Chapter 258: Preparing for the Auction (1/2)

"Long time no see, Hughes."

After leaving CBS Radio, Colin met Howard Hughes, whom he had not seen for a long time.

Ever since the other party flew him back to New York in the "Hughes One", Hughes has been handling the filming of "Titanic" in Los Angeles.

Character determines destiny, as a complete perfectionist.

Now that he has decided to make a movie about big ships, Howard Hughes will naturally not let go of any detail. Just like when he took a ship to go overseas to shoot the iceberg scene, and after discovering the color film, he destroyed all the film and re-shot the color version. Iceberg shots.

This time, Howard Hughes did the same thing during the filming of the movie "Titanic".

He actually bought a ship to shoot the movie on.

"haven't seen you for a long time."

In New York Harbor, standing at the pier looking up at the huge ship in front of him, Hughes turned to Colin and said: "Next, I will sink it in New York!"

If it were anyone else, maybe no one would believe what he said.

But Howard Hughes, the name itself represents madness.

Therefore, Colin believed his words without hesitation, and said with a smile: "Then I will definitely let the whole of New York know the news."

Hearing Colin's response, Howard Hughes's smile grew a little wider.

On the side, Louis looked at the two people chatting happily, the expression on his face never calmed down. As an actor who once danced on Broadway, she recognized Hughes at the first sight. This famous Hollywood director and producer, before filming "Hell's Angels", Jane Harlow was just a movie star. Extras on set.

However, Howard Hughes boldly used the other party and chose her as the heroine of the movie.

After "Hell's Angels" was released, it caused a sensation in the film industry, and Jean Harlow became famous from the beginning and became the sexiest actress at the time.

At the time, stories were circulating across Broadway about Jean Harlow's overnight fame.

Louise Walton saw too many actors trying their best to meet Howard Hughes and become the next Jean Harlow.

Louise is also one of those actors. If she had met Hughes at any point in time before this, she would never have hesitated to fight for the opportunity.

But, it’s different now.

She had moved on from Broadway and had Jenny.

Thinking of her baby Jenny, the expression on Louise's face softened. She now has a different life, and it's not just for herself.

"...My original idea was to drive the ship to the place where the Titanic sank to take pictures. Unfortunately, the camera group did not agree with my idea."

When talking about this, Howard Hughes' tone revealed a bit of regret.

In fact, not only the camera group, but also the actors and even the New York City government disapproved of his approach.

After all, the sinking of the Titanic had shocked the whole world, and it was naturally impossible for the New York City government to let Howard Hughes take the ship and sink it again. ....Even if Howard Hughes swore that this was just for the filming of the movie, no one was willing to bear the possible consequences.

In the subsequent conversation, Colin also learned that the purpose of Howard Hughes' coming to New York this time was to shoot "Titanic".

Since you decided to photograph the sinking of the ship, you naturally needed to be in a suitable location.

Although Los Angeles is close to the sea, there is no suitable port for docking ships. Especially for this movie shooting, more than 90% of the shots were taken on ships.

If the ship could not dock properly, Howard Hughes would not be able to take a suitable shot.

This is obviously an unacceptable fact for the perfectionist Hughes.

On the other hand, although he bought the ship, it was not the real Titanic that sank after all. He needed a lot of decoration to transform the giant ship in front of him into the appearance of the Titanic. To this end, Howard Hughes has invited a dedicated team, including those who worked for the British White Star Line, the original manufacturer of the Titanic, to recreate the real scene before the ship sank.

It takes time for such a professional group, especially the worker who once worked for the British White Star Line, to come over. Other things, such as the transportation of film shooting equipment and the schedule of the trip, are all things that Howard Hughes needs to deal with. There are many more.

However, he didn't feel any uneasiness or uneasiness about this.

On the contrary, there is an eagerness to try it. He has not had such high enthusiasm for a movie for a long time since "Hell's Angels".

He couldn't wait to film the story of this big ship.

Taking a deep breath and forcing his eyes away from the ship in front of him, Howard Hughes looked at Colin in front of him, with a rare hint of concern in his tone: "How is your recovery going, Colin? "

Sensing the faint concern in Howard Hughes's tone, Colin felt a little warm in his heart.

Asking such a question means that Howard Hughes really regards Colin as his friend, not just a simple partner.

Therefore, Colin also nodded: "It has fully recovered."

After hearing Colin's answer, Howard Hughes looked him up and down to make sure that he had no problems. He then said in a nonchalant tone: "This is the best. I don't want the screenwriter of the movie to have problems before Titanic is released."

After chatting about the previous Los Angeles incident, Howard Hughes quickly turned the topic to the recent problems between Colin and the American Radio Corporation.

Even Hughes had heard about the legal proceedings between the two parties.

After all, the entire New York media has been reporting this news all the time.

"Do you need me to introduce a lawyer to you?"

Howard Hughes did not ask Colin about the specific matters of the television patent. He simply made an inquiry and expressed his position. …. "Not yet."

Shaking his head, Colin rejected Howard Hughes's kindness.

In fact, not only Howard Hughes, but also LaGuardia and even Roosevelt expressed their concern about this matter. Roosevelt even introduced his current lawyer to Colin, promising to help him win the patent lawsuit against the American Radio Corporation. This is a lawyer at the presidential level, well, the legal team of the presidential candidate.

"If you need anything, feel free to contact me."

After hearing Colin's answer, Howard Hughes didn't say much, but just reminded him casually.

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After meeting Colin in New York, Howard Hughes quickly devoted his energy to the scene arrangement of "Titanic".

The next day, Colin's interview at the door of the Courier Newspaper was also published in major newspapers in New York.

Of course, the largest page was published in the Courier Newspaper's own "Courier Daily".

"There is only one result of this patent lawsuit, and that is my victory!"

On the front page of the news, Colin's words to the media were published in a huge headline, and the interview photo taken by John Jr. was also attached below.

On that day, readers of the Daily Courier, while lamenting about the patent lawsuit, did not forget to turn to this issue of the comic series.

Even many loyal readers of Superman silently prayed in their hearts that the result of the patent case must be smooth and not affect Colin's comic series.

In the latest issue of Superman, a new super villain Gigantopithecus appeared.

The idea of ​​this character obviously came from the news report published by the London Illustrated News in 1929. At that time, Swiss geologist Francois Delo led an expedition team to discover and shoot the creature in the Tara River and called it the Delo Gigantopithecus. When the newspaper was published, the academic community immediately caused an uproar, but many scientists also believed that this photo was a complete hoax.

At that time, an American millionaire even set up a reward of 50,000 US dollars. Whoever found a specimen of the Delo Gigantopithecus could get 50,000 US dollars, but no one has been eligible to receive this reward so far.

Colin borrowed this incident and added it to the comics as a creative inspiration.

In the comics, the giant ape was originally a creature living on a mysterious island, and then the appearance of scientists broke its peace. These greedy scientists destroyed the plants on the island and killed the creatures on the island for research. Their actions undoubtedly angered the giant ape, and soon this behemoth appeared to attack the scientists.

Giant ape: "Roar--"

Scientist: "OMG, what is that!"

Facing the angry giant ape, the scientists were extremely frightened, and its every move shook the entire island.

Looking at this behemoth, the scientists felt extremely panicked, and they threw down the research materials in their hands and ran back to the ship they were on. However, looking at the people who were running away, the giant ape did not let them go. On the contrary, it followed the ship that the scientists were on to the metropolis. ….When these scientists returned to the metropolis, they immediately told everyone the news of the giant ape, and Superman and Lois also interviewed them as reporters.

But no one expected that the giant ape following the ship also appeared in the metropolis.

Looking at this behemoth, the whole metropolis fell into panic.

The government mobilized the army to attack the giant monster, but the bullets only further angered the monster, and it waved its arms and easily knocked down a tall building. As the giant ape entered the metropolis, more citizens screamed in fear and began to call for Superman to appear.

In the following story, Lois appeared in it and was accidentally caught by the giant ape.

The giant ape grabbed Lois and climbed up the building of the "Messenger Daily", making a huge roar.

Superman heard Lois's cry and appeared in the building of the "Messenger Daily" in time. From the previous interview, he already knew the reason why the giant ape appeared here, so this time Superman did not kill the monster. He just used his superhuman power to suppress the monster, rescued Lois from its hands, and sent it back to the island where it originally lived, and guaranteed that no one would disturb the life of the giant ape again.

The scene where the giant ape grabs Louise and climbs up the Courier-Journal building is undoubtedly a replica of the classic scene in the movie "King Kong".

However, when Colin drew the giant ape, the movie "King Kong" was still being filmed, and this classic scene in the history of monster movies had not appeared on the big screen.

Therefore, when they saw the scene in the comics where the giant ape grabbed Louise and climbed up the tall building.

Readers were immediately attracted by this scene and sighed.

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Of course, it was not only the readers of the "Daily Courier" who were attracted.

Los Angeles, RKO Pictures Studio.

"Merrian, you should see this."

The producer appeared on the set with a newspaper and found Merrian C. Cooper.

"What happened?"

Looking at the producer who appeared in "King: King of the Jungle", Merrian's face was a little surprised. He reached out to take the newspaper from the other party and quickly saw the scene in the comics where the giant ape grabbed Louise and climbed up the "Daily Courier" building.

"I hope that the same scene as in the comics will appear in the movie, where King Kong grabs our heroine and climbs to the top of the Empire State Building. Don't you think such a scene is more in line with the image of King Kong as the jungle king?"

Looking down at the scene described in the Daily Courier, Merian C. Cooper, the director of "King Kong: King of the Jungle", couldn't help but feel a little moved.

However, looking up at the crew in front of him, Merian's expression on his face was somewhat helpless.

"I admit that if this scene is filmed, it will be very shocking. Unfortunately, Fay Refay has already finished filming the ending shot and went to England."

Fay Refay is the heroine of the movie "King Kong: King of the Jungle".

"It doesn't matter. Don't we still have Pauline Wagner? Just let her wear blonde hair to reshoot this scene. Anyway, in this scene, King Kong is the protagonist!"

The producer was obviously prepared for this.

Soon, with the cooperation of stuntman Pauline Wagner, Merian spent only four hours to reproduce this scene in the comics in the movie.

In a later interview, director Merian revealed this process more than once, admitting that the inspiration for King Kong climbing the Empire State Building in the final movie came from the Superman comics.

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