Cheerful time always flies, Hugo spent a whole day with Cameron in New York, and then spent another day working with Cameron on the set. Obviously, with Hugo here, it was indeed difficult for Cameron to concentrate, and then, in order not to affect Cameron's follow-up work, Hugo left New York and returned to Los Angeles.

When he got home, Hugo called Rick and told him about his encounter with Kevin Pence on set that day, "Did I think too much, or did I say something big about Twentieth Century Fox lately?" ”

Since the completion of "Death Row Walk", Rick and Henry have reached a consensus that this time is to let Hugo completely relax and rest, so including Joseph and Samora, they almost did not talk to Hugo about any work, but only occasionally sent a script for Hugo to see.

"Hehe, it's not that you think too much, it's definitely not that simple for these bigwigs of large-scale film production companies to make friends." Rick was not at all surprised by Hugo's words, "Kevin will meet you on the 'Love is the One' crew, not deliberately arranged, but it will definitely not be a complete coincidence." As one of the leaders of Endeavour Elite Agency, Rick's vision and means are naturally not idle, "I was guessing when Kevin would actually make a move. Waiting until now, you can also see his patience, it seems that this time he is confident. ”

Rick sighed a few words there, and Hugo was confused. The main thing is that Hugo doesn't know anything about the recent situation, so he can't judge either. Rick sighed and explained, "In recent months, Twentieth Century Fox has been working very closely with our company, and you can see that Kevin has paid enough attention to the artists under our company, I mean, packaging collaborative projects like innovative artist agencies. ”

"I forgot to tell you that Twentieth Century Fox took the North American distribution rights to 'Death Row Walk.'" Rick immediately added, which immediately made Hugo understand, "Steven and Kevin are interested in a long-term collaboration, and all the works produced by DreamWorks in the next two years will be published by Twentieth Century Fox, but both sides are in the tentative stage, starting with 'Death Row Walk'." ”

After the veil of mystery was revealed, the tip of the iceberg was revealed in front of Hugo. Hugo had mentioned the issue of distribution rights to Steven before, but now DreamWorks is still in the early stage of accumulating energy, and the distribution problem is not significant, but even so, Steven has begun to think about the long-term problem.

Now it seems that the cooperation between Twentieth Century Fox and Endeavour Elite Brokerage and DreamWorks is not so simple.

"However, the right to distribute the film's video tapes and overseas distribution is still being contested." Rick's words made Hugo laugh directly, "Are you kidding? ”

But Rick shook his head, "No, I'm not kidding. Hugo was completely stunned, "Death Row Walk" is such a literary and artistic work, it is clear that there is no box office driving force, and the film company is actually competing for the distribution rights of such a work? And listening to Rick's tone, it seems that Twentieth Century Fox won the North American distribution rights after some competition, the world is changing too fast, and Hugo can't keep up with the speed.

It's just that Hugo forgot about it, and the hustle and bustle of the past few months, the attention of the "Death Row Walk" has broken off the table, and there is almost no doubt that the "Death Row Walk" has only invested 11 million US dollars to achieve profitability.

"Columbia Pictures and Paramount are competing, and of course, Twentieth Century Fox isn't going to give up." Rick didn't say much, just revealed two sentences simply.

But just these few words, Hugo can feel that DreamWorks and Endeavour Elite Agency, two new Hollywood players, are gradually increasing their competitiveness. "Rick, you should know that for a production company, the ability to distribute is the key to winning or losing, just like a big company like Twentieth Century Fox, they may only have ten films a year, but they may release twice or three times as many films, which is the real right to speak."

"Of course I know that, but what are you saying this for?" Rick couldn't help frowning, obviously not quite understanding Hugo's words, the distribution rights and the brokerage company have nothing to do with half a cent.

"I mean, maybe, DreamWorks should take that seriously." Hugo knows that now the cooperation between DreamWorks and Endeavor Elite Agency is increasing, and the strong rise of Endeavor Elite Agency in the future must be indispensable to the success and glory of DreamWorks, history has changed, and he, as a member of it, is trying to contribute his own strength, since Michael Jackson can be cleared fifteen years in advance, so why can't the fate of DreamWorks change?

"The relationship between DreamWorks and us is getting closer and closer, and you know the relationship between actors and studios better than I do." Hugo's words silenced Rick and pondered it.

As an actor and singer, Hugo's talent is undoubted, but Hugo also knows that his overall vision is lacking, and he is not convincing enough in terms of company management and blueprint planning. Just as David Geffen was persuaded to invest "before sunrise", Hugo was very weak when he mentioned the distribution rights to Steven Spielberg before. This is Hugo's weakness.

But Hugo knows the future trend and development trend of the industry, so he hopes to rely on his strong friendship with Rick to persuade Rick to complete the follow-up promotion.

Rick knows Hugo as a person, although he lacks a sense of the big picture, but his sensitivity to details and development trends is far beyond ordinary people, Hugo is definitely not untargeted, "Hugo, I think I probably know what you mean, but I need to clarify my thinking." Hugo's words seemed to touch a little thought in Rick's mind, he felt that this was likely to be another turning point in the company's development, but there was no way to sort it out for a while, he needed a little time, "However, I can be sure that Twentieth Century Fox does want to work with you." ”

Rick pulled the topic back again, and Hugo also took the opportunity to divert his attention, "Did they submit the script to you?" ”

"That's where they are smart, I'm almost overwhelmed by the scripts that other companies have submitted lately, but they haven't submitted a single script to ...... Uh, to be exact, handed over to you. Rick couldn't help but laugh when he thought of this, "They have a lot of scripts for me at the moment, some for Alex, some for Charlize, some for Leo, and some for Tom, but...... It's just that there is no yours. ”

"Well...... doesn't need Rick's explanation, and Hugo is aware of the anomaly, obviously not because Twentieth Century Fox doesn't want to work with Hugo, but because Twentieth Century Fox is methodically advancing its own plans.

"Didn't you tell me before that they have several big projects in the works? I looked into many ways and was sure that there was a big project, but it wasn't moving forward very quickly, and what I heard was that there was something wrong with the investment funds, but I wasn't convinced. On the contrary, the grapevine said that there were some problems with the script, mainly because the story of 'Future Water World' completely collapsed, and now the big projects are more cautious, which I think is more credible. ”

Rick summed up the situation in a few words, "Most likely, Kevin wants you to star in this project, but ...... Who knows? Anyway, we're the one who takes the initiative, and we'll just wait for them to come to the door. "Rick seems to be very relaxed, and that's Rick's confidence.

Rick believed that as soon as Hugo said that he was going to take on a new film, the script would fly like snowflakes, and Hugo would not have to worry about the next work at all. The initiative, from beginning to end, was in his hands, or more accurately, in Hugo's hands.

"Big Project ......" Hugo nodded his chin slightly, in fact, after the fiasco of "Future Water World", the investment of major film companies is relatively cautious, and the investment projects of about 100 million US dollars have fallen into an impasse, and the more famous ones are "Tornado (Twister)", "Man in Black", "Air Force One (Air. fore)", "Jurassic Park 2", "Titanic" and a few, you can count them on one hand.

Could it be that the project that Twentieth Century Fox said was "Titanic"?

But then Hugo denied this idea, because "Titanic" is a James Cameron project, he is one of the most powerful directors in Hollywood today, although the project encountered many difficulties in the preparation process, including financial obstructions, but if it is really this project, Kevin will never be so secretive, and James will not have no news at all.

But Hugo just guessed, didn't think deeply, and as Rick said, they just waited for Twentieth Century Fox to make a move.

"Regarding the selection of the next work, you don't have to worry about it for the time being, if there is a good work, I will send the script over." Rick can guess from Hugo's actions today, although Hugo did not say that he can put himself into work again, but at least he is not excluded, "By the way, I got an interesting call yesterday, NBC's 'Friends', you know, 'Happy Family' current ratings competitors, they called to invite you to be objective about the series. ”

"What? Did they really call you? Hugo was very surprised, although Jennifer sent out the invitation twice, but Hugo didn't take it seriously, but now it seems that this is not just a joke between friends.

"So, you know about it?" Rick said in surprise.

"Yes, I'm friends with Jennifer Aniston, and she asked me about it before." Hugo replied simply, and Rick immediately reacted that Jennifer and Cameron were working together on "Love is the One".

Rick touched his chin and said as he thought, "So, what do you think?" Would you rather make a cameo appearance in a TV series? ”