On the open and beautiful golf green at Malibu Country Club, Lovett, who wanted to relax on Saturday, was covered in cold sweat because of a sudden phone call. He quickly walked aside. Several golfers were used to this, but this The answer seemed serious, and Lovett's panic was unusual.
"Calm down? You want me to calm down now that it's like this?"
I don¡¯t know what happened to Willis just now. Maybe he was stabbed a few times by Ramo, or maybe he saw another piece of Ye Wei news in some newspaper. The anger he had been holding back for a long time finally exploded: "That movie A bad movie has a box office of 20 million, what do you think will happen to "Little Miss Sunshine"? This is the result of your work, you damn ECKIN?"
Listening to the scolding, Lovett was also complaining. It was me who suggested kicking Ye Wei away, but you were not the Hollywood star who made the final decision.
He continued to talk calmly, and after Willis had cursed enough, he said with a smile: "Bruce, I admit that I made a huge mistake. I was wrong about all my judgments about Ye Wei"
"Of course you are wrong. I don't want you to admit your mistake. I want you to solve it." Willis's anger did not extinguish at all, but became even more intense. "Solve it for me, now."
Lovett knew that if he couldn't satisfy Willis today, it would be over. He had already prepared for the current situation to happen, and he could still say calmly: "They will not expose those inside stories"
"Of course they won't," Willis interrupted angrily. "They will only say that Cheyenne Enterprises once considered investing in Ye Wei and Little Miss Sunshine", but gave up in the end because Bruce Willis did not dare to invest in him. He's crazy, he's a fool, a coward, a fool who only loses money when starting a company. Isn't that enough?
"Calm down, calm down" This time, it wasn't just his forehead. Cold sweat broke out all over Lovett's body. He shouldn't have heard this. He shouldn't have said a word about Willis, who is a good face. Which superstar treats his agent like this? Can you continue to cooperate even if you scold yourself? This is actually a scolding of the agent.
Seeing that the other party was still there, he hurriedly said loudly: "Bruce, listen to me first. They know the rules of the game. The inside story will not be exposed. And if you are worried, everyone can communicate and solve it."
The communication work is naturally done by him. In fact, he has done it before. He negotiated with Brian Burrell. Thinking of that call, he can't help but feel even more depressed.
Brian said in a triumphant, contemptuous and condescending tone of a winner: "The decision-making power on this matter is not with me, nor with Hanks, but with the producer of the "Little Miss Sunshine" project, Ye Wei. . I have asked him, and he is still considering it. If there is a result, I will tell you. "There is no result yet."
In fact, if Willis came forward in person, it would be impossible for Hanks not to give him a favor. How much publicity value does this behind-the-scenes footage have? No. If you want to promote Ye Wei's American dream, just say that several companies have rejected him. But Willis will not come forward, he is not stupid enough to suggest this.
This is the current situation. Lovett cursed a few times and continued: "Don't worry, I will solve it within today, no, I will solve it now."
"You know exactly what I want, damn it, you damn mistake, damn it"
Amidst a series of curses, the call was hung up, beep beep¡ª
Lovett almost threw the phone away. After taking a few breaths, he slowly pulled out a number he had not contacted for a long time and was extremely reluctant to contact, Ye Wei.
Things are unpredictable and the situation has changed. Ever since the lackluster shit broke out in "Wedding Is Coming", the company management has given him a clear reminder that Ye Wei is already a very important customer. Regardless of whether he has had it before, don't touch it. If you give me even a hair, Brian won't be happy, CAAl won't be happy either Ye Wei is a character.
A person coveted by F (William Morris Endeavor Agency), ICM (International Creative Management Partnership), and HTA (Allied Elite Agency).
In the last weekend of June, the box office of "Wedding Day is Coming" will reach 20 million U.S. dollars, and the release is on track. Ye Wei has nothing particularly busy, and his focus has begun to be on the "Little Miss Sunshine" project. This way.
In this way, except for a script and a sum of money, the first producer and director have been determined, and the project is completely blank in other aspects, there is too much work to be done in the preliminary preparations. It cannot be completed in a day or two. The first step is to set up the preliminary crew. Get up and complete a lot of necessary copywriting work before the actual preparation (spending money).
¡°The first goal is a good partner, his co-producer, or executive producer, second producer. If he is the king, that guy is the hand of the king.
The Hand of the King not only has to execute his orders well, but also manages various chores, such as buying insurance for the crew. This job is not his, otherwise how would he have time to create?
The publicity work is about to begin. Now he is in the heat of the moment, announcing to the media and the public that Playtone has invested in his new project.The best time is at this stage, which is just an announcement and follow the rhythm of publicity.
But today is Saturday, Ye Wei¡¯s schedule includes a very unexpected dinner in the evening and spending time with his family during the day.
It was half way through the morning and he was playing football in the back garden of his home. Duoduo and Toto were playing around and bursting into laughter. The cell phone on the chair by the porch suddenly rang loudly¡ª¡ª
"Who is it?" Ye Wei kicked the football towards the goal, wiped the sweat from his head, ran over and picked up his phone, and immediately frowned.
"Duoduo, brother, let's talk on the phone." He walked to the distance in the back garden and answered the call, "Just say what you want to say."
"Good morning, Wei Ge, congratulations on your movie's success." Lovett's hypocritical laughter came out. Who knows if he actually had a murderous look on his face.
"I disappoint you." Ye Wei smiled. Now facing this despicable and shameless villain, he would not be furious anymore. He would just look at disgusting vomit. "I told you to just say what you want. About "Little Miss Daylight"? Don't promote Cheyenne Enterprises as the producer?"
Hanks said that he would handle this matter by himself, and they would not interfere. They respected both him and Willis: You can resolve your grievances yourself.
"Wei, you are such a genius." Lovett's voice was filled with a humble tone, admiring and apologizing at the same time: "Now I know how talented you are. Everything before, I'm sorry Wei, there are no permanent friends. There are only eternal interests with enemies. With your intelligence, you must understand this sentence. "
"You and I have no business to discuss." Ye Wei smiled again. The last time he heard this sentence, it was Arnold Rifkin who wanted to persuade him to sell them the "Little Miss Sunshine" project for 600,000. Now Lowe It's really ironic that Te said that.
Lovett suddenly sighed, his tone and spirit lowered: "I lost, I really lost, just give me a little kindness, okay?"
"Put away your hypocrisy, I just want to get two answers. First, whose idea was it to kick me out? Second, who is the great director you invited."
"Take this as my opinion, but you are too young. It is not incomprehensible for people to make wrong judgments, right? I just made a wrong judgment."
"I'm not interested in what you do, so who is the great director?"
Lovett was silent for a few seconds, then whispered: "Sam jlØdes."
"Does he know your plan?"
"I don't know about this. He was invited by David Lind. He just read the script and liked it and had a pleasant conversation with Bruce. He doesn't necessarily know how to direct.
Sam jlØDes, Ye Wei narrowed his eyes, the 2nd Oscar for Best Director ("American Beauty"), the answer may be known tonight.
"I don't want to talk to you anymore. You can tell Willis that if he cares about this matter, I can talk to him, right now. If you want to talk, you text me back, don't call me, what do you say? I won¡¯t even like you. If you annoy me, there will be no need to talk to you. Goodbye.¡±
After a short while after ending the call, Ye Wei hadn¡¯t gone back to play football yet when he received a text message from Lovett: ¡°Bruce wants to talk.¡±
Sitting down on the wooden chair by the porch, he looked at a contact name on the screen of his mobile phone. The last time he called him was half a year ago. He really cursed that time.
Pressing the button to dial, he looked at the blue summer sky. After a few beeps, the other party connected. There was a faint sound of suppressed breathing, and his tone was neither humble nor overbearing: "Hello, Mr. Willis."