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American Fortune Life - Chapter 8

Published at 7th of November 2021 08:55:34 AM


Chapter 8: 8

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From April 2006 to June 2006, Andy spent almost two months in the villa, except once in the WGA writers' Union.

If it's a bit awkward and crude to restore the novel by film at the beginning, when he finished writing the sleeping magic spell, it seems that he found the trick, the inspiration burst out, and the control of the text was more proficient, which undoubtedly increased his confidence. So for two months, in addition to eating and fitness time, I almost finished the first volume of "dark fairy tale" and copied the first volume of "hunger game" and the outline of five scripts without stopping day and night.

The purpose of his visit to the WGA writers' Union is to hand over the five script outlines to the Union for safekeeping. Paying a fee can protect his global copyright, and avoid the collision of film companies. Even if there is butterfly effect, it is difficult to guarantee the emergence of similar ideas, the use of rules, and the invincibility of the union by virtue of its record keeping.

As for the original writers of the last generation, I'm sorry, that's not Andy's problem.

There is no justice in this world at all. Plagiarism is nothing to money or fame. Shameless? Andy has to. Who has reborn his appendage? No matter who is passing by or who is given the welfare by the Western God, he can't help swallowing all the resources he can grasp without using these advantages.

As for the profession of screenwriting, Andy is not interested in it now, because the status of screenwriters in the film industry is really not high. The strike in 2008 is a good example. Although he is also a registered screenwriter of the writers' Union, his work is just a novel that he participated in.

The writer just wanted him to step into the convenient gate of Hollywood, and he would never make a living out of it. A famous screenwriter with an annual income of 500000 is nothing!

Ding Dong.

After a few minutes, the door opened with a crack. A plain looking middle-aged Chinese woman appeared in front of Carl, a fat man leaning against the door frame, and her eyes were a little distracted. She asked in a surprised and confused voice, "Mr. Vincent, how did you drink like this?"

"Andy...... Is Andy at home? " Carl pushed away the woman's support and walked into the villa, shaking, shouting loudly.

"Hey man! What time is it? Why don't you come home after drinking like this and run to me? " Andy, who just wanted to take a bath after the exercise, heard the shouting. He came down from the second floor and saw the drunk agent. He didn't ask angrily.

It seems that Carl, who is about to get drunk, sees Andy coming. His clumsy body seems to be more sensitive. He steps forward and hugs Andy. He shouts with a cry: "Andy, I'm fired! That damned bitch smashed me, stole the client from my hands, and accused me of harassment. I'm done! "

Andy rolled his white eyes, pushed Carl away, helped him to sit down on the sofa, and said to the nanny standing by in Chinese, "Aunt Liu, help him to get a glass of ice water."

"Sir, you dare not call me that. You'd better call me by my name! I'll get it right away. " Liu Yan waves her hands in panic and embarrassment. She still doesn't adapt to being called her aunt by the "foreigner" employer who speaks Mandarin better than herself.

Looking at Liu Yan's flustered back, he shrugged his helpless expression.

Liu Yan immigrated with her daughter. She used to open a restaurant in China and cook good Sichuan food. Although her daughter's son-in-law is middle-class and doesn't have any economic pressure, she's a bit hard to be at home all day because of the language. So she reported to the agency to find a job.

Carl, a fat man, looks for Andy to be a nanny of Chinese food. Seeing her information, he takes her to Andy's house after he has a general understanding of the situation. Liu Yan sees the villa located in the rich area. She is very nervous and afraid that her language problem will become a barrier to finding a job. But when she meets Andy, Andy speaks standard Mandarin, which is really good She was shocked and looked at the handsome big children in front of her. When Andy said that he had a quarter of Chinese blood, Liu Yan felt like meeting her compatriots, and her heart calmed down.

There was no problem in the following interview. After communicating for a while, the two sides understood each other's basic information and decided the employment relationship.

He took the ice water from the nanny, put it into Carl's hands, who was still crying, and gave him a hard pat.

"Hey, man, it's about time! There's no end. There's no work. Anyway, sooner or later. I told you to be careful of your secretary. "

"Cough...... Cough, damn it, you should be careful! " Carl rubbed his sore shoulder, took a sip of ice water, and almost choked. He looked at Andy's gloating expression, "Hey, wipe, I shouldn't be looking for you. It's impossible to get comfort from your mouth!"

"Ha ha, you know me. You are responsible for it. The hidden rules of the office are bound to happen. It's just a matter of time!" Andy sits on the sofa with his legs up, squints at Carl, and chuckles at the corners of his mouth.

"Which is clean in CCA! If you come out, take a bath and have a sleep. I have something to tell you tomorrow! ""Ah? Little Andy, you're not going to fire me, are you? I have only you now, you can't abandon me! " It seems that something terrible happened to him. After being drunk, his fat red face suddenly turned pale, and Andy on the sofa was in a state of agony.

"Go away, you fat man, I'm not gay! What do you think? I won't fire you. Damn it, it's annoying enough. Well, stop making noise. Go to wash and sleep. You sleep in the guest room on the second floor. " Andy was so angry that he put his foot on Carl's stomach and looked at the fat man lying on the carpet. He turned around and walked up to the second floor.

No words for a night.

"I didn't expect you to get up earlier than me, Carl." Andy sat down at the dinner table with a teasing expression and looked at Karl, who was much more energetic. Then he nodded to nanny Liu Yan, "good morning, Aunt Liu."

Without waiting for the two to speak, he continued to ask in a teasing tone, "is it enough crying?"

Looking at the red face of Carl, he said to Liu Yan, "Aunt Liu, can I have some beef for breakfast? I need a good supplement. I'm a little weak. "

"Yes, sir. I'll fry you a plate of fried beef. Just a moment." Liu Yan put bread, milk bacon and fried eggs on the table. Hearing Andy's request, she replied with a smile.

Andy looks at Liu Yan, who takes out the beef from the refrigerator and starts to work. Liu Yan is speechless. He only wanted to fry the veal. Fortunately, his family's smoking machine is powerful. Otherwise, the whole villa will be filled with the smell of lampblack.

Carl, on the other side, began to clean up the food on the table as if he were a starving ghost.

"Hey, you fat man, eat less. This is my breakfast!" Andy grabs the plate of food angrily and growls.

"Cut, niggard!" Carl muttered as he stuffed bread and bacon into his mouth.

Andy drew a corner of his eye and kept telling himself not to get along with the fat man.

Breakfast ends with Carl watching Andy's grudge. "Okay, fat man, come to the study. I have something to say to you." Andy wiped his mouth with a napkin and clapped his stomach contentedly.

Carl walked into the study unhappily, but Andy told him to be fat. He didn't have any antipathy. After they sat down, Liu Yan brought two cups of coffee.

Andy took a sip of coffee, took out the manuscript of the first volume of dark fairy tale from the drawer of his desk, and threw it in front of Carl.

Carl almost spewed the coffee out of his mouth. He put down his cup and looked at the stack of manuscripts with hot eyes.

"God, God, I'm not dreaming!" Looking at the excited Carl, Andy drinks coffee quietly.

"Oh, my God! Little Andy has a new work! " Carl's face was full of excitement with his manuscript and his hands dancing.

"All right, all right, sit down and say." Andy picks his eyebrows. "This book is used to complete the contract with Xuele press."

After a long breath, Carl's fat face flushed with excitement showed a relieved expression: "I know, I know, Andy, you won't let me down, I'm right, you're a genius, you've always been..."..... Andy, you've really changed a lot. "

"Everyone will change. I'm just mature. I won't be confused and confused again in the future. I'm not the same as I used to be." Andy waved his hand. "Well, let's not talk about this. After finishing with Xuele press, I want to set up a company to manage all the copyrights and business operations of books. I don't have so much time and energy to manage. I hope you can help me manage it."

Carl's lips trembled a little, his eyes were red, his eyes were fixed on Andy, and he sighed at last: "really, thank you, Andy. Although I would like to help you with everything very much, I'm afraid that my ability is limited."

"When did you become a mother-in-law? This is not Carl I know. You cheated me to Hollywood just for better development?" Andy can't help frowning.

"You don't worry about me Carvin again, do you? You can rest assured of this. Look As Andy said, he left the manuscript of hunger game on the table again. "This is a novel that I have high hopes for. I believe it will definitely rank in the top of the best seller list!"

"Well, well, ha ha ha." Carl's fat face showed a dirty smile, and his hands were clinging to the two manuscripts. It seemed that he thought of something, and his saliva was coming out.

"Well, put hunger game down first. Here's a check of 100000 yuan. You go to register your company and rent your office. The name of the company is mockingbird." Andy takes back the manuscript from Carl's hand and puts it back in the drawer. At the same time, he takes out a pencil sketch. In the movie hunger game, the mockingbird badge with wings outspread in the fire is handed to Carl.

Carl looked at the bird spreading its wings in the fire on the white paper and read the word under the pattern softly.

"Mockingbird!"




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