"Duke, this is Nancy Collins' novel "Love of Monsters" published in 1994. The story I tell is derived from, which explains the origins of werewolf and vampires in detail, and tells their grudges and hatreds for thousands of years."

Listening to Wallace Lee's words, Duke's eyes quickly browsed through the short and medium-sized novels placed on the table, and a sense of familiarity surged into his heart, especially the plot of a female vampire falling in love with a special human being, which seemed very similar to a movie I had watched.

Wallace Lee said again, "I have met the original author, but the price he offered is something I personally cannot afford. And a man named Ren Wiseman from Lakeshore Entertainment is also in contact with Nancy Collins and wants to compete for the adaptation rights."

Duke closed the text brought by Wallace Lee, thought for a while before saying, "Lee, you know, the script doesn't mean anything to Hollywood."

Just like he was hitting a wall everywhere, it was just a fantasy to impress Hollywood with a script or a story.

Many people believe that as long as you have talent, you will shine in Hollywood, and good stories and movies will definitely kill Hollywood and even the whole world. However, Duke has been in Hollywood for ten years and was still bleeding at first, but now he is gradually climbing to the top leaders of this circle, and he has a deep understanding of this.

Hollywood is indeed a place that has something to do with art and talent, but in fact, making movies is a business, not an art.

Therefore, Hollywood-related industries are called "acting arts" and have never been "acting arts".

Perhaps some people think that Hollywood is looking for geniuses. On many TV shows, you can always see Hollywood agency companies. Film companies tell the audience in front of the camera that we are looking for geniuses in movies. This is simply one of Hollywood's biggest lies.

In fact, if someone believes what they say and calls several of the largest agency companies in Hollywood to tell them that they are the geniuses they are looking for, they will not react. They will even hang up the phone directly.

In fact, what Hollywood needs is not a genius mind, but a brand with marketing potential, such as James Cameron, Duke Rosenberg, Tom Cruise and Tom Hanks, etc.

Whether it is a producer, author, actor or director, Hollywood does not value talent, but the potential for profit. Many times, what impresses Hollywood companies by aspiring young man in the film industry, such as Duke, is not the artistic nature of his works, but the benefits that his works can obtain.

When a person's name has the ability to attract audiences, or to attract money in the audience's pocket, then he is the so-called "genius" that Hollywood is looking for.

People who can enter Hollywood are not all talented, but they must know or know how to package themselves and make their names a brand, to a certain extent. This is also a kind of talent.

In this commercial paradise, creativity and stories are very needed, but everyone knows that creativity and stories are the least valuable. Hollywood's super popular movies have very simple stories, such as "Independence Day" and "Titanic". In terms of the storyline of the script, at most, it is the level of a second-rate or even a third-rate screenwriter.

It is no exaggeration to say that such stories are not creative. If a newcomer took such stories to the film company, no one would pay any attention to them.

Hollywood is eager to seek talent? Hollywood is a place where talent will be valued and shine? Don’t be stupid.

Just like when many people hear Hollywood, their first reaction is that this is a place to make movies.

Indeed, a large number of movies are produced here every year. Major Hollywood companies and directors and investors, including Duke, also hope that the public will only regard Hollywood as a place to make excellent movies.

But the fact is that film production only occupies a very small part of Hollywood. This is an industrial area for film marketing, not a creative production paradise.

Just like those so-called low-cost big-money videos, are they really cheap?

Their production costs are only over 100,000 US dollars, but how much is the cost of marketing?

In Hollywood, people spend more time marketing movies, probably twice to triple or even longer than making movies.

Movies in the Hollywood sense are not things that directors shoot and edit on their own cameras. They can only be called films (ilm), while movies (touch vie) are films that can be finally released in cinemas after a series of marketing activities.

The biggest difference between these two concepts is that the film does not make money. Movies can make money.

Only when a video can publish advertisements in the media and promote it to the public, it realizes the transformation from "video" to "movie".

Just like Duke's videos, they always create a huge wave of publicity and marketing every time, stories, creativity, art... are all very cheap in this process.

Of course, many artistic and ideal directors will choose to take the film festival path.

But in fact, if you want to participate in most film festivals, including the three major European film festivals, not only do you have works and art, but you also need to prepare a lot of money!

If a movie wants to participate in a film festival, the producer needs to submit an entrance fee to the film festival, which is often expensive. There are various expenses submitted next, such as the cost of printing promotional materials, transportation fees, staff compensation, expenses during screenings, and public relations activities funds...

If you are lucky, the film meets a publisher who is willing to buy at the film festival. At this time, the film has nothing to do with art. All discussions will only revolve around "profit", "sales" and "distribution".

Does this sound particularly unartistic?

To put it bluntly, whether it is a person or a video, if you want to be valued in Hollywood, you must first prove that you are valuable and can bring benefits.

Otherwise, no matter how much you say, you will be rejected, rejected, and rejected like Duke...

Can a story and a creativity attract investment? Talent will be valued? This dream is indeed beautiful.

Before we prove ourselves, all stories and creativity are nothing and ethereal.

Therefore, Duke closed the script and shook his head slowly at Wallace Lee.

Just when Wallace Lee thought Duke was going to refuse completely, Duke spoke again, "I will buy the adaptation rights, but Lee, you need to prove to me that you have the ability to direct this video."

"I will!"

Wallace Lee is not the ideal young people after all, "I will make a detailed plan after completing my current job."

"I'm waiting for you." Duke handed the novel to Tina Fey.

It is never an easy thing for a person to go from an assistant director to a director.

As it got late, Duke left Anna Prinz and Wallace Lee for dinner together. Several people threw away the topic of the afternoon, and more were discussing the later stages of "The Twin Towers".

Because of the progress of some post-production work in the trilogy during the same period, "Twin Towers Shock" has progressed significantly faster than "The Rings Expedition". According to Duke's expectations, all the post-production work in the second part can be completed around the New Year.

Although there will be a long holiday for everyone in the middle, Duke will not wait until the release of "Two Towers Shock" before starting the post-production of the third part. He plans to officially carry out the editing of "Return of the King" starting from February.

After dinner, Wallace Lee and Anna Prinz quickly bid farewell and left.

"Tina, when will mom come?"

Back in the living room, Duke first asked about his mother's itinerary. Tina Fee immediately replied, "The latest will not exceed next Monday. Mrs. Leah will meet Miss Johnson in Tokyo and fly to Los Angeles together."

Duke calculated the time and shouldn't be hit, so he felt relieved.

When he walked to the sofa, he saw Tina Fey reading the novel, and then told him, "Let the Duke Studio get the right to adapt the movie as soon as possible."

"Yeah." Tina Fei nodded.

But Ivanka walked over curiously, leaned over Tina Fei for a while, and asked Duke, "Do you seem to value it?"

"Take it?" Duke shook his head, but did not explain.

After seeing this novel, he naturally remembered the movies of werewolf and vampire that he had never seen several times. He had a vague impression. The film investment was very small and the box office was not high. However, if it could be produced continuously, it would have produced considerable profits, otherwise it would have been abandoned by the production company.

If Wallace Lee proves that he has the ability to direct commercial films, Duke will choose to invest. If he can't, then leave it to others, such as Anna Prinz.

This female director is not like Sofia Coppola, and she is somewhat resistant to the tremendous pressure to direct a film alone.

Duke won't give the green light in business decisions just because Wallace? Lee was his former classmate, so he would end up going bankrupt if he had three dukes.

The Duke Manor was brightly lit, but the night sky above gradually became dark. Under the bright starry sky of Beverly Hills, a yellow Chevrolet turned onto the auxiliary road and parked lightly in the parking space. Pushing the door and walking out a woman who looked a bit sturdy.

This was obviously a Latino. She closed the car door, strode to the cafe on the side of the road, pushed open the glass door and walked in, swept through the restaurant with a sharp gaze, and the high partition blocked her gaze.

"I'll look for Miss Jessica."

She said to the waiter who was walking over, and the waiter immediately led her to a partition.

"Hi, Jesse." She smiled brightly.

"Hi Michelle."

Like the best sisters, Jessica Alba stood up and hugged Michelle Rodriguez.
Chapter completed!