Chapter 1905: Chapter 1905

Shirley gave Hugo a big hug, and then led Hugo into the party scene, "I received news that you have read the final draft of the script?" The professional attitude obviously made Hugo feel very cordial.

Hugo smiled and nodded, "Are you sure it's the final draft?" This made Shirley laugh too. The script has been revised for at least six editions, and many of them are Hugo's opinions. Hugo also held several meetings with screenwriter Andrew, "If Joe's news is correct, then I did read the final draft."

Shirley nodded reassuringly. In fact, she had already received news that Hugo nodded to express satisfaction with the final draft, but she still professionally confirmed with Hugo again, "By the way, regarding the shooting location, Peter and Did you say it?"

Hugo thought about it carefully, "Yes, Joe and I mentioned it, it's in Florida, right? I don't know much about the specific situation, I heard it's a small town."

Shirley saw the focused look on Hugo's face, and she affirmed her choice of topic from the bottom of her heart, but she didn't stop saying, "Peter originally planned to build it in a studio, but there are too many obstacles in its implementation. Peter and The crew scouted the coasts of California and Florida for nearly a month before finally finding the location to make sure the film was as good as it could be."

Hugo raised his eyebrows with interest, "Wow, I'm starting to be curious now, maybe I should visit the site two days in advance to feel the charm of that town."

"Florida in November is warmer than California, you will like it there." Shirley clicked until she saw Kevin Pence approaching, smiled and nodded to Kevin, and then politely Said, "Then you guys talk slowly first, I'll go over and say hello to David Geffen."

Watching the back of Hugo and Kevin leaving side by side, Shirley also turned and left with calm and elegant steps, but she breathed a sigh of relief in her heart. The short conversation just now contained countless mysteries. It reminded Shirley of the days when she just took over Paramount. While her heart was full of ambition, she was as trembling and cautious as dancing wildly on the tip of a knife.

There was "Titanic" before, and now "The Truman Show". In the middle, Paramount also released several works that performed very well, including "Face Changing", "The Groom's Wrong Turn", "Shocking Lips", etc. Wait, Paramount is making a strong recovery step by step.

In the preparatory stage, "The Truman Show" is not obvious. After all, an investment of 60 million US dollars is nothing for the North American market, and it is still a comedy movie. However, the subsequent development curve has greatly exceeded everyone's expectations. Hugo's joining has brought the strategic significance of this work to the forefront, and the originally unobtrusive 60 million investment has become an advantage—because This means that Paramount can spend more energy on publicity and maximize its benefits.

Xue Li managed to hype the topic to the top within a limited space. Compared with production rights and 20% box office dividends, 6% dividends plus 20 million film remuneration, for Xue Li It's definitely a good deal. Not to mention how much salary Hugo can get in the end, just the "production rights" is enough for Paramount to wipe out all the weaknesses of the past three years-today's opening party is the most direct Proof, even the East Coast is feeling the heat.

However, Shirley did not expect the sudden rise of "LA Confidential" - to be precise, it was an unexpected box office of 200 million yuan. When the opening party was held today, "LA Confidential" had not really broken through the two 100 million threshold, but everyone knows that this moment will come at any time - for Shirley, as early as the third week of "LA Confidential" has already smelled the signs.

This caused Shirley quite a headache, because in order to remove Hugo from the list of producers, Shirley and Rick played a conspiracy battle, which not only made Rick feel bad for a while, but also teased Hugo. . Of course, this is an industry rule in the circle, and everyone will play tricks, but who can clearly explain such things as human feelings?

It is destined to be impossible to hand over the production rights to Hugo, otherwise Shirley's deal will be considered a complete loss. Therefore, Shirley must try her best to make up for each other's concern. This is the mystery of human relationship. Coming and going, smiling faces, joint interests, gaps can be made up, loopholes can be filled, everything is possible.

The joining of Kate Winslet was proposed by Kate's agent, and after being brokered by Leonardo, the contract was successfully signed. However, in fact, the actor that Paramount originally wanted was someone else, but Kate is also an excellent actor. The choice was even better than Paramount's original plan, so they pushed the boat along.

The same is true for the joining of Nicole Kidman. With the blessings of Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise, she defeated Shirley's personal friend Julia Roberts, and at the same time defeated " Cate Blanchett, who was recommended by Scott Rudin, the official producer of The Truman Show, successfully won this important heroine position.

Although Hugo is not the producer, in fact, his personal influence can be felt in all aspects of the entire "The Truman Show" crew-not to mention the script that has been revised many times. Of course, the script revision is by Hugo, Andrew and Peter. Strictly speaking, it is not the opinion of Hugo alone.

Today, Shirley specifically mentioned the shooting location. It sounded like a casual chat, but in fact it was still an olive branch offered by Shirley.

In many cases, the so-called goodwill does not necessarily need to be put on the table, and the subtle influence between the quiet and the expressions is more effective. The most important thing is that Shirley buffered the relationship between Paramount and Hugo silently - without paying any direct benefit price, not to mention, the final cast is also brilliant Very much, enough for Shirley to have more confidence in the movie, Paramount has absolutely nothing to lose.

The confrontation between masters often kills invisible.

Although Hugo didn't know about the high-level transactions between these companies, he always knew clearly that these old foxes must have deep meanings in their gestures. He could feel that Shirley was releasing friendly news, because "The Truman World "He is not a producer, but many details can be seen, and the crew has been asking for his opinion. Although I don't know why Shirley did this, Hugo naturally wouldn't refuse.

After a short chat with Kevin, Hugo saw Mark Canton, David Fincher, Quentin Tarantino and others. The action lasted intermittently for more than an hour, and he still couldn't really walk to the middle of the banquet hall. Although Hugo is not the host tonight, his popularity is far better than that of Shirley Lansing and Scott Rudin who are the hosts.

Hugo just finished talking with Scott, and he officially introduced Cate Blanchett to Hugo. Kate, who has not released any works in Hollywood, is completely a freshman from Australia, but even so, she still Behind that green and immature face, one can vaguely see the figure of the queen who will be popular all over the world in the future.

Turning around, Hugo saw a middle-aged man coming towards him. Hugo was completely unfamiliar with the face in front of him. The black hair was mixed with gray, and the proper Chinese character face matched the appearance of an amiable uncle. , It is always easy to win a sense of trust, and it seems that the faces of the people I met there always have a slight smile on their faces, full of affinity.

Of course, Hugo knew that there were less than 700 invitations tonight, and anyone who could appear here was definitely a person, including the news media. So when he saw the other party politely extending his right hand, he also smiled and held the other party's right hand. The man exerted a little force, so that Hugo could feel his vigorous vitality, but he would not appear too aggressive. "Good evening, Mr. Lancaster, I don't think you have any impression of me, please forgive my abruptness, because this is indeed our first meeting, please allow me to introduce myself first, my name is Robert Iger (Robert Iger) .Iger).”

"Mr. Iger, you successfully rescued me. It is always a disrespectful thing to be unable to call the other party's name." Hugo also frankly admitted his amnesia, and such a straightforward answer was more sincere and friendly. It was so playful that Robert also slightly outlined a smile.

Robert let go of Hugo's right hand, and put his hands behind his back politely, with the appearance of some old academics, "Actually, I met you once in New York, but no one introduced you to us that time." Hugo raised his eyebrows and looked puzzled. Robert didn't pause, and then said, "That time you were with Mr. Spielberg, and he introduced you to the chairman of the National Jewish Association."

Although Hugo is not good at remembering faces and names, it does not mean that he has a bad memory. He quickly remembered the occasion. It was already three years ago, when "Schindler's List" caused a sensation in the United States. The National Jewish Association also had some misunderstandings with the crew, and after the misunderstandings were resolved, the film also achieved great success. Later, Steven took Hugo, Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley and others to New York to visit the National American Jewish Association. Everyone is full of praise for Hugo.

After that lunch, Jewish-controlled newspapers such as the "New York Times", "Wall Street Journal", and "Washington Post" completely changed their views on Hugo. Expressing praise for Hugo has also become one of the important forces for Hugo's rapid rise.

However, Hugo didn't expect that Robert would appear on the occasion that day, but as Robert said, no one introduced them that day, and naturally they didn't know each other, but he still raised his voice slightly, "Oh? So... Are you Jewish too?"