Raising Dragons in Hollywood

Sami's ability to resist blows has always been very high.

Although I encountered the most absurd filming scene in my life on the first day of joining the company.But after a fun night of 'Dragon Quest' with Mikey, he recovers in a dramatic way.

because……

How can dragon slaying warriors be afraid of difficulties and dangers?

This little trouble is just a small obstacle on the way for the warrior to kill the dragon

Michelon has been powerless to correct this.

Now he can silently filter out 'slaying the dragon' automatically: as long as you like it.

In this way, Sami, who has always been a self-proclaimed dragon slaying warrior, successfully hypnotized himself.

He quickly resurrected on the spot with full blood, and rushed to the battlefield (crew) again with great arrogance, determined to fight the "evil forces" to the end.

However, unexpectedly,

Before he could really take any action, the director Jones approached him with empathy.

"Have you directed any films before?"

"No."

"Oh, now you can try it."

"?!"

The shooting scene has changed again.

Director Alcoholic Jones is still sitting on his high throne (director's chair) drunk and drowsy. The only difference is: this time, the director wakes up and doesn't shout 'do it again', but asks ' What should I say? '

It was the first time that Sammy encountered such a situation. After thinking about it for a long time, he said in a long-winded way: "I think the atmosphere in this scene is very tense, and the actors should run faster instead of walking slowly";

Unexpectedly, Director Jones immediately yelled at the shooting location: "Restart, the actors run faster!" '

'Hello! ' Sammy was startled: 'Wait a minute... I'm just suggesting!Advice! '

I have to say that Director Jones suddenly did this, which really broke people!

because……

- Well, I occasionally look in the mirror and say 'Sammy, you're the best'!But everyone knows that it's just saying something nice to encourage yourself.In essence, I'm just a strange kid with a head full of whimsy and not understood.

——So, I can't lie to myself and believe that without any experience, I will become a powerful director who can replace Mr. Jones and direct the entire crew?

In short, this approach of Director Jones may be a good thing for some newcomers who are good at handling errands.

But for Sami, who has a strong sense of responsibility, it brought a mountain of pressure instead.

He has no way to be sure that each of his decisions is correct; he has no way to prove that his ideas are realistic; and he has no way to guarantee that the TV series will achieve high ratings under his behind-the-scenes direction.

These unavoidable questions, which were on his mind at all times, made him think repeatedly: 'What if I screw up?What if you mess up? "

As for what's the matter of director Jones who screwed up, who told him to let me direct' this idea of ​​shirk responsibility.

Unfortunately, it never appeared!

then……

There will always be bad moments in life.

At this stage of 'helping' Jones direct, that's it.

Sammy was left in a very helpless and terrified situation.

Because he has never been so strongly aware that he is so small in the huge field of directing.

He is like an ignorant countryman who enters the city. He obviously has many thoughts and is full of expectations and enthusiasm, but he completely loses his way in the colorful and prosperous world, and then feels ashamed and at a loss.

Clearly, it takes more than enthusiasm to be successful in anything.

For this reason, he secretly made an almost harsh assessment of his talents: [Poor script comprehension, poor directing ability, childish creative ideas that think they are exquisite, unstable screenwriting talents, He likes to talk to strangers and seems to have almost no mise-en-scène, third-rate drawing skills, and... sometimes high and sometimes low emotions that are too polarized and not stable. ]

These conclusions were almost unbearable for Sammy.

Because no matter how bad the external evaluation is, people like to beautify themselves deep in their hearts, and the difficulty of facing the truth is no less than forcing a person to jump off a [-]-story building.

But if the problem is avoided forever, the problem will never be solved.

Sammy was not willing to admit defeat.

He gritted his teeth, made up his mind, and started a long and protracted battle.

If you have never been exposed to the knowledge of directing, then learn from the beginning seriously.This is an information-advanced society. Any knowledge people need can always be found through various channels as long as they are willing;

I have never had the experience of directing, so I will take root in the crew. Those veteran employees who have been in the crew for half their lives are all teachers, and I learn from them bit by bit with an open mind and understand every link and step of filming.

later……

Director Jones specifically said: "If a person only sleeps four to six hours a day and spends the rest of the 24 hours in a day focused on learning and practicing, there will only be two results in the end, one is sudden death, and the other is success. .But not everyone is Sammy, so don't be like him."

On the other hand, Sammy ignored Mikey for a long time because he was too busy and focused.

After the burnt-out house was repaired, he thanked Rosie and the others, and moved back to his home with Mikey.

But this also means that when Sammy is busy working, Mikey has to stay at home.

Logically speaking, this is exactly what Long wants. He eats and drinks for nothing, lives and lives for nothing, and sleeps openly every day. No one has nagged or worried in Long's ear.

But Mikey was sulking in a strange way.

After coming to the human kingdom, he seemed to be inexplicable even with his emotions.

But after thinking about it carefully, I felt that it was all the fault of that little round-faced dwarf!

It's not that he suddenly hated Sami, or that he overbearingly refused to let Sami do other things, it's just: "You are my human being, but how can you not care about me? I'm still a minor baby dragon."

He imagined that he was like some poor left-behind children in the human community, waiting lonely and cold for a little bit of human charity every day, but the bad-hearted round-faced little Sami didn't know anything, and even destroyed them. "A kind of hidden contract between humans and dragons" (made up by himself), "raising dragons, but ignoring dragons".

This is too much.

Angrily, he wanted to have a good talk with his humans.

But Sammy didn't notice the dragon's dissatisfaction at all.

He is exhausted to death every day, while desperately absorbing knowledge like a sponge, and at the same time ensuring that his work does not go wrong. What should I say', give a correct answer, even if it is not good enough, at least it is at a passing level and does not make mistakes.

So, when Mai Qi sat in the living room, prepared in advance the "plan that took a whole day to write down", and only waited for the humans to come back, he asked angrily "Why do you come back so late every day"...

Sammy had let himself fall down on the sofa exhaustedly.

He closed his eyes, as if he was about to die, and murmured in a low voice without knowing what he was talking about: "Please, I'm exhausted! Can you throw me on the bed? Or, just leave me alone, let me sleep here..."

Noticing the black marks under Sammy's eyes and the limp tone of his voice, Mikey forgave him immediately.

He walked over and easily hugged the person with one hand, steadily, without disturbing the sleeping humans at all.

After all, compared to his tall and strong figure, the round-faced dwarf in his arms was like a lifeless oversized doll, which could be manipulated at will.

Although he is still a minor Charmander.

But the differences in races have become more and more obvious. To him, human beings are as light as a feather. Maybe one day they will be transformed into prototypes, and if they accidentally blow them hard, they will be blown away. .

Thinking of this, Mikey's movements became more cautious.

But when he put him on the bed, he couldn't help poking Sammy's round face secretly.

What makes the dragon sad is...

He seemed to have to face the painful fact that 'his bun seemed deflated'.

"Isn't it good to eat, drink, sleep and sleep every day? Why do you have to make yourself like this?" Little Charmander, who thinks differently from humans, feels distressed and puzzled.

But it cannot be denied that this inevitably made him curious: "I don't like work at all. Is work fun? Why do you like it so much?"

But Sammy's efforts were not in vain.

Soon, Director Jones, who had been refusing to communicate, finally approached him to talk.

"What on earth do you want to do?" The director, who is rarely sober every day, asked impatiently.

"Ah? What?" Sammy was puzzled.

Director Jones seemed to think he was pretending to be stupid, and waved his hand without wanting to hear: "You go to please everyone in the crew, memorize the boring script backwards, ignore others' ignorance, and persist in expressing some inexplicable opinions every day. One It was okay at first, but now you want to dictate the shooting, so, what do you want to do?"

Sami was stunned, and argued aggrievedly: "I didn't, I didn't please anyone, I just asked them for advice. Moreover, I didn't express my opinions indiscriminately, I just offered opinions. I also pointed fingers...not every time you When filming, do you always ask 'what should I say'?"

"I'm asking 'what should I say', but not for your actual opinion, but..."

Facing Sammy's almost serious and stubborn eyes, Director Jones suddenly didn't want to say the words 'but let you deal with it casually'.

At this moment, he suddenly realized that the young man in front of him seemed... seemed to be for real?

The atmosphere became very silent in an instant.

But in the end, Director Jones was ruthless, pretending not to see Sammy's puzzled and aggrieved eyes, and continued to say indifferently according to his original thinking: "I don't care what you want to get by this, but give it up!"

"This show is already in its fourth season. Do you understand what this means? With its potential, there is no money to be made. The company just has no suitable substitutes for the time being and wants to recover the cost. It survived for a few days."

"Two months at the latest..."

Director Jones asserted with great certainty: "It will definitely be cut!"