After Ben got a satisfactory answer, the mood calmed down a little, but even so, thinking of Lance's arrogant expression, I still felt in a bad mood, as if I had stepped on the ****, even if I cleaned up the dirt, but I was still uncomfortable, and I couldn't wait to throw the whole pair of shoes directly.

So, Ben decided to go to Las Vegas for a vacation, enjoy the comfort of good wine, and simple comfort, and sweep away all those bad luck. I believe that when he returns, Lance will know how wrong he is and who he has provoked.

After sending Ben away, Mark didn't start acting immediately, but sat in his seat, sorted out the ins and outs of the matter, and tried to look at the whole thing from a calm and objective perspective. But for Lance's such a strong and domineering move, he still can't think of a reason, is Lance really crazy? Or did the success of two consecutive productions make him swell to the point that he thinks he occupies the highest peak in Hollywood?

If that's the case, Mark wouldn't mind giving Lance a shock education - this is Hollywood, nothing lasts forever, and no one can act recklessly, let alone run amok to the ground. Not even Steven Spielberg, James Cameron.

Seeing those arrogant newcomers fall from the clouds to the dust can give one a sense of God's mission to "control the fate of others", and that happiness is irreplaceable. Mark is already jumping on the bandwagon.

After clearing his mind, Mark pressed the inside line and sought out Terrance Cox, intending to discuss the matter internally, and if necessary, they would also need to seek the advice of the company's senior partners. After all. This time the events are not so simple, not to say the bundle cooperation of Sin City, but to the partnership with Chaos Pictures.

The phone rang for a while, but no one answered, presumably the first assistant was busy, and Mark was about to transfer to Terrance's second assistant. There was a knock on the office door, and then the door was pushed open, and his assistant stood in the doorway, his head poking out, "Mark, Terrance wants you to go upstairs." ”

Mark couldn't help but be stunned, "Did he say anything?" The assistant shook his head, and Mark spun his head around, but he didn't have a clue. Then he stood up, "I happened to be looking for something with him." Mark then left the office and headed for the elevator.

The innovative artist agency owns an entire office building, demonstrating their ambition as one of the top five agencies. The arrangement of the company's office is also very particular, the office of the junior broker is on the lower floor, and a group of partners share a common space, sitting in the office cubicle and fighting; With the rise of position, ability, and weight, the office slowly rises. Have your own private office or even have your own office floor...... The hierarchy of the entire company is clearly presented. It motivates brokers to keep working their way up.

Mark's office is on the twentieth floor, and Terrance was on the same floor not long ago, but with the acquisition of Woody Allen's brokerage contract, he has risen to the twenty-third floor. With only four offices on the entire floor, it is a fresh potential stock for senior brokers, and further up will become a senior partner of the firm.

The twenty-three floors are in addition to four offices. There are also two meeting rooms, which are not unfamiliar to Mark, and many high-level meetings take place here.

Once on the twenty-third floor, Mark walked towards Terrance's brand new office, only to see Terrance's second assistant approaching from a distance. "Mr. Cox is in Conference Room 1." Mark couldn't help but be stunned, but didn't think much about it, turned around and walked towards the conference room in the back.

Opening the door of the conference room and walking in, Mark's footsteps paused slightly, "What's going on?" Am I in the wrong meeting room? Mark looked back at the door and saw "Room 1," then looked into the room again - there were at least ten people in the room, all of them familiar faces, including Terrance, four senior agents, and even a senior partner, Roland Perkins.

Roland is a top executive at Innovative Artists Agency, one of the top five people in the firm. Due to the special operation method of innovative artist agencies, they often have business dealings, but Mark also knows that the artists who can make Roland out of the horse are either top superstars or newcomers who are favored by the whole company, and the weight is still different after all.

Mark was completely confused and didn't understand what was going on.

Terrance beckoned, "Mark, it's up to you." Motioning for Mark to sit down, Mark originally wanted to talk about Ben's affairs, but now looking at this battle, it is estimated that there are more strict things, so he also temporarily suppressed the thoughts in his mind, found a seat, and joined the ranks of the meeting.

Terrance looked at Roland who was sitting next to him, Roland glanced at Mark meaninglessly, which made Mark a little inexplicably uneasy, and then Terrance got Roland's signal, and then said, "Mark, we are now holding an impromptu meeting, specifically for Ben Affleck's business. ”

Mark had a moment of surprise in his mind, but he didn't think much of it, and said, "I was about to tell you about it, too." Mark glanced around at the other people in the conference room, and saw that everyone had no intention of interjecting, and he said with some uncertainty, "Just now Ben and I went to Chaos Pictures, and Lancelot simply had no one in his eyes, and directly tore up the contract unilaterally without notice and discussion. This time Ben didn't reveal anything in front of the media, but Lancelot was unreasonable, arrogant, and even wanted to provoke the authority of our company. He said that even if he gave up the other three actors, he didn't care, and he had to fire Ben, which ...... It's really incredible. I think he's a little too inflated right now, and we have to take a stand and let him know that our company can't just take on the challenge. ”

This remark was made in one go, and it was also the result of Mark sorting out his thoughts just now. Not only for Ben, but also for himself, he must teach Lance a good lesson. As for whether Ben will continue to participate in "Sin City", they can think about it in the long run.

Mark is confident that Terrance would definitely approve of his idea.

But after a closer look, Mark found that Terrance's expression was a little obscure. It's not anger, it's not surprise, it's a kind of inexplicable entanglement, what's going on? Isn't Terrance displeasing to Lance in every way? Didn't Terrance eat deflated at Lance's hands? Didn't Terrance completely disagree with Lance because of the "borrowing a knife to kill someone"?

"Mark, I think, Lancelot didn't do anything wrong this time." Terrance's expression was still very strange. It seems to be amazement, it seems to be mockery, it seems to be helpless, but it doesn't seem to be at all.

"What!" Mark was completely stunned, his eyes widened and he didn't know how to react for a while, "What did you say?" Do you know what the hell he did? Not only did he ignore Ben's dignity, but we didn't even pay attention to it...... "Mark just felt that the earth seemed to be reversed, why did it feel like the whole thing was going so weirdly?"

But before Mark could finish his words, Roland's voice came. "As a producer, Lancelot's approach is strong, but it's right." This caused the rest of Mark's words to dissipate in his chest, and his brain completely stopped working for a while, looking at Roland in a daze, completely overwhelmed.

Terrance scratched his bald head with a nerve-wracking look on his face, and then he pushed the stack of A4 papers out in front of him. Motioned to the people next to him to hand it out to everyone in the room, and then spoke. Lance made a special call to the company and issued a formal protest against Ben's actions. In the past, when the contract was signed, it included a non-disclosure agreement, but Ben leaked information to the media without permission, which is unforgivable. ”

Mark has run out of words. A non-disclosure agreement in the contract. It's a standard clause in almost every contract, but almost everyone in Hollywood knows that unless it's a production like Star Wars, where innovations and scripts need to be kept strictly secret, no one takes it seriously. Like Ben. Just in an interview, he said that he was about to star and was looking forward to it, and no one would pursue the so-called "breach of contract" at all.

But now......

Lance expressed dissatisfaction with the company's artist management. Terrance said this very tactfully, but you can feel it, Lance's words are definitely not so gentle, but the problem is that Terrance and Roland actually swallowed their anger! It's not normal, it's so abnormal. Immediately afterward, Terrance changed the subject, "Lance sternly stated that he would fire Ben, which was a decision with no room for manoeuvre, not only because Ben challenged the authority of the producer, but also because he violated the terms of the contract, and then Lance had to rewrite the script and related characters." ”

That's! It's all! Mark didn't believe it, and Terrance didn't know that Lance's words were all a bluff! He didn't believe it!

"So," Terrance tapped to the paper on the table, "Lance has resubmitted a shortlist of actors, and that's the list to replace Ben for the role of Dwight, there are four names in total, and we're going to talk about who would be the right fit, or if we're going to send all four of them over for auditions." Also, how should we deal with the media PR problem in the future? ”

Mark only felt that the muscles all over his body tightened, this is the reason, this is the real reason!

The exchange of interests, for any large company, there is no absolute right or wrong, only absolute interests. To put it simply, if Lance fires Ben without making a corresponding division of interests, then the innovative artist agency will definitely not give up; However, Lance was fully prepared to fire one actor and submit a replacement, completing the exchange of benefits - hurting Ben's interests, but winning another actor's chance, and on the whole, the innovative artist agency had nothing to lose.

What's more, in this matter, it was the party that did the wrong thing, the innovative artist agency did not take care of it, and Lance had no intention of dwelling on it. Therefore, it only takes one sacrifice and the innovative artist agency turns a blind eye, and the matter can be solved perfectly.

Lance gave Innovative Artists a deal that he couldn't refuse. Inexplicably, Mark remembered Don-Vito-Corleone from "The Godfather". (To be continued.) )

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