Brad could sense that Lance was a little distracted, but he was not surprised, after all, there was so much going on in this meeting today that Lance needed a little time to digest - not to mention, Lance had just put on a wonderful performance, and the brain and body consumed were definitely not as easy as he imagined.

Brad eased the mood with a light-hearted joke, "I can't wait to see you on the big screen right now, especially when you and Tom are playing against each other." Whew, I don't know where to put my eyes when the time comes. With that, Brad chuckled himself.

Lance came back to his senses, suppressed all the chaotic thoughts in his mind, and raised his eyes to look at Brad, "Who said I was going to act?" ”

Lance is no longer the young man who is superstitious that dreams can light up his life, his dreams and beliefs have been deeply buried. Previously, he directed "City of God" and "The Day After Tomorrow", just because the timing was right and he took advantage of the trend, which took on the responsibilities of director and producer at the same time, and if necessary, he could completely give up the idea of director and return to the position of producer, as long as he could let Chaos Pictures grow and grow, as long as he could watch Diorama Pictures fall apart.

Dream and Dream have always been the same word. So, Lance didn't hesitate or regret anything.

Brad was caught off guard, so that he didn't have time to hide his surprise for a while, and looked at Lance with a surprised face, thinking that he had heard it wrong, "What...... What the? ”

Not only did Lance not panic, but a gentle smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and explained kindly, "I didn't plan to play 'Killing with a Knife', don't you remember?" When we were talking about cooperation, I refused, officially. Brad was completely stunned, unable to make even a sound. After Lance cleared his thoughts, he led the conversation relaxed and casually, "I'm really wondering, what the hell is going on today?" Is there some misunderstanding on the part of Shirley. And made such a big battle? ”

Brad only felt that his head couldn't turn around, and countless chaotic thoughts were so stunned that he fell into a state of panic, completely unable to keep up with the pace of change in the situation.

It is undeniable that when the "Night Vampire" mode was mentioned, Brad was more in the perspective of a hype gimmick. But then the development of things gradually lost control, and the cast lineup of "borrowing a knife to kill" became the battlefield of the power struggle between Brad and Shirley, and Lance, which Brad unintentionally launched, became the key to deciding the victory.

To be honest, Brad didn't know the bottom of his mind, after all, Lance had no acting experience before - it was a risk to use a newcomer with no acting experience in any movie, not to mention, the script of "Killing with a Knife" was ambitious, and even aimed at the awards season, which required even more acting skills. And don't forget about jì. As a director, Lance "borrowed a knife to kill" is also an extremely heavy, arduous and very difficult task.

In the past time, Brad has never sued Sù Lance, in fact, because he is hesitating in his heart.

On the one hand, Brad is waiting for the situation to change to see if there will be other changes within Paramount, and at the same time, he is also trying to find an actor who is more suitable for Max to extricate himself from such a difficult situation as much as possible; On the one hand, Brad was a little hesitant, and his intuition was that it was not a bad thing for Lance to star. But he also understands that Lance is a hard bone, and there is no way to impress Lance with a simple "sincerity and sincerity", so he is secretly looking forward to the development of the shape to an urgent situation. Then he forced Lance to nod in agreement.

But I didn't expect that the development of things was completely out of the usual track. First of all, the internal situation of the company is ever-changing, and Shirley's sudden attack almost forced Brad into a corner; Then Lance was in a desperate situation, and his acting skills were beyond imagination, and his skills were astonishing, and he easily repelled the menacing Shirley. Reversed all the situation in one fell swoop; But then Lance turned down the opportunity to star, as if all the moments were just a dream.

Even as Brad was calm and calm, his speech was disrupted at this point, "So you're saying that you don't want to play the role of Max?" In the face of Brad's repeated confirmation, Lance was not inpatient, nodded again, and solemnly confirmed. Brad only felt a mouthful of old phlegm rush up, "This ......" but just said the first word, he was directly stuck, because he didn't know what to say, he didn't even understand what was happening, "If you don't want to, then why don't you just refuse according to Shirley's words?" ”

This was the first thought in Brad's mind, didn't Shirley's proposal play into Lance's hands?

Lance's expression still hasn't changed much, but those azure blue eyes have a sparkle of unwavering confidence, "I never accept 'no' as an answer. ”

"But......" Brad said just one word, but the rest of the words disappeared into his throat. He originally wanted to say, "But you've already auditioned and you've successfully convinced everyone, why don't you just take on this project", but then Brad found the answer in those eyes: he was the one who made the rules, he was the one who had the right to choose and decide, and no one could make decisions for him.

The calm and resolute gaze has no aggressive momentum, no triumphant arrogance, no empty arrogance, but it has an irrefutable, unquestionable, and unshakable firmness.

This made Brad can't help but hold back an evil fire in his heart - Lance is just a newcomer, but he has directed two works, and has never had any acting experience, in front of the giant Paramount, Chaos Pictures can only be regarded as an ant, but Lance has such a strong self-confidence.

However, Brad is not Shirley, and his current position can only be regarded as a ruler with some power, so he still restrained his loss of control, narrowed his eyes slightly, and changed his words, "But...... You know, even if we sign up, we can change the director, or even the screenwriter. ”

Lance shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently, "Of course, no problem, as long as you pay for the copyright of my script." Crisp and clean, without any mud, Brad's remaining words choked in his throat. There was no hesitation in those bland words, but there was no hint of hesitation, but there was no ridicule or hint, and the clear and transparent tone gave Brad no room for cranky thinking.

In fact, Lance could imply that Brad was joined by Tom because of his persuasion; In fact, Lance can also hint at Brad that there are quite a few film companies that want to cooperate with Chaos Pictures now, in addition to Paramount; In fact, Lance can also hint at Brad, and Shirley's actions today leak Brad's confidence.

However, Lance did not, and his bright words almost made Brad embarrassed.

Even if Lance didn't warn, Brad was clear, he took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, rearranged the feelings, and asked seriously, "Why?" ”

Lance raised an eyebrow slightly, obviously a little surprised by Brad's question, "I declined your invitation, but today Shirley still thought I wanted to star, and during the time I was working on the script, I didn't receive any news. But I didn't ask you why. ”

Declarative sentence, this is a declarative sentence, Lance calmly states a fact, because both he and Brad are well aware that they are both profit-oriented businessmen, and the starting point of everything is profit, for their own interests, so, asking "why" is only futile, if they want to, they can come up with hundreds of high-sounding reasons to cover up the truth.

For example, Lance, he just needs to say that the work of directing, writing and producing has left him with no skills, and he does not think that he can double as an actor. That's enough.

Brad was speechless when he was refuted, in fact, even if he knew the reason, so what, in the entire project of "Killing with a Knife", they were already deep in the mud, and there was no room to retreat, including Lance himself.

On the surface, the two works "City of God" and "The Day After Tomorrow" made Lance prosperous, but the project of "Killing People with a Knife" has no way back for Chaos Pictures. If nothing else, the cost of this work is 60 million, and Paramount and Chaos Pictures will divide it equally, with each party investing 30 million, in other words, the profit dividends won by Chaos Pictures "The Day After Tomorrow", Lance will once again gamble and leave no way out.

After thinking about it, Brad was still a little unwilling after all. If Lance was originally invited to play Max, it was just for the gimmick of the box office, and it was also a proposal to compete for the management power of Paramount; But witnessing Lance's performance today, Brad genuinely believes that Lance is up to the task of Max - even better than anyone else, and who knows the role better than Lance when you think about the biography that Lance wrote for Vincent and Max. Moreover, if Lance starred in "Murder with a Knife", Brad's weight would be added to the credit book for this work.

Of course, the premise is that the work is successful.

Taking a deep breath, Brad calmed down and said seriously and sincerely, "Lance, I'm serious, your performance just now was so wonderful that it almost made me forget that you were Lancelot, and almost made me ignore your excellent appearance and just pay attention to your performance." I don't know what you're thinking, but I do enjoy your performance. So, promise me that at least you think twice before you officially refuse. (To be continued.) )

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