Seven hundred and sixty-six – olive branch

Hollywood Draw 766 – Olive Branch

“Fight for him to invest in you, Chris, as long as Wayne Greenberg is willing to invest in you, the amount of money will become irrelevant, and what follows is an incomparably broad development platform. You can do whatever you want. Brilliant talent, trust me, Warner Bros. can give you all the amenities you want.

Listen, Chris, listen! Show your talent to Wayne Greenberg, remember the stuff I showed you? Many of your ideas are actually very suitable for the production style of this big man.

If he values ​​your ideas, just throw away the shit-like “Memento” script and find a way to join his core behind-the-scenes team for an internship.

Believe me, as long as you can impress him and join his core behind-the-scenes team, it is definitely easier to get results than if you shoot a few movies in Hollywood. Think Zach Snyder, think Guillermo del Toro, even think about that Coppola kid, if you can impress him…”

Last night at the Vanity Fair party, the appointed time was in the morning, but Christopher Nolan woke up early. Since he had just arrived in Los Angeles, the agent drove him to the top of Beverly Hills, in front of the gate of Greenberg Manor.

Hearing the ramble that the manager had repeated many times before he left, he closed the car door and looked up at the main entrance of the manor with a sense of history in front of him.

“I’ll be waiting for you half a block away, call me as soon as we finish talking, ok?”

The window of the silver Chevrolet rolled down, and the agent warned again: “Chris, this is your best chance, seize it, if you miss this opportunity, you might really start from the bottom.”

“Yes, I understand.”

Looking down at the suit on his body, Christopher Nolan hadn’t even approached the gate of the manor, but was stopped by the paparazzi who had been guarding him all night.

“Hey, man, you got an invitation from Wayne?”

“Man, can we talk…”

“…”

But soon, the dozen paparazzi surrounding Christopher Nolan quickly dispersed and ran across the road from the gate of the manor under his astonished gaze. The neat movements make it easy to guess that these people should have practiced more than once.

“Look, don’t let me see you harassing the guests of the manor again, otherwise, I will kick your **** hard!”

When he raised his head, Christopher Nolan discovered that in the guard room at the gate of the manor, a strong white man who looked like a man and a bear stepped out. The other party raised an arm and was pointing at a dozen paparazzi across the road, cursing.

“f**k, I’m not a talkative Hela, and I don’t have any **** hot coffee for you. I only have m1911 here, do you want it? A bunch of scum.”

Similar to the paparazzi who have been squatting at the gate of Greenberg Manor for a long time, they basically have a steel scale in their hearts. Most of the people in this manor are still very talkative. Even the housekeepers of the manor, Hela and his wife, occasionally bring them a cup of coffee.

However, among these good talkers, this manor security chief is by no means included. No paparazzi will try to provoke this Russian bear. They all eat this bowl of rice, and of course they all know that this guy has a very unusual relationship with Wayne Greenberg.

Who can guarantee that if the news of the provocative other party is not received, will the breakfast be treated to a bullet? If you think about it with your ass, you can imagine that Wayne Greenberg would never mind paying some compensation for the security chief.

“Hello, I made an appointment with Mr. Greenberg last night…”

“Eon, let’s go, I’ll take you in.”

Without waiting for Christopher Nolan to explain, Sergey glared fiercely at the group of paparazzi across from him again, and pouted at the manor behind him, indicating that he understood and went in directly.

“You came a little too early.”

After entering the gate of the manor, Sergey invited Christopher Nolan to get on a golf cart and drive towards the interior of the manor along the main road of the garden. “Damn, it’s only less than nine o’clock, the boss should not wake up yet.”

While observing the huge manor, Christopher Nolan shrugged and said, “It’s okay, I can wait a little longer.”

Along the way, the two chatted with each other, and it was the first time he saw the so-called Hollywood celebrity treatment after he came to Los Angeles from London. That’s right, just before he came in, he dared to swear that he saw two paparazzi digging out the trash can not far from the gate.

Comparatively speaking, the paparazzi in the British Isles are even more dedicated than their North American counterparts. After all, Fleet Street has always been famous. Those paparazzi, even politicians, are not spared.

However, he had only heard about taking out the trash can before, and it was the first time he had seen it.

The journey into the manor is much longer than Christopher Nolan imagined, bypassing the garden, and behind it is a green lawn. After passing the lawn, their car stopped beside the fountain in a small square, and only then did he see the whole picture of the main building of the manor.

After Sergey put him down, he drove the car back to the gate again, and the housekeeper Hela took him and walked directly to the living room of the main building.

“Mr. Greenberg hasn’t gotten up yet, Mr. Nolan, would you mind having breakfast first?”

“I can wait a little longer.”

Sitting on the sofa, Christopher Nolan politely took the coffee, indicating that he had eaten breakfast. “Can you give me two newspapers for today?”

“Ok, no problem.”

Basically, as long as it is a newspaper from the mainstream media, Greenberg Manor can receive it before dawn. Hela turned around and put a large stack of newspapers back on the coffee table, nodding politely. “If you need anything else, you can call me anytime.”

“Thank you, ma’am.”

Christopher Nolan could see that, including the security guard who brought him in, and the housekeeper, none of them planned to wake up the master in advance. But this also makes sense. Before he came, he had already expected a similar scene.

Unlike other newcomers who are new to Los Angeles, he is a director who has already made movies. He sees some things quite clearly. With his current face, I am afraid that he has not interrupted the sleep of the Hollywood big man and got up temporarily to see himself. .

Silently thinking about the words after the meeting in his heart, Christopher Nolan took a sip of coffee and opened a newspaper.

“To count the good movies that were abandoned by the Oscars in the past, “Saving Private Ryan” is also the most unfortunate one.

Before this year’s Academy Awards ceremony, the Academy announced that this year they will carry out youth reforms, and what we see is that young actor Cate Blanchett was elected this year’s Oscar winner. This may be the youthful reform that the core members of the academy think they are!

If you look closely, you can find that more than 99% of the core members of the academy still maintain the old-fashioned style, and even these core members who control the academy are still indulging in the so-called “golden age”. Still unwilling to face the development of the times.

Is it because the film style of “Shakespeare in Love” is more in line with the “golden age” of their fantasy, this film can overwhelm everything and win 6 Oscar heavyweight awards? If the rejuvenation reform is like this, then fans will definitely not accept the academy’s rhetoric.

Many people are probably wondering why the Academy ignores the advantages of “Saving Private Ryan” and gives all the heavyweight recognition to a niche biographical film. Through the performance at this year’s Academy Awards ceremony, it is not difficult to find that the Academy has not carried out the so-called youth reform, but has become more conservative and old…”

Looking at The New Yorker in his hand, Christopher Nolan shook his head. It was obvious that on the second day after the Oscars ended, this mainstream newspaper that sold all over North America was openly apologizing for Saving Private Ryan.

Even he could imagine that most of today’s media, the theme is “Saving Private Ryan” aggrieved.

“Can’t the judges really see it? Tom Hanks’ performance goes deep into the soul, and the great acting skills are not comparable to that of the Italian director. Or is it that the Academy has completely ignored the great actors in order to pursue the so-called balancing policy? effort?”

“According to a survey by the relevant data statistics company, over 70% of the existing college members in North America are over 60 years old. This is probably the fundamental reason why “Shakespeare in Love” has become a big winner! If the current trend continues, I am afraid that there will be directors or producers who will take risks and directly shoot “black and white silent films” to win awards. After all, this is closer to the taste of the elderly judges, right?”

“Great victory for the PR lobby, this year’s Oscars…”

What Christopher Nolan didn’t expect was that he picked up several mainstream newspapers one after another, “The New York Times”, “Chicago Sun”, “Film”, “Entertainment”, and even the “Washington Post”. Full of dissatisfaction with this year’s Oscars.

Obviously, compared with the popularity before the Oscars, the controversy after the end has caused extensive discussion in the media.

Ironically, before the Oscars were held, the academy publicized that it was going to carry out youth reforms. After the end, the media tacitly agreed and focused on the “conservative” and “conservative” of the academy.

“Sorry, I’ve been too busy with work these days.”

Just as Christopher Nolan was fascinated by the newspaper in his hand, Wayne walked down the stairs. After sitting down on the sofa, he shrugged and said, “You know, this is the rare time I can sleep in.”

“Good morning, Mr. Greenberg.”

Putting down the newspaper in his hand in a hurry, Christopher Nolan greeted politely. “I came early.”

He is very smart. Even when he saw the two Hollywood actresses who came downstairs, he deliberately resisted and didn’t look around. He stared straight at the man beside him, ignoring the two who were walking towards the restaurant. woman.

That’s right, mainstream newspapers are full of talk about last night’s awards ceremony. But he didn’t ignore it, as long as the newspapers related to entertainment also posted a photo of Wayne hugging the two Hollywood actresses, bending over and getting into the car.

“In the newspapers, the controversy over Oscar must have dominated the mainstream, right?”

Glancing at the newspaper on the coffee table, Wayne didn’t pick it up to watch. He waved to the housekeeper Hela, pointed to the coffee cup on the coffee table, and casually chatted with the London director.

“It’s very controversial.” Christopher Nolan nodded.

He took out a cigarette from the coffee table and lit it. Wayne took a big sip and shook his head with a smile. “After a long time, um, after a few Oscars, you’ll get used to it.”

The media is always like this, don’t let their comments dominate the mainstream, but in fact they know better than anyone else, let them report how they want, not only can they not change the award ceremony that has ended, but also can’t change the next year. An awards ceremony.

To put it bluntly, the sense of smell of the media is the hot topic. In the past many years of the Oscars, when the meaning of dividing the cake was strong, such as when there was no film that could win more than four statues, the media was full of criticism, and the theme of criticism was the cake.

But when this year’s 71st Oscars came to an end, and a certain film won multiple awards, the debate continued, but it was replaced by other topics that could arouse the heat.

Therefore, regardless of whether the college adopts the method of dividing pork or the method of a monopoly, it is impossible to silence the media.

There is a lot of discussion, and there is a great tacit understanding. The media, the losers at the Oscars, the academy, it can be said that everyone is in this tacit understanding, and there is a looming shadow.

“The media never care who is the Oscar winner. The only thing they care about is whether they can find a topic to hype.”

Spitting out a large cloud of green smoke, Wayne pouted his lips with contempt, and said rudely: “The premise is to attract attention, these so-called media who speak on behalf of the masses will be like a group of sharks who smell blood. Come up. As long as you are willing to read it, they just praised the winner as a flower with their front feet, and their hind feet will shove the flower into the cesspool.”

Christopher Nolan shrugged and took a sip of his coffee. This is the first time someone has exposed the essence of the media in person since he came to Hollywood.

“Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, “Saving Private Ryan”, these terms naturally have no shortage of attention, they have a huge influence in North America and even the world, It’s normal to have an awkward voice.”

Glancing at the spread out newspaper, Wayne said casually, “Look, within a week at most, similar sounds will disappear.”

The reason why he would say this is because he understands the essence of these hype words too well. To put it bluntly, this is the result of the tacit understanding of several parties.

Under normal circumstances, there are similar voices of injustice every year. In fact, to put it bluntly, on the one hand, this is to win sympathy points for the public, and on the other hand, it is also to remind the academy that I have been wronged this time. For those interested in Oscars, this method is a must.

The media needs popularity, the academy also needs the public’s discussion of the Oscars, and those who are disappointed need sympathy points. Therefore, as long as the media reports don’t run out of control like a scandal, there is a high probability that it will end soon.

“I have some understanding of you, which is why I asked you to come to the manor to talk.”

After a simple chat, Wayne leaned on the sofa with a cigarette in his mouth, looking at the Englishman beside him. “Once upon a time, I saw a film called “Following”, and I remember the director was named Nolan.”

“Yes.”

Christopher Nolan’s face instantly showed a hint of joy. He nodded and explained: “That “Following”, which cost only $6,000 to shoot, was released to North America this year by a small Hollywood company.”

Unlike rookie directors, Christopher Nolan is well aware that Hollywood has never made film art a topic on the table.

The only way to impress investors is to prove that your project can prevent the other party from losing money, and even allow the other party to make money. There is no doubt that the film, called “Following,” cost a mere $6,000 to produce, and as long as it is released, it is unlikely to lose money.

“Nice script.”

Looking at the script brought by the other party, the appreciation in Wayne’s eyes did not hide at all. The movie script called “Memento” in his hand has no so-called innovation and speciality at all. The story routine is very clear and clear. It can even be said that this is an old-fashioned reasoning and suspenseful story.

What made him feel more liked was a simple project plan attached to the back of the script. Just flipping through it at will, you can see that the shooting time, location, expenses, possible problems encountered during the shooting, and ways to solve these problems are clearly marked on it.

Every director who can succeed in Hollywood must be a master of finding money. With a simple script and plan in his hand, Wayne is sure that the guy around him, even if he can’t get investment from himself, is sure Can impress others.

Because of the feasibility of this project, it is very good.

“Mr. Greenberg, if this project wants to achieve the expected effect, it will cost about 5 million US dollars.” Seeing the other party’s face with admiration, Christopher Nolan quickly struck while the iron was hot. “In the choice of actors, if you don’t invite famous actors, you can save a part of the cost, but in other places, it is difficult to squeeze out the capital space…”

“I like your style.”

Putting down the script in his hand, Wayne thought for a moment, interrupted the other party’s words, and said directly: “I can give you three choices.”

Saying that, he stretched out a finger. “First, my film studio invested in this project. I can assure you that as long as this project can achieve the effect in the script after filming, it will definitely be sent to theaters, and the film will be distributed to Warner. brother.”

Seeing that Christopher Nolan’s eyes instantly burst into joy, he waved his hand to signal the other party not to worry, and extended a finger again.

“I said, I like your style. I believe that the reason why you found me should be the reason for this. Second, after you go back, organize the script and make the project plan as detailed as possible. UU read the book. www.uukanshu.com I can help you deliver this project to Warner Bros. Film and Television Production.”

Speaking of this, he was not in a hurry, looking at Christopher Nolan, who had been lost in thought, smoking a cigarette in silence.

That’s right, the former option is the fastest way to make the project happen. After all, the Greenberg studio is wholly owned by Wayne himself. As long as he nods his head, there is no complicated review process at all, and the crew can even build it up in less than a month.

The latter option is even more fraught with uncertainties. However, as long as this project is reviewed and approved by Warner Bros. and the filming results are good, it will benefit the director’s own development even more.

Because a huge platform like Warner Bros. is in front of us, as long as we can gain their trust, there will definitely be no shortage of job opportunities in the future.

Unexpectedly, after thinking about it for a while, Christopher Nolan was not in a hurry. He looked at Wayne sincerely and asked, “Mr. Greenberg, what about the third one?”

“Abandon this project with a low ceiling.”

Wayne suddenly laughed, he reached out and patted the script on the coffee table. “I’ve been very busy for the past year or two, and you can join my team if you want.”

Facing the olive branch thrown over, Christopher Nolan was obviously stunned for a moment, then looked at the script on the coffee table and fell into silence again.

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