Chapter 1908: 1908 A New Step

Hugo nodded and agreed, which made both David and Jeffrey smile, because it not only means that Allen's funds will be injected into DreamWorks, but also means that DreamWorks' script development will be more stable in the future. There are bound to be problems - differences of opinion between partners always need to seek unity, but overall, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, which is the best thing for DreamWorks.

After watching David and Jeffery off, Allen unexpectedly said, "Hugo, are you sure you want to join DreamWorks?" Chatting about the two scripts of "The Truman Show" and "As Good as It Gets", David expressed his admiration for Hugo's rationality, and he also agreed with Hugo's choice. Unexpectedly, Allen actually came back again.

Hugo didn't realize Alan's purpose for bringing up this topic, "Why do you say that?"

"I mean, you're not used to all of this, are you?" After Allen finished speaking, he realized that he hadn't explained clearly at all, so he couldn't help but chuckled, took a deep breath, and then re-explained, " I mean, you've always been a pure actor, a pure singer, and you don't really like the management stuff behind the scenes, right? So, are you really sure? It's going to be a new and strange world."

The corner of Hugo's mouth was slightly pulled, and a faint smile was drawn, but it was shining brightly, "What if I regret it?"

This sentence made Allen stunned, and then caught a hint of banter in Hugo's eyes, and couldn't help laughing, "If you regret it, I will respect your choice. Compared with partners, we are first friend."

This made Hugo laugh out loud, and the brisk laughter echoed softly in the glass of champagne in his hand, "Actually, I'm not very familiar with these things, I even think you made a mistake Choose. I will not be a good company manager." Hugo's words made Allen frowned, and exclaimed "Oh, God" in a low voice, which made Hugo laugh out loud.

"I've been thinking about these things a lot lately, you know, now that I'm getting into these things. I'm finding that, whether I want to or not, I'm out here and all these things inevitably come. "Hugo's words made Alan nod his chin slightly, with a deep understanding.

From "L.A. Confidential" to "Saving Private Ryan", to "As Good as It Gets" and "The Truman Show", the world before Hugo's eyes has been turned upside down, not only because he has entered the field of producers, but also because of his role as a filmmaker. The value of an actor has broken away from the category of fixed concepts. He has now inevitably reached such a height, and the world he comes into contact with, perceives, and experiences is completely different. Four works, four different production companies, but almost one-half of Hollywood is involved. Among them, there are countless bright and dark deals, which are not only dazzling, but also hard to guard against.

In Hollywood, as an actor, it’s not enough to only know how to act. How to deal with the media, how to use your contacts, how to cooperate with big companies, how to publicize cooperation, and how to maintain image are all esoteric compulsory courses. This is why excellent agents, managers, and public relations are so popular. At the same time, actors themselves cannot be taken lightly. Otherwise, those countless actors who flash across the night sky like shooting stars are the best precedents.

Now, Hugo is one step closer than an actor, seeing a complicated and chaotic world, the world seems so small, just a small town in Hollywood, just a street on Wall Street, can condense more than one percent of the world Sixty or more resources and transactions; the world seems to be so big, but you can see the whole world from a fulcrum, as if you can lift the whole earth with a light force.

Hugo is not only facing the situation of changing the trajectory of history as an actor, but also changing the pattern of the film industry with his own ability. It may sound like an exaggeration to say this, but the fact is that as long as DreamWorks is powerful enough, it can become a model of Hollywood industry rules—just like Disney in the second decade of the 21st century.

This is a huge impact and a new challenge for Hugo. As Hugo said, whether he wants to admit this fact or not, reality has come to him.

"Fortunately, I have a group of good friends." Hugo glanced at Alan while speaking, which made Alan laugh.

In the past period of time, Rick, Joseph, Zamora and others have given Hugo great help, allowing Hugo to successfully overcome one crisis after another and gradually grow up. In addition, Allen's invitation is also very important, because Allen is giving Hugo a justifiable bargaining chip, and he can always leave room for himself in the competition with other large film companies-DreamWorks is always Hugo's first choice and guarantee choice. This allows Hugo to have more chips when facing big names like Shirley Lansing, Kevin Burns, Barry Meyer, and Robert Iger.

Hugo is clear about this.

"So, I thought, maybe this is a challenge, but it's also an opportunity, why not give it a try?" Hugo came to his own conclusion, "What's more, we didn't agree that I won't be involved in the business part, I’m only responsible for the production part.” From cartoons to movies to music, Hugo is no stranger to the three major departments of DreamWorks, “So, I think I still have some right to speak.”

Seeing the smile on Allen's face, Hugo raised the champagne in his right hand, paused slightly in the air, and then waved his index finger, "But don't be too optimistic, maybe I will ruin everything with my own hands .When the time comes, you will lose a huge amount of money, and I have no way to compensate you."

Allen pursed his lips slightly, with a simple smile on the corner of his mouth, and replied solemnly, "You can repay it with your body."

"Pfft", Hugo just sprayed out the small sip of champagne in his mouth. Hugo saw Alan's serious smile and thought he was going to say something, but in the end he said such words that caught him off guard. This time he didn't expect it, and he made a gaffe immediately.

However, Hugo looked at Alan whose suit chest was completely wet in front of him, and was stunned for a while, but he laughed, "It's better to have enough zeros on the check." A rebuttal choked Alan, but But he couldn't refute it, and in the end he could only laugh along with Hugo.

"It seems that you are still in good spirits. My worry just now is unnecessary." Tom Cruise's familiar voice came from behind, and as soon as he turned around, he saw Tom and Nicole Kidman. "I told Nicole just now that you must have worked very hard tonight, so we don't want to burden you any more, but now, it's obvious that we are thinking too much."

"If you can feel the hardships in my empty stomach, you will know the true state of me now." Hugo's joke made everyone laugh, "Let me introduce to you, this is Alan Shi Trello, this is Tom Cruise and this is Nicole Kidman."

"We met once at a charity party." Tom volunteered, "but it's a pity that we didn't have the opportunity to have an in-depth conversation that time."

"Tom was the absolute focus that night. I wanted to go up and say hello, but I was worried that it would be too abrupt." Allen said politely.

Seeing the two people being so polite, Hugo raised his right hand, "That's because I wasn't there that day." A joke made everyone stunned, and then they all burst into laughter, even Tom himself had a helpless smile on his face .

"It seems that your sense of humor is really worth looking forward to." Tom raised his eyebrows and gritted his teeth at Hugo. Hugo raised his hands in a gesture of surrender, and Tom rolled his eyes, "You'd better pray that there will be no kiss scene in this work, otherwise you will definitely regret it."

Hugo looked at Nicole for help in panic, which made Nicole chuckle, "I didn't expect that we would really cooperate. I thought it would be 'perfect'."

Nicole still maintained her usual elegance, with the perfect curve on the corner of her mouth, "I also thought it would be 'as good as it gets'." This was asking Hugo why he didn't appear in "As Good as It Gets", which made Hugo laugh dumbly, "However, 'The Truman Show' may be a more difficult challenge. After reading the script twice, I feel that the heroine has very limited room to play, but she needs to show a lot of things. This is really a headache."

Although Nicole's words were asking, it didn't feel like a discussion. It could be heard that she was just sharing a topic.

Every actor has different habits, and the styles of cooperation are naturally different. Nicole is obviously the type who doesn't like to exchange experience and share skills with others. She is more used to performing roles in her own way and rhythm, focusing on her own performance.

Hugo doesn't mind discussing characters and plots with others, but he also knows that this is not applicable to everyone. It seems that when he himself is researching characters, he also needs to maintain 100% investment, otherwise it will be difficult to really enter the state. "I am still studying comedy performance, I hope I will not ruin this excellent script."

"They're talking about these boring things again." Tom wrinkled his nose and looked at Allen, and said jokingly, which caused everyone to laugh.

At this moment, a strange face walked over with a smile on his face, but he didn't interrupt in a hurry, nor did he leave. When Hugo cast a questioning gaze, he walked forward with a smile on his face , shook Hugo's right hand, "Mr. Lancaster, happy birthday."

Hugo was stunned, today is not his birthday at all, and this is already the seventh person who said so today, but...he still smiled, with a strange expression on his face, "Thank you." Alan who was standing next to him , Tom and Nicole looked at Hugo's struggling expression, they all lowered their heads and held back their smiles, it was very hard work.