Obviously, Aniston was also very surprised by the appearance of her agent. You must know that although she is an artist with an agent, within the huge CAA system, Aniston can only be regarded as a little transparent.
She is not the only artist down there.
If Wu Jianye hadn't asked Lauren Donnell to contact Aniston these two days, she wouldn't have seen her agent for several days.
"What's wrong with Howard?" Aniston looked at her agent who had come to her side and asked in a low voice.
Howard is a man about 30 years old, with a popular appearance that no one would notice if he were thrown on the street. When he came to the table, he first smiled politely at Wu Jianye, and then said: "Wu Jianye
Director, I have an urgent matter here and I want to discuss it with Aniston..."
Wu Jianye sat there, smiled and said: "Please!"
Howard smiled politely and said, "Thank you, Director Wu!"
After speaking, Aniston was taken away from the table, but Wu Jianye saw Aniston put her bag on the table. Wu Jianye said nothing and ate his dessert leisurely.
"Director Wu, long time no see!" At this time Nick came over with a smile, followed by Penny who looked awkward.
"Director Wu!" Although Penny listened to Nick's explanation and knew that her family was not Wu Jianye's opponent, she still couldn't do it if she wanted to smile at Wu Jianye immediately!
Wu Jianye didn't care about her attitude and said to Nick: "Yes, it's true that we haven't seen each other for a while."
When Nick saw Aniston leaving and there was no one next to Wu Jianye, he sat next to Wu Jianye and chatted with him.
Wu Jianye also wanted to pass the time and chatted with Nick. About five or six minutes later, Aniston came over with a complicated expression on her face and saw Nick, the person next to Wu Jianye.
He simply smiled and nodded, and then carefully said to Wu Jianye: "Director Wu, I'm sorry, there were some accidents in our cooperation just now. I need to reconsider before I can give Wu a
I’ll guide you to answer!”
Wu Jianye glanced at Aniston, but there was no big change in expression on his face. He just smiled and said: "Of course, it's not sweet to be strong. I hope we have the opportunity to work together again in the future!"
Aniston then apologized to Wu Jianye again, picked up her bag and left the restaurant.
Penny said habitually from the side: "It seems that Director Wu's beauty hunt didn't go well today!"
Wu Jianye laughed and said: "There are some small twists and turns in the middle, but it doesn't matter, as long as the result is good!"
Now that something like this happened here, Wu Jianye had no idea of staying in the restaurant anymore, and smiled and shook hands with Nick to say goodbye.
Watching Wu Jianye leave, Penny smiled and said, "Look, you just said he was great, and now he can't even handle a young actor!"
Nick looked at Wu Jianye's back and muttered: "Although I don't know what happened, I think what happens next will be interesting!"
Penny looked at Nick with some confusion!
Wu Jianye got into his car and asked the driver to drive home directly. On the way, he called Lauren Donnell and asked him to rush to the manor immediately.
When Wu Jianye's car drove to the manor, Lauren Donnell was already waiting for Wu Jianye in the living room.
"What happened to BOSS?" Lauren Donnell asked. He knew that according to common sense, Wu Jianye should not call him at this time, nor should he return to the manor.
Wu Jianye sat on the sofa and said: "Check Aniston's recent schedule and the recent movements of a CAA agent named Howard!"
Lauren Donnell did not ask the reason and immediately replied: "Okay boss, I will give you news tomorrow!"
"Well, go back and do your work!" Wu Jianye waved his hand and asked Lauren Donnell to leave.
In fact, near noon the next day, Lauren Donnell brought the news that Wu Jianye wanted to know.
"Aniston hasn't been doing much recently. I contacted my former colleagues yesterday and I know that Howard has only arranged a few small audition roles for Aniston recently, but..."
Wu Jianye glanced at Lauren Donnell and asked: "But what?"
Lauren Donnell said: "For some unknown reason, CAA suddenly received a notice from the top management that the company's artists should try to reduce their cooperation with Phantom in the future. Those who are currently cooperating will have to wait until the cooperation is over.
, and no more Phantom scenes are allowed!"
As soon as Lauren Donnell finished speaking, the phone in the living room rang. After Lauren Donnell answered the phone, she said: "BOSS, it's Miss Linda's phone number!"
After Wu Jianye answered the phone, he heard Linda say on the other end of the phone: "Something happened. There was friction between Hera's agency and CAA because they were competing for an artist's agency contract. Yesterday, the star signed a contract with Hera's agency.
After that, CAA will no longer allow its artists to take roles in Phantom!"
The whole thing was connected. After Wu Jianye heard this, he pondered for a while and said, "Come to my side now!"
Soon Linda came to Beverly Hills.
"Don't panic when something happens, isn't it just a CAA? Why are you so nervous?" Wu Jianye said with a smile, seeing a hint of panic on Linda's face.
Linda said: "Because of a decision by CAA, many of the movies we are currently preparing are facing a shortage of actors. Can we not be anxious?"
Wu Jianye said: "Let's get things straightened out first. Although Michael Ovitz was named the most powerful person in Hollywood last year, does he really think he is the king of Hollywood?"
Linda who said the last word could already hear the anger in Wu Jianye's tone!
Despite the existence of Hera's agency, CAA has still been developing very rapidly in recent years. In terms of agents, Hera's agency has never been able to compare with CAA.
Last year, CAA had 143 contracted artists, 155 directors and 298 writers, and its annual income last year was as high as 77 million US dollars!
And Michael Ovitz also relied on his strong network resources to be ranked first in the list of most powerful Hollywood entrepreneurs by Premiere Magazine last year.
Last year, Michael Ovitz even helped Panasonic complete its acquisition of Universal.
Although Michael Ovitz is not the boss of a production company, he is still one of the most powerful people in Hollywood!
Even now that Phantom Entertainment has become Phantom Media, it still needs the support of CAA in many places.
But now the conflict between Hera's agent and CAA has directly led to CAA's ban on Phantom Media. This is a quick and ruthless killing move. If this matter has been trending for a long time, Phantom Media will naturally be able to deal with it, but
Before CAA announced this decision, there was almost no warning, which made Phantom Media feel a little tired for a while!
This is why Linda is anxious.
Wu Jianye asked: "What are you going to do now?"
Linda thought for a moment and said: "Since CAA wants the artist's contract, we will give it to him, and then make a statement to CAA saying that the agent who is running this matter has been dealt with by us!"
Wu Jianye looked at Linda for a while and then said: "You mean to let us recognize the bear with CAA?"
Linda quickly explained: "It's not us, nor Phantom Media, but Hera Agency. What we need now is time. You also know that Phantom Media has just been established. Whether it is internal problems or external threats, we are waiting to see.
What’s our joke? What we have to do now is to immediately find ways to minimize the impact of this matter. Only after we have dealt with the restructuring business can we turn our attention to dealing with CAA!"
Wu Jianye shook his head and said: "This method is not possible. If we deal with our own employees to appease CAA, what will other people think of us? People outside will think that we are afraid of CAA, and people in the company will be chilled by this.
, who will contribute to the company in the future?"
"This is just a temporary response. During the past period, when we free up our hands, we will have time to deal with CAA!" Linda emphasized.
Wu Jianye said: "That's not possible. Since CAA wants to play, let's play a big game with him. At this time, we must show our own strength and let everyone know who Phantom Media is.
They can all be provoked!"
Linda looked at Wu Jianye helplessly and asked: "The largest agency in the United States is now CAA, and many well-known artists are their contract artists. If we want to fight with him, it will inevitably affect the development of our company.
Now the company has many film and television productions waiting to be launched. If there is a lack of artists, there is nothing we can do!"
Wu Jianye said in a deep voice: "As you said, CAA is only the largest agency in the United States, not the only agency in the United States. There are many things in Hollywood, which is the most actors. Without him, Zhang Butcher, we would not eat meat anymore.
!”
When Wu Jianye said the last words, murderous intent was already revealed in his eyes, and Linda also trembled for no reason. After knowing Wu Jianye for so long, he had never seen Wu Jianye really angry!
"Then what should we do?" Since Linda Jian and Wu Jianye made the decision, she also told Wu Jianye about the consequences. Wu Jianye still decided to deal with CAA, so naturally he had nothing to say!
"As Lutai Investment, I will invest 500 million US dollars to buy shares in Hera Brokerage. Since CAA relies on its large number of people, let's teach him a good lesson on what it means to defeat ten with one force!"
Wu Jianye said fiercely: "Then you contact the managers of WMA and ICM. CAA is not the only competitor in Hollywood. Tell them that as long as they are willing to cooperate with Phantom, we will give priority to their actors in future works!"
WMA's full name is William Morris Agency. It can be said to be the longest-established agency in Hollywood. Before the establishment of CAA, it had always been the largest agency in Hollywood. Even the five founders of CAA came from WMA. However,
With the rise of CAA, it has replaced the WMA's dominance.
ICM was founded in the same year as CAA. If Wu Jianye hadn't appeared, ICM would have had a lot of strong men. For example, Arnold Schwarzenegger was a contracted artist of ICM. However, because of the emergence of Hera's manager, Ah
Schwarzenegger has signed with Hera Agency.
There are four major agencies in Hollywood today, namely CAA, WMA, ICM and Hera Agency.
As for UTA, which is more famous in later generations, it is just a small company established this year, and the other Endeavor has not yet been established!
Therefore, what Phantom Entertainment has to do now is to obtain cooperation from WMA and ICM. With the support of these two brokerage companies, Phantom Entertainment does not have to worry about not having available actors!
As for whether they will cooperate with Phantom, it is actually not a difficult choice. CAA has become very popular in the past two years and is used to being arrogant and domineering. It has always been at odds with WMA and has also grabbed many ICM customers. Both parties have long been
The resentment runs deep.
As for Hera's agency, he has always followed the elite route. Although there will be friction with the other two agency companies, compared to CAA, he is a good brother who does not compete or compete!
Coupled with the big tree of Phantom Media, it is actually not difficult to make up for the losses caused by the CAA ban. It is just a matter of paying a little more price at this time.
Linda said: "Okay, I'll do it immediately, so why do we need to inject capital into Hera's agency?"
If it obtains the support of these two companies, Phantom Media will basically be able to successfully overcome this difficulty, and there will be no need to inject capital into Hera Agency!
Wu Jianye sneered: "I don't have the habit of not fighting back when others hit me. Contacting WMA and ICM is just to stop Phantom from being in a passive situation, but it doesn't mean that I won't take action against CAA."
"Now CAA adopts a 10% share with artists. That's because CAA has deep resources in Hollywood. Many artists need these resources to tolerate this level of share. Let me out, Hera's agent wants to poach
CAA is in a corner. As long as a CAA agent is willing to come to Hera as an agent, the original salary will be immediately increased by 50%. As for the share with the stars, it will also be exchanged with the agent for 50-50. Who can bring in a star Hera agent?
Reward him with 500,000 US dollars, and at the same time reduce the celebrity share to 8% for me!"
Linda looked at Wu Jianye in surprise and said, "You are breaking industry rules!"
Wu Jianye said with a smile: "Rules are meant to be broken. Since CAA wants to play, I will play a big game with them and let them know what it means to defeat ten with one force!"
Linda asked: "Aren't you afraid that Hera's behavior will cause dissatisfaction with WMA and ICM?"
Wu Jianye rolled his eyes at Linda and said: "Why are you so stupid? You can sign a contract with these two companies. Before their artist contracts expire, Hera's manager will never take the initiative to contact their artists.
Well, as long as CAA is defeated, a huge piece of cake will be released in this field of brokerage companies, and then it’s time for everyone to compete!”
Linda didn't say anything about Wu Jianye's attitude. There must be many details that needed to be dealt with, but she knew that the remaining details were her job. Otherwise, how could she have the nerve to sit as the CEO of Phantom Media?