Although Joseph was still able to be calm in the face of Karl, he had no ability to quibble in the face of Hugo. I have to say that Joseph breathed a long sigh of relief in his heart, and the knot that had been tightly held was finally loosened at this moment, and then slowly untied, as if a big stone in his heart had finally fallen, and his whole body was much more relaxed.

Hugo looked at Joseph who stretched his eyebrows in front of him, he could even hear the crisp sound of the big stone on Joseph's shoulder, which also made Hugo a little more relaxed, if friendship needs to rely on guilt and apology to maintain, then sooner or later real friendship will disappear quietly in the tempering of time, and eventually drift away, in fact, it is not only friendship, any relationship is like this, love, family affection is also included, relying on negative feelings to support, this is impossible.

The so-called forgiveness and forgiveness are not only to let go of the other party, but also to let go of oneself, which is probably what it means.

"So, Joe, what are you going to do about Cage, Damon, Affleck?" Hugo did not hide it and directly said the core of the problem, recently Joseph only cared about taking care of Hugo, and neglected his own career, and now he has fallen into a precarious situation, which is not a good sign

Joseph glanced at Hugo in annoyance and muttered, "I told him not to say anything." ”

"You can't blame Superman." Hugo immediately knew that Joseph was talking about Karl, and if Karl hadn't told him about it, Hugo still didn't know about the situation, "He was also worried about you." On the contrary, I'm glad he sued me, because I don't want to be the one who led you to fail in your career, and I won't make the same mistakes you made before. ”

Hugo's relaxed ridicule made Joseph laugh helplessly, he knew that Hugo was joking, this incident was completely different from the previous events, although Joseph has been busy with Hugo's business recently, but this is his own choice, and Hugo has nothing to do with it, so naturally it can't be said that Hugo ruined Joseph's career. On the contrary, Joseph's career was achieved by Hugo.

Joseph smiled and shook his head, "Don't feel too good about yourself, the reason why I didn't deal with this matter ......" Speaking of this, Joseph paused, he was also a little hesitant whether he should say this to Hugo, because he was not quite sure what he thought, "That's because...... I've been wondering if I'm not the right person to be a broker lately. ”

Joseph's answer, Hugo definitely did not expect, the astonishment on his face directly appeared, "Uh, what?"

"You heard me." After saying this, Joseph chuckled lightly, not heavy, nor sad, with some lightness on his expression, "You know, before I took over you, in fact, I could only be regarded as an intern, my experience is even more shallow than Superman, for the broker industry, I don't have any understanding or ability, many agents are assistants, or have worked hard with senior agents, but I haven't experienced these parts, I just studied with Lang for a few months, but the so-called learning." and you should know Lang's ......"

At this, both Joseph and Hugo looked at each other and smiled.

"You are my first artist, to be honest, when I first took over you, the only thing I learned was to clean up the mess for you, but those reporters didn't listen to me, and I didn't know how to use the media, so I could only be led by the media, and things got worse and worse." Joseph recalled the years of 1991, which was really miserable, but now, he can laugh and talk about that memory, which is also a kind of growth.

Joseph paused slightly, thinking back to those days, it was indeed a lot of feelings, in a blink of an eye, three years have passed, and he now has his own understanding of the work of an agent, but it is precisely because of this that Joseph thinks more, perhaps, he is really not an excellent agent.

"You know, in my job as a broker, I make almost every mistake I can." Joseph's smile was a little more bitter when he said this, no one can face their mistakes so calmly, this is not an easy task, "I don't have any ability to fight back against reporters, which makes things even more terrible; Being late for the first day of filming with the crew, you are in an embarrassment; When faced with the provocation of the reporter, you are helpless, and in the end you have to clean up the mess......"

Listening to Joseph's words, Hugo wanted to deny it, but this time, it was Joseph who stopped Hugo, but continued with a wry smile, which made Hugo also feel a sense of powerlessness.

"In the face of Tracy and Lang's conspiracy, I can't think of an effective solution, first 'Sugar-Coated Trap' and then 'The End of the World' works are missed, and they are completely in a situation of being beaten passively. Joseph also felt very helpless when he said this, if it was now, Joseph had countless ways to deal with the original plan of Tracy, Lang, and Martin, and it was absolutely impossible to make things come to an impasse, on the contrary, he could even fight back. However, this is only a "if".

Joseph deeply felt the tragic price he paid as an agent in the process of growing up, which is why he questioned himself one by one because the tuition fee was too expensive and heavy, "But the problem is that I didn't realize the severity of the problem at that time, and after I succeeded, I got carried away and missed the 'Shawshank Redemption" The mistake was entirely on me, and the misunderstanding we had afterwards was also because of my arrogance that controlled the whole situation, so to speak, yes, That's it, it's me who messed up all the qiē. ”

"But, Joe, you can't look at things like that." Hugo finally found a gap and interjected, "There are many reasons for any mistake, and you said that you didn't handle the problem well, is it good for me to be good?" Look at my terrible handling of journalists' provocations, oh God, I think about it now is incredible. Hugo said seriously, "We are all growing up, the Hollywood circle is too complicated, no one is a genius, as soon as you come here, you can be left and right, all kinds of exquisite, this is all need to learn." ”

Hugo really felt deeply about this. When he crossed over to Los Angeles, things were so weird and bizarre, and a day before he was a young kid who was going to a midi rock festival; A day later, he became an actor with a place in Hollywood, and it took Hugo a long time to get used to this drastic change. In the colorful vanity fair of Hollywood, Hugo is completely stunned, and he has stumbled all the way to the present, and it has not been easy along the way.

This is also the reason why Hugo was able to fully understand Joseph, not only because they were friends, and they have come together until now; More because Hugo can also empathize with and experience what Joseph faced.

"You can say that." Joseph smiled and shrugged his shoulders, but he knew that this was because of Hugo's understanding of him, if it was someone else, maybe he would have lost his job long before the Golden Globe incident broke out, "But the problem is, Hugo, for your career development, I really have very little help for your career." ”

"Smelling the fragrance and knowing women is a group audition, and 'Yihai Xiongfeng' is Pacino's introduction and Nicholson's introduction;' 'Sleepless in Seattle' is a matchmaker for Guò Reiner, and 'Schindler's List' you know, it's a credit to Super Al; As for 'vulgar' and 'speed of life and death', this is also your choice. ”

As he spoke, Joseph noticed that his self-confidence was drastically decreasing, "Look, Hugo, I didn't help you at all, and others saw that I got these job opportunities for you, and they were sure that it was my vision." But the problem is that these job opportunities are all earned by yourself, and the choice of these works is also your vision. ”

This is the crux of the matter, Joseph found that in his three years as an agent, there were not many moments that could be called highlights, and perhaps the dividends of "Sleepless in Seattle" were one and the plot of Tracy Jacobs was completely destroyed not long ago. But other than that, there are really very few

When Hugo heard Joseph's words, he could only be silent, he didn't know much about the agent's work, and he had no way to refute Joseph, "Joe, you know what? In my opinion, the job of an agent is to use his connections to select scripts for actors, and use his ability to handle the relationship between actors and the media.

Joseph didn't speak, but he understood what Hugo meant, in fact, in a narrow sense, the work of an agent is indeed like this, and the scope of contacts and the ability to deal with crises are the core values.

"So, I think you're a great broker." Hugo didn't say much, but from his point of view, it wasn't as bad as Joseph said, "Joe, although you have made mistakes at work, you have always been able to arrange things in order so that the whole situation looks clear at a glance, you see, whether it is film work or music work, you always arrange it reasonably, there is no difference, and the same is true for the publicity itinerary." And besides, while you don't give me a lot of advice on how to pitch out your scripts, you've now built up your network, won me more opportunities to play, and you've gradually found the hang of it with the media, haven't you?"

Joseph has been honed for a long time, in fact, he is indeed a good agent now, and his ability has been demonstrated, Hugo believes that what Joseph lacks should be confidence, "The most important thing is that you are an agent with enthusiasm and conscience, believe me, if it were not for your company, maybe I would have given up when the audition for "River Love" failed." You've been with me until now, and although I don't know if it's a success or not, I firmly believe that you're part of my current achievements. We are friends and partners. ”

Joseph looked at Hugo in front of him, and his eyes couldn't help but heat up, which made him wolfish and avoid his gaze.

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