My Hollywood System

Chapter 148:

Chapter 148:

Dream Vision Head Office, Santa Monica, California.

In the huge meeting room of the building, every important figure of Dream Vision was seated.

They all had confused expressions on their faces as they waited for Will, who was busy scribbling down on the huge whiteboard of the meeting room.

He put down his marker pen and everyone can finally see what he wrote on the board.

[GTA: Vice City]

The hope of getting the context of why they were summoned here was shattered when everyone in the room read those unfamiliar words.

“As every one of you is well aware, [1917] has just been released and is doing very well in the movie theatres and cinemas. That means we can’t release [Liberty City] for at least one whole month. Otherwise, it would bucket the profit that would otherwise go to [1917].”

After sweeping a glance at everyone and seeing that everyone was listening and had an expression which said ‘go on’, Will continued.

“So, I had this awesome idea to make [Liberty City] forever memorable for the future generations.”

Will finished and waited for everyone to take in his words and voice out their thoughts.

The first one to speak was his uncrowned secretary, Amanda.

“First of all, what does this... [GTA: Vice City] even mean? What is it?”

Everybody nodded their heads in unison as if saying that’s what they wanted to ask too.

“GTA means Grand Theft Auto, a term for car robberies. Vice City is a city from the same universe as [Liberty City]. It’s the place from where Tommy Vercetti came from.”

Then Will turned around and stuck a piece of paper into the whiteboard. There was a pre-drawn sketch of Tommy Vercetti on it, just a younger version.

“It doesn’t look like Ethan.... Is that really Tommy Vercetti?”

The head employee from the PR department pointed out.

“Yes, it isn’t Ethan. [GTA: Vice City] isn’t a movie like every one of you is taking it to be. Instead, it’s a video game.”

Hearing that, gasps of wonder and dumbfoundedness could be heard from people as whatever they were thinking till now froze in their minds. On the other hand, Amanda, who Will had entrusted with the task of contacting a game company, finally realised something as she connected the scattered dots.

“Don’t tell me... are we going to invest in a video game now?”

Amanda’s words sounded weird to herself, as she thought that the talk about investing in a game in a Hollywood movie studio was absurd.

“Bingo!”

Jay wasn’t able to finish his sentence as there was a knock on the see through glass door. Arnold, who saw his secretary knocking, gestured for her to come in.

“Sir, we just received a call from Dream Vision Studios.”

***

Johnathan had come to Ethan’s house after getting the call from Amanda, regarding the reshoot.

Since it was an urgent matter, he didn’t want to leave behind any loopholes that could lead to complications and any type of conflict later on.

“So, what is it about?”

Ethan asked as he took a large sip from his coffee mug.

“Well, I got a call from Dream Vision’s CEO personally regarding a reshoot. Will wants to reshoot some of the end credits parts as he wants to add a scene in it.”

Johnathan said as he looked at Ethan.

“Man, no, please no. I had finally planned a week’s vacation. Tell him to leave it as it is.”

Ethan said, clearly displeased that he was asked to shoot again.

“It is better to reshoot because it’s something Will Evans is very excited about. And don’t forget that normally a shoot can drag on for half a year. You were lucky it was Will’s film that has a track record of having fast shooting. Not only that, but I’ve also heard that some of the industry insiders are labelling the film as a blockbuster.”

Johnathan said in a convincing manner. Ethan suddenly thought about the box offices of both [1917] and [500 days of Summer] and decided that it would be in his best interest to remain in Will’s good shoes.

“Alright, I will do it. Just inform me about the shooting schedule, and tell Will to complete this shoot as soon as possible.”

Ethan conceded and Johnathan sighed in relief. It was always troubling being the agent of an A-lister, but it also paid well so what could he even complain about.

Johnathan took out his phone from his pants right pocket and called Will’s secretary, Alexia.

“Yes, yes. Mr Silva has agreed to the reshoot, just inform us about the schedule and try to finish it as early as possible.”

After discussing with Alexia, Johnathan hung up the call.

“Wanna drink some mojito? Since the vacation is postponed for good, let us just enjoy it here. I know how hectic an agent’s life could be, after all, I was one myself.”

Ethan said as he chuckled.

“No way! Are you kidding me?”

Johnathan said as he looked like his eyes would pop out. He had never heard about Ethan’s past of being an agent.

“Yeah, it’s a short story, but let me tell you in detail....so it went something like this....”

And hence, the Actor and his agent bonded for the first time ever since their first meeting.

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