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Burbank, located northeast of Los Angeles, has less than 80,000 people living within 17 square miles, but has won the reputation of "Media. Capital. Of. The. World". The fame seems to be louder than New York. Not only because Burbank is adjacent to Hollywood, but also because of the location of many top media and entertainment companies, Disney, Warner Bros., NBC, Viacom, PBS ( PBS) have set up branches here, and there are dozens of large studios scattered around, which also makes Burbank very busy all year round.

Walking along the European-style avenue in Burbank, Hugo saw a sign at the intersection that said Warner. Boulevard. Hugo was relieved. Although there was a traffic jam along the way, they at least arrived. destination. Looking at the time, it was already a quarter to nine. Hugo knew that being late was inevitable, but he couldn't solve the problem in a hurry. Hugo could only force himself to calm down and look at the surrounding scenery.

In fact, there are no landmark buildings around here. There are villa-like three-story buildings scattered among the green trees, but they don't look like residential buildings, but they look a bit like the embassy district. Joseph turned the car into a large iron gate, showed his ID to the guard at the gate, and then drove into the park.

There is no sign at the entrance of this park, it seems to be just an ordinary place, but Hugo knows that this is the Warner Bros. studio with the most studios in Burbank, and countless movies are shot here. Since Warner Bros. owns five of the largest soundstages in Los Angeles, major companies rent the soundstages here for film production, not just Warner Bros., but others as well. This time, "Righteous Sea Heroes" is like this. Although it was invested by Columbia Pictures, the shooting was carried out in the studio of Warner Bros.

After the car was parked, Hugo and Joseph trotted all the way to the studio, but even so, Hugo was late. Look at the clock has pointed to the "two" position, which means that Hugo is ten minutes late, such a thing is unpleasant to happen on any occasion, not to mention that Hugo is not a "popular" now actor.

Hugo and Joseph walked into the studio, panting and apologizing all the way in, but the staff around were obviously not lukewarm, the indifference or even rejection on their expressions was so clearly visible, they didn't even The plan to cover up, just like this, directly made Hugo feel the atmosphere of something bad.

Looking around, I didn't see Rob, and the main actors such as Jack and Demi didn't stand in the visible position of the studio. Joseph could only ask the staff standing next to him, "Hello, may I ask the drama manager where Where?" According to the general procedure, the actors must be greeted by someone when they arrive at the scene, and there will always be one person from the director, producer, drama manager, and assistant director who will take over the task of receiving the actors. But today, apparently no one came to receive Hugo.

"I don't know." This is the answer of the staff. After experiencing the same answer from three staff in a row, if Joseph and Hugo don't understand what's going on, they are fools.

Obviously, the crew of "The Hero of the Sea of ​​Righteousness" is planning to give Hugo a slap in the face. This is not surprising.

There are many links to the success or failure of a movie. From the current actors to the props behind the scenes, the crew is a whole, and only when everyone works together can an excellent movie be created. However, the actors shoulder the heavy responsibility of presenting the entire crew on the big screen, so in many cases, the performance of the actors determines the performance of the film - this is also the reason why the actor's remuneration always occupies the majority of the cost of the film and the success or failure of the film. It also maintains the income of the entire crew. To put it simply, whether the crew members can get dividends will largely depend on the performance of the actors, apart from the intricate relationships in the middle.

Under such circumstances, at the last moment two days before the start of the film, the crew gave up Tom Cruise, a popular young student, and chose the current worst actor of the Golden Raspberry Award, Hugo Lancaster, Although the crew members have no right to change the producer's decision, there is nothing wrong with expressing regrets and complaints in their hearts.

When the staff generally expressed dissatisfaction with Hugo, Hugo was late on the first day of reporting, and being late means irresponsible, big-name, inattentive, inattentive, inattentive, and inactive. Time concept, lack of professionalism... Even if Tom is late, it is difficult for the staff to have a good face, not to mention the unfortunate Hugo?

But what can Hugo say? It would be unreasonable for him to be late, what's more, offending the crew is not a wise choice. In fact, Hugo was mentally prepared before he came. This happened in the "Scent of Scent and Knowing a Woman" crew before, but Hugo was a supporting role at that time, which had little impact on the crew. In addition, from director Martin to actor Al They all liked Hugo, so the whole movie was shot quite harmoniously. And now, "Smell the Fragrance and Know a Woman" has not yet been released, and Hugo's situation has not changed much. It is estimated that the resistance encountered in "Yihai Xiongfeng" will only be greater and not less.

Therefore, all Hugo can do is to express his apology, and then conscientiously devote himself to his work and contribute a wonderful performance. Compared with verbal explanations, it is the kingly way to show a really good performance to conquer these picky staff.

Joseph was also mentally prepared for this, but in the face of the indifference of these staff, Joseph was still a little uneasy, because he knew how hard Hugo had been working hard in the past two months, and the role of "Yihai Xiongfeng" was also Hugo got it entirely by strength, and he didn't think Hugo should be treated like this.

Joseph took a few deep breaths in a row, adjusted his emotions, and then raised his voice and said, "I sincerely apologize for our lateness, but it's already delayed, I think Rob and Jack are waiting, someone Do you know where the meeting room for the script practice is? Please let us know, thanks."

Joseph is worthy of being an agent. This remark is both soft and hard. On the one hand, he apologizes, but on the other hand, he threatens the staff. If they are too late, Rob, the director, will definitely know what is going on here. Must meet the director's wrath. And, don't forget, Jack Nicholson is in the middle of filming, and he's got a show to start, so he can't wait any longer.

Sure enough, after everyone looked at each other, a person came out of the crowd with a polite smile on his face, a dusty and sweaty look, "I'm sorry, I just went to deal with a little thing. I'm Alger. -Chaplin (Alergic. Chaplin), as a show manager."

The man in front of him had a medium build and an ordinary face. He didn't have much memory except for his Mediterranean hairstyle—if his face was full of shine. The smile on his face can be seen at a glance as a polite and hypocritical social face, which is slightly embarrassing even in social situations, but Joseph did not intend to lift the mask of the other party, just smiled and nodded, "It doesn't matter. We still Hurry up and see Rob, Hugo and I were already late, I hope we don't delay any longer."

Joseph never made any excuses and put the blame on traffic jams and other issues. He just admitted frankly that he was late for being late. In the eyes of the staff who were prejudiced against Hugo, he won a little impression, although it was insignificant. .

Allejie and Hugo walked unhurriedly along the way, chatting some boring topics about the weather and traffic, etc. It can be seen that although Allejie was forced by Joseph to lead the way , but he still didn't let Hugo's plan go. On the way, he was deliberately delaying time to make the fact that Hugo was late. It was estimated that in the eyes of Rob, Jack, Demi and others, it would be difficult to please.

This kind of small means of killing people without blood is too much in the crew, which is the reason not to offend the staff easily. Before Hugo crossed over, I once saw a performance scene. The singer offended the staff of the organizer. As a result, the lighting engineer had a problem when turning on the lights. The singer looked like he was looking at a zombie, his face was pale. Pain, tears flowed even more after the singer stepped down, but it was hard to say.

But not intending to offend the staff, it does not mean that Hugo will not fight back.

The road that could be reached in five minutes took a quarter of an hour to arrive, and by the time Hugo arrived at the conference room, he was already half an hour late. Hugo walked in quickly and said seriously to Rob, "I'm really sorry, I'm late."

Rob still had a smile on his face, and he didn't seem to mind, but Jack, who was sitting next to him, pulled a face, clearly said "I'm very unhappy", and snorted heavily, "The first time. If you're half an hour late for script practice a day, then you might as well postpone script practice for two hours later."

Rob stood beside him with an embarrassed look on his face. Demi originally planned to come up and say hello to Hugo, but she froze in place at this time. Without looking back at all, you could see the smile on Alger's face that could hardly be concealed.

Joseph wanted to come forward to explain, but was stopped by Hugo, being late was a fact, he didn't need to quibble, "I'm really sorry, it's all my fault, I promise that this kind of mistake won't happen again next time. I'm sorry." Hugo never smiled, but sincerely expressed his apology with a tense and serious expression.

Hugo's sincerity was easily felt by Jack, and this sincere attitude made him relax a little. After all, Hugo didn't constantly shirk his responsibilities and find excuses like those young people, which is worthy of recognition. But Jack still didn't intend to let Hugo go.

Hugo went on to say, "I was late when I arrived at the studio, and then I apologized to the staff for a little delay. Fortunately, Alleje brought us here, otherwise Joseph and I would not have known the conference room. Where is it, it only took a quarter of an hour on the road, so I'm really sorry for making everyone wait for a long time."

Although it was Hugo who apologized, quietly, everyone in the conference room, including Rob, Jack, and Demi, turned their attention to Alger, who was standing behind him. Alger was still trying to restrain himself. There was a smile at the corner of his mouth, but at this moment, he felt the sight of the ten thousand arrows piercing his heart, and a bucket of cold water poured down his warm heart in an instant.