I’m in Hollywood Chapter 899: The crisis of Creative Artists Agency

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Century City Creative Artists Agency Headquarters.

Creative Artists Agency Chairman Richard Lovett completely lacked the calmness of the past, ignoring the surprised eyes of other employees of the company, almost trotting into the company office building with two assistants, but still talking on the phone with someone: You are calm, calm, things are not as bad as you think, I'm already downstairs, yes, right away. "

So saying, rushing all the way to the elevator entrance, remembering that there is no cell phone signal in the elevator, Richard Lovett walked toward the stairwell without hesitation, and at the same time took another cell phone that was already connected from the assistant behind him : "This is Richard · Lovett, hi, Kevin ... I know, there are indeed some situations, there must be some misunderstandings ... rest assured, you are my own responsibility, don't you trust me ... … OK, OK, that's it, please have dinner when you have time. "

After receiving several calls along the way, Richard Lovett found that he habitually ran to the floor of his own office, scolded aloud, and after glaring, he forgot to remind his two assistants, and turned around Run downstairs.

Richard Lovett was originally negotiating a packaged film project with the other party at Burbank Warner Headquarters this morning, and suddenly heard that Metro Goldwyn Mayer would abandon Brosnan to re-select 007. He even thought it was someone else joking with him. In "Casino Royale" Box Office global Going straight to 1billion USD, there will definitely be some ups and downs in the negotiation of Metro Goldwyn Mayer and Brosnan's remuneration, but to say that the two sides will make trouble, it is estimated that the entire Hollywood will not believe it.

It was not until his assistant brought a copy of the article on the Yahoo portal to him that Richard Lovett believed it was true. But then, another news came that made him jump directly from the chair in the Warner office and rush out.

It turned out that Metro Goldwyn Mayer gave up Brosnan ’s re-selection of 007. Pierce Brosnan himself did not know in advance. This matter was completely advocated by Brosnan ’s manager Rick Cozman, even without even knowing it. In the case of Brosnan, he privately rejected the pay contract issued by Metro Goldwyn Mayer, and the contract may reach a value of 100 million USD.

oh God, 100 million USD!

Creative Artists Agency's annual total compensation for the company's thousands of customers is only about 1billion USD. Rick Kotzman equals nearly 10% of Creative Artists Agency's annual income by one person.

Also, if this contract is simply lost, it is a pity, but the situation is not so bad.

The worst thing about this matter is that Rick Cozman made a decision to reject the sky-high contract without consulting his client at all.

If this matter is spread, it will definitely seriously damage the reputation of Creative Artists Agency in the minds of customers. In the brokerage industry, if a Brokerage Firm loses the trust of customers and causes a large number of customers to be lost, then it is actually not close to bankruptcy. Far.

However, the fact is that this matter has almost spread to Hollywood. From Burbank on the way back to company Headquarters, Richard · Lovett has received seven or eight important customers inquiries about this matter. If this crisis cannot be handled well, it is conceivable that Creative Artists Agency's competitors will never let this opportunity to dig into the wall. When Michael · Ovitz left three years ago, Creative Artists Agency had already experienced a turbulence and was seriously injured. In the past two years, the company has just re-entered into formality, and it is absolutely impossible to withstand any major shocks.

Climbing to the 12th floor and rushing down again, Richard Lovett wiped a sweat on his forehead, and finally came to the ninth floor where Bruce South manager Rick Kozman was, passing through the office area, Richard · Lovett saw Rick Cozman, who was covering his eyes with a paper towel, walked towards himself, but there was no figure of Brosnan.

When I saw Richard Lovett, Rick Kotzman also stepped up, and came over and apologized: "Richard, I'm so sorry, I didn't think about things ..."

Not finished yet, Rick Kozman felt like he was dragged by Richard Lovett to his neck and dragged to the glass wall.

Rick Kotzman is taller than Richard Lovett, but he also knows how bad he is, and he dare not resist the brutal actions of his boss at this time. The admitted little chicken was dragged past. The other employees of Creative Artists Agency in the office area were even more silent, all of them consciously withdrew their eyes and avoided them.

"Rick, I don't want to hear you say sorry now," came to the glass wall, Richard Lovett continued to press hard, pressed Rick Kotzman's head to himself, and said quickly in his ear, whispering in a dark voice. : "Listen, I know the little action you did in the negotiation of the Coca Cola advertising contract last time, and I also know that you got the 100,000 USD rebate when you introduced the spokesperson for Johnson & Johnson, and you just bought a luxury house in Beverly, with 3 million USD Loan needs to be repaid. So, all you have to do now is to find a place where you can hide yourself, and for the next month, if I hear anything about your voice, or if you take the initiative to contact the media Believe me, I ’ll take you to bankruptcy and then go to prison, and your wife who had been a professional model in "Sports Illustrated" and your daughter who is going to Stanford to go to university. Without your financial support, they will do everything. No. I ’ll find ways to sell them all to be the **** in Latin America ’s dirtiest brothels. Do you understand ... well, now, get me off. ”

Richard Lovett gritted his teeth and said, pushing away Rick Kozman, suddenly thought of something, and then grabbed the other party back: "There is another point, Mr. Kozman, you were Fired. "

Instructed the assistant to call the security guard to drag out the gray-faced Rick Kotzman. Richard Lovett rubbed his hands on his stiff face a few times while walking, and put his palm down. The fierce expression has been replaced by an intimate smile, glancing at the glass wall not far away, Richard Lovett breathed out and pushed open the door of Rick Kotzman's office And went in.

Although it has been simply cleaned up, this office still looks a little messy. The receiver of the landline on the desktop does n’t know that it flew there. There is no glass frame on the oil painting on the wall. There are still some on the ground. The shattered glass ballast, the blinds blocking the external office area were also pulled off a large piece, dragging casually.

Another important partner of the company, David O'Connor and Pierce Brosnan sat at the desk to appease each other. Pierce Brosnan's PR Manager Sarah Lindert was standing by the window and making a phone call.

When I saw Richard Cozman walk in, Brosnan immediately got up, completely without the gentlemanly style of the past, and said loudly: "Richard, you must give me an explanation. I was fired by the Bond crew, the ridiculous thing is me I didn't know anything. "

"I know, Peel, I'm sorry, I'm very, very sorry," Richard Lovett stretched his arms around Brosnan's shoulder and said, "I've called Metro Goldwyn Mayer's Amy · Pascal, this is just a misunderstanding, really Yes, they just want to lower your pay. You know, Film Studio likes to play these tricks. Believe me, I will definitely give you the Bond contract, Nà, now, go to my office Okay, let's discuss what to do next? "

Brucenan threw away Richard Lovett ’s arm impatiently and said, “I do n’t want to listen to you perfunctory words again. If you ca n’t solve this matter as soon as possible, I will contact the next Brokerage Firm immediately.”

"Of course, I swear, from now on, I will be responsible for all your affairs personally," Richard Lovett, who was thrown away by Brosnan, was not angry, and still came up with a smiling face and no discouragement. , Said: "Would you like to go to my office first, Pierre, to show you something, and after watching it, you just knows Metro Goldwyn Mayer would never dare to throw you away."

"Okay," Brosnan nodded reluctantly, and said immediately: "And, from now on, I must be present in all negotiations, and you must never make any decisions with me behind you."

"I promise, I will never hide anything from you, even if you want to know what color my wife's underwear is, I can tell you that it is white, and I also sneaked through it," said Bruce South. Loosen, Richard Lovett breathed a sigh of relief, continued to talk about the active atmosphere of the joke, eagerly opened the office door, and bowed in a doggie gesture.

When Bruce South came out of the office, Richard Lovett pointed to Sarah Lindert, quickly squinted at David O'Connor, and then pulled out and followed.

The two had just been on the phone. David · O'Connor naturally understood Richard · Lovett's thoughts. In fact, he eagerly coaxed out Brosnan in order to create his chance to contact Sarah · Lindelt.

Sarah Lindert is also a very savvy woman. She did n’t rush out, but just hung up her phone and stood looking at David · O Connor with a smile.

Although Brosnan is in a rage, it is unlikely to notice that his public relations Manager is lagging behind, but David O'Connor did not dare to waste time and went straight to the theme: "Sarah, you have to help us this time."

Sarah Lindelt shook his head and said, "David, you really did too much this time. I'm afraid I can't do anything very helpful. Peel will fire me too."

"Two customers of the same magnitude as Pierce," David · O'Connor ignored Sarah · Lindelt's words, and directly wrote his own price code, saying: "You only need to guarantee Pierce's offer for Metro Goldwyn Mayer remuneration. You do n’t need to leak out completely unaware information, you do n’t need to do anything else. ”

The most critical part of this trend is that Rick Kozman concealed the compensation terms offered by Metro Goldwyn Mayer from Brosnan. Sarah Lindert also knows that if this matter spreads out, it will have a very bad impact on Creative Artists Agency. She didn't speak, but just extended four fingers and shook.

David · O'Connor did not hesitate: "Deal."

Sarah Lindelt never finished, saying: "How can I be sure that after this incident, you will honor your promise?"

"You know we did what we said," David O'Connor gritted his teeth, knowing that the situation is urgent now, and cannot hesitate because of this trivial matter, he said: "You can find a recording pen, I Say what you just said again. "

"Then it's so settled," Sarah Lindert nodded with a smile, didn't look for any recording pen, but just shook the latest Motorola phone that she had been holding in her hand. Obviously, she had just done it Recording.

David · O'Connor scolded bitch secretly in his heart, the smile on his face remained unchanged, and said: "So, let's go up now."

Sarah Lindert does n’t mind what David O’Connor thought about himself, smiled and walked out of the office with him, saying: “You will definitely make Rick Cozman shut up, yes Okay, but what about Peel? "

David · O Connor said: "Richard will convince him."

In the Creative Artists Agency Chairman office.

Richard · Lovett is showing a stock chart in the computer monitor to Pierce Brosnan: "Pearl, you see, the opening price of Metro Goldwyn Mayer Film Industry today is 28.37 USD, but here, it is from Metro Goldwyn Mayer that it is claimed to replace Bond The candidate started to turn sharply, and now the share price of Metro Goldwyn Mayer has fallen to 27.49 USD, a drop of 3.1%, which is equivalent to the market value of Metro Goldwyn Mayer dropped from 1 2.3 billion 40 million USD opened today to 1 1.9 billion 5 8 million USD, just one hour, the market value of Metro Goldwyn Mayer An additional 400 million USD was issued, all of which were affected by the announcement that they were going to replace you. And, I ’m sure that if Metro Goldwyn Mayer does not make some remedies, this company ’s stock will at least fall again this afternoon 3%, the market value evaporates 800 million USD in a day, and the shareholders of Metro Goldwyn Mayer will never allow this to continue. The only thing they can do to stop the share price decline is to invite you back. "

After listening to Richard Lovett, Brosnan felt relieved, but he still said: "So, what should we do now, just wait for the news?"

"Naturally not, I will continue to keep in touch with Metro Goldwyn Mayer's Amy · Pascal, of course, I will tell you the first time any communication results," Richard · Lovett said, his eyes flashed, his tone more relaxed. : "However, Peel, during this time, I need you to be as silent as possible with me, to the Metro Goldwyn Mayer, to the media, and everyone else, so that I can fight for your interests as much as possible. Well, especially Rick. With regard to your incident, this bastard, I have already fired him, and I think you can guarantee that he will never appear in manager again in the future. However, this incident can never be spread, because it will make us Everyone is passive, do you understand? "

Pierce Brosnan originally felt that if he had no choice but to disclose his unknowing information about the price offered by Mi High School, it is estimated that 007's film contract may be recovered again. However, in the area of ​​Richard Lovett, although he feels something is wrong, he still feels that maybe he should really not pass this news that made him passive, so he nodded in coordination.

"Very good," Richard · Lovett sighed in relief, nodded with a smile, and said: "So, you drink coffee first, then I will go to Amy · Pascal to unify the phone." (Unfinished Continued.)