Joseph took a deep breath, redrew the smile on the corner of his mouth, raised his head and carefully looked at Hugo in front of him, as if today was the first time the two of them met, this look made Hugo frown, pulled the corners of his mouth and said, ̈Are you suddenly possessed by aliens? ”

Joseph was immediately amused by Hugo, and laughed out loud, he shook his head, ̈ I'm just thinking, obviously I'm your agent, obviously I'm three years older than you, but why are you comforting me every time I encounter difficulties? Are you trying to persuade me? ”

Looking back, it seems that this is the case many times, when Hugo was always the first to cheer up in the midst of a difficult situation, and then regained his strength and firmly grasped the possibility of hope in his own hands. Joseph learned a lot from Hugo, and this is what Joseph finds most magical.

You must know that in Hollywood, a vanity fair, it is never easy for artists shrouded in magnesium lights to maintain a sober sanity, so more often than not, the agent is the bystander who pours cold water, and then becomes the helmsman standing behind the artist. But Hugo is obviously not like this, it seems that after the ups and downs of 1991, after the Golden Raspberry Award, Hugo became a different person, changed his mind, and then came to the present step by step.

If you think about it, all the turning points started with the Golden Raspberry Award. Joseph's long memories awakened the deepest thoughts.

Hugo naturally didn't know Joseph's thoughts, and the corners of his mouth involuntarily outlined a shallow arc. If Joseph had experienced such an incredible thing as crossing over like him, although it was only a transfer of souls, it was as if life had been given a second chance, then Joseph would definitely cherish this opportunity as much as he did.

̈Joe, you know, I've been in this circle since I was fourteen or fifteen, and although I didn't want to be at the top like Macaulay Culkin, I went through a lot of things, I was lost, I was brilliant, I was confused. So, when I was hovering between life and death, my mind suddenly became clear, I knew what I wanted, and I was willing to fight and fight for it. ”

This is Hugo's own true words, except that the fact of crossing is concealed, this is the truest thought in the depths of the souls of Chen Hugo and Lanshengster.

̈ Comfort you? Persuade you? Hugo smiled and shook his head, ̈No, I'm just constantly encouraging myself, or rather, self-hypnotizing. It is also a day to look at problems negatively, and it is also a day to face difficulties optimistically and positively, and I just choose the latter. ”

Hugo's simple words made Joseph chuckle, indeed, on the night of the Golden Raspberry Award ceremony, Hugo was poisoned. After struggling on the edge of life and death, Pin escaped death, and since then Hugo has chosen to actively face the bleak path of life. Along the way, even the greatest difficulties did not make Hugo flinch, whether it was the challenge of acting in Schindler's list or the breakthrough of physical and mental limits in ̈Speed of Life and Death.

Inexplicably, Joseph remembered the Hugo Ring again. During the time of the poison, perhaps, since then, Hugo has been firmly on a very different path.

̈No matter what you say, the truth is that you have worked far more than I have done to get to where you are today. Joseph said indifferently, there was no unwillingness, no complaints, no regrets, just calmly admitted this fact, ̈ Don't say anything more, you and I both know this is the truth. Although Joseph didn't look at Hugo, he also knew that with Hugo's personality, he would definitely comfort himself, so he took the initiative to say, and sure enough, he heard Hugo's chuckle, ̈ I thought about it seriously, whether I have the potential to be an agent or not, but for now, I still need to continue to work hard. ”

Joseph turned his head to look at Hugo, and said with a smile, That's why I thought, maybe this is the opportunity, to make me recognize my chance. Cage: If they can leave the ascension, maybe I will be able to get back to the ground. So, I didn't get them back, and I didn't do anything contingency. ”

At this moment, Joseph also figured out that everything is one and the same, and it may seem like a terrible situation on the surface, but it may actually be an opportunity for a new ascension. It's like Hugo's Golden Raspberry Award.

Hugo looked at Joseph, he didn't know what to say, after all, he knew too little about the work of an agent, and he naturally couldn't understand the difficulty of finding a balance among many jobs when an agent has three or more artists at the same time.

̈Did you know? Actually, before signing Matt and Ben, when I only had you as an artist, I was more comfortable and I enjoyed not having to work in the office. At this point, Joseph himself laughed, so sometimes I wondered if I was not fit to be an agent, or maybe a secretary or something like that, or an assistant like Samora.

Hugo sat on the spot and was also amused by Joseph, but laughing and laughing, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind: why couldn't Joseph be his manager?

In fact, in the past two years, Joseph has been more like Hugo's manager than an agent. Joseph dealt with all kinds of clutter around Hugo, ensuring that Hugo could focus on his work; When the script comes in, Joseph will first look at it, then give it to Hugo, and finally Hugo will make the decision, which is also the way managers and entertainers get along.

As Joseph said, if it is an agent, then he will take the lead in selecting himself, and then recommend it to the artist, and arrange the artist's acting career according to the agent's plan; But if it is a manager, he takes the script from the agent, and after the initial reading and review, he informs the artist of his own ideas, and finally the artist makes the decision himself. Obviously, Joseph and Hugo used to get along with the latter.

Generally speaking, the agent is the supremacy of interests, the interests of the company, and his own interests are the priority, and there are many actors under the agent, and he hopes that all his actors can achieve good results, just like the situation after July last year, when Joseph had four actors. But obviously, the situation in the past few months can show that Joseph is not a qualified agent, which is also the reason for Joseph's self-doubt.

But the manager is slightly different, the manager can also be said to be the supremacy of interests, but he takes the interests of the artist as the priority, all his interests are completely linked to the artist, the manager must wholeheartedly consider his own artist, fight with the agent, fight with the company, fight with the media, all actions are for his own artist in the final analysis. Before last July, Joseph and Hugo's partnership was more like this, and Joseph was clearly doing well.

Of course, due to the intimate relationship between managers and artists, trust is the most important link, which is why most artists will choose their relatives as managers. If there is a disagreement between the manager and the artist, and it is irreconcilable, this is the biggest blow to the artist. The broker is not good and can be changed at any time; But if the manager has a problem, this is fatal.

Macaulay Culkin is the most typical example of Hollywood, after relying on "Home Alone" to become famous, although his parents are agents in name, but in fact, their real identity is managers, they completely regard Macaulay as a money-making machine, and as a result, Macaulay rose to play big names at a young age, and even came into contact with drugs too early. products, alcohol; At the same time, it also made major studios stay away from Macaulay, directly burying all the career prospects of the actor, who is one of the greatest child stars in Hollywood history.

In a certain way, the manager can be regarded as the artist's first protective net or spokesperson to the outside world.

Joseph had actually mentioned the matter of managers to Hugo since the end of 1992, but Hugo had not been able to find a suitable candidate, of course, on the one hand, because the promotion of managers was not a priority, after all, Hugo had not yet reached enough heights.

It's not so easy to find someone you trust and who can handle all the acting matters. Hugo couldn't find a suitable partner for his relatives or friends, mainly because Hugo entered Hollywood at the age of fourteen, his friends were only a handful, and the alumni of Yale University were not close.

But now, Joseph is clearly the best choice.

Joseph is completely familiar with acting affairs, which is a matter of course, and at the same time, Joseph's current connections and crisis ability have been proven, and the recent series of methods for Tracy can be seen in Joseph's current methods and vision.

But what about the most important part of trust for managers?

Although Hugo and Joseph have had a fierce quarrel in the past few months, and their trust in each other has also encountered a crisis, Hugo will not deny that Joseph is the first person he met after crossing over, and the two of them have experienced the lowest ebb of struggle after the Golden Raspberry Award, it can be said that Joseph is the object that Hugo believes most in this time and space, second only to his father Adam.

Moreover, after this friendship has been collided and polished, it will also stand the test even more. Of course, Hugo will not deny that the risk is still there, but this is the fact, there is no relationship without any risk in the world, even Hugo's mother Lena will choose to leave the family, so other relationships are even more so. However, after so many things, Hugo was willing to try and see.

If Joseph could be his manager, a lot of things would suddenly become clear, including the recent intensification of poaching and the power play within the International Innovation Management Company.

̈Joe, you know what, maybe you can be my manager, that sounds like a good idea. ”

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