Although Joseph was still calm when facing Carl, Joseph did not have the ability to quibble when facing Hugo. I have to say that Joseph breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. The knot that had been tightly held finally loosened at this moment, and then slowly untied, as if a big rock in his heart finally fell down, and his whole body felt much more relaxed.

Hugo looked at Joseph with his eyebrows stretching out in front of him, and he could even hear the crisp sound of the big rock on Joseph's shoulder falling to the ground, which also made Hugo feel a little more relaxed. If friendship needs to be maintained by guilt and apology, then the true friendship will sooner or later disappear silently in the tempering of time, and eventually drift away gradually. In fact, it is not just friendship, but any relationship is like this. Love and family affection are also included. It is impossible to rely on negative emotions to support it.

The so-called forgiveness and forgiveness are not only about letting go of the other party, but also about letting yourself go. This is probably what it means.

"So, what are you going to do about Joe, Cage, Damon, Affleck?" Hugo told the core of the problem without any concealment. Recently, Joseph has only taken care of Hugo and ignored his career. Now he has fallen into a precarious situation, which is not a good sign.

Joseph glanced at Hugo in annoyance and muttered, "I told him not to say anything."

"You can't blame Superman." Hugo immediately knew that Joseph was talking about Carl. If Carl hadn't told him about this, Hugo wouldn't understand the situation yet. "He was also worried about you. On the contrary, I'm very glad that he told me because I don't want to be the one who caused your career failure, and I wouldn't make your previous mistakes again."

Hugo's relaxed teasing made Joseph laugh helplessly. He knew that Hugo was joking. This incident was completely different from the previous ones. Although Joseph had been busy with Hugo's affairs recently, this was his own choice and had no connection with Hugo, so naturally it cannot be said that Hugo ruined Joseph's career. On the contrary, Joseph's career was achieved by Hugo.

Joseph smiled and shook his head, "Don't feel too good about yourself. The reason I didn't deal with this..." At this point, Joseph paused, and hesitated whether he should tell Hugo about this, because he wasn't sure what he thought, "That's because... I've actually been wondering recently whether I'm not suitable to be an agent."

Hugo had never expected Joseph's answer, and the shock on his face was revealed directly, "Uh, what?"

"You heard what I said." After saying it, Joseph chuckled, not heavy or sad, with a little relaxed expression, "You know, before taking over you, I could only be considered an intern, my experience is even shallower than Superman. I have no knowledge or ability in the agency industry. Many agents are assistants, or have worked hard with senior agents, but I have not experienced these parts. I just studied with Lang for several months, but the so-called study, you should know Lang..."

Speaking of this, Joseph and Hugo both looked at each other and laughed.

"You are my first artist. To be honest, when I just took over you, the only thing I learned was to clean up the mess for you, but those reporters didn't listen to me, and I didn't know how to use the media. I could only be led by the media, and things got worse and worse." Joseph recalled the years in 1991, which was really terrible, but now, he can say that memory with a smile, which is a kind of growth.

Joseph paused for a moment, and when he recalled those days, he felt a lot. In a blink of an eye, three years passed. He now has his own understanding of the work of an agent, but it is precisely because of this that Joseph thought more. Perhaps, he is really not an excellent agent.

"You know, I made almost all possible mistakes in my job as an agent." Joseph said this, his smile was a little bitter. No one could face his mistakes so calmly. It was not easy. "I don't have any ability to fight back against reporters, which makes things even more terrible; being late on the first day of filming in the crew caused you to fall into a dilemma; facing the provocation of reporters, you are helpless, and in the end you still have to clean up the mess..."

Listening to Joseph's words, Hugo wanted to deny it, but this time, Joseph stopped Hugo, but instead continued with a wry smile, which made Hugo feel powerless.

"Faced with Tracy and Lang's conspiracy, I can't think of an effective solution. First, it was the 'sugar-coated trap' and then the 'death of destiny'. One work was missed like this, and I was completely in a passive state of being beaten." Joseph also felt helpless when he said this. If it were now, Joseph had countless ways to deal with Tracy, Lang and Martin's plan, and it would never have been possible to put things into a deadlock. On the contrary, he could even fight back. But this was just "if".

Joseph deeply felt the heavy price he paid in his growth as an agent, which was why he questioned himself because the tuition fee was too expensive and heavy. "But the problem is that I didn't realize the seriousness of the problem at that time. After success, I was complacent and missed the 'Shawshank redemption'. The mistake was entirely in me. The misunderstandings we made afterwards were all because of my arrogance that controlled the whole situation. It can be said that, yes, that's it, I messed up everything."

"But, Joe, you can't look at the problem like this." Hugo finally found a gap and interrupted, "Any mistake has many reasons. If you say you didn't handle the problem well, did I perform well? Look at the bad way I deal with it when facing reporters' provocations, Oh God, I feel incredible when I think about it now." Hugo said seriously, "We are all growing up. The Hollywood circle is too complicated. No one is a genius. Once you come in, you can get along well and be versatile. This is all about learning."

Hugo really had a deep feeling about this. When he traveled to Los Angeles, things were too strange and bizarre. One day he was still a young boy who was preparing to participate in the Midi Rock Festival; one day later, he became an actor who had a place in Hollywood. This earth-shaking change took Hugo a long time to adapt. In Hollywood's colorful Vanity Fair, Hugo was completely a naughty person. He also stumbled all the way to the present, and it was not easy to go along the way.

This is also the reason why Hugo can fully understand Joseph, not only because they are friends, but they have been together to this day; but also because Hugo can empathize and experience everything Joseph faces.

"You can say that." Joseph shrugged, but he knew that this was because of Hugo's understanding of him. If it were someone else, he might have lost his job long before the Golden Globes broke out. "But the problem is, Hugo, I really have very little help to your career development."

"'Smelling the fragrance and knowing women' is a group audition, 'Yihai Xiongfeng' is the introduction of Pacino, Nicholson's recommendation; 'Seattle Night' is matched by Reiner; and 'Schindler', you know, this is Super Al's credit; as for 'Pulp novels' and 'life and death speed', these are also your choices."

As Joseph said, he found that his confidence was decreasing sharply. "Look, Hugo, I didn't provide you with any help. Others think that these job opportunities are all obtained for you, and they are sure of my vision. But the problem is that these job opportunities are all won by yourself, and choosing these works is all your vision."

This is the crux of the problem. Joseph found that there were not many moments in his three-year career as an agent. Perhaps the dividend of "Seattle Night Without Sleeping" was considered one, and it was also considered one that was completely destroyed by Tracy Jacobs' conspiracy not long ago. But apart from that, there were indeed very few.

When Hugo heard Joseph's words, he could only remain silent. He didn't know much about the work of an agent, so he couldn't refute Joseph, "Joe, do you know? In my opinion, the job of an agent is to use his connections to select scripts for actors and use his abilities to handle the relationship between actors and media. In fact, those who really have the right to decide are always actors, right?"

Joseph did not speak, but he understood what Hugo meant. In fact, in a narrow sense, the job of an agent is indeed like this, and the connection range and crisis handling ability are core values.

"So, I think you're an excellent agent." Hugo didn't say much, but from his point of view, it was not as bad as Joseph said. "Joe, although you have made mistakes in your work, you can always arrange things in an orderly manner so that the whole situation can be clearly seen. You see, whether it's a film or a music job, you always arrange it reasonably, without any mistakes, and the same goes for the promotional itinerary. In addition, although you don't give me much advice on script selection, you have now established your own connections and won me more script opportunities, and you have gradually found the tricks for the relationship with the media, right?"

After a long period of hard work, Joseph is indeed a good agent now, and his ability has been demonstrated. Hugo believes that what Joseph lacks is confidence. "The most important thing is that you are a passionate and conscientious agent. Believe me. If you didn't have your company, maybe I would have given up when the audition for "Dahe Love" failed. You have been with me until today. Although I don't know if this is a success, I firmly believe that you are also a part of my current results. We are friends and partners."

Joseph looked at Hugo in front of him, and his eyes became a little hot, which made him avoid his gaze in a mess.
Chapter completed!