Six Hundred and Twenty-Five - the Real City of Angels at Night

For the project "Titanic", it was almost made in frustrations and bumps along the way. Not only was Twentieth Century Fox thinking about shelving the project, but Paramount Pictures, which was later fooled into the project, also began to have the same idea.

After Twentieth Century Fox's $100 million was spent, James Cameron had no intention of restraining himself. On the surface, he claimed that he went to Mexico to shoot to save money. In fact, every expense made Twentieth Century Fox frightened.

When Paramount Pictures invested more than 60 million US dollars, they also discovered that there was no official completion date yet, and all the filming was only halfway through at most.

No film company could accept such a result. Paramount Pictures simply cut off its capital investment and seemed to want to stop losses as soon as possible. 20th Century Fox saw that it was not going to work, and finally had hope that the film would be completed, so they started to invest money into it again.

The production time of more than three years and the production cost of up to 200 million US dollars also made the executives of 20th Century Fox the target of ridicule in Hollywood.

Chi Luoluo has shown countless experiences in the industry that projects like this, which are delayed and overdue, will not achieve any good results even if they are barely produced at the end of the development. They are like a quagmire. There are many movie companies who cheat on you, and there are also a lot of movie companies who let the movie companies make a fool of themselves.

"There is an interesting story that will definitely feel familiar to you." After chatting for a while, Townsend-Rosman whispered in a pretense of mystery.

"uh-huh?"

"I remember it was at the end of 1993 or the beginning of 1994." Townsend-Rossman raised his hand, scratched the hair on his head, and said with a hint of malice: "When you were filming "The Return of the Clown" in Canada, , the crew was poisoned and all of them were killed, right?"

"Hey, hey, hey."

Seeing that Wayne wanted to say something, Townsend-Rosman stretched out his finger, shook it left and right between the two, and said with a smile: "I remember clearly, there were many media reports at that time, and you were brought down. , sent to the hospital for rescue.

This time James also received the same treatment. I heard that he severely reprimanded a photography assistant when he was filming overseas. "

"Oh God! James was also poisoned and knocked down?" Naomi Watts, who was sitting quietly on the side, straightened her upper body in surprise and asked with obvious surprise in her tone: "God, it can't be true. Right?"

No one knows the poisoning incident during "The Return of the Clown" better than she does. Fortunately, it was filmed in Canada at the time. The reports in North America did not last long. If the film had been filmed in North America, there might have been trouble in the end. How long.

Naomi Watts stayed with Wayne every step of the way during the days he was hospitalized. If it hadn't been for the poisoning incident, it was not certain whether the child between the two would have been born.

"That's right."

Townsend-Rosman shrugged, and the smile on his lips became more obvious. "Everyone knows that James is not only a bad-tempered person on the set, but also a bad-tempered person in life. I guess the camera assistant was fed up with his bad temper, so he poisoned the set's working meal that day.

James was not spared. Many crew members were poisoned and sent to the hospital. He was just luckier than you. The camera assistant could only find stimulant poisons, so he only stayed in the hospital for a few days before they all returned to the crew to continue. Work is in progress. "

"F**k! Director is really a high-risk profession!"

Naomi Watts completely ignored her ladylike image and made a rare swear word directly.

Several people laughed out loud. Yes, from this point of view, director is really a high-ranking profession. James Cameron and Wayne are not the first unlucky directors in the industry. , and it will definitely not be the last one. There are countless weird crews.

Twenty minutes later, after waiting for the crowd around the "Titanic" creative team to disperse, Wayne and others went over to say hello briefly and left the hotel in a low-key manner. The protagonist tonight is not them, even if it is close to half a year from now, the protagonist will be the two men in the hotel.

It was past midnight, and a smoke screen seemed to be cast outside the Greenberg Manor. Except for the moon hanging in the sky, the entire manor fell into a deep sleep.

You can still vaguely see the bright lights in the distance. After the warm California sunshine recedes, it seems that the city has truly come to life. Although it was completely dark, the temperature in the air was still there. A slight breeze flowed along the balcony, sending streams of sultry air into the bedrooms in the main building of the manor.

“Bearing poverty and great wealth coexist in the City of Angels.”

On the balcony lounger, Wayne was wearing a bathrobe, with water droplets still on his hair. He had obviously just walked out of the bathroom within two minutes. Holding a bottle of cold beer in his hand, he would raise his head and take a sip from time to time, while looking at the lights in the distance and murmuring in a low voice.

Similar words have been appearing in Naomi Watts' ears in different forms since she came to this city, but tonight, she had a deeper experience.

The Australian actress was also wearing a crisp white bathrobe and squeezed directly into Wayne's large lounge chair. He reached into the ice bucket and pulled out a bottle of beer, hugged his legs with his arms, and looked at the lights under Beverly Hills.

After they came back from the hotel tonight, they wanted to go to a convenience store, and the scene they passed on a street once again made her feel what the real Los Angeles was like.

"Skid row." The woman whispered the name of the street.

"That's right."

Wayne leaned on the recliner, looked at the woman's back, nodded and said, "Sergey usually calls that street Seventh Street. To a certain extent, that's what most people think of Los Angeles. "

He still remembered Naomi Watts' surprised expression when the Rolls-Royce Phantom drove into that street from the bustling Little Tokyo because she wanted to take a shortcut. The Australian actress must have never been exposed to the slums of Los Angeles at night, which is one of the poorest streets.

"The dilapidated walls look like buildings from the last century, garbage can be seen everywhere on both sides of the street, as well as various food residues, syringes carelessly thrown on the ground..."

Perhaps Naomi Watts didn't know how to describe the feeling of disparity, but she clearly saw that under the dilapidated tents on both sides of the street, there were people of color of different shapes. The eyes of those people looking at the car were full of greed and fear radiating from their bones.

It is precisely this horrifying scene that will completely disappear from people's eyes after the sun comes out. No one knows where these people have gone.

"Hey, don't think about that."

Wayne had seen the same scene more than once. He reached out and pulled the woman into his arms, smiling and shaking his head. "That damn life has nothing to do with me, nothing to do with you, and of course, nothing to do with our little Fundy."

"Wayne, you beast, don't think that I don't know what you're thinking. It's useless to use tenderness."

Naomi Watts pursed her lips, put her white fingers directly into the man's bathrobe, and pinched it hard. "You can call Cate Blanchett and see if he has time to fool around with you!"

Shamelessness has long been integrated into Wayne's blood. The expression on his face remained unchanged as he blew into the woman's ear. "Ha, dear Ms. Watts, don't you think it's been a long time since we played those exciting games? Don't you miss it at all?"

Having been with him since the 1990s, Naomi Watts didn't understand the man next to her. She rolled her eyes helplessly, stood up from the recliner as if resigned to her fate, curled her lips at the man, and turned towards the dressing room. Walking in the direction, all their gaming equipment is there.

"No, no, no. Nami."

Unexpectedly, Wayne quickly called her out before she stepped out of the balcony. In the eyes of the other party's doubtful eyes, the man shrugged and pursed his lips at the night sky outside the balcony. "Dear Ms. Watts, don't you envy Ruth at all? I have a bold idea. Do you want to try and let me paint a picture for you?"

"Aha?"

Recalling the scene in tonight's movie, Naomi Watts put on a smile. Yes, she also liked this ingenious little game, so she happily untied her bathrobe and walked back As he left, a white bathrobe was left behind.

In fact, Wayne doesn't know anything about painting. His level of painting is usually enough to handle storyboards, and he has no idea what the so-called art of painting is.

When he saw Naomi Watts imitating Ruth in the movie and leaning on the recliner, he didn't even bother to make any gestures. He just observed with a smile for a while, and then couldn't wait to walk towards the woman.

When the sunshine in Los Angeles appeared again, the entire Greenberg Manor seemed to come alive again. The patrolling security personnel, the gardeners weeding, and several female staff members helping back and forth made up the busy morning at the manor.

"Dear, the newspapers are reporting on Titanic. Do you want to read it?"

With a towel hanging around his neck, Wayne was jogging back to the living room from the garden. Naomi Watts had a breakfast in front of her. She shook a stack of newspapers in her hand and asked, "Would you like to take a shower or eat first?" breakfast?"

"Let's have breakfast together."

Since today is the weekend and the crew is also taking a daily break, Wayne rarely has time to go for a couple of morning jogs. The long hours of busy work have allowed him to maintain the same figure as when he graduated, even though he is almost thirty years old.

I usually don't have much time to exercise. The reason why I haven't gained weight like most directors in the industry is simply because of my busy and continuous work.

“How was Titanic received in the media?”

Picking up a glass of milk, Wayne sat across from the Australian actress and asked while drinking.

Naomi Watts shook her head and said: "It's very bad. Film critics from all walks of life have a negative attitude towards the movie, and so does the trend in the media."