Superstar

"Hey, Rick." Hugo held Rick's outstretched right hand. Rick patted him on the shoulder and motioned for him and Joseph to sit down on the sofa. He said in his mouth, "It seems I saved a cup. Coffee." Hugo laughed at the words.

"Have you talked about everything?" Hugo looked at the office, and the room was about the same size as Lang, and it was also a full wall with floor-to-ceiling windows. The blue sky, white clouds, and the city view of high-rise buildings were spectacular.

Rick is an American man who is not tall. Perhaps because of the Indian descent, he has darker skin. He looks black, thin and short, very inconspicuous, but he has a pair of extraordinarily bright. With his eyes, it is easy for people to ignore his appearance and focus on his conversation. Different from Lang's strength, Rick is more like an agent who is still working diligently on the 17th floor, rather than the ‘fine’ English vampires on the 23rd floor.

But if you were deceived by Rick's appearance in this way, you would have made a big mistake. Rick is the backbone of an international innovation management company. His business for the entire year last year was ranked in the top five in the company, and he was no different from Lang. At the beginning of this year, Rick also officially became a partner of the company.

It is definitely not an honest person who can achieve such results in the brokerage industry.

"Actually, there is nothing wrong. I just acted as a middleman." The smile on Rick's face is not big, shallow, with those small eyes bent out of an arc, and looks very friendly, there is a kind of Indescribable affinity. Then Rick looked at Joseph, "I will'hand over' you the opportunity to announce the answer.

Joseph didn't refuse too much, and met Hugo's inquisitive eyes, the joy between his brows gleaming under his eyes, "You know Sidney a ‘sydney’ (sydney.)?"

"Of course." Hugo nodded without hesitation. Although he knew Sidney from the movie "The Reader", Sidney, a famous director, has more. Well-known classic works, such as "out of Africa (out. of. such as "Mr. Du Si ( or "the. way. we. were. He is definitely one of the most brilliant directors in the history of American cinema.

"This time Paramount's company is preparing a novel adaptation screenplay, and Sidney is selected as the director." Joseph's tone rose slightly, revealing his inner joy, and obviously, his words have not yet After that, "The adapted screenplay has been determined to be written by Robert Downey (.)."

"Robert Downey?" Hugo was not an interrogative sentence, but a repeated confirmation sentence.

Robert Downey is not the father of the future famous Robert Downey Jr. There is no relationship between them. Robert Downey Jr’s father Robert Downey Sr. (...sr.) is an independent film director and producer. Film people. The Robert Downey mentioned here is a famous Hollywood director and screenwriter. His classic scripts include "The Male and Female Thief(. and so on.

As you can imagine, the collaboration between Sidney and Robert is definitely the top lineup.

At this time, Paramount’s “Meng” is going through a period of pain. After a long period of downturn, it made a comeback and returned to the top ranks of Hollywood. However, the iconic “sex” iron triangle that led Paramount’s revival was the iron triangle. Broken by Disney, Disney poached the second iron triangle: Jeffrey-Kasenberg (jeffrey.i (atzenberg) and Michael-Eisner (砒chael.), which made Paragon's "mon" again. Fell into a trough.

In this case, inviting big names like Sidney and Robert to collaborate on a project can clearly see the ambition of Paramount. Sure enough, Joseph's next words confirmed Hugo's conjecture, "It's Robert. Paramount ‘Meng’ made a budget of 60 million U.S. dollars to invest in this project."

"Wow, this is another ‘Terminator (the.te plus)?" Hugo was surprised by the cost budget.

If it had just crossed over in January this year, Hugo would say "Such a little investment" because after the 21st century, there are countless investments of more than 100 million U.S. dollars, and works with a cost of more than 200 million are not uncommon. But after a year of adaptation here, Hugo knows that in the current film market, the cost of more than 50 million is a big production, and it is rare.

Therefore, Paramount'Meng' actually made a budget of 60 million. Hugo's first reaction was an action movie with very complicated special effects. This was also one of the most popular genre movies in the early 1990s.

"No, it's another'Yihai Xiongfeng'." It was Rick who answered, and he'showed' an apologetic smile to Joseph, "I'll leave it to me about the script." He definitely didn't agree in this regard. Joseph talked about it in detail. After all, Joseph just came in just now, so Rick must be familiar with it. "This is about a young man who graduated from Harvard Law School. The company was actually involved in the underworld, so that it was involved in a case that attracted the attention of the Ministry of Justice."

"Lawyer again?" Hugo understood right away, which is why Rick said, "It's another ‘Yihai Xiongfeng...".

"Yes." Rick nodded in affirmation, "Now they have just started casting roles, and all the roles and colors are starting from the beginning. Sidney heard about your excellent performance in "Yihai Xiongfeng" , So I hope you can participate in the audition."

"Me?" Although Hugo was mentally prepared, he was still a little surprised after hearing Rick really say it. After all, "Yihai Xiongfeng" has not been released yet, so he did not expect the opportunity to be so soon. Has arrived.

Rick was amused by Hugo’s surprised expression, but his smile is still not big, but outlines a larger arc, his eyes have been narrowed, "Hugo, you know, this circle is actually very small. Very small." Speaking of the back, Rick still pinched his thumb and index finger together as if pinching a strand of hair, expressing his meaning forcefully.

After Hugo finished filming "Smell the Fragrance and Know the "Female", he got an audition opportunity for "Yihai Xiongfeng" because of his outstanding performance. In the end, Hugo relied on his own efforts to grasp it; and now, Yu Guo has received more attention because of the beauty of "Yihai Xiongfeng", coupled with the positive reaction after the release of "Smell the Fragrance and Meet the "Female" People", the opportunity really took the initiative to send it to the "door".

Compared with before, Hugo’s status has quietly changed. Now there is an audition opportunity automatically sent to Joseph’s hands. This is a big improvement, and it’s still an investment in Paramount Pictures. Thousands of big moves are even more rare.

"Wow." Hugo did not cover up, and directly uttered his own happy voice. Recently, the positive influence brought by "scenting the fragrance of women" has made Hugo overjoyed, and today's opportunity is even better. Add'flowers'. "I'm still thinking about it. I haven't had any invitation to ‘door’ for half a year. Joseph should be anxious..."

"Are you sure you are in a hurry?" Joseph was also in the mood to quarrel with Hugo at this time. Although in the past few months, Joseph said to let Hugo take a good rest, without any audition, Joseph's anxiety still inevitably began to grow over time. But now, after the release of "Scent of the Fragrance and Meet the "Female", everything is starting to go on the right track, which couldn't be better.

"Rick, thank you, thank you really." Hugo repeatedly expressed his gratitude. In fact, Rick is not Hugo’s agent. He has no need to help. This is not the same as looking for a house. This is a job opportunity. To put it bluntly, money is reputation, and Rick's unpaid help is indeed admirable. The comparison between Lang and Rick immediately revealed the gap.

"No, I have already remembered in the notebook that you owe me a meal." Rick still smiled and said easily, and Hugo and Joseph also laughed out, "In fact, you don't need to care too much, Xi Denis asked me for Joseph’s phone number, and then I helped to contact him, nothing more. You know, even if I don’t want to tell him, he can contact the company, and the end result is still the same. So to be precise, I don’t Did not help much."

Rick said honestly, "Besides, we are still competitors, and I have actors under my hand to audition. So, don't rush to thank me, maybe my actor will beat you and get the role. "

Hugo couldn't help laughing, but when he mentioned it, Hugo's memory was awakened, "Rick, I saw Tracy in Lang's office just now and seemed to be discussing important matters. Could it be Sidney's? Is this project?" It’s not that Hugo has delusions of persecution, but it’s just a little coincidence at this time?

"Oh, no. Tracy and Lang are discussing a joint project with Universal Pictures." Rick said simply, but Hugo still has some doubts in his eyes, such as why Tracy is on her own In front of him, Lang mentioned himself. For example, if Tracy met with the head of the Universal Pictures producer at the Waldorf Astoria, is it related to this project? However, Rick obviously did not intend to let Hugo continue to ask questions, and simply ignored the look in Hugo's eyes. UU Reading www.uukanshu. Com went on to say, "I have given Joseph Sidney's contact information just now. Even if I tell you about this project, I have to work hard for the rest. As a competitor, I will not provide any help."

"Of course." Joseph took the topic with a smile. He also noticed Hugo's distraction, but now it is no surprise, "You haven't told me what the name of this project is!"

"Oh, look at my'sex', I'm getting older." Rick patted his head, took a script from his desk and placed it in front of Joseph, "Sugar-coated trap (the. This is the script, my share. If you want, you can find Sidney, and this is an adaptation of the original novel, you can go to see the original. "

"John Grisham's novel of the same name?" Joseph remembered last year's best-selling novel of the same name. After receiving Rick’s confirmation, Joseph once again saw Paramount Pictures’ The determination to do it.

"Oh, yes," Rick suddenly remembered another thing. "I heard Brad Pitt also got an audition opportunity. You know, Sidney and Robert Redford have a good relationship. Love, they have worked together as an old partner of "Out of Africa"." Robert Redford, the director of "Dahe Love", really is a very small circle.