On the 13th of the month, it was a sunny day.

The sun is shining brightly and the sky is clear. It happens to be Sunday, so for most people, they are in a very comfortable mood.

But some people are in a bleak mood.

At noon on that day, a news came from the broadcast of Los Angeles One: After several days and nights, Alfred Hitchcock, the artistic director of Thunderbolt Film Company, finally woke up.

Doctors from Los Angeles First Hospital later revealed in an interview with reporters that they were lucky that Hitchcock did not suffer a stroke this time, nor did hemopathy. This is good news for Hitchcock himself and Thunderbolt Film Company.

The doctors also said that this blow also caused great damage to Hitchcock's body, especially mentally.

Doctors told reporters that Hitchcock had to stay in the hospital for at least one month before he could be discharged from the hospital, and after he was discharged, he could not immediately devote himself to filming. He had to recuperate for a period of time before he could start working again.

Hitchcock's attending physician revealed that the first thing Hitchcock did after waking up was to have someone bring the newspaper and turn on the TV. He read the contents of the newspaper reports these days, watched an episode of "Prison Break", and then lay on the bed. He didn't say anything, just sighing.

The doctor said: "It can be seen that Mr. Hitchcock has suffered a great mental blow. Since he woke up, he has basically not spoken much. The most he does is stare at the ceiling above his head and stare blankly."

These situations led to the major media in Los Angeles to the same conclusion, that is, Hitchcock was hit by this and it is very likely that he would not recover.

And there are many people in DreamWorks who have such ideas.

"Boss, this time we have completely solved the fat man Hitchcock. Judging from the current situation, this guy has been hit and his mental breakdown. Maybe it is possible to quit Hollywood." Gans was very happy to watch the report on TV.

I smiled bitterly: "Gans, do you really think so?"

"Of course." Gans spread his hands and said, "Boss, don't you think so?"

I shook my head: "Of course I don't think so. If Hitchcock falls down and says, then he will disappoint me too much! He is Hitchcock! Not an ordinary director! If it were someone else, I might believe it, but I absolutely don't believe Hitchcock would be discouraged by a blow. He is Hitchcock. The ambition in his heart is impossible for him to give up easily."

Regardless of whether Gans and others believed in my words or not, I was very sure of my judgment.

After all, I know Hitchcock so well.

Hitchcock was hit and was in a depressed mood. The incident of media reports attracted people's attention. Leidianhua Film Company then threw out a more explosive news on this afternoon.

That afternoon, after learning that Hitchcock woke up, Carrey Rockefeller, the owner of Thunder Dianhua Film Company, entered Los Angeles First Hospital to negotiate with Hitchcock.

It is naturally impossible for others to know the specific content of the negotiation, but after the negotiation, Carey Rockefeller immediately announced to the media that Leidianhua Film Company will cancel the filming of "The Road to Escape".

Carrey Rockefeller said this: "Because the director of "The Road to Escape" is not suitable for shooting, and there is no other suitable director for this movie. So Leidenghua Film Company decided to cancel the filming activities of the movie. This is a helpless choice."

When asked by reporters whether Leidianhua Film Company had considered reshooting other films, Carrey Rockefeller did not respond clearly. He just said vaguely that the senior executives of Leidianhua Film Company are now discussing.

In fact, from his words, I can basically infer that Leidianhua Film Company may not have the possibility of investing in filming during this period.

It’s not that Leidianhua Film Company has no money. It’s that their current situation is not suitable for filming movies.

First, since the beginning of this year, Lei Dianhua has been extremely unhappy. The successive failures and scandals have made the prestige of this film company shatter. This time, I originally thought I would become popular in "The Road to Escape", but I didn't expect to encounter the magic trick of DreamWorks Li Dai Taozun. Lei Dianhua is already in a dilemma and must stop for the time being and think about the countermeasures.

In this case, it is obviously not appropriate to make other movies immediately.

Second, even if you want to change to shoot other movies, it is not that easy to find a suitable script. Besides, the director team of Thunder Dianhua Film Company is now full of holes, and Chaplin has disappeared. The new director Victor Fleming, who was finally recruited by Hitchcock, has now become a weapon in DreamWorks. As the only pillar of Thunder Dianhua Film Company, Alfred Hitchcock has now become like this. He can't find a suitable person qualified to lead Thunder Dianhua to a turnaround. Thunder Dianhua Film Company can only make a long-term plan.

After Carey Rockefeller announced the news, someone caught Hitchcock resting on the hospital lawn.

At this time, Hitchcock could no longer see the domineering nature of the past. He sat in a wheelchair, lowered his head, thinking about something that others could not know.

Maybe he was thinking about his future prospects.

Lei Dianhua Film Company's move completely admits that they will give up the shooting activities of films with this theme.

This not only means that Lei Dianhua's previous hard work and a lot of investment have disappeared, but also means that the situation of this first-class film company in Hollywood has become precarious.

In terms of capital, Leidianhua Film Company was definitely a super tycoon among major Hollywood film companies from the beginning. To some extent, its foundation is even more solid than MGM and Paramount.

But this company has a weakness in its core, that is, its innate deficiencies.

In the external environment, because of its special identity, Leidianhua Film Company has been isolated from many Hollywood film companies since the first day of its birth. This situation may be a little better now, because Columbia and Fox Film Company and Leidianhua are still in good relationships. However, other Hollywood film companies have always been incompatible with Leidianhua.

Such an external environment makes Lei Dianhua difficult to develop in Hollywood, although he has strong capital.

In terms of internal environment, Lei Dianhua is not much better.

First of all, there is a shortage of personnel. Compared with the large companies such as MGM, Paramount, etc., although there are many outstanding talents in Leidianhua Film Company, it has obvious shortcomings compared to its own strength. Secondly, there are too many internal strife between these people within Leidianhua Film Company. This phenomenon is probably unique to Leidianhua among major Hollywood film companies.

Perhaps it is true that people are divided into groups and birds of feathers gather together.

Rui Rockefeller is such a person, so his group of people are not far from home.

The death of "The Road to Escape" completely exposed all the fatal weaknesses of Lei Dianhua Film Company, directly pushing the film company to the edge of the abyss.

The Los Angeles Tribune created a comic for Lei Dianhua. In this comic, a man in a suit and ties carried a purse in his hand, standing next to the bottomless cliff. Two heavy iron balls hung on his feet. The iron balls rolled towards the cliff, holding him into the cliff bit by bit.

These two iron balls, one with internal strife and the other with scandal.

Behind this man in a suit and ties is a mountain that symbolizes Hollywood. There is a high-flying flag on the mountain, and a huge word is written on it: Freedom!

This cartoon vividly expresses the current Hollywood and the current unfair situation of Leidianhua Film Company.

Carrey Rockefeller then held an emergency meeting of the board of directors of Leidianhua Film Company in his private villa.

In addition to Carrey Rockefeller himself, the leaders of Leidianhua Film Company were also present at the conference, including Aitken, Floyler, Kessel, Bergman and other core figures.

The task of the center of this meeting of Leidianhua Film Company is definitely to solve the current adverse situation.

It is said that the meeting was very intense. Carey Rockefeller cursed at the meeting and decided to fundamentally reform Leidianhua Film Company. Of course, after some discussion, the leaders of Leidianhua Film Company also came to some conclusions. As for what the conclusion is, it is unknown.

After this meeting, Leidianhua Film Company became extremely quiet.

The fierce reform measures I imagined did not appear.

After the meeting, Carrey Rockefeller and his men had almost no action. The entire Thunderbolt Film Company was surprisingly calm when shooting movies at other Hollywood film companies.

But the calmer they are, the less I can't feel relieved.

Time passed, and September passed quickly.

For DreamWorks, the whole month is the harvest season. The successful release of "Friends" and "Prison Break", the final completion of "The Ten Commandments", the prosperity of the cartoon "The Lion King", and the sharp rise in performance of various branches within the company have made DreamWorks jealous of major Hollywood film companies.

However, at the end of September, with the fruitful results that have been achieved, DreamWorks announced that it would start shooting two movies, which once again attracted everyone's attention.

The start of the filming of these two films marks the silence that has been believed to have not been broken in DreamWorks' charges like this year's Harvey Awards, and it shows that DreamWorks began to blow the horn of the offensive at the last moment.

Unlike before Christmas movie schedules, DreamWorks always chose young directors to take on the lead. This time, DreamWorks chose two veteran filmmakers.

They are Griffith and Dunar.

As one of the oldest filmmakers in DreamWorks and even Hollywood, Griffith and Dunar have only a very small number of prestige, such as Edwin Porter, and other directors, such as John Ford, King Vidor, Liu Bieqian, etc., are all juniors in front of them.

In recent years, Hollywood newcomers have been on the stage in waves, shining and surging, while also pushing the older generation of filmmakers to the edge of the stage.

In Hollywood, except for Sissy Dimil, the only ones who can still stand firm in Hollywood by relying on movies, are Griffith and Dunar.

And these two people, at DreamWorks, are generally not as many films as young directors like Stiller and Stevenberg.

But this does not mean that they are incapable.

Griffith and Dunar directed one of the Ten Commandments this year, while Griffith's Sixth Commandment "Killing" and Dunar's second commandment are widely popular among the people, and people call these two old directors: "Hollywood's Ageless Quick Gun!"

With their deep life experience and understanding of life and the world, they conquered critical audiences and Hollywood filmmakers.

Just as the public and major Hollywood film companies were guessing who would take the lead in DreamWorks' Christmas movie schedule this year, DreamWorks suddenly launched two old directors, which was beyond all expectations.

At the end of September, Dunar found me first and submitted a script to me.

When submitting the script, Dunar stared into my eyes and said, "Boss. This year I want to shoot a movie that people can still remember after my death!"

Since entering DreamWorks, Dunar has been working conscientiously. It can be said that he is the most tolerant and silent person among all directors.

The local man in the DreamWorks director team. The person who is the best assistant director is him, the person who makes the least films alone is him.

It is precisely because of this that he is the one who is most eager to make a film!

Unlike young directors such as Stevener and Stiller, Dunar is already considered an old man. Compared with Stevener and Stevener, his remaining artistic life is very short, and compared with Griffith who have already achieved success and fame, Dunar's achievements are obviously much lighter, although he is now recognized as a first-class film director in Hollywood.

So, when Dunar solemnly called the script in front of me, it decided that I value him very much in this movie.

Dunar's script is very beautifully written. Moreover, I'm afraid only an old director can write it.

The plot of the script is very simple. It tells a story related to orangutans. Through a relationship between a person and orangutan, Dunar's thoughts on the whole world, what love is, what morality and responsibility are, are well displayed in this movie.

I am very optimistic about Dunar's script called "The Orangutan and Me", but I always feel that the script is short of what is wrong.

When writing scripts, old directors like Dunar often have one common feature, which is that they are not open enough, which may be determined by their visual view of the movie.

For some reason, Dunar's movie reminds me of a famous movie related to orangutans.

So, Dunar and I discussed for a few days and told him my thoughts on the script.

Dunar agreed with my thoughts very much and excitedly revised his script according to my suggestion.

The script was revised very quickly and it was decided within four days.

DreamWorks invested $500 in this movie. This investment has made Hollywood filmmakers and major film magazines in Los Angeles attach great importance to Dunar's movie.

Some media have begun to clamor: "Although we can be sure that every year Mr. Corleon will personally shoot a movie and become the main film of DreamWorks during the Christmas movie schedule, it seems that Mr. Dunar's film is obviously much more investment than previous DreamWorks movies, and it is fully qualified to become the main film!"

People are very interested in the name of this movie.

Because the name of this movie is "King Kong"!

"The protagonist of Hollywood has never been a gorilla, he is a gorilla! And he is a gorilla! The imagination of DreamWorks people is really amazing!"

"It is obviously not enough to call such a movie a fantasy. Its director is Dunar, and among its two screenwriters, Andre Corleon."
To be continued...