HWI 61

Hollywood What If Chapter 61

"It didn't work..."

Carl Morin sighed as he sat down. He heard the news that the filming of The Hangover and there was no huge incident that happened.

Carl Morin was one of the responsible for calling the Children's Association to keep pestering the shooting. Well, he had a cooperation with the other film companies. 

Unfortunately, when Kazir Grey announced that he has a script that he wanted to sell, the film companies immediately shut their mouths. They acted like they didn't cause any trouble. 

Since then, The filming of The Hangover went well.

"... Hayst. Ten thousand dollars for nothing."

That was right. To make sure that the Children's Association would trouble the filming crew, Carl Morin paid one of them to cause trouble. 

He hoped that Kazir Grey would lose his temper and make a scene. They could use it as material for their next plan. 

But Kazir was calm as a stone. He was mad but he kept his composure. 

"Well, at least I pissed him in some ways."

It was kind of petty, but it didn't matter. They have another way to make trouble. 

WMA knew what he was doing but they decided to keep their mouth shut. WMA was livid that Kazir Grey became successful after kicking him out of the company. 

Even the people from CAA mocked them because of their stupidity. The Chairman of WMA even talked to Vice-president Lawlor Dean and Carl Morin because of this. 

The two were humiliated to the floor for kicking Kazir Grey from WMA. 

So Carl Morin was mad at Kazir Grey. He wanted to make sure that he would never have a peaceful day in Hollywood. 

WMA kept a blind eye to his evil doings because they wanted to see Kazir lose. 

To be honest, their opinion on The Hangover was hopeful. Especially when Ed Helms was part of the project. They hoped that the movie would be successful. So that another superstar would rise from their rank. 

However, their opinion on Kazir Grey was dark. They wanted to see him fall into the pit of misfortune.

"Kazir, this is all you're fault."

He grinned devilishly.

"Carl Morin, congratulations on your client. I heard he just finished filming a horror movie?"

John Harris approached Carl Morin. John Harris was jealous that Carl Morin had a director client under him... Carl Morin had two directors under him but he kicked the first one. 

He was being mocked because of it. After three years of working with Kazir Grey, the director became successful after leaving him. It showed that Carl Morin was incompetent. 

Still, John Harris wanted to form a connection with Carl Morin because he wanted his clients to join his director's next projects.

"Thanks, John. Congratulations with Ed Helms too."

Carl's lips twitched. In fact, John's position after the success of Napoleon Dynamite was much better than his. His client received a salary of 1.7 million dollars for The Hangover and 10% of that would go to John Harris. 

"Leon Lau finished filming Tales from the Crypt Presents: Bordello of Blood."

Carl Morin smiled proudly. He believed that Leon Lau would be more successful than Kazir Grey. He strongly believed so. 

"That's good to hear... By the way, if Leon Lau has suitable roles for my clients, please send them some invitations."

"Of course. I will talk to Leon about it."

Carl Morin chuckled. He loved the feeling of being on top. Because his client was a director, more coworkers asked him for suitable roles for their clients. 

'This is the power of an agent who had a director client.'

"Thanks."

John Harris left the office room after hearing that. 

"... Tch, if I have roles, I will give them to my actors first. Why would I even give it to others?... Unless they have something to provide. I heard that one of John's clients is a young actress. Hehe."

He licked his lips. 

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After the filming in Las Vegas, Kazir returned to Los Angeles.

"Ah, the smell of Los Angeles air... Polluted as always."

He shrugged and walked out of the airport.

"Kazir."

"Good morning, Salvatore."

On the way to the exit, he found Salvatore waiting for him.

"I already prepared a car for us."

"Thanks."

Considering that Salvatore personally met him, Kazir realized that there was an important thing to talk about.

Kazir and Salvatore entered the car. 

"Kazir, Fox Searchlight Pictures already settled the account. They will pay the money tomorrow."

"That's good to hear. Napoleon Dynamite already ended its screening in North America and the box office is $149 million."

It was already a miracle for a project like Napoleon Dynamite to have that kind of success. Kazir grinned. 

"5% of that amount will be sent to your bank account." 

Salvatore smiled too... The answer was simple, he had a share in that amount. 

Kazir Kazir would receive $7.45 million. Then, Salvatore Barlowe would 223 thousand dollars from Kazir. 

Ah, the power of success. Salvatore never regretted that he contacted Kazir. Lately, many of his co-workers were getting friendly with him, asking if Kazir Grey had another project. Hoping that their clients could audition for roles.

"I'm sure 20th Century Fox has some conditions, right?"

"They want to talk to you about the sequel of Napoleon Dynamite. Tomorrow, Tom Rothman wants to see you."

"I understand."

Kazir had a good relationship with Tom Rothman. He was thankful that Tom Rothman accepted his movie. In a way, he had a high respect for 20th Century Fox and Tom Rothman. 

"Let's meet them tomorrow. Today, I want to take some time to relax. By the way, what movies are in the cinema right now?"

"Warner Bros invited you to attend the premier night of Twister."

"Of course I will attend."

Kazir easily accepted the invitation. He knew that Twister would be one of the blockbuster movies this year. 

"It's on May 11. Which is three days from now. You will show up on the red carpet so wear something nice." 

Salvatore Barlowe reminded him.

"I will buy a suit for the occasion."