Walk out of the elevator, there is a huge glass door about five steps away on the left-hand side, which can accommodate at least six people to enter side by side, inside the glass door is a shadow wall, light blue is the bottom embellished with navy blue fonts, cursive handwriting "Endeavor Elite Brokerage Company" is introduced into the eye at once, and the shadow wall is dotted with brown hollow plywood, which does not look gorgeous and cumbersome, but reveals some elegance, and out of thin air there is some more historical precipitation and bookish atmosphere.

The shadow wall was before the huge service desk, and at this time there were two people sitting behind the arc-shaped reception desk, and when they saw someone appear at the elevator entrance, one of them stood up and greeted the arrival of the four people with a bright and gentle smile, "Good morning, Mr. Burns." "The receptionists are obviously trained and know the big names in Hollywood," Rick has been waiting for you. ”

The kindness of the receptionist made Roland and Dean feel a lot more at ease, and Kevin's expression still maintained his usual calmness, only to hear the receptionist say skillfully, "Please follow me, take a break in the conference room, Rick will visit you in the conference room soon." ”

Kevin also smiled politely, "Please lead the way." ”

Bypass the shadow wall, you can see the neatly planned office cubicle behind, the spacious and bright windows let the sunlight in Los Angeles shine down without any hindrance, the office cubicle in front of you is not narrow, on the contrary, the view is very smooth, you can find that each office cubicle corresponds to the frosted glass office on both sides of the aisle, roughly calculated, there are about fifteen offices on this floor, with thirty office cubicles.

It seems that this floor is where the real top brokers of Endeavour Elite Brokerage Company work, and those cubicles are the desks of the assistants.

Just a glance, Kevin can feel the ambition of this company, and the entire office environment is designed to be very atmospheric, even the most powerful innovative artist agency at the moment does not have this calmness and courage. It seems that the future goal of Endeavour Elite Agency is definitely not just the top in Hollywood.

"Kevin." Dean quietly patted Kevin's arm, Kevin was looking at his surroundings quietly, he noticed that each office was two-thirds frosted glass on the top and transparent glass on the bottom one-third, not only could he vaguely see that the furnishings and designs of the offices were completely different, but he also noticed that there was a small wooden sign hanging at the door of each office, which made him want to see for himself, and couldn't help but be a little distracted.

Alerted by Dean, Kevin took his gaze back, and then saw the oncoming Mark Canton, the CEO of Columbia Pictures.

At this time, Mark's face showed an obvious look of surprise, he did not hide his expression, but took the initiative to say hello, "Allen, I didn't expect to see you here, what, come to Los Angeles for a vacation?" Apparently, Mark also knew Allen.

While Kevin was distracted, Alan was very focused, he took Mark's outstretched right hand, and said politely and restrainedly, "This is not a good city for vacation." With a simple sentence, he brought it over, and he didn't intend to answer Mark's question, "What about you, are you here today to do business?" ”

Mark rolled his eyes and chuckled twice, "This is Los Angeles, one of my spheres of activity, just random visits." Completely slappy, and then Mark's eyes met Kevin's, and the two competitors showed a polite and perfunctory smile in unison, and even hugged each other, "It seems that you are very busy today, so I won't bother you." ”

Mark didn't have any intention of spying on Kevin, and cleverly avoided the core directly, and Kevin was naturally very cooperative, "If you have something to do, go first, and go out to eat together another day." ”

Mark said hello to Alan again, then staggered past and walked away. After entering the elevator, the smile on Mark's face was put away, and he muttered in a low voice, "Alan Strello, how did Kevin get together with him......" Mark's brows furrowed, and he turned to his assistant and said, "This matter must be investigated, Kevin Pence has never been a person without a plan." ”

Although the assistant standing on the side was very curious about who this "Alan Strello" was, he knew that in Hollywood, you should never take the initiative to inquire about the news, because you often hear news that you shouldn't know. A truly intelligent person can hear many, many messages if he up his ears.

Kevin's mind also turned around twice at this time, although there were outsiders beside him, and he had no way to exchange opinions with Allen and Roland, but he had already thought about it. He doesn't believe in coincidences, especially on occasions like Endeavour Elite Agency, where only one in a hundred coincidences may be true. In other words, Mark's encounter with him is clearly Rick's arrangement, but why?

Columbia Pictures led by Mark has been in a lot of glory in the past few years, but it has taken a sharp turn since last year, in 1994, Columbia Pictures did not have a single work of more than 100 million yuan throughout the year, and the highest box office was only more than 60 million in the "Burning Years", which can be described as a failure, and so far this year there is only one "Jumanji Game" worth mentioning. Before "Jumanji", the highest box office was only "Jedi Men", which won 65 million.

Arguably, the current state of Columbia Pictures is even worse than Twentieth Century Fox.

Mark has been trying to have a good relationship with Hugo, especially after the "wolf" lost to "life and death" in the summer last year, but unfortunately Mark's method has never been right, and he has not been able to reach a cooperation so far. What is Mark here for today?

A few thoughts flashed through Kevin's mind, he remembered that Columbia Pictures had a project called "Men in Black", which not only invested 90 million US dollars, but also invited Steven Spielberg to be the executive producer, and invited Hugo to star as early as last year, but unfortunately because the script was too bad, Hugo returned it directly - Hugo still refused in front of Steven.

In addition, Columbia Pictures currently has at least three projects in the pipeline of more than 80 million.

Kevin's temple jumped twice, obviously, this was Rick's dismissal, no matter what Mark and Rick were talking about, but it was certain that Twentieth Century Fox wasn't Hugo's only option, and maybe they weren't on the best terms compared to desperate Columbia Pictures. Although Kevin knew that this was Rick's negotiating tactic, he couldn't help but buy it, because Hugo was a buyer's market now, and it was the only one with no semicolon.

Originally, Kevin felt that he had shown enough sincerity in coming to Endeavor Elite Agency for an interview today, but now it seems that Rick has no intention of buying it at all. Kevin had a hunch that today's negotiations would not go well.

In the blink of an eye, Kevin's mind had already turned several times, and after entering the conference room, he whispered to Roland, "Change to the second plan." ”

Roland's face couldn't help but be stunned, they had just sat down, and Kevin had already retreated. However, Kevin immediately turned his head away, and had no intention of discussing it in depth, and Roland knew that things must not be so simple. This made Roland a little nervous.

The group of four had just sat down, and before they even brought coffee, Rick and Joseph had already appeared at the door of the conference room. At least in terms of etiquette, Rick is still very good.

"I'm sorry, I didn't have a bit of a delay in my schedule and wasn't able to go out to meet you guys in person, I'm sorry." Rick said with a deep apology on his face, which made Roland and Dean relax their vigilance a little, but Kevin and Allen were a little tense.

Nothing is so simple in the mall. Even if it is really a coincidence, it must be treated with a correct attitude, otherwise Kevin's plans for the past six months may fall through.

"Is there anything going on with Hugo today?" After the pleasantries, Alan looked around and asked politely with a warm smile.

Rick looked at Joseph, who calmly spoke, "I'm Hugo's manager, Joseph Gibbs. Today Hugo participated in a charity event and he was a volunteer. Since I couldn't be there, he asked me to apologize, and I hope that the next time he has the opportunity to invite you to dinner and apologize face-to-face. ”

It is not difficult to choose between charity events and commercial blockbuster talks, but Hugo chose the former. And this excuse makes it impossible for Kevin to complain - he can't say "Hugo shouldn't be charitable". However, Kevin was mentally prepared, he was not surprised by such a situation at all, he sighed lightly in his heart, he didn't know what went wrong, but the current difficult situation could not be ignored.

Although Kevin figured out Hugo's psychology and made a huge plan, Kevin never really understood Hugo's thoughts, so he couldn't understand the mental state at this moment. However, this did not prevent Kevin from cheering up and coping, "It's okay, it's okay, it's just an interview, originally we just wanted to talk to Hugo about his opinion on the script, and our screenwriter also came over in person, if you have any ideas, you can communicate directly on the spot." However, I think that Joseph's appearance must have come with Hugo's opinion, so there is no problem at all. ”

Kevin was very calm, but the other three all showed disappointed looks, obviously Hugo's absence showed that he didn't attach importance to this cooperation, especially Alan's blue eyes with a strong disappointment, even his eyebrows couldn't help frowning slightly, and the whole person seemed to be in high spirits.

"In fact, Hugo was not satisfied with the script, he had little interest in it." Joseph's answer made everyone look over, and Kevin looked at Rick for the first time, only to see that Rick still had a polite smile on his face, "Kevin, don't sue me, you expect such a script to impress Hugo, right?" ”

Rick unabashedly firing on fire, leaving this negotiation bogged down from the start.