The Best Actor in the Vase of Meiyu

Chapter 1449 Following Footsteps
Jon thought they might have screwed up.

Noticing Anson and Anne was a complete accident. They couldn't believe their eyes. The two of them were walking around New York so confidently. Wouldn't they be surrounded by the crowd?
But it turns out that their honesty has become their best cover.

At first, Jon and Scott just treated it as gossip, a hot scandal, enough to make all the Hollywood paparazzi come out in force.

However, they are screenwriters, not paparazzi, and they have no interest in breaking the news.

However, when I calmed down and thought about it, an idea suddenly occurred to me -

Yes, they are screenwriters, and the projects they are writing may finally find their way out.

The legendary experience of two unknown men, Mackie and Eric, who successfully persuaded Anson to join "The Butterfly Effect", has long spread throughout Hollywood; what's more, Anson now owns his own production company, Forest Pictures. Whether Anson serves as a producer or Forest Pictures produces it itself, Anson is their best stepping stone to enter Hollywood.

And, that was Anson.

Anson Wood!

He is currently the hottest figure in Hollywood, and everyone is flocking to him. Compared with other producers, Anson is like a North Star for screenwriters and directors because he has the reputation of "Midnight's Touch".

Any work - literally, any work that Anson takes a fancy to can be transformed, whether it is an unknown like McKee and Eric, an artistic director obsessed with exploring the language of film like Gus Van Sant, or an artistic eccentric who is unable to extricate himself from the world of fantasy like Charlie Kaufman, all of them are fine.

Everyone wanted Anson.

What if they could get Anson's favor?

Just by imagining it, the blood rushes to the brain, on the verge of exploding.

The question, however, was, how should they convince Anson?
After all, that's Anson. Just think about it, Hollywood has invited Anson to countless projects. And Anson completely trusts his agent Edgar, so it's no wonder that half of Hollywood is chasing after Edgar, hoping that Edgar can open the door to Anson.

Last summer, Mangold and Kitcher approached Anson secretly and personally persuaded Anson to join "Walk with the Song":
On the one hand, it is admirable that the two James made the decision to choose Anson to star in the biography. This is a gamble of success or failure, but considering that the Johnny Cash biography project has been circulating in Hollywood for ten years, their adventure does not seem so surprising.

On the other hand, it is worth noting that Edgar was furious. If everyone skipped the agent and went to Anson in person like the two James, it would mean that the agent was derelict in his duty:

Edgar was not worried about his own job, because no matter what project Anson cooperated with, he would still be the one to complete the final cooperation negotiations; but he was worried about Anson's life, because the whole Hollywood might be looking for Anson privately, and Anson would have no time to rest and breathe.

It is precisely because of this that Hollywood producers and screenwriters have calmed down and no one wants to offend Edgar.

However, such things have been rampant in Hollywood. Skipping agents, managers, assistants, relatives and friends to go directly to the director or actor himself, sit down and have a long talk, and personally convince the other party has long been the default rule of success in this world of fame and fortune full of the smell of money.

So Jon and Scott are prepared to do this, risking Edgar's anger; but how to do it is a matter of some importance.

Use both soft and hard tactics!

Jon and Scott worked out a plan, and after weighing it over and over again, they thought it was foolproof, and then they waited in the coffee shop.

result……

They actually forgot the most fundamental and critical factor:
Anson was no longer someone they could easily touch.

Threat? This seemingly genius idea now seems more like an old man eating arsenic.

How to do?
Jon was stunned, and Scott was also stunned. In the face of absolute power, they felt their own insignificance and helplessness as never before. At this moment, they even forgot about fear and were simply... confused.

You look at me, I look at you, but neither of us can respond.

This scene, when Anson saw it, revealed a faint smile in his eyes——

It's because he lacks experience. I can tell at a glance that he has never done anything bad before. He is too naive. A little intimidation and the whole situation will be turned around.

But...Jon Lucas? Scott Moore?

Anson thought about it carefully, and his mind went blank. He had no impression for a while and could not recall any works of these two screenwriters.

Could it be that they are two complete nobodies?

I still remember what Eric and McGee said at the time, the "butterfly effect", even though that was the only highlight of their careers; however, now, I have no impression of these two faces and names in my mind at all.

If you think about it, this should be the norm.

In the entire Hollywood world, in addition to the 300 films that are released to the audience every year, there are tens of thousands of projects that are aborted early, delayed in delivery, unsatisfactory, or not worth mentioning.

Among the hustle and bustle of the world, ordinary people with neither talent nor ability are the norm, forming the huge base of the Hollywood pyramid.

Edgar's important job is to help Anson complete filtering and screening, to select works worthy of attention and worth reading from a pile of garbage and waste, and then choose suitable projects based on Anson's next development.

So, what appeared in front of Anson now was... a piece of waste?
So how should Anson respond?
refuse?
"You said three minutes? Now you have... sixty-five seconds left."

Anson glanced at the clock on the wall of the cafe and made up a number.

Jon blinked. What did this mean?
Scott reacted a little faster and immediately took a step forward, not caring about possibly disturbing other customers. He just tried his best to control the volume and stay calm.

Who would have thought that this seemingly reckless Frankenstein monster was actually the more alert of the two?

"My good friend is getting married soon, so a group of friends and I are planning to hold a grand bachelor party for him. We will use it as an excuse to temporarily escape from our terrible lives and take a break. Then we will get drunk until dawn and drink until we lose our memory."

"The next morning, we woke up to find the world in shambles. There was a chicken in the room, someone was missing a tooth, there was an $800 receipt in his pocket, and we couldn't find the groom."

"We searched the room inside and out but couldn't find the groom. What's worse is that we all lost all memory and no one remembers what happened last night."

"Now, with the wedding coming up, not only is there no groom, but our best friend is missing too. We don't have any idea what to do."

"That's it. Done. That's the project we were trying to accomplish."

(End of this chapter)