Jonathan almost danced with joy, of course, it was just an impulse in his heart, and it certainly wouldn't come out on the surface.

"Eric, thank you, thank you for giving me this directing opportunity, I promise to make a work that will satisfy you. ”

Looking at the middle-aged man in front of him with unconcealable excitement, Eric also showed a smile: "Jonathan, you can go to Firefly to talk to Jeffrey tomorrow about the specific director contract." I think now you'd better go back and get a good night's sleep. ”

"Huh?" Jonathan felt that Eric's words were a little out of bounds, he did not sleep much a few days ago, but now, Jonathan, who successfully won the opportunity to direct, was in a state of excitement in every cell of his body, and there was no sense of exhaustion at all: "Eric, I'm not tired, maybe, we can continue to talk about this movie?" I still have a lot of ideas. ”

Jonathan said, patting the thick stack of documents in front of him.

Eric shook his head firmly: "Jonathan, I understand the effort to get this opportunity, maybe you haven't looked in the mirror these days, right?"

Jonathan touched the stubble on his face, "Sorry, Eric, I just washed my face when I came out, and I didn't have time to shave." ”

"No," said Eric, "it's not your eyes, which are bloodshot, caused by staying up too late." So, listen to me, go back and have a good night's rest, the body comes first. ”

At Eric's insistence, Jonathan Demmy got up and went home, and Eric drove out of the café. The next day, Jonathan signed a directing contract with Firefly, and Jonathan signed Jeffrey's $500,000 directing fee without any sharing. Because this opportunity is the most important thing to him, once he succeeds, he will be able to completely break out of the previous B-grade film circle and enter a new world.

On the surface, Hollywood is a place where the American dream happens most frequently, and some unknown young actors and directors will suddenly enter the ranks of top actors and directors because of the big sales of a certain movie, and will be sought after and praised by film companies and the public.

But in fact, in the circle of Hollywood, there are more invisible barriers, independent films have independent films, B-level films have B-grade films, low-cost films have low-cost circles, large-scale films have large-scale films, and even adult movies have a circle of adult films.

Although these circles intersect with each other, people who originally belong to one circle want to jump to another circle, they will find that in this process, there will be an obstacle in front of them, and slowly, many people will give up the struggle and honestly stay in their circle.

Lucky people are not without them, and occasionally someone is lucky enough to jump from a lower circle to a higher level and suddenly shine, and then, they become the representatives of the American dream.

After Jonathan Demmy signed the contract, all the directors of Eric's planned films for this year have been confirmed. , the centralized casting stage of the three films.

Although some of the protagonists have been confirmed in the three movies, the remaining roles are still hot. In Eric's first two movies, even if it was a supporting role, many people's careers have directly risen to a new level. Therefore, after Firefly released the audition news, the circle of second- and third-tier actors in Hollywood almost boiled. Many first-line actors have sent a temptation to the fireflies.

For well-known reasons, the casting of the three films must have leaned towards the actors of the agency UTA, so in just a few days, thousands of cooperation applications were handed to Kapoor, many of whom were artists under the agency's hands and wanted to join UTA en masse.

After a detailed conversation with Eric, Kapoor agreed that now was not the best time for UTA to go on a big scale.

Blindly scaling up without giving artists enough opportunities will only affect UTA's own reputation. As a result, almost all of the applications for cooperation were rejected, and Kapoor had to make a public statement in the face of the continuous number of applications, and the matter was temporarily suspended.

Among the supporting roles auditioned for several films, the most popular was not directed by Eric himself, nor starring Al Pacino, but the most inconspicuous of them.

Because in the audition list, there were two places for young actors around the age of ten.

Although the director and heroine of this movie are not well-known, except for the name of a movie, there is no news about the subject matter of the script, but the signature on the screenwriter's column is Eric himself.

Many people naturally think of relying on the popular Stuart Runkel, who was only a precocious little boy in Eric's neighborhood, who would have thought that now this child would be popular all over the world.

As a result, while the roles in the other two films were only receiving a few hundred audition applications, the shortlist of candidates for the two young actors has expanded to 5,000 and counting. As the news of the audition spread, Firefly also received files of young actors from Europe and Australia.

"I'm really sorry, Charlison, it's not that I don't want to use Stu, it's just that this movie really doesn't need an actor of Stu's level...... It's not a matter of salary, I know I know, it's really that little boy who doesn't have much of a role...... No problem, if you have time, you are welcome to visit me at home...... Well, goodbye. ”

Hanging up the phone, Eric rubbed his swollen temples, since Firefly released the role audition list, he can receive countless calls every day, whether at home or at the company, to recommend actors.

The phone call just now was from Charleson Runkel, Stu Jr.'s father, who hadn't been in contact for a long time, to win the role of the little boy for Stu Jr.

Stuart Runkel seems to outsiders to be beautiful, but only insiders know that Stuart Jr. now seems to be a bit 'priceless', with an outrageous high salary, but there are not many people who dare to invite him, and most of his income comes from advertising and endorsements. Perhaps Charleson Runkle also understood that maintaining Stuart Jr.'s fame was the most important thing, so he pulled down his son and called Eric personally, and even quoted a low price of $3 million, you know, the CAA gave Stewart's public salary offer of $8 million.

Before he knew it, Eric found that although he didn't participate in many social activities, his circle of people became surprisingly large. It is estimated that this is the legendary 'poor in the downtown and no one asks, and the rich have distant relatives in the mountains'.

Even if you have only met once and chatted a few words, at this time, you will chat with Eric for a few minutes about the weather and other topics in a familiar tone, and then inadvertently recommend such and such an actor.

A fragrant breeze wafted, and two milky white arms wrapped their arms around Eric's neck from behind the sofa, and rubbed their little faces on Eric's cheeks as if they were coquettish.

"Hey, okay, okay, don't make a fuss. Eric pulled Drew away the little arm that was holding his neck, and secretly sighed in his heart, the girl is really God's favorite, and the experience of drinking and drug abuse for several years has not caused the slightest damage to the girl's milky skin, and it is still smooth and tender to the touch.

Drew laughed at Eric's chakra, lifted his foot, stepped over the back of the couch, and threw himself into Eric's arms.

"It's almost a big girl, and she's so skinny," Eric couldn't help but slap Drew's fleshy little ass.

"Hmm...... It hurts......" The girl was struck and immediately became teary-eyed, but looked at Eric's big flickering eyes as if to say: One more time, one more time.

Eric is accustomed to the teasing that Drew can throw at any time and place: "Okay, let's talk, what's the matter with running back suddenly?"

"Really, people can't miss you?"

"Is this your hometown accent, weird, who did you learn it from?" asked Eric with a smile

Drew was a little puzzled by Eric's sudden appearance of Oriental English: "What is 'home'?"

"That's it...... Uh, I was almost interrupted by you, tell me, what are you going to do when you come back?"

"Actually, I just miss you, Eric, I saw the Lamborghini in the garage, I didn't think I just said I liked that car, you remembered, so touched. ”

"You're mistaken, I actually intended it for Janie. ”