New Line and Columbia Samsung have kept a low profile in this round of media "warm-up", after all, there are still two months before the release of the film at this time, and launching a publicity offensive too early will only consume the enthusiasm of fans in advance.

The long-awaited war of words didn't break out, and even New Line postponed the release of the first trailer for "The Seven Deadly Sins" by a week, because Shay White, the president of New Line, thought that too many key elements of the film had been leaked in the trailer. In fact, the trailer only flashes back to several blurry images of the murder scene in the film, interspersed with several close-ups of Denzel Washington and Jude, and even Kate does not appear.

The director of the commercial, who was in charge of the production of the trailer, had to find Jude, who was busy editing the feature film, and asked him for advice.

Jude carefully watched the trailer made by the other party, and finally pressed the pause button at the end of the picture, and then pointed to the blurred figure in the lower right corner of the screen and said: "The problem should be here, the biggest suspense in this movie is the identity of the murderer, but you showed one of his side faces in the trailer, although it is blurry and basically unclear, but it will still attract some people's attention, which is what the new line company does not want to see at present." ”

Sending the director away, Jude was about to continue his work when his phone suddenly rang.

"I hope it doesn't disturb your work, but I really have something important to talk to you face-to-face." Leet's voice came through the microphone.

"I've been disturbed by you anyway, so if you want to meet, let's do it now!" Jude looked at his watch, it was almost time for lunch. So he simply agreed to Lee's request to meet.

"Chinatown, your favorite Chinese restaurant, I'll reserve a table there and wait for you in half an hour."

"Just the two of us?" Jude said casually.

Kate was still taking acting classes at this time. You should know better than I do about her breaks. ”

Jude interrupted angrily, "What does this have to do with Kate?" I'm asking if you're going to bring other people over there. ”

There was silence on the other end of the phone for two seconds, and Li Tecai asked tentatively: "You know everything?" ”

Jude was confused.

"What do I know?"

"Know my ......" Li Tet stopped in the middle of his words, "Okay, you guessed correctly, today I do want to introduce you to a person you absolutely did not expect, this matter is not clear on the phone, I will give you a satisfactory explanation when we meet." ”

Jude mainly wanted to find Li Tet to solve lunch, and as for Li Te's introduction to the people he knew, he didn't have much interest, just casually answered. Then he hung up the phone.

When I came to the Chinese restaurant where I had made an appointment to meet, Li Teh was already waiting there.

There were three points of cutlery on the table, and it seemed that he did make an appointment with someone else today.

Jude pulled out the chair opposite him and sat down, and was about to beckon the waiter to come and order, but was stopped by Lee.

"I've already ordered a few of your most common dishes."

Jude closed the menu in his hand, put his hands on the table and looked at Leete, and said in Chinese: "Nothing to be courteous, either a traitor or a thief." ”

Leett, of course, knew that Jude could speak Chinese. And he spoke even better than him, but when he suddenly heard such a sentence in this environment, his brain paused for two seconds before reacting.

"If you suddenly open your mouth and talk to the waiter here in Chinese, you can definitely scare people out of heart disease."

Jude folded his hands and leaned back in his chair. Nonchalantly replied, "Then I'm afraid you're going to be disappointed, the waiters here know that I can speak Chinese." ”

"Well, I can't tell you. But I really didn't have any other purpose in arranging this meeting, just to introduce you to a new friend. He just became my sixth client yesterday. ”

Leeter previously had Jude, Kate, Nicolas Cage, Stephen Sommus, and Charlize Theron five artists, among which Jude and Littlet had the most special relationship. But because Jude has been busy with the editing of "The Seven Deadly Sins" recently, he hasn't had time to pay attention to what Leet is doing recently, so the news has become the most backward one.

"It's not just you, Kate doesn't know about it yet." Leet's addition seems a bit redundant, if Kate knows about this, Jude will definitely receive the news in less than half a day.

In order to avoid misunderstanding, Litte immediately explained: "This matter is not that I deliberately want to hide you and Kate, mainly because the new addition is related to the filming of "National Treasure", so Sommers, Cage, and Theron all knew in advance. ”

"So as a producer, I'm being hidden to the end?" Jude's tone was visibly unpleasant.

Leet spread his hands angrily and protested, "Should I be blamed for this?" As you said, before the filming of "The Seven Deadly Sins" was completed, I was responsible for all the preparations for "National Treasure", including the selection of the supporting actors. ”

Jude froze for a moment, then rubbed his finger against his nose in some embarrassment.

"Well, I did say that."

Li Te was no longer surprised by Jude's forgetfulness, and continued: "The other party has agreed to star in this movie, and officially signed a contract with the crew this afternoon, it is not too late for me to inform you at this time, right?" ”

"Then why don't you wait until the other party signs the contract to tell me the news?"

Jude's rhetorical question instantly reversed the conversation at the dinner table.

Leete's mouth opened slightly, but he didn't know what to say, and after a few seconds, he said, "One of the conditions that the other party agreed to sign the contract is to meet you." ”

"In other words, you haven't quite dealt with each other yet?"

Li Te swallowed hard, but finally held back and did not refute.

"So now you can tell me who the other person is, right?"

"He's already here."

Following Lee's gaze, Jude turned his head to look behind him, where a man in sunglasses in a casual T-shirt was walking towards him under the guidance of a waiter.

About five or six meters away from here, the other party took off his sunglasses and hung them on his neckline, revealing a face that Jude was very familiar with.

Kevin Spacey!

Jude never thought that the person Leeter was talking about would be him, especially in the case of "The Seven Deadly Sins" and "The Extraordinary Suspects", such a meeting was something Jude could not have expected anyway.

"Director Locke, it's an honor to meet you here!"

Kevin Spacey took the initiative to reach out his hand, and Jude was still stunned.

Leet coughed in the back, and Jude reacted, getting up and shaking Kevin Spacey's hand.

After taking his seat, Kevin Spacey took a look at the environment of this Chinese restaurant, this was his first time eating in a Chinese restaurant, and everything around him, including the utensils on the table, gave him a very new feeling.

"Jude loves the restaurant, and one of the biggest things about eating in Chinatown is that you don't have to worry about being photographed." Litter explained the reason for the dinner here, and gave Jude a look by the way, telling him not to be so silent all the time.

As soon as Jude spoke, Leeter immediately regretted it.

"I'm curious as to why Mr. Spacey would agree to star in 'National Treasure,' which would normally be unappealing to you."

Jude stared into Kevin Spacey's eyes, as if trying to read his inner thoughts from here.

Kevin Spacey shrugged with a smile and asked, "Does Director Rock think I should act in a certain type of movie?" ”

Jude pursed his lips noncommittally and replied lightly, "It's just my personal curiosity." ”

"It's actually very simple, because Disney's salary is enough to impress people."

Kevin Spacey's answer made Jude stunned, and when he thought about it seriously, it seemed that there was only this possibility, after all, no actor in Hollywood would take the initiative to get along with money.

"Kevin's pay for 'National Treasure' is twice as much as he is for 'The Usual Suspects,' and this matter was directly determined by Mr. Ovitz." Leeter added on the side.

Kevin Spacey then explained his relationship with Ovitz, who was discovered by Ovitz when he was performing on a Broadway stage, and the other party quickly facilitated him to appear in his first movie, and Spacey became an official signed artist of CAA.

After Spacey became famous, Ovitz was not directly in charge of his economic business, but the private relationship between the two has always been maintained.

After serving as the president of Disney, Ovitz found that CAA was gradually getting out of his control, although he couldn't directly poach CAA artists because of his promise when he left, he spared no effort to help Leete secretly.

First helped Leet poach Nicolas Cage, and now Kevin Spacey, which made Jude have to start being vigilant.

Ovitz was in a hurry to lay out the plan, indicating that he had realized that his situation at Disney was not as optimistic as he had expected, and he wondered if he would be able to sit in the position of president of Disney for a full year this time, as he remembered.

Of course, Jude is still very welcome to Kevin Spacey's joining, not to mention anything else, at least the true identity of the killer in "The Seven Deadly Sins" no longer has to worry about being exposed, which is the most direct benefit for Jude.

At the same time, for the upcoming filming of "National Treasure", the new duo of Nicolas Cage and Kevin Spacey will inevitably collide with a lot of sparks in the play, and even Jude is a little hot with such an actor.

But from the point of view of practicality, this kind of "piling up stars" approach is obviously a waste for "National Treasure", and when Disney prepares to make a sequel in a few years, they will find that the salaries of several leading actors in the film are so high that they have to consider replacement, and then they will find that Jude is not a cash cow for them at this time, but a huge pit! (To be continued......)

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