Chapter 003: Luckily its not MichaelCrichton

Erik,metanythingdifficult,Idiscovered thatyou arerecentlyverydifferent? On a break once,Jeffcould not resist andaskedfinally. Regardingthechildoftheold friend,hevery muchcared.

Is very obvious?Erikhas gawked,asked.

Jeffsaid with a smile:Certainly,writesonyourfacesimply.

Perhaps,becauseIfoundthegoal.Youknowthathumans,oncehadtheideal,thewhole personwill becomevery excited.

,Whatgoal,canyousaythattome?

Certainly,Erikreplied:Ihavedecided thatImustbeadirector.Iwas creatingmyfirstscriptrecently,in two daysIwill finish.

BecomeDirector?Jeffis somewhat surprised,thesubconsciousnesswantsto open the mouthto persuadeEriktonot aim too high,but then remembered that this child has only just emerged from mourning his fathers death, to find a goal, and swallowed the words.

InErikbody contains asoulofmiddleaged person,obeservingJeffs face slightest movement,Erikknowsthathewantedto sayanything,butactuallysmiledhas not cared.After all, this is Hollywood, every year thousands of people come here from all over the world to pursue a dream of movies, but the success belongs to the few and Jeff having this idea is normal.

ThatWhenyourscripthas written,canshowme.Mustknowthatin the pastIalsooncewantedto beanactor,once my appearance is not like as it is now,Jeffhas pattedhis large belly,thensaid:In the pastIwasveryhandsome.YoumustknowthatIhave also participated for a small role inTheGodfather,in an instant,alreadythese manyyears.

Erikwas somewhat stunned,cannot thinkthatJeffalsohassuchpast,butquicklyrelaxed,here isHollywood,inthisworldthebiggestmoviefactory,nothing here isimpossible.

Does not havetheissue,when the time comesyoucanhelpmemakesomecomments.Erikreplied,so thatcan makeJeffhelp tohave a lookinthescriptto haveanyloophole.

AlthoughErikalreadyas far as possible revised1988thatscript,butactuallycannotguaranteethatdoes not havethecareless mistake.ButJeffasanoutsider,candiscoverinthescriptvery easilysomeinopportunethings.

Twopeoplechattedsome,asseveralguestsenteredthedining room,Erikgoes forwardto greettheguestshastily.

After adayofwork,Erikwent homequickly,has hadthesupperin a hurry,startsthematterwritingJurassic Parknovelandscript.

Jurassic Parkbasicallyhad finished, and nowfinalproofreading.Erikplannedtosend the photocopies toseveralpublishing housestomorrow.Butthescripthas actually written just outline,as well assome matters thatneededto revise.To complete the script as it is in his mind need two days.

Hello,what can I do for you?Justenteredtoprintingshop,asomewhatthinblack female clerkwelcomedwarmly.

Erikpulls outmanuscript from bag:I would like a few copies of this manuscript.

Theblackgirllooked atthickmanuscript, and her eyes light up slightly,thesmiling faceonfacewas brighter:Sir,canIlook at it?

No problem,Erikhas handed overthemanuscript.

Theblackgirlhas not paid attention tothemanuscriptcontent,butcountedthenumber of pages:Probablymore than300pages,makethat300pages.Everycopy30US dollars,how many copies sir?

30US dollars!Erikmouth twitchedslightly,sighed thatit was expensive, he now onlyhasa few hundred dollars in cash, and this is an advance of one month salary .

Erik boredholdsthecoffee cupto looksatblackgirloperatingthemachine,probablyina halfhouritcanbe done,will not delayrestaurantwork.Althoughafter 10 it gets busy at restaurant,even ifhas been late,byJeffsdispositionwill not deducthiswages,butthefriendshipisfriendship,theworkisthework,Erikknowsthatwantsto maintaintherelationswithJeff,he must do hisduty.

Manis about40years old,theheightis less thanonemeterseven,actuallyappearsverysturdy,brown stubble on chin,slightly curved nose,wearinggoldrimmed eyeglasses,slightly bald forehead,thewhole personis exuding bookish feeling.

Welcomevisits,Sir,waits a bit?

Brownhairedmannodded,nodded hello toErikvery muchpolitely,sits downbyErik.Theblackgirlstopstheworkinhandtemporarily,fast makesonecoffee to brown haired man:Sir,justmore thantenminutes,pleasefirstdrinkthecupcoffee.

Themanreceivedthecoffeeto saythanks,his eyesfollowtheblackgirlsformto seethatthickonestackofmanuscript,the eyes moveslightly,intheshoponly thenthreepeople,themancould not help but look atErik.

Takeing the libertyI am asking,isthatyourdraft?

Eriknodssaying:Yes,anovel,Ijustfinished,plansto make several photocopies.

Youlook likeahighschool student,you arereally fierce,I amunableto achievethese.

Thank you,actuallythisismyfirstnovel,I do not have muchconfidence.

No,mustbelieve oneself.That,canIreadyournovel?saying that the manpulled outaname cardto giveEriksaying:Just,Ihaveasmallpublishing house.

Erikreceivedthename cardto look,MichaelClaus,The night Elvespublishing housemanager.Erikeyebrowjumped,luckilyis notMichael Crichton.Erikcannot but scoldthewesternerslack ofcreativityinname,remembersthatintheclass and gradeofErikHigh school,twocalledJake,twocalledJessica, if considers wholeschool,thepersonwith same namewere more.Eventhenewbornsonhas nonewname,calledRobertDownie jrdirectly.

Erikshows a faint smile,has not said anything.MichaelClausalsono longersaidanything,readsseriously.With in-depth reading, Michael casual look gradually become more serious, although he had just praised Eric , but in heart does not think by Erics age to be able to write what wonderful novel.In his previous business experience, those best-selling author of almost all men are full of experience and wealth of knowledge accumulation.

Young people,canIknowyourname?

ErikWilliams,Erikis not hypocritical,replieddirectly.Byhisprevious generationlife experience,howunableto seethatMichaelexpressionis containinganythingat this time.Althoughdoes not havethe plan to giveJurassic Park tosmallpublishing house,butdoes not hinderhimto get acquainted withMichaelClaus.IfJurassic Parkhad been rejectedbythesewellknownpublishing houses,thisis also achoice.