"I'm going, mom. I can't stand by if innocent people lose their lives. If others don't fight Ares and protect the world, then I will do it. I must go!"

"I know, at least I know I can't stop you. There are many things, many things you don't understand..."

"I understand very well, those people are powerless to fight for themselves, I am willing to fight for them, just like you did before!"

"If you choose to leave here, you may never come back."

"What's the point of staying?"

"This is the greatest warrior of my clan, the Antiober we love deeply..."

Instead of hiding behind the monitor, Wayne held his hands in front of his chest, stood behind the main camera, staring at the shooting scene without blinking.

The scene that is being performed is the last scene of Diana Pris taking the male lead away from Paradise Island. The scene has been filmed by the sea by boat. This also means that the scene of saying goodbye to her mother will be one of the few final performances in Canada.

“cut!”

Raising the loudspeaker in his hand, Wayne shouted to stop for the scene that had been filmed four times.

The two actors who were performing in the venue, including all the staff around him, couldn't help but look at him. It's already early at 1:00 a.m. Whether this scene will continue to be filmed over and over again, or will it be passed, it depends on what he will say next.

"Okay, no problem, 'Diana', performed well, this shot has passed."

Huh, everyone at the scene breathed a sigh of relief. Even Nina, who was yawning on the side, immediately became energetic when she heard him announce his approval. This means that she can finally go back to the hotel to rest.

"Damn it, I really want to sleep well for two months."

Gilmo murmured softly, forcing himself to force the staff to clean up the scene. However, sleeping for two months was obviously a luxury. They were about to leave Italy, which had been struggling for so long, and then rushed to other locations.

Tonight, actors are destined to say goodbye to the crew again, not one, but a group. With the end of the filming work in Italy, it means that the footage of Paradise Island in the film has basically been completed, and the next is "outside" scenes. The actors who left Paradise Island naturally completed their work.

Unlike Amanda Seyfried when he left, the crew was not ready to see off the farewell party this time, but Wayne was still executing the habit he should have. That is to give each of the actors who are about to leave, a small prop souvenir to thank them for their hard work for the movie.

"Connie, thank you for your efforts in shooting. I hope we can continue to cooperate if we have the opportunity."

Wayne handed the "Starlight Crown" of a Wonder Woman to the actor who played Diana Prince's mother, and said polite words to everyone without getting tired of it.

"Thank you, director Greenberg, this filming will be one of my best memories, and look forward to working with you next time."

It was getting late. After the last thing was going on, Wayne turned around and walked towards the director's trailer. Before getting on the car, he happened to meet the producer who was standing next to the trailer and watching him give gifts.

"Well, if the treasures you sent out are real, there will definitely be many supernatural events in this world." John Gray touched his chin with one hand, followed Wayne into the car while laughing and teasing.

Wayne said casually: "There is no way, who has made the prop set? There are enough of these things."

Because it is filming overseas, in order to facilitate the shooting and prevent any accidents, the director of the prop group, Wicks Hart, has specially prepared a lot of shooting props, among which the most common one is the large and small equipment of Wonder Woman.

These things are exquisitely made, and in addition to the "Sword of the Fire God" and "Shield of the Divine Power", they are very cheap. This is why Wayne chose to give them.

It can be said that from the "Guardian Silver Bracelet" to the "Starlight Crown" and the "Mantra Lasso", he almost didn't send it out in a complete set. Even after seeing the performances of the actors who received the gift, he was already considering whether to communicate with Warner Bros. and ask them to place orders with factories around the movie in advance.

After the movie is released, these items that frequently appear in front of the audience will definitely become the main force of movie fans' consumption in surrounding stores.

"Boss, Harvey Weinstein just called to ask if you have time to rush back to Los Angeles to attend the premiere of "Shapes Love History."

As soon as he sat down, Nina glanced at John Gray inadvertently and reported to Wayne: "He hopes you can take some time and go back to Los Angeles to help with the platform. The attributes and investments of this film are there, and you need some attention."

He frowned slightly. When he heard the assistant lady’s return, Wayne thought about it for a moment and asked, “What is the specific date?”

“Mid-December.”

"Then, well..."

He reached out and took out a cigarette and lit it. Wayne pondered for a moment, thinking about the income in the film that was related to his investment, how long it would take to recover, and even how long it would take to make a profit. He simply ordered: "Don't reply to him first, check the schedule at that time. If you can squeeze out the time, hurry back. If the shooting task is tight, then don't participate."

Nodded, Nina agreed, "Okay, I understand."

One thing she actually considered was that as the end of the year approached, if her boss returned to Los Angeles, then waiting for his event and invitation, there would not be only the premiere of "Shapes' Love History".

That is, this year, they have no ambitions for the Oscars. North America has entered the awards season since December. Now it is the most lively time in Hollywood. Various information in the media are flying everywhere, and various activities, including colleges, unions, and even Wayne's alma mater, the University of Southern California, will regard him as the primary invitation target.

Whenever some events appear, the next invitations and receptions are endless, and they are also invitations that are not very easy to refuse bluntly.

"Did Cate Blanchet call?" When talking about "Shapes Love History", Wayne asked casually.

Nina shook her head. "No, the last call was four days ago, but it was just a daily greeting and did not mention the topic of awards season."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk." Wayne suddenly smiled and looked at the assistant lady. Seeing that the other party had begun to smile for no reason, he joked in a low voice: "This woman can really calm down. She didn't call me and ask me to help canvass the votes."

"It's not that I can calm down." John Gray, who was waiting on the side, suddenly interrupted: "It may be that I can't care about it."

Seeing Wayne and Nina looking at him together, he leaned on the chair and explained: "You are only concerned about filming during this period. As far as I know, Cate Blanchett has frequently appeared in movie media headlines recently, and she has been seen in various movie awards and film festivals."

"It seems that our 'Queen Kate' is going to become the darling of various awards." Wayne exhaled a large cloud of blue smoke and waved his hand indifferently.

After entering early December, his energy has been devoted to filming, especially as his shooting work in Italy is approaching the end of the days, he has devoted himself to it and has no energy to pay attention to news from Los Angeles.

It was during this period that Miramax Pictures and Warner Bros. began to promote "Shape's Love History". As the movie is about to fully land in North America, the relevant information of the film is gradually spreading on a large scale.

However, compared with works directed or produced by Wayne, the publicity efforts are obviously not enough. The theme, attributes, and small investment scale of this movie are destined to be a movie with full of "literary attributes" and are not suitable for hype.

The reason is simple. Even if the co-producer Greenberg Studio and Miramax invest huge advertising expenses together, it will not bring essential changes to the movie's audience.

The reason why he doesn't pay much attention to this film he invested in is because Wayne knows this very well. Of course, he also knows the idea of ​​Harvey Weinstein, but he just wants to stand up for the movie and help praise it in front of the media so that at the beginning of the movie, he can rely on his own hard-core movie fans to support the box office.

But compared to those superstars with first-tier box office appeal in Hollywood, his hardcore movie fans are completely different. To put it bluntly, they do not have the brainless attributes for their idols.

"Shapes' Love History" is full of artistic style, and can even be said to be a work that looks like an Oscar-proposed essay. It must be full of dull long shots, and naturally it will not be too popular with young movie fans.

Wayne knows his hardcore movie fans too much, more than 85% are composed of young people. Even if those young people buy tickets to the theater to watch movies in order to support their call, this is probably only this time.

Afterwards, some more excited movie fans will angrily bring some genitals in front of his name when they mention his name again, or greet his female relatives in recent generations.

After all, "Shapes' Love History" is not a commercial film with ups and downs, action scenes, and special effects shots. As an art film, especially a documentary-like art film, the starting point of the film director is to output emotions rather than output stories.

Just like all movies, this film began to hold trials frequently before it was released. Whether it was the selected release date or the guests invited to hold the trial, it all explained that Harvey Weinstein's ambition for the Oscars.

As for the market results of "Shapes' Love History", Wayne's idea is very simple, that is, try to recover all the investment costs in the global box office market.

Whether a movie makes money or how much money can be made depends on what kind of results you get at the Oscars. At least in this era, Oscars are still the number one marketing tool for Hollywood, even if the winner is an art film that does not conform to the public's aesthetics.

There is no doubt that from the beginning, Harvey Weinstein's public relations goal after entering the awards season was put into the most important grand prize and the best film. Having said that, under the premise of this big goal, awards like Best Actress are actually just public relations.

Awards such as Best Actress, Best Screenplay, etc. can also be regarded as the pre-category awards for the best film. In this complete set of public relations plans, the most helpless and irresistible one is undoubtedly the director of the film John Madden.

Neither the issuer, Warner Bros., nor the investors, Wayne and Harvey Weinstein, it is possible that they will take a cent from their pockets and conduct public relations activities for his best director.

As long as one nomination is guaranteed, it is actually the greatest sincerity of both parties. After all, if you want to win a grand prize like Best Picture, you still need to nominate for the previous heavyweight award.

However, Wayne remembers that in his previous life, John Madden was nominated for the Best Director for the Oscar journey of the film "Shapes Love History". I wonder if Harvey Weinstein or himself had spent a lot of money to research.

"So, you don't plan to continue to pay more publicity and distribution funds, nor do you plan to pay more money. Please lobby companies to carry out research?"

John Grey picked up the coffee and took a sip, listening to the movements outside the car cleaning up the scene, and then asked: "Why? Everyone knows that such videos will get better at Oscars, the more money you can earn. If you can win some big prizes, just videotapes can make you a lot of money."

"no, John, compared to the fact that the investment in "Shapes' Love History" in the same type of film is already top-notch." Wayne poked out his hand holding a cigarette, flicked it twice in the ashtray on the table, and then took several sips in a row.

"You have to know that the more you invest in Oscar-propositioned essays like Shakespeare's Love History, it means that it will be more difficult to recover the cost and even make money. Since it is for the Oscars, even if you gain nothing afterwards, I must first ensure that you will not lose money."

"Well, a realistic idea of ​​film capital."

Shrugged slightly. John Gray has seen Wayne as a film director for a while. Now after the day's work, he suddenly remembered that the person sitting in front of him has never been a simple film director.

"Hey, man." After glanced at his producer, Wayne shook his head and explained: "In my eyes, the project "Shapes Love History" has always been a business. Since it is a business, for me, controlling input-output risks is the most basic demand."

Since childhood, the saying "Business is business, and business is just business" has always been the most fundamental idea that Old Greenberg instilled in him. For a Jew, this is also the instinct of survival. It has nothing to do with greed, because greed, such dirty things as greed, naturally flow in their blood and have long since disappeared from each other.

"I thought you were really just to praise Cate Blanchett..." Gurry muttered softly, and John Gray looked at Nina on the side, and opened his mouth awkwardly.

"She is not qualified yet. John, you won't really believe that you can get the Oscar for the Best Actress by sleeping with me, right?"

The corners of his mouth slowly rose, and Wayne raised his eyebrows at his producer with a smile on his face. "Believe me, even if Cate Blanchett really got what he wanted, it was just a way to make money between Harvey Weinstein and me."

The general perception in the circle is that reality. In fact, many ordinary people in later generations, after Harvey Weinstein was nailed to death in prison by Mitu and the past was exposed, they all thought that although this big Jewish fat man had a domineering personality, at least he would really win the little golden man for him after sleeping, right?

In fact, it's all ridiculous. The reason why Harvey Weinstein was a slut at the Oscars that became the messenger at this award ceremony in those years was that it had nothing to do with women. It was entirely for profit and to make a lot of money from the film. As for female celebrities, it is likely that it would just satisfy the common ideas of men by the way.

If you analyze it carefully, you will know that the companies of the two brothers Harvey Weinstein have never been their own. Moreover, Miramax in the early stage and Weinstein Pictures in the later stage have basically never participated in the mainstream investment and production in the circle.

The most profitable films are those that invest heavily in big productions, but the most risky films are also this type. As long as they fail, a medium-sized film company can be bankrupt and reorganized at any time.

Since Harvey Weinstein does not involve such a project, it is reasonable to play Oscar-winning videos in the field he is good at.

After all, this is his best way to make money. Although he can't make a lot of money, he has the most obvious feature: low investment, low cost, and full insurance. Even if he has nothing to gain afterwards, there will never be any damage.

If we only look at Harvey Weinstein's status in the circle, it will definitely give people the feeling of being a rich man. In fact, he is indeed a rich man, but compared with ordinary practitioners, his net worth has never exceeded 100 million, and he cannot be compared with those top big bosses and Jewish capital in the circle.

Note that the wealth of the two brothers Harvey Weinstein is not equivalent to the value of their film companies. After all, Miramax and Weinstein Pictures all have large shares in other people and do not completely belong to these two brothers.

"You know, I have some information channels of my own..."

Hearing the noise of cleaning up the set outside, John Gray also knew Wayne's work habits and would always leave the set the last time. He simply stopped talking about "Shapes' Love History" and changed the topic:

"Disney is ambitious this year. The latest news shows that they have bought six scrapped naval small warships for Michael Bay. I heard that in order to capture the most spectacular and thrilling air strike scenes, Michael Bay will stuff more than 700 rod-shaped explosives on these six warships.

We also prepared detonating cables over 2,000 feet long and more than 4,000 gallons of gasoline to completely detonate these six battleships in one go..."

Listening to the producers chatting about these set gossips, Wayne kept a smile on his face. After being seen by John Gray, he asked incomprehensible: "Why are you laughing at? Are you really not afraid of next summer, and that explosion will make your gutter capsize? Looking at Disney's big move this time, maybe it's really hard to say."

"Nothing, no matter what, Michael Bay is indeed a genius when it comes to creating explosion scenes." Wayne shook his head, without explaining more.

In fact, in his heart, he was always thinking about how to make a fuss about DreamWorks. After all, if it weren't for his influence, Pearl Harbor, which is known as the "Epic War Giant", would have fallen into DreamWorks' hands. Now the producer has become Disney, and it is definitely not an exaggeration to collect some interest in private, right?

"Wait, you only said the explosion..." John Gray reacted quickly. He knew his junior partner and knew that the other party was disdainful of lying in private. Then once he started to praise others, he must feel it that way.

At first glance, it is definitely a compliment to say that Michael Bay is a genius injured by the explosion. After all, the person who speaks is Wayne Greenberg. But if you think about it carefully, you will find that he only praised Michael Bay's explosion, nothing else.

John Gray widened his eyes, and based on his knowledge of Wayne over the years, he subconsciously asked: "Do you think there will be problems with this "Pearl Harbor"?"
Chapter completed!