Hugo expected to meet Joseph today before coming to the lunch party. After all, this was a party that Joseph took the initiative to send Samora. The performance of Lang, Rick and Marvin just now proved that Joseph's concerns were correct. Now the entire company is in turmoil, and even Henry, who has not returned to the company for a long time, has been affected.

However, Hugo didn't know what Joseph had for him to come. If it were in the past, Hugo would have thought that Joseph was just warning him, but what happened in the past two months made Hugo lose all confidence.

The first person to speak was Joseph, "Come? Do you have time to talk?" After receiving Hugo's nod, Joseph continued, "Go to the conference room to talk." After that, he turned around and walked towards the conference room behind him.

Hugo did not hesitate and followed Joseph's footsteps. Although he and Joseph had a lot of unpleasant experience in the past two months, Hugo would not deny that they were just a conflict of ideas. Joseph did not do anything that was really unfavorable to him. Whether it was the publicity work of "almost famous" or the signing of "pulp novels", including other work arrangements, Joseph did not make any mistakes. More importantly, compared to people like Lang, Rick, Marvin, Hugo was more willing to believe Joseph.

Hugo followed Joseph into the conference room, but Samora did not follow in. It was a small conference room, which was the space for ten people to hold meetings. Joseph watched the conference room door closed, but didn't know how to speak. He had realized that he had made a big mistake in the past period of time, and now all his thoughts were clear.

Although Joseph still couldn't understand Hugo's "pulp novel" at this time, although Joseph still insisted that his duty as an agent was to give Hugo the best opinion and disputes were inevitable, Joseph knew that if he had not only cared about his own work, if they had not communicated enough, if he had not thought calmly after he believed the rumors... things would not have become so bad.

Alfonso was right. Hugo never fired himself, and this was Hugo's best answer. Joseph knew that if he was an artist, his agent had made so many mistakes in the past few months, and he would have fired the agent. But Hugo did not. So, Joseph knew very clearly that Hugo always regarded himself as a friend, but he had let down Hugo's expectations.

Joseph witnessed everything about Uma at the time, so Joseph knew more about how bastard he was. He would not pray for Hugo's forgiveness because he did not think he was qualified. Joseph remembered that his contract with Hugo would end in April, so he would do his job seriously next time. As for whether Hugo wanted to change his agent, he would not interfere anymore.

All the words of apologizing had already flowed to his mouth, but Joseph could not speak. He knew that as long as he voluntarily admitted his mistake, Hugo would not continue to pursue it, just as if he had missed the "Shawshank Redemption", but Joseph did not think he had the qualification to beg Hugo for forgiveness. So, in the end, Joseph swallowed the apology.

Joseph did not speak, nor did Hugo speak, which made the conference room a little deserted. This was the first time that the two people had formally met since they had a dispute in early November, but the distance between the two people had been invisibly farther away. The lack of communication for two months made the atmosphere between the two people agitated and solemn, as if the naked eye could see the air slowly freezing.

"Cough," Joseph coughed lightly, breaking the silence of the room. This little sound made the almost solidified air in the room slightly relax. The lively lunch party outside the conference room seemed to have quietly come to the outside of a wall, giving the air a little more vitality. Joseph glanced at Hugo, and then spoke in anger, "Uma is attending an audition recently. She needs your help, so she can use you to hype the news, so you should pay attention."

Hugo originally thought that Joseph was going to tell him about internal affairs, but he didn't expect that Joseph reminded him about Uma as soon as he came up, which made Hugo a little stunned, "Is this what you want to tell me?"

Joseph was not very understanding when he saw Hugo's surprise, but he nodded, "You know, Uma has been hyping your news in the media recently, and you are working together to shoot a movie together. She wants to find paparazzi to secretly shoot news and create explosive points. This is not a difficult thing. You don't like this, I know..." Joseph simply explained that this is also the thing he has been most worried about recently.

When Joseph learned that Uma took the initiative to speak for Hugo in an interview with the media, he rang an alarm in his heart, conducted some investigations behind his back, and soon found clues. Although he had not been in contact with Hugo for two months, Joseph knew that he had to remind Hugo that he did not want to see Uma's woman disturb Hugo's life again, which was a friend's obligation.

"Uma has two very important projects recently. One project has entered the last round of screening. I heard that there are only three candidates left. Uma is one of them. This is a work that cooperates with Barry Levinson, called 'rebellion, sex, harassment'. You know, this is Levinson's work..." Joseph simply said that Barry and Hugo collaborated on two of their debut "Little Restaurant".

Although Barry had already won the Oscar for Best Director by relying on "Rain Man" at this time, it is no longer the same as before, and the "small restaurant" was also a work eleven years ago, Barry had a very good impression of Hugo and his relationship has always been well maintained. Therefore, if Uma wants to cooperate with Barry, using Hugo as a breakthrough, it is indeed a good choice.

Joseph looked at Hugo and found that Hugo didn't seem to be too surprised. He just lit his chin slightly, which made Joseph a little anxious. He believed that Uma must be planning something behind his back now, and Hugo still didn't seem nervous at all. Joseph couldn't help but worry even more, "You must pay attention to Uma. I think her real goal should be 'speed of life and death', which is the script you left behind last time."

Hugo raised his eyebrows slightly. Unexpectedly, Joseph has been investigating a lot of things behind his back recently, which reminds Hugo of what Carl mentioned last time: Joseph is very busy recently.

But Joseph did not notice Hugo's subtle expression changes, but continued in one breath, "Although you took on the 'Pulp novel' first, 20th Century Fox still hopes you can play it. At present, the male lead is locked on you, Bruce Willis, Tom Cruise and Keanu Reeves. You are always their first choice. They have been in touch with me all the time."

"It's just that there are some problems with the choice of the heroine. Since the hero has never been able to determine it, Halle.berry rejected the heroine's invitation. Now 20th Century Fox does not have a clear concept of the heroine. The news I found out is that Uma wants to win the heroine role. Of course, the best result is that you play and then let her act together, first in "pulp novels", then in "life and death speed"...Barabala..." Joseph did not continue, just briefly described it, but the whole picture suddenly became clear.

At this time, Hugo finally understood why Uma began to send out positive and friendly signals when the cast of "Pulp Novels" was determined, and why Uma worked so hard to release goodwill to herself, and even her whole emotions collapsed. It turned out that it was just because the chips were too huge this time, and she was the most effective shortcut to win.

Now everything is explained.

Joseph's expression at Hugo was always faint, and he didn't seem too surprised. If it were the past, Joseph would definitely yell at Hugo directly, "You must pay attention to that bitch." But now, although Joseph was worried, he could not express his inner thoughts freely. The two seemed to have returned to the simple cooperative relationship that happened after the Golden Raspberry Award.

After thinking about it, Joseph made sure that Hugo had listened to it, so he gave up and said something more, but changed the topic, "And that's right, uh...you know, the company's internal disputes have been very serious recently. Marvin has pulled Mel Gibson under its jurisdiction, and Michael Douglas."

"Oh." Hugo was in pain unexpectedly. Mel Gibson and Michael Douglas were both the biggest artists under Lang. This had a fatal impact on Lang. It was probably because Lang had lost his appetite recently.

"Now Marvin has started to contact Arnold Schwarzenegger, Eddie Murphy, and Julia Roberts." Joseph's words made Hugo's pupils begin to magnify. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Eddie Murphy are the top actors under Rick Rosen. Hugo doesn't remember who Julia Roberts is, but she is undoubtedly one of the biggest actresses in the international innovation management company. Marvin's actions are indeed becoming more and more frequent now, and even Rick, who has always been calm, has to start taking the initiative.

"That day, Rick and I mentioned that if things get worse and worse, he won't sit still and wait for death. He is considering the possibility of an independent portal recently." As soon as Joseph finished speaking, Hugo was shocked and couldn't help but take a breath. Rick was indeed a person who did big things, and if he didn't make a sound, he would have made a big splash.

When Marvin was still engaging in internal conflicts, Rick was already planning to split the company. However, this was caused by Marvin himself, so we cannot blame Rick. Moreover, Hugo estimated that Lang also had his own little plan behind him. They worked hard to run the company to one of the top three Hollywood existences. Now, Marvin will divide their power and interests as soon as he comes back, and no one will surrender.

"Rick just gave me a little bit of a word. He mainly wanted to hear what you mean." Joseph finished the rest of the words, and the conference room fell into silence again.
Chapter completed!