Chapter 35 Unexpected setbacks
John watched Gerald drive away, turned his head and asked Lit with some concern: "Do we still want to go up?"
Although he is reluctant to admit this fact, since Ben Stiller has agreed to CAA, even if Orwitz comes, he probably cannot change the result. At least that's what John thinks.
"No!"
Litt's answer seemed to admit this, but soon John realized that he was wrong, and was outrageously wrong.
"No need to go up, Gerald will help us call Stiller down."
When John heard this, he really thought Lit was crazy and how could Gerald do this, but what happened next once again subverted his perception.
About 5 minutes later, Ben Stiller really appeared at the entrance of the building. He looked at Litt and John who had not left yet, and shrugged helplessly, and then walked over here.
Ben Stiller didn't know Lit, so he showed up with John as soon as he came.
"John, I'm sorry, CAA has offered a lot of conditions that I can't refuse. At the same time, I learned something about your AMG company from CAA, so I can only say sorry."
John was about to speak, but Lit stopped him.
Stiller suddenly realized that he seemed to be confused about the primary and secondary relationship between the two in front of him. It seemed that this Chinese man with a pair of very personalized horoscopes was the one who made the decision.
Of course this is not important. What is important is that Stiller has decided to make everything he should say, but Lit doesn't think so.
"Mr. Stiller, I'm curious what CAA promises you?"
"Many, low agency fees, free choice of scripts, two movies with investments of no less than $10 million a year... These are all things that AMG can't give me."
Stiller said that these were to make Lite give up, but after hearing this, Lite not only did not have any meaning in this regard, but nodded and said: "Yes, our AMG agency fee is generally very expensive, and we are always used to designing everything for our customers, including when to act in what kind of movies. This may sound a bit old-fashioned, but I think these are very necessary because the starting point of all of this is to maximize the interests of customers."
"This only means that there is a big gap between you and CAA." Stiller didn't have time to argue with Lit. He left this sentence, turned around and walked back.
“Can CAA guarantee you will surpass Jim Carrey within two years?”
Litt's voice came from behind, and Stiller stopped.
Just this year, Stiller directed his second work "Ace Commissioner". Although the starring of this movie is Jim Carrey, the entire film is filmed according to Stiller's ideas, which is very different from previous Jim Carrey's movies. This disappointed the audience who walked into the theater with Jim Carrey comedy. The box office of the film ultimately failed to achieve the expected goals of Stiller and the producers.
In the case of box office failures, the problems hidden during the filming of the film were also exposed, such as the conflict between Stiller and Jim Carrey.
According to a local newspaper in Los Angeles, Stiller and Jim Carrey had a big quarrel on the set due to disagreements. Later, the producer came forward and Jim Carrey made concessions. However, since then, the relationship between the two became very bad. In addition to the necessary communication during filming, the two hardly spoke on the set. Even in the promotional activities of the film, both tried to avoid talking about each other's topics. They did not even show a smile when standing together to take a photo.
Because Jim Carrey is more famous and more influential than Stiller, most people are on Jim Carrey's side, including the producers, who also feel that the main responsibility for the box office failure of "Ace Commissioner" is Stiller.
Anyone would feel frustrated when encountering Stiller's situation, so Lit deliberately mentioned Jim Carrey to arouse Stiller's resentment.
"What exactly do you want to say?"
Stiller returned to Lite. He was less than 1.7 meters tall and needed to stretch his neck to look directly at Lite, so he immediately became shorter in his momentum.
"I think you're going the wrong way!" Lit looked at Stiller and said earnestly: "I'm not saying this to slander you, but you're really not suitable for being a director. At least you're not ready yet. I think you should be a comedian again, first get back what you lost in performance, and then consider whether to be a director."
Stiller tilted his head, bit his mouth and said, "You are going to convince me with this?"
"Of course not. I have also prepared a script. As long as you promise to become an AMG customer, the protagonist of this movie is yours, and I dare to bet with you that the box office of this movie will definitely exceed 100 million US dollars. If it is not done, I can not charge you a cent agency fee!"
When Lit said this, not only Stiller did not expect it, but even John on the side was stunned.
Until now, there are not many comedy movies in Hollywood with a box office of over $100 million. Lite actually said that he has a movie that can have a box office of over $100 million. This is a bit ridiculous no matter how you hear it.
But Li Te's extremely serious expression on his face made people unable to suspect that he was joking.
Stiller looked at Lit very seriously, picked up his hand and said, "Okay, the male lead of the movie with a box office of $100 million, I admit that I almost got moved, but why should I believe what you said? The director of your movie, Spielberg or producer, is John Wells? I don't think so. Everyone can do it. The question is whether you have the ability to realize it?"
Lit was about to refute, but Stiller raised his hand and interrupted him.
"Sorry, I'm not an adventurer. As you said before, I just experienced a failure. The most important issue for me is not to rush to prove myself to everyone, but how to avoid failure again. If you understand what I mean, please don't try to convince me again!"
Chapter completed!