Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 352 Ovitz's Excessive Demands
"Link, what have you been busy with lately? I don't even have time to talk to you about work."

In the cafe, Michael Ovitz had a sullen look on his face, looking somewhat dissatisfied.

"There's too much work to do, arranging new film work, editing new films, etc. I'm not like you, who just needs to sit in the office every day, enjoying the air conditioning, without the wind or the sun."

Link stirred his coffee cup and took a sip.

"Hmph! Can you please cover the strawberry on your neck before you say that?"

Michael Ovitz glanced at the left side of his collar, where there was a brightly colored lipstick mark.

It was obvious that this guy had done something bad before the date.

"strawberry?"

Link touched it with his hand and found no obvious bumps or depressions. It should be a shallow lip mark.

He was certainly not busy with work before coming.

There have been a lot of private matters at home these days. In addition to the newly joined Yu Feihong, there are also Chen Chong and Chen Hong who just flew in from China, as well as Wang Yan who I met at the Berlin Film Festival at the beginning of the year.

At the beginning of the year, Chen Chong brought Wang Yan to the hotel to meet him. Because the girl was shy and nervous, she was not proactive enough, and Link did not intend to reach out to her.

After this meeting, the girl became much more proactive. Although, like Yu Feihong, she had never experienced this before, she had received training and guidance from Chen Chong before coming, and performed very well.

In addition to them, sometimes Vivian Chow, Michelle Reis, Wang Ji, and Junmei Wu would also come to visit, making the villa very lively.

Although there are many women outside, the center of Link's life is still in the Beverly Hilltop Villa, where he pays public grain to Monica, Jennifer, Sophia, Michelle, Winona, Sandra and others every day.

His daily schedule is so busy now that he has no time to care about anything else, especially Michael Ovitz.

Ovitz has been calling him frequently recently, saying that he wants to discuss cooperation with him and let Disney and Guess What Pictures realize the cooperation as soon as possible.

But when Link asked him how to cooperate specifically, Ovitz had no good idea and just asked him to come out and talk.

Link didn't want to have too much contact with him in private.

It was not until yesterday that Ovitz called again and said that there was a cooperation agreement and wanted him to discuss the details that he took some time out of his busy schedule to come out.

The 'strawberry' on the neck could be from Winona, or it could be from Sofia or Sandra Bullock.

It doesn't matter who it belongs to, it is a symbol of love and there is no need to hide it.

"Michael, let's get down to business. You said on the phone that you found a way to cooperate. How do you plan to cooperate?"

Link picked up his coffee and took a sip.

"I chose the first and third methods you mentioned last time."

Michael Ovitz said, narrowing his eyes.

The first method that Link mentioned last time was that Disney invested in Guess What Pictures' movies, and the third method was that Disney paid and invited Link to make movies for the company.

“I can directly agree to the third option. As long as your Disney script is good enough and you can afford the salary, I will give priority to making movies for you. The first option is not possible for now.

Our company has cooperated with Columbia Pictures on 10 films. Two have been completed, five are in progress, and the remaining three are expected to be completed next year. Only after completing the big contract with Columbia Pictures will we have time to cooperate with other film companies. I hope you can understand. "

Link said slowly.

Michael Ovitz frowned, "Does this mean we can't produce a movie together until after 97?"

“Not necessarily. If Columbia Pictures wants to renew the contract, or if other film companies see that the films produced by Guess What Pictures are of high quality and have great profit margins, and sign big contracts with Guess What Pictures, the cooperation between our two companies will have to be postponed for a few years.”

"But you told me that as long as I helped Jamalone become the president of CAA, you would cooperate with me and help me gain a foothold in Disney and gain real power. Are you going back on your word now?"

Ovitz slammed the table and said in dissatisfaction, "I promised to co-produce a movie with Disney. Isn't that helping you?"

"Of course not. I followed your request and let Jamalone take the position of president of CAA. I kept my word. In return, you should give priority to helping me cooperate with Disney to make a few hit movies so that I can gain a firm foothold in Disney, instead of waiting for several years to cooperate."

Ovitz leaned against the coffee table, staring at Link sharply.

Link said calmly, "Michael, you just mentioned two ways of cooperation. I promised you the third one directly. As long as you pay me, I will shoot it. The first one does not have a big contract with other companies. Guess what, the film will cooperate with Disney. This is a hypothesis, and I have no intention of going back on my word.

As for the kind of selfless help you think of, or making movies for you for free, that is impossible.

Letting Jamal Maloney be the president of CAA is just a suggestion of mine. Whether you agree or not, it has no impact on me.

Second, Guess What Pictures does not belong to me alone. If other companies are willing to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in cooperation, we will naturally give them priority. It is impossible for me to harm the interests of the company in order to help you.

Michael, you are an old hand in this world, you should know this without my reminding you.”

Michael Ovitz snorted and dropped his fat butt back onto the chair.

"You are such a cunning guy. When you asked me to recommend Maloney as the president of CAA, I did as you said without hesitation. Now you are asked to fulfill your promise, but you are making excuses. If I had known this would happen, I should not have agreed to cooperate with you."

Ovitz looked sour.

Link waved his hand, “Mike, you know CAA’s situation better than me. Choosing Maloney as president is the most appropriate choice, which is beneficial to both you and CAA.

Before you recommended Maloney as president, the chairman of the board had already been selected, and several vice presidents had been arranged to sideline Maloney. Now if you want to replace him, it's just a matter of a word, so you don't have to act like a victim here. This approach is not conducive to our cooperation."

Ovitz snorted, took a puff of his cigar and looked at him. "You are the biggest beneficiary of Maloney becoming the president of CAA. This will give you more power and make you the real king of Hollywood, so don't deny it. It will do you no good."

Link smiled and said, "Before you left CAA, I was already the most powerful person in Hollywood, the so-called King of Hollywood. It has nothing to do with whether you leave CAA or not. Secondly, the seven major film studios teamed up to suppress me during the summer vacation. Guess what, the box office of the film studios is still strong. My position in the circle is still as solid as a rock, and I don't need the position of CAA president to strengthen it. So what I said about no impact is true."

Seeing that Ovitz wanted to argue, he raised his hand to interrupt, "Mike, I have something else to do. I don't have time to argue with you here. If you really want to cooperate, come to Guess What? Pictures with a specific movie project and find me. I won't refuse to cooperate with you. If you come to me to argue about Maloney, I'm sorry, I'm not interested."

Ovitz agreed with a sour face, looked up at the door, and saw Harvey Weinstein walking straight towards him. The guy swayed his fat body and walked more than ten meters, knocking over three chairs.

"What do you want him for?"

Link asked.

"Miramax Films is a film company under Disney. You and Harvey have worked together before, and I would like you to continue working together. What do you think?"

Ovitz said.

Link did not express his opinion. Whether it was direct cooperation with Disney or cooperation with Miramax, as long as they could provide enough funds to ensure the interests of him and Guess What Pictures, they would be suitable partners.

After Harvey joined, the three discussed the specific cooperation agreement.

This includes collaborating on at least 10 films in the next five years; jointly producing three or more films directed by Link; and during the release of the films, the three companies must unite and cooperate to deal with hostile behavior from their peers.

The first two are requests from Ovitz and Harvey, and the third is Link's request.

At the beginning, his requirement was that after signing the cooperation agreement, the three companies would establish an alliance and help each other. If one of the companies was in trouble, the other two companies must provide help, otherwise it would be regarded as betrayal.

He wanted to use this method to reduce the resistance to the development of Guess What Film Industry.

However, Ovitz and Harvey strongly disagreed, believing that the two of them could not represent the opinions of the company's shareholders and could not establish an alliance with Guess Pictures.

After repeated negotiations, the third clause became that during the release of the movie, the three companies would cooperate against the enemy to ensure that the movie would get more box office.

From this point of view, Ovitz and Harvey have little sincerity in this cooperation. They just want to make money by cooperating with Guess Pictures, but don't want to get involved in the trouble of Guess Pictures.

Link didn't care. Cooperating with Ovitz was just a casual move. No matter what form of cooperation it was, it would be beneficial to Guess Pictures.

(End of this chapter)