After hanging up the hot mobile phone of 559, Hugo held the brick, jumped up excitedly, and kept chanting in his mouth, "Michael Jackson Michael Jackson ......" This rhythmic and melodic melody of the intonation and frustration performance sounds like rap, even if Hugo didn't dance directly in the hall, it also makes people feel his excitement directly.

Charlize looked at the funny pink slippers on Hugo's feet, and couldn't help but laugh, "You really should look at yourself now." That little bit of cranky thinking just now dissipated like this, turned into a wisp of smoke and dust precipitated in the depths of my heart, and disappeared.

"Joker?" Hugo was very self-aware, and said with a smile, causing Charlize to nod again and again. But Hugo didn't mind at all, and still jumped on his own track, making Charlize laugh non-stop.

At this time, the horn of the car came from the window, and Hugo smiled and pointed out the window, "Mr. Perfect is here." ”

Charlize reacted at this time, just now she was sitting here with Hugo messing around, time passed quickly, she didn't care about looking for shoes, she rushed directly to the room on tiptoe, quickly changed into a sweater and jeans, took the coat and rushed all the way downstairs.

Looking at Charlize's quick movements, Hugo couldn't help but be amazed, it seems that it takes a long time for other women to go out to prepare, but Charlize is always very fast, not a woman at all, but this is indeed a positive advantage. But if you think about it, Charlize always spends too much time in hygiene, which proves that she is still a woman after all.

Hugo walked to the window and saw Charlize sitting in the car with a smile on his face, and Mr. Perfect handed her a cup of coffee, and then reversed out of the garage to leave. Charlize saw Hugo through the car window and waved his hand with a smile, Hugo collected the stiffness at the corner of his mouth, and also showed a smile, and watched the car leave.

Hugo stood by the window for a while, until the car completely disappeared into the path, and then paused for a while, and then came to his senses, and he realized that he had gotten up so early today, not only because it was too noisy outside, but because he had made an appointment with Quentin Tarantino this morning.

Looking at the clock, Hugo quickly cleaned up, including washing, it was only ten minutes before and after, and Hugo quickly left the house. Sure enough, there were still two paparazzi at the door, and Hugo didn't have time to pay attention to them, so he trotted all the way in the direction of Sunset Square.

Samora actually lives on the street next door, less than five minutes away by foot, but Hugo didn't wake him up, but jogged all the way to Sunset Boulevard, and ten minutes later, he saw Quentin sitting by the window of the "Intellectual Café".

When the waiter at the coffee house saw Hugo walk in, he immediately showed a familiar smile, "Hugo, good morning." Hugo smiled and waved hello, and the waiter asked, "Is it still customary?"

Hugo glanced at the small blackboard next to him for today's mouth II, iiiii menu, nodded, and then pointed to Quentin's location, "I'm sitting there." He walked over and looked at Quentin with a smile on his face, "Sorry, I'm late." ”

Quentin's trademark horse face showed a big smile, "No, I arrived early, and there are still seven minutes before our appointed time." Quentin gestured to the other person sitting next to him and gave a brief introduction to the two men, "Roland Parkin." Perkin), Hugo Lancaster; Hugo Lancaster, Roland Parkin. ”

Hugo also shook hands with Roland, who looked to be almost fifty years old, his eyes flashed with kindness, and Hugo didn't know his identity, but sat down after saying hello. Quentin controlled the pace of the conversation, "So, how did you find out that asking the coffee house like this is really special." ”

"I accidentally found it during an interview." Ever since the last time he met Nicholas McLaan at the "Intellectual Coffee House", Hugo has often come here to look for some fresh coffee beans, but he has become familiar with the staff. "Most of the people who come here are self-contained, everyone is very quiet, and there are very few people in the industry, so it's a good place to talk."

"The coffee here is indeed very good, and although I don't know much about coffee, the aroma is charming enough." Quentin said with a smile, "I came here today to hand over the contract to you, your agent acted very quickly this time, and after the legal department reviewed it, he called me yesterday and explained that he could send it directly to you for signing." ”

Hugo smiled and nodded, "Is the boot date confirmed?"

Although Joseph did not contact Hugo this time, it was still Anna who called, but it was true, Joseph's movements suddenly accelerated, and the "vulgar" contract was quickly checked, and then after Miramax Company stamped it first, Joseph asked Quentin to come directly to Hugo to sign.

When Anna called Hugo yesterday to tell him about the situation, Hugo was full of question marks, although Joseph's actions were not unusual, just speeding up, but Hugo always felt that something had changed, but unfortunately he couldn't say why.

At the beginning, Hugo left the two scripts of "Speed of Life and Death" and "Vulgar", he originally thought that Joseph would insist on filming "Speed of Life and Death" first, at least this movie invested 28 million US dollars, and the salary of 8 million US dollars and allowed box office dividends, which is obviously more in line with Joseph's value orientation, but he did not expect that now that "vulgar" has been determined first, "Life and Death Hour" is naturally temporarily shelved.

Hugo had heard before that the competition for the male protagonist of "Speed of Life and Death" was very fierce, so Hugo put it on hold for the time being, which is estimated to be equivalent to passing by this script. This means that Joseph gave up the "speed of life and death" and chose "vulgarity" in accordance with Hugo's meaning.

Is this a silent protest? But it's not like ...... Hugo always felt something unusual, but he just didn't have a clear idea.

Hugo casually flipped through the contract, the salary was 250,000 US dollars, 20% of the box office dividends, and the box office bottom line was reduced to 3 million, it can be seen that Joseph still engaged in a tug-of-war with the Weinstein brothers to maximize Hugo's interests - or to minimize Hugo's losses as much as possible.

After confirming it, Hugo did not hesitate any longer, and directly signed his name at the end of the contract. In this way, "vulgarity" is determined to be Hugo's next work. In fact, Hugo's film speed is very fast, and it has only been a little more than half a year since the completion of "Schindler's List", and he immediately entered the next crew, which also proves that Hugo is now in the market market.

"I talked to your assistant Samora, on the phone yesterday, and he said that you will attend the Junjie Music Festival the next week, and there will be no itinerary after that, so what do you think we will start on the 20th?" Quentin pondered, apparently asking Hugo's opinion.

Hugo could clearly feel that Quentin, a ruffian, really took great pains to make himself play "vulgar", and he smiled, "I thought you would turn on the film after Christmas." ”

Quentin shrugged, "You know, Christmas is followed by New Year, New Year is followed by awards ceremonies and stuff, and it's always hard to find the right time, so it's better to be early." Of course, the crew will have a holiday on Christmas Day, after all, this is an annual family day. ”

"I thought Thanksgiving was a family day and Christmas was a store day." Hugo's ridicule made Quentin laugh, and Roland, who had been sitting next to him without saying a word, also laughed, "Then the twentieth, the crew has been delayed for so long because of me, I can't continue to go back." ”

"No, no, in fact, even if you sign a contract in advance, our crew will have no way to leave to start filming." Quentin said with a smile, "Because we also had a little difficulty in choosing actors for other roles. You know, small-budget independent films. This was a real sentence that made Hugo laugh.

After the "vulgar" start date was determined, Quentin immediately relaxed, and even had some gearing up and eager to try, but at this time, Quentin noticed Roland who was sitting next to him, and quickly turned his head and picked up the coffee with a smile, "I don't know much about coffee, I only know some skins, but Roland knows a lot, he just said that the coffee beans here are very good, and it is a rare place to sell high-quality coffee beans in Los Angeles, what is it like that...... Much better. ”

Quentin looked at Roland, who smiled and said, "Starbucks." ”

"yes, much better than Starbucks." Quentin nodded repeatedly.

To be honest, Quentin's technique of changing the topic is really crude, and he is obviously shifting the topic to Roland, hoping that Hugo can talk to Roland. This surprised Hugo, because Roland didn't speak all the time, and he thought that Roland was Quentin's agent, or the spokesperson for the Weinstein brothers, or the representative of Miramax, who came for the "vulgar" signing, but now it seems that it is not.

Hugo glanced at Quentin, the ruffian looked away nervously, and picked up the coffee cup to cover his embarrassment, although Hugo and Quentin are friends, but after all, they are not very familiar, so Hugo couldn't find an answer with eye contact, he simply looked at Roland directly, "So, Mr. Parkin is very interested in coffee?"

"Please call me Roland." Roland said with a smile, as if he saw Hugo's doubts, calmly took out a business card from his pocket and handed it to Hugo.

Hugo took it and saw that the name of the company on the business card was very prominent: Innovative Artist Agency. (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!)

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