When Joseph called, Hugo was ready to rest. After the band arrived in Jacksonville at noon, they had a performance in the afternoon and evening. After they came back, they practiced for three hours. Everyone was a little tired. At this time, when they received a call from Joseph, Hugo seemed a little overjoyed.

Hugo called Carl in the morning, and it has been at least twelve hours since Joseph called back, which really makes people feel uncomfortable. However, Joseph obviously knew that he had called back too late. When Hugo answered the phone, he apologized in a series of ways, "Sorry, I'm really sorry. Carl told me in the morning, but he never called you back. I'm really sorry."

Joseph did not make an excuse, but just apologized sincerely. Hugo breathed a long sigh, as if he had vented his inner depression. "Forget it, this is the case when you are busy at work." This is a fact, and Hugo also understood it very well. Joseph was very busy recently because of accepting new artists. Joseph was also in a state of high mental tension, so it was normal for him to omit some omissions. "But looking at you so busy at work, you know that things have been on track recently. I will remember that you owe me a meal."

"As long as it's not dinner, it's okay." Joseph breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Hugo say this and smiled again.

"How is it? Everything is going well recently?" Although Joseph is an agent, he is also a friend. Hugo still hopes that Joseph's career can develop better, so Hugo did not ask about "Shawshank's redemption" from the beginning, but started chatting with Joseph in a relaxed manner.

"Huh, I'm so busy that my shoes are about to catch fire." Joseph's voice could be heard, but he was still excited. He finally saw a bright future for his career, which naturally makes people energetic. "I signed the two newcomers I mentioned to you last time, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, but now I still have to train first. I'm looking for some TV series performance opportunities."

Promoting newcomers is the hardest. Carl used to find job opportunities for Charlize and Alex; now Joseph started his career as an actor for Matt and Ben. The agent must do everything possible to use the resources in his hands to find opportunities and stuff newcomers into it.

In fact, if Hugo has taken on new works now, Joseph would ask to put Matt or Ben in the movie during negotiations with the crew, even if it was just a small role, it would be feasible. This is also the most limited resource utilization method for big-name agents. But unfortunately, Hugo went on a road tour.

"In addition, Nick has been choosing scripts recently. I need to keep discussing and contacting the production company and discussing with Nick. Hey, I feel like even eating time is wasted." Although Joseph did not say the specific matter in detail, he could feel his thriving career prospects in just a few words.

But when Hugo heard this, he frowned, "Nick?" He didn't know when Joseph had such an actor, and he was also an actor who was choosing scripts?

"Nicolas Cage! Oh, God, didn't I tell you?" Joseph repeatedly patted his forehead. "Hugo, I won Nick's agency contract at the end of July. I am his agent now. I have been busy with his affairs recently. Didn't I tell you? Really!"

Nicholas Cage, this is definitely one of the most familiar Hollywood actors to Chinese audiences. His works have been introduced to China over the years as the highest number of all actors in Hollywood. He is the Oscar winner, but he is also known as the king of bad movies. His number of films is high enough to be a model worker, but his work standards are uneven and shameful.

Standing at the time of 1993, Nicholas has been in the film industry for thirteen years and has appeared in many works, including many works that have collaborated with many big-name directors. The outstanding performance of works such as "The Moonlight Smile" and "Vegas Honey Moon" has won him a lot of praise for acting. Director David Lynch's "Wild.at.heart" won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, and pushed Nicholas's acting career to a new peak.

Currently, Nicholas can also be regarded as one of the first-line actors in the circle. Although the box office appeal has not been proven, his overall strength and reputation are very solid and stable, and he has gained a foothold in the front line. Compared with Hugo, Hugo may have a little advantage in popularity. After all, "Yihai Xiong Feng" and "Seattle Night Sleeping" are both recent works; but in the minds of film production companies, Nicholas is undoubtedly a more powerful actor.

Unexpectedly, Nicholas actually signed Joseph, which was also the most successful signing in Joseph in more than two years of his career. Hugo could even imagine that as the internal struggle for power and profit within the international innovation company gradually became increasingly serious, after Joseph signed Nicholas, he would definitely become the target of the company's senior management, so Joseph's number of social engagements will definitely rise sharply recently.

Now it seems that Joseph's "busy" is worthy of his reputation. No wonder he has no time to reply to his phone number, no wonder he has neglected the "Shawshank Redemption"...

Hugo had a lot of thoughts in his head, but he didn't say it directly, but said with a smile, "We haven't had a phone call for nearly a month, so I only learned about this news today, but I really want to congratulate you, this is a huge improvement!"

But Joseph did not hear the irony in Hugo's words, or he heard it but deliberately ignored it. In short, he also chuckled and said repeatedly, "This is just the beginning, and there is still a long journey to work hard to come."

Today's Joseph is indeed very different. In the past, he was relatively serious, but today his laughter is much more than usual, and his tone is much gentler than before. There was no contact for a month, but Hugo felt that Joseph's changes exceeded his imagination.

Since Joseph had not heard anything about Hugo, Hugo put it down for the time being. Although he felt uncomfortable, after all, his good friend's career progress was still worth congratulations, so Hugo put all the mixed thoughts in his heart aside and finally returned to the key issues. "Today Frank called me, and he said he kept calling you, but couldn't contact you, so he had to contact me."

"Who?" Joseph didn't react at the first time, which made Hugo choke.

"Frank Drabont?'Shawshank's Redemption'?" Hugo explained with a wry smile.

Joseph then laughed awkwardly, "Yes, yes, I know." Joseph finally reacted at this moment, realizing that something was wrong, he completely forgot about "Shawshank's Redemption". In fact, he did receive two messages from Frank, but before the call was back, there were other things coming, and he forgot after being busy. Without the reminder of the secretary, Joseph was indeed a little stretched, "Sorry, Hugo, I'm really sorry."

Hugo originally thought that since Frank called himself and the matter was resolved. Joseph was indeed very busy recently and was understandable, so let it go. But then Hugo thought about it again. He always treated Joseph as a friend, and Joseph had never neglected his work in the past year. But now, Joseph is getting busy and there will be more and more communication about work in the future, so he still has to make it clear, which will be beneficial to the cooperation between the two in the future.

"Joe, I mentioned to you before that I hope to meet and talk to Frank once, but you never replied to Frank. No matter what your reason is, this is your dereliction of duty. In the past month, Frank took the initiative to contact you, but he couldn't even contact you. As my agent, you are very irresponsible. I hope you can understand that you are someone else's agent, but you are also my agent. Recently, there are not many jobs in my part, so you should do it in time." Hugo did not accuse him, but he spoke very directly and had no intention of striking around the bush, which made Joseph's cheeks suddenly burn.

Joseph knew it was his dereliction of duty, but he couldn't help but defend himself, "Hugo, I just think you are not that concerned about this script, otherwise you wouldn't have contacted me once in the past month, so I..."

"Joe, if I don't care about this script, will I ask you to contact Frank? Even if I really want to reject this script, you must contact Frank and officially convey my ideas, right? Frank couldn't contact you several times, and this is unreasonable." In an impulse, Hugo almost said, "If this is the case, what do I want you as an agent to do?", but he still endured it. He didn't want to make things even more irritating. After all, his previous cooperation with Joseph was very pleasant, and this time it was understandable.

Hugo took a few deep breaths, "The script is not the focus, the focus is your working attitude. I think you should know this more clearly than me." Hugo's words silenced Joseph, and Joseph also understood his dereliction of duty. Although Hugo's words were sharp and unpleasant, they were all facts.

The excitement between Joseph's eyebrows also settled down, and he rubbed his eyebrows, "Sorry, Hugo, it's my responsibility." Joseph vaguely realized that he was a little proud of this period, and this was the most unsatisfactory.
Chapter completed!