Chapter 1723 1723 The Wind Blows Again

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association's concerns are by no means unfounded. Many people may say that the 54th Golden Globe Awards are still lively in the absence of Hugo, Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Mel Gibson, Liam Neeson, Madonna, The presence of top entertainers such as Barbra Streisand made the night look dazzling.

"No one in Hollywood is indispensable, never has been." This sentence applies before, applies now, and will still apply in the future.

But this view is not applicable in the current situation. Whether Hugo, who gave three top performances in 1995, missed the Golden Globes, or Hugo, who swept the world and changed history with one work in 1996, missed the Golden Globes, which is very important for any awards ceremony. It is a fatal blow, let alone the Golden Globe Award, which is determined to promote the commercialization process.

In fact, Michael's concerns are well-founded. Kevin Pence, who was sitting in the office at this time, was also discussing the same person.

"Kevin, we've run out of working capital now. James's vampire has submitted a cost application again, this is the first time! This time Paramount signed the check, what about the next time? Now all the funds on the books have been All are allocated, all projects have been prepared, and we don’t have more energy to chase Hugo.”

Sitting directly in front of the desk is Thomas Rothman, the general manager of Twentieth Century Fox's film division, a good old man with round cheeks, a pair of the most common gold glasses, and a slightly fat body. , looks like the most typical Uncle Sam. At this time, even though Thomas was discussing a serious topic, his potato-like face still lacked much authority, making the atmosphere relatively relaxed.

"Are these the projects we are going to invest in this year?" Kevin picked up the list in his hand and flipped through it. Thomas gave a positive answer and added an explanation, "The first page is this year, The second page is a few plans for next year."

Kevin shook his head and let out a long sigh, "Thomas, is there one of these projects that you think will definitely win the box office?" 20th Century Fox, because of the "Titanic" project, almost completely Being stuck, Kevin decided to choose Paramount as a partner, but now it seems to be a wise choice. Because of this project, 20th Century Fox's planning in 1997 is now completely stretched, and the list of projects is looking ahead. Go, there is no one that stands out, which makes Kevin feel a headache too.

If "Titanic" succeeds, all is well said; but if it fails...the breathing space "Independence Day" made for Twentieth Century Fox will soon be starved of oxygen again.

Facing Kevin's words, Thomas could only shake his head dully without refuting. Kevin chuckled lightly, "But as long as Hugo is involved, it is certain." This is the current Hollywood's confidence in Hugo, any work, as long as Hugo joins, even waste will become treasure. Not only Kevin, but the whole of Hollywood felt so personally. Now Hugo's influence on Hollywood even surpasses that of agents, directors and producers, and has the ability to control the wind direction of every link.

Thomas had no way to refute, his shoulders drooped down, "But, Hugo's 20 million salary, we really don't have the ability to afford it. Even 15 million salary, we must be cautious now, otherwise once' Titanic' did not live up to expectations at the box office..."

Thomas didn't say the latter, but everyone knew it. On the surface, it seems that 20th Century Fox is now very popular, but in fact, they are in many dangers, and a little mishandling may be irreversible. The success of Independence Day only gave them a breathing space.

"That's why I decided to make friends with Hugo." Strictly speaking, Kevin is in front of major Hollywood companies. His cooperation with Hugo is not only limited to "Independence Day", but more comprehensive of the narrowing distance. Now, at a pivotal moment for Twentieth Century Fox, Kevin needs that connection to work.

"However, Hugo rejected 'Speed. 2: Cruise. Control' without hesitation." Thomas also knew what Kevin meant, but his concerns could not be easily dissipated. "And I got word that Hugo even persuaded Sandra not to take on the project."

Kevin didn't know the latter news, because Sandra Bullock finally took over the script of "Life and Death 2", which had been put into filming more than a month ago, and now there is not much time left to finish it. This made Kevin frown, "Did Hugo say why?"

"The script." Thomas said the answer directly, "Hugo initially declined because of his global tour to the death of glory, but then I communicated with Rick's assistant Jim, and Jim said that Hugo thought the script was too much. It's ridiculous, not only the setting is wrong, but the structure and proportion of the most important script are not satisfactory." After speaking, Thomas secretly glanced at Kevin's face and grumbled and complained, "But all these ideas and ideas are all unsatisfactory. It's all De Bont."

After the huge success of "Life and Death", Jane de Bont then directed "Tornado," which was the runner-up in the 1996 year-end box office charts, but "Independence Day" performed too much. Excellent, this work has been robbed of a lot of style. "Life and Death 2" once again invited Jane to come out, hoping to replicate the box office miracle of that year.

Kevin looked at Thomas in front of him, and he also knew that Thomas didn't deliberately conceal this matter, but Thomas just wasn't so sure about Hugo's judgment. In fact, Thomas's point of view is the mainstream point of view in Hollywood. They recognize Hugo's strong appeal, but more think that Hugo is an actor with excellent acting skills and charismatic actor, but they do not think that Hugo is a screenwriter's work and director. Work can point fingers.

For example, when the script of "Independence Day" was revised, there were a lot of conflicts, because Hugo's screenwriter's perspective could not "convince the public". In everyone's opinion, the addition of Hugo's name to the screenwriter column of "The Shawshank Redemption" is purely polite; "Before Sunrise" does not reflect Hugo's storytelling skills as a screenwriter-frame, rhythm, clues, etc. Wait, it's not reflected in this script.

What's more, Hugo rejected the script for "Speed ​​2" for the "Rainstorm" world tour, which was to be expected. It's just that Hugo actually persuaded Sandra not to take the script. Although this didn't anger Thomas, the good man inevitably felt that Hugo was nosy. Fortunately, in the end Sandra chose to act.

However, Kevin clearly knows that only those who have really been in contact with Hugo, or even discussed the script, know that Hugo's wisdom is definitely not that simple. However, it is obviously unrealistic to revise the script of "Life and Death 2" now, so Kevin thought about it and finally gave up.

"Anyway, we should at least give it a try, if not this year, but for next year. I think you know better than me how much profit 'Independence Day' has brought to the company." Kevin said, Thomas didn't say more, but thought for a while in silence, "Then what do you think we should do? Hugo is on tour now, and even the Golden Globes are absent. How can we find him?"

Kevin shook his head with a slight smile, "You don't know Hugo, I'm sure he will appear in Berlin."

"Why?" Thomas blurted out subconsciously.

"Because he is a person who values ​​friendship more than any relationship." Kevin said in a circle, then looked down at the project list in his hand, "Here are two suitable roles, to Let's go to Hugo with a proposal. Whether the project can be negotiated or not, we can't miss it. It's too dangerous for us to pin all our hopes on the 'Titanic' this year."

Thomas looked at Kevin and thought about it carefully, but still couldn't find the connection - he still didn't know enough about Hugo, so he could only leave Kevin's office with a question mark.

Kevin knew very well that Hugo was going to be at the Berlin Film Festival, because this year's "Romeo and Juliet" was in competition at the Berlin Film Festival - it was produced by Twentieth Century Fox, if only to support Leonardo and Charlize, Hugo will surely arrive in Berlin too. What's more, Hugo was in Europe during the Berlin Film Festival, and there was no obstacle in terms of distance.

This is the follow-up effect of Kevin's previous plan. The cooperation between 20th Century Fox and Endeavour Elite Agency is being carried out in all aspects.

However, Kevin speculated that it is estimated that Warner Bros. and New Line Pictures will also send relevant personnel to Berlin, because if he remembers correctly, "Love and War" starring Sandra was also shortlisted for the competition unit of this year's Berlin Film Festival. , which is one of the reasons Hugo went to Berlin.

And...Mark Canton! Recently, the head of Columbia Pictures has made a lot of noise. The "Men in Black" cooperating with Steven Spielberg has already invested in the early publicity. There is also Steven behind "Air Force One". Listen to It is said that Harrison Ford is considering changing his agency contract to Endeavour Elite Agency. On the other hand, "My Best Friend's Wedding" actually invited Cameron Diaz to play...

You can see his own shadow before and after. The method that Mark is implementing now is exactly the plan that Kevin made the year before, and finally made Hugo join "Independence Day". So, Mark will definitely be in Berlin, and Kevin doesn't question that in the slightest.

Thinking of the just-concluded Golden Globe Awards, although not to the point where no one cares, the momentum is indeed average; if you think about the next Berlin, you can already expect the noise and busyness there. This year's Hollywood wind, maybe It's about to start in Berlin.

For the second year in a row, Berlin stole the Ballon d'Or, is this... really good?