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    Li Mingbao really didn't know what this CAA was, but Li Mingbao also had a golden finger, so while listening to John's words, he started to use Baidu to check what this CAA was.  After all, if this company is as awesome as John said, it will definitely be able to leave some testimony in history.  When Li Mingbao saw the information about CAA, he realized how extraordinary this company is.  It has taken less than eight years since 1975 to go from an unknown company to a very important agency in Hollywood.  If this is already surprising, this era is actually not yet the peak of CAA, or even the era of their major expansion.  CAA¡¯s full name is Creative Artists Agency (CAA), which is the world¡¯s number one elite talent agency.  The contracted artists are extremely well-known and large-scale. The company has a complete range of artists and is well-organized, covering movies, TV, music, etc. It also has a complete team of playwrights, directors, producers, and a full team from pre-movie scripts to post-production.  , as well as top music producers and gig managers.  This is the information on Baidu. Of course, this is the information thirty years later, but even in this day and age, there are very few companies that can rank in front of CAA.  It only took them thirty years to occupy half of the Hollywood agents. The old William Morris Company only ate dust behind their company.  Even later, their company¡¯s business expanded to the world.  Even mainland China has their companies.  At this time, Li Mingbao suddenly felt that this company looked familiar. The big boss had dealt with this company, but not often. After all, although the big boss was the boss behind the scenes, he was not the top boss in the mainland entertainment industry.  When CAA was in mainland China, it was quite arrogant and only cooperated with the top companies in mainland China. Others, even if they wanted to cooperate with them, would not have this opportunity.  It¡¯s no wonder that the big boss doesn¡¯t know much about CAA, and even Li Mingbao has no impression of this company. The root cause is that the big boss is so messed up that CAA doesn¡¯t like it. Since he doesn¡¯t like it, the chance of cooperation will naturally be there.  It's just a few, and it's normal that he's not famous.  After learning about this situation, Li Mingbao understood why John was so curious about not knowing about CAA.  After all, Li Mingbao said before that he opened a brokerage company, but he didn't even know about such a big Hollywood company. When he opened a brokerage company, he didn't understand the distance.  But now that Li Mingbao knows what CAA does, he can only pretend not to know. After all, he didn¡¯t know what this company does before. But in the blink of an eye, he is more familiar with it than John. This is not a test of others.  IQ?  So Li Mingbao pretended to be willing to hear the details and asked John to introduce CAA to him.  And John didn't mind at this time. After all, a company like CAA couldn't compete with DreamWorks before. In addition, CAA in this era has not yet expanded significantly. Although people like them have a high opinion of CAA, but below  People, like outsiders like Li Mingbao, do not know that it is not strange.  Even if it is an old company in Hollywood, it is normal not to know about CAA. After all, many of the agents of young actors and actresses these days are independent and run independent businesses.  ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????: ???????????????????????????????????????????????? Just have a broker qualification certificate, it¡¯s a bit mysterious to know about such a huge thing.  The most important thing is that the area where CAA is really developing is TV dramas. Although they also have great control over the film industry, they only cooperate with at least large film companies, and their bundled sales do not affect the following companies.  To start with, DreamWorks is an independent company that makes its own films and comes up with its own ideas, so there is no overlap at all.  Since Li Mingbao asked, John didn¡¯t mind explaining it to Li Mingbao, otherwise it would be a joke in Hollywood if Li Mingbao said he opened a brokerage company.  After John finished speaking, Li Mingbao pretended to wipe the sweat from his head and said: "I didn't expect that there is such a formal brokerage company here in the United States. It seems that the brokerage company I had in Hong Kong before,  It¡¯s just nonsense. It even gave me new ideas about the brokerage industry.¡± ¡°It¡¯s normal. Most people at the top know what this company does, but we don¡¯t want the people below.  Everyone knows it, and we have some agreements, so when he expands, he has some scruples. If I hadn't said it, would you have thought that we, a film company, would be forced by an agency without even saying it?  To save face, let alone promote them. But now that this company has become a climate, we are not easy to move, so we can only ask them to be a little more honest and not to interfere too much in affairs. But in fact, such a threat is harmful to us.  For them tooIt¡¯s not a big deal, it¡¯s just that their main focus is on TV series now, so it¡¯s normal for movies to follow some rules. But after they take control of the TV industry, the film industry will definitely not be able to escape their hands.  , in the future, when our companies make movies, we have to look at their companies¡¯ opinions.  "John said bitterly. "John is not pretending to be like this. The agent industry has been strictly controlled in Hollywood since the very beginning. Although they can make money, their role is also very important, so everyone also  I don¡¯t mind giving them a bite to eat, but the current approach like CAA has completely bypassed the previous restrictions on the agency, allowing them to obtain more benefits, and also make the bosses of film companies like John unspeakable.  After reading the information, Li Mingbao also understood the reason for John's depression. No one likes an agent who can only earn 10% to raise the funds by dozens of percentage points. It is clearly a robbery of the film company's money, but  This act of grabbing money was done as a matter of course in front of CAA. It must be said that the founder of CAA is worthy of being the head of a Hollywood movie star. He can affect the Oscars even if he does not open a movie company. From his status as a marginalized person, he is actually suppressing it.  The film company is breathless. This is simply outrageous. But I have to say that CAA¡¯s project is indeed a good cooperation target for ordinary film companies. After all, after cooperating with CAA, the film company  It can be operated without any brains here. As long as the film company gives you money, others can provide you with a one-stop service in front of and behind the scenes, even as a director. Except for distribution channels and funds, which require trouble from the film company, any other position can be  CAA can handle it for you. The behind-the-scenes staff, such as lighting and photography, are all employees of CAA. Give them a movie script that they like, and then transfer the funds, without the film company having to intervene here or there.  We can make a movie for you. With this kind of cooperation, even if you are a novice and layman, as long as you cooperate with CAA after entering this industry, your company will not have to worry about not being able to make a movie, whether it will make a loss or not, but it will give you  A great opportunity for outsiders to get involved in Hollywood. Perhaps this is the real reason why CAA continues to grow and develop, because outsiders are already greedy for the fat in Hollywood, but they are not idiots and it is easy to enter this industry rashly.  It will be eaten up by the old film companies. But now with CAA, you can put up your own brand, and then sort out the distribution channels, and even let CAA help, and then the movie will be released.  If you have money, just go to CAA if you want to make a movie. Although their fees are high, compared to other film companies that are restricted in all aspects, making a little less money can open up the market. For any layman.  If you don¡¯t like it, it¡¯s no wonder that giants like John know that CAA¡¯s actions will bring great changes to Hollywood, but they still dare not touch them, because behind CAA stands Wall Street, investors, and all those who want to  A jackal in the film industry. Even a Hollywood giant has to consider whether its arms are strong enough to stop it. Obviously, they can't stop it, so now CAA is developing unscrupulously.  , so that big bosses like John could only complain in front of Li Mingbao and not talk about this topic outside.  Li Mingbao didn¡¯t want to say much about the internal affairs of Hollywood, but after seeing this CAA model, Li Mingbao wondered whether he could do the same thing in Hong Kong.  But after thinking about it for a while, I felt that the cost of doing this was too high, and Hong Kong¡¯s current film industry could not afford the CAA model.  CAA's model is not difficult to copy. It is quite simple. In fact, it is a bundled sale. They not only sell stars, but also directors, including behind-the-scenes subtitles and script ideas. They can sell them as long as they need them. In this case, the movie  The company has become a thing without much meaning.  With this move, the industry chain has been completely made into a piece of iron. If they are willing, even the theaters can get involved.  Hollywood prohibits film companies from controlling theater chains, but it does not prohibit agent companies from controlling theater chains.  It can be said that if this company has the ability to bring down everyone, they will directly become a trust group and completely eliminate the old order.  Of course, this is definitely not possible in the United States.  After all, these old forces will not remain indifferent while watching the expansion of CAA.  If it really gets to that point, it's not impossible for CAA's top executives to be hacked.  Anyway, the United States does not ban guns. Even if people die, criminals can still live with impunity with the help of lawyers.  Therefore, it is impossible for CAA to completely build an industrial trust.  Even if there is the President of the United States behind him, the giants of the film industry have a lot of votes in the Congress. If you really want to cut off everyone's financial resources, others will take your life.  You can take advantage of it, but if you break the rules, no one can save you.   Was MGM considered bullish back then?  If it makes others unable to breathe, MGM will have to be demolished as soon as federal laws come into force.  Not to mention MGM, the oil trust was so powerful, wouldn¡¯t it have been dismantled?
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