Chapter 343: Dog Eats Dog
Because it was work time, there were not many customers in the quiet cafΓ©, only melodious piano music wafted back and forth, and in a booth near the window, Mike looked at the Jewish man across from him with hope. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ ο½ο½ο½ο½
"Martin, I've done what you say!" Mike looked a little excited, "Now is the time for you to make good on your promise, you promised me that you would introduce me to William Morris and give me at least two second-tier actors as co-management clients." β
On the other side, Martin Miller was holding a cup of coffee, sipping it unhurriedly, looking like he was enjoying it, and it seemed that he didn't hear Mike at all.
Mike curled his fingers, tapped lightly on the table, and said again, "I don't have a contract with CAA now, and I can join William Morris smoothly." β
"No contract?" Martin Miller put down his coffee cup, "To be exact, you were terminated by CAA, right?" β
"Yes." Mike didn't deny it, but added, "I was terminated by CAA to help you." β
"No, no, that's not true at all......" Raising his right index finger, Martin Miller kept shaking, "Please understand that everything you do is for yourself." β
What are you kidding, he just wanted to dig up Murphy Stanton, but he didn't do too specific things, those small actions behind the scenes, and finding a private detective, were all his ideas, and they had little to do with him.
Martin Miller wants to get straight out of himself.
Through the events of Natalie Portman, he has seen one thing, Murphy Stanton is not easy to deal with at all, if you only treat him as a simple director, the unlucky ones in the end are often those who want to do something.
Such a person is not sure of victory, so it is better not to provoke casually.
Through a lot of events, Martin Miller has seen it clearly enough.
The excitement on Mike's face faded little by little, "That...... What about our ...... What about conventions? β
"Agreed?" Martin Miller's face was full of doubts, "Did we have an agreement?" β
"You ......," McHue stood up, "you said you would introduce me to William Morris." β
"Oh, that's right." Picking up the coffee and taking a sip slowly, Martin Miller said lightly, "I will call someone from the company's HR department, and you can go to the interview at any time." β
As he spoke, he also took out his mobile phone, as if he was really ready to make a call.
"And then?" Mike wasn't stupid either, and gradually saw that things weren't what he imagined, "What position will I get?" β
"I said I would introduce you to William Morris." Martin Miller made a more confused expression, "I'm going to call HR right away, what else do you want?" β
Mike stared at Martin Miller, "What about the resources you promised me?" β
Martin Miller doesn't seem to know anything, "What resource?" How I don't remember. β
He shook his head, "People can't be too greedy, any good entertainment agent, including me, starts in the mailroom." β
Having said that, if Mike still doesn't understand that the other party has no intention of helping him at all, all these years will really be in vain.
"You mean bastard!" He pointed a finger almost at the door of the other's head.
"Don't be naΓ―ve, what are entertainment agents?" Martin Miller didn't mind saying at all, "Don't you know? β
Super thick skin is just a ticket to the entertainment brokerage industry.
Standing in the booth, Mike was furious, especially after suffering such humiliation in CAA just now, and his last hope was so dashed, the blood all over his body almost rushed to his head, and his white face was flushed, and it seemed that blood could ooze at any time.
Once upon a time, Mike was still ambitious to become the top agent in the circle, like Michael Ovitz before him, and he once thought he had the ability to do so, so he wanted to do everything to climb the ladder.
But Martin Miller's words basically mean that the last hope is dashed, even if there are small entertainment agencies that will accept him, there are not enough clients in hand, almost to start from scratch, how long will it take to return to the previous position in the CAA?
Although he is only one of the many ordinary agents in CAA, he has also participated in mega projects such as "Heavenly Dynasty......
Regret, anger, unwillingness, jealousy...... All of a sudden, all the negativity came over Mike's mind.
"You're a fucking kosher!" When people are controlled by negative emotions, they tend to lose their minds, and Mike finally broke out, "You Jews are raised by cousins!" Why didn't you die clean in the first place? You are the source of Hollywood chaos and deception, and you all deserve to go to hell to meet Satan. β
Like all Jews in this circle, Martin Miller stood up directly at Mike's words, but he didn't have time to do anything, and before he could speak, a cup of fragrant coffee was poured on his face.
The taste of this coffee washing face was not pleasant, although the temperature was not high, some droplets splashed into the eyes, Martin Miller immediately covered his face, and it took a long time to open his eyes, and the Mike on the other side had disappeared without a trace.
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Martin Miller burst out with a foul mouth and shouted, "Waiter! Waiter! β
Soon, a waiter brought a towel, and after a simple wipe by Martin Miller, he immediately took out his mobile phone and dialed the police station.
How could this matter be just settled?
After leaving the CAA, Murphy quickly forgot about Mike, and it wasn't until three days later that he heard from Bill Rothes that Mike had been summoned by the Los Angeles police on suspicion of intentional injury and seemed to be in some trouble.
"You shouldn't be a stranger to the victims."
Turning the swivel chair back and forth, Robert Downey Jr. had a great time, and said to Murphy, "It's also your acquaintance." β
Murphy had been drawing the opening artwork of A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones, without looking up, asking, "I know a lot of people in Hollywood, who the hell is that?" β
"Martin Miller from William Morris, that guy who once wanted to dig you." Picking up a carbon pencil, Robert Downey Jr. looked at it, put it back on the pen holder, and continued, "A typical dog-eat-dog. β
"Bite it......" Murphy said as he took off a drawing board and put a new one away, drawing the Stark family crest on it, "Bite the hell, Hollywood has been lacking explosive news lately." β
Robert Downey Jr. took the previous sketch, looked at it and said, "Isn't it big news that Hollywood's most promising young director doesn't make a movie with high artistic content, but instead shoots and produces a TV series based on a fantasy novel?" β
He looked up, looked at Murphy, and asked, "Are you really going to shoot a TV series?" β
"What's this?" Murphy shrugged absently, "I'm not the only film director who went to shoot the TV series, and I only made a cameo, the first season was broadcast well, and if I can continue to produce the second season, I will definitely have to change the director." β
There will be many seasons of a TV series after it is filmed, and it is impossible for him to expend too much energy on it.
"Don't you think it......" Robert Downey Jr. gestured several meaningless gestures in a row, "does that detract from a film director's style?" β
"No!" Murphy confirms, "Maybe I'll win more supporters for this TV series." β
He asked again, "How's your audition going?" β
Robert Downey Jr. shook his head, "They just have intentions now, the project is still far from starting, and it depends on the future." β
"Call Gale next week." He volunteered, "Let's go out to sea together and go shark fishing." β
Murphy thought for a moment, "I don't have time, I'm going to be in the Gone Girl CD release campaign next week, and I can't miss two stops in Los Angeles." β
Over time, the global attendance and number of screenings of "Gone Girl" have decreased significantly, and after the global box office increased to $465.2 million, the growth rate has become extremely slow, and due to the theme and concept of the film, many countries and regions have not introduced it.
In any case, films with this theme are sensitive themes in many countries, and it is basically impossible to release them publicly.
Murphy and Twentieth Century Fox are well aware that "Gone Girl" is powerless to hit the global $500 million box office mark, especially in North America, except for a few theaters in major cities, which are still screened in theaters, in most mainstream commercial theaters, it has basically been down.
In the new century, the window period for Hollywood movies is getting shorter and shorter, and most movies will release DVDs immediately after a short theatrical journey, just like before, and now we are in the golden age of DVD discs.
The best way to sell CDs is to include filming highlights and so-called director's cuts on the disc to attract fans' attention with fresh content.
The Gone Girl disc is no exception, available in $19.9 and $29.9 for both regular and deluxe packs, with fresh footage, especially on DVD, which is more than 3 hours long.
Only by doing this can the audience who has just watched the film pay out of their pockets.
This is the most commonly used method on Hollywood sets, and it is also a very effective one.
In its first week of release, the DVD sold quite well, and although it couldn't compare with movies like "Deadpool" or "Spider-Man", it also earned more than $45 million, and nearly $20 million in the following week, and it is not an exaggeration to describe the market performance of this film as a big sale.
At the same time, Murphy has also completed a lot of work on the script revision, drawing boards, and camera splits for A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones, and is ready to officially launch the series with Twentieth Century Fox. (To be continued.) )