Sure enough, as expected.

After the celebration party for "The Lord of the Rings", Arthur received many scripts from film companies, and most of them were for Xie Yi.

After all, Xie Yi was now in the limelight in Hollywood. "The Lord of the Rings" had attracted many fans for him. Even if this momentum was not as popular as Leonardo when "Titanic" was released a few years ago, it was not far off.

But one only needed to think about it to know that Leonardo was the main character in "Titanic", which was why "Titanic" was so popular after it was released.

But in "The Lord of the Rings", Xie Yi was only a supporting character who did not appear in many scenes.

Even so, he was still loved by many fans.

This made the production companies and directors have to consider the possibility of using Xie Yi in the film.

But this was also what troubled Arthur.

Because "The Fast and the Furious", which Xie Yi starred in, had achieved good box office results, and "Legally Blonde", which Xie Yi starred in, was also particularly popular.

Their box office results were also quite good.

Even the box office results of "The Lord of the Rings", which had just been released, made everyone envious.

So even though Xie Yi had only acted in three movies,

These three movies did not matter what the theme was, nor did it matter whether Xie Yi was the main character or a supporting character in them.

But there was no doubt that the results of these three movies were very good.

This made Hollywood producers and directors want to pull Xie Yi into their own crew. Especially those commercial directors who paid attention to box office results, they were very welcoming of Xie Yi's addition.

Therefore, the scripts that Arthur was handed by the film companies were all commercial films.

Even the less commercial ones were some niche romance, comedy, or horror films. This made Arthur a little helpless.

The plan he set for Xie Yi was to take on a literary film for the time being, and then show his face to the judges.

Even if he could not win any awards, it would be good to be nominated for an award first. At least the judges would recognize Xie Yi's acting skills.

After all, Xie Yi's acting skills were still quite good.

It was just that compared to Xie Yi's acting skills, the audience was obviously more concerned about Xie Yi's appearance.

That was why he said that Xie Yi's appearance had both advantages and disadvantages for his acting career. And the audience was obviously attracted by Xie Yi's appearance and ignored Xie Yi's acting skills.

This could attract a lot of fans for Xie Yi in a short period of time.

However, Xie Yi's acting skills were what kept these fans around.

As for acting skills, they needed to be reflected in those literary films.

In May of this year, "Another Lifetime's Love", which Xie Yi starred in with Meg Ryan last year, should be released.

And this would definitely attract another group of fans for Xie Yi.

In the second half of the year, Xie Yi would continue to renew his contract with Universal to film the second part of "The Fast and the Furious". Universal planned to turn "The Fast and the Furious" into a series, so even though Xie Yi's value had doubled compared to a year ago when he filmed the first "The Fast and the Furious", Universal still accepted Arthur's contract for the sake of the integrity of the "The Fast and the Furious" team and the audience's acceptance.

After all, Xie Yi was no longer the unknown newbie who had just entered Hollywood a year ago. Now, he was the hottest and most popular star in Hollywood. It was obviously impossible for him to sign the same contract as the first movie.

And Universal also recognized the development potential of the fast series, so compared to the current investment, Universal was obviously more interested in the profits after the movie was released.

And during the Christmas period in December, the second part of "The Lord of the Rings", "The Two Towers", would also be released. Xie Yi was bound to free up some time to participate in the promotion of "The Lord of the Rings", so Xie Yi's schedule was full for the second half of the year, leaving only half a year for Xie Yi.

In half a year, he could still choose a movie, but he had to choose a movie that could show off Xie Yi's acting skills.

Xie Yi was now popular. The previous "The Fast and the Furious", "Legally Blonde", and "The Lord of the Rings" had gathered a lot of popularity for Xie Yi. And in the upcoming "Another Life", which was going to be released this year, Xie Yi's role as the Duke Of Albany was obviously a character that could attract fans. In addition, the second part of "The Lord of the Rings" would be released in December. Xie Yi's popularity would not drop this year, so now Xie Yi only lacked a movie that could prove that he was not just a good-looking actor.

But thinking of this, Arthur had a headache. The most successful movie was undoubtedly the kind that achieved a perfect balance between commercial and artistic. It was just that this kind of movie had always been hard to come by. Or rather, before the movie was released, you would never know if it could be a perfect movie.

That was why Hollywood actors preferred to pursue movies with deep meaning, because it was possible that this kind of movie would not only be artistic, but also box-office and awards.

Looking at the pile of scripts on the table, Arthur went silent. Forget about combining commercial and artistic, there was no such thing as a purely artistic script that did not look at the box office.

"Mr. Ovitz, these are the new scripts. Should I put them on the table?" the assistant whispered when he saw Arthur's cold expression.

"Yes, put them here."

Arthur said helplessly. He did not need to look to know that these scripts were no different from the previous batch of scripts. Now, those who came to look for Xie Yi were undoubtedly interested in his commercial value.

But no matter how helpless he was, Arthur still accepted his fate and flipped through the new scripts. Maybe there would be a director with a discerning eye who could see through Xie Yi's appearance and see through Xie Yi's acting skills. Arthur thought to himself, trying to find joy in his misery.

"Hey, these are the scripts that Steven sent over!"

Arthur raised his eyebrows in surprise. Previously, he had flipped through a few scripts, but they were all commercial scripts as usual. He was about to give up, but as he flipped through, he suddenly saw the name Steven Spielberg at the bottom of the pile of scripts.

Steven Spielberg was a name that no one in Hollywood did not know. It could be said that he was one of the most famous directors in Hollywood. Even the Oscars, which were the hardest to impress, had to admit his talent and ability. He was also one of the few directors who had won two Oscars for Best Director.

If Peter Jackson and James Cameron were commercial directors who were good at using technology to interpret movies, and Francis Ford Coppola and Clint Eastwood were art directors who pursued art as their lifelong pursuit, then Steven Spielberg was undoubtedly a movie wizard who combined business and art together, and skillfully maneuvered between business and art. His movies were not lacking in commercial entertainment, but at the same time, they were also highly artistic.

Therefore, his movies had always been projects that Hollywood stars were willing to participate in. After all, almost all the movies directed by Steven Spielberg were rare movies that could earn box office and awards at the same time. Naturally, they were highly sought after by Hollywood stars.

Therefore, Arthur was so surprised when he saw the words Steven Spielberg. Being able to send him a script meant that Steven Spielberg thought highly of Xie Yi and wanted him to play a role in his movie.

This really surprised Arthur. After all, Xie Yi and Steven Spielberg did not know each other, which meant that Steven was likely to have seen Xie Yi's movies before and felt that he might be competent for the role in his new movie.

But in any case, this opportunity must not be missed.

Arthur had heard before that Steven Spielberg was going to shoot a crime biographical movie this year, and it was a movie based on the autobiography of Franck Abanel, a high IQ criminal genius in American history.

Thinking of this, Arthur pulled out the script with Steven Spielberg's name from the stack of scripts, and the script had the words "Unfettered" written on it.

"" Unfettered "?

It seems that Steven is really going to shoot a biographical movie. "Arthur looked at the four big words on the script and said silently.

Franck Abanel, born in the 1940s, at the age of 17, with his high IQ, he pretended to be an airplane pilot, a children's doctor, a lawyer, and other occupations, and cheated the bank of millions of dollars. Even after he was finally caught by the FBI, he was hired by the FBI as a research consultant and lecturer because of his familiarity with bank fraud.

In general, Franck Abanel was really a legendary figure in American history. His life was colorful and full of ups and downs. He was indeed a good prototype for a biographical movie.

Steven Spielberg invited Xie Yi to participate in the audition for the role of the supporting actor of "Unfettered", the FBI senior detective Karl.

It had to be said that this was a good opportunity for Xie Yi now. Although he was not the protagonist, there had always been a lot of people competing for the supporting role in Steven Spielberg's movies. And Steven took the initiative to send an audition invitation to Xie Yi, it was conceivable that Steven was still very optimistic about Xie Yi's role.

And participating in this movie could also show Xie Yi's acting skills to the greatest extent, and let the audience know that Xie Yi was not only good-looking, but also good at acting. This was undoubtedly the most important thing for Xie Yi at the moment.

"You mean Steven invited me to participate in the audition for his new movie?" Xie Yi was reading a book when he heard Arthur's words and was surprised.