Three Hundred and Six - the Smallest of the Three Mexican Heroes.

At Los Angeles International Airport, after a plane from Mexico landed, a Mexican man was seen hurriedly walking down from the top.

He has a chubby figure, a round face with a short beard, and his eyes curiously observe the busy waiting hall through the small glasses on his nose.

While walking out according to the signs, he took out a piece of note paper from the inner pocket of his jacket and looked down at the address recorded on it carefully.

After walking out of the airport hall, I bought a newspaper from the newsstand, then opened the door of a taxi and sat in the back seat with a small travel bag.

When the black driver in the taxi driver's seat saw business coming to the door, he turned his head and greeted him enthusiastically with a unique rap tone. "Hey, brother, we are going to one of the biggest hells in America when we watch a movie. Where are we going?"

With just one glance back, the black driver could tell that this Mexican must be coming to Los Angeles for the first time, and he must have arrived in a hurry. His clothes were full of wrinkles from the journey.

With only a small amount of carry-on luggage, it can be seen that this person must be on a short stay such as a business trip. This kind of fat sheep who is unknown to everyone is the favorite passenger of all taxis.

"Uh, hi, I'm going here, do you know me?"

The Mexican man was obviously not used to the enthusiasm of the black man. After greeting him in English, he handed over the note he had been holding.

The black guy took the note casually, glanced at the address and got into the car. "Okay, no problem, fasten your seat belt, buddy. It seems you are going to meet a big shot. Ordinary people won't live here. Why..."

Facing the talkative black driver, he nodded lightly, not answering the other person's words, and showing no desire to have an in-depth conversation with the other person.

Although it was his first time to cross the US-Mexico border and come here, he had heard of the great reputation of the Nico Nico group many times. This group was more dangerous than those selling contraband over there.

Those who sell contraband at least kill and set fire for profit. He has heard more than once that the reason why these Nicos kill individuals may be just for twenty dollars. Most of them are mindless. goods.

Moreover, before he came here, he specifically consulted with his friends. The advice given by his friends was that it was best not to come into contact with these people if nothing happened. He always kept dozens of dollars with him. If someone wanted to "borrow some money", he would take it out. This would avoid a huge disaster. trouble, after all, he himself didn't know how long he would stay this time.

If nothing else, who doesn’t know about the famous Los Angeles riots in the past two years? The destructive power of this group is simply endless. Zero-dollar shopping activities are definitely a traditional art form. Whenever social conflicts arise, they will spontaneously cause turmoil.

This kind of zero-yuan shopping activity was very popular with everyone. The Nico group got the things for free and walked away satisfied.

After the riots passed, those in power diverted social conflicts, gained votes from this group, and continued to be in power with the same satisfaction.

Even the store owners who were beaten, smashed, and robbed would watch happily. The store has cleared out the backlog of goods, and all the old shelves and environments that were damaged can be renovated. After all, the insurance company pays for everything, right?

The only one who is unhappy is probably the insurance company. Every time like this, it means having to pay a large sum of money.

Looking at the monotonous scenery of Los Angeles from the car window along the way, the Mexican man was full of anxiety about the purpose of coming this time and didn't know if he could stay smoothly.

Although I have made good achievements in Mexico, these dazzling achievements are completely useless in Los Angeles, which is separated by a wall. At most, I have more work experience than a newcomer to make my resume more beautiful.

The black boy looked in the rearview mirror and saw that he had been silent. He opened the newspaper in his hand, shrugged and stopped talking, and the car slowly fell into calm.

“Pocahontas,” produced by Disney Animation Studios on Friday, topped the weekend box office as soon as it was released, with a first-weekend box office revenue of US$65.7 million, becoming another winner of the summer season.

This film not only performed well at the box office, successfully overpowering the previously strong dark horse "Elf" and "Batman Begins", which had a solid box office trend, the performance of its surrounding films was also extremely strong, and the glory of Disney Animation Studio Still continuing, animated feature films are still a strong revenue point for Disney.

In second place is Universal Pictures' "Elf". This film has unexpectedly achieved a box office of more than 60 million US dollars without any large-scale promotion.

Ranking third at the box office this weekend is undoubtedly Warner Bros.' "Batman Begins." It once again had a strong trend this weekend, taking in US$20.79 million. The total North American box office has accumulated US$251.3 million. .

Although the screening scale of this film is constantly shrinking, it will continue to be screened for a long time. It should not be a problem for the North American box office to exceed 300 million US dollars.

It is worth mentioning that this dark masterpiece, Wayne Greenberg's return to the summer season, temporarily ranked first in the North American annual box office list in 1995 with a total box office of 251.3 million U.S. dollars. So far, it has not A work that could threaten the status of this film appears..."

Looking through the "Los Angeles Daily Entertainment News" in his hand, his eyes were burning while sitting in the back seat of the taxi. Only the world's largest film industry base can achieve such amazing results after the release of a movie.

Every film practitioner hopes to come to Hollywood and integrate into this circle. As long as he succeeds here, not only will his name be continuously spread to the world by developed media, but he will also gain a large amount of money and all kinds of fame and fortune. Mexico can't compare.

"Wayne Greenberg, Wayne Green..." He whispered the name softly, and he prayed in his heart that he could successfully join the other team this time. This was a way to integrate into Hollywood and achieve success recently. shortcut.

"Wow, yes, Greenberg Manor, what you want to meet is indeed a big shot, we are here, brother." The black driver stopped the car at the entrance of the manor and turned his head to remind the absent-minded Mexican.

"Oh, okay, thank you."

After paying the fare, he opened the door and walked out with his bag. He raised his head and observed the retro-style manor gate. Facing the guarded security man, he politely explained his purpose.

At this time, the news was also received in the manor. Nina trotted from the main building of the villa to the lawn and came to Wayne who was wearing sunglasses.

"Boss, the Mexican that Jimmy mentioned is here." Seeing the boss take off his sunglasses and open his eyes to look at her, she pointed in the direction of the door. "Hela has already gone to pick him up. Do you want to go back to the living room and look more formal?"

Waving his hand, Wayne sat up cross-legged from the recliner, stretched and said, "Just stay here, there's no need to bother."

Not long after, the housekeeper Hela came over with a man. It could be seen that after seeing them, the man's expression immediately became nervous, and the flesh on both sides of his face was very tight.

"Hello, nice to meet you, Mr. Greenberg. I made an appointment with Jimmy before and just flew over directly from Mexico."

"Hello, nice to meet you, you're welcome, take a seat." Wayne looked at the familiar young man and pointed to the beach chair next to him. "What do you want to drink? Ice juice or ice beer, the weather in Los Angeles is so damn hot all the time."

"Thanks, juice bar."

After receiving the juice from Nina, he immediately opened his backpack, took out the resume he had prepared, and placed it on the white plastic table in the middle.

Wayne moved the dog's head lying on his lap. Under the unhappy gaze of the golden retriever, he picked up the resume on the table, but did not look through it in a hurry. Instead, he stared at the nervous young man with interest.

"Jimmy briefly told me a few words about your situation before. Why don't you introduce yourself first?"

"Sorry, I'm a little nervous. This opportunity is too important to me." The man wiped the sweat from his forehead, raised his hand to touch his beard out of habit, glanced at the two people opposite him, and said:

"I'm Guillermo del Toro. I've made several films independently before, and this is a videotape."

As he said that, he took out three video tapes from his backpack, put them on the table and continued: "I learned about your recruitment of an assistant director when I was on the phone with a friend here, and then I gave it to you. The agent submitted his resume..."

Looking at the young Mexicans in front of him, even though he had seen too many familiar faces over the years, he still felt emotional in his heart.

Who would have thought that the youngest of the three Mexican heroes would appear in front of him like this.

Regardless of whether it was because of his butterfly wings that he was instigated to come to Hollywood in advance, he was not prepared to let this person go. This kind of director who is destined to prove his ability, even if he is still very green now, will help him in his future work. It will be very big.

As soon as he saw the small glasses on the other person's face, several sets of scenes flashed through Wayne's mind, from "Blade Runner", "Hellboy", "Pan's Labyrinth", to "Pacific Rim" and that movie The animal romance "The Shape of Water" won the Oscar statuette!

The most important thing is that this young man, who is only a few years older than himself, not only showed outstanding talents in directing, but also went out of control in Hollywood. He participated in movies, screenwriters, supervisors, producers and other jobs. All excellent.

It's just that his excellent reputation as a director has overshadowed his achievements in other areas. Whether it's "007: Quantum of Solace" he starred in or the animated film "Monster Hunter" he wrote and directed, his performance was a complete mess.

After the other party briefly introduced himself, Wayne looked through his resume in silence. There was absolutely no problem with this candidate. The worst he could do was to collaborate on a film first. If the shooting style really didn't match, he could recommend him to Warner Bros. for other films.