost about 20 million, and the production cost of filming three seasons and 36 episodes will be one million per episode, which is also normal.

"The cost is no problem, you can give comments on the script, but in the end, the right to the script is with me, if it's OK, talk about your salary."

The salary Sredder has already thought about.

"$80,000 per episode plus 10% of the copyright."

can really open his mouth, if the production of 50 million wants 10% of the income, it is equivalent to giving him 5 million first, how can there be such a good thing, do you think Andy is a rookie?

Andy vetoed without thinking about it: "Copyright income is impossible, this must be 100% left in the company." ”

"This..., Andy, then I need to raise my salary to $200,000 per episode."

Andy still shook his head and said: "Slade, although I am optimistic about you, with your current status, at most 120,000 per episode, even if it exceeds a penny, I will not agree." ”

Seeing what Andy said categorically, Slade's face was a little ugly, he took this show for two reasons, one is that he likes the big production of 50 million, and the other is that he bought a villa of 10 million US dollars here in installments, the monthly payment is too high, and he has been short of money recently, so he has to take the job quickly.

"Okay, you have to promise me one condition, because the male protagonist is your words and doesn't have much influence, so you have to invite two heavyweight actresses, and I hope you don't interfere in the matter of finding actors."

Andy still shook his head: "It's right to find a famous actress, but in the end, the decision is still with me." ”

Slade was immediately discouraged when he heard this, and sighed and said, "Andy, I have to think about it." ”

Of course, this kind of thing has to be considered in many ways, and if he agrees without hesitation, Andy will think that Slade is a bit hasty.

"Okay, any other questions?"

"No, but what I'm curious about is that you used to shoot Greek gods in San Fernand, and now you want to do Greek gods dramas, do you like Greek mythology?"

Hehe, like Greek mythology, how is it possible?

The Greek gods are a mess of all kinds of stories, mainly to strengthen their own needs, and now Andy is not famous, and it is easiest to get out of the circle to do fanfiction, and it is most suitable to pick and choose Greek mythology.

"This has something to do with my worship of heroes, this year the aliens invaded New York and relied on a few Avenger heroes to wipe them out, and I had an expectation that the gods and heroes of Greek mythology really existed, so that human beings could feel safe."

Slade nodded and said: "I see, in fact, since the last New York War, the audience has had expectations for superhero film and television works, so the topic of Apollo coming to the world is very attractive in itself." ”

"Well, it's a pity that the myth is false, and there are no real Greek heroes to protect us."

Andy just pretended to sigh, but caught the attention of a lady at the next table.

"I'm sorry, sir, I overheard your conversation because of my proximity, I think you have a very partial understanding of Greek mythology, maybe there really are Greek heroes?"

Andy turned his head to see a lady standing next to him looking at him disapprovingly.

In her twenties, with a goose egg face, long eyelashes and blue eyes, a very straight nose, wearing elegant and intellectual simple blue fashion, with a pair of big earrings, but her height of one meter eight and obvious fitness marks make her look a kind of wild beauty.

It's beautiful!

"Do you think Greek mythology, lady, is true?"

According to Andy, Ares is behind the scenes, only Wonder Woman is more active, but few people should know her heels, does this woman know the inside story?

"I don't think you should be in a hurry to deny what you can't see, Thor is the legendary god of thunder in Norse mythology, he does exist, is it possible that Greek heroes also exist, but it is not seen by everyone."

Yo, it's a bit of a shaft.

"Hello this lady, I'm director David Slade, you are very beautiful, maybe you can consider coming to Hollywood for development."

When Andy was about to be tempted, Slade interjected and wanted to hand over the business card.

But the woman didn't accept it and refused: "I have a formal job, and I'm not interested in being an actor." ”

After finishing speaking, the woman turned to Andy and said: "I know some about Greek mythology, I will give you a suggestion, no matter how you shoot it, but be sure to use Ares as a villain, he is really bad!" ”

With a goodbye gesture, the woman walked away with her bag on her shoulder, her walking posture was very elegant, and she looked good when she shook it around.

After the woman left the café, Andy withdrew his gaze and was about to speak, when suddenly Andy thought of something and quickly chased him out.

Hates Ares, beautiful and fit, and emphasizes that Greek heroes protect the people, this woman may be Wonder Woman!

Pushing open the door, Andy went out into the street to search everywhere, but he didn't see her at all.

"Hey, I was misled by Gal Gadot's image of Wonder Woman, otherwise I might have become acquainted with Wonder Woman!"

After muttering, Andy returns to the café and continues his discussion with Slade.

If you don't see it, you won't see it, anyway, now Andy has to keep a low profile, and it's not that difficult to find Wonder Woman, Andy remembers that she works in a private museum in Washington, D.C., and it takes a little effort to find out.

...

At this moment, the woman who Andy suspects of being Wonder Woman is already talking to someone in a private club next door.

"This crown should belong to a lord of the Ottoman Empire in the sixteenth century, but there are few records of this lord in the literature, and he is not very famous, so the historical value is not so high, and our side estimates it at 6.4 million US dollars."

"But you have to explain where the crown came from, our museum does not accept objects of unknown origin."

The woman opposite was wearing a black fashion, and she was also very sexy and beautiful, and she giggled after hearing this: "I said that I slept with an art film star, and then he gave me this crown, do you believe it?" ”