Chapter 1331 1331 Clues Revealed

Happy time always flies, Hugo accompanied Cameron all day in New York, and then worked with Cameron for another day on the set. Obviously, with Hugo around, it was really difficult for Cameron to concentrate. Then, in order not to affect Cameron's follow-up work, Hugo left New York and returned to Los Angeles.

After arriving home, Hugo called Rick and told about his encounter with Kevin Pence on the set that day, "Am I thinking too much, or is there something big going on at Twentieth Century Fox recently?"

Since the completion of "Death Row", Rick and Henry have reached a consensus that this period of time is to let Hugo relax and rest completely, so including Joseph and Samora, they almost did not talk to Hugo about any work, just Occasionally send a script for Hugo to see.

"Hehe, it's not that you think too much, it's definitely not that easy for these big film production companies to make friends." Rick was not surprised at Hugo's words, "Kevin will be with you in 'Love is the only one'. 'It wasn't a deliberate arrangement for the crew to meet in time, but it definitely wouldn't be a complete coincidence." As one of the helms of Endeavour Elite's agency, Rick's vision and means are naturally not casual, "I was guessing Kevin before. When will he really take action? Waiting until now, you can see his patience, it seems that this time he has a plan."

Rick sighed a few words there, and Hugo was at a loss. Mainly because Hugo doesn't know anything about the recent situation, so he can't judge. After Rick sighed, he explained, "In recent months, the cooperation between 20th Century Fox and our company can be said to be very close. It can be seen that Kevin has given enough to our company's artists. The emphasis on, I mean, packaged collaborations like Creative Artists Agency.”

"I forgot to tell you that 20th Century Fox won the North American distribution rights for 'Death Row'." Rick added immediately, which immediately made Hugo understand, "Steven and Kevin intend to expand Long-term cooperation, all the works produced by DreamWorks in the next two years will be distributed by 20th Century Fox, but both parties are in the tentative stage, let's take a look at 'Death Row'."

After that layer of mystery was lifted, the tip of the iceberg was revealed in front of Hugo. Hugo had mentioned the issue of distribution rights with Steven before, but now DreamWorks is still in the early stage of accumulating energy, and the issue of distribution is not significant, but even so, Steven has begun to think about long-term issues.

Now it seems that the cooperation between 20th Century Fox and Endeavour Elite Agency and DreamWorks is not so simple.

"However, the video distribution rights and overseas distribution rights of the film are still in competition." Rick's words made Hugo laugh directly, "Are you kidding me?"

But Rick shook his head, "No, I'm not joking." Hugo was completely stunned. A literary and artistic work such as "Death Row Walk" made it clear that there would be no box office driving force, and the film companies were actually competing Distribution rights for such a work? And listening to Rick's tone, it seems that 20th Century Fox has also gone through a lot of competition to win the North American distribution rights. The world is changing too fast, and Hugo can't keep up with the speed.

It's just that Hugo forgot that the "Death Ramble" has been out of the limelight in the past few months. It is almost impossible to make a profit by investing only 11 million US dollars in the "Death Ramble". .

"Both Columbia Pictures and Paramount are competing, and of course, Twentieth Century Fox will not give up." Rick didn't say much, but simply revealed two sentences.

But just these few words, Hugo can feel that the two new Hollywood players, DreamWorks and Endeavour Elite Agency, are gradually increasing their competitiveness. "Rick, you should know that for a production company, the ability to distribute is the key to winning or losing, just like a big company like Twentieth Century Fox, they may only make ten movies a year, but the movies they release But it may be twice or three times as much, and this is the real right to speak.”

"Of course I know this, but why are you saying this?" Rick couldn't help frowning, obviously not understanding Hugo's words. The distribution rights and the brokerage company had nothing to do with it.

"I mean, maybe, DreamWorks should pay attention to this." Hugo knows that the cooperation between DreamWorks and Endeavour Elite Brokerage is increasing now, and the future strong rise of Endeavour Elite Brokerage will definitely be without the success and brilliance of DreamWorks. History has changed. As one of them, he is working hard to contribute his own strength. Since Michael Jackson can be cleared of his innocence fifteen years in advance, why can't the fate of DreamWorks be changed?

"The relationship between DreamWorks and us is getting closer and closer, and the relationship between actors and film companies, you know better than me." Hugo's words made Rick silent and pondered carefully.

As an actor and singer, Hugo's talent is undeniable, but Hugo also knows that his overall view is lacking, and he is not convincing in terms of company management and blueprint planning. Just like before "Before Sunrise" persuaded David Geffen to invest, Hugo and Steven Spielberg were also very weak in persuasion when they brought up the distribution rights. This is Hugo's weakness.

But Hugo knew the future industry trend and development trend, so he hoped to rely on his strong friendship with Rick, and after persuading Rick, Rick would complete the follow-up promotion.

Rick knows Hugo. Although he lacks the big picture, his sensitivity to details and development trends is far beyond ordinary people. Hugo is definitely not aimless, "Hugo, I think I probably know what you mean, But I need to clarify my thoughts." Hugo's words seemed to have touched a little idea in Rick's mind, he felt that this was likely to be another turning point in the company's development, but he couldn't sort it out for a while, he needed a little time , "However, what I can confirm is that Twentieth Century Fox really hopes to cooperate with you."

Rick brought the topic back again, and Hugo also shifted his attention, "Did they submit the script to you?"

"That's their cleverness. Recently, the scripts submitted by other companies have almost overwhelmed me, but they haven't submitted a single script to... er, to be precise, to you." Rick thought of this. , couldn't help laughing, "They have given me a lot of scripts at the moment, some for Alex, some for Charlize, some for Leo, some for Tom, but...just without you."

"Um..." Without further explanation from Rick, Hugo also noticed the anomaly, obviously not because 20th Century Fox didn't want to cooperate with Hugo, but because 20th Century Fox was advancing its own plan in an orderly manner.

"Didn't you tell me before that they have several big projects in the works? I checked in many ways, and I can confirm that there is indeed a big project, but the speed of this project is not fast. The news is that there are some problems with investment funds, but I don't really believe it. On the contrary, the grapevine says that there are some problems with the script, mainly because the story of 'Future Water World' has completely collapsed, and now large-scale production projects are more cautious Be cautious, I still feel more credible.”

Rick summed up the situation in a few words, "Most likely, Kevin wants you to star in this project, but... who knows? We're the active party anyway, we'll just wait for them to come to the door. Now." Rick seemed very relaxed, which was also Rick's self-confidence.

Rick believes that as long as Hugo announces that he intends to make a new film, the script will fly like snowflakes, and Hugo does not have to worry about the next work. The initiative, from the beginning to the end, was in his hands, or more precisely, in Hugo's hands.

"Big project..." Hugo nodded his chin slightly. In fact, after the fiasco of "Future Water World", the investment of major film companies was relatively cautious. The famous ones are "Twister", "Men in Black", "Air Force One", "Jurassic Park 2", "Titanic" and so on. You can count by hand.

Could it be that the project 20th Century Fox is talking about is "Titanic"?

But Hugo immediately denied the idea, because "Titanic" was a project of James Cameron, one of the most powerful directors in Hollywood today, although this project encountered many difficulties in the preparation process, It also includes the obstruction of funds, but if it is really this project, it is absolutely impossible for Kevin to be so secretive, and it is impossible for James to have no news at all.

But Hugo just guessed, and didn't think deeply. As Rick said, they just waited for 20th Century Fox to make a move.

"You don't have to worry about the selection of the next work for the time being. If there is a good work, I will send the script there." Rick can guess from Hugo's actions today, although Hugo did not Said that he can put in work again, but at least it is not exclusive, "By the way, I received an interesting call yesterday, NBC's 'Friends', you know, 'Happy Family' is the current ratings competitor , they're calling to invite you to objectify the show."

"What? Did they really call you?" Hugo was very surprised. Although Jennifer had sent invitations twice, Hugo didn't take it seriously, but now it seems that this is not a joke between friends That's it.

"So, you know about this?" Rick said in surprise.

"Yes, I'm friends with Jennifer Aniston, she asked me about it before." Hugo replied simply, and Rick immediately responded, Jennifer and Cameron are working together "Love is the only one" .

Rick stroked his chin and said as he thought, "So, what do you think? Would you like to make a cameo appearance?"