The Greatest Showman - Chapter 155

[154 It keeps ringing]

“Ladies and gentlemen, the plane is still taxiing, please don’t turn on your mobile phones and electronic devices, fasten your seat belts, and wait for the indicator lights to go out…” The

flight attendant’s polite and gentle voice came from the broadcast, but still could not suppress the gradual change in the cabin. The lively commotion, Andy Rogers immediately took out the mobile phone from his pocket, one, two, three, and then turned on the mobile phone one by one. After the phone was turned on, the text messages came one after another. There are seventeen calls received. .The

three mobile phones are different, one for personal use and two for work use, but the two work numbers are also divided into levels, one for important contacts and customers, and the other for ordinary objects; when he divides the business card, the phone number on it It is different. For strangers, most of them get the latter. Andy skillfully picked up his important work phone first, checking for missed calls and unread texts.

Suddenly, the ordinary work mobile phone rang, glanced at the caller number, it was an unfamiliar number, so I ignored it, and quickly replied to the text message, the call rang for a long time, and finally stopped, but it was only less than Fifteen seconds later, it rang again, still the same number. Andy continued to ignore.

After all the text messages in the important work phone were answered, Andy picked up the ordinary work phone, called the same number four times, called back, and the other party picked up immediately, “This is Andy. -Rogers.”

“Andy, this is Gavin Hunter, a full-time reporter for Us Weekly.” Gavin introduced himself neatly, “Are you Renly Hall’s agent? ”

Yes,” Andy said skillfully. “What’s the matter?”

“I want to do an exclusive interview with Renly, can I make an appointment?” Gavin cut to the point.

At this time, the important mobile phone actually rang. Andy glanced at it. It was Daisy Lucas from “Vanity Fair”. He was an old acquaintance. Andy did not rush to answer the phone, but said into the receiver, “Renly is at the Toronto Film Festival right now, and the schedule is temporarily out of date. Let’s talk about it after the festival is over.”

“US Weekly” and “Entertainment Weekly” are two of the top five magazines in American entertainment magazines, and their content, objects, and positioning are relatively close. They mainly publish gossip news and are very popular among housewives. This is indeed a very important magazine, but media interviews must also match the positioning of the artist. For example, actors such as Sean Penn, even if they are interviewed by these two magazines, the market effect is very limited.

Renly is now in the early stage of his career. On the one hand, it is a critical moment to build his image, and on the other hand, it is a time period when exposure is urgently needed. Andy is still relatively cautious about the control of media interviews. Therefore, Andy didn’t agree immediately, but he didn’t say anything.

“I know, I’m in Toronto right now. I met Renly and he wanted me to call and make an appointment,” Gavin explained quickly, “I really wanted to do an in-depth interview with Renly, not just It’s about the Emmys, it’s about his personal situation, it’s about the new release of ‘Buried Alive.’ If I can, I’d like to do a feature to really get to know the new actor.”

Andy is a senior The broker, naturally, will not be deceived by this simple rhetoric. But some are, from the day before yesterday to today, this is the 23rd interview appointment call. It is not an ordinary interview call, but an exclusive interview call. For a rookie actor, this is really not normal.

In the past few days, he has been very busy. Considering that Renly is participating in the Toronto Film Festival, “Buried Alive” is an independent film, and there is no so-called publicity strategy, so he has not been distracted for the time being, but the basic situation is the same. What he knew, he had heard of the liveliness on the Internet, and the Billboard singles chart and the instant download chart of tnes also grasped the basic situation, but the influence of things seemed to be beyond his expectations.

Just now, out of the seventeen missed calls, five of them came to book interviews with Renly. Now “US Weekly” is the sixth call, Andy is a little curious, is the “Vanity Fair” call just now related to Renly?

“Renly only has two works now. If you want to make a special feature, the content is definitely not enough. It is estimated that it is only one page.” To deal with reporters, Andy has his own way. , “We all know that if ‘US Weekly’ wants to interview Renly, the sincerity that it wants to show must be more than that.”

Gavin couldn’t help choking.

Andy knew immediately that this was probably an inexperienced reporter. Otherwise, how could he have bluffed the other side with just a few words. The real senior reporters are all old fritters, one better than the other.

“I’m serious.” Gavin explained anxiously, “I think Renly is a very good actor. He watched ‘The Magician’, ‘The Beautiful Wrong’ and ‘Scorched Earth’ at the Toronto Film Festival. He and Ryan Gosling are very good friends. They not only watched many movies together, but also attended the ‘Blue Love’ event last night. The screening of ‘Man’s Day’. I don’t think it was a random decision for him to choose ‘Buried Alive’. I wanted to know more about ‘Buried Alive’, but couldn’t find an effective way. Interview with Renly, I hope A chance to gain a deeper understanding.”

Gavin poured out all the gains in the past three days. If he was just curious about Renly’s background at first, then what he is really curious about now is Renly. actor.

Andy raised his eyebrows slightly. Renly attended the “Blue Valentine’s Day” screening last night? This damn guy didn’t tell him, and missed another great opportunity! Also, when did he become friends with Ryan Gosling? This is unheard of!

Andy felt a little tight in his chest because “Blue Valentine’s Day” had nothing to do with him, so naturally he didn’t specifically inquire about the news; as for the Toronto Film Festival report, if his agent didn’t take care of himself, naturally he wouldn’t specifically mention Renly this newcomer. Therefore, he actually missed this important news, and now it seems that this morning’s call seems to be more targeted.

Andy seriously felt that Renly needed an assistant, otherwise he wouldn’t know anything about Renly’s actions, which was really deadly.

“I need to confirm the specific timetable. So, you make a list of questions, send it to my mailbox, I will go through it, if there is enough value, then we will make an appointment.” Andy considered for a moment, A deliberate answer was given.

In fact, for Renly, who is committed to making a breakthrough in independent films, the “US Weekly” interview is of limited value, after all, it is not keen on art works for groups. However, Andy felt that it might be a good idea to give this reporter named Gavin a chance; maybe it could be an opportunity for Renly to open up the business market.

After hanging up Gavin’s phone, the important work phone rang again. Looking at the caller ID, it turned out to be Francis Parker, the senior agent of Endeavour Elite Agency. At the beginning, Francis was one of the first agents who tried to sign Renly. Francis even got in touch with Tom Hanks through a relationship, but he was not able to make up his mind in the end.

Andy and Francis both know each other and are polite in social situations, but they don’t have much interaction at work. It’s strange that Francis would call him.

The plane finally stabilized. Andy quickly got off the plane, talking on the phone all the way, one after another, but never stopped. When he arrived at the hotel where Renly stayed, both work phones were about to run out of power. Quickly put the phone in his pocket, took out his personal phone as a spare, and checked into his room first, and then found Renly’s room, this time he wisely showed his identification that Renly’s room belonged to Andy. Booked in name, asked for a key card from the front desk in advance, and entered the room effortlessly.

Entering the room, Renly’s room was still in a mess, suits and shirts were casually thrown on the back of the sand chair, socks and shoes were left at the door of the kitchen, who knows why Renly would take off his shoes there, and the bathrobes were placed in the hall. On the sand, the bath towel appeared on the floor of the bedroom door. In this way, even if Andy has no cleanliness or obsessive-compulsive disorder, it is a headache to watch.

“I told you it was a terrible work.”

“Unfortunately, I really liked ‘The Departed’ before, and then Martin’s ‘The Departed’ was very American, but I still prefer Andrew Liu’s (andre-) version.

” After the ‘Wounded City’ in 2oo6, his works lacked that kind of sharpness and connotation, and this time is no exception.”

…

The voice of the two people’s heated discussion came from the door of the room, and then Andy and They met. “Good morning, gentlemen.”

“Oh, Andy, you’ve arrived. Is it going well?” Renly greeted familiarly.

Andy nodded to Renly with a smile, and then introduced himself to Ryan, who was standing diagonally behind, “I’m Andy, Renly’s manager. Last night’s ‘Blue Valentine’s Day’ was a harvest. It has received a lot of praise, and it seems that this year is your year again.”

Ryan also held Andy’s right hand and said with a smile, “I am now looking forward to the release of Renly’s work, and he has a good eye for film selection. I’m eye-opening, and I should see his performance now.”

“Buried alive is also his choice. So, you can trust him.” Andy said honestly, “So, will you be at the screening? ”

Of course, this is the plan, if Renly is still welcome.” Ryan cast his eyes at Renly, but saw Renly shrugging his shoulders with a “I’m not sure” look, which made Ryan Immediately stunned.

Andy said with a smile, “Don’t worry, there must be a seat for you on the red carpet, and of course we couldn’t welcome it any more.” Ryan couldn’t help but sighed in relief and smiled again, “However, can I ask you to leave now? We still have some business to deal with, you know, there is not much time left until the screening at night.”

Ryan, with a confused look on his face.

[End of this Chapter]