Dongshan Comeback 561 came prepared, although he drank a large glass of cold boiled water to relieve it, but Hugo still felt a little numb in his mouth, which made him open his mouth slightly, frowned and returned to his position with a depressed face, looking at the two people in front of him who were almost frightened and their eyes were about to fall out, Hugo pointed to his mouth embarrassedly, "It's too urgent to drink coffee." ”

If you are a friend who is familiar with Hugo, you will naturally know that this is Hugo's usual confusion, which is not unusual; But for Quentin and Roland, they were dumbfounded: such a Hugo is so far from the charismatic image on screen and the media mouthful.

Hugo was not surprised at all, and remembered the topic they had just chatted about. Quentin's reaction confirmed Roland's claim, which made Hugo feel slightly relieved. If Roland was trading with the Weinstein brothers, there would be nothing surprising. Fortunately, Quentin is still the ruffian he is familiar with, and with Quentin's personality, he is indeed a person who would not do such a thing.

Hugo habitually picked up the coffee cup and looked through the mist, but when he was about to take a sip of coffee, he remembered that the coffee was too hot, so he pulled away and sniffed the aroma of the coffee seriously. Although he is not yet good enough to distinguish the beans by the aroma of guò, it must be admitted that the daily signature coffee here is really memorable.

Then Hugo greeted formally with a smile, "Good afternoon, Mr. Parkin, I don't know what is the matter with you finding me in such a twist?"

Quentin was still sitting next to him and was stunned, he didn't know if he had heard Hugo apologize just now, so he sat in place and struggled, but thinking that Hugo had burned himself by drinking coffee, he felt very funny, and his expression was very wonderful for a while.

Roland has seen many strong winds and waves, and quickly reacted, "Please call me Roland." Then he smiled and said friendly, "I have a couple of great scripts in my hand, and you're the perfect fit, so I'd like to see if you're interested." ”

"If you have a work commitment, please contact my agent, Joseph Gibbs." Hugo shook his head with a smile and said, then pointed to Quentin, who was sitting next to him at this time, "Also, I just accepted a new job, and I don't think I will have time to take on a new script anytime soon." ”

Roland did not react directly to Hugo's refusal, and it was obvious that Roland, the agent who had run his business, was always able to hide his true feelings well, or release the necessary emotions to achieve his goals, and interpersonal communication was a kind of negotiation and transaction for them.

Roland still smiled politely, "Of course, if you need to take over these jobs, it must be negotiated by the agent." But I don't think your agent will be able to give you access to these works, which is the main reason why I came to you. ”

Although Roland has always been gentlemanly and polite in his speech, and his language is gentle, the content of his words is not like this. Hugo will be very tricky to answer this sentence no matter how he wants to answer, he said "My agent has access to a lot of ......", which is to give Roland an introduction to show the chips and prove his words wrong; He said that "I only accept the works that my agent can access ......", such a self-defeating and unmotivated statement, I guess Roland will not believe it; He said, "I want to speak from strength,...... and Roland would obviously be ready to convince Hugo with words like "opportunism......

Of course, Hugo might have been able to find a suitable answer - to give him enough time, but the problem is, Roland wouldn't. Roland just looked at Hugo with a smile, and after about two seconds, without waiting for Hugo's answer, he raised his voice slightly and said clearly, "You know, in Hollywood, there are countless opportunities almost every day, even the most capable agents have limitations, only by uniting can we have more resources and get more opportunities, which is also the biggest advantage of our innovative artist company." ”

Roland was very smart, he didn't show his chips directly, he didn't attack Joseph's ability, he just said his strengths, and this kind of gentle means as a starting point would obviously make the whole conversation more harmonious. Moreover, Roland's words really cannot be refuted.

"I know you've just signed a contract with Quentin, it's a great piece of production, and I'm looking forward to seeing what you're showing." Roland secretly gave Quentin another squeeze to ease the atmosphere, and then continued, "I've also heard that there are a lot of scripts that I want to work with you, but there are always too many opportunities, aren't they?" Roland's eyes flickered slightly, and then he said seemingly casually but with a high degree of concentration, "I have a script that James Cameron is working on now, which is an action movie, and he hopes to continue the new concept he has given to action movies in the 'Terminator' series." ”

…… Terminator, wouldn't that be more suitable for Arnold Schwarzenegger?" Hugo raised his eyebrows slightly and said politely. He knew that Roland would come to him today, and he must be perfect and ready, if he didn't listen to it, during the filming of "Vulgar" in the future, Roland could also find a way to appear through the Guò Weinstar brothers, and then it would not only be as simple as consuming an afternoon, but also the potential possibility of interrupting the rhythm of filming, so if he came to it, he would be safe, and he would simply listen to it.

"I didn't know you had a fixed mind." Roland's rhetorical question made Hugo laugh, in fact, Hugo's starring in "Sleepless in Seattle" and "Schindler's List" can be said to break the audience's thinking, so Roland will say this. Moreover, Hugo has starred in "Hudson's Eagle" before, so he should not be unfamiliar with action movies.

Roland is really a master of conversation, even if Hugo is vigilant, but I still have to admit that Roland's conversation is very pleasant, "This script is called 'True Lies' is a very interesting story, and I personally like it very much." ”

"Yes, I know what you're talking about, but I've heard that filming has already started." Quentin sat next to him, and suddenly a sentence came out, Hugo could clearly see that there was a momentary stunned on Roland's face, Roland obviously did not anticipate that Quentin would dismantle his stage, which made Hugo laugh.

However, after all, Roland is experienced in a hundred battles, and I saw that he directly magnified his stunned expression, and then said in surprise, "Is this really the case?" Then he turned his head to look at Hugo, "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, it must be because I missed James's call, so I missed the news." Then I saw Roland smile self-deprecatingly, "Oops, it's bad, this is definitely not my most successful moment." ”

Hugo immediately realized that Roland was definitely not negligent, he was clearly prepared today, so the point of mentioning "true lies" is not the script itself, but to remind Hugo that they have resources like James Cameron. What's more, as long as Hugo inquired afterwards, he could know that "True Lies" was a large-scale production with an investment of 120 million US dollars, which can also show the strength of the innovative artist agency.

As for the embarrassment at this moment, it is an unexpected situation, and Roland also took advantage of the situation and showed his negligent side, which is conducive to easing the atmosphere and narrowing the distance. Anyway, "true lies" are not the main event in the first place.

If everything is like Hugo's guess, he must admire Roland's careful planning.

Immediately afterward, Roland continued to say with a smile, "I hope this doesn't happen in Woody Allen's script." Quentin sat next to him and laughed, and Hugo had a smile on his face, and the whole atmosphere was ii1; "Woody wrote a script this time about our industry, a story about our industry, and mocked the so-called intellectuals and artists, which is called 'bullets over Broadway.'" over。 broadway), it's really perfect for you. ”

Hugo's eyes lit up when he heard the name of the script, this film can be called one of the best works of Woody's directorial career, as far as Hugo is concerned, compared to the famous "Annie Hall" of IIJ Dou. Hall), he liked the work even more.

"Bullet ...... over Broadway" tells the story of a playwright in Greenwich Village, New York in the nineteenth twenties, who gets the opportunity to direct a Broadway play with the help of a prestigious producer, but only if he uses the gang's girlfriend as the supporting actress in the play, and then the playwright already has a favorite person in mind, and the gang's girlfriend's performance is really unsightly. Faced with the pressure of human affection and autonomous choices, he is caught between a rock and a difficult place, which leads to the development of a series of unexpected stories.

The film blends Broadway and gangster settings, with classic absurd lines constructing different appearances, and Woody is not shy about pointing ±11,4 the finger at the fragile interior of Broadway, revealing the empty nature of "art for art's sake."

Hugo had seen this work and was impressed, and at the same time sighed for the boldness and uninhibited nature of Woody, the director. Although Hugo knew that Woody refused to appear on the Oscar stage all his life, just because he thought that this award ceremony did not match his artistic taste, only - the second time he appeared at the Oscars, it was for his beloved New York, and after 9ii, in order to commemorate New York, the Oscars set up a special link to introduce New York-related films, so he appeared; But even so, Woody's arrogance and extremism as an intellectual and artist are most vividly displayed in his works, and "Bullet ...... over Broadway" is one of the best.

Although Hugo is not interested in the "love story" between Woody and his adopted daughter, he will not deny the talent of this nagging little old man.

I have to say that Roland really came prepared, he first brought up the commercial work "True Lies" as a foreshadowing, and then came up with a script with connotation and performance challenges such as "Bullet ...... over Broadway" to test it, obviously, Roland is showing the advantages of an innovative artist agency: huge resources, open-mindedness.

Hugo was sure that Roland must have known part of the inside story of the dispute between him and Joseph, so he took the right medicine today. Innovative artist agencies are not to be underestimated. (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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