Chapter 201 201 A Corner of the Map

Hugo looked at Lang with vigilance. He couldn't hide his true emotions freely now. At most, he could only show a little alienation. Facing Lang's mental calculations, Hugo, who was too young, was still too young to deal with it. It takes some effort. Moreover, Hugo knew too little, so he had no way to piece together a complete map, and even less to fight against Lang.

However, Hugo has never been a person who disarms easily. Although Hugo is not as good as Lang in terms of social experience and conspiracy calculations, but in terms of flexible thinking, Hugo is not weak at all. He rolled his eyes and outlined a touch of The shallow smile hides the inner vigilance, "Challenges exist all the time, people who are not strong are afraid of challenges and hope to choose shortcuts; but people with strength will meet challenges and even enjoy the excitement of the challenge process. "

Since Lang has been implying that Brad relies on interpersonal relationships, he may have to take the lead and grab the role of the "sugar-coated trap"; then Hugo ignores the deep meaning behind Lang and responds head-on.

Sure enough, this sentence made Lang's expression pause for a moment, and then deepened. Although Lang had noticed Hugo's changes a few times before, but it was only a matter of lip service, but today, Lang could sense that Hugo's confidence was much stronger, and it was not like the previous two years. The same blind confidence, more solid and more... calm, although still immature, you can already see a lot of growth, which makes Lang a little surprised.

In the face of Hugo's provocation, Lang's first reaction was to lose his temper. His temper had always been bad, but when he thought of the importance of today's lunch meeting and his plans, he suppressed his emotions abruptly. , using a smile to cover up his anger, "but more often, many challenges are over before they begin. This society is equal, but not fair."

In the past, Hugo did not quite understand this sentence. What is meant by this society is equal, but not fair. But after reading a manga, I immediately understood. On the same starting line, the parents on the left escorted the child in a car, and the parent on the right pulled the cart to escort the child. The starting point is the same, which is equality, but the tools to move forward are different, which is unfair.

In the audition of "Sugar-coated Trap", equality and fairness were more vividly demonstrated. Hugo thought that it had been a month since the "Sugar Coated Trap" sent him an audition invitation, and even the fourth week of the release of "Yihai Xiongfeng", but the audition never started. It can be seen that Lang's words are not groundless, he must know some insider stories.

Hugo wanted to refute Lang at first, but he soon realized that now Lang was plotting against him, and he couldn't be led by the nose. Since he couldn't see through Lang's plan, he might as well take a look. What kind of card was in Lang's hand? Anyway, it was Lang who took the initiative to find it, not him.

After thinking about it, Hugo swallowed the words that came to his mouth and looked at Lang quietly.

Just a silence temporarily put Lang's abacus on hold, Hugo regained a little bit of a disadvantage, and Lang's temper suddenly came up again. If it was before, it would not be difficult for him to control Hugo at all. Of course , and thanks to Tracy's help, but now, Lang finds things are not so easy.

Lang decided not to go around in circles anymore, he smiled at Hugo, "Sometimes, fairness is not so difficult. In the entertainment industry, a good agent can shorten a lot of distance."

The implication of this sentence is very obvious, but Hugo does not understand it. Is Lang digging his own corner? Did Lang wish he left Joseph himself and then signed with Lang? This...is this possible? Could it be that Lang felt that when he extended an olive branch, he was about to move forward?

But why? Did Lang forget the unpleasantness of the previous few times, the Golden Raspberry Awards, the "Ben. Can" premiere, and the little actions of Allejee...

But Hugo didn't have more time to think, because Lang began to throw the bait, "It's not difficult for me and Sidney to make a dinner reservation, if necessary, tonight." This is the beginning of the blatant approach to Hugo. , It seems that Lang has given up the roundabout policy, because Hugo's eloquence Lang has experienced before, it is definitely not that simple. On the contrary, it is better to impress the other party with real offers.

Hugo frowned slightly, and he seemed to have realized something: he now relies on two movies to get back to the top, and works like "Sugar-Coated Trap" and "Sleepless in Seattle" are willing to give Hugo a chance, and After Hugo got to know Al Pacino, Jack Nicholson, Beau Goodman, Rob Reiner and other important contacts, his future career in the entertainment industry will only get better and better. In other words, the broker's chances of success still increased, and the difficulty for brokers to get a job for Hugo dropped sharply.

To be more direct, if Hugo can star in "Sugar-Coated Trap" and Lang has the confidence to win $8 million for Hugo, then Lang's 10% draw will be a huge amount of money - including tax. In the case of $800,000. No wonder Lang was moved.

Seeing the slight change in Hugo's expression, Lang thought he was impressed. Before Hugo could speak, Lang went on to pretend to be eloquent, "Actually, Sidney and I are still talking about another big project. Very big, very big project, all I can tell you is, Sidney Pollack, Martin. Scorsese, Mel Gibson, Kevin Costner are all on this project on the reserve list."

Compared with the previous bait, this second news is obviously more explosive, and Lang's expression is obviously saying: Come back to me, then you will be a part of this project. However, Lang had no plans to continue to reveal the second news. To be precise, he felt that the bombs released today were enough, so he smiled at Hugo, then turned around and left without giving Hugo any more. Opportunities to refute, but leave room for Hugo to think.

Hugo stood there and thought about it carefully. Although he had a clear enough understanding of Lang's purpose, he still needed to confirm it, so Hugo looked around and quickly found Gary Scott. - Lang's assistant. Although it is said that Gary is Lang's assistant, Gary is much easier to get along with than Lang, and he also has a lot of dissatisfaction with Lang and often talks about Lang's affairs behind his back.

When Gary saw Hugo approaching, a smile immediately appeared on his face, "Hey, Little Sunshine, it's really been a long time."

Seeing Gary's undisguised admiration, Hugo couldn't help but feel amused. He burst out laughing, "Gary, you don't have to wink at me, this trick won't work for me." Guo's warm and mocking words made Gary pouted depressedly, and then muttered, "At least you can satisfy my fantasy qualifications."

Hugo immediately made a terrified expression, "Gary, you scared me! I don't want to know your fantasies!" Gary couldn't help laughing when he saw Hugo's expression, looking very happy.

"Gary, I came to you to ask something." Hugo suppressed the smile on his face, looked around, made sure that Lang was not nearby, and then asked.

"I knew there was nothing good for you to take the initiative to come to me." Gary raised an orchid finger, rolled his eyes, and showed a typical gossip expression, "Tell me, whose gossip do you want to inquire?"

"Your boss." Just as Hugo's words came out, Gary was stunned for a while, and he threw a complaining look over, Hugo quickly explained, "It's not gossip, I want to ask you, Lang is talking to Sidney recently. Talk about the 'Sugar-Coated Trap' project?"

Gary immediately understood, "Aha! Lang just went to find you!" Hugo nodded in agreement. Gary also looked around vigilantly, lowered his voice and said to Hugo, "Long asked Sidney about another project, a project with Universal Pictures."

Hugo's head suddenly became clear, "Is there a project that Tracy is cooperating with?" Rick Rosen had told Hugo before that Lang, Tracy and Universal Pictures were negotiating a big project, and from Lang just now Judging from the information disclosed, this is indeed a very huge project, and it can be described as ambitious.

Gary nodded, "But the project is still under discussion, and I don't know any news." After Gary finished speaking, he made a fork on his mouth with the index fingers of both hands, indicating that he actually knew some news, but He is Lang's assistant after all, so he can't leak information at will.

Hugo couldn't help but smile, "I don't care about that project. I ask you, what's the matter with the 'sugar-coated trap'?"

Gary then put his hands down. "He wants you back, it's that simple. Anyway, he has been in contact with Sidney recently. If you want to come back, the 'sugar-coated trap' is just a side project."

The "sugar-coated trap" budget of $60 million was only incidental, which made Hugo even more curious about the big project. However, now Lang's conspiracy has gradually become clear.

Lang is planning to join hands with Tracy to win this big project of Universal Pictures. Tracy has been planning since the beginning of March this year, and both of them plan to use this project to rise strongly. And I believe that there was absolutely no place for her in this project, and it is impossible for Tracy to agree. Maybe this will also become a project for them to suppress themselves, for example, to support Brad, or to resolutely exclude themselves from this project, in short, it is a similar situation.

But the problem is, now that Hugo is re-emerging and gaining momentum, Lang has moved his mind again, which complicates the situation. As for Lang's suggestion that the project will have a place for Hugo, it's unknown if the moon in the water is still a real thing.

"Then are you going to come back?" Gary suddenly asked, interrupting Hugo's thoughts.

Hugo raised his eyebrows, and after reacting to Gary's question, he chuckled, "Gary, are you really that naive?" This sentence is enough to express his point of view: no matter how tempting Lang's pie is People, even if this pie is real, Hugo is absolutely impossible to return to Lang's flag. This is not only a love for Joseph's friends, but also Hugo's own insistence.

Gary shrugged regretfully, "I knew it." But then a broad smile appeared, "But I expected your answer."