Chatty Hollywood

Of course, Charlotte has to make a lot of preparations, whether to tame or slay a dragon, or become its food.

At present, there are three things that are more important to him -

First, the box office of "Sleepy Hollow".

After reaching 170 million US dollars, the film's box office harvest has slowed down a lot.

However, because the films in the same period were relatively weak, "Sleepy Hollow" still topped the weekly box office list.

This brings it one step closer to becoming the North American box office champion in 1995, and also makes Charlotte even more popular as a director.

However, for Charlotte, who currently spends most of her energy either planning a new movie or thinking about how to train her dragon, she doesn’t have much practical experience.

At most, I just find it much easier to invest on my own.

Yes, this is the second thing.

Preparing for a new movie——

"The Sixth Sense".

In fact, Charlotte first thought of filming this film when she accompanied Charlize to visit her mother in Malcom Nursing Home.

In that place called a sanatorium, which is actually a mental hospital, the living people live in a state of confusion, and they are not even alive.

So, are dead people really dead?

At least, now that it has been confirmed that there is a "dragon" hiding under the Malcolm Sanitarium, Charlotte does not dare to say this.

The movie "The Sixth Sense" is exactly such a story about a dead person who doesn't know he is dead.

"Actually, this movie can also be said to be dedicated to the person I used to be!"

Charlotte sighed inwardly.

As for the third thing, it is to establish the real special effects department of Spectre Studio.

Although it will still be a long time before J.K. Rowling completes "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", now that the agreement has been signed, Charlotte does not intend to wait any longer.

He decided to start recruiting first.

After all, in the United States in 1995, programmers were still a high-tech job, far from being reduced to a handful of coders like China later.

It still takes a lot of effort to recruit more suitable people.

and--

"Are you sure it's okay for me to be the technical director of the special effects department at Specter Studio?"

Alexis asked the question again after returning from a trip near Malcolm Sanitarium.

——In order to cope with the newly acquired identity, Miss Valkyrie has been studying programming a lot recently, but if sharpening her skills in battle can be effective, everyone will not have to study hard in the cold window.

Alexis didn’t have any confidence anyway.

"Don't worry, you can definitely do it!"

Charlotte is quite confident,

"Valkyrie has a unique ability that allows you to easily overwhelm any programmer, even if you don't know how to program at all."

"Is there such a thing?"

Alexis was confused by Charlotte's revelation - she had never heard of such a thing.

"Is it another strange spell?"

"So be it!"

Charlotte nodded,

"In Nordic mythology, as the actual administrators of the Hall of Valkyries, the Valkyries often have to train with those heroic spirits who are highly skilled in martial arts. But the power of the Valkyries is not necessarily higher than those heroic spirits."

"So, they will absorb the power of the heroic spirit itself and use it to fight against the heroic spirit - it's almost like saying "repay the other party with his own way"!"

"so what?"

Alexis was a little confused about Charlotte's words.

"What's the point of even this?"

"This means that as long as you use this spell called "Gray Eyes", you can also borrow the programmers' own knowledge and communicate with them - there will never be a question that you cannot answer that they can answer."

"Because they are the ones who answer the question, right?"

Faced with Alexis' understanding, Charlotte nodded.

"That's what happened."

"That would be much easier to handle."

Without saying a word, Alexis began to study how to use this spell called "Gray Eyes" under Charlotte's guidance.

——There is no way, the closer the ink is, the worse it is. After getting along with Charlotte for a long time, Alexis also understands the benefits of cheating.

As for Charlotte, after he solved Alexis’ problem, he started something he had been planning for a long time——

Refining human skin book!

He had been thinking about this while he was still in London.

After all, although most of his magic theories come from the human heart, to refine some magic weapons and the like, some so-called heavenly materials and earthly treasures are still needed.

However, that kind of thing is almost non-existent in this era.

Luckily Charlotte found some replacements.

——For example, the two trophies won at the Saturn Awards.

When she won the Saturn Award, Charlotte discovered that the trophy that represented his own honor was, to a certain extent, also a magic weapon that could gather mana for him.

So, can you use trophies to refine magic weapons?

Charlotte decided to give it a try.

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Compared with the methodical director, Jodie Foster, as the producer of "Sleepy Hollow", is not so stable.

On the one hand, the success of "Sleepy Hollow" gave her extremely high profits.

But on the other hand, she found that when she saw the profits, investors also pounced on her like hungry wolves.

——This is also a natural thing.

Although the production and distribution of "Sleepy Hollow" are mainly handled by her "Egg" company and Paramount, in line with the principle of risk diversification, the money will not be entirely provided by them.

——Many of the investments in "Sleepy Hollow" came from institutions or individuals who like to invest in movies.

For them, the essential purpose of investing in movies is to make a profit.

Now that there is profit, how could they not show up?

However, Judy didn't want to give them the money immediately.

Nothing more, just a Hollywood habit.

After all, as long as the money sits in your account for one more day, it will bring you one more profit.

However, she also didn’t want to learn from New Line Company, which was notorious in this regard——

The movie queen's moral integrity has not dropped to such a low level.

Moreover, those investment institutions and individuals are not like powerless old guns - it is not easy to default on the money owed to these guys.

"At this time, I need a new project plan."

Judy said to herself.

——This is also a common default tactic in Hollywood.

——The money is still yours, it just needs to be in my account and used by me.

In essence, Hollywood production companies are no different from Wall Street investment banks.

Of course, in order to use this trick and get it recognized by many investors, you need a stable and reliable project with good profit prospects.

——PPT is the primary productive force!

Fortunately, for Jodie Foster, this is not a problem.

"This is a new film from the director of the 1995 North American box-office No. 1 film. This gimmick should be enough!"

Looking at the preparation plan for "The Sixth Sense" in her hand, Judy smiled.

but--

"After getting good results, Charlotte's ambition has become bigger!"

Looking at the requirements put forward by Charlotte in the preparation plan, Judy couldn't help but sigh——

This time, Charlotte asked to be able to serve as the first producer herself and gain the full power of producer and director.

This is actually easy to say. After all, after working together on two films, "Happy Death Day" and "The Turn", Judy already has great faith in Charlotte's grasp of the market.

Handing over the final cut wasn't a big deal.

What really made Judy a little unhappy was actually Charlotte's request to increase the share ratio.

"Fortunately, accordingly, he also started investing in his own movies this time."

The movie queen thought about it for a while and finally decided to agree to Charlotte's request.

After all, directors, like stars, always rise when the tide lifts all boats.

Having a higher status will inevitably require higher power and treatment.

This is a natural thing.

"Besides, he must have made a lot of money from "Sleepy Hollow". He will probably invest most of it in the new movie this time!"

Judy did some calculations and then had a sudden thought.

"Then this also shows that he is very confident in the new movie! This is actually a good thing."

The actress finally set her sights on the script called "The Sixth Sense"...