Raising Dragons in Hollywood

Excited, Sammy ran home and stayed up all night writing the outline for the Hello band movie.

But it's just a skeleton, and professional screenwriters are needed to fill him with flesh and blood.

So he contacted Hughes Humphrey, who had previously collaborated on "Snakes" once.

This person is a natural hedonist, and he always spends money like water. He just squandered all the money he earned from the script of "Snake Trouble", and was wondering what to do next, when Sammy's business came to his door again.

He immediately agreed, and also promised to deliver the manuscript within two months.

Obviously, for the drag king, this promise is probably a piece of shit.

But Sammy remembered the last time Rossi fought with him, and he had a simple and crude idea: "If you can't submit the manuscript this time, I will hire a few people to come to the door and beat him up!"

Hughes Humphrey never imagined that this short man with a round face who looked super bully in front of him was actually so cruel and ruthless in his heart, and all he could think about was how to help him buy a package of gang fights and beatings.

On the other end, after dealing with the script, Sammy stood in Brother Kerry's office again.

He showed them the tentative script outline that he had come up with, and expressed his desire to make this movie.

The Kerry brothers looked at each other, a little reluctantly.

Compared with the band movie with unknown prospects, they are obviously still thinking about "Snakes" in their hearts.

However, the director with a round face in front of him was too stubborn to communicate, so he had to read the band's script first.

Big Kerry picked up the notebook first, but after casually flipping through a few pages, he put it aside without interest.

"actually……"

Little Kerry couldn't help but tactfully put forward a suggestion to save the country with curves: "If you must make a band movie, we can also choose a more famous band. For example, by the way, the British, uh, what is the name of the plant, They are still from the planets. They are very legendary, and there are many hot topics. Fights, gossip with female fans, disagreements between the lead singer and the guitarist, on the stage, they fought several times, and staged all kinds of love and hatred. Later, The disbandment was very noisy, it was definitely full of gimmicks, and besides the fans paying for the filming, there should be a large number of viewers willing to watch it."

"Oh, that sounds good." Sammy nodded approvingly.

Then, under the expectant gaze of Kerry, he continued to point to his script with no expression and replied: "But I don't like it, I'm going to shoot this."

This man is simply clueless!

The Kerry brothers were a little bit angry, but there was nothing they could do about each other.

Of course, they can also refuse to invest, but they are somewhat reluctant to destroy the relationship between the two parties...

After all, Sammy might go off and make a movie like "The Snake" sometime.

Finally, after discussing with each other, they said: "You can shoot as you want, but..."

Little Kerry said in an apologetic tone: "There may not be so many investments that were agreed before. After all, our funds are limited."

In fact, I just don't like this movie, so I don't want to invest too much money in it.

Sami understood in his heart, and responded without too much concern: "Oh."

But what he didn't expect was that the Kerry brothers, who have always been generous, are very superb when they are really stingy.

Because a few weeks later, screenwriter Hughes Humphrey came up to him with a serious question: "Aren't you going to give hello money?"

"Ah? What do you mean?" Sammy was at a loss.

"You adapt the script with their real stories, don't you pay?" Humphrey asked.

"what?"

Sami was suddenly surprised: "Didn't you give me any money?"

Humphrey, who has always been unreliable, is surprisingly serious at this time.

With a sullen face, he said very unhappy: "You'd better ask what's going on, although those big fools in the Hello band don't care much, but I think some things can be done even if they are not illegal. It should have its own moral bottom line."

Sammy was so annoyed that he turned around and ran to question the finance staff hired this time.

But the finance minister told him aggrievedly that this was what the Kerry brothers meant.

So Sammy had to go to ask the Kerry brothers again.

Little Kerry replied very strangely: "There is no need to give them money."

Under Sammy's stunned gaze...

He gave a very shameless explanation: "For this kind of small band, isn't this itself a free promotion? Since we have already helped them promote, why should we pay them again? Oh, I Got it. Are you afraid they will make trouble? Don’t worry, if they don’t want to, we can change the name of the band and continue filming. The world is so big, and there are so many unknown bands. As long as we don’t tell them, who knows that we are filming them about?"

Sammy couldn't take it anymore: "It's immoral!"

But no matter how hard he argued, it was useless. The Kerry brothers always believed that this was an 'unnecessary expense'.

Although they are not short of this money.

But why spend it when it can be saved?

For the first time, Sami, who lacks the concept of money and is not short of money, almost cried because of money.

He feels terrible.

Because this is the decision of the film investor, and I am the film director.

This made him have a depressing feeling of 'I and the bad guys are actually on the same side'.

Instead, the members of the Hello band have become accustomed to this unfair treatment.

The lead singer Ke Lin also wiped away his tears. There are rough and hard calluses on the fingers that have been doing manual labor all the year round.But he still had a hearty smile on his face, and he patted Sami on the head gently like coaxing a child and said, "It's okay, it's okay, we don't have anything to spend money in a hurry. If you don't give it, don't give it, you Just take a good shot, help us do publicity, and let more people come to listen to our singing. Sigh, I really don’t want to stand on the stage every time, there are only six people below—two my parents, one my wife , and the wives of the three of them, I'm tired of seeing them."

Sammy was almost laughed out of his tears, but then he felt a little sad again.

Then, he ran to call the elder brother who is currently the richest in the family.

When the eldest brother Duke received the call, he was very surprised.

Because in his words: [Our family's Sa is so stubborn, so stubborn!He said he wanted to slay a dragon, turned around and went out with a bread knife in his hand; said he would never sell grapes, and ran to Hollywood without saying hello as soon as he graduated.I thought that he would never give me a chance to be a good brother who takes care of my younger brother in this life. ]

In short, Sammy told the whole story, especially embarrassed about the loan.

He originally wanted to contribute a sum of money to the Hello band himself, but he usually spends money without counting, and he doesn't have any extra money on hand.Although the "Snake Misfortune" I made before made money, I couldn't see the real money before the release date, I could only see the growth data, so I had to rely on borrowing after much deliberation.

Duke lent him the money without saying a word.

But... He frantically put this matter in the chat group of their brothers and sisters and kept showing off: [Now, do you know who is the best and most reliable brother in Sami's heart? ]

So, in the next time...

Little Sami, who has always lived at the bottom of the family, received several phone calls from his brothers in succession, all in a teasing tone: "Borrow money? To put it nicely, my brother will lend it to you!" "I heard that you are poor You can’t afford to eat, and you have to borrow money to live?” “It’s so pitiful, come here, I will support you.” “Sah, go home and sell grapes, the old man’s vineyard lacks grape picking like you. small worker."

At that moment, the super proud Dragon Slayer Warrior felt defeated: "How can you do this?!"

He couldn't comprehend the feeling of his elder brothers finally proud in front of his younger brother. He just felt that his face and dignity were thrown away in the toilet: "Ah! I've been around for so many years, I can't do anything, and I have to borrow money from my family... ..."

In the end, Sammy still endured the humiliation and gave the borrowed money to the Hello band.

Colin They didn't want it at first.

But when Sammy said 'take it, we can make more new songs', they couldn't help but take the money.

Because 'with this money, people can continue to play music', and all the members of the band couldn't resist that.

Meanwhile, the more Sammy learns about the band, the more obsessed he becomes.

In this band, whether it is the lead singer, or the guitarist, bassist and drummer, there is an ultra-optimistic spirit (probably not optimistic, I would have changed my career and stopped doing music).In the most difficult period, they didn't even have a place to live, only a broken car, four grown men squeezed together, and slept on the street every night.

However, until today, still did not give up!

Therefore, their current way of life is: move bricks, butcher pigs, cook and rent out, and make money to play music;

Perhaps that's what attracted Sammy the most.

He felt that he had some kind of emotional resonance with this band!

Sammy always said: "Dragon is real, and I will become a dragon slaying warrior in the future."

Others said: "Wake up, stop dreaming."

Hello band said: "We want to make music, we want 1 people to come and listen to us sing!"

Others also said: "Wake up, stop dreaming."

In fact, not being able to fulfill your dreams is not a sad thing.

Because accompanied by the exciting BGM all the way, the process of bravely running towards the dream is a happy thing in itself.

On the contrary, it is people's negation, questioning and ridicule that are the most intolerable.

That kind of sadness will accumulate little by little in the heart until it is like a shadow, completely submerging people and making people despair.

But the funniest thing is...

Most of these people who deny, question, ridicule, and even indirectly destroy the dreams of others do not have a very good life. They have no pursuit in their daily life, follow the steps, and dare not even dream.

Sammy appreciates the band's hard-won persistence and loves their personalities.

Therefore, he wants to make a good movie and tell their stories and dreams to more people.

But I haven't waited for the drama to be formed yet.

Because they haven't been able to find a more profitable project recently, the Kerry brothers, who don't understand anything, can't wait to ask some stupid questions: "Sami, do you really think this film can make money?"

Sammy was still angry about the money before, and he was even angrier when he saw them like this.

"Money! Money! Money! Fuck money!"

He shook his fist angrily, and the little round face shouted angrily: "I don't make movies for making money, I am a warrior who defends Love and Peace!"

Brother Kerry: ...

Their expressions seemed to say: "Look, the patients of such and such a mental hospital have been taken out again."