Dominating Hollywood: Starting with Scarlett

Chapter 6 New York is so small
  After a long pause, Jimmy suddenly complained: "Damn it, why didn't you tell me earlier that you were so awesome? If I had known, I would have asked the director to directly arrange for me to be the photographer! You and I can control the entire set !Brothers Jimmy, Tang De, and Tang Ji, wow, it’s so cool!”

Tang De didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and stretched out his hand to hit his chest: "Shit, Jimmy, you didn't ask me at all!"

"Okay, I didn't ask." Jimmy sighed regretfully and put his arm around his shoulders: "But next time if you are sure, you have to tell me in advance. We will work together to get a better position from the director. ! You can definitely stand out!"

Just as he was talking, there was a sudden noise outside the studio, and then a fat old man wearing overalls, a red shirt, and a felt hat walked in from the outside.

He was hugging a young girl with heavy makeup and talking loudly. The girl was also looking around excitedly with a proud look on her face.

After the old man sat on the director's chair, the girl sat directly on his lap, seemingly not shying away at all.

"So she is?" Tang De seemed to have guessed the girl's identity.

"I haven't seen him before. Maybe he was just chosen. We will do the same thing in the future when we both become famous on the set. Look at that Dudley guy!"

The Dudley in Jimmy's mouth is today's photographer. He is chatting with a group of girls outside the door. From time to time, he reaches out to touch each other's size, as if he is planning to find a model to take some private photos.

Just when Jimmy's eyes were full of envy, a young blond woman wearing a dark green skirt, a brown coat, and sunglasses walked into the set on high heels.

Jimmy whistled, with an excited look on his face: "Look, it's a female star, her name seems to be Kangali Johnson."

Tang De corrected her: "No, it's Scarlett Johansson."

At the same time, the smile on his face was a little playful.

As he said, in America, everything is possible, right?
  In addition to Scarlett and the director, several people walked in from the door.

One of them was wearing a gray coat and holding a briefcase in his hand, looking around cautiously.

When Scarlett sat down, he also sat beside her like a flower protector.

Apparently, this is her agent.

The other one was in a suit and leather shoes, with a hooked nose and triangular eyes, a face full of wrinkles, and his gray hair neatly brushed back and fixed with hair oil, making him look shiny.

He stood behind the director with a serious smile, which made people feel panicked.

Jimmy wanted to step forward and say hello to the director to prove his connections to Tang De, but he stopped when he saw the old man chatting with the director.

"Let's just wait here honestly." Jimmy has been on the crew for so long, and what he has learned the most is not to show up when he shouldn't, especially in front of the director.

So the two of them didn't get close, they just stood next to the light and fiddled with it back and forth.

Until director Apollyon clapped his hands, called them over, and formed a small circle.

"Jimmy!" When the two got closer, Apollyon patted Jimmy on the shoulder affectionately: "How is it? Is the lighting difficult?"

"No problem, director," Jimmy shouted back.

"Okay, Dudley, what about you, are you camera ready?" Photographer Dudley has curly brown hair and fair skin, and looks rather melancholic.

"Already prepared."

"Great, then you and Jimmy will talk about the lighting effects later. Listen, guys, don't make any problems. The boss of Domino's is right behind us!" Apollyon's chin shook slightly, and everyone used their peripheral vision. Look at the serious old man. "He's very demanding, so don't let him get anything out of him..."

After Apollyon explained some advertising creative ideas, he asked everyone to take their places.

Dudley followed the director's order, looked at Jimmy and Tang De and said, "This advertisement needs to create a depth of field effect to make the entire environment look real. Jimmy, do you understand?"

"Don't worry, I understand!"

After Jimmy finished speaking, he winked at Tang De, and it was exactly what his good brother said.

After Dudley left, Tang and De turned on the lights one by one.

"Buzz!" The light instantly passed through the soft light box and covered the background of the poster. The side light source cast rich layered shadows on the mountains and forests. Viewed from the front, it looked like real mountains.

"Huh?" Dudley's eyes widened after he had just set up the camera, and he secretly thought to himself that he had just finished speaking, why did this guy Jimmy arrange the lighting?

He lowered his head and looked through the viewfinder again. Sure enough, it was perfect. In the painting, the shadows of the forest are lighter and overlap like fences. The shadows of the mountains are tall and blurry, giving people the illusion that they cannot see the end.

Dudley raised his head and looked at the scene again. It was obviously just a pile of cardboard, but how could it be the same as the real environment under the lighting?
  This was the first time he encountered such a fast lighting engineer. In the past, it took a long time to arrange lighting.

"I didn't expect Jimmy to be really capable." Dudley retracted his opinion that Jimmy was ignorant and only drank and flattered him, and made an OK gesture to the director.

And Apollyon was also talking to Scarlett at this time.

"My dear, today's advertisement is very simple, you just need to hold it up!" Apollyon smiled and picked up the prop pizza on the table: "Hold it next to you and read an advertisement slogan."

"Well..." Scarlett nodded, feeling that it was indeed not difficult. She should be able to get off work early today.

But after seeing Apollyon's actions, the serious old man came over and stood beside the two of them: "Sir and Madam, I need to change the original outdoor advertising creative."

"What?" Apollyon frowned: "Mr. Monaghan, we have already decided before."

Monaghan shook his head: "Just placing it next to you can't express the hugeness of our pizza! I need a more impactful performance, such as..."

He picked up the pizza and smashed it straight in front of Scarlett's head. Because the action was too rough, he even hit the tip of her nose.

"Oh!" Scarlett exclaimed softly, but did not complain.

Apollyon frowned even more when he saw this, but he couldn't think of anything to retort.

Scarlett's agent Brian Lord stepped forward: "With all due respect, this doesn't look good, and Scarlett's face is not shown, which is inconsistent with the advertising content we agreed on!"

"Shut up, kid." Monaghan looked disdainful: "I spent money, this is my product, my advertisement. You don't need to tell me whether it looks good or not!"

Seeing that the atmosphere between the two people was tense, "Okay, that's it..." Apollyon had to soften his words. He really couldn't think of any more novel ideas in his head, so he could only persuade: "Scarlett, Honey, just hold up the pizza and cover your face."

"Okay, that's it." Scarlett was a little depressed. She went to the dressing room and changed into jeans, then walked directly to the poster, waiting for the photo.

Apollyon also came to his director's seat and sat down, picking up the microphone: "Okay, everyone is in your seats, let's start shooting."

(End of this chapter)