I’m in Hollywood - Chapter 16

[Chapter 16 Daring Thoughts]

“Want something to eat? I have some… um, chocolate, and apples here?” Eric asked, opening the somewhat empty refrigerator.

Stuart Runker sat on the sofa, shook his head and said, “No, it’s not a good habit to eat late at night. If you have milk, you can give me a glass. Drinking milk at night is good for sleep.”

Eric raised his eyebrows , poured a glass of milk for Stewart and handed it over, and asked, “Who told you all this?”

“It says in the book, Eric, don’t think I’m a kid who doesn’t know anything, okay? I’ve already Seven years old.”

Eric smiled and nodded: “Okay, big boy, then, why are your parents quarreling today?”

“Dad quit his job and said he wanted to open his own company. Mom just quarreled with him.

I got up, hey, women are really troublesome. When my father didn’t quit my job, my mother always complained that the company my father worked for was too small and had no future. Now my father finally made up his mind to resign, and my mother immediately turned around and said that my father gave up a stable job like this , is irresponsible to the family.”

Eric leaned on the sofa, but he didn’t care much about the family affairs of the Langkels, nibbled an apple and smiled: “I think, you little guy heard and saw Too many things that are not suitable for your age.”

Stewart grinned, as if he had heard a compliment, rolled his eyes, jumped off the sofa, ran to Eric and sat down, asking, “Eric, you now Are you making a movie?”

Eric nodded: “Yeah, it’s almost over. You can ask your mother to take you to see it at that time.”

“Then, Eric, do you think I can go and make a movie? “Huh

?

Stu, why do you suddenly have such an idea?”

Stuart said with anticipation in his eyes: “I heard that movie stars are paid very well. If I become a movie star, I can make a lot of money for my family. Money, when you have money, mom and dad won’t fight.”

If the Runkels were here now, I wonder if they would be ashamed to hear these words.

Eric thought for a while and then said: “But now you are too young. You may not know that children are one of the most difficult factors to control in a movie. Many movies try to minimize the role of children, even when the director is shooting, the director I would also be trembling, because once those children started crying, the entire crew would be paralyzed. And you have a great “Child Protection Act”, the contract signed by the crew has no mandatory effect on children. So, I think it’s better to wait. Let’s talk about it when you’re older, at least until you’re eighteen, like me.”

“Hey, Eric, I’m not one of those naive little brats, I’ll be very obedient. I heard you’re the screenwriter of the movie, Help me write a character, I will be very grateful to you.” Stewart looked at Eric with bright eyes, although compared to children of this age, Stewart Runkel is a bit too smart, but after all, only At the age of seven, he naively thought that as long as the screenwriter Eric helped him write a character, he could act in a movie.

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Eric’s heart jumped slightly, he sat up straight, and carefully looked at the little boy in front of him.

He had just suddenly thought of a person: Macaulay Culkin.

The super child star who relied on “Home Alone” to become popular all over the world.

At this moment, an extremely bold thought came out of Eric’s mind involuntarily. Although it was not clear enough, Eric knew that if the plan was successful, he could easily pass the most difficult primitive accumulation stage and directly break through. A series of factors such as age, funds, qualifications, etc. limit, to achieve their ideals.

Although this plan is very difficult for me, who is poor at this stage, how will I know if I don’t try it?

It’s rare to fight back in life!

Moreover, looking at Stewart, whose IQ is at least ten years old, the biggest uncertainty in the movie is gone.

“Then, Stu, to be honest, I do have a role here that suits you, and it’s the protagonist.”

Stuart leaned on Eric’s lap in surprise, raised his head and asked, “Eric, What is a protagonist?”

“Well, the protagonist is… the one who gets the most money in the movie.”

“I play, I play.”

Eric said: “However, we must ask your parents’ consent. Then, I’ll take you home and talk to your parents by the way.”

He took Stuart’s little hand and just walked out of Eric’s house when he heard the neighbor’s The voices of the Langkels.

“I tell you, Charlieson Runkel, if anything happens to Stu, I’ll divorce you!” Charlieson Runkel, who

has always been a little weak in quarrels, roared suddenly: “Shut up, you This bitch, if you hadn’t provoked a quarrel, would Stu run away secretly? Go to the basement first to see if Stu is hiding there.”

Mary Runkel was frightened by her husband’s sudden roar, In addition, it was indeed his own fault, so he followed behind her husband for a while, and was about to look for it when Eric’s voice rang next door.

“Hi, Mr. Runkel, don’t worry, Stu is here.” Eric hugged Stu, and the couple both breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the son in Eric’s arms.

After sending Stewart back to the Runkel house, after hearing Eric’s rough remarks, the couple both regretted it and promised not to quarrel in front of the child.

“Actually, Mr. Runkel, there is one more thing. Stu said just now that he wants to act in a movie. It just so happens that I have a script here that is very suitable for Stu, and, with Stu’s intelligence, I think it is completely perfect to play that role. No problem.” The

couple was a little surprised, if they didn’t know about Eric’s current situation, the two would probably take Eric’s words directly as a joke.

However, even the news about Eric appeared in the newspapers, so although they were surprised, they also had some expectations.

The life of the couple is somewhat unsatisfactory, otherwise there will be no mid-life crisis.

If my son can act in a movie and become a star, what it means is self-evident.

“Eric, can you roughly tell what kind of movie it is?”

Eric said: “Of course, this is a comedy, roughly a little boy is forgotten at home by careless parents…”

After spending five minutes, Eric told the story in general, and then said, “I chatted with Stu for a while, and found that Stu’s IQ is higher than that of the little boy in the movie, so , if you agree, let Stu try it out.”

Several people looked at the boy sitting next to him who seemed to be well-behaved or pretended to be well-behaved.

“Daddy, Mommy, I think I can do it, this story is great.”

“The child is still too young, I think…” Charlieson was just about halfway through, when Mrs. Runkel secretly pinched her.

“Eric, can we think about it?”

“No problem,” Eric nodded and added a fire, “but you must answer me as soon as possible, this movie is planned to be released during Christmas. , if the results are good, it is very likely that a series will be produced, if you agree, no accident, the protagonist will be Stu.”

A series of movies, even ordinary people, know that the protagonist’s salary will definitely get higher and higher.

At the same time, Eric tactfully didn’t tell the Runkels that he would be directing the movie himself. Now everything is unclear. Eric is not even sure whether the plan will be successful or not. He does not want to make “Home Alone” “The script was handed over to 20th Century Fox or other film companies, but he planned to produce it entirely by himself. For him who only half-footed into the circle, the difficulty can be imagined.

When he got home, the excited Eric was not sleepy. He sat in front of the typewriter and quickly typed the script of “Home Alone” while thinking about the specific implementation process of the plan.

The first is funding. In terms of actors, in addition to Stewart, the two stupid thieves are also the top priority. Eric did not intend to invite Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern from his previous life. Both of them are now relatively famous. The film actor, Joe Pesci has also been nominated for an Oscar for supporting actor, and he can’t even pay for the two of them with his own money.

Eric is planning to find two TV actors who act in comedy. UU reading www.sonicmtl.com The status of TV actors in this era is completely incomparable with movie actors. The pay is quite low.

The filming location must be Canada. Los Angeles has just entered the fall, and it has already snowed in many places in northern Canada.

There are other messy things…

The lights in the bedroom were on all night, and when the sun shone into the bedroom, Eric stood up and stretched.

After calculating for one night, the cost of “Home Alone” in the previous life is said to be 18 million US dollars. From Eric’s professional perspective, it is completely the cost of shooting plus the cost of publicity.

The pure shooting cost is only about a few million, most of which is the remuneration of actors and directors.

But now, because he already has a complete “Home Alone” film in his mind, all Eric has to do is transfer it to the film in its entirety, so he can save a lot of unnecessary waste.

In terms of publicity, Eric also has other plans.

But no matter how careful you are, you can’t make a movie without a million dollars.

One million, “Return to Seventeen” will be completed in the next few days. Eric can get half a million dollars in remuneration, plus the original script remuneration, there are still about 90,000 dollars left, which is not enough. Six hundred thousand dollars.

Well, “Jurassic Park” is selling so well now, and after discussing it with Michael Krause, maybe you can get $200,000, and there is still a shortfall of $200,000.

In line with the idea that the boat would naturally go straight to the bridge, Eric decided to try to prepare first.

[End of this Chapter]