Sharon Stone's agent, Will, still had a strong say in William Morris, and his request was put on the board meeting the next morning.

Many directors were very sympathetic to Will's experience, after all, it was not only Sharon Stone who was slapped in the face like this, but also the entire company felt a little embarrassed.

But there were also fierce opposition to the proposal, with Denzel Washington's agent Scott being the most resolute.

"We can't let the whole company pay for it because of individual mistakes, and everyone calmly thinks about it, are Jude Locke and his agent really going to target William Morris? That's right, they did use this incident to hype before the release of "Two Big Smoking Guns", but let's put aside this factor to look at the results, in all fairness, even if this movie is this round of hype before its release, will the box office really be worse there? Later, someone thought he was smart and put the plan over and used this incident to hype up his movie, and the other party didn't say that he would immediately stand up and clarify, but waited a week before issuing this announcement, isn't this a concession made for the sake of the company's face? ”

"You're quibbling!" Will angrily got up from his seat, "The reason why they waited a week to make a statement is because the topic was also stimulating to the box office of "Two Big Smoking Guns", and now that the box office potential of this movie has been exhausted, they immediately turned their faces, after all, Jude Locke and his agent are two despicable and shameless villains!" ”

Scott folded his hands and leaned back in his chair, shrugged his shoulders and said: "You said it yourself, last week's publicity exhausted the box office potential of "Two Big Smoking Guns" in advance, and the box office of the movie will definitely fall very sharply this week, if you are the producer and distributor of this movie, do you hope that the box office will fluctuate greatly or hope that it can be smoothly transitioned?" I believe that anyone who has not broken their brains will choose the latter, so the question is, for "Two Big Smoking Guns", which has exceeded $50 million at the box office in two weeks after its release, they have already got the box office, is it necessary for them to hype up the film in advance at this time? So I don't think that argument you are talking about is valid at all. ”

"In any case, Miss Sharon Stone is now an important client of ours, and Jude Locke is just an out-of-the-box actor who has been lucky enough to make two films, do you really believe that he can continue to be so successful as a director? I swear he's going to fail in his next movie, he can't be so lucky all the time! Will felt that he couldn't talk to Scott, and immediately changed direction and talked about the benefits of William Morris helping Sharon Stone block Jude.

Scott frowned, the question that Will had raised was not even a good one for him to refute head-on.

The success of "Two Big Smoking Guns" is already in sight, but not many people in Hollywood believe that Jude can go long on the road of directing, so Jude has been constantly "tricking" from the beginning.

Although the film has a good reputation and sales after its release as a videotape, no one in the industry thinks Jude is very powerful, because the whole movie is supported by a unique idea, and it can also be done by changing people to shoot it.

And the structure of "Two Big Smoking Guns" really makes people speechless, and no one will deny that this is a good movie, but the movie can achieve such a high box office as it is now, mainly due to the movie publicity and topic hype.

In short, so far, the success of Jude's two films belongs to the genre of the sword, which contains too many accidents and uncertainties, so even if "Two Big Smoking Guns" has achieved such remarkable results at the box office, so far no major film company has taken the initiative to talk to Jude about cooperation.

Thinking of this, Scott admired Jude's agent Leet's vision and courage, it is said that he took the risk of breaking up his relationship with Jude to take over "The Seven Deadly Sins" on his own, this film adopts the production model of big stars and big productions, which is completely different from Jude's previous two films, and it is also an absolute premise that is recognized by mainstream Hollywood studios.

"I admit that Jude Locke's abilities have not really been tested, but what Will just mentioned is only one of the possibilities, and the other possibility is that he continues to succeed, and I wonder if everyone here has seriously thought about the consequences?" As soon as Scott's words came out, the more than 20 directors at the conference table all looked thoughtful.

Seeing that the favorable environment he had painstakingly created was destroyed in this way, Will was of course unwilling, and immediately asked: "Scott, you just said that the company should not pay for my mistakes, but isn't it for your personal purpose to stop this?" ”

"Of course, I'm doing it for personal purposes, and it's not something to hide, as many of you know, I'm helping Denzel negotiate with New Line, who has offered 15 million to invite Denzel to star in a new film they are working on, and unfortunately the director of this film has been confirmed to be Jude Locke. By the way, Jude has already convinced Denzel that the two sides only need to sign the final sign before the official announcement can be made to the public, and it was your own mistake, but you want me to pay for you, do you think it's fair? ”

Will's eyes widened, staring at Scott.

The relationship between the two in the company is not harmonious, so he has not heard any news about Scott's actions here, and he didn't expect the other party to announce the news at this time, which suddenly made him extremely passive.

Sharon Stone became popular on instinct, but when it comes to status and box office appeal that are not on the same level as Denzel Washington, there is no need to guess what the company's directors will choose.

Scott ignored Will's cannibalistic gaze and continued to make his point.

"Another thing I want to remind you is that Jude Locke suddenly rose after being abandoned by CAA, and CAA is our William Morris's number one enemy, the enemy of the enemy is a friend, I believe everyone knows very well that if we block Jude Locke because of this matter, it is equivalent to pushing him completely to the CAA's side, if he really shows his original form in the next movie as Will said, but if he succeeds, we will add a powerful enemy to ourselves, Don't think I'm exaggerating, although I haven't had direct contact with Jude Locke, I have met many times with his agent Leeter, a Chinese who has worked with Michael Ovitz for a long time, will he choose a client with a bleak future? At least I don't believe it. ”

"But what about Sharon Stone? Are we going to give up a formal customer for the sake of a potential customer? A director who was close to Will asked.

Scott pouted unconcernedly, "It's up to you how you measure the value between customers and prospects right now." Jude Locke is the director, Sharon Stone is nothing more than an actor, and a good director must be far more important to William Morris than an actor. By the way, I forgot to tell you that Jude Locke is also one of the leading actors in the new film of New Line, and if this movie is successful, he will not only be a successful director, but also a successful actor. ”

Will's face suddenly darkened, and even the director who spoke for him showed a hesitant look.

The director and actor can't be a simple "1+1", the news that Scott said instantly changed everyone's previous evaluation of Jude, and even the directors who were not very optimistic about Jude in the past are thinking that if Jude's new film is successful, at worst it will be a new Mel Gibson, and the value worth winning over will increase too much at once.

And Scott's words weren't over yet.

"I want to seriously remind you that Jude Locke is only twenty-two years old now, and Sharon Stone is thirty-five years old, if she can't get rid of the title of sexy vase in the next year or two to complete the transformation, then her status among Hollywood actresses will take a sharp turn, so I think the most important thing you should do now is not to find Jude Locke's trouble, but to think about how to help Sharon Stone solve her own troubles!"

"I don't need you to remind you of this!" Will had an unappreciative attitude, and suddenly lost some points in the eyes of the other directors.

"Okay, enough of the arguments, let's show our hands to vote." The chairman of the company, Jesson Morris, who was presiding over the meeting, made a suggestion, and none of the other directors present objected.

Just as the vote was about to begin, Jossen-Morris's female assistant suddenly pushed open the door of the conference room and barged in.

"Mr. Morris, Michael Ovitz has just made a televised statement announcing his official resignation as president of the CAA!"

"What!" Jossen-Morris suddenly stood up from his seat and glared at his assistant.

The news of Ovitz's departure from the CAA was so sudden that for a while, everyone, including the 22 directors, was in no mood to continue the vote just now, and only wanted to know more about it.

Scott looked at the lost Will opposite with a look of pity, and teased, "It seems that even God won't help you this time." ”

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