This is a new branch of Mr. Zhou’s restaurant in North Hollywood. In recent years, this restaurant has developed extremely fast. Its improved Chinese food, which is close to the style and taste of Western food, is very popular. The branch has gradually spread to major cities in North America. The branch located in Beverly Hills is frequented by Hollywood stars.
After the North Hollywood branch opened, Hollywood celebrities living nearby have also become regular customers of this store.
When she returned from Burbank, Natalie picked up Scarlett Johansson again, and Ryan and his party rushed to the restaurant. When they set off from Warner Studios, they had already booked a seat.
This is the large partition on the second floor facing the window. The four people ordered different dishes according to their own tastes, and slowly tasted the black tea provided by the store.
"Ryan, why didn't you ask for authentic Chinese food?"
Sitting next to Gail Gado, who was of the same age, Scarlett asked a little strangely, "I still remember when you first moved to Los Angeles, you had authentic Chinese food every time."
"It's good to change the taste occasionally." Ryan said thank you to Natalie who helped him add sugar, and then said, "Since westernized Chinese food is so popular, it means that its taste is more suitable for us, doesn't it?"
After so many years, he has adapted to Western eating habits both physically and psychologically.
"Scarlet..." Ryan took the initiative to change the subject, "Drew and Sofia have confirmed the release time of "Lost in Tokyo" in North America?"
"December." Scarlett put down the coffee cup, smoothed the drooping blond hair behind her head, and blinked her eyes playfully, "Ryan, didn't you mean to help me win awards?"
"Isn't the best actress at the Cannes Film Festival satisfying you?" Natalie joked intentionally.
"Wow, dear, are you jealous?" The two have a very good relationship, and don't mind making these jokes, "I'm still waiting for you to win back a figurine of the best director in the future?"
"Best Director?" Gail Gado apparently didn't understand what was going on. Ryan waved his hand, "Nate is learning how to be a good director."
The dishes ordered by the four were brought up one after another. After clinking the glasses together, the few people ate and chatted.
"Scarlet..." Ryan thought for a while and said, "Remember to tell your mother and agent, "Lost in Tokyo" after the release of the public relations Golden Globe, Oscar..."
He frowned, "Nominations at most."
"Do you need me to thank you, Ryan?" Scarlett was not very polite.
"It is enough to teach Alison less to bully people in the future." Ryan shook his head. I joked, "You two, don't make too much trouble."
Some time ago, the boy who was pursuing Taylor by Hollywood Records was tricked into the women’s bathroom by these two guys. John Burns had a headache, so he had to call Ryan himself.
"Okay." The blonde girl nodded, but her eyes kept turning around, just how much she heard. That only God knows.
"When will Tyler release the record."
Dinner is undoubtedly a woman’s natural enemy. Natalie simply ate a little and put down the tableware. "I remember she wrote more than ten songs? The last time I went to watch her on Hollywood Records. Those songs were practiced very well. Excellent."
"Wait for a while." Ryan saw Scarlett and Gail Gadoo put down the cutlery on the opposite side. After asking for advice, he beckoned to the waiter not far away and asked them to remove these. Porcelain plate. Several people continued to talk while drinking tea.
"Wait for her to be older and more mature?" Such a playful remark. It must be from Scarlett Johansson, "Ryan, she is smarter than you think."
Ryan knew more or less about what Scarlett had said. Taylor was a younger sister in front of him, Nicole and others, but in front of outsiders, she was a clever, precocious and musically talented girl.
However, it is not a bad thing to release a record later, let alone the little girl herself is not in a hurry.
Scarlett and Natalie usually have no scruples when talking to Ryan. Now that there is one more Gail Gado, the topic just revolves around the movie and occasionally talks about Hollywood gossip.
"Ryan, have you heard?" Natalie mentioned the people who had interacted with Ryan, "David Ellison dropped out of USC Film School."
"David Ellison?" Ryan was stunned for a moment before remembering who this was. "It's normal to drop out. I heard Darren and them say that he is eager to enter Hollywood."
"It's not an rush to march, but it's already started." Scarlett Johansson had apparently heard about the other party. "It is said that he took a checkbook and bought excellent scripts everywhere, especially for air combat."
"There are even rumors in Hollywood that he will invest as long as there are planes in the movie." The corners of the blonde girl's mouth almost twitched.
"Nate, Scarlett, who are you talking about?" Gal Gado asked curiously.
"David Ellison, a South Carolina drop-out student who claims to be more talented than Ryan in film." Scarlett Johansson answered first, but was not polite at all, "Of course, this is his crazy old man. Dad said... well, his dad is Larry Ellison, Oracle’s boss."
Natalie and Gail Gado laughed, Ryan also smiled and shook his head.
Although the other party appeared in Hollywood, it was basically impossible to wave a check to pick up the bargain like in the previous life. Marvel Comics is in his own hands and will never accept investment from outside Hollywood’s traditional forces. If Paramount encounters a crisis, it will It is not the opponent's turn to take action.
Even the "Terminator" series was sold to Twentieth Century Fox by him early.
Or be obedient to the promising career of Hollywood Public Enemy! Ryan murmured in his heart.
"I remember in the comics that Gwen Stacey was Spider-Man's first girlfriend."
Because Gail Gado just participated in the audition for "Wonder Woman", the topic gradually turned to the superhero movie. The Jewish girl was obviously curious about the setting of the "Spiderman" movie, "Why did the movie become Mary? Jane? ?"
This kind of question was naturally asked by Ryan. He dunked the table and said, "Several reasons are combined."
"Can you tell me?" Scarlett Johansson was also curious.
"Okay." Ryan sighed and stretched out a finger. "First of all, when the amazing screenwriter adapted the comics, he borrowed from Jim... Well, just James Cameron's draft script, right! Just you guys. The James Cameron who knows, he is a crazy Spider-Man fan, some of the movie settings and plots are derived from him, and in his script, the protagonists are Mary Jane and Peter Parker."
Of course, there are some things he didn't say. For example, the script of Truck Driver is very dark, Spider-Man is constantly searching for himself, and it is full of plots of Peter Parker and Mary Jane fighting wildly on the Brooklyn Bridge...
He extended a second finger, "The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. In some ways, it is also to highlight this theme."
Speaking of this, Ryan put his hands down, "Finally, after the completion of this trilogy, in a few years, we can restart Spider-Man, and the specific plot will follow the settings in the comics, Gwen History Daisy was his first girlfriend, and then died, giving Peter Parker more insights into the identity of a superhero."
"I see." Scarlett Johansson winked at Natalie, "The last point is the most important. "Spider-Man" can be remade in the future and we can continue to make money."
"What about Gwen Stacey in this series now?" Gail Gado seems to be very interested in this series. "There won't be a love triangle, right?"
"In the second part, only the bottom is simply exposed." Ryan put on a helpless expression, "As for the third part, I haven't seen the script yet."
Just like Ryan said, no one knows his children better than Surprise. As for the screenwriter, he will only give some general opinions. The specific work is still in charge of the Surprise's screenwriting team.
The four people chatted for a while, and after a few dozen minutes, Natalie looked at her watch and suggested, "It's getting late, we should go back."
After leaving Mr. Zhou’s restaurant, Ryan asked John to call in a car to send Gail Gado back to the Sunset Hotel, while he drove Natalie and Scarlett back to the rich colony of North Hollywood. Girls are neighbors, so there is no need to send them one by one.
Ryan drove the car directly into the villa, and when she got off the car, Natalie asked Scarlett, "Would you not come in for a while?"
"Forget it today." The blonde girl looked at Ryan, who had just closed the door, and said with a smile, "Nat, I won't bother you anymore. Tomorrow we will go to Malibu to ride a horse."
"Well, that's good." Natalie beckoned to her, "See you tomorrow, Scarlett."
Sending away Scarlett Johansson, Ryan took Natalie back to Although her residence is not particularly large, there is no shortage of vestibules, gardens, and fountains, which are emitted by street lights. Shining, the two followed the granite road and came to the brightly lit villa.
"Are you going tomorrow?" Natalie walked to the fountain and tested the temperature of the water.
"What? Malibu?" Standing behind her, Ryan took the girl into his arms. "Go to Harvey's clubhouse to ride a horse? I shouldn't have time."
"Isn't the movie going to start after a while?" Natalie turned around, deliberately raised her wet hand, flicked it in front of Ryan, and said with a smile, "Whatever you want."
"The wind is a bit cold." Ryan looked up at the dark sky, "Let's go back to the room."
In the following period of time, Ryan’s main energy was still on the film "Argo". Most of the shots involving Tehran were basically shot in the studio. If there is really no way, they are in North America. I found a few Islamic communities to shoot.
After the first draft of the script was delivered, the team that set up the scene separately rushed to Virginia and Istanbul. (To be continued...) ()