Hollywood starts with an agent

Chapter 285 The king doesn’t see the king
Aaron remembers clearly that when James Cameron was filming Titanic, he encountered many difficulties and the budget was seriously overspent;
This caused a lot of headaches for the producer, 20th Century Fox, and they had to introduce funds from Paramount to complete the film, which eventually became a monument in the history of world cinema.

By then, Dawn can completely replace Paramount and cooperate with 20th Century Fox!

"Hey, Sylvester Stallone is here too?"

Just when Aaron was about to go find Cameron Diaz after chatting with Arnold Schwarzenegger, he discovered that Stallone had also come to the cocktail party.

As Hollywood action superstars who are as famous as Arnold Schwarzenegger, the two have been competing with each other in all aspects, and it is a case of the king not meeting the king!

However, the quality and reputation of Stallone's works in recent years are relatively poor. Apart from Cliffhanger, which was released last year, he has not had any successful movies.
This year, Stallone has a movie called "The Expert" to be released, co-starring with Sharon Stone.

However, for Stallone, he is indeed not short of scripts. This year, he has already filmed a science fiction action film "Ded Dredd" and is also about to shoot another action film "The Last Assassin".

"Ded Dredd" and "The Last Assassin" are both going to be released next year!
At night, in Aaron's bedroom in the Bel Air community villa.

Sexy Cameron Diaz lay on Aaron, "A few days ago, the Houston Rockets held a grand championship parade with nearly a million people participating. It was quite a scene!"

"Oh," Aaron smiled and caressed the girl's smooth, white skin, "Are you following the NBA too?"

"Yeah, yes," Cameron Diaz smiled and kissed Aaron on the face...

Olympic Tower, Manhattan, New York.

A new round of labor-management negotiations in the NBA was held at the NBA headquarters. The owners' union and the players' union engaged in a fierce confrontation over the contract restrictions for rookie players and the club's salary cap!

At the same time, the new round of labor-management negotiations of the MLB baseball league, which had been held earlier, failed, and the season was forced to be suspended halfway through;

The MLB lockout has made the NBA realize the seriousness of the problem. If the two sides cannot make concessions or reach an agreement, the NBA will either be shortened or face a lockout next season.

"I don't think the players' union will agree to a hard salary cap."

In Los Angeles, Aaron leaned on the sofa and talked on the phone with Jack Wills in New York. The hard salary cap seemed to be the policy of the NFL.

NBA, MLB and NHL leagues all have soft salary caps!
"As for the rookie contract, let's see what restrictions there are, right?"

Some of the current NBA regulations are definitely not complete in the future, and it is difficult for Aaron to change them.

"Now, the owners' union and the players' union are likely to reach a temporary agreement so as not to affect next season's games;"

"In order to avoid a lockout next season, both labor and management will make some concessions!"

Listening to what Jack Wells said on the phone, Aaron just curled his lips and said, "The Rockets finally won a championship. There must be no problems next season." Then, Aaron asked about the construction progress of the Dawn Center in Houston and ended the call with Jack Wells.

On the other hand, as Warner Bros. and Paramount established the WB Television Network and UPN Television Network respectively, Disney became the first to sit still;

Michael Eisner first proposed the idea of acquiring a national wireless broadcasting network at Disney's board meeting!

CBS/ABC was too expensive, and the CBS Group was too diversified. Finally, Disney set its sights on NBC, a television network owned by General Electric.

At the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills, "Interview with the Vampire" hit $1 million at the North American box office, and Shuguang held a celebration party for the crew;
Director Neil Jordan, main actors Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Monica Bellucci and others were all present.

Film producer David Geffen clinked glasses with Aaron with a smile on his face. "Interview with the Vampire has already grossed $7000 million overseas. I believe it will easily exceed $1 million!"

Aaron nodded. "With Tom Cruise's work, it shouldn't be a problem. Besides, Brad Pitt's influence is also increasing rapidly."

"You have good taste," David Geffen looked at Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt not far away;
Now, Tom Cruise is filming Dawn's "Con Air" and Brad Pitt is filming Dawn's "Seven".

David Geffen sighed, "The film industry is really booming now!"

Aaron smiled, glanced at David Geffen, and asked, "A few days ago, I saw the news in the newspaper about your meeting with Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg."

"Now, it is very likely that Jeffrey Katzenberg will leave Disney. With his ability, there will definitely be no shortage of new employers, but I guess he definitely wants to set up his own film company;"

"And he and Spielberg are good friends. If the two of them work together, it would definitely be a powerful combination!"

David Geffen smiled and said nothing, Jeffrey Katzenberg's contract renewal with Disney has stopped, and the countdown to his departure from Disney has begun;
The other party did want to set up a film company with Steven Spielberg, and he was also good friends with Jeffrey Katzenberg, and had a large amount of funds and was ready to participate.

However, the focus now is still on Spielberg, who owns his own production company, Amblin, and maintains a good cooperative relationship with Universal and Warner Bros.
If he founded a film company, Spielberg would be mainly responsible for film production, and Jeffrey Katzenberg would definitely be in charge of operations!
"Aaron, now the six major Hollywood film studios have begun to develop independent films, and a large amount of foreign capital has poured into Hollywood;"

"Your dawn has already become a force to be reckoned with, and you're not going to be outmatched in a head-on confrontation with the Big Six. What you lack is nothing more than foundation and industrial chain."

"You acquired the AMC cable network, the copyright library of Orion and Samuel Goldwyn, and entered the newspaper publishing industry, all to strengthen Dawn!"

David Geffen said, taking a sip of his wine, “When the time comes, if, you, Jeffrey Katzenberg plus Spielberg and me;

"By joining forces, we can completely recreate a large entertainment group, break through the blockade of the six major studios, and change the landscape of Hollywood."

Aaron was stunned for a moment, then looked at David Geffen in disbelief, "You idiot, you actually set your sights on me?"
Do all Jews like to get something for nothing?
(End of this chapter)