Raising Dragons in Hollywood

Sammy has no regrets about leaving Disney.

At the beginning, if it wasn't for Rossi's strong retention, he might have resigned in Chapter 5.

This incident actually hit Rossi quite hard.

It is true that he wanted to develop outwards because he could not get room for advancement, but he did not want to leave the company immediately.So, during the filming period, unlike Sammy who was "no one cares (the company doesn't know where to put him)" and just skipped work, he has been taking care of the crew while working, But obviously, euphemistically skipping work is also skipping work, and he was fired in the end.

Unemployment coupled with the financial problems of the crew...

Rossi is still able to keep his head clear, so it can be said that he is very stable.

As for Sammy himself...

Well, he just doesn't have much money, mainly because he has never been short of money since he was a child.

Don't look at him always low-key claiming to the outside world that 'I am just the son of a farmer, and my family has always grown and sold grapes' an ordinary family.

However, ordinary peasant families do not have a vineyard covering an area of ​​more than 600 hectares (this is the number after the area has been reduced due to urbanization in recent years), plus a large winery that is famous all over the country.

Still, there's not much to say about that either.

What's at home is what's at home, and it has nothing to do with Sammy.

Moreover, he had already made up his mind not to care about the mess at home.

First, he had no interest in grapes since he was a child; second, he had no talent in this area at all.

Compared with those ten-year-old brothers who already know all kinds of grapes by just relying on their ears and eyes, he is really as clueless as cement.

Even now, he still doesn't know what kind of grapes are grown in the vineyard at home?Is it Cabernet Sauvignon or Zinfandel?Not to mention the difference between these grapes and grapes?And what difference can the wine made from them make?

——What tastes serious and heavy?

——What silk is as soft as silk?

—What smells of violets and cherries?

To him, all of these are like heavenly scriptures.

and……

——Why do wines still have the smell of cherries?Shall we go straight to the cherries?

——I don’t understand it at all!

In short, Sammy will never go home to sell grapes in his life.

no way!

Back in the day, despite the persuasion of his family, the brave young boy was colorblind who couldn't tell the difference between paints, but he went to Disney's training to learn art.After finishing his studies, with the great dream of "one day he will slay a dragon", he resolutely decided to go to Hollywood alone!

think about it! (I think) Carrying the golden sunset and messy drawing boards and brushes on my back, with unreasonable confidence and pride in my heart, I went on the road alone recklessly and passionately!From then on, if you don't kill the evil dragon, you will never return home!

Simply the protagonist of the world!

What a tearful memory!

(Micky: The question is why is it dragon slaying again?)

(Mike: ...Did the dragon provoke you??)

however……

A few years later, you still call home and ask for money without saying anything?

Although the group of people at home are probably waiting for this to come out!

Everyone gloated and waited for him to fail and go home crying!

Like talk?

Sami couldn't bear this face: "Don't I want to lose face?"

alas, so...

It is better to ask yourself than to ask others for everything.

Despite Rossi saying 'we have nothing'!

But in Sammy's view, they were far from having nothing, let alone being at the end of their rope.

The most important thing is that there is already a box of samples that have been filmed and are almost as high as a hill.

After pondering for a while, Sammy decided to start editing the material immediately.

The crew has no money to hire any more people.

The editor can only work part-time by himself!

Cut them all out first.

After adding and subtracting, you should be able to have a movie duration of three to four ten minutes.

Then, take these [-] to [-] kinds of semi-finished films and go to investors to discuss the investment again.

After all, if you run over empty-handed and say 'Our movie will be popular, you should invest in it', people will generally not believe it.

So……

What if you take out a part of the finished product?

The credibility of this is much higher, right?

Moreover, after the screening, maybe they will win by quality and strength?

Sammy is optimistic about his films so far.

Therefore, even if it is only a semi-finished product, I am very confident.

thought here.

Sammy told Rossi the method.

Rossi is not someone who can't stand the blow, and it only takes a while to be decadent.

What's more, with a new plan, he immediately regained his spirits. After thinking about it, he thought he could give it a try!

So, in the following time, Sami began to rack his brains to use the limited material at hand to edit a semi-finished film that was barely watchable.

However, he is the director of the film himself. When editing his own film, because he is too familiar, it is easy to overlook some things that are obvious to others.

So, he simply called his (like-minded) friend Mikey over, and sat next to him to see if he could find some new perspectives together.

As a result, Mai Qi once again shivered to see the incomparably cruel side of human beings.

While editing, Sammy claimed it was a 'funny horror movie, not really scary at all' because 'isn't it dramatic to see this blood splatter?When we were filming, packs of blood plasma were played backwards hahahaha, how can a normal person have such a blood loss'.

But unfortunately, his smile is definitely not the same as that of a normal person, well, it is not the same as that of a normal dragon.

The bright red all over the screen made the underage Charmander frightened.

It's really not because he's too timid.

You know, in the dragon clan, killing is also common. After all, dragons have to eat well!

Therefore, in the process of hunting, it is quite normal to kill the prey.

But I don't know what's going on, the feeling of being killed by one blow is normal, and if you bite the wrong place and get a mouthful of blood, it won't scare the dragon at all.

But looking at the thing Sami took, I was speechless.

Because he didn't do it on purpose, but had a unique sense of humor. He always prevented the characters from dying properly, and devised various ways to die. When he closed the window, he accidentally pinched his head off; Snakes are entangled, one person and one snake bite each other, but when human beings die, let's take a close-up of the flat teeth of human beings...

What is this!

Even if I know it's fake, I still have the feeling of 'this is too miserable', or, 'in this kind of movie, the sooner I die, the happier I am'.

Ke Sami was so amused by himself that he cut and laughed beside him.

What's more, it doesn't matter if he cuts the video, he still wants to show off from time to time, pointing to the screen and saying: "I really like this shot. Mikey, look, the policeman escaped, but unknowingly, his arm was injured." The snake swallowed it into his mouth, and then he anxiously exerted force, hahaha, his arm is gone! Look at his bewildered expression, isn’t it very expressive and funny?”

very funny?

Michelon couldn't help but said weakly: "...But, but the arm is gone! It hurts so much."

Sami waved his hand indifferently: "It's fake, it's all fake."

"But you're really good at it." Mikey muttered in a particularly depressing manner.

Sammy laughed smugly.

That cute little round face showed a sinister expression: "Hey, it's just right, if it's not true, how scary is it?"

After that, Mai Qi also discovered that this little round-faced human being not only made other actors so miserable, but also himself.

Because of the lack of extras, Director Sami also went to play two supporting roles, both of which died tragically.

One, a cashier in a small supermarket, was suffocated to death by rolling his eyes while being wrapped around his neck by a snake that fell from the ceiling;

The other was sitting in the car and was directly crushed into meatloaf by the python!

The latter's bloody appearance is too miserable!

The whole body is covered with blood plasma, ketchup and some unclear mucus. If it weren’t for the later part of the video, Sammy suddenly opened his eyes and stuck out the tip of his tongue, licking the ketchup on his lower lip, and facing the camera again Making funny faces, laughing, etc... The dragon is about to collapse, okay?

Why are you so cruel to yourself!

Mikey really didn't like to see this.

In addition, Sammy temporarily added some simple sound effects to some videos.

Even scarier!

Michelon turned pale when he heard that.

Then, he couldn't help imagining in his heart, imagining himself turning back into the prototype of a giant dragon, looking down at this round-faced dwarf with his huge body, stretching out his claws to poke his full forehead, one after another, making him After staggering, she complained: "Look at you, you always talk about dragons, you are evil! You are the most evil, an evil little dwarf with a round face!"

Two weeks later, Sammy scrambled to come up with a makeshift half-finished product.

So, following Mikey, Rossi was also able to watch this work in advance.

After finishing reading, he took a deep breath and asserted: "Sammy, if you do this all day long, the girls will definitely be scared away by you. I think you want to find a girlfriend for the rest of your life, right?"

Sammy was puzzled: "What am I looking for a girlfriend for? My dream is to slay dragons!"

Mikey hugged himself silently.

Rossi had nothing to say.

The next day, they took the semi-finished product and went to visit the investor again.

By the way, this time there may be someone to help intercede.

The actress Melissa who came into the crew through the back door before was said to be the distant niece of the investor, but she has been working hard and never relied on the backstage of the investor to make trouble.

She didn't go with Rosie Sami and the others, but set off directly from home.

Then, meet the two at the door of the investor's house.

However, before driving, Rossi did not forget to call Sammy in advance: "Sami, this Mr. Francis Corian is the first time to invest in a movie, a pure layman, and the investment is just a temporary interest." Therefore, he may not understand movies at all, if he says something you don’t like, don’t worry about it, just pretend you didn’t hear it.”

Sammy doesn't like to listen to these nagging, and thinks that after Rossi became a producer, she became nagging.

But he suddenly remembered something: "Wait, you just said, what's his name?"

"Who?"

"Our investor, what did you just say his name is?"

"Sammy Griffin, you are too exaggerated!"

Rossi was stunned: "You still don't know who the investor of our crew is? Francis Corian."

Sammy blinked in surprise.

Then, he asked: "Then, has that Corian opened several supermarket chains?"

"I heard that Mr. Corrien's family has a lot of business, and there should be chain supermarkets too." Rossi replied after thinking.

Sammy immediately wanted to turn around and leave.

Because he found that this Mr. Corrien was probably still an acquaintance.

A long time ago, this gentleman had been a guest at Griffin's house and jokingly claimed to have 'held and changed Sammy'.

This made little Sami, who was already seven or eight years old at the time, very hurt his self-esteem, and he has been deeply impressed since then...

That's right!

This man knew Sammy's parents and was a good friend of his father's.

But the world is too small, right?

Two people who are completely out of touch with each other in the circle can collide so miraculously one day!

In the end, Sammy didn't just walk away.

Of course, what prevented him from leaving was definitely not the pressure of money, but, he suddenly remembered...

At this time, it seemed that more than ten years had passed since the last time he saw this Uncle Corinne.

Therefore, the other party may not be able to recognize the grown-up self.

With this in mind, Sami decided to keep a low profile throughout the whole process, pretending that he didn't exist, and completely gave up the stage for Rossi.

Poor Rossi didn't know yet that the investment-seeking operation hadn't officially started yet, and the pig teammate he had found had already disconnected early.

Fortunately, Sammy's strategy was still correct.

After seeing that Rossi actually brought a part of semi-finished products this time, Mr. Corrien's expression softened a lot, obviously thinking that his performance this time was more sincere than last time.

Like last time, not showing anything, just saying good things, is like a scammer with empty hands.

and……

This time, his niece Melissa also helped intercede.

Knowing to find someone to help intercede, it is also hard work.

Although he was not familiar with the niece of this distant relative, Mr. Corrien at least felt that he was valued.

And, let's be honest.

He is still quite willing to go and see what the hell this film, which he has invested 200 million yuan in, has been filmed so far.

If the shot is really good!

So, it’s okay to add a little money.

So, several people came to the screening room together.

Rosie took the initiative to run over to show the film, while Mr. Corrien sat in a comfortable chair, just waiting to see the results.

Sammy remained silent throughout.

He also pretended to be introverted and shy and hid behind.

Even in the screening hall that he entered with everyone, he deliberately sat near the door, trying to reduce his presence and not wanting to be noticed: "Please, please don't let Uncle Corian recognize me. It's so embarrassing."

The film is only a semi-finished product at this time, and the soundtrack and sound have not been adjusted properly, and only the simplest version is used.

But every picture shot is still watchable, and the director's skills can be seen.

Just one question!

This is the problem - the style of the film edited with Sammy's aesthetics can be imagined.

So, before Mr. Corrien officially entered the movie-watching state...

On the screen, an invisible black figure has already begun to drag a female corpse staggering forward in the night.

Mr. Corlean almost spit out the water he had just put into his mouth.

He looked at the beginning almost dumbfounded, and thought: "I know you guys are making a horror movie, but why don't you start it so violently?"

At this time, under the weak light, one can still vaguely see the tragic death of the corpse. His face was pale, his eyes were not closed. The murderer grabbed him and dragged him like a dead dog. His legs were dragged on the ground and there were scars everywhere. The high-heeled shoes on his feet kept bumping against the gravel, making noises in the quiet night. Subtle collision sounds one after another.

After arriving at a more secluded place, the murderer, whose face was still invisible, began to dig the soil with a shovel and bury the corpse...

Unexpectedly, at this time, rustling sounds came from the grass.

He subconsciously stopped and turned his head to look.

There was nothing but darkness behind him.

So he lowered his head and continued digging.

There was another rustling sound.

He turned his head abruptly, but there was still nothing.

At this moment……

The camera stopped in the darkness and stopped for about three or four seconds.

However, a dark screen not only did not bring relief and comfort to people, but brought more anxiety and fear.

Mr. Corrien had already put his water glass on one side of the table, and he was a little nervous and couldn't drink any more.

In fact, during the three or four seconds of darkness on the screen just now, he couldn't help holding his breath.

The murderer gradually became restless.

He stopped digging, took out his mobile phone, and looked through the grass again with the help of the weak light.

This time, he finally found the source of the voice...

Countless snakes are coiling or lying on the grass, trees, or beside stones, staring at him coldly.

The murderer screamed, threw the shovel in fear, turned around and ran for his life desperately.

The originally quiet group of snakes was suddenly startled.

They all began to swim quickly and chased after them, and the scene was extremely spectacular.

Even if he knew that the person who escaped was a murderer.

But when he saw a bunch of dense snakes chasing humans, Mr. Corrien still couldn't help but feel a little worried.

But at this time, the snake group found the female corpse on the ground.

The snakes then stopped their pursuit.

Before that, Mr. Corrien was still staring at the screen intently, eager to know whether the murderer could escape the pursuit of the snakes.

So, when the snakes stopped...

He hadn't had time to turn his attention away!

He was totally caught off guard, and happened to see an extremely cruel scene: a group of snakes swarmed up and devoured the female corpse!

Mr. Corrien stood up abruptly, his face livid.

Under the suspicious gazes of Rosie and Melissa, he turned around without saying a word and walked out...

"It's over!" Rossi was desperate at the time.

He thought pessimistically in his heart: "Oh my God, he can't even watch ten kinds of movies. He must not like this movie and won't invest in it."

Melissa was also a little helpless.

She thought, "Uh, what's the deal? Is it really that bad? I think it's okay, it's kind of scary, but isn't that what horror movies are all about?"

However, when Mr. Corrien walked quickly and silently all the way, and was about to leave the screening hall...

He suddenly bent down, couldn't bear it anymore, and vomited towards the floor with a 'wow' sound.

Seeing this scene, Melissa: "..."

Rossi was even more desperate: "Our movie actually made investors vomit, it's over! It's over! There's no hope this time!"

Coincidentally, Sammy happened to be sitting on the sidelines, but his first reaction was completely opposite to Rosie's: "Wow, my movie can actually make people vomit, cool!"

Then, he continued to think optimistically: "Not bad, it proves that the film is really contagious, this wave is stable!"