[US Entertainment] 1994

When the sun was freshest in the morning, Josh ran downstairs and took a turn in the nearby park. When he got home, the sun had already filled the balcony. He dug out the flowers and plants he bought recently and watered them again. Put it on the balcony to dry.

With his wish fulfilled, Josh relaxed to the extreme. Although there is still a mountain called the system oppressing him, Josh believes that pressure is the motivation. He may not be able to win the Oscar winner within five years.

"Hoo hoo..." Twisting his waist and loosening his legs, Josh packed up and was ready to go out. The manager's call just happened to come in. Josh and he made an appointment to meet at a nearby Spanish restaurant. The car just stopped in front of the restaurant. Well, two reporters emerged out of nowhere and slapped Josh fiercely. Before Josh could react, the paparazzi immediately made a defensive posture and ran away.

Josh was stunned the whole time: "..."

Mr. Manager, who arrived at the same time as Josh but no one paid attention: "..."

Josh continued to be confused: "Did I do anything?"

He just parked the car and foolishly let others take pictures for 1 minute, and before he could do anything, those two people ran away like thieves.

Mr. Manager rested his chin in thought: "I think, they are just too horny."

"So dissatisfied with desire that even men are horny?" Josh sniffled and said in disgust, "Are all the paparazzi these days?"

The manager shook his head: "No, they just haven't seen you for too long and miss you so much. To be honest, I wouldn't have allowed you to go to Europe if it wasn't for the fact that you were too tired during the awards season. It's been a month since I disappeared."

Josh was startled: "Paparazzi miss me? Are you kidding me?"

"If you've read the papers this month, you know I'm not exaggerating. Do you know how much Holly Hunter and Tom Hanks got paid? You know that Anna Paquin is now The most popular child star in America? You don't know anything, you idiot." Arnold looked distressed.

Josh: "So exaggerated?"

"Everyone in Hollywood knows that the month after the award ceremony is the best opportunity for the winners to promote themselves." Arnold sighed, "Although the statuette is beautiful, its shelf life is not so long. Like Audrey Hepburn, who is a superstar and can win an Oscar, like Holly Hunter, her salary should be around 200 million before "Farewell to the Piano", but now, I want to facilitate the joining of this new Oscar actress If not, the studio will have to pay at least $300 million more."

Josh swallowed, and suddenly felt countless dollars floating away from his eyes, and he couldn't help but feel a heartache.

"Then—" Josh blinked and hesitated for a while before asking, "How much is my salary now?"

The manager lightly raised 8 fingers.

Josh sighed: "It's much less than I thought."

Arnold nodded his forehead: "Be content, boy, when we first met, I couldn't bear to take a cut of your salary, but now, as long as you nod, I can get dozens of dollars for a movie." Ten thousand in the account, that is much higher than your first film salary!"

Josh smiled: "I will work harder in filming in the future. You will earn a lot of money and live in a big villa in Beverly."

The agent laughed: "What do I want so much money for? To be honest, I am very satisfied with my current income. I don't think the criterion for measuring the success of an agent is money. If it is only for money, I have no It is necessary to be in this industry.”

"Compared to making more money, I would rather be the manager of a superstar, can you let me realize my dream?"

"Of course." Josh reached out and shook Arnold's hand, "This is an agreement between men."

Arnold slowly smiled: "I also believe that you can make my dream come true, come on, Josh."

The meeting between Josh and Mr. Manager at the restaurant was naturally not all for eating, but more for discussing Josh's work plan after April. The promotional period of "Speed" has already started, and his schedule is full. In addition to the movie promotion, because Josh successfully won the Oscar statuette, the agent has also taken over two endorsements for Josh.

Just a two-year commercial endorsement, Josh can take away 350 million US dollars from the brand. Last year, Josh made two movies and received some endorsements. After deducting various taxes and necessary expenses, The amount that fell into his pocket was only 4-500 million US dollars. This year, the advertising alone broke the previous record, and Josh felt very satisfied.

In fact, in terms of endorsements, male celebrities have far less choice than female celebrities. Male celebrities generally focus on the industries of men’s clothing, cars, and watches. Those with greater popularity may become the global spokesperson of a brand. Some may be branch spokespersons of the brand.

Josh is youthful, and the brands he endorses are wider than other Oscar winners.Both the German sports brand Adidas and the American sports brand Nike have sent invitations to him, asking him to endorse their youth series for young men and women.The well-known Japanese electronics manufacturers Sony and Toshiba have invited him to endorse some electronic products, as well as some products suitable for young people to consume and use... Mr. Broker chose two options that are suitable for Josh's endorsement, but A product that will not create any disputes.

Seeing that his wallet is getting bigger and bigger, Josh is naturally very satisfied, but he is not a person obsessed with money. He doesn't care if he has more or less endorsements. Even if he doesn't endorse, he doesn't think it's a big deal. In terms of advertising, the only prerequisite for advertising endorsement is that it cannot affect the filming of the film.

In the afternoon, Josh drove around the road before arriving at Beverly Hills, where the headquarters of Twentieth Century Fox is located.

Although the development time in Hollywood is not short, Josh has not visited Beverly, the Holy Land of Hollywood, many times. The distribution department of the company discusses the promotion of the film.

As soon as he went upstairs, Josh received the warmest welcome.Jane de Bont was the first to step forward and gave Josh a big hug: "Josh, you are finally here."

Josh smiled: “Jane, you miss me so much?”

"No, because before you came, everyone was talking about the name Josh Walter, and even if I wanted to talk to them more about movies, no one would give me the opportunity."

Sandra Bullock chimed in: "They're all asking me what it's like to walk the Oscars red carpet - and I'm telling them I'm scared to pee, but no one will believe it."

Josh laughed.

After he came, Dennis Hopper also came to the conference room, and the discussion officially began.

The number of theaters for the film's release has been determined, and all the aspects that need to be discussed are related to publicity. The crew of "Speed" and the public relations department of [-]th Century Fox have submitted a publicity plan respectively. After Josh has studied both plans , he found that, as the leading actor, he really had the most publicity tasks, almost twice the amount of publicity for "Schindler's List".

"Today Show", "Entertainment Weekly" interview, "Hollywood Reporter" interview, promotions in major cities in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago... You know, this is just the promotion that several leading actors of the crew, including the director, will participate in. Apart from these, Arnold also arranged a separate job for Josh. Until the movie is released in June, Josh will participate in more than a dozen TV shows, travel to most of the first-tier cities in the United States, and shoot albums and commercials...

He lowered his head and suddenly felt that the world was so hopeless.

There is no room for lazy people anymore.

Josh still hopes to make a film in the second half of this year to fill the gap next year. There is no doubt that 1994 was a busy year for him. Speed ​​​​is released, and at the end of the year is "The Shawshank Redemption". If "The Shawshank Redemption" can shine in the award season this year, his busy schedule may continue until March next year.

"Life is so hopeless!" Josh couldn't help but sighed softly.

"Josh, do you have any comments?" asked Fox distribution executive Mark Tillerson.

Josh shook his head: "I have no opinion."

"Thank you for your hard work." Mark Tillerson smiled, "You know, we have done our best to arrange such a huge film schedule. Before that, only sports stars like Arnold Schwarzenegger Movies can enjoy such treatment."

Josh and Jane de Bont looked at each other, but neither made a sound.

In fact, just because the crew is eager to get more films from Fox, so in the process of cooperation between the two, "Speed" has always maintained a humble and concessional attitude, while the distribution department of Twentieth Century Fox seems a bit arrogant , It is also understandable, after all, "Speed" is only a movie with a total cost of 3000 to [-] million, but the promotional expenses invested by the Fox department are already infinitely close to the production expenses of the movie.

"You will be exhausted during this time." Coming out of the Fox Building, Sandra patted Josh on the shoulder sympathetically.

Josh shrugged: "No way, who made me the youngest one."

"Jane, Fox has their ideas, what are your ideas?" Josh stretched his waist, "We must realize that making movies is our job, and publicity is also our responsibility, but things like making money , Fox should be more anxious than us, right?"

Actors are of course responsible for the promotion of the movie, but in fact, after the actor finishes filming the movie and gets paid, the box office won by the movie can certainly add to his resume, but whether the movie earns or loses, it has nothing to do with the actor. Big, unless the actor gets a dividend in it.

The author has something to say: I wish everyone a happy Christmas Eve and happy every day.

There is only one update on Christmas Eve. I have time tomorrow to try to make up for it. Today I went out for a while, had a meal, bought super cute fur slippers, and played the star detective game.