"You know this is an unreasonable request, right?" Looking at Paul in front of him, Hugo stopped and said with a smile.

Paul raised an eyebrow and said confidently, "I thought it was an honorable invitation." ”

Hugo didn't answer, just looked at Paul, and after a long while, nodded, "That's fair." Paul chuckled, but Hugo thought about it seriously, "You can contact Rick, we have an artist in our company named Mark Wahlberg. Wlberg), I think he's the best fit. ”

Mark Wahlberg, the man who starred in "The Departed", "The Fighter". Fighter), Ted, Transformers: Age. Of。 Extinction)" and other works, at this time he was just a twenty-six-year-old unknown actor. He entered the entertainment industry as a singer in the late eighties, released two rock records, participated in tours, and later met Leonardo, and under Leonardo's introduction, he entered the Endeavour elite agency, still waiting for his opportunity to become famous.

Paul didn't immediately nod his head in agreement, but asked curiously, "Why him?" ”

"If I'm not mistaken, it should be...... Well, in 1992, he and Kate Moss were Calvin Klein. Klein's underwear has been filmed in a commercial, and you can go check out that commercial. Hugo's answer was that the bull's head was not the horse's mouth, but Paul nodded his chin seriously, indicating that he understood.

Mark and Kate's almost all-fruit advertisement became a sensation and became one of the most iconic advertising works of the 90s. And the male protagonist of "Unruly Night" is relying on the "device". Big live good" enters. Hue. love industry.

"So, what about the heroine?" Paul went on to ask.

Hugo tilted his head with a surprised expression, "So, are you using me as a casting director?" ”

The corners of Paul's mouth outlined a bright smile, "It is estimated that in the entire Hollywood, only our crew can invite such a big-name casting director." ”

"My fee is not cheap, if you don't believe me, you can ask New Line Pictures." "The Seven Deadly Sins" is Hugo's first work with a salary of tens of millions - and it is only the third supporting role, Hugo's simple sentence made Paul laugh directly, "I really don't think much about the heroine, but if you want, I think Julianne Moore is a very good choice." ”

Julianne is also a newly signed actor from Endeavor Elite Agency, and after she signed the contract, the first work to be filmed is "Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World", which will be released at the end of this month.

"So, you're taking jobs for other artists at your agency?" Paul sensitively captures this detail.

Hugo raised his eyebrows and raised his hands in a gesture of surrender, "It's my choice, that's all." After saying that, he walked around Paul, and while saying, "Then I will take my leave", he took a step forward, and after a few steps, Hugo seemed to think of something, turned around, saw Paul, who was still standing in place, and said, "By the way, I like my agency very much, I think it is a good choice." ”

Paul looked up and saw Hugo's bright smile, just a glimpse, and then Hugo turned away, leaving Paul with a back. However, Paul looked at Hugo's back, the smile on the corner of his mouth couldn't help but lightly outline, the conversation just now was only a few minutes, and the conversation between the two people was not much, but Paul benefited a lot, and suddenly, Paul lowered his head and laughed.

Because he understood the reason for the nervousness in his heart before entering the café just now. Perhaps, before the meeting, he had too many expectations in his heart, after all, there were too many rumors about the actor in the circle, and he was worried that he would be disappointed after the meeting. But now it seems that he also has his own judgment.

Bidding farewell to Paul, Hugo's mood became uncontrollably happy. Obviously, in many cases, just a short conversation can be impressive, and just as some long conversation can be empty and uninteresting.

The reason why Hugo was in such a hurry to leave was because he did have other things to do today - Hugo had an appointment with the Coen brothers for lunch.

Somewhat surprisingly, the Coen brothers aren't in a hurry to start filming "Murder Green Toes" at the moment - although Columbia Pictures' Mark Canton canton can't wait at all. "But I guess he won't be so enthusiastic after hearing your refusal." Joel said.

Ethan said that as long as Hugo is interested in "Murder of Green Toes", they are willing to continue to wait for Hugo, even until the filming of "Los Angeles Confidential" is completed. It was unexpected, but when you think about it, the Coen brothers handed Hugo the script back in September and are clearly very sincere about this collaboration.

However, Hugo refused after considering it, after all, "Los Angeles Confidential" has not started at all, and the filming time is completely uncertain, if he is alone, the entire filming of "Murder of Green Toes" is delayed, and it may also affect Columbia Pictures' investment intention in this work, but it is rude to the Coen brothers.

"I think we can only wait for the next 'Ice Storm'." Hugo's words made the Coen brothers laugh, because Hugo's words were actually a joke that the script of "Murder of Green Toes" was inferior to "Ice Storm".

After saying goodbye to the Coen brothers, Hugo returned home to find Barry Mayer sitting in his living room, with only Joseph with him, which made Hugo stunned, "So, am I missing something?" Is there a film festival here in Long Beach today? It was a completely unexpected meeting, Hugo didn't get any news at all, he glanced at Joseph, but Joseph just shook his head and turned his gaze to Barry.

Hugo looked at Barry naturally and politely, and walked quickly to meet him, Barry stood up with a decent smile on his face, "I'm sorry, I insisted on coming over to visit in person, Rick didn't think it was appropriate, but my insistence still made him compromise." Barry took the initiative to extend his right hand and shook Hugo politely, "I just think I should say sorry to you in person, sorry for the chaos caused by the past few months, which has affected your tour and vacation." ”

Old fox, absolute old fox.

In fact, in the entire project of "L.A. Confidential", it was Barry who really suffered, if everything went according to the original plan, the cooperation process would not have taken so many twists and turns, and Barry had to come up with a killer feature - the production right, and the cooperation was reached. But Barry didn't care, and not only that, but he also took the initiative to apologize today. This kind of open-mindedness and vision is not something that anyone can have.

Because Barry knew that the "L.A. Confidential" project was a battle of business interests, and in this intrigue he unexpectedly fell out - although he still doesn't know what went wrong. But Barry understands that the mall is like this, Rick is calculating him, he is not calculating Rick, the winner is the king and the loser is Kou, there is no need to care, only by bravely admitting defeat can he achieve the next victory.

No, Barry has not only come to admit defeat, but has already begun to prepare for the next fight. Because he clearly knows that Hugo is now more than just an actor and singer, Hugo already has the ability to change games, as if he is already one of the top players, and even influential enough to be compared to the helm of these film companies. So, Barry was the first to extend an olive branch -- ahead of Kevin Pence.

This intelligence is admirable, and ten years later, Warner Bros. has become the undisputed leader of the eight major Hollywood studios, and it really deserves its name.

In fact, Rick had already vaguely guessed Barry's true purpose, so he didn't stop Barry, just pretended to agree generously, and then just let Joseph go along. On the surface, it seems that it is to avoid Rick and Joseph from acting at the same time, so that the paparazzi can sniff out the clues, but in fact, Joseph's vision and mind are definitely not inferior to Rick, presumably Joseph and Rick need to have a meeting tonight to discuss; At the same time, it also satisfies Barry's plan to startle the snake - in Barry's plan, he made a special trip to Long Beach to visit Hugo, hoping to bury clues to see if there are keen paparazzi who can follow the vine, even if they don't, it doesn't matter, and then when the "Los Angeles Confidential" really kicks off, it will naturally become a gimmick.

However, Hugo's vision of the big picture is not so clear, he can sense that something is wrong, but he can't say why. In the face of Barry's humility and politeness, Hugo smiled and said, "To be honest, I don't know much about the whirlpools of chaos, I just focus on my work." Although Hugo didn't know what Barry's purpose was, he wasn't a goat who was easily led by the nose, "However, it's a relief to have a job on the doorstep, it's been so long since the last movie shoot that I've almost forgotten what the script was like." ”

Barry laughed, "It's the funniest joke I've heard this year, and I've become a thorn in the side of my peers to ask you to work on a project." The smile on Barry's face was so sincere that it was impossible to see a flaw, "But it's my pleasure, and the only thing I need to do to attend the party now is to make the smile on my lips not look too proud." ”

Listening to Barry's tone, the cooperation has been agreed, but Hugo did not receive the news from Barry and Joseph at all. Hugo then remembered that before going out today, he didn't bring his mobile phone with him - because the mobile phone was scrapped, the day he went to Charlize before, he overused it, and he didn't charge it properly afterwards, and the battery had a problem, and it was sent for repair yesterday, and he didn't get it back for the time being.

Hugo didn't have time to exchange glances with Joseph at this time, but said with a smile, "Didn't I win the Nobel Prize, and I didn't know it?" It's a great honor. ”