Producer [American Entertainment]

"Currently, the content of the film is still top secret. My plan is to try to keep the audience from guessing what kind of subject I am going to shoot until the film is released. This can also be used as a promotional point to attract audience curiosity."

Spielberg sat on the leather sofa in the living room, facing William, talking about his new movie.

William nodded calmly, and then praised in his heart, this kind of hunger and thirst marketing method is really good, and when the time comes to post a few specious news on the Internet, it doesn't matter how many days you want to stir up.

"That's the whole idea of ​​the movie right now. The blue folder is the project proposal, and the red folder is all the first drafts of the script we currently have. Melissa has been working day and night for six weeks, and she promises to give her another two weeks She can definitely take care of all the rest. I hope you will give us another chance, read the script before evaluating, and you will find that this is by no means a low-level Disney movie."

"Children's Disney movie" is a senior executive of Columbia Pictures who said goodbye to Spielberg before. Signed letter of intent.

It can't be said that Spielberg doesn't care about this at all. He held back a big move in his heart, thinking that in the future he must use the success of the movie to slap back these words.

But then again, Spielberg is not sure whether he can succeed, after all, the subject matter this time is against the mainstream of the market.If he still firmly believed that it was a good idea when he conceived the idea at the beginning, then his firm heart would inevitably be shaken when Columbia's top management refused without hesitation.

But he still wants to shoot, and wants to realize a dream of his childhood.

He just wasn't sure if most people had such a dream in childhood.He can only lobby as much as he can. After all, in his vision, the funds needed for the film are huge, and he cannot bear it alone.He was even willing to give up the position of the main producer for this.

"The name of the movie has not been decided yet. We have thought about many things, but the tentative one is "ET and Me". If you are not satisfied with anything, we can change it at any time. If we can cooperate again (in May, the horror film "Ghost Driven", written by Spielberg and produced by Spielberg's special assistant Catherine, is cooperating with MGM), for Keep it a secret, and the film will have a new cover name."

Spielberg really intends to maximize secrecy.For this reason, he even insisted on signing a non-disclosure agreement with William before this conversation started.The Colombian executives who had previously rejected Spielberg also had such an agreement.

"I look forward to our happy cooperation."

"Are you so confident in yourself?" William raised his eyebrows and raised his chin, showing a graceful arc like a swan.

"Of course, you will find that this is a good script. Any discerning producer will not want to let it go." In other words, Columbia's high-level executives have no vision, and they will die for many years in the future Regret missed ET's.

"It seems that I need to treat this script more seriously. In three days, I will ask my assistant Wendy to inform you of the result."

Wendy changed her position from second secretary to William's assistant after 007, on an equal footing with Jiye, and even had a faint tendency to direct Jiye.

Wendy now has two interns studying with her.One is from the Bernstein family. He just graduated from Yale during the summer vacation. He was the assistant candidate for William that Bernstein had been looking for a few years ago; Is it Aunt Elisabeth or Sabatino's choice of innocent people.

……

When Wendy first received the news that she was going to bring in two interns, she was not as excited as William thought. Instead, she was a little scared and hopeful, and worried for a long time, especially hopelessly.

She only dared to complain to MiG: "That's a top student, a top student! Handsome, good personality, no matter how you look at it, they should command me QAQ"

"So what if they graduated from the Ivy League? You are too; what's wrong with them being proficient in a few foreign languages? Aren't you also studying? The most important thing is that you have an innate advantage that they absolutely don't have. What are you afraid of?!" Mi Ge kept comforting his good friend.It would be meaningless if William came at such a time, because William would never understand Wendy's inferiority and cowardice. Fortunately, there was MiG in their friendship.

"What advantages do I have?" Wendy looked down at her flat breasts, she wasn't even qualified to be a vase secretary.

"...It has nothing to do with your gender, sweetheart." The two interns are both men, and it's no wonder Wendy thinks about gender, "You are more loyal than them."

"Huh?" Wendy was taken aback, "You mean they are actually commercial spies, just like Jiye?!"

"No!" MiG was speechless. Why is this girl's mind straight? "They will definitely not betray William, but in their hearts, the first order to obey is not William, understand? They are just being obeyed by theirs." Will the person sent by the boss to help William become William's confidant..."

Wendy's eyes lit up all of a sudden: "It's up to me to brainwash them!"

"Uh, you can understand it that way." MiG and Wendy have the same parts, but they also have differences. At least MiG won't become full of fighting spirit from the trough of inferiority just because of these few words. It's so foolish.

But, well, how should I put it, this is Wendy, she can be sad for only three seconds, and the power of the little sun will melt away all the sadness.

……

"Waiting for good news."

After sending Spielberg and his party away, William was finally able to stretch his tense body.He was a little numb from sitting before, pretending to be X is not an easy job.

William looked up at the grandfather clock in the living room, and the afternoon passed without knowing it.He threw aside the two documents Spielberg had given him, and had no intention of looking at them. Instead, he focused on teasing the cat on the living room carpet.In order not to ruin her aloof image by a cat, Cotton Candy could only be teased by Shirley and other bodyguards to bask in the sun in the back garden.

"Are you not interested at all?" Sabatino was surprised to see William's appearance.

William shook his head, moving the cat teasing stick up and down regularly, exercising the cat master to exercise.Marshmallow's weight has become so fat recently that I can't bear to look directly at it. When I walk, I feel like I'm rolling instead of walking on all fours.

"I've decided I'm going to invest in it, no, I'm absolutely going to make this movie!"

I don’t need to read the script with 2B250. William himself likes the story of this movie very much, and thinks that there is no one more suitable to participate in the production than him.He meant that ET is a story about the friendship between an alien and a young boy from Earth.The purest alien William said that this is simply tailor-made for me.

"Then why do you still have to give it three days, so you're not afraid of him running away?"

"Don't be afraid, because he won't find a more suitable producer and investor than me. I like his script, which is my biggest advantage." William has always been very confident in himself, "Wheeler told me Yes, smart directors will understand the importance of finding a producer who likes their script, because they like to give their full support, and investing because they want to make money are two completely different feelings.”

During the three days of waiting, William didn’t have nothing to do. He had to use 2B250 to scan the entire project proposal and script, circle the loopholes and areas that could be improved, and then note more suitable improvement ideas. .

It's just that there is no rush to start this matter from tomorrow, the most important thing right now is...

Master Meow's great cause of losing weight!

The pet doctor's suggestion is to put the marshmallow on the treadmill and run for two steps.But after William tried it himself, he found that Mr. Marshmallow was fresh for a few seconds at the beginning, and after being held on the treadmill and pawed a few times, he stopped running.That is the insistence that I would rather be rolled down by the treadmill's tracks than not move my short legs.

The cat seemed to have grown up, knowing that William wouldn't really let anything happen to him.

"It's just so fat now, what should I do in the future? Beware of obesity in children! Otherwise, it will be difficult to find a wife in the future. Without a wife, where did the baby come from?"

"..." Believe me, this is definitely your last cat, do you still want a future? !

Three days later, facing the faxed two documents full of opinions, Spielberg thought that William was going to refuse, and his heart became even more gloomy and disappointed. Isn't the plan of my childhood dream too unrealistic?

"Yes, there are many places that are not satisfactory," Wendy said on the phone, which no one expected, "It seems that we have a lot of work to do as Director Spielberg."

"Huh? Who are you?"

"Boss asked me to ask you, when will you be free to come to MGM to sign a filming and production contract? And, he hopes that I can confirm with you in advance, the script discussion time that you and Ms. Melissa can spare, and Acceptable venue for discussion."

"Good good!"

So, in the next month, William was once again so busy that he couldn't see anyone every day. The meeting between him and the director and screenwriter was set at the MGM building, which was the closest to everyone's home.

Sabatino flew to Area 11, the small island in the Far East that has long since lost its country name.

When the title of the movie "ET" was finally determined, the script of the movie had already been edited three drafts, and the final draft was reached.

The cooperation between William and Spielberg is very pleasant. They are not the kind of people who don't listen to other people's opinions. They are still in the running-in period of their first cooperation. They are very polite to each other and the atmosphere is naturally harmonious.

Screenwriter Melissa is only responsible for revising the script. She is a very professional Hollywood screenwriter and can withstand revisions over and over again.

Now that William is the lead producer, he is naturally not required to do the script breakdown and budget reports. What he needs is just like what Mr. Wheeler did back then, when someone else came to give the report and veto it.Miguel, Wendy, and the two interns also joined the crew. With the addition of Spielberg's usual crew and the people Wheeler left for William, ET's crew has taken shape.

Because of Spielberg's presence, Miguel could only be the director of the second working group. This job was only won because of William's face.

Miguel adapts well to this: "How many people can be like me? Have the opportunity to learn from so many different famous directors."

As for Wheeler's son, who William and Edward had been guarding against...

It can only be said that they really overestimated this one.It was so fierce at the beginning, but now it doesn't even have the ability to really bring William and Edward to court.

The major lawyers saw that there was no doubt about it, but Wheeler's son was making unreasonable inheritance turmoil, so they were not willing to accept it. Even if it was for the sake of fame, they had to weigh whether it would be famous or shameful in the end, wouldn't they?Coupled with Lowe's reputation, no one would want to die to take this job.

There are also lawyers who are only for money, regardless of winning or losing or reputation, but Wheeler's son still doesn't like to use this kind of person who thinks he will definitely lose.He doesn't like it, he wants to win.

The end result is—to put it bluntly—a dog that can bark can't bite a person.

Edward couldn't laugh or cry, he took a transfer order that came down earlier, moved from Los Angeles to the Microsoft headquarters in Silicon Valley, and left a letter to his father: "When you are sure that the court can be held, please contact me again, thank you. "