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Jodie Foster did call Charlotte, and she did not mention the specific movie title, but as soon as she mentioned Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", Charlotte reacted immediately

"Sleepy Hollow"!

This is a movie that Charlotte loved very much in her previous life, adapted from "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving.

So, when he heard what Jodie Foster said, he understood.

However, the original version of "Sleepy Hollow" was only released in 1999, but now it has been moved forward to 1995. Apart from other things, can the special effects technology keep up?

Charlotte remembers clearly that although "Sleepy Hollow" has a strong dark gothic style due to director Tim Burton's own style, special effects still play a large role in it.

Before Hollywood's special effects companies had gone through the exaggeration of "Titanic", would it have been more difficult to do those special effects?

Charlotte never thought that those special effects could not be done, but many times, if there is no previous experience to draw from, the cost and time required for implementation will increase significantly.

This is one of the reasons why many directors in Hollywood worship James Cameron

This master is a pioneer in Hollywood film technology!

Think about it, how much development cost of new technology has he left for everyone?

From a cost perspective, although Charlotte admires Kashen, she has no interest in being such a pioneer.

At least not in the movie "Sleepy Hollow."

However, when he thought about it again, he suddenly realized that this was a good opportunity.

Because he has an advantage that no other director has

He can control ghosts!

Other directors need to design a scene for a long time and then spend money on special effects. He may be able to easily create it as long as he finds the right ghosts or spells.

Especially the special effects scenes involving ghosts!

However, in order to avoid others noticing that he knows magic, it is best for him to create a studio as a cover.

In this way, when faced with other people's problems, just say that the studio's technology is awesome.

What's more,

This is actually a good way to get money

For example, a special effect about a ghost may cost US$100 on the market. To ensure that he gets it, he can only quote US$90.

Anyway, the fact is that he doesn't have to spend a dime, he just needs to find a real ghost or cast some magic to get it done. So isn't the $90 his pure profit? ?

If he does this, when some large-scale productions in which special effects cost account for 70% of the total production cost appear in the future, he may earn more by outsourcing special effects alone than the producer who gets a share of the box office!

Of course, for now, that's still a fantasy. The most he can do now is in films he directs.

However, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and the first step must always be taken.

Isn't it a very suitable starting point for a movie like "Sleepy Hollow", which does not have a lot of special effects and has ghost elements?

This is why Charlotte wants her studio to have a special effects department.

"However, even if there is a movie, to establish the special effects department you mentioned, we will have to recruit people after all, right?"

Lao Qiang was still thinking about Charlotte's words.

“Would your geeky friend who was working on new technology with you want to come over?”

"Due to some agreements signed with the current company, she cannot leave there in the short term and can only provide remote technical support for the time being."

"She!?"

Lao Qiang and Addison Yang noticed a word at the same time,

"Is that geek friend in Silicon Valley you're talking about a woman!? A female programmer!!?"

"What's wrong!"

Charlotte looked disapproving;

“Are female programmers rare?”

"Strange!"

"Of course it's strange. I always thought that programmers were a separate species and there were no females at all!"

"..."

Listening to the prejudiced words of these two guys, Charlotte didn't know what to say for a moment.

"By the way, what's her name?"

Lao Qiang asked after being surprised.

"Alexis Rachel Haydon."

Charlotte said the name he had prepared. At this time, I heard someone behind me asking,

"What's wrong with Alexis?"

It was Charlize who spoke.

The girl had just made a large bottle of lemonade in the kitchen of her new home and wanted to ask the three people who were helping her move to taste it.

Then, she thought she heard Alexis' name.

"We're talking about that Alexis guy."

Charlotte winked at the girl;

"We were talking about the new movie special effects technology she helped me get!"

When did Alexis have this skill?

Charlize was very confused.

However, seeing Charlotte's gesture, she also knew that the other party was probably lying again, so she asked in a familiar tone:

"Speaking of which, how is she doing lately?"

"It's still the same."

Charlotte was very satisfied with Charlize's reaction speed.

Although according to the evaluation in the previous life, the acting skills of Charlize Theron, who won the Oscar statuette, were not very good, but now the Charlize who has been with him for more than a year

"Sally, I think your acting skills have improved a lot recently!"

After roughly packing up everything and seeing off Lao Qiang and Addison Young, night had fallen. Charlotte stuck out a thumbs up in admiration of the girl's improvisation.

"I've deceived people with you so many times, I've learned it through practice."

The girl sighed leisurely.

"..."

"Tell me, what's going on?"

Charlotte was left speechless by what she said, so Charlize directly brought the topic back to the topic,

"What do you mean by the nonsense you told Lao Qiang and the others about Alexis?"

"That's the post-resurrection identity I prepared for her."

Charlotte shrugged.

"Although it's not a complete resurrection."

"So fast!?"

Charlize was taken aback;

"Didn't you say there is still one condition missing?"

"Yeah, but it'll be soon!"

Charlotte explained,

"Jodie Foster is interested in adapting "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and wants my help. If everything goes well, I can create a demon tree in it that communicates life and death."

When he said this, what he thought of was the tree of death in the original movie "Sleepy Hollow" that bleeds and has its hole filled with human heads.

In the movie, the tree is the passage for the Headless Horseman to travel between the Yin and Yang realms. Isn’t this setting perfect for my needs?

"However, before filming begins, we have to find Alexis's skeleton first!"

Charlotte concluded.

"OK."

Charlize agreed casually, but looked a little absent-minded.

"Sally, what's wrong with you?"

Charlotte asked worriedly.

"Aren't you leaving yet?"

Charlize looked at Charlotte and bit her lip.

"Walk!?"

Charlotte was stunned, looking at the girl's shy eyes that seemed to be dripping with tears, and suddenly remembered the agreement she made two days ago.

I see!

He understood,

"Sally, are you going to fulfill your promise and "cook me a dinner" today?"

"……All right."

Charlize's face turned redder.

"I'll go get ready first."

After saying that, the girl ran away as if running away.

Charlotte's blood started to boil. He took advantage of the short break while the girl went to prepare and checked around the villa to avoid leaving any loopholes that could be easily invaded.

"Charlotte?"

The girl's voice came from the kitchen.

Looking through the light, the girl's blond hair shone like a halo.

She was wearing a white and blue plaid apron, with her two slender legs straight together, and her hands behind her back, just like the armless Venus.

Charlotte swallowed involuntarily.

"I'm going to turn around now!"

The girl said softly.

Charlotte's head was spinning. She was about to nod when she noticed Charlize's chest.

Well, it’s actually beautiful there too. but

"Sally, can you put that spider in another room first?"

At such a beautiful moment, even if the spider is not conscious now, her mood is very complicated when she looks at it! ! !

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