Chapter 341 Test Flight

After hearing from Ovitz that the flight experience would be held the day after tomorrow afternoon, the excitement on Su Yun's face instantly subsided.

After asking Ovitz for some details, Su Yun looked at Tom who was sitting next to her and said, "Since you don't like some parts of the script, why don't you bring them up during the negotiation?"

"Maybe they can modify the plots you don't like based on your ideas." Su Yun continued.

"Do I have that much power?" Tom was a little surprised.

With this level of investment, even the screenwriters, directors and producers are optimistic about him. However, based on his qualifications, he would have to move up a few levels to get the privilege of being able to participate in the production process by revising the script, right?

"I heard from Ovitz that ever since you were nominated for a Golden Globe, many people have been optimistic about your acting skills, appearance and popularity." With luck and talent, you have climbed to this point in just a few years, and you are still so young. It is hard not to be noticed.

However, as he said, his qualifications are not enough to shake up this level of investment.

"We Chinese have an old saying, 'No one tills barren fields, but once tilled, people fight for them.'" Su Yun looked at his slightly confused expression and touched his chin meaningfully. "With your current qualifications, your chips are certainly not enough, but I have a plan that can help you and me."

"What plan?" Tom couldn't help asking: Although he was resistant to the play on the surface, he was very clear in his heart that he was longing for fame, fortune and status.

This golden opportunity fell upon me, and I guess everyone else wanted to agree immediately, and then put down all their work and join the team on standby; only I, who was awkward, actually showed a reluctant attitude...

There was no way he could get over the feeling of disagreement that came from the bottom of his heart after reading the script and carefully considering it: even though everyone knew that Hollywood was the front line of American cultural export, such an action drama shot in conjunction with the military and focusing on inspiration, when it contained too much personal content, still made someone like him who was sensitive to Cold War thinking feel uncomfortable.

In his opinion, a motivational film like this should focus more on the proportion of emotions such as friendship and family affection, as well as the balance between the plot and popular science, rather than adding personal opinions, praising oneself while belittling the opponent.

"You are right. There are indeed problems with the script. If the script is not revised, I would not recommend you to participate in it." After saying this, Su Yun started talking to Ovitz again.

After hearing Su Yun slowly mention a method of "killing two birds with one stone", Ovitz thought about it for a moment and immediately agreed with her: "Based on the personalities of some of Warner's senior executives, your method may actually have a good success rate."

"You mean... let these two groups that have nothing to do with each other fight for me?" Tom listened carefully to the whole thing. While he understood the meaning of Su Yun's approach, he couldn't help but be shocked by such a risky idea.

"Yes, in the Batman script that I submitted to Warner, I planned to use you as the second male lead." Su Yun looked over and explained softly, "I also heard that several competitors are planning to use you as well."

"Although you are not old enough and qualified enough to play Batman, you are very suitable for the second or third male lead." Su Yun clapped her hands and said, "If the two teams clash over this, I can't guarantee what the crew of "The Last Wagon" will do, but Warner will definitely fight for this."

"When that time comes, I, with you and the support of Bill Finger and Zhao, will have a considerable advantage..."

"And the three heavyweights on "Top Gun" are all optimistic about you, and Warner is competing with them in such a high-profile manner to compete for you, unless they want to settle for the next best thing, or change their funding plan to invite higher-level leading actors. …”

"Otherwise, the crew of "The Legend of Zu" will have to make some concessions and seriously consider your response and proposal."

Su Yun came to the conclusion of the above words after reading the script carefully again during the process - the character of the male protagonist can really be said to be tailor-made around Tom. If she were one of these three people, she would definitely not be willing to give up inviting Tom.

As long as we get this male lead who is perfect for the role, the movie can be said to be half successful.

If it were someone else, Su Yun would not bother to explain it in such detail. However, compared to people like Zhuang Long who are immersed in performing arts, Tom is more "commercialized". He can not only listen but also understand her business methods.

Just as Tom fell into deep thought because of Su Yun's words, the door was suddenly pushed open from the outside by Zhao Liying.

Perhaps he got some feedback from this long-distance call. Although he still looked worried, he was obviously in a much better mood than when he came back with Su Yun. "I reported today's negotiation situation to Uncle Six. Uncle Six said that if necessary, Zhao can increase investment and give up part of the profits. We can slowly test the terms in tomorrow's negotiation..."

"Don't use this trick for now. I have a new plan." Su Yun waved her hand, and then told Ovitz that she was going to ask him to help spread the news that Tom was "very popular."

"Tom is now signed to CAA, and we are the ones who can really decide his film contracts." Su Yun pointed at Tom who was in deep thought, "The most important thing is that even if we get 'Batman', it won't start filming so soon. We can just make a staggered plan during this period and let Tom participate in the production of two dramas at the same time."

Zhao Liying nodded: It is a good thing not to make concessions. Even if his sixth uncle Zhao Rifu is here, he will definitely choose Su Yun's method first, and then slowly make concessions if it doesn't work. Zhao Rifu really has a special liking for Hollywood blockbusters. As soon as there is a chance, he wants his people to open up Hollywood routes and make big productions to make big money...

Since Zhao Liying, one of the Zhao family representatives, had also nodded, Ovitz readily accepted the task: "No problem, I promise to do it well."

"Wait, I still have a question!" Tom suddenly said, "If...if "The Legend of Zu" thinks I'm not worth giving in to, what should I do then?"

"Don't worry. In order to 'seduce' you, they even gave you the flying experience. The initial sunk cost is already a certain amount. If they give up on you now, they will suffer even more." Su Yun comforted, "If they really don't want you, you will also get a free fighter plane ride - many people are jealous of you!"

After all, the flying experience, and the flying with a real naval pilot, is not something that can be obtained with just money.

The reason why Su Yun was so excited when she heard the news was because she couldn't get this way of playing now, so when she heard that Tom could fly here, she was naturally excited.

"That's true." Tom was fooled by this and basically listened to whatever Su Yun said...

The next day, Su Yun and his group changed their strategy and sat in the conference room again.

Unlike the last negotiation, Su Yun's side changed its previous low-key attitude today and even had a bit of arrogance and domineering aura.

When a certain senior executive turned into a master of nitpicking, questioning Su Yun's scripted martial arts design for being distorted and unrealistic, and for having too many slow shots, Su Yun showed him on the spot what a realistic martial arts design derived from Chinese Kung Fu is - she raised her hand and threw a punch, hitting the senior executive who was holding her script and dancing to her side and making noises...

"Not that fast - with your speed and strength, do you still want to play the role of the female fighting master 'Cassandra' in the movie?" This senior executive who has always been optimistic about a certain white team, covered his aching nose and suppressed his anger, and at least squeezed out a self-satisfied sarcastic response.

Su Yun didn't say much this time. She just followed Cassandra's character of being ruthless and taciturn. She stood up and took the small camera that had been placed in the corner. After fiddling with it for a while, she slowed down the video she had taken to 0.25 times the speed.

In this video that was slowed down 4 times, those who previously thought that Su Yun's speed was only slightly faster can finally clearly see a truth that cannot be captured by the naked eye: before Su Yun hit someone's nose with this punch, he had changed his movements twice!

"I was going to do a fake move to confuse you and show you off, but you refused to respond. So I tried two more fake moves, but you still didn't react. Then I realized that I could actually throw a straight punch at you, and you definitely wouldn't be able to react..."

"So, can you feel Cassandra's dynamic vision and speed as a master of combat?"

Perhaps it was really a case of not moving forward and only retreating. Su Yun's unconventional display actually shocked the people at Warner, as the conditions were better than those proposed before.

Today's negotiations still have no results, but it is obvious that some people at Warner are beginning to lean towards Su Yun's team: not only is the script story better than other competitors, but Su Yun's talent resources and financial investment are also much better than other competing teams.

Why bother with money?

When faced with interests, there will always be some people who give up their original "persistence" and turn to the side that is more beneficial to them.

The next negotiation was scheduled for three days later.

Standing in the scorching sunlight, Su Yun looked at the fighter planes in the sky while communicating with Ovitz about the situation: Very good, after Ovitz's operation, someone at Warner already knew that another crew was trying to snatch the talent from them.

Seeing that the fighter planes were already heading towards them, Su Yun no longer cared about these names that made her feel unhappy, and excitedly went into the cabin hand in hand with Tom.

In addition to Su Yun, Tom and Ovitz, the director and producer of "The Rise of Skywalker" were also present for this flight experience.

A deafening roar rang out, and Su Yun looked down through the window, only to see the base under the summer sun, dazzling and charming as if it were glowing with a light golden glow.

The pilots flying the fighter planes all looked like experienced veterans. There were two young people in the experience team, one of whom was a pretty girl. They flew in a lot of twists and turns, and were just showing off their skills in a completely unfunny way...

When they landed again, the pilots in front looked back happily and watched the experience team rushing out.

"We want to show some gentlemanly manners to the beautiful young lady!" Under this banner, the few people rushed down with tissue boxes to watch the show...

Among the four men with pale faces and unsteady steps, stood a beautiful oriental girl with a rosy complexion.

At this time, she was still supporting one person on the left and one person on the right, and asked with concern: "How are you? Are you okay? Do you want to vomit? I have tissues here..."

Glancing back at the stunned looks on the faces of several pilots, Su Yun secretly laughed in her heart: every time she took a plane, she would depart from Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport, which was known as a place where veteran drivers preached. What kind of turbulence had she not experienced?

Not only that, there is a "flight simulation" game in the future, which is to fly an airplane as a pilot, and you can choose the airport and airplane at will. In this super-realistic game that claims that "those who know how to play can directly fly an airplane", she can actually fly a Concorde supersonic airplane to take off and land at Hong Kong Kai Tak Airport...

The ghost plane is paired with the ghost airport. Every time I post a live status, there will be a barrage of comments shouting "What kind of devil are you?"

Among these pale-faced men, Tom was the first to recover, with a look of shock and enthusiasm: "I want to ride it again!"

After Su Yun escorted the other three to a cool place next to a trash can and handed them some tissues, she came back. Tom, who was still very addicted to playing, had already boarded the fighter plane again.

"Tell me, are you coming up here again just to pick up girls?" The pilot sitting in the front glanced back at him, his eyes full of the meaningful "I've already seen through your true thoughts."

"I just suddenly fell in love with the feeling of flying!" Tom explained quickly.

"I don't believe it, you must just want to pick up girls!" The other pilot looked down at Su Yun who remained where he was.

"I really love flying!" Tom said righteously.

"Don't you want to pick up girls?!" the two pilots said in unison as they started their fighter planes, their words and actions resembling those of veterans questioning new recruits.

Tom looked out the window to make sure he had reached a certain height, then he shouted desperately, "Even if I wanted to, I can't let her hear me!"

"I knew this guy was just trying to pick up girls!" The two pilots clapped their hands happily, and then told Tom to sit still, and they would help him...

Looking up at the shadows of the fighter planes in the sky, Su Yun was really a little surprised but also reasonable: according to Tom's future development as an extreme sports fanatic, this flying experience really opened the door to a new world for him——

Wow! This is a great show!

Su Yun marveled at the pilots and fighter planes letting themselves go, and secretly admired Tom's acceptance: He could accept such an experience after only taking it for the second time, Tom is indeed...

With the idea of ​​praising him when he came down, Su Yun smiled and raised his hand, waving at the fighter plane that was about to land again.

Her brilliant smile reflected the sunshine, her long black hair fluttered in the wind, and her vibrant and lively look exactly matched the popular aesthetic standards of people in this era and region.

Walking towards this beautiful figure, Tom suddenly felt a strange churning in his stomach, perhaps because the sunlight was too strong.

That year, when filming "The Fault in Our Stars" with Su Yun, the young male lead Bryce, after being enlightened by his grandfather, confessed in his heart that "this strange feeling began to churn in my stomach" when he looked at the newspaper photo of the young female lead Julie at night.

At that time, he did not quite understand the meaning of the line, so he took the script to ask Su Yun. Su Yun explained to him that there is a metaphorical image "butterflies in the stomach" - describing extreme panic or heartbeats, and the analogy is "a fluttering heart" in Chinese.

This expresses a feeling that is suddenly felt at a certain moment, mixed with complex emotions such as worry, tension, and fear: when you are deeply attracted to someone, every cell in your body seems to be cheering for joy.

No matter how calm you appear on the surface, there are always millions of butterflies flying around in your stomach, which no one can detect and only you can understand the feelings of.

"This guy got a good deal!" The pilot who stayed on the fighter plane was operating the plane while preparing himself for the possibility of being fed dog food. "If he goes over here this time, he might actually earn a passionate kiss..."

The surging emotions seemed to overflow from his chest and float up his throat. His eyes were fixed on the beautiful figure in front of him who was waiting to greet him with a smile. Tom already had the urge to speak -

“Tsk…!”

When there were still a few steps between the two of them, the entanglement of intense emotions and the discomfort that he had previously suppressed finally made him stop in his tracks.

Plans cannot keep up with changes, and the romantic expression of feelings that was expected has become a ridiculous regret.

"NONONO——Don't come over here! Go away! Go away! Go away——"