Chapter 411 411 Power Vortex

Lang came to Philadelphia full of confidence. In order to wait for this opportunity, he started planning after the success of "Sleepless in Seattle" at the box office in its first week of release.

The International Innovation Management Company is now at a historical turning point, but it is also an opportunity. The internal struggle for power and profit can add more bargaining chips to powerful agents and truly become the figures at the top of the Hollywood pyramid. For agents, an excellent actor may be worth tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars in their hands. In addition to increasing their own weight within the company, the confidence to increase in the face of production companies and directors is representative of power.

International Innovation Management Company is currently one of the top three brokerage companies in the United States. If it can take the initiative in this competition for rights, then it will be profitable and powerful in the future, and it will be a good wish for everyone. .

Lang knows his biggest weakness. He has a lot of excellent actors, but he doesn't have a top star that he has really cultivated himself. At present, Hugo is the person with the most potential to become a superstar, and it is bound to make up for this loophole of Lang.

Leaving aside this matter, there are actually a lot of people coveting Hugo in the company now. It is not easy to find actors who can win the box office and get praise for their acting skills, so Joseph, who has a Hugo brokerage contract, is in the company this time. It has also become an important weight in the struggle for power.

After comprehensive consideration, Lang felt that drawing salary from the bottom of the pot was the best plan, and holding Hugo's brokerage contract in his hands was obviously the most secure approach. After waiting for three months, Lang finally ushered in a perfect opportunity.

Lang has been paying attention to Joseph's recent direction. The signing of Nicolas Cage and two new actors has kept Joseph's busy feet off the ground, and the company's partners have begun to extend olive branches to Joseph, and Joseph's social life has been lively for a while. Extraordinary, I even heard that co-president Marvin Josephson also intends to arrange an office for Joseph on the 22nd floor-you know, the company partners are all working on the 23rd floor, and the 22nd floor means preparation partner's identity. It can be seen that Joseph is currently in a hot position within the company.

Under such circumstances, the inexperienced Joseph was naturally negligent - there was a huge loophole in his care of Hugo.

Since the success of "Sleepless in Seattle", more and more scripts have come to Hugo, but Joseph rejected them all. This is not a secret in the circle at all, because Joseph emphasized that "Schindler's list" "After that, Hugo needs to rest for a while. Even so, there are still scripts that will be sent to the company, but unfortunately Joseph still does not let go.

But what is surprising is that there was a project from Columbia Pictures that was temporarily kept by Joseph, and Lang kept his mind. Although Lang did not know the specific details of what happened after that, he also guessed closely.

The first time Joseph almost missed "The Shawshank Redemption" because of his own negligence, which made the relationship between Hugo and Joseph a little tense. After that incident, Joseph became interested in "The Shawshank Redemption", and his contact with Frank became frequent, but it was surprising that a few days ago, Lang heard the news that Tim Robbins The sudden emergence of a new army is infinitely close to "The Shawshank Redemption".

Tim's agent was an old acquaintance of Lang, and he quickly found out. Originally, Frank had already made up his mind to cooperate with Hugo, but since Hugo had some ideas to change the script, Frank still needed to communicate with Hugo further. Frank handed the script to Joseph and waited for Hugo's response. . But the problem is that Frank has not waited for the news-apparently Joseph forgot about it because he was too busy, and Frank had to urge Joseph.

At this moment, both Joseph and Frank tried to contact Hugo, but both of them were unsuccessful - it should be that Hugo's phone had a problem and lost contact. So Joseph believed that they should sit down and discuss the details of the contract first, and Hugo could talk about the script later; but Frank insisted that the contract should be discussed after the script was settled. This has brought negotiations between the two sides to an impasse.

After that, Frank seemed to have urged Joseph about the script again. This time, Joseph still wanted to gain more advantages in the contract negotiation process and did not give a positive reply.

Faced with Joseph's repeated snubs, Frank got angry. So Tim came from behind, and looking at the current situation, Hugo is still kept in the dark. If this trend continues, Hugo is bound to miss the "Shawshank Redemption".

Lang realized that the opportunity had come. In Lang's view, no matter how busy Joseph is right now, it would be fatal for him to ignore Hugo. As an agent, it is your job to reasonably arrange the work of the artists under you, and it is also a source of interest. Since the agent is also an ordinary person, he also has his own preferences and relationships, so under the limited attention, there will inevitably be people who care more about it. For the more negligent people, it is inevitable. But if you want to be a successful agent, you have to hide that preference, or at least not make it too obvious on the surface.

When there is work, no matter how busy the agent is, at least he should follow up in time. Whether the work can be negotiated or not is another matter. Timely updating the news and taking the initiative to contact the producer are all basic tasks. Negligence in this regard should never occur, because if the artist misses work due to the manager's own negligence, it will definitely be a fatal blow to the cooperative relationship between the two parties.

Therefore, Joseph's mistake is very fatal. What's more, what Joseph neglected was Hugo. Hugo, who was hot recently, brought an important turn for his work. This is absolutely impossible.

Langben thought that he would be sure of everything when he came to Philadelphia, but he didn't expect to be closed in front of Hugo, and Hugo didn't give him any chance at all. Although he talked a lot just now, and the conversation between the two lasted about five minutes, Lang knew that Hugo had never given him a chance from beginning to end, which puzzled Lang.

Could it be that Hugo didn't know the truth of the matter, and Joseph's negligence caused the "Shawshank Redemption" crew to choose someone else?

After the vent just now, Lang's emotions have stabilized, and he began to think, should he give up completely, or should he plan again?

Standing in the same place, Lang's cheeks were cloudy and cloudy. Hugo's hard bone was too troublesome, but the interests involved in him were also really exciting. Lang thought for a while, and looked at the relationship between Hugo and Joseph after this incident. If he wanted to make another move, he had to do it before "Schindler's List" was released, otherwise he would lose the chance.

After making his calculations, Lang looked back at the direction where Hugo had disappeared, and spit on the ground. Although he had already sorted out his thoughts, he still had a pretentious attitude towards Hugo's ignorant actions just now. , Lang still couldn't swallow, "Then let's wait and see!"

Lang stood in the bottom of his eyes and his heart was full of thoughts. Hugo went back to the hotel room, but without Lang chatting and talking non-stop, Hugo's thoughts also calmed down. , he doesn't know the truth of the matter, he should figure it out.

Even if "The Shawshank Redemption" did choose someone else, the reason may not be Joseph. There are countless possibilities. For example, Frank was not satisfied with the comments on the revised script and felt that there was no need to cooperate with Hugo; or Columbia. The film industry felt that Hugo's involvement in the scriptwriting was too long.

Originally, the matter of casting roles in the circle was very complicated, and it was naturally impossible to get a glimpse of the whole thing just by listening to Lang's alarmist words.

After Hugo calmed down, he still called Joseph first as usual. To his surprise, it was a woman's voice who answered the phone, "Hello, this is Joseph Gibbs' office, may I ask may I help you?"

"Uh, this is Hugo Lancaster. Is Joseph here?" Hugo frowned slightly.

"Mr. Lancaster, good afternoon, I'm Anna, Mr. Gibbs' assistant." The other party obviously knew who Hugo was, and his voice became warmer immediately.

But without contact for more than half a month, Joseph actually has an assistant, but it makes sense to think about it, at least it won't be able to contact Joseph like before. "Where's Joe? Aren't you in the office?" Hugo frowned slightly, but his voice relaxed a little.

"He is now holding a work meeting with Mr. Cage, it may take a while, are you in a hurry?" Anna said exactly.

Hugo thought for a while, "No, you tell Joe I've been on the phone, please be sure to contact me as soon as possible. Oh, by the way, I probably won't bring my phone with me in the afternoon, so tell him I'll be there in the evening. called him."

"No problem, I'll pass it on. Is there anything else?" Anna said politely, which made Hugo feel a little weird. He always felt that he was not talking to Joseph, but to Lang—— But knowing that Lang's assistant, Gary, was a little more enthusiastic.

"No, no more." Although he had an idea in his heart, Hugo said it neatly, and then hung up the phone.

Looking at the landline, Hugo couldn't help being a little lost. Joseph was really busy recently, and he was having a work meeting with Nicolas Cage. It was estimated that he wanted to choose a new work for Nicolas. He should be happy for Joseph, shouldn't he?

Hugo let out a long sigh, then picked up the receiver again, dialed another number, and soon the other party answered the phone, "Hello, this is Frank Darabont."