Chapter 1231： All means

"Steven? Why did you become a lobbyist again?" Hugo knew that Tim had good connections in the entertainment industry, but he thought it would be Paul Newman, but never thought it would be Steven Spielberg. . When Steven mentioned "Death Row", Hugo's surprise was self-evident.

Steven chuckled, "I also find it strange, I'm not a good lobbyist." The last time Steven was dedicated to "Mission Impossible", it was a pity that Hugo eventually went to "Seven Deadly Sins." Although there are many objective factors in the crew, Steven did not succeed. Moreover, the "Man in Black" Steven was a producer is still struggling to pursue Hugo.

"Should you not think about the work you are a producer first?" Hugo was really dumbfounded.

Steven spread his hands and expressed his innocence, "The script of'Men in Black' is being revised, and the entire project has to be postponed later. It is not my request to revise the script." After finishing speaking, Steven looked at it carefully. Looking at Hugo, he made it clear that he was saying, "It's clearly you who are picking up the prick."

Hugo opened his mouth to argue, but Samora just brought the black tea over, "Sorry, I don’t know much about tea, I hope it won’t be too bad." Steven said today that he wanted to drink tea, but Hugo didn’t. Knowing that there is still tea at home.

Steven took the tea cup in Samora's hand, "I will never do more research on tea than you. It's just that I drank too much coffee this morning, and it's time for afternoon tea. I think black tea will be good. The choice is nothing more." After Samora left, Steven looked at Hugo again, "In fact, I am here for a reason. If you are willing to act, DreamWorks is willing to invest in the death row. This work."

Through the mist of black tea, Steven looked at Hugo in front of him and said with a chuckle, "I have to say, Tim gave a condition that I didn't want to refuse."

Although Hugo and Steven can’t be said to be best friends, they are indeed good friends, so he also seems relatively relaxed. "Tell me the truth, Steven, you really believe that the works I’m willing to shoot can be obtained. Was it successful?"

Although the whole Hollywood is talking about this, Hugo is no longer a fledgling rookie. He knows that even if he chooses works that he knows will be destined to succeed, as long as he doesn’t work hard enough or something goes wrong in the movie, Then this work will still be ruined. Because a work can be successful, all the factors such as the running-in of each part of the crew, the timing of the release, the strategy of propaganda, and the confrontation of competitors in the same period are required to work together. And when the works that were originally destined to be successful, now one of the important parts is replaced with Hugo, the success becomes unknown again.

For this, Hugo knows no better that history can be changed, whether it is in a good direction or a bad direction.

Therefore, Hugo has never believed in Hollywood's remarks that he is a goldsmith, and even thinks it is a bit absurd. He never felt that he was indispensable, even though "Stay Away from Casino" and "Death Row" are doing their best to get him to join at this time.

"No, of course not." Steven's answer did not hesitate. "Of course, some people are willing to believe in celebrity effects, and the actor's box office appeal is real. This is undeniable. But all industry veterans know it. , The success of a movie is not so simple, including the script link that you pay great attention to, it is only one link. As an actor, you are also a link in the entire film industry, and may have a slightly larger role. It's more important, but it's still not decisive."

Having said that, Steven chuckled, took a sip of the black tea, and showed a satisfied expression, "Although everyone wants to see the plot of personal heroism on the big screen, in real life, personal strength is very It's difficult to fight against collective power."

Hugo agreed.

"However, why are so many people still willing to trust you?" Steven knew the nature of Hugo's doubts and simply explained, "Because you have obtained these trusts with your practical actions, this process is not easy, but You succeeded, so you are now enjoying the convenience brought by these trusts. We are willing to trust you. Believe in your strength, trust in your vision, trust in your judgment..."

Hugo knows what Steven meant, but this is actually human inertia. Just like stocks, when they first came out, no one believed in stocks to make money, so only a few speculators succeeded. Then everyone saw the potential of stocks, so a swarm of them swarmed up, unconditionally trusting stocks can bring happiness to themselves ; In the end, the enthusiasm and excitement faded, and reason was restored, some people left, some people stayed, even if they stay, they don’t believe it blindly anymore.

Hollywood is now at the stage of believing in Hugo. Everyone believes that Hugo can bring victory, just like a superstitious lucky charm.

But once you encounter Waterloo, the consequences will become terrible. This is why Rick has been trying to control the situation.

"You know,'before sunrise' made David brave in front of us for a long time," Steven's words made Hugo laugh. "So I thought, I should also do a project. Tim persuaded me that the project "Death Row" is indeed very interesting, at least more interesting than "Far from Casino"."

Hugo was stunned, watching Steven laugh. Steven nodded, without evasiveness, "My news is better than you think. "Away from the Casino" is just the groan of a drunkard. He completely dragged himself down. It's too... boring. It’s.” Steven thought for a while, and commented in such terms, which made people laugh. “The Death Row is completely different. It not only has a good character, it also has a good story.”

"Don't you think the role of Matthew is very similar to Amon Goss?" Hugo looked at Steven curiously.

Steven was not so sure this time. He chose to ask rhetorically, "This is your profession, not mine." He blinked slyly at Hugo, "In my opinion, these are two completely different things. The only thing the different characters have in common is that they have all killed people, but Matthew's motives for killing have yet to be studied, while Amon is a killing machine, which is very different for performances."

Unlike the last time "Mission Impossible", Steven appeared to be a lot more proactive this time, but I don't know if it was because DreamWorks deliberately invested in "Death Row". Hugo also didn't know how true Steven said he wanted to be the producer of "Death Row".

But what is certain is that Steven was indeed moved by Tim. Not only Steven, but then Paul Newman called Hugo-as Hugo had expected, the Coen brothers also called, Meg Ryan, Morgan Freeman, Robin Williams The calls made Hugo even more surprised, although except Paul specifically mentioned "Death Row", everyone else just chatted with Hugo, both in and out of the words expressing their praise to Tim, thinking that he would cooperate with Tim. It's a very good thing.

Even so, Hugo still finds it amazing. He can clearly feel Tim's energy betting on the "Death Row" project, as well as Tim's desire and persistence for him to appear in the "Death Row" project. When Leonardo DiCaprio called to ask what happened to Hugo, “I heard that you recently had a project called'Death Row’. It’s very interesting. I heard it’s a A huge challenge, do you want to take another shot? Even I am interested. Can I read the script?"

Hugo suddenly felt that he was going to be surrounded by Tim.

Obviously, Tim Robbins’ strong connections are a big advantage compared to Mike Figes, and Tim and Hugo are friends. Hugo even had to call Tim himself, "You should let me read the script, you know the script is the most important thing."

But Tim replied, "Of course, of course, the script is always the most important, and the role is the first priority. If necessary, I am very willing to read the script for you personally." Such enthusiasm made Hugo really dumbfounded.

Later, Rick's new discovery made Hugo have to admit that Tim's dedication and concentration did touch him, "Do you know why Roland Parkin appeared at your new home party?"

"Isn't it to congratulate you?" Hugo took it for granted that there are no absolute enemies or absolute friends in Hollywood. Although the relationship between Endeavour Elite Agency and Innovative Artist Agency has been tight recently, they have They still cannot be regarded as enemies, at least compared to international innovation management companies ~ www.novelhall.com ~ their relationship is much closer.

But after Hugo felt the weirdness in Rick's tone, he suddenly realized, "It won't be... Tim?"

Tim is an artist under the Creative Artist Agency. His agent is not Roland, but he threatened his agent. If Hugo can’t cooperate with this project, he will change his agent—and even the agency company. . In desperation, his agent had to turn to Roland for help-Roland is the closest person to Hugo within the creative artist agency.

To be honest, it is an honor for anyone to be able to get such trust from a person. As an actor, Hugo's talent and strength have been so highly respected by his peers, and it is even more rare. Tim's sincerity has greatly improved Hugo's view of this cooperation.

In the face of Tim Robbins, who has tried his best, 20th Century Fox, who stands behind "Far from Casino", is not showing any weakness. They are mobilizing the power of the entire company, although Kevin Pence still does not have it. It was officially announced that they would invest "away from the casino", but as Rick said, they are indeed brewing something, and "far from the casino" is one of the gimmicks.

The Eight Immortals crossed the sea and showed their magical powers. Now it is the time to reveal the hole card of "Far from the Casino".