Chapter 944 944 Foresight Wisdom

James Bond's audition was much simpler than expected. In fact, everyone did not accurately mention the "007" related words. It's just polite words.

This is not surprising, because Hugo is now the capital of choosing scripts, and he has the qualifications to reject scripts, even James Bond. However, this shadowless confrontation also preserves everyone's face as much as possible, leaving room for future cooperation. So, when Steven Spielberg took the initiative to divert the topic, everyone focused attention almost without any accident, as if the topic had been discussed in the first place.

George Lucas raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at Hugo in surprise, "Are you also trying to write a script?"

Steven has always paid more attention to the identity of director and producer. Although he will also appear as a guest screenwriter, but only rarely, the most famous work is "Close. Encounters. Of. The. Third. Kind" )"; but George is different. Compared with the director's position, he is more time studying technology and writing screenplays. You can see it in the screenwriter column of the "Star Wars" series and "Indiana Jones" series his name.

So, it's no surprise that George's reaction was significantly stronger than Steven's.

"If I said I just wrote it for fun, I might be less shy." Hugo said with a smile, but he didn't deny it. To be honest, he really lacks confidence in the role of screenwriter. After all, this is not a project he has been working on for many years. It can be said that he is a layman. Even four years of rich knowledge from Lancaster University are not enough.

George looked at Hugo with great interest. "A lot of times, interest is the best enlightenment." The most important thing is that George will not forget that when Hugo was revealed to be singing, almost everyone did not Believe in Hugo's ability, but now the glory of death has proved their absolute strength. So, George's eyes were a little more probing, "So... what type of script are you writing now?"

"I'm trying to write a, uh...a one-act play with two leads, walking slowly around the city and having a conversation. You know, kind of experimental, you imagine off-Broadway low cost The stage play can describe my script." Hugo briefly explained, and then he did not forget to make fun of himself.

"It's not surprising." George raised his left hand holding the champagne and waved it slightly, as if to say: Hugo always has a clear idea whether it is the choice of music or movies, and will not compromise with business. But it doesn't worship art either. This subtle scale has always been an eternal issue in Hollywood, but for now, Hugo has grasped it very well. "Listening to what you said, I'm a little interested in your script. I don't know if you're willing to talk to me about it."

"George, you care so much about Hugo's script, can I understand that you want to invest?" David Geffen suddenly said something next to him, but it was a little joking and a little risky: rain Guo and George had only met for five minutes, and the two were not familiar with each other at all. If George wanted to make things difficult for Hugo, David's words would obviously be a pit.

Fortunately, George glanced at Steven, pursed his lips and said with a smile, "Although I can't come up with 100 million dollars, it's not a problem to find tens of millions of sponsors. I just don't know about Hugo's How much does an experimental script actually cost?"

George is obviously joking. If it is really an experimental script, then the investment is likely to be enough for a few million, or even less than three million is not uncommon. For such a sum of money, several bigwigs present can directly take it out, and there is no need to worry too much, including Hugo.

"This is bad news, George, are you trying to put Michael and me out of a job?" Barbara chimed in, turning everyone's attention back to her. People are feeling a huge crisis right now." Barbara said with a hint of curiosity. The funny and coquettish tone was very flattering and made everyone laugh. Then Barbara looked at Hugo, "Young Hugo, do you think so?"

In fact, Barbara is implying that if Hugo wants to invest in a new work, at least she should first find her cooperation - or MGM, where she has a long-term relationship.

Although it was just two sentences back and forth just now, it can be clearly felt that everyone is happy for Hugo to write the script. Not to mention whether this is a courtesy in social occasions, but the mystery can also be seen.

On the Hollywood power list, the real power of life and death is always the producer. There are too few things that actors can control. Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Brad Pitt, George - Clooney and so on, after these people entered the 21st century, after the influence of actors gradually expanded, they also slowly began to part-time behind the scenes, including George Clooney, whose director ability was good and bad, they would all shoulder the responsibility. The responsibility of the producer, investment, development, and power, this is an inevitable path.

Of course, there are also people who have been actors all their lives, always actors, such as Katherine Hepburn. But if you want to be at the top of Hollywood and move from actor to producer, this is the way to go.

Hugo's career is booming now, and his current highest salary is still 6 million, but there are countless production companies willing to wave a check of 15 million dollars to call him to their subordinates, and now as long as Hugo nods his promise to appear in the work, Attention is bound to increase exponentially. Against this background, Hugo began to get involved in the screenwriting industry, no matter whether he was intentional or not, but at least in the eyes of people like Steven, this is a very wise choice, this kind of visionary wisdom is not any actor can have.

Therefore, whether it is Steven, David, or George, including Barbara, the eyes given to Hugo are encouraging. It can be seen that they support Hugo's transformation, which also means that they are optimistic about Hugo. future.

"Can I get carried away? I'm really flattered that the script I wrote has been affirmed by so many people." Hugo did not answer Barbara's question directly, but deliberately showed a proud expression, self-deprecating took a handful.

In fact, Hugo knew very well that even Tom Cruise or Arnold Schwarzenegger, if they were to write the script, would still be considered nobody, but they had more ways for producers to see the script. It turns out that producers are still judged by the quality of the script - no one is a fool to invest in a bad script. Therefore, even if Hugo began to write the script, he would have to start from scratch, and the pursuit of these people is just a courtesy in social situations, more symbolic, rather than substantive.

Hugo's answer made everyone very satisfied, and the atmosphere immediately became harmonious.

Since the three giants of George, David and Steven are gathered here, it is obviously like a spotlight, attracting countless moths, and Rick Rosen and Ali Emmanuel also take advantage of Hugo's presence. The opportunity came quickly. It was also the first time that they had shown their faces in front of the top Hollywood giants as the executives of the Endeavour Elite Agency. Unfortunately, the executives of MGM apparently did not come to avoid suspicion today, but Barbara The agent is there, and the role is the same.

In addition, Hugo met a bunch of people, which made it difficult for Hugo. He is a face blind patient, and he is not very skilled at remembering names. What industry is the person in? He was still there trying to figure out which union's head of the Los Angeles area this was, and that person had already left, and then Steven introduced him to the next one.

In desperation, Hugo could only keep smiling, always addressing each other with "Mr.", and then following everyone's topic to make do with the past, but they were at peace.

After finally waiting for Barbara and George to walk towards another actor, Steven and David left with Hugo, but Steven did not let Hugo go, but seriously asked again. Talking about the creation of Hugo's script, Hugo's brain was already a little tired at this time, and he was relatively relaxed in front of Steven, so he said, "Why, are you really interested in this script?"

"Why not?" Steven raised his eyebrows with a chuckle, then glanced at David, who laughed too, and then Steven said, "Me and David, and another The old man is working on an independent studio, and we're also collecting scripts and making movies, so if you have a script, of course we'd love to see it."

DreamWorks!

Hugo's spirit was instantly shocked, but he was not too excited to reveal the secret, but said happily, "This is true? That is really good news. However, I don't think the script It can make money, Steven, I just said it was an experimental script, and I meant it."

The experimental script, to put it bluntly, is actually like an experiment in science, constantly throwing money at it, if one of the hundred succeeds, it is a happy event, and the rest must be thrown into the pot. So the biggest challenge for those scientists every year is to find sponsorship to support their research.

The same is true for movies. If you invest a few million in it, you may not even have a single float, and there are definitely a lot of them.

Steven didn't think Hugo was joking, but he didn't mind, "You also said that this is an experimental script, and since that's the case, you shouldn't think that our studio is just a small company that has just been established. Come on." Steven and David have been optimistic about Hugo since a long time ago, and now Hugo has not disappointed them and began to set foot in the field of screenwriting, which is naturally the result they are most looking forward to seeing.

Hugo raised his eyebrows, "This is a good thing for me. You know, it's never easy to get sponsorships. What's more, I'm just showing you the script. I just hope you won't be too disappointed."