"You're a reporter, miss?"
In the speeding taxi, the driver asked the black-haired lady sitting in the back, "And she's an entertainment reporter from the United States, right?"
"Forehead?"
When did I become so famous? Or does it look like a journalist?
But even so, what about American journalists?
Katsushira took off his sunglasses and asked curiously, "How did you guess that I'm an American reporter? I'm obviously Japanese."
The taxi driver shrugged and said after driving through an intersection: "Your accent reveals that you are from North America."
"Wherever you're from, you must have spent a lot of time in North America recently. After all, your Japanese accent is so obvious."
The taxi driver had a very proud expression on his face: "An American came to New Zealand, and his destination was the Wellington studio... Then there are only two possibilities."
He raised two fingers in the rearview mirror: "One possibility is that you are an actor or a member of the crew. But if that's the case, you should have a special car to pick you up."
"There is another way." The driver put down a finger. "You are an entertainment reporter."
"Very interesting reasoning." Katsushira couldn't help laughing, "You might consider moving to Baker Street."
"No, no, no, I'm far from Sherlock Holmes. Mainly because I've met too many entertainment reporters in the past year."
The ability to chat and talk seems to be a must-have talent for all taxi drivers around the world.
Especially when customers are willing to chat with them, they are very happy to discuss any topic.
"Because of the crew of James Cameron and Nanaya Kiryu, there are really too many reporters like you during this period."
"Oh?" Katsushira became interested. "So many people went there?"
"Yes." The driver nodded. "Although I don't know much about Hollywood, I know that these two are currently the world's box office champions and runner-ups. With them here, reporters will naturally come here."
Although the newly released "The Dark Knight" is very popular, its box office in North America is even catching up with "Inferno".
However, because the story is too American, although "The Dark Knight" is very popular around the world, its box office performance is not as explosive as in North America.
Judging from the current situation, regardless of whether the North American box office of "The Dark Knight" can surpass "Inferno", it is definitely impossible to make a global box office.
And for this taxi driver in New Zealand, how much is it worth on the North American box office list?
New Zealand's own box office charts and global box office charts are the most impressive, right?
Katsushira's fingers tapped rhythmically on the car window: "It looks like a lot of interesting things have happened here recently?"
The driver treated the conversation as just idle chat, as such a topic had happened countless times recently.
"Is it strange that the crew of two movies with an investment of more than 200 million US dollars can attract people like you?"
"Not surprising."
Katsushira nodded, thought for a moment, and asked, "Are you a local?"
"certainly!"
The driver said proudly: "I am a native Wellingtonian. All of us here have a natural liking for film crews! Especially the Lord of the Rings series and its director Peter Jackson, who made our country a world-class tourist destination."
At this point, the driver paused.
He looked at Katsushira through the rearview mirror again and said mysteriously, "Actually, I also like Director Kiryu. His Goblin Slayer is also good. It's just that there are too few beautiful scenes in our country."
"Hehe~"
Katsushira has also seen "Goblin Slayer", and she certainly knows how attractive this movie is to men.
You know, Goblin Slayer is a very unique movie among the works of my idol.
All of Nanaya's other films are very standard commercial films and follow the principles of normal commercial films.
Even the upper and lower FZ are no exception.
Although the plot is somewhat unconventional and unconventional.
But whether it is the editing of the shots or the cool special effects, they all reveal the commercial elements.
But Goblin Slayer is different.
Although this movie opened the way for Nanaya Kiryu to Hollywood and made the world know about this director from Japan.
However, apart from the shots that show feminine charm and the sharp war action scene cuts, there is a hint of Nanaya Kiryu.
Miss Katsushira thinks this is probably the movie that least resembles a work directed by Kiryu.
[Perhaps it was because Kiryu Nanaya's style was immature at the time? ]
Miss Katsushira thought so.
In fact, the problem of inconsistency between the style of "Goblins Slayer" and other movies when Nanaya was filming was entirely his own fault.
Although the films directed by Nanaya are not considered heavy-tasting, there are always some things that cross the line in the movies he directs.
Therefore, the outside world has always believed that Kiryu Nanaya is a director with a very strong taste. Although she may not be as good as Quentin, she is not much different.
But in fact, Nanaya has never been good at shooting R-rated movies.
It would be okay to try to downgrade it from R level to PG tutoring level.
But if Nanaya were to make an R-rated movie by himself, he would have a hard time getting the scale right.
Coupled with the plot of the "Goblins Slayer" movie, it finally made Nanaya feel like he was overdoing it.
However, these things are already in the past. Compared with Kiryu Nanaya's past achievements, Katsushira is more interested in knowing what kind of achievements the other party will create in the future.
Katsushira felt very sorry that "Inferno" only won the second place in film history.
[It would be great if this new movie with a $200 million investment could break the record of Titanic. ]
Muttering to herself, Katsushira thought of the purpose of her trip and asked again, "Do you have the latest news about the crew?"
Taxi drivers are generally the most well-informed people in the entire city. Katsushira believes that they must have news that has not yet spread outside.
But this time the rental car driver was silent. He was driving seriously and seemed not to have heard what Katsushira said at all.
Katsushira had no choice but to say: "If you have any news that I'm interested in..."
She raised her brows at the rearview mirror and rubbed them between her index finger and thumb.
The driver immediately understood what he meant and agreed on the price with Katsushira in just a few words.
While still far from the destination, the driver quickly told us some valuable news.
"I heard that Director Nanaya Kiryu is currently training two of his apprentices to make a movie;"
"Recently, Director Kiryu and Director Cameron have been discussing their filming experiences together;"
"In the evening, Director Kiryu always takes his female assistant for a walk on the street. I heard that the new assistant seems to be the daughter of a noble..."
Katsushira took out his notebook and wrote down the first and second messages the driver said.
As for the last piece of news, Katsushira had already known it a long time ago. The female assistant should be Kiryu Nanaya's rumored girlfriend Ryan Wetting.
Of course, as a Japanese, Katsushira actually hopes that Director Kiryu will choose Ryougi Ori.
But this junior sister of Kiryu Nanaya has been filming in North America recently and has no chance to improve her relationship with director Nanaya.
[I guess that woman took advantage of this opportunity to sneak in, right? ]
However, having had the experience of interviewing Nanaya, Katsushira knew that the other party would not tell him about his private life.
But Katsushira is still full of expectations for this trip, as it is difficult for other reporters to meet Kiryu Nanaya.
But she is different. As a special correspondent for Washimine Entertainment, she was able to conduct an exclusive face-to-face interview with Nanaya.
[Hopefully I can dig up some exclusive news. It would be even better if I could interview James Cameron.]
As an entertainment reporter with a keen sense of smell, Katsushira has noticed that Hollywood is quietly changing in recent years.
Katsushira believes that the initiators of this change would be two people who were filming a movie in New Zealand.
James Cameron and Nanaya Kiryu, and their new works.
A war breaks out between the first and second place in the world box office charts to seize the new era of movies.
Just thinking about it, Katsushira felt his blood boiling.
[We are about to witness history! ]
After getting off the taxi and walking towards the set, Katsushira was still thinking about who had a better chance of winning between the two of them.
In terms of film quality, no matter how much he prefers Nanaya, Katsushira cannot deny the greatness of "Titanic".
This truly elegant and popular film is far superior to Nanaya's purely commercial genre films.
But Nanaya is not completely without chance. The plot of "Purgatory's Flames" shows the storytelling side of this commercial director.
[There should be a bigger breakthrough this time. ]
Since the previous San Diego Comic-Con, there has been endless discussion about the movie called "Madoka Magica."
Many people think that the story line of this movie will be very simple, it is just the growth history of a weak girl (Madoka).
Although the glimpse in the trailer indicates that this will be a movie with excellent special effects.
But many fans of "Purgatory" still felt a little disappointed.
After all, what they want to see is a wonderful story with twists and turns.
But Nanaya Kiryu seemed only satisfied with giving them a perfect visual feast.
The opponents also hold the same idea.
The Fox media has changed its previous tone of exaggerating that Nanaya Kiryu is ten thousand times more awesome than Spielberg.
It directly means that the Japanese director has run out of ideas and can only rely on special effects to make movies in the future.
But Miss Katsushira doesn't think so.
Nanaya Kiryu has always been a director who can bring surprises to people. Saying that he has run out of ideas is really underestimating him.
Moreover, compared to those who set the pace and make trouble, and those who are led by the pace and lose their judgment.
Miss Katsushira discovered a detail.
The screenwriter of "Madoka Magica" is none other than FZ's screenwriter Gen Urobuchi.
As a loyal fan of Erque Studio, after knowing the name, Katsushira went to learn about their past works.
Although everyone regards FZ as the work of Nanaya Kiryu, this screenwriter must have played a significant role in it.
Because if you have read Gen Urobuchi's previous works, you will find that those stories are highly consistent with FZ in style.
And this time the screenwriter of "Madoka Madoka" is still Gen Urobuchi...
"This work is definitely not as simple as everyone imagines."
Katsushira said firmly in his heart.