Chapter 696: Battle of Raccoons
The car was parked downstairs, Jiang Hao and Monroe opened the door, and saw three little raccoons squatting on the ground in a row, looking at them with small eyes.
"Jon, they are welcoming you." Monroe said with a smile.
"Welcome, I think I want a gift."
Jiang Hao waved to the three little guys, the three jumped over, Jiang Hao took out his pocket, and when he came out again, he had a few more gummies in his hand, a raccoon divided two, the three little guys Grab a piece with one paw and stuff it into your mouth.
blah blah,
After eating delicious fudge, the three little guys are satisfied now.
Jiang Hao looked at Monroe, "Do you know what gift I brought back for you?"
Monroe shook her head with her eyes wide open.
"I got the money and I'm going to make a movie for you," Jiang Hao said.
Monroe was shocked immediately, looked at Jiang Hao and said in disbelief, "Jon, are you serious?"
"Of course it's true. I've prepared the money, and just now, I suddenly thought of a good movie idea." Jiang Hao said.
"What idea?" Monroe looked up at Jiang Hao and asked.
"It's just a rough idea. It still needs to be edited and polished. I'll tell you after I finish the whole story structure." Jiang Hao said.
Monroe lowered her head slowly and rested her head on Jiang Hao's lap again, "Jon, I know that making a movie requires a lot of money, and now I don't have any confidence at all."
"And I've heard others say that the chances of losing money in making a movie are very high. Those big companies have to go through strict estimates before shooting a movie, and many of them fail in the end. Jon, I am very worried that I will live up to your love for me."
Jiang Hao stroked Monroe's blond hair and said, "Don't worry, it shouldn't be miserable. Even if you fail, it's still a trial. I really want to be a director, and that's my dream."
He studied opera, music, acting, and directing in the world of "Now You See Me", and in the real world, he followed the crew to shoot the movie "The Claret Horse", which gave him practical experience and increased his knowledge.
The task of this world is to collect Monroe's sexiness and fulfill Monroe's dream. Sexiness is now occasionally collected, and there are already 75 points. Jiang Hao is more concerned about Monroe's dream, becoming a good actor, a world-renowned actor.
Since you want to praise her, why not do it yourself, just to fulfill your dream of being a director and an actor.
"We always have a first time, don't we?"
Monroe looked grateful, "Jon, thank you for loving me so much, I love you."
Monroe's love has always been direct and exposed, never concealed, she likes to express it all, that kind of intensity is unmatched by ordinary women.
Jiang Hao called Robert's lawyer. When he heard Jiang Hao's voice, Robert was very excited, "Mr. Hall, you are finally back, and I will go there."
Ten minutes later, Robert rushed over.
"I contacted three publishing houses, all of which are large New York publishing houses. Their editors appreciated your novel very much, and they all expressed their willingness to publish it. The highest one offered a 6% royalty, which is already the highest royalty a newcomer can get. It is," Robert said.
Jiang Hao smiled and said: "Robert, they can see success, so can I. I allow at most half self-publishing, 50% of the profit, otherwise I would rather publish it myself."
Robert shrugged, "I feel like you will decide this way, so I also discussed with them about publishing books at their own expense. Times Books, the best publishing house in the industry, has publishing capabilities in more than a dozen countries in the United States and Europe. What do you think? how is he?"
Jiang Hao has heard of Times Books, which is a leading publisher in the industry and is indeed very capable, "Yes, Robert, I will entrust this matter to you. How much will it cost to print 50,000 copies of each first issue? Wait for you Negotiate with the publisher and I will give you the money."
"50,000 copies for the first time, isn't it a little too much, why not print 10,000 copies in the early stage, if they sell well, we can reprint them?" Robert gave a suggestion, starting from a safe point of view.
Jiang Hao has calculated this account. The cost of a book is about 1 US dollar. Jiang Hao publishes the book and half of the printing fee, and the publishing house is responsible for the sales and half of the printing fee. The total of 2 books is 100,000 volumes, which is only 50,000 yuan. money only.
Is he short of 50,000?
"It's okay Robert, just do what I say." Jiang Hao insisted on his opinion.
"Okay, you are the boss." Robert said with a smile.
In fact, he may have more confidence in Jiang Hao's book than Jiang Hao.
After explaining about the book, Jiang Hao devoted himself to writing the script. He was about to start the process of his first film, starting with the script.
After working on it for about 3 days and revising it several times, Jiang Hao finally got the script out, and the format was written according to the film script mode, which is also convenient for future use.
During these three days, Robert also came back, finally settled the matter of publishing the book, and took 50,000 US dollars from Jiang Hao.
After Jiang Hao paid Robert the commission, he hired him as his full-time lawyer and was responsible for the follow-up contact with the bookseller. Robert happily accepted this business.
Monroe came back from class outside and saw a bouquet of roses on the table. She smiled and walked over to pick it up and smell it. It was very fragrant. Under the roses, he found a file bag with a piece of paper on it.
"A gift for Marilyn."
what is it
Monroe curiously picked up the file bag, untied the rope and found a thick stack of manuscript paper inside, she pulled out the manuscript paper, and saw a title written on the cover, "The Raccoons Fight."
"Is it a script?"
Monroe flipped through it excitedly, and was attracted by this story after a while.
Obviously, this is an urban comedy, and the protagonist's name is Marilyn Monroe. Monroe is the heroine in it. She is a country girl who came to New York alone to work hard. She has a pure heart. Of course, this The story begins with three little raccoons.
Three little raccoons wandering in the metropolis of New York, feeling hungry, rummaged through garbage in a certain back alley, accidentally knocked over the garbage can, and made their bodies dirty, but there was no food in it, which made the three little raccoons feel hungry. Guy is frustrated.
At this time, a little guy suddenly saw a window on the second floor above his head was open. He called two companions and climbed into the room along the fire pipe.
In the room, they rummaged through food, and finally found some bread and a few apples in the refrigerator. The guys ate them voraciously, and then played at home after eating, dropping the kitchen plates and the kitchen utensils The floor is all over, I turn on the faucet in the bathroom to take a shower, and the living room is full of water.
In short, the whole family was ruined by three little guys.
When the camera turned, at the same time, a beautiful blonde woman was quietly listening to an acting class, and then practiced acting and dancing. Her dream was to be a good actress.
But her performance was mediocre. Her teacher told her that she was not suitable for acting at all, so she should switch to other jobs as soon as possible and not waste too much time on the road of acting.
The place where she came to work was a fast food restaurant, but at work, because she was molested by customers, she got angry again.
It seems that everything is not going well today. The woman walked home in frustration. When she passed a dessert shop, she stood outside the door for a long time. She really wanted to buy a piece of cake. Seeing that there are only a pitiful twenty-odd dollars inside.
"This is my living expenses for a week. Let's go back and eat bread," the woman said.
She took another look at the delicious-looking cake in the window, turned and left, but this was not over yet, when she returned to the apartment, she found that the house had been messed up.
Hearing the movement, she went to the bathroom with an umbrella and found three nasty little raccoons playing in the pool. The woman was startled, screamed, and backed away, but the floor was covered with water. It was slippery, and the woman fell all of a sudden and sprained her ankle.
The scream of the woman frightened the three troublemakers. They jumped and escaped from the window. The woman climbed to the sofa with difficulty and rested for a while. They were all eaten by the little raccoons. She wanted to go out to buy food, but her feet hurt so much that she collapsed on the sofa again. She would only be hungry tonight.
the next day,
Although her feet still hurt a little, she still insisted on going to work. When she was going out, she met a young and handsome man. When the woman saw the man, she greeted him with a cautious expression. It could be seen that the woman admired this man a little. .
Notes: "Jon Hall cameo."
Seeing this, Monroe covered her mouth and smiled.
After some funny and funny things in the middle, the three little raccoons became friends of Monroe. Monroe kindly raised them, bathed them, spent the little money to buy food for them, the three little raccoons The guy is no longer messing around.
This paragraph is very sweet.
When she got up in the morning, Monroe took them for a morning run, and met a big dog to scare Monroe. The man who was leading the dog just laughed and even wanted to strike up a conversation with Monroe.
The three little raccoons were frightened away by the big dog at first, but they were very scared when they saw Monroe being yelled at by the big dog. Scared away, the big dog ran very fast, brought the man down at once, and then dragged him on the ground for a long, long way.
In this paragraph, Jiang Hao imitated the scene where Master Xing made a guest appearance in "Glass Bottle".
Seeing this passage, Monroe smiled again when she thought of the experience she told Jiang Hao.
Monroe liked the three little guys even more, and said to the three little guys, from now on, you have to protect my safety, all the three little guys stood at attention, like a soldier, here Jiang Hao is going to let them give the US military a paw salute , coupled with the solemn "Star-Spangled Banner" music, I think it must have a joyful effect.
During this time, Jiang Hao appeared again, saw Monroe with three little guys, greeted them lovingly, and then gave them a few candies.
Back home, while cooking, Monroe told the three little guys that she likes that man very much, isn't she very handsome, what do you think?
The three little guys looked dazed.
When the story reaches the end of the street, Monroe knows that this is usually the climax of the movie.
Monroe has been insisting on working and studying acting, but his beauty has aroused the covetousness of an ugly man. Floor, the man left.
a few days later,
When Monroe came home, the man followed him again, wanting to misbehave with the woman, trying to rush into the woman's house, Monroe screamed and ran away, the man was like a devil, grinning big and ugly, trying to catch the woman .
Just then the little raccoon appeared.
Three little raccoons bit the man, the man suffered some injuries, but the man was very strong, with a few slaps, the little raccoons were sent flying, and the little ones were beaten and stuck to the wall.
In the next paragraph, Jiang Hao used some plots of Home Alone, where the little raccoons used their ingenuity, such as sticking out sticks suddenly, spilling beans on the floor, breaking chili sauce, A little guy jumped down from mid-air and sat on it hard. The chili sauce sprayed out and shot the man in the face, and the man howled in pain.
Afterwards, the three little guys besieged the man inhumanely, and performed a beautiful jumping and kicking stunt. They kicked the man's face one by one, kicked the man down, and finally knocked the man unconscious and protected Monroe .
At the end of the story, Monroe called the police. The police came and took away the ugly man. Monroe hugged the three little guys happily and thanked them. At this time, Jiang Hao appeared and comforted Monroe. Monroe showed a pitiful look. The man said , Your house is in such a mess right now, I think your dinner is going to be ruined, why don't I treat you to dinner.
Monroe shyly agreed, then turned around and showed a meaningful smile to the three little raccoons. The three little guys waved their fists to cheer for Monroe.
The story ends here, but Jiang Hao is going to shoot an easter egg,
Jiang Hao and Monroe came to the restaurant. Monroe asked Jiang Hao what he did. Jiang Hao said, "I am a novelist. I have two works. One is called "The Bridge of Madison County" and the other is called "The Bridge of Madame". "Scent of a Woman", I still have a dream, to be a director in the future."
This is, Jiang Hao is going to give himself a Chiguoguo advertisement placement, and more than that, he has other ideas, urban-themed movies, hoho, don’t place too many advertisements, in future generations, some movies have not yet When it was released, the cost was recovered by placing advertisements.
"What about you, what is your dream?" Jiang Hao asked.
"My dream is to be a good actor." Monroe said.
After reading the script, Monroe put the script down, turned to look at Jiang Hao who had been standing behind her for a while, and said, "Jon, this story is really great, it's our story, but I'm worried, the three of them Can they act well, they have to do a lot of detailed movements in the movie."
Jiang Hao waved to the three little guys and said, "Line up."
The three little guys ran over one by one, stood in a row and squatted there, with their little paws on their sides.
"Salute", Jiang Hao ordered again.
The three little guys suddenly raised their right paws at the same time, stuck them on their foreheads, and then swung them forward gracefully, making a standard American military salute.
Monroe was amused by their actions.
"Jon, I believe that if it is really filmed, the whole world will like the three of them." Monroe said.
"And you." Jiang Hao said.
In fact, Jiang Hao has many movies to choose from, and he has many plans in mind, such as Monroe's famous film "Some Like It Hot", which won Monroe the Golden Globe Award.
For example, those Oscar-winning or hit films, such as "The Heroine", "Peach Apartment", "Ghost Love", "Scent of a Woman", etc., Monroe is more suitable for filming.
But Jiang Hao felt that Monroe was still too immature, and it might be difficult to express some of the plots in those movies. She still needed a period of study and sharpening, as well as familiarity with movies.
Another point is that Monroe is not well-known at the moment. It is a disadvantage for her to shoot those films that may win awards. When she becomes famous in the future, she will shoot those films that can win awards and strengthen her own strength. It can promote the progress of the Oscar, he believes, and it may be able to fulfill Monroe's long-cherished wish of winning the Oscar.
So Jiang Hao chose an urban comedy, let Monroe become famous first.
He believed that if the movie was finished, it would definitely make money, and it would also make Monroe some fame. It should be a suitable stepping stone for her.