Chapter 28

"Have you got the latest weekend box office statistics?"

Hearing the words of agent Nancy, Naomi Watts was indignant. She was a client she signed, not her personal assistant.

"This is the statistics I just got from the crew."

Although she had an idea in her heart, she understood her status and obediently placed the statistics table on the table in front of Nancy. Nancy who had drunk the oatmeal just picked up the statistics table, and her eyes suddenly opened with a few sleepy eyes. Big.

"Unexpectedly suppressed "Alien 3"!" Her tone was a little unbelievable, "The 20.27 million US dollars of "Life and Death" beat the 19.44 million US dollars of "Alien 3" and won the second weekly box office champion!"

She raised her head and asked Naomi Watts, "The North American box office of "Life and Death" has exceeded 100 million yuan, right?"

"It broke 100 million."

Where Nancy could not see, Naomi Watts quickly rolled her eyes, "If I'm not mistaken, the total box office should be $14.05 million."

"The director who joined the 100 million box office club at the age of 22." Nancy stood up suddenly and walked a few laps in the suite restaurant. "This is an absolute potential stock. As long as the next ≈≥, his Two or three works can still sell well, and they can be among the top Hollywood commercial directors..."

She patted her forehead. "I remember a report about Duke in the New York Times yesterday. He said that his second work has been conceived?"

Having said that, Nancy suddenly stopped, and everything was telling her that she should definitely sign him while the other party is still a potential stock!

However, those **** conditions he proposed...

"Nami, help me make an appointment with Duke."

Hearing this, Naomi Watts was very unhappy in her heart, but did not hesitate to act. She stood up and walked to the phone and dialed a number. After hanging up the phone, she said, "Nancy, the crew's promotional activities are temporarily over. Now, if you want to see Duke, you must hurry up."

In another suite on the same floor, Duke is looking through the newspaper. As the competition for summer files heats up, Twentieth Century Fox has invested more resources in other areas. From this week, the promotion of "Life and Death" And the scale of screenings will shrink sharply. This is a market law that every movie cannot escape.

In this era, the North American box office exceeding 100 million is almost a benchmark.

"Duke Rosenberg, the new director of Hollywood's rapid rise..."

"Young Duke used the method of ruining half of Santa Monica and sent his first feature film to the 100 million dollar club."

"Duke Rosenberg seems to have endless desire for destruction. Hope, he not only destroyed half of the streets in Santa Monica in the film, but also blew up an elevator, a house, two buses and an airplane. , He created an action movie in an atypical sense. Perhaps the young Duke can lead the new trend of Hollywood action movies."

Today's "Los Angeles Times", "Washington Post", "New York Times" and many other national newspapers have his name on it. It seems that all the media in North America are waiting for the moment when the film box office exceeds 100 million, and then they will Overwhelming propaganda bombing.

Nowadays, in Hollywood, there are only a few movies with a box office of over 100 million in North America each year, and the work of a newcomer of his has finally passed this mark. The media that previously ignored him will naturally explode with the greatest enthusiasm.

Although it is inevitable to be happy to see this, Duke has a clear head. If his next work is messed up, the media will definitely step on him on the ground without hesitation, and then stomped him a few feet.

After checking the time, Duke put down the newspaper, left the room and went to the coffee shop on the second floor, where he met again with Nancy Josephson.

After Nancy Josephson expressed enough sincerity, Duke did not deliberately make things difficult, but insisted on not accepting the packaging of his works by the brokerage company and not interfering in his private life. The other things can be discussed.

The conversation between the two lasted a whole morning, and then reached a certain consensus in some aspects. Although no agreement was initialed, compared with the last meeting, it can be regarded as a huge improvement.

In the choice of future agents, Duke is also slightly inclined to Nancy Josephson. Although the other party's handling of the harassment of Naomi Watts last time gave him a bad impression, the overall industry ethos is In this way, not to mention that he was looking for a professional agent, not a friend.

At the end of the meeting with Nancy Josephson, Duke rushed directly to Manhattan, where Santa Feia Advertising Company is producing an annual advertising campaign for Estee Lauder's Youth Dew Perfume. After Mrs. Leah flew to New York some time ago, Because this business has been stuck on the east coast.

Entering the studio on Eighth Avenue, Duke inquired for a while and found his mother's temporary office.

"mom..."

He knocked on the door and walked in. Mrs. Leah, who was sitting behind the desk, nodded and rarely praised him, "Good job, Duke."

Seeing Dukla sitting on the opposite side of the chair, Mrs. Leah took off her glasses and looked at him seriously, "I am proud of you."

"thanks Mom."

Duke didn't say much, he would remember everything his mother did for him.

Probably because she has a job to deal with, Mrs. Leah pressed the phone to call her assistant, and took Duke to a brief tour of the studio. Duke was also interested in the filming of the youth fashion blockbuster in the busy late stage, so she went there I went to the place where the advertising team hired by Santa Feia was working.

Walking into an editing room, when Duke saw the busy commercial director, the corners of his mouth trembled slightly.

The director is tall and thin, with a long, iconic face under his messy brown hair.

Although he was much younger than he thought, combined with the blurred images in his memory and the identity of the advertising director of the other party, Duke instantly confirmed that he was definitely Michael Bay!

Although he had an idea in his mind, Duke would not show it. He stood in the corner of the room and watched the crew deal with those gorgeous and exaggerated images. In terms of time, this was almost Michael Bay's last advertising career. Now it can be said that he is one of the top directors in the advertising circle. It should be Santa Feia who specially invited him to direct this commercial of Estee Lauder.

Just like the legend, Michael Bay does not have the talents of James Cameron, but has the same grumpy temper. He roars from time to time in the editing room, especially an associate director named Zach Schneider. Almost unable to look up by Michael Bay.

"interesting..."

Duke left without staying for long. He didn't expect to meet two super leaders who emerged from the advertising industry here.

But after thinking about it, it's not surprising that the top advertising circle in North America is much smaller than Hollywood, and Santa Feia's fashion blockbuster for Estee Lauder will definitely focus on the top people in the industry. Since these two people Being able to get out of the advertising industry must be a leader in this industry.

"Hello, Zach, may I call you that? Thank you?"

Taking advantage of the rest of the advertising team, Duke asked Zach Schneider to call into an office, "I heard you studied at the Pasadena College of Art and Design?"

"Yes, Mr. Rosenberg." Zach Schneider replied calmly, sitting across from him.

"Just call me Duke."

Strictly speaking, the other party is older and more senior than Duke, but the $100 million box office of "Life and Death" is enough to reverse all of this, and Duke did not mean to be ambiguous, and said directly, "Let's say it, I I am preparing for my second work..."

Of course, Duke would not tell him that the script is ready, but the investment has not yet arrived.

"I need an assistant director, an assistant director with a philosophy similar to mine."

After hearing Duke talk about this, Zach Schneider's eyes lit up instantly, and a hint of excitement appeared on his calm face. May I ask which director does not want to be a film director? Why did he enter the advertising circle? It's not about looking for opportunities to enter the big screen while looking for life to hone oneself.

Although this is an associate director, he is a true associate director of movies, not the current associate director of advertising, and he has also entered the mainstream Hollywood movie circle, and he will have more opportunities in the future.

If no one is supporting, Zach Schneider knows how difficult this step is.

The most typical one is Michael Bay, the head of the current advertising team. His uncle is the executive director of Warner, but he has not gotten the opportunity to direct the film.

In Hollywood, how important opportunities are can be imagined.

"Can you ask what you think about the picture and color of the movie?"

As someone who has studied the other party's work, Duke naturally knows what Zach Schneider is best at.

"I think there are many similarities between film and painting, especially the composition of the picture. If you examine a film with the eyes of an artist, then the picture of the film will present a unique style."

Zach Schneider knew that this was a rare opportunity. He thought about it for a while before he said, "I think the gorgeous oil painting colors can be used in movies, because the heavy ink and color in oil paintings can definitely be used on movie screens. Can bring unprecedented visual impact to the audience..."

When he said 'visual impact', he obviously increased his tone.

Sure enough, it was Zach Schneider. Certain opinions were formed very early.

Although he fully agrees with this concept in his heart, Duke will not make a decision lightly. Every outstanding director has gone through a long process of tempering. Who knows if the young Zach Schneider is a mere appearance?

Afterwards, the two talked a lot about movies, and they shared a common language in many places, especially their views on "visual impact"!

Now Duke is a relatively immature director, and Zach Schneider is obviously younger than him. However, after working in advertising and mv for several years, relevant work experience is not a problem and can be included in the inspection object. In the list.