novelraw Chapter 104
Chapter 104
In a safehouse on the outskirts of San Francisco, the atmosphere was less rosy.
Frank Horton was wearing a custom-made dark gray suit, sitting on a chair in the room, his powerful body leaning forward, staring lightly at the man who was forced to kneel in front of him.
This is a middle-aged Hispanic man.
He has an ordinary appearance and an ordinary resume. What is extraordinary is that he was lucky enough to sneak into the crew of the Titanic and become a temporary worker in the props team.
"Tell me, who told you to do this?" he asked.
The man with his hands bound didn't dare to look up, for fear that something more terrifying would happen if he saw the faces of these murderers who suddenly kidnapped him.
He just shivered and said: "No, no one, I just can't understand-ah!"
Before he could finish his sentence, a heavy blow from the bat had already fallen on his back.
Frank frowned slightly, and glanced at the black-haired young man who suddenly attacked, but didn't say anything.
He slowly put on a pair of rubber gloves, stepped forward, grabbed the hair of the man who was writhing on the ground, and forced the man to look up to face him, "Very well, I think you recognize my face—then tell me , who gave you the courage to attack my only daughter?"
This dead dog-like man was finally beaten up, put on a hood and left at a street corner in the lower city. He looked no different from most homeless people.
The black car without a license plate sped away, and the man who fell on the ground took off his hood slowly, baring his teeth and spitting out a bloody tooth.
"Damn rich man!" He cursed, but he also knew that there was no way to call the police on this matter.
This is not only because I received black money to deliberately create an accident, so I was wronged first, but also because the other party dared to show their face blatantly, they must have already dealt with everything.
Besides, those hats in Los Angeles are not good men and women.
Consider yourself unlucky!
Fortunately, for the sake of the crew's reputation, both James Cameron and Fox have tacitly chosen to suppress this matter instead of allowing Josie Horton's lawyer to sue him.
But that's where the misfortune lies.
He can no longer find a job in Hollywood and has been completely banned from the industry.
"You're too impulsive, Frank." John Triest said helplessly, "There are still FBI and plainclothes police around you, and many people want to take a bite out of you."
Frank leaned on the sofa, poured whiskey for himself and his personal lawyer, and said from the glass: "Don't be so serious, John, come and have a drink with me."
John Triest glanced at his friend, had no choice but to take the whiskey, loosened his tie and sat beside Frank.
Still he said, "You know, Frank, we've worked really hard over the last few years to get to where we are - we're just one step away."
"That's why." Frank took a sip of the amber liquid in his glass, his eyes deep. "What worries me is that our allies don't seem to be as reliable as they used to be."
"what do you mean?"
"The person who did this was very professional. The anonymous letter clipped from the newspaper, the bag of cash thrown at the door, did not leave any special marks or useful clues." Frank shook his glass, "But unfortunately, Josie was just affected. Minor injuries and shocks - he could have done something more serious, enough to take Josie off the shoot, or shut down the crew."
This is where Frank still hasn't figured it out.
This seems more like a warning?
But he didn't continue to dwell on this issue, but turned around and said to John Trieste: "Forget it, the most important thing at the moment is that I have to send a more professional bodyguard to Josie's side, because I have something bad." a feeling of."
"Okay! What do you think of Old John?" John Triest mentioned someone who had worked for Frank before, as a police officer and as a private investigator. "He still has some contacts in the Los Angeles Police Department." , and his personal abilities are pretty good."
"Yes." Frank agreed with the suggestion, "There is one more thing, I was wondering if I could take this opportunity to make an appraisal of Josie's mental state."
As he spoke, he turned his face away and frowned deeply: "John, look at Josie now, do you think puberty really has such a profound impact on a person's character?"
...
When Josie returned to Rosalie, there was already a strong white man with a bare forehead beside her, very taciturn.
It was still very early, and she brought people all the way, and received a lot of greetings and care from the staff.
"Oh, Jon, I'm fine, I can keep filming."
"...TC, you know, it's just a minor injury."
"Oh, Russell, I'm fine, remember to make me look better in a moment... Deborah, yes, I'm in great shape, I haven't gained or lost weight in three days."
Josie walked all the way to her trailer, and her makeup artist and hair stylist threw her a little surprise party in the car, with balloons and streamers on the ceiling of the trailer, and some food from the dining car. a handful.
Well, Americans love to party.
However, it was less than 10 minutes of excitement, and the arrival of director James Cameron made the party end early.
Everyone went back to their jobs.
Josie sat in her chair and asked them to make her today's style.
James Cameron pulled up a chair and sat not far from Josie, glanced at Old John who was inspecting the trailer, and said, "This money will be paid by the crew."
Josie followed Cameron's gaze after hearing this.
"Okay, thank you." She agreed directly without being hypocritical.
"To be honest, I didn't expect you to take the initiative to resume work so soon." James Cameron thought about it, and said frankly: "You should be very clear about the current situation in the crew. It is very important to us that you can come back now. important."
If even the heroine quit the crew early due to an accident, James Cameron could already imagine what he would face.
He originally planned to visit Qiao Qian personally, but to everyone's surprise, before he could come, the other party offered to return to the production team to resume work.
It was a surprise.
"It's just what I should do." Josie was habitually modest, "I also hope that the Titanic can be completed smoothly."
James Cameron nodded lightly, and promised in a solemn tone: "Okay. No matter what, I will remember your contribution to the Titanic."
Is this the friendship of a great director?
Josie was not overjoyed, but asked about Leonardo's situation, and after learning that it was only a slight strain, she felt relieved.
James Cameron finished talking to her and left her trailer to do errands—he always has more to do.
There was silence in the trailer.
Josie looked down at her new Motorola.
In addition to many friends calling to express their condolences, her netizen Miss Robin heard about her injury and asked her for a safe talisman from Chinatown, and told her to carry it with her.
Josie thought it was quite novel. After all, the perception of a country on the other side of the earth was still very strange in this era. Even after many years, few people would understand the thing of "Safety Talisman".
However, she accepted Miss Robin's kindness and asked her to send the package to Kelly's house.
Robin: Don't you believe this?
JH: No, I do.It's just that I didn't expect that my friend would be as fascinated by oriental culture as I am.
Robin: You could say the same.
Robin: By the way, I will continue to learn painting in the future. The book list you opened last time was very helpful to me. Let this be my return gift.
JH: Then I’m not welcome~^_^~
Robin: ~^_^~?a smiley face?
JH: Exactly.
Robin: -·_·-You are working, is it okay to chat with me all the time?
JH: Not quite yet, I mentioned to you that my working hours are not very fixed.
Robin: That's fine, ^_^ I don't want to bother you.By the way, I have prepared a birthday present for you, and it will still be sent to the same address as last time.
JH: *^o^* Super looking forward to it!
Josie chatted with Robin for a while, and at the same time sprinkled the small fish in the pond.
JH: Are you coming to visit me?No, forget it, it's not very good for you, and I don't feel much pain anymore.
Matt: That still hurts, right?
JH: A little bit, but that's okay, and I'm back on set.
Matt Damon did not immediately reply to the message, but after a quarter of an hour or so, he sent several long paragraphs of precautions after the elbow reset.
Josie asked him about the preparations for "Good Will Hunting". After learning that Harvey Weinstein had re-enlisted someone to revise the script, she wasn't too surprised.
From the looks of it, it is very likely that this movie will not have the chance to officially start filming within this year.
Actually this is normal.
Because most of the film projects in Hollywood go from the start of filming to the completion of post-production, as short as two or three years, and as long as ten years, not including the period from the completion of post-production to the official release.
Josie also learned a little bit about the original novel "Good Will Hunting" as an assignment conceived by Matt Damon in a writing class at Harvard University in 1992, and later polished the first edition with her friend Ben Affleck. script.
The two young men were lucky.
During the filming of the independent film "Glorious Delusion", Ben Affleck showed the film's producer Charles Moore their script and made the other party promise to start filming "Good Will Hunting".
But the project didn't get off the ground quickly, and rumors began to circulate in the industry, with some praise.
It didn't officially usher in the "Good Will Hunting" project until last spring, when director Kevin Smith and producer Scott Mosier helped them to recommend the project to Miramax. a new destiny for himself.
Some projects that Tianji Films is working on are completely different.
Because of the backing of Tianmu Capital and sufficient cash flow, Qiao Qian clearly gave the green light to the three projects from the very beginning.
One is the famous "Fight Club" in the future. The copyright of the original novel has already been obtained, and the rest is to select the main creative personnel, mainly the producer and director.
This project does not intend to make achievements in awards or box office, but to establish the reputation of Tianji Films in the industry and the subsequent omni-channel income.
The other is an action movie project that is being prepared, and it may be developed in cooperation with Fox, but there is no suitable script yet.
However, this project is not ready to launch in the near future.
The newly established small company has no background and connections, and it is difficult to control big directors, big stars and big scenes in the early stage, and more or less has to pay some tuition fees to enter Hollywood.
Also, Archie Dano is following up the directorial debut of Nancy Meyers, a famous Hollywood screenwriter Nancy Meyers. After reading the script of this movie, according to Josie, it is best to make the future A talented woman who works as a writer and director is bound to the battleship of Tianji Films, and they will provide this lady with the most free creative conditions and the most sufficient budget.
But the contact was also not smooth.
The only thing that went well was that Josie spent a lot of money before this year's tax season. Not only did she pick and choose from Hollywood's script library, but she also wrote a check and gave a green light to a rookie female director, who was preparing to make a deal based on three scripts. A film adapted from a social news murder incident a year ago.
The author has something to say: I, and, Ou, Huang, attached, body, too!
感谢在2020-12-0621:59:34~2020-12-0719:20:18期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~
Thanks to the little angel who threw the landmine: must not eat one late night snack;
Thanks to the little angels who irrigate the nutrient solution: must not eat supper, 5 bottles of Anzi; 2 bottles of Lucky Cat;
Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!