Dominating Hollywood: Starting with Scarlett

Chapter 128 Garbage Gloss
  The killing scene of "Kill Bill" was completed in three days.

When Quentin officially announced that the scene was over and Don De was about to leave, everyone, both the actors and the crew, breathed a sigh of relief.

In the past few days, Tang De, as one of the assistant directors, has perfectly demonstrated what it means to be a tyrant on the set.

The powerful intimidation and the attitude of not allowing rejection made everyone feel like a terrifying devil. It can even be said that they are more afraid of Tang De than Quentin, especially under his sharp eyes, all problems are hidden.

So as long as he appears on the set, no one dares to be lazy.

Except for Quentin, he felt that he was free. He only needed to communicate with the actors and the scene team respectively. He did not need to control it. The play would have the effect he wanted.

I have to say that having an assistant director like Tang De saves a lot of effort.

So when Tang De was about to leave Tokyo, Quentin reluctantly drove him to the airport himself.

"Don, let's see you back home. Be sure to come to the party then!" Quentin put his arm around Tang De's shoulders and patted his arm hard.

"Don't worry, Quentin, just call me when the time comes."

"Oh, by the way! Don, if I make a movie in the future, you must come and help me!" Quentin still remembers the promise he made after being drunk that night.

Tang De didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Of course, no problem. But in the second half of the year, I also plan to make a movie myself as a director debut."

"Really? Wow! Tang! You can definitely do it! I believe in you. Your directing skills are much better than many directors!" Quentin has seen Tang De's power in the past few days, isn't it? A tyrant-like character, but able to raise the lower limit of the movie.

No matter how bad the lens or picture is, Tang De always has ways to improve it, and there is nothing that can stump him.

So much so that Quentin and other crew members privately call him a jack of all trades and a master of none.

So after learning about Tang De's plan, he felt excited but also regretful: "But if you become a director in the future, you may not be able to work together, which is a shame!"

"Who knows, Quentin." Tang De smiled and picked up the luggage: "Let's go."

"Bye-Bye!"

Quentin waved goodbye to Tang De.

When the plane took off from the airport and the light blue sky entered the window, Tang De closed his eyes and kept tapping the armrest with his fingers.

I gained a lot from my visit to Tokyo this time, the first of which was the cooperation negotiated with Horiki Yoshiki and Otsuka Masaru.

The two parties will jointly establish a company, with Tang De holding 30% of the shares. Horiki Yoshiki's side is the Tokyo headquarters, and Tang De's side is the American branch.

Then after those artists enter this company, they will be selected by Tang De before they can determine the candidates to go to Hollywood. After all, Tang De doesn't want a bunch of rotten fish and shrimps to come over and waste time.

After the artists arrive in Hollywood, Tang De will give everyone the opportunity to appear on camera and receive Hollywood-style training. Just in time, they can join the customer service girls from Angel Declaration.

The cost will be borne by Horiki Yoshiki. After the one-year gilding period is over, Tang De will buy several awards for the artists. Of course, it would be even better if he can win the awards on his own.

What he expected was the worst case scenario. The artist was not acclimated to the local environment, could not integrate into Hollywood at all, and could not show any bright spots. In this case, Tang De could only spend money to buy awards.

After the artist returns to China for further studies, Tang De will first receive a remuneration, followed by 20% of the artist's income for the next ten years.

But Tang De didn't care about these future incomes at all. He agreed to this cooperation not because of how much money he could make.

No matter how much money he makes, it is impossible for him to make money like AKB48. Everything he does is to smooth the way for future idol management companies. In the bustling center of Tokyo, it is difficult for an investor to take root without the help of local people. . Therefore, the relationship with the Sumiyoshi Association’s senior leaders is very important. No matter whether there will be competitors causing trouble in the future, or there will be someone in your own company who wants to be a traitor, the underworld's methods will always be more direct and effective than commercial methods.

Moreover, he himself is not in Tokyo, and everything is not done by his instructions. Even if something bad happens, it is not his doing, isn't it right?
  Thinking of this, Tang De stopped his fingers and thought of what Horiki Yoshiki said two days ago.

After searching for the list he gave, Horiki found that two of them were filming in Kanto, three were abroad, and the rest were in Tokyo.

Yasushi Akimoto was one of the three people abroad. Horiki Yoshiki found his mobile phone number, but was unable to get through and could only find his friends.

Tang De communicated with this friend on the phone. He said that Akimoto Yasushi seemed to be going to the United States to investigate many matters related to the agent. He would not be able to come back for a while, and he did not know where he had gone.

Afterwards, under Tang De's careful questioning, the friend recalled some things and told about Akimoto Yasu's past.

Kitten Club is the first large-scale girl group of great significance in the history of Neon. The most famous member of the group should belong to Shizuka Kudo, and its founder is Yasushi Akimoto.

Since Yasushi Akimoto founded the Kitty Club in 1985 and achieved great success, he has been obsessed with exploring new forms of girl groups, but has repeatedly failed.

So after learning from the pain, he decided to go to the United States to learn advanced artist management operations, and then returned to China to create a new idol girl group.

It's just that he lost contact with his friends after going abroad, and he doesn't know what he is doing now.

Tang De was a little disappointed when he heard the news, but he was not in a hurry. After all, there were still two full years until 05, and he would always have to return to China.

So after Tang De briefly explained to his friend, he temporarily let go of the matter.

He is now going to start working on the set of The Devil Wears Prada. The filming period of this film is not long. When it is over, it will be the Grammy Awards ceremony.

I haven’t seen Avril Lavigne for a long time, and I don’t know if this rebellious punk girl still has the same hair color and speaks the same swear words.

Tang De raised the corners of his mouth, as if he was remembering the first time he saw her.
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  A week later, Tang De was on the set of The Devil Wears Prada and frowned while watching director Patty's direction.

Because after seeing Rob's steadiness and Quentin's genius, and then looking at such a naive and stumbling novice director, Tang De always felt like there was a curse word in his heart that he wanted to spit out.

Of course he knew that this matter was out of his hands, but Tang De still felt very unhappy as he watched the movie take on a trashy sheen under Patty's direction these days.

No wonder this movie didn't win any production awards at major film festivals. The awards Qing Yishui won were all for Best Actress. It turned out that the problem all lay with the director.

Tang De originally wanted to continue to endure it, until he saw that Patty had changed the photographer's brilliant lens design and replaced it with a close-up of Charlize Theron's face, and finally couldn't help it anymore.

"Patty! Why? Why did you change it like this?"

Patty Jenkins was stunned for a few seconds after hearing this shouting and looked at Tang De.

Perhaps Tang De's eyes were too firm, which made her ask without confidence: "Uh, isn't this bad?"

"Of course it's not good! Patty! Don't you realize it yourself?" Tang De was surprised.

But Patty retorted: "I just made some choices to highlight Charlize's expression."

Obviously, she didn't think there was anything wrong with her directing.

But this is worse than simply having poor skills, because it represents stupid stubbornness.

(End of this chapter)