Chapter 105 The Circle

Jonathan almost danced with joy. Of course, this was just an impulse in his heart, and it certainly wouldn't show on the surface.

"Eric, thank you, thank you for giving me this directing opportunity, I promise to make a work that will satisfy you."

Looking at the unconcealed excitement of the middle-aged man in front of him, Eric also showed a smile: "Jonathan, you can go to Firefly tomorrow to talk to Jeffrey about the specific director contract. I think you'd better go back to sleep now. Sleep."

"Ah?" Jonathan felt that Eric's words were a little out of bounds. He really slept very little a few days ago, but now, every cell in Jonathan's body, who has successfully obtained this opportunity to direct, is in a state of excitement, and there is absolutely no exhaustion: "Eric, I'm not tired, maybe, we can talk about this movie? I still have a lot of ideas."

Jonathan said, patted the thick stack of documents in front of him.

Eric shook his head firmly: "Jonathan, I understand the efforts made to get this opportunity, maybe you haven't looked in the mirror carefully these days, right?"

Jonathan touched 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, but your eyes. Your eyes are full of bloodshots. This is caused by staying up too late. So, listen to me, go back and have a good night's rest, and your body will recover. 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 directing contract with Firefly. For Jeffrey's $500,000 director fee without any share, Jonathan signed it without thinking. Because this opportunity is the most important to him, once "Cry on the Island" is successful, he can completely get rid of the previous B-level film circle and step into a brand new world.

On the surface, Hollywood is a place where the American Dream occurs most frequently. Some little-known actors and directors will suddenly enter the ranks of top actors and directors because of the big sales of a certain movie, and are sought after by film companies and the public. praise.

But in fact, in the Hollywood circle, there are more intangible barriers. Independent films have the circle of independent movies, B-level films have the circle of B-level movies, low-cost and low-cost circles, and big productions have big productions. The circle of adult movies, even adult movies have circles of adult movies.

Although these circles intersect with each other, people who originally belonged to one circle and want to jump to another circle will find that there will be an obstacle in front of them in the process. Slowly, many people He gave up struggling and stayed in his circle honestly.

Lucky is not without it. Occasionally someone is lucky enough to jump from a lower circle to a higher circle, suddenly shine, and then they become the representative of the American dream in people's mouths.

After Jonathan Demme signed the contract, all the directors of Eric's planned several films this year have been 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 "Frightening Island".

Although some protagonists have been confirmed for the three films, the remaining roles are still hot. In Eric's first two films, even in supporting roles, many people's careers have risen to a new level. Therefore, after Firefly released the news of the audition, the circle of second- and third-tier Hollywood actors almost boiled. Many first-line actors have sent out a test to Firefly.

For well-known reasons, the casting of the three films must be inclined towards the actors of the agency UTA. Therefore, in just a few days, thousands of cooperation applications were submitted to Kapoor, many of which were packaged by the agents. The artists below want to join UTA collectively.

After Kapoor and Eric spoke at length, the two agreed that now wasn't the best time for UTA to expand.

Blindly scaling up without giving artists enough opportunities will only affect UTA's own reputation. Therefore, almost all the cooperation applications were rejected. Facing the continuous application, Kapoor could only publicly issue a statement, and the matter was temporarily stopped.

Among the supporting role audition lists of several films, the most popular 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 for "Frightening 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 name 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 Runkel, who became popular by relying on "Home Alone". Before "Home Alone", Stuart Runkel was just a precocious little boy in Eric's neighbor's house. Who would have thought Now this kid will be all over the world.

As a result, the shortlist for the two young actors has grown to 5,000 and continues to grow while only a few hundred auditions have been received for roles in the other two films. As news of the audition spread, Firefly also received profiles of young actors from Europe and Australia.

"I'm so 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 a question of pay, I know I know, it's just that the little boy doesn't have much The role... no problem, if you have time, welcome to visit my house... then, bye."

After hanging up the phone, Eric rubbed his swollen temples. Since Firefly released the role audition list, he can receive countless calls from trustees recommending actors every day, whether at home or in the company.

The phone call just now was from little Stu's father, Charlieson Runkel, who had not been in contact for a long time, and wanted to win the role of the little boy in "Cry on the Island" for little Stu.

Stuart Runkel looks great to outsiders, but only insiders know that little Stu seems to be a bit 'priceless' now, and the salary is ridiculously high, but there are not many people who dare to invite him, most of them. Revenue comes from advertising and endorsements. Perhaps Charlson Runkel also understood that maintaining Little Stu's reputation was the most important thing, so he pulled himself down and called Eric himself, and even quoted a low price of 3 million US dollars. You know, CAA gave Stewart's public salary offer was $8 million.

Unconsciously, Eric found that although he was not involved in many social activities, the circle of interpersonal communication had become surprisingly large. It is estimated that this is the legendary "poor in the busy city no one asks, rich in the mountains with distant relatives".

Even people who have only met once and talked a few times will chat with Eric for a few minutes on topics such as the weather with a familiar tone, and then inadvertently recommend a certain actor.

A gust of fragrant wind came, and two milk-white arms wrapped around Eric's neck from behind the sofa, and rubbed against Eric's cheek like a coquettish little face.

"Hey, it's alright, don't make trouble." Eric pulled Drew's small arm around his neck away, and sighed inwardly that the girl is really God's darling, and she has not experienced alcohol and drug addiction 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 hugged by Eric and laughed, raised his feet, turned over across the back of the sofa, and threw himself into Eric's arms.

"She's almost a big girl, and she's still so skinny," Eric couldn't help but slap Drew's fleshy little ass.

"Well... it hurts..." The girl was touched, and immediately became tearful, but looking at Eric's big flickering eyes, she seemed to say: Come again, come again.

Eric has become accustomed to the teasing that Drew can throw at anytime and anywhere: "Okay, let's talk, what's the matter with suddenly running back?"

"Really, why can't people just miss you?"

"Is this your hometown accent, weird, who did you learn it from?" Eric asked with a smile

Drew was a little puzzled by Eric's sudden emergence of Eastern English: "What is 'Hometown'?"

"It's... um, I was almost interrupted by you, tell me, what are you doing back here?"

"Actually, I just missed you, Eric. I saw the Lamborghini in the garage. I never thought I only said that I liked that car, and you remember it. I'm so moved."

"You misunderstood, I actually planned to give it to Jenny."