Raising Dragons in Hollywood

In the beginning it was a matter of naming the show.

The production team of the TV station wanted to name the program "Dragon Lover" or "Love Story between Dragon and Man" or "Human-Dragon Love".

Sammy thought these names were too scary.

But the most frightening thing is that they actually wrote a script in advance for the effect of the show. The script is full of gore, sweetness, and common plots in third-rate romantic dramas.It is said that it is committed to creating the most beautiful and romantic love story between humans and dragons, and Sami is the best (female) protagonist in the story that combines the truth, kindness and beauty of human beings.

Thank you so much.

Sammy couldn't help asking the person in charge of the program group: "Do you hate me?"

The person in charge smiled.

He explained in a good-tempered manner: "No, we wrote the script in advance, just worried that it would not be planned well, and we will bite the pigeon again."

Mikey was a little embarrassed.

He wanted to explain that I am not the dragon that bites the pigeon in public. The pigeon is too small. If you want to perform in public, how about I give you an elephant?

On the other end, Sami went directly to the person in charge of the program group to recommend himself.

He subconsciously used Mikey's usual way of speaking: "Although it's not something to show off, I should be considered a good director. Since this program wants to shoot me and Mikey, then don't bother everyone. Just let me do it myself."

The high-level executives of the TV station were stunned for a moment, and after a little research, they found that this was feasible.

Firstly, Sammy is indeed one of the most famous directors in Hollywood. Although the shooting style is a bit individual, he can also be called brilliant; secondly, the variety show between humans and dragons is the first in history, and there is no precedent for it. Instead of finding a director who doesn't know anything about it, it's better to let Sammy, who is familiar with dragons, do it himself. As long as the general direction is okay and there are dragon gimmicks in a single shot, there should be no need to worry about ratings.

Sammy began to take charge.

He first set the name of the show as "Sammy and Mikey", which is easy to remember, then canceled the so-called script, and finally, boldly allowed the film crew to install cameras at home to film the real daily life of himself and Mikey.

During this process, all the shots were very ordinary clips.

We ate together, played together, and got busy together (Mike was sleeping, Sammy was drawing the sub-shots, and writing the shooting plan by the way), and finally, countless materials were gathered, and Sammy carefully edited them.

This is not acting.

This is life.

He later said: "I'm not an actor, well, Mikey barely counts, but he's not acting. In this episode, what I want the audience to see is the truth, and the appearance shown in the show is ours. Life. Ordinary life. Dragons and people are really no different, and everyday life can’t be lived like a Hollywood blockbuster. That’s kind of silly. Ratings? I don’t know, audiences are sometimes difficult. I just I can guarantee that Mikey and I are very serious... Audiences who want to see gimmicks, please go to the cinema, there is everything in it."

The TV station definitely didn't like his statement.

Even though the initial pretense was to respond to the government's call and promote the peaceful coexistence of humans and dragons, the TV circle in the United States has always been so competitive that it is almost cruel, and they will be eliminated if they are not careful. Therefore, in essence, they still hope to increase the ratings. .

But now, judging from Sammy's speech, this episode is likely to be filmed by him as an ordinary daily life.

please!Who likes to watch this stuff?

The show hasn't aired yet.

The TV station has already begun to predict its failure.

In order to stop losses in time.

They discussed with Sami in good spirits and cut the originally scheduled four episodes into two episodes.

The reason for doing this is to consider that the first two episodes can still catch the heat of the dragon and attract a wave of viewers, and the effect will not be too bad;

After watching two episodes, the audience lost interest in the dragon, the show failed, there were no audiences, and it just ended.

Sammy readily agreed.

He said privately to Mikey: "Actually, I also don't think there is anything to shoot, and our daily life is nothing special."

Mai Qi nodded in agreement: "There is really nothing to photograph in normal life."

but……

The narcissistic underage Charmander secretly thought to himself while looking in the mirror: "But I'm so good-looking, everyone should like to watch it too, right?"

For this reason, out of some subtle vanity, he also made a lot of preparations, such as eye-catching shiny highlights, very shiny olive oil on the skin, all kinds of bright and shining necklaces, bracelets, rings ...

The producers of the program group were stunned.

He couldn't resist asking Sammy, "Is he always like this at home?" (This segment was also later included in the show.)

——what does it look like?

—Christmas tree.

Sammy smiled.

He put his hands around his mouth in a trumpet shape, and yelled at the dragon not far away: "Mike—! Have fun!"

Who cares about human aesthetics!

What happened to the Christmas tree?

Just have fun!

Dragons can dress up however they want.

This can be seen.

The mediocrity that one man and one dragon thought was not so mediocre at all.

Plots like this emerge in endlessly.

For many viewers, these seemingly ordinary things are actually full of fun.

In addition to Mai Qilong's perennial aesthetic deviation...

Sami, who is obviously a human, behaves strangely and terrifyingly.

It’s okay to hold a skull in the middle of the night to find inspiration, and you still have to eat French fries; it’s okay to eat French fries, but you have to squeeze all the ketchup on the skull and eat it.

The whole scene looks more ghostly than a ghostly movie!

When Mikey accidentally saw it, he was taken aback and almost set fire to the living room.

The camera clearly captured the scene where his mouth was full of sparks.

But when he saw Sammy, he immediately forgot about being frightened and laughed again.

That smile appeared on the screen, bright and innocent, and a little silly, even the hardest-hearted audience, probably couldn't help but curl their lips when they saw this scene.

Moreover, getting along with one person and one dragon is completely different from what everyone imagined.

There is no bloody drama like a domineering dragon falling in love with me, but mutual tolerance and understanding.

Sami can appreciate Mikey's weird aesthetics, and is calm about the behaviors and habits of dragons that are different from humans.

Mai Qi indulged Sammy's whimsy, and always applauded his various weird behaviors and supported him to the end.

The scene of commercial nonsense can be seen all the time in the show.

Michelon blows out a small flame and lights a candle.

Sammy: "Mike, you are amazing, you are the most powerful dragon in the world."

(audience:……)

Early in the morning, Sammy drank his glass of water in one gulp.

Mikey: "Sammy! You're so cool! So cool! You're the coolest human being."

(Audiences:……)

It may be that there are too many 'unremarkable real plots'.

As soon as the TV show aired, the audience loved it.

Later, the two episodes of the program were rebroadcast many times.

The TV station that cut off half of the program on the spot and thought it was decisive, regretted it.