Chapter 833

The car drove directly to Santa Monica. Endeavour Elite Brokerage Company leased a three-story office building near the main road of Santa Monica Avenue as the company's office building.

In fact, it is already some distance from Beverly Hills, Constellation Avenue, and Sunset Plaza. Due to financial constraints, Rick has no more options. He finally arranged the office building temporarily near Santa Monica Avenue. Do your best to get to the main workplaces along Santa Monica Boulevard, all within 30 minutes by car, which is considered taller than short.

Looking at the dilapidated office building in front of him, Hugo was a little uncomfortable for the first time, especially when he recalled the first time he arrived at the International Innovation Management Company on Constellation Avenue, it became even more interesting: when his career was at a low point, he saw The luxury and splendor of his agency is eye-opening; now when his career has reached a certain height, he has chosen a brand new agency, starting from scratch.

In fact, the Endeavour Elite Brokerage Company has been officially established since April, but at this time the company has not completely settled down, and the overall look is chaotic. After Hugo entered the company, even the young interns were very excited. When he shouted, everyone around him thought that something had happened, and they gathered around to watch, blocking the originally not spacious corridor to the point where it was completely messed up.

Finally, Rick Rosen and Ali Emmanuel came forward to bring the situation under control and brought Hugo to Rick's office.

"Sorry, at present we have limited funds and can only afford to rent such an office building." Rick said with an apologetic smile. With his non-threatening height and simple and honest expression, it was very convincing.

Hugo looked back at the scene outside the transparent glass door. There was only a narrow aisle that only allowed two people to walk side by side. On both sides were office cubicles that looked like tofu blocks. Looking down from Hugo's height, he could see a picture. Stacks of unorganized materials on Zhang's desk, as well as unorganized file boxes, telephones, desk lamps, pen holders and other office utensils are scattered together, which is even more exaggerated than the desks of domestic college entrance examination students.

Hugo smiled, "The office building itself is not the problem, the internal chaos is the big problem." He pointedly named the current situation of Endeavour Elite Brokerage Company.

Rick and Ali exchanged glances, Rick showed a slightly embarrassed smile, and Ali's expression was a little warmer. ambiguous. Indeed, the biggest problem with Endeavour Elite Brokerage Company is its own internal chaos. Although the company will be established for two months next week, there is still no clear clue to everything, and things are still not on track.

On the one hand, it is because any new company has to go through this chaotic situation at the beginning of its establishment, and it will continue to be turbulent for at least three months to six months; The brokerage company and other peers put pressure on the Endeavour Elite brokerage company, so that several leaders such as Rick and Ali must be busy for the artists in their hands, and there is no way to take care of the company.

In fact, the reason why Rick dared to challenge the International Innovation Management Company is because he has enough strength. Although he said that he lost two generals, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Eddie Murphy, he still has Tom Han in his hands. Kers, Clint Eastwood, Al Pacino and several other important figures, and signed a new actress Cameron Diaz.

Originally, Marvin Josephson didn't care about Rick, because the only card in Rick's hands that could be called the top level was Clint.

After winning the Oscar, Al was in a state of semi-rest. In the past two years, he has only starred in one "Dawn of the Love Owl", but the supporting role in this work is Sean Penn; before March , Tom can only be regarded as an actor in the transition period from the second-tier to the first-tier; as for Cameron, he is completely a newcomer, and it is not worth mentioning at all, nor has it caused any controversy and discussion.

But who knows, Tom has become the new Oscar winner, and Hugo, whom Marvin has been fighting for, has turned to Rick again, which suddenly changed the balance of power dramatically. Especially this time at the Cannes Film Festival, Clint and Hugo are both artists under Rick, and I heard that Rick is still working hard for Quentin Tarantino's brokerage contract, thanks to Hugo and Quentin's good friendship, this contract is likely to be reached.

But on the whole, Rick's strength is still very strong, especially the two who represent the future, Hugo and Tom, are indeed terrifying, and in addition to Rick, several other partners headed by Ali also have Two brushes, in this way, Endeavour Elite Brokerage Company is indeed enough to raise eyebrows.

Therefore, it is not surprising that although the civil unrest has not subsided, the International Innovation Management Company still has the intention to suppress the Endeavour Elite Company.

That's why Hugo is so important to the current Endeavour elite.

Because in the past two months, Endeavour Elite Agency did not have to do anything to Hugo. After Hugo and his new agent Rick signed a two-year contract, they never saw each other again, except In addition to the important reason why Hugo is busy with the band's situation, the most important reason is that Hugo's film career is currently on track.

Even if Rick has not started work on Hugo for a while, the good news for Hugo is still one after another, first Oscar, then Cannes, now preparing for a tour, and then "Life and Death"... These are the rains before. Fruit and Joseph were harvested during their cooperation, but now it is up to Endeavour Elite Brokerage to taste the added effect of victory—to be precise, stealing the limelight from International Innovation Brokerage.

For a newly established company like Endeavour Elite Agency, they have such a popular artist as Hugo, which is not only a persuasion to other managers, but also an attraction to the entire industry; Tell the major production companies: Our strength should not be underestimated.

Among all the artists in Rick's hands, Hugo is undoubtedly the one with the most potential for development. Of course, because the recent timing is the most suitable, Rick must work hard to take care of Hugo's work.

"This is indeed a very bad thing, but we are working hard and hope to get on the right track as soon as possible." Facing Hugo's ridicule, Rick accepted it with a smile, no denial, no courtesy, The blunt admission of "chaos within" without justification, also shows Rick's wisdom.

Rick looked at Hugo in front of him. In the past, he had always looked at Hugo as a bystander. Hugo was undoubtedly an actor with great potential. He had talent and strength, and most importantly, he was willing to work hard; but As Hugo's agent, the perspective is different.

An excellent broker needs to take into account the relationship between collaborators and friends at the same time, one side is interests and the other side is friendship, this proportion is not so easy to grasp.

"Hugo, what are your plans for the next step?" This is the first time Rick has formally performed his duties as an agent face-to-face. His words are more polite and formal than before.

In fact, in the past few weeks, Rick has communicated with Henry and Joseph many times, and while Hugo was in Cannes, the local news media in the United States were also in contact with Rick, but today is different. Regardless of the past, everything has to change from today onwards in order to bring the blueprint of the future under control. Therefore, Rick didn't come up and say his plans from the beginning, but started from scratch.

"Tour, isn't that a matter of course?" Hugo sat down on the sofa, Rick's assistant Jim Snow had already brought in the coffee, and at the same time there was a small saucer with two sugar cubes on it. Although today was just the first meeting after changing agents, it was clear that Jim had already figured out what he liked for Hugo.

At the same time, Jim turned his head to look at Joseph and Samora. Joseph didn't care, he just said "coffee", but Samora, a person who had high requirements for food, was in trouble, but Samora was not a person without measure. He whispered to Jim, "First, get me a cup of hot cocoa and some cookies, thanks."

Although Rick kept his eyes on Hugo, he actually paid attention to many small details next to him. He had been rolling in this industry for more than ten years, and he knew very well: details determine success or failure, and this sentence is absolutely correct. of. From this little detail just now, it can be seen that Hugo, Joseph and Samora usually get along informally, and more often they get along as comfortable friends.

So, when he spoke again, Rick relaxed a little, and said in a more relaxed tone, "I know about the tour, and I have confirmed with Henry about the next promotion schedule of 'Life and Death', and most importantly It will be sent to Joseph later this afternoon, you can take a look, if there are any problems, I will discuss with Henry again."

Rick's style of doing things is very different from his appearance. He seems to be friendly and casual, but he is very organized and focused. He has taken this most complicated issue in a few words, because he You know, this is not a problem that Hugo needs to worry about, but a problem that his two agents and Henry need to consider. After they have negotiated a charter, it can be handed over to Joseph, who is currently the manager of Hugo, for confirmation. Therefore, Hugo does not need to know these details.

In fact, the to the death of glory tour and the promotion schedule of "Pulp Fiction" are completely in conflict, but with the concerted efforts of Rick and Henry, a balance has been found, and perhaps the unfavorable situation can be turned into a favorable situation: For example, relying on the topic of the tour to drive the promotion of the movie.

After skipping these details, Rick immediately moved to the point, "I mean, what are your plans for the movie?"

At this time, Hugo also realized that today's meeting with Rick was not just a small talk, but the first step in their cooperation. As the saying goes, a good start is half the battle, so today's meeting is really important.