Made in Hollywood

"Why should we be afraid of competition? Which successful summer movie didn't win in the heat of competition?"

Standing at the conference table, Mel Gibson leaned forward and put his hands on the table, as if he wanted to use this special way to strengthen his tone, "Could it be that we have to change the schedule of "Saving Private Ryan"? Makes us the biggest joke in Hollywood!"

"Nobody said it was going to change."

Shelly Lansing, CEO of Paramount Pictures, rubbed her forehead lightly, "But we have to be careful! Duke Rosenberg has the qualifications to make any competitor cautious!"

Paramount Pictures’ entire publicity plan in North America and abroad revolves around the Memorial Day schedule, and changing the release date is the stupidest choice.

"Actually, you don't have to worry so much."

Relatively speaking, Martin Bob has the most relaxed expression on his face, "I have definite news, Duke Rosenberg is not shooting a pure hot war movie as we have always thought. It is said that he wants to gradually transform, from now It can also be seen in some commercials that the film does not have the exaggerated popcorn-style plot of the past."

He laughed, "Let's think about it, why are Duke Rosenberg's films so popular in the summer?"

Before waiting for everyone to answer, Martin Bob himself gave the answer, "Dazzling sports shots, fast and sharp editing, and hot special effects scenes!"

"Yes, this is Duke Rosenberg's fundamental film style!" Mel Gibson took over and said, "It's also the biggest selling point of his films!"

"What if he wants to change this style?" Martin Bob's mouth turned up completely, "I got the news that he wants to add humanistic care and a lot of anti-war ideological content to the film! Everyone, think about it, How terrifying would it be for a purely commercial director based on visual effects to suddenly want to shoot a movie with ideas and connotations?"

Many people, including Mel Gibson, laughed.

"How difficult is it for a commercial director to make a transition? Everyone knows it." Martin Bob added, "Even if you count this year, Duke Rosenberg has only been in Hollywood for four years, and I admit that he got most of it. A director who can never achieve commercial achievements in his entire life, but he wants to transform into a successful film through a film? Is there a more funny joke than this?"

"Yes, some commercial directors are able to make successful transitions." Shelley Lansing apparently agreed with Martin Bob's words, "but even as genius as Spielberg, it took nearly ten years and several works to achieve commercial success. Beyond success and recognition!"

The atmosphere in the conference room was a lot more relaxed, and everyone discussed a few more words, and the topic returned to "Saving Private Ryan". After all, the two sides are going to collide head-on in the summer season, and the competition will not just stay on the lips.

"We will determine the style of the film as soon as possible," said Martin Bob, "to develop a targeted suppression strategy."

"The media under Viacom will cooperate with the announcement of the film." Shelly Lansing continued, "As long as necessary, we will take extraordinary measures!"

Mel Gibson, who had been silent for a while, suddenly raised his head, "Is it possible for us to start with Duke Rosenberg himself? He has caused us a lot of unnecessary losses!"

Every day the filming plan was delayed, the cost would increase accordingly. Because of the explosions, Mel Gibson's filming took nearly ten days longer than the original plan to complete, as well as the payment to the horse rental company and the stunt performers, especially Shaw. En? Connery's injury allowance is a lot of money, which directly led to an increase of nearly 5 million US dollars in the production cost of "Braveheart"!

"It's hard!" Martin Bob sighed, "Except for being lewd and getting entangled with some pretty actresses, Duke Rosenberg can't catch too many sore feet."

If the other party is gay or addicted to drugs, how could he sit back and watch, and he would have made scandals all over the sky long ago.

But getting tangled up with pretty actresses? This is the case with almost every director in Hollywood, and the tabloids have not hyped up Duke Rosenberg's lace scandal, and it's just a little talk.

"Beautiful actress?" Mel Gibson tapped on the table and whispered to himself, "I seem to have heard Sean mention that he once pursued Sophie Marceau."

"Martin, just find a suitable attack point."

The competition between "Braveheart" and "Saving Private Ryan" is directly related to Paramount's revenue. Shelly Lansing did not hesitate, "Paramount will attack with all its strength!"

When the meeting was over, the specific work was naturally performed by professional staff. Mel Gibson, Martin Bob and Shelly Lansing said goodbye, walked out of the conference room, and walked towards the elevator.

"Hi, Mr. Gibson."

Mel Gibson, who had been contemplating, nodded when he heard someone greet him in front of him. The other party was Lovett, who almost became one of his co-managers. He used to be CAA's most promising young agent, but in Duke Luo In the case of Senberg, like the entire CAA, he made a stupid mistake, and then unfortunately took the whole blame. After Martin Bob came to power, he not only lost his partner qualification, but also was sent back to the mail room. .

Originally, Mel Gibson ignored Lovett's plan. He suddenly remembered that the other party used to be Duke Rosenberg's manager, and hurriedly stopped him.

While standing in the elevator room and waiting for the elevator, Lovett had a contemplative expression on his face, as if trying to recall events from a few years ago.

"There was nothing special about Duke before. The biggest advantage was focus and hard work. Although he didn't seem to have much talent at the time, if there was a disadvantage, it was that he dumped his girlfriend too fast."

"You know his girlfriend from school?" Mel Gibson asked.

"Probably remember a few." Lovett said cautiously, "Perhaps a temporary female companion is more appropriate."

Mel Gibson nodded, Lovett seemed to remember something, "I have something, I wonder if you heard it?"

"What's up?"

"It came from Madonna." Lovett lowered his voice, "A friend of mine has a good relationship with Madonna's personal assistant. I heard that Madonna played an SM game with someone when she was attending the Victoria's Secret catwalk in London. ."

"That's all?" Mel Gibson looked impatient. "Isn't this happening to Madonna less often?"

"This time is different!" Lovett said mysteriously, "It is said that Madonna was on M's side this time, and was beaten for two days without getting out of bed!"

Mel Gibson showed interest, who could label that crazy woman like this?

"It's Duke Rosenberg!" Lovett gave the final answer. "The assistant said, Duke used a belt and smoked Madonna for five minutes!"

"Does he have this hobby?"

Having said that, Mel Gibson's eyes flashed with thinking, and then he shook his head. After so long, Madonna didn't make any movement, obviously didn't mean to pursue it, and no one knew whether she enjoyed it or not. What if you got someone to dance the Madonna?

Madonna is not someone who can be easily controlled, and CAA has no advantage in front of her.

The elevator door opened, and Mel Gibson walked in, still thinking about the things Lovett had mentioned and whether he could make use of them.

Beautiful and sexy female stars, as long as they are normal men, they will like it, and some people will have the desire to destroy beautiful things. In the movies made by Duke Rosenberg, he never hides his style of destroying everything. Is this kind of Does the style carry over to his actual life?

"Hi, Mel."

When the elevator door opened, Mel Gibson saw the French beauty waiting outside and greeted him with the same enthusiasm, "Sophie, why are you here?"

"Come and negotiate some contract terms with CAA." She pointed to the elevator door, "I'm going up."

Seeing the closed elevator door, Mel Gibson remembered that Sophie Marceau was about to enter Hollywood and was negotiating with CAA about the specific contract terms.

He took out his mobile phone and called Martin Bob, "Martin, I have some thoughts on Sophie Marceau. I'll talk to you about the specific content later. Will you delay the negotiation with her for now? Then we'll talk about it after we talk."

Hanging up the phone, Mel Gibson hurriedly left Century City, went to a Los Angeles hospital to see the injured Sean Connery, and at the same time confirmed whether Duke Rosenberg had really pursued Sophie Marceau.

Duke had long forgotten about Sophie Marceau, who was filming the finale of the film in Ireland.

It has been more than two months since the film started shooting. With the completion of the most difficult head-to-head battle scenes, the crew has completely found the best state and the most suitable rhythm. Duke is most worried about the ability to control the literary drama. A few literary dramas that were purely about personal emotions did encounter some troubles, but after all, he is not a rookie in "Speed ​​of Life and Death". After a week of adjustment, he gradually found his own rhythm, and the actors' acting skills are not like action movie actors. They are so watery, and the progress of the falling is gradually catching up.

He dare not say that he is doing better than Spielberg in the past, at least it has absolutely nothing to do with the word bad.

"I have a feeling, Duke."

While sitting on the rubble of the studio drinking coffee together, Tom Hanks said to Duke next to him, "After the release of "Saving Private Ryan", the audience in Hollywood and the United States will change their inherent perception of you."

"Well, from a successful commercial film director," Sophia, standing behind Duke, filled the two of them with coffee and teased, "turned into a failed commercial film director!"

Duke was too lazy to pay attention to her and said to Hanks, "In order to prevent me from being ridiculed in the future, Tom, show all your strengths!"