American comics: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

Los Angeles, Burbank.

Early the next morning, Colin, led by Luo Yin, came to a dusty construction site.

"Hughes!"

Following Luo Yin's shout, a man holding a cigar and gesturing at the construction drawings stopped at the construction site.

Handing the drawings to the engineer on the side, the man lowered his head, took a puff of his cigar, and stepped in front of the two of them: "I thought you would arrive later."

As he spoke, the man's eyes swept across Luo Yin's body and landed on Ke Lin, raising his eyebrows.

"Colin, this is the Hughes you asked me to contact, Howard Hughes, a famous director and producer in Hollywood. Hughes is the one I mentioned to you before, the owner of the Courier Newspaper and the " "Superman" creator, Mr. Colin Looper."

Under Hughes' gaze, Luo Yin took the initiative to introduce the two of them.

"Nice to meet you."

Howard Hughes took a puff of his cigar, smiled as he puffed away, and said, "I really like your idea for Superman, especially the flying part."

Hughes has an unusual obsession with flying, which is something that is known throughout Hollywood.

When he was filming the movie "Hell's Angels", in order to achieve the shooting effect, he used a total of 187 pilots, 87 aircraft, and 35 photographers. In order to restore the reality of aircraft bombing, he asked people to buy genuine Zeppelin airships and then bombed them.

When filming the scene of the plane crashing, he asked the pilot to rush down from a height of 30 meters above the ground and explode and burn when it hits the ground. Faced with Hughes's crazy request, no one dared to make fun of their own lives on the movie set.

He personally acted as an aerobatic pilot, and the first major airplane accident in his life occurred on the set. When the plane landed, his face and forehead hit the dashboard heavily, causing a severe concussion. However, even if such a serious accident occurred, it still could not diminish his desire for the sky.

"I also like "Hell's Angels" directed by you, especially the plot of the air battle. The reality is beyond the scope of the movie."

Hearing Colin's compliment, the mustache on Hughes's mouth tilted up subconsciously.

He lowered the hand holding the cigar, and then took a closer look at Colin in front of him. The vague confidence exuded from him made Hughes admire him very much, because he was also extremely confident in himself, even to the point of The existence of paranoia.

It was precisely because of this paranoia that during the filming of "Hell's Angels", in the face of the emergence of sound movies, he directly cut off the original version and re-filmed it to make it a sound version.

Because of his move, the cost of the movie skyrocketed to 4 million US dollars. Hughes made a desperate move, and the final box office of 8 million US dollars proved his success.

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"Are you planning to build a new studio?"

After a few simple greetings, Luo Yin's eyes fell on the construction site in the distance.

Looking at the busy construction workers, I couldn't help but ask.

Although the prosperity of Hollywood is not as good as before, and all studios are laying off employees, Luo Yin does not think that expanding the scale at this time is a good thing.

But if it were Howard Hughes's, he wouldn't be surprised.

After all, he was originally a maverick, a guy so crazy that he was willing to spend 4 million US dollars to make a movie. No matter what he did, Luo Yin would not be surprised.

"Photo studio?"

Hearing Luo Yin's inquiry, Hughes turned and glanced at the messy construction site in front of him: "No, I'm not interested in building that boring thing, an aircraft repair shed. This is my goal."

Aircraft repair shed? !

To be honest, it was more difficult for Luo Yin to understand what Hughes said about an aircraft repair studio than a photography studio.

Because this has absolutely nothing to do with Hollywood.

"What gave you the idea that everything I do is for movies, making movies is a hobby for me, and in fact I did my best, so it's time to focus on other things. "

Noticing the change in Luo Yin's expression, Hughes spread his palms and said casually.

As he spoke, Hughes turned his attention to Colin aside: "So, Mr. Colin Looper, what is your purpose of coming to me this time?"

Hearing this, Colin and Hughes looked at each other.

During this period, Howard Hughes was in high spirits. His frequent successes in Hollywood made him confident, and it was precisely because of this that he came up with the idea of ​​switching to aircraft manufacturing.

The magnificent life in Hollywood may be the focus of life for some people, but for Howard Hughes, it is only a small part of life. In fact, much of his life is always connected to the sky. until death.

"So, you're done making movies, Mr. Hughes?"

Instead of answering Hughes' question directly, Colin asked instead.

Facing Colin's question, Hughes frowned subconsciously. He lowered his head and took a puff of his cigar before replying: "I have made the movie I want to make, and I may also participate in it next." Film production, but that will have to wait until I have enough interest. At the moment, I am more interested in making airplanes.”

In fact, as Hughes said.

From 1932 onwards, he focused on making faster airplanes, and it was not until ten years later that he returned to make new films.

"So, if you are planning to come to me to shoot a movie, then I'm afraid you will be disappointed."

Hughes was not short of money, so he made movies simply to satisfy his dreams, just like the reason he built airplanes.

"Perhaps, Mr. Hughes, you can listen to my thoughts on the script first and then make plans."

"I admit, Mr. Colin Looper, you are a person with ideas, otherwise you would not have created a work like "Superman". However, I have already said that I have no interest in making new movies at the moment, so... …”

Frowning, Hughes had a slightly bored look on his face.

Seeing this, Luo Yin, who was standing aside, made a vague glance at Colin, indicating that he should probably stop talking about this topic.

Although he noticed Luo Yin's gaze, Ke Lin decisively ignored the other party's kindness.

Under Hughes's impatient gaze, he spoke slowly.

"Titanic, I wonder, Mr. Hughes, what do you think of this unsinkable ship?"

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