Brad could sense that Lance was a little distracted, but he was not surprised. After all, there were too many things happening in this conference today, and Lance needed some time to digest it. Moreover, Lance just gave a wonderful performance, and the brain and physical strength consumed was definitely not as easy as he imagined.

Brad said relaxed jokes on the side to relieve the atmosphere, "I can't wait to see you appear on the big screen now, especially when you and Tom are playing against each other. Huh, I don't know where to put my eyes at that time." After that, Brad himself chuckled.

Lance came back to his senses, suppressed the chaotic thoughts in his mind, raised his eyes and looked at Brad, "Who said I'm going to play?"

Lance has long been the young man who is superstitious about dreams and can light up his life. His dreams and beliefs have been deeply buried. He directed "City of God" and "After the Day" before, and only because the timing is right and he follows the trend, he shouldered the responsibilities of directors and producers. If necessary, he can give up the idea of ​​directors and return to the position of producers. As long as Chaos Pictures can grow and grow, as long as he can watch Diorama Pictures break.

Dream dream dream dream dream dream dream has always been the same word. So, Lance did not hesitate or regret.

But Brad was killed off guard, so that he didn't have time to hide his surprise for a moment. He looked at Lance with surprise, thinking that he had heard it wrong, "What's the matter?"

Not only was Lance not panicked, but a gentle smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he explained kindly, "I don't plan to play the role of killing people with a knife. Don't you remember it?" When we were discussing cooperation, I refused, and formally refused." Brad was completely stunned, and he couldn't even make a sound. After Lance sorted out his thoughts, he led the conversation relaxed and casually, "I'm very puzzled, what's going on today, Shirley had any misunderstandings. She also made such a big battle."

Brad only felt that his head could not turn, and countless chaotic thoughts were caught in a state of shock because they were too shocked and could not keep up with the changing pace of the situation.

It is undeniable that when Brad first mentioned the "night visit to vampires" mode, he was more considering it from the perspective of hype gimmicks. But then the development of things gradually lost control, and the cast lineup of "killing with a knife" became the battlefield for power struggle between Brad and Shirley, and Brad's unintentional launch of Lance became the key to deciding the outcome.

To be honest, Brad was not sure. After all, Lance had no acting experience before and used a newcomer without acting experience in any movie. This requires risk. What's more, the script of "killing with a knife" is full of ambitions and even aimed at awards season, which requires even higher performance skills. At the same time, don't forget. As a director, Lance "killing with a knife" is also an extremely heavy and arduous task.

In the past period of time, Brad never told Lance, because he was hesitating in his heart.

On the one hand, Brad was waiting for the situation to change to see if there would be other changes within Paramount. At the same time, he was also trying to find an actor who was more suitable for Max and to free himself from such a difficult situation as much as possible. On the other hand, Brad was a little hesitant and intuitively believed that Lance was not a bad thing to play. But he also understood that Lance was a hard bone, and the simple "sincerity can open the metal and stone" could not impress Lance, so he secretly looked forward to the situation in an urgent situation. Then he forced Lance to nod and agreed.

But unexpectedly, the development of things was completely different. First, the internal situation of the company changed rapidly, and Shirley's sudden attack almost forced Brad into the corner; then Lance showed an unexpected acting skills in desperate situation, which shocked everyone and easily defeated Shirley, who was coming in a fierce manner. He reversed all the situation in one fell swoop; but then Lance refused the opportunity to star, as if everything was just a dream just now.

Even if Brad was calm and calm, his speech was disrupted at this time, "So you mean, you don't want to play the role of Max." Faced with Brad's repeated confirmation, Lance was not impatient, nodded again, and confirmed solemnly. Brad felt that an old phlegm surged up, "This" just said the first word, and it got stuck, because he didn't know what to say, and he didn't even understand what was going on, "If you didn't want to, then why didn't you just follow Shirley's words and refuse directly?"

This is the first thought in Brad's mind. Isn't Shirley's proposal exactly what Lance thought?

Lance's expression still did not change much, but his azure blue eyes flashed with a stubborn light of confidence, "I never accept inaction."

"But" Brad only said one word, but the words afterward disappeared into his throat. He originally wanted to say, "But you have already received the audition and have successfully convinced everyone, why not just take on this project?" But then Brad found the answer in his eyes: He is the person who sets the rules, the person who has the right to choose and decide, and no one can make a decision on his behalf.

The quiet and determined vision, without aggressive momentum, without pride and arrogant arrogance, but it has irrefutable determination, irresponsible, and irresistible determination.

This made Brad feel a sense of evil fire in his heart. Lance is just a newcomer, but he directed two works and never had any performance experience. In front of the giant Paramount, Chaos Pictures can only be regarded as an ant, but Lance has such strong confidence.

But Brad is not Shirley. His current position is only a producer with some power, so he still suppressed his emotions and narrowed his eyes slightly, and changed the subject, "But you know, even if we sign a contract, we can change the director or even the screenwriter."

Lance shrugged and said calmly, "Of course, no problem, as long as you pay the copyright fee for my script." It was straightforward and clear, without any delay, and made Brad's remaining words choke in his throat. The plain words were so free and easy, without any hesitation, but not mixed with any ridicule or hint. The clear and transparent tone gave Brad no room for random thoughts.

In fact, Lance can imply that Brad, Tom joined this project because of his persuasion; in fact, Lance can also imply that Brad, in addition to Paramount, there are quite a few film companies that want to cooperate with Chaos Pictures; in fact, Lance can also imply that Brad, Shirley's actions today leaked Brad's confidence.

But Lance didn't, and his open and honest words almost made Brad feel ashamed.

Even if Lance did not remind him, Brad knew it clearly. He took a deep breath, suppressed his inner anger, reorganized his emotions, and asked seriously, "Why"

Lance raised his eyebrows slightly, obviously a little surprised by Brad's question, "I rejected your invitation, but today Shirley still thought I wanted to star in it, and during the time I was preparing for the script, I did not receive any news. But I did not ask you why."

Declarative sentence, this is a declarative sentence, Lance calmly stated a fact, because he and Brad knew clearly that they were both businessmen who were interests first, and the starting point of anything was interests. For their own interests, so asking "why" was just in vain. If they wanted to, they could find hundreds of high-sounding reasons to cover up the truth.

For example, Lance, he just needs to say that the work of director, screenwriter and producer has left him alone, and he doesn't think he can serve as an actor. That's enough.

Brad was speechless when he was refuted. In fact, even if he knew the reason, so what? In the entire project of "killing with a knife", they were already deeply trapped in the mud and had no room for retreat, including Lance himself.

On the surface, the two works of "City of God" and "After Absent" made Lance awesome, but the project "Borrowing a Knife to Kill" has no way out for Chaos Pictures. If nothing unexpected happens, Paramount and Chaos Pictures will be divided equally with 50% of the cost of this work, with each investing 30 million. In other words, the profit dividends won by "Absent Absent" for Chaos Pictures will be desperate again and leave no way out.

After thinking about it, Brad was still a little unwilling to give up. If Lance was invited to play Max at the beginning, it was just for the box office gimmick and also for the proposal to compete for Paramount's management power; but today I witnessed Lance's performance on the spot, Brad really thought that Lance was competent for the role of Max, even more suitable than anyone else. Think about the personal biography written by Lance for Vincent and Max, who could know the role better than Lance? And if Lance played "Borrowing a Knife to Kill", Brad's weight would add another bargaining chip in the credit book of this work.

Of course, the premise is that the work is successful.

After taking a deep breath, Brad returned to his calmness and said seriously and sincerely, "Lance, I am serious. Your performance just now was really exciting. It almost made me forget that you are Lancelot, and it almost made me ignore your outstanding appearance and just pay attention to your performance. I don't know what you think, but I really enjoy your performance. So, promise me that before formally rejecting it, at least you should think about it." To be continued.

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