Traveling Through the Tokyo Bubble Era

Chapter 559 Mr. Hanyu is a good boss
"Boss, this is what happened..."

Faced with Hanyu Hideki who listened patiently, Fred Weber had no choice but to talk about the current status of the preparations for "Blood Corpse Night 2".

As a sequel to a successful movie, Yunshang Pictures attaches great importance to "Blood Corpse Night 2" from top to bottom, and even Neon Headquarters paid special attention to it.

After all, the first "Night of the Dead" was a box office success, and Cloud Entertainment was still promoting it in neon for a while.

However, the preparation process for this highly anticipated sequel film can only be described as stumbling.

In order to expand the world view, make the story more exciting, and to make subsequent stories easier to tell, first of all, the script did not continue from the first part at all and was completely expanded.

The story changed, the original protagonist Jenny Wright was marginalized, and the new casting was a big problem.

Although "Blood Corpse Night 2" is a sequel, the production cost is still controlled at a lower-medium level, so big-name actors are naturally out of the question.

Fortunately, at this time, Hideki Hanyu helped the recommended actors solve the problem.

For example, Keanu Reeves, who has already started contacting her, and Xuelin Fen, who is newly signed by New Century Agency.

But to truly determine all this, the film must identify its director.

After Kathryn Bigelow, the director of the first film, confirmed that she would not direct, Yunshang Pictures began looking for a director.

This is a film that has not been produced in the previous life. Naturally, Hanyu Hideki could not appoint a candidate, so he left it to Yunshang Pictures to make his own choice.

As a result, when he was presiding over the acquisition of LVMH Group in France, Fred Weber said that he had already contacted the director.

That is director John Carpenter, who became famous for "Moonlight" and won the Saturn Award for "Escape from New York."

This can be considered a well-known horror film director in Hollywood.

Although the situation will deteriorate in the future, one brand will be more popular than the other.

But now, it is one of the few choices left by Yunshang Pictures.

After all, big-name directors are generally unwilling to take on sequels, and if they are too big, Yunshang Pictures won't be able to invite them, because first of all, the funds won't allow it.

From this point of view, a director like John Carpenter, who has masterpieces, is not expensive, and is quite suitable for the genre, is indeed very suitable.

But now that the director is in place, the crew is ready to start preparations.

John Carpenter said that someone had invested in a movie he created, but he said he could not direct it before signing the contract.

For this reason, they even paid $50,000 in compensation to Yunshang Pictures.

Then, "Blood Corpse Night 2" fell into the cycle of constantly looking for a director, but unable to find a suitable director.

Under this situation, even the actor Keanu Reeves, who had already been contacted, began to back down.

After all, in Hollywood, movies like this that have constant problems in the preparation stage often don't do very well in the end.

Moreover, Keanu Reeves also has other jobs, so it is impossible to reserve a schedule for Yunshang Pictures all the time.

Therefore, although it is obviously a promising sequel movie, the preparations for "Blood Corpse Night 2" have fallen into an inexplicable dilemma.

Hearing this, Hanyu Hideki rubbed his eyebrows helplessly.

The unsatisfactory preparations for "Blood Corpse Night 2" deeply proved one thing.

That is, making a movie in Hollywood is not as easy as imagined.

Regarding the director of "Blood Corpse Night 2", Hideki Hanyu originally didn't want to take any more care, but now it seems that he can't.

Fortunately, he already had a candidate before.

Calculating the time, the other party's feature film that attracted attention in Cannes should have been released locally.

It seems that for the sake of his own career, it is time to help the future great director Peter Jackson to "grow and encourage".

Thinking of this, Hanyu Hideki did not recommend the director immediately.

He first glanced at Brooke Shields beside him.

Today he agreed to let this girl come over, naturally he wanted to help her find some opportunities.

Therefore, there was no roundabout way to ask Fred Weber directly, "Does the company have any new projects suitable for Brooke recently?"

As soon as Hanyu Hideki said this, the expressions of the other two people in the office changed.

Brooke Shields naturally couldn't hide her joy. After all, she begged Hideki Hanyu to come to Yunshang Pictures because she originally wanted to find film projects here and improve her career, which is currently at a slump.

Her original plan was to find an opportunity to plead with Hanyu Hideki.

After all, she felt that Hideki Hanyu was very satisfied with her these past few times, and she thought that this request would definitely be met.

But she didn't expect that before she could beg, Hideki Hanyu would take the initiative to help her.

For a moment, Brooke Shields was pleasantly surprised, and she couldn't help but feel a hint of sweetness in her heart. She felt that Hideki Hanyu still cared about her, and the hand holding Hideki Hanyu's arm unconsciously tightened a little harder.

Looking at Fred Webb again, there was a look of thinking on his face, "A new project suitable for Miss Brooke?"

Those independent films made by grass-roots teams are naturally not suitable. After all, Hanyu Hideki himself spoke, and the project cannot be too shabby.

Besides, Brooke Shields is not as popular as she used to be.

But if you think of a way, the other party still has value.

Of course, you can’t choose movie roles that require high acting skills.

Yunshang Pictures is backed by its parent company. Although it has participated in many film projects, it is not easy to choose the right one.

Seeing Fred Weber lost in thought, Hanyu Hideki did not rush him.

In fact, as a time traveler, it is not difficult for him to solve Brooke Shields' current problems.

Brooke Shields' youthful and beautiful appearance is most suitable for filming America's youth movies.

Either it tells about the growth and confusion of youth, or it tells about the joy and troubles of campus life.

Hanyu Hideki has a lot of movies like this with a touch of American freshness in his mind just thinking about them.

"Summer of Jeans", "Prom Queen", "School Bunny Girl", "Homework", "Freshman"...

But the problem is that Hideki Hanyu is not sure what Brooke Shields's current status is, so he might as well try out a project from Yunshang Pictures first.

So after seeing Fred Weber hesitate, he simply made a suggestion.

"Fred, why don't you bring all the projects that are suitable for Brooke and let her take a look at them and choose whichever one she likes."

"That's it, I'll ask the secretary to get the project information." Fred Weber said.

Seeing that both of them had something to do, Hanyu Hideki continued, "Then you guys will look at the project here first. I have something to do and I need to leave for a while."

"Honey, where are you going?" Brooke Shields asked quickly.

With Hideki Hanyu by her side, she felt full of security.

But if Hanyu Hideki left her here alone, she would feel a little uncomfortable facing Fred Weber alone.

Of course, Brooke Shields certainly wasn't worried about what Fred Weber would do to her.

As a producer and production company owner at the top of the Hollywood circle, she was definitely someone who needed to look up to in the past.

Now, relying on Hanyu Hideki, she felt somewhat confident.

Once Hideki Hanyu left, she felt like she didn't dare to be picky about projects.

Hideki Hanyu explained, "I'm going to make a phone call and I'll be right back."

Brooke Shields said quickly, "You must come back soon."

"Don't worry, I'll be back soon."

Hideki Hanyu patted Brooke Shields' hand and left Fred Weber's office.

When he reassured Brooke Shields, he also felt that he would be back soon.

Because the phone call he wanted to make this time was very simple.

That is to ask Yunshangxi's partner in New Zealand to find Peter Jackson in New Zealand, and then invite him to Hollywood to apply for the director position.

And this call did not take him too long, it only took a few minutes to get it done.

But by the time he returned to Fred Weber's office, it was almost an hour later.

As for why, let us go back to after Hideki Hanyu made the phone call.

Seeing that the call didn't take much time, he went to the leisure center on the top floor and ordered two glasses of orange juice, one with ice and one without ice.

When he took the elevator back to Fred Weber's floor with two glasses of orange juice, the elevator door just opened, and he saw a woman coming out of the elevator next door.

She has smooth blonde hair and shawl, delicate and beautiful facial features, a close-fitting T-shirt that outlines her plump figure, and a white miniskirt that shows off her beautiful legs.

Who else could it be if she wasn't French actress Emmanuelle Béard.

And at the same time that Hideki Hanyu saw Emmanuelle Béard, the French beauty also saw Hideki Hanyu.

If you want to describe the other person's expression at that moment, you can only use descriptions such as "thinking about it day and night" or "the rain comes after a long drought".

Emmanuel Beah's first words were, "Sir, have I finally waited for you?"

"Wait for me? What are you waiting for me for?" Hanyu Hideki's face was full of questions, thinking that if this woman doesn't work hard, what are you waiting for?
"Of course I'm waiting for you, sir..."

Emmanuel Beah's words just started, but they stopped immediately.

He couldn't help but glance towards the stairs.

If you go in that direction, you will find New Century Brokerage Company.

Emmanuelle Beah's eyes were full of vigilance and defensiveness, as if she was worried that someone would suddenly rush up below and take away her opportunity.

Then she asked Hanyu Hideki, "Sir, can we talk somewhere else?"

"Let's go to the office." Hanyu Hideki said casually.

"Can you move to another place? I don't want others to hear what I say." Emmanuel Beah made a plea.

"Then where did you say you were going?"

"Sir, come with me."

Then, the two took the elevator to the third floor of Yunshang Film Building.

Not a single employee could be seen on this floor. It was pitch dark. Apart from professional equipment, there were also debris everywhere.

"I've never been here before, but you are quite familiar with it."

"Of course I am familiar with it. I took the angel wings props that my husband asked me to wear last time from here."

"Really? You performed well last time and I'm very happy." The scumbag didn't feel embarrassed at all. Instead, he looked up and down at Emmanuel Beah and gave him a favorable review.

While he was talking, he casually placed two glasses of juice on a prop box next to him, and then asked Emmanuel Beah.

"Tell me, why did you bring me here?"

As soon as his question came out, he saw Emmanuel Bea walking up to him, saying with a pleading look on his delicate and beautiful face.

"Sir, must you help me?"

"help you?"

Hanyu Hideki wanted to ask what he can do for you, but then he thought that Emmanuelle Beah might have come to him because of the box office failure of "Angels in the World". If this had happened more than half a month ago, Emmanuel Beah would have guessed what the other party was doing without even calling him over.

But so much time has passed, how could Hideki Hanyu still remember such a thing as a mere movie hitting the streets? He has long forgotten it.

That’s why I didn’t think of it the first time.

On the other hand, it's different for Emmanuelle Béard. "Angels in the World" failed at the box office, almost destroying her career development in Hollywood.

The last time she went to beg Hanyu Hideki, she had to wait for more than half a month. The anxiety and suffering in her heart was much more serious than what she showed on her face.

After Hanyu Hideki remembered it, he immediately asked, "Is it because angels are in the world?"

Emmanuelle Béart nodded immediately, "That's right, since that movie failed, no Hollywood studio has ever sent me an invitation."

"So?" Hanyu Hideki didn't rush to express his position, but asked first.

"Sir, will the heroine of Blood Corpse Night 2 still be mine?"

When Emmanuel Beah asked this question, his eyes were fixed on Hanyu Hideki, and the expectation in his eyes no longer needed to be described in words.

"this····"

Hideki Hanyu put his chin on his hand and began to think.

The role he promised to Emmanuel Beard in "The Night of the Dead 2" also had a heavenly background, to be precise, he was an angel.

It completely overlaps with Emmanuelle Beard's character type in "Angels in the World", but the style is different.

In his opinion, although "Angels in the World" failed, it was mainly due to the old and bad plot. The audience actually did not dislike Emmanuelle Beah's image of an angel.

This can also be seen from the evaluation of this movie by everyone in later generations.

The entire highlight of the movie is basically Emmanuel Beah’s Angel.

Therefore, letting Emmanuel Beah play the role of Angel in "Blood Corpse Night 2" will not only not affect "Blood Corpse Night 2", but maybe it will be able to use the failure of "Angels in the World" to create a good hype. Fan.

For example, it’s not the character that fails, but the topic like the movie.

Because of this consideration, Hideki Hanyu has no intention of replacing Emmanuel Beah.

But the problem is that he is silent now because he is considering the benefits that Emmanuelle Béa can bring to "Night of the Dead 2".

But in the eyes of Emmanuelle Beah, it was Hanyu Hideki who was hesitant, considering whether to replace her, and judging from the embarrassed look, the chance of replacing her was still very high.

In an instant, Emmanuel Beah's heart was filled with unwillingness.

A chain of pessimistic conjectures has even begun.

For example, first let go of the characters from "Blood Corpse Night 2".

Then came the replacement of the female lead in a Luc Besson film project.

Then, the endorsements were withdrawn, the career came to a standstill, and there was no recovery.

And she couldn't accept this result at all!
Therefore, she must find a way to make Hanyu Hideki choose her again.

And what is her only value to Hideki Hanyu?
The answer is obvious.

Emmanuelle Beah's eyes fell on the orange juice Hanyu Hideki put in the prop box.

So while Hanyu Hideki was thinking, she reached out and picked up the glass of orange juice with ice.

Hanyu Hideki, who was making plans, saw this and said quickly, "The one with the ice is mine. If you want to drink..."

He didn't finish his words, because he saw Emmanuel Beah pouring away the orange juice with his slanted hand, leaving only some ice cubes at the bottom of the glass.

Then the French beauty swallowed a few pieces of ice in one gulp and bent down before him.

The scumbag hurriedly said, "Hey! Watch out for someone."

A muffled voice came from below, "I've locked the door."

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This is why Hideki Hanyu spent an hour on the phone.

When he came back, Brooke Shields had already chosen a movie project. After all, there weren't many movies suitable for her.

Even Fred Weber had received a call back from headquarters.

"Boss, Neon Headquarters just called me and said that the director you contacted will apply for a job in Hollywood in three days."

"Does Peter Jackson have an answer so soon?"

Hideki Hanyu was surprised at first, and then said matter-of-factly, "That's right. He is unknown now. If he gets an invitation from Hollywood, he must seize it at all costs."

"Yes, his name is Peter Jackson. Before this, I didn't know there was such a director in the world. He was only twenty-eight years old."

Fred Weber spread his hands and said.

“He is indeed a newcomer, but I accidentally watched his first movie and felt that he was a newcomer with great ideas and talent, so I tried to contact him.

Anyway, we can't find a suitable director now, so it doesn't hurt to let him try. If he doesn't meet your requirements, you don't have to choose him. "

Hideki Hanyu said so.

He just thought of Peter Jackson, but he didn't have to use the other person.

"Okay, in this case I have no problem, but since it is the candidate recommended by the boss, I will definitely give him a few more chances."

Fred Weber said it wisely.

Hanyu Hideki waved his hand nonchalantly, "You decide for yourself."

After saying that, he looked at Brooke Shields again, "Have you picked the project?"

Brooke Shields replied excitedly, "It's selected, it's a campus movie, I'm the heroine, and..."

Although Hideki Hanyu had been gone for a long time, because she had chosen her favorite movie role, Brooke Shields didn't pay attention to it and just introduced the movie she chose to Hideki Hanyu.

But for Hideki Hanyu, he had no memory of the movie Brooke Shields chose in his previous life, so he didn't care about the content of the movie at all.

When the other party had finished talking, he said in a perfunctory manner, "As long as you like it. Now that we've made our choice, it's time for us to leave."

"Fred, remember to call me when the director's matter comes to an end."

Hanyu Hideki made a phone call gesture to Fred Weber and left with Brooke Shields.

After getting in the car, Brooke Shields, holding the script in hand, asked Hanyu Hideki, "Where should we go next?"

Hanyu Hideki replied, "Of course I'm sending you home."

"Will you stay with me tonight?" the girl asked.

Hanyu Hideki shook his head, "I still have something to do, so I'll take you back and leave."

"Can't you accompany me?"

"Didn't you say that the movie will start shooting soon? What you need to do now is to get familiar with the script. If you perform well enough in the movie this time, I will create a movie tailor-made for you."

The scumbag randomly found a reason to fool the girl.

Just kidding, I just enjoyed Emmanuel Beah's "Ice Magic" service, and the scumbag is already a little reluctant to leave.

What's more, the French beauty also said that she knows "fire magic", and the scumbag can't wait to try it.

The two of them had already made an appointment. Hideki Hanyu sent Brooke Shields back and went to pick her up at the hotel where Emmanuelle Beah lived.

At this time, of course, it was impossible to stay with Brooke Shields.

Although young girls have beautiful bodies.

But I can't stand the "magic" of French Rose!

In this way, after Hideki Hanyu sent Brooke Shields back to his residence, he rushed to the hotel where Emmanuelle Béard was staying, picked him up and went straight to Malibu.

As for the next step, of course the devout magic apprentice Hanyu Hideki will receive private lessons from a French female magic instructor.

But it is a pity that although Hanyu Hideki endured repeated tortures of ice and fire magic, he ultimately failed to learn magic.

But looking at the scumbag's satisfied expression at the end, it's obvious that whether he can learn magic is no longer important.

Of course, Hanyu Hideki didn't just fool around with women in Los Angeles.

In addition to understanding the projects of Yunshang Pictures, I wrote out the story outlines of several youth movies that came to mind, and gave them to Fred Weber to check the synopses and then expand them.

He also went to Pixar Animation Studios, a suburb of Los Angeles he hadn't visited in a long time.

For this temporary "loser", Hanyu Hideki has always been only responsible for giving money and never interfered with operations and management, exactly the same as the previous life of Gang Leader Qiao.

He came here because Pixar general manager Edwin Catmull told him.

A 3D animated short film called "Luxo Jr." produced by Pixar won the first jury award and Golden Gate Award in the computer imaging category at the San Francisco International Film Festival.

Because of this short film, Hideki Hanyu must watch it.

Because the animated character that appears in this short film will be the classic little lamp in the Pixar title sequence in the future.

(Photo by Luxo Jr.)
In the original history, it was after this 3D animated short film won the award that Pixar Animation Studio gradually gained the attention of the industry and its business further developed.

Then, this group of technical experts and creative cheaters, whether they are producing 3D animated advertisements or short films, have been sought after and praised in related fields.

After that, it’s a cheat-like animated feature film.

Of course, in this time and space, the development of Pixar Animation Studio was somewhat influenced by Hideki Hanyu.

Especially when Hanyu Hideki has mastered the big killer weapon of Elf Entertainment.

Pixar Animation Studios entered the advertising field early.

It's just that these great masters have their own artistic pursuits even when they are doing animation.

The advertising effect is certainly very good, but the time consuming is really annoying.

And in addition to cooperating with Elf Entertainment for advertising.

Pixar Animation Studios also sent technical personnel to enter the development of the second-generation PS console.

After all, Pixar’s computer-aided production system for 3D animation production won the Academy Award for Science and Engineering.

Although it is not the same system as the game, it still has reference value for each other.

Especially when the upper management of Elf Entertainment has determined that the next generation of PS console will definitely be based on 3D games as its selling point.

So, when Hideki Hanyu came to Pixar Animation Studio again after a long time.

were the first words from general manager Edwin Catmull.

"A boss like Mr. Hanyu is really rare. I have seen Michael Katz more times than you in the past two years."

Hanyu Hideki said with a smile, "Haha, Edwin, a boss like me who only gives money and doesn't mess around with things, isn't that a good boss?"

Hanyu Hideki's words made Edwin Catmull stunned.

Then he said with a smile.

"It seems so. Mr. Hanyu is indeed a good boss."

(End of this chapter)