It can be said that Kevin Pence and Rick Rosen have their own plans.

Kevin has been in charge of Twentieth Century Fox for less than a year, and his plans for what's next for the company are clearly ambitious.

Kevin's plan for Twentieth Century Fox is obviously a company secret, but it is certain that he has included Endeavour Elite Agency and DreamWorks in his development plan, so, leaving aside the factor of Hugo, the cooperation between Twentieth Century Fox and Endeavor Elite Agency was originally part of Kevin's plan. Even if he can't reach a partnership with Hugo, in the long run, Kevin has put his bet on Endeavor Elite Agency.

Of course, the cooperation with Hugo is also a part of Kevin's plan, and it is a very important part, on the one hand, to further promote the cooperative relationship between them and Endeavour elite brokerage company; On the other hand, there is the 20 million salary plan, and if Twentieth Century Fox can successfully break the existing constraints and take Hugo's first $20 million work, whether it succeeds or not, it will go down in history - of course, from the perspective of a businessman, it is better to succeed.

There are many reasons for choosing this work directed by Roland Emmerich, one is because the subject matter of this work does have parts that are worth making a big fuss about, and it is completely the most typical Hollywood commercial film genre film; One is because the original planned cost of the work was only 70 million US dollars, in other words, there is still enough room for Kevin to implement the "20 million US dollars" remuneration plan, if the cost of another work is more than 100 million US dollars, it is estimated that Kevin himself will have to re-estimate the risk.

There is another important reason, Hugo first filmed "Seven Deadly Sins" and then filmed "Death Row Walk", and then took a break for a while because of the sequelae of filming. Therefore, Kai Wenming knew that this script was not convincing enough, but he still gritted his teeth and made a decision.

Of course, Hugo is still the biggest uncertain factor in this link, so Kevin slowly draws, knocks and side strikes, and pushes layer by layer, and those actions that seem to be useless are piling up thrust little by little, promoting the achievement of the ultimate goal.

Standing in the position of the CEO of Twentieth Century Fox, Kevin's choice of "Independence Day" can be said to be the final decision. And what about Rick?

Human relations are one of the mandatory topics of brokerage companies, and the long-term friendship between Twentieth Century Fox and Endeavor Elite Brokerage is bound to put Rick under personal pressure. Moreover, Kevin is willing to offer a salary of 20 million, which is a win-win proposal for Rick as an agent, and Rick has no reason to refuse. So, Rick could be on Kevin's side and help Kevin convince Hugo to take over the project.

Having said that, but we can never forget one point, the world is bustling for profit, the world is bustling for profit, and interests are the eternal theme, in the mall, even father and son will meet each other, let alone friends, not to mention that Rick and Kevin are not friends, just strategic cooperation. Rick naturally has his own calculations.

Rick, of course, wanted Hugo to take on a $20 million film, which was a good thing for him personally, and his agent would have enough money to buy him an apartment; At the same time, there is an infinite wave of time for Endeavour Elite Agency, which is the first actor in the world to be paid 20 million dollars, which is a fatal attraction for any actor: because it proves that Endeavour Elite Agency is capable of getting better returns for actors.

But Rick clearly knows that if he destroys his partnership with Hugo for the sake of a 20 million work, it will definitely not be worth the loss. The combined value of fifty second-tier actors is not as high as the current Hugo, and this account is very clear in Rick's heart.

So, Rick will try to convince Hugo, but he will certainly not be on the same side as Kevin, he will always be Hugo's ally.

But, but! If Hugo is willing to nod his head to take over this work, Rick naturally has his plans, he not only wants to have the world's first actor with a salary of 20 million, but also wants Endeavor Elite Agency to take this opportunity to take it to the next level, like an innovative artist agency, to package his company's artists into the same project, so that they also have the privileges that only the three major Hollywood agencies enjoy.

Rick is deeply aware of Kevin's desire for Hugo, and in turn, Rick also knows that Kevin still wants to maintain a good cooperative relationship with Endeavour Elite Agency - even if Hugo's project does not reach a cooperation, so Rick can use Kevin's idea to become a bargaining chip, making this project the first package cooperation project since the establishment of Endeavor Elite Agency.

This is also limitless for the future development of Endeavor Elite Brokerage Company.

"Independence Day" is an opportunity for Kevin, but why not for Rick? Hollywood is indeed starting to get windy, and Rick's previous guess is indeed correct.

However, Rick still kept his sanity, absolute sanity in the face of huge interests, which was an important reason why he won Hugo's brokerage contract in the first place, he forced himself to control his feelings, took a few deep breaths, and then looked at Hugo, "Of course, the premise is that you are willing to take this script." ”

Hugo couldn't help but watch Rick's expression change from extreme excitement to compulsively calm.

Hugo naturally didn't know Kevin and Rick's calculations, and he didn't know that Rick had thought so much in the short time of more than ten seconds, because they didn't just think from the company's standpoint, but also thought about the whole situation from the perspective of the future, and even considered the plan for the next two or three years. Hugo was just an actor, a mere actor, and he still didn't know enough about these situations, which was his disadvantage, but it was also his advantage - at least he could concentrate purely on his work, and then leave the professional work to Rick, Henry, Joseph and Samora.

"So, are you serious? If I reject this script, are you willing to accept my decision? Hugo looked at Rick with a smile, although he didn't know what Rick thought, but he also knew that this work was very important to Kevin and Rick, otherwise Kevin wouldn't have started planning half a year ago, otherwise Rick wouldn't have lost his temper in front of him.

Rick knew that Hugo was joking with him, and he was now familiar with Hugo, but Rick replied seriously, "Of course, I mean it." Hugo, you are a guy with a keen sense of smell, and your eye for choosing scripts is much more vicious than that of my agent, so I don't want to interfere with your decision. What I can do now is to plan your career in the big picture and give you my professional advice. That's all. ”

"Your opinion now is that I should indeed take on a big zuò movie." Hugo still had a smile on his face, and nodded his chin with a chuckle, as if he was thinking.

"Yes." Rick said crisply, "Even if it's not the Twentieth Century Fox project, even if it's not 20 million dollars, it's true." ”

Of course, Hugo can still continue to take on independent small productions, which is undesirable for many production companies. But over time, Hugo gets the salary of a third-tier actor as a superstar, and it is bound to be difficult for his colleagues to have a good face, but if Hugo continues to succeed, they have no way to refute it, and the result is that Hugo's true friends around him are getting fewer and fewer; What's even more terrifying is that Hugo's future development route will be limited to this small world, and it can achieve great success, but to get on the stage of a higher class, the possibility will become smaller and smaller.

These details, Rick did not explain to Hugo, because he knew that Hugo was a smart man, and if he was willing to nod, he would gladly accept them even without these explanations; On the contrary, if he does not want to do this, it will be difficult to change Hugo's decision, even if there are many reasons.

Hugo still believes in Rick's professional construction, and before that, although the scripts of "Before Sunrise", "Seven Deadly Sins" and "Death Row Walk" were Hugo's decisions, Rick also supported them. The reason why agents are different from assistants is because the agent's overall view of career planning has always been a professional skill, and not everyone has it. And Rick is a great agent.

So is Hugo really going to take over the filming of "Independence Day"?

Prior to this, Hugo had passed by several large-scale Zuò films, including failed works such as "Future Water World" and "Cut Throat Island", but also successful works such as "Mission Impossible", "007: GoldenEye", "Brave Island" and "Tornado", for various reasons, and the script reason is only one of them.

In fact, Hugo is very willing to play in "Mission Impossible", and he has also talked about it before that the failure of "Future Water World" is because of the failure of rhythm control and * foreshadowing, which is a fatal wound for a commercial film, and "Independence Day" undoubtedly has no such worries, and Roland's carving of rhythm and * can be called a master.

Hugo's only real commercial film "Speed of Life and Death" is also a leader, interlocking, layer-by-layer rhythm and * are amazing, and although the script of "Independence Day" is weak, the overall quality is enough to be compared with "Speed of Life and Death", and even because of Roland's bold breakthrough portrayal of aliens, "Independence Day" has a status in film history that is half a position higher than "Speed of Life and Death".

Hugo was silent for a while, experiencing the acting test of "Seven Deadly Sins" and "Walking on Death Row", maybe he relaxed a little and didn't need to think about his acting skills, and simply devoted himself to the role, which is a good choice. And Hugo remembered that the humor of the actor in "Independence Day" was also impressive, and perhaps it would be a good idea to challenge the "suspicious comedy".

However, Hugo still needs to think about it again, he looked up at Rick and smiled, "In that case, then why don't you go and read the script?" ”

Hearing this, Rick knew that Hugo had half agreed, which made Rick's face smile excited.