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"Why did you put the pie in the studio?"

Sitting in the battery car, Sophia asked Duke in the driver's seat puzzled, "Wouldn't it be better to have a banquet hall in a hotel or a nightclub?" ”

"I don't know why."

Waving his hand to the back, Duke said helplessly, "This is a decision made by Robin and Charles, the two production managers, after soliciting the advice of many people in the crew, it seems that they miss the life of the studio very much." ”

"Perhaps."

The battery car passed through the front area of Warner Studios and slowly approached the main studio used to shoot "Brave Island", Sophia pointed to the warehouse opposite the studio, and said to Duke, "The rental equipment is temporarily classified and sealed in the Zài warehouse, and the film is ...... by me"

Before she could finish her sentence, she was interrupted by the sound of a battery car honking from the side intersection, and Nicolas Cage was driven by a six-seater battery car with five young women of different hair colors on it, rushing past them and stopping in front of the studio.

"Hi, Duke."

Cage, who jumped out of the battery car, shouted to this side, "You guys are too slow!" ”

"Because I have guests in my car." Duke turned his head and gave a look to Sophia behind him, Sophia had long been accustomed to her cousin's absurd behavior, "Who are you talking about, it doesn't seem to have anything to do with me, right?" ”

After parking the car, Duke walked up to Cage and took a brief look at the five women around him, with long legs and thin waists, tall figures, who should be some models.

"Ed and Lee said they wouldn't come." Cage grabbed two of them and beckoned Duke to walk towards the studio together, "I heard that many people in the crew couldn't find female companions, so I brought a few more with me. ”

A coquettish laugh rang out around him.

Seeing Sophia beside her with a rather helpless look, Duke slowed down slightly, followed Cage with her, and walked into the studio.

The huge studio is brightly lit, the scenes of the past have long been dismantled, there are several long tables filled with all kinds of food and drinks, tables and chairs are placed on the right as eating and resting areas, and the position near the left is arranged as a dance floor, probably the last two months have endured enough noise, and at this time there is absolutely no soothing music.

"You have a kind of magic."

As she walked to the lounge area with Duke, Sophia said sarcastically, "Duke, you can change the hobby of heavy metal music fans." ”

"Thank you!" Duke generously accepted this 'compliment'.

"Your golden cat is over there, won't you go over?"

Pulling out a chair, Sophia sat on it, and pointed to Duke across from him to where a dining table was, where Naomi Watts was talking to a plump blonde woman.

"I feel more relaxed sitting with you." Duke decided to fight back and tapped Sophia's top with his chin, "This dress really doesn't suit you, the tight design exposes all the shortcomings of your figure." ”

"A man's eyes are only focused on this?" Sophia didn't seem to care about Duke's sarcastic flat-chested, "Like you said, as long as you like it, why care about other people's eyes." ”

After saying that, he also raised an eyebrow at Duke.

Tilting her head, Duke didn't bother to say that if she didn't care about other people's eyes and comments, Sophia would quit the actor because of the film critic's indignation?

"Would you like to have something?" Duke asked, getting up.

"Whiskey or brandy." Sophia was not polite at all, "Also, bring some fruit back." ”

Walking to the table where the fruit was placed, Duke found a tray, took some of Sophia's usual fruits, took two more glasses and a bottle of whiskey, returned to the table just now, and poured some for each of them.

"Hi ......" a pleasant female voice came from next to her, "Don't mind if I sit here." ”

"Feel free to ......"

Sophia gestured please, Naomi Watts sat down next to Duke, and the blonde woman with her smiled at the others and pulled back the chair next to Sophia.

"This is Miss Jennifer Aniston." Naomi briefly introduces the two Duke, "She's Nancy's new client......"

"You can call me Janie......"

While Jennifer Aniston was greeting Sophia, Naomi Watts quietly approached Duke and lowered her voice, "She'll be Nancy's Warner's "Six...... Well, now that it's been renamed "Friends", she'll be the heroine. ”

In fact, this situation is not unexpected, since Nancy is the person in charge of packaging "Friends", she will definitely not let go of the main actors who may become popular in it.

As for Jennifer Aniston, she should not have lost weight yet, and it is estimated that she is at least 150 pounds from her appearance, which is a standard fat girl for an actress who pursues photogenic results.

"I've been losing weight as Nancy asks me lately." She was not afraid of her weight, refusing alcohol and food, "She warned me that if I didn't live up to par, she would kick me out." ”

Zack Schneider walked by, holding a clear plastic bag, and shook it this way, "Hey, Duke, why don't you have some?" ”

"Enjoy yourself." Duke waved his hand casually.

"Let's go, let's go dance." Naomi tugged at his sleeve, and Duke was about to stand up when he saw production manager Charles Rowan walking towards him, so he shook his head, "Charles seems to be looking for me." ”

Sure enough, after Charles Rowan came over, he sat directly on the other side of Sophia and handed a bag to Duke.

"Sorry to bother you at this time." He laughed and said, "You said that Warner has drawn up a detailed promotional sheet and will notify you immediately." ”

"Thank you!"

Seeing that Duke and Charles Rowan had work matters to discuss, Naomi gave Jennifer Aniston a wink, whispered a few more words to Duke, and left.

There is nothing special about the pre-release publicity plan formulated by Warner Bros., which is the usual test screening, newspapers, posters, trailers, TV and radio and other publicity methods, which deliberately highlight Christopher Lee's real experience, if there is a media release about Sean Connery, then Warner will build momentum for Lee, if not, then wait for the film to be released as an important means of post-screening publicity.

"Can the post-production time be compressed?"

Charles is also obviously a workaholic, and simply uses this place as an office, but fortunately, no one around comes to disturb him, and even if someone occasionally passes by and sees Sophia's eyes, he will choose to go around.

"At least two months." Duke shook his head, took a sip from his glass, felt that the taste was wrong, and put the whiskey aside, "Although there are no particularly complicated post-production effects, this is already the shortest and tightest time plan I can come up with." ”

If you want to ensure the quality of the film, you can't save time on post-production.

"Okay then." Charles didn't have much hope, "Duke, the test screening is scheduled for mid-April, and there is only more than half a month before the official release in May, you must complete it before that, and we can't compress the interval between the test screening and the public screening." ”

"I understand."

Seeing Duke nod, Charles Rowan brought up another matter, ""Interview with the Vampire will be in post-production in ten days at most, and if there are no accidents, this new film by CAA and Twentieth Century Fox will also be released in May." ”

"It's definitely going to be released in May." Duke said with certainty.

There have been a series of conflicts of philosophy and interests between him and CAA, coupled with the rejection of CAA's two biggest clients, Tom Cruise and Sean Connery, presumably CAA will definitely not sit back and watch "Brave Island" sell again like "Life and Death", the most conventional means is to suppress his film with a masterpiece released at the same time, and private means are probably indispensable.

Although Duke initially felt that Lovett's signing of Rick Solomon was inexplicable, now that it is analyzed, CAA is obviously pointing at Robert Solomon and wants to promote its packaging services to Warner's blank territory, Warner's willingness to cooperate with him is because he is optimistic about the prospects and potential of "Death Island", and is investing in his future, otherwise he would not have signed a 1+2 contract.

If "Death Island" fails or even fails to meet expectations, then the cooperation between him and Warner will inevitably end, and the strong CAA will have more opportunities to intervene in Warner's projects, coupled with the promotion of Warner's internal high-level, maybe Warner will be won in one fell swoop.

No matter how you look at it, CAA will not sit back and wait for "Into the Island of Death" to be a big hit.

Sighing softly, Duke understands that Hollywood is more complicated than he imagined, and now he is still holding the super thigh of Warner, if it is an independent film, he can be played to death by these giants.

And Sean Connery, a standard old ruffian who almost himself off last time, and who knows what he could do.

Duke will not extend this favor to the current star just because he once had a good impression of certain characters......

When it came to work, the two obviously forgot the time, and by the time Sophia said goodbye, the entire studio was already in a mess, and there were few people to see, and the men and women who had fun had already changed to more private places.

"I'll go first, there's still someone waiting for you over there."

Sophia pointed to the corner of the lounge area, where Naomi Watts was sitting, and Duke waved goodbye to her and Charles Rowan and walked straight over.

"Have a drink?"

As Duke sat down in his chair, Naomi pushed a glass and poured champagne for herself and Duke, "We seem to be at the end of the line." ”

Picking up the cup, Duke lifted it to Naomi and took a sip, "The crew is disbanded, and we are the last members." ”

The two talked and laughed for a while, drank two glasses of champagne in succession, and after about ten minutes, they walked towards the door of the studio.

"Where's the fire?" He frowned.

As they spoke, the two turned to the location directly opposite the door of the studio, and Naomi Watts immediately screamed, "Duke! ”

She pointed to the place where the sparks and smoke came out, where the equipment and film were temporarily sealed across the studio...... Warehouse!