Marshall walked into the office discussing things with another man, and they were discussing it quite violently, and Theorod could hear words like "budget," "movie," and "signature star" through the office door. When he pushed open the door with his head down with a report, and impatiently said "Don't think about this for a while" to the guy chasing him behind him, his afterglow showed him Theorod sitting on the sofa with his legs crossed.

He probably didn't expect to see him here, so he froze where he was.

The assistant secretary's voice came belatedly: "Mr. Upton, Mr. Lecht has something to look for you. ”

“…… Yes, I've seen him. Marshall closed the clip in his hand, turned to the secretary who appeared behind him, and lowered his voice and whispered, "Why didn't you notify me in advance?"

"He's here when you're in a meeting, and you said before that you shouldn't bother you when you're in a meeting. The secretary also replied quietly.

Marshall waved his hand helplessly and said in a normal volume, "Okay, Richard, we'll talk about that question later, now give me a little time." ”

And the man who had been arguing with Marshall glanced at Theolod and gave Marshall a look: "You know, Marshall, you can't go on like this forever, right?"

Marshall didn't say anything, he closed the door, a little tired and relieved, pulled his tie, and looked at Theolod: "Hey, old man, why don't you sunbathe and enjoy the rare leisure time in the spring on Santa Monica Beach, and run to my air-conditioned office building all year round? Is there something you want to squeak me in advance?"

Theorod looked at Marshall's short beard, which looked prickly, and with the look on his face at the moment, he looked as if he had been exhausted from a morning of meetings. Theolod had been looking at this face for decades, and if he had to say what he had gained from it other than an unfortunate unrequited love, it would be understanding.

He could easily tell what the look on the face of this "old friend" represented, and whether he was lying.

Theolod leaned back, he saw himself in the magazine in his hand, the endorsement advertisement for the OMEGA watch, and the next second he turned the page: "Didn't you say let me come to you?"

"When?" Marshall didn't remember for a moment.

"Not so long ago, maybe two weeks ago, you told me that I didn't have any movies that interested me except for some campus soap operas, and that if I didn't mind, I could find time to watch them, so I came over, and I was idle anyway. But, sorry, I forgot to call to make an appointment. ”

Marshall's eyes widened slightly, and it took him a few seconds before he made a look of sudden realization, and his tone was full of surprise: "What did you say? I just said it casually that day, and I thought you wouldn't ...... God, I heard you right, Theolod Recht told me he didn't care about the quality of the film?"

Theolod had a hint of caution on his face, he closed the magazine and looked into Marshall's eyes: "I've been thinking about it seriously these days, in fact, you're right, Marshall, it's impossible to have excellent works every year, and it's impossible to have excellent works that interest me every year, sometimes I can run into two films a year - like last year - sometimes I may not be able to touch one for several years, am I going to stop acting and making films for several years? So I want to come and see those campus comedies that you say I would disdain." ”

“…… I remember who once said that if there was no good movie he liked, he would rather not make a film for a few years than play a role he didn't like or was not interested in?"

"In the past, didn't you always think I was naïve and willful? Now that I'm older and more experienced, I'm naturally more mature, and I look at problems differently. If I don't make a film for a few years, the public will soon forget about my existence, and when a script that interests me appears in a few years, people may not be willing to ask me to shoot. ”

Theolod said very reasonably, his serious appearance made Marshall completely speechless, he hugged his arms, a little hesitation flashed on his face, he was silent for a moment, wandered a few steps in the office, and suddenly patted his head: "Okay, my fault, I'm sorry, Theo, please forgive me, because I don't think you will be interested in those campus soap operas, so, I help you refuse." In this way, next time, next time if there is a script sent over, no matter what it is, I will definitely sue you immediately, deal?"

He saw Theolod looking at him silently, maybe it was the other party's indifferent expression that made him unable to figure out his feelings for a while, and he immediately added: "By the way, you came just in time today, OMEGA contacted me before and said that they wanted to ask you to shoot a short film commercial for a sports watch, the kind within two minutes." You signed an endorsement agreement with the other party, and the ad had to be filmed. The time is tentatively scheduled for the end of March and the beginning of April, and it is said to be related to surfing, why don't you go to practice first?"

Theolod still didn't speak, he looked at Marshall quietly, until Marshall couldn't help twitching when he was staring at him with a smile, then he sighed helplessly and tiredly, raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows: "Natel sues you?"

"Uh, what?" Marshall didn't react for a moment, but Theolod didn't go on. After a few seconds, Marshall realized what Theorod meant, and his smile stiffened.

He waved his hand awkwardly, and several times wanted to change the subject or continue to play stupid, but in the face of Theorod's perhaps reproachful gaze, he suddenly felt a lot of pressure, and finally, Marshall rubbed his face with his hand, nodded silently, and asked cautiously, "How do you know?

Theolod shook his head, "Who else could this kid be?" Herman couldn't have said without my consent. ”

“…… Theo, to be honest, I was very surprised when he asked me not to give you any scripts anytime soon, I thought he was joking, and turned him down several times until he sued me...... I don't know why I wasn't surprised at all at that time, I thought about it, probably because of the way you acted......" Marshall looked at Theolod's face and considered, he saw that his expression was not annoyed but helpless, somehow he suddenly thought that he wanted the other party to lose his temper rather than such a calm and clear reaction, after all, he was the age of young and frivolous, not a guy who was close to middle age.

So, he admonished: "You have to understand that he just meant well, after all, depression is too dangerous for experiential actors, as your agent, even if you don't want to sue Maggie, you should sue me, it's my job to be responsible for you, and I actually indulged you before to take on so many roles that are too dangerous for you, which makes me regret it very much, so before confirming that your condition is stable, I won't-"

"I'm much better now. ”

"No, you don't. "If nothing else, just from your eagerness and impatience to perform, I know that you definitely don't have it now, at least not 'much better', I'm nineteen years older than you, and I know what you're thinking." ”

Theolod laughed when he heard this: "What was I thinking?"

"Don't be sloppy, your acting skills are really good, but do you think you can fool me?"

"Oh, what was the time I sued you that my name was Wilbur?"

"Shut up, you stinky boy. Marshall laughed too, "That's because I'm drunk." ”

"Okay, okay, my agent, because you learned from my assistant husband that your artist's mental condition is not very good, so you secretly rejected all the scripts from your artist, and then told your artist that there was no good script during the trough of filming recently, do you think this is good for me?

“…… What the, I'll talk to you, yes, but can you listen to your stubborn temper?"

"So you're going to keep it a secret until even your employees start complaining to you that you have to use your signature star to generate revenue instead of serving him?"

"That's not something you should worry about. ”

Theolod sighed, his clear voice with a hint of slow patience: "That's why I said you should discuss with me, Marshall, you have a company behind you, and you shouldn't ignore this big family in order to take care of me." I don't like the simple employment relationship between agents and artists, I think they need a kind of trust and tacit understanding that can communicate with each other in addition to a contract, which is one of the reasons why I didn't kick you away after becoming famous. We've known each other for four years, Marshall, and do you need more to say about something? Do you think I'm the kind of kid who starts spilling around without getting the script you want?"

Although Marshall has long been accustomed to Theorod's excessive precociousness, he is still a little uncomfortable with the other party's calm and rational attitude at this moment, an indescribable sense of disobedience and awkwardness once again made Marshall speechless, and this is not the first time he thinks that he is facing a respectable elder, and at the end, he slowly said: "I'm sorry." ”

Wait, it seems that something is wrong, it should be that he blamed and admonished Theolod, and asked him to apologize for hiding his illness from his agent, why are the two roles suddenly reversed now?

Marshall was struggling when Theorod's cell phone ringtone suddenly interrupted his train of thought. Theolod looked down at his phone, was silent for a moment, and then looked up at Marshall, whose eyes gave Marshall a sudden sense of foreboding.

Sure enough,

"It's guy calling. ”

Cover?

"Guy Ritchie. ”

“…… No!" Marshall knew with his toes what the other party had suddenly called Theolod, the director was indeed a genius, Marshall couldn't deny that his CULT debut/debut film "Two Smoking Guns" was simply fantastic, and that's why he reacted this way - Theorod must not touch too complex characters and movies at the moment, especially cult films!

"You think Maggie...... Well, think about your old friend Natle, and you know he's more than willing to beat you...... There will be many opportunities to cooperate with Gai in the future, so I am not in a hurry. ”

Marshall almost thought that his persuasion was useless, but he was relieved that Theolod and Gay had complained to each other that he could not squeeze out the schedule when his new film was filmed. At this moment, Marshall is extremely glad that Maggie's status in Theolod's mind is unparalleled, and he has a friend who can be listed as a dangerous person in the entertainment industry.

"Now we have to find a way to confirm my 'can't star in a new film because the schedule is too full'. You see, Marshall, we're all adults and have a lot to negotiate. If you, Nattle and Herman both think I can't film at the moment, yes, then maybe we can do it another way......"

Theorod left Marshall's office contented, and Marshall, who had been leaning on his desk and thinking for a long time with his arms folded, suddenly realized that he had been led into a ditch by Theorod.

Two days later, Theorod received a call from Marshall, unsurprisingly.

Well, as you wish, you've got a new job -- if you really don't care if it's just a voice job, you can go meet them the next Monday -- and don't forget the commercial, I didn't lie to you, it's scheduled for March 29th. ’