"Whose movies? What content was made? How much investment?" I asked a series of questions like a machine gun.

Lemmer smiled and said, "William Wheeler. The name of the movie is "Wuthering Heights."

"Wuthering Heights?! I was stunned when I heard this name.

Impossible?! In history, William Wheeler did make this movie, and it was adapted from the novel of the same name by British female writer Bronteth. The movie was a huge success and set off a craze for adapting literary classics in Hollywood at that time, but this was all in 1939.

How could William Wheeler shoot this movie more than ten years in advance?

I was a little dizzy.

"Andre, are you okay?" Seeing that I had a strange expression, Lemmer patted my shoulder.

I quickly came back to my senses and whined indirectly: "Lymer, how could this kid Wheeler think of making this movie?"

I have to figure out why William Wheeler made this movie ten years ahead of schedule, although I was still the butterfly effect of vocalizing my voice until the root cause.

Lemmer laughed and said, "What's the matter? Wheeler has liked this novel since he was a child. He has always had the idea of ​​moving it to the screen, but he didn't do it. Last year, the success of Howard Hawks' "The Road of Glory" made this guy a little unable to do it. The script has been written with his head on the head since last year. It's been revised more than ten times, and I reported it to me two copies. But at that time I was busy with the Griffith movie, so I didn't have much energy to deal with him. Now I have completed this movie by Griffith, and Universal will focus on Wheeler's movie below."

"Is Wheeler's script well written?" I asked in a low voice.

Although I am very confident in William Wheeler's ability, this guy is just a young boy who has just entered the Tao, and some problems will inevitably arise.

"I read it and it's very good. Wheeler has a good grasp of the spirit of the original work and is deeply rooted in the essence. I am very confident in his script. Besides, in Hollywood movies now, there are very few movies adapted from the original work. Wheeler's "Wuthering Heights" may make a breakthrough and achieve good results." Lemmer squeezed his eyes at me.

He said this, and I felt relieved.

You should know that Laimer has been in Hollywood for so many years and is very experienced in what kind of movies the audience likes and what kind of movies the audience needs. More importantly, he can infer the success of a movie script from the details of a movie script, so I have nothing to worry about when he praises Wheeler's "Wuthering Heights".

"How much does it invest?" I asked with a grin.

Lemmer stretched out a hand to me

"100?" I asked.

Lemmer nodded and said, "This is just a budget. Of course, if there are more than 400,000 and 500,000, there should be no problem in the end."

"That's good. In the first half of this year, major Hollywood film companies were a little weak, and there were no decent movies produced. I'm sure the competition in the film market in the second half of the year will definitely become more and more fierce, so you have to keep a close eye on the best efforts to shoot this movie." I stared at Lemmer.

Lemmer smiled slightly and nodded.

"By the way, I heard that Paramount is also starting to make a new movie." Lemmer suddenly remembered something and said to me.

"Paramon!? They have produced more than a dozen bad movies in the first half of the year. It's time to put in a good movie." I grinned.

"You can't compare others with you. Adolf Chuck's strategy is to win by quantity. Although they produced bad movies in the first half of the year, they made money every step. If more than a dozen movies were added together, they would make a lot of money." Lemur laughed.

"That's right. This is Adolf Chuck's usual style. Who makes people have more money, more people, more equipment? Unlike us, there will be no one when we start filming three movies at the same time." I shrugged and laughed.

"Andre, I heard that Paramount is planning to produce more than 20 movies in the second half of the year, and they are all listed on the company's filming schedule. There are more those that are not listed on the schedule." Lemmer curled his lips.

"This is the strength of the first-class company." I lit a cigarette and turned to ask Lemmer, "Lemmer, who did you think Paramount is going to film this important movie?"

"I heard it seems John Ford. And they seem to have launched a new actor named John Wayne." Lemmer frowned.

"John Ford!? John Wayne!?" Hearing the names of these two people were mentioned together, especially the name of the person behind, I snapped and the wine glass in my hand fell to the ground.

How did these two guys get together?

I am very familiar with John Ford. And I am an old friend of mine, so when I heard the news, I accidentally dropped my glass on the ground. Lemmer was also stunned.

"Isn't Andre just John Ford? As for being so surprised?" Lemmer laughed in a low voice.

Damn it. If it were just John Ford, I wouldn't have been so surprised, but when I heard the names of John Ford and John Wayne were combined together, I would go crazy.

Anyone who is familiar with movies knows that John Ford started his career with westerns and became a master of films of a generation. It was John Wayne who achieved his glory.

It can be said that without John Wayne, there would be no John Ford, and of course, it was also the place where it was established.

These two people are born with the best partners. Before John Ford discovered that John Wayne had collaborated with him, his movies were only a little famous, but since the two of them got together, the greatest western group in history was born, and the peak of western films was about to arrive.

In history, John Ford met John Wayne, it was like a fish in water. The two of them had a deep understanding of each other. The movies they made together were perfect in terms of the artistic nature of the movie and the unique shaping of the characters.

Especially John Wayne, one of the greatest actors in Hollywood with a generous personality, was almost born to act in westerns. Everything in him perfectly explains the connotation of cowboys and the true meaning of the Western spirit.

So, when I heard John Ford and John Wayne get mixed together, this shock was far from understanding.

This means that Paramount will definitely be extremely brilliant in the second half of this year because of this movie.

"I'm not worried about John Ford, I'm worried about another person." I smiled.

Lemmer was stunned for a moment and said, "You are talking about John Wayne? No, I have seen this guy once. He is tall and handsome, and his voice is not nice. Such a person can't star in any movie. What are you worried about him?"

I smiled bitterly and said, "Ramel, you're right. This John Wayne is not as handsome as those male movie stars. He naturally can't be the leading actor in those romantic movies. But if he plays movies in other categories, it's hard to say. And once he works with John, he might still win the Harvey Award for Best Actor this year."

Hahahaha, after hearing what I said, Lemmer burst into laughter. How could he believe me?

"Andre, don't joke with me, the old man. If that John Wayne can win the Best Actor Award, the male movie stars here probably have basically won the Golden Feather Trophy." Lemmer pointed to the Hollywood male movie stars who were traveling around at the cocktail party.

I was too lazy to explain this to Lemmer, and asked him in a low voice: "Lemmer, do you know what the name of this movie John Ford filmed?"

Lemmer frowned and thought for a while, saying, "It seems to be called "West Sands"! Yes, it's called this."

""Western...Mad Sand"?!" When I heard this name, my head was a little big.

Because in history, John Ford has never filmed such a movie. But from the name, it is very likely to be a western film.

"What's wrong, have you heard of it?" Lemurbaba asked me.

I suddenly remembered a valuable scene in my mind, as if it was at the opening ceremony of "Hollywood Story". When John Ford and I were chatting unintentionally, we both talked about the issue of his next movie. At that time, John Ford said that he was busy preparing the script of the next movie, and it was a movie about shooting Western Cowboys. I was very interested at that time and said that we can invest in this movie in DreamWorks, and John Ford agreed at that time.

Later, the filming of "Hollywood Story" and a series of things made me dizzy, and I completely forgot about this matter. Could it be that the movie he prepared at that time was the current "West Sands"!?

I seemed to have caught something in my head.

When Lemmer saw me laughing and a serious expression, he was also full of suspicion. He was dazed from time to time.

I chatted with Lemmer for a while and then walked away and began to look for the shadow of John Ford in the crowd.

When John Ford was found, he was chatting with a group of directors. Strauheng, Kim Vidor, Liu Biechen and others were all there, and there were big stars like Lillian Gish.

When a group of people saw me, they immediately smiled and greeted me.

"Andre, you finally pushed David out. It's rare." Strauheng and Griffiths had a great relationship. So he was very happy to see Griffith make a comeback this night.

"The Great Caesar was well filmed. It feasted us all over the eyes, but I am more interested in your "The Passion of Jesus". I can't help but the five-minute trailer alone." Kim Viedo and Liu Bieqian were obsessed with the five-minute trailer at the screening before the premiere.

I'm hilarious with them

After a while, he asked a few of them with a smile: "What kind of movies are you doing in the second half of the year?"

After asking this, several people laughed meaningfully.

"I am going to make a family movie in the second half of the year, called "Stupid Wife", which is also what Mr. Marskolov ordered." Strauheng frowned a little when he mentioned the movie.

The name of this movie can be seen as a movie that reflects the family life and social life. I know Strauheng. He wants to make a movie that is a kind of conflict that is fierce and profound, and can reflect the good and evil of human nature. But Marskolov and others seem to believe that Strauheng is good at shooting family life and social life, so they keep giving him such face-to-face orders, so Strauheng now regards making movies completely as work rather than art.

These movies are not the subject matter he wants to shoot, but in order to live, he has to lower his head and lead the director. It can be said that he has now become the representative of the most unsatisfactory director in Hollywood.

But there is no way to do this. Strauheng has been working at MGM for almost his whole life. It is impossible to let him leave MGM. And staying at MGM for one day means he must live such a day.

So, although he had a lot of complaints about this life, there was no other way.

Looking at Strauheng's dejected look, everyone else smiled kindly.

"Strauheng, you should be satisfied. At least as a director, you still have movies. When you have time, you go to every corner of Hollywood to see how many people are there who have no movies but end up falling into a fight!?" King Vido laughed and patted Straauheng's shoulder hard.

"Vido, are you going to shoot a movie in the second half of the year?" I asked with a smile.

King Vido squeezed his eyes and made a face: "I, of course I did it. Our boss said that the 20th Century Film Company has been the biggest player in the second Harvey Awards this year. How could I not make a movie? Besides, if I don't make it, how lonely it would be for the second Harvey Awards ceremony."

"You guy!"

"Simply shameless!"

Everyone beat the gold one after another. Vidora.

"Vido, what theme are you going to shoot in this movie?" asked Liu Bieqian, who kept giggling.

King Weido looked at me, then smiled and said, "Which subject do you think is the hottest this year?"

"Of course it's a religious subject! Is this easy to ask?" Everyone said in unison.

Since 1925, Hollywood has formed a rule that if you want to know which theme is the most popular today, it is very simple, just look at what DreamWorks filmed.

After the premiere of "Lust and Caution", it caused the climax of psychological and erotic films, and the birth of "People Who Called for Help". It triggered the singing of realist films. "Draculous Dracula" made horror movies occupy a long time, and then "Brave Heart" made historical movies continue to be screened on the screens of Hollywood theaters for almost a year in 1926.

At the beginning of this year, "Love Letter" caused a craze for love movies, but this craze is not very big. So far, the religious movies brought by "The Passion of Jesus" are about to melt Hollywood.

"Vido, you 20th Century Film Company won't want to shoot religious movies, John Ford guessed King Vido's thoughts.

Kim Vido laughed and nodded.

I was immediately amused by Kim Vido. This guy is quite smart. He took the religious movie train from DreamWorks and MGM. The 20th Century Film Company will definitely achieve success.

"Vito. You 20th Century Film Company is following the trend so closely, so you are not afraid of falling over. You must know that you have always followed Mr. Corleone. Generally, there is no good ending. Because with his movies there, it is difficult for others to surpass. The audience will subconsciously compare your movies with his movies. If the gap is particularly large, they will not buy your account!" Liu Bieqian reminded Jin Weido.

King Vidor spread his hands and said, "Don't worry, this movie is also a religious movie, but we will not focus the camera so heavily like Mr. Corleone and Mr. Dimil. We are filming ordinary people living under religious themes, and it is also a light comedy. I think the audience will feel refreshed when watching it."

"What's the name?"

“Halilua!”

"Puff!" John Ford squirted out the wine from his mouth and coughed, "Vido, the name of your movie is too much!"
To be continued...