What does that mean?"

After getting the latest news, Martin was a little strange for a while, and asked the two women in the room: "Are you complaining that this year's Oscar competition is too bland?"

Julie finished reading the newspaper and said, "Obviously, Oscar is not paying enough attention, and the academy is in a hurry."

Aniston took the clothes and put them on, saying, "We don't have enough public relations, and the college is not satisfied; The PR efforts are too great, the college is not satisfied, it is too difficult."

Martin pondered: "Now that the Oscars are not as influential as before, the academy executive committee may have data feedback for this year, and the data should be very unsightly...... If you look at it this way, the public relations environment will be much more relaxed in the next few Oscars."

Julie knew Martin had an idea as soon as she heard it, and asked, "What are you going to do?"

Martin said: "I have a bet with that bastard Leonardo about Oscar, a very important bet, and the loser will have to solve the problem of the century for a lifetime, so I can't lose."

"I've been busy with storyboard artwork lately, and I'm more than halfway there," Martin said.

Eggers scratched his beard, "I still need an interview?"

Compared with ordinary agents, Thomas's former assistant Natasha has a separate partition and is treated relatively better.

Steven Downton has been an assistant director in Hollywood for nearly a decade, and he is not well-known in the fan circle, nor is he very well-known in the Hollywood industry, but among MA's many assistant director clients, he is the most experienced in shooting horror thrillers.

That figure lifted Steven Downton's spirits, as he had never received such a high salary before.

In the office hall on the same floor, many agents with insufficient status and rank, just like Thomas at the beginning, can only work in partitions.

She accentuated, "Robert, could you please tell me, what is your capital for a full-fledged feature film? I'm going to convince the investors and the studio."

Eggers thought it through.

Martin is very compelling, let alone making a movie that is too complicated, and he will be blind just by preparing for it.

Thomas Lane, as a senior partner at the firm, had no difficulty in selecting the right fit for Martin's project from MA's thousands of clients.

A director who had just reached the age of thirty, with a full beard and a look of ten years older out of thin air, sat on a bench near the partition, waiting for Natasha's call.

After Natasha finished talking to Clara, she asked her to go back and prepare for her new role, and waved to the bench, "Robert, come here."

She specifically pointed to the name on it: "Shark Beach is Martin's project, I used to be Martin's agent Thomas's assistant, I know Martin very well, he especially appreciates talented people, you work in front of Martin's eyes, if you can get Martin's appreciation The problems you are facing can be easily solved."

Louise asked curiously, "What do you think is the success rate now?"

Eggers looked gloomy, his script was original, but after thinking about it, he said, "No, my script is based on real events before the witch hunt in Salem."

Robert Eggers followed into the partition, pulled out a four-legged stool and sat down, and asked, "What are you looking for me?"

But with the money in place, what else is there to find fault with such a job?

Steven Downton said directly: "I took the job, you go to the Davis studio to negotiate a contract."

Natasha chased: "That's all for today."

Natasha said, "I asked, I'll get in touch with you for an interview next week, and then you can go straight to Disney Studios."

Louise came over to look at the office, and Martin sat intently at his desk, drawing the storyboard.

MA has absolutely no shortage of such customers and manpower.

The location team was also sent out by Martin to find a suitable location for filming.

Inside a spacious office with a separate reception room, Thomas was playing people

Phone.

Steven Downton was sitting in his agent's office and was seriously thinking about one thing.

This was not in line with Eggers' own positioning, and he immediately refused: "I want to be a director, not an assistant director."

Aniston understood what Julie meant, Martin was MA's number one client, and he had a well-funded and independent film company, and he could assemble an experienced production team whenever he wanted.

Aniston is not a newcomer to the circle, and of course knows that off-court factors are increasingly influencing the Oscars, saying: "If the academy does relax its public relations, it will be a really good opportunity."

As long as Martin has a complete idea of the film, and he doesn't want to make a particularly complex and personally stylized film, he just needs to call the shots, and these people can shoot the shots he wants, and edit the effects he wants.

But compared to the movie of these two, the scene of "Shark Beach" is much simpler, and it may not even have the scene of "Interstellar".

"Fast and Furious 3" is currently in post-production, the camera crew is on vacation, and Martin has already talked to Dan Rostecin.

Louise also knew that Martin was trying to be a director for the first time, and said directly: "You concentrate on the film, and I will do all the other chores of the crew."

The client's choice is greater than the agent's, Natasha does not rush, regardless of the thinking of Eggers, busy with other matters at hand.

Martin was not polite to her, saying, "Things like insurance, salary, vehicles, accommodation and venues will definitely be handed over to the production crew, and with you, I feel that the success rate of the film has increased by 20 percent."

Robert Eggers took a closer look, it was a job posting, Davis Studios called Shark Beach for an assistant director.

Steven Downton has never directed a single film on his own, but all the directors who have worked with him have praised his ability to act as an assistant.

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The three of them got busy.

Julie said, "It's about having confidence in the resources you have in your hands and your ability off the field, as for your directing skills...... Hehehehe, it's about the same as me, right?"

Coral felt normal and said, "Acting and directing, there are many examples like this in Hollywood."

Eggers packed his resume and said, "I will."

In addition to the assistant director, Thomas also contacted a lot of people in key positions and their agents.

Even, if you are willing to spend a lot of money, even if you don't have a complete creative concept, you can make a movie.

Eggers opened his briefcase: "I wrote a script in the horror and thriller genre, and if I could direct it, I was confident that I would make it into a film

A classic horror movie."

Steven Downton could roughly guess that he, an experienced assistant director, might have a heavy workload on the set.

Louise continued to watch, and as she watched, she said, "You already have a complete picture idea for the movie?"

Julie touched her face: "Actually, I'm going to be a director too, give it a try."

Martin said, "Half and half."

Eggers left alone and went to the lobby on the first floor of the company, where he turned his head and saw the portrait on the poster in the lobby.

Eggmoe rubbed his beard to calm himself down, "You say."

He has done a lot of these in the crew of David Fincher and Christopher Nolan.

Gold medal producer Louise, capable and experienced deputies, plus long-term cooperation with the director of photography, etc., the basic framework of the crew has been built.

"What do you think?" Natasha took Eggers' resume from a drawer on one side, handed it to him and said, "You first have to prove yourself in the interview."

Her words are very helpless and realistic: "Hollywood has never lacked scripts, so many film projects are established every year, with an investment of more than one million, most of them are adaptations, and the rest of them, ninety percent are projects first, and then write scripts according to the needs of the project, original scripts......

Martin

said, "I've already said hello to MA, and I'll set up a shooting and production team this month."

After a while, Eggers said, "Okay, I'll go to this crew."

Aniston fell in love with her and responded, "I know, I've always been working out, and I'm going to be strong."

He contacted an agent of the director of photography.

"You have a wealth of experience as an assistant director on 'Scream,' 'Eyes Across the Mountain,' 'Piranha' and 'Invasion of Darkness,' and this 'Shark Beach' is a Davis Studio project with gold producer Louise Lyle as producer and superstar Martin Davis as production manager and director," said agent Coral Officer.

Century City, MA Headquarters.

More than half an hour passed, Martin put down the carbon pen, raised his head and moved his neck.

"It's a bit difficult." Aniston was a little more conservative in her thinking.

Natasha found out that he didn't grasp the point at all, and said, "Robert, you listen to me first, okay?"

"Martin as a director?" Steven Downton certainly knows Martin, and remembers working with Martin on "Eyes Across the Mountain" ten years ago, when he was a member of the assistant director team of the crew, and Martin was the leading actor, and the two did not cross paths.

"Almost." Martin got up and went to the window and looked into the distance: "Director Nolan, Chard, and David Fincher have all told me that a director needs to have a clear picture of the finished film before preparing the film, know what shots he wants to shoot, and then unify the work goals of the whole crew and mobilize people to achieve the desired effect."

The director of photography is called Dan Rosteshin, the director of photography of the "Fast and Furious" series.

"First assistant director, who mainly assisted Martin in scheduling the set, was paid $350,000,000," Coral said.

She looked at Aniston, "Jenny, you push hard in the back."

Julie glanced at the time and said, "I'm going to the Middle East in the afternoon, it may take a long time, hurry up, come a few more times, and make up for all the things in the future."

Steven Downton wasn't surprised, saying, "My position? Salary?"

After several successive meetings between Martin and Louise, the two began to meet with the finalized candidates, and the key departments such as the director, film, art and props teams all signed contracts in mid-February.

"Almost, Leo is the best actor, and I'm the best director." Martin roughly explained the gambling contract: "You should know that in the history of the Oscars, no one has ever won the Best Actor and won the Best Director, and for more than 80 years, no one has ever had both the actor and the best actor in his hands."

It was the first time for Julie to hear Martin mention this, and her mouth opened wide in surprise: "You want to be a director?"

There is no doubt that Martin is a good actor, not only has a strong market appeal, but also has a high level of professionalism.

Martin couldn't help but laugh, "You have so much faith in me?"

Aniston ignored Julie's affair and continued the topic and asked Martin, "Do you really want to win the Oscar for Best Director?"

Natasha turned to look at Eggers and said, "So far, you've only directed two experimental short films written by yourself, working as a costume designer in a thriller film and an art designer and assistant director in an animated film."

Aniston was surprised: "Oscar for Best Actor?"

Natasha handed him a form: "Look at the job, if you're willing to do it, I'll talk to Davis' Studio."

The other soundtracks, art directors and props crews also have suitable supervisors.

Upstairs, it belongs to the office area of the senior partner.

Martin shrugged: "Actually, the script of the project has been completed, the heroine has been chosen, and preparations will begin soon."

That's MA's signature – Martin Davis!

Eggers glanced at his resume and knew that the next phase of his work would be at Martin

's crew, showing their own abilities.

Martin said, "The problem of the century is for Leonardo to calculate."

Natasha took the job posting and slapped it in front of Eggers: "I mean, you first enter this crew, as an ordinary assistant director, since you are capable, then prove yourself in the crew."

She picked up the newspaper and shook it: "It is not difficult to analyze from the above news that the college's control of public relations in the next few years will be relaxed, which is also conducive to Martin's performance."

Martin turned into a ram and rumbled, quickly slamming open a gate passage.

Natasha said, "I sent your script to the company's internal script library, and I also sent it to all the production companies that could send it, and I haven't heard back so far."

Julie doesn't see it that way: "The off-field factors of the Oscar are very important, and Martin is the best at dealing with these off-court factors."

Martin rarely refutes it.

Louise picked up the storyboard artwork and looked at it, Martin's drawing skills were mediocre, but the simple lines of the characters and scenes were enough for her to distinguish that this was a long-haired woman in a bikini, standing alone on a buoy signal tower in the sea, with a triangular shark fin peeking out of the sea.

The agent said, "Choose wisely."

Martin encouraged, "You can try, you have the capital

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Louise nodded: "The project investment is limited, and there is overseas investment, it doesn't matter if it fails, we can afford it."

If this film fails, with her understanding of Martin, Martin will also die of being a director.

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