Raising Dragons in Hollywood

I don't know about other dragons, but Mai Qilong is super easy to coax.

Just sing a song, say a kind word, give a smile, or just be a little more intimate, and this dragon can go all day.

Sammy is careless, and he often doesn't know why the dragon is angry.

But I have to say that with the development of time, even if he is unconscious, he can use his intuition to coax the dragon.

After singing the new song that was a bit out of key, Michelon has completely lost his temper.

Then, after he indulged Mai Qi to touch his head and kiss his face, the dragon completely entered the state of two fools in love, and could only giggle.

Later, when Sammy went to continue discussing the film soundtrack with Hello Band, the dragon was not sour.

He couldn't get enough of the lyrics of the new song, especially the phrase 'Please, let's dance together, you know I love you', he read it over and over again, feeling very happy.

Meanwhile, Sammy's work is going well.

In fact, the key to the successful completion of many tasks is actually finding the right person.

The Hello band is not a band that professionally dubs movies, but their music has a kind of temperament.

It may be because of their early years of homelessness, unrecognized talents, and poverty. In the music they created, people can always hear a kind of helplessness and loneliness, but in the helplessness and loneliness, there is a kind of fearless free and easy. unrestrained.

Sammy's movie is a bit of a borderline affair, and the mental state of the two protagonists is not very normal.

But he doesn't want to give people the impression that the protagonist is weird or miserable, but the normal feeling of 'we are different from others, but we are also normal people'.

"Would a normal person set fire to a gun?"

After learning about Sammy's thoughts, Mick Lee couldn't help but tease him.

But Sammy explained seriously with a small round face: "It's just a way to commit suicide."

Mick Lee smiled and stopped arguing.

However, since this matter is mentioned.

Sammy was struggling with the 'arson' scene again.

In the previous shooting, he was a little less thoughtful and just burned a built model.

Although it was quite fierce to watch the flames at the time, in the later editing, the fire looked too imposing.

"It's still too rushed." Sammy said to himself.

Rossi looked serious: "Don't tell me, you want to..."

"I just want to!"

"Don't even think about it!"

"No."

"It must be done."

Mikey looked left and right, and couldn't help asking, "What's the matter?"

Sammy and Rosie said in unison: "Reshoot."

The two of them looked at each other and were very dissatisfied with each other, so they quarreled again:

"No."

"Row!"

In the end, Sammy was victorious again.

Most of the time, he doesn't care, but in his own field of work, he either doesn't do it, or he has to be perfect.

If it was an unfamiliar producer, he might still have the heart to spend with him, or make some bad moves.

But Rossi is Sammy's friend, so it is impossible for him to think of any wicked way to deal with him, and he is well aware of his stubborn personality (think about it, in real life, someone who can take dragon slaying as a career and persist for more than ten years , can't be provoked, can't be provoked), so, not wanting to waste time, he gave in, and just set an approximate amount, asking him not to exceed the crew's budget.

Sammy had no problem with that.

Since the model built before has been burned, reshooting means starting from scratch.

So, the whole crew started working again.

The props team was busy making preparations again. The costumes and props had been burned before, and now they had to be replenished; the assistant director also hurriedly made the shooting schedule, and had to count the time of the actors. , Call the actors who need this scene, coordinate their schedules, and determine the final shooting time.

In addition, Rossi was pushed by Sammy to mobilize all contacts to find a location that could be filmed on-site.

While he was rambling, he complained, 'Isn't it okay to burn the model?Do you know how much it will cost for live action shooting? ', while working hard to find a suitable venue.

Maybe it really was luck.

Rossi quickly found a good place. There is a factory that is about to close down near the outskirts of the city. In this factory, there are several small rooms similar to staff dormitories. They are simple and dilapidated, which just meet the requirements of the plot.

What's even better is that the land of this closed factory was taken back by the government due to its debts, and it is currently on the government's schedule to demolish the dilapidated factory buildings.

That is to say, the crew can burn down the house at will. The cleaner the burning, the more it will help the government, and there is no need to pay for it.

On the other end, Sammy was not idle either.

Learning the lesson from last time, he no longer let the staff of the film crew be responsible for lighting the fire this time, but hired a blasting demolition company to facilitate the shooting of the house on fire in the film.

For a professional company that has been cooperating with Hollywood crews and filming explosion scenes all the year round, this is just a small business.

There is no need to explode, just set fire, it is too simple.

Therefore, the salesman of their company swears and promises: "This shooting is absolutely no problem, the director can burn it however you want!"

Next, I don’t know if he disliked the lack of business. Because he wanted to expand and expand, he asked attentively with an attitude comparable to that of a five-star hotel waiter: "Director, how do you want the fire to burn?"

Sammy was taken aback.

He asked a little confused: "How do you let the fire burn? What do you mean?"

"Because we have a variety of characteristic service models for you to choose from."

The salesman beamed with joy, and introduced with high spirits: "How do you want the flame to burn? Do you have any requirements for size and shape? We have various packages for you to choose from. For example, you can choose to burn a heart shape." Or burn a six-pointed star? Or burn a fractured canyon? Or burn a doomsday ruin? Or, simply burn a racing track? As long as you are willing to add money, you will be fine.”

Sammy was stunned.

He tried hard to control himself from asking curiously, 'What does the doomsday ruin type flame look like?What does Fractured Canyon look like? ' and 'Long experience, can the racing track still burn out? ', but returned to the topic and said cautiously: "I just want a midnight fire type."

The salesman is very good, even though his face was full of disappointment, he was unwilling to give up and continued to sell: "Are you sure you only need this one product? Actually, we are now offering half price for the second one. The unprecedented discount, if you only buy one, you will lose money." Ah! You can choose a type that sets fire in the middle of the night that you need, and then choose a new type that you have never seen before to play."

Why buy this thing when you are free?

What can be new and fun by setting fire!

Sammy couldn't complain.

He had no choice but to refuse again: "No, no need."

"If you don't use it now, it doesn't mean you won't use it in the future!"

"..."

"You can take advantage of this discount to save a few more, store them with us, and call us when you need them."

"..."

"The discount is very strong, if you miss this time, it will be gone!"

"..."

The salesman clings on to Sammy and sells them persistently all the way.

Sammy was irritated by the disturbance.

He's a little overwhelmed with the type.

Thick-skinned, can't be scolded; high EQ, always polite and sincere, neither scolded nor beaten.After all, no matter how fierce Little Round Face is, he is not a bad person.

However, the fun is...

At this time, Mai Qilong bravely stood up and stood in front of Sami.

He is tall and big, and when he is stern and silent, he still looks very bluffing.

The salesman was startled, and stepped back a few steps in fear of being beaten.

As a result, Mai Qi directly performed a mouth-breathing flame, and then asked blankly: "What kind of fire do you want? I also have a set meal here."

The salesman was taken aback.

But how can normal human beings think of the existence of fire dragons?

So, he said excitedly: "Awesome, brother!"

The little Charmander, who wanted to scare people, was dumbfounded: "What's going on, aren't you afraid? I'm breathing fire."

"What are you afraid of? Isn't it magic? I've seen it before!"

The salesman gestured quite heartily: "Before Chinatown, there were people who performed magic tricks. They smashed boulders on their chests, swiped their arms without hurting them, soaked their hands in oil pans, and sprayed flames from their mouths. They can spray fire for so long. , it is said that at least thirty centimeters..."

"Can humans spray that long?" Mikey was shocked.

The salesman nodded immediately, bragging, "There are still ones that can spray two meters."

This is pure nonsense.

But Charmander, who had never seen the world, was still stunned.

At this moment, he felt ashamed and wanted to dig a hole in the ground to hide: "I'm a fire dragon, yet no human can play with fire?"

Sammy was dying of laughter.

However, although the salesman is annoying to sell.

But the business level of this company is really good, and after the reshooting time is set, their staff will be in place soon.

However, it was very unfortunate that day. Since the afternoon, the sky has been gloomy.

Sammy was particularly worried that everyone would encounter rain when shooting at night.

Unexpectedly, as time went by, although the rain clouds became more and more dense and the sky was cloudy, the rain never fell.

Sami was worried about the rain, and his nerves were tense all the time. Finally, when the weather was about the same, the actors and crew were all in their positions, and they immediately made time to prepare for the shooting, trying to win the show.

Turning on the camera, everyone was busy as soon as possible.

The actors were in their positions, racing against time to finish filming the show before it rained.

Those responsible for burning the house are also ready.

So, after filming part of the actors' scenes, they immediately ignited some flammable materials that had been placed long ago.

At this time, you can see that the money was not wasted.

Professionals do not burn houses blindly. They are particular about the placement of those flammable materials.First of all, it is necessary to control the fire to ensure that the house will not burn down in less than 5 minutes, which will affect the shooting effect; secondly, start from the periphery to let the photographer take a good picture of the fire; According to needs, the staff may shoot back and forth inside and outside the house, and at the same time, put some broken bricks and tiles to increase the visual impact of the scene; finally, when the details are all shot, all the staff will withdraw, and there will be another spectacular raging scene fire!

Until this time, the useless houses were not allowed to burn down.

And the shot of the house collapsing suddenly in the fire will make the whole scene quite dynamic and impactful.

Everyone was in a hurry to shoot because they were worried that it would rain soon.

But fortunately, with the help of God, the whole process went very smoothly.

When the final fire ignited, everyone couldn't help but let go of the tightly held heart.

Everyone looked at the fire with relaxed smiles.

The salesman came to Sami again, doing after-sales work with a smile on his face: "Are you satisfied with our work this time?"

Sami nodded again and again: "Satisfied, satisfied, professional, professional."

"It is our greatest honor to satisfy customers." The salesman continued.

"Oh, good." Sammy nodded again copingly.

At this moment, there was a commotion in the crew.

Immediately afterwards, the photographer's voice sounded: "Director! Director! Not good! Something happened!"

"what?"

"Micky, Mikey's gone!"

"Huh? Where did he go?"

"In the house, in the house!"

"What house?"

"In the fire, in the fire, he's still in the fire! When we were shooting just now, we looked for angles, and you told him 'Stand here and don't move', and he didn't move!"

"..."