Chapter 166： On the manager

"Hugo, you don't have to buy bricks for us, we don't need them." Joseph was holding four huge boxes in his hands, watching Hugo playing with his own mobile phone, worriedly Speaking of.

Joseph will not forget that he is still carrying a million dollars in debt on his shoulders, and Hugo is also buying him gifts, which makes Joseph a little uneasy. Five bricks cost $17,475, which is really an insecure expenditure, and Joseph is not sure that this mobile phone will really come in handy.

Hugo lifted his gaze from the mobile phone. The current mobile phone has no functions, just use it to make calls, and there are relatively few phone numbers that can be stored. At present, it can only store a hundred calls, so Hugo has almost no functions. It takes'strength' to understand, "Joseph, you know, this is just a small gift. Isn't the momentum of recent movies just right? There is no need to have too much burden."

"But..." Joseph still wanted to say something, but Hugo stopped him, "Besides, this call is really useful. If you have any urgent matters in the future, you can find the other party at any time. This is much more convenient. Isn’t it? It’s also helpful for our work. You don’t want a job to find you, but there’s no way to contact you the first time, right?"

Seeing the smug smile on Hugo's face, Joseph knew that he was convinced. Joseph can only remember this favor, he shook his head helplessly, "Okay, I know. But then you can't mess up and spend money anymore."

"Hey." Hugo'Lu' gave a sly smile, "Today's trip is not over yet." Joseph's footsteps could not help but stopped, and he guessed that Hugo must be going shopping again. , Hugo smiled and kept walking, and continued to walk towards their worn-out Volkswagen Golf, "Don’t worry, I will never “spend” money. The next thing we want to buy is what we must have. Yes, it must!"

Joseph looked at Hugo's back, his brilliant smile dazzling in the sun so that people could not open his eyes. He could only helplessly step forward and catch up with him, "What, what do you want to buy?"

"Car!" Hugo's voice followed the sound of the wind, making Joseph pause, and then speeding up to follow. The worries between the eyebrows disappeared quietly, and the faint joy began to fly.

Cars have a fatal attraction for most men, but many people are restricted by the thickness of their wallets, unable to turn their dreams of racing speed into reality. However, look at the “fans” of Formula One cars around the world, and then look at the tens of millions of sports car brands such as Ferrari, Lamborghini (.), Cadillac (), and Aston Martin. Clusters, as well as the vigorous vitality of the auto industry, know that men are obsessed with cars.

Joseph is no exception. When he heard that Hugo was about to buy a car, the smiles in his eyes had already started to curl his eyebrows, "However, we still don't have enough capital to buy a car." Joseph is still expressing his concerns, although he Trying to maintain the seriousness of his facial expression, but the curvature of the corners of his mouth vented the joy of Joseph's heart at this time.

Hugo looked at Joseph’s overly stiff facial lines, and knew that Joseph was actually holding back very hard. He took a few large bricks from Joseph’s hand, placed them on the back seat, and then sat in the passenger seat, Yang Sheng said, "If we want to buy a sports car, of course we don't have that much money. What's more, we don't have a place to park the sports car now. You can't put the sports car next to the small mound at the'door' of your home, right..."

Hugo's words made Joseph sitting in the driver's seat not hold back for a moment, and the arc of his mouth rose up. In fact, Hugo is now going to buy sports cars, the funds are absolutely sufficient, but buying sports cars, villas, yachts and other luxury goods, the price has never been the most difficult part, maintenance costs are the most troublesome, so in the current state of Hugo , It really hasn't reached the level of buying a sports car.

"I just want to say buying a van, you know, it is necessary for work." Hugo then explained, he turned around and brought a brick over, intending to save each other's phone numbers in the phone. , To facilitate contact.

&uv)?" Joseph quickly understood. In fact, the so-called multi-purpose RV is a vehicle that combines a van, a SUV, and an off-road vehicle. This type of vehicle can generally carry more than seven passengers. This This type of car is currently used more as a family car or travel car in the United States, because there is enough space for a baby stroller, and it can also accommodate a large family.

With the rapid development of multi-functional SUVs in the mid-1980s, the Hollywood star system has gradually matured. This kind of van is used by many big-name stars as vehicles during publicity. Because the production team of a top star is very large, including agents, managers, public relations, assistants, bodyguards and other positions, if this is a film and music cross-border artist, the team may have to be expanded. Times. In addition, a small number of actors will bring their own makeup artists, hair stylist and other additional personnel. In this case, a multifunctional RV that can accommodate more than seven people comes in handy.

In addition, the multifunctional RV with ample space can also provide artists with a relatively ‘private’ and convenient space during their breaks, which also creates a lot of convenience for the artists.

Generally speaking, celebrities will have their own vehicles when they travel privately, most of which are sports cars or sedans; but in the promotion period, the utility vehicle can be of great help. This is the earliest prototype of the nanny car. After entering the 21st century, the nanny car has become very common, and it has also become one of the criteria for the status of an artist in the circle: because the ability to use the nanny car indicates that there is behind the artist Accompanied by a large enough team.

"Do we need to use a van?" After receiving Hugo's affirmative answer, Joseph asked suspiciously. Now the Hugo team is only Joseph alone, not even an assistant, so buying a van seems to be a fuss.

Although Joseph asked this way, the interest in his words and expressions did not diminish. Obviously, Joseph was much more positive about buying a car than his mobile phone. Hugo glanced at Joseph, who had been suppressing the sense of expectation in his heart, and the smile on the corner of his mouth was outlined, "Now we all use the car together, especially when we all go out together, it is more crowded..."

The most important thing is to consider the situation of Carl, Charlize and Alex. After Carl’s previous old car was scrapped, now Hugo and the others basically use the car together, although it is no problem for five people to ride the current car. , But the space is still relatively crowded. If you change to a van, there will be a lot more.

Of course, my friend’s situation is just one of the references, and Hugo must use it more. "Even if you don't use it now, you will definitely need it in the future. With so many trips recently, you didn't say before that you should consider finding an assistant." This is the direct reason that triggered Hugo's purchase of a van.

Joseph started the car, temporarily focused his attention on the road, and once again merged into the not-heavy traffic flow. "That said, it will be necessary sooner or later." Joseph originally thought that Hugo wanted to buy a sports car or a car. , Excitement returns to excitement, but this is indeed more impractical, but if it is to buy a van, it is more logical.

"It's not that easy to find a good assistant, so don't worry." Joseph mentioned this. In fact, for artists, they contact managers and assistants the most, not brokers. "Or, do you find a manager first?"

Because Hollywood agents are professionals with huge powers, such as Ron Mayer and Rick Rosen. They have more than a dozen or more than 20 artists under their hands, and they are all in charge of their work. In the office, strategize. They don't take care of the artist personally, but rather play the role of an intermediary.

Managers and agents are a completely different definition. Almost every artist will have an agent. Regardless of the level, the agent will do career planning and work arrangements for them, but only big-name artists will have a manager. . Managers are exclusively for artists and help them deal with all kinds of trivial matters around them. They are more like a combination of agents and assistants. According to the industry regulations, brokers only take commissions, which is the 10% that Hugo pays to international innovation management companies; but managers can not only "draw" commissions, but also "draw" projects, so most The managers are the closest and trustworthy people of the entertainers, and Tom Cruise’s manager is his sister.

In short, the agent is one of many people. They negotiate projects with large companies for artists. Even screenwriters have agents. Managers are personally exclusive to artists. They are responsible for establishing a relationship between agent and artist. At the same time, he is responsible for supervising the management of assistants, public relations, makeup artists, stylists, bodyguards and other chores.

The current situation around Hugo, Joseph, due to his special circumstances, is more like Hugo’s manager than an agent, but the actual situation is that once Joseph succeeds some artists are willing to sign with him or It is a newcomer who signed to Joseph's satisfaction like Carl, then Joseph will return to the position of agent, and Hugo must fight alone again.

Therefore, Joseph began to prepare for Hugo's "color" assistant. Before Hugo reached the level of configuration manager, or before Hugo found a suitable manager, the assistant would share the chores around Hugo-for example. Drive to the show, such as urging Hugo to get up in time in the morning.

Although assistants are easier to find than managers, managers need to cooperate for a long time on the basis of trust, and the frequency of replacement of assistants is relatively high; but finding a suitable assistant is not so easy, after all, this assistant will become An artist’s most familiar partner.

"I'm not in a hurry, I'm not in a hurry, whether it's an assistant or a manager." Hugo is really not anxious, he used to do everything by himself, and he has long been used to it. "As long as you are not in a hurry, I am not in a hurry."

Hearing Hugo’s words, Joseph couldn’t help but twitched his lips, “Don’t worry, I’m not in a hurry until the Oscars are over.” At least in the short term, Joseph has no “energy” to sign other actors. He must take Hugo’s career. It's good to manage'color'. Sharpening the knife and not chopping wood by mistake, the more Hugo's achievements are "color", the higher Joseph's reputation as an agent will be, a very simple arithmetic problem.