In addition to congratulations, Francis brought another piece of news.

Peter and the main cast will travel to New Zealand on September 13th, and according to the filming plan, Legolas's role will not start until after December.

"I'm sorry, but you may not be able to spend Christmas in the United States."

Francis said apologetically.

Daniel put down the phone and immediately called Kusa, who now holds a position at his side, agent, assistant, lawyer, etc., and today he began to look for a new home for him.

Because these days, Daniel finds himself often recognized, and there have been cases of being followed to residential areas. His photos are still circulating in various media outlets, and his performance in "School Blues" has also been in the limelight.

"As reluctant as I am, I'm going to tell you, Daniel, that you're a popular movie star now." Kusa said this to him with a hippie smile.

Of course, Daniel didn't call him to ask about the house, and the tens of thousands of dollars he just received were actually not much left after paying the bills to CAA and Kusa, as well as the purchase and travel expenses, so it was still a bit difficult for him to rent a small house in the high-end apartment area.

But had to be for.

"I'm sorry to bother you so late, dear Kusa."

"Say!"

"I think we'll have to think seriously about what we're going to do tomorrow, you know, it was supposed to be September, but Francis just called me, and my role only started in December, which means we have more than half a year off."

Kusa muttered on the other end of the phone, "That's big news." Okay, then I'll go to CAA tomorrow and say, oh yes, I just received the cumulative box office, 34.59 million in the first week, and Fox's estimated box office was adjusted to 85 million. Elon said that there is going to be a celebration banquet, please be sure to attend. ”

"Finally someone forced me to attend the banquet. I see, good night, Kusa. ”

……

Kusa arrived at the company early the next morning, reviewed the production list, made a preliminary screening, and classified them, of course, it was not that he had not done it before, but he was a little light.

"Your coffee."

Curty is an ordinary staff member of the company, although he serves several agents, including Kusa, but he rarely took the initiative to bring coffee to Kusa before, and since Daniel became one of the youngest actors in CAA, his treatment in the company has also subtly risen.

Both Kusa and Daniel himself are actually slowly tasting the sweetness of fame.

"Thanks, Curty, you're so beautiful today."

"Yes. Thanks for the compliment. Coty seemed to show off her obvious deep groove as if she was unintentional, she wore a short dress with a slightly large neckline, and she deliberately pulled it down a little when she came in.

Kusa put down his coffee and winked at Curty, "Honey, I'm a little busy right now, how about having dinner together in the evening?" ”

"If it's a steak at Divit's."

"No problem, see you in the evening."

After completing an agreed reproduction event, Kusa picked up the materials again.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Daniel also arrived at CAA, where he now looks a bit like a real Hollywood star.

Kusa placed several documents in front of him.

"Those movies that can't make a splash have been removed by me, and now that's it, I'm probably divided into three categories, the male protagonist of the small production zuò, this is very few, and the supporting roles of the large production zuò, the number decreases according to the importance of the supporting roles, and there are some roles that seem to have nothing, maybe they fancy a few free news after you join. The most is the second male lead in some small and medium-sized youth films, the male protagonist is generally an actor with several years of experience, and his popularity is not as good as yours, but it is relatively stable, and the price given by the third category is also relatively high. ”

Daniel was quite curious, "How much is the most?" ”

"Let me think about it, it's this," Kusa handed Daniel the material, "to be honest, I'm quite tempted, they offer $400,000, but it's a woman's film." Of course, if you go, you can be regarded as a leading actor. ”

"Legally Blonde?"

"Yes, it's a vulgar story about a bad girl who gets lost and then gets rich, and your character is that 'lust'. It's called Werner Ecent, right? ”

Daniel has heard of this film, and the investment of 16 million is enough.

"Sounds like you've got a better one to build on."

Kusa snapped his fingers and handed over another copy, ""Gladiator", A-level system, over 100 million investment, main male supporting role. Do you feel like your heart is boiling? ”

"But it's very, very challenging, and as far as I know, even if we have to wait for Russell Crowe to lose weight, oh, you have experience with that, the film doesn't start later than July, which means we have less than a month to fight for the role."

Cusa points to "Commodius", the male supporting actor and villain of "Gladiator".

Daniel Mo rubbed the papers, "Needless to say, the A-level male supporting role, the epic theme, and the challenging character setting." But what we have to discuss first is whether this movie is too incredible for us. I mean, beyond our efforts. ”

"Indeed, I don't deny it, very crazy. I got some information from their assistant director, that the role of Commerdius has been tried out a lot, that he has a lot of requirements for the actors, and that he has to be young, and your good friend Paul Walker is also one of the candidates, but Ridley, I mean the director, producer, and one of the writers of the film, Ridley Scott, is not happy with his performance, which makes the Universal's executives unhappy, but he doesn't care, he's a big director. ”

"But, the bad news is that they already have a target, Joaquin Fiknis, you may not know him, but he has an older brother who died of a drug overdose a few years ago in front of Johnny Depp's bar, right in Los Angeles."

"Rivan?"

Levan Fiknis, before he left, was the shadow of almost all young Hollywood actors, his talent is unparalleled, nominated for an Oscar at the age of 17, and became the best actor at the Venice Film Festival at the age of 21. Public opinion even prematurely gave him the entire nineties.

He died in front of Jackie, which was unimaginably stimulating, and he stayed away from Hollywood for three years, and only now is he gradually returning to the normal track.

Jackie's experience has given him more maturity and content than anyone else.

"So, you mean someone will help him?"

Kusa glanced at Daniel, "Jackie returned to Hollywood in ninety-five years, and only today has a good opportunity, if someone helps him, how can he be after someone leaves?" Johnny Depp and Keanu Reeves are all good friends of his brother, but who came out to help him? His advantage, the first is that he does have extraordinary acting skills, and the second is that his appearance can undoubtedly help promote in the later stage, Ruifan's younger brother, for those who have been touched by that genius boy, isn't it a wonderful move? ”

"What does Jacques know?"

"Of course, Jackie's agent Philip is WME's top agent, although Phoenix is not a powerful actor in his hands, but doing these things without the actor will often end up being beaten and even cause a scandal, Philip can't do such a stupid thing."

Daniel understands that after a few years on the cold bench in Hollywood, Jeaquin Phoenix can't take it anymore. Maybe he once insisted on not consuming his deceased brother, but apparently he doesn't think that way anymore.

"I think I've got a rough idea of what is going on, so let's talk about our strengths. By the way, is it a little easier to get an audition now? ”

"Of course," Kusa said, gesturing to the list of materials on the table, "these things are no joke. Although Ridley has his eye on Jackie, he will definitely not give up on finding a more suitable person, and the most important thing is that you are the more suitable one. ”

Daniel stood up and pushed open Kusa's window, took a deep breath, and then turned around.

"Our enemy, the first one is Joaquin Phoenix, and if I can't outperform him in my performances, then there's no need to say anything."

"Secondly, Ridley certainly says the same, but human favor is unavoidable, Philip knows people who are more connected than you and me combined, how to defeat him, this is the second point."

"Thirdly, do we have any other advantages besides acting? If it's just the above two points, we are really too passive, and we will either succeed or go straight out. ”

Kusa nodded, "Yes, yes." ”

"We've got to tackle it one by one, about your performance, Daniel, you should go and see some Jacques movies, but I believe you, Daniel, the professionalism and ability you showed in preparing Legolas was outstanding."

"The performance should be left to Ridley, and it's easy to know his attitude, and if he's determined, then try to get an audition."

In terms of performance, Daniel is indeed fearless, the performance level of Chinese filmmakers is not worse than Hollywood, and after coming to the United States, his performance bottleneck has also made a huge breakthrough, and Americans' logical thinking, cultural background, etc., have benefited his performance a lot in the integration of East and West. Now it's just a matter of running-in, one work at a time, to improve his performance system.

"OK, now for the second obstacle, Philip." Kusa smiled bitterly, "I'm so sorry, I dropped the chain this time." ”

"Kusa!" Daniel glanced at him disapprovingly, "Even the A-rank character isn't worth our self-doubt. Greatness, you said, our goal is greatness. ”

"I don't think we need to think about it," Kusa cheered up, "to get the audition first, and then see how Ridley reacts, maybe not as bad as we thought." ”