HWI 111

Hollywood What If Chapter 111

"Hello, Kazir! How's your day!?"

"Scarlett, you should keep your voice low. It's disturbing my concentration."

Kazir massaged his forehead when he heard Scarlett Johansson's loud greeting. 

"Wow, so this is the editing room. It's too dark here."

Two weeks already passed after the party at Walt Disney. The filming of Taken officially ended a few days ago and Kazir already started editing Taken. 

He hired Rector, the editor of Napoleon Dynamite. 

Rector and Renner Hector are different people, their names were a bit close but that was all. 

An editor like Rector didn't have any achievements except for Napoleon Dynamite. All of the movies he edited never went to cinemas. They quickly went to the videotape market after editing. So Rector treasured his achievement of editing Napoleon Dynamite. That movie gave him confidence.

And now that Napoleon Dynamite II was released for over. People who didn't see the first movie bought the videotape. As the editor, his name was on the post and ending credits. It was something he could be proud of. 

When Kazir Grey was hired to be the editor of his current project, Rector never hesitate. He agreed and signed the contract. 

He was so fired up and stayed up all night on the first day of work. Because of Rector's enthusiasm, Kazir didn't have a choice but to follow his step and stay up all night as well.

... It has been three days since the last time he had a proper rest. Kazir Grey was sensitive to noise and light because of that. The life of a director in the post-production process was terrifying. If filming was tiring, then editing was a sleepless venture. 

Scarlett Johansson sensed that the people around her were tired so she obeyed them. She was curious about the editing room so she decided to enter it... Only to see abominations. 

"K- Kazir, I thought you are a person who is conscious of your health. What is this then?"

She was dumbfounded when she saw the tall tower of cup noodles and pizza boxes. They were like two leaning towers of Pisa. 

"Scarlett, I don't have the time to leave the room. So I can only order these things."

Kazir sighed. They had a schedule to keep. As much as possible, Kazir wanted to complete the post-production for a month. Thankfully, Kazir had the whole movie in his brain so he didn't spend time experimenting. Although he had to add a bit of easter eggs for the next upcoming movies of Continental Cinematic Universe. 

Overall, he was doing a good job. 

"I- I think you need to eat proper food! You said that I need to eat healthy food, and so are you! Let's go, we can eat somewhere."

"Scarlett, I have things to do. How about you? Have you finished dubbing your scenes?"

"I'm for today, an underage actress like me has strict working hours to follow. Unlike you, Mister Grey who looks like a panda."

"Alright, alright. Just leave the room once you're done exploring. Don't touch any button."

"What am I? A kid?" She pouted. 

"That's right."

"Geez! Don't change the topic! You need to eat something healthy."

She was irritated and kicked the floor. Director Grey was a stubborn guy. 

"Yeah... I'm craving for some vegetables."

Kazir agreed. Unfortunately, he wanted to keep working. 

"Um, Kazir... How about let's end the job for today? My wife keeps calling me."

Rector smiled bitterly and apologized. Because of working too hard, he forgot to talk to his wife. 

"Is that so? I'm fine with that. Let's take a rest."

They left the rented studio around 4:21 pm.

"Where are your parents?"

"They are busy. Salvatore dropped me in the studio. He left after because he has a job to do. Probably related to your movie."

"Perhaps."

Four of his clients were working on Taken and Salvatore hoped that the movie would have a successful run.

Salvatore's clients were: Kazir Grey, Enzo Park, Scarlett Johansson, and Brianna Evans. These people were his main source of income so he was working hard. 

'I think he is trying to contact Warner Bros this time. My influence in Warner Bros is getting better after the release of Napoleon Dynamite II.'

One month after the release of Napoleon Dynamite II, the movie already grossed $153.55 million. 

Even though his position in the project was not that high, the money he earned was over $1.4 million already. His job as the scriptwriter and executive producer of the movie already brought him that insane amount. 

'... Unfortunately, my influence is not enough to convince Chairman Eisner.'

Their first meeting was quite good but Michael Eisner felt like it was too early to fire Harvey Weinstein. 

Furthermore, Kazir Grey was still too weak to ask for some big favor. Michael Eisner was not sure if Kazir Grey was worth the transaction. 

Of course, Kazir didn't sell the script of Meet The Parents to Walt Disney. Even though Walt Disney wanted to buy the script for $3 million, Kazir decided to keep it for now. Once Taken and The Hangover 2 were released, the big six would definitely buy his scripts, even if they look like trash. 

'Taken will be released this year while The Hangover 2 will be released next year, maybe around March or April.'

"Hey, where are we going to eat?"

Because Scarlett was new to this place, she decided to follow Kazir. She let the man choose where to eat. 

"We are going to a Japanese restaurant."

"Okay." She nodded, quite curious about Japanese delicacies. 

Kazir glanced at her. 

"By the way, who's going to take you back to your home?"

"My Mom. She said she will call me around 5:30. That's why I was thinking of playing in the studio for an hour."

"Kid, you should focus on your studies instead."

He rubbed her hair and the little girl screamed and pushed his hand. 

"Don't mess my hair."

She growled. 

"... Alright." Kazir chuckled and let the kid be salty.