Two months earlier, when Joseph had begun to investigate the conspiracy behind Ron Meyer and Tracy Jacobs, he had a sense of foreboding, and he felt that things must not be so simple. However, all this time, Joseph focused on the situation related to Hugo, but did not realize that the original foreboding was directed against him.

Obviously, Lang Yi Meyer and Tracy Jacobs have been targeting Hugo, and at the same time they also want to separate Hugo and Joseph, so the plan against Joseph must also be very necessary. If Joseph could be really hit, it would be tantamount to putting Hugo in isolation, which would basically be equivalent to cutting off most of Hugo's connections directly - at that time, Jewish support for Hugo had not yet been revealed.

Nicolas Cage, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, these three actors are Joseph's capital, and they are also his value as an agent. If they are poached from Joseph, and then Hugo and Joseph are split in order, then Joseph, a novice who has been in the industry for less than two years, will be truly cut off and his martial arts will be completely ruined.

Although Joseph's ability is indeed limited compared to the top senior agent, considering that Hugo is his first artist, and before Hugo, he was just a novice who had just entered the international innovation management company for an internship, and all Joseph's abilities were started from scratch, and it was not easy for Joseph to come to this day

It can be seen from this that Joseph does have the potential to be an agent. But if there are no artists willing to cooperate with Joseph - like Carl before him, then even if Joseph has eighteen martial arts, there is no place to show them. In particular, the lack of connections between new agents and newcomers makes it difficult to convince them of the final word.

Ron Meyer and Tracy Jacobs separated Hugo and Joseph's plan to achieve very good results for a time, and even gave them the upper hand, although they did not tear up the contract in the end, but it can still be seen that Long and Tracy's ability can still be seen. Hugo and Joseph did not break up because of friendship, but this bond did not exist with Joseph and the others. So, the ploy quickly paid off with the other three.

Matt and Ben, who signed with Joseph last year, did get some job offers, and they were very good opportunities, but in the midst of the turmoil within the International Innovation Management Company, they were even more enticed. Confused, agents who are more senior than Joseph, more famous than Joseph, and more capable than Joseph keep extending olive branches, and it is difficult for them to refuse.

Compared with Matt and Ben, Nicholas is already an actor who has achieved good results, and it can be regarded as a stage hovering between the first and second lines, and he naturally receives more attention. The olive branch extended by the innovative artist agency made Nicholas particularly excited.

After Nicholas and Joseph reached a partnership agreement last year, Joseph quickly took on two successive works for him, "Red Rock West. rock。 West)" and "Deadfall" Actually, strictly speaking, these two works are works that Nicholas himself has negotiated before, and Joseph is only responsible for negotiating contract details such as salary and working hours. But in any case, both works can be regarded as a good start for Joseph and Nicholas to collaborate.

At that time, Nicholas and Joseph could definitely be said to be in their honeymoon period, which was also the time when Joseph neglected Hugo, who embarked on a road tour, and Joseph devoted almost all of his time to Nicholas.

It's a pity that these two works failed one after another, both word-of-mouth and box office, all of them hit the streets, which put Nicholas under great pressure, and even with Joseph was not having a good time. Although Joseph did not take over the work, he was only responsible for negotiating the contract, but Nicholas was still inevitably angry.

Still, Nicholas gave Joseph a chance, and Joseph brought him "the first lady's bodyguard (guardin9. "This work, from the selection of works to the negotiation of contracts, was all handled by Joseph, showing Joseph's outstanding ability.

During the New Year's Eve, although Nicholas was invited by an innovative artist agency, he decided to give Joseph a chance to see the results of "Lady One's Bodyguard ......" before making a decision.

"The First Lady's Bodyguard ......" was released two weeks ago, and Yeying won the first week with a score of $9 million, but the box office plummeted by 30 percent in the second week. mae).

In fact, strictly speaking, Joseph's choice is still worthy of recognition, although it did not make Nicholas reach new heights, but the overall performance is really good, at least more positive feedback than Nicholas's previous two works. At any other time, Nicholas probably wouldn't have had any ideas, but he did receive an invitation from an innovative artist's agency, which made things intriguing.

Recently, there have not been many rumors about Nicholas, Matt, and Ben changing agents, but there are still some bits and pieces. In the eyes of others, this is also a normal situation, and it is not uncommon to change brokers in this circle, so it did not cause waves.

But in Joseph's eyes, he saw the clue at once, and he finally realized what his inexplicable premonition was.

"You know?" Carl was surprised by Joseph's reaction, and he asked in surprise.

Joseph smiled, "Of course, I have more information than you do now. "Now when it comes to connections, Joseph is indeed much better than Carl, and the growth of Joseph's ability is also obvious to all, so it is impossible for Carl to know something, but Joseph has no rumors at all, that is abnormal.

"So what?" Carl didn't pursue the matter either, and immediately turned his attention back to the main question, "What are you going to do?"

"What to do?" In the face of Karl's sternness and urgency, Joseph was very relaxed, as if he were talking about someone else's business.

Carl couldn't help but be a little frustrated, and a little angry that iron is not made of steel, "Cage, are you going to keep him?" Are you going to just let it go?"

Joseph knew that Carl was worried about himself, so he stopped sorting out the clothing catalog in his hand, looked at Carl, and said seriously, "Carl, I have made a choice. ”

Carlton was stunned, and then savored Joseph's words, and he understood—Joseph's choice of Hugo, obviously—made Carl not know how to respond.

Recently, although the office is not busy at all, Joseph still went to the "Life and Death" crew to supervise Hugo's filming rain or shine, which shows Joseph's determination, among Nicholas and Hugo, he chose the latter. Or more precisely, between Joseph's own business and Hugo's, he chose the latter.

One of the two multiple-choice questions, Joseph did not choose himself this time.

Joseph looked at the pause and confusion on Carl's face, smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "Carl, make a choice, this is our job, every choice is difficult, we don't know what consequences will lead to after the choice, it may be success or failure." But this time I knew that I had made a wise choice. ”

Karl opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything. In fact, Carl knew that Joseph was still feeling guilty, and what Joseph had done in the past few months was indeed not a wise choice for Hugo. missed "The Shawshank Redemption" and almost missed "Vulgar"; missed the most important concert of glory to death, and almost missed the glory of "almost becoming famous"; I missed the premiere of "Schindler's List" and almost missed the "Schindler's List" celebration banquet...... Most importantly, Joseph did not give Hugo enough trust, and it was Joseph who personally destroyed the friendship.

So, Joseph now wants to make amends. But Carl didn't know if this was the right thing to do.

Joseph looked at Carl's expression and knew that he was wrong, and he couldn't help but smile, "Carl, I'm not guilty, I'm not trying to make amends, I just made the right choice." These words made Carl directly stunned.

"Carl, between friendship and career, I chose friendship because I didn't want to be an agent like Lang, remember?" "Also, among Hugo and Nicholas, I chose Hugo because Hugo is worth investing in, and his potential is far beyond our imagination." So, it's just work, don't think about it. ”

Although Joseph said so, Carl was not persuaded by him, because he could see dodging and weakness in Joseph's eyes, Carl knew that Joseph was now the victory of emotion over reason, but he had no way to say that Joseph's decision was wrong, so he could only give up convincing Joseph.

"Joe, promise me, at least you shouldn't give up the fight." Carl insisted, "You may be right, but at least, as agents, we should try to keep the artist when someone is poaching - unless the artist is something we give up, which is right." Promise me, at least you try to see. ”

Joseph looked at Carl's insistence and didn't answer immediately, but paused for a moment, as if savoring, and finally nodded with a smile, "I promise you." With that, Joseph put the catalogue of clothes in his briefcase and left the office.

Carl looked at the back of Joseph leaving, stubborn and strong, and seemed to see the Joseph before he embarked on the journey in July last year, but now is not that time, can the changes in the past eight months really be written off?

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