The Goddess Shines on America

"Hello, is the DreamWorks office? This is the editorial department of "Morning Today". We hope to..."

"Hi, is that Mr. Lawrence? This is the editorial office of Entertainment Weekly, and our respect for your company..."

"Hello, is Ms. Alice Wang the director of your company? Can she accept us..."

There have been countless calls in this category for many days, from morning to sunset. Lawrence just hung up on this type of call and sat in the office with a helpless sigh.

"Sigh, I think this is actually a good thing."

The man sitting on the sofa has a bushy beard and holds a book with a green cover in his hand. It is Steven Spielberg, a famous Hollywood director who directed such masterpieces as "Jaws" and "E-T" .

"The entertainment industry is a place where fame depends on fame. Since that Alice is now a director, it is of course a good thing to be famous. Fame like her now is the dream of many new directors. It is not everyone's dream to become famous overnight. possible achievements.”

As a close friend of this well-known director, Lawrence has no need to hide his feelings at all, and sighed extremely helplessly: "The problem is, I really regret the contract I signed with her now. Why did I not invest at all at that time?" What? From the release to the present, not to mention the five-month long schedule, the box office itself has reached 215 million. God, this is 200 million U.S. dollars! And except for the odds of the publicity fee, I am actually nothing Can't get it!"

Looking at Lawrence's bitter face and speaking from the bottom of his heart, Spielberg really wanted to laugh at him. After all, the veteran Wall Street venture capitalist in front of him has always had an astonishing record, and it would be hard for anyone to gloat at such a big loss for him.

"Ahem, Roger, let's talk about your next step. Alice can be said to be the backbone of your company now, although this movie... I can't tell whether it depends on publicity or whether it depends entirely on quality. Such a high box office, but she is now famous here, and the second film she made will not lose money."

Lawrence didn't speak immediately, but looked out the window.

"Look, there's a figure on that window!"

On the street corner outside the building, a reporter shouted: "This is already the fifth time today, there must be the general manager's office, keep an eye on it, and see if Alice Wang will show up!"

At the same time beside me, without further ado, waste a piece of film first and then make other conclusions.

"Five, six...eight."

Lawrence was in the office building, looking condescendingly at the street outside the window: "Eight reporters, on shifts, guarded outside 24 hours a day, not only to find Alice, but now the entire DreamWorks is within their coverage. Tsk tsk... this I like fame."

I was really helpless and happy in my heart. For five full months, although Alice went to mainland China as early as the end of December, Lawrence witnessed all the changes this movie brought to the company. Just like today, Spielberg came here for nothing else, just to see the script manuscripts submitted by screenwriters across the country.

Long before the release of "Ghost Story", DreamWorks was nothing more than a new company with a registered capital of more than one million yuan. Not to mention that there could be a hundred companies of this size in Hollywood at any time, a dozen or so companies could still make up in half a year. from. If it wasn't for the release of this movie, how could it be possible to receive half a filing cabinet of script manuscripts within a month?

"Well, this "Death of a Middle-Class Man" seems to be interesting..."

Spielberg flipped through the manuscripts, and one of them began with the following text: "My name is Lester Banning, and I will die in a year, but I don't know yet..."

The script seemed very interesting, however, just as Spielberg was about to continue reading, the office door was suddenly opened.

"Hey, Uncle Roger, here I come... Who is this?"

The person who came was Alice, and today was Saturday morning. She was free and neatly dressed in denim and shirts, and wore a white baseball cap. She looked bright, charming and full of energy.

Seeing the surprised look on the girl's face, Lawrence laughed and said, "Come on, Steven, let me introduce you. This is Alice. Alice, this is..."

"Steven Spielberg, it's an honor to meet you. I can say that I'm your fan."

Alice held out her hand to Spielberg in surprise: "So you know Uncle Roger, I really didn't expect to see you here."

Spielberg also shook hands with her in surprise, nodded and said, "I've known your name for a long time, Alice, when I met you today, you are indeed an unusual girl. Anyone can have it."

Alice snorted and lowered her tone immediately: "Stop joking... This kind of fame in the entertainment circle is really unbearable. Just look at the paparazzi outside, Uncle Roger, you know me How did you get into the company?"

Just as Lawrence was about to ask this question, he looked out of the window and said, "Where are the eight paparazzi outside? You should have noticed that they turned over from the back of the building? No, you have to go through the main entrance, right?" ?”

"Just turn over the window."

Spielberg laughed, and took the leading position of the topic back into his own hands: "Alice, look at what book I'm holding in my hand?"

Naturally, Alice had seen the book in his hand a long time ago. The green and black cover was exactly what the latest version of her previous life looked like. She grinned: ""Jurassic Park", Mr. Spielberg intends to Make it into a movie?"

Spielberg's eyes widened: "Yes, I talked to Roger about this issue just now, but he told me that unless the director can directly draw dinosaurs with computer technology, you will never Authorized, is there such a thing?"

The person in front of her is the legitimate original film director. Seeing that the other party is interested in this book, Alice is of course not surprised at all, so she replied cautiously: "Dinosaurs are large creatures, like "Alien", relying on actors to put on a skin It’s not okay to play a role, but if you directly replace it with a robot, let’s not talk about the cost, it’s still too unrefined. But computer graphics are different. Now is the period of great development of the IT industry, and Lucas’ Industrial Light and Magic is even more Take his "Star Wars" as an example, only with that kind of technology can you shoot high-quality goods, don't you think?"

Spielberg didn't think so much. At this time, he frowned slightly and said after a little thought: "Indeed, I was very impressed by Star Wars, especially the way the laser sword and laser gun fired. If you can use That kind of technology to make dinosaurs is indeed better than skinned machinery..."

"The key is the ups and downs and texture changes of the animal's skin when it breathes. This is an effect that skinning machines can't achieve. The current audience is not the same group who watched "King Kong" in the 1930s. Whether or not the film loses money depends on the plot itself~”

Lawrence sat behind the desk, he laughed aloud, "Well, it depends on the plot itself, by the way, Alice, now your "Ghost Story" has shocked the entertainment circles all over the world, are you interested in participating in the interview? Uncle will definitely arrange for you."

Alice glanced at the newspapers on the table. They are both owned by Murdoch, and they are all Australian paper media. The headline of the entertainment section is publishing the news of the local release of "Ghost Story": "Forget it, isn't it just a director? Well, I'm not an actress who relies on exposure to beg other directors' unspoken rules, so I don't have to cause those troubles."

As soon as this remark came out, Lawrence certainly laughed, but Spielberg looked at Alice with a depressed face, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "I said girl, are you really only thirteen years old? Although I have wanted to ask this question for a long time ...Besides, your words seem to scold me too, don't you?"

Of course Alice knew that she had opened a super-large map cannon, she chuckled, and changed the subject: "Speaking of which, this movie did make me a billionaire in one fell swoop, although I still have to give a lot to the theaters. Luo Uncle Jie, are you still interested in making another movie while this is happening? I believe that with the strength of director Spielberg, there is no doubt about the box office revenue, right?"

Lawrence nodded vigorously and said: "Indeed, the performance of "Raiders of the Lost Ark II" released in May is very good, and the scripts of the two parts were written by George Lucas himself. I said Steve, don't you have any more? Are you planning to make a third part?"

Spielberg laughed, waved his hands and said: "It is enough to shoot two movies in one go. If they are released in a short period of time, the audience will experience aesthetic fatigue, and I will also be tired. So...Alice, since You can write a book so well, why don't you come up with another script?"

Seeing the expectant eyes of the two together, Alice rubbed her temples with some headaches.

Movies can indeed make money very quickly. The 1980s was indeed a gap period for classic movies, but many of my favorite movie actors did not mature until the 1990s and the new millennium. Now it would be very difficult for her to throw another one.

"No hurry, haha ​​no hurry, just think about it slowly."

Seeing Alice rubbing her temples, Lawrence took it for granted that the girl was under pressure, and hurriedly said, "After all, you are only a middle school student. Classes are your main job on weekdays. There is no rush for this kind of thing!"

So, Alice snorted.