When Kate came out wrapped in a bathrobe, Jude was the only one left in the living room.

"Ritter is gone?"

"I don't want to leave him for dinner." Jude put down the coffee he had only half drunk, patted the couch next to him, and motioned for Kate to sit down.

"What is this?"

Kate picked up the magazine that Jude had left aside and flipped through it curiously.

Jude shrugged and said, "Saturn is a shortlist, but I don't think it's that interesting." ”

"Oh God, you've been nominated for two things!" Kate was thrilled as if she had discovered a new world.

Jude sighed regretfully: "There is no best director, no best young actor, it doesn't matter if you win the award or not." ”

Kate put down the magazine and squeezed Jude's hand.

She knew that she was very unwilling not to be shortlisted for Best Director Jude, but she felt sorry for her not being shortlisted for Best Young Actor.

"I think Rhett and New Line have done their best, after all, I don't have many roles in the movie, and to be honest, I can't talk about how good a performance."

Jude also clenched Kate's hand so that she didn't have to worry, but he frowned and didn't speak.

Kate thought Jude was still unhappy about this matter, and continued to comfort: "It's not bad to be nominated for Best Screenplay and Best Science Fiction Film, isn't it?" Many excellent directors started as screenwriters, and being shortlisted for these two awards is also a recognition of your strength. ”

Before he could finish speaking, the magazine in his hand was snatched away by Jude and thrown aside.

Before Kate could react, Jude lowered her head and kissed her.

Just as he was about to take the most crucial step, Jude's phone suddenly rang.

"Damn it!" Jude had to let go of Kate and took out his phone to take a look.

"Whose phone number?" Kate asked, putting her arms around Jude's neck and lying in his arms.

"Shay White, I shouldn't have turned on my phone when I got off the plane." Jude was holding his phone a little depressed, apparently not yet deciding whether to answer it or not.

"Let's take it." Kate raised her head and looked at Jude seriously, "I don't want to 'bump into' each other somewhere when I go out at night." ”

Jude gave Kate an apologetic kiss on the forehead and got up and walked to the window.

As soon as the call was connected, Shay-White immediately sarcastic: "Shouldn't I be extremely honored that our great director is finally willing to come back from England and actually answer my call?" ”

Jude interrupted coldly, "Mr. White, it's not your style to talk nonsense. ”

"Then let's get straight to the point." Shay put down the documents in his hand and began to call intently: "What kind of conditions do you want to get before you agree to continue to cooperate with New Line Company on the next movie?" ”

"On this subject, I think Mr. White should go to my agent, he is solely responsible......"

Before Jude could finish his sentence, he was bruisedly interrupted by Shay.

"Don't use your agent as an excuse, we've wasted too much time at the negotiating table on this matter, and now I just want to know, what exactly are your conditions?"

A higher split ratio, a bigger investment, these are acceptable to Shay, but the problem is that now he simply doesn't know what Jude wants.

"Mr. White thinks I'm deliberately procrastinating during this time, right?"

Jude thought to himself that this is what I meant, but there was another way of saying it: "Actually, because I don't have a clear idea of my next movie, I don't even know what to shoot next, how can you ask me to make conditions for you?" ”

Shay wasn't so easy to deal with, and immediately said, "Since you haven't decided what you want to shoot yet, why don't you provide me with the script?" ”

Without giving it any thought, Jude agreed, "As long as the script is good enough, I'll be fine on my side." ”

Of course, the subtext is that if the script is not good enough, he will definitely not agree.

As if he was afraid that Jude would regret it, Shay immediately said, "You can rest assured of this, I promise you will like this script." ”

After hanging up, Shay rubbed his hands together excitedly and walked around the office.

Assistant Lisa pushed the door in, and when she saw Shay's appearance, she was a little confused for a while.

After a brief pause, she finally remembered what she had come in for.

"Mr. White, your appointment has arrived."

"Ritter has arrived? Let him in. Shay's tone was relaxed, and it was obvious that he was in a good mood at the moment.

When Leet walked in, Shay had already returned to his seat, shook hands across the desk, and sat down together.

Shay took out his cherished cigar, lit it, looked at Lit, and said, "I was on the phone with Jude just now, and he has agreed to my terms. ”

Litter was not surprised by the news, as he had discussed it with Shay beforehand, and now he was more concerned about the script that Shay had mentioned earlier.

"Did the MV director really decide to quit?"

"Now if he wants to stay, I will not hesitate to kick him away." Shay pointed hard at Leet with his cigar-holding hand, "Because we already have a better option, don't we?" ”

Litt understood Shay's meaning in person, but felt a little sorry for the director named David Fincher. To be honest, "Alien 3" is not a particularly bad work in the entire film series, and the box office proves it, but it's a pity that the opponent he met this time was Jude.

"Two Smoking Guns" has been a box office boom since its release in the UK, with CinemaScore predicting that it will grossing up to $100 million in North America, a figure that is mainly a reference to last year's "Pulp Fiction", which eventually won more than $100 million at the box office in North America, and as a work with the same exquisite structure, the same funny plot, and a slightly less in-depth but more commercial work, "Two Smoking Guns" will definitely not be much worse than "Pulp Fiction".

On the one hand, Jude, who is about to become a director with a box office of more than 100 million, and on the other hand, David Fincher, who has collaborated with many big-name singers in MVs but has only made a not-so-successful sequel, New Line Company does not need to use its brains to know how to choose.

Soon Litter squeezed the thought out of his head and began to truly enter his own state of identity.

"What about the original character candidates for the film?"

"Of course, it's all overturned." Shay glanced at Leet after speaking, "Or do you think Jude would be willing to accept a cast that someone else would keep?" ”

Litt shrugged and said, "Then you have to be mentally prepared, Jude's conditions will definitely be higher than the original MV director." ”

Shay propped one hand on the desk and leaned forward slightly: "As long as you can convince Jude to be the director and actor of this film at the same time, I can agree to any request he makes." ”