Chapter 285 - The Next Lucas (Up)

When we met, Kate realized that she had fallen for Lin Mingyang's pawn, Winston had a daughter, looked like she was in her thirties, her body type was slightly fat, her long curly hair was neatly coiled behind her head, her skin was fair, but there were a few obvious freckles around her nose, and overall the woman named Lisa could only be regarded as ordinary in appearance.

Unlike her father, who was obsessed with movies, Lisa was a veterinarian, and in her own words, her life basically had no intersection with movies, with the exception of all things related to her father.

After picking up Lisa on the side of the road, their group drove to the place where the guy Winston mentioned in his will that he wanted his own daughter to specifically recommend to Lin Ming Yang lived.

Lisa was also merely acquainted with the man, "He shares my father's avid love for movie special effects, both of them like to fiddle with models and are very chatty on the topic..."

"A special effects producer who can chat so much with Mr. Winston should be little known in Hollywood as well...but I've never heard of this Mr. Baruth." Lin Mingyang went through all the right candidates in his head and finally determined that he really didn't know that guy.

"In my opinion Baruth is just a boastful, flashy guy, but my father always thought that his ideas were very creative... But Baruth should have been living a very downtrodden life, in the past he often borrowed money from my father, and when the amount wasn't too big my father would lend it to him, and he would occasionally come and pay it back that one or two times, and since the amount wasn't too big, so we didn't even care."

According to Lisa's description, Lin Ming Yang roughly sketched in his mind the image of a talented, embarrassed and downtrodden middle-aged man, the only thing that puzzled him was that since Winston recognized this Baruth's talent, why did he not recommend the other party to himself until after his death?

"Because some of his ideas are exaggerated even to my father, when my father was alive in the past, he always said that only a madman dares to use a madman..." said Lisa in a fit of verbosity, originally sarcastic about that Baruth, but piggybacking on it, she also scolded Lin Ming Yang.

Lisa was awkwardly sitting in the back seat, luckily there was also a Kate sitting beside her. Kate patted Lisa's shoulder and said with a smirk, "My think Mr. Winston's analogy is really apt for some people!"

Lin Ming Yang didn't mind being called "crazy", he had always believed that only crazy people could succeed, and to a certain extent, this statement was a compliment, what he really cared about was to what extent that Baruth was "crazy".

Probably because she felt she had already covered enough about Baruth, Lisa became much more silent on the next journey, only when she was close to her destination did she raise her voice to remind her: "Turn left at the intersection up ahead, Baruth's rented apartment is the second door on the left on the street."

There was a temporary parking space for cars right next to the apartment's curb, and before Lin Ming Yang's car had even stopped, a tall, thin man stumbled and was pushed out of the apartment, falling directly onto the highway. Lin Mingyang quickly stepped on the brakes, the car in less than 10 centimeters away from the man can stop, the car a few people were scared out of a cold sweat.

The strange thing is that the guy who fell down oblivious to the fact that he just had a brush with death, he fell to the ground like a spring like a whoosh and popped up, rolled up his cuffs as if he was looking for someone to fight for his life, angrily rushed into the apartment concierge, only to hear the inside of the "clang" a few muffled, just rushed into the tall, skinny man once again in a mess! "rolled" out, followed by the apartment door room out of an obese middle-aged woman.

She completely disregarded the surrounding lookers surprised gaze, viciously crawling on the ground towards the tall thin man than a fist gesture, sharp broken voice with a high voice, shocked the surrounding people a burst of ear dizziness.

"You give me listen well, owed half a year of rent is not paid, I will throw your house full of broken things all into the garbage can!"

The tall and thin man who was lying on the ground should have been given a painful fall this time, and could not climb up for a while, so he simply sat down on the ground and retorted, "That's a work of art!"

"I said it's trash!" The fat woman took a step forward, and the tall and thin man on the ground immediately shrunk his body back.

"That's really a work of art!" He still insisted on his point of view, but his bottom was clearly lacking.

Disdain was written all over the fat woman's face, "That's trash!"

"They really are works of art!" The tall and thin man muttered in a low voice.

The fat woman's speech had taken on a threatening tone this time, "If you can't get the rent, they're not garbage and they'll turn into garbage right away!"

The unknown onlookers had already lost interest in this hilarious scene when they saw this. It was like a clichéd passage used in a movie, the matter between the landlord who collects the debt and the tenant who owes the rent is something that even the police on the side of the road didn't bother to pay attention to, so everyone naturally dispersed.

Lin Mingyang has been sitting in the car watching with interest this strength is obviously not in a weight class "fighting match", Lisa in the back row after hesitating for a long time, and only then stammered to tell Lin Mingyang, sitting on the ground of the tall thin man is what they are looking for Rubas.

Kate, who had learned this news, was astonished, and it was hard for her to connect this downtrodden tenant in front of her with the special effects production doer that Winston spoke highly of. As for Lin Ming Yang, he just smiled slightly, "It seems that Mr. Rubas' recent situation is even worse than I thought!"

"Then let's... "Lisa pointed outside the car, meaning to ask Lin Ming Yang if this was the time to go down and help Rubas relieve the difficulties he was facing.

"Ms. Lisa is willing to continue to continue lending him money as generously as your father?" Lin Ming Yang asked strangely, and Lisa, who was about to pull open the car door and get out, stopped her hand.

"Judging from this Mr. Baruth's current performance, I'm not so sure that he'll be the kind of talent that I'd appreciate...but I'm willing to trust Mr. Winston's judgment, so let's just take another look!"

Just as they were discussing this in the car, the tall, skinny man on the ground had stood up, and without even patting the dust from his body, he straightened his neck and argued with his fat landlord, "You don't know anything about movies, do you know George Lucas?"

"I wouldn't mind getting to know the man if he's rich and he's willing to help you pay the rent!" The fat woman held out her fleshy fingers and waved them in front of Baruth.

"Mr. Lucas was ranked 277th on the American billionaires list last year with a value of $3.9 billion, and the Industrial Light and Magic special effects studio he founded is associated with the production of more than half of Hollywood's blockbusters..."

Before Baruth could finish his words, he was interrupted by the fat landlord, who waved her hand in boredom, "You know Lucas?"

Baruth puffed out his chest proudly, "That's for sure, I still have his autograph in my room..."

"But would he pay for a poor man like you?" The fat landlord's voice pitch steeply pulled up, this one almost used to roar out, not to mention Baruth, even the surrounding passers-by were also startled by her.

Baruth shook his head honestly, which fueled the fat landlord's arrogance, she coldly grunted, "There is a signature even if you know, then I also know Felix Lin! What's that old man Lucas, Felix Lin is one of the top fifty people on the rich list..."

Hearing the other party commenting on himself in this way, Lin Ming Yang, who was drinking water in the car, almost choked, while the two ladies in the car were hiding their mouths and snickering.

"My realization is that Mr. Lucas' life was going just as badly as mine before he became successful, and after the successful release of Star Wars, which received phenomenal box office receipts, Lucas set the first milestone on his path as a director by doing so. The success of the movie lies not only in the fact that it raises and explores a social issue brought to mankind and the world by the high development of science and technology, but also in the fact that it utilizes modern cutting-edge technology such as lasers, computers, and robots within the framework of a highly imaginative story to show the audience a kind of magical cosmic wonders. The high stunt content of this movie is breathtaking to the audience. It was groundbreaking in the creation and production of science fiction films around the world, and won seven Oscars in 1978. The success of Star Wars also led to huge profits for Lucas, who used the money to set up his own film production company in California..." Baruth was able to talk about his idol's success at length, even in front of the landlady he hated.

He clenched his fist and waved it with an air of determination, "Just give me a chance and I'll soar!"

The landlady looked like she had heard a very funny joke as she pointed her fingertip at Baruth's forehead, "You're saying you'll soar like Lucas one day?"

Baruth said with no small amount of anticipation, "I'm auditioning for a theater group, and they're very interested in my model, so maybe tomorrow we'll sign a contract...and then I'll have the money to pay the rent!"

"You think I'm going to believe your vile excuses, with you and all that crap in your room, that director would be eating shit if he saw you..." a steady stream of vicious curses spewed from the landlady's mouth, while Baruth stood there silently enduring it as if he was used to it.

Lin Ming Yang, who was sitting in the car, shook his head with some disappointment as he pulled out a signed but not yet filled in numbered up check from his pocket and handed it to Lisa in the backseat, "I'm not going to go down there, so please use this check to help that Mr. Baruth settle his arrears...he might not be the one I want!"

"Felix, now that we're all here, maybe you should take a look at this Baruth's work before you decide!" Kate, who hadn't said much before, suddenly interjected at this time, she was politely suggesting to Lin Ming Yang that what many talented people lacked really was just an opportunity.

Other people said this Lin Ming Yang would probably ignore it, but Kate's reminder made him pay attention. On the one hand, it was because Kate's position in his mind was unique, and on the other hand, it was because what Kate said really made sense.