After the phone was hung up, Hugo held the brick and jumped excitedly, muttering, "Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson". This rhythmic and melodious performance sounded like rap. Even if Hugo didn't dance directly in the hall, it made people feel his excitement.

Charlize looked at the funny pink slippers on Hugo's feet and couldn't help laughing, "You really should see what you are now." The little bit of random thoughts just now disappeared, turning into a wisp of smoke and dust that settled deep in his heart, disappearing.

"Joker?" Hugo was very self-aware and said with a laugh, which made Charlize nod. However, Hugo didn't mind at all, and he was still jumping on his own, making Charlize laugh constantly.

At this time, the sound of the car horn came outside the window, and Hugo smiled and pointed out the window, "Mr. Perfect is here."

Charlize realized that she had just sat here and made fun of Hugo. Time flew quickly, and she didn't bother to find shoes. She tiptoed and rushed directly into the room, quickly changed into a sweater and jeans, and walked downstairs with her coat.

Looking at Charlize's rapid movement, Hugo couldn't help but be amazed. It seemed that other women would take a long time to prepare for the trip, but Charlize was always very fast and not a woman at all, but this is indeed an advantage worthy of recognition. But if you think about it carefully, Charlize always spent too long in the bathroom, which proves that she was still a woman after all.

Hugo walked to the window and saw Charlize sitting in the car with a smile on his face. Mr. Perfect handed her a cup of coffee, then reversed out of the warehouse and prepared to leave. Charlize saw Hugo through the window and waved his hand with a smile. Hugo picked up the stiffness of the corner of his mouth, and also showed a smile, watching the car leave.

Hugo stood by the window for a while until the car completely disappeared on the trail and paused for a while before he came to his senses. He realized that he had woken up so early today, not only because it was too noisy outside, but because he made an appointment with Quentin Tarantino this morning.

After looking at the clock, Hugo quickly packed up. In just ten minutes, including washing, Hugo quickly left the house. As expected, two paparazzi remained at the door. Hugo didn't have time to pay attention to them, and jogged straight towards Sunset Square.

Samora actually lives on the street next door, and it takes less than five minutes to walk by. However, Hugo did not wake up Samora, but instead used jogging and ran all the way to Sunset Avenue. Ten minutes later, he saw Quentin sitting by the window of the "Intellectual Cafe".

When the waiter at the coffee house saw Hugo walking in, he immediately showed a familiar smile, "Good morning, Hugo." Hugo also waved his hand and said hello, "Is it still the routine?"

Hugo glanced at the small blackboard of the barista today's menu next to him, nodded, and pointed to Quentin's position, "I'm sitting there." He walked over and looked at Quentin with a smile, "Sorry, I'm late."

Quentin's iconic horse face showed a big smile, "No, I'm here early, there are still seven minutes before our agreed time." Quentin pointed to the other person sitting next to him and gave a brief introduction to the two people, "Roland.perkin, Hugo Lancaster; Hugo Lancaster, Roland Parker."

Hugo also shook hands with Roland. Roland looked almost fifty years old, with a kind light flashing in his eyes. Hugo knew his identity, but just said hello and sat down. Quentin controlled the rhythm of the conversation, "So, why did you find such a coffee house really special?"

"I discovered it accidentally during an interview." Since last time I met Nicholas McCellan at the "Intellectual Coffee House", Hugo has often come here, and from time to time I come here to look for some fresh coffee beans, but I am familiar with the clerk. "Most of the people who come here are white-collar workers, everyone is very quiet, and there are few people in the industry, which is a very suitable place to talk."

"The coffee here is really great. Although I don't know much about coffee, the aroma is charming enough." Quentin said with a smile, "I came here today to hand over the contract to you. Your agent acted very quickly this time. After the legal department reviewed it, he called me yesterday and told me to send it directly to you to sign."

Hugo nodded with a smile, "Have the boot date been confirmed?"

Although Joseph did not contact Hugo this time, it was still Anna who called, but it was true that Joseph's actions suddenly accelerated, and the contract for "Pulp Novel" was quickly checked. After Miramax's company was stamped first, Joseph asked Quentin to come directly to Hugo to sign.

When Anna called Hugo to talk about the situation yesterday, Hugo was full of question marks. Although Joseph's actions were actually nothing abnormal, they just accelerated the speed, Hugo always felt that something had changed, but unfortunately he couldn't tell any of them.

At the beginning, Hugo left behind both the scripts "Speed ​​of Life and Death" and "Pulp Novel". He originally thought that Joseph would insist on filming "Speed ​​of Life and Death" first. At least the film invested 28 million US dollars, and the 8 million US dollars in pay and box office dividends allowed, which was obviously more in line with Joseph's value orientation, but he did not expect that now the "Pulp Novel" was determined first, and the "Speed ​​of Life and Death" was naturally temporarily shelved.

Hugo had heard before that the competition for the male protagonist of "life and death speed" is very fierce, so Hugo temporarily put it aside, which probably means passing by this script. This means that Joseph gave up "life and death speed" and followed Hugo's meaning and chose "pulp novels".

Is this a silent protest? But it's not like... Hugo always feels something abnormal, but there is no clear idea.

Hugo flipped over the contract, with a pay of 250,000 US dollars, and a box office dividend of 20%, while the box office bottom line was reduced to three million. It can be seen that Joseph had a tug-of-war with the Weinstein brothers, striving for Hugo to maximize its benefits or minimize Hugo's losses as much as possible.

After confirming, Hugo did not hesitate anymore and signed his name at the end of the contract. In this way, "Pulp Novels" was confirmed as Hugo's next work. In fact, Hugo's speed of filming was very fast. It was only half a year before the completion of "Schindler's List" and he immediately entered the next crew, which also proved Hugo's current market trend.

"I went on the phone with your assistant Samora yesterday. He said you will attend the Junjie Music Festival in the next week and there will be no schedule after the end. So, what do you think we will start the computer on the 20th?" Quentin said carefully, obviously asking for Hugo's opinion.

Hugo could clearly feel that Quentin, a gangster, took great pains to make himself appear in "Pulp Novels". He smiled, "I thought you would turn on the film after Christmas."

Quentin shrugged, "You know, after Christmas is New Year, after New Year is awards ceremony and so on, it's always hard to find a proper time, so it's better to get a little earlier. Of course, the crew will have a holiday on Christmas Day, after all, this is an annual family day."

"I thought Thanksgiving was the day for family, and Christmas was the day for shops." Hugo's teasing made Quentin laugh, and Roland, who had been sitting next to him, laughed, "Then it's the day for the first time. The crew has been postponed for so long, so I can't continue to retreat."

"No, no, in fact, even if you sign the contract in advance, our crew will not be able to leave the filming." Quentin said with a smile, "Because we have encountered some difficulties in choosing actors in other roles. You know, a low-cost independent movie." This truthful sentence made Hugo laugh out loud.

After confirming the start date of "Pulp Novel", Quentin suddenly relaxed and even looked eager to try it out. But at this time, Quentin noticed Roland sitting next to him, and quickly turned his head and picked up the coffee with a smile. "I don't know much about coffee, I only know some fur. However, Roland knows a lot. He just said that the coffee beans here are very good, and it is a rare high-quality coffee bean sales place in Los Angeles. It is much better than that...."

Quentin looked at Roland, and Roland said with a smile, "Starbucks."

"Yes, it's much better than Starbucks." Quentin nodded repeatedly.

To be honest, Quentin's technique of transferring topics is really rough. He is obviously transferring the topic to Roland, hoping that Hugo can talk to Roland. This surprised Hugo, because Roland has never spoken. He thought Roland was Quentin's agent, or the spokesperson of the Weinstein brothers, or the representative of Miramax, who was signed for the "Pulp Novel", but now it seems not.

Hugo glanced at Quentin, and the gangster turned his gaze away uneasyly, picked up the coffee cup to cover up his embarrassment. Although Hugo and Quentin were friends, they were not very familiar with each other after all, so Hugo could not find an answer with his eyes. He simply looked at Roland straightforwardly, "So, Mr. Parkin is very knowledgeable about coffee?"

"Please call me Roland." Roland said with a smile. He seemed to understand Hugo's doubts, calmly took out a business card from his pocket and handed it to Hugo.
Chapter completed!