Chapter 14 Doors and Windows

 For filming, the crew rented two rows of apartments on the two streets in front and back, which could be used as a filming location and as a residence for the crew. It must be said that Miramax is not in a very good financial situation. , making them stingy to a certain level.

  "Harvey has given an investment of 20 million US dollars, and the funds have not been fully received yet. Excluding the remuneration of the crew, there is very little money that can be used for filming. Now I can't wait to break a penny in half. Come and spend some time!"

  A dinner was going on in the restaurant of the apartment where the main creative staff lived. Since investment is not a confidential matter, David Fincher sat at the dining table and complained about the financial constraints.

  "Twenty million US dollars is indeed a little less."

  Ryan agreed. He vaguely remembered whether the investment in this movie in his previous life was 60 million or 70 million. Of course, the US dollars ten years later cannot be compared with now. .

  "Even so, Harvey also told me that it would be best to save the cost of publicity. God! He might as well just sell me." It

  seems that David Fincher really has a headache for funds. Others do this kind of thing. He couldn't help, he could only let out a burst of good-natured laughter.

  "Nicole's bacon and eggs are not ready yet? I'm going to the kitchen to have a look." Ryan remembered that Al had also entered the kitchen just now. Although this guy was funny and easy-going, he was an old-fashioned playboy.

  Sure enough, as soon as Ryan walked to the door of the kitchen, he heard Al's voice, "Nicole, your cooking skills are really good. This bacon omelette has a unique flavor." "

  Really? I don't cook much, these days. Because I had to take care of Ryan, I gradually developed it." Nicole's laughter also spread.

  "You guys have such a good relationship, haven't you ever thought about finding a father for Ryan?"

  "Don't be kidding, Al, Ryan is just my brother."

  Ryan simply walked in and looked at the bacon being cooked first. Nicole, who was frying eggs, looked at Al standing next to her and said unceremoniously, "Hey, Al, don't try to take advantage of Nicole! Otherwise, I'll give you a good look." "

  Hey, Ryan, you This guy is as big as a brat." Al's eyes widened in a funny way, looking really like the blind colonel in Scent of a Woman.

  "I'm telling the truth, Al, I know Chinese Kung Fu!" As he said that, Ryan made a nondescript Tai Chi starting move.

  Al Pacino laughed, patted his head gently, and walked out of the kitchen first.

  "Okay, Ryan, stop making trouble and carry a plate out for me." Nicole took off her apron and handed Ryan a white porcelain disc filled with bacon and fried eggs.

  Although the dinner was not sumptuous, it was better than the crowds and bustle. Especially during the middle of the meal, producer Harvey Weinstein drove over from New York. This fat man's career was now barely on track. It was not as swollen as it was later. Coupled with the surname of Linglong, the atmosphere in the living room suddenly became more enthusiastic.

  "It's so troublesome to deal with people from the Children's Association. Not only do they have to set Ryan's daily working hours, they also ask about the tutor's situation and study progress, and they have to send someone to check on him in a few days. I'm really going crazy." Ha. Weinstein sat at the dining room table and complained to Nicole and Ryan.

  "That's none of my business." Ryan shrugged.

  "It's none of your business? Ryan, you can't say that. It was you who didn't let us arrange a tutor in the first place, and you told me to let the bullshit Children's Association go to hell." "Did

  I say that? I don't remember. Yeah." Seeing Nicole's face turn dark, Ryan denied it without thinking.

  "Uh..." Harvey Weinstein was stunned for a moment, then said, "Okay, when the people from the Children's Association come, I will throw the movie script to them and let them see if they can write such a script. Does the child still need a tutor?"

  "Don't worry, Harvey, just find an extra to pretend to be a tutor." Ryan was totally making a bad idea. "It's just trivial to deal with them at my level."

  " Wait!" Al Pacino suddenly waved his hand and interrupted the conversation, "Script? The script of this movie? Ryan Jenkins... no way!"

  Al looked over in surprise, his eyes widening. Like a brass bell, as if he saw a Martian, "Harvey, you mean to say that Ryan Jenkins behind the script writer is the same person as the little guy sitting opposite me?" "

  Yes. "Harvey Weinstein nodded and asked strangely, "Don't you know? Hasn't anyone told you?" "

  Oh, God!" Al Pacino covered his forehead, "I I always thought they were two people with the same name. Damn it! Ryan, why did you never say you wrote the script?" "

  Hey, Al, you never asked!" Ryan looked wronged. expression, "Do you want me to run up to you, raise my tail and say, Mr. Al Pacino, I created the script of "The Sixth Sense", please praise me, please praise me."

  Ryan's words combined with his movements and expressions looked so funny that everyone couldn't help but laugh at the same time.

  After laughing, Al still looked in disbelief. He looked first at David Fincher, then at Harvey Weinstein, and then at Nicole Kidman. All three of them nodded in confirmation. This is a fact.

  "Surprised, right, Al?" Harvey Weinstein seemed to have the same feeling. "David and I were no better than you when we just heard the news, and..."

  He looked at the people sitting together. Nicole, Ryan, and Kingsley said, "You are so stupid, you have kept such important news from me?"

  "Important news?" The three of them looked at each other, obviously they didn't understand what Mr. Fatty said. What's going on.

  Harvey Weinstein simply stopped talking and quickly took out a weekend supplement of the New York Times from his briefcase and turned directly to the page of the bestseller list, "The latest issue of the bestseller list, "Jurassic Park" ranked fifth, "Ryan's Stories" ranked 31st, and "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" that did not make the list."

  "If I hadn't bought a copy of The New York Times last weekend, if I hadn't seen that the writing style of these books is so similar to the script of "The Sixth Sense", if it weren't for the fact that the author's name behind these books is Ryan Jenkins. ..."

  "Come on, Harvey, I admit that those three books are all my works." Ryan spread his hands. This is not a dishonorable thing. There is nothing to admit.

  "Oh, God!" Even though he had already thought of this answer, Harvey Weinstein still couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice, given his years of business experience.

  Al Pacino and David Fincher on the other side were not much better, especially David Fincher, who was holding up a fork to put a piece of bacon and fried egg into his mouth, but at this time it was as if someone had As if he pressed the pause switch, he sat there in a daze, motionless.

  Al simply snatched the supplement from Harvey Weinstein's hand, as if he would believe it only if he confirmed it with his own eyes.

  It wasn't until a few minutes later that everyone else in the restaurant calmed down, but the eyes they looked at Ryan changed. If he could write a script like "The Sixth Sense", he could also use his inspiration and combine it with his own experience. To explain, what about these works?

  "Jurassic Park" was published in 1986. How old was he then? He was just over six years old and not yet seven years old. Other children at this age were still playing house and playing with Transformers and Barbie dolls, but he started writing books.

  If it were someone else, they would still wonder if there was someone representing him, but he was still an orphan in an orphanage at that time, with neither money nor power, so someone would have their brains wet and write for him?

  What's more, since the camera was turned on these days, this boy's performance has fallen into their eyes. He is a precocious, intelligent and whimsical child. They often even feel that they are talking to an adult, and what he has shown in the filming What do these outstanding acting skills mean?

  Could it be said that while God closed a window for him, he also opened a door for him, and this door was still a triumphal arch!

  By this time, except for the three Ryans, everyone else had no desire to eat and left the restaurant while discussing something.

  Even though such and such episodes occurred, filming still continued. At the request of Ryan and Harvey Weinstein, others tacitly agreed not to spread this matter to the outside world.

  But after Ryan cooperated with the crew to deal with the people from the Children's Association, he always felt that Mr. Fatty was planning something, especially when he looked at his eyes, he was like a hungry wolf seeing fresh meat.

  As mentioned before, the status of actors always has ups and downs. Old actors like Al are the strongest in self-regulation, followed by Ryan, and Nicole ranks last among the three most important actors.

  "Ryan, you are a natural actor." It sounded like Nicole was praising him, but the following sentence revealed her true intention, "You can also deceive people without any trace!"

  Obviously, Nicole recalled some of her past experiences, and now she thought that this little guy was fooling her. Fortunately, it was all trivial and harmless.

  "Really? Nicole." Al Pacino came out of nowhere, bowed very gracefully, and said meaningfully, "Do you need me to help you discipline this little kid? Guy?"

  "Oh, hell." Al suddenly felt a chill in the costume he had just put on, and quickly dug into his abdomen, and a thin green object appeared in his hand, "What is this?"

  In Al When he leaned down, Ryan had already jumped far away, curled his hands into a trumpet, and shouted, "Hey, Al, stay away from Nicole, otherwise next time it won't be a cactus blade with its thorns cut off."

  The crew. The person in the middle was instantly stunned and burst into laughter. After so many days, they had already seen that Ryan and Al had a very good relationship. The two often made harmless jokes, and the number of times Al was teased Obviously far more than the number of times he teased people.