Hollywood Road

Because it was during working hours, there were not many guests in the secluded cafe, only the melodious piano music wafting back and forth. In a deck near the window, Mike looked at the Jewish man opposite with hope.

"Martin, I have done what you said!" Mike looked a little excited, "Now is the time for you to fulfill your promise. You promised me that you will introduce me to William Morris and give me at least two second-tier teams. The actors act as co-management clients."

Oppositely, Martin Miller was holding a cup of coffee, tasting it without hurries, and he looked like he was enjoying it. It seemed that he hadn't heard Mike's words.

Mike curled his fingers, tapped the table lightly, and said again, "I have no contract with CAA now, so I can join William Morris smoothly."

"No contract?" Martin Miller put down his coffee cup. "To be precise, you were terminated by CAA, right?"

"Yes." Mike did not deny, but added, "I was terminated by CAA just to help you."

"No, no, that's not true at all..." Martin Miller kept shaking his right index finger, "Please understand, everything you do is for yourself."

What a joke, at first I just wanted to dig Murphy Stanton, but I didn't do too specific things. Those who make small moves behind the scenes and find private investigators are all his ideas, and have little to do with him.

Martin Miller wanted to get rid of himself directly.

Through the Natalie Portman incident, he understood one thing. Murphy Stanton is not easy to deal with at all. If he is only regarded as a simple director, the unlucky ones are often those who want to do things in the end. People.

Such people are not sure of victory, so it is better not to provoke them casually.

Through many events, Martin Miller has seen enough clearly.

The excitement on Mike's face disappeared little by little, "Then...what about our...promise?"

"Agreement?" Martin Miller was puzzled. "Have we made a promise?"

"You..." McHood stood up, "You said you would introduce me to William Morris."

"Oh, that's it." Martin Miller said lightly when he picked up the coffee and took a sip. "I'll call the person in the company's personnel department. You can go for an interview at any time."

With that said, he also took out his cell phone, as if he was really ready to make a call.

"What then?" Mike was not stupid, and gradually saw that things were not what he thought, "What position will I get?"

"I said I would introduce you to William Morris." Martin Miller made a more puzzled expression, "I'm about to call the personnel department. What do you want?"

Mike stared at Martin Miller. "What about the resources you promised me?"

Martin Miller seemed to know nothing. "What resource? Why don't I remember."

He shook his head, "People can't be too greedy. Any good entertainment agent, including me, starts from the mail room."

Having said that, if Mike still doesn't understand that the other party has no intention of helping him, these years will really be in vain.

"You mean and shameless bastard!" He pointed a finger almost at the other's forehead.

"Don't be naive, what are entertainment agents?" Martin Miller didn't mind saying that. "Don't you know?"

Super thick-skinned is just a ticket to the entertainment agency industry.

Standing in the deck, Mike was furious, especially the humiliation he had just suffered at CAA. The last hope was so shattered. The blood from all over his body almost rushed to his forehead, his white face flushed red, as if anytime. It can ooze and bleed.

Once upon a time, Mike was still ambitious and wanted to become the top agent in the circle. Just like Michael Ovitz before, he also thought that he had this ability, so he wanted to do everything to climb up.

But Martin Miller’s words basically meant that the last hope was dashed. Even if there are still small entertainment agencies that will accept him, and there are not enough clients in his hands, he has to start almost from scratch, and it will take a long time. To return to the previous position in CAA?

Although he is only one of many ordinary brokers in CAA, he has also participated in huge projects such as "Kings of Heaven"...

Regret, anger, unwillingness, jealousy... All the negative emotions flooded Mike's heart for a while.

"You and X are a Jewish miscellaneous!" When people are controlled by negative emotions, they often lose their minds. Mike finally broke out, "You jews are raised by cousins! Why didn't you die? You are The source of Hollywood chaos and deceit should go to **** to meet Satan."

Like all the Jewish people in this circle, Martin Miller stood up directly when he heard Mike’s words, but he didn’t have time to do something, and he didn’t have time to speak. A cup of coffee that exuded a strong aroma was poured on his head. Covered his face.

The taste of this coffee washing face is not good. Although the temperature is not too high, some drops splashed into the eyes. Martin Miller immediately covered his face and opened his eyes for a long time. The microphone on the opposite side has disappeared. trace.

"FU@2k!"

Martin Miller broke out a foul language and shouted, "Waiter! Waiter!"

Soon, a waiter brought the towel. After Martin Miller wiped it briefly, he immediately took out his cell phone and dialed the number of the police station.

How could this matter be forgotten?

After leaving CAA, Murphy quickly forgot about Mike. It was not until three days later that he heard Bill Roses talk about it. Mike was summoned by the Los Angeles police for being suspected of deliberate injury. It seemed that he was in some trouble.

"You should be familiar with the victim."

As he kept turning the swivel chair back and forth, Robert Downey Jr. had a great time, and at the same time said to Murphy, "It's also your acquaintance."

Murphy has been drawing the opening artwork for "A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones", without raising his head, and asked, "I know a lot of people in Hollywood, who are they?"

"Martin Miller from William Morris, the guy who wanted to dig you." Picking up a carbon pencil, Robert Downey Jr. looked at it, put it back on the pen holder, and continued, "A typical The dog bites the dog."

"Bite..." Murphy took off a drawing board and placed a new one. While drawing the Stark family emblem on it, he said, "Keep it to death, Hollywood lacks explosive news recently. "

Robert Downey Jr. took the previous drawing, looked at it, and said, “Hollywood’s most promising young director does not make films with high artistic content, but instead shoots and produces a TV series based on fantasy novels. Isn't it big news?"

He raised his head, looked at Murphy, and asked, "Are you really going to film a TV series?"

"What's the matter?" Murphy shrugged indifferently. "I am not the film director who went to shoot the TV series, and I am only a guest star. The first season aired well, and if I can continue to produce the second season, I must change the director."

There will be many seasons after a TV series is filmed. It is impossible for him to spend too much energy on this aspect.

"Don't you think..." Robert Downey Jr. made several meaningless gestures in succession. "Does this detract from the style of a film director?"

"No!" Murphy was very sure of this. "I'm not sure I will win more supporters because of this TV series."

He asked again, "How was your audition?"

Robert Downey Jr. shook his head, "They only have intentions now, and the project is still far from being launched. It depends on the specifics in the future."

"Call Gail next week." He offered to invite, "Let's go out to sea together and go fishing for sharks."

Murphy thought for a while, "I shouldn't have time. Next week, I will participate in the promotion of the "Disappearing Lover" disc release. There are two stations in Los Angeles. I can't be absent."

With the passage of time, the global attendance and number of filming scenes of "The Lost Lover" has been significantly reduced. After the global box office increased to 465.2 million US dollars, the growth rate has become abnormally slow. Due to the theme and concept of the film, Many countries and regions have not introduced it.

In any case, films of this subject matter are sensitive subjects in many countries, and it is basically impossible to release them publicly.

Both Murphy and Twentieth Century Fox knew that "The Lost Lover" was unable to hit the global box office mark of 500 million US dollars, especially in North America. Except for the few theaters left in major cities, it was in most mainstream theaters. The commercial theaters have basically been downgrades.

After entering the new century, the window period of Hollywood movies is getting shorter and shorter. Most movies will release DVD discs immediately after their short theater trip. Just like before, they are now in the golden age of DVD discs.

Propaganda is also indispensable when selling CDs. The best way is to include shooting highlights and so-called director's cut versions on the CDs to attract the attention of movie fans with fresh content.

The discs of "Disappearing Lovers" are no exception. They are divided into ordinary and deluxe versions for US$19.9 and US$29.9. Fresh shots are added accordingly, especially the length of DVD movies, which both exceed 3 hours.

Only by doing this can the audience who has just watched the film paid their bills out of their pockets.

This is the most commonly used method in Hollywood studios, and it is also a very effective method.

In the first week of the DVD’s launch, it sold quite good results. Although it can’t compare with movies like "Deadpool" or "Spiderman", it also earned more than 45 million U.S. dollars, and nearly 20 million U.S. dollars in the following week. It's not an exaggeration to describe the market performance of this film as a big deal.

At the same time, Murphy also completed a lot of work on the script modification, drawing board and scene segmentation of "A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones". Together with the 20th Century Fox, he is preparing to officially launch this series.