Chapter 561 561 Come Prepared

Although he drank a large glass of cold water to relieve himself, Hugo still felt a little numb in his mouth, which made him open his mouth slightly, frowned and returned to his position with a gloomy face, looking at the two in front of him. The person who was almost so frightened that his eyes fell out, Hugo pointed to his mouth embarrassedly, "Drinking coffee in a hurry."

If you are friends who are familiar with Hugo, you will naturally know that this is the usual confusion of Hugo, which is not uncommon; but for Quentin and Roland, it is stunned: such Hugo and the charm on the screen four The image of eloquence in front of shooting and media is really too far.

Hugo didn't find it strange at all, and the topic they were chatting just now came to mind again. Quentin's reaction confirmed Roland's statement, which made Hugo slightly relieved. If Roland was making a deal with the Weinstein brothers, there would be nothing unusual about it. Fortunately, Quentin is still the ruffian he is familiar with. With Quentin's personality, he is indeed someone who would not do such a thing.

Hugo habitually picked up the coffee cup, and remembered looking at the past through the dense curls, but when he was about to take a sip of coffee, he remembered that the coffee was too hot, so he pulled it away and sniffed the coffee seriously. aroma. While he hasn't gotten to the point where he can tell coffee beans by aroma, he has to admit that the daily signature coffee here is truly memorable.

Then Hugo officially greeted with a smile, "Good afternoon, Mr. Parkin, I didn't know you found me in such a tortuous way, what's the matter?"

Quentin was still sitting beside him for a moment. He didn't know if Hugo heard his apology just now. The expression is very wonderful.

Roland, on the other hand, has seen many winds and waves, and he quickly reacted, "Please call me Roland." Then he showed a friendly smile, "I have several excellent scripts in my hand, and you are the most suitable candidate, so I think See if you're interested."

"If you have work-related matters, please contact my agent, Joseph Gibbs." Hugo smiled and shook his head, then pointed to Quentin, who was sitting next to him, "Also, I just I just accepted a new job, and I don't think I'll be able to find time for a new script any time soon."

Roland did not respond directly to Hugo's rejection. Obviously, an agent whose business has reached the level of Roland can always hide his true emotions well, or release the necessary emotions to achieve their goals and interpersonal relationships. For them, it is a kind of negotiation and transaction in itself.

Roland still smiled politely, "Of course, if you need to take over these jobs, it must be negotiated by an agent. But I don't think your agent can help you get access to these works, that's why I came to you. main reason."

Although Roland's speech has always been gentlemanly and polite, and his language is very gentle, but the content of his words is not like this. Hugo's answer to what he said just now would be very tricky. He said, "My agent has access to a lot of works." I only pick up works that my agent has access to." Roland probably won't believe such a self-abandoned and unmotivated statement; he said "I want to rely on strength to speak", and Roland will obviously be ready for "opportunism". Class words to convince Hugo...

Of course, Hugo might be able to find a suitable answer - give him enough time, but the problem is, Roland won't. Roland just looked at Hugo with a smile, and after about two seconds, without waiting for Hugo's answer, he raised his voice and said clearly, "You know, in Hollywood, there are countless opportunities almost every day. , even the most capable agent has limitations, only by uniting can we have more resources and get more opportunities, which is also the biggest advantage of our innovative artist company.”

Roland is very smart. He didn't show his chips directly, and he didn't have the ability to attack Joseph. He just stated his own advantages. This kind of tender approach, as an entry point, would obviously make the whole conversation atmosphere more harmonious. Moreover, Roland's remarks can't be refuted.

"I know that you just signed a contract with Quentin. This is a very good work, and I am looking forward to your performance." Roland secretly gave Quentin a second hand to ease the atmosphere, and then continued, "I also I've heard that there are many scripts that want to be able to work with you, but there are never too many opportunities, right?" Roland's eyes flickered slightly, and then he said casually but with a high concentration, " I have a script that James Cameron is working on right now, it's an action movie, and he wants to continue the new concept he gave to action movies in the 'Terminator' franchise."

"'Terminator'? Wouldn't that be more suitable for Arnold Schwarzenegger?" Hugo raised his eyebrows slightly and said politely. He knew that Roland had come to find him today, and he must have been fully prepared. If he didn't finish listening, Roland could also find ways to appear through the Waynesta brothers during the filming of "Pulp Fiction" later, and it would not only be a waste of an afternoon. It's that simple, and it has the potential to interrupt the rhythm of filming, so it's okay to listen to it as soon as it comes.

"I didn't know that you also have a fixed mindset." Roland's rhetorical question made Hugo laugh. In fact, Hugo's performance in "Sleepless in Seattle" and "Schindler's List" can be said to break the audience's thinking Yes, that's why Roland said this. Moreover, Hugo has starred in "The Eagle of the Hudson" before, so he should not be unfamiliar with action movies.

Roland is indeed a master of conversation. Even if Hugo is wary, he still has to admit that Roland's conversation is very pleasant. "This script is called 'True Lies', and it is a very interesting story. I like it very much."

"Yes, I know what you're talking about, but I heard that shooting has already started." Quentin sat next to him, and suddenly a sentence came out. Hugo could clearly see the momentary confusion on Roland's face. Roland obviously did not expect Quentin to demolish his stage, which made Hugo laugh.

However, Roland was experienced after all, so he magnified his stunned expression and said in surprise, "Is that really the case?" Then he turned to look at Hugo, "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, It must be because I missed James' call that I missed this news." And then saw Roland laugh at himself, "Oops, embarrassing, this is definitely not my most successful moment."

Hugo immediately understood that Roland was definitely not negligent. He clearly came prepared today, so the point of mentioning "true lies" is not the script itself, but to remind Hugo that they have James Cameron. Long such a resource. More importantly, as long as Hugo inquired afterwards, he could know that "True Lies" was a big production with an investment of 120 million US dollars, which also showed the strong strength of the creative artist agency.

As for the embarrassment at this moment, it was an unexpected situation, and Roland also followed the trend and showed his negligent side, which was helpful to ease the atmosphere and shorten the distance. Anyway, "true lies" is not the main event.

If everything is as Hugo guessed, he must admire Roland's careful planning.

Immediately afterwards, Roland continued to say with a smile, "I hope this situation does not occur in Woody Allen's script." Quentin sat next to him and laughed, Hugo was also full of smiles, the whole atmosphere It's all alive." Woody wrote a script this time, a story about our industry, mocking so-called intellectuals and artists, this time called 'Bullets. Over. Broadway' The script is really suitable for you."

Hugo's eyes lit up when he heard the name of the script. This film can be regarded as one of the best works of Woody's directorial career. As far as Hugo is concerned, it is better than the well-known "Annie-Huo" film. For Annie Hall, he likes this work even more.

"Bullets Over Broadway" is about New York in the 1820s, when a playwright in Greenwich Village gets the chance to direct a Broadway play with the help of a well-known producer, but with preconditions It was he who had to use the gang member's girlfriend as the supporting actress in the play, and then the playwright already had a favorite candidate in mind, and the performance of the gang member's girlfriend was really unsightly. Faced with human pressure and autonomous choices, he is caught in a dilemma and develops a series of unexpected stories.

The film combines the background of Broadway and gangsters. The classic and absurd lines build up all kinds of creatures, and Woody does not shy away from pointing the finger at Broadway's vulnerable insider, revealing the emptiness of "art for art's sake". Nature.

Hugo had seen this work and was deeply impressed, and also sighed at the boldness and uninhibitedness of the director Woody. Although Hugo knew that Woody refused to appear on the Oscar stage all his life, just because he thought the awards ceremony did not match his artistic taste, the only time he appeared at the Oscar was for his beloved New York, after 9/11 Oscar In order to commemorate New York, a special section was set up to introduce New York-related films, so he appeared; but even so, Woody's arrogance and extremeness as an intellectual and an artist were most vividly displayed in his works, "Broadway Bullets in the Sky" is one of the best.

Although Hugo is not interested in the "love story" between Woody and his adopted daughter, he will not deny the talent of this nagging little old man.

I have to say that Roland really came prepared. He first mentioned the commercial work "True Lies" as a foreshadowing, and then came up with a script with connotations and performance challenges like "Bullets Over Broadway" to test. Obviously, Roland is showing the advantages of an innovative artist agency: huge resources, open-minded thinking.

Hugo was very sure that Roland must have known some of the inside story of the dispute between him and Joseph, so he only prescribed the right medicine today. The creative artist agency is really not to be underestimated.