Chapter 430: Righteous Fred
Los Angeles.
Also known as the City of Angels.
Originally, the name itself means angel in Spanish.
But as the city grew, the name took on a different meaning.
For example, the environment is beautiful, the national culture is integrated, the economy is prosperous, the wealth is gathered, and so on.
On the surface, Los Angeles at this time does live up to its name.
As for the future, don't mention it.
Anyway, if you have been here in the future, it is difficult to associate this city with angels.
In the early morning of September 15, Hideki Hanyu arrived in Los Angeles.
He first arranged for Chiharu Ono to be in a mansion in Malibu, and then returned to the Hibiscus Garden to see his precious daughter.
The last time I came, it was peaceful around the house.
However, this time, he found that the house he bought from Harrison Ford next door had begun to be demolished.
Her baby daughter was held by her aunt Zhou Wenqiong, and she happily watched the workers demolish the multimillion-dollar mansion.
It felt like playing with oversized blocks.
Seeing his baby daughter like this, Hanyu Hideki nodded with satisfaction.
I can't help but sigh in my heart, my baby daughter's style of not treating money as money.
Let it be!
Tease the baby daughter, and how to fight with the fairy mother does not need to be detailed.
The main thing is that Hideki Hanyu rushed to Century City as soon as he determined that Fred Webb was in Cloud Pictures.
Then put the copy of "Bourne's Supremacy" given to him by Robert Ludlun in front of the other party.
"Talk about the film and television adaptation rights of this series as soon as possible, and the longer the authorization time, the better."
Hanyu Hideki thought for a while and then ordered, "It's the same as Marvel's model, as long as you shoot it, the contract will be automatically renewed." ”
"No problem, boss."
Fred Webb agreed without saying a word.
Although Lu Delun is a best-selling author, the price of the other party's adaptation rights will not be too expensive, and he lacks historical achievements, so the adaptation rights will not be too difficult to discuss.
Hideki Hanyu emphasized, "Right away, the sooner the better." ”
"I understand, I'll arrange for someone to contact the other party immediately."
Fred Webb said and asked, "Does the boss have anything else to order?" ”
Mr. Hanyu asked, "How's the script for Die Hard?" ”
When Fred Webb heard this, he asked his secretary to send in the latest draft of the script for "Die Hard" and handed it to Hideki Hanyu.
"Boss, this is the fourth version of the script."
Hideki Hanyu took the script and began to read it.
After watching it for a while, he didn't say anything, but directly picked up the pen and deleted and changed the script, wrote and painted.
After half an hour of work, he threw the script to Fred Webb, "I'm not happy with these places, let them revise it." ”
"Okay."
Fred Webb actually doesn't like investors dictating projects.
But the problem is that after getting to know Hideki Hanyu, he knows that his boss is not an ordinary investor.
The other party himself is a world-renowned writer, and he has also participated in the creation of TV series and movies in Neon, and has achieved good results.
Of course, there is another important point.
That is the opinion that Hanyu Hideki gave to the script before, which was unanimously praised by several screenwriters.
Therefore, he is still very fond of Hanyu Hideki's opinion.
After reading the script, Hideki Hanyu asked Fred Webber again to ask for an approximate selection of the main creative lineup of "Die Hard".
looked at the screening list and saw that John McTiernan, who shined with "Predator" this year, was placed on the director's consideration list.
Hideki Hanyu circled it directly with his pen, after all, John McTiernan was the director of the first part of "Die Hard" in another time and space.
Although John McTiernan has directed movies all the way to the streets since the mid-to-late nineties, his ability in the field of action movies in this era is still remarkable.
followed by the selection of actors, but several actors made him frown.
The soul of the original, Bruce Willis, and the brilliant villain Alan Rickman, are all missing.
Instead, a lot of people are written on the heroine who is not important.
Hanyu Hideki asked a little strangely, "Why are there so many options for the heroine?" ”
"Boss, this is a big project of 20 million, after the news of recruitment was announced by the actors' union, how could there be fewer actresses who came to recommend themselves."
Fred Webber said this, and asked Hanyu Hideki again, "Boss, do you want to participate in the heroine's audition?" ”
"Uh-"
Hideki Hanyu choked speechlessly, wondering what Fred thought of his boss.
Thinking about the information and photos of the actresses in the list, he immediately refused "righteous words",
"No, you can decide for yourself, anyway, there aren't many heroine scenes."
What a joke, this is the actress chosen for Bruce Willis to play his ex-wife.
The age is supposed to be a little older, and everyone knows the shelf life of white women.
Plus the Hollywood aesthetic of the eighties.
Hideki Hanyu said that there was not a single woman he could look at.
Even if it's casual play, you have to find something pleasing to the eye.
As soon as Hideki Hanyu said this, Fred Webb thought of Hideki Hanyu's past style of behavior, and immediately understood what the boss meant.
Well, it's definitely not eye-catching.
Although he is an honest producer, he is not a fool who doesn't understand anything, an unimportant female character, what's wrong with helping the boss find some benefits?
Could he be worse than Bill Hart of the New Century Agency next door?
And the preparation period for "Die Hard" is still very long, and he also has time to work.
Thinking of this, the honest manager immediately said, "Boss, I will expand the selection range of heroines again." ”
"Huh?"
Hanyu Hideki thought to himself, how can you, a thick-eyed and big-eyed person, do this?
When John Lasseter introduced, didn't he say that he was swept away by Los Angeles TV because he was too upright?
That's how honest you are?
In response to such a request, Hanyu Hideki's reaction was, of course, to maintain his righteous style of speaking.
"Well, the heroine is at stake, and I have to take care of it."
Fred Webb also replied with integrity, "The heroine will definitely satisfy the boss." ”
As soon as the point stopped, Hideki Hanyu immediately stopped talking about it.
Instead, he added the names of Bruce Willis and Villain No. 1 actor Alan Rickman to the list of actors' choices.
He handed the list back to Fred Wade, focusing on the people I had circled.
"Okay." Fred Webb said.
"You're busy, I won't bother you." After Hanyu finished speaking, he got up and planned to leave.
Regarding Cloud Pictures, he fell casually.
Everything has been arranged, and it's not yet time for the harvest.
As for the company's current projects, they are basically independent films with an investment of tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, and there is really no need for him to intervene in person.
Of course, if there is a chance to hunt for beauty, he will not miss it.
After all, many people in later generations have a very classic saying when they talk about overseas movies in this period.
"You can always trust the aesthetic of a small-budget horror director."
What Ania Pielori, what Lynn Frederick, what Anna Maria Watrume, what Devin De Vasquez.
Well...... It seems to be mixed in with a strange legal Lori.
But it doesn't matter.
The scumbag felt that he could barely accept their appearance.
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After being almost busy with Cloud Pictures, Hideki Hanyu returns to Hibiscus Garden and continues to incarnate as a daughter slave.
Of course, the pretty survivors he left in Malibu did not forget, and from time to time took time to spend wonderful evenings in the past.
In this rhythm of life, a week passed quickly.
Monday, September 22nd.
He had just eaten lunch and was holding his baby daughter for a nap.
Suddenly, the phone rings.
The maid butler Dunna picked it up and listened to it, then said to Hideki Hanyu, "Sir, looking for you." ”
Hideki Hanyu handed over his baby daughter to his mother and went to answer the phone.
"I'm Hideki Hanyu."
After he finished speaking, there was immediately a person on the other side of the phone, "Mr. Hanyu, I'm Michael Clayton, I heard from the secretary that you called the company before, I'm very sorry, I was on the East Coast for an event, and I just returned to Los Angeles today." ”
Michael Clayton, the original author of Jurassic Park, is finally back.
After arriving in Los Angeles, he thought to himself that the sooner he got in touch with it, the better, and the province had more dreams at night.
I took the time to call the other party, but the private phone was not answered, and the company said that the person was not in Los Angeles.
"It's okay, I happened to be free recently, and I'm going to help you look at the problems in the production of the game."
"It's great, does Hanyu-san have time today? I'm going to be in the company. ”
"Yes, your business address is."
"West Hollywood *****"
Michael Clayton reported an address.
——
An hour later.
Hideki Hanyu stepped out of the car and looked at the house with FilmTrack Software hanging in front of him, knowing that he had arrived somewhere.
Hideki Hanyu knows that Michael Clayton at this time is no longer a nobody in Hollywood.
When he was studying for his M.D. at Harvard University, he was a well-known best-selling author, and he paid off his expensive tuition fees by writing.
The cost of studying medicine at the University of America is one of the most expensive in the world.
How many people can't pay off their tuition loans in their lifetime, Michael Clayton has solved them all before he graduates.
Even in the year of graduation, his fourth "Death Operating Room" won the famous 'Edgar Allan Poe Best Award' in the American detective world.
After graduation, Michael Clayton came to Hollywood to develop, and the journey was also smooth.
After the success of its adaptation into a film.
The other party also taught himself the knowledge of electronic computers, established his own software company, and developed computer image generation technology.
He has even published a book on the BASIC programming language called "e-Life".
In 1973, Michael Clayton pulled funds from MGM to write and direct a science fiction movie called "Diamond Palace".
This movie tells the story of mankind building a high-tech, highly realistic adult paradise 'Delos' in the future
There are three themes, the "world", which are the Western World, the Roman World, and the Medieval World.
The inhabitants of all three worlds are realistic humanoid robots created for the historical environment of the world, allowing visitors to do whatever they want in any of them for a fee.
However, with the upgrade of the program, the robots in the park began to have "autonomous consciousness", and the backstage of the park gradually lost control of the robots, resulting in the story of the park being washed in the blood of the robots.
In this film, Michael Clayton pioneered the world's two-dimensional computer-generated image technology and was the world's first film to use computer stunts.
Later, the famous director Jonathan Nolan directed a series that was launched on HBO based on this film.
That is the well-known "Westworld" in China.
Not to mention the famous "Jurassic Park".
Although it was only published in 1990, it is certain that the creation was definitely already started at this time.
In an interview, the other party said that the inspiration for drawing blood from mosquitoes in amber appeared as early as 1984.
"Jurassic Park" was robbed by major Hollywood companies before it was finished.
In the end, it was won by Universal Pictures for two million dollars plus the film share.
In addition to these, there is also the famous American drama "ER" that made George Clooney popular and set off a medical drama craze all over the world, also created by Michael Clayton.
In 1994, the other party topped the North American movie box office list, TV rate ratings list, and bestseller list at the same time.
He is the only America wizard to have succeeded in all three.
So, even if Michael Clayton is far from Hanyu Hideki at this time.
But it's definitely not a small person to be taken lightly.
It is a top talent worthy of being personally wooed by Hideki Hanyu.
Stepping into FilmTrack Software, Hideki Hanyu meets Michael Clayton.
"Hanyu-sama, you're finally here, come on, I'll take you to see the game I've developed."
The other party couldn't wait to pull Hanyu Hideki into an office.
Then Hideki Hanyu saw the "Elf Scepter" game development platform exclusive to Elf Entertainment on a monitor in his office.
Michael Clayton runs a somewhat rudimentary game on the platform, a ...... made up of pixels Let's call them female warriors.
This female warrior will constantly make your way through different levels, attacking her enemies with weapons such as short swords, javelins, bows, slingshots, and stones.
It's not a reel-reeling game, it's more like an unfinished Western-style RPG.
Although the game looks rough, Hideki Hanyu takes a closer look and sees that the game is still very entertaining.
For example, the variety of props, different weapons to deal with different monsters, and so on.
So gradually, he began to make some suggestions when Michael Clayton was playing.
Whenever Hideki Hanyu made a suggestion, Michael Clayton would stop the game and write it down with his pen.
But as Hideki Hanyu gave more and more suggestions, it was more like directly helping Michael Clayton tear down the game and completely redesign and build.
Michael Clayton simply stopped operating, but concentrated on recording suggestions.
When there is something that he doesn't understand, or has a different opinion, Michael Clayton will also discuss it with Hideki Hanyu.
As the two talked, they moved from the original game development office to Michael Clayton's office.
After all, the previous office was really inconvenient for recording and communicating.
And the two chatted for more than two hours.
After Michael Clayton finished recording the last suggestion and put down the notebook in his hand, he said in a rather emotional tone.
"Mr. Hanyu must be very busy, thank you very much for wasting time communicating with me for so long."
"It's okay, as long as I can help Mr. Clayton."
Hideki Hanyu pretended not to care, but his eyes looked at the wall behind Michael Clayton, a design sketch fixed there.
"The game that Hanyu-san saw before was actually a DOS video game that I developed a few years ago, and I decided to redesign and develop it because I liked the Legend of Zelda by Elf Entertainment so much.
Now these suggestions of yours are not only helping me, but also redesigning a game for me, the game story background, mechanics, gameplay, I have gained so much. ”
As he said this, Michael Clayton noticed that Hideki Hanyu's gaze was looking at the wall behind him.
He also glanced back, then turned his head and asked Hideki Hanyu curiously, "These are some of my first drafts of design inspiration, does Mr. Hanyu see anything interesting?" ”
Hanyu pointed to the sketch he was looking at and said, "What is that, and why is there a mosquito in it?" ”
Michael Clayton smiled and replied, "It was an inspiration for a story I had two years ago, a mosquito that was sealed in amber in ancient times. ”
"Oh? Sounds interesting, would you mind talking to me? Hanyu asked.
"Of course, no problem, I've talked to several friends about this idea, but I haven't found a good story entry point so far, and Hanyu-san has made so many interesting games that maybe it can give me a little inspiration.
My initial inspiration was that this ancient mosquito sucked ......"
Michael Clayton didn't mind talking about the inspiration for his story.
It's actually very common for writers to exchange ideas and ideas with each other.
After all, except for a traverser like Hideki Hanyu, no one can know what stories will succeed and what stories will fail.
The main thing is that every writer has a genre that he is good at.
Michael Clayton, as a medical doctor at Havard, in many cases, revolves around professional fields.
The original "Alien Bacteria" involved the field of bacteria.
And "Jurassic Park" is genetics, clone related.
After a while, I briefly listened to Michael Clayton's story.
Hideki Hanyu discovers that Michael Clayton has completed the initial idea of "Jurassic Park", such as extracting dinosaur blood from words for cloning.
This kind of work that involves a professional field and is not good at it, Hanyu Hideki has no intention of plagiarizing in his heart.
simply contacted the movies he had seen in his previous life and gave Michael Clayton some advice.
"Since you're already planning to clone dinosaurs, why not replicate a Jurassic era? For example, on a deserted island, build a dinosaur zoo, and then for some other reason, the zoo gets out of control......"
Hanyu's suggestion did not involve specific content, but simply told the general direction of the storytelling, after all, he did not want to influence Michael Clayton's creation.
And Michael Clayton's eyes lit up after hearing Hanyu Hideki's words.
Many of the ideas for the story in his mind suddenly became vivid, coherent, and inspired.
But he has to thank Hideki Hanyu.
First the video game, then the story, and Hideki Hanyu, the person he just met, helped him too much.
Although they are not small in age, they are like old friends who have the same heart and are incomparably compatible in their creation.
Another more than an hour of story idea exchange ended.
Michael Clayton couldn't help but say.
"The advice you've given me is amazing, I can't wait to start creating, but I think I'm going to have a lot of ideas to share with you in my work, so don't you mind if I call you."
"Of course I don't mind, I'm always welcome, because I also like your inspiration and would love to see this story completed soon."
"Then you have to be patient, I still have a lot of work to do, in addition to the upcoming release, I also have to design that game first."
Michael Clayton helplessly stalled his hands.
Hideki Hanyu said, "Clayton, I have an idea for the game. ”
Michael Clayton laughed, "Just say." ”
"According to what we just talked about, it's a very complex RPG with a huge backstory, and it's almost impossible to develop it on your own.
So I suggest that you can go to Genie Entertainment to apply for help, and my company will arrange for a professional to know and help you complete the development of the game.
If necessary, it can also support development funds to help you share the risk of game development. ”
Hearing Hideki Hanyu's words, Michael Clayton was a little surprised, and said unexpectedly, "Is it okay to do this?" ”
"Of course, Elf Entertainment's support for third parties has been going on for a long time and is working very well."
When Hideki Hanyu said this, he pretended to mention it casually.
"And the story about dinosaurs that we just discussed, I think it's a good fit to make a game, and if you want to, you can also apply for it, so that maybe when it is published, the game will be released with it.
If it sells well, it can help the game to provide popularity, and the game can in turn help increase sales, which can greatly increase your revenue. ”
"Sounds great, I'm willing to give it a try."
Michael Clayton was moved.
Hanyu Hideki saw that the plan was about to succeed, so he reminded him kindly.
"But if it does, it will involve copyright authorization, which you need to think about in advance."
"Haha, you really don't look like a businessman, how can any boss say such words to persuade you to quit in advance. It's no wonder that Mr. Hanyu is also a writer, so it's not surprising that he can think of me from a writer's point of view.
I think Mr. Hanyu also seems to have a production company in Hollywood, and when it is published, I will sell you the rights to adapt this dinosaur, anyway, the story was conceived by the two of us together, and you must know how to make this movie better than anyone else. ”
As soon as Michael Clayton's last words came out, Hideki Hanyu almost agreed directly.
But it's already been talked about, and Hanyu Hideki feels that he can't be too anxious.
He didn't just want a Jurassic Park.
It's the genius of the other party.
So he smiled and said in a joking tone, "Then I'll ask Spielberg to be the director, and then build a Jurassic Park on the spot." ”
When Michael Clayton heard this, he also thought that Hideki Hanyu was joking, and laughed and agreed.
"Then in order to see the real Jurassic Park, I have to write it out quickly."
"I'm really looking forward to that day."
Hideki Hanyu's tone pretended to be serious.
But in reality, he just meant it.
Once the IP of "Jurassic Park" is in hand, then he doesn't mind building a real Jurassic Park in the future 'Elf Park'.
I believe that after the movie fire, this park should be very popular.
The two chatted here, and seeing that the time was about the same, Hanyu Hideki took the initiative to leave.
FilmTrack Software Inc. doorway.
Michael Clayton personally sent Hideki Hanyu out.
Looking at the already darkened sky, Michael Clayton sighed,
"I had such a nice chat with Mr. Hanyu today, it's been a long time since I forgot all the time I spent talking like I did today."
"I'm always welcome to talk to me, and if I'm not in Los Angeles, you can call." ”
"As long as Mr. Hanyu doesn't bother me."
"The clash of inspirations, never get bored, farewell, Clayton."
Hideki Hanyu had already turned around and was about to get into the car, but finally suddenly turned his head and said, "It's too polite to always call Mr., just call me Hideki in the future." ”
"No problem, Hideki, and don't forget my real-life Jurassic Park."
Michael Clayton jokingly reminded.
Hideki Hanyu waved his hand, "I won't forget it." ”
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After ending the communication with Michael Clayton, just three days later, Hideki Hanyu received a message from Silicon Valley Genie Entertainment.
Michael Clayton has already submitted an application for support.
Except for that Western-style RPG game that was renamed Amazon.
There is also an adventure-themed game plan called "Jurassic Park".
According to the normal procedure, these two slightly rough games are unlikely to pass the support application.
After all, this support mechanism of Elf Entertainment is ostensibly to help small studios and small companies that lack funds and development capabilities.
It seems to be out of good intentions, but also to help increase the game content on its own platform.
But in fact, it is screening potential third-party developers in disguise, and slowly cannibalizing each other through support.
This is the company's development strategy based on the development of the game market in later generations.
After all, in the future, it is the general trend to use the advantages of the platform to gradually bundle third-party developers and absorb them into their own banners.
Therefore, although there is support, it is not something that can be passed by any game.
But the problem is that there is the boss of Hideki Hanyu who opens the back door.
Michael Clayton's two applications were basically a formality, with a 100% approval rate.
Originally, Hideki Hanyu planned to wait for the application to be approved and personally congratulate Michael Clayton.
But when the time came to September 27th, a sudden call from Neon forced him to end the trip to America early.
On the Elf flying over the Pacific Ocean, Hideki Hanyu was reading a newspaper with the latest date.
[Today, the Ministry of Commerce of Amerika successfully signed a semiconductor agreement with the Ministry of Neon Trade and Industry to restrict the export of Neon Semiconductor to Amerika and expand the market share of Amerika Semiconductor in Neon, and the agreement is ......]
Looking at this news, Hideki Hanyu muttered to himself silently.
"The semiconductor agreement was signed, and another big era is coming."
Hideki Hanyu knows that this agreement is just the beginning.
Next year, America will also use Neon's failure to comply with the agreement as an excuse to impose retaliatory tariffs on Neon.
After that, the neon semiconductor industry began to decline.
In the future, Neon shouted how many times to revive the semiconductor industry, but basically failed.
On the contrary, the semiconductor industry in other regions has accelerated, and South Korea has sprung up.
Speaking of which, this semiconductor agreement actually doesn't have much impact on his industry.
After all, the only thing in his industry that has a connection to semiconductors is Genie Entertainment.
Genie Entertainment itself is not involved in the semiconductor industry, to be precise, it is just an assembler.
Even many accessories for handhelds and hosts are purchased from overseas.
Just like Nintendo in another time and space, this turmoil Hideki Hanyu needs to be taken seriously, but there is no need to worry too much.
So why is he in a hurry to get back to Neon?
Quite simply, the Shining Institute is a good example of this.
The latest patent achievements of the Shining Research Institute, as a major shareholder, Toshiba either looks down on it, or because of the obstruction of internal traditional forces, anyway, it has no intention of using it at all.
On the contrary, Intel, which is far away in America, cooperated with the Shining Research Institute to start mass production of NOR flash memory chips.
This year, the Shining Research Institute's more mature NAND flash memory technology has made a breakthrough, and it is continuing to consolidate the patent technology barrier and accumulate technology for mass production.
No one knows better than Hideki Hanyu how promising the future market holds for NAND flash memory.
Since Neon Semiconductor is destined to decline, Toshiba will be directly targeted next year.
He certainly couldn't let technology develop in neon and sink with it.
It is undoubtedly the best choice to continue to use technology and take the route of overseas cooperation.
However, the benefits of cooperating with Intel are a bit small.
Then he has to find a partner who has not yet risen, but is about to rise, and will not be too strong.
South Korea, Samsung.
Undoubtedly a good choice.
Isn't the other party good at countercyclical investing?
As early as after Neon Semiconductor began to decline, Samsung was at the Neon Investment Institute.
Continuously absorbing semiconductor, LCD panel and other technology research and development talents, successfully helped Samsung bring the first technological leap.
Let Samsung, which relies on low-cost, low-tech, and sell cheap products, transform into the Samsung empire in the future.
But for Hideki Hanyu, a traverser.
What is countercyclical?
Relying on foresight, the cycle was before his eyes.
However, the semiconductor agreement has just been signed, and now all he has to do is make arrangements in advance.
As long as you are one step ahead of the other party every time, you are more determined than the other party.
The initiative of cooperation is in his hands.
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