Superstar

Stepping out of the elevator, there is a huge glass door about five steps away on the left hand side, which can accommodate at least six people to enter side by side. Inside the glass door is a shadow wall with a light blue background dotted with navy blue fonts, cursive handwritten "Endeavor" "Elite Brokerage Company" immediately caught the eye. The tea-yellow hollow plywood is dotted around the shadow wall. It doesn't look gorgeous and cumbersome, but it reveals some elegance, and out of thin air some historical deposits and books.

Before the shadow wall is the huge service desk. At this moment, two people are sitting behind the arc-shaped reception desk. After seeing someone appearing at the elevator entrance, one of them stood up and greeted the arrival of the four with a bright and gentle smile. , "Good morning, Mr. Pence." The receptionists are obviously trained and know all the big names in Hollywood. "Rick has been looking forward to your arrival."

The kindness of the receptionist gave Roland and Dean a lot of peace of mind. Kevin's expression still maintained his usual calmness. He only listened to the receptionist proficiently saying, "Please follow me and take a break in the meeting room. K will visit you in the conference room soon."

Kevin also smiled politely, "Please lead the way."

By bypassing the screen wall, you can see the neatly planned office cubicle behind. The spacious and bright windows let the sunshine of Los Angeles fall without any hindrance. The office cubicle in front of you is not narrow. On the contrary, the field of vision is very clear. Take a closer look. It can be found that each office cubicle corresponds to the frosted glass office on both sides of the aisle. After a rough calculation, there are about 15 offices on this floor, with 30 office cubicles.

It seems that this floor is where the real top brokers of Endeavour Elite Brokerage Company work, and those cubicles are the desks of the assistants.

With just a meeting, Kevin can feel the company's ambitions. The entire office environment is designed to be very atmospheric. Even the most powerful innovative artist agency currently does not have this calmness and courage. It seems that the future goal of Endeavour Elite Brokerage Company is definitely not just the top Hollywood.

"Kevin." Dean patted Kevin's arm quietly. Kevin was looking at his surroundings calmly. He noticed that every office was two thirds of frosted glass on the top and one third on the bottom. With the transparent glass, not only can you vaguely see that the furnishings and designs of the office are completely different, but he also noticed a small wooden sign hung at the door of each office, which made him want to see for himself, and was a little distracted.

After receiving Dean's reminder, Kevin closed his gaze back, and then saw the oncoming Mark Canton, the CEO of Columbia Pictures.

At this moment, Mark’s face showed a clear look of surprise. He did not hide his expression, but proactively greeted him, “Ellen, I didn’t expect to see you here. Why, come to Los Angeles for vacation?” Obviously, Mark also knew Alan.

When Kevin was distracted, Alan's attention was very concentrated. He took the right hand extended by Mark and said politely and restrained, "This is not a city suitable for vacation." A simple sentence took him over. , Did not intend to answer Mark’s question, "How about you, are you here today to do business?"

When Mark rolled his eyes, he chuckled twice, "This is Los Angeles, one of my activities, I just drop by at random." He was completely haha, and then Mark's eyes met with Kevin. , The two competitors showed polite and perfunctory smiles, and even hugged each other, "It seems that you are very busy today, I won't bother you."

Mark didn't have the intention of spying on Kevin, and wisely avoided the core. Kevin was naturally very cooperative, "If you have something to do, let's go first, and come out to eat together another day."

Mark said hello to Allen again, then staggered past, lifted his foot and left. After entering the elevator, the smile on Mark's face was put away, and he muttered in a low voice, "Alan Strello, why did Kevin go with him..." Mark frowned. , Turned his head and said to his assistant, "This matter must be investigated. Kevin Pence is never a person without a plan."

Although the assistant standing on the side was very curious and wondered who this "Alan Strello" was, he knew that in Hollywood, you should never take the initiative to ask for news, because you often hear news that you shouldn't know. Really smart people can hear many, many news as long as they put their ears up.

At this time, Kevin also turned his mind twice. Although there were outsiders nearby, he could not exchange opinions with Ellen and Roland, but he already wanted to. He doesn't believe in coincidences, especially in the case of Endeavour Elite Brokerage, where only one of a hundred coincidences may be true. In other words, the encounter between Mark and him was obviously Rick’s arrangement, but why?

In the past few years, the Columbia Film Industry under the leadership of Mark has been infinitely successful, but it has taken a sharp turn since last year. In 1994, Columbia Pictures did not have a work with more than 100 million yuan in the whole year. It's nothing more than a complete failure. So far this year, there is only one "Game of the Brave" worth mentioning. Before "Game of the Brave", the highest grossing box office was only the "Jedi Men" who won 65 million.

It can be said that the status quo of Columbia Pictures is even worse than that of Twentieth Century Fox.

Mark has been trying to build a good relationship with Hugo, especially after the terrible defeat of "Wolf" to "Life and Death" in the summer file last year, but it is a pity that Mark's method is always wrong, and he has not been able to reach a cooperation so far. Mark is here today, what on earth is it for?

Several thoughts flashed through Kevin’s mind. He remembered that Columbia Pictures had a project called "Men in Black". This project not only invested 90 million US dollars, but also invited Steven Spielberg to serve as Producer, as early as last year, invited Hugo to star, but unfortunately because the script was too bad, Hugo directly returned the goods-Hugo still refused in Steven's face.

In addition, Columbia Pictures is currently planning more than 80 million projects, at least three.

Kevin’s temples couldn’t help but jump twice. Obviously, this was Rick’s distraction. No matter what Mark and Rick were talking about, what is certain is that 20th Century Fox is not Hugo’s only choice, and it’s better than For the desperate Columbia Pictures, perhaps their conditions are not the best. Although Kevin knew that this was Rick's negotiation method, he had to buy it, because Hugo is now a buyer's market, and there is still no semicolon for this one.

Originally, Kevin felt that he had shown enough sincerity to come to the Endeavour Elite Brokerage Company in person today, but now it seems that Rick has no plans to buy it. Kevin has a hunch that today's negotiations will not go smoothly.

In the blink of an eye, the thoughts in Kevin's mind had already turned several times. After entering the conference room, he whispered to Roland, "Change to the second plan."

Roland's face couldn't help but was stunned. They had just sat down, and Kevin had already stepped back. However, Kevin immediately turned his head. There was no plan to discuss in depth. Roland knew that things were definitely not that simple. This made Roland a little nervous.

As soon as a group of four people sat down without even bringing coffee, Rick and Joseph had already appeared at the door of the conference room. At least from the etiquette point of view, Rick is still in place.

"Sorry, there have been some errors in my schedule. I was not able to go out to greet you personally. I'm sorry." Rick said sincerely with a deep apology on his face. This made Roland and Dean relax a little vigilance. , But Kevin and Allen tightened up a little bit instead.

Nothing in the mall is that simple. Even if it is a coincidence, it must be treated with a correct attitude, otherwise Kevin's plans for the past six months may fall to nothing.

"Is Hugo okay today?" After the greeting, Allen looked around and asked politely with a gentle smile.

Rick looked at Joseph, and Joseph calmly said, “I’m the manager of Hugo, Joseph Gibbs. Today Hugo participated in a charity event and he was a volunteer. Since there was no way to be there, he let I apologize, and I hope that next time he has the opportunity to invite you to dinner and express my apologies face to face."

Charity events and commercial blockbuster talks are not difficult to choose, but Hugo chose the former. And this excuse also prevents Kevin from complaining-he can't always say "Hugo shouldn't do charity". However, Kevin has been mentally prepared. He is not surprised at all for this situation. He sighed inwardly. He doesn't know which link went wrong~www.wuxiaspot.com~ but the current situation The difficult situation cannot be ignored.

Although Kevin grasped Hugo's psychology and formulated a huge plan, Kevin had never really understood Hugo's thoughts, so he could not understand the psychological state at this moment. However, this does not prevent Kevin from working hard to deal with it, "It’s okay, it’s okay, this is just an interview. Originally, we just wanted to talk to Hugo about his views on the script, and our screenwriter came here in person, if If you have any ideas, you can communicate directly on the spot. However, I think Joseph's appearance must have come with Hugo's opinion, so there is no problem at all."

Kevin was very calm, but the other three people showed disappointed expressions. Obviously Hugo's absence showed that he did not pay attention to this cooperation, especially Alan’s blue eyes. Disappointed, even the eyebrows can't help but frown, and the whole person seems to be dispirited.

"In fact, Hugo is not satisfied with the script, he is not very interested in the script." Joseph's answer made everyone look at it, and Kevin looked at Rick for the first time. Ke still had a polite smile on his face, "Kevin, don't tell me, do you expect such a script to impress Hugo?"

Rick's full firepower without any concealment made this negotiation fall into a quagmire from the beginning.