Chapter 32: A New Neighbor
The two bosses glanced at each other, both of them were a little unnatural, Li Wei had not officially signed a contract, and the contradiction broke out first, which was not conducive to the cooperation between the two parties. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
What they want to do is not a one-shot deal, they all want to manage their relationship with Li Wei for a long time, especially Bob. Shay, this time in order to get the right to invest, he was forced to use coercion, he knew that Li Wei had a problem in his heart, in order to restore the friendship between the two sides, he rarely put his heart in his heart, and said to Li Wei:
"Will, not letting you participate in casting, definitely not doubting your ability, the total investment of "Hurricane Rescue" is only 15 million, your remuneration as a director, starring and screenwriter plus a piece of five million, the remaining 10 million is the cost of making the movie, we have to ensure that this money can complete the filming of the movie, so we have to try to save costs, assigning producers is just to look at the budget, and casting is an important part of controlling the budget!"
Oh, that's the purpose.
Li Wei immediately said: "Miss Julie is a newcomer, it doesn't cost much!" ”
Bob. Shay spread his hands, "We will send her an invitation to audition, but whether she can be qualified for the heroine depends on the final selection result!" ”
He finished looking at Joe. Russ asked, "Joe, you are more familiar with Mr. Voight, would you like to pay him a visit?" ”
"That's fine!" Joe. Ruth, who has held the position of general manager since the creation of Touchstone, is nearly sixty years old, has been in Hollywood for decades, and has a very wide range of connections, he smiled and said: "Will, I promise to send the invitation to Miss Julie's house, besides, you are the indispensable core of this movie, all your opinions will be respected by us, this is our attitude!" ”
Li Wei felt that this old gentleman had an affinity, which could easily arouse the trust of outsiders.
After chatting for a while, Laura's voice came from the living room: "Son, our new neighbor has arrived, hurry up!" ”
Today is a private party, and business matters can be put on hold for a while, Li Wei interrupted the conversation with the investor and went to the living room to welcome the arrival of the new neighbor.
Li Wei did not know the details of the identity of the new neighbor, after all, he had only moved in for a day, and he had only sent invitations to the owners of two nearby mansions, as is customary in Americans.
When Li Wei entered the living room, he found a family of six talking to Laura, a middle-aged couple and their four children.
The head of the house, a bearded white man, came over directly after catching a glimpse of Li Wei and said enthusiastically, "Hello, Li! I'm Marty. Bauer, who has the same profession as your agent, Ms. Jacob, and my partner and I have set up a brokerage firm called 'Bauer. Benedict Agency', that's my business card! ”
Li Wei glanced at the business card and said with a smile: "Mr. Bauer, we will be neighbors in the future, thank you for coming!" ”
"It's an honor!" Marty at the moment. Ball was quite excited, he felt that he was favored by God, and that he had become a neighbor with Hollywood's most promising star, which was simply a perfect opportunity for God to give him a corner.
Since Li Wei became popular, his agent Tracy. Jacob revealed his willingness to change jobs to his peers, which really sounded a thunderclap in the flat ground, which directly blew up the Hollywood brokerage circle.
In order to compete for Li Wei, a high-quality customer, all the major brokerage companies moved when they heard the news, and they were not lively in the open and secret.
In fact, there are not many agencies that are most likely to get Li Wei, one is CAA Innovation Artist Agency, and the other is ICM International Innovation Management, and only these two agencies in Hollywood can compete with WMA.
But Li Wei himself has a relationship with CAA co-chairman Lang. Meyer had a personal vendetta, and as a result, ICM was the only candidate.
Marty. As far as he knows, Tracy is currently negotiating with ICM, and it has reached a critical moment to reach an agreement, and the signing is only in the morning, but he never imagined that Li Wei would be sent to his doorstep at this time.
"How do you poach him?" Marty. Bauer was very excited, but also a little confused, the brokerage company he created was only in the middle of the stream, and it didn't even have a big-name client, and he couldn't take the chips to lure Li Wei.
Marty. Ball and the family went out of the living room together, Li Wei personally led them to the back garden, and when they arrived at the party, Li Wei called Tracy aside and explained: "Tracy, don't you want to change jobs, my new neighbor is a good boss!" ”
Li Wei knew this Marty. Bauer's background can be called a Hollywood fierce man, and he personally established the fourth largest brokerage giant UTA United Elite Agency, which was in the second half of this year.
Tracy glanced at Marty. Bauer glanced at it with disdain, she persuaded Li Wei: "Will, he is a small miscellaneous fish, his company is not worthy of you, I am currently negotiating with ICM, I promise to find you a large company that can best protect your rights and interests!" ”
"There are many big names in big companies, they want to share the resources equally, how much can they share on my head?" Li Wei put forward his opinion, "Although my new neighbor is a little weaker, as long as I join, his company will definitely spare no effort to support me, right?" ”
Tracy nodded, "I'll talk to him later, and see what he can offer!" ”
Speaking of which, Marty. Bauer had already taken the initiative to come over and say hello to Tracy.
Li Wei consciously stepped aside and went to find Sister Lai.
Sister Lai was fiddling with the barbecue, and when she saw Li Wei coming, she immediately picked up a piece of beef and handed it to his mouth, "Dear, try it, I think my cooking skills have improved a lot!" ”
Li Wei doesn't want to eat beef at all, he feels that there are thousands of delicacies in the world, but it is not as attractive as Sister Lai's fingers, these days he and Sister Lai are like glue, they can't be separated for half a second, and they go to bed to talk about life when they have the opportunity, every time they talk about dawn from night to dawn.
Sister Lai's eyes were full of love, Li Wei couldn't live up to her, opened his mouth to bite the beef, and was about to give a thumbs up and praise a few times, but the result was, "Poof!" They all spit out.
Sister Lai is a little ashamed, is it really so unpalatable? She lowered her head and continued to study the barbecue technique.
Li Wei's eyes widened, staring directly at the beautiful girl who appeared in the living room, her face was hidden in the wavy blonde hair, but Li Wei still recognized her identity at a glance.
What a coincidence that Hollywood's biggest resentful woman is here!
Seeing this resentful woman, Li Wei will always think of a resentful confession in his mind, which is the words of the resentful woman who cried to the reporter of "Vanity Fair" magazine shortly after the divorce: "Now, am I lonely? Yes! Am I frustrated? Yes! Am I depressed? Absolutely! ”
Li Wei greeted him without thinking, trotted all the way to the living room, and greeted the resentful woman: "Hi, hello, my name is Will, welcome to my house!" ”
The resentful woman is currently in the prime of her youth, and her whole body is full of attractive fragrance, she said very politely: "Mr. Li, my father is not in good health, he can't come to be a guest, so I will do it for him!" My name is Jennifer. Aniston, you can call me Jennifer! ”
After speaking, he stretched out his right hand.
"I know! I watched your "Friends" for 138 days in a row in my previous life! Li Wei muttered in his heart, held the hand stretched out by the resentful woman, turned his head to Laura beside him and said, "Mom, there are many guests in the garden, don't you go to entertain them?" ”
Laura looked at him quietly, "Please let go of Miss Aniston's hand, son, it's rude!" ”
"Mom, I'm entertaining her......"
Laura turned around and walked towards the garden, shouting as she went, "Leni, your boyfriend wants to another girl!" ”
"Shet!" Li Wei ran wildly and ran out of the living room with a puff of smoke.
Jennifer. Aniston's face was inexplicable, and suddenly spread her hands, and she frowned: "What? ”