Chapter 493 (1/2)

Burbank, Universal Studios.

The two cars stopped in front of and behind the special studio for the Vimy show.

The driver of a luxury Cadillac SUV in front got out of the car and opened the door. Madonna stepped out of the car, and a 30-year-old white man came from the BMW convertible behind.

Madonna and the man walked to the studio together and said, ”David, whether it's successful or not, you should remember to owe me a favor. If I didn't call Simon, he might not have promised to see you. Many people are staring at this project. ”Alien 3” is a smash, but as long as you can do a good job in this fashion show and impress Simon, it's easy to get a foothold in Hollywood. ”

The man next to Madonna is David finch.

Like many famous Hollywood directors, David finch has been interested in movies since he was a child. With some contacts, he got a job in Lucas pictures at the age of 19 and participated in the behind the scenes production of Star Wars: the Jedi counterattack in 1983.

However, Hollywood is not so easy to enter after all.

Throughout the 1980s, Finch was still the director of music MVs and commercials, but he soon emerged in the industry. He not only produced Nike commercials, but also shot MVs for top musicians such as Smith spaceship and Madonna.

Just last year, Finch finally won the first film directing plan, and is fox's heavyweight ”alien” series sequel ”alien 3”.

It's just that this directing experience is like a nightmare.

David finch has been confronted with many problems in the process of Hollywood film production, such as script collapse and reconstruction, fox's rush to schedule, differences with the producers, budget overrun, etc.

Although the movie was finally finished, the result was not good.

Alien 3, released on June 19, won $26.84 million at the box office in its first week, depending on the popularity of alien series and the publicity of fox.

However, because of its poor reputation, the box office of ”alien 3” fell by an astonishing 58% in the next week, which is almost the biggest drop in the box office of this summer class.

Just in the past four weeks, the box office of ”alien 3” has only $4.09 million in a single week, and the cumulative box office is only $47.96 million. Given the $50 million budget for alien 3, fox will not be able to recover the cost in the near future.

After this, David finch thought he should be silent for a few more years in the field of advertising and MV, but suddenly another opportunity appeared.

Simon westero is looking for a director for a recent fashion underwear show.

And it happens to be good at advertising and MV director.

It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for those who want to enter Hollywood.

Even though he has already stepped into Hollywood, David finch is still the first to get in touch with the Vimy project team and try to help with the project through his accumulated contacts over the years.

Hollywood is a circle of people. With help, you can get twice the result with half the effort.

David finch was able to enter Lucas pictures when he was 19 years old because one of his neighbors happened to be a producer of Lucas pictures.

In a word, it would be more certain to have David giller, the producer of the alien series.

David giller was one of the three nominal producers of Simon westero's masterpiece ”Lola Run” at the beginning. He was very kind to the young man. In addition, giller is a contract producer of daenerys entertainment while producing the alien series for fox.

However, although the two sides are very ”familiar” with each other because of the cooperation in alien 3, their relationship is very bad, and they don't want to deal with each other any more. Directors and producers who have differences in creation are born enemies. It is obviously impossible for giller to help.

Fortunately, in addition to David giller, David finch also knows another person who is said to have a very good relationship with westero. It is Madonna who is next to him at this time.

David finch was the MV director of several Madonna songs a few years ago, and the relationship between them was pretty good.

Try to contact some, Madonna even quickly gave him a reply, westero to see him, is today.

They enter the studio talking and laughing. A staff member greets them and says Simon is waiting for them.

Through the corridor divided into different work areas, there are busy figures on both sides. Madonna is also attracted by the dazzling array of angel wings in a compartment. If Simon is not waiting, she will almost go in and try it on.

Originally, the working areas on both sides of the corridor were busy enough. At the end of the corridor, the open space with a T platform was full of people.

In this circle, both of them can see that there are some shooting props, such as lighting, etc.

Madonna saw a young man at a glance. Simon was standing with another tall man with long hair, pointing out something.The staff took them to the rest area, said wait a moment, and walked towards Simon.

When someone brought coffee, Madonna said thank you, casually holding the cup, continued to look at Simon, turned to David Finch, only to find that his expression was a little strange, so she asked, ”what's the matter?”

David finch hesitated, pointed to the man next to Simon and said, ”that's Michael Bay.”

Madonna also had some doubts: ”hmm?”

David Finch, still looking a little strange, explained: ”Bay, like me, worked in Lucas pictures. I remember very well that he was only 15 years old in 1980. Moreover, Bei is also the most popular music MV and advertising director in the industry in recent years. He made Coca Cola's advertising film two years ago. ”

After a pause, Finch added: ”Bei's style is really more suitable for this fashion show than me.”

That said, there was not much loss in finch's expression.

Westero has obviously chosen the director for the show, and even finch himself has to admit that Michael Bay's shooting style is more suitable for directing the show than himself. Well, it's only natural that westero would choose the other side.

However, since westero has chosen the director and asked himself to come to see him, it obviously means another opportunity.