Burbank, northeast of Los Angeles, has a population of less than 80,000 living within 17 square miles, but it has earned the title of "Media Capital of the World." capital。 of。 the。 world)" seems to be even more famous than New York. Not only because Burbank is adjacent to Hollywood and occupies a favorable location; Burbank is also home to some of the world's leading media and entertainment companies, including Disney, Warner Bros., NBC, Viacom, PBS, and dozens of large studios.

Walking along Burbank's European Avenue, Hugo saw a sign at the intersection that read Warner. Boulevard), Hugo was relieved, and although there was a traffic jam along the way, they at least reached their destination. Looking at the time, it was already nine and three quarters, Hugo knew that being late was inevitable, but now he couldn't solve the problem in a hurry, and Hugo could only force himself to be quiet and look at the surrounding scenery.

In fact, there are no landmarks around here, and the villa-like three-storey buildings are scattered among the greenery, but they don't look like residential buildings, but a bit like the embassy district. Joseph turned the car into a large iron gate, showed his ID to the guard at the gate, and then drove into the park.

There was no sign at the entrance to the park, as if it was just an ordinary place, but Hugo knew that this was the Warner Bros. studio with the most studios in Burbank, and countless movies were filmed here. Because Warner Bros. has five of the largest sound stages in Los Angeles, major companies rent their studios for filmmaking, not just Warner Bros. but others as well. This is the case with "Yihai Xiongfeng", although it was invested by Columbia Pictures, the filming was carried out in the Warner Bros. studio.

After the car was parked, Hugo and Joseph trotted all the way to the studio, but even so, Hugo was still late. Looking at the position of the clock already pointing to the "two", this means that Hugo is ten minutes late, and such a thing is unpleasant to happen on any occasion, not to mention that Hugo is not a "popular" actor in the first place.

Hugo and Joseph walked into the studio, gasping for breath and apologizing all the way in, but the staff around them were obviously lukewarm, and the indifference and even rejection on their expressions were so clearly visible that they didn't even have any intention of hiding it, so they directly made Hugo feel the bad atmosphere of the big event.

looked around, but didn't see Rob's figure, and the main actors such as Jack and Demi didn't stand in the visible position of the studio, Joseph could only ask the staff standing next to him, "Hello, where is the show?" "According to the general procedure, the actor must be greeted when he arrives at the scene, and the director, producer, drama manager, and assistant director always have someone who will take over the task of receiving the actor. But today, apparently, no one came to receive Hugo.

"I don't know." This is the answer of the staff, and after the same answer from three staff members in a row, Joseph and Hugo are fools if they do not understand what is going on.

Obviously, the crew of "Yihai Xiongfeng" intends to give Hugo a dismount. This is not unexpected.

There are many links to the success or failure of a movie, from the current actors to the prop masters behind the scenes, the crew is a whole, and only when everyone works together can a good movie be created. But the actor shoulders the heavy responsibility of presenting the entire crew's efforts on the big screen, so in many cases, the actor's performance determines the performance of the film - this is also the reason why the actor's salary always accounts for the majority of the film's cost and labor cost, and the success or failure of the movie also maintains the income of the entire crew. To put it simply, whether the crew can get dividends or not, after putting aside the intricate relationship in the middle, a lot of the process depends on the actors' performances.

So in this case, at the last moment two days before the start of filming, the crew gave up Tom Cruise, a popular student who is in full swing, and chose Hugo Lancaster, the current Golden Raspberry Award for the worst actor, although the crew has no right to change the producer's decision, there is still no problem in expressing regret and complaints in their hearts.

In the case that the staff generally expressed disapproval and dissatisfaction with Hugo, Hugo was late for the first day of reporting, which means being irresponsible, playing a big name, not being serious, not attentive, not dedicating, not having a sense of time, and not being dedicated...... Even if Tom is late, it is estimated that it is difficult for the staff to have a good face, let alone Hugo, who is not pleasing in the first place?

But what can Hugo say? He was unreasonable to be late, not to mention, offending the crew was not a wise choice. In fact, Hugo was mentally prepared before he came, and there was such a situation in the crew of "Smelling Fragrance and Knowing Women" before, but Hugo was a supporting role at that time, and the impact on the crew was not great, plus from director Martin to the actor Al, they all favored Hugo, so the whole movie was still relatively harmonious. And now, "Smelling the Fragrance and Knowing the Woman" has not yet been released, and Hugo's situation has not changed much, and it is estimated that the resistance encountered in "Yihai Xiongfeng" will only be greater and will not decrease.

So, all Hugo can do is express his apologies, and then devote himself to his work and contribute a wonderful performance. Compared to the explanation on the lips, it is the king to come up with a really good watch xiàn to conquer these discerning staff.

Joseph was also mentally prepared for this, but in the face of the coldness of these staff, Joseph was still a little angry, because he knew how hard Hugo had worked in the past two months, and the role of "Yihai Xiongfeng" was also obtained by Hugo completely relying on strength, and he didn't think Hugo should be treated like this.

Joseph took a few deep breaths in a row, adjusted his feelings, and then said, "I sincerely apologize for our lateness, but now that time has been delayed, I think Rob and Jack are waiting, does anyone know where the meeting room for script practice is?" Please also sue us, thank you. ”

Joseph is worthy of being an agent, and this remark is both soft and the one hand, he apologizes, but on the other hand, he threatens the staff, if they are too late, the director Rob will definitely know about the matter, and then the staff will have to meet the director's wrath. And, don't forget that Jack Nicholson is rushing to shoot and he still has a play waiting to start, and he can't afford to wait.

Sure enough, after everyone looked at each other, a person walked out of the crowd with a polite smile on his face, a dusty and sweaty appearance, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I went to deal with a little thing just now." I'm Alergic Chaplin. chaplin), who worked as a drama manager. ”

The man in front of him was of medium build, with an ordinary face, and he didn't have much memory other than a Mediterranean hairstyle, if it wasn't a greasy face. The smile on his face could be seen at a glance as a polite and hypocritical communicative face, which was slightly awkward even in a social situation, but Joseph didn't intend to unmask the other party, just nodded with a smile, "It's okay." Let's hurry up and see Rob, Hugo and I are already late, and I hope we don't delay any longer. ”

Joseph never excused himself, putting the blame on things like traffic jams, but simply admitted his mistake of being late, which earned a little, albeit insignificant, impression points in the eyes of the staff who were originally prejudiced against Hugo.

Alleger took Hugo and the two of them all the way unhurriedly, chatting about some boring topics such as the weather and traffic, it can be seen that although Alleger was forced out by Joseph to lead the way, he still had no intention of letting Hugo go, and this way was deliberately delaying time and making Hugo's late fact a certainty, which is estimated to be difficult to please in the eyes of Rob, Jack, Demi and others.

There are too many of these small methods of killing people without seeing blood in the crew, which is why you should not offend the staff lightly. Before Hugo crossed, he once saw a performance scene, the singer offended the staff of the organizer, and as a result, the gaffer had a problem when he turned on the lights, and the audience looked at the singer as if he was looking at a zombie, his face was white, and the singer's tears were even more brushed after he got off the stage, but he couldn't say what he was doing.

However, not intending to offend the staff does not mean that Hugo will not fight back.

It took a quarter of an hour to get there, and by the time Hugo arrived at the conference room, he was already half an hour late. Hugo walked in briskly and said to Rob seriously, "I'm really sorry, I'm late." ”

Rob still had a smile on his face, and he didn't mind very much, but Jack, who was sitting next to him, pulled a face, clearly wrote the words "I'm very unhappy", and snorted heavily, "I was half an hour late for the first day of script practice, so I might as well postpone the script practice for two hours in the future." ”

Rob stood next to him with an embarrassed expression, Demi had planned to come forward to greet Hugo, but at this time she froze in place. You don't have to look back to see the smile on Alepje's face that can hardly be hidden.

Joseph wanted to come forward and explain, but was stopped by Hugo, being late was a fact, there was no need for him to quibble, "I'm really sorry, it's all my fault, I promise that this kind of mistake will not happen next time." I'm sorry. Hugo never smiled, but sincerely apologized with a nervous expression.

Hugo's sincerity was easily felt by Jack, and this sincere attitude eased him a little, after all, Hugo did not constantly shirk responsibility and find excuses like those young people, which is still worthy of recognition. However, Jack still did not intend to let go of Hugo, and still crossed his arms and pouted his eyes, looking like no one would enter.

Hugo continued, "I arrived late at the studio, and then I apologized to the staff for the delay a little longer. Luckily, Alepje brought us over, otherwise Joseph and I wouldn't know where the conference room was, but it took a quarter of an hour on the road, so I'm really sorry for keeping everyone waiting. ”

Although it was Hugo who apologized, but quietly, Robb, Jack and Demi and other people in the conference room looked at Alleger who was standing behind, Alleger was still trying to suppress the smile on the corner of his mouth, but at this time, he suddenly felt the sight of ten thousand arrows piercing his heart, and a bucket of cold water poured down his hot heart in an instant.