319 Fire Support
Dorothy White is only 36 years old this year. In the field of public relations, which relies on connections, qualifications and experience, she is still a rising star. But the fact is that she has been in the Hollywood public relations circle for nearly eight years. She started as an assistant serving tea and water, and gradually became a senior public relations person at Stone PR company. Stone is currently one of the top public relations companies in Hollywood.
Even within Slate Public Relations, Dorothy is a highly anticipated "newcomer". Her biggest artists are Jennifer Aniston and Lee/Ann.
Cole and Dorothy are old friends. The two have worked together several times. After Robert Downey Jr. came out of prison, he was abandoned by his former agent. At that time, Cole signed him under tremendous pressure and worked with Dorothy, who had not long been a formal public relations person, hoping to reverse Robert's career decline.
In fact, with the cooperation between the two, Robert's work did improve. Not only did he take on several movies at the same time, but his image as a prodigal son was gradually spread. Unfortunately, Robert destroyed his own future. Even though the two of them spent all their efforts, they could not pull him back from the edge of the cliff. In the end, Robert forced the cooperation contract.
Although this cooperation did not work, both of them showed Hollywood their abilities and means, and the subsequent career development curve showed an upward trend. However, this is Hollywood. To truly stand at the top of the pyramid of power, it is not enough to just "excellent". They need to bring out a top artist like Tom Cruise, and they need to push an artist to the front line with their own hands. This is the case with Cole and Dorothy.
Cole couldn't understand Dorothy's abilities very well. When thinking about the choice of a public relations person, Cole had several different candidates in his mind, but considering Lance's personality, he finally called Dorothy. As for whether Dorothy could reach a cooperation with Lance, this was not something Cole could guarantee.
Like agents, their cooperation with artists is a two-way choice. Public relations people choose artists, and artists also choose public relations people, seeking the most perfect cooperation plan.
"Lancelot-Stralo." Cole skipped the polite part because he knew that public relations people like Dorothy were money, and they liked to go straight and speak quickly; not to mention that he didn't have time to circle with Dorothy now.
Sure enough, Dorothy's breathing paused. Then he chewed the gum twice, "I'm listening."
Lance, who won three Oscars by relying on "City of God", is undoubtedly the hottest potential stock in Hollywood. Many brokerage companies and public relations companies have focused on Lance, but there are still limited people who really choose to take action. On the one hand, everyone is still waiting and watching. After all, "City of God" is a foreign language film and an independent work. There are many independent directors who come into sight every year, but not many people have real development potential; on the other hand, Lance has no intention. He does everything himself, which makes it difficult for both agents and public relations people to interfere.
However, after the "the day after tomorrow" premiere, Lans suddenly became the hot big apple, and almost everyone wanted to take a bite on him. But Lance was like a wall of iron, although it was not leaking, and it was almost done. He missed most of the promotion of the movie and devoted himself to the preparation of the next work. He was as low-key as an invisible person, and such habits almost followed the usual bad temper of an independent director, which really made many people retreat - they were businessmen after all, and it was impossible for them to argue with their artists about how unpopular the next work was.
Dorothy is also watching, but in fact she is optimistic about Lance. In her opinion, Lance is a handsome guy. Just one step in front of the camera is enough to become the dream lover of countless women. At the same time, Lance is willing to take on "the day after tomorrow" that means that he is not rejected by commercial movies, and that future development is full of countless possibilities. All of this means that as a public relations person, she can show her strength in Lance.
However, Lance's stubbornness and strength are indeed a very difficult problem. So Doroth has not taken action for a long time. She once considered to match Jennifer Aniston, meet and talk directly with Lance once, and then make a judgment; but this is not an easy task, because the confrontation between "the day after tomorrow" and "Troy" was a hot topic. Jennifer was unwilling to cross Brad Pitt to match Lance in such a sensitive period. After all, Jennifer and Lance cannot be regarded as personal friends.
Now, the opportunity has actually come to the door! So, should she take over or refuse?
Dorothy's mind was surging, but there was no emotion on the surface, and she just signaled Cole to continue, "Today the 'Los Angeles Times' reported the scandal between Lance and Keira. I need the media's attention to focus on them, or to lead to 'King Arthur'." Cole simply expressed his meaning, how to deal with the media, this is the job of a public relations person, not his.
Dorothy frowned slightly. Cole's words were full of loopholes, and there were many unreasonable points. "What does this mean? Does it mean to get rid of Lance? Let people realize that this is just a date, not a date? Or should they shift the focus to Kaila's initiative?" The public opinion trend is very interesting. Based on the facts, just a little subjective guidance will lead to completely different results.
Cole considered his thoughts and thought about it carefully. He could not tell Doroth all about it—not to mention that he himself didn’t know the whole picture, but he couldn’t say nothing. “No, you should know that Lance is currently filming a new work, right?” This incident is not a secret, “I don’t want the media to focus on the new work. This work requires a good creative environment.”
Cole used the first person "I" here, and avoided Lance, which left room for maneuver. If Lance and Dorothy did not reach a cooperation, he could take the responsibility on himself and avoid the possibility of further deterioration.
Dorothy smelled countless possibilities from this simple sentence, but she knew that this was not the best time to explore, not to mention that she needed to filter what Cole said, so she might as well investigate it herself, "What benefits can I get?" Dorothy had no polite plan.
"The letter of vote handed to Lance." Cole's answer was even simpler. He directly shifted all the responsibility and asked Doroth to focus on Lance. After all, whether to choose to cooperate with Doroth is the final decision in Lance. At most, he is just an introducer.
Dorothy thought for a while, and stopped chewing his mouth. She sat on the boss's chair and turned around. After being silent for about two seconds, she spoke again, "Give me five minutes, I'll reply you right away."
After hanging up the phone, Dorothy immediately picked up the phone book on the desktop and quickly made the phone call. The phone number was called one after another. After making more than a dozen calls, Dorothy looked at the notebook on her desktop, which briefly recorded all the important information, but she found that she had not compiled much useful information.
First, the crew of "Borrowing a Knife to Kill" is really low-key, so low-key that almost no one noticed the start of this work. Dorothy heard that Tom Cruise took on a new movie, but he never thought it was "Borrowing a Knife to Kill", as if the work had completely disappeared.
Second, the scandal between Lance and Keira was indeed sensational. The two new faces who have been strongly promoted in the past year have actually come together. The degree of heated discussion can even be compared with the vigorous breakup of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez at the beginning of the year. Especially recently, the "day acquired" and "King Arthur" are still being released. After the scandal is revealed, the influence has become stronger.
Third, Dorothy accidentally learned that Dylan Wilde, the paparazzi who filmed the scandal, left Los Angeles. No one knew where he was going, nor could anyone contact him. This is a very strange detail. Although Dorothy has been trying to ignore this information and shift his thoughts to the scandal itself, the woman's intuition always feels that things are not as simple as it seems. The problem is that almost all industry insiders believe that the outbreak of the scandal was an accident, including Cole's tone just now, and everyone was excited to try to prove the truth.
Dorothy thought this was a very interesting thing. Putting aside her professional stance as a public relations person, she became curious about Lance. Is Lance a low-key and professional independent filmmaker? Or is it a sensational vase idol? Or... a chess game controller with strategy, means, ambitious and scheming?
After pondering for a while, Dorothy decided not to wait and see and take action immediately! Her intuition told her that this would be an opportunity, and that she would regret it extremely if she missed it.
So Doroth immediately dialed Cole's mobile number, and after a while, Cole picked it up, "I think we can start to relive the good times of cooperation in the past." Dorothy did not say anything nonsense and directly completed the ball and achieved a touchdown, which made Cole on the other end of the phone smile. Dorothy said immediately, "So, where is Lance now? I need to arrange for him to meet with the reporter, and then control the situation as soon as possible."
To solve the problem as soon as possible, Doroth must have a conversation with Lance. On the one hand, it is to understand the ins and outs of the matter and at the same time understand Lance's ideas; on the other hand, it is to discuss a correct solution and then go to the reporter to perform a play. Since she and Lance have not met officially, completing the first cooperation between the two by phone is obviously not the best choice.
But Cole clenched his teeth, then closed his eyes helplessly, rubbed his temples, "I don't know where he is."
Chapter completed!