Chapter 512

Karl held the coffee in his hand, stood in the elevator, and chatted with Hugo next to him with a smile, "When did your assistant come to take office? Now November is almost over."

"Next week." Hugo also had a cup of coffee in his hand, sipping it slowly, "he has to deal with school recently, and it's Thanksgiving again, I'm not sure if he can have a holiday for Christmas, so let him be late. Come back in a little while."

Carl shook his head disapprovingly, "You've been so busy with publicity recently, it's the right choice to ask him to come and help first."

Hugo laughed, "Steven blocked a lot of publicity, this time the publicity is not as busy as 'Yihai Xiongfeng', you don't see that I often have free time with the band practice?"

Carl looked at Hugo in surprise, "I don't know, every time I see you are not at home, I think you have a promotional schedule."

Recently, "Schindler's List" is in the publicity period, and Hugo is also very busy. However, "Schindler's List" was all screened in the first three weeks. No matter how enthusiastic the public opinion frenzy is, the crew has no plan to expand the publicity. It is an art film with a heavy connotation, so there are not many promotional schedules arranged by Universal Pictures. In the past week, due to the hot issues of public opinion, the crew had to increase some publicity schedules, but Steven still pushed a part, and he did not want to use these hype to promote the movie.

Under such circumstances, the promotion period of "Schindler's List" was actually not as busy as expected, which also gave Hugo a lot of time to start the band's practice. The first album of Glory to Death has been confirmed to be released in Officially released on December 2, catching up with the last train in 1993. After a ten-day break, the band resumed their practice life in full swing.

Therefore, although the whole momentum of "Schindler's List" was very noisy, Hugo was quite an outsider's leisure, not much busy.

"Hehe, I have a radio show at noon today, in Burbank, and then I'll be fine. I'll go to the warehouse to participate in band practice in a while." Hugo drank the coffee in his hand and teased Carl easily.

The elevator stopped on the seventeenth floor, and the elevator door opened with a "ding", interrupting the chat between Hugo and Carl. The two of them were about to go out, but a person came across and was about to enter the elevator. , Looking up, it was Joseph, which suddenly stopped the three people's movements.

This is the first time Hugo and Joseph have met since they left Los Angeles for their road tour on July 5. It has been two weeks since the end of the tour at the final stop in Los Angeles, but Hugo and Joseph have never met. Even if two people live upstairs and downstairs. Hugo just listened to Fukukin, that Joseph either lived in the company during this time, or he went home in the middle of the night and left early the next morning. It was very difficult for Fukukin and Carl to see Joseph, Carl. Several times I tried to find an opportunity to have a good talk with Joseph, but I couldn't find an opportunity, let alone Hugo and Joseph.

Today Hugo and Carl came to the company together, because Hugo received a call from Joseph's assistant Anna Palma, asking him to come to the company. In the past half month, Hugo's work was basically conveyed by Anna. , Hugo thought that Joseph would avoid it in advance, but did not expect that the meeting would be so sudden.

It can be seen from Joseph's actions that he did intend to avoid it, but the timing was wrong, so he met Hugo face to face at the elevator entrance.

Carl looked at Hugo and Joseph nervously. He was very worried about what would happen when the two met head-to-head, whether the two would directly punch each other, or simply become strangers. There is no way to predict.

Hugo and Joseph's eyes met in the air, and both of them seemed a little surprised. Today's meeting was obviously unplanned. In the past two weeks, the two have not had any communication. "Schindler's List" is in full swing in the North American market, but the partnership between Hugo and Joseph has become more and more official. Joseph was fired because of the dispute, and Joseph did not neglect Hugo because of his maddened anger, but maintained the working relationship through his assistant Anna. more and more unfamiliar.

At the meeting at this time, Hugo didn't know what to say, he didn't think he had anything to explain; Joseph didn't know how to speak, it was like a layer of ice appeared between the two, with the passage of time Getting stronger and colder.

There was a momentary pause in time, as if a century had passed. Even if Carl wanted to speak, all the voices were stuck in his throat. As a friend of the two, Carl seemed to be speaking from whose position he was speaking at this time. Neither is correct, although he is actually on Joseph's side, but at this time, he has no idea what to do if he wants to speak for Joseph. So, the scene fell silent.

"Ding", the elevator closed because it had not moved for too long. Joseph quickly pressed the down button at the door, and Hugo, standing in the elevator, also quickly pressed the door open button, and the elevator door that was about to close opened again.

This action broke the deadlock on the scene. Hugo and Joseph looked at each other. Joseph looked at Carl and said, "I'm down. There is a meeting in the city." He explained to Hugo, and then his eyes met with Hugo again. This time, the two nodded politely and unfamiliarly at the same time, as if a lawyer and a client met for the first time.

Joseph dodged and entered the elevator, Hugo gave up the space, and then quickly walked out of the elevator. Carl hesitated for a while, as if he wanted to say something, but his head was still blank, and he didn't know what to say, he just said, "Everything. It went well." Then he walked out of the elevator, and the elevator door closed with a "ding", blocking all the lights in the elevator.

Carl looked at Hugo standing at the elevator entrance. Just now, Hugo and Joseph didn't quarrel or fight. He didn't know if this was a good thing or a bad thing, but there was always a bad feeling in his heart, which made Carl sigh deeply. He breathed a sigh of relief, and he still liked the feeling before. It was such a joy to watch Hugo and Joseph help each other and work together for the same goal.

"Which way do I need to go?" Hugo turned back and asked loudly.

Carl was stunned for a moment, and then he reacted, "Oh, Joe's office is no longer the same place, he has a better office now." Carl also knew that Hugo's awareness of the sense of direction was almost zero, So I took the initiative to take Hugo forward, and stopped not far from the elevator entrance, "This is it."

This is a frosted glass office with a row of office cubicles on the opposite side. A little girl sitting in the first cubicle directly opposite the office is busy with her head, and Carl tapped on the partition next to her, " Anna, your big client is here." Although this office is not as luxurious as one-third of the offices on the 23rd floor, at least it has an independent space and also has an assistant. It is conceivable that Joseph's work is indeed like a rocket upgrade.

Looking up, about five yards away, you can see that the cubicle where Joseph and Carl used to work together is now occupied by other brokers, and he doesn't know where Joseph's small office is now. In less than two years, Joseph has completed the triple jump, which is really incredible.

"Hugo, I'll go to work first." Carl patted Hugo on the shoulder and woke him up from his thoughts.

Hugo raised his eyes and saw the little girl in front of him. She looked like she had just graduated from college in her early twenties. She had long black hair neatly combed, a slightly round face, and a pair of black-rimmed glasses. It looks a bit rigid, but there is still a youthful vigor between the eyebrows. But what is surprising is that she has no makeup at all and looks like noodles in clear soup, which is very different from the fact that most agent assistants like to appear at work in full armor.

In the Hollywood industry, there are many practitioners who are always keen to dress themselves up. The unspoken rules are not limited to actors. The contacts between these practitioners and directors, actors, producers and agents are absolutely no less than any other type of work. , so it is not uncommon for a sparrow to become a phoenix. In their view, this is not an unspoken rule at all, but a shortcut to the sky. Of course, not everyone is like this, and not everyone who dresses up thinks this way, but it does exist.

Hugo had been in contact with Anna by phone before. Although the two had been in touch almost every day for the past month, more frequently than lovers, this was the first time Hugo had seen Anna, so Hugo smiled. , stretched out his right hand, "First meeting, I'm Hugo Lancaster."

"Huh, Hugo, you're finally here. Hurry up and sit down in Joe's office. I have a lot of things for you to decide today." Facing Hugo's politeness, Anna simply omitted all the politeness links and went straight to Going back to the topic, Hugo laughed immediately, and Anna was a little embarrassed when she saw Hugo's teasing smile, "I mean, we've talked so many times before... um, it's nice to meet you. you."

"Hehe, is this the office? I think we can start working." Hugo could see that Anna was also a little overwhelmed, probably because she was working too much, and the whole look was a little tense. After all, Anna was only a professional The assistant, not the agent, now needs to communicate directly with Hugo a lot of work, which is not an easy task for the fledgling Anna. Therefore, Hugo took the initiative to help Anna and entered the work session with a smile.