Mark Johnson's brows were frowning, his face was gloomy, but the confusion between his eyebrows was still unable to dissipate, his expression was changing in a turbulent manner, as if the thoughts in his mind were constantly changing, but no matter how he thought, he could not find an answer, but he was becoming more and more confused. +◆

The sound of opening the door was heard, and Ben Affleck's careless voice came, "Relax, relax. Mark was not in the meeting, nor was he meeting other people. What's wrong with me coming in directly."

Mark raised his head and saw Ben's smug smile on his face, and his assistant who was standing at the door with a helpless look on his face. Mark waved his hand and signaled his assistant to leave. Ben showed a romantic/spoken smile to the assistant, blinked playfully, then slowly closed the door, turned around and looked at Mark, "So, are you asking me for trouble? I just went to Terence's office and was about to leave, and Ed said you were looking for me."

Terence is obviously Terence Cox, and Ed is Ben's personal assistant.

Due to the special system of innovative artist brokerage companies, the entire company works together to serve all artists, so artists generally do not have fixed agents. Take this as an example, five agents serve him at the same time. Looking for any one person can achieve the goal. After the five people summarize all resources, they will find the next suitable work for the project. However, relatively speaking, there will be private friendships between artists and agents, and work contacts may be more frequent. Most big-name artists will have one or two relatively fixed agents.

Terence and Mark are both Ben's agents, but Ben's relationship with Mark is better. In the past year, Ben's workload has been greatly reduced, and Mark's one-way connection with Ben has become more frequent.

Mark thought Ben would have to come at least a few hours before he could come over, but he didn't expect Ben to be in the company today, and he seemed a little off guard. But after carefully sorting out the thoughts in his mind, he still had no clue. Even if the time was longer, the same would be true. So he temporarily suppressed the chaos, restored his usual expression, and looked up at Ben, "It seems that you are in a good mood today. Are there any news?"

"Yesterday, the San Francisco Chronicle and the American Weekly contacted me and had a simple telephone interview. The American Weekly also hoped to conduct an exclusive interview." Ben tried to tell this matter in a calm tone, but his expression still revealed his true thoughts. Since breaking up with Jennifer Lopez at the beginning of the year, he has not felt the enthusiasm of the media for more than half a year. This feeling has really been a long time since he broke up with Jennifer Lopez.

Mark's first reaction was stunned because he didn't remember that Ben's public relations mentioned these two interviews. Although Ben has now started the promotion of "Who will accompany me for Christmas",... a thought flashed through Mark's mind, but he didn't catch it. He quickly asked, "What topic did he talk about during the interview?"

Although Mark tried hard to suppress his emotions, his speech speed still couldn't help but speed up, which made Ben a little confused, "'City of Sin'. We talked about this new work and talked about my role in detail..." Mark only felt that all the blood was sprinting towards his brain, his throat seemed to be stuck by his hands, and he couldn't make any sound. "You were right at the beginning, Lancelot, the new director, has indeed attracted a lot of attention, and the topic is pretty good..."

Mark felt that his chest was filled with anger. He couldn't even breathe. Looking at Ben's mouth that opened and closed, his only idea was to shut him up. The incredible absurdity and the anger that broke through the secrets intersected each other, making him completely stunned.

"What do you think we asked for more scenes, what's the idea?" Ben didn't notice it, but began to think about it. "Anyway, the biggest brand in the crew is Bruce Willis. He has been out of date, and the others are Xiaoxiao. I had heard before that DiCaprio rejected him, so... he has no reason to refuse me, right? If we ask for more scenes, then..."

"Impossible." Mark blurted out impulsively and cut off his words, but then he realized that his emotions were out of control, so he closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

Ben was not reacting yet and was stunned, "Why? Why is it impossible? He took the initiative to invite me to star in this work, right? But now I am willing to increase my role but not increase my pay. Shouldn't he feel glad?"

In order to take into account Ben's self-esteem, they did not tell Ben about the bundling, but said that Lance took the initiative to send an invitation. But now... Mark stood up and tried to control his emotions. He couldn't help but pace back and forth behind the desk, and then said in a calm tone as possible, "You were fired from the crew. Lancelot tore up the contract and kicked you out of the crew."

"He dares!" Ben slapped the table with both fists, and he stood up in anger.

Mark paused, walked to the desk with one step, smashed it hard at the table, glaring at the top of the table, and gritted his teeth, "He dares! And he has done this! He tore up the contract directly, sent a lawyer, declared the contract invalid, you are no longer a member of the crew of the 'City of Sin'!"

Ben was stunned for a moment by Mark's yell, and he couldn't recover at all, and then he fell into the chair in a daze. The pain from the huge impact force made him raise his head and look at Mark incredibly, "But, why? Why!"

Mark only felt his temples start to hurt slightly. Although it was just his guess at the moment, he could not find any other reason. "Because you revealed the content of the script to the media, and even revealed the character information. Do you still remember? What did he say during the audition? Never leak any word to the media! The script needs to be absolutely confidential!"

Ben's eyes widened, his face full of absurdity and surprise, "But 'City of Sin' is a script adapted from a comic, and it doesn't need to be kept confidential. Everyone knows what this story is about! Is he crazy? Why do he ask us to keep confidential? This has no meaning!"

Mark didn't take this matter seriously at the beginning. He felt that Lance was just announcing the authoritative of the producer, so he did not remind Ben, and even took the initiative to maintain Ben, which left it behind after the audition. But now it seems that it is not a joke.

"But the problem is, the characters are different, aren't they?" Mark is an excellent agent. Things have reached this point and he can't guess it. Although it has not been verified, it is the only possibility. "Remember? He asked you to write a biography for the character. Obviously, his ambition for this script is not only that. The characters are different, can't the story be different?"

Ben was stunned after saying this, but after being confused, he was uncontrollable anger. His hands clenched into fists, "But, I didn't mention the specific information about the character, I just mentioned this work." Mark opened his mouth, hesitated for a moment, and finally gave up persuading Ben.

Not to mention that Ben has made an appointment for an exclusive interview, it can be seen that Ben has leaked enough information and aroused the other party's interest. The "San Francisco Chronicle" and "U.S. Weekly" are not easy-to-have; even if the information is not leaked, the problem is that Ben refuted Lance's strict orders, which is unbearable for the identity of the producer and director. Some directors may just smile, but some directors must not anger. Obviously, Lance is the latter.

"How dare he do this!" Ben thought about it, but still felt unbelievable. "He is just a young director who made two movies. How dare he fire me directly? I am Ben Affleck! I have won the Oscar Little Golden Man! I have played a superhero! Which is he considered a scallion? What qualifications do he have to speak in front of me, let alone fire me! Even if it is fired, I will fire him. When will it be his turn to give orders? He thought that the two works were successful, and he was James Cameron? Overestimating his ability!"

Ben was so angry that his chest was undulating with a splash of mouth. He was stunned for a moment. Ben looked at Mark again, "Or are you kidding?"

Mark also felt unbelievable, he was the same as Ben's thoughts.

Lance is just a new director. Even though he has been in Hollywood for many years as a producer, Lance can only be regarded as a second-tier producer and has very limited power in Hollywood. Although there is no problem with firing an actor as Lance; for second-tier producers, they will never offend celebrities easily - stars like Ben still have a certain influence. The most important thing is that their connections should not be underestimated, let alone innovative artist agency behind them.

Although the United States has never lacked personality thorns, and the same is true among producers; but generally speaking, most producers still regard harmony as a buffer between directors, actors, screenwriters, and videographers. Interests are what they pursue. As long as there is enough interests, there is no problem in cooperating with the enemy who killed their father.

But the problem is that Lance did this. Even if it was incredible, even if it was unbelievable, he tore up the contract, fired the book directly, and did not even give him a chance to discuss. He reached a conclusion directly, which was jaw-dropping.

Ben looked at Mark's serious expression and was disappointed after all. He knew that Mark was not joking, and Lance was not joking. "Absurd! It's ridiculous!" Ben laughed furiously, but still couldn't believe it. "Lancelot was just bluffing, right? He just wanted to prove that he was the one with the right to speak. He just wanted me to apologize, that's all. The so-called tearing of the contract is just a threat, right?"

Mark thought about it and could not refute this possibility. Perhaps, this is the most reasonable explanation.

Ben reads the recognition from Mark's expression, and a smile appears on his face, "That's it! Then, I have to teach him a good lesson. This is Hollywood, not a high school campus. I am the one who has the right to speak, not him, he can't afford to make a joke!"

After saying that, Ben turned around and left the office, strided forward. Mark shouted out, but he couldn't stop Ben, so he could only chase him quickly.

ps: The second update today, and there will be additional updates later!
Chapter completed!