James Bond's audition was much simpler than expected. In fact, no one mentioned the words "007" accurately. Everything was a confrontation for a while. People who don't understand the truth thought it was just a simple and polite word.

This is not surprising, because Hugo is the capital to choose scripts now and has the qualifications to reject scripts, even James Bond. However, such shadowless confrontation retains everyone's face as much as possible and leaves room for future cooperation. Therefore, when Steven Spielberg took the initiative to divert the topic, everyone focused their attention without any surprises, as if they were discussing this topic.

George Lucas raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at Hugo in surprise, "Are you trying to create a script?"

Steven has always paid more attention to the identity of director and producer. Although he also plays a guest role as a screenwriter, he has few times. His most famous work is "the third type of contact (close color.encounters.of.the.third.kind)"; but George is different. Compared to the director's position, he often studies technology and writes scripts. His name can be seen in the screenwriters columns of the "Star Wars" series and the "Haikao" series.

So, it is no surprise that George's reaction was obviously stronger than Steven.

"If I said I just wrote it myself for fun, I might be less shy." Hugo said with a smile, but did not deny it. To be honest, he really lacked confidence in the position of screenwriter. After all, this is not a project he has been studying for for many years. It can be said that he is a layman. Even if he has four years of rich knowledge at Lancaster University, it is not enough.

George looked at Hugo more excitedly, "Many times, interest is the best enlightenment." The most important thing is that George will not forget that when Hugo was revealed to be able to sing, almost everyone did not believe in Hugo's ability, but now glory to death proves their absolute strength. Therefore, George's vision also explored a little more, "So... what type of script are you writing now?"

"I'm trying to write a one-act drama, uh...it's a one-act drama, with only two starring actors walking slowly in the city and then having a conversation. You know, it's a very experimental work. You can imagine a low-cost stage drama on Broadway, and you can paint my script." Hugo briefly explained, and then did not forget to make fun of himself.

"This is not surprising." George raised his left hand with champagne and waved his slightest, as if he was saying: Whether it was music or movie choices, Hugo always had clear ideas, would not compromise with business, but would not worship art. This subtle scale has always been an eternal topic in Hollywood, but for now, Hugo grasped it very well. "I heard from you that, I am a little interested in your script. I don't know if you are willing to talk to me."

"George, you care so much about Hugo's script. Can I understand that you want to invest?" David Geffen made a sudden sentence next to him, but he brought some jokes and took some risk: Hugo and George have only only met for five minutes, and the two of them are not familiar with each other at all. If George is determined to make things difficult for Hugo, David's words would obviously be a pitfall.

Fortunately, George glanced at Steven, pursed his lips and said with a smile, "Although I can't afford 100 million US dollars, it's still okay to find tens of millions of sponsorships. I just don't know how much Hugo's experimental script will cost."

George is obviously joking. If it is really an experimental script, then it is very likely that investment of several million is enough, and it is not uncommon to even be less than three million. Such a sum of money can be directly taken out by several big men present without much worry, including Hugo.

"This is bad news, George, are you trying to make Michael and me unemployed?" Barbara interjected without a chance, shifting everyone's attention to her. "I, the producer who makes a living by developing new works, is now feeling a huge crisis." Barbara's tone of provocativeness, funny and coquettish tone was very pleasing, which made everyone laugh. Then Barbara looked at Hugo, "Young Hugo, do you think so?"

In fact, Barbara is hinting that if Hugo wants to invest in new works, she should at least first find MGM, where she has a long-term cooperative relationship.

Although this just happened just a few sentences, it was obvious that everyone was happy to see Hugo writing the script. Not to mention whether this was a polite social occasion, the mystery could also be seen.

On the Hollywood power list, producers are always the ones who truly hold the power of life and death. There are too few things that actors can control, Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Brad Pitt, George Clooney, etc. After these people entered the 21st century and gradually expanded their influence, they all started to work part-time behind the scenes. Including George Clooney, who is sometimes good at directorial ability, they will shoulder the responsibilities of producers, invest, develop, and take power. This is an inevitable path.

Of course, there are also people who have been actors all their lives, always actors, such as Catherine Hepburn. But if you want to stand at the top of Hollywood and move from an actor to a producer position, this is the only way to go.

Hugo's career is at its peak now. His highest pay is still six million, but countless production companies are willing to wield a check of 15 million US dollars to summon him to his company. Now, as long as Hugo nods and agrees to star in the work, the attention will inevitably increase exponentially. Under such background, Hugo has begun to enter the screenwriter industry. Whether he is intentional or unintentional, at least in the eyes of Steven and others, this is a very wise choice. This kind of visionary wisdom is not something that any actor can possess.

Therefore, whether it is Steven, David, George, and Barbara, the eyes given to Hugo are encouraged. It can be seen that their support for Hugo's change also means that they are optimistic about Hugo's future.

"Can I get proud? The script I wrote has received so many people's recognition, which really makes me flattered." Hugo did not answer Barbara's question positively, but deliberately showed a proud expression and made a fool of himself.

In fact, Hugo knew very clearly that even Tom Cruise or Arnold Schwarzenegger, if they wrote the script, they would only be considered unknown people. They just had more ways to let the producers see the script. As a result, the producers still had to use the quality of the script to judge that no one was a fool and would invest in a bad script. Therefore, even if Hugo started writing the script, he would inevitably start from scratch. The pursuit of these people in front of him was just politeness in social occasions, which was more symbolic and had no substantial benefits.

Hugo's answer made everyone very satisfied, and the atmosphere immediately became harmonious.

Since there are three giants George, David and Steven gathered here, it is obviously like a spotlight, attracting countless moths one after another. Rick Rosen and Ali Emmanuel also took advantage of Hugo's opportunity to quickly approach. It is the first time they have shown their faces in front of the top Hollywood giants as senior executives of the advanced elite agency. Unfortunately, MGM's senior executives obviously did not come to avoid suspicion today, but Barbara's agent has the same role.

In addition, Hugo met a lot of people, which made it difficult for Hugo. He was a face-blind patient and was not very skilled in recording names. He met one after another. He didn't even know which industry the person in front of him was from. He was still trying to think about which union was the head of the Los Angeles area, and the man had already left. Then Steven introduced him to the next one.

At the end of his life, Hugo could only keep smiling and call him "sir", and then followed everyone's topic and dealt with it, and was still peaceful.

Finally, Barbara and George walked towards another actor. Steven and David left with Hugo. However, Steven did not let Hugo go, but seriously asked about Hugo's script creation again. Hugo's brain was a little tired at this time, and he was relatively relaxed in front of Steven, so he spoke, "Why, are you really interested in this script?"

"Why not?" Steven raised his eyebrows with a chuckling, and then looked at David, who laughed, and then Steven said, "David and I, and another old guy, are preparing for an independent studio. We will also collect scripts and make movies, so if you have scripts, of course we'd like to see them."

Dreamworks!

Hugo was shocked in an instant, but he was not too excited to reveal the secret of the world. Instead, he said happily, "Is this true? That's really great news. However, I don't think the script can make money. Steven, I just said this is an experimental script, and I'm serious."

To put it bluntly, the experimental script is actually like a science experiment. If you keep spending money, one of the 100 things will be successful is a happy event, and the rest must be ruined. Therefore, the biggest problem for scientists every year is to find sponsors to support their research.

The same goes for movies. If you invest millions in, maybe you don’t even have a single one, and there are definitely a lot of them.

Steven didn't seem to be a joke when he saw Hugo, but he didn't mind, "You said that this is an experimental script. Since that's the case, you shouldn't dislike our studio just a small company that was just established." Steven and David have been optimistic about Hugo since a long time ago, but now Hugo has not disappointed them and has begun to enter the field of screenwriters. This is naturally the result they are most looking forward to seeing.
Chapter completed!