Chapter 86 The Last Shot
Hanks is so cool!
This is Ye Wei's summary of this lunch interview, and he also understands why Hanks is so popular and why he can stand at the top of the Hollywood actor pyramid! Think about it, how many people Hanks has helped? How many people in this industry are grateful to him?
It is not unreasonable that he can win those Oscars. If Ye Wei joins a certain union in the future and then becomes one of the judges of the academy, when he faces the choice of Hanks or Willis, he will certainly vote for Hanks without hesitation.
It's cool! Thinking about it darkly, isn't this Hanks's cleverness? He is fighting for others within his own power, doing good to others, and taking action when he should fight against evil people. He has more and more friends, and as he goes up one level after another, his invisible power becomes stronger and stronger. He is Hanks.
But Ye Wei prefers to think so. This is true nature and there are not so many reasons, just because he is a good person!
However, even though Hanks is a good person, even though Lowett is really just a small character in front of him, Hanks will support a young man he just met so much because the young man got his appreciation and saw a treasure with a promising future!
In any creative industry, talent is really the most precious. For example, "My Grand Greek Wedding" can make Preton a profit and shine in one fell swoop. Ye Wei, who can shoot "Angel Dance" under the age of 16, has seen his huge potential!
That's why he got Hanks' help, which once again proves the correctness of the saying "work is the greatest power".
Things have changed these things, not winning the lottery or being lucky, but relying on his works and his own strength!
So Ye Wei accepted it calmly and thanked him in his heart. One day, he would definitely repay Hanks's former help.
After walking out of the restaurant, the two said goodbye. Hanks took away the script of "The Little Sunshine Beauty" and the entire suitcase. He said: "But our company will study the feasibility of investing in this project. I will contact you if there is any progress. There should be results within this month. Please relax first. I think you have been living too nervous these days, so young people should play more."
"Okay, then I'll play and wait for the reply." Ye Wei smiled, "My play is just playing movies, haha!"
Hanks patted his shoulder, then took a taxi and left, taking away a friendly relationship.
The taxi was coming and going on the avenue, and the taxi was quickly lost. The afternoon sun shone warm, but it could not dispel all the darkness in the world.
Ye Wei pressed his phone and sent a text message to Kevin Thomas: "You bitch, I didn't cause trouble for you, you jumped out. Do you want to go to jail? Don't call me, I don't want to hear your disgusting voice."
After a while, the other party replied: "Yes, I was wrong! I know this matter is over, and I promise I won't show up again and don't bother with me."
Kevin Thomas has lost his value now and must have been kicked away by Lowett. He admitted for no reason that he had made false accounts. Isn't he afraid that Ye Wei will use the power of a big shot to make him unable to move forward?
"I warn you again, don't mess with me! You can't afford to mess with me! Get out of here as far as you can! No need to reply!"
After Ye Wei sent this text message, he immediately deleted these text messages, not wanting his text message box to be defiled by this bitch.
After doing this, he exhaled and looked at the blue sky. His heart gradually became happy. Although he was not afraid, he had less trouble and the project rekindled hope. It was great! He smiled and called Lily, "Hey, girl, where are you?"
Lily's clear voice came from her phone: "Santa Monica, playing with Triste and the others."
"I'm also in Santa Monica. My old classmate's reunion was over. I was very happy and very good! He is still so easy-going and such a good person, haha! Let's play together in the afternoon?"
"Um...O-K! They will do this in the future anyway."
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After returning to the Preton headquarters in Santa Monica, Hanks called Willis. Their relationship was not very deep, but they were always friends.
"Bruce, Lowett is not good to hurt a teenage filmmaker like this, I told him to stop."
"I have always told them not to cause trouble again! That boy is arrogant... But I have done something wrong with this, let him go! I have always told this, and they didn't understand what they said!? Lowett... I have scolded him less recently! Hell! I won't blame you for this, I don't need to say more."
"It's fine now that it's okay. Ye Wei is really good."
"Tom..." Willis over there was silent, "Are you going to invest in him?"
“I haven’t decided yet.”
Hanks knows the potential of this project, and the Willis team has already explained a lot of the focus. However, Ye Wei wants to be a producer and director, and this decision that will shock the whole world as soon as it is announced is not so easy to make, which refers to the production of Preton. He and Ye Wei have not talked about whether to appear or not.
At this point, Hanks admired Willis a little bit of the courage and passion he had agreed to, which he did not have.
"With this young man's talent, he will always come out. He either invests or others. He will always find a way out, just when."
Hanks said that he had no doubts about whether Ye Wei could grow into an excellent or even top producer and director. What he was concerned about was whether Ye Wei could be excellent at the age of 16, at least pass the exam! Is it the time to invest? He was not sure, so he dared not make a decision.
"I don't want to care about that kid anymore, nor do I want to hear him, Tom, I wish you the right decision."
"good."
After the call ended, Willis looked complicated on the other end of the phone, and two nasolabial folds were drooping. Will that kid touch Hanks? Hanks played "Richard"?
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From the 18th, Martin Luther King Il passed on the 19th, and another week passed.
During this period, Hanks read the script of "The Little Sunshine Beauty" several times. Every time he read it more, he liked the script more, and his desire to make it appear on the big screen became stronger.
He has read all the documents in Ye Wei's suitcase, and he is so professional that he can't find any problems. Because he knows how to direct, screenwriter and producer, he has a deeper feeling than Willis. If a high school student who is about to be 16 years old can do this, maybe there will be no second in the world.
His third son, Chast, is over 13 years old and is just a spoiled teenager, hey!
Despite this, Hanks still didn't make a decision, and he asked his partner and friend Gary Gotzman.
Gary exclaimed: "What!? It's so dangerous! Tom, your vision no longer needs to be proved, it's so dangerous!" He replied: "I don't want to prove anything, I don't need it, but this really aroused my interest."
"This kid is either a golden key or a dose of poison. You don't want your reputation to be damaged because of it. My opinion is that it's better not to participate, there is no need for this."
Gary's opinion was not what Hanks wanted, so he asked his wife Rita Wilson, who was also one of the producers of "My Grand Greek Wedding". Speaking of which, she introduced Niya Vadalas's unicorn drama to him, and she supported the adaptation of the movie, which led to the subsequent Miracle Movie, so her professional opinions were highly valued by him.
Rita also watched "Dance of Angels". Apart from not participating in that lunch interview, she knew as much as Hanks, and she was also hesitant.
"This young man is full of talent and cannot treat him as an ordinary high school student... But... Tom, I don't know, this matter... exceeds the scope of my understanding, let alone thinking."
Yes, this matter is a bit supernatural, and it is difficult for them to have a correct understanding of "mortals".
However, there is a genius who can definitely do it. He started filming short films at the age of 11, and at the age of 16, he made his first feature film (super 8 format). He has been nominated for Best Director in Oscars and won 2 awards, almost sweeping all important awards, and has repeatedly set off a commercial frenzy, opening up the concept of "summer blockbusters" and is known as the "greatest director".
One of the cultural idols, one of the American symbols, one of the most influential big names in Hollywood, the boss of DreamWorks, and the genius among geniuses.
Hanks called the 57-year-old friend and asked earnestly: "Steven, I want to ask you something..."
Steven Spielberg.
His views will directly affect Hanks' decision.
Chapter completed!