Chapter 1231: 1231

"Steven? How did you become a lobbyist again?" Hugo knew that Tim was well connected in the entertainment industry, but he thought it would be Paul Newman, but he never thought it would be Steven Spielberg . Hugo's surprise was self-evident when Steven mentioned "Death Ramble".

Steven laughed, "I think it's weird too, I'm not a good lobbyist." Last time Steven went out for "Mission Impossible", but unfortunately Hugo ended up going to "The Seven Deadly Sins" The crew, although there are many objective factors in it, Steven did not succeed, and the "Men in Black" that Steven served as the producer is still struggling to pursue Hugo.

"Shouldn't you first consider your own work as a producer?" Hugo was really dumbfounded.

Steven spread his hands to express his innocence, "The script of 'Men in Black' is being revised, and the whole project has to be postponed. It is not my request to change the script." With Hugo, it is obvious that he is saying, "This is clearly your fault."

Hugo opened his mouth to argue, but Samora just brought the black tea over, "I'm sorry, I don't know much about tea, I hope it won't be too bad." Steven said he wanted tea today, but Hugo didn't at all. I know there is still tea at home.

Steven took the teacup in Samora's hand, "I definitely don't do more research on tea than you, but I drank too much coffee this morning, and now it's afternoon tea time, I think black tea will be good. The choice, that's all." After Samora left, Steven looked at Hugo again, "Actually, I'm here for a reason, if you're willing to act, DreamWorks is willing to invest in 'Death Walk' this work."

Through the dense fog of black tea, Steven looked at Hugo in front of him and said with a chuckle, "I have to say, Tim gave an offer that I don't want to refuse."

Although Hugo and Steven can never be said to be best friends, they are indeed good friends, so he seems relatively relaxed, "Tell me the truth, Steven, you really believe that the works I am willing to take will be able to get Was it successful?"

Although the whole of Hollywood is talking about this at the moment, Hugo is no longer a rookie. He knows that even if he chooses those works that he knows are destined to be successful, as long as he does not work hard enough or a certain part of the movie goes wrong, Then this work will still be destroyed. Because a work can be successful, it needs all the factors such as the running-in of every part of the crew, the timing of the release, the strategy of publicity, and the duel of competitors in the same period. And when a work that was originally destined to be successful now replaces one of its important parts with a Hugo, success becomes an unknown again.

For this, Hugo could not be more clear, history can be changed, whether for good or for bad.

Therefore, Hugo has never believed in the current Hollywood remarks that he is a golden hand, and even finds it absurd. He never felt indispensable, even as "Stay Away" and "Death Ramble" were doing their best to get him on board.

"No, of course not." Steven replied without any hesitation, "Of course, some people are willing to believe in star power, and the actor's box office appeal is also real, this is undeniable. But all industry veterans know , the success of a movie is not that simple, including the script link that you pay great attention to, it is only one of the links. The same is true for you as an actor, and you are also a link in the entire film industry, which may play a slightly larger role. Important, but still not decisive."

Speaking of which, Steven chuckled lightly, took a sip of black tea, and showed a contented expression, "Although everyone wants to see the plot of personal heroism on the big screen, in real life, personal strength is very important. It is difficult to fight against collective power.”

Hugo was convinced.

"However, why are so many people still willing to trust you?" Steven knew the nature of Hugo's question and explained simply, "Because you have won these trusts with your actual actions, this process is not easy, but You have succeeded, so you are now enjoying the convenience brought by these trusts. We are willing to believe in you. Believe in your strength, believe in your vision, believe in your judgment..."

Hugo knew what Steven meant. In fact, this is human inertia. Just like stocks, when they first came out, no one believed that stocks made money, so only a few speculators succeeded; then everyone saw the potential of stocks, so swarms rushed up, unconditionally trusting stocks to bring happiness to themselves. ; In the end, the enthusiasm and excitement faded, and reason was restored. Some people left, some people stayed, and even if they stayed, they no longer believed blindly.

Now Hollywood is in the stage of believing in Hugo. Everyone believes that Hugo can bring victory, like a superstitious lucky charm.

But once you encounter Waterloo, the consequences can become dire. That's why Rick has been trying to control the situation.

"You know, 'Before Sunrise' had David in front of us for a long time," Steven's words made Hugo laugh, "so I thought, I should also do a project, the majestic one. Put. Tim convinced me that 'Death Walk' is a really interesting project, at least it's more interesting than 'Away from Las Vegas'."

Hugo was stunned for a while, then looked at Steven and laughed. Steven nodded, without shyness, "My news is better than you think. 'Stay away from the casino' is just an alcoholic moaning, he is completely dragging himself down, this is too... Too boring After thinking about it, Steven made a comment with such words, which made people laugh, "and 'Death Walk' is completely different, it not only has a good character, it also has a good story."

"Don't you think the character Matthew is very similar to Amon Goss?" Hugo looked at Steven curiously.

This time, Steven was not so sure. He chose to ask back, "This is your major, not mine." He looked at Hugo and blinked slyly, "In my opinion, these two are completely different. Different characters, the only thing they have in common is that they have all killed people, but Matthew's motive for killing needs to be studied, while Amon is a killing machine, which is very different for performance."

Different from the last "Mission Impossible", this time Steven seems to be a lot more proactive, but I don't know if it is because DreamWorks intends to invest in "Death Row". Hugo also didn't know how true Steven was when he said he wanted to be the producer of "Death Walk".

But what is certain is that Steven was indeed persuaded by Tim. Not only Steven, but then Paul Newman called Hugo - as Hugo had expected, so did the Coen brothers, Meg Ryan, Morgan Freeman, Robin Williams Hugo was amazed by the calls, although except for Paul who specifically mentioned the "death row walk", everyone else was just chatting with Hugo, expressing praise for Tim and thinking that they would cooperate with Tim. is a very good thing.

Even so, Hugo still felt very magical. He could clearly feel the energy that Tim invested in the project of "Death Ramble", as well as Tim's desire and persistence for his role in "Death Ramble". When Leonardo DiCaprio called to ask what happened to Hugo, "I heard that you recently had a project called 'Death Walk', which was very interesting. I heard that it was a Huge challenge, do you want to take the film? Even I am interested, can I read the script?"

Hugo suddenly felt that he was about to be surrounded by Tim.

Obviously, Tim Robbins' powerful connections take a big advantage over Mike Figgis, and Tim and Hugo are friends. Hugo even had to call Tim himself, "You should let me read the script, you know the script is the most important thing."

But Tim replied, "Of course, of course, the script is always the most important, and the characters are the first priority. If necessary, I would be very willing to read the script for you myself." Such enthusiasm makes Hugo really dumbfounded.

Then Rick's new discovery made Hugo have to admit that Tim's dedication and focus really touched him, "Do you know why Roland Parkin appeared at your new home party?"

"Isn't it for congratulations?" Hugo took it for granted that there are no absolute enemies and absolute friends in Hollywood. Although the relationship between the Endeavour Elite Agency and the Creative Artist Agency has been strained recently, they have It is still not an enemy, at least compared to international innovation management companies, their relationship is much closer.

But after Hugo felt the weirdness in Rick's tone, he suddenly realized, "It can't be... Tim?"

Tim is an artist under the Creative Artists Agency. His agent is not Roland, but he threatens his agent. If Hugo cannot cooperate with this project, he will change his agent-and even the agency . In desperation, his agent had to turn to Roland for help-in the Creative Artists Agency, Roland was the closest person to Hugo.

To be honest, it is an honor for anyone to gain such trust from a person. As an actor, it is even more rare for Hugo's talent and strength to be so respected by his peers. Tim's sincerity made Hugo have a great change in this cooperation.

In the face of Tim Robbins, who has done everything possible, 20th Century Fox, who is standing behind "Away from the Casino", is not showing weakness. They are mobilizing the power of the entire company, although Kevin Pence still does not. Officially announced that they want to invest "away from the casino", but as Rick said, they are indeed brewing something, and "away from the casino" is one of the gimmicks.

The Eight Immortals crossed the sea to show their magical powers, and now it's time to reveal the trump card of "Away from the Casino".