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- "Hello, kid."
Hearing this deep voice, Ye Wei couldn't help but feel a little flustered in his heart. He used to be so cautious when talking to this voice, and he used to be so angry, but now he doesn't.
Looking at the blue sky, he said: "I won't publicize the relationship between Cheyenne Enterprises and Little Miss Sunshine. I'll give you that glass of red wine, but what about your trap contract? Can it go away with the wind? I As a newcomer, I don¡¯t quite understand the bad rules of Hollywood, and I¡¯m not interested in understanding that garbage.
But I know what is right and what is wrong, and it is absolutely wrong for you to try to defraud me of my project. Lovett made mistakes again and again later. I don¡¯t know if you know how many wrong things he did. Maybe it has nothing to do with you, but I don¡¯t care.
¡°I don¡¯t care if Lovett is here with you and hearing this, but for Rameau¡¯s sake, I¡¯m going to give you a piece of advice. "
The other party's breath became heavier, and Ye Wei continued to say what he wanted to say: "Richard Lovett, a little fly full of evil and bluffing, is killing your career. The reason why you haven't been killed yet Death is just because you are Willis, not because of how capable he is.
He can¡¯t bring you awards because he can¡¯t find good literary and artistic film contracts for you, and it¡¯s because good literary and artistic film makers look down on him.
There is also Arnold Rifkin, another bluffing little fly. Although I don¡¯t have much experience in production, I know that a good producer needs to have an important quality that he does not have: a producer¡¯s opinion. And him? He will do whatever makes you happy, no matter what impact it will have on the project, he is not producing, he is flattering you.
"And you really enjoyed being photographed, Mr. Willis, and you're ridiculous about that. "
"Haha" Willis's angry laughter came from the mobile phone, as depressing as the eve of a storm: "Boy, after the movie sold 20 million, you think you can teach me a lesson?"
"Hahaha" Ye Wei also laughed, as Ramo said, "When you become a has-been action star who is too old to be beaten, I won't be the only one to teach you a lesson. This is What I want to say, by the way, take care of Belle, continuing to indulge her will only destroy her, goodbye."
After pressing the button to end the call, he thought for a while and then called Lovett, who got through.
"Weige, thank you for calling me, are you done talking to Bruce?" Lovett's voice was full of uncontrollable nervousness, as if he was about to be strangled by a rope.
"I have a few words to tell you clearly. If you continue to kick me, you'd better kick me out in one go and don't give me any chance to get up again. Otherwise, I will only do one thing in my life. You are completely dead and you can only hide in Pluto. Do you know Pluto? If you continue to be my enemy, you will know."
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Ye Wei's voice is not high and his tone is not serious, but he has the power to do what he says.
On the green golf course, Lovett¡¯s face turned red to the color of pig¡¯s liver. He was so depressed that he had nowhere to vent. This boy, this damn boy
It¡¯s just an arrogant kid making noises. The most important thing now is Willis¡¯s attitude.
Of course he didn't want to let Ye Wei and Willis talk directly, but he had no initiative. The boy was a smelly and hard rock, and Willis was a bomb that could explode at any time. In fact, they could talk without him telling them. If he acted against the will, he might have fallen into that kid's scheme.
Do you want to call Willis and ask? Lovett walked hesitantly for a while, not thinking about playing golf. Suddenly, a call came on his cell phone. Willis
His heart was grasped heavily, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his forehead. His most important client, the reason why he is CAA¡¯s ace agent, and his scepter
Answered the call and whispered: "Bruce, are things okay?"
"That's okay, but." Willis's tone was very calm, so quiet that it frightened Lovett. Many times, calmness is much harder to deal with than anger, but what?
"Our cooperation is over. Today I will ask CAA to change my agent."
"No, no, no," Lovett screamed out, staggering, almost fainting from anxiety, "Bruce, calm down give me another chance."
Yes, in addition to Willis, he also has several important celebrity clients. However, this is a set of dominoes. Once the top trump card falls, it will be the beginning of his disaster. Willis fired him, what do others think? What does the industry think?
Countless brokers (or even brokerage companies) have become successful since signing an important client; countless brokers have been unlucky since losing an important client. This is the professional characteristic of Mr. 10%. The higher the customer's worth, the higher his worth.
And for a superstar like Willis, his agency contract is a traditional CAAR contract, which belongs to the company and is shared by agents, so he said that he can change agents if he changes agents., he can actually enjoy the services of multiple agents. Not to mention the constant competition from other brokerage firms such as BICM.
Willis wants to change agents, and Lovett can't do anything. All he can do is try his best to make him change his mind.
"I know I made too many mistakes regarding Ye Wei, Bruce. I promise that nothing like this will happen again in the future." Lovett begged bitterly, "I will make up for it, I have always been there." There has been progress in finding you a leading actor in a film that can hit the awards season. Bruce, please give me another chance."
"Needless to say." Willis's words did not soften at all, but were a little impatient: "In the past few years, I have been very disappointed in your ability. It is time to give myself a chance."
When it was over, Lovett knew the other party's temper well. When it was over, his face turned pale and he had to use a club to support himself. He quickly switched to plan B and begged: "Then let me be your joint agent. You I know best among business companies, and I don¡¯t need to take commission until I find a project that satisfies you.¡±
"No, I want a new image. You should not use my name again in the future. Our cooperation is over."
"Bruce, considering our friendship for so many years"
"We are still friends, we just no longer cooperate. That's it. I will tell CAaf today, that's it."
??Beep, the call was hung up, Lovett stood there blankly, his eyes were out of focus, and the whole world was spinning
He lost. In this fight with Ye Wei and Brian Sborrel's camp, he was completely defeated. He made a wrong step and headed towards the bottomless abyss.
Without Willis, and without the big-name agent Lovett, Brian Burrell and his gang will not let him go, and his life in the company will not be easy His camp starts like a dam. There are cracks all over, and they will all explode with a roar at any time.
VIYR Shao¡¯s future is bright, but Lovett¡¯s future is gloomy.
"MTafuer" Lovett suddenly roared, the vulgar curse was not in line with the noble golf course. He swung the club like crazy and hit the lawn, but because of the excessive force, his body lost balance and twisted and fell. With a click, he felt the fibula of his left calf snap, and he immediately screamed in pain¡ª¡ª
"My legs"
Several golfers in the distance saw it and came over in surprise.
Arnold Rifkin has been having troubles lately, too, because "Wedding Day" came out for no reason. The company's only two projects this year, the movie "The Whole 10 Yards", failed miserably with a production cost of 4.06 million and a North American film of 630,000. Box office, 4 degrees), the TV series "Hot-Blooded Detective" was broadcast on the "UA TV Network" in the 12th episode of the first season - June 14, 2016-264). Due to unsatisfactory ratings and commercial success, it did not win Renewed for Season 2.
The shadow of failure hangs over Cheyenne Enterprises, where the movie adaptation rights for scripts and novels that the company ambitiously bought when it was founded are all there. Despite the continuous loss of money, the company's production schedule for this year only has one film, "Confrontation," which was completed in March. Now, except for its post-production, the company has no other new projects that have been implemented.
Willis has a lot of film appointments, but they are personal; Cheyenne Enterprises is getting smaller and smaller, and it is getting more and more hopeless. He, the CP, may leave tomorrow.
¡°If he hadn¡¯t been Willis¡¯ manager and old friend for many years, this would have happened long ago. Just because of the fiasco of "The Whole Ten Yards", both Willis and Matthew Perry were a little unhappy. Not to mention the vanity fair of Hollywood, how many friends can they still have in the workplace and business after interests are involved?
Finally, one day, he received an unexpected call at the Malibu beach.
"I have just ended my cooperation with Lovett. He is no longer my agent. You should not disclose all company affairs to him again."
What? Rifkin was startled, stood up from the beach chair, and looked blankly at the tourists enjoying the summer sun around him, "Bruce, have you really thought about it?"
"Of course I have thought about it. This is not an impulse. Lovett has lost my trust. Has he made my career further in four years? He has brought me nothing." Willis said with anger. : "You don't need to say anything about this, just do your own thing well. You are a producer, not a manager."
This sentence made Rifkin break out in a cold sweat. He did not plead with Lovett anymore, and quickly said in self-protection: "I have good news that I haven't told you yet. Lindsay Lohan is very interested in starring in "Journey to Love". If you are interested, if she joins us, we will find a few film companies to participate in the project, and this project will definitely work."
"Lindsay Lohan?" Willis was not happy, but became more and more irritated and bored, "We have a genius just because of you idiotsdamn it
"Beep beep", the call was hung up, Rifkin took a long breath, life was getting harder and harder.
Because of the "Ye Wei and Little Miss Sunshine" project, CAA isThere is a storm of superstars changing agents, and there is also an undercurrent surging at Focus Features.
When Ye Wei single-handedly persuaded Willis to invest and join Little Miss Sunshine, the focus was on what to do. The two co-CPOs, David Linde and James Shams, had different views. Linde tried his best to Buy back the script and use all means to do so.
But Shams said it was unnecessary, and with Ye Wei¡¯s character, he would not agree. Rather than stalemate the relationship, it would be better to invest in him to make a movie. His short film has already shown how talented he is.
But Linde disagreed. He was the first advocate and responsible person for selling "Little Miss Sunlight". Naturally, he was more nervous, but also luckily, he lobbied SamjlØdes, and also persuaded Willis and others, and set up The bureau wants to get the script back from Ye Wei and just give him the title of assistant producer in the future.
Shams has other plans
Ye Wei was really surprised by the dinner invitation from Focus United CPO James Shamus. He wanted to refuse because there was nothing to talk about, but Ang Lee called him to persuade him to attend, saying, "Shamus is not a bad person. I have the answer you want." He was a little confused and agreed.
Ang Lee and Shamus have been good friends for many years. They have collaborated since their first feature film "Pushing Hands". Counting the "Brokeback Mountain" currently being filmed, Ang Lee has directed 9 films, and only "The Ice Storm" has an acting role. Shamus's name is not in the list, and their friendship could really act out of "Brokeback Mountain" or "The Wedding Banquet."
Dinner will be at pATINA restaurant in West Hollywood, an expensive restaurant helmed by super celebrity chef Josim Pritcher.
The decoration layout in the restaurant is fashionable and clean. The square dining tables are scattered and uncluttered, covered with snow-white tablecloths, reflecting a variety of delicacies of different colors. The customers are almost full, and the waiters are walking around, But it does not hinder its elegance at all, and the sound of conversation does not affect the softness of the music.
At one of the dining tables next to the wall, Ye Wei and Shams had already exchanged greetings, each ordered delicacies and were waiting to be served.
"To be honest, if it wasn't for my respect for An, I wouldn't have come." Ye Wei was a little expressionless. His liking for Li An does not mean that he likes Shams, like Ramo and Willis.
Shams, 44, is bald and has some white hair. He wears a pair of black-rimmed glasses on his kind, round face, and his brown eyes also reveal a kind look. He looks like a kind and elegant little old man. He smiled slightly when he heard this and said, "Young man, you will burn it after reading it."
Ye Wei's heart suddenly jumped and he stared: "It's you? It's you"
That mysterious man turned out to be Shamus With his identity, of course he could know the secret of Focus, but why? What he did was to undermine himself. Why?
"I don't know what you're talking about." Shamus kept smiling.
Ye Wei's mind was spinning. Lovett had always been talking about David Lind, but he had never mentioned Shams. So it was Lind who said Y and Shams said H? Why? Just out of kindness? I don¡¯t know when I started thinking like this. Big figures like these can¡¯t be just out of good intentions There must be some benefit in this.
He frowned and asked: "Why? I need to understand, why?"
""Brokeback Mountain" is my project, "Little Miss Daylight" is not." Shams' gentle eyes changed vaguely, and the old fox's eyes were shining.
After hearing what the other party said, Ye Wei suddenly understood everything.
I did some research before setting off today. In 1933, James Schamus and Ted Hopper established the "Good Machine" film company to produce ultra-low-cost independent films. There was no success at first. Until I co-produced "Pushing Hands" with Ang Lee, and then "The Wedding Banquet", "Eat Drink Man and Woman"
The more successful Ang Lee is, the more successful the good machine is.
At that time, David Linde was the vice president of Miramax, responsible for international sales. Later, when Good Machinery became bigger, it was necessary to establish an international sales department. In 1997, Linde joined Good Machinery and became the company's head of the company. Partner.
The huge success of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in 2026 brought the value of Good Machine to a peak. They sold the company to Universal Pictures in 2001, and merged with several other companies in 2 years to form the current Focus Film, Sha Mess and Linde serve as joint CPOs
As we all know, Focus has performed very well in recent years and has won box office awards. It has seven or eight films scheduled to be released in 205, and the currently filming "Brokeback Mountain" is one of them, starring Jack Gee, who has just become popular. Starring Lenhal and the already famous Heath Ledger, as well as Michelle Williams and Anne Hathaway
This cast is certainly strong, but because of the homosexuality theme, Ang Lee suffered a big setback with "The Incredible Hulk". The outside world said that Gyllenhaal and Ledger were ruining their futures by starring this time. From now on, your screen image will be that of a homosexual.
And Shamus, the producer of "Brokeback Mountain", also suffered a severe fall, he is the writer and producer of "The Incredible Hulk"
Think about how much Universal coveted the success of Columbia's "Spider-Man" and spent $3.7 billion to make the Hulk, but it turned out to be a mess. Is the board angry?
As for the next CP Iron Throne of Universal Pictures, only one person can sit on it. Will it be Shamus? Not only no, he has also fallen into a very dangerous industry position.
Therefore, the budget of "Brokeback Mountain" is only 1.46 million, which is lower than the focus projects such as "The Immortal Gardener" and "Pride and Prejudice" in the same period. However, it is Shamus's project, the script he likes, and the production he initiated. He was betting big, and "Brokeback Mountain" was all he was betting on.
Originally, Shamus would have no objection to the sale of the "Little Miss Daylight" project. He didn't care at all, but if Linde took it back, he would ask Sam to direct it and star Willis, and there would be a chain reaction. A strong lineup
The budget is likely to exceed 1.46 million, and it is also scheduled to be released in 205, hitting the same awards season.
¡° Then the entire production, distribution and award-winning resources of Focus and Universal will be severely divided, and the unfavorable ¡°Brokeback Mountain¡± will become a substitute at any time.
So it is impossible for Shams to like to see "Lind's Little Miss Daylight". Even if they have been partners and friends for many years, they still have a power struggle
"I understand." After thinking about this, Ye Wei couldn't help but laugh. No wonder Li An said "Shamus is not a bad person." He is not a bad person, nor is he a 100 good person. There is probably no such person in the world.
"Haha." Shamus smiled. At this time, the waiter served the food. Neither of them spoke. It was not until the aroma filled the table and the waiter walked away with a smile that he said: "I just prefer "Brokeback Mountain" "Script, and I have to give An an explanation for your matter."
Ye Wei took a sip of juice and thought: "Anyway, thank you for your letter. It really raised my vigilance. James, let's be honest, what do you want? I hope I won't publicize the focus's mistakes? Or focus on it?" Promote David Lind¡¯s fault?¡±
"No, I don't mean anything like that." Shamus slowly used his knife and fork and ate the vegetable salad he ordered. "No one knows everything. It's common for film companies to miss good projects. The focus has been That¡¯s pretty smart.¡±
He looked at Ye Wei, and his elegant words were tempting: "And we still have the possibility of cooperation. Weige, you know, Focus has very good production and distribution capabilities. As long as your movie is good, you can You won¡¯t lose the honor you deserve. Think about it, it¡¯s only good for everyone. If we cooperate, I will be the producer of Focus, and there will be nothing wrong with Linde.¡±
Ye Wei also started to eat his own fruit salad, with a thoughtful look on his face. In this way, whatever achievements "Little Miss Sunshine" brings to the focus are all thanks to Shams.
"I have a question, did SamjlØdes know the inside story at the beginning?" he asked suddenly.
"As far as I know," Shams thought for a moment, "Mendez doesn't know the details. All he knows is that you have the script, but they will convince you to let it go. As for the process, it's not like he can't know. He doesn¡¯t want to know.¡±
He said with an old smile, picked up a piece of carrot and put it into his mouth, "Young man, when you have been around for more years, you will understand that sometimes it is better not to know something than to know it."
"Maybe." Ye Wei responded thoughtfully.
Shams didn¡¯t ask if there was any chance of cooperation. He slowly ate the delicious meal and told the story:
"More than ten years ago, Ted Hopper and I established the predecessor of Focus Machine in New York to make independent productions. At that time, Lind was still at Miramax. Hopper and I were both newcomers to the company. The film industry is nothing, no resources, no money. We claim to be the 'king of no-cost production' and can make a film with only 20,000 US dollars.
¡°At that time, we were eager to make a name for ourselves. After a while, we made some money, and we wanted to make a real entrepreneurial film. We just happened to see the NYHR student film "Boundary", which was shot really well, and it was the only one."
Shams burst out laughing as he said this, "We asked his agent at the time if we could arrange for us to talk to Ann, but his agent said that Ann was very busy and had no interest in small, low-budget productions like ours. Damn it." , it had been six years since An graduated from NYK, and he had been sitting at home for six years and was very busy? "
"Haha." Ye Wei couldn't help but laugh after hearing this. As a fan of Ang Lee's movies, he was familiar with Ang Lee's story, but this was the first time he heard these inside stories.
"Later An told us that the agent's requirement for his first film was a feature film with a budget of at least US$200,000. No wonder he sat on the film for six years."
A look of memories appeared on Shams' face, "I didn't expect that after a while, An came to us. He had just received a Chinese-language film tutoring grant from the Information Bureau in Taiwan, and he was looking for a producer with the money. He had a NYHR friend who introduced Ted to him. By coincidence, when he found us, we reallyAre you surprised that you are not busy anymore?
Then we collaborated for the first time, "Pushing Hands", which was Ann's debut film and Hao Ji's first film. It had a budget of 400,000 US dollars and a shooting period of four weeks. During that time, each of us was really busy. Later, "Pushing Hands" became very successful. Along the way, "Crouching Dragon, Hidden Tiger" made us all become big shots, and then we had the focus. "
The words stopped, Shamus smiled and sighed, looked at the pensive young man opposite, and said: "Weige, I am a despicable person and a dreamer. Looking back on my film career, I dare to say to God, I am not guilty."
Ye Wei still didn't speak, thinking about something.
"I know the Little Miss Daylights" project has not been officially launched yet. You should be looking for a producer. Consider me, right? My ability is no problem. I can also teach you many things about making movies in Hollywood. I am better than others. I know how to get along with Chinese directors, and I understand Chinese culture better. Of course, you are different from An, you are from Los Angeles.
But how to combine the advantages of the Eastern perspective and tell a Western story that is more than just a Western perspective, I can help you. "
Shams' tone was sincere, and these words are valid regardless of profit or not. He and Ang Lee have grown up together over the years. He is one of the screenwriters of "The Father Trilogy" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". Ang Lee can He definitely deserves a share of the credit for becoming the most successful Chinese director today.
"Like "Chasing the Female Supreme"?" Ye Wei suddenly said.
"Hahaha" Shamus laughed at it. "The King of Women" is a movie produced by Good Machine. It tells the story of how a middle-aged man uses the "Tao" theory of ancient Chinese Laozi to pick up girls. He laughed and said: "That's Ted's video. It turned out to be not very clever, but I can really help you. The teachings of Lao Tzu and Confucius will work."
Ye Wei smiled as he thought about it, already having an idea in his mind - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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