Chapter 597: The Public Enemy of Hollywood
This is a new branch of Mr. Zhou’s restaurant in North Hollywood. In recent years, this restaurant has developed very fast. Its improved Chinese food that is close to Western style and taste is very popular. The branches have spread to major cities in North America one after another. The branch located in Beverly Hills is a frequent visitor to Hollywood celebrities.
After the North Hollywood branch opened, Hollywood celebrities living nearby also became frequent visitors to the store.
When he returned from Burbank, Natalie picked up Scarlett Johnson, Ryan and his fours rushed to the restaurant and booked the seats when they left the Warner Studios.
This is a large partition on the second floor next to the window. The four of them ordered different dishes according to their respective tastes and slowly tasted the black tea provided by the store.
"Ryan, why didn't you ask for authentic Chinese food?"
Sitting next to Gale Gado, who is of the same age, Scarlett asked a little strangely, "I still remember when I first moved to Los Angeles, you always wanted authentic Chinese food."
"It's good to change the taste occasionally." Ryan said thank you to Natalie who helped her add sugar, and then said, "Since Westernized Chinese food is so popular, it means that its taste is more suitable for us, right?"
After so many years, he has long adapted to Western eating habits physically and psychologically.
"Sga..." Ryan took the initiative to change the topic, "Have Drew and Sophia confirmed the release date of "Lost Tokyo" in North America?"
"It's December." Scarlett put down the coffee cup, put his drooping blonde hair behind his head, and blinked playfully, "Ryan, didn't you say you wanted to help me win the award?"
"Have you satisfied with the best actress at the Cannes Film Festival?" Natalie deliberately joked.
"Wow, my dear, are you jealous?" The two of them had a very good relationship and didn't mind making these jokes. "I'm still waiting for you to win back the best director's Little Golden Man in the future?"
"Best Director?" Gale Gado obviously didn't understand what was going on. Ryan waved his hand, "Nate is learning how to be an excellent director."
The dishes that the four of them ordered were served one after another. After chatting with the glasses together, the few of them ate and chatted.
"Ska..." Ryan said after thinking about it, "Remember to tell your mom and agent that after "Lost Tokyo" is released, it will be full of efforts to PR Golden Globe Awards, Oscars..."
He frowned, "At most, it's nomination."
"Do you need me to say thank you, Ryan?" Scarlett wasn't very polite.
"In the future, just teach Alison to bully people." Ryan shook his head and joked, "You two, don't make too much trouble."
Some time ago, the boy who was pursuing Taylor in Hollywood record company was tricked into the female bathroom by these two guys, which gave John Burns a headache and had to call Ryan himself.
"Okay." The blonde girl nodded, but her eyes kept turning around. How much did she hear? Only God knows.
"When will Taylor release the record?"
Dinner is undoubtedly a natural enemy of women. Natalie just ate a little bit and put down the tableware. "I remember she wrote more than ten songs, right? Last time I went to Hollywood Records to watch her, those songs were very good."
"Wait for a while." Ryan saw Scarlett and Gale Gadot on the opposite side, and after asking for advice, he waved to the waiters not far away and asked them to remove the porcelain plates. Several people continued to chat while drinking tea.
"When she gets older, mature?" This playful word must have come from Scarlett Johnson, "Ryan, she's smarter than you think."
Ryan is a little clear about what Scarlett said. Taylor is a younger sister who has never grown up in front of him, Nicole and others, but in front of outsiders, he is a smart, precocious and musical girl.
However, it is not a bad thing to release a record later, not to mention that the little girl herself is not in a hurry.
Scarlett and Natalie usually have no scruples when talking to Ryan. Now there is one more Gale Gardo, and the topic is just about revolving around the movies, and occasionally they will talk about Hollywood gossip.
"Ryan, have you heard of it?" Natalie mentioned the person who had had an intersection with Ryan. "David Ellison dropped out of the USC Film Academy."
"David Ellison?" Ryan was stunned for a moment before remembering who this person was. "It's normal to drop out of school. I heard Darren and the others say that he is eager to enter Hollywood."
"It's not that he is eager to advance, but that he has already started." Scarlett Johnson obviously heard about the other party, "It is said that he has taken a checkbook and bought excellent scripts everywhere, especially in air combat."
"There are even rumors in Hollywood that whenever the plane appears in the movie, he will invest." The corners of the blonde girl's mouth almost pulled up.
"Nate, Ska, who are you talking about?" Gael Gado asked curiously.
"David Ellison, the retired student from the University of Southern California, who claims to be more talented than Ryan in the movie." Scarlett Johnson answered first, but he was not polite at all. "Of course, this was what his crazy dad said... Well, his dad is Larry Ellison, Oracle's boss."
Natalie and Gale Gado both laughed, and Ryan shook his head with a smile.
Although the other party appeared in Hollywood, it is basically impossible to wield checks like in the previous life. Marvel Comics is in its own hands and will never accept investments outside of the traditional Hollywood forces. If Paramount encounters a crisis, it will not be the other party's turn to take action.
Even the "Terminator" series was sold to 20th Century Fox early on.
It’s better to be a promising profession of public enemy in Hollywood! Ryan muttered in his heart.
"I remember Gwen Stacy is Spider-Man's first love girlfriend in the comics."
Because Gale Gado had just participated in the audition for "Wonder Woman", the topic gradually turned to the superhero movie, and the Jewish girl was obviously curious about the setting of the "Spider-Man" movie, "Why did the movie become Mary? Jane?"
This kind of question was naturally asked Ryan. He buckled the table and said, "It's a comprehensive reason."
"Can you talk?" Scarlett Johnson was also curious.
"Okay." Ryan sighed and stretched out a finger. "First of all, the amazing screenwriter borrowed Jim when adapting the comic... Well, just James Cameron's script draft, yes! Just the James Cameron you know, he is a crazy Spider-Man fan. Some of the settings and plots of the movie come from him, and in his script, the protagonists are Mary Jane and Peter Parker."
Of course, there are some things he didn't say, such as the truck driver's script is very dark, Spider-Man is constantly looking for himself, and it is also full of plots of Peter Parker and Mary Jane fighting wildly on the Brooklyn Bridge...
He extended his second finger, "The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility, and in some ways, it is also to highlight this theme."
Speaking of this, Ryan put down his hand, "Finally, after this trilogy is completed, in a few years, we can restart Spider-Man. The specific plot will be based on the settings in the comics. Gwen Stacey is her first love girlfriend, and then she dies, which will give Peter Parker more insights into the identity of a superhero."
"I understand." Scarlett Johnson squeezed his eyes at Natalie, "The last thing is the most important thing. Spider-Man can be remade in the future, and we can continue to make money."
"What about Gwen Stacey in this series now?" Gale Gado seems to be very interested in this series. "There won't be a love triangle, right?"
"The second part will only reveal the bottom." Ryan put on a helpless expression, "As for the third part, I haven't seen the script yet."
As Ryan said, no one knows his children better than Jingqi. As for the screenwriter, he will only give some general opinions. The specific work is still in charge of the Marvel screenwriter team.
The four of them chatted for a while. After about a few dozen minutes, Natalie looked at her watch and suggested, "It's getting late, it's time to go back."
After leaving Mr. Zhou's restaurant, Ryan asked John to call a car and send Gale Gado back to the Sunset Hotel. He drove Natalie and Scarlett back to the wealthy settlement in North Hollywood. The two girls were neighbors and didn't have to send them one by one.
Ryan drove the car directly into the villa. When he got out of the car, Natalie asked Scarlett, "Can you sit if you don't come in?"
"Forget it today." The blonde girl looked at Ryan who had just closed the car door and said with a smile, "Nate, I won't disturb you anymore. We'll go to Malibu to ride a horse tomorrow."
"Well, that's OK." Natalie waved to her, "See you tomorrow, Scar."
Scarlett Johnson, Ryan pulled Natalie back. Although her residence was not particularly large, there was no shortage of vestibule, garden and fountain. With the light emitted by the street lights, the two of them walked along the granite road to the brightly lit villa.
"Will you go tomorrow?" Natalie walked to the fountain and tried the water temperature.
"What? Malibu?" Standing behind her, Ryan took the girl into his arms, "Go to Harvey's club to ride? I shouldn't have time."
"Didn't the movie start filming after a while?" Natalie turned around, deliberately raised her wet hand, and bounced it in front of Ryan, and said with a smile, "Whatever you want."
"The wind is a little cold." Ryan looked up at the dark sky, "Let's go back to the room."
For a period of time, Ryan's main energy was still focused on the movie "Argo". Most of the shots involving Tehran were basically taken in the studio. If there was no way, he found several Islamic communities in North America to shoot.
Chapter completed!