At the door of the hotel, Jude and Shay shook hands and said goodbye.

"Tomorrow the lawyer will bring a formal contract, and you may need to do some cooperation in the later publicity of this film, and we will discuss it in detail at that time." After saying that, Shay turned his gaze to Li Te, who was behind Jude, and since Jude took the check on his own initiative, the Chinese has been so straight and silent.

"Ryter, I know you must hate me very much now, a great opportunity to show your client your abilities, and I messed it up like this, maybe you think my approach is not honorable, but for a businessman, you don't need such a high moral floor...... Say hello to Mr. Ovitz on my behalf! ”

Hearing this last sentence, Lee's pupils suddenly constricted.

"You knew who I was from the beginning?"

Shay pouted nonchalantly, "Mr. Ovitz trusts a Chinese assistant around him very much, and this is not a secret in the industry. ”

Leeter clenched his fists and said word by word: "Mr. White, thank you for this lesson you taught me today, I will always remember it." ”

Shay smiled and pulled the car door, giving him one last look at Leeter before getting into the car.

"Actually, you should look at what happened today from a different angle, being hated is not a bad thing, think about Mr. Ovitz, how many people in Hollywood hate him to death, but what does the media call him now, the most powerful man in Hollywood! You have been around him for so long, you should have heard the saying that people will hate you because you always succeed! Now I give you this sentence! ”

After Shay left, Jude stepped forward and stood side by side with Leete.

"Don't you feel aggrieved?"

Litte clasped his hands and looked ahead, "I can't talk about grievances, I just feel a little defeated, and it makes me know that I still have a long way to go from being a successful agent." ”

"Actually, I should have to thank you, if it weren't for your sudden appearance that made that Shay White feel threatened, New Line would definitely not have paid such a high price for my movie."

Jude patted Leeter on the shoulder, turned and walked back to the hotel.

"If you can't find a job after leaving CAA, come and be my agent!"

Li Te turned around with a wry smile and shouted at Jude's back, "I found that you really can't comfort people!" ”

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The next day, Jude officially signed a contract with New Line, and Leeter was absent for some reason, and did not arrive in a hurry until after dinner.

After reading a large number of legal documents signed by Jude, he raised his head and said: "There is nothing wrong with the contract, but what is the clause of participating in the "Oprah Talk Show"? ”

Jude picked up a muffin from his plate and stuffed it into his mouth, explaining as he ate: "This Man is from Earth is a soft sci-fi movie, and it lacks enough topicality to attract the attention of people other than professional filmmakers, but New Line wants to make money from the home video market and overseas distribution, so it can only find a way to do it from me." ”

"Does this have anything to do with my question?" Li Tee asked with a frown.

"The topics of "Oprah Talk Show" are generally related to sex, child abuse, difficulty losing weight, lack of self-confidence, which are closely related to the lives of ordinary people, and the problem of adolescent depravity is also the most common topic of this show, probably because they think I will have more say on this issue, right?" Jude said this with a calm expression, as if he were talking about a topic that had nothing to do with him.

"Sorry, forget you used to be the big name 'Hollywood bad boy', but don't you really mind going to a TV show to talk about it? You must know that you are going to face Oprah, and there will definitely be some problems that will make you feel embarrassed, embarrassed, or even embarrassed. Leeter further reminded.

Jude flicked the muffin into his mouth.

"Really? I used to think that Oprah was a very kind person and would never embarrass guests. ”

Li Tet looked at Jude a little speechless, "That depends on who the guest is!" With your previous bad reputation, I guess she's 100% going to attack you on the show. ”

Jude replied in a natural tone: "Then let her say hello, what have I done myself, is there anything I am embarrassed to admit?" ”

Leeter looked at the "self-righteous" Jude with a headache and reminded seriously: "This is very bad for reshaping your image in the eyes of the public." ”

Jude shrugged his shoulders indifferently and said eloquently: "As long as a director can make a good work, no one cares how bad your reputation is, just like FDR, he is a good president, and then who cares about his 5 relationships when he was young. People, suck. Scandals of drugs and alcoholism? ”

Leeter couldn't help but pour cold water and said: "The premise is that you can become a great figure like FDR, or you will only be like Nixon and be brought out of power by a scandal that is completely unnecessary." ”

Jude eats the last muffin on the plate, looks at Litt and smiles, "A guy doesn't seem to have much faith in me." ”

"I just don't want a guy to become synonymous with pride." ”

Jude could only shrug his shoulders at this, "Well, there is no point in us going toe-to-toe like this, the facts will prove who is right and who is wrong." ”

Litt also thought it was a good idea, so he stopped arguing.

"By the way, and one more thing, I heard that you're going to pay 10% of your earnings this time to the cinematographer who helped you shoot this film?"

Litt looked at Jude, trying to get the exact information out of his eyes.

"At that time, I didn't expect this movie to sell 500,000."

"If it's just a verbal agreement, you can legally renege on it." Leeter hinted.

Jude shook his head, "There is morality above the law, and I think I should have a higher bar than a businessman like Shay White." ”

Li Teh clasped his hands and looked at Jude: "I don't object to your high morals, but what are you going to do with the eight actors who starred in this movie with zero pay?" ”

Jude was puzzled, "Is there anything wrong with this?" ”

"If you're just making this movie with a group of friends just for a hobby and you're not trying to make a profit with it, that's fine. But now that you have sold this movie to the New Line Company for $500,000, if these actors jointly sue in the future, you and the New Line Company will lose the lawsuit, lose a lot of money, and even go to jail. In this case, do you still feel that morality is reliable? ”

Jude was stunned, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.

Although he is willing to trust them from the bottom of his heart, who can guarantee that they will not have other ideas after the movie becomes popular?

Litt looked at Jude very seriously, "My suggestion is to find a lawyer to sign a new agreement with them immediately, and it just so happens that you also want to compensate each of them a sum of money, which is considered their salary." ”

Jude nodded helplessly, and couldn't help but complain: "It's the first time I think the law in the United States is so annoying!" ”

Litter sorted out the contract documents in his hand and handed them back to Jude.

"You won't feel that way when you need it."