Charlize. Theron didn't know how to explain to her agent, for her audition, her agent used a lot of contacts, although she was in New York, she would call her almost every day to ask about the time, and after confirming the audition date, she repeatedly told her some precautions on the phone.

She didn't expect it to turn out like this, and she was almost certain that the audition was almost a smash.

Although they have known each other for a short time, Charlize . Theron is still very aware of the strong character of her agent, such a good opportunity was screwed up by her, and it is estimated that it will be difficult for her to get other opportunities from her in the future.

Not in the mood to go straight back to the hotel, she wandered around the side of the road with traffic for a long time, and finally decided to call her agent first, and after looking around, she walked to a public phone booth, took a few coins from her bag, threw them in, and quickly dialed her agent's number.

"Hey, Michelle, I'm Charlie......"

A capable female voice in the microphone soon came: "Charlie, how was the audition result?" ”

Charlize. Theron hesitated for a moment, but told her agent in detail what had happened during the audition: "...... Michelle, I didn't think of Eric. Williams will be there, I don't even understand, that ...... Why did that bastard ......"

Charlize. Theron was about to continue, and the female voice on the other side of the microphone immediately became stern: "Shut up, Charlie, I didn't think I heard that sentence just now, and I definitely don't want to hear anything like that from your mouth in the future, you know Eric. Who is Williams. Dare to use that word to describe him. ”

Charlize. Theron froze. endured a faint grievance. "I'm sorry, I'm ...... Of course I know who he is, I'm just a little ......"

"Alright, I know about this, Charlie," the voice on the other side quickly softened, and seemed to think for a moment before adding to it, "Eric. Williams burst out laughing while you're performing. It's at least much better than he didn't react to you before, I'll make a few phone calls to test it, and until then, you obediently stay in the hotel and don't run around. ”

Charlize. Theron hesitantly touched her satchel, because TG's audition was more than a week later than expected, she didn't have much money, except for the airfare money she had to leave behind, the money was only enough for her to stay in Los Angeles for three more days, and she didn't want her mother in South Africa to travel thousands of miles to mail her living expenses. When she returned to New York as soon as possible, she not only had a place to live. You can also continue to work as a model to make ends meet: "But, Michelle, I'm already ......"

"I know, if necessary, I'll lend you some money for emergencies, you obediently stay in Los Angeles and wait for my call," the agent named Michelle on the other side interrupted her again: "Also, Charlie, what if, I mean if Eric. Williams is interested in you, and if you want to meet you, I think you should know how. ”

Charlize. Theron's hand holding the microphone tightened, of course she knew the meaning of her agent's words, thinking of the nasty guy in the audition room who suddenly laughed, although she was a little unwilling, she also knew that this was definitely an opportunity for her to step up to the sky.

The agent on the other side of the phone confronted Charlize. Theron's sudden silence, no urging, waited patiently.

After almost a minute, Charlize . . . Theron finally spoke, "Michelle, I see. ”

"Very well, Charlie, you should understand that if you want to enter Hollywood, and you don't have parents or relatives who are producers in big studios, you always have to give something, if you are lucky enough to climb up to Eric. With a big backer like Williams, you won't have to bow to anyone in Hollywood in the future, think about Nicole. Kidman, that lucky girl was just an unknown young actor in Australia a few years ago, and now she has become a Hollywood sister with a box office of 10 million US dollars, many girls have wasted their entire youth in Hollywood, and they may not be able to reach that level, all this is definitely not because her acting skills are good enough, nor because she is beautiful enough, these two things are the cheapest in Hollywood. ”

Charlize. Theron listened quietly to his agent's preaching, and couldn't help but think of reading about Eric in some gossip magazines. Williams & Nicole. Kidman's scandal.

She's a precocious girl, and the words about acting as her long-held dream at the audition are just clichés that everyone would say. Ninety-nine percent of handsome men and women who want to enter Hollywood are nothing more than to become big stars, get millions of dollars for a movie, and live a rich life that ordinary people yearn for.

After chatting with the agent for a while, Charlize . Theron returned to the motel in West Hollywood with mixed feelings.

……

After the audition was completed in the afternoon, Eric and Elizabeth went back to her and Julia's villa in Beverly Hills, and in the evening Drew also pulled Tina. Fei came over to eat together.

Because of Eric's arrival, Elizabeth dismissed the servants in the villa, and at dinner everyone gathered around the square table in the dining room. Eric had thought that no one had remembered the afternoon episode, but when all the meals were served and everyone was about to move, Elizabeth asked anyway.

"Eric, interview with Charlize in the afternoon. Why do you suddenly laugh when Theron is a girl? ”

As soon as Elizabeth spoke, Drew followed suit and looked at Eric with a strange expression: "yes, it's weird, I thought you would be silent all the time, but speaking of which, that girl is really beautiful." ”

Several women here have formed a very strange equilibrium because of their different thoughts about Eric, and there is no jealousy of the scene, but this does not mean that they will calmly face other women into Eric's life.

Even Julia, who held the little girl tightly in her arms as a 'talisman' as soon as Eric arrived at the villa, also showed a curious expression after hearing Elizabeth and Drew's words.

Eric shrugged his shoulders with a frank face, "There's nothing strange about that. I just thought the girl's performance was funny. ”

But. Obviously, Eric's personal credit rating has reached the negative level in the hearts of several women. Hearing him say this, Elizabeth dragged her voice and said, "I think her performance is very good, although the final result will have to be discussed repeatedly to decide, but that girl is obviously not very suitable, and I have decided to eliminate her." ”

Eric said that it was not suitable in the first place, and was about to speak, when Drew, who was sitting on the other side, spoke: "Eric. It's not impossible if it's just for fun, just don't bring it home, it's enough. ”

Seeing the helpless expressions of the other three girls, Eric raised the spoon in his hand and knocked on the door of the girl's head: "You can speak!" ”

Xiao Nizi rubbed her head unconvinced: "Hmph, I'm obviously telling the truth." ”

While they were talking, Eric's mobile phone in the living room rang, and Tina, who was seated closest to the door. Fei was about to get up: "I'll go get it." ”

"I'll do it anyway," Eric pressed Tina. Fei, leave the restaurant and walk outside.

The call was from Kapoor, and Eric exchanged a few words with him. Kapoor tentatively asked if he was interested in a girl when he was interviewing for "Buffy" in the afternoon.

Eric was a little surprised. He was interested in why Kapoor knew about it, so he asked.

Kapoor said, "That's right, the girl's agent, Michelle. Simmons is now an agent in ICM's New York office and a former UTA employee, you may not remember her, she called in the afternoon and asked me to test you about it, and she said that the girl has good potential, Eric, if you can, maybe think about her more. ”

UTA is a brokerage company rebuilt after Eric's acquisition of Kapoor's personal agency, and later because of the federal antitrust law, Eric got rid of all the shares of UTA, and Kapoor also joined ICM with all of UTA's stars and agents, which was two years ago. And before that, Eric didn't often care about UTA's operations, and certainly didn't remember Michelle. Simmons is such a person.

However, after all, it was his original subordinate, and Eric did not hide it, and said honestly: "Kapoor, when I auditioned, I could actually see that the girl's potential was good, but she was not suitable for the role of Buffy, I think she lacked a kind of innocence that a middle school student should have, and seemed too mature, so it was more suitable for a character who was actually older than her, you can make that ...... Michelle. Simmons worked on that. ”

"Since ......" Kapoor on the other side of the phone obviously hesitated for a moment before saying, "Eric, since you also think that girl has good potential, and she hasn't left Los Angeles yet, are you interested in taking the time to meet her?" ”

Eric raised his eyebrows in surprise, Kapoor had always been very helpless about his affairs with several women, but he didn't expect this time to suddenly say such a 'matchmaking' statement: "Kapoor, you won't drink too much, haven't you always been against me...... Well, is that the case? ”

"Of course not," Kapoor on the other side hurriedly said, "I'm just asking on behalf of someone, if you're not interested, forget it, I'll tell her the truth." ”

After saying this, Kapoor said goodbye and was about to hang up the phone, but Eric didn't want to let him go, and smiled: "Don't hang up, Kapoor, what the hell is going on, if you don't explain it clearly, I'll have to inquire myself?" ”

"Well, it's nothing, it's just that I owe Michelle a favor in the first place."

"That's it?" Eric was still a little confused.

Kapoor said, "That's it, Eric. ”

Eric thought about it and felt that it was wrong: "If you just owe the other party a favor, with the resources in your hands, you can give that girl a good chance, even if it is the protagonist of one or two movies, right?" ”

ICM is one of the three major Hollywood agencies alongside CAA and WMA, and after joining ICM with all the resources of UTA, Kapoor has also become one of the senior partners who own a part of ICM's equity, and with the resources in his hands, it should be easy to repay the other party.

Capper realized that Eric would not give up if he didn't ask clearly this time, so he had to say, "Eric, Michelle is a very ambitious woman. ”

"Does it have anything to do with this?" Eric asked.

Kapoor on the other side snorted and continued: "Michelle's main business is in New York now, but as you know, New York is the headquarters of many TV networks, and ICM's business there is generally TV dramas or commercials. In fact, even if I didn't participate at all, Michelle could use her connections to win some roles for that girl. It's just that she shouldn't be willing to keep her current state, she wants to develop in the direction of a movie star agent. ”

Eric wondered, "In that case, you can still easily help her, right?" ”

Kapoor's tone was a little helpless: "Eric, don't you understand, to put it bluntly, Michelle hopes to be a pie. Kingsley's kind of gold agent with A-list superstars, but this is not something that can be done by just one or two movies, it takes a lot of luck, after all, only those movies that sell at the box office can give birth to superstars, and in all of Hollywood, at least in recent years, this kind of 'opportunity' is obviously in your hands the most. ”

Eric thought for a moment and laughed, "If that seems to be the case, then haven't I become the object of many people's attention?" ”

Kapoor said opposite: "Of course, in Hollywood now, as long as it is a project that involves you, even if it is a few twists and turns, it will become the focus of several major agencies." In fact, Miss Barrymore and the others are working on "Buffy", I also know, if you pay attention, you will find that the actresses you audition for today should almost all come from the three major agencies, and those second- and third-tier small agencies can only grab a few audition places. ”

Eric was a little surprised, he really didn't pay attention to this, but when you think about it, it should be the case. Not to mention the agency, take the future broadcast schedule of "Buffy" as an example, he heard Elizabeth mention that Fox has booked the full first season of "Buffy", and it will be broadcast in prime time every Monday starting in mid-September this year. This is hard to imagine for many TV series that are only in the script stage. (To be continued......)