hollywood draw

27 - A Favor

After leaving Jennings' office, Wayne drove the car to think about the initiator of all this. He believed that even if the other party was just an inadvertent idea, it would be an unsolvable problem for him.

The matter was very clear, and the cause was a person he completely ignored, Adam Goodman. This was something he had never expected. The other party actually couldn't play games, and then asked the parents to start the real-person pk.

Besides, Wayne has not been in school for half a year. This game that lasted for three years should have ended with their respective growth.

“son of a bixxh!!”

He angrily patted the steering wheel, and never expected that he would have really stumped Adam, a spoiled child like Adam.

Is the other party clever? Not at all. In Wayne's opinion, even if he doesn't have to talk about this to him, just use his office phone number and name to dial it to those small companies.

After going around, the reason was that this made him feel funny in an instant.

Now that the root of the problem has been discovered, it cannot be solved with Wayne's ability. It is like a dead knot, tightly entangling his hands and feet.

"Do you really want to sell the film to Miramax?"

He was considering gains and losses. Although he didn't look at the imaginative words he said to Harvey Weinstein, the thing he knew best was that a director without any qualifications wanted to get a low-cost film and sign a distribution contract for mainstream commercial films.

Do you think of Miramax as a charity? Or do you think of Harvey Weinstein as a philanthropist? Or do you think of those who issue companies having problems with their heads?

Harvey is not an idiot and will never make any crazy decisions. All those unrealistic ideas are just excuses he used to perfunctory Harvey.

If this continues, there is absolutely no chance of luck. He began to imagine what to do if the film was really sold to Harvey.

The film "Happy Day" is an absolute premise. Harvey is optimistic about the market potential of this film, but he should not have much patience. This kind of low-cost independent niche movie is far from being followed by a big shot like him, and such a novice director has no value either.

It's a headache to think about it. This is the time when Wayne doesn't know how many times he thinks the movie is not as easy as he thought.

Putting aside everything for the time being, he returned to the apartment and walked into the room opposite. He did not tell Naomi about the troubles he encountered, and stayed at the opposite side after the two of them had supper.

Facing the enthusiasm of this blonde girl again, Wayne actually felt like he was a different life. Most of the time, women were always the best medicine to treat men. At least tonight, she temporarily forgot those worries in her.

At the same time, in a villa near the seaside in Marbury, Townsend Rossman, head of the distribution department of Twentieth Century Fox, received a call. Perhaps the person who called him was quite special. Townsend Rossman sat up from the bed in surprise.

He signaled his wife next to him not to speak. Townsend sat on the bed and listened patiently to the other party's words, and replied one or two from time to time. His wife also looked at Townsend strangely. He usually would not care about work after he returned home. I don't know who had been chatting with him for so long.

"It's certainly OK, but are you sure you want to do this? I want to remind you and Ruben that this is not a small amount of money. If the result is not ideal in the end, you are very likely to pay a large amount of money that will affect your life.

OK, no problem, you can call a lawyer to Los Angeles to sign a contract at any time. I will talk about this with Jeff tomorrow. I just didn’t expect that in more than ten years, you guys in Ruben will contact me because of this. I’ve paid him back? Okay, don’t worry.”

After hanging up the phone, Townsend Rossman leaned against the bedside with some emotion, slowly recalling the past.

"Townsen, is there any problem with the work so late?"

His wife's words interrupted his trance, took off his glasses and placed them on the cabinet beside the bed. He slowly lay down. "No, an old friend called me and wanted me to give him a favor. Go to bed, it's getting late."

The sunshine in Los Angeles is always bright. Wayne slept until noon. Naomi opened the curtains before he was awakened by the sun.

"Oh, Nami, what time is it now? This sleep is so comfortable." Wayne yawned and sat up slowly wearing his shirt.

"It's time to have lunch, I bought pizza. You slept so hard. I came back from class and realized that you haven't gotten up yet."

"Sorry, I haven't slept so well for a long time. It's okay to get up anyway, and I don't want to go to school." Wayne replied lazily and walked into the bathroom.

"Hey, young man, I forgot that you are still an ungraded child if you don't say it. Then what are you going to do? You can't just lie in bed and sleep all the time."

"Sweetheart, you know more about me than anyone else. In the afternoon, I was going to go out for a walk and suddenly relaxed. I really didn't know what to do." Wayne sat next to Naomi after taking a shower, picked up a piece of pizza and asked her:

"What do you do usually?"

"After the filming is over, I will attend classes three times a week, and I will go to the crew to audition for those little characters without lines." Naomi asked Wayne tentatively:

"Is it really impossible for our movie to be released? I know you've been busy all this time for this. Is there no way to do it?"

Looking at her cautious look, Wayne sighed and said, "There is another last way to sell it to Miramax at a loss. Except for them, no small and medium-sized company with the ability to issue is willing to buy it."

Sometimes Wayne did think that if this woman was not engaged in this industry, she would definitely be a good candidate for her official girlfriend or wife. But the fact is that she could not leave this industry. This was her dream. When Wayne saw that when she looked at Beverly Hills, she knew that she could not give up her dream of fame and fortune.

He admired Naomi from the bottom of his heart, her tenacious personality and patience. She is scheming, does not lack means, and she is decisive enough to be able to gamble whenever she has any chance. In Hollywood, these qualities are definitely positive reviews and the basis for success.

But these are definitely graves for lovers, and Wayne didn't want to have countless hats without realizing it. He had long discovered a rule that people in the circle are united, the more famous they are, the faster they divorce. The more they show their affection, the sooner they break up.

This is the natural rule of this circle and no one can escape it.

"In the end, if there is really no company willing to buy it, will you sell it to Miramax? Wayne, I know you, you believe it can succeed more than anyone else, but I don't know the reason for your confidence for the time being. You will never be willing to lose money, right?"

Naomi looked at him seriously. Of course she hoped that the film would be released. Only when this film was released can she have a slightly better resume.

"I don't know, Nami. I really don't know now, but there is one thing you've been wrong. My bottom line is much lower than you think. In the end, if there is no other way, I will definitely not be willing to do so. This film is just a graduation work."

As the two were talking, Naomi put her hand in front of her mouth and signaled him not to speak. In Wayne's puzzled eyes, Naomi listened carefully for a while before speaking:

"I seemed to hear the phone ringing at your house. I thought it was an hallucination just now. Someone should be looking for you. Go back and take a look." After Naomi said that, Wayne seemed to hear the sound of the phone.

He quickly put on his leather shoes and the two returned to his apartment together. The moment he opened the door, the phone ringing stopped for a few seconds, and then began to ring again.

"It seems that someone has something urgent to ask you. Go and answer it quickly and see who can be so patient and call for so long." Naomi pushed Wayne, and the two sat next to the phone together.

Wayne shrugged indifferently and pressed the speakerphone: "Hello, this is Wayne Greenberg."

"Director Greenberg? I'm Terry, the 20th Century Fox Distribution Department. I want to talk to you about the release of the movie "Happy Day". When do you have time?"

Naomi and Wayne were both stunned when they heard the words opposite. No matter who they were, they would never dare to find such a movie giant to release movies. Wayne was not that naive.

Naomi saw Wayne was stunned, and quickly pushed him and pointed to the phone. "Of course, of course, I have time at any time, and I can do it in the afternoon."

"Ok, Director Greenberg, you know the address. It's in Beverly Century City. When you arrive, you can come to the distribution department to find me."

"Okay, I'll set off later." Wayne waited for the other party to hang up the phone, stared at Naomi in a daze, and picked her up. "Nami, did you hear it?"

"I heard that it was indeed Twentieth Century Fox."

No, Wayne lets go of Naomi, things are not right. He will never believe that pies will fall from heaven unless he has a halo of mental retardation today.

Seeing Wayne sit down, he suddenly put away his happy expression and calmed down again. Naomi asked him in confusion: "What's wrong? Go change your clothes quickly, and you have to rush to Century City, time is not enough."

"Okay, it's always a good thing. Let's go and check it out first. Please call Jimmy and ask him to go directly to Fox Building. He is close to it. Do you want to go and have a look together? OK, go change your clothes, let's go right away." He said as he walked into the bedroom, preparing to change into a formal outfit.

Walking into the bathroom, Wayne tidied his tie in front of the mirror. No matter what it was, he asked an industry giant like Twentieth Century Fox to contact him, he was not going to miss this opportunity.

He had no other choice unless he was willing to accept the disgusting fat man's exploitation. Even if he lost money, as long as he could use the 20th Century Fox distribution channel, Wayne would wake up laughing.

Distribution companies have always been at the top of this industry, and the distribution networks of these giants in Hollywood are definitely the most powerful channels in the world. Except for some multinational record companies, no company can match them.

"Wayne, is that okay? Jimmy said he was waiting for us at the entrance of Fox Building."

"Okay, let's go right away."

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