Although Joseph had a very unpleasant quarrel with Hugo because of the choice of works, which led to a long period of cold war, objectively speaking, Joseph's original consideration was not wrong, and Rick's current consideration is exactly the same as Joseph's original consideration.

Looking at Hugo's current results, he has climbed a full step after "", in this situation, Hugo's salary has soared to 15 million US dollars, although Hugo's highest salary before this was only 6 million US dollars.

In Hollywood, salary is the most important criterion for measuring the level of stars, and the gap between 10 million and 15 million is a chasm.

The situation that Hugo faced after the release of "" has now been replicated again, what works should Hugo take after the great success of """"? And how much should the salary be? If fifteen million is missed this time, what will the future hold?

Hugo is faced with the same choice, and similarly, Rick is facing the same situation as Joseph, and at present, Rick has made the same choice as Joseph: he still hopes that Hugo will choose a big production.

However, the situation is much better now than it was then, on the one hand, Hugo's situation is much better than it was then, the opportunity to break through the fifteen million salary is not so urgent, and the threat of Tracy is no longer there; On the other hand, Hugo and Rick were able to talk face-to-face, and Joseph mediated, at least normal communication could take place. Of course, the most important thing is that at present, Hugo does not have a script that attracts him like "", which is equivalent to not having a spark that triggers contradictions.

"Rick, do you understand what I mean?" After Hugo finished speaking, he also glanced at Joseph seriously, although the two of them have released their previous suspicions, and now Joseph has also become his manager, but the original contradiction has not been completely discussed by the two people, "I'm not saying that these scripts are good or bad, but to say, for the same script, your starting point is the investment is the cost, but my starting point is that the script is the role is the performance, if our pursuit happens to be realized in one script, then everyone is happy, for example, ''; But the problem is that such perfect scripts are not often available, so we are bound to have many disagreements, such as '''. "

This is the same as Lang, the butt determines the head, and different positions will inevitably lead to different ways of thinking.

Rick didn't speak immediately, but looked at Hugo seriously, which is also Rick's personality, he always has a lot of thoughts in his head, but he doesn't make impulsive decisions, and always maintains a trace of sanity so that he can always maintain a slight advantage at important moments.

But Joseph spoke, putting the script for "Future Water World" on his lap, "So, you're saying that when we choose a script, we should think about whether the script is appropriate for the actors. "

Time has passed, and after changing positions, Joseph's thinking has also become clearer, not to mention, he is now the manager who makes calculations for Hugo, so he understands Hugo's meaning without much effort, and at the same time understands the origin of the conflict between him and Hugo. Thinking of this, Joseph couldn't help but sigh a little, in fact, if the two of them had communicated well, things would not have been so stiff.

Hugo smiled at Joseph, then nodded slightly in affirmation, but Joseph pulled the corners of his mouth in embarrassment, but wanted to say something, but had no clue, and finally could only avoid his gaze.

Rick was not surprised by this answer, in fact, when he signed Hugo, he was interested in Hugo's potential as an actor. Generally speaking, actors are easy to distinguish into several categories, acting, box office, vase, and so on.

For example, Daniel Lewis is a typical acting class, and his best box office result is "The Last Mohican." last。 of。 the。 mohis)", $75 million at the box office, while none of the rest of his works were able to break $50 million.

For example, Arnold and Schwarzenegger are typical box office categories, "True Lies", "Terminator 2" and other works have achieved brilliant box office results, but they are lackluster in terms of awards, and even there are few nominations.

For example, the vase category is even more numerous, and every year a new batch of vase actors appears, and then they are randomly eliminated again.

Actors who can balance acting skills and box office are really rare, and Hugo is the most successful representative of the past two years. So from the very beginning, Rick had a different positioning for Hugo, and he hoped that Hugo could become the most shining superstar in film history, even surpassing Jack Nicholson, Marlon Brando, Paul Newman and other great figures.

It's not hard for Rick to understand Hugo's words, but that's why he brought the "Apollo L3" and "Future Waterworld" scripts to the table, because both of them have the ability to push Hugo's career to the top.

Hugo looked at Rick, who had never spoken, and he knew that Rick was still immersed in thinking, so he simply pointed to the "Future Water World" in Joseph's hand and explained, "Look, have you read this script carefully?" If you've read it, you'll know that this script has a simple main line, a boring story, and thin characters, and it just wants to be stacked with countless special effects, without any highlights, and apart from that amazing salary, if I just returned from Las Vegas Wolf Bèi, then this work would be a good choice. "

"Future Water World" invested 175 million, such a huge project is absolutely unmatched by any work in terms of topicality alone, but as Hugo said, the protagonist of this work is the special effects, the picture, the director, not the story or the actors. Just like 2009's "Avatar", the protagonist is director James Cameron, and there is only James Cameron.

Hugo starred in such a work, not because it was overkill, but because good steel was not used on the blade. Even if it's not Hugo, any other actor - even second- and third-tier actors can do it. Of course, Lang Yimayer gave this script to Hugo, naturally hoping to borrow Hugo's box office appeal to recover the huge cost, which is also an important role for big-name actors.

Rick seemed to understand what Hugo meant, and then watched Hugo pick up the script of "Apollo L3", "Relatively speaking, this script is much more suitable, aside from the investment of 60 million, the script and the characters have parts worth excavating." So, if you bring this script over, I understand, but the ......" Hugo pointed to the script in Joseph's hand, and he did not speak again, but shook his head.

Rick let out a long sigh of relief, and he nodded in understanding. In fact, Hugo's meaning is very simple, he does not reject large-scale zuò, such as "Night Interview with Vampires", which has a high investment of more than 50 million; He is also not averse to commercial films, such as popcorn movies like "Life and Death"; He is not averse to breaking the image of the icon, such as comedy films like "Strange Jack in Disguise" - provided that a film company is willing to star in him, of course.

From this point of view, although Hugo is a little troublesome and picky, he still has something in common with Rick in the general direction. Linked to Hugo's previous rejection of Columbia Pictures' scripts, Rick finally found some doorways, which will play a crucial role in the future cooperation between the two.

"And what do you think of this script?" Rick pointed to the "Apollo L3" in Hugo's hand, and he could feel that Hugo was not very interested in the script.

Hugo did not answer immediately, but thought in silence.

When he first saw this script, he refused it without reading it at all, but objectively speaking, the script of "Apollo L3" was still very good, and it was nominated for the Oscar for Best Picture that year. beautiful。 mind)" won the Oscar for Ron. Howard), overall the quality is guaranteed.

But the problem is that "Apollo L3" is a biographical film with the main theme, and the whole movie is stable, and the director Lang is also a traditional academic director, and his style follows the orthodox royal route, without any tricks and skills, it can only be said to be decent. Moreover, the three protagonists of "Apollo L3" are quite face-painted and do not dig deeply, and the leading actor Tom Hanks is not brilliant.

"It's a good work, the script looks very good, but ...... It doesn't get me excited, it doesn't excite me, you know. To sum it up, Hugo simply said, "Stories are good stories, but there are no bright spots; The role was an inspirational character, but there was no room for it, so I didn't feel the urge to play it. "

Rick savored Hugo's words, he could feel that Hugo had a higher pursuit of his career as an actor, and while taking on films such as "Life and Death" to entertain the public, he also hoped to become a better actor, and he also hoped to constantly challenge himself and break through himself.

Therefore, less than half a year after the filming of "Life and Death", what can impress Hugo should be a script that can bring more challenges. Today's seemingly simple conversation has an indelible and important role in the cooperation between Rick and Hugo.

"Maybe you'll be even more excited when you see the script of 'Strange Heroes in Disguise'." Joseph now understood Hugo's thoughts, and the original dispute now seemed ridiculous, and he smiled self-deprecatingly, and then said something teasingly.

Hugo nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, maybe in terms of quality, 'Strange Heroes in Disguise' is not as good as 'Apollo 13'" But if I had to choose, I would be willing to choose 'Strange Heroes in Disguise'. Hugo's expression also brightened, "However, I don't think it's a good thing for me to play 'Strange Heroes in Disguise', I don't have the skills of Jin Yi Carrey, and if such an excellent comedy movie is performed by me, it will become a disaster." "

Hugo is still self-aware.

Hearing this, Rick's originally tense mood relaxed a little and showed a bright smile. (To be continued).