Hollywood legendary director

Early the next morning, Lyman was dressed neatly and drove to the Paramount headquarters in Hollywood.

When he arrived, he was greeted by an old acquaintance, the female assistant next to Shirley Lansing, whose name seemed to be Sharon or something, and she looked quite intellectual.I forgot it for a while.

Lehman smiled and nodded at her, avoiding the embarrassment of not being able to name her, but she didn't feel it, and soon went to Shirley Lansing's private office to report.

He came out and politely invited Lyman in.

Lyman walked in quickly, looked up, and saw Shirley Lansing sitting behind the boss chair talking, and Tony and Ratner sitting on the sofa next to him.

As soon as Shirley Lansing saw Lyman, he waved his hand and greeted a few politely, and asked them to chat. She had a meeting to hold, so she left for a while.

Actually, there is really nothing to talk about.

The salary terms of the two directors are within Lehman’s acceptable range, nothing more than Tony’s asking price is lower, as long as a base salary of 3 million US dollars and a step-by-step box office incentive; while Ratner’s base salary is 8 million, and cents. The box office incentive of the ladder is not much worse, anyway, it will not exceed the budget of "Smiths".

However, it seems that Tony is a little more concerned about this project, and his attitude is more eager.

Thinking about it, he really needs this opportunity more than Blake Ratner.

Afterwards, Lehmann talked about their intentions with the two separately.

The first one is Ratner, which is quite satisfactory, and Lehman thinks it's pretty reliable;

The second one is Tony...

Waiting alone for more than half an hour, I don't know how to talk, whether I still have a chance.Tony thought about gains and losses.

"It's you." A staff member reminded.

"Oh, oh. Thank you."

Tony threw away unnecessary thoughts, holding the results of preparations for the past few days, took a deep breath and pushed in.

"Hello, Mr. Luster."

Lehman looked over, some wrinkled and aging face, with a hint of flattery in his eyes.

Ratner doesn't have such a look. This is where Lyman can easily compare.

After all, for most directors, Lehman's rise is a little too fast, and many people inexplicably have a predecessor mentality. This is how Ratner faced Lehman just now.

In such a comparison, Tony seems to be a person who knows the current affairs well, at least he knows not to make any airs when fighting for opportunities.

"Hello, Director Tony, sit down first."

"Okay, okay, thank you." Tony sat on the sofa with his hips straight, like a serious student listening.

However, this student is 49 years old, 21 years older than Lehman, close to a round.

However, this kind of respect, rather than taking it for granted, made Lehman useful.

Inevitably, he was also very enthusiastic.

"Can you talk about the script?"

"Okay." Tony coughed and said, "I heard that this script is an outline designed by you, Mr. Luster. It feels very interesting. I think the audience will buy it. Paramount has sent an invitation since that day. I have read it through dozens of times. To tell you the truth, I really want to take over the director’s job, but Ms. Shirley told me that the project has several other competitors. I also know that my shooting experience seems to be the least. , But I don’t think this is a big gap, so, Mr. Luster, would you give me this opportunity?"

A flattering flattery, but unfortunately, he can't let Lyman decide on this.

"Explain the shooting ideas and understanding of the plot." Lehman smiled.

"The "Smiths" is undoubtedly completely different from those traditional action movies with no fancy, or relying on violent blood plasma, the protagonist kills all quarters to achieve a sense of coolness. In other words, it is just covering With action skins, it is actually biased towards comedy movies. The unique identity set by the two main characters in the script is the best contrast, and the plot revolves around the identity of the killer. Although it is not complicated, it has a strong appeal. .Think about it, the composition of an ordinary family and the couple of two top killers have the desire to attract the audience to look down, which means that it has been half of the success. Mr. Rust, I am confident to shoot similar Movie effects."

As he spoke, Tony couldn't help showing his determination.

After speaking, it seemed that it was not enough, so I took out a thick pile of materials from the backpack I was carrying with me, "Mr. Luster, look, this is part of the scene script I envisioned, you can take a look. "

Sure enough, he did so much flattering in front of him, and he didn't have more weight than the preparation of this shot.

This is also how Tony thinks about how to impress Lehman and stand out after meeting with Paramount production executives-I can't compare with qualifications, then I will be more sincere than anyone else.

Obviously, this trick worked.

Lehman carefully read through each sub-shot manuscript, from which he realized Tony's series of ideas for the film.

Perhaps, there should be a decision.

Compared to Ratner, Tony not only has a better attitude, but also works harder to do practical things.

Although he has failed once, his professionalism as a director is not bad.

He has been in the industry for more than 20 years and has served as a screenwriter or assistant director for many crews. He is already experienced enough to overcome the hurdle of failure.

Lyman lowered his head, carefully comparing all aspects.

Tony also understood that the most critical time had come, and he couldn't help breathing quickly-agree, agree, Tony shouted in his heart.

He really needs a chance.

In such a realistic circle, he doesn't want to continue to hang around in a futile way, he also wants to be popular, and he wants to be sought after and affirmed by movie fans.

As a director, he has fantasized about similar scenes countless times, and now, the most likely chance of success has come, and he is holding it in the hands of Lyman, who is sitting opposite and looking through the draft of the storyboard.

To be honest, he didn't think the script of "Smiths" was so good, the previous flattery was just to please.

As the most senior screenwriter, he deeply understands that the value of a script is not important in content, but people are important.

If it weren't for Lyman, no one would have noticed a similar old story.

It’s like every studio’s script library is full of countless plot ideas, but what about?

Does anyone invest?

Without investing, who knows the effect?

Although I don't think the plot of "Smiths" is so good, Lehman's vision proved to be good enough.

He is optimistic, that means opportunity.

Tony read the script many times, racked his brains to figure out what kind of shooting effect Lehman wanted and carefully prepared the shots, not all for the project.

To this end, he can set standard answers to every possible question in detail.

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