Although Hugo has been rolling in Hollywood for nearly two years, in fact, the works he has come into contact with are only the tip of the iceberg, in addition to "Smelling the Fragrance of the 'Woman'", "The Heroic Wind of the Righteous Sea", "Sleepless in Seattle", "Schindler's List", these four works he has starred in, including "The End of the World", "Sugar-Coated Trap", "Big River Love", most of which Hugo has had the opportunity to star in, are very good movies, But in fact, less than 30 percent of the hundreds of Hollywood-made films produced each year are successful.

It wasn't until today that Hugo saw a lot of bad scripts, including works such as "Cut Throat Island" and "Future Water World", which ended in a fiasco, and "Lightnin9." Jack)" and "Airheads", which he had never seen or heard of, were really eye-opening for Hugo.

Hugo can clearly feel Joseph's emphasis on the big tsuò, similar to "Cut Throat Island", "Future Water World", "Apoll L3 (Apoll0. L3)", "Burning Pursuit (Clear. a。 danger)" works with an investment of more than 60 million occupy a large proportion; There are also several works with an investment scale of less than 50 million, but are willing to pay Hugo 10 million US dollars. This annoyed Hugo a little. Hugo knew Joseph's position, and the two had already mentioned it once when they quarreled before, but Hugo also had his own insistence and ideas, and he also made it clear during the quarrel, but now Joseph not only ignored Hugo's ideas, but was even unwilling to communicate further, so Hugo must have carried out according to his own ideas. Originally, it stands to reason that it was the agent who played the role of persuading the actor, trying his best to plan a career map for the actor, and then the actor made the decision. But now, Joseph has omitted the step of "persuasion", and Hugo naturally has no need to consider Joseph's so-called "territory".

In fact, there are many works such as "A'bo'ro L3" among these large-scale zuò, but Hugo is not interested in it for the time being. After reading all the twenty-three scripts on the table, Hugo left only one script on the sofa on his right, "Speed of Life and Death".

Hugo found himself 'very' difficult to serve, there were so many classics in l994, and as a result, all he left was a "speed of life and death". However, this is only a small part of the hundreds of works in 1994 and l995, and there are many more works that he has not seen, such as "This Killer Is Not Too Cold", "Forrest Gump", "Strange Masterpiece in Disguise", "True Lies...... So it is not surprising that only one work is picked out now.

Hugo picked up the script of "Speed of Life and Death" and 'handed it over' to Anna, "That's it." ”

Anna was directly dumbfounded, she originally thought that Hugo's selection today was a rough choice, and the remaining fifteen of the more than twenty scripts were within the normal range, but as a result, Hugo was stunned to choose one script from so many scripts, which made Anna completely unable to react, and subconsciously blurted out, "Didn't I make it clear?"

Anna was also taken aback by her voice, and quickly explained, "I mean, today is just for you to make a preliminary selection, and then Joe will contact these crews separately and then conduct a second round of screening." After speaking, Anna raised the script of "Speed of Life and Death" in her hand, and the subtext was to say: You have only one script left, do you have to do this?

Hugo pouted, "Yes, I know what you mean. ”

In fact, even if Hugo has already finished choosing, if Joseph feels that there is still plasticity in the remaining scripts, he will still turn it out and recommend it to Hugo again.

The cooperative relationship between the agent and the actor is originally a tug-of-war process, after all, the agent is also for the sake of the actor and his own economic interests, and he definitely hopes that the selected work can be determined to be successful. But what makes a successful work? This is a matter of vision, both the agent and the actor have different visions, so the agent must use his expertise to communicate with the actor and seek the best outcome.

It's just that Joseph now has all the communication done through Guò Anna, and Hugo doesn't feel the need to continue the tug-of-war.

Anna was only an assistant after all, and she looked at Hugo still with a gentle smile, but she faintly sensed Hugo's undeniable firmness, which made her close her mouth.

Hugo noticed Anna's silence, tugged at the corners of his mouth slightly, didn't say anything, just asked, "So, is there anything else?"

Anna suddenly woke up from her thoughts, recalled it carefully, confirmed that the things that Joseph had 'handed over' today, and then suddenly remembered something important, "Please wait." Anna stood up and walked to Joseph's desk, saw a copy of the text at the top, picked it up and turned around and handed it to Hugo, "This is what Joe said to 'hand' to you, please read this article carefully." ”

Hugo took the text suspiciously, this is actually a film contract, Hugo doesn't remember that he has recently received a new script...... But after flipping through it, Hugo froze.

This is a "vulgar" actor contract, produced by Miramax, directed by Quentin Tarantino, and produced by the Weinstein brothers, this contract invites Hugo to star in "vulgarity" with a salary of 200,000 US dollars and a 20% dividend.

The last time Hugo talked to Quentin about "vulgar" things, it was when he was recording the album in New York, and then he had a "fierce" quarrel with Joseph because of this incident, after that, more than half a month has passed, but all the news seems to have disappeared, even Quentin didn't call again, Hugo thought that the "vulgar" thing was over, Quentin also gave up, I didn't expect this script to appear again today, and it appeared directly in the form of an actor contract, This was really unexpected by Hugo.

If Hugo remembers correctly, the salary of 300,000 US dollars is Quentin's limit, and the 15% dividend is the preliminary number given by Quentin, and now these two values have changed, Joseph has reduced the cash remuneration directly in hand, but increased the dividend ratio, and the dividend also sets a box office bottom line, eight million dollars - in fact, this is the "vulgar" book cost, setting this minimum standard is just the Weinstein brothers asking for a psychological comfort, if the box office of the movie is really only this level, They're going to lose money.

It can be guessed that the Weinstein brothers must have noticed Hugo's recent rapid rise, and Hugo did not directly refuse to appear as they expected, but on the contrary, they showed great interest, so they planned to give up some dividends to put Hugo into the crew, which is definitely a good deal for the "vulgar" crew, anyway, dividends are something that can be seen after the box office comes out.

However, it was not these details that Hugo was curious about, but that Joseph had already negotiated the contract, which was really strange. On the one hand, Joseph agreed to Hugo's request and talked about the "vulgar" script; On the one hand, today Joseph has sent a lot of large-scale scripts, is Joseph seeking a balance, hoping that Hugo will look at the "vulgar" face, and then follow up with a high-paid work to seek balance?

Anna seemed to sense Hugo's doubts, and explained, "This contract was sent yesterday, and I am still very strange, Qiao Ming has rejected them before, and he has not talked about this project recently, but the other party sent the contract directly. I was going to throw the contract away, but Joe thought about it and asked me to 'hand' it over to you, saying it's up to you to decide. Or maybe she didn't see Hugo's doubts, but simply expressed her doubts.

Hugo looked up, and sure enough, he saw Anna's puzzlement.

It seems that this is the right solution. Joseph is still dissatisfied with the script of "vulgar", he always thinks that Hugo should not take on this project, but Quentin has always been unwilling to give up, and after increasing the box office dividend ratio, he directly sent the contract over, expressing his sincerity in this way, hoping that Joseph can agree - but why didn't Quentin call Hugo directly?

If you think about it carefully, it is estimated that these things are operated by the Weinstein brothers, and they are still used to looking for agents 'sexually', and when the agents really can't get through, they plan to find Hugo. Then this qiē is explained.

Joseph didn't want Hugo to take the script of "vulgar", but because there was no communication between the two after the quarrel, if they discussed the "vulgar" thing again, it would only make things more rigid, and Joseph knew that Hugo was a very stubborn person, so he simply gave up convincing Hugo and directly 'handed over' Hugo to make a decision.

After thinking about it, Hugo shook his head slightly, speechless at Joseph's childish and irresponsible behavior.

Seeing Hugo's expression of shaking his head and smiling bitterly, Anna thought that Hugo didn't want to accept "vulgar", which made her doubts dissipate immediately. Originally, Hugo has achieved such a high level of achievement relying on the past four films, how can he take on a movie with an investment of 8 million and a salary of 200,000 now, this is really too incredible, now seeing Hugo's expression, Anna nodded secretly in her heart, and then smiled and said thoughtfully, "If you don't think it's suitable, just stay, I will be responsible for communicating with them." ”

But who knows, Hugo chuckled, "Why?" Then he raised his head and looked at Anna with a puzzled face, watching Anna's smile gradually stiffen and solidify on his cheeks, "I'm going to sign this contract, has the company's legal department seen the details of the contract?"

Anna seemed to be a little unable to react, which made Hugo have to wave the contract in his hand, "Has the legal department 'door' read the details of the contract?"

"Oh no." Anna reacted and said in a panic, "No, not yet. I, I'll send it to them. "This contract was originally thrown into the trash, how could she send it to the legal department for review.

Hugo didn't care at all about Anna's panic, and smiled hehe, "That's good, after the review, I'll come and sign the contract." ”

(To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Kazakhstan to read it and vote for the work for a monthly ticket. Your support is the biggest motivation for me to continue creating!)

#x270e; ――

Don't uncover those old scars, I'm afraid it hurts.