Chapter Twenty-Nine: Flickering
After more than ten days of shooting, after all the fixed shots of "Stealing Love" were filmed, John immediately transferred to the filming location. He now needs to save all the time he can, because every day wasted means an additional day.
Fortunately, since the filming of the movie for more than three weeks, there have been small problems, but there are no major problems, the initial run-in of the crew has passed, and a tacit understanding has gradually formed between John and the crew members, so the speed of shooting has been much faster.
"Barry, how are the props ready?" John asked prop master Barry Wilkinson as soon as he arrived on the set.
Barry Wilkinson is the prop master that John asked Nancy to dig for himself, and he is also a god in the industry, and the props in the Harry Potter series of movies in his previous life were in his hands.
"Boss!" Today's props have all been prepared, but ......" Barry Wilkinson paused: "Tomorrow's props, something is wrong!"
"What's the problem?" John frowned, what he was most afraid of now was that something would go wrong and affect the filming schedule.
"Tomorrow we are going to shoot a scene in a fast food restaurant, in which Pepsi has a product placement, but until today Pepsi has not sent the product to be implanted!" Barry Wilkinson shrugged helplessly.
He can't do anything about these financiers, one can't scold, two can't refuse, he can only urge appropriately, but Pepsi has urged him seven or eight times, but the other party always asks him to wait...... Wait...... , until today, the product has not waited.
John was speechless when he heard Barry Wilkinson's words, did it take so long to get a product?, "Nancy, call PepsiCo and ask when they will get the product in?"
"Okay!"
Nancy immediately took out the phone from her bag and prepared to call PepsiCo on the spot.
"No need to fight...... "Dani walked in from the outside, and only stopped when she got to John's side, "Boss! ”
"That's how they came to the crew. John was a little puzzled in his heart, the president of Pepsi was so interested in the placement of $500,000 advertising!
Confused, John led Dinie to meet Roger Enrique.
"Hello President Enrique!" John quickly smiled and shook it when he saw Roger Enrique.
Roger Enrique looked at John and smiled, "I didn't bother you to shoot the movie!"
Can you not bother! John also thought about this in his heart, and naturally couldn't say anything on his lips: "President Enrique can come to my small crew to guide the work, I can't ask for it!"
"Haha! I'm an old man who doesn't know anything about movies, but I don't dare to talk about directing work in front of professionals. Roger Enrique knew that John was saying compliments, but everyone carried the sedan chair!
"President Enrique, let's talk in the hotel!" John said and let Dani lead the way, while he himself walked to the back and chatted with Devin Morgan, "Auntie, why did you come to the crew with President Enrique?"
"Hmph! What are you talking about......!"
Devon Morgan was angry when he heard John's words: "A few days ago, President Enrique called me and told me that they agreed to say anything about the agency, and asked us to prepare the "Contract". ”
As soon as John heard Devon Morgan's words, he immediately felt that his brain was starved of oxygen, and there were signs of fainting.
He went to Pepsi that day to talk to Roger Enrique about the idea of representing Pepsi, but after returning to Los Angeles, he forgot about Pepsi because he had been busy with movies, so naturally he forgot to tell Devin Morgan.
Now that Devon Morgan said it, it dawned on him: "Auntie...... This one...... That one...... I...... I forgot ......" John said more and more in the end, the quieter his voice became, and there was no way, he didn't care, so naturally he didn't have any confidence.
"Forgot ......"
Devin Morgan felt that John's heart was so great that he forgot about such a thing. But now that there are outsiders in her, it is not easy for her to clean up John, so she can only look at John helplessly.
"Hehe......"
John saw the white eyes of Devin Morgan flying, and could only follow awkwardly with a smile.
When everyone came to the hotel and took their seats, John looked at Roger Enrique with a smile on his face and said, "President Enrique, I heard from my aunt that you have agreed to cooperate with ICM!"
"Oh...... Yes, Director Chris Deng.
It's just that now I regret it, because I think you don't care too much about our company! When I called President Devin Chris Deng to discuss cooperation, she, the president, didn't even know about it! It seems that you have a little disdain for our Pepsi company. Roger Enrique stared at John with a pair of wise eyes to see what John had to say about it.
If John can't give him a reasonable explanation, he will definitely find a new partner, and Hollywood is not just ICM, CAA is bigger than ICM.
After John heard Roger Enrique's words, he knew that he couldn't hesitate at the moment, otherwise it would be a big deal to lose the business, and it would be a big deal to look down on Pepsi, and Roger Enrique would definitely flip the table on the spot.
So as soon as Roger Enrique's words fell, John slammed the table, stood up suddenly, and shouted excitedly: "Wronged, this is absolutely naked wrong...... ”
"Wronged ......?"
Roger Enrique stared at John dumbfounded, he didn't understand how he changed from a plaintiff to a defendant, obviously he was justified, but now he was beaten up, he didn't believe it, but he saw John's face red with excitement, and it didn't seem like he was talking.
In fact, how did he know that John's red face and ears were not excited, but that his hands were red from slapping the table.
Davin Morgan and Dani on the side also pricked up their ears at the same time, listening carefully to how John reversed right and wrong.
"Of course it's wronged. President Roger Enrique: I'm so worried about Pepsi that I can't eat or sleep every day!"
John sat next to Roger Enrique and took Roger Enrique's hand affectionately: "President Roger Enrique! After all, the strength of ICM is limited, and I am afraid that I will not be able to serve Pepsi Coke well, so I will report our cooperation to the family as soon as possible, hoping to get the full support of the family."
I originally wanted to wait until the family agreed, and then tell President Devin Chris Deng about this, and then she could rely on the power of the entire family to serve PepsiCo. But...... My hard work is now in vain...... ......!" John said and looked at Roger Enrique with a somewhat mournful look.
And Roger Enrique's eyes immediately lit up when he heard John mention the family: "Director Chris Deng, has your family agreed?"
Hearing Roger Enrique's words, John knew that this turmoil was over, and then he just had to talk about it, this business would definitely not run: "Hey...... At my begging request, the family finally agreed. ”
"That's great...... Roger Enrique said with an excited thigh on the face.
John looked at Roger Enrique's expression and knew it was done. Davin Morgan and Daini on the side were stunned, they never thought that the cunning Roger Enrique would be taken to the pit by John so easily.
In fact, this is not to blame Roger Enrique, but when John told Roger Enrique that he was the owner of ICM, Roger Enrique thought that John must be a member of a big family, otherwise how could he own a company worth hundreds of millions of dollars at the age of 20!
So after John left, he deliberately checked John's background, but no matter how he checked, he couldn't even find out who John's parents were.
In the end, in order to find out John's true identity, he even asked a friend from the CIA to help investigate, but his friend actually did not have the authority to inquire about John's file! This surprised him, a fourth-level agent is not qualified to investigate John's file, so how big John's identity and the family behind it must be! So when John said that he needed to consult the family, he naturally believed it at first.