Hollywood Road

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On Monday morning, there was a chuckle of high heels in the corridor inside CAA. Jessica Chastain came to a reception room and knocked gently on the door of the room. There was a call to enter. She opened the door and walked in. .

"Are you looking for me?" She saw the manager Mike sitting in a high chair. "Is there anything I can't say on the phone?"

"Sit down, Jessie." Mike stood up and took a glass of water for Jessica Chastain. "How was the audition yesterday?"

Jessica Chastain pulled a chair and sat down casually, took the water glass from Mike, said thank you, put it on the table in front of him, shook his head and said, "It’s not going well, and I’m not sure about trying makeup. effect."

Mike sat back in the high-back chair and said, "I'll try again this time for the audition. Jessie, why didn't you fight for the role of Sin City? I signed up for you at the time."

"I..." Jessica Chastain's eyes drooped, "I went to the audition, and I was brushed off in the first round."

"Why didn't you call Murphy?" Mike thought of the movie, and his heart was angry. "With your relationship with Murphy, it shouldn't be a problem to win one of the female characters!"

"It's not a problem? Mike, what you think is too simple!" Jessica Chastain raised her voice slightly, "Do you know what kind of person Murphy Stanton is? I just served him as an assistant for a short time. He doesn’t even count as a friend. He thinks my image is inappropriate. With his utilitarian style, is it useful to call?"

Don't talk about phone calls. According to her understanding, as long as she thinks it is inappropriate, even if she accompanies him to bed, it will be useless.

Besides, she didn't want to call at all.

She saw with her own eyes how Murphy Stanton went from being a gangster in a slum to a director, and asked a high-achieving student like her at the Juilliard School to seek an ignorant gangster, once and for the second time. If it is, it is really very, very difficult, and it will pierce her only self-esteem.

"I made an appointment at noon," Jessica Chastain stood up, not wanting to dwell on the subject, "If it's okay, I'll go first."

"Wait, Jesse!" Mike suddenly called her.

Jessica Chastain looked at Mike, who seemed to hesitate.

After a while, Mike asked, "Jesse, you used to be Murphy's assistant. You also know that he used to live in a slum. Why did a poor boy in a slum suddenly have so much money to make a movie? Sell it to the TV station News copyright and Los Angeles Police Department rewards will be so generous?"

Upon hearing this, Jessica Chastain immediately felt that something was wrong, and she became a little wary, but after all, she was an actor, and her face under the red bangs remained unchanged. She casually said, "What is going on, I have to ask. The Los Angeles County Police Department and his friend Carla Faith, I only served as his assistant for a short time. How can I know these things?"

Mike frowned slightly, if he could get information from other sources, he wouldn't look to Jessica Chastain.

Some time ago, he carefully studied the history of Murphy Stanton and found that there are many suspicious places in it. These are like mysteries, and there is always no real answer. For example, the Los Angeles County Police Department can It was found that Murphy Stanton had received a large reward, but the police department refused to disclose it.

If you can find the answer, it may become a tool to your advantage, maybe...

Mike's eyes narrowed, maybe he could have a big-name director client.

"I am leaving, bye."

Turning around, Jessica Chastain walked towards the door, and a bit of doubt appeared on his calm face just now.

After Jessica Chastain left, Mike sat thinking for a while, and walked out of the lounge, along the long corridor, to his office. Like all the agents on this floor, he did not have a separate office. , Share a room with the other three brokers.

Pushing open the office door, Mike walked in and sat behind his desk. He wanted to continue thinking about what was just now, but the other three colleagues' comments made him feel uneasy at all.

"Bill Rossis succeeded again this time."

"Yeah, Murphy Stanton can become a second-line director just now."

"If I want to have such a customer, I will definitely hold it in my hand as a treasure."

"Hey, if Murphy Stanton's lower part of the film is a big hit, and the North American box office has won 200 million US dollars or more to become a first-line director, will Bill Rossis be invited by the company's board of directors to become one of the partners? what?"

As soon as this word came out, several other people fell into a short silence. The partner would mean becoming one of the company's top figures and the goal of their small brokers.

"We will still have a good relationship with Bill in the future," someone suggested. "We can also put our clients into Murphy Stanton's new crew. Maybe it's like Jessica Alba. It will be popular someday. Up."

The other two nodded in agreement, "It is enough to be able to participate in a movie like "Sin City". This first week of box office is enough to attract the attention of many media."

"Mike, you have such a good relationship with Bill," one person turned the subject to Mike. "In the future, we will help you to say something about the Serb."

"No problem." Mike tried to make a smile.

Colleagues were still discussing Murphy Stanton, Bill Rossis and "Sin City". Mike couldn't do anything, and his mood was greatly affected. After sitting for another ten minutes, he stood up and walked out. office.

Walking into the elevator room, there was an elevator coming down from above. Mike took a few steps and entered the elevator, and found that the person standing inside was Bill Roses.

"Going out?" Mike asked naturally.

"Yeah." Bill Rossis nodded, "Sin City won the box office title last weekend, and Vanity Fair has also made a decision to deal with Murphy and James Franco in the afternoon. A few people are doing interviews, and I will rush over to confirm the problem with them in advance."

Mike smiled and said, "Then I would like to congratulate you. If you can be on the interview with Vanity Fair, Murphy will be more famous behind him."

Bill Rossis was obviously in a great mood and smiled heartily.

After leaving the Death Star Building, the two waved goodbye. Mike decided to go to the opposite cafe and sit quietly for a while. In the past, passing by a newsstand, he caught a glimpse of the "Premiere" magazine hanging outside the newsstand and thought of Bill Rossi. For Si, he bought a copy, stuffed it into his briefcase, and entered the coffee shop.

Find a quiet seat, order a good coffee, Mike took out the "Premier" magazine, on the cover is a close-up poster of "Sin City".

The blood-red headline on the black and white cover is very eye-catching-"Sin City" **** box office!

Turning over the cover, Mike quickly saw the latest box office bulletin.

"Sin City" directed by Murphy Stanton, a young director with a very personal style and a miracle in "Chain Saw" and "Planet of Horror", is coming this week aggressively. The film was launched in 2850 theaters in North America. It was released at the same time, with the bad origin of an R-rated film-which means that countless young audiences will be blocked outside the theater, earning more than 36.8 million U.S. dollars in the first weekend, topping the North American box office chart, and being called by some media Murphy Stanton, directed by Mad Men, also successfully fulfilled its previous promise to Miramax in terms of revenue."

""Sin City" is adapted from Frank Miller's comic of the same name. Murphy Stanton selected 3 of 7 short stories to form the main story of the film. It is the same as Warner's "Batman" series and Twentieth Century Fox The difference between the "X-Men" series of "Sin City" is that "Sin City" does not have the vulgar superheroes in most comic-based movies. Murphy Stanton brings dark, bloody, violent, and anti-hero qualities. , Making it more like a gangster movie and a gangster movie."

"Director Murphy Stanton is a loyal reader of "Sin City" comics. In line with the principle of absolute restoration of the original and faithful reproduction of the story, Murphy invited the original author, the perverse cartoonist Frank? Miller's entry into the director group is a great addition."

"It is understood that Murphy Stanton is not only the screenwriter and director, but also personally led the post-production and final editing of the film. The film also incorporates his distinctive personality based on the comics, just like Murphy Stanton. Like the first three films of "Sin City", regardless of the material, narrative, story, and video, it is labeled with a distinct "Murphy Stanton Produced" label. This is from the media's fuss, helplessness, and mixed praise and criticism. You can snoop."

"The gold medal critic Roger Albert of the Chicago Sun did not hesitate to give the film two thumbs up, thinking that this black-and-white film, completely filmed in front of a green screen, was epoch-making; and another film critic William Arnold, the leading star of the United States, pronounced "Sin City" as out-and-out **** with F. Although this polarization and mixed reputation results often stimulate the audience's curiosity, increase the film's freshness and topicality, and have an impact on the box office. The results are not without benefits, but the R-level classification and relatively narrow audience style make it very difficult for "Sin City" to exceed $100 million in the North American box office."

"In addition, the ill-fated "Sniper Phone Booth" ranked No. 2 in the box office. This work released by Twentieth Century Fox earned $10.27 million last weekend..."

Seeing this, Mike closed the magazine and turned his eyes to the Death Star Building outside the window. He also wanted to go one floor higher and also wanted to have his own independent office.

He took out his cell phone, made a few calls, and finally dialed a number. When the other person picked up, he smiled, "Hi, Murphy, it's me, Mike. Ah, it's okay, I just want to say something." Congratulations, you did a great job."

On the other side, Murphy sat in the studio rented by Vanity Fair and said with a smile, "Thank you."

After a few casual polite words, Murphy hung up the phone. Not long after the phone was hung up, Grace walked in with Bill Rossis and explained to him some things to pay attention to during the interview.