"Dear passengers, the plane is still taxiing, please don't turn on your mobile phone and electronic devices, fasten your seat belts, and wait for the lights to go out..."
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The polite and gentle voice of the flight attendant came from the radio, but still could not suppress the commotion in the cabin, and Andy Rogers immediately took the phone out of his pocket, one, two, three, and then one by one He turned on the phone, and after it was turned on, the text messages were sent one by one, and there were seventeen missed calls.
The three mobile phones are different, one for personal use and two for work use, but the two work numbers are also divided into levels. One is used by important contacts and customers, and the other is used by ordinary people; when he distributes business cards, the phone number on it is Differently, for strangers, most of them get the latter. Andy deftly picked up his important work phone first, checking for missed calls and unread texts.
Suddenly, the ordinary work mobile phone rang, glanced at the caller number, it was an unfamiliar number, so I ignored it and quickly replied to the text message, the call rang for a long time, and finally stopped, but it was only less than Fifteen seconds later, it rang again, still the same number. Andy continued to ignore.
After all the text messages in the important work phone were answered, Andy picked up the ordinary work phone, called the same number four times, called back, and the other party picked up immediately, "This is Andy. -Rogers."
"Andy, this is Gavin Hunter, a full-time reporter for 'US Weekly'." Gavin introduced himself neatly, "Are you Renly Hall's agent?"
"Yes." Andy said skillfully, "Is there something wrong?"
"I want to do an exclusive interview with Renly, can I make an appointment?" Gavin cut to the point straight to the point.
At this time, the important mobile phone actually rang. Andy glanced at it. It was Daisy Lucas from "Vanity Fair". He was an old acquaintance. Andy did not rush to answer the phone, but said into the receiver, "Renly is at the Toronto Film Festival right now, and the schedule is temporarily out of date. Let's talk about it after the festival is over."
"U.S. Weekly" and "Entertainment Weekly" are the top five magazines in American entertainment magazines in terms of circulation, and their content, objects, and positioning are relatively close. They mainly publish gossip news and are very popular among housewives. This is indeed a very important magazine, but media interviews must also match the positioning of the artist. For example, actors such as Sean Penn, even if they are interviewed by these two magazines, the market effect is very limited.
Renly is now in the early stage of his career. On the one hand, it is a critical moment to build his image, and on the other hand, it is a time period when exposure is urgently needed. Andy is still relatively cautious about the control of media interviews. Therefore, Andy didn't agree immediately, but he didn't say anything.
"I know, I'm in Toronto right now. I met Renly and he wanted me to call and make an appointment," Gavin explained quickly. "I really wanted to do an in-depth interview with Renly, not just It's about the Emmys, and it's about his personal situation, and it's about this new release of Buried Alive. If I can, I'd like to do a feature to really get to know the new actor."
Andy is a senior agent, and naturally he will not be deceived by this simple rhetoric. But what's interesting is that from the day before yesterday to today, this is the 23rd interview appointment call - not an ordinary interview call, but an exclusive interview call. For a rookie actor, this is really not normal.
In the past few days, he has been very busy. Considering that Renly is participating in the Toronto Film Festival, "Buried Alive" is an independent film, and there is no so-called publicity strategy, so he has not been distracted for the time being, but the basic situation is the same. He knew something, he heard the buzz on the Internet, the Billboard singles chart and the iTunes instant download chart also grasped the basic situation, but the impact of things seemed to exceed his expectations.
Just now, out of the seventeen missed calls, five of them came to book interviews with Renly. Now "US Weekly" is the sixth call, Andy is a little curious, is the "Vanity Fair" call just now related to Renly
"Renly only has two works now. If you want to make a special feature, the content is definitely not enough. It is estimated that it is only one page." To deal with reporters, Andy has his own way. , "We all know that if 'US Weekly' wants to interview Renly, the sincerity it wants to show must go beyond that."
Gavin choked involuntarily.
Andy knew immediately that this was probably an inexperienced reporter. Otherwise, how could he have bluffed the other side with just a few words. The real senior reporters are all old fritters, one better than the other.
"I'm serious." Gavin explained anxiously, "I think Renly is a very interesting actor. He watched 'The Magician', 'The Beautiful Wrong' and 'Scorched Earth' at the Toronto Film Festival. He and Ryan Gosling are very good friends. They not only watched many movies together, but also attended the 'Blue Love' event last night. The premiere of 'Man's Day'. I don't think it was a random decision that he chose 'Buried Alive'. I wanted to learn more about 'Buried Alive' but couldn't find a way to do it. Interview with Renly, I Hope to win the opportunity to learn more.”
Gavin poured out all the gains in the past three days. If he was just curious about Renly's background at first, then what he is really curious about now is the actor Renly.
Andy raised his eyebrows slightly. Renly attended the premiere of "Blue Valentine's Day" last night? This damn guy didn't tell him, and missed another great opportunity! Also, when did he become friends with Ryan Gosling? This is unheard of!
Andy felt a little tight in his chest—because "Blue Valentine's Day" had nothing to do with him, so naturally he didn't specifically inquire about the news; as for the Toronto Film Festival report, if his agent didn't take care of himself, naturally he wouldn't specifically mention Blue. Congrats to this newcomer. Therefore, he actually missed this important news, and now it seems that this morning's call seems to be more targeted.
Andy seriously felt that Renly needed an assistant, otherwise he wouldn't know anything about Renly's actions, which was really deadly.
"I need to confirm the specific timetable. So, you make a list of questions, send it to my mailbox, I will go through it, if there is enough value, then we will make an appointment." Andy considered for a moment, A deliberate answer was given.
In fact, for Renly, who is committed to making a breakthrough in independent films, the "US Weekly" interview is of limited value, after all, it is not keen on art works for groups. However, Andy felt that it might be a good idea to give this reporter named Gavin a chance; maybe it could be an opportunity for Renly to open up the business market.
After hanging up Gavin's phone, the important work phone rang again. Looking at the caller ID, it turned out to be Francis Parker, the senior agent of Endeavour Elite Agency. At the beginning, Francis was one of the first agents who tried to sign Renly. Francis even got in touch with Tom Hanks through a relationship, but he was not able to make up his mind in the end.
Andy and Francis both know each other and are polite in social situations, but they don't have much interaction at work. It's a little strange that Francis would call him.
The plane finally stabilized, and Andy got off the plane quickly, talking on the phone all the way, one after another, and never stopped. When he arrived at the hotel where Renly stayed, both work phones were about to run out of power. Quickly put the phone in his pocket, took out his personal phone as a spare, and checked into his room first, and then he found Renly's room, this time he cleverly showed his identification - Renly's room was Andy's Booked in the name of , asked for a key card from the front desk in advance, and entered the room effortlessly.
Entering the room, Renly's room is still messy, suits and shirts are casually left on the back of the sofa chair, socks and shoes are left in the kitchen door - who knows why Renly takes off his shoes there, and the bathrobe is in the hall On the sofa, the bath towel appeared on the floor at the door of the bedroom. In this way, even if Andy has no cleanliness or obsessive-compulsive disorder, it is a headache to watch.
"I told you it was a terrible work."
"Unfortunately, I really liked 'The Departed' before, and then Martin's 'The Departed' was very American, but I still prefer Andrew-Lau's version."
"After the 'Wounded City' in 2006, his work lacked that sharpness and connotation, and this time was no exception."
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The voice of the two people's heated discussion came from the door of the room, and then Andy met them, "Good morning, two gentlemen."
"Oh, Andy, you've arrived. Is the journey going well?" Renly greeted familiarly.
Andy nodded to Renly with a smile, and then introduced himself to Ryan, who was standing diagonally behind, "I'm Andy, Renly's manager. Last night's 'Blue Valentine's Day' was a harvest. It has received a lot of praise, and it seems that this year is your year again."
Ryan also held Andy's right hand and said with a smile, "I'm now looking forward to the release of Renly's work. His selection of films has opened my eyes, and I should watch his performance now."
"'Buried alive' is also his choice. So, you can trust him." Andy said honestly, "So, will you be at the premiere?"
"Of course, this is the plan, if Renly is still welcome." Ryan cast his eyes at Renly, but saw Renly shrugging his shoulders with a look of "I'm not sure", which made Ryan directly I was stunned.
Andy said with a smile, "Don't worry, there must be a seat for you on the red carpet, and of course we couldn't welcome it any more." Ryan couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief and smiled again, "However, can I ask you to leave now? ? We still have some business to deal with, you know, there's not much time left until the premiere tonight."
Ryan, stunned.