Chapter 566

The air-conditioner doesn't work?

Andy's small eyes narrowed into a slit and almost disappeared. Maitreya's face relaxed and his smile rose slightly in the corner of his mouth, as if he didn't understand the meaning behind the sentence.

With such a poor excuse, even a junior agent who has just been in business for one or two years can smell something wrong, not to mention an old fox like Andy? It's not unusual that the air conditioning in the meeting room is broken; Knowing that the air conditioner is out of order, but there is no response, we still arrange a meeting in this meeting room, which is strange.

As one of the top six film companies in Hollywood, Universal Pictures has been at the bottom of the list for many times in recent years, and its achievements have never improved. However, Lion Gate pictures has not been able to achieve the goal of anti super. This is the inside information. After more than half a century of precipitation and accumulation, it is still one of the Big Macs. How can they not even have a meeting room with normal air conditioning?

Obviously, this is the downfall; And there is no cover of the dismount, put it clearly in Andy's face fell a slap.

But why?

Clarify recent rumors? Or avoid the recent media craze? Or to emphasize the attitude of Universal Pictures towards the dispensability of contract renewal? Or is it to lower Andy's expectation and take the initiative in the negotiation of film payment for renewal, suggesting that Andy doesn't want to talk big? Or there are other potential, unknown reasons?

However, no matter what the reason is, it is too clumsy and direct to be so aggressive. Let alone that the two sides are now in the honeymoon of cooperation. Even if they are enemies who turn their faces and refuse to recognize others, such means are too naive. Such a move is more like malicious Revenge of personal enmity, but who is it?

Van diesel? Christian Wagner? Fisher Morgan? Or long Meyer?

The hidden reasons can be investigated slowly. What's important is his response attitude. Of course, Andy can't swallow his anger and just go into the meeting room and wait, but if the reaction is too intense, it may tear his face.

Andy doesn't worry about tearing his face. Anyway, after that, the creative artists agency came forward and reached a settlement with Universal Pictures. This is not a problem. The point is, can tearing his face achieve the goal? If not, then Andy doesn't want to turn himself into a circus clown.

Andy finished his thinking and said to the assistant with a smile, "excuse me, where's Michael fottrell's office?"

Michael forthrie, deputy general manager of Universal Pictures' production department, has created "speed and passion" series, "tiger gall dragon" series and so on.

However, his ability does not lie in the production of films, and his real ability lies in the management of works like "cat girl" and "Underworld police station". Most of the time, he exists as a leader and then works as a producer. In fact, he seldom goes to the set to shoot the whole process of "speed and passion 5", and he never shows up. It can be said that he is a powerful person, not a practical talent.

The development of the follow-up series of "speed and passion", whether to set up a project, how to prepare the team, budget cost and so on, must be decided by Michael. He can directly communicate with the CEO of Universal Pictures, Lang Meyer. After Michael, neil-h-moritz will be on the stage to further implement.

It can be understood that Michael belongs to Universal Pictures, and he is a part of Universal Pictures; Neil, on the other hand, is not. He is a producer and plays the same role as a director and actor. In addition to Universal Pictures, he has many cooperative projects with other film companies, but thanks to the success of the "speed and passion" series, he has a closer cooperative relationship with Universal Pictures.

At today's meeting, it's not known who is in charge of Universal Pictures, but Andy directly skipped those potential candidates and pointed out Michael forthrie.

The little assistant was immediately frightened. Obviously, he was just a minion, following orders to lead the way. He didn't know how to deal with such things. "Er, er, Mr. Ford's office... I, I don't know very well."

"Then I can ask a clear person." The amiable smile on Andy's face is like a spring breeze, which makes people feel kind and friendly, but the words are not yielding, and there is no meaning of compromise.

Andy goes over the shoulder of the assistant and starts to look for other people on the floor. The little assistant, though still very flustered, calmed down a little and said calmly, "Mr. Rogers, would you please wait in the conference room? Mr. Ford is having another meeting right now. He'll be here in a minute

Andy smiles and closes his chin. It seems that he has been convinced by such words, which makes the little assistant's heart slowly fall back to his chest. But the next second, he hears Andy say, "my schedule today is also very urgent. I just came here specially to tell Michael that I hope this meeting can be rescheduled to show my sincerity. Then, can I leave a message for you? Or do you want me to leave a post it note and send it directly to Michael? "

Universal's slap has been thrown in the face, how can Andy swallow it. As for the film payment and the next cooperation, he didn't even have time to put forward his own ideas, not to mention the lion's big mouth. The other party can't wait to show his power. No matter what the reason is, Andy can't accept it meekly.

Andy believes that even if he missed "speed and passion 6", Langley would never mind. Therefore, it is still unknown who has the advantage. Universal Pictures is so proud now that it can't see the form clearly.

Andy is more curious about who is behind this. It's so stupid. It doesn't look like the old fox of long Meyer.

The assistant didn't expect Andy's strategy at all. When he calmed down, he was stunned. He blinked and looked at Andy. He didn't know what to do for a moment. If Andy really left, did his work fail?

"If you don't need me to leave a post it note, I'll just leave." Andy has no intention of sympathizing with the innocent assistant, points to the direction of the elevator and says with a smile.

Finally, the little assistant bit his teeth and insisted, without changing his words, "could you please leave a message in your own handwriting?" He said with a smile, which was frightfully stiff.

After leaving a message, Andy doesn't stop at all and just turns around and leaves. Standing at the entrance of the elevator and waiting for a while, the elevator comes up wobbly. Andy's mood is gradually calmed down. The indoor air conditioning makes his brain work again. The attitude of universal pictures today is really intriguing. When he goes back, he must inquire about the news and make preparations.

The elevator door closed slowly, and then I heard the heartbreaking cry, "Mr. Rogers, Mr. Rogers!" A figure rushed over, grabbed the elevator door, and said breathlessly, "Sir, please stay. Mr. Ford's meeting is over."

Andy has taken out his mobile phone and is looking through the address book. He looks up at his assistant and says with a smile, "but I have something to do today. As for the rescheduling of the meeting, my assistant will contact me further, and then we'll see the time." He's not an employee of Universal Pictures. He's always on the move.

Looking at the smiling but unswerving Andy, Xiao Zhu's idea of crying has come true. Fortunately, Zhengzhu finally came.

In the distance, Michael forthrie and Neil H. morritz come forward with a leisurely pace one after the other. With a bright smile on their faces, they walk to Andy head-on.

Andy also smiles, preemptive, "you must have received my message. It's really impolite. I hope I didn't interrupt your meeting just now. " That calm posture, as if the downfall incident did not happen in general; And he was really just passing by.

"Our meeting is just over." Neil took the initiative to take over the topic, "the meeting on 'speed and passion' took longer than expected." A simple sentence explains, "why, are you leaving now?"

"My younger brother will arrive in Los Angeles this afternoon, and my mother urged me to be there. Two weeks ago, I confirmed this matter, but unfortunately, my assistant forgot to confirm it, so I arranged the meeting for this afternoon. It's my fault, so on the way to the airport, I decided to come in person and apologize. " Andy said calmly, even told the whole story, methodical.

"Family is always the most important thing." Neil laughed happily. "But before we go to the airport, I don't know if you have 30 minutes. We can sit down and have a good talk. Even if your brother arrived at the airport, I believe you can still meet him on time. Well, we allow you to turn on your mobile phone to make sure that he can contact you at the first time, so that he won't miss it. " With that, Neil blinked, as if he had established a tacit understanding with Andy.

Then, instead of giving Andy the chance to refuse, Neil turns around and introduces Michael to the two. Michael sends out an invitation again, saying that this meeting is just a preliminary exchange of views, and it will be over soon. Andy didn't keep on pretending and agreed.

They walked straight to the meeting room, where the air conditioner had just broken down. After entering, Michael realized that the air conditioner had broken down and invited Andy and Neil to his office as if he really knew nothing about it. So far, the air-conditioning incident has come to an end. On the surface, at least, everything has been reasonably explained.

But is that true?