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Hugo entered Joseph's office, which is completely Joseph's style, a desk, a bookcase and a sofa, it is such a simple arrangement, but all the visible spaces are filled with materials, books, and lack of organization The desk looks a little messy.
There was still an unwashed cup on the table with coffee stains left in it, and there was a huge pizza box in the trash can next to the desk. Although Hugo didn't see anything like a blanket or pillow, it was estimated that Joseph had been around for a while. Resting in the company is just nesting in this office.
Hugo couldn't help clenching his fists. Obviously, Joseph stayed in the company to avoid him, and he had no intention of compromise or communication.
At this moment, Anna pushed the door and walked in. Hugo took a deep breath, suppressing his inner emotions. In fact, purely from a work point of view, although Joseph has never appeared in the recent period, he has never made a mistake in his work. If everything is official, it may make things easier, so Hugo has never changed his agent.
Anna put a lot of things in her hands on the small coffee table in front of the sofa, "Sit, please take a seat." Then she also sat down on the sofa, "Quickly speaking, there are three main things I came to you today. thing."
Hugo looked at the pile of things on the table, they all looked like scripts, but when he thought about it, he felt that it was impossible. There were at least thirty documents in front of him, piled up into a hill, could there be three? There were more than ten scripts, which was too exaggerated, so he withdrew his gaze and looked at Anna first, indicating that he was listening.
"The first one is about your assistant. I don't know when you have time recently. Joe has found a few assistant candidates for you. I hope you can come and choose. You know, your next job will only get more and more The more..." Anna was afraid that she would forget, so she started talking in a row, and it was very lively.
After Hugo tried and failed to stop Anna, he had to interrupt Anna with a smile, "I have an assistant."
"What?" Anna was completely stunned. Recently, because of the rapid popularity of "Schindler's List", Hugo's workload has greatly increased - of course, it means that Joseph is not helping Hugo, and the next honor is to The dead album was about to be released, so Joseph set out to find an assistant for Hugo, but she didn't expect it, and now she has a brand new news.
"I mean, I have an assistant and start work next week," Hugo said simply. Naturally, Joseph didn't know about this, because the two had no chance to communicate at all. In fact, about the assistant and manager, Joseph had brought it up with Hugo since the end of last year, and this matter dragged on for a year, so it's no wonder that Joseph has recently started implementing it.
Joseph also knew that he had no way to help Hugo now, and the relationship between the two was now at an impasse. It was not easy to maintain a working relationship, so Hugo needed an assistant very urgently. However, Joseph did not expect that not only things had changed here, but also a lot of changes had taken place around Hugo.
Anna was stunned, "Oh," then nodded again, and said in a long voice, "Oh... I understand, then this matter is resolved!"
Anna didn't understand the twists and turns, she only knew that the first thing Joseph told her was done, and then she said, "I contacted your music manager Henry once the day before yesterday and asked him to take you Next, the promotion schedule for the new album was sent, but he never sent it, what should I do? Should I call him again, or should I just send your December movie promotion schedule."
"I still have a promotional schedule in December?" Hugo seemed very surprised, because there really wasn't much publicity for "Schindler's List". He didn't expect that there were still plans for December. Anna nodded and was about to prepare. After opening her mouth to explain, Hugo thought about it, stopped her, and then said, "You leave the schedule to me. My assistant will start working next week, and I will let him contact you later."
After sorting out the itinerary and properly arranging the itinerary, it will be handed over to Assistant Samora to be in charge.
"Okay, there's no problem." This naturally eases work for Anna. After all, it is impossible for the film manager and the music manager to communicate directly every time. These are two completely different systems. It is difficult to find a smooth cooperation.
The first two things were easily solved, which made Anna heave a sigh of relief. Only the last thing was left, and things would be much simpler. Then Anna pointed to the hill-like script in front of her, "These are all Some of the scripts that came to you recently, some were found by Joe, and some were found automatically, I think you can choose a little bit."
Hugo was surprised that his jaw was about to dislocate, and pointed to the pile of scripts on the table, "All?"
Anna's smile was obviously a lot easier, and she nodded vigorously, "Yes, in fact, Joe has already screened for a round, you know, from October to the present, at least forty scripts have appeared on the table before and after, Joe roughly After the review, there are now a total of 23 scripts here, all of which are at least worth watching, so I want to discuss with you, what do you think about the next work?"
Obviously, because of the two scripts of "The Shawshank Redemption" and "Pulp Fiction", Joseph and Hugo had a conflict. Now Joseph simply stopped taking the initiative to choose scripts for Hugo. Hugo hand-picked. This is also part of business affairs. If Joseph appeared in front of Hugo now, Hugo would probably just throw the script over, "If I do all the selection work, then why should I ask you to be an agent?"
One of the jobs of an agent is actually to screen scripts and recommend scripts worthy of filming for the actors; or the actors have taken a fancy to a script and try their best to get the actors to audition or even perform opportunities. The bigger the agent, the more resources, and the more playbooks you can choose from.
Twenty-three scripts, not the thirty or so that Hugo had imagined, but this was still too exaggerated. After the Golden Raspberry Awards and the Golden Globe Awards, it was very difficult for Hugo to find a script, but now so many scripts have emerged in one breath. This is the most vivid portrayal of Hugo's recent strong career rise.
To put it bluntly, no one film company can ignore the actors who have made over 100 million box office in three consecutive films, and no one producer can ignore them. If these works are not only good at the box office, but also won a good reputation, it will make people rush. This is what Hugo is doing now.
"More than half of them came in the past two weeks, so Joe just reviewed it roughly, and there is still a difference in quality." Anna explained that "Schindler's List" has indeed become an important weight for Hugo to take off. Code, now Hugo is the Xiang Momo in the eyes of film companies and producers. No matter whether the role is suitable or not, even if it is smooth, they will see if Hugo has any intention of acting.
Imagine being the first work for which Hugo was paid $10 million. This gimmick is indeed worth fighting for. Or increase this salary data to 12 million, it is estimated that few people will refuse.
Anna's voice made Hugo realize that it wasn't Joseph who was sitting in front of him, but Anna, which made Hugo a little disappointed. Even if he saw so many scripts piled up into a hill, the joy he felt in his heart was weakened a lot. . No matter whether it is sadness or joy, there must be someone to share it with to have the meaning of existence. Whether it is relatives, lovers or friends, they are all objects of sharing. Now Anna, who is sitting in front of Hugo, is no one.
Hugo adjusted his breathing, "Isn't it supposed that you should finish the script selection, and then hand it over to me to read it carefully?" Each script has at least more than a hundred pages. After reading the story of the script, it will decide whether to act, so the selection of the script is a very complicated process. Of course, the exception is the script that takes the initiative to participate in the audition. Most of the time, the full script can only be read after being admitted by the crew.
"What Joe means is that you have a round of review today, just read the outline of the story, cast and crew, etc., screen and select the remaining scripts. We will discuss in detail with the crew separately, conduct the third round of screening, and then I will give you the final selected script to read carefully." Anna and Hugo are still unfamiliar. When they called before, they only thought that Hugo was a very gentle person. After meeting today, she felt the same way, but she did not dare to do so at this time. To speculate on Hugo's emotions at will, it can only be business affairs. She doesn't want such an important task that Joseph entrusted to her today to be screwed up.
Hugo didn't speak, just nodded his chin slightly. In fact, let him choose the script, this is a simple matter, because the script in the next 20 years is estimated to be seven out of ten. Even if he has not seen it, he has heard it, so it is an easy job. But now Hugo feels very dissatisfied, dissatisfied with Joseph.
Joseph is now throwing a bunch of scripts to himself and letting himself choose, while he himself goes to work for Nicolas Cage and Matt Damon. This kind of work attitude makes Hugo very dissatisfied, even angry .
Hugo told himself that this kind of anger should be known to Joseph; but looking at Anna who was cautious in front of him, Hugo told himself not to anger others at will, Anna did nothing wrong. After hesitating again and again, Hugo still suppressed the mixed emotions in his heart. Since Joseph intends to be business-like, then everything should be business-like. Except for the loss of this friend, there is no loss for Hugo!
"Can you pour me a cup of coffee? My cup is empty, thank you." After taking a deep breath, Hugo picked up the first script and said to Anna with a smile.