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After getting a satisfactory answer, Ben calmed down a little, but even so, thinking of Lance's arrogant expression, he still felt in a bad mood, as if he had stepped on a ****, even if he cleaned up all the dirty things. Yes, but I still feel uncomfortable psychologically. I can't wait to throw the whole pair of shoes away.

So, Ben decided to go to Las Vegas for a vacation, to enjoy the appeasement of fine wine, and pure comfort, to sweep away all the bad luck. I believe that when he comes back, Lance will know how wrong he is, and who he has provoked.

After sending Ben away, Mark did not start to act immediately, but sat in his seat, sorted out the ins and outs of the matter, and tried to look at the whole matter from a calm and objective perspective. But for Lance's domineering actions, he still can't think of a reason. Could it be that Lance has really lost his mind? Or, the success of two consecutive works made him inflated so much that he didn't know what to say, as if he thought he had occupied the highest peak in Hollywood?

If this is the case, Mark would not mind giving Lance a shocking education - this is Hollywood, nothing lasts forever, and no one can act recklessly, and no one can be domineering. Not even Steven Spielberg, James Cameron.

Witnessing those newcomers who are arrogant and arrogant fall from the clouds to the dust, this can give people a sense of God's mission of controlling the fate of others, and that kind of happiness is irreplaceable. Mark is already eager to try.

After sorting out his thoughts, Mark pressed the inside line and looked for Terrence Cox, planning to discuss the solution to this matter internally. If necessary, they also need to seek the opinions of the company's senior partners. After all, the incident this time is not that simple. It is not about the bundled cooperation of Sin City, but for the cooperation with Chaos Films.

The phone rang for a while, but no one answered. It is estimated that the first assistant was busy. Mark was about to transfer Terence's second assistant, when there was a knock on the office door, and then the door was pushed open. His The assistant stood at the door, poking his head out, Mark, Terrence wants you to go upstairs.

Mark couldn't help being stunned, Did he say something? The assistant shook his head, Mark turned his head around, but didn't have a clue, and then stood up, I happened to have something to do with him. Then Mark left He left the office and walked towards the elevator.

Innovative Artists Agency owns the entire office building, demonstrating their presence as a top five agency. The arrangement of the company's office is also very particular. The offices of the junior brokers are all on the lower floor, sharing a common space with a group of partners, sitting in the office cubicle and working hard; with the increase in position, ability, and weight, the office is slowly going up. Climb up, have your own independent office, and even have your own office floor... It clearly presents the hierarchy of the entire company and inspires brokers to keep striving to climb up.

Mark's office is on the twentieth floor, and Terrence was also on this floor not long ago, but with the acquisition of Woody Allen's brokerage contract, he was promoted to the twenty-third floor. There are only four offices on the entire floor, which are fresh potential stocks for senior brokers, and if they go up further, they will become senior partners of the company.

In addition to the four offices on the 23rd floor, there are also two meeting rooms, which are not unfamiliar to Mark, and many high-level meetings are held here.

After arriving on the 23rd floor, Mark walked towards Terence's brand new office, but he saw Terence's second assistant approaching from a distance, and said loudly, Mr. Cox is here In the first meeting room. Mark couldn't help being stunned, but without thinking too much, he turned around and walked towards the back meeting room.

Opening the door of the meeting room and walking in, Mark paused slightly, What's going on? Did I go to the wrong meeting room? Mark looked back, and there was the first meeting room on the door, and then looked again. Heading into the meeting room - there were at least ten people sitting in the room at this time, all of them were familiar faces, including Terrence, there were four senior brokers, and there was actually a senior partner Roland Perkins .

Roland is a senior executive of the Creative Artists Agency, one of the top five people in the company. Due to the special operation method of the innovative artist agency, they often have business contacts, but Mark also knows that the artists who can let Roland play are either top superstars or newcomers who are favored by the whole company, and the weight is still different after all.

Mark was completely bewildered and had no idea what was going on.

Terrence beckoned, Mark, I'm missing you. He motioned for Mark to sit down. Mark originally wanted to talk about Ben's affairs, but now looking at the battle, there might be more serious matters, so he also put the words in his mind. I temporarily suppressed my thoughts, found a seat, and joined the ranks of the meeting.

Terence looked at Roland, who was sitting next to him, and Roland glanced at Mark inexplicably, which made Mark a little uneasy, and then Terence got a signal from Roland, and immediately said, Mark, we are now It was an impromptu meeting, just for Ben Affleck.

There was such a moment of surprise in Mark's mind, but he didn't think much, and said, I was going to tell you about this too. Mark looked around at the other people in the conference room and found that no one interrupted He said with some uncertainty, Ben and I went to Chaos Films just now, and Lancelot was so defiant that he unilaterally tore up the contract without any notice or discussion. This time, Ben didn’t disclose any news in front of the media, but Lancelot was unreasonable, arrogant, and even wanted to provoke the authority of our company. He said that he didn’t care even if he gave up the other three actors, Ben must be fired, this... this is really unbelievable. I think he is a bit too inflated now, and we must take a stand and let him know that our company is not something that can be challenged casually.

These words were completed in one go, which is also the result of Mark's arrangement of thoughts just now. Not only for Ben, but also for himself, Lance had to be taught a lesson. As for whether Ben will continue to star in Sin City, they can take a long-term view.

Mark believed that Terrence would definitely agree with his idea.

But after looking carefully, Mark found that Terrence's expression was a bit obscure, not angry or surprised, but an inexplicable entanglement. What's going on? Didn't Terrence dislike Lance in every possible way? Hadn't Terrence been crushed by Lance? Didn't Terrence completely disagree with Lance because of borrowing a knife to kill someone?

Mark, I think Lancelot did nothing wrong this time. Terrence's expression was still very strange, it seemed to be amazed, mocking, or helpless, but it seemed to be nothing at all.

What! Mark was completely stunned, his eyes widened and he didn't know how to react for a while, What did you say? Do you know what he did? Not only did he ignore Ben's dignity, even our company I didn't pay attention to it... Mark only felt that the earth seemed to be reversed, why did he feel that the development of the whole thing was so weird?

But before Mark could finish his words, Roland's voice came over, As a producer, Lancelot's handling method is strong, but very correct. This made the rest of Mark's words dissipate in the In the chest cavity, the brain stopped functioning completely for a moment, and he stared at Roland blankly, completely at a loss.

Terence scratched his bald head with a troubled look on his face, then he pushed out a stack of A4 papers in front of him, motioned for the people next to him to distribute them to everyone present, and then said, Lance I made a special call to the company and issued a formal protest against Ben's behavior. When I signed the contract before, it included a confidentiality agreement, but Ben leaked information to the media without permission. This is unforgivable of.

Mark has run out of words. The non-disclosure agreement in the contract is a standard clause included in almost every contract, but almost everyone in Hollywood knows that unless it is a work like Star Wars, where innovations and scripts need to be kept strictly confidential, otherwise no one will really. Like Ben, who just said in an interview that he is about to star in and is looking forward to it, no one will pursue the so-called breach of contract.

but now……

Lance expressed dissatisfaction with the company's artist management. Terence said this very euphemistically, but it can be felt that Lance's words are definitely not so gentle, but the problem is that Terence and Roland are still Swallow it! It's not normal, it's so abnormal. Immediately afterwards, Terrence changed the subject, Lance solemnly stated that Ben should be fired. This is a decision with no room for maneuver, not only because Ben challenged the authority of the producer, but also because he violated the terms of the contract. Smith had to rewrite the script and the characters.

This is bullshit! It's all bullshit! Mark didn't believe it, and Terence didn't know that Lance's words were all bluffs! He doesn't believe it!

So, Terence tapped the piece of paper on the table, Lance resubmitted a waiting list of actors, this is the list to replace Ben in the role of Dwight, there are a total of four names, we will now We need to discuss who is more suitable, or send all four people to audition. Also, how should we deal with the media and public relations issues after that.”

Mark only felt his muscles tense up, this was the reason, this was the real reason!

In the exchange of interests, for any large company, there is no absolute right or wrong, only absolute interests. To put it simply, if Lance fired Ben, but did not make a corresponding division of interests, then the Creative Artists Agency would definitely not let it go; but Lance was fully prepared to fire an actor and at the same time The replacement candidate was submitted, and the exchange of benefits was completed - hurting Ben's interests, but winning a chance for another actor. Overall, the Creative Artists Agency did not lose anything.

More importantly, in this matter, Ben was the one who did the wrong thing, and the Creative Artists Agency did not take it seriously, and Lance had no intention of pestering him endlessly. Therefore, it only needs to sacrifice one capital, and the innovative artist management company will turn a blind eye, and the matter can be perfectly resolved.

Lance makes Creative Artists Agency a deal he can't refuse. Inexplicably, Mark thought of Don-Vito-Corleone in The Godfather.