In fact, in the preparation of each movie, not only the crew is choosing the actors, but also the actors are choosing the crew, which is a two-way process, but there is a difference between the strength and weakness of the initiative. So, not only the actors cast a wide net and participate in all kinds of auditions; The same is true for scripts, where the producer or director or screenwriter will send them to a number of different actors in the hope of finding the most suitable actor.

It's just that every choice is bound to have a priority, and Hugo is currently the best choice for multiple crews, at least at the top of the selection list, not only the production company, including many directors and producers, also hope to cooperate with Hugo, and seek the sparks that burst out in the process of cooperation - especially the production company.

"The next work of 'Mr. 400 Million'", this title alone is enough to make the production company rush to it.

Mark is really playing a big game of chess, Hugo is just a small part of his plan, Mark not only signed a huge plan of 25 films in two years in one go, but also incorporated the adaptation of classic masterpieces or plays such as "", "Hamlet", "Othello" into the process, and Mark also traveled to the other side of the Atlantic, trying to dig up more resources there.

Of course, Mark's actions are still quite secretive at the moment, and Rick knows about it, but Hugo still heard Danny Ball from a few words. Boyle), Ivan McGregor (Ewan. McGregor), Kate Winslet (Kate. wi) and other names.

In addition, Mark also took the initiative to hand out an olive branch to Endeavor Elite Agency, Tom Hanks, Cameron Díaz, Al-*8 Sino and others all received script invitations, in addition, there are Tom Cruise, Sandra Bullock, Demi Moore, Barbra Streisand, Julia Roberts, John One, Shirley One McLaine, Robin Williams, Billy Christo and other big-name actors The names of many big-name actors appear on Mark's cooperation list.

Although many of these news are just chasing after the wind and shadows, even if this qiē is just Mark's bluff, it can be seen that in order to break through his current predicament in the position of president of the film industry, Mark is taking action!

Several proposals that had been spotted by Joseph appeared on Rick's desk as expected, and Mark's smartest thing was that he did not throw out all the scripts in one go, but gradually deepened the cooperation bond, and submitted the scripts one after another, not only showing full sincerity, but also gradually increasing the difficulty of making Rick refuse, and more importantly, after the exchanges between the two parties became more and more frequent, the friendship was also deepening - especially for the Endeavor elite brokerage company at this time, The olive branch of the film industry is even more important.

So, Hugo is just an appetizer, and Mark is clearly looking for a bigger picture.

In addition to those proposals, the screenplay submitted by the film company also included "Deadly Incarnate" (Mary. "Jumanji" and "Hamlet". From huge investments to small-cost productions, from classic adaptations to independent original swords, from literary masterpieces to commercial films, it can be said that they are well prepared and ambitious.

But unfortunately, none of these scripts were able to impress Hugo.

Although Marc was very thoughtful and took care of almost all of Hugo's tastes, Mark ignored the most important point, which is that the quality, whether it is the overall quality of the script or the fit of the characters, still lacks the qualities that attract Hugo.

Although the mid-nineties was the golden peak of Hollywood films, and the quality of the works was still somewhat uneven, and Hugo could not have seen all the works, so he needed to read the script one by one, make self-judgments, and lead to decisions, which naturally made the selection process complicated and difficult.

The only thing that is fortunate is that Hugo is not short of options now, and he is not in a hurry to pick up new works, since there are no eye-catching works, it is better to continue and wait.

Therefore, after carefully reading the script, Hugo finally refused. In this regard, Rick was quite surprised, and the reason why he was willing to put these scripts in front of Hugo was not only because of Mark's sincerity, but also because he thought that these scripts still had merit.

For this reason, Hugo and Rick had a special conversation, which was also the first time that the two of them communicated on the choice of scripts in a real sense, but this exchange was not detailed, let alone in-depth, Rick just understood the reason why Hugo rejected these scripts, but Hugo's next choice was still very vague, and there was no clear concept. Of course, this is the true meaning of cooperation, and two people need to constantly run in and communicate in the process of cooperation, only in this way can they understand each other better.

Later, Rick came to visit with two more Universal Pictures scripts.

Compared with the wide net of the film industry, Universal Pictures obviously has a much clearer and more accurate goal, they only handed over a total of two scripts, and they are all familiar scripts that Hugo has read before - "Apollo L3" and "Future Water World", both of which are two into the palace.

When he saw these two scripts, Hugo couldn't help but laugh a little dumbly, not because "Apollo L3" reminded him of Houston's Mandy Sandy, but because it made him realize what Rick and Joseph have in common, or what all agents have in common: they are still profit-oriented after all, which is not a bad thing, but a matter of nature, because their job is to let their artists get more jobs, earn more money, and achieve greater success, so this is inevitable.

When Hugo and Joseph were in a cold war, Joseph threw a lot of scripts to Hugo in one go, including "Future Water World" and "Apollo L3", but Hugo was also stubborn at that time, and he didn't think too much about it at all, so he directly blacked out these two scripts.

Now seeing the familiar script again, Hugo sighed a little.

"Joe said that you had read the two scripts before, and both of them had refused, but Universal still handed them over again, and Lang even took the initiative to call me, hoping that you could read the script again, I think it is actually still feasible, so I will bring it to you." Rick explained the situation briefly.

Lang Yimayer is now in charge of Universal Pictures, and the original confrontation between the two has not continued, on the contrary, Lang is now trying to resolve the conflict between him and Hugo. The butt determines the head, this sentence could not be more true, and the difference in position also leads to a change in the way of thinking.

When Lang and Joseph were both agents, he was thinking about using Hugo to make money for himself, actors are the necessary tools for agents to seek success, and when Hugo can't be used by him, he is naturally his competitor, so he united with Tracy and did his best to suppress Hugo.

But now Lang is no longer Party B, but Party A, after joining Universal Pictures, his partnership with Hugo has changed, if Hugo is still unknown, there is no need for him to suppress Hugo, just ignore it, because actors have never been a necessity for the production company; And now that Hugo is shining, not only can he not suppress Hugo, but he also repairs the relationship, so that Hugo can make a profit for Universal Pictures.

Therefore, Lang not only did not stand on the opposite side of Hugo, but also took the initiative to seek reconciliation, including Rick, who was a competitor at the time, and now he has become a partner because of the difference in position. It is worth mentioning that if Tracy had caught Lang's big sailing ship, maybe the situation would have been different, but unfortunately, at the last moment, Tracy missed this opportunity.

Hugo looked at the two scripts in his hand, from an objective point of view, Rick's choice is actually not wrong, and it is also the correct orientation of the agent, big production, high salary, luxury cast, this is the development direction of the entire Hollywood film production zuò, so the agent naturally hopes that his actors can become one of them, and then become popular. On this point, both Rick and Joseph were right.

If Hugo hadn't crossed over, he would have agreed with this point of view, because that's the status quo in Hollywood as a whole. Unless Hugo aspires to become a literary monster of independent films, after a certain stage of development, Hollywood blockbusters are the inevitable choice. Including Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, and Al Pacino are no exception.

Rick is already very rare, in the conversation before the release of "Life and Death", Rick made it clear that Hugo can slow down the pace and open up the choice of objects, and should not add shackles to himself, but should give full play to the diversity of actors as much as possible. At this point, Rick has a clear idea.

"Do you think these two scripts are feasible?" In the past few days, Hugo has been discussing several scripts in the film industry with Rick, and the two are also making more in-depth conversations about the next choices, so Hugo did not shy away from it and directly raised his doubts.

Rick didn't look at Joseph who was sitting on the side reading the script this time, but nodded and took the initiative to speak, "Yes, I think, you haven't made a big-scale movie with an investment of more than 60 million so far, maybe it's time now." And among these big-scale zuò movies, these two scripts are already very good, much better than those scripts in the film industry. "

Hugo pursed his lips slightly and pondered, and after a deep sigh before he spoke, "Look, Rick, this is the difference between you and me, you are the agent, and the starting point for you to review a work is the cost; But I'm an actor, and the starting point for me when I review a work is that the script is the character, you know what I mean?"

Not only Rick, but Joseph also looked up at Hugo, and their eyes collided. (To be continued).