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Early on Monday morning, the sound of clattering high heels sounded in the hallway inside the CAA, Jessica Chastain came to a reception room, knocked lightly on the door, and there was a sound of invitation to enter, she pushed the door and walked in.

"You're looking for me?" She saw Mike, the agent sitting in the high-backed chair, "What's not to say on the phone?" ”

"Sit down, Jesse." Mike stood up and took Jessica Chastain a glass of water, "How was yesterday's audition?" ”

Jessica Chastain casually pulled out a chair and sat down, took the glass of water from Mike, said thank you, put it on the table in front of her, shook her head and said, "It didn't go very well, and I'm not sure how well the makeup would work." ”

Mike sat back in his high-backed chair and said, "I'll figure it out again for this audition." Jesse, why didn't you go all out for a Sin City role? I signed you up at the time. ”

"I'm ......," Jessica Chastain's eyes drooped, "I went to an audition and was brushed off in the first round." ”

"Why didn't you call Murphy?" When Mike thought of that movie, he felt angry in his heart, "With your relationship with Murphy, it shouldn't be a problem to win one of the female roles!" ”

"Not a problem? Mike, you're thinking too simply! Jessica Chastain's voice raised slightly, "Do you know what kind of person Murphy Stanton is?" I only worked as an assistant for him for a short time, not even a friend, and he thought that my image was not suitable, and with his utilitarian style, would it be useful to call? ”

Not to mention making phone calls, with her understanding, as long as she thinks it's not appropriate, even if she accompanies him to bed, it's useless.

What's more, she didn't want to call at all.

She watched Murphy Stanton go from a slum gangster to a director, and let a top student like Juilliard ask for a gangster who didn't know how to learn, once she could, and the second time, it was really, really hard, and it would puncture the only self-esteem she had.

"I made an appointment at noon," Jessica Chastain stood up, not wanting to dwell on the topic any longer, "If it's okay, I'll go first." ”

"Wait, Jesse!" Mike suddenly stopped her.

Jessica Chastain looked at Mike, who seemed to hesitate.

After a while, Mike asked, "Jesse, you worked as Murphy's assistant, and you know that he used to live in a slum, why does a poor boy in the slum suddenly have so much money to make a movie?" How lucrative would the sale of news rights to television stations and the Los Angeles Police Department be so lucrative? ”

Hearing this, Jessica Chastain immediately felt that something was not quite right, and she was a little vigilant, but she was an actor after all, and her face under the red bangs did not change at all, and said casually, "What's going on, I'm going to ask the Los Angeles County Police Department and his friend Carla Fez, I only served as his assistant for a short time, how can I know these things?" ”

Mike frowned slightly, if he could get information from other sources, he wouldn't be looking for Jessica Chastain.

Some time ago, he carefully studied the history of Murphy Stanton, and found that there are many very suspicious places, these are like mysteries, and he can't always find the real answer, such as the Los Angeles County Police Department, which can find out that Murphy Stanton has received a large bounty, but the specific police department refuses to disclose.

If you can find the answer, you may be able to use it as a tool in your favor, maybe......

Mike's eyes narrowed, maybe he could have a big-name director client under his staff.

"I'm gone, goodbye."

Turning around, Jessica Chastain walked towards the door, and on her just calm face, she couldn't help but show some doubt.

After Jessica Chastain left, Mike sat and thought for a while, and then walked out of the lounge and down the long hallway to his office, which, like all the agents on this floor, did not have a separate office, but shared a room with the other three agents.

Pushing open the office door, Mike walked in and sat down behind his desk, wanting to continue thinking about what had just happened, but the other three colleagues were talking about it, and he couldn't feel at ease at all.

"Bill Rothes has succeeded again this time."

"yes, Murphy Stanton is on his way to becoming a second-tier director."

"If I want to have such a customer, I will definitely hold it in my hand like a treasure."

"Hey, if Murphy Stanton's next film is a big hit, getting $200 million or more at the North American box office, and becoming an A-list director, will Bill Rothes be invited by the company's board of directors to become one of the partners?"

As soon as these words came out, several others fell into a brief silence, and the partner would mean becoming one of the top people in the company, which is also the goal of these small brokers.

"We're going to get along with Bill in the future," someone suggested, "and we could cram our clients into Murphy Stanton's new crew, maybe like Jessica Alba, and become popular one day." ”

The other two nodded in agreement, "It's enough to participate in a film like "Sin City", such a first-week box office is enough to attract a lot of media attention." ”

"Mike, you have such a good relationship with Bill," one of them turned to Mike, "and we'll help you say a few words later." ”

"No problem." Mike struggled to put on a smiley face.

While colleagues were still discussing Murphy Stanton, Bill Rothes, and Sin City, Mike couldn't do anything and was so affected that he sat for another ten minutes and simply got up and walked out of the office.

Walking into the elevator room, there was an elevator coming down from above, Mike took a few steps, entered the elevator, and found that the person standing inside was none other than Bill Rossis.

"Going out?" Mike asked naturally.

"yes." Bill Rothes nodded, "Sin City won last weekend's box office, and Vanity Fair has also made a decision to interview Murphy and James Franco separately in the afternoon, and I have to rush over to determine the problem with them in advance." ”

Mike smiled and said, "Then I want to congratulate, I can be interviewed by "Vanity Fair", and Murphy will be even more famous later." ”

Bill Rothes was clearly in a great mood and laughed heartily.

Out of the Death Star Building, the two waved goodbye, Mike decided to go to the café opposite to sit quietly for a while, as he passed, passing by a newsstand, just caught a glimpse of the "Premiere" magazine hanging outside the newsstand, thinking of Bill Rosith's words, he bought a copy, stuffed it in his briefcase, and entered the café.

Finding a quiet seat and ordering coffee, Mike pulls out Premiere magazine with a close-up poster of Sin City on the cover.

The blood-red headline on the black and white cover is unusually eye-catching - "Sin City" bloodbathed the box office!

Flipping through the cover, Mike soon saw the latest box office news.

"Sin City, the new film directed by Murphy Stanton, the very personal young director who made "Saw Horror" and "Planet Terror" with a small big miracle, is coming in full swing this week. The film was released simultaneously in 2,850 theaters in North America, with an R-rated film from a bad background - which meant that countless teenage audiences would be shut out of the screening room, earning more than $36.8 million in its opening weekend, topping the North American box office charts, and Murphy Stanton, who has been dubbed a crazy director by some in the media, has also successfully fulfilled his previous promise to Miramax in terms of revenue. ”

"Sin City" is based on the comic book of the same name by Frank Miller, and Murphy Stanton chooses 3 of the 7 short stories to form the backbone of the film's story. Unlike Warner's "Batman" series and Twentieth Century Fox's "X-Men" series, "Sin City" does not have the vulgar superheroes of most comic book adaptations, and the dark, bloody, violent and anti-hero qualities brought by Murphy Stanton make it more like a cop movie and gangster movie. ”

"Director Murphy Stanton himself is a loyal reader of the Sin City comics. In line with the policy of absolute restoration of the original book and faithful reproduction of the story, Murphy invited the original author, the perverse cartoonist Frank? Miller's entry into the director's team can be described as a tiger with wings. ”

"It is understood that Murphy Stanton is not only the screenwriter and director, but also personally led the post-production and final editing of the film, and the film is also based on the comics, integrating his distinctive personality, just like Murphy Stanton's first three films, "Sin City" regardless of the material, narrative, story, and image, are labeled with a distinct 'produced by Murphy Stanton', which can be glimpsed from the media's fuss, helplessness, and mixed reviews."

"Chicago Sun-Times' gold medal film critic Roger? Albert didn't hesitate to give the film two thumbs up, believing that the black-and-white film, shot entirely in front of a green screen, was epoch-making; And another big name in the film critic world, William? Arnold declared Sin City downright rubbish with an F grade. Although this polarized and mixed reputation often stimulates the audience's curiosity, increases the novelty and topicality of the film, and is not unhelpful to the box office results, the R-rated rating and relatively narrow audience style doom "Sin City" to break through $100 million at the North American box office. ”

"Also, at No. 2 at the box office is the ill-fated "Sniper Phone Booth," which was released by Twentieth Century Fox and earned $10.27 million last weekend ......

Seeing this, Mike closed the magazine and turned his eyes to the Death Star Mansion outside the window, he also wanted to go one level higher, and he also wanted to have his own independent office.

He took out his mobile phone, made a few calls, and finally dialed a number, and when he picked it up, he put a smile on his face, "Hi Murphy, it's me, Mike." Ah, it's okay, I just wanted to say congratulations, you did a great job. ”

On the other side, Murphy sat in the studio rented by Vanity Fair, smiled and said, "Thank you." ”

After a few casual polite words, Murphy hung up the phone, and not long after hanging up, Grace walked in with Bill Rothes and explained to him some things to pay attention to during the interview. (To be continued.) )