King of Hollywood

Though Spielberg's face remained calm, the waves had swung up in his heart. He saw Michael at the end of last year? Clayton's top novel on the New York Times bestseller list was just a rough browse and he had the idea of moving it on the screen.

Spielberg then got in touch with Clayton, but what I didn't expect was that the movie adaptation rights had been sold. Such an answer sighed him, and he never thought about it again. But what I didn't expect was that today, a young director who had only seen one face came to the door and wanted him to make this novel into a movie!

“Why do you think I'm fit to make this film?” Even though Spielberg felt so complicated at the moment, he turned over the book and asked quietly, "Aren't you a good director yourself? ”

“If it were seven or eight years later, I wouldn't deny that I had the ability to make the film perfect, but not now, I could grasp the plot very well, but there was nothing I could do about it.” Adrian shook his head, "I don't think that's going to have to explain why you're here anymore, Steven, because you have a different imagination and mastery of films, and you have a good balance between art and commerce, except you can't think of anyone else to make them. ”

“Apart from me, many directors can,” Spielberg laughed, “admittedly, your lobbying was heartbreaking, but unfortunately, I may have to disappoint you, Ed. ”

“Can you tell me what your concerns are?” Adrian picked the eyebrows and did not show disappointment.

Nice, very quiet. Spielberg praised it in his heart.

“A lot, like how do you plan to do it? And just being a realistic model of a dinosaur is a difficult problem.” He gave a few simple examples.

But Adrian was obviously ready: “We've made a detailed budget before, and the investment will be around 50 million to 60 million, my company will have about 20 million, I can pull from my friends to 20 million, and Globe will have 20 million, if they don't want me to, privately. As for operations, we'll put all the power in your hands, and the company will only oversee financial operations, and the script will be written jointly by me and Michael, and of course, if you want to use your own people, just make sure Michael is involved.

“That's a big pen.” Even Spielberg couldn't help but be a little surprised by his plan. Although the trend towards large investments has become increasingly evident since the late 1970s, the number of films invested in at least 50 or 60 million is still modest.

Adrian laughed and didn't say much about it, but moved on to something else: "And the dinosaur model, I think, George? Mr. Rooks' Industrial Light Demon would be more than willing to take this task, and, Steven, don't you think making a real dinosaur out of a computer is more attractive to the audience than a model? ”

“Made from a computer?” Spielbergmore squeezed his eyes down.

“Yes, that's right, computer production," Adrian nodded, "because the company is now planning to invest in a movie, and yesterday I went to the other studio to see that they made a liquid metallic man out of a computer, not perfect but shocking enough, and I believe that with enough money, with industrial light magic technology, you can definitely make a real dinosaur on the screen! ”

“Liquid metallic man? Are you talking about James? The Terminator 2 that Cameron was working on?” Spielberg took a long breath, suppressed his mood and deliberately asked with a relaxed tone, and frankly, for a few seconds he really wanted to say yes.

“Yes,” Adrian answered positively, "we looked at a lot of information, interviewed a lot of professionals, close to the 60 million investments that the real CG could theoretically make were actually spent on it. If you like, I can have the plan report handed over right away, and you can make a decision after you've read it. ”

Spielberg silenced down, sitting on a chair with his hands together, his thumbs swinging at each other from time to time, behind the round glasses, his eyelids dropping so low that no one could see what he was thinking.

A few minutes later he finally raised his head and grew out of breath: "I'm sorry, Ed, my answer won't change. ”

Adrian's eyebrows finally wrinkled: “Can I know why, Steven? ”

“I've been haunted by some things lately, and there's a late movie waiting for me, I don't have time...”

“We can wait. ”

“That's not the point, Ed... unfortunately.” Spielberg finally spread his hand, but his refusal was always vague. The reason for refusal was simple: he didn't like the feeling of being controlled or counted.

This feeling is subtle, and it can be described in another way as trust in him: everything is ready and at your command. The key is that Spielberg's perception of Adrian is contradictory.

On the one hand, Adrian was impressed with his upbringing, qualities and interesting ideas in the film; on the other hand, he felt that the young man was a little overpowered and impatient. Plus, there were a lot of things that bothered him, like a failed marriage, so he obviously felt a little dissatisfied and didn't want to just say yes.

It was paradoxical, so Spielberg finally chose to refuse, and it was a coincidence, as if he couldn't make the choice to throw a paper troupe, but a lot of things in the world were so accidental.

The office was silenced, and a few minutes later Adrian said, “Actually, there's another condition. ”

Spielberg couldn't help but reveal his unexpected beauty. What else could he persuade himself to refuse? He made a "say” gesture against him.

“Before I say it, I implore you, Steven, not to think that I'm blackmailing or forcing you,” Adrian looked at Spielberg, and the tone was full of sincerity, "which I was going to put at the end, until you promised to be the director, and I had no other idea. ”

"If you promise to be a director and producer, Steven, half of the film's net income will go to invest in the film you've always wanted to make. ”

“Invest in that movie I've always wanted to make?” Spielberg repeated it once, then his body shook slightly.

“Yes,” Adrian nodded, "Schindler's List! ”

After coming out of Spielberg's office, Adrian grew out of breath and finally let him say yes, which was not easy. Although he couldn't guess what was going on in his mind, he saw two things.

Firstly, Spielberg still enjoys the novel Jurassic Park and is interested in making it into a film; secondly, he seems to have a few small opinions about himself that may influence his judgment. Needless to say, I know that this is the after-effect of my heart's impatience that night, but there's nothing I can do about it, and he's never had enough time to plan it.

Fortunately, that ace still worked, although Adrian missed a little - Spielberg didn't know how many boxes were available in Jurassic Park, and certainly didn't know what half of the net profit was. But he promised to come down, after a long, serious look at Adrian.

“Are you sure?” He asked him that.

“I'm sure!” Adrian's face is all serious and serious.

Then there was a few minutes of silence, and Spielberg finally nodded: "Well, obviously, I don't have a reason to refuse anymore… but that's a matter of months later. ”

Although Adrian's offer was flawed, Spielberg automatically filled it in with his heart: the more money the film makes, the more investment he gets!

Adrian figured that out after Spielberg said yes, and naturally he wasn't thinking about adding it, which would be good for him, was it? It has to be admitted that Schindler's List is unusual in the mind of this great director, except that his impression in each other's hearts may be slightly skewed in a bad direction, which, despite his sincerity before raising the subject, is still marked by persecution.

But it doesn't matter, when Jurassic Park is officially ready, he can tell himself that even if the box office is bad, he promises to invest up to 20 million dollars to make the Schindler List. That's what Adrian said to himself on the way back. And he only played half of his ace, and there was a chance to play the other half, and it wasn't a problem to pull Spielberg together.

So spare no effort to bond with this old Jew for connections and networking and all that, think about his relationship with people like Lucas and his influence in Hollywood. Especially that Jewish network, although there are a number of anti-Semitic extremists in the United States, there is no denying that the Jews are still quite powerful, and the entire upper American society is half-hearted towards the Jews. If Adrian were to take advantage of his identity, it would not be a problem.

Spielberg and Jurassic Park, along with Schindler's List, and after Terminator 2. Adrian took a few days off and watched the 63rd Oscar Awards ceremony on 25 March at home.

It's no different from what I remember. Dancing with the Wolf became a big winner, winning several awards for best movies, best directors, best adaptations, best photography, etc. Unfortunately, Kevin? The fate of Costner and Clint? As sad as Eastwood is, you'll never get the best male lead in your life.

Adrian at the end didn't feel anything special because he knew he would be at the awards ceremony this time next year, and soon after the break he was going to start preparing his new film, "The Redemption of Shawshenk"!

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