In the crown studio, Nancy reported the recruitment of actors in the past few days with a tired face, and at the same time conveyed the request of Will Smith and Winona Ryder's agent to renegotiate with John, she can't be the master of this kind of thing, and she needs John, an investor and producer, to make the decision.

"Nancy, since they are asking for new negotiations, then you go talk to them!"

John didn't think about changing actors from the beginning, and the reason why he let Nancy release a big announcement to recruit actors was to put a little pressure on these actors at CAA.

And now that this goal has been achieved, it is natural that everyone should stop and sit down and have a good talk.

"But......" Nancy was a little worried. "If we make a deal with them, what will happen to the actors who come to apply? Do you want to release them en masse?" Nancy said, shaking the list of actors in her hand.

"Of course not!" John felt like he hadn't been kicked in the head by a donkey. If the recruitment notice is not fulfilled, the next time ICM issues such a notice, who will believe it, so he must fulfill it.

But fortunately, when he asked Nancy to make an announcement, he made a heart, and did not specifically say that he was recruiting the main actors for "Forrest Gump", but only that he was recruiting actors for a project with an investment of tens of millions of dollars.

So he can now push these recruited actors to ICM's other packaging projects, ICM packages as many as a dozen film projects every year, so he doesn't worry about no jobs at all, as for whether these people can succeed in the audition, it's none of his business, anyway, he has already provided the position, as for who can get it, it depends on their own ability.

After talking about the actors, John met Tom Hanks again at Crown Studios.

The two started salary negotiations from scratch, this is the advantage of having an agent, and if the agent talks about it, the parties can come out to make up for it.

Because it was Tom Hanks's agent who played tricks on him, Tom Hanks made some concessions in this negotiation in order to apologize to John, and finally offered $9 million.

And John also agreed to this price, after all, this price is $1 million less than in his previous life, and he has no reason not to accept it.

In the end, the two signed the contract in front of both lawyers and the Actors Guild staff, and after the contract was signed, John officially handed over the script of "Forrest Gump" to Tom Hanks.

As for the other two CAA actors, Will Smith and Winona Ryder, after seeing Tom Hanks signing, they also urged their agents to quickly negotiate the contract of "Forrest Gump".

With the intervention of the two, a new round of negotiations went smoothly, and finally Will Smith signed contracts for $6 million and Winona Ryder for $6.5 million, officially confirming their participation in the filming of "Forrest Gump".

And the other main actor, Nicolas Cage, had his contract signed with ICM on the third day after the audition. He and John had reached an agreement before to exchange the salary of "Forrest Gump" for the image spokesperson of the Public Welfare Foundation, so he starred in "Forrest Gump" with zero pay.

But he is not the only one who starred in "Forrest Gump" with zero pay, because before him, Katharine Hepburn, Audrey Hepburn, Marlon Brando, James Stewart, Gregory Peck, these old artists also signed contracts to star in "Forrest Gump" with zero pay.

These old artists have a close relationship with John, and their cameos in "Forrest Gump" are purely to help, so naturally they will not ask for a salary.

But John wasn't going to let these people really perform in vain, as the so-called friendship is friendship, so he had already gone to Patek Philippe to customize eight pocket watches to thank them for their cameos.

After a few days, the main actors of "Forrest Gump", except for the three young actors, have officially signed contracts one after another.

And these three little actors, John has already had a candidate.

The person who played the young Forrest Gump, John decided not to change people, or use Michael Connor Humphreys, his performance in the film is still very good, and his appearance is more in line with Forrest Gump's role.

The little actor who played Forrest Gump and Jenny's son, John did not change, and continued to use Haley Joe Osment. This young actor's acting skills are beyond imagination, he won the Young Star Award and the Young Artist Award in his first movie "Forrest Gump", and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award and Academy Award for "The Sixth Sense" at the age of 11. It's just that I didn't have any great work when I grew up, which is a bit of a pity.

As for the actor who plays Little Jenny, John wanted to change it, not because Hannah Hall's performance was not good, but because John felt that there was one person who might perform a little better than her, and that person was Keira Knightley.

Keira Knightley's father Will Knightley is an actor, and her mother Sharman MacDonald is a playwright, so she can be regarded as a family of born actors, and it is precisely because of this family that she has been exposed to movies since she was a child, and she has been working in the crew since she was three years old, so she has 4 years of acting experience so far.

And more importantly, John wants to rely on the role of Little Jenny to sign Keira Knightley into ICM, as the so-called first strike, John will definitely not let go of this kind of cash cow.

As for how to find these three little actors, John doesn't have to worry, Keira Knightley's father is a Hollywood actor, and she herself has been in the industry for 4 years, as long as you ask, you can know what crew she is in, so it is easiest to find her.

Haley Joe Osmont is also easy to find, as he just shot a commercial for Pizza Hut this year, so it's just a few phone calls away to find him.

And Michael Connor Humphreys is the most difficult to find, because he was born in an ordinary family, and he has never made any movies, commercials, etc., so if you want to find him, you can only use the method of your previous life, that is, auditions.

If the final audition is still not found, then John has no choice but to choose a new young actor from the audition.

After the actor recruitment was over, John was temporarily out of work, the movie would not start until May next year, he had some time to rest, and in order not to be in a daze with nothing to do in the crown studio, he decided to return to New York to spend time with his family.

Just as he was about to pick up the phone to book a plane ticket, the phone on the desk suddenly rang, and it was Devin Morgan.

"Auntie, why are you calling, is there anything urgent?" John asked, picking up the phone. He goes back to Purple Star Manor every day, so it's not an emergency, Devin Morgan should tell him at home.

"If you're all right, come to ICM, I've got something to tell you!" Devin Morgan speaks as he does things, very succinctly and clearly.

When John heard Devin Morgan's words, he knew there must be something urgent, so he hurriedly replied, "Okay!

John said and hung up the phone, driving his used Chevrolet towards ICM.