On Sunset Boulevard Commercial Street, in the private dining room of the restaurant, Paula Wagner and Tom Cruise looked at Lester in silence.

Until the waiter brought the food ordered by a few people, the two were still thinking in silence.

Because of Lester's words, the hearts of the two of them were flooded.

Paula Wagner's eyes flickered, he was not very well-known in the agency circle, and when he received a phone invitation from Emmanuel, he thought that Lester would bring him something different from his imagination.

The other party asked him and Tom Cruise to come over, Paula Wagner didn't understand at first, but now he understands that Lester should be interested in Tom Cruise's appearance conditions.

When Paula Wagner first met Tom Cruise, he felt that he was very sexy and idol, and he was very suitable for starring in idol TV and movies, so he signed Tom Cruise.

"Mr. Lester, you are not an artist of ICM Agency, how can you still have your own agency. Paula Wagner's mind turned, and without rejecting the meaning of Lester's words, she asked a little strangely;

He hadn't seen the news that Lester was the owner of the brokerage and needed to be clarified.

Lester took out the newspaper from the medium-sized Times Company, put it in front of the two of them, and said, "This is the Times newspaper that has not yet been published, you can take a look." ”

Paula Wagner and Tom Cruise picked up the newspaper and looked at it, and they were shocked to find that the Times Company in their hands was a medium-sized newspaper in their hands.

After reading the meeting, in addition to Marty Bauer, it was reported above that Lester opened a brokerage company with others, Paula Wagner put down the newspaper in his hand and said with some incomprehension: "You actually cooperated with others to open a brokerage company, then Emmanuel......

Before he finished speaking, both Lester and Emmanuel understood.

Emmanuel had to explain: "Mr. Leicester just signed a partnership contract with them, and the leader is Marty Bauer, not a deed of sale, and they have no authority to restrict what Lester needs to do!"

"Yes, Emmanuel is right. Lester nodded, looked at the two of them and said in a seductive tone: "If you come to UTA Agency, I will not restrict your freedom, and they can't control you, you are directly led by me, and you will give you more salary than other brokers, think about the business of your brokerage company, how Emmanuel became famous in the brokerage circle." ”

Paula Wagner was taken to heart by Lester's words, his eyes were a little dazed, he has been in the brokerage circle for so many years, and Emmanuel, who has just entered the brokerage circle, has an important position.

It is rumored that Emmanuel is not only famous in the brokerage circle by relying on his own skills, but also has the Leicester factor in it.

If you want to enter the three major brokerage companies and put him and Emmanuel together, I'm afraid everyone will compete for Emmanuel, not him.

Tom Cruise listened quietly to the words of several people, he already understood what his agent had brought him for, and seeing his agent's expression, he knew that he was moved by Lester's words.

As an assertive Tom Cruise, I like this place in the entertainment industry very much.

Leicester has a film and television company, Tom Cruise knows that although the hot "Back to the Future" has been released with the name of Universal Pictures, if you look closely, you can still see that the distribution and production have the name of Asuka Films, which is a company with its own distribution channels.

When Paula Wagner was silent, Tom Cruise said, "What kind of benefits do you say it brings?" ”

Lester didn't say what the benefits were, but asked Tom Cruise rhetorically: "You know what kind of film you are best suited for." ”

Tom Cruise was slightly stunned, he had auditioned for many scripts, and none of them had ever asked him what he was best suited to play in, and the first time he was asked, he couldn't answer.

Seeing that Tom Cruise starred in an idol drama last year, and he didn't know what he played, Lester suddenly said to Paula Wagner: "You know what Cruise is best suited to play." ”

Paula Wagner, who was pondering, came back to her senses, heard Lester's words, and subconsciously said: "Sexy idol drama." After speaking, a look of embarrassment appeared on his face. ”

Tom Cruise's face darkened when he heard this, although he didn't show anger, but if he was on the list of sexy idols who were belittled and circulated in 98, Lester estimated that Cruise's face would be even darker.

Lester took out a script and put it in front of Tom Cruise and said, "This will be the first benefit of you becoming my artist, the protagonist in it will let you play, whether you can achieve it depends on your own performance." ”

Tom Cruise picked up the script on the table and watched it.

The script is called "Top Gun", and the play tells the story of Medellin, a U.S. Navy pilot who idolizes his old pilot father, and finally rises up after several sinks, pilots the Silver Eagle, crosses the blue sky, and finally becomes an excellent pilot.

Lester originally wanted to start filming "The Biography of Chaplin", but after learning that Robert Jr. still needed to give him a little time to observe the character of Chaplin, he came up with a more complete script of "Top Gun" written by Paramount for the promotion of American recruitment.

In this "Top Gun", Lester rewrote the complete script himself after receiving the incomplete script of Paramount, and asked Dimes to send the script of "Top Gun" to the Pentagon, hoping to get help from their military.

Lester didn't bother Tom Cruise, and chatted with Emmanuel and Paula Wagner for a while, eating the fish cutlet he ordered in front of him, and looking at Tom Cruise's expression from time to time, wanting to see what his expression was.

Tom Cruise finished reading the story of the script, put down the script in his hand, and said with affection: "I like the military character in this script very much, but he still has an idol temperament in it."

The content of "Top Gun" is indeed a story about the Flying Army, and Tom Cruise still found that the protagonist in it is not only about falling in love when flying a plane, but also has an idol type in it, which is not back to the original point from what Lester said just now.

Lester explained step by step: "Sexy idol is your only characteristic now, as long as you dig out your characteristics first, and then transform step by step, let the audience's impression of you be separated from the sexy idol Lee, so that you can be recognized by the audience." ”

Paula Wagner listened to Lester's words, imagining the picture of Tom Cruise in his mind, his eyes lit up, and he said in amazement: "Mr. Lester, you surprised me so much that I almost thought you were also an agent." ”

"I agree. Tom Cruise said excitedly when he saw that Lester had arranged it in such detail, and that he had been said to be dark-skinned;

As soon as Tom Cruise's words came out, Paula Wagner, who was already loose-hearted, also agreed to sign under Lester.

Knowing their words, Lester and Emmanuel looked at each other, each understanding that they had taken the first step.

Emmanuel didn't quite understand why Lester valued Tom Cruise at first, but after what Lester had just said, he already understood what Lester meant.

Lester is dealing with CAA's packaging project, and in the first few actor auditions, Lester walked around CAA, looking for suitable actors to join the crew.

"Then eat it, or the food will be cold." ”

Lester gestures to Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner.

After the four finished their meals, Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner followed Lester to the UTA agency and signed his name on Peter Bennydek's contract with Lester.

Leicester officially has its own team and entertainers.

Marty Bauer and others saw that Leicester had poached people so quickly, and they were unwilling to speed up the development of the company's agents and artists.