"Hugo, you don't have to buy bricks for us all, we don't need them." Joseph, holding four large boxes in his hands, said worriedly as he watched Hugo fiddle with his own mobile phone.

Joseph doesn't forget that he still has a million dollars in debt on his shoulders, and Hugo buys him gifts, which makes Joseph a little uneasy. Five bricks cost $17,475, which was a reassuring expense, and Joseph wasn't sure the phone would actually be useful.

Hugo raised his eyes from his mobile phone, the current mobile phone has no function, just to make calls, and the phone numbers that can be stored are relatively small, only a hundred calls can be stored at present, so Hugo barely 'spended' effort to 'get' it, "Joseph, you know, this is just a small gift." Isn't the recent momentum of cinema just right? There is no need to have too much burden. ”

"But......" Joseph still wanted to say something, but was stopped by Hugo, "besides, this call is really useful, and if there is any urgency in the future, you can find the other party at any time, which is much more convenient, isn't it?" It is also helpful for our work. You don't want to find a job and not be able to get in touch with you in the first place, right?"

Looking at the smug smile on Hugo's face, Joseph knew that he had been persuaded by him. Joseph could only keep this favor in his heart, and he shook his head helplessly, "Okay, I know." However, you can't 'spend' money anymore. ”

"Hey, hey." Hugo smiled slyly, "Today's trip isn't over yet." Joseph's footsteps couldn't help but stop, he immediately guessed that Hugo must be going to buy something again, Hugo laughed, and continued to walk towards their dilapidated Volkswagen Golf, "Don't worry, I will never 'spend' money, the next thing to buy is what we must have, we must!"

Joseph looked at Hugo's back, the bright smile was so dazzling in the sun that people couldn't open their eyes, and he could only helplessly step away and chase after him, "What, what do you want to buy?"

"Car!" Hugo's voice followed the wind, causing Joseph to pause, and then he sped up to follow, and the worry between his eyebrows quietly dissipated, and a faint joy began to fly.

Cars have a fatal attraction for most men, but many are limited by the thickness of their wallets and are unable to turn their dreams of racing and speed into reality. But look at the car 'fans' that Formula 1 has around the world, and then look at Ferrari, Lamborghini (Automobili. Lambhini), Cadillac (AC), Aston Martin and other sports car brands around the world have tens of millions of fans, as well as the automotive industry has always been vigorous, you know that men are obsessed with cars.

Joseph was no exception, and when he heard that Hugo was going to buy a car, the smile in his eyes had already begun to climb his eyebrows, "However, we don't have enough capital to buy a car now." Joseph was still expressing his concern, although he tried to maintain the strictness of his facial expression, but the curvature of the corners of his mouth revealed the joy in Joseph's heart at this time.

Hugo looked at Joseph's excessively stiff face line, and knew that Joseph was actually holding back very hard, so he took a few large bricks from Joseph's hand, put them in the back seat, and then sat in the passenger seat, and said loudly, "If we want to buy a sports car, of course we don't have that much money." What's more, we don't have a place to park our sports cars now, so you can't put them next to that little mound at the front of your house......"

Hugo's words made Joseph, who was sitting in the driver's seat, unable to hold back for a moment, and the corners of his mouth rose up. In fact, Hugo is now going to buy a sports car, and the funds are absolutely sufficient, but the price of buying luxury goods such as sports cars, villas, and yachts is never the most difficult part, and the cost of maintenance is the most troublesome, so in Hugo's current state, it is indeed not up to the level of buying a sports car.

"I just wanted to say buying a van, you know, is necessary for work." Hugo then explained, he turned around and took another brick, intending to save each other's phone numbers to their phones for easy contact.

&uv)?” Joseph quickly understood that a multi-purpose SUV is a combination of a van, an SUV and an off-road vehicle, which can carry more than seven passengers. This type of car is currently used more as a family car or touring car in the United States, because there is enough space for a stroller and can accommodate a large family of people.

With the rapid development of multi-purpose recreational vehicles in the mid-80s, the Hollywood star system gradually matured, and this kind of van was used by many big-name stars as a vehicle during the promotion period. Because the production team of a top star is very large, including agents, managers, public relations, assistants, bodyguards and other positions, if this is a film and music crossover artist, the team may have to be doubled. In addition, a small number of actors will also bring their own makeup artists, hairstylists and other additional personnel. In such cases, multi-purpose RVs that can accommodate more than seven people come in handy.

In addition, a multi-functional RV with a large space can also provide a relatively 'private' and convenient space for artists to rest during their breaks, which also creates a lot of convenience for artists.

Generally speaking, celebrities will have their own vehicles when they travel 'privately', most of which are sports cars or sedans, but when entering the publicity period, multi-functional recreational vehicles can help a lot. This is the earliest prototype of the nanny car, after entering the 21st century, the nanny car is very common, and it has also become one of the measures of the artist's status in the circle: because being able to use the nanny car means that the artist has a large enough team behind him.

"Is it necessary for us to use a van?" After receiving Hugo's affirmative answer, Joseph asked suspiciously. Now Hugo's team is only Joseph alone, not even an assistant, and buying a van seems to be a bit of a fuss.

Although Joseph asked, the interest in his words and expression did not diminish, and it was clear that Joseph was much more active about buying a car than a mobile phone. Hugo glanced at Joseph, who had been suppressing the sense of antiquation in his heart, and the smile on the corner of his mouth outlined, "Don't we all use the car together now, especially when everyone goes out together, it's more crowded......"

The most important thing is to take into account the situation of Carl, Charlize and Alex, after Carl's old car was scrapped, now Hugo and they basically use the car together, although there is no problem for five people to take the current car, but the space is still relatively crowded, if you change to a van, it will be much more than that.

Of course, the situation of my friend is only one of the references, and the van must still be used more by Hugo himself. "Even if you don't use it now, there will definitely be a time when you need it in the future. There have been so many trips lately, didn't you say before that you should consider finding an assistant? This was the direct trigger for Hugo's purchase of the van.

Joseph started the car and turned his attention to the road for a moment, once again merging into the not-so-heavy traffic, "This is also said, sooner or later there is a need." Joseph originally thought that Hugo wanted to buy a sports car or a sedan, and the excitement was excited, but this was indeed more unrealistic, but if it was a van, it would be much more logical.

"It's not that easy to find a good assistant, so don't rush." Joseph mentions the matter. In fact, for artists, they have the most contact with managers and assistants, rather than agents, "Or, do you find a manager first?"

Because Hollywood agents are professionals with huge power, such as Ron Meyer and Rick Rosen, they have more than a dozen or twenty artists under their hands, and they usually sit in the office and strategize. They don't follow the artist to take care of them, but play the role of an intermediary.

Managers and agents are completely different definitions, almost every artist will have an agent, regardless of level, the agent will do career planning for them, arrange jobs, etc., but only big-name artists will have managers. Managers are exclusive to artists, helping them deal with all kinds of trivial matters around them, more like a combination of agents and assistants. According to the rules of the trade, the broker only takes a commission, which is the 10% that Hugo pays to the international innovation management company; But managers can not only 'draw' commissions, but also 'draw' projects, so most managers are the closest and most trusted people to the artist, and Tom Cruise's manager is his sister.

In short, an agent is one of many people who go to negotiate projects with large companies for artists, even screenwriters have agents; Managers, on the other hand, are the personal domain of artists, who are responsible for building bridges between agents and artists, and at the same time are responsible for supervising the management of chores such as assistants, public relations, makeup artists, stylists, and bodyguards.

At present, the situation around Hugo, Joseph is more like Hugo's manager than an agent due to his special circumstances, but the actual situation is that once Joseph is successful, and there are artists who are willing to sign with him or sign a newcomer like Carl to Joseph's satisfaction, then Joseph will return to the position of agent, and Hugo will have to fight alone.

Therefore, Joseph began to prepare for Hugo's 'color' assistant, before Hugo reached the level of assigned manager, or before Hugo found a suitable manager, the assistant would share the chores around Hugo - such as driving to the show, such as urging Hugo to get up in time in the morning.

Although assistants are easier to find than managers, managers need long-term cooperation on the basis of trust, and the frequency of assistant replacement is relatively high; But it is not so easy to find a suitable assistant, after all, this assistant will become the artist's most familiar partner.

"I'm not in a hurry, I'm not in a hurry at all, whether it's an assistant or a manager." Hugo is indeed not in a hurry, he used to do everything by himself, and he has long been used to it. "As long as you're not in a hurry, I'm not in a hurry."

Hearing Hugo's words, Joseph couldn't help but tug at the corners of his mouth, "Don't worry, I'm not in a hurry until the Oscars are over." "At least in the short term, Joseph doesn't have the 'energy' to sign other actors, he has to run Hugo's business 'well'. Sharpening knives and cutting wood, the more 'colorful' Hugo's results are, the higher Joseph's reputation as an agent, a very simple arithmetic problem.