Blackstone Code Chapter 146: Qinggao is great, but can’t make money
James was still helping the children with their homework when he received Cook's call. He was one of the few "highly educated" in the group of truck drivers. Of course, the high degree here does not mean that he went to college or anything. He just finished high school and a year of technical school.
This kind of technical school is not the kind of technical training class set up in the factory in order to defraud the special subsidies for education, but a serious technical school, which learns the driving of trucks and simple truck maintenance techniques.
At the beginning, Cook and his group learned their car repair skills from James. He may not be the most conspicuous one in the group, but for the small group, he is an important core.
People sometimes talk to him when they have some problems, because he has the highest education.
James didn't have a phone at home, and it didn't cost much to install a phone, but the problem was that they had no real value in installing a phone.
No one will contact him all day, and he doesn't need to contact others all day, so most ordinary households don't have a phone, but they have a "phone", a public phone.
There is a public phone booth every 100 meters or so. When they fill in the home phone number, they will fill in the phone number of the phone booth. When the phone booth rings, people on the street will pick up, and then... /
"James, your phone!" There was a scream from the window as if something terrible had happened, and there was an extra bar on James's child's workbook that shouldn't have appeared.
James straightened up. He walked to the window and looked at his neighbor standing outside the phone booth, with a phone in one hand, and at the same time looking at him in a quieter voice, "Your phone, James!"
"I'm not deaf!", he complained, but in fact it was not a complaint, but a tone of gratitude.
This is the neighborhood of ordinary people and the life of ordinary people. They rarely say thank you seriously, and sometimes even replace some similar words of thanks with Mareva and the middle finger, but they are better than those On the surface, they are virtuous, but in fact, people in the upper-class society of male thieves and female prostitutes know more about what gratitude is and how to be grateful.
When he appeared on the reception, he already had an extra piece of pancake wrapped in newspaper. If you didn't care about the ink that might be stained, it was definitely a delicious thing.
The neighbor took the pancake and bumped him on the shoulder, handed the phone to him, and walked away while biting the pancake.
Everyone has no job, they don't know what to do other than roaming the street all day, if at home, the women in the house will denounce their laziness and make them go to the street to find a job , **** knows why these women are forgetting about issues like equality at this time.
After receiving the call, James nodded a few times and hung up the phone. The caller was Cook. Cook asked him to go to a place now, and he silently took this address in his heart.
Most drivers, whether they are car drivers or truck drivers, have an amazing ability, they can quickly locate a place in their minds based on a detailed address information, and can even "see" around the place. view.
He stood downstairs, talked to his family a few times, and left in a hurry.
With Lynch paying his salary, his life is not as embarrassing as it was some time ago, and the atmosphere between husband and wife has become much more harmonious.
About nine o'clock in the evening, James came to the outside of the villa. Facing a huge luxury villa, James was very nervous. He moved his palms. The palms of both palms were sweaty and not greasy. How comfortable.
He wanted to wait for the sweat on his palms to dry before going in, but he didn't expect Cook to come out to pick him up, so he had to wipe the sweat from his palms on his pants.
"Is there anything important to come to me so late?", James asked in a low voice on the way.
Cook's expression is a little strange, "Don't you often tell us some stories, here's your chance!"
In fact, he doesn't think James can get the favor of these big men, and he has some envy in his heart because of this, because he knows very well that once James succeeds, he will become different from them.
In fact, Cook thinks a lot, because even if James becomes a screenwriter, he will not become so important, because screenwriters are the least valuable!
Yes, the least valuable.
The directors made trouble, and the capitalists compromised.
The actors have fought, and the capitalists have compromised.
The staff behind the scenes made trouble, and the capitalists compromised.
Film critics who have little to do with the film have also had trouble, and the capitalists have also compromised.
Only when the screenwriters were making trouble, the capitalists pointed to the door and told them, "Get out of my sight now!"
Well, although he doesn't know, he still can't stop him from being a little envious and jealous. He doesn't want him to be successful, and he doesn't believe it.
But as a good friend, he also hopes that James can succeed, at least there is still some light in his heart.
He briefly explained the situation, James not only did not become relaxed, but became more nervous.
He knew this was an opportunity to change his life, and he would not give up, nor would he want to.
The confused James, accompanied by Cook, appeared in the living room of the villa. At this time, in addition to the young boss Lynch, there were two bosses who were very rich at first sight. , and some stylishly dressed young men.
They may not be very rich, but they have a look of pride on their faces. This kind of look James has seen on the faces of some college students. It is a kind of pride for oneself and contempt for the world. Those who can afford to go to college are not at the bottom.
He became more nervous, Lynch took the initiative to pour a glass of wine and asked Cook to deliver it to him, "Don't be nervous, I asked you to come just because we want to chat with you, but first please read a script , and tell us how it goes."
Cook gave James the glass of wine and the script, and the latter drank some wine and suddenly became more relaxed.
In fact, it's not that alcohol played a role, it's just a psychological suggestion, he did it himself, and it has nothing to do with alcohol. The whole society has a similar conditioned reflex.
He read it very carefully. After about ten minutes, he closed the script and sighed heavily, "It's a great script, the author must have referenced some mythological stories or religious stories when writing it. , which is full of all kinds of metaphors.”
Little Fox and the classmates and alumni next to him had smiles on their faces, but the smiles did not last long, and James let their smiles converge again.
"Such a script can win an award, but the audience doesn't like it. What the audience wants is relaxation and happiness..."
He bravely expressed his thoughts. In the past two years, he also wrote some scripts and sold them to film companies and directors' unions. In fact, at the beginning, he could not do this.
At that time, like the author of this script, he wanted to prove himself artistically, all the scripts were rejected, until he studied a lot of blockbuster movies and started to give up some insistence, he succeeded.
He successfully sold his script and became one of the reserves of the film company or the director's union, so he was qualified to evaluate the script.
Lynch nodded with satisfaction, "So you think that makes this story appealing?"
James has relaxed a lot, and it's one of the things he does best, he's not nervous, "cut out the complicated plot, make the story simple, add some trendy elements, aliens, spaceships, roads Killing, ketchup, and naked actresses..."
"Adult level?", one of the script's creators scoffed, he didn't say more, but the sentence and his sneer seemed to mock James, the guy who reviewed their work, and in the end only this point ability.
Relying on sensory stimulation to catch the audience's eyes is also the most vulgar way, and it is a choice they will not do.
When facing these young people, still college students, James seems to have performed much better than Lynch imagined. He did not retort or swear in anger, but raised the script in his hand in a jokey tone. , "This is also an adult-level script."
Those who were laughing at him stopped talking immediately, and their faces were not very good-looking. The investors directly rejected their script, and their peers did not look down on them, which made them a little annoyed.
One of them took the initiative to come forward ~IndoMTL.com~ to retrieve the script from James, and looked at Lynch and Mr. Fox with a scornful smile of "you'll realize how stupid your choices are in the future", Then say goodbye and leave.
Others also got up and said their goodbyes. Since Fox couldn't attract investment, there was no need for them to continue wasting time here.
Little Fox is a little embarrassed. In fact, at this time, he also knows these classmates. The purpose of the alumni coming here is to attract investment, or to cheat money, which makes him very embarrassed, because he has questioned Mr. Fox's judgment before.
Lynch didn't care about this, he just looked at James playfully, "If you were to write this script, how long would it take you?"
James' heartbeat began to speed up, and he faintly realized that he was close to succeeding, and a new life he longed for was facing him.
After careful consideration, he gave a more suitable time - three days.
The three who decided to read James' script before making a decision let Cook and James leave first, and they had some other things to discuss.
Lynch is a very professional and dedicated person, and when he knew that the Foxes' plan had begun, he didn't think about it.
In any case, these things will bring him wealth and influence, and a cornerstone of his mythical status in business circles.
He wants to discuss with the father and son how to make some money before the movie is even shot!