It was only then that Hugo realized how powerful his agency was. In Hollywood in the early 90s, there were only three top agencies, namely the oldest and most powerful William Morris Agency (WMA), the oldest and most powerful agency in the industry, as well as two late-star innovative artist agencies (CAA) and International Innovation Management (ICM), which are also the only three agencies in Hollywood with a commission of up to 10%, which shows their ability.

The responsibility of the brokerage company is simply to rely on their own connections to provide intermediary services to customers, and then take a cut from the customer's salary to achieve profits, the stronger the brokerage company resources are richer, the more extensive the network, the more job opportunities will be more abundant, and the customer will naturally be able to obtain broader development prospects. The reason why the three major brokerage companies dare to take a 10% cut is where their ability lies.

Before signing with a brokerage company, when a new actor does not have an agent, the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Actors will play the role of a union, they can provide a large number of job opportunities, and at the same time, if necessary, they will also arrange for an agent to help the actor sign the contract, with the overall goal of protecting the interests of the actor.

Hugo's first film, The Little Restaurant, starred in Shun Lì with the help of the Screen Actors Guild, and he was later brought by Ron Mayer to the International Innovation Management Company. I have to say that Lang is still very methodical, he pushed Hugo step by step to the position of a rising acting star, and was rewarded in the "Dead Poets Society". The three subsequent works of "Fatal Hour", "Detective Detective" and "Hudson's Falcons" certainly have the role of Tracy, but Lang's role as an agent cannot be ignored. It's a pity that all three of these works failed unexpectedly, which is suffocating.

Before the filming of "Hudson's Eagle" was released, Hugo and Lang's brokerage contract had just expired, so Lang transferred Hugo's brokerage contract to Joseph, although it was also in an international innovation management company, but it was obviously a notch off. The results of Hudson's Eagle are a testament to Lang's vision.

It can be said that the crew of "Smell the Fragrance and Know the Woman" finally chose Hugo to play the role of Charlie, and Joseph and the international innovation management company behind him definitely contributed to it.

It was the first time that Hugo felt lucky that he had experienced this qiē himself, so he knew exactly how important it was to have a strong brokerage and a good agent, and it was also the first time that Hugo felt the benefits of his predecessor - if this handsome appearance did not count.

mentioned the agency, Hugo remembered the Charlize he met before, he had been busy preparing for the audition for "Smell a Woman" in the past few days, and actually forgot about Charlize in the back of his mind, "Joseph, I want to ask you something, you know an agent called ...... Uh......"

Hugo rolled his eyes and tried to remember the name of the agent, but he couldn't remember, Joseph stood next to him and looked at Hugo's tangled expression, and there was no reaction. In the end, Hugo had no choice but to give up, and he began to rummage through the business card of the agent that day, but he could not remember where he put it.

Joseph resisted the urge to roll his eyes, sat down on the mattress, and watched Hugo rummage through the cabinets there, first his pocket, wallet, then the coat in the closet, then the bedside table, the desk, and finally Hugo patted his head and opened the script of "Smell the Fragrance and Know the Woman", he successfully found a hard card in the script, and then showed a look of joy, "Oh, remember, his name is Carl Earle!" It's Superman's real name, but Hugo doesn't know that much about American comics, so his associative memory isn't so deep.

Listening to Hugo's words, Joseph finally couldn't hold back and rolled his eyes: Please, this is not what you remember, you read the name directly when you see the name on the business card, right? People who can't even remember where they put their business cards......

"Joseph, do you know him? He says he is a broker for an international innovation management company. Hugo happily walked up to Joseph and handed over the business card.

Joseph looked at the excitement and confusion on Hugo's face, it seemed that he didn't realize his confusion at all, Joseph could only sigh in his heart, and then took the business card, "There is a man named Carl Earle in our company, and we all call him Superman." "Obviously, the name is much more effective for Americans.

Joseph looked at the business card, "Yes, it's his business card. What's wrong? Joseph seemed to have thought of something, he frowned slightly and looked Hugo up and down with a puzzled expression, "Could it be that he handed you the business card and said that you have great potential as an actor?" "If that's the case, it's funny, Hugo is also the actor of three movies, and if he is treated as an ordinary person by his agent, this is really too oolong.

Hugo reacted quickly, and immediately understood what Joseph meant, and waved his hand again and again, "No, no, it's a new model friend I met, Carl thought she had the potential to become an actress, and gave her a business card." But I'm not sure if it's true or a trick to deceive, but I just saw that it's all from our company, so I'll help ask. ”

Joseph nodded suddenly in understanding, "Carl and I joined the company at about the same time, and he is in a worse situation than me now, at least I have you as an artist under my hands," what Joseph didn't say was that although Hugo's situation is not good now, "But Carl brought two actors before, and the results were not good, and he was finally dismissed by those two actors, and he now has no actors under him, so he returned to the street as a talent scout." ”

"Dismissal?" Hugo raised an eyebrow, and he realized that the agent was actually the helper he hired, he was the boss, and the agent worked for him. Of course, a good agent can also bring more job opportunities to the actor, which makes the actor trust the agent more, which is also counterproductive.

Joseph was a little hairy by Hugo's meaningful eyes, Hugo didn't trust him before, obviously he was his agent, but Hugo crossed him three times and twice to find Lang. Although Lang still gave some advice on the surface, which seemed completely irresponsible to Joseph, in private, Lang warned Joseph several times, "Take care of your actors, I won't do free day jobs", and later took a part of Joseph's salary as a consulting fee, which can be regarded as a stop. Now, when Joseph heard Hugo say this, he immediately looked away and said firmly, "This is the right of an actor." ”

Hugo was a little confused, he just made a little joke, Joseph doesn't seem to be the kind of person who can't make jokes, but why does Joseph look so stern now, he couldn't help but laugh twice, "But our cooperation is just on the right track, isn't it the honeymoon period, this kind of thing will definitely not happen." ”

A honeymoon sentence made Joseph roll his eyes, but Yan Sù's expression eased a lot, and a little smile could be seen on the corner of his mouth: "The success of the case of "Smelling Fragrance and Knowing Women" is indeed a thing worth celebrating.

"Joseph, what do you think of Carl? Is my friend going to call him? I'll just introduce her to you. Hugo said as he thought that the top agents must have more than one actor, and there would be no problem if Charlize was introduced to Joseph.

When Joseph heard Hugo's words, his expression really eased, and Hugo's willingness to introduce his friends to him showed that Hugo trusted him, which was an improvement. "Oh, Carl is a very friendly person, he takes his work very seriously, and he is a trustworthy agent." Joseph knew that he was not strong enough to bring two actors, so it would be a good result if Hugo's friend could become Carl's entertainer.

"Then why did the two actors leave before?" Hugo didn't hide it, and directly said his thoughts.

Joseph has no intention of hiding it, these things can be known as soon as he asks in the company, "Carl is a very serious person, he wants the actor to devote himself to every job, so many times his personality is more stubborn, and there will be a lot of conflicts. ”

Hugo couldn't help but nodded, it is conceivable that Carl is a more serious person, such a character is actually a taboo in the process of interpersonal communication, but once his work is started, his achievements will be better than others.

"Furthermore, Carl has always believed that it is not difficult to become famous overnight, and it can be born under the combined effect of timing and luck, but it is difficult to maintain the results of opportunistic and deliberate management in order to become famous. Joseph said this, glancing at Hugo, "So, you know, not everyone can accept such an idea. ”

Indeed, many people come to Hollywood with the dream of taking a step to the sky, and as a result, Carl has been persuading others to start with the basics in a down-to-earth manner, which is naturally annoying, and the so-called advice is probably the case.

In fact, in Hugo's opinion, Carl is a very good agent, at least he really thinks about the actor. Maybe it's because Carl hasn't reached the pinnacle of being an agent and hasn't been assimilated by the rules of the industry where profit comes first, but I don't know if his personality can be sustained from the beginning. If it could, it would definitely be a rare conscience in the industry.

"Well, would you like to introduce a friend to Carl?" Joseph asked seemingly unintentionally, but he was still a little nervous in his heart. Joseph is very similar to Carl from a certain point of view, otherwise the two of them would not have entered the industry for more than a year and are still in such a bad situation, so Hugo's affirmation of Karl can also be seen as an affirmation of Joseph in a sense, which is very important to him.

Hugo didn't think much about it, he just nodded as a matter of course and said, "Of course, why not?" Hearing this, the tension between Joseph's eyebrows quietly dissipated, occupied by the faint joy. However, Hugo, who was a little thicker, did not notice it, and he continued to say there, "I should call Charlize......