"Hey, Rick." Hugo grabbed Rick's right hand, and Rick patted his shoulder, signaling him to sit down with Joseph on the sofa, and said, "It seems that I have saved a cup of coffee." This made Hugo laugh.

"Have you finished talking about the matter?" Hugo looked at the office. It was about the same space as Lang, and it was also a whole wall of floor-to-ceiling windows, blue sky and white clouds, and the cityscape of the tall buildings was very spectacular.

Rick is an American man with a not-tall figure. Perhaps because of the Indians in his blood, his skin is relatively dark, and he looks dark and thin and short, very inconspicuous. However, he has a pair of particularly bright eyes, which can easily make people ignore his appearance and focus on his conversation. Unlike Lang's strength, Rick is more like an agent who is still working diligently on the 17th floor, rather than the elite vampires of the 23th floor.

But if you are deceived by Rick's appearance, you will make a big mistake. Rick is the backbone of the international innovation management company. His business in the whole year last year could rank among the top five within the company, which was no match for Lang. At the beginning of this year, Rick officially became a partner of the company.

Those who can achieve such results in the brokerage industry will definitely not be honest people.

"Actually nothing is wrong. I just became an intermediary." Rick's smile was not big, and he was bending out of a curve with those small eyes. He looked very friendly and had an indescribable affinity. Then Rick looked at Joseph, "I will give you the opportunity to announce the answer."

Joseph did not refuse too much, and faced Hugo's inquiring eyes, the excitement between his eyebrows shone in his eyes, "Do you know Sidney Pollack?"

"Of course." Hugo nodded without hesitation. Although he met Sidney from the movie "The Reader", Sidney, the famous director, has more famous classic works, such as "Out of Africa (out.of.af Japanese), such as "Mr. Duss (toot private e), and "the past feelings (the.way.we.we". He is definitely one of the best directors in American film history.

"This time Paramount is preparing for a novel adaptation script, and Sidney was chosen as director." Joseph's tone rose slightly, revealing his inner joy. Obviously, he had not finished speaking. "The adaptation script has been confirmed to be written by Robert Downey (robert.towne).

"Robert Downey?" Hugo is not a question, but a repeated confirmation statement.

Robert Downey is not the father of the famous Robert Downey Jr., and they have no relationship. Robert Downey Jr.'s father Robert Downey Sr. is an independent film director and producer. The Robert Downey here is a famous Hollywood director and screenwriter. The classic scripts he wrote include "The Male and Female Robber (Bonnie.and.clyde), "Chinatown", "Thunder Ambition (days.of.t Mixed)" and so on.

As you can imagine, the cooperation between Sidney and Robert is definitely the top lineup.

At this time, Paramount was experiencing a period of pain. After a long period of downturn, it made a comeback and returned to the top ranks of Hollywood. However, the iconic iron triangle that led Paramount to the revival was broken by Disney. Disney poached the iron triangle. The second one: Jeffrey Katzenberg and Michael Eisner, which put Paramount in a low point again.

In this case, inviting big names like Sidney and Robert to cooperate with a project can clearly see Paramount's ambitions. Sure enough, Joseph's next words confirmed Hugo's conjecture, "It was Robert Paramount who made a budget of $60 million to invest in this project."

"Wow, is this another 'Terminator'?" Hugo was surprised by the cost budget.

If it was just time traveling in January this year, Hugo would say "this little investment", because there were countless investments of over 100 million US dollars after the 21st century, and works with a cost of more than 200 million are common. But after a year of adaptation here, Hugo knew that in the current film market, the cost of over 50 million is a big production, and it is rare.

So, Paramount actually made a budget of 60 million yuan. Hugo's first reaction was action movies with very complex special effects, which were also one of the most popular genre films in the early 1990s.

"No, it's another 'Yihai Xiongfeng'." The answer was Rick, who gave Joseph an apology smile, "I'll talk about the script." He certainly did not talk to Joseph in detail. After all, Joseph had just arrived, so Rick must be familiar with it. "This is about a young man who graduated from Harvard Law School. After entering a law firm, he received a lot of preferential treatment, but he then discovered that the company was actually involved with the underworld, so he was involved in a case that attracted the attention of the Ministry of Justice."

"Another lawyer?" Hugo immediately understood, which was why Rick said, "It was another 'Yihai Shengfeng'."

"Yes." Rick nodded in affirmation, "Now they're just starting casting, and all the characters are starting from scratch. Sidney has heard about your outstanding performance in "Yihai Xiongfeng", so I hope you can audition."

"Me?" Although Hugo was mentally prepared, he was still a little surprised after hearing Rick say it. After all, "Yihai Xiongfeng" has not been released yet, so he did not expect that the opportunity would come so soon.

Rick was amused by Hugo's surprised expression, but his smile was still not big, but he just outlined a larger curve, and his eyes were narrowed into a slit, "Hugo, you know, this circle is actually very small, very small." Speaking later, Rick also pinched his thumb and index finger together as if he was pinching a strand of hair, expressing his meaning strongly.

After Hugo finished filming "Smelling the Fragrance and Knowing Women", he got the audition for "Yihai Xiongfeng" because of his outstanding performance. In the end, Hugo relied on his own efforts to seize it. Now, Hugo has received more attention because of the outstanding performance of "Yihai Xiongfeng". Coupled with the positive reaction caused by "Smelling the Fragrance and Knowing Women" after the release, the opportunity really came to his door.

Compared to before, Hugo's status has changed quietly, and now auditions have been automatically sent to Joseph. This is a great improvement, and it is even more rare to invest 60 million Paramount Pictures' big move.

"Wow." Hugo made a sound of joy without covering up. The positive impact of "smelling fragrance to recognize women" recently made Hugo overjoyed, and today's opportunity was even more icing on the cake. "I'm still thinking that I haven't had any invitations to come to my house for half a year, and Joseph should be anxious."

"Are you sure you're not in a hurry?" Joseph was in the mood to argue with Hugo at this time. Although Joseph said that Hugo had a good rest in the past few months, without any auditions, Joseph's uneasiness began to gradually grow as time progressed. But now, after the release of "Smelling the Scent of the Scent", everything has begun to get on track, which is better.

"Rick, thank you, thank you really." Hugo repeatedly expressed his gratitude. In fact, Rick is not Hugo's agent, so he has no need to help. This is different from finding a house. This is a job opportunity. To put it bluntly, money is reputation. Rick's free help is indeed admirable. The gap between Lang and Rick immediately emerged.

"No, I've already remembered in my notepad that you owe me a meal." Rick said with a smile, and Hugo and Joseph laughed out loud, "Actually, you don't have to care too much. Sidney asked me for Joseph's phone number, and then I helped me contact, that's all. You know, even if I don't want to tell him, he can contact the company, and the final result is still the same. So to be precise, I didn't help much."

Rick said honestly, "Besides, we are still competitors. I have actors under my command to audition. So, don't rush to thank me, maybe my actors will defeat you and get the role by then."

Hugo couldn't help laughing, but when he mentioned this, he woke up some of Hugo's memory, "Rick, I just saw Tracy in Long's office, and seemed to be discussing important matters. Is it Sidney's project?" It's not that Hugo has paranoia for his pest, but this time was a bit too coincidental?

"Oh, no. Tracy and Lang are talking about a Universal Studios cooperation project." Rick said simply, but Hugo still had some doubts in his sight, such as why Tracy said that Long mentioned himself in front of him, and whether Tracy had a relationship with the producer leader of Universal Studios at the Waldorf Hotel before. However, Rick obviously did not intend to ask Hugo to continue asking questions, and directly ignored Hugo's eyes and continued, "I have just given Sidney's contact information. Even if this project is told to you, I have to work hard on the rest. As a competitor, I will not provide any help."

"Of course." Joseph took over the topic with a smile. He also noticed Hugo's distractedness, but now he is no longer surprised. "You haven't told me what the name of this project is yet!"

"Oh, look at my memory, I'm old." Rick patted his head, took a script from his desk, and placed it in front of Joseph, "'The.firm', this is the script, my copy. If you want it, you can ask Sidney to get it. Moreover, this is an adaptation of the original novel, you can go and read the original one."

"John.g.jsham's novel of the same name?" Joseph remembered last year's best-selling novel of the same name. After receiving Rick's confirmation, Joseph saw Paramount Pictures' determination to do a big fight this time.
Chapter completed!