Chapter 4: Pie from Sky

"Well, we just met last night, and you didn't give me your name. I am Sunny, Sunny Rover. What about you?"

"Sofia. Just Sofia." Sofia replied before staring straight at Sunny's face to notice any abnormality, but she found the boy had no change or he simply hid his feelings.

"So, just Sofia, are you a model or something?" Sunny asked curiously.

"Nope… An actor. A very bad one." Sofia replied while thinking the boy is finally going to reveal his true face.

"Well, don't worry. You are too young. There are many late bloomers in Hollywood." Sunny replied without thinking any deeper.

"Hmm. What do you do Sunny?" Sofia asked.

"Me… Well, I just came to LA yesterday and going to meet someone now. Honestly, I am already rich compared to more than half of Queens but I want to get more." Sunny replied with a charming smile.

Sofia just huffed and ignored the ignorant boy.

"You have a connection in Hollywood or something. Why do you think you will become successful here? Do you think you got the looks of an actor?" Sofia asked after a long time.

"Nope. Not an actor. I am going to start my own production house. Only these people rule Hollywood. I want to be the one in power. I already have a few scripts and very soon will arrange a good team and start my studio." Sunny replied after taking a glance at the girl.

Sofia was amused at the wild thoughts of the boy. Start a production house. What Rubbish!

How can she be so stupid to sleep with this kind of fool? Not only her acting but even her brains must have gone down in drain before she decided to sleep with this boy.

"Let's take a break here. I want to grab something to eat." Sofia replied after seeing a nice diner at the side of the road.

"Sure." Sunny also stopped the pickup truck, and both decided to grab something to eat.

They found an empty place at the back of the diner and grabbed the seats. While waiting for the food, Sofia got bored. She found she had no common topics with the boy and just tried to teach him about Hollywood.

"Do you have the script with you, or can you tell me the outline of the story?" Sofia asked Sunny and Sunny thought for a few minutes.

He would have never agreed for someone else as his script is not registered with WGA (Writers Guild of America West) nor is copyright protected but he is going to do the same today and he will always be the first to register it even if the girl decides to steal the idea.

"Well, the script is simple, and the cost of filming would be kept low. The idea is to shoot a story about a couple trying to escape a place filled with alien monsters.

A low-level sci-fi horror movie with very low investment and a simple script with few actors. The key selling point would be horror and fear in the movie.

"How are you going to deal with visual effects for monsters? Where will you shoot? You will need to shoot outside to grab the real situation or generate some emotions from the audience and this will cost a lot. Have you thought about it?"

Sofia asked one question after another making Sunny truly look up to her.

At least the girl knew about the difficulties.

"Please, I am sober, and I don't have millions of dollars to invest in this kind of movie. My goal is to not shoot the monsters, but for the actors to escape the monsters. Pick two young actors. Shoot in an original location that was hit by some hurricane or storm and then in some forest areas.

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Monsters and other creatures would be shown in low light using miniature models just like E.T. or Star Wars to keep the budget simple.

What I want to showcase is a couple fighting and escaping the alien monsters. Otherwise, this will become a big-budget production and that is not something I can afford." Sunny gave her a quick answer before giving her a smile.

Sofia was sure that the boy was not completely dumb and decided to check the script. Sunny went back to his pickup truck and bought the copy of the script he had prepared earlier for investors.

In this way, the short morning breakfast turned into noon and then from lunch to evening meal.

Sofia read the script seriously and found it was quite simple and yet had enough strong selling points. She kept asking questions to confirm a few things and both of them lost the sense of time in the discussion.

"This doesn't seem so bad. Are you sure you can shoot this for under half a million dollars?

You know, even the first Rocky movie crossed this budget. Besides, you need some professional managers and directors. You know the whole setup. How are you going to fix all that?" Sofia asked.

Sunny simply said one word "CAA".

In the 1990s, CAA is simply a one-stop solution for all your filming needs. As long as you can provide the money, they can simply provide you with a one-package deal for everything.

From the technician on the ground to the editor in the final editing room, you name it and they can find it for you. Most of them are under their contracts. It's a complete packaging service for movie producers.

CAA is simply the first choice of many directors and investors for low-budget movies.

The sun was going down and Sofia kept looking at the script in the boy's hand.

From the morning till evening, she was sure of two things.

1.    The script is already perfect with all budgeting and planning neatly pointed out.

2.    The movie is very simple and perfect for a rookie director.

She felt a call from inside her repeatedly. She wanted this script. She wanted to be the one to direct this movie. Her embarrassment this week confirmed that she is simply a failure as an actor, but she can direct this movie.

If she cannot succeed in front of the camera, then she must succeed behind it.

She had been on movie sets since she was five and she basically spent all her childhood running behind her father when he was directing the Godfather.

Besides, this is less than half million a dollars and there is not a big risk of losing money.

"Let me introduce myself again. I am Sofia. Sofia Coppola. I will invest in this movie if you agree but I will direct this one. So, what do you think?"

"Fuck!" Sunny dropped the cola he had in his hands when this revelation came. It was like Tony Stark simply said he is Iron Man.

"My first woman is Sofia Coppola?" This was the only thing in Sunny's mind.

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