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Chapter 684 One Force Drops Ten Meetings ([-] daily updates, please subscribe~)

Obviously, Aniston was also very surprised by the appearance of her agent. You must know that although she is an artist with an agent, in the huge CAA system, Aniston can only be regarded as a small transparency. She is not the only artist below.

If Wu Jianye hadn't asked Lauren Donner to contact Aniston these two days, she wouldn't have seen her agent for several days.

"What's wrong with Howard?" Aniston looked at the manager who had come to her side and asked in a low voice.

Howard is a man in his 30s. His appearance belongs to the public face that no one will notice if he is thrown on the street. When he came to the front of the table, he first smiled politely at Wu Jianye, and then said: "Wu Jianye Director, I have an urgent matter here, and I want to discuss it with Aniston."

Wu Jianye sat there, chuckled, and said, "Please do it!"

Howard smiled politely: "Thank you Director Wu!"

After speaking, he took Aniston away from the dining table, but Wu Jianye saw Aniston put his bag on the table, Wu Jianye didn't say anything, and ate his dessert leisurely.

"Director Wu, long time no see!" At this moment Nick came over with a smile, followed by Penny with a coy face.

"Director Wu!" Although Penny heard Nick's explanation and knew that her family was not Wu Jianye's opponent, she still couldn't do it if she wanted to smile at Wu Jianye immediately!
Wu Jianye didn't care about her attitude, and said to Nick: "Yeah, it's true that we haven't seen each other for a while."

Nick saw that Aniston was leaving, and there was no one beside Wu Jianye, so he sat next to Wu Jianye and chatted with him.

Wu Jianye also chatted with Nick to pass the time. About five or six minutes later, Aniston walked over with a complicated expression on his face and saw Nick who was next to Wu Jianye. He simply nodded with a smile, and then carefully said to Wu Jianye: "Director Wu, I'm sorry, but there have been some accidents in our cooperation just now, I need to reconsider before I can give Wu Jianyue Guide you to answer!"

Wu Jianye glanced at Aniston, and there was no major change in expression on his face. He just smiled and said, "Of course, twisted melons are not sweet. I hope to have the opportunity to cooperate again in the future!"

Then Aniston apologized to Wu Jianye again, picked up her bag and left the restaurant.

Penny said habitually from the side: "It seems that Director Wu's beauty hunt is not going well today!"

Wu Jianye chuckled and said, "There are some small twists and turns in the middle, it doesn't matter, as long as the result is good!"

Now that something like this happened here, Wu Jianye had no idea to stay in the restaurant anymore, and shook hands with Nick to say goodbye with a smile.

Seeing how Wu Jianye left, Penny smiled and said, "Look, you just said he's great, but now he's not even a young actor!"

Nick looked at Wu Jianye's back and pondered: "Although I don't know what happened, I think the next thing will be interesting!"

Penny looked at Nick with some incomprehension!

Wu Jianye got into his car and asked the driver to drive home. On the way, he called Lauren Donner and told him to rush to the manor immediately.

When Wu Jianye's car drove to the manor, Lauren Donner was already waiting for Wu Jianye in the living room.

"What happened to the boss?" Lauren Donner asked. He knew that according to common sense, Wu Jianye should not call himself at this time, nor should he return to the manor.

Wu Jianye sat on the sofa and said, "Check out Aniston's latest itinerary, and the recent movements of a CAA manager named Howard!"

Lauren Donner didn't ask why, and immediately replied: "Okay boss, I'll give you news tomorrow!"

"Well, let's go back and get busy!" Wu Jianye waved his hand and told Lauren Donner to leave.

In fact, around noon the next day, Lauren Donner brought the news that Wu Jianye wanted to know.

"Aniston hasn't had any big moves recently. I contacted my former colleague yesterday, and I know that Howard has only arranged for Aniston to audition for a few small roles recently, but"

Wu Jianye glanced at Lauren Downer and asked, "But what?"

Lauren Donner said: "For some reason, CAA suddenly received a notice from the top management that the artists under the company should minimize cooperation with Phantom in the future. Those who have cooperation now, after the cooperation ends , and no more phantom roles are allowed!"

The moment Lauren Donner finished speaking, the living room phone rang. After Lauren Donner answered the phone, he said, "Boss, it's Miss Linda's call!"

After Wu Jianye answered the phone, he heard Linda say on the other end of the phone: "Something went wrong. There was friction between Hera's management and CAA because of a competition for an artist's management contract. Yesterday, the star signed a contract with Hera's management." After that, CAA will no longer allow its artists to accept the phantom's play appointment!"

The whole thing was connected. After Wu Jianye heard it, he pondered for a while and said, "Come to my side now!"

Soon Linda was in Beverly Hills.

"Don't panic when you encounter something, isn't it just a CAA, why are you so nervous!" Wu Jianye looked at Linda's face with a trace of panic, and said with a smile.

Linda said: "Because of a decision made by CAA, many of the films we are preparing to shoot are now facing a shortage of actors. Can you not be in a hurry?"

Wu Jianye said: "Let's sort things out first. Although Michael Ovitz was named the most powerful person in Hollywood last year, does he really think he is the king of Hollywood?"

Said the last Linda has heard the meaning of anger in Wu Jianye's tone!
Although there is the existence of Hera Brokerage, the development of CAA in recent years is still very rapid. In terms of brokers, Hera Brokerage has never been able to compare with CAA.

Last year, CAA signed 143 artists, 155 directors, and 298 writers. Last year's annual income was as high as 7700 million US dollars!
And Michael Ovitz also relied on his strong network resources, and was ranked first in the Hollywood Entrepreneur Power List by "Premiere Magazine" last year.

Last year, Michael Ovitz helped Panasonic complete the acquisition of Universal.

Although Michael Ovitz is not the boss of the production company, he is still one of the most powerful figures in Hollywood!

Even now that Phantom Entertainment has become Phantom Media, it still needs the support of CAA in many places.

But now, because of the conflict between Hera's agent and CAA, CAA has directly blocked Phantom Media. Before CAA announced this decision, there was almost no warning, which also made Phantom Media a little tired for a while!

This is why Linda is anxious.

Wu Jianye asked, "What are you going to do now?"

Linda thought for a while and said, "Since CAA wants the artist's contract, we'll just give it to him, and then make a statement with CAA, saying that the agent who runs this matter has been dealt with by us!"

Wu Jianye looked at Linda, and said after a while: "You mean to let us recognize the bear with CAA?"

Linda quickly explained: "It's not us, nor Phantom Media, but Hera's agent. What we need now is time. You also know that Phantom Media has just been established. Whether it's internal problems or external threats, wait and see. Our joke, what we have to do now is to immediately find a way to minimize the impact of this matter, and only after we have dealt with the reorganized business can we turn our energy to deal with CAA!"

Wu Jianye shook his head and said: "This method is not acceptable. If we deal with our employees in order to appease CAA, what will other people think of us? People outside will think that we are afraid of CAA, and people in the company will also be chilled by it. , who will contribute to the company in the future?"

"This is just a temporary countermeasure. In the past period of time, when we free up our hands, we will have time to deal with CAA!" Linda emphasized.

Wu Jianye said: "That's not okay. Since CAA wants to play, let's play a big game with him. The more we have to show our own strength at this time, let everyone know that Phantom Media is not who it is. Anyone can be provocative!"

Linda looked at Wu Jianye helplessly, and asked: "Now the largest agency company in the United States is CAA, and many well-known artists are their signed artists. If we want to fight against him, it will definitely affect the development of our company. Now the company has a lot of film and television works waiting to be launched, if there is a shortage of artists, there is nothing to do!"

Wu Jianye said in a deep voice: "You also said that CAA is the largest brokerage company in the United States, not the only brokerage company in the United States. What has the most things in Hollywood is the most actors. Without him, Zhang Butcher, we would not eat meat anymore. !"

Speaking of Wu Jianye at the end, murderous intent was already revealed in his eyes, and Linda trembled for no reason. He had known Wu Jianye for so long, and he hadn't seen Wu Jianye really get angry yet!
"Then what should we do?" Linda saw that since Wu Jianye had made a decision, she had told Wu Jianye the consequences, and Wu Jianye still decided to deal with CAA, so he naturally had nothing to say!
"As a Lutai investor, I will invest 5 million U.S. dollars and become a shareholder of Hera Brokers. Since CAA relies on its large number of people, let's teach him a good lesson. What does it mean to drop ten meetings with one force!" Wu Jianye said fiercely: "Then you contact the managers of WMA and ICM, CAA is not the only rival in Hollywood, and tell them that as long as they are willing to cooperate with Phantom, we will give priority to their actors in future works!"

The full name of WMA is William Morris Agency. It can be said that it is the longest-established agency in Hollywood. Before the establishment of CAA, it has always been the largest agency in Hollywood. Even the five founders of CAA are from WMA, but With the rise of CAA, it has replaced the hegemony of WMA.

ICM was founded in the same year as CAA. If Wu Jianye hadn’t appeared, ICM would have a lot of strong men. For example, Arnold Schwarzenegger is a signed artist of ICM, but because of the appearance of Hera’s agent, A Nor Schwarzenegger has signed Hera Brokerage.

Today's Hollywood has a total of four major brokerage companies, namely CAA, WMA, ICM and Hera Brokerage.

As for UTA, which is more famous in later generations, it is just a small company just established this year, and the other Endeavor has not yet been established!
So what Phantom Entertainment needs to do now is to obtain the cooperation between WMA and ICM. With the support of these two brokerage companies, Phantom Entertainment doesn't have to worry about having no actors available!
As for whether they will cooperate with Phantom, this is actually not a too difficult choice. CAA has been so powerful and arrogant in the past two years. It has always been at odds with WMA, and has also robbed many ICM customers. The grievances are deep.

As for Hera's brokerage, he has always followed the elite route. Although there will be friction with the other two brokerage companies, compared to CAA, he is a good younger brother who does not fight or grab!

Coupled with the big tree of Phantom Media, it is actually not difficult to make up for the loss of CAA's ban. It is nothing more than a matter of paying more at this time.

Linda said: "Okay, I will do it right away, so why do you need to inject funds into Hera's brokerage?"

If we get the support of these two companies, Phantom Media will basically be able to get through this difficulty smoothly, and there is no need to inject capital into Hera Brokerage!

Wu Jianye sneered and said, "I don't have the habit of not fighting back when others hit me. Contacting WMA and ICM is just to make Phantom no longer passive, but it doesn't mean I won't fight CAA."

"CAA now takes a 10% share with artists. That's because CAA has deep resources in Hollywood. Many artists need these resources to endure this level of share. Let me out, Hera's agent wants to dig The corner of CAA is over. As long as the agent of CAA is willing to come to Hera as an agent, the original salary will be increased by 50%. Reward him with 50 US dollars, and at the same time, the star share will be reduced to 8% for me!"

Linda looked at Wu Jianye in surprise, and said, "You are breaking the rules of the industry!"

Wu Jianye smiled and said, "Rules are meant to be broken. Since CAA wants to play, I'll play a big one with them, and let them know what it means to drop ten with one force!"

Linda asked: "Aren't you afraid that the behavior of Hera's agent will cause dissatisfaction with WMA and ICM?"

Wu Jianye gave Linda a white look, and said, "Why are you so stupid? You can sign a contract with these two companies. Before their artist contracts expire, Hera's manager will never take the initiative to contact their artists. Already, as long as CAA is defeated, there will be a huge piece of cake in the field of brokerage companies, and then it will be time for everyone to compete!"

Linda didn't say anything about Wu Jianye's attitude. There must be many details that need to be dealt with, but she knows that the remaining details are her own work. Otherwise, how could she be ashamed to be the CEO of Phantom Media? location!

(End of this chapter)