Chapter 619 619 The Beginning of Breaking the Ice

Hugo expected to meet Joseph today before he came to the lunch meeting. After all, this was the party that Joseph took the initiative to convey to Samora. The performance of Lang, Rick, and Marvin just now also proved that Joseph's concerns were correct. Now the entire company is in turmoil, and even Henry, who has not returned to the company for a long time, has been affected.

However, Hugo did not know what purpose Joseph had come to find him. If it was before, Hugo would have thought that Joseph was just giving himself a warning, but what happened in the past two months made Hugo less sure.

Joseph was the first to speak, "Come on? Do you have time to talk?" After receiving a nod from Hugo, Joseph continued, "Let's talk in the conference room." After speaking, he turned around , walked towards the conference room behind him.

Hugo didn't hesitate, just followed in Joseph's footsteps. Although he and Joseph have had a lot of unpleasantness in the past two months, Hugo will not deny that they are just a conflict of ideas. Joseph has not done anything that is really unfavorable to him, whether it is "almost famous" publicity work , or the signing of "Pulp Fiction", including other work arrangements, Joseph did not make mistakes. More importantly, Hugo was more willing to trust Joseph than Lang, Rick, and Marvin.

Hugo followed Joseph into the conference room, but Samora didn't follow. This was a small conference room, that is, a space for ten people to meet. Joseph watched the conference room door closed, but he didn't know what to do. How to speak, he has realized that he has made a big mistake in the past, and now all his thoughts are clear.

Although Joseph still couldn't understand Hugo's filming of "Pulp Fiction" at this time, although Joseph still insisted that his duty as an agent was to give Hugo the best advice, disputes were unavoidable, but Joseph knew that, If it hadn't been for him just focusing on his work, if they hadn't communicated enough, if he hadn't thought calmly after hearing the rumors...things wouldn't have gotten so bad.

Alfonso is right, Hugo never fired himself, this is Hugo's best answer. Joseph knew that if he was an entertainer, his manager had made so many mistakes in the past few months that he couldn't stand it, and he would definitely fire the manager. But Hugo didn't. Therefore, Joseph knew very well that Hugo always regarded himself as a friend, but he failed Hugo's expectations.

At the beginning of Uma's incident, Joseph witnessed everything with his own eyes, so Joseph knew more about how jerk his behavior was. He would not ask Hugo's forgiveness because he did not think he was qualified. Joseph remembered that his contract with Hugo would end in April, so he would complete his work seriously, and he would not interfere with whether Hugo wanted to change his agent at that time.

The words of apology had already poured into his mouth, but Joseph could not speak. He knew that as long as he took the initiative to admit his mistake, Hugo would not pursue further investigations, as if he had missed the "Shawshank Redemption", but Joseph did not think that he With this qualification, I beg Hugo's forgiveness. So, hesitating to the end, Joseph swallowed his apology.

Joseph didn't speak, and Hugo didn't speak either, which made the conference room a little deserted. This was the first official meeting between the two since they had a dispute in early November, but the distance between the two had been invisibly drawn. Far away, the lack of communication for two months has made the atmosphere between the two people jerky and dignified, as if the naked eye can see the air is slowly freezing.

"Cough," Joseph coughed lightly, breaking the silence in the room. This little sound loosened the air that was almost frozen in the room. The excitement of the lunch meeting outside the conference room seemed to have quietly come to the outside, which was separated by a wall. The air is a little more alive. Joseph glanced at Hugo, and then said in a big way, "Uma is auditioning recently, and she needs your help, so she can use you to hype the news, you pay attention."

Hugo originally thought that Joseph was going to tell him about the company's internal affairs, but he didn't expect that Joseph would remind him about Uma as soon as he came up, which made Hugo a little stunned, "This is what you want to tell me. ?"

Joseph didn't understand Hugo's surprise, but he still nodded, "You know, Uma has been hyping your news in the media recently, and now you are working together on a movie, she wants to find the paparazzi It's not difficult for the team to secretly film the news and create breaking points. You don't like this, I know..." Joseph simply explained that this was also one of the things he was most worried about recently.

When Joseph learned that Uma took the initiative to speak for Hugo in an interview with the media, he sounded the alarm bell in his heart, did some investigation behind the scenes, and soon found clues, although he and Hugo had not been in contact for two months. Contacted, but Joseph knew that he had to remind Hugo that he didn't want to see the woman in Uma messing up Hugo's life again. This was the obligation of a friend.

"Uma has two very important projects recently. One project has entered the final round of screening. I heard that there are only three candidates left, and Uma is one of them. This is with Barry Levinson. The collaborative work, called 'Disclosure', you know, it's Levinson's work..." Joseph simply said that Barry and Hugo collaborated on their debut "Diner" ".

Although Barry had already won the Oscar for best director by relying on "Rain Man" at this time, it has changed a lot, and "Diner" is also a work from 11 years ago, but Barry has a very good impression of Hugo. It has also held up well. Therefore, if Uma wants to cooperate with Barry, using Hugo as a breakthrough is indeed a good choice.

Joseph glanced at Hugo and found that Hugo didn't seem to be too surprised. He just nodded his chin slightly, which made Joseph a little anxious. He believed that Uma must be planning something behind his back now, and Hugo still looked a little bit. Not nervous, Joseph couldn't help but worry a little more, "You must pay attention to Uma, I think her real goal should be 'life and death speed', which is the script you left last time."

Hugo raised his eyebrows slightly. Unexpectedly, Joseph has been investigating a lot of things behind his back recently, which reminded Hugo of what Carl mentioned last time: Joseph has been very busy recently.

Joseph did not notice the slight change in Hugo's expression, but said in one breath, "Although you took the 'Pulp Fiction' first, 20th Century Fox still hopes that you can play the role, and the male lead is currently locked in. You, Bruce Willis, Tom Cruise and Keanu Reeves, you've always been their first choice and they've been in touch with me all this time."

"It's just that there are some problems with the choice of the heroine. Because the hero has never been determined, Halle. Berry refused the invitation of the heroine, and now 20th Century Fox does not have a clear decision for the heroine. Concept, what I've heard is that Uma wants to fight for this heroine role. Of course, the best outcome is that you play, and then let her play together, first in 'Pulp Fiction', then in 'Life and Death'... "Barabara..." Joseph didn't go on, just briefly described it, but the whole picture became clear immediately.

At this time, Hugo finally understood why Uma began to send positive and friendly signals when the cast of "Pulp Fiction" was confirmed, and why did Uma work so hard to release goodwill to herself during the filming of the movie, and even her whole person was emotionally overwhelmed. collapsed. It turned out to be just because the chips this time were too huge, and he was the most effective shortcut to winning.

Now everything is explained.

Joseph's expression when looking at Hugo was always light, and he didn't seem to be too surprised. If it was before, Joseph would definitely yell at Hugo, "You must pay attention to that bitch", but now, although Joseph is worried , but there is no way to express their inner thoughts freely, and the two seem to have returned to the simple partnership after the Golden Raspberry Awards.

After thinking about it, after Joseph was sure that Hugo had listened, he gave up saying anything, but changed the subject, "Also, uh... You know, the internal disputes in the company have been very serious recently, and Marvin has already Bringing Mel Gibson under the banner, and Michael Douglas."

"Oh." Hugo exclaimed in pain. Mel Gibson and Michael Douglas are both Lang's biggest entertainers. This has a fatal impact on Lang. It is estimated that Lang has lost his appetite recently.

"Now Marvin has started to contact Arnold Schwarzenegger, Eddie Murphy, and Julia Roberts." Joseph's words made Hugo's pupils begin to dilate, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Eddie -Murphy is one of Rick Rosen's top performers and who Julia Roberts is. Hugo doesn't remember, but she's without a doubt one of the biggest actresses in International Innovation Management one. Marvin's actions are now more and more frequent, and even Rick, who has always been calm, has to start taking the initiative.

"Rick and I chatted that day and mentioned that if things get worse and worse, he won't sit still. He's recently considering the possibility of an independent portal." Just as Joseph's words fell, Hugo was shocked and couldn't help gasping. With a sigh of relief, Rick is indeed a person who has done great things.

When Marvin was still engaged in internal conflicts, Rick was already planning to split the company. However, this is also caused by Marvin himself, and Rick cannot be blamed, and Hugo estimates that Lang himself has his own small abacus behind him. They worked hard to run the company into one of the top three in Hollywood. Now Marvin is one of the top three. When they come back, they will divide their power and interests, and no one will be captured.

"Rick just told me a little bit, he mainly wants to hear what you mean." After Joseph finished the rest, the conference room fell silent again.