Chapter 456 456 Three Disputes

The band was running on the endless road, and Hugo completely drove the excitement of the band members. Pedro directly picked up the unfamiliar drumstick and started to beat the drum in the back compartment. Vitality moves towards the next city.

Hugo sketched the strings of the guitar while banging on the guitar case. This most primitive way of playing has the freshness of folk minor notes, as well as the roughness and roughness of road trips. He spread his wings and flew freely with the sound of the wind. However, the sudden ringtone of the mobile phone interrupted Hugo's performance, which made everyone sigh "oh". Hugo smiled and handed the guitar to Neil, and asked Neil to play, and he took the guitar. Picked up the phone and picked it up, "This is Hugo, please speak."

"Hugo, this is Joe, is it convenient for you to speak now?" Joseph's voice was unexpectedly clear, but the noise of Pedro's deliberately beating drums made Hugo not very clear, and Hugo had to laugh He blocked his ears with his left hand, and said loudly, "Of course, what's the matter?"

"I received a script for 'Pulp Fiction'. The director is Quentin Tarantino. He said that he has talked to you and that you are very interested in the script. Is this true?" Joseph's voice wears There was no way to really convey the emotion in his voice through the telephone line, and the noise around Hugo was so disturbing that people couldn't tell what he was thinking.

Hugo didn't think much about it, and nodded his head in affirmation, "Yes, I met Quentin, and he mentioned this script to me, yes, it's like this."

"Are you crazy?" Joseph's voice jumped over immediately after Hugo's words, "You can't take this project, don't you know what position you are in now? How can you take on' Pulp Fiction? 'A project like this, it's going to ruin your career. Are you out of your mind? You're out of your mind because of the band's touring to do something so stupid...'"

"Oh, oh, Joe, stop, stop." Hugo was baffled by Joseph's mindless series of anger. He didn't even hear Joseph's words clearly, only that Joseph seemed to have a proposal for "Pulp Fiction". Not very satisfied.

Hugo raised his hand to signal to his teammates, and everyone was quiet. Pedro's hand didn't stop, and he hit the cymbal again. The trembling voice sounded immediately, and Neil quickly He gave Pedro a look, signaling Pedro to be honest.

Hugo didn't have time to focus on other things. He frowned and asked, "What do you mean? What did I do, what happened to this script?"

Joseph's personality is usually very calm, and he seldom gets into trouble, but today he was really dizzy with anger. He raised his voice and said, "You don't know what's going on now? 'Sleepless in Seattle' also In the release, now major film companies are eager to invite you to star in their films, they are waving eight million, or even 10 million dollars in checks waiting for you to join, as long as you star in a movie of this level, you are truly If you succeed, you are a complete first-line actor, and then you can win the capital to fight against Tracy, and you can get everything you desire after rolling around in this circle for ten years!"

"Wait, you said it's because of the salary?" Hugo had to interrupt Joseph's anger. He felt that Joseph seemed to have misplaced the point, so he was about to explain, but he didn't want Joseph to raise his voice again and continued.

"Just because of the salary? Do you really think that I have become the most important thing? I know that the work is more important than the salary. Believe me, I have not forgotten this." Joseph was still very concerned about the two previous disputes between him and Hugo. I care about it, but I haven't had the opportunity to talk face-to-face, so I didn't say it. Today, I vented it directly through my anger.

"Remuneration refers to the opportunity you are facing now. You have the opportunity to reverse the disadvantage that has been after the Raspberry Awards and achieve real success. The remuneration is only one of the indicators. But now, you have given up this opportunity. , choose an indie film, get paid $300,000, oh god, you're destroying yourself, you're not even a TV star at this level, and Alex is now in 'Happy Family' The salary for each episode is $50,000. He only needs to appear in six episodes with a total of 120 minutes to get this salary. Do you know what the difference is? It's not just the salary, it's more One status, one opportunity!"

Joseph roared wildly, and Hugo finally understood what he meant. In fact, Joseph's point is that Hugo should now follow the success of "Smell the Fragrance and Know a Woman", "Righteous Sea Heroes" and "Sleepless in Seattle", and seize the opportunity of this big pay rise to raise his own worth. , After entering the $10 million salary club, the value will not easily come down. After that, even if Hugo is willing to reduce his salary to star in an independent film, there is no problem, because people will think that Hugo has taken a fancy to the script, or has a private relationship with the director and producer, which is very important for Hugo. The identity of the ten million club will not be affected.

But now, if the "Pulp Fiction" is taken over, Hugo means giving up this opportunity. Although it can be said that this opportunity has been pushed back, this is on the premise of the success of "Pulp Fiction"; if "Pulp Fiction" is successful; Pulp Fiction" failed, and perhaps Hugo would never have another chance like that.

Hugo's mind was spinning fast, and he also knew that Joseph was doing it for his own good. Although he was not so familiar with the operation of the Hollywood circle, when Quentin proposed a salary of 300,000 US dollars, Hugo knew that it was bound to be under enormous pressure. . It's just that Hugo knew that "Pulp Fiction" would be a success, so he wasn't worried at all; but Joseph didn't know, so Joseph didn't blame him for having such a reaction, because it was a sign that Joseph cared about his career prospects.

"Joe, have you ever thought that 'Pulp Fiction' might be a huge success?" Hugo knew that Joseph was in a fit of rage right now, and it was difficult for Joseph to calm down with a lengthy explanation, so he chose short but effective words to guide him Joseph.

But Joseph was really outraged today—for some reason Hugo hadn't realized yet, "Success? Yes, of course, every movie has a chance of success at the planning stage, and there is that movie. The company is willing to invest knowing that a plan will lose money. Everyone thought it would be a success before 'Hudson's Eagle' was filmed, and the result was not a complete failure. You have to pray that a project like 'Pulp Fiction' only invested 8 million US dollars. Do you know how small the chance of an independent film succeeding? It's even smaller than your chance of winning an Oscar next year!"

"Don't tell me the nonsense that the script is excellent, Quentin's first movie 'Reservoir Dogs' won a lot of praise, the whole film critics are applauding him, but what about the box office? Only 2.8 million US dollars, And this movie cost 1.2 million dollars! So, even if 'Pulp Fiction' is a fantastic script, don't expect it to be a box office hit."

Joseph's idea is actually the opinion of the entire film critics before the release of "Pulp Fiction", including the investors Weinstein Brothers, and even Quentin himself, which is not unusual.

"It's not that you can't accept a movie like this, but what you need now is a movie that can make you go to the front line!" Joseph tried hard to keep his calm, but the effect was very weak. Such Joseph made Hugo feel strange , Hugo couldn't even understand Joseph's monstrous anger - it was too abnormal, "Hugo, have you forgotten Tracy? If you seize this opportunity, how do you know how you will deal with her in the future? Just Because Quentin talked to you? Just because you and Quentin talked about ideals while drinking? Then you must be crazy, you are crazy!"

Joseph's soaring voice could be faintly heard even by Fu Jin, who was sitting next to him. You know, mobile phones are not that high-end now, and the range of the sound is very limited. It can be seen how high Joseph's anger is. Even Alfonso and others behind him could feel the process of the air gradually condensing.

Hugo was also annoyed by Joseph's irrational anger, "So what, so what do you want!" Hugo also raised his voice, "I don't know the key to your madness, first, I don't Signing; second, I didn't even promise Quentin to play. Even if I did, as long as I didn't sign the contract, it could still be salvaged. But now, what about your sanity? You can talk to me about this, why bother It's become so severe and complicated, I'm crazy? I think you must be crazy!"

Hugo really felt inexplicable. Although he could understand Joseph's concerns about his career prospects, everything had not been determined yet, and Joseph was so panicked, which was not like Joseph at all.

"Joe, what the hell is going on with you? It's only been a few months, and I almost don't know you anymore!" Hugo said angrily, the previous quarrel over "The Shawshank Redemption" originally accompanied that call. It's gone; but it happened again today, Joseph got into an argument with himself over "Pulp Fiction". If it was before, two people could sit down and have discussions and make decisions together, but why are there so many tensions between these two projects now?

"You don't know me anymore? Damn it! I don't know you anymore!" Joseph was stimulated by Hugo's words, and his anger was vented in an instant, "You don't remember Ron Mayer going to You? You didn't know that Lang was working on a project with Quentin recently? Don't tell me you don't know anything! So, you know these things, but you don't say a word, you don't mention a thing, it says What? What does that show!"

It turned out that the real source of the matter was here, and Hugo seemed to be able to see Lang's smug smile behind the whole incident.