"The first thing I want to say is that Scorsese is a very nostalgic guy, he's more used to working with people he knows." When Sean arrives at Frederick's office, the agent's first words are this.

"Everyone who is familiar with them starts with the first cooperation." Sean shrugged disapprovingly.

"That being said, you also have to know, Sean, it's not more than a decade ago, when Scorsese first became famous." Frederick calmly reminded, "At that time, as long as you have acting skills and vision and are willing to pay, you can be favored by him, such as Robert?" De Niro. But he is now an international director, and there are countless people who want to work with him, so why can you be among them and make him take a fancy to him? ”

"I can lower the price." Sean thought for a moment and said so.

On a normal day, Frederick would have to hit the wall and yell "I'm going to ...... you so easily" or something. But today's performance was very surprising, although he still covered his face and seemed a little depressed, but soon raised his head to look at him again.

"What if someone drops more than you?" He asked, and continued to ask, without waiting for an answer: "What if someone doesn't want to be paid?" What if someone doesn't want to be paid and still helps to attract investment? ”

Raising his hands, Sean still didn't care: "That's your business, Fred, you're my agent." ”

"Yes, yes, I'm your agent," Frederick sighed and pushed the stack of materials that had been on the table in front of him, "The current budget is 90 million, but I believe this will definitely not be the final investment, Warner and Miramax are involved, the preliminary preparations are halfway, and the casting is currently underway, if you want to join, you have to hurry." ”

Sean looked at him with some surprise: "Why are you so happy today?" ”

"Because I'm your agent," Frederick shrugged and snorted disapprovingly, "As your agent, the first thing to understand is that once you decide what you want, you have to try to fight for it, because you can't turn back unless you prove you wrong, and worst of all, you never make a mistake." ”

"You're exaggerating." Sean Haha laughed.

It's a pity that the agent didn't pay attention, but said to himself: "You have to pay attention, Martin? Scorsese admires actors who have the strength and are willing to work hard, and hates those actors who don't start auditioning from scratch when the materials are handed directly to him, so if you want to borrow the connections between Warner and Miramax to help you, you should give up this idea. And Scorsese has the final say in this movie, at most let them recommend you to the past, and it depends on their own efforts in the end. ”

"As it should be." Sean wasn't too worried.

"Also," Frederick added, "if you have the confidence to go to the end, the biggest opponent should be Leonardo?" DiCaprio, who teamed up with Scorsese last year on Gangs of New York -- remember what I just said? ”

"He's nostalgic." Sean immediately answered.

"That's right, so you're going to work harder." The broker spreads his hands.

"The last thing I worry about is hard work." Sean said and stood up, "So be it, the rest is still up to you." ”

Want to be with Leonardo? DiCaprio vs. Well, it's a real problem, and if he hadn't worked with Scorsese, Sean shouldn't have been afraid, but working together and the two are said to be on good terms is a bit tricky. Probably because of the other party's tragic Oscar journey and his participation in the giant production "Titanic", Sean has some memories of him, and vaguely remembers that DiCaprio and Scorsese have collaborated more than once.

This, coupled with Scorsese's nostalgic character, is indeed Sean's biggest opponent, as Frederick said.

"We've got to be out of the blue." He said to Galen and Sanders.

"What's a surprise win? Pretending to meet Scorsese at a party? Galen asked, pinching his chin.

"I'm afraid not," Saunders was the first to veto the idea before Sean could speak, "Since Fred said that Scorsese hates guys who hand people the stuff directly in front of him, he doesn't necessarily like people who deliberately meet at parties and then recommend themselves." ”

"How about not trying?" Galen retorted, "Just be careful, he won't necessarily be able to tell that we're doing it on purpose." ”

Sanders still shook his head: "I mean, according to Fred, Scorsese should be the kind of actor who likes to follow the rules, work hard to polish his acting skills, and move forward step by step, not some of those who are opportunistic." ”

"We can't be sure what kind of person Scorsese is, and Fred's description is only one-sided, but we really don't have direct contact with him right now," Sean sighed, clutching his head, "and it's impossible to dress up like he did before, we don't have anything to do with him." ”

"Maybe ......" Sanders said suddenly thinking of something, then frowned and shook his head, "I'm not sure yet, just wait, Sean, anyway, the audition is still going on for a while, and in the meantime, you're continuing to figure out Howard?" Hughes, we collected some information about Scorsese and carefully analyzed his personality and hobbies. ”

“…… Well, that's it for now. Sean thought for a moment and agreed to his suggestion.

According to the information gathered by Frederick, Scorsese's film titled "The Aviator" about Howard? Hughes's biopic film has only been casting for a long time, and there is still some time before the cast is officially confirmed, so let's lay the groundwork first. Just like the Oscars, although luck is important, it depends on public relations and how well you usually connect, but if you don't have the strength to show award-worthy acting skills, let alone win awards, it is impossible to be nominated.

So no matter how Sean thinks about how to get to know Scorsese, he auditions first, and then says, if he can't even pass the most basic audition, then what is the competition? So Sean immediately began to consolidate the various characteristics of Hughes that he had previously analyzed, and categorized them, since Scorsese called the movie "The Aviator", the focus must be on his deeds of building airplanes, establishing airlines, and various flights.

Although it is not clear how much ink the old Italian man will leave for Hughes's scandals, Sean thinks it is better to specialize in it, and as long as he grasps Hughes's personality traits correctly, even if he encounters this aspect during the audition, he does not have to worry.

However, although most of his energy is spent on this, other things need to be paid attention to, such as the release of "Chainsaw", such as the casting of "Desperate Housewives".

The former, with moderate Werner's modifications, finally got an R rating, and then released on April 7. Miramax's side has been cooperating relatively smoothly with Reincarnation Pictures, and has made a lot of money, so he sold Sean a face and contacted more than 2,000 theaters. Then, despite the small scale of the promotion, with the praise that came out at the Sundance Film Festival and the sign of Sean as a producer, it also attracted some attention, and it successfully won 18 million at the box office in the first week!

Many critics have called it the most thrilling film of the summer, with the most unexpected ending, and some even said that it was as exciting as Hitchcock's "Psycho", the only problem was that it was too bloody.

In short, this is a patient with only a few days left to live, and because he hates those who waste their lives for no reason and ignore the good things in life, he corrects their story in his own way. Leaving aside his motives, James? Wen tells us a wonderful story, the suspense goes on top of each other, when you think you've finally fooled the killer, he tells you that the killer has been watching you all along, and when you think you've caught the killer, he tells you that your guess is wrong.

I think that when the scene of zuihou appeared, there would definitely be an exclamation in the movie theater, who would have thought that it would be like this, so when the sound of 'game over' sounded, it was extremely shocking to listen to in my ears. Wen brings a horror film like no other, but sadly, the picture is still too bloody, and I would definitely give it a higher rating if he could have done it more balanced. "This is the famous film critic Roger? After hearing about the fame of "Chainsaw", Albert went out of his way to read the reviews that had been written.

Even such famous film critics praised it, so the box office fell by less than 20% on the weekend of the second week, winning 15 million at the box office, and counting the entire week, such a low-cost horror film with a cost of 1 million got a box office of nearly 40 million in two weeks, and Reincarnation Pictures once again made all kinds of envy of peers.

"Those eyes of yours are vicious, if only I had one." Vladimir half-jokingly sighed.

This is not only about the good results of "Chainsaw", but he is also lamenting that the production of this movie, the newly established Tang Pictures by Sean, has got a very valuable series of movies. As a person from a large company, how could he not see the potential value of "Chainsaw" after its success, as long as the screenwriter uses his brain a little, he can at least make a trilogy, and the investment will not be very large, coupled with the release of the DVD, Sean, who has the copyright in hand, will naturally benefit a lot.

However, the key is that according to some loopholes deliberately left when signing the contract before, if Tang Pictures is no longer affiliated with Reincarnation Pictures in the future, then Reincarnation Pictures without copyright will lose a fortune. It's just that the "Saw Horror" series is nothing, but who knows what Sean will find in the future?

Vladimir is fully convinced of this, knowing that until now, most of the things he has his eye on have not failed completely, even if independent films such as "Death Hallucination", "Dance of Death Row" and "The Believer" are mediocre at the box office, but the reputation is quite good.

In short, the released "Saw Horror" has done quite well, and if it can get 50 million at the North American box office, then the revenue ratio is almost the same as that of "My Grand Greek Wedding" - of course, the specific revenue is definitely not that much.