Chapter 118: The Wilshire Hotel
"Ah Sheng brought the script and went with me to the bar to meet the caar spoon maker. Huo Dongjun said to Chen Musheng opposite.
Chen Musheng wiped the corners of his mouth with a napkin, got up and went back to the guest room to get the script first, Huo Dongjun nodded slightly at the others, and also stood up and said: "The hotel has a banquet hall, a big orchestra performs jazz, and a swimming pool on the top floor, Ah Er, you are familiar with this place, take care of them for me, and I will go to the Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills to meet the producer."
Luo Ailing glanced at Zhang Le strangely when Huo Dongjun finished speaking, and found that Zhang Le's expression was calm, and his heart was slightly Ling, people who can be star assistants are very good at observing words and feelings, if Huo Dongjun finished speaking, Zhang Le was surprised, Luo Ailing would not be surprised, but after Huo Dongjun finished speaking, Zhang Le looked indifferent, which made Luo Ailing wonder if there was a problem between the two.
Huo Dongjun went out, according to his previous habit, he must have asked Zhang Le to take care of the other people present, but Huo Dongjun did not mention Zhang Le and Luo Weilun, but directly said to the second head of the sect who only appeared today to let him take care of the others, does that mean that in Huo Dongjun's heart, the second head of the sect is closer than Zhang Le?
Huo Dongjun didn't pay attention to Luo Ailing's speculation, but put on his coat and took Chen Musheng, who took the script, to the Beverly Hills Wilshire Hotel in the car arranged by the hotel, where David Fincher had already booked a seat.
Beverly Wilshire Hotel is one of the most historic hotels in Hollywood, opened in 1928, the whole building was designed by the famous American architect Chris Walker, the hotel is located in the Beverly Mountainside, in the shape of a mountain, built with Tuscan stone and marble imported from Italy, full of Renaissance style, and the top floor of this hotel, is the famous open-air starry sky bar, after nightfall, sit here, look up to see the bright starry sky, stand up and look down from the mountainside, You can also see the lights of Hollywood.
After Huo Dongjun and Chen Musheng took the elevator into the top terrace, they took a breath, unlike the noisy bar they imagined, this open-air starry sky bar is very quiet, although there are many customers, but the wide venue and their respective whispers make Huo Dongjun feel noisy, a pianist wearing a tuxedo and a meticulous bow tie, sitting in a corner playing soothing music.
"Sir, is there anything I can help you with?" a male waiter came over to greet Huo Dongjun and Chen Musheng who came over with a smile.
"Mr. David Fincher, booked a place here. Huo Dongjun said to the waiter.
The waiter flipped through the note in his hand and pointed to a position in the distance: "There, Mr. David Fincher and his companions have arrived, and I will take you there."
Following the male waiter through the other tables, David Fincher had already stood up early, he had been staring at the entrance, from the time Huo Dongjun and Chen Musheng appeared, his intuition told him that these two yellow people were the people he was waiting for, sure enough, the waiter pointed in the direction where he was, David Fincher couldn't hide his excitement and stood up, waiting for Huo Dongjun to come over.
"Your guest, sir. The male waiter said politely to David Fincher, letting go of his body, revealing Huo Dongjun and Chen Musheng behind him.
David Fincher thanked him: "I'll remember the last tip, thank you." ”
The waiter nodded to a few people and left, David Fincher stretched out his hand to Huo Dongjun: "Hello, David Fincher, you are the ...... of Oriental Zone Film Company."
"I'm Huo Dongjun. Huo Dongjun stretched out his hand and shook it with the other party, his eyes swept over the table, and a white man who was slightly younger than David Fincher was standing in front of the table, looking at himself with a curious look in his eyes.
"To introduce, my friend is also a director, Michael Bay. Seeing Huo Dongjun's eyes looking at his companion, David Fincher introduced his director to the other party.
Huo Dongjun didn't feel anything at all when he heard the name David Fincher, but when he heard the name Michael Bay, it was different, because Huo Dongjun knew that the director of "Transformers" was called Michael Bay, but he didn't know if it was the thin young white man in front of him, after all, there were many people with the same name among the ghosts.
However, Huo Dongjun felt that he could not be so lucky, Michael Bay was able to direct "Transformers", which is world-renowned, at least on the same level as Spielberg, and it is impossible for him to appear when he meets a commercial producer who has never made a movie.
"Hello, this is the screenwriter of the Oriental Zone, Chen Musheng. Huo Dongjun shook hands with Michael Bay and introduced Chen Musheng to the two.
David Fincher's communicative skills are very strong, at least it didn't make Huo Dongjun feel unfamiliar in the face of a stranger, after David Fincher learned that Huo Dongjun was a Hong Konger, he excitedly talked about several Hong Kong movies he had watched, "The First Punch in the World", "One-Armed Knife" and Bruce Lee's "Dragon Crossing the River".
It can be seen that although David Fincher and Michael Bay have been making commercials, their understanding of movies is not superficial, except for some special words with the help of Huo Dongjun's translation, Huo Dongjun and Chen Musheng and the two ghosts actually chatted well in broken English.
It wasn't until he drank all the cocktails in their respective glasses and asked the waiter to serve a second glass that Huo Dongjun turned to the topic and said to David Fincher:
"Mr. David Fincher......"
"If you don't mind, call me David, that's what my friends call me. David Fincher said to Huo Dongjun.
Huo Dongjun took a sip of his cocktail and said to David Fincher: "Okay, David, you should have also received news from the CAA, my company is preparing a new movie, and I am looking for a producer who can be responsible for all the work of this film, I chose you, it's not that the East doesn't have enough funds to hire those well-known producers, but the company prefers to have some new ideas, and younger producers are always better able to accept the opinions of others, And not to be as rigid as those big-name people, right?"
"Oh, I can't answer this question, I'm full of reverence for those who make people, and they also need to have enough status to use this word, let's talk about this movie, what type of person is it?" David Fincher laughed, and didn't express any other opinions on Huo Dongjun saying that those big-name people are stubborn and self-serving, his status made him unable to discuss this topic with Huo Dongjun, and he didn't dare to offend those people, although he also thought that Huo Dongjun was very accurate in describing those people.
Those producers of big-budget films are like emperors in the crew, and even the CPO of the film company wants to enter and leave the set, depending on the mood of those producers.
"Ah Sheng, show the script to Mr. Producer. Huo Dongjun said to Chen Musheng beside him.
Chen Musheng handed the script of "Destiny Express" that had been translated into English to David Fincher opposite, David Fincher put down the wine glass and took it with both hands, although he had decided that no matter whether the script of this movie was good or bad, he would seize the opportunity to participate in this movie, but as a producer, of course, I hope that this script can attract him.
Huo Dongjun looked at the script with dozens of pages, and touched his nose a little embarrassed, what he gave Chen Musheng at the beginning was only two thin pages, Chen Musheng helped him improve the script, smooth the storyline, three-dimensional characters, and fill in the lines.
"That's a good name, is it a thriller?'s thriller delivery trip by a courier?" David Fincher stared at the name of the script for a while, as if trying to grasp the meaning of the title from each word.
When David Fincher read the script seriously, Huo Dongjun looked up at the stars and exhaled softly, the environment of this bar is really good, which makes people feel refreshed.
After David Fincher finished reading the script, he said to Chen Musheng: "This is a good story, very good." ”
However, looking at David Fincher's expression, Huo Dongjun felt that this guy's praise for the script was a bit perfunctory.
"Can I read this script, sir?" Michael Bay waited for David Fincher to finish reading before politely asking Huo Dongjun.
"Of course. Huo Dongjun said indifferently.
Michael Bay picked up the script and read it, and David Fincher said: "The highlight of a standard action movie is that the protagonist is no longer a gangster or a cop, but a unique courier, in addition to this identity and the work he does, the highlights of the whole movie are honest, not many, at least I think so, of course, I have to admit that the description of the action scenes in the script is very good and imaginative." ”
"So what do you mean, David? Are you interested in this script? It seems that you don't like this script very much. Huo Dongjun stared at David Fincher's eyes and said.
David Fincher shook his head and said with a smile to Huo Dongjun: "No, of course I'm very interested, it's just, you know, as a producer, when preparing for the first commercial film in my life, I always want it to have some unique style, but I think now, it's okay, let's use this script, but I think other screenwriters need to better expand this script, at least to ensure that our main actors can get their own exclusive script, all angles, all shots, and then put this improved script, Put it on the desks of the directors we want to direct. ”
"Still want to improve?" Chen Musheng couldn't help but ask beside him.
In his opinion, this script is detailed enough, few people in the Hong Kong film industry can come up with a script with so much content, in order to participate in the filming of Western films, Chen Musheng has been very attentive, but now the ghost guy actually sues him, this script is far from enough.
David Fincher looked at Chen Musheng's exaggerated reaction in surprise: "Of course, this is just the idea of a project, isn't it? There are still a lot of things that need to be added, such as the perspective and personality of each character, looking at the whole story as the protagonist as his identity, shaping the character of this character, and about the dialogue, their actions during the dialogue, their tone, and their reaction to hearing each other's words, these all need to be improved, don't you need to improve the script for Hong Kong movies?"