Chatty Hollywood

Before this Saturn Award, Charlotte had not won any heavyweight awards.

Therefore, he never thought that winning trophies could provide him with mana.

——This is simply a natural magic weapon!

Charlotte thought to herself.

Now, he was curious whether this phenomenon was accidental or inevitable?

Are all the trophies of the Saturn Award, which can provide him with mana? Or is it only he got it personally? Or, is only this one in his hand special?

Charlotte felt that if he won another trophy, he might be able to figure it out.

For a moment, his eyes grew eagerly when he came with an attitude of indifferent.

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Neil Gaiman was indeed here to make soy sauce at the Saturn Awards ceremony.

In the United States, science fiction and fantasy are not separated from each other, and the science fiction circle has an extremely close connection with Hollywood.

If a writer's work wants to be promoted to the greatest extent, it is the best way to adapt it into film and television works.

Just like Michael Clyde's "Jurassic Park", although it was originally a best-selling book, it would not be as well-known as a movie adapted by Steven Spielberg.

And Hollywood also needs the works of science fiction and fantasy writers to provide adaptation materials.

——No way. Compared with original works, adaptation works have an audience base and a higher success rate.

In fact, before the rise of comic hero movies, sci-fi works have always been major adaptations of Hollywood movies, from "Jurassic Park" to "I Am a Legend".

There is actually an interdependent relationship between the American science fiction literature circle and Hollywood.

Therefore, as a fantasy writer, Neil Gaiman is also very interested in film and television circles.

He came to participate in the Saturn Awards ceremony, although he borrowed the relationship of "The Simpsons" to join in the fun, but he is more interested in finding filmmakers who are willing to adapt his comic book "The Sandman".

——Of course, not very hopeful.

After all, unlike other DC comics, the style and narrative structure of "The Sandman" are quite special.

Although this has brought a lot of praise to Neil Gaiman, the original author, it also made him realize that it would be very difficult to adapt this cartoon into a film and television work.

"Maybe, I should try to write some purely textual works that are more suitable for adaptation."

Thinking of the magnificent story of the gods he was conceiving, Neil Gaiman couldn’t help but sigh.

"Too difficult! It is a bit difficult to straighten out the story line inside. Maybe I should try a few simpler works first?"

It's incomparable. If you want to straighten out the relationship between so many gods, even if he is a knowledgeable professional fantasy author, it will inevitably have a headache.

"However, the director named Charlotte Booth just now has a very detailed understanding of this aspect!"

Generally speaking, although film and television directors are also artistic workers, they are still far behind professional writers in terms of their knowledge.

And like Charlotte, he has never seen anyone who can talk to Neil Gaiman back and forth with a variety of obscure myths and niche knowledge.

"Perhaps, after my "American Gods" is written, he is the most suitable person to adapt it into a movie."

Neil Gaiman was joking with himself, but suddenly he heard a round of applause——

It turned out that Charlotte Booth won his second award.

Best screenwriter!

Seeing the other person standing in the center of the stage and lifting the trophy with the rings of Saturn, Neil Gaiman suddenly realized that perhaps his previous thoughts were not just a joke...

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Charlotte was very happy.

Not only because "Happy Death Day" defeated famous works such as "Forrest Gump", "Shawshank's Redemption" and "Ed Wood", it brought him a Saturn ring trophy.

It's even more because when he raised the trophy he won again, he felt the cohesive mana again.

--it is as expected!

Charlotte was secretly happy. He seemed to be carrying the acceptance speech of "Thank God, Thank God," written long ago, while secretly experiencing the mana fluctuations from the trophy.

It should be said that this trophy is indeed a natural artifact, but not because of its material.

In fact, this is just an ordinary gilded trophy.

After receiving the prize for the first time, he used to secretly touch other trophies in the background with the help of spells——

But there was no magic response at all.

But now, when he lifted the trophy, a mana suddenly appeared in it.

——In other words, this mana also comes from the human heart?

Thinking of the significant increase in mana she had received from the release of "Fatal Bend" and "Happy Death Day" before, Charlotte suddenly realized that this might be a shortcut to increase mana——

Using ghosts to shoot movies and perform magic rendering can greatly reduce the cost and shooting time of movies;

After the movie is released, as long as the box office is successful and the audience likes it, the emotions of everyone watching the movie will spontaneously generate mana, which will be provided to Charlotte to speed up his practice;

After the movie is released for a period of time, if the word of mouth is good, it can still compete for major awards. Winning the trophy means that you will gather the hearts of the people again and get a wave of mana;

What's more, this trophy itself can also be used as a natural magic weapon.

——Using this method to cultivate, Charlotte made a preliminary estimate and found that it can increase the speed of cultivation more than ten times.

"Maybe, I can really increase my mana before the next spiritual energy trough ~www.NovelMTL.com~?"

After finishing her acceptance speech, Charlotte walked backstage while pondering this matter in her mind——

Charlotte actually has a sense of urgency for spell training.

Because he knows that this world is in the Age of Doom, and at some point, the spiritual energy will be further exhausted.

At that time, if his mana hasn't been cultivated to a certain level, he will become a state where he can't use any spells again.

——Just like the world before he crossed.

Although Charlotte has realized that this world is not exactly the same as the world before him, but too much similarity still makes him afraid.

He had a hunch, as the old ghost told him at the beginning, when the subprime mortgage crisis broke out in 2008 and the United States' status as the only point of prosperity ceased, it would be the time when aura was exhausted again.

Before that, he had to cultivate his mana to the extent that he could cast spells under the thinner aura.

"It seems that I will try to fight for a few more awards in the future! I don't know how the Oscar statuette is effective?"

Charlotte thought.

PS1: "Rising Clouds" is one of Tom's representative works, but the English name of this movie is "topgun", which is not the same as the translated name. It actually represents "Navy Fighter Weapons School", which is the training of US Air Force pilots. The course is also the Blue Army of the US Army. In short, there are many meanings. Everyone understands that only those who can basically accomplish this achievement can become the top of the US naval aviation team! PS2: Although Neil Gaiman is a fantasy god, in 1995, his work was only "The Sandman" a comic, "American Gods" and other works were written later by him;