Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 287 Anger, anger with nowhere to vent, about to explode, what to do

Michael Ovitz asked his assistant to contact his paparazzi.

They were asked to hand over the gossip materials they had collected about Link to the media, and use the media to hype up the gossips about Link and many female stars, portraying Link as a playboy with an extremely corrupt and chaotic private life.

According to information collected by paparazzi, there are more than 30 female stars who have had close relationships with Link, most of whom are popular female stars, including Monica Bellucci, Jennifer Connelly, Jennifer Aniston, Renée Zellweger, Sandra Bullock, Brooke Shields and so on.

When Michael Ovitz saw this information, his eyes turned red with jealousy and veins bulged on his forehead.

As the president of CAA and a billionaire, it is not easy to seduce these women, and it is even more difficult to deal with so many shrewd and difficult women at the same time.

And this bastard Link not only picked up these female stars, but also made them live in peace and go on vacation to Hawaii together.

This huge gap made Michael Ovitz very unhappy. They were all men and billionaires, so why was this bastard Link so popular?

"Damn it Link, stop being so arrogant, your good days are over."

Michael Ovitz growled.

"Boss, the publicity department called and asked if we should send all of these out? Several of the female celebrities here are clients of our company."

The assistant walked into the office and asked.

"Send! Send them all! I warned them not to have too much interaction with Link, but they didn't listen. So don't blame me for indiscriminate attacks."

Michael Ovitz waved his hands in exasperation.

According to this information, Jodie Foster, Michelle Pfeiffer, Julianne Moore, Madonna, Angelina Jolie and others are all clients of CAA.

Ever since the bet in 1993, everyone in the circle knew that he and Link had a very bad relationship.

He has publicly revealed on many occasions that he does not want his artists to cooperate with Guess the Movie Pictures and wants to keep his distance from Link.

But these people turned a deaf ear to his words and continued to hang out with Link.

This also shows that in his struggle with Link, these women betrayed him and chose to stand on Link's side.

Thinking of this, Michael Ovitz became even angrier and didn't want to let these women go.

But shortly after the assistant left, CAA vice president Jay Maloney personally rushed to the office and talked about using the scandal to hype negative news about Link, and advised him to think twice before acting.

Because these materials involve several important CAA clients, including Jodie Foster, Michelle Pfeiffer and others.

Jodie Foster and others are currently very popular, their pay and fame are growing steadily, and their share of the pay is also the company's main source of income.

Hype up their negative information at this time will undoubtedly affect their careers and their pay.

In addition, according to the contract between the company and its clients, after negative news about a client breaks out, CAA's public relations department is obligated to help with rumor-refuting.

And using the media to dispel rumors is spending CAA’s money.

This practice is tantamount to self-harm and is absolutely inappropriate.

Jay Maloney doesn't support this approach.

Michael Ovitz was very angry when he saw his rebuttal. As far as he knew, among the people who had close contacts with Link was a guy named Jay Maloney.

Now he wants to hype up Link's negative information, and Jamalone immediately jumps out to stop him, which is undoubtedly a betrayal of him and CAA.

"Jay, I have to remind you that the president of CAA is Michael Ovitz, not Jay Maloney. I can do whatever I say on this matter and I don't need your consent."

Michael Ovitz shouted, pounding the table.

Jamalone took a half step back to prevent his saliva from spraying on his face, "Michael, I know you are the president and founder of CAA, and the entire CAA belongs to you. That's why I came here to persuade you not to do this.

On the one hand, it is not cost-effective. On the other hand, the company's poor performance last year has led to a significant reduction in resources, intensified competition within the company, and many customers are preparing to change jobs.

Our competitors WMA, UTA and ICM also took advantage of the situation and poached people from our company.

What would our clients think if a scandal broke out at this time that we were actively hyping up negative information about our clients?
If Jodie Foster and others are dissatisfied with the company's practices and jump to a rival agency, the company's losses will be even greater.

Michael, you are the best agent in the world, the one who cares most about customer satisfaction, and the teacher of all our agents. I really don’t understand how you have become like this now. "

Michael Ovitz's face changed when he heard his words.

Jay Maloney is right, he is indeed the best agent in the world and has always cared very much about the ideas of artists in the past.

When the company had not yet become Hollywood South Bay, in order to sign Paul Newman, he played bumper cars with him in the park.

In order to sign Dustin Hoffman, he accompanied him to a hot spring and introduced him to several married women.

There's also Tom Cruise, Martin Scorsese, Sean Connery and many more.

He personally signed all these people to CAA through sincere actions. With the addition of these people, CAA gradually became the most powerful agency in Hollywood.

It is just that I do not know when he began to not care about the feelings and needs of his clients, nor did he care about the clients' stay or departure. CAA has not had any new big-name artists join since last year, but has lost several important clients due to some issues, including Richard Gere, Robert Downey Jr., Dustin Hoffman, Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, etc.

Given CAA’s current situation, it can’t afford to keep struggling. If it continues, it might be overtaken by rival companies.

Michael Ovitz frowned tightly and hated Link more and more in his heart. If it weren't for Link, CAA would never be what it is now.

"Okay, let's do as you said. CAA's female celebrities won't be exposed for now."

"It's also better not to expose Sofia. Director Coppola would probably be unhappy if he knew about it."

Jay Maloney said.

"Damn it! He's not happy about his daughter's scandal. Why can't he take good care of her and stop her from messing around with Link?"

"Probably not."

"Hmph! Then get rid of Sophia."

Michael Ovitz also didn't want to break up with old Coppola.

"There is also Jennifer Aniston. We are trying to get her to join us. If negative news about her is exposed at this time, it will push her to the rival agency.

Besides, the TV series she starred in, Friends, is a popular TV series on NBC, and the TV station doesn’t want to see this kind of news.”

The parent company of NBC is General Electric, which is also a conglomerate that owns major media groups and CAA shares.

Michael Ovitz gritted his teeth and said, "Take her away too! Damn it, I really don't understand what's so good about that bastard Link. He's a Chinese, what's so attractive about him? Why do they want to get involved with him even though they know that bastard is a playboy? Is there no better man in the world than Link?"

Jemaloni didn't answer and continued to look at the information in his hand.

"Damn it, what are you still looking at? Don't tell me there's someone else whose dirty laundry can't be exposed."

Michael Ovitz shouted angrily.

After removing those women, the number of female stars on the list was reduced by half. After these negative news were reported, the attacks on Link also dropped by half.

It was like he was preparing to punch Link hard, but now he could only throw half a punch.

The half-punch that was retracted almost caused him internal injuries.

"there is none left!"

Seeing that he looked unhappy, Jamalone stopped trying to persuade him and said goodbye.

"and many more!"

Michael Ovitz stared at him and said, "Jay, I personally recruited you to CAA, and you are someone I am optimistic about. I know you have had close contacts with Link in the past, but I hope this matter ends here. Now Link has been suppressed by the seven major studios, and I guess the studios won't survive for long. It will do you no good to continue to associate with him."

“Michael, you misunderstood, I interacted frequently with Link, mainly for work.

He is the boss of Guess What Pictures, the director with the highest commercial value, and he has many resources. I interact with him to help clients obtain resources, not for personal reasons, and my personal relationship will not affect my work."

Jay Maloney said.

"You'd better keep your word."

Michael Ovitz said with a dark face.

"Michael, I will."

Jamalone took the folder and left.

Snapped!
Michael Ovitz watched his back disappear through the door and slammed his desk angrily.

Jamalone said that he interacted with Link in order to obtain resources, not as a personal friend. Whether it was true or not, it showed an attitude that he would not break off relations with Link because of this incident.

Jamalone rejected his proposal to his face, which was clearly a disrespect to him.

Michael Ovitz really wanted to fire this bastard, but he couldn't do it. At some point, Jamalone got the support of several board members and important clients and became one of the powerful figures in CAA.

If he is forcibly fired, CAA will inevitably experience turmoil, which will also affect his control over CAA.

Michael Ovitz thought about it and decided to tolerate him for a while.

After he takes down Link and Guess What Pictures and has some free time, he will reorganize the management of CAA, eliminate people like Jamalone, and re-establish his prestige in the company.

After Jamalone left, Michael Ovitz asked the publicity department staff to pass the information to the media as soon as possible, and no one would be allowed to do so no matter who came to say hello.

He couldn't wait to see Link get annoyed.

(End of this chapter)