"So, Steven, you can sue me now, what the hell is going on, right?" After watching James's obviously stiff back leave, Hugo looked back at Steven and said with a slight frown.

Tonight is too weird, everything happened between lightning and flint, James from the appearance to the departure, before and after less than a quarter of an hour, the words about the "Titanic" also seemed very hasty, did not talk about the point at all, so that Hugo is still confused.

"I don't know, I swear, I'm not involved in this, I really don't know what's going on." Steven argued in all seriousness.

But Hugo didn't believe it at all, stared at Steven with doubt, and then nodded his chin slightly, "Okay...... Well, if you say so...... "But even so, Hugo looked at Steven with suspicion, and showed no sign of giving up.

Hugo's eyes made Steven irritable, and he raised his hands in surrender, "Hugo, first of all, I must emphasize that I don't like the way you question me, although I'm not a control maniac like James, but I also don't like others to challenge my authority, you know this, you know it very well." Steven's eyes widened and he said viciously to Hugo.

In fact, Steven said something similar during the filming of "Schindler's List", but now Steven's deterrent power to Hugo no longer exists, not only because the two are friends, but also because the positions of the two have gradually become equal.

Hugo shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands innocently, as if to say, "I didn't do anything," much to Steven's dismay.

"Okay, maybe, maybe I gave Kevin a little bit of a blow." Steven said helplessly, "You know, we've been working together a lot lately, and he's attached great importance to James' project, and he's mentioned it to me several times, both openly and secretly. But I really didn't know James would show up today, that's the truth. ”

"So, it's fake that you have something to do with me today?" Hugo didn't get angry, but looked at Steven with a smile.

Steven was overwhelmed by Hugo's smile, and looked very helpless, "No, I really have something to do with you today." Can we dine first, though? It's all true about the Kobe beef here, and I'm definitely not lying. ”

"Then let's taste the delicious food first." Hugo spread his hands, didn't pursue any further, and directly gave Steven steps.

Although he and Steven are now friends, Hugo also knows that people like Steven who have been in the top positions for a long time are still used to taking the initiative on their own. As Steven himself said, he and James are essentially the same kind of people. Hugo knows that friends also need to have a bottom line when getting along with each other. Hugo knew exactly where he was doing.

Although everything was very strange tonight, the strangest thing was precisely the fact that James invited Hugo to play "Titanic" itself.

James is known to like to take all the situation into his own hands, and he hates to be challenged by others to challenge his authority, and there is no doubt that he is the one who is in control of the power on the set.

It can be seen from the conversation just now that Hugo did not play his cards according to common sense, which obviously made James very dissatisfied, and he left directly without even cutting to the main topic of conversation. If it weren't for Steven at the scene, it is estimated that the atmosphere would be even more tense, even tense.

So, looking at the works of James as a director and producer, except for Arnold Schwarzenegger, who was enabled in the "Terminator" series, he never used a big-name star.

James prefers actors who are well-known and have rising careers, and it doesn't matter if they are second or third, such actors are ambitious and eager for the future, and will do their best to put in the show even if there is no supervision; And compared with a complete newcomer, he has a certain solid foundation and performance experience, and does not need the director to spend too much time on the scene to guide. The most important thing is that such an actor can be completely in his hands, and things will not get out of control.

James and Kathryn Bigelow's marriage was the result of a collaboration on the filming of "Strange. day)" and fell apart - or this work was the last straw that broke the camel's back, James as the producer, Catherine as the director, and the two men were always fighting for control on the set, and finally broke up.

"Titanic" is in the preparation stage, the original male protagonists are Leonardo DiCaprio and Matthew McConaughey, neither of them at this time can be considered famous, both of them are rookies who have performed well in the past two years, and their acting skills have been recognized by a certain amount of Cheng Dù, and the most important thing is that they are handsome enough.

Twentieth Century Fox advocated Matthew, while James insisted on Leonardo, and the final winner of this war between director and production company was obvious.

But neither Leonardo nor Matthew could be Hugo.

Hugo is not only not a second-tier or third-tier actor, but also the top actor in the whole of Hollywood, the owner of an unprecedented 20 million salary, and the first owner of the list of actors that any production company would most like to work with. It can be said that Hugo's influence on the production company and producers is unparalleled, just look at the crew of "Independence Day".

Therefore, if he cooperates with Hugo, then James's authority in the crew will be challenged like never before. Even if Hugo does not directly challenge James in the crew, and there will not even be conflicts and disagreements - there have been no major problems since the start of filming on "Independence Day", this is still unacceptable for James.

James' invitation to Hugo to star in "Titanic" is the strangest thing in itself.

Just now Steven mentioned Kevin, apparently Kevin Pence, the number one of Twentieth Century Fox. "Titanic" was invested and filmed by Twentieth Century Fox, but later because the investment was too high, Twentieth Century Fox did not dare to take such a big risk - an investment of 200 million US dollars, who knows if there will be a second "Future Water World", so they found Paramount to co-produce this work.

Judging from the current situation, it should be Kevin's desire to use Hugo as the leading actor, so it makes sense for Fox in the twentieth century in the past year or so, not only "Independence Day", but also "Titanic". Kevin just wanted to tie Hugo to the chariot of the twentieth century Fox - not permanently, of course, but to take advantage of Hugo's career peak to make the most of Hugo's value, which is the true nature of a businessman.

Kevin's expectation for Hugo is very simple, that is, he wants to create a huge wave at the box office through Hugo's huge market appeal, especially for a high-investment work like "Titanic", and inviting Hugo to be one of them is actually equivalent to adding an insurance to the movie.

And what about James? He should be against it, although Hugo doesn't know if James has taken a fancy to Leonardo now, but at least judging from today's situation, James was temporarily persuaded by Kevin, otherwise he would not have wanted to come over and talk to Hugo at all. Unfortunately, the conversation was beyond James' control, so he left the table in anger.

It's just that I don't know what James thinks now, he still mentioned the script before leaving, and how things will develop next is simply impossible to predict. A super project like the "Titanic" has never been so simple, and the most direct example is the "Future Water World".

Although there are many reasons for the ultimate failure of the "Future Water World", it is clear that the contradictions in the process of making zuò cannot be ignored. When the film was still filming, the director and the actors quarreled constantly, and the temporary revision of the script made the screenwriter even more miserable, there were countless conflicts between the behind-the-scenes staff, even the actors looked at each other angrily, many actors were injured and sick during the filming, and the actor Kevin Costner was even almost killed...... The whole conflict continued until the end, when director Kevin Reynolds withdrew from filming two weeks before the finale, and Kevin Costner had no choice but to take over.

Not because there are too many thorns in the crew, but because such a huge crew, there are too many interests involved, and it is difficult to complete it in simple three words, Kevin Costner was already the winner of the Oscar for Best Director at that time, and Kevin Reynolds's previous two commercial films failed, and the huge pressure and power comparison are all unstable factors in the heavy filming process.

Therefore, no one can know what will happen to the development of "Titanic", especially Twentieth Century Fox is worried that this work will become another "future water world". James and Twentieth Century Fox both have their own positions and ideas, both sides are cautious, both want to take the initiative in their own hands, how to find common ground and find solutions, this is also a problem that must be faced in the process of filmmaking.

However, these situations are just Hugo's own speculation, and it is estimated that he still needs to go back and talk to Rick. Leaving aside the intricacies behind the scenes, what about Hugo himself? Does he want to star in "Titanic"? This is an important question.

"Dear Hugo, tonight's event is here, and I'm ready." Steven's words interrupted Hugo's thoughts.

The turmoil in Hugo's mind was only for a moment, and he knew that now was not the time to think carefully, so he quickly came back to his senses, "Are you going to show off to David?" Hugo remembered that after the popularization of smartphones, many people were keen to take pictures with their mobile phones before eating, and then post them on social networks, and then look at Steven in front of him, and the smile on Hugo's face bloomed.

By this time, Randy had already placed the two plates in front of Steven and Hugo, and said with a smile, "Please enjoy." ”