Hollywood starts with an agent

Chapter 241 The Pressure Is Growing
At night, in Los Angeles, at the entrance of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, Aaron was waiting for someone in his Lexus LS400.

After a while, the sexy and hot Nicole Kidman opened the door and sat down.

"Well," Nicole Kidman hugged the man and kissed him passionately as soon as she came up.

"Okay, okay," Aaron responded, hugging the graceful Nicole Kidman for a while, "We have plenty of time!"

Nicole Kidman had just attended the premiere of "The Pelicans" and Aaron came to pick her up.

"Ah."

As the car drove straight along Hollywood Boulevard, Aaron smiled and said, "Your film 'The Pelicans' is quite good. It has a strong political thriller flavor."

"The business performance should be good!"

Nicole Kidman leaned back in her seat. "It's mainly because there are too many scripts for romance films, so I want to try other genres."

Aaron then stretched out a hand and began to caress the girl's slender, fair thigh. "Your idea is very good. Trying more different roles will be very helpful in improving your acting skills."

After arriving at the villa in Pacific Palisades, Santa Monica, Nicole Kidman informed Aaron that Warner Bros. was developing the third Batman film, named Batman Forever!
In the bathroom, Aaron was lying in the bathtub with Nicole Kidman in his arms. "Has the new director of Batman Forever been confirmed?"

Previously, the sequel "Batman Returns" achieved a global box office of 2.8 million U.S. dollars, but it cost 8500 million U.S. dollars to produce, which obviously did not satisfy Warner Bros.;

As a result, Tim Burton, the director of the first two films, stepped back as producer.

"It's confirmed, it's Joel Schumacher, and Michael Keaton, the actor who played Batman in the first two films, has also released the third film;"

"The new Batman is Val Kilmer!"

Nicole Kidman said, tilting her neck up and kissing the man, "Warner Bros. wants Batman Forever to be more commercial. Tim Burton's style is too dark."

Joel Schumacher's "City Heroes" was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival this year. He was chosen by Warner Bros. as the director of "Batman Forever" probably because they wanted to make "Batman Forever" a purely commercial film!
Aaron smiled and stroked Nicole Kidman's body, "Warner Bros. wants you to play the leading role, right?"

"Yeah, Mr. Bob Daly from Warner Bros. asked me to do it!"

Bob Daly, co-CEO of Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group.

Aaron nodded. "Sony Pictures CEO Peter Guber will officially leave Sony next year. I guess he'll come back to be the producer of the Batman series!"

Back then, Sony Pictures poached Peter Guber and Jon Peters from Warner Bros., but these two guys caused Columbia TriStar to suffer huge losses;

Jon Peters was fired by Sony in 1991, and Sony had no plans to renew Peter Guber's contract.

“Is Colombia’s loss serious?”

Nicole Kidman inquired.

"It's very serious. Ever since Sony acquired Columbia TriStar, they've given almost all of their developments the green light. The American management here won't help the Japanese save costs."

"Sony headquarters has always been providing financial support to Columbia Samsung!"

Aaron knows all this very well. Just look at Panasonic's attitude towards MCA Universal. It just fired President Akio Tanii and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Masahiko Hirata this year. The new president, Yoichi Morishita, is extremely cold towards MCA. Is it simply because Universal's losses make Panasonic very uncomfortable?
With the opening of the 1993 Golden Globe Awards nomination luncheon, the excitement in Los Angeles intensified;

"The Piano," "The Philadelphia Story," and "Farewell My Concubine" all received deserved nominations.

This time, there are two Chinese-language films nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, "Farewell My Concubine" directed by Chen Kaige and "The Wedding Banquet" directed by Ang Lee!
Any film released between January 1993.1.1, 1993 and December 12.31, in the Greater Los Angeles area, including Los Angeles County, Orange County, San Bernardino County, Riverside County, Ventura County and other places in Southern California, is eligible for the selection.

Aaron specifically asked Crescent Pictures to arrange for the main creators of "Farewell My Concubine" to carry out promotional activities. A good movie also needs publicity!

Beverly Hills, Wilshire Grand Hotel.

The room was filled with roses and had a romantic atmosphere. Jennifer Connelly looked at the heart shape on the bed with a happy face.
Aaron specially prepared a birthday celebration for the other party!

"Do you like it?" Aaron hugged the girl and kissed her on the face.

"Of course, how romantic!"

Jennifer Connelly was of course delighted, having just worked with Catherine Zeta-Jones on "My Best Friend's Wedding."

As she said that, she took the initiative to kiss Aaron, their lips and tongues entwined with passion!

"Okay, let's eat something first," Aaron had already prepared a candlelight dinner.

"Ah."

Roses, candlelight dinner, and the night view of Los Angeles made Jennifer Connelly very happy. "The Piano Lesson received many Golden Globe nominations."

"Best Picture - Drama, Best Director, Best Actress - Drama, Best Supporting Actress, Best Screenplay, and more!"

This year's "The Piano Lesson" by Dawn was more successful than last year's "The Crying Game", both in terms of word-of-mouth awards and box office.

"Also, I heard that Miramax felt very sorry for not releasing The Crying Game last year."

"It's okay to regret it," Aaron said, taking a sip of wine. "But this year, Miramax seems to have high hopes for the French film 'Blue of the Three Kingdoms'."

"Blue of the Blue, White and Red Trilogy" was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, competing with Shu Guang's "Farewell My Concubine"!
“Harvey Weinstein styles himself as a pioneer of art films;”

"Unfortunately, Dawn's growth was too rapid, and its reputation was almost rivaling that of the seven established film studios. Miramax simply couldn't compete commercially."

"They can only focus on this kind of independent art work."

Jennifer Connelly is a top student at Yale University and Stanford University, with a very high IQ;
I see many things very clearly!

"Besides, Miramax has now been acquired by Disney, and TBS has also acquired New Line Cinema and Castle Rock Entertainment;"

"Large media groups have also set their sights on the independent film market. Aaron, the pressure on you will only grow..."

(End of this chapter)