"That's the information you gave me, what else can I use besides my name and age, did you get too high in bed last night?" Frederick shook the information in his hand and shouted at the woman in front of him.

"As I said before, I don't have much information here, it's up to you to stick to it, Fred." Anna? Gordon shrugged lightly, then turned and walked away, not paying any attention to his shout.

Damn woman! Frederick grinded his teeth in annoyance, but said nothing more, and walked back to his seat.

"It's all this fuss on the first day after the New Year's break, it's yours, Fred." The guy who was watching the joke next to him teased him, and then got a middle finger.

Back in his cubicle, the desk was still in a mess, papers were scattered everywhere, paper balls had piled up, and even the coffee that had been sprinkled on the corner of the desk had not been wiped off, and Frederick couldn't help but sigh as he watched all this. When others are on vacation, he is still busy, making phone calls, reading materials, looking for relationships, although he also attends some parties, but all for ...... That damn guy.

So far, he has devised several sales pitches, even including trying to find a way and Harvey? Weinstein or Anthony? Minghella interviews, even if it's just for five minutes. But these plans are carefully considered, and none of them can be put into action, and Sean's qualifications are still too shallow after all, so shallow that he can't take his hands.

Frederick inquired very clearly, Minghella had already circled several actors for the leading actor of the movie, and they had all auditioned, but the salary was not negotiated. What's more, Minghella has been a screenwriter for ten years before he started directing movies, and he prefers those who are down-to-earth - not that Sean is not such a person, but the other party will inevitably think so, so he discouraged taking the route of direct recommendation.

"This guy always gives people problems, always comes up with this crazy idea, what the hell is going to do?" Frederick scratched his head and sighed, if he couldn't recommend it directly, he wouldn't be taken seriously by finding others.

After being in the industry for so long, it was the first time he had encountered such a situation where he had nowhere to start, but even if he was sighing, he was still full of fighting spirit. For a miracle? Perhaps, it doesn't matter anymore, the important thing is that the holiday is over, and if you don't hurry up, you won't have a chance.

"Let me think, let me think, what else can be done......" Frederick said as he flipped through the materials again.

After flipping through it a few times, rubbing his face a few times, and drinking a cup of coffee, his eyes suddenly fell on a character profile. Picked it up and looked at it carefully, and after thinking about it carefully, a bright light crossed his heart, and Frederick immediately got up and walked out, dialing his mobile phone as he walked.

"Hey, Dakkers, over here." Frederick waved to the people coming out of the building.

"What's the matter, Fred?" Dex? Roman walked over with a non-healed face, "I said, it's only a matter of ten minutes. ”

"I know, I know," Frederick agreed, "you gave Anthony on the crew of 'The Talented Ripley'?" Minghella is an assistant, right? What happened to the male protagonist? Or to put it more clearly, can I consider my customers? ”

"Your client?" Roman frowned.

"You've seen it, Sean? Don, very nice young man. Frederick reminded.

Roman turned his head and thought about it before recalling, and then showed a surprised look: "Are you kidding? He played a role in a TV series, and he didn't have much fame, how could he get into the crew's consideration. ”

"Yes, I know, but he's a young man with a lot of potential, anyway, the actor hasn't been talking, can't weishenme expand the scope?" Frederick lobbied.

"You know exactly where our selection for the lead actor will be, Fred," Roman seemed to want to laugh, "well, I know you're fancy the young man, but he's too young and has no qualifications at all. Instead of asking me to come out and talk about it, you should find him a few more independent movies to practice his acting skills, that is the right thing to do. ”

Then, he patted him on the arm and turned to walk back into the office building.

Frederick closed his eyes and sighed helplessly, pinched the bridge of his nose, and then suddenly turned around and stepped forward, grabbed Roman's shoulders, and pulled him to the wall.

"Hell, what the hell you're trying to do, I've made it clear." Roman exclaimed in exasperation.

"I know that Minghella has been asking Miramax for additional investment, but Weinstein doesn't agree, and they're still at a stalemate," Frederick said in a low voice as he looked around, "Do you want Weinstein to agree to an additional investment?" ”

"You...... What do you want to say? Roman asked hesitantly.

"Let me ask you, Dekkers, do you want to help Minghella force Weinstein to invest more?" Frederick said word by word.

Roman didn't speak, but he was obviously a little moved, there was more than one assistant to the director, and if he could promote this, it was self-evident how much benefit he could get.

"You can persuade Guerra to have another audition, for the new actor, and make a look, 'If there's a suitable candidate, then let him play the lead role.'" Then put pressure on Miramax with this gesture and tell them: Look, because you don't want to invest more, we have to use new people, and if the film fails because of this, you will be responsible for it! Frederick said quickly.

"It's too rash and child's play to succeed." Roman subconsciously said this, but he also knew that what the other party said was just a rough idea, and if you want to plan carefully, it can be completely operated.

So, Frederick stopped talking and just looked at him.

"Well, what do you want?" Roman can only compromise.

"Give Sean an an audition, and," Frederick paused, "and Anthony?" Opportunity for an interview with Minghella. ”

"I can't guarantee it, Fred." Roman replied with a deep sigh, "If Minghella agrees to cast again, the first one will be fine, but the second one will be hard to say. Also, How old is Sean now? ”

"23 years old, as long as you do your best." Frederick let go.

Not only did he and Dakkers? Roman knew him and knew better what kind of person he was and what position he was doing now, so he thought of breaking through here.

Roman is a little ambitious, but at the same time very cautious, and it is difficult to impress without enough interests, but what he promised is generally done. Originally, Frederick wanted to try to fight for it, but it turned out to be impossible, so in the end, he thought of Roman's role in the crew of "The Genius Ripley" and took out that solution.

Even so, there is little hope, but it is much better than before, and there is still a lot to prepare.

"Sean, how are you preparing?" As soon as he got back to his car, Frederick made another call, "There will be news in two days at most...... Well, it's up to you...... By the way, one thing I would like to remind you that if they ask you how old you are, remember to answer 23 years old...... Because 18 years old is too young, the crew won't think about it at all...... It doesn't matter, I'll revise some of the information now, and the crew generally won't check the original information...... No, no, no...... Hey, wait...... Listen to me......"

Listening to the words over there, Frederick in the car rolled his eyes, and then raised his voice: "Listen, Sean, I'll tell you what deception is." When you fail, when you are unlucky, the media will turn out all your ugly things, even including when you lift the skirt of a little girl at the age of four, and what you are doing now is deception! If you succeed, you become famous, you have great value, they will also turn these things out and praise them, and what you are doing now is clever and smart! Don't think too much of those guys' discipline, they're just a bunch of bitches who will strike any pose you want when you throw dollars in their faces! ”

With a long breath, Frederick turned off the phone, and before starting the car, he looked again at the office building not far away, which was the office building of the Disney studio, and Miramax's office was here.

Meanwhile, inside Miramax's Los Angeles office, an altercation is unfolding.

"Harvey, wait, Harvey! Wait, Harvey? Weinstein, where are you going? "Anthony scratching his bald head? Minghella, a little angry, caught up with the middle-aged fat man who was striding forward.

"Ha, my dear Anthony, what a coincidence to meet you here." Seeing that he couldn't hide, Weinstein immediately put on a smiling face.

"Don't tell me anything, it's a coincidence, I've been waiting for you here for a few days, you can't be unaware, you plan to hide like this?" Minghella asked unhappily.

"Well, Anthony, is there anything I can do for you?" Weinstein spread his hands.

"Additional investment." Minghella put it bluntly.

"Except for this." Weinstein also refused unequivocally.

"Hell, just another $5 million." For his "stinginess", Minghella was unusually contemptuous.

"We said haode, Anthony, you should be careful and not ask for additional investment before you even start shooting." Weinstein shrugged,

"But you didn't recommend Philip in the first place? Hoffman, also didn't recommend Gwyneth? Paltrow and Kate? Blanchett, they spent almost a third of their salary alone! Minghella said with some anger and depression, "I can't even pay the salary I want for the actor!" ”

"But don't you agree with their acting skills?" Weinstein said unhurriedly, "And you recommended Jude as well?" Lowe and Jack? Davenport, isn't it? ”

Minghella didn't speak, just stared at Weinstein, and there was a big chance that he wouldn't want to leave if he didn't make it clear today.

"Actually, it's not impossible to make an additional investment...... Weinstein said suddenly, but he was rejected before he could leave.

"That can't be." Minghella said this, his brows furrowed tightly, he knew very well that the other party's condition was to have the final editing rights.

Before the success of "The English Patient" two years ago, this time Minghella easily got the final editing rights when he approached Miramax to invest in "The Genius Ripley", but after Harvey? Weinstein regretted it a little and kept wanting to take it back, but Minghella naturally wouldn't agree, even if it was related to whether he could make additional investment.

"Then you can only cut the cost of filming on location in Italy, or choose the male lead actor among the new actors." Weinstein was not polite, dropped such a sentence, and walked away.