"Ladies and gentlemen, this flight is about to arrive at Liverpool Renon International Airport, please fasten your seatbelts and do not move around before the plane lands smoothly, and I wish you a pleasant journey. ”

With slight vibration, the plane landed smoothly, and there were still no hijackings and out-of-control incidents, which added a very dull stroke to the flight journey of more than ten years.

Taking off the eyepatches of some sand sculptures, Lu Ze still didn't wake up, squinted and opened the visor, and was blinded by the golden sunlight for nearly ten seconds in an instant.

It seems that it has just finished raining, although there are no puddles, the ground is still wet enough to reflect the light, and the passengers have already gotten up and are ready to take their luggage.

"Thank you, sir, for this flight, goodbye. ”

After picking up the big suitcase, he walked leisurely to the pick-up gate, Lu Ze's favorite thing about foreign countries is that most foreigners are face blind when they look at Asians, he can walk in the airport with a huge flow of people without pretending to be disguised, without causing any trouble to himself.

Even if someone recognizes themselves, they won't be entangled too much, and they will basically leave when they ask for a group photo, and most passers-by who are not their fans will not follow blindly.

At the pick-up place, a tall figure held a sign, inspecting the flow of people with an expressionless face, until he found Lu Ze, he raised his hand and waved it to Lu Ze, of course, even if he raised his hand and was still in the crowd.

That is, Lu Ze is sharp-eyed, otherwise he may not really find her, hand her the lighter luggage, the two who have been getting along all year round have cultivated a considerable tacit understanding, and she will not compete with Lu Ze for luggage, how much she takes depends entirely on how much Lu Ze gives her.

"Have you negotiated with the Earl?"

"It has been negotiated according to your requirements, but the liquidated damages demanded by the other party are still a bit high, 7.5 million, and the other party refuses to give in. ”

"One hundred and five percent, it's normal, it's good to be able to talk about it, it's hard. ”

Wang Zixuan said it clearly, but Lu Ze knew that the effort she had made to negotiate the contract like this would definitely not be less, in fact, what was really difficult to negotiate in this contract was not the endorsement fee and liquidated damages, nor was it changed from a three-year contract to a one-year contract, but the right to terminate the contract between the two parties at major fault.

As a luxury endorsement that is highly sought after in the entertainment industry, in order to get the endorsement, it is understandable for artists to give in to the brand, which can be regarded as a kind of invisible rule.

This is also the reason why the brands have been speaking hard, do you love to sign or not, you don't sign some people want to sign, the contract is here, I don't cheat you, but you want to change the terms? No way.

can make the luxury brand as the dominant party take a step back, and the importance of Lu Ze is obviously an important factor, but if there is no effort made by Wang Zixuan, it will be pure nonsense.

It was a very happy thing for Wang Zixuan to be recognized by Lu Ze for her professional ability, even if she didn't show it on her face, her pace was a little brisk.

got into a nanny car, the driver drove in the direction of the company, the two people in the car basically didn't talk, the main reason is that Lu Ze's jet lag has not been reversed, every time he travels abroad, this is the most uncomfortable point, in the early years, he was okay, he could put into work after a sleep, but with the gradual growth of age, it will take him at least two or three days to adapt now.

After receiving the thin quilt handed over by Wang Zixuan, he continued to pretend to sleep, but he didn't sleep as heavily as he slept on the plane, and the obvious bumpiness on the road was an important reason, and the space seat that claimed to be a first-class level was actually not as comfortable as the real first-class seat of an airplane.

An hour and a half later, when I arrived at the company, my brain was a little dizzy when I just got out of the car, if it weren't for the few hundred-year-old trees in the company's yard, Lu Ze thought that the driver was driving in the wrong place.

He had heard from Mickey about the company's complete renovation, but he didn't expect the style gap to be so big after the redecoration.

The entrance gate of the original ordinary vertical bar fence has been changed to a very luxurious baroque style, the red brick fence has been plastered with cement and creamy white paint, and orange light bulbs have been installed above the wall, and the distance between the lamps is about five meters.

Not to mention the buildings inside, let's just talk about the exterior wall, thanks to the fact that it was not dark when Lu Ze came, otherwise as soon as the light was turned on, Lu Ze would have thought that he had entered a European castle with modern facilities.

The façade of the company building has not been redecorated because the decades-old architecture can add a lot of external heritage to this dynamic new company, and outsiders would think that "Universal Brothers" has an ongoing history.

The security at the door has also increased a lot, listening to Wang Zixuan, there are eight permanent security guards alone, and there are also security rotations of the same number at night, and more than 40 monitoring points have been added in the hospital, basically without dead ends to monitor and shoot, and every hour, there will be a security team of four people to patrol and check.

If nothing big happens, such a protection team is enough, the last time the company was smashed was a loss of a small number of security guards on the night shift, and now that it has been remedied, it is estimated that no bold thief dares to put his thief's heart on the "Universal Brothers" again.

"The bells and whistles of the décor. ”

"Mr. Mitch said you'd like it. ”

He looked at it with his hands behind his back, Wang Zixuan stood behind him, and explained to Lu Ze, making Lu Ze sneer, he likes it?

"Mr. Lu, welcome back. ”

"Thank you very much. ”

The security personnel are all strong men with professional abilities hired by regular companies, not the kind of street gangsters, all wearing black hunting suits, wearing sunglasses, holding hands behind their backs, greeting Lu Ze coolly, and taking the driver's car keys, wearing black disposable gloves and head coverings, driving the car into the courtyard, and checking whether the car was installed with any electronic equipment along the way.

The reason for wearing gloves and head coverings is that they are afraid that their hair, or even fingerprints will be left in the car, which will cause dissatisfaction among employers, you must know that many employers have cleanliness habits, and even the security team will worry that the hair left on the female employer's car will be found by the lover, causing unnecessary trouble, which has actually happened.

"Isn't it a bit of a fuss?"

Watching the security team doing subtle inspections in the car to ensure that no gaps are equipped with electronic devices, Lu Ze doesn't quite understand, he is not a politician, just an actor, who will have nothing to do to eavesdrop on himself?

"Actually, it's Mr. Mickey's own additional item to check the condition of the car, after all, he ...... It's really easy to break out some big news, and the items have already been added, so just let all the people in and out of the company check it. ”

In this way, Lu Ze understands that the current Liverpool does not mean that no reporters come back to shoot them, but there are few, after the release of "Exile", there are more, but there are still not many of them.

But there are risks, in case Mickey's broken mouth tells the inside story of the animal insurance dispute caused by "Exile", it is estimated that it will cause a greater shock, and it is always right to be safe.

"Are you back, how was the holiday?"

Far away, Lu Ze heard a shout in his throat, turned his head, and Mickey stuck out his head from the conference room on the second floor and waved his hand vigorously at Lu Ze.

"It's ok. ”

"I'm going to work when I've rested enough, come on, you have a few second interviews to participate in today!

"Okay, here we go. ”

As soon as he entered the office building, Lu Ze found the difference, the original pure white wall was remade with black and gold wallpaper, and the carpet under his feet changed from a milky white gold flower pattern to a black gold flower.

At first glance, it's okay, it's quite temperamental, but you can't keep your eyes on the walls and the ground, otherwise there will be a sense of dizziness and confusion, and the brain will send out wrong signals to make people wonder whether they are standing on the ground or standing on the wall, similar to the feeling of looking at a Klein bottle, as if the space is distorted.

Don't even think about it, this must be Mickey's aesthetics, he has a problem with his brain, which Lu Ze has always known.

"Are you alright? ”

"Thanks to you, it's not bad, welcome back Mr. Lu. ”

Old Jill's smile was still so warm, and Lu Ze also noticed that the decoration in the mailroom was still European-style, so as to avoid him from hallucinating because of staring at the wall and the ground for a long time, which could be regarded as Mickey's warmth.

went up to the second floor, after the blessing of the corridor, this sense of confusion aggravated a lot, Lu Ze didn't dare to look around, and went directly into the conference room, because the ground became floor tiles, and the addition of furniture made the strangeness finally dissipate a lot.

There were only two people in the huge conference room, Mickey and Kesha, and Lucas had already gone to Italy one step ahead of schedule to accompany Fatini to set up the preset track of the camera before shooting, and try to understand Kesha's lens use ideas.

Wang Zixuan did not come in, but waited until Lu Ze entered the house, thoughtfully closed the door for him, and returned to his office to carry out his unfinished work.

"Add something to the corridor, it's not just you staying in the company, others have to come over to talk about cooperation, this feeling is not limited to you, I guess few people can stand it." ”

"I don't, that would ruin the aesthetics. ”

Mickey's rejection of Lu Ze is not surprising, for Mickey, the inspiration brought by beauty or strange senses is the most important, and no one can destroy it, Lu Ze is just putting forward an opinion, as for whether to adopt it or not, it doesn't matter, anyway, after getting used to it, he can stand it.

However, those capitalists who come to talk about cooperation will probably set the headquarters of "Global Brothers" as one of the companies that they don't want to come.

"Whatever, what time does the second test start in the afternoon?"

"Two points. ”

"OK, that's the information on the desktop?"

Lu Ze sat down, picked up the resume placed on the table and looked at it casually, and threw it aside, it was not too late to look at it during the interview, and Mickey also said that the people who came to the interview were basically unknowns, in this case, the role of the resume was not great, and it was necessary to observe their talent and attitude on the spot.

Western film companies and domestic film and television companies are very different in this regard, the division of labor in the film and television industry here is relatively clear, unlike domestic film and television companies that will sign artists by themselves, to put it bluntly, compared with China, the Western film and television industry is better off.

Most of the artists are signed with the brokerage company, and there are many big names among them, and if the artist wants to film, the brokerage company will come forward to cooperate with the film and television company, and send their own artists to the crew through the interests of the open and the secret, on the contrary, if the crew director takes a fancy to an artist, he also needs to contact the brokerage company, and cannot privately determine the cooperative relationship with the artist.

This is not an industry rule, but a law that says that if Lu Ze does not have shares in "Global Brothers", he cannot directly enter the company, but needs to choose a brokerage company to manage his business on his behalf.

This law was not lifted until the end of 2020 (apocryphal), and through the operation of capital, the relevant regulations were relaxed, of course, artists still cannot be directly signed by film and television companies.

But it doesn't mean that the film and television company can't establish its own brokerage branch, now the "Universal Brothers" are on the right track, the company's funds are running very well, Mickey also considered this matter, and finally before Christmas last year, "Universal Brothers" Pictures finally got the business license of the brokerage company, and officially began the great cause of absorbing the world's top talents.

The office space of the branch is also simple, Mickey has rented an office in the city center, which is still being renovated, and the managers and brokers of the brokerage company are not a problem.

The box office share of "Exile" is a full 250 million pounds is waiting in the account, as long as an artist can be recruited, Mickey will immediately wave the money into the market to find headhunters to poach people, so the most important thing now is to find the artist that the company needs.

"Why don't you go back and sleep first, it's too hard to work as soon as you get off the plane. ”

"Kesha, you really said a heartwarming word, unlike Mickey, a bastard, who let me work when I come back, but forget it, go back to sleep now, and I won't be able to sleep at night. ”

Lu Ze took the cup and got up, stuffed the capsule into the coffee machine, took a cup of coffee, sat down again, and scolded Mickey mercilessly while drinking, making this heartless bastard sit on the table and clap his hands and laugh.

"By the way, what about the helper you're looking for?

"Confidentiality for the time being. ”

"Jingle Bell ......"

Mickey raised his eyebrows, still refusing to tell Lu Ze who the helper he was looking for, and it just so happened that the internal phone rang, and he jumped off the table and connected the phone.

"Well, okay, hard work for you Jill, you let them come up, hehe, say Cao Cao Cao Cao arrived, I said this slang correctly, right? I am now fluent in Chinese, have you eaten~ Yo, I'm sorry, it's closed today, please be early." ”

"Don't talk nonsense with me, God has been in the country for two days, and the accent is like this? Isn't it just that you haven't eaten sheep and scorpions in the middle of the night?

Speaking of this, Mickey suddenly became a bitter gourd face, pulled out a stool and sat down, holding his chin with both hands, and pouting his mouth, if this is a young girl, Lu Ze will have to look at it twice, but Mickey is like this, he just wants to give Mickey a big mouthful.

"Don't say it, I'm really annoyed to death, the character design has obvious problems and flaws, I can't support the plot, I rewrote it more than ten times, but I can't write so cleanly, I'm annoyed. ”

Mickey is crazy, Lu Ze also has a hard time seeing him like that, if you want to draw a storyboard, Lu Ze must be fine, but when it comes to the most basic storyline of the script, Lu Ze is not good at it, and he can't help.

The three of them all looked down and thought about it with sad faces, no one saw that the door was quietly opened, a pair of leather shoes and a pair of high-heeled boots stepped on the floor tiles, and tiptoed towards Lu Ze.

"Then the helper you are looking for, are you sure you can solve this problem?"

"What do you mean, Lu'er, who do you look down on? I'm good at this. ”

"That's it, don't look down on people, I think you owe you a beating. ”

One hand patted Lu Ze's shoulder from behind, and then the other slender arm quickly locked Lu Ze's neck from behind, with the smell of perfume that Lu Ze couldn't remember.

Lu Ze froze, not because his neck was locked, but what he heard was clearly an authentic Beijing accent, and the voice was extremely familiar......

When I turned my head, I almost dropped my jaw in shock.

"Why are you two here?"

Zhuang Yu, a top genius director in China and a great director who won the Golden Rooster Award in his first movie, and his wife Wang Zhen stood behind him, looking at Lu Ze with a ruffian smile.

“......”