Producer [American Entertainment]

Early the next morning, William, who was eating at the same table as Sabatino, received a text message from Chapman that she had something urgent in the morning and had to go out temporarily, so that William would not have to go to her house, and went directly to Wheeler's house in the afternoon gather.

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William's reply was terse, because it was clear that he and Chapman had nothing to say.Because of Wheeler's vaccination, he doesn't care about Chapman's attitude, but it doesn't mean that he will come, knowing that Chapman doesn't like him, and sticking to him with a hot face Going up, he also has his pride.

After answering the text message, William suddenly realized a problem. He looked up at Sabatino, who was reading the newspaper leisurely across the way: "You didn't do anything, did you?"

With Chapman's attitude yesterday, she suddenly had something to do today. It is really difficult for people not to think "Did Sabatino do something?"

"What do you do?" Sabatino and William looked at each other, with a pair of calm eyes, looking upright and innocent.

"Nothing." That was all William could say.He wasn't sure if Wendy, that "little traitor", went behind Sabatino's back to make a report.If not, he would have taken the initiative to confess now, and that would be a lot of fun.Some respect, he hopes to win it through himself, not through his cousin.

Fortunately, Sabatino didn't ask too much, just brushed up his daily routine before going out.He raised his finger and pointed to his cheek, and said to William calmly, "Did you forget something?"

"..." William replied with a black thread.

Since William gave Sabatino a good morning kiss last time, Sabatino hasn't stopped joking about it with William.I ask a question every morning, and sometimes at night!

It's nice to have a caring family, but it's even better if the family doesn't come with another side. _(:з)∠)_

"Play this meme again, be careful that I will get angry." William "threatened" Sabatino.Of course he can't really be mad at Sabatino for this, he'll probably just, uh, wait for an embarrassing thing about Sabatino and fight back.

Seeing that William turned around and left, Sabatino could only hide his small expectations again. God knows, he was definitely not joking just now.

The three of William had an extra morning of working time, so they started non-stop on the way to work.

"At least 700 million, no more drop."

This was the conclusion William and the others reached after they arrived at the office.

They strictly follow the requirements of the template, and the tables are listed for a full ten pages. They have checked back and forth hundreds of times.Because they basically take into account all kinds of conditions, including weather, film consumption ratio and additional taxes and fees.

"Most of the 300 million saved is based on MGM, who is willing to share the human resources department with the crew, which saves us from finding a third-party payroll service company." Mig said.

Wendy rubbed her round face up and down, looking extremely painful: "I'm beginning to believe what director Armand said before, he lost weight because of the crew, this is just a budget estimate, and it's almost half my life , After a whole movie, can you not lose weight?! The crew can be so troublesome, the producer alone dares to have six! These are all paid to work! And the wages are very high! Not to mention More production assistants than producers, thanks to the fact that Mr. Wheeler is on their payroll."

Producer (producer) plus different prefixes can really generate five or six different production positions, executive producer, producer, offline producer, on-site producer, co-producer and deputy producer. Producer (or planner).

If it is further subdivided, the positions can be so numerous that outsiders can't tell who is who.

Wendy and MiG are currently in a state of complete bewilderment.What are these and what?Is it really necessary to exist?Can't one person do it all?

The answer is, yes and no.

The crew is like a company, and the producer is equivalent to the department managers of the company.In a small company, the boss's distant relatives can shoulder the responsibility. In a large company, it is unlikely that one person will work part-time as all department managers.

"What is your position now?" Wendy only cared about William.

At this time, the three of them were having lunch at MGM, chatting casually about something to eat.With Wendy around, William and the silent MiG, you never have to worry about running out of topics.

Mentioning the new position, William's emotions suddenly rose: "I've been promoted. I'm no longer an assistant, but an offline producer."

Although William still had the name of a serious producer at the end of the blood red, it is obvious that the producer's gold content would never be an offline producer by Wheeler's side. high.

"Offline? What do you care? Computer special effects?" Wendy actually wanted to ask when she was writing the budget estimate. The word [offline] is really hard not to associate it with the Internet.

William shook his head with a smile: "No, offline is the production fee. In contrast, there is the online fee, which is the main creation fee. Let's put it this way, I will take care of everything the main creators don't care about. Don't tell me, you can't even I don’t know what the main creator is. My scope of work is aimed at the production coordination of non-main creative personnel. It’s easy to understand, right?”

Wendy and MiG shook their heads together: "I don't feel any good understanding at all."

William's addiction to being a good teacher has not yet passed, so he had to suspend this small science popularization session, because the meeting time agreed with Wheeler was coming soon.

It's still a short distance from MGM to Wheeler's Long Beach villa.Long Beach City also belongs to the Los Angeles District and is one of the satellite cities of Los Angeles, second only to Los Angeles in size.With beautiful scenery and pleasant climate, it is a seaside sanctuary very suitable for recuperation.Many elderly rich people in Los Angeles, apart from Malibu and Santa Monica, their favorite is Long Beach.

William is the kind of character who would rather arrive early than be late. He will always feel very sorry for making others wait for him.

"In other words, if someone is willing to wait for you at the appointed place early, it is very likely that that person cares about you, he is willing to spend his time for you, and he does not want you to waste your precious time, waiting for him with nothing to do. .So, a good girl shouldn't prolong the gentleman's care by deliberately being late." While driving, Wendy couldn't stop talking, "This is what my mother told me, someone is willing to wait for you, yes A very happy thing."

"Waiting for others is also a happy thing." This is William's point of view, "The Little Prince said that happiness is when you say you come at five o'clock, and I look forward to it from three o'clock. When you have blond hair like wheat waves, The moment it appeared in my field of vision, it was the most beautiful scenery I have ever seen in this world."

"Then Boss, do you have anyone who is willing to wait for you, and you are willing to wait for her?" Wendy asked casually.

William knew what Wendy meant, but he couldn't help but think of Sabatino, his cousin.No matter how late it was, Sabatino would wait for him in Beverly Hills, and he insisted on having dinner at the same table with Sabatino, no matter how busy Sabatino was at work that day, he was willing to wait.Maybe they won't even say a few words at the dinner table, and there will be unexpected quietness and warmth.

"My cousin." William dared to think and say.

"It's so cunning, family members don't count." Although Wendy stifled her little thoughts about William because of her age, it didn't affect her desire to gossip.I always feel that no one is worthy of my boss, why is it swollen? !

MiG in the passenger seat, through the rearview mirror, saw William's happy expression when he mentioned Sabatino, and his expression was complicated.

No one was late for the Wheeler family meeting.

After William and his party arrived, Chapman also arrived ahead of schedule.This time Chapman finally stopped being so sloppy. She washed her hair and changed into clean clothes. Although she still insisted on not wearing makeup, she looked more energetic, er, masculine and tough.

Sitting in the living room, William saw through the window that Chapman had parked her silver SUV in the front yard of Wheeler's house, and she pulled out a large brown cardboard box from the trunk, which should be Filled with various documents.

Wheeler's wife showed great enthusiasm for Chapman, who called Mrs. Wheeler "aunt."

Wendy didn't say a word, but she kept rolling her eyes at Chapman, and she rushed away with disgust, hmph, she's just a related party, so I'm ashamed to say someone else!

Wheeler was sitting on the couch, smoking his pipe, watching the budget estimate that William had asked him to "deny".

When it was really impossible to reduce the budget, William simply broke the jar.

2B250 can't give William any advice in this regard, because 2B250 doesn't understand the price of the earth, and the network that has just emerged on the earth cannot allow 2B250 to collect relevant information more accurately.In the end, William could only bite the bullet and pass this budget to Wheeler as a wrong example, and he was ready to be scolded.Wheeler has always had two faces and is never human at work, no matter who you are.

However, Wheeler did not speak while watching.He read the ten-page budget estimate for a long time, and kept quiet from beginning to end, making it impossible to guess his mood.Even after Chapman came in, Wheeler just kept watching, keeping Chapman waiting for about 10 minutes.

The room was "quiet", Chapman didn't dare to ask, but she seemed a little angry with William because she didn't let him show Wheeler the budget estimate so early!And that's just the first edition!Unfinished first edition!

Wheeler finally looked up from the file, and he handed it to Chapman: "You haven't read it yet, have you? Take a good look and we'll discuss it later."

William was even more uncertain about Wheeler's meaning. His tone sounded very serious, but it didn't seem like he was going to lose his temper with William, but more like... against Chapman.

Chapman flipped down the printing paper quickly, his face became paler and paler, and sweat even oozes from his forehead.

"What do you think?" When Chapman read it twice, Wheeler asked her with cold eyes.

"Is there something wrong with the budget estimate?" William finally couldn't help but ask, he really couldn't bear the suffering of such riddles, even if it was rude to interject, he said, "I'm sorry, it's my first time doing this and I don't have much experience. It just started yesterday morning, I'm not justifying myself, I also know that the budget is a bit exaggerated. Please give me some more time, I will work hard..."

"No, boy, you're doing well, not the 'Because your cousin is Lexenbra, and my grandson thinks you're good because he's working under him now' is very good, it's really good." Wheeler comforted William.When facing William, Wheeler's attitude switched to the friendly channel every minute, like the kind of spring breeze.

But when Wheeler looked at Chapman, he became cold again: "You let me down so much. Can I ask, why didn't you give William the example?"

There are some things that laymen can't see, but experts only need a glance.

William and Wheeler didn't need to say anything, just looking at the classification method of the table content, Wheeler knew that Chapman didn't give William an example at all, because this classification did not conform to Wheeler's or Chapman's usual style.

But it is more practical and organized than their previous ones, and can clearly show expenses.

Chapman bowed his head in shame.

"It was I who intended to make a form in my own style, sorry, Mr. Wheeler, but I was taking my own way..."

"No, it's me!" Chapman's attitude was still so tough. She interrupted William and took the initiative to admit her mistake. Ross file; also me, tell him not to wake me up if he has a problem; and, I forgot to tell him that the budget estimate is his three days' work. I'm just going to give him a warning so he can behave, Take this job seriously. Don't think that with two assistants, you can easily go about your day."

Chapman originally planned to start teaching William this morning, which is a very common kind of "the year of the college entrance examination just started, and the math teacher always likes to use a super difficult problem that confuses everyone (including the best students in the class), Come and wind everyone up, and then teach from scratch" situation.

But the plan couldn't keep up with the changes, and the associate producer changed his mind temporarily, so Chapman had to rush to deal with his problems first, and William was forgotten in the end.