Superstar

The Farmers Market (Famers. Market), located between Beverly Avenue and West Third Street, was established in 1934. It was an idea that a group of farmers came up with during the Great Depression. They gathered the fresh fruits and vegetables from their farms here. Sell ​​directly to nearby people at low prices. After decades of development, the stalls gradually expanded, and then with the decline of this area, the market gradually lost its livelihood value and developed into a tourist area.

Due to the complexity of the population, it has formed a casual and comfortable, local flavor but exotic market features. Boutiques, restaurants, jewelry stores, movie theaters are dazzling, and the warmth and coziness of the traditional market is a unique and beautiful landscape. Of course, no one will forget the freshly made toast, sponge cake and golden shortbread here, so that the whole market is filled with approachable hustle and bustle.

It took only fifteen minutes from Sunset Plaza to arrive at the farmer’s market. Joseph looked around and quickly found his destination, "There, Knott's. Berry." The crew made an appointment. They met at the restaurant next to the main entrance of the farmer's market, and the two hurried over.

It took Joseph a long time to find a parking space. After parking the car, Hugo adjusted his collar in the rearview mirror. Joseph said with a little worry, "Are you sure this is really okay?" "

Hugo was very calm, "I'm fine, really." After finishing his clothes, Hugo opened the car door and walked down, standing in the parking lot, spreading his hands and facing Joseph, "Look, it feels like this. Isn't it great?"

　　 Because Hugo didn't have time to open the box, he finally got Alex's help and came to the audition in Alex's costume-this is why he asked about Hugo's height and weight. Hugo is now wearing a blue tennis shirt, paired with light blue jeans, and a navy blue baseball jacket on the outside. The whole person looks youthful and vigorous, but the calm color and collocation will not appear too casual. .

　　Joseph is still a little worried. To participate in such an audition, it would be bad if he didn't wear formal clothes, but he didn't even wear a shirt, which really made people unable to feel at ease.

Hugo seemed to notice Joseph’s inner struggle. He showed a smile and turned to Knot’s Berry Restaurant. He said, “You asked me to come here for an interview in a shirt. Don’t talk about how the interviewer feels. I guess he’s all Uncomfortable, isn't it?"

The farmer’s market is originally a traditional market, and you can even see a lot of farm dresses in plaid shirts or overalls, while Knot’s Berry is a very famous chicken restaurant, but it’s a little out of place in formal clothes. . In this way, Hugo's suit is actually very consistent with the theme, not too casual or too formal.

　　 Joseph nodded, and there is nothing left to regret it anyway. He locked the car door and pointed in the direction of the restaurant, "Let's go."

　　 It was only six o'clock in the afternoon at this time, and there was still a distance from the dinner time. Not many people came to eat, but there were still scattered people coming in and out at the door. Joseph suddenly pulled Hugo's arm and said in a low voice, "A competitor is here."

Hugo followed Joseph’s sight and looked forward, and immediately saw two people stop at the entrance of the restaurant. One of the men in suit and leather was completely separate from the surrounding environment, as if he was wearing leather shoes. Just like going to the farmland, people can't help but laugh, this is an unfamiliar face; but Hugo recognizes another person, Brad Pitt.

Today Brad is wearing a light blue shirt without a tie. The three buttons at the top of the shirt are all loosened, lazily and casually slumped, allowing people to vaguely see his wheat-colored health. On his chest, although he was also wearing a formal shirt and trousers, his unruly temperament had a strange fit with the surrounding environment, and it didn't look too abrupt.

　　 Seeing Brad, Hugo's first reaction was: "Dahe Lian" is also finished? He thought it would take more time to shoot. After all, "Dahe Lian" has to go to Montana to shoot, which is far more complicated than the filming of "Scent of a Woman".

　　 The second reaction immediately afterwards is: Yuanjialu is narrow, and he has actually competed again after "Dahe Lian".

Brad and the other man standing at the door only paused. The man smiled at Joseph and said hello, but the smile seemed condescending, and then the two went straight into the restaurant. .

　　 Joseph explained in a low voice in Hugo's ear, "That's Brad's agent, a bigwig in the circle. Martin Baum, one of the five founders of the innovative artist agency."

　　 Hugo immediately understood. No wonder Martin looked at Joseph in his eyes, because he had this capital. Not to mention that compared with Joseph, even Ron Meyer is one generation behind Martin.

The origin of the American brokerage company was the William Morris Brokerage Company founded in 1898. They laid the foundation for the entire brokerage industry. However, in 1975, five young brokers in the William Morris Brokerage Company who had not yet become famous, I was quite dissatisfied with the seniority ranking system of the brokers in the company, so they came out together to start a new company. These five young people relied on a deposit of 21,000 U.S. dollars, a loan of 36,000 U.S. dollars, and two cars to build the company. This is today's innovative artist agency, and Martin- Baum was one of the first five young people.

　　 Innovative Artist Brokerage Company and International Innovation Management Company were both established in 1975, and now they are among the top three brokerage companies in the United States, so they have always been competitors and partners. Today, Martin took Brad to go out in person, obviously hoping to successfully win the role of "Yihai Xiongfeng", and the coming is menacing.

After Joseph finished explaining, he suddenly remembered something and his face darkened. "Tom Cruise is also an artist under the Creative Artist Agency." It seems that Martin must be determined. The transfer of work within the company is It couldn't be more normal. If Tom is not willing to pick up, he will be replaced by Brad from the same company. This is really a perfect connection.

　　 But Hugo is not so nervous, "How do you know that they are not internal competition?"

　　 There is competition where there are people. This is the truth. Even for the same company, there must be competition among brokers, just like between Joseph and Lang. What if there is competition between Tom and Brad’s agents? So not only is Brad's chance of winning today not as big as he imagined, he may also be hindered by Tom's agent.

Joseph knew that he was too nervous. Although what Hugo said may not be correct, the audition is about to start now. It is useless to worry about it, just like the audition for "Dahe Love", even if he knows that he is doomed to fail. , At least have to work hard to see it.

　　 Although Hugo did not appear on the surface, he was still nervous.

Although Hugo seems to have a lot of opportunities recently, in essence, before the official release of "Scent of a Woman", the attitude towards Hugo in the circle was basically the same, which means that the difficulty of the audition today was not weak at all. In the previous two times, with the addition of Tom and Brad's competition, Hugo is even more disadvantaged. This is another opportunity that Hugo faces after crossing over, but it is twice as difficult. Therefore, it is impossible for Hugo not to be nervous.

　　 Taking a deep breath, Hugo strode forward with difficulty and walked side by side with Joseph toward the restaurant. After entering the restaurant, Joseph began to scan the entire space of the restaurant. The environment here is more similar to a family restaurant, and the atmosphere is relatively more relaxed. Although there are not many people dining now, you can still clearly feel that the low noise is constantly heating the air.

　　 "Sir, how many people do you want?" the receptionist standing at the door asked politely.

　　 "I have an appointment, Mr. Rainer." Joseph said. The receptionist lowered his head to confirm, then raised his head and smiled and said, "Please follow me."

The receptionist took Joseph and Hugo through the dining room, and finally stopped in front of a long table. This is a long table that can accommodate eight people. At this time, three people are already sitting in their seats. Another person arrived. All three of them stood up politely. The old man with white beard sitting at the end of the long table laughed, "Welcome, welcome."

　　 Standing on the opposite side is naturally Brad and Martin, who just came first~www.wuxiahere.com~ and this old man with thin hair but a white beard is naturally the director Rob Reiner.

Hugo couldn't help but kept his sight on Rob. The old man who started as an actor but became a famous director was to film "When Harry Meets Sally" and "Misery" , "The Bucket. List", "Flipped" and other masterpieces, and these works are all Hugo's favorite films. Although Rob's popularity is not as good as that of many commercial directors, he is always able to excavate extraordinary energy from ordinary people, which touches people's hearts. He is indeed a very good director.

Not long ago, the director Martin Brest, with whom Hugo collaborated, had only two outstanding works in his directorial career. "Scent of a Woman" is the pinnacle, and "Beverly Hills Super Detective" launched in 1984 ( Beverly. Hills. Cop-This film has maintained a record of twenty-five years of R-rated film North American box office history, and was only broken by "The Hangover" in 2009.

But Rob Reiner is obviously more outstanding. His works have continued from the 1980s to the second decade of the 21st century, and he has maintained a very outstanding level of creation. Very capable director.

"I hope you don’t mind if I choose the meeting place here. There is no way. I can hardly suppress the idea of ​​eating chicken tonight. So even if I know this is not the right place for conversation, I’m still stubborn. I chose here." Rob joked with a big smile on his face.