"Anthony, Anthony!" With a shout, the door to the conference room was pushed open, and a fat man with a big belly walked in angrily, along with a panicked assistant who couldn't stop him.

"Did something happen, Harvey?" Minghella asked, for a long time.

"What's going on?" Weinstein glared at him, glanced around for a while, and then Minghella made a gesture, and the people who had been discussing the matter with him immediately left in turn.

As soon as the door closed, Weinstein gritted his teeth and whispered, "What the hell are you thinking?" Now all of Hollywood knows that you are going to use a newcomer with no qualifications at all to play the leading role! Do you know what you're doing? ”

"Sean is a great actor, he's a lot better than the average newcomer, and I think he's a good fit for the role." Minghella still looked unhurried, and then spread his hands: "You see, you don't want to invest more, and I don't want to cut out the Italian live footage, so I have to choose the right actor among the newcomers." ”

Weinstein was speechless for a while, and only after a while did he soften his tone again: "Okay, Tony, it's my fault, I shouldn't have done that to you, I'll do it to you." I'll write you a check for 5 million right now, and you can find any actor you want to play the lead role, Tom? Cruise, Christian? Bell, Matt? Damon, no problem. ”

"It's too late, Harvey, it's too late," Minghella shrugged, "I think Sean is good, I've decided to make him the lead actor." ”

"Damn! Did you listen to me, Anthony! Weinstein was furious again, "You're going to ruin us, and you're going to ruin everyone!" ”

However, he didn't know that the more he did this, the happier the other party became.

"The quality of a movie is not determined by one actor, and as a veteran Hollywood producer, you should understand that, Harvey." Minghella sat down at the long table in the conference room.

Weinstein stared at him fiercely, and only after a while did he grit his teeth and say, "You should also understand, Anthony, investors don't want to see a nameless guy play the leading role in a movie they funded." ”

"There's always someone interested, Harvey." Minghella folded his arms and looked at him without giving an inch.

"Okay......" Weinstein finally raised his hands, then raised his voice, "Okay, whatever you want!" ”

Then, he left the office without looking back, without slamming the door, and was quite educated. And it was only at this moment that Minghella let go of his clenched fist and let out a sigh.

"Wait and see, old man, it's going to be successful." He muttered something like this—

“****！ ****！ ****！ Weinstein, back in his office, grabbed the basic magazine, slammed the desk and roared loudly, looking like he was going to have a cerebral hemorrhage at any moment.

After venting like this for several minutes, he calmed down, took two breaths, and began to circle around the office, but after not taking a few steps, he punched the table in annoyance. There is no way at all, unless he wants to completely tear his face with Minghella, he can only watch the other party use the newcomer to play the leading role in this production with an investment of 35 million, who made him promise his power in the first place?

In the previous negotiations with Minghella, Weinstein promised power in exchange for or covering up his manipulation of the contract, plus two years of "The English Patient" worked together quite happily, he didn't think too much about it at the time, and now these have become things that bind his hands and feet. Therefore, when the other party puts on the appearance of breaking up if he does not agree, and shows the corresponding determination, Weinstein has no way to restrain it.

If the contract is really broken, Miramax may become a laughing stock, and the initial investment is not to be said, and it is basically far away to start again, because part of the copyright of the novel is in the hands of Minghella. What's more, while this hasn't happened in Hollywood, there are basically none, like Weinstein, who has said "then look for newcomers."

Of course, if Weinst makes full use of his accumulated connections, he may be able to lead public opinion to point the finger at Minghella all the time, but offending a great director who has won an Oscar in this way may provoke a lot of backlash, and his British identity is sometimes a disadvantage, sometimes an advantage. Moreover, Miramax released a few good movies at the end of last year, and Weinstein formulated several jihua, and this kind of thing at this time was very detrimental to his calculations.

In short, Weinstein's original jihua was based on the fact that Minghella would not tear his face, so when Minghella could really do this, Weinstein had no choice but to compromise. To put it simply, at first he dug a pit for the other party, but now the other party uses this to dig a pit for him instead.

"Damn! Where did that kid come from! Weinstein couldn't help but growl.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and then, Miramax's representative on the crew of "The Talented Ripley", and one of the executive producers, William? Hoberg walked in.

"Who the hell is that bastard kid who messed up everything?!" Weinstein asked.

"It's a newcomer," Hoberg spread his hands helplessly, "I came from San Francisco to Los Angeles this summer, and then I was discovered by my agent around September and worked as an extra in some crews." Originally, he had a personal role in the crew of "Everyone Loves Raymond", but because he was involved in a dispute between the two producers, he was kicked out again, and Zuihou found a supporting role in "Friends". It is said that the high ratings of the episodes of "Friends" have a lot of credit to him, and the crew of "Everyone Loves Raymond" also kicked out the producer who kicked him out before. Then there was a small commercial for GUESS, which was only recently launched, and then it was auditioning for "The Talented Ripley". ”

"That means there's no background? Such a TV actor also wants to play the leading role in my films. Weinstein almost squeezed the phrase out between his teeth, "Who is his agent?" ”

"Called Frederick? Rogers, thirty years old, is also somewhat famous in the circle, but there are not many well-known actors in his hands. Hoberg replied quickly.

"Frederick? Rogers? Weinstein muttered the name, "It seems to be...... Endeavor Elite Brokerage Company? ”

"Yes, that's right." Hoberg nodded.

"Did you call him?" Weinstein asked immediately.

"The PR department just called, but ...... The other party said that if he needed to communicate in detail, he hoped that Director Minghella would also be present. ”

"Hell!" Weinstein cursed, "Damn slippery! Of course he will, he wants to take this opportunity to make that kid of his popular! ”

After two circles around the room, he suddenly stared at Hoberg: "Listen, Hoberg, no matter what means you use, you have to kick that kid out of the crew!" ”

"But......" Hoberg looked embarrassed.

"No, you have to! Have to! Weinstein exclaimed viciously, as if standing in front of him was Minghella or even that odious Sean-

Then closing the office, Hoberg's face suddenly became extremely ugly, this is simply an impossible task! With Minghella's support, even his boss Weinstein had to compromise, what tricks could he play as a small executive producer?

In fact, there is still no way, but it is not so easy to start, and the effect is difficult to say. In fact, Hoberg speculated that the reason why Weinstein gave him a strong order was to force himself to use this method. If anything, the solution is very simple, and that is to incite the actors against the director's approach!

Although the actors who participated in this movie are not big names, they are all well-known actors, and now it is absolutely impossible to play a nobody, and it is absolutely impossible to say that there is no pimple in their hearts. So as long as you find someone to carefully provoke a few words, you must protest, and then link them together to push out the crew to force the director, and the director may compromise very much.

But the problem is that Miramax also has a good relationship with the two heroines, and the films they released last year were all produced or released by them. It's hard to say about the other supporting actors, especially Jude? Lowe and Jack? Davenport was personally recommended by the director, and it is very difficult to match them together to force the director.

But more importantly, no matter whether this forced palace is successful or not, the initiator will definitely be pulled out as a scapegoat.

Damn it! It's definitely not what I want! Hoberg immediately rejected this approach, and although Weinstein was his boss, he had to gamble with his future. This kind of thing is never thankless, if it is only confined to the crew, forget it, but once it spreads, it will not be able to eliminate the label on the body without spending a few years.

But he can't do nothing, so what can he do? Horberg, who returned to the crew, had a pain in his head and couldn't find a suitable way.

How could you meet such a guy. At this moment, he hated Shaun very much - Weinstein was still his boss anyway.

"Hey, William, what are you doing here, come here, we have to get the pre-project out today." As he sat in his chair, another executive producer walked in.

"Finally going to start filming?" Hoberg laughed self-deprecatingly.

"This is an obvious thing, I heard that the boot time has been set for the 5th of next month," the other party didn't care, "Wait a minute, Federico?" Chiccarelli was about to take his assistant to sign a contract with the young man. ”

Hearing this, Hoberg's eyes suddenly lit up, and after dealing with two sentences, he sent the other party away, looked at the time, analyzed it in his heart, and immediately got up and went to Federico, one of the assistants? Chiccarelli's compartment.

"You're going to ...... You want me to ......" Chiccarelli, who was in his thirties, looked at Hoberg with wide eyes, as if he couldn't believe what he had just said.

"Listen to me, Feeley," Holberg smiled, looking rather kind, "it's a trifle, and I don't think you want to see an unknown actor in the lead role, do you?" That was a disaster for us, for the crew, for the investors, and I don't want to speak ill of Director Guerrera, but this time he clearly made a mistake. ”

Then he lowered his voice again: "I think, you definitely don't want to work in the position of assistant for the rest of your life, do you?" ”

Chiccarelli's face turned blue and white, and after a while, he asked in a low voice, "Just a few words?" ”

"Yes."

"Okay, I did it!"