A fight, an apology, a laugh, and all the festive things are gone.

"Why did you insist that you didn't change brokers?" Joseph looked at Hugo, whose smile slowly settled on the corner of his mouth, and asked seriously.

Hugo shrugged his shoulders and said casually, "Because I think that the contract is going to expire in April anyway, and I don't want to pay liquidated damages." ”

Naturally, Joseph would not believe this, "I mean it. "Hugo has rejected the olive branch of the innovative artist agency and Marvin Josephson, and has always been firmly on his side, which Joseph sees in his eyes, he is not a fool.

Hugo lowered his head and thought about it carefully, in fact, Hugo felt that Joseph's words of self-reproach were a little too harsh. Because Hugo is the soul of crossing, he has an innate advantage over the merits of the work, so even if there is no agent to match, Hugo himself can identify the quality of the work. For example, "The Shawshank Redemption", if it were other actors, if it was missed, it would not be too regrettable, but for Hugo, it was different, because he knew what this work meant.

Similarly, Hugo has a clear understanding of each work, whether the script is good or bad, whether the role is beneficial to his acting skills, and the achievements made after the work, so he can make a clear judgment, which makes the space for the agent to play a role is very narrow.

Joseph was originally a newcomer to the agent, and Hugo was the first official artist he took over, so Joseph had no advantage in network building and crisis management, and his judgment of the work as an agent lost the opportunity because of Hugo, in this case, it was naturally difficult for Joseph to give full play to his ability.

In fact, from the perspective of Hugo's own ability, compared with rookie agents like Joseph, agents like Ron Meyer, Martin Baum, Roland Parkin, and Rick Rosen can give him more help, for example, Hugo likes the "Shawshank Redemption" script, and they can fight for Hugo through Guò's own connections.

In other words, Hugo dominates, and the broker uses his own resources to cooperate, which is the most appropriate. And Joseph is precisely the shortcoming in terms of "resources", which is why the current situation has been created.

"Because I need a friend more than an agent." Hugo thought about it and spoke.

It's a fact. At present, the five works that Hugo has finished filming are, in the final analysis, selected by Hugo himself, otherwise whether it is "Smelling a Woman", "The Heroic Wind of the Righteous Sea", or "Sleepless in Seattle" and "Schindler's List", in the eyes of others, they are all works that are likely to fail, including the current "vulgar". It is estimated that other experienced agents will not nod their heads in agreement - "Schindler's list" may be an exception, but Joseph has always given Hugo support.

Therefore, compared with the agent, Hugo needs a friend who stands by his side, fights side by side with him, supports himself, and assists himself.

Joseph looked at Hugo in front of him, but he was stunned. Hugo called him a friend, a friend...... Joseph knew how important the word "friend" was to Hugo, and Hugo still regarded himself as a friend despite making so many mistakes, which made Joseph tremble a little for a moment.

The bits and pieces of the past two years flashed in Joseph's mind, he only felt that his eyes were a little warm in an instant, before he realized it, the tears condensed on his eyelashes, and then slowly slid down, Joseph hurriedly raised his hand to wipe away the tears, but he couldn't hide the wolf bèi in his wet eyes.

Hugo didn't seem to notice Joseph's panic, and the corners of his mouth raised a smile again, "So, you did Tracy's thing this time?" ”

Joseph rubbed his eyes vigorously, wiped all the moisture in his eyes, and replied, "Well, I noticed that she would definitely make a small move before, so I have been secretly investigating her." We've been beaten passively, but we can't wait for her to make a move forever, and then we take it, it's too passive. ”

Joseph glanced at Hugo and pulled the corners of his mouth, "Although you said that the work is always the key to determining the victory, the Hollywood circle is too complicated, and there are many things that are unpredictable besides the works. So, I decided to take the initiative. ”

After this plan to actively dig a pit and let Tracy suffer the consequences, Joseph really felt his growth in the past two years, you know, investigating the ticket gate, digging out the inside story of the "Farewell to Love" crew, dealing with the mainstream news media, everything is not so simple, and at the same time, he has to monitor Tracy, pay close attention to her every move, and guard against Brad Pitt or Ron Meyer and others. In the past month, Joseph has lost count of how many times he has stayed up all night.

Of course, the really senior senior agents are standing behind the scenes, dividing these things into countless parts, and then assigning them to their subordinates to execute, and at the same time, they also have countless eyes and ears in the corners of Hollywood, media reporters, paparazzi, behind-the-scenes staff, actors' unions, production company employees, etc. can become their source of information, as long as they sit in the office can receive information.

Joseph's current network has been established, but it is still not enough, and Tracy's matter is very important, so he must go into battle himself.

"Don't worry, I know how cunning Tracy can be, and how crazy she is, so I'm ready for the rest anyway." Joseph looked at Hugo, who looked surprised, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said seriously. "She'd better wait until the Oscars are over, and denying any of her current schemes will only make her more miserable."

When Hugo heard this, he couldn't help but sigh.

The circle of Hollywood is even more terrible than the big dye vat of society, just by using public opinion and gaze can completely stifle a person's efforts for more than ten years, and it is even more difficult for a woman like Tracy to be at the top, every step is swaying on the edge of the cliff, and in the end it is a misstep that turns into a thousand hatreds.

It is said that hateful people must have pity, and Tracy's current situation does make Hugo a little embarrassed. But Hugo has been trained and witnessed what happened to Uma, so he knows that the so-called "pitiful" is also based on "hateful", so Tracy has nothing to pity about, if Hugo goes to pity Tracy, maybe the next second will go to hell and fall off the cliff is Hugo himself.

Hugo only sighed slightly, and blew the matter away in the night wind. At this time, Joseph's voice drew Hugo's attention again, "You can tell you why you insist that 'vulgarity' can succeed?" ”

Joseph noticed that Hugo was looking at him, and explained in some panic, "I don't mean anything else, it's just ...... Just curious. ”

In fact, this matter is probably the focus of everyone's curiosity, not only Joseph, not only media reporters, including the Weinstein brothers and Quentin Tarantino himself, are still confused. Throwing away the salary of 15 million US dollars, throwing away the perfect future that can be climbed to the sky in one step, and taking the salary of 250,000 yuan to take over the independent work of a director who has just debuted for less than two years, it is estimated that few people in the whole of Hollywood can really understand.

Hugo looked at Joseph's panic and couldn't help laughing, "Don't worry, I don't plan to punch you again." This made Joseph chuckle, "No one can judge with certainty whether a work will be successful or not, no one!" Hugo said that this is true, but he must add in his heart: I am an exception.

"The reason why I chose 'vulgar' is because Quentin convinced me, you know, an interesting script, an interesting director, can often make filming very enjoyable, not all works have to lock in box office or awards, the filming process itself is also a kind of harvest." This is Hugo's true words, and it is also his biggest gain in the "vulgar" crew, "on the other hand, because I want to try something different, you know, more self-styled, allowing me to add my own character." ”

Acting is really a very interesting thing, when Hugo is playing Amon Goss, he will forget the existence of "Hugo" in a trance, and the whole person will transform into that Nazi officer; And when Hugo is playing Vincent, he will make Vincent have a distinct "Hugo" brand, different from John Travofta's version, making Vincent more lively and neurotic, and at the same time more worth excavating.

It was the first time in five films that Hugo had really expressed absolute confidence that he thought he was better than the original actor's performance. Although it is said that things will have to wait for the real release of "vulgar" to be confirmed, Hugo has this confidence.

Therefore, the performance of "vulgarity" is even more important to Hugo than "Schindler's list".

Of course, the accumulation of acting skills is one step at a time, any of the five works performed by Hugo in the past is indispensable, without any experience and accumulation, maybe Hugo will not be able to reach the current height.

Joseph listened to Hugo's narration, and couldn't help but nod his head paradoxically, his understanding of acting skills is still not deep enough, after all, he is not an actor, but he understands the change in Hugo's words, he can feel that Hugo's role in "vulgar" is a very pleasant experience.

Thinking of this, Joseph couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed again, he had repeatedly opposed Hugo to take over the "vulgar" film, but now it seems that Hugo is the most rational one.

Hugo knew what he was thinking as soon as he saw Joseph's expression, but Hugo didn't plan to tease Joseph anymore, because he knew that the agent's duty was to prevent artists from ruining their careers as actors, so Joseph's previous worries were all right, but the method was wrong.

"By the way, Steven came over as a lobbyist just now, did you hear the news?" Hugo took the initiative to change the subject and asked.

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