hollywood draw

The preparations for "The Flash" in the Warner Studios studio started filming, everything was proceeding step by step. Whether it was the special effects production of Industrial Light and Magic, the training of the protagonist James Franco, or the prop production of the prop set, it went very smoothly.

Although Wayne has to watch these tasks carefully many times every day, but he has not found any major problems. After several years of training, some people have left and some people have come, but the core behind-the-scenes team managers around him still maintain a rare stability in the circle, which has also made this group of people grow into the top team in Hollywood without realizing it.

Some people in the team behind the scenes, such as the lighting director Steve Wilson in an important position, and Mia Kleig, who has been leading the set team in obscurity. They have been working together one film after another since the end of 1990s.

Or maybe the camera director Robert, prop team leader Wicks Hart, casting deputy director Schwartz Bob, black senior sister Julia who is dedicated to editing, and even deputy director Gilmore, in fact, after each new project starts preparation, they all receive the highest salary in the circle in the contract signed with Warner Bros.

Not only the top behind-the-scenes jobs in the circle, but also some of them accompanied Wayne and received enviable honors and recognition at the Oscars. Top-notch salary plus honors all mean good career development. This is also the main reason why Wayne's core team behind the scenes is good, but no one left.

Even the handyman who has been at the bottom of the crew since the second film "Escape from the Deadly Town", still has some of the little people in the bottom of the crew who have been following it. These little people who are helping are not eye-catching, but to a certain extent, it shows that the core team behind the scenes is stable and brings a lot of work convenience to the director.

"What happened?"

After carefully inspecting the preparations, Wayne returned to his office and just sat down. When he opened the work record book and continued to draw the storyboard of "The Flash", he found a rare strange thing. The assistant lady, who has always been serious, had a hint of anger on her face, whose face was not beautiful at this time.

You should know that as his personal life assistant, financial controller, and work steward, Nina has an extremely special status both in the crew and at home.

There is no need to deliberately inquire. Some information has been reported countless times by gossip tabloids. As Wayne's closest life and work partner, her salary has also been hyped up by entertainment media. The media put Nina Klein and Pat Kingsley together to talk about it, which shows her importance.

All the information shows that this woman has a very special status. Almost everyone in the crew has maintained considerable respect for her, because everyone knows that in most places except work, this woman can fully represent Wayne.

In addition, this woman's appearance is easily overlooked and her taciturn and ordinary personality has almost never been able to anger her. This is what Wayne feels strange. Even a fool should know that if you have nothing to do, don't mess with this woman who only reads fashion magazines in the corner.

"It's Lilian."

Seeing the man stopping the work, the assistant lady curled her lips, obviously there was still a hint of emotion on her face.

"Which Lilian?" Wayne asked casually when he heard the name of the assistant lady, but this time, he slapped his forehead and put away his work record book. The expression on his face was no longer casual. "The Lilian who brought coffee to everyone?"

"yep." Nina nodded.

Strictly speaking, this black woman in her forties named Lilian actually belongs to his behind-the-scenes team, but her work is quite special. Every time the crew starts a new project, she always appears at the bottom of the assistant next to the actors and team members. Just like her inconspicuous work, she never attracts the attention of such big names as them over the years.

The reason why Wayne remembers is not because of Lilian's skin color, but because of her work attitude. As a black woman from a slum, she is almost illiterate and does not look in line with mainstream aesthetics. She is completely a black aunt, and she is only responsible for simple jobs such as giving coffee.

When this woman was the same crew as his small workshop, Luke Simmons, the senior brother who was coordinating the crew, recruited her in order to save money, but she has been following her until now. Everyone has already adapted. Whenever there is a new project, this lower-level employee will appear by her to serve tea and water and do odd jobs.

The reason why Wayne appreciates her work attitude is that on the first day of joining the group that year, Luke Simmons told her that she only had to be responsible for the director and the actors. However, after filming a movie, this woman found that the hardest part of the crew was not the glamorous actors and the most powerful director and producers, because they all had their own exclusive living assistants, and the hardest part was often the unknown and hard-working behind the scenes.

Therefore, this woman prepared more coffee, towels and other things every day. Not only did she give the actors and directors these inconspicuous but indispensable life care, but she also gave them these when the staff behind the scenes worked hard and persisted for so many years.

This is also the reason why the woman would be recruited by the crew at the same time as the project entered the preparation stage. She was illiterate and could not learn too much, but everyone appreciated this low-level assistant and was willing to take care of this little person who was struggling in the circle.

"Patrick Demsey, who plays the owner of the S.T.A.R laboratory."

Wayne listened to the assistant's complaint with a little emotion. The actor Patrick Demsey was confirmed by him after the audition and he also joined the group to participate in the preparations. Basically, as soon as Nina spoke, he knew about what happened. The status and class in the Hollywood crew were very distinct, nothing more than something bad happened and was seen by the assistant.

"He actually asked Lilian to buy it six or seven times because the crew's coffee was not up to its taste! f**k, and in the end he even sweared at her and accused her of dereliction of duty at work. If Gilmo hadn't stopped me, I would have splashed the coffee on his disgusting handsome face! Shit."

Similar scenes are very common in Hollywood crews. As we all know, these actors have sensitive personalities. To reflect their status in the crew and other reasons, it is not uncommon to make an assistant. It is common to be furious because of chairs, water cups, and even makeup positions.

"You inform Gilmore now."

With a "Carca", Wayne lit a cigarette, waved to the angry assistant lady, and pointed to the phone on the table. "Just say what I said, let Patrick Demsey and Lilian officially apologize, OK?"

Without any hesitation, Nina picked up the desk phone and dialed the mobile phone of associate director Gilmore.

Looking at the assistant lady who was telling her words, Wayne smiled and shook her head, opened the work record book again, picked up the pencil, and continued his storyboard manuscript.

This matter is actually very simple. If the assistant lady hadn't said it in person, even if he saw the whole thing happening with his own eyes, he would probably not intervene. This is the case with the Hollywood crew, everything is in line with interests. Patrick Demsey, one of the main characters, obviously brings more value than a living assistant at the bottom of the crew.

Besides, as long as he thinks, there are countless jobs waiting for him to work hard, and it is impossible to care about these messy things, so he is not paying attention to the follow-up of this matter.

“Boss, coffee.”

Half a day passed by. When Wayne raised his head again and put down the pencil in his hand, the sun outside the window was far away from the center of the sky. He picked up the coffee the assistant lady put down and took a sip. He raised his wrist and looked at the time, and found that it was not long since he got off work.

"Lilian sent it, she asked me to say thank you to you for her."

Seeing that his boss had drunk coffee, Nina shrugged, her eyebrows on her face also raised playfully, and said to him.

Wave his hand, Wayne pulled the corners of his mouth helplessly and smiled. He knew that the future star gentleman had lowered his head directly. "Is there anything else? Get clean and go home from get off work."

"Hmm, there is."

A smile appeared on the assistant's face, and it was obvious that the work to be reported next was a good thing. "In the afternoon, uh, when you were concentrating on those storyboards, Colin Howard called and said that Warner Bros. had already earned the follow-up income of the first part of The Walker and The Matrix, as well as part of the box office share of Batman: The Dark Knight, and the final part of the basic reward, all of which were put into Greenberg's studio's account."

Is it profitable? It is naturally the happiest thing. It is not just the smile on the assistant lady's face. When he heard this news, Wayne also had a smile on his face.

"The subsequent revenue of the film "The Walker" is very good because of the Oscar effect. The first videotape rental and sales of "The Matrix" have always been very good, especially in the videotape industry. The second filming of "The Matrix" also drives revenue in this area..."

Nina knew her boss's work style, and did not say that she would recite the annoying financial statements according to the script, and directly mentioned the income figures of these two films.

The reason why the assistant lady talks about these two films separately is that it is essentially different from the DC series directed by Wayne, which involves the post-production sharing of full copyrights, including the profits of the big-headed videotape rental and sales, the profits of the TV broadcasting rights, the profits of the sales of peripheral items, the profits of the film's global product licensing income, etc.