Six Hundred and Eleven - Remember This Taste!

James Franco, who had been silent and lost in thought, when he heard Sofia Coppola's words, he couldn't help but look at his agent for the first time. The two looked at each other, and they both saw uneasiness in each other's eyes. Emotions.

Obviously, Wayne didn't give him a chance to apologize first. No one knows whether this was a good thing for him. Now he would rather sincerely apologize to all the crew and creative staff in front of a crew of more than 300 people, rather than face a situation that he cannot control alone.

The lit cigarette was so dazed that he forgot to smoke it. When James Franco reacted and stood up and wanted to follow the director's assistant out, he discovered that the filter tip of the cigarette had stuck to his lips at some point.

Two fingers were subconsciously clamped on the cigarette, ready to take the cigarette out of his mouth and squander it. Unexpectedly, the cigarette didn't move at all because it was stuck to his lips. His fingers stretched from the butt of the cigarette to the butt. With a "squeak" sound, the two people around him saw the change in his face.

"F**k! Shit..."

James Franco's busy look fully showed his messy heart at this time. Not only did the agent beside him frown, but even Sofia Coppola, who was standing at the door of the dressing room, immediately felt a headache. .

As the daughter of Francis Ford Coppola, she basically grew up in this circle, so she has seen actors become famous unexpectedly too many times and get carried away by the short-term fame and fortune.

At this time, James Franco was also classified into this category by her, and he was even worse than those who were arrogant because they were dazzled by their popularity. At least these people grew up immediately because a movie became a hit, right?

Where is this guy in front of me? Just because of the huge influence of the DC series and the fact that Wayne's crew naturally attracted media attention, he was sought after by the media after being selected to star in The Flash.

The same situation was experienced by Christian Bale back then, but apparently the "British Batman" was not knocked down by the media's praise. Look at this guy again, how many bad things did he get into in just over a week when the crew was on vacation? At least most of the people on the crew now view James Franco as a troublesome figure.

"Good luck, boy."

After leading the actor to the door of the director's office, Sofia Coppola shook her head slightly, joked in a low voice, turned and walked towards the busy studio.

Now is the moment when the crew is preparing to shoot the first footage. She always remembers her goal of joining the crew. She wants to follow the assistant director Gilmore and thoroughly learn the rules of Wayne's crew operations, and learn from them the principles of continuous success. experience.

"Knock, knock, knock."

With an anxious mood, James Franco let out a long breath, glanced at the back of the woman in the skirt as she walked away, raised his hand, and knocked on the door of the director's office.

"e in, please."

As the office door opened, a polite female voice sounded.

James Franco nodded politely to Nina who opened the door. After the other party stepped aside, he walked into the office where his fate was decided.

It was different from what he imagined. In the office, Wayne was lying on the table, frowning slightly, writing and drawing in his director's notebook. On the simple single sofa in the rest area, the crew producer Charles -Rowan, with his hands folded on the coffee table in front of him, raised his head and looked at himself seriously.

"Mr. James Franco."

Charles Rowan stretched out his hand and pointed to the sofa next to him. His expression did not change at all. He kept a straight face. Even the tone of his speech was full of business-like attitude. "Please take a seat, I think we need to talk between ourselves."

Nodding silently, James Franco glanced at the director, who was still lying behind his desk, but his heart, which had been in suspense, gradually relaxed.

Even if some things are not said, everyone in the crew knows it very well. Usually among the crews of other major Hollywood productions, when a producer is dispatched to talk to you about something, it basically means that it is not a trivial matter. Otherwise, the producer, who is the absolute controller of the crew, will not be able to talk to you at all. Won't show up.

Even if there are matters that require the producer to come forward to discuss, the person who usually contacts him is only the actor's agent, which means that everything must be done in a formal manner according to the rules.

However, all this is reversed in Wayne's crew, because in this crew, the director is the one with absolute power, and the producer is mostly a deputy who assists him with things other than filming.

The current situation is obvious. Although Charles Rowan has a serious face, as if he will take out the contract at any time, but in fact, James Franco has already expected it in his heart, and one of his feet has already passed the test. The trouble he caused was not enough to require the crew to kick him out.

The thing is very simple. The agent plays the role of villain in order to preserve the relationship between the male lead and the director, and not to cause any hidden rifts to affect the subsequent shooting of official footage. There is another very important point, that is His agent was not invited to the conversation.

It means that everything is still an internal matter of the crew, and it has not reached the point where the terms of the contract should be used to deal with business matters.

"Listen, Mr. Franco."

His fingers tapped lightly on the coffee table, and the producer's slightly hoarse voice sounded. "Warner Bros.'s public relations department and legal department have spent a lot of effort to suppress all the "misunderstandings" that happened before. You should understand what I mean."

When facing this male protagonist, Charles Rowan actually felt uncomfortable in his heart. Just like what he said, the other party was arrested by the Los Angeles Police Department twice in succession for some bad things. This means that Warner Bros. has to wipe his ass for him before creating any revenue for Warner Bros. Who can put this? People will not feel comfortable either.

Warner Bros. and the crew didn't care about the bail money at all, but the impact of public opinion after the incident was the main reason for him feeling uncomfortable. It seems that the current scandal has been suppressed by Warner Bros.'s public relations department, but who knows whether it will be made a fuss by competitors in the future.

"Sorry, Mr. Rowan."

After a moment of silence, James Franco gritted his teeth and the first thing he said was an apology. Glancing secretly at Wayne behind the desk again, he lowered his head slightly and said, "I apologize for what happened before, sorry, and I promise that similar things will not happen again in the future."

"Very good, at least your attitude satisfies me."

Facing the male lead's bow, Charles Rowan didn't go too far. After all, according to the rules, the man opposite him was also one of the top five characters in the cast. "but......"

As he spoke, his fingers tapping the coffee table rhythmically stopped at the same time. James Franco didn't give James Franco time to be happy at all, and then said seriously: "You apologizing to me, or even apologizing to Director Greenberg, is not what we want. The most important thing is to see what you do."

Looking at the handsome young man sitting opposite, Charles Rowan showed a smile. The conversation was obviously much smoother than he expected, and there was no over-inflated mentality as speculated.

"James."

Surprisingly, Wayne, who had been sitting behind his desk without raising his head, suddenly sat upright, put away his pencil, closed the director's notebook, and looked at the two people who were talking. people.

After his voice sounded, the two people sitting on the sofa looked over. James Franco's eyes were full of anxiety, because this was the leader of the crew.

"Just like Charles said, if you can take the initiative to apologize, then what happened before will be in the past. Don't worry, you don't have to accept the emotional counterattack from me or anyone on the crew. After you leave this door, no one will talk about the past. thing."

"Thank you, Director Greenberg, thank you."

James Franco, who was sitting on the sofa, bowed slightly. When he heard these words, he really let go of all the worries he had had in recent days. "I swear that I will never cause trouble to the crew again after filming starts."

"very good."

Waving to the male protagonist, Wayne tilted his head, obviously quite satisfied with the answer. Just when everyone thought that this simple conversation was about to end, he stretched out his hand, snapped his fingers, and opened his desk drawer under the confused eyes of the other three people in the office.

"This is, uh, Jeff's treasure..."

The three of them looked at his Didi Gugu movements and were a little confused. Then they watched him take out a cigar humidor from the drawer, put it on the table, opened it, and carefully picked up a thick cigar humidor from inside. The cigar was waved at a few people.

No one knew what he was going to do. They could only watch silently as he picked up the cigar cutter, carefully cut off the end of the cigar, and threw it to James Franco. When the other party subconsciously caught it, he also threw it to James Franco. The spray gun was thrown over.

"Try this stuff and tell me how you feel."

Although he was a little confused, James Franco lit the cigar, took a deep sip, and slowly exhaled a large cloud of fragrant green smoke under the gaze of several people.

"Uh..." In fact, of course he can smoke cigars, but he has never smoked such a top-grade product. He didn't know the director's purpose, so he felt it carefully for a while before he said: "Top-grade cigar, very top-grade product. The top quality product, the fruity aroma is intoxicating, this kind of thing should be enjoyed slowly and quietly alone..."

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by several rounds of applause. He raised his head and looked at the director who was clapping in confusion. He saw that the director was holding the director's notebook and stood up from behind his desk while raising his wrist. He glanced at the time, let the ice on his face thaw, showed a smile, stared at him and said:

"Remember this taste, because every time you take a sip, you are taking out hundreds of dollars. This cigar is a collection of Warner Bros. CEO Jeff Robinoff. It is a collection that he is not willing to enjoy at ordinary times, and the price is far away. It's much higher than you think! It's so high that even if you were paid for this movie, you wouldn't be able to buy a few of these guys!

So, be sure to remember this taste and feeling! Whether it's because of your personality or for any other reasons, those bad things never mean anything to me. But you have to film well, otherwise you will never have the chance to enjoy this kind of top-notch goods in your life!

Nina, Charles, it's almost time, let's go out and see how Gilmore and the others are preparing. "

Before leaving the office, Wayne stopped again, looked back at James Franco, who was staring at the cigar in a daze, smiled and said: "The cigar is for you, think about my words carefully, James."