Nanbo Great Street, diagonally opposite Disney Studios.

Trucks were parked in front of a four-story office building, and many Mexicans got out of the trucks to move goods into the building.

At the entrance of the building, the newly hung copper nameplate is shiny and shiny, with a line of large letters written on it - Davis Film and Television Production Studio.

At the end of this year, the lease of the office building on the Warner Studios side expired, and Martin did not renew the lease, but chose to move and move the company to Disney.

Martin stood in his spacious office on the fourth floor, just in time to see the Disney building opposite.

It's similar to Warner Studios, with the studio area behind the office building.

There was a knock on the office door, and Martin went over to open it.

Jessica came over with a few Mexicans pushing carts: "Boss, the safe you ordered has arrived, and I asked them to put it directly in the office?" ”

Martin nodded, "Push forward." He pointed to the reserved spot in the corner: "Just put it there." ”

Several Mexicans came pushing the cart and lifted the dead safe and placed it in the corner.

Martin looked at the position: "It's okay." ”

As the Mexicans passed by Martin's desk, two of them glanced over the desk, one of which contained a large stack of papers.

They often work for Hollywood companies, and when you glance at them, you know it's some script.

A few people didn't stop long and walked outside the office.

Martin asked Jessica, "Pretty much the stuff has been moved, right?" ”

Jessica replied, "This trip is all over." ”

Martin is like a mature capitalist: "Tomorrow will return to normal work. ”

The sound of moving things outside kept coming from the open office door, and it wasn't quiet until half an hour later.

After settling the bill, the van and a large van left one after another.

In the van, four Mexicans were discussing.

"Boss, if you put such a big safe in the office, it must be for valuables."

None of these people who have been here for a long time from Mexico have no idea what kind of work they have done before, and some of them are very bold: "Let's find a chance to do him?" ”

The boss looked quite honest and looked like a good person: "Diego, don't talk nonsense, we're in a legitimate business!" ”

Diego, who had a blue-black tattoo on his neck, scratched his head and said, "Boss, it's too slow to work hard to make money." ”

DePaul next to him said: "It is said that America is a paradise, we threw away the trade in Mexico, and finally came to the United States, but we still have to work hard." “

Boss Rodriguez said, "You didn't see it? The owner of that office is Martin Davis, a real big man in Hollywood, who is said to have a good relationship with the new director of the LAPD and wears a pair of pants! ”

Diego was not convinced: "In Mexico, we even did the mayor!" ”

Romero, who was driving, said: "Shut up! This matter has passed, and no one is allowed to mention it again. “

Rodriguez said: "You haven't been here long enough, it's not clear, the LAPD is the largest armed violent organization in Los Angeles, and people like us, once they provoke the LAPD, they are all targets of empty magazines!" ”

Diego and Romero stopped talking.

Rodriguez added: "The security in Los Angeles is not very good, no one will put too valuable things in the office safe, doesn't that tell people to hurry up and steal?" ”

Romero, who was driving, interjected again: "When I came out of the office, I found some scripts on Martin Davis' desk. ”

"I saw it too, it must have been a script." Rodriguez looked at Diego and De Paul and said, "You guys are optimistic, I'll teach you how to make money without risk." ”

Diego and DePaul nodded their heads.

Rodriguez said: "Martin Davis is known in Hollywood for his good eye, and the film projects he chooses are always big sellers, and I have often been in contact with people in Hollywood companies, and I have heard people mention more than once that many Hollywood companies and producers want to know in advance what projects Martin Davis will choose in the future. ”

DePaul reacted quickly: "Those scripts on the desk? ”

"That's right, those scripts are our business opportunities!" Rodriguez said to Lamela, who was driving: "You know a lot of people in Hollywood, and if you put the news outside, you can say that we have seen the scripts for a lot of Martin Davis projects. ”

"But we just saw the script......

Rodriguez looks thick, but not vegetarian either: "Where the script is hidden, this news should make some money." ”

Romero nodded: "I'll go this afternoon." ”

Diego and Romero said: "Let's go together. ”

Rodriguez nodded: "It's okay, although you speak English well, you also have to adapt to the environment here, don't get guns or anything like that at every turn, we have to use our brains to make money!" ”

"Got it!" The two men answered.

Back in downtown Los Angeles, the four had lunch, Rodriguez went to the high-end route, and the other three went out to spread the word.

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Like other Hollywood studios, Davis Studios always receives a lot of scripts from screenwriters.

Every other week, Martin would take the time to pull out the scripts and go through them quickly, but over the course of several years, there were very few scripts of value.

Hollywood has a rough statistics, it can receive nearly 400,000 scripts every year, and the data released by industry associations has 350,000 in a year.

And that's not even counting old film remakes, sequel films, manga adaptations, and adaptations.

One percent of what can be made is an extravagant expectation.

As for the blacklist of Hollywood scripts that have become famous because of the success of "Juno", there are those that have become successful movies over the years, but there are many more failures like the industry's 28th law.

Martin has also been paying attention to the blacklist, and if he really sees a valuable project whose copyright has not yet been sold, of course he will make a move.

The latest receipt of a dozen scripts, all piled up on the desk.

Martin was flipping through it quickly.

Among these, there are some famous screenwriters in the industry, but more are newcomer screenwriters.

The first script Martin opened was called "The Seventh Son", opened the homepage and saw the setting, closed it and put it aside.

There's no need to look any further, because it's a magical epic.

What I saw later were like the scripts of "Middle Eastern Lover" and "The Prince's Runaway", Martin had no impression at all that the screenwriter himself was a newcomer, and the content of the script was nothing to watch.

The same is true for the next dozen dozen.

It wasn't until the last one that Martin saw an impressive work called "Transcendental Hacker", the story of an electronic scientist who is assassinated by terrorists and whose wife transmits his spirit to a supercomputer.

He has seen this film and can leave an impression, because the actor is played by Johnny Depp.

But thinking about Depp since he played the captain, as long as he left the Caribbean, it was all pits, Martin directly closed the script and put it aside.

After reading all the scripts, he originally wanted people to take them all, but he thought that even fairy tale books like "Jack the Giant Catcher" could come in handy before, so he only let people take away the scripts that were not impressive, leaving "The Seventh Son" and "Transcendental Hacker".

Martin thought about it, couldn't think of a place to use it for the time being, and simply put the script in the safe.

The phone rings on his desk, Martin answers, and the caller is Mia, asking him to come over.

Mia has been writing and revising scripts since she joined the company and signed a creative deal with Davis Studios.

As a rookie screenwriter, it wasn't easy to write the script to Martin's satisfaction, despite Bradt's help.

And at Martin's suggestion, the script has become a song and dance genre.

MIA'S BOYFRIEND, SEBASTIAN, ALSO RESIGNED FROM THE SMOKE HOUSE TO JOIN DAVIS STUDIOS TO FOCUS ON THE SOUNDTRACK AND SONGWRITING FOR LA LA LAND.

Martin went to the second floor, where Mia and Sebastian had a large separate studio.

Mia handed Martin a copy of the manuscript and said, "I revised the script again. ”

Martin was not very satisfied with the script before, mainly in the ending, where the heroine who became a big star ended up walking with the male lead, just like a Disney fairy tale movie.

The happy ending looks good at first glance, and it is perfectly fine in other types of films.

But this kind of film set in Hollywood is not appropriate, and it does not conform to Hollywood reality or the public's perception of Hollywood.

The heroine can have no feelings for the male protagonist, but she will choose to marry a man with a richer and higher status.

Martin took the script and flipped directly to the final ending, the ending has changed, no longer the hero and heroine come together, but the heroine marries a producer, and the ending is in the music bar opened by the hero, and meets the actor again.

The two met but did not meet again, and eventually embarked on their own paths.

Mia asked, "Is this ending okay?" ”

Martin closed the script: "It's a good ending. ”

Sebastian then said, "I wrote a piece of music specifically for the ending. “

Martin asked, "Can you hear it?" ”

Sebastian sat down at the back of the piano and pressed the black and white keys.

It's a slightly sad tune, but there's also a sense of uplift in the sadness.

It may be that I have listened to Taylor Swift sing a lot, and Martin has also developed a certain level of appreciation, and he can actually hear this from the tune.

He decided that in order to improve his musical literacy, he would listen to Taylor and her girlfriends sing more in the future.

After playing the song, Sebastian took a moment to come back to his senses and looked at Martin: "I first proposed the song type, but I only know how to compose, I can't choreograph and write lyrics, so I need to prepare early in the studio." ”

Martin nodded: "I will let people communicate with Disney, Disney is very good at music, song and dance, and there is no shortage of professionals." ”

Sebastian relieved himself and said, "I'll keep making music." ”

Martin returned the script to Mia: "Continue to refine, you can communicate with Brad more if you have any questions." ”

He rang his phone and waved his hand out of the studio, only to find that the call was from Julie and Aniston.

"Hey, dear, let's go see an art film shoot tomorrow? I spoke to Jenna on the phone, and tomorrow her and Pete's new film will start shooting. ”

(End of chapter)