The preparations for "City of Sin" are no longer a secret in the circle. The Coen brothers endorsed Lance, which has attracted a lot of attention. Lance has auditioned for actors for various roles in recent times, which has attracted more or less attention from reporters.

However, so far, there has been no official news about "Sin City" in the media.

On the one hand, it is because the actors Lance auditioned for are not big names. The most recognized Bruce Willis has rarely had excellent works in recent years, and the topicality and appeal are very limited; on the other hand, the entire project is currently in the preparation stage, and there is no information worth reporting except Frank Miller's original comics; on the other hand, it is also the most important thing. The news of "cheating door" is overwhelming, and no one will care about the preparation of a movie - Hollywood has hundreds of projects invested in production every day, but one of the ten that can truly enter the shooting is not available.

Today, the Los Angeles Times will mention "City of Sin" when reporting on "Borrowing a Knife to Kill People", which is mainly about Reims. But it can be seen from the length of the article. However, they do not intend to conduct detailed and in-depth reports in just a few words. The focus is still on Tom, just as expanding information to let readers understand.

However, in this brief report, the name "Ben Affleck" actually appeared. Why is it not Bruce Willis or Jessica Alba? Why is it not that Lance once again activated the Chinese actor Lucy Liu? Why is it not that Lance and Leonardo DiCaprio's agent once met...it is Ben Affleck?

Going further, the current cast of "City of Sin" has not been confirmed at all.

Thinking of this, Lance felt an inexplicable uneasiness in his heart. He thought for a while, turned on the laptop on his desktop, went directly to Google and started searching for news. After typing the keyword "Ben Affleck" and "City of Sin", he quickly found the target. The source of the news is "Austin Chronicle".

After opening the link, Lance read the news briefly and his face became more and more serious.

The Austin Chronicle cannot be regarded as a large newspaper, its influence is more limited to Texas, but even within the state, the Houston Chronicle is people's first choice. However, as newspapers in the capital of Texas, they have received a lot of attention, especially their film sectors, where professional film reviews have a certain influence.

In order to promote the upcoming "Who will accompany me to celebrate Christmas" that will be released next month, Ben was interviewed by the "Austin Chronicle". Obviously, for Ben, who is now troublesome, even if the new movie is released, the attention it will be very limited. "Who will accompany me to celebrate Christmas" should have been released on holidays, but it is now scheduled to be released early in October. This also shows that the distribution company Universal Pictures does not pay attention to it.

During the interview, Ben mentioned "Sin City", which he mentioned his "upcoming performance" and talked about the role of Dwight. "This is a dark and twisted character, which is different from the works I have played before, and maybe a brand new attempt." It also mentioned the director, "Lance is a very interesting director. He is willing to listen to the actors and ask me about the role. I think it is a cool thing."

Behind his words, Ben not only regarded himself as the core. He told the whole story from his perspective; but also revealed a lot of information about the characters. He originally promoted the interview "Who will spend Christmas with me", but at least one-third of them were about "Sin City" - of course, Lance also knew it. It was very likely that it was the result of screening and editing of the "Austin Chronicle". Even so, Lance still felt the anger of leaving!

During the audition, Lance repeatedly emphasized that he should not disclose any news about "City of Sin" to the media.

It’s not that there will be any problems after the script of “City of Sin” is leaked, but because the project “City of Sin” is too special. As the final work of the Sin Trilogy, the completion of the work is only a basic guarantee, and it is not an easy task to sublimate Lance’s conception and creativity. Before the work is completed, Lance does not want media to be involved, which is always easy to blur the focus of the work.

If you insist on saying, will the information disclosed by Ben have an impact on the crew? Of course not, and it will not have any impact. But the problem is that Lance repeatedly bans actors from mentioning the information about "City of Sin" to the media. Mickey Locke knows how to shut up, Bruce Willis knows how to shut up, Jessica Alba knows how to shut up, but Ben Affleck can't control his mouth.

Not to mention that "City of Sin" has not started filming yet, Ben cannot be considered a real entry into the crew. Even if Ben has become a member of the crew and the film has started filming, as a director and as a producer, no one can challenge Lance's authority.

Even Tom Cruise can't.

Percy noticed something was wrong with sensitivity. He could clearly see Lance Ying's eyebrows slightly frowning, his face slowly became gloomy, and his suppressed emotions surged between his eyebrows. The blue eyes looked calm, but inexplicably reminded people of "the tranquility before the storm", which surprised Percy, gave Albert a look, and then said, "Is everything okay? Lance."

Albert also reacted at this time, stopped the sound, turned to look at Lance, and his calm and tense aura made the rise thinner. He couldn't help but blink, and then he became completely quiet, completely gone, completely losing his excited appearance just now.

"Okay, everything is fine." Lance said in a deep voice. The calm and composed tone seemed to have no unnecessary emotions, but the vaguely tense vocal cords revealed a treacherous depression, as if the smell of sparks could be smelled in the air. The contrast reflected in the quiet and peaceful became more and more terrifying, which made Percy and Albert both stunned. For a moment, the office fell into silence again.

Lance closed the web page methodically, then turned off the computer, and slowly leaned towards the back of the chair. The thumb of his left hand slowly stroked the belly of the middle finger, and his brain began to run, but he never said a word.

This silence made the air tense. Even though they knew something had happened, they couldn't ask. Percy and Albert exchanged glances and asked each other to ask, but Lance had already said "it's okay". It was obviously not appropriate for them to ask again, so both of them were ruling.

At this moment, Lance's magnetic voice rang, "Call Mark Johnson and tell him that Ben was fired from the crew."

Silence, silence... The ticking sound of time was ringing. Percy tried to speak, and then he realized that his throat was dry. "Mark - Mark Johnson?" Percy had to swallow a mouthful of saliva, and his words became smooth. Although he didn't understand what happened in the short time just now, why Ben was suddenly fired, he could clearly feel that Lance was not joking, "But, Lance, we have signed a contract with Ben."

"So?" Lance raised his eyebrows gently, and stopped the movement of his left thumb, raised his eyebrows and looked at Percy. The calm eyes made Percy's words stagnate, and his powerful aura seemed to directly pinch his throat. As long as he spoke wrongly, his life would disappear like blue smoke.

Percy straightened his back and restored his usual calmness, "I mean, if the contract is torn up and the book is fired, we need to pay a penalty." The crew cannot sign an actor at will, and then tear it apart. The rights and interests of the actors must be protected. The bigger the actors, the more penalty they will be.

Percy's words reminded Lance of one thing: Chaos Pictures now has no extra funds, the crew members of "Borrowing a Knife to Kill" have not paid yet, and are still waiting for the release of the movie. Theo and Ian have begun to acquire the trailer soundtrack company, and the budget of "Sin City" has been stuck. In other words, they do not have the capital to squander or be willful.

However, this still failed to stop Lance. He didn't even pause for a moment, and said directly, "How many?"

Percy had limited knowledge of the actor contract and could not answer it. Albert's voice came over immediately, "150,000 US dollars." As a drama business, Albert was undoubtedly the most familiar with the crew. Originally, the actor's remuneration part was not his job, but because Chaos Pictures is not enough staff, he also provided a lot of help.

The actors' pay budget for the movie "Sin City" is already limited, and even Blues, who has the most roles, is only $500,000. This is undoubtedly a favorable situation for the current situation.

Lance gently pulled the corner of his mouth, then looked at Percy, "Call Mark Johnson, and contact Theo, and get the termination done by next week."

Percy looked at the calm Lance. Although there was no extra emotional fluctuation, he knew that there was no room for maneuver in this matter. So Percy nodded and took over the job directly, "I understand."

Albert hesitated for a moment and said, "What should I do with the role of Dwight? And... where is the innovative artist agency?" Most of the reason I chose Ben was because of the packaging business of the innovative artist agency. Now that I have fired Ben, how should I deal with it next?

The thumb of the left hand started gently rubbing again, his brain was running quickly, and soon Lance made a decision, "Contact clive-owen and ask if he is interested in playing "Sin City". If so, arrange an audition." This sentence was for Albert. "When calling Mark Johnson, remember to tell him that Ben violated the contract agreement, which is why Ben was fired." This sentence was for Percy.

With a decisive and decisive manner, things were decided. Before Ben had time to enter the crew of "City of Sin" and was then swept out.

ps: The first update today, May is coming to the end of the month, I beg for monthly tickets!
Chapter completed!