"Hi, hello, Miss Kidman, I'm Tom Cruise, you can call me Tommy, wow, you are so beautiful, even more beautiful than in the movie, can I call you Nicole?" Eric was chatting with Paula Wagner when he heard Tom Cruise's attentive voice behind him.
"Of course no problem, Mr. Cruise," Nicole's voice also sounded, with a slight alienation in her tone, but Cruise didn't seem to realize anything, and began to talk about other topics.
Paula Wagner smiled awkwardly at Eric, and secretly blamed Cruise for being too inappropriate. Nicole Kidman was Eric's girlfriend, and the relationship between the two was obvious. .
Eric turned his head and took a look, seeing that Cruise was already sitting opposite Nicole, so he had to say to Paula Wagner: "Then, Ms. Wagner, let's sit too."
"Okay, Eric, I'm really... sorry," Paula Wagner said softly apologetically.
"It's nothing," Eric said, went back to the table and sat down, called the waiter over, and several people began to order.
"Nicole, the pan-fried foie gras here is very good. It is said that all the ingredients are airlifted directly from France. I think you can order one." Cruise flipped through the menu for a while, and soon ●∠, raised his head , said to Nicole with a smile.
"Sorry, Mr. Cruise, I'm on a diet," Nicole shook her head lightly, then ordered a salad from the waiter and closed the menu.
Cruise touched a soft nail, and the smile on his face became weaker, but there was more interest in his eyes.
Eric and Paula Wagner quickly finished ordering, and waited for the waiters to leave. Cruise said without hesitation: "I'm sorry, Eric. I have read the script of "Ghost Love", but the movie that Paula's production company and I are preparing is about to start. , so I definitely can't take that role again, and honestly, I think playing a ghost sounds like a stupid thing. Also, I have studied the entire script and can't find anything brilliant. I suggest you It’s better to try another movie, such as the second part of "Dark War", although I can no longer participate, but I believe that with the popularity and talents accumulated in the first film, the success at the box office is certain."
Hearing what Cruise said, Paula Wagner put one hand on her forehead, and gave two gentle strokes on one temple. Obviously, Cruise's old habit of being self-righteous was committed again, and she completely forgot her prior instructions.
Nicole opened her mouth slightly when she heard this. Then, without a trace, he picked up the juice in front of him and brought it to his mouth, blocking the sneer at the corner of his mouth.
Eric put his hands on the table. The cross kept rubbing, listening to Cruise's words with interest, and after the other party finished speaking, Eric looked at Cruise with interest and said, "In this case, Tommy, you invited I'm coming, what's the matter?"
Paula Wagner was afraid that Tom Cruise would say something inappropriate again, so she quickly took Eric's question and said, "Mr. Williams, Tommy is such a person who doesn't like to hide anything in his heart." , so please don’t mind. We think the script of "Ghost Love" is still very good, but Tommy’s schedule has already been arranged, so this time we don’t have the chance to cooperate.”
"Oh, so this time..." Eric continued.
Tom Cruise was about to speak when he felt his calf under the table being kicked. Cruise looked at Paula Wagner and saw that Paula Wagner had a faint begging look on his face, so he shrugged slightly and closed it. mouth.
Seeing that Tom Cruise finally stopped talking, Paula Wagner breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Eric: "That's right, Mr. Williams, Didn't Flower Pictures, a subsidiary of Firefly, acquire a lot of novels last year?" And movie copyright, there is a TV series called "Mission Impossible", I would like to ask, can you transfer it to us, we will definitely give a very reasonable price."
Eric raised his eyebrows and asked curiously: "Ms. Wagner, why are you interested in this TV series? If it is changed into a movie, it should be a spy action movie, which is different from Tom's current screen image. Big difference."
When Cruise heard Eric say this, he couldn't help interjecting again: "Look, Paula, Eric thinks so too, so I think it's better not to mention it anymore. I've already As I said, I am not suitable for this kind of pure action film, that is the role that Schwarzenegger or Stallone should play. The first "Top Gun", like our latest movie, is mainly about the plot, Eric, you should feel the same way?"
Eric smiled slightly and echoed: "Of course, I also think Tommy is more suitable for narrative-oriented genre films. If you change rashly, the risk will be great."
After the two men interrupted, Paula Wagner immediately didn't know what to say, with a troubled look on her face, she looked helplessly at the man beside her who was complacent after getting the 'approval', and then looked at his face again. Eric with a faint smile on his face, for some reason, she always felt that the smile on the corner of Eric's mouth was a little strange.
Bypassing the original TV series of "Mission: Impossible", Eric quickly said: "Tommy, let's talk about the movie you are planning to make recently. I believe many fans will look forward to it."
"That's for sure," Tom Crewston suddenly became interested, but looked at Nicole in front of him from time to time, and said, "A few years ago, when Mr. Paul Newman and I co-produced "The Color of Money", I was very impressed with the car. I became interested, so I always wanted to shoot a racing movie. According to the setting of the script, the racing scenes of this movie will be very grand and exciting. Paramount promised to invest 60 million U.S. dollars in this movie. I believe, This movie will definitely be able to create the box office glory of "Top Gun" in 1986. By the way, Nicole, there is just a lack of a heroine in the movie. Do you want to try it? From the first time I saw you, I thought, You are perfect for the role of Claire."
When Nicole heard the film's investment of 60 million US dollars, she took some action immediately. She glanced at Eric and saw the man's face showing a noncommittal look, before tentatively asking: "Mr. Cruise, can you talk about this in detail?" role?"
"Of course, Claire is a doctor. The hero Cole met after a car accident. Claire was quickly moved by Cole's strength and unyielding, and fell in love with the hero..."
Cruise spoke with great interest for seven or eight minutes, and only paused reluctantly when the waiter was serving dishes for a few people, and Nicole also followed Cruise's rhythm to test a few words from time to time.
Listening to the discussion of a man and a woman next to him, Paula Wagner looked at Eric on the opposite side worriedly, and was slightly relieved when he saw Eric enjoying the food in front of him as if nothing had happened.
"Ms. Wagner, are you still Tom's manager?" Eric ignored the conversations of the men and women beside him, took a few mouthfuls of food, raised his head and suddenly asked Paula Wagner opposite.
Paula Wagner didn't know what Eric meant by asking this question suddenly, but she quickly replied: "No, I'm in charge of the c/w production company now, so Tommy has changed to a new agent named It's Pai Kingsley."
Eric sighed secretly in his heart, Tom Cruise is really lucky, even though he, a stranger, inserted into this time and space, two women who are very important to his career development still appeared by his side.
Paula Wagner can be said to be Tom Cruise's great benefactor, directly brought Cruise from an unknown person to the ranks of Hollywood A-class superstars, and then assisted Cruise to establish a production company along the way, and served as Cruise's series of directors. The producer of the film, it can be said that half of Cruise's success is due to Paula Wagner.
After that, Cruise and Paula Wagner established the Cruise/Wagner Production Company together. Paula Wagner became the head of the production company, and Cruise changed another agent, Pai Kingsley. The ability of this female agent is also very good. Taking over the position of Paula Wagner, she has been diligently managing the brokerage affairs for Cruise for 14 years. In the past ten years, although Cruise has given birth to many Things and conduct are also a mess, but under the maintenance of Pai Kingsley, Cruise's public image has been maintained flawlessly.
In the previous life, Pai Kingsley was the agent of both Cruise and Nicole, but after Cruise and Nicole divorced, Cruise's own career did not improve much, but Nicole skyrocketed, not only successful After being crowned an Oscar actress, she also entered the 20 million salary club.
Under the extreme imbalance in Cruise's heart, he randomly found Pai. Kingsley's public relations Oscar fired this hard-working agent with unfavorable excuses, and then let his sister who had no professional experience act as his agent like a child's play. people.
It didn't take long for Cruise to taste the consequences of doing so. Without a strong agent in charge of negotiating and taking care of the public image, a series of things followed, the negotiations with Paramount broke down, and the sofa jumping incident , Faith was attacked by the media, and scandals with actresses frequently appeared in the tabloids. In just over a year, Cruise's public image plummeted, and his acting career also suffered a huge blow.
In the following years, Paula Wagner was disappointed and left Cruise's production company. Afterwards, except for the "Mission: Impossible" series, Cruise's movies almost lost one of his performances, because For this reason, Cruise could not be strong against Paramount Pictures in the "Mission: Impossible" series, and the scenery of getting 75 million US dollars in remuneration for a movie before and after is gone forever. (To be continued..)