Jonathan almost danced with joy, of course, this was just his inner impulse, and he definitely wouldn't show it on the surface.
"Eric, thank you, thank you for giving me this directing opportunity, I promise to produce a work that satisfies you."
Seeing the unconcealable excitement of the middle-aged man in front of him, Eric also showed a smile: "Jonathan, you can go to Firefly to talk to Jeffrey about the specific director contract tomorrow. I think you'd better go back and sleep well now Sleep."
"Huh?" Jonathan felt that Eric's words were a bit rambling. He did not sleep very much a few days ago, but now, every cell in Jonathan's body, who has successfully won this directing opportunity, is in a state of excitement, without any Feeling tired: "Eric, I'm not tired, maybe we can continue talking about this movie? I still have a lot of ideas."
As Jonathan said, he patted the thick stack of documents in front of him.
Eric shook his head firmly: "Jonathan, I understand the efforts I have made to get this opportunity, maybe you haven't looked carefully in the mirror these days, have you?"
Jonathan touched? Touching the stubble on his face: "Sorry, Eric, I just washed my face when I came out and didn't have time to shave."
"No," Eric said, "it's not about this, it's about your eyes, your eyes are bloodshot, which is caused by staying up too late. So, listen to me, go back and have a good night's rest, your body will recover It comes first."
At Eric's insistence, Jonathan Demme had to get up and go home, and Eric also drove away from the cafe. The next day, Jonathan signed a director contract with Firefly. Regarding Jeffrey's $500,000 director fee without any share agreement, Jonathan signed without thinking. Because this opportunity is the most important to him. Once "Small Island Cry" is successful, he can completely get rid of the previous b-movie circle and step into a brand new world.
On the surface, Hollywood is the place where the American Dream occurs most frequently. Some unknown actors and directors will suddenly become top actors and directors because of the big sales of a certain movie, and will be sought after by film companies and the public. praise.
But in fact, in the Hollywood circle, there are more invisible barriers. There are independent film circles for independent films, B-level film circles for B-level movies, low-cost circles for low-cost films, and big productions for big productions. There are circles for adult movies, even adult movies have circles for adult movies.
Although these circles overlap with each other, people who originally belonged to one circle and want to jump to another circle will find that in the process, there will be an obstacle in front of them. Slowly, many people I gave up struggling and stayed in my own circle honestly.
The lucky ones are not without exception. Occasionally, someone is lucky enough to jump from a low-level circle to a higher-level circle, and suddenly shines brightly. Then, they become the representatives of the American dream in people's mouth.
After Jonathan Demme signed the contract, all the directors of Eric's planned films this year were confirmed. The filming of "Steel Magnolia" has already started, followed by the intensive casting stage of the three films "Dark War", "Scent of a Woman" and "Small Island".
Although the three films have already identified some protagonist candidates, the remaining roles are still hot. In Eric's first two films, even if they were supporting roles, many people's careers have directly risen to a new level. Therefore, after Firefly released the news of the audition, the circle of second- and third-tier actors in Hollywood almost boiled over. Many first-line actors have sent a test to Firefly.
Because of well-known reasons, the casting of the three films must be inclined to the actors of Uta, the brokerage company. Therefore, in just a few days, thousands of cooperation applications were handed over to Kapoor, and many of them were packaged by the broker. The artists below want to join uta collectively.
After Kapoor had a detailed discussion with Eric, the two agreed that now is not the best time for uta to expand.
Blindly expanding the scale without providing enough opportunities for artists will only affect uta's own reputation. Therefore, almost all cooperation applications were rejected. Faced with the continuous application, Kapoor could only make a public statement, and the matter temporarily stopped.
Among the audition lists for supporting roles in several movies, the most popular one is not "Dark War" directed by Eric himself, nor "Scent of a Woman" starring Al Pacino, but the most inconspicuous among them "Small Island".
Because in the audition list of "Small Island", there were actually two places for young actors around ten years old.
Although the director and heroine of this movie are not well-known, except for the movie title of "the-others", there is no news about the content of the script, but the signature on the screenwriter column is Eric himself.
Many people naturally think of Stuart Lankel, who became popular with "Home Alone". Before "Home Alone", Stuart Lankel was just a precocious little boy in Eric's neighbor's house. Who would have thought Now this kid is going to be a hit all over the world.
So, while the roles in the other two films only received a few hundred audition applications, the shortlist for the two young actors has expanded to 5,000 people, and it continues to grow. With the spread of audition news, Firefly has also successively received files of young actors from Europe, Australia and other places.
"I'm really sorry, Charlieson, it's not that I don't want to use Stu, it's just that this movie really doesn't need an actor of Stu's level... It's not about the salary, I know, I know, it's just that the little boy doesn't have many roles ... No problem, if you are free, welcome to my house to visit... Then, goodbye."
After hanging up the phone, Eric rubbed his swollen temples. Since Firefly released the role audition list, he received countless calls every day whether at home or in the company to recommend actors.
The call just now came from the little Stu's father, Charleson Runkel, whom he hadn't contacted for a long time, and wanted to win the role of the little boy in "Small Island Cry" for little Stu.
Stuart Ronkel looks great to outsiders, but only insiders know that little Stu now seems a bit "priceless" and his salary is outrageously high, but not many people dare to invite him, most of them The income comes from advertising and endorsements. Perhaps Charlieson Lankel also understood that maintaining little Stu's reputation is the most important thing, so he pulled his face and called Eric in person, and even quoted a low price of 3 million U.S. dollars. You know, caa gave Stewart's public remuneration offer was $8 million.
Unknowingly, Eric found that although he did not participate in many social activities, his interpersonal circle became surprisingly large. It is estimated that this is the legendary "poor in the downtown area and no one asks, rich in the mountains have distant relatives".
Even those who have only met once and chatted a few words will chat with Eric for a few minutes about the weather and other topics in a familiar tone at this time, and then inadvertently recommend a certain actor.
A gust of fragrant wind came, and two arms as white as milk hugged Eric's neck from behind the sofa, and poked over his small face coquettishly to rub against Eric's cheeks.
"Hey, it's okay, don't make trouble." Eric pulled away Drew's small arm holding his neck, and secretly sighed in his heart that the girl is really God's favorite, and she has no experience of drinking and drugging for several years. It can cause the slightest damage to the girl's milk-like skin, and it still feels smooth and tender.
Drew was pulled by Eric and laughed, lifted his feet, stepped over the back of the sofa, and threw himself into Eric's arms.
"It's almost a big girl, and she's so skinny," Eric couldn't help but slapped Drew's fleshy little butt.
"Hmm... It hurts..." The girl was touched and immediately became tearful, but she looked at Eric's big flickering eyes and seemed to say: Come again, come again.
Eric has become accustomed to the teasing that Drew can throw out anytime and anywhere: "Okay, let's talk, what's the matter with running back suddenly?"
"Really, why can't people just miss you?"
"Is this the accent of your hometown? It's weird, who did you learn it from?" Eric asked with a smile
Drew was a little puzzled by Eric's sudden oriental English: "What is 'home'?"
"It's just... uh, I was almost interrupted by you, tell me, what are you doing back?"
"Actually, I just miss you, Eric. I saw the Lamborghini in the garage. I didn't expect that I only said that I liked that car, and you remembered it. I'm so touched."
"You misunderstood, I actually planned to give it to Jane."