Quietly, the halftime show performers for Super Bowl 34 were finalized. Glory to Death will be the first rock band in the long history to appear on the nation's top stage, and will also write a new theme song for the league, pushing the momentum of rock 'n' roll resurgence to the top again.

However, this news has never been announced, and the NFL has been kept secret, intending to leak the news little by little at an opportune moment, and then gradually build up the atmosphere, and finally blow up completely above the Super Bowl. The NFL has long been familiar with this.

Glory to Death is preparing for four episodes while preparing for the Super Bowl debut. EMI Records' Roger Farson was the first to know the news, and he and Henry had two emergency meetings, and then a meeting within the company, and finally decided that the four albums of Honor to Death would be officially released the week after the Super Bowl, and then the strong momentum of the Super Bowl will maximize the influence of Honor to Death.

With more than four months to go before the Super Bowl, such a plan is clearly feasible. However, whether it can be made depends on the progress of the band's four albums. After nearly three years of calm, Roger finally started to get impatient, and now Sheeran Laikunen, now the Glory to Death royal producer, rushed straight from New York to Los Angeles to join the band in the preparation of the album.

Just as Hugo was fully committed to the work of the new album, there was also good news from Endeavor Elite Agency.

This year J. K。 Rowling's Harry Potter series is now in its third volume, and the recently released Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban has become one of the biggest hits of the summer, once again breaking its own record and creating its own history, which has become the most successful children's book series in British history, and has also set off a reading frenzy in the United States.

The single mother who was panicked in the coffee shop in Edinburgh at the beginning, relying on her own efforts, finally cleared the clouds and saw the bright moon, and became a world-renowned top writer. This is the real fairy tale of reality.

Endeavor Elite Brokerage holds J. K。 The adaptation rights of all Rowling's works, and Warner Bros.'s Barry Mayer is cunning and cunning, and immediately saw the huge commercial value hidden in this series of works, and officially bought the adaptation rights, and will work with Endeavor Elite Agency to bring the "Harry Potter" series to the big screen.

For now, "Harry Potter" is just a promising children's film in the eyes of Hollywood, and its commercial value has not been taken seriously enough. But in fact, the huge success of this series of film adaptations is not only to create a decade-long series of movies, not only to make a group of young actors popular, but also to drive the rise of a series of young adult literary adaptations such as "Twilight", "The Hunger Games", "Fifty Shades of Grey", and more importantly, this makes Endeavor Elite Agency have its own series of works - series of packaged works.

This also means that they really have the ability and resources to drive the job opportunities of their actors for a long time, and after the arrival of the new century, Endeavor Elite Agency is known as the "fourth largest in Hollywood", officially breaking the limitations and shackles of the three major Hollywood agencies and becoming the fourth top player.

Who would have thought that all this would actually come from Hugo and J. K。 What about Rowling's chance encounter at Elephant Café in Edinburgh?

Later, when Rick looks back on the whole story, he is once again amazed by Hugo's insight, even if he nodded and signed J because he trusted Hugo. K。 Rowling, but what Rick didn't expect was that what was supposed to be a philanthropic act would become the next twenty years of glory for Endeavor Elite Agency.

When Rick arrives at Hugo's Malibu villa, he sees J. K。 Rowling and Hugo stood at the door talking and laughing, and when he walked over, he heard Hugo laugh and say, "Believe me, I'm more than willing to go to London to help, as long as the crew doesn't dislike me and get in the way." ”

This sentence made Joanna laugh out loud, "If the children's madness is a nuisance, then I can already anticipate the pomp and circumstance of the scene." But I think your presence is a great help for the crew to choose actors. ”

Hugo nodded vigorously, "Then I'll wait for the notice." With that, Joanna turned around and prepared to walk in the direction of her car, "Hey, Rick. Joanna immediately saw Rick coming at her.

"I remember your plane was at noon, didn't I?" Joanna was flying back to London today, and Rick thought Joanna was already at the airport, but he didn't expect to see her here.

Joanna smiled and nodded, "It's two o'clock in the afternoon, it's still too late, but I have to rush to the airport and call you later." With that, Joanna waved at Hugo, walked quickly into the car, and walked away.

During this time, Joanna and Hugo met several times, and it was obvious that Joanna was very grateful to Hugo, and if it wasn't for Hugo's support, she wouldn't have dared to imagine today's situation. So, even though she needed to catch a plane today, she still made a special trip to say goodbye to Hugo in person.

Rick watched the back of Joanna's departing car, "Are you talking about the selection of actors?" Looking back, Hugo nodded, and Rick sighed lightly, "You also don't agree with Haley to play Harry Potter?" Why? Barry Meyer strongly disagreed with Haley playing the male lead, even though Haley shocked everyone with his performance in the just-released "Psychic Sixth Sense".

Hugo shrugged, "This is a British film, and I personally think that the three protagonists are best played by British, and the taste is the purest." "Although Hugo was very interested in Daniel Radcliffe. Radcliffe doesn't have any particular opinions, doesn't like or hate them, but he still has to admit that Daniel is a better fit than Haley in terms of character interpretation.

Perhaps, Hugo still has the imprint of the ten years of "Harry Potter" memories in his mind.

Hugo's indifferent expression made Rick choke.

Warner Bros. and Endeavour Elite Agency collaborated on the adaptation of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", which had problems from the beginning, Warner Bros. wanted Steven Spielberg to direct it, and Steven was also very interested, and he even sat down with Joanna to discuss the script; But Steven wanted Haley to also play the role of Harry, but Warner Bros. expressed strong opposition, even Steven's threat that "if I don't use Haley, I won't direct", it did not shake Warner Bros. Brother's mind, and the entire negotiation is currently at a stalemate.

Unexpectedly, Hugo actually stood on the side of Warner Bros., which made Rick really a little depressed, "Hugo, I'm serious, I also hope that you can give some ideas, or you can come forward to suppress Barry." ”

Hugo chuckled and turned back and walked towards the villa, "Rick, even Steven's pressure is useless, you should know that Barry is very adamant." Besides, I do mean it. Hugo and Rick walked down the stairs side by side, and he thought for a moment, "Well, Haley is really good, but he's already made too much of an impression on the audience, and believe me, for a series of films, it's wisest to pick an unfamiliar face without any impression." Take, for example, the James Bond series. ”

Rick carefully recalled Hugo's thoughts, he knew that Hugo was definitely not untargeted, since Hugo said so, it must be debatable, he should have a good talk with Joanna after he returned. "Did you come here today? Didn't Joe just go to the company in the morning? Haven't come back until now. Hugo's voice brought Rick out of his thoughts and sorted out his thoughts, "Yes, Joe is still in a meeting at the company, listening to Henry, EMI Records asked if you have any plans to start touring again, Joe is now in a meeting with Henry and Roger." ”

Due to the invitation to the Super Bowl halftime show, Roger paid unprecedented attention, because he knew that this was likely to be a good opportunity for EMI Records to further expand the market in North America, so he flew directly to Los Angeles the day before yesterday, and has been meeting with Henry for the past few days.

Hugo nodded in understanding, didn't say anything more, and walked into the hall, where Rick followed, and then said, "I came here today to ask you, what are your plans for the next film?" If Glory to Death is going to start touring, then the next one won't be until at least next fall. ”

"Isn't it like nothing is certain?" Hugo went to the kitchen and asked, "Beer or coffee?" Or fruit juice? ”

"Coffee, memories of four hours of my morning, and now need something to wake up." Rick followed to the kitchen and sat down by the stove, "'A Beautiful Mind' hasn't finished yet, and there are quite a few projects asking about your schedule, and you haven't made any movement in the recent past, how can they sit still, so I want to say, if you have a tour plan, then I'll push them all in one go, and save them all the time going around there." ”

Hugo handed the coffee to Rick, then put the sugar jar and milk on the table, and Rick continued, "If it's not certain for the time being, I have a few projects on hand that have some feasibility, see if you are interested." ”

It was only mentioned this morning when the tour of Glory to Death was resumed; Rick came to Hugo specifically to ask him what he thought, but now because of the tour, the uncertainty has increased.

Hugo frowned, and said with a smile, "I've only been resting for less than two months, and it's useless for them to be in a hurry." Rick also knew this, but even so, Rick still came to the door, "Are you coming here today because they are putting too much pressure on you, are you going to use me as a shield, or is it because you really have a good project?" ”

"Hugo, sometimes you can be a little stupid." Rick's answer was helpless.