906 Collective Mania
A genius remembers it in one second.
Michael looked at the boiling crowd behind him with lingering fear. The crowded wave was almost overturning the roof. He had the illusion that the studio was about to be squeezed out. He deeply felt like a small shrimp in the rushing flood discharge. Not to mention resisting, it seemed extremely difficult to breathe.
Turning back, Michael looked at the focus of the focus. Lance also seemed a little embarrassed at this time. The enthusiastic audience surrounded him in a row. Not to mention suits and shirts, even his short hair became messy, and he could clearly feel the fanatical projection of people in every corner of Lance's body.
"Sorry." Jay still apologized politely, but there was a smile in his expression. "But you can't blame them. It's not that easy to see you now. I don't even remember the last time I saw you in the studio."
Lance glanced at Jay speechlessly, "I thought you would say that it was because the results of the 'Raging Road' were too outstanding." But he didn't mind too much, and he pulled the chin of his suit casually, simply broke the wax on his hair. The overall feeling of restraint was missing a little bit of seriousness, adding some casual aura, and the translucent eyes seemed to be much warmer.
Jay was choked by Lance and laughed in silence, "Your excellence is no longer needed to be praised by me, right?" "Tonight Show" won the lead in the publicity war on "Raging Road". The next week they had already seized the initiative in the hot topic, "So, what's next? What's the plan?"
Lance didn't quite understand what Jay meant, and raised his eyebrows slightly, "You want to invite me to have lunch together? Then you'll be one step behind."
"Work? Or private matter?" Jay asked, of course, not this aspect, but when he heard Lance's answer, he asked with a flash of inspiration.
After a long time, Wes Anderson and Edward Norton invited Lance to have lunch. It was not business, it was just a meeting between friends. The two also knew that during the "Raging Road" publicity period, Lance's night life must be rich and colorful, and it was impossible to lack invitations from various private parties, so they made an appointment for lunch.
But Jie's words did not look like private chat. Lance's eyes flashed slightly, and he looked at Jie seriously. The faint smile on the corner of his mouth was a little scrutinized. Jie spread his hands and did not rush to speak. Instead, he walked to the sofa, sat down, and waited for Lance to sit down, and then smiled, "Don't be so sensitive. I'm not a paparazzi or a big boss. I don't have that many tricks in my conversation."
Lance pursed his lips and said with a smile, "I didn't say anything." He still looked like a wall of iron and water was not leaking. He and Jay were friends, but they were just friends.
Michael and Charlize originally walked into the standby room, but after hearing the topic, Charlize quietly pulled Michael and sat far away to the other side, leaving the main space in the standby room for two people. The other staff also retreated to the corner in a conscious way, and a clear space suddenly appeared around the sofa. However, quietly, everyone raised their ears and eavesdropped on the extremely curious gossip.
Jay shook his head gently and smiled bitterly, but soon returned to normal. "I said that if you want to inquire about news from me, you will probably have to return empty-handed." This time, Jay did not pause for too long, and then said, "There has been a steady stream of news about your next work recently, so, are you really ready? Now that the movie is still being released, you have already started planning to work again?"
Lance suddenly realized that Jay was spying on this news. "Iron Man" has indeed been slowly increasing in Hollywood recently, especially after the premiere of "Rampant Road" was released, Marvel Studios has deliberately heated up. However, Lance has not given positive affirmation so far, and is still focusing on the promotion of "Rampant Road", so now Hollywood does have a sense of turbulence.
But I didn't expect that even Jie had been mobilized to inquire about the news.
"Then you can rest assured that lunch today has nothing to do with this." Lance did not answer positively, but shook his head with a chuckle and answered a previous question. This made Jay spread his hands and sigh, "Please." He expressed his depression, "Lance, at least you can reveal a little."
Lance did not take any more airs, but did not answer directly, but instead raised a question, "So, who asked you to inquire about the news?"
"Wow, that's too much. Where should we start? Adrian Grenier, Nicholas Cage, Sam Worthington, by the way, Will Smith, Chace-crawford..." Jay listed a lot of names in one breath, and it seemed that there was no need to think about it at all, and these names blurted out, "You know, I have five episodes a week, and I met countless agents, actors, and producers, only
Last week I heard vomiting, and everyone came over and asked me about Iron Man, as if I was your agent. I kept explaining that I had no news, but it still didn't help. In addition, there were John Krasinski, Michael Cassidy, Jensen-ackles, Channing Tatum... Huh, if you ask me to continue counting, this list will not end in a short time."
On this list, Lance heard many unexpected names, Nicholas Cage Will Smith and those unknown newcomers, which was very different from the situation in his previous life.
In the last life, "Iron Man" did not attract much attention during the preparation stage. Even with "X-Men" and "Spider-Man" in front, the risk of adapting comics is still very high. "Batman Prequel: The Mystery of the Shadow" won a reputation but failed to win the box office. Therefore, when "Iron Man" announced that it would be put into filming, most actors were generally not in high interest. Otherwise, it would not be the turn of Robert Downey Jr. to take over at the trough of his career.
But now it seems that after "Iron Man" became the name of Lance, the situation changed drastically, especially among senior agents. There are comic adaptations such as "City of Sin" in the front, and commercial works such as "After Away" and "Rampant Road" in the back. If "Iron Man" is really directed by Lance, then this can definitely be called a chance to soar, and no agent will easily miss it.
However, it was a bit surprising that the premiere weekend of "Rampant Road" had just passed, and Jay had already received so much inquiries.
However, Lance is not a fledgling rookie. He believes whatever Jay says, "Haha, Jay, we are old friends, there is no need to be polite in front of me. Let's talk, who is really asking for news?"
Jay looked at Lance carefully, then gently tapped her chin, "You are really a bastard of his/her mother. Don't you know that it is necessary to leave a little face in social situations?" Lance spread his hands and looked calm. Jay shook his head with a smile, "Mark, Mark Walkerberg."
"Mark Walkerberg?" Lance laughed brightly, "Why did Mark ask you for information? Mark Johnson can contact me directly." Mark Johnson is Ben Affleck's agent. If Lance remembers correctly, he is also Mark Walkerberg's agent. He is affiliated with an innovative artist agency and has very strong business capabilities.
"Are you serious?" Jay also withdrew his chin and looked at Lance with contempt.
As we all know, Lance and Ben had a very unhappy relationship because of the leaked script of "City of Sin", and it can even be said to have a broken-up relationship. Mark Johnson's role in it was also very embarrassing. Later, the innovative artist agency simply took down Mark and replaced Terrence Cox to continue to complete the cooperation of "City of Sin".
Lance pursed his lips without refuting, and Jay added, "So, your next work has been confirmed?" It was precisely because Lance refused to disclose the news that these top agents had to turn their targets to Lance's friends to see if Lance had ever revealed his words in his daily life.
Lance avoided this topic again. In recent times, he did not intend to respond positively, so that the rumors of "Iron Man" and "Invincible Hulk" were slowly warmed up. He sat behind and slowly reviewed to find suitable actors. At the same time, this was also a good time to observe the direction of Hollywood. "Mark Wahlberg? I don't think he is suitable, his height is too bad."
Mark is only five or seven feet (174 cm), and since "The Walker of the Side", Mark has trained his muscles a little too frequently, and the upper limb proportions seem to be out of tune, which is not the best choice for the screen effect.
"What did you say? Mark Walkerberg and Robert Downey Jr. are the same height." Jay's rebuttal followed, which made Lance laugh out loud. It seemed that Robert Downey Jr.'s active figure has been no secret recently.
Lance patted Jay's arm and stood up as he said, "It's still early now, isn't it? The publicity period for 'Raging Road' has just begun." Although there was no positive confirmation, Lance still revealed a positive and positive tone, and I believe this is enough for Jay.
"Are you free on Thursday night?" Jay also stood up and said directly, obviously he was prepared. "Martin Scorses's house has a private party, and Martin asked me to pass the invitation to you." Martin and Mark had just finished working with "The Instagram Walker" and had a very close relationship. Of course, there were Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, and Jack Nicholson.
"Thursday? Sorry, I'm going to fly to Chicago on Thursday. Next time." Lance refused politely, nodded at Jie with a smile, and then turned and left.
Chapter completed!