Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1394 Lost Role
It wasn't long before Tom Cruise worked with Jess.

As an agent with considerable experience in Hollywood, Jess felt that Tom Cruise had the potential to become a big star when he first saw Tom Cruise.

So he tried every means, and finally moved Tom Cruise to become his agent.

For Tom Cruise, Lin Daoqiu's "Extraordinary Men" is definitely a movie not to be missed.

But before signing the contract, Jess hoped that Lin Daoqiu could add another 50 US dollars.

After Tom Cruise left, only Lin Daoqiu and Jess were left.

Lin Daoqiu really couldn't figure out where Jess got the courage to raise the price in front of him.

If Tom Cruise is already a famous star, Lin Daoqiu may consider giving him a little more in terms of salary.

But the current Tom Cruise is just a slightly famous rising star, and it can be said that he is more than a hundred and eight thousand miles away from the later Tom Cruise.

"Mr. Jess, according to what you mean, do you think my salary is not high enough?"

Lin Daoqiu looked at Jess and smiled slightly.

If Lin Daoqiu said this in a very serious tone, Jess might be worried whether his actions had offended the other party.

But when he saw Lin Daoqiu laughing, Jess mistakenly thought that the other party didn't seem to be angry, which made him feel that the chance of success was greatly increased.

"Mr. Lin, if this is just an ordinary movie, the salary of 100 million yuan is indeed very high, but this is an action movie, and it will definitely be very difficult to shoot. I think an extra 50 yuan is very reasonable for Tom. "

"But you can't deny that making my movie is far more famous than the other ten movies he can get in Hollywood, so I have saved him at least ten years of money." time."

Lin Daoqiu simply used Jess' ideas to refute him.

Jess certainly knew how influential Lin Daoqiu's movies were in Hollywood, and other types of movies simply couldn't compare.

But for him, the matter of the future will be left to the future, and the matter of salary must be resolved first.

"Mr. Lin is right. Not only do I believe, but I also admire the movies Mr. Lin made, but every point counts. As Tom Cruise's agent, I must strive for the maximum benefit for him. "

Lin Daoqiu didn't want to argue with Jess at first, but if he apologized and retracted what he said earlier, and signed the contract honestly, then Lin Daoqiu can pretend that nothing happened.

But this guy is too greedy, a rookie wants a salary of 150 million.

If "Warrior" sells well in the future, wouldn't he have to pay tens of millions of dollars by then?

It's not that Lin Daoqiu can't afford the money, it's just that he doesn't like being led by the nose by others, and he can have as much as the other party wants, so wouldn't he be a winner.

"I really admire Mr. Jess' professionalism."

Lin Daoqiu smiled at the other party again.

Jess thought to himself, Lin Daoqiu laughed again, it seemed that he had been persuaded by himself.

After all, 50 US dollars is nothing to Lin Daoqiu. For a rich man like him, a film can earn at least hundreds of millions of US dollars, so it is impossible to care so much about these hundreds of thousands.

"But Mr. Jess has something you have to insist on, but I also have something I need to stick to. Now that I think about it, it's really too high for me to offer a newcomer a salary of 100 million. What should I do?"

Jess originally thought that Lin Daoqiu would agree straight away, even if he didn't add 50, it would be good to add 30 to [-].

But now the other party suddenly said that the previous salary was too high, what did he mean?
"What does Mr. Lin mean by this sentence?"

Jess began to panic. After all, the contract hadn't been signed yet, and everything was just a verbal promise. If the other party wanted to go back on his word, he would have nothing to do with Lin Daoqiu.

"As far as I know, Tom's salary is about 50 US dollars. It's really not good for me to increase it to 100 million, so I decided to change someone to play."

Lin Daoqiu directly changed his face, saying that he wanted to change the protagonist, which shocked Jesse a lot.

If it was really because of his own greed that he lost the leading actor of "Wonder Boys", he wouldn't even know how to explain it to Tom Cruise.

Just when Jess was about to explain to Lin Daoqiu, the other party directly raised his hand.

"I believe that with Mr. Jess's ability, he will definitely be able to find a movie that is better than my movie and has a higher salary. This matter is settled like this. I will cover your round-trip air tickets and board and lodging. Go back and enjoy it."

After Lin Daoqiu finished speaking, he picked up the phone on the table and called Fang Jinsheng in.

After hearing what Lin Daoqiu said, Jess's face turned pale with fright. He never expected that the other party would directly change roles just because of the hundreds of thousands of dollars.

"Mr. Lin, what I did was wrong just now. I apologize to you. The salary will be the same as the one million yuan I said before. I will not ask for a price increase."

How dare Jess ask Lin Daoqiu to add more money, now that he can sign this drama according to the previous conditions, he already has to thank God.

But unfortunately, Lin Daoqiu was not interested in continuing the chat with the other party, so he shook his head directly.

"Send Mr. Jess out, I still have things to do."

"No, no, Mr. Lin, please forgive me for being reckless before. I shouldn't have made my own decisions. Please forgive me this time. I promise that I will not make such stupid decisions in the future."

Jess desperately explained in front of Lin Daoqiu, but unfortunately the other party was not even interested in listening.

At this time, Fang Jinsheng had already come to Jess, and made a gesture of invitation to the other party.

Jess wanted to continue begging for mercy, but unfortunately, Lin Daoqiu didn't want to talk to him at all. In the end, he could only lower his head and was taken away from Lin Daoqiu's office by Fang Jinsheng.

Tom Cruise, who had been waiting outside for a long time, immediately greeted Jess when he saw Jess coming out.

"How's it going?"

Tom Cruise never thought about adding money from the beginning, it was all Jess who made his own decisions there.

He didn't know Lin Daoqiu at all, and thought that the other party would be easy to deal with.

But I didn't expect that Jess kicked a big iron plate this time, and kicked Tom Cruise's protagonist directly.

"Let's go back and talk about it."

Jess' tone sounded very low, and Tom Cruise immediately realized that something had happened.

Tom Cruise no longer dared to continue, he asked in a trembling voice.

"You didn't lose the movie, did you?"

Jess was a little afraid to look at Tom Cruise's eyes. Judging from his reaction, Tom Cruise had realized that he had guessed right.

(End of this chapter)