Hollywood starts with an agent

Chapter 87 CAA's Peak

"Good evening, Mr. Ovitz!"

Aaron met Michael Ovitz, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, at the cocktail party.

Michael Ovitz smiled and clinked his glasses with Aaron. "Your career has grown tremendously in the past year."

Aaron shook his head. "Mr. Ovitz has been involved in deals for major Hollywood film companies for two consecutive years, making CAA's reputation unmatched. This is real business!"

Michael Ovitz and CAA are truly at their peak right now.

"But it's a shame that a talent like you left CAA."

Aaron looked at the other party and said, "Agents can't participate in film and television production business. There's nothing I can do."

"Yes, it's a hurdle that cannot be circumvented." Michael Ovitz's ambitions are now unprecedentedly large. No matter how well CAA develops, it is still just an agency;
No matter what, you can't become a Hollywood movie tycoon?

Even if CAA invests in a film company through a third-party shell company, it can only hold a maximum of 10% of the shares and will have to face a complex antitrust investigation!

Afterward, Aaron and Nicole Kidman met up with Columbia Pictures president Sidney Ganis in the lounge area to chat about Ghost;
Three weeks after the release of "Dances with Wolves", directed and starred by the male lead Kevin Costner, its scale gradually expanded as word of mouth spread, and it was recognized by more and more audiences.

This has invisibly increased Columbia's confidence in "Ghost"!

"Sidney, are you interested in doing some big productions in the future?"

Aaron asked with a smile.

"By big production, do you mean an investment of more than 4000 million US dollars?" Sidney Ganis looked at Aaron thoughtfully.

"Well, the filming cost plus the publicity and promotion costs is estimated to be 6000 million US dollars!"

"Cough... cough..." Sidney Ganis seemed to be choked by the wine.

"Aaron, Dawn Pictures has just released a movie called 'Phone Booth', and it's only been established for a year;"

"Is it necessary to make such a big deal?"

Aaron shrugged and said, "After the movie is released next year, Dawn Pictures should have a lot of money;"

"We can do the same as Carlock, we can invest in the production ourselves and Columbia will distribute it!"

Sony's goal is to promote its electronic products and compete for market share. What it wants is influence and fame.

"You invest on your own?" Sidney Ganis breathed a sigh of relief. He would report this level of investment to his superiors, Sony Pictures Entertainment, for discussion.

Aaron nodded. "However, I won't accept more than 10% commission on the issuance of the book!"

Sidney Ganis smiled and said, "If Dawn Pictures performs well, a 10% commission is normal."

However, Sidney Ganis found it hard to believe that Aaron Anderson would develop a work with a production budget of $4000 million?

“Aaron, do you have the money to make a movie like this?”

After chatting with Sidney Ganis, Nicole Kidman was already surprised.

"Not now, but there will be next year. Dawn has three movies coming out in the first half of the year!"

Aaron put his arm around the girl's waist and sat on the sofa without any worries.

As for whether Sidney Ganis believes it or not, it doesn’t matter at all. Anyway, as long as Shuguang becomes famous next year, there will be no shortage of publications for his works.

Besides, Aaron has long had his eyes on Heritage Entertainment's Landmark Cinema chain and is sharpening his knives!
Meanwhile, New Line's CEO Robert Shaye and president Michael Lynn were chatting, "Ninja Turtles: Reborn" shouldn't face any strong competition when it's released next spring!" This year's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles grossed $2 million in North America and $1.35 million worldwide.

New Line Entertainment made a lot of money and formed a close cooperative relationship with Hong Kong's Golden Harvest Company.

"Rival?"

Michael Lynn suddenly saw Aaron Anderson not far away. "It seems that Dawn Pictures has two movies in the spring season. One is a crime film about the black community.

"The other is the acquired Orion thriller "The Silence of the Lambs." It's hard to comment on Aaron Anderson's vision."

"Dawn Pictures?" Robert Shaye was certainly paying attention. "I've been keeping an eye on the fantasy romance film Ghost produced by Aaron Anderson."

"The 'Pretty Woman' incident has been making a lot of noise, and his name is mentioned in many places in the film, so it must have something to do with him;"

"He's optimistic about 'Pretty Woman', and now he's even producing 'Ghost' himself, so he must be optimistic about it too!"

Michael Lynn smiled, "That was also released in the summer, so there was more competition;"

"However, Aaron Anderson's ability is still worthy of recognition. Is there any possibility for our new line?"

"No," Robert Shaye shook his head, knowing what Michael Lynn was thinking. "Aaron even rejected Disney's offer, so how could he possibly accept us?"

Today’s independent film companies are reluctant to become puppets of large film studios and lack autonomy;
Especially for a young man like Aaron Anderson who has achieved success from the beginning and is full of confidence, how can you expect him to be obedient?
"That's right," Michael Lynn understood these young people very well. Unless they fell, they could not be tamed.

"Let's go, he's over there, let's go over and have a chat, I'm quite interested in this guy!"

Robert Shaye also saw Aaron Anderson sitting in the dugout.

……

The successive changes of ownership of MGM and Universal caused quite a stir in Hollywood. If it weren't for Rupert Murdoch of News Corporation becoming an American citizen;

Now, more than half of the seven major Hollywood film groups are controlled by foreign capital!
Japan's crazy overseas acquisitions all demonstrate the strength of its economy, but the ever-growing Japanese real estate bubble is about to burst.

At the same time, the anti-Iran coalition multinational forces led by the United States, Britain and France are in the final stage of assembly;

The war against Iran is about to begin!

In the morning in West Hollywood, Aaron Anderson, who was sleeping soundly with Nicole Kidman in his arms, was awakened by a burst of slogans.

I got up straight away, went to the window, opened the curtains and looked at the nearby road. Sure enough, there was a group of people holding anti-war signs marching!

"Well, is this going to be another war?"

Nicole Kidman came over at some point, hugged Aaron from behind, and pressed her whole body against the man's back.

"It's almost there. There's so much oil, who wouldn't like it?"

Aaron stroked the back of Nicole's hand, feeling the tenderness on her chest.

Anti-war, this is indeed a good theme, and then Aaron turned his head and kissed the girl;
Nicole Kidman hugged the man tightly and responded enthusiastically!

　I received a message saying that it will be on the shelves tomorrow...

　　Can I place a first order, please?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)