Chapter 431: 431

In the past year or so, Hugo has seen many agents, but he has never heard of an outlier like Henry Bloom. Originally, Hugo thought that Henry's usual laziness was just a protective color, or maybe it was the decadence that Mariah Carey fell into after leaving. After entering the workplace, Henry would look brand new. When I saw Henry's serious image after taking care of it today, Hugo also thought his guess was correct.

But in the whole interview process just now, Henry once again proved the truth that people can't look at their appearance, and the confrontation between Henry and Roger, you can't even see too many traces, and the inadvertent switch between offense and defense has happened several times. Second-rate. On the surface, it seems that Henry has achieved a staged victory, but who knows what the bottom line of Roger's contract to the death of glory is in his heart? Maybe it is possible that EMI Records will eventually make a profit.

Although there is still a layer of fog hanging over Henry, there is no doubt that he is excellent as an agent. Glory to Death is lucky to have such an agent.

Brian - Epstein (Brian. Epstein), as a manager, can be said to be the legendary figure who created the Beatles, a classic band, known as the "Fifth Beatles". Signed the band in 1967 and then created the Beatles mania, which he sucked in in 1967. After the accidental death of a drug overdose, the Beatles lost their way forward and fell into confusion. Soon after, in April 1970, the Beatles announced their disbandment.

This shows the importance of a top manager to the band.

"Henry." Hugo and his party gathered on the platform to wait for the subway to enter the station. Hugo sat down on the bench, looked at Henry, who seemed to fall asleep again, and said. Henry tilted his head against the wall, opened his eyes slightly, and looked indifferent, but Hugo didn't mind, he knew that Henry was listening to him, and that was enough.

"I don't know what happened to you in the past, although I have heard a lot of rumors." Hugo said frankly, but the credibility of the rumors in the circle is always unknown, and only the parties themselves know the truth. " But I know you're a good agent and that's the most important thing."

Henry still looked sleepy, Hugo's words failed to attract his attention, but Hugo insisted on continuing, "We all want you to be the manager of the band, but you must know, The conditions you set are impossible to achieve. So..." Hugo took a deep breath and turned to look at his teammates. They all cast trusting eyes, apparently believing Hugo's judgment in this regard, "Five-year contract, ten times the liquidated damages."

The first is that the initiative to terminate the contract is still in the hands of the band; the second is to shorten the ten-year long contract to five years, but even so, the five-year contract is still a long contract; ten times the liquidated damages are retained down, showing the band's trust in Henry.

"However, to guarantee the creative freedom of the band, we must make additional terms." Hugo added that although they all want to trust Henry, verbal agreements have no legal effect in the entertainment industry at all. , although the legal effect is limited as a contract term, there will still be disputes in this regard in the future, but at least disputes can be reduced.

Henry closed his eyes slightly and didn't answer. Suddenly he stood up, which shocked Hugo and the band members who were watching him, "The subway has pulled in." Then the four members of the band watched Henry move towards Walking in the direction of the subway, about to board the subway, the members couldn't help but look at Hugo and asked with their eyes, "What's going on?"

Hugo shrugged and said he didn't understand either, then got up and walked into the already parked subway car with the band members. The five people whispered about Henry's attitude. Obviously, Henry's smooth performance in EMI today has become his most important bargaining chip.

Hugo also understood at this time. The reason why Henry did not discuss the manager contract with the band directly, but took the lead in bringing up the EMI record interview, was actually showing his ability and using this method to make the band the first to surrender. Just look at the worry and nervousness of the band members right now, Henry succeeded.

This kind of psychological tactic Henry was really handy, and Hugo felt more and more that Henry's lazy appearance was a disguise, and it was also his umbrella as an agent.

"Hugo." Henry's voice came over and interrupted the discussion among the members. Hugo looked over. Henry was leaning on the side of the door at this moment, as if he was too tired to fall asleep while standing. , but he still felt Hugo's gaze, and said, "Deal."

Is it finally done? This is much easier than expected, and the joy surged up in an instant, and Pedro was the first to clench his fists and let out a soft cry.

This is a very special day for Glory to the Dead. They have their own manager, and they have successfully signed a contract with EMI Records. The day when they belong to the band on the real stage is not too far away, and the dream seems to be within reach. Although everyone knows that the singer's career is really the beginning after the release of the album, but at least they now have the qualifications to start, and stand out from the huge underground rock band, which is an extremely important step!

The members of the band were all ecstatic, and even Fu Jin laughed arrogantly. A few people jumped up and down regardless that this was a public place in the subway, causing the ordinary citizens in the carriage to frown and cast their eyes of condemnation. The band members had to restrain themselves, and then repeatedly bowed down to apologize to everyone, but even so, it still did not spoil everyone's good mood, and the curvature of the corners of the mouth clearly wrote the appearance of happiness.

After the ecstasy, Hugo looked at Henry, who was standing beside him and fell asleep, thoughtfully. Hugo is no longer a rookie who just entered this circle last year. Looking at the joy of the band now, Hugo knew that Henry knew from the very beginning that his conditions could not be agreed. He just opened the conditions and let the band Bargaining, and apparently, the five-year deal is still very satisfying to Henry, maybe even more than he originally expected. The negotiation between Henry and Roger just now was similar.

Quietly, Henry was getting cheap and selling well, making the band so happy that they couldn't find the North, but he sat firmly on the Diaoyutai.

However, Hugo has no plans to care. From Henry's insistence on the contract period and liquidated damages, we can vaguely see the damage caused by the unhappy separation between Mariah Carey and Henry. It is no wonder that Henry is so cautious.

Hugo only felt his temples beating slightly. He remembered the partnership between himself and Joseph. Their contract will expire in May next year. Normally, the renewal of the contract should be discussed half a year in advance, but recently Because of the chain reaction brought about by the script of "The Shawshank Redemption", the renewal of the contract has been temporarily put on hold.

Now, Hugo has not only signed a new music manager, but also made a recording plan for a new album. Although music and movies are completely two different fields, Joseph and Henry would never have any intersection, but such a Now, the situation has become that Joseph ignores Hugo and is busy with the work of Nicolas Cage and others, while Hugo also ignores Joseph and starts busy with his music career. The cooperation between the two in film will only increase. Going further, this is really not a good thing.

What's more, Joseph is still a friend of Hugo, and Carl, Alex and Charlize all know more or less about the band recently, but Joseph is excluded, especially Alfonso must have a connection with Joseph and said this. It's really weird that Hugo didn't communicate with Joseph.

This is really a headache.

Back at their Brooklyn residence, Hugo was still having a headache. How should I tell Joseph about what happened in New York these two days? Friends should at least say hello, but Alfonso solved it for Hugo. The question, "Hey Hugo, Joe is on the line, do you want to have a word with him?" Or rather, Alfonso forced Hugo to face this question.

Hugo looked at Fu Jin, who was sitting next to him. It was obvious that Fu Jin had also spoken to Joseph just now. He hesitated a little, then walked over to the landline and took it from Alfonso. The receiver pulled out a smile and said in a relaxed tone, "Hey, are you ready to congratulate me? Our band finally got its chance."

"Of course, congratulations." Joseph's voice also increased deliberately, trying to put on a relaxed tone, but this is not an easy task, "You know, your band has always been very strong, this is a matter of course, I've heard from Alfonso before that you've really worked hard this way, and it's not easy to persevere. Now is the time to harvest, isn't it?"

"This is just the beginning. Everything about recording the album is unfamiliar, and after recording the album, we plan to continue the road tour from New York back to Los Angeles." Hugo was also looking for something to say, this embarrassment The state was very unfamiliar to both of them.

Joseph wanted to give a polite compliment, but he finally swallowed the words, "Hugo, you know, I'm really sorry for what happened before, it was my negligence and mistakes in work that caused you to miss out. 'The Shawshank Redemption,' really...sorry."

Hugo didn't expect Joseph's apology to come so suddenly, out of the corner of his eyes he saw Alfonso who was sitting beside him a little nervous, and then he smiled relievedly, "It doesn't matter, there will inevitably be mistakes in the work process, no Is it?" Although Hugo cares about "The Shawshank Redemption", what he really cares about is Joseph's work attitude. Now that Joseph realizes the crux of the problem and is willing to apologize, then Hugo doesn't need to hold on to it all the time. Not so much stumbling and stumbling, just say it.

"However, you know, this is a very good script, and I spent a lot of effort to revise the script, but I missed it, so you owe me a good script." Hugo joked and said on the phone Joseph sneered from one end, and then heard Joseph say, "That's it, a good script."