Chapter 1093 1193. Take the initiative to come

Chapter 1093 1193. Take the initiative to come

Ron Meyer is one of the five original founders of CAA.

He, Michael Ovitz and five other people left WMA, the most powerful agency at the time, and started from scratch. In just thirty years, they built CAA, a super agency that shocked the entire Hollywood.

He fulfilled his promise to suppress his executives when he left. The CAA they created suppressed WMA and became the largest agency in Hollywood. Countless top artists in Hollywood have become CAA's clients.

CAA's field has also developed from just film and television to now having its place in music and sports. Every year, more than 30% of the wealth and income list of Hollywood artists are CAA's customers.

However, it is easy to conquer the world, but difficult to defend it.

Of the five people who started the business together, only three are still in CAA today. Michael sold his shares in the late 1990s and invested in other industries. What made Ron feel even more disappointed was that the former leader of the five people Ovitz also left CAA and joined Disney.

Although Ovitz lost miserably in the end and was kicked out of Disney, there was no ridicule in Ron's heart, only a touch of disappointment.

The departure of his companions gave Ron a temporary blow, but it made him more determined to hold on to CAA and the 'country' he had finally won.

So over the years, he has continued to suppress potential brokerage companies in the industry, even AMG founded by his former friend Ovitz.

He is called a tyrant in the industry because he is ruthless and ruthless. Any person or company that may threaten CAA will be ruthlessly torn to pieces by him.

"Ron, that Oriental guy just signed a has-been superstar. Besides, Keanu is almost fifty years old. Are you too sensitive?" At the meeting, he was also the founder of CAA and is now in charge of the company's literary agency department. Harper does not agree with Ron's proposal to suppress Max.

"Harper, you are so naive. Do you really think this is the end?" Ron said: "In my opinion, this is exactly a signal that the Oriental wants to conquer Hollywood!"

"Do you still remember Zhang Ziyi who was poached by him? Our power in China has been defeated by the Huayi he possesses, and the goodwill we released during the primaries this year was not accepted by the other party at all. I mean, in fact, that Oriental man is already standing on the opposite side of us. Since he has got rid of the brokerage business, he cannot be so petty. Judging from his development and actions over the years, he is not willing to be ordinary. people."

"So, since we are already on opposite sides, why don't we directly eliminate this possible strong enemy in the future while he is still weak?"

Ron walked around the conference table as he spoke, as if he was giving a speech. His words were full of motivation and clear, as if he was a wise man, seducing everyone present.

After completing a circle, he returned to his main position, with his arms supporting the table and leaning forward slightly, giving people a strong sense of oppression. His eyes were also very sharp, and he glanced at everyone present, except A few of them, but most of the others couldn't help but look away when they looked at him for a moment.

Ron paused for two seconds and asked, "Do you think what I said makes sense?"

"But that Easterner is not a weak guy." After a moment of silence in the conference room, Harper still spoke.

This made Ron, who was still standing, frown subconsciously. He had never been happy with this old man. He always felt that Harper was too weak and always wanted to resolve everything peacefully. But shopping malls are like battlefields. When it comes to socializing and making friends, where does so much friendliness come from?

Harper didn't know what Ron was thinking, but he himself denounced Ron's 'tyranny'.

His philosophy is that many friends lead to many paths. In this circle, one more friend is better than one more enemy.

"And what can we do to suppress each other?" Harper thought for a while and asked again.

"That Oriental man, he owns the largest theater chain in the world, he has his own film production company, and he also owns a distribution company. Except for the actors, we have no way to pose a threat to him." Harper listed them one by one. Finally, he concluded helplessly.

"Since we can conquer the six major film companies, we can also conquer that Oriental man." Ron glanced at Harper coldly and said, hating the guy's words that swayed the military's morale.

But Harper ignored Ron's threatening gaze and continued to retort: ​​"We were able to conquer the six major film companies because they needed actors, but I don't think our methods were useful to the Oriental man. Since he came to Hollywood Until now, he has never pursued any star effect. This alone is equivalent to abolishing most of the methods we used before. "

"But Nie Wei doesn't need to use it. Other movies invested by Max Films must use it, right?"

"But not all Hollywood actors belong to our CAA. Even if we don't let our artists accept movies produced by Max Films, there are still WMA and AMG. Apart from those two, there are other artists who don't have any agencies at all. , can we still unite everyone to boycott Max Films?”

Harper glanced at Ron disdainfully, thinking that this guy was just whimsical.

Hollywood has never been a place where people can unite as one, and it is even more impossible to boycott the huge Max Films. As a film company that integrates production, distribution and theaters, and has this world-class publicity platform as its backing, it is invincible in a certain sense.

So in Harper's view, such a company should be befriended, rather than pushed to the opposite side of oneself.

Ron was also staring at Harper fiercely.

In his view, there is no film company that cannot be conquered. As long as film companies need to make movies, they need actors. This is a people-oriented industry, and CAA, which has mastered human resources, is the overlord in this industry.

He does not believe that Max Films will continue to be small-scale as it is now. As long as it wants to grow and develop, it will inevitably face the problem of cooperating with CAA, because many top Hollywood stars are CAA's clients.

So let alone the scale of Max Films has not exceeded the six major film companies, even if it exceeds, Ron feels that he has plenty of means to control this company.

Moreover, he couldn't wait to suppress Max Films, and also hoped to bring this film company into his own camp.

Especially Nie Wei, if the other party's status was not too high and too special, he would sign the other party to his own company even if he visited him three times.

That was really the most talented director he had ever seen, making him feel as if he saw Spielberg and Cameron in those days, and even more amazing.

The key is that the other party is less than 30 years old. In Ron's eyes, Nie Wei is the one who has the best chance to take over the title of the king of directors in the future.

But the more he admired, the more threatened he felt, because Ron understood that Nie Wei was not someone he could bring into his camp.

So he wanted to show his muscles to the other party, just like taming an animal, he wanted Nie Wei to submit to him and be used by him even if he did not belong to his camp.

The meeting ended unhappily. The friendly faction represented by Harper and the war faction represented by Ron were clearly divided, each holding their own opinions, and for a while no one could convince the other.

However, this matter obviously will not end like this. Even in the eyes of Ron and Harper, this is just the beginning, because this is also a power struggle within CAA.

When the two giants of CAA started to fight internally by signing Keanu with Max Films, Nie Wei was completely unaware of it and did not expect that it would cause such an effect.

He actually only wanted to sign Foy. Keanu was a complete surprise for Nie Wei.

From beginning to end, this matter was not as Ron thought, that Nie Wei was ambitious about the Hollywood agency circle. In fact, this was completely Keanu's initiative.

Even Nie Wei couldn't understand why this superstar suddenly wanted to join an agency. The other party gave an explanation that they got along well, and Nie Wei only believed half of it.

But no matter what, being able to sign Keanu is definitely a good thing for Max Films. At least the agency department really has a superstar who can show off and hold up the scene.

Although Keanu just celebrated his 50th birthday a month ago, for Nie Wei, Keanu, who has maintained a good figure, still has at least four or five years of golden age. Male actors have a huge advantage in this regard. When female actors reach this age, except for a few, they can generally only play minor roles such as mothers, aunts, and aunts, but it is different for male actors.

As long as the film selection is appropriate, Keanu can still play his uncle's charm and play some mature and stable roles, which can still attract countless girls to scream in the cinema or in front of the screen.

Moreover, Keanu's acting skills are getting better and better as he gets older. Even if he changes his acting style in five or six years because of his age, it is not a big problem. For example, some older male actors have no worse status in the circle than those young male actors. At that time, they can transform and become a golden supporting role. With Keanu's former popularity and increasingly better acting skills, he may actually win an Oscar.

Nie Wei was idle for more than a month and started to get busy again.

It wasn't that there was something wrong with the movie. In fact, everything went very smoothly. Nie Wei had even cut the first version in early October and watched the movie with a group of Huayi executives and the leading actors.

Two and a half hours later, the movie ended. When the lights in the screening room came on again, Wang Zhonglei stood up without saying a word and gave Nie Wei, who was still sitting next to him, a big hug, and then couldn't help laughing.

In his opinion, this movie can only be described in two words, that is, wonderful!

As for the box office, if nothing unexpected happens, it can also be described in two words, that is, stable!

As for honor, Wang Zhonglei can also be described in two words, that is, ambition!

From "Assassins' League" to "The Martian" and then to "Inception", Nie Wei's Thunder special effects technology is becoming more and more mature, and more powerful special effects can be seen in every movie.

In addition, Director Nie Wei has profound skills, and every shot is not simple. For example, the thousand acres of green fields under the long shot at the beginning should be a vibrant scene, but the gray sky just gives the audience a sense of depression.

And the final time visualization gave Wang Zhonglei a great visual enjoyment from beginning to end.

Wang Zhonglei also praised the soundtrack of the film. The spacecraft took off with the music of "Starry Sky", which made his blood boil. Although he was in his forties, he actually wanted to take up arms and fight a glorious epic battle on the battlefield.

The passionate and tragic music perfectly fits the mission of the protagonists on the spacecraft. For the rebirth of mankind, the sense of responsibility, set off by the music, is as moving as the old professor's tears in the picture.

There are many things that Wang Zhonglei wants to admire, and he can't finish them at once.

After watching the movie that day, Huayi immediately submitted the film for review.

Because the world view is fictional and there are no special shots involved, plus Huayi's energy, a reply was received half a month after submission. Only one place needed to be slightly modified. Nie Wei revised it and submitted it for review again. This time the reply was faster. It took only three days to send Nie Wei good news.

"Interstellar" passed the review smoothly.

In the United States, it was smoother than in China. The PG-13 rating was quite satisfactory because there were fighting scenes in the movie.

However, this rating is enough. Interstellar is a movie for children. You must have a certain amount of knowledge to enjoy it. PG-13 is just right. Even if it is PG or G, it will not help Interstellar's box office. This is not a movie that ordinary children will like to watch.

In Hong Kong, Interstellar was given the green light and directly won the I level, which means it is suitable for all ages.

The ratings of other places where the premieres were released simultaneously were not much different, and there were no overly strict ratings. As the good news of passing the review came back, Huayi and Max Films represented by Nie Wei also began to promote the film and schedule it.

In the United States, Interstellar will undoubtedly be used by Max Films to fight for the Christmas season.

In China, Wang Zhonglei prefers to release Interstellar on New Year's Day. Although it is only a few days away from Christmas, New Year's Day is at least a holiday for Chinese people, but Christmas is not. Wang Zhonglei wants to use the New Year's Day holiday to try to see if Interstellar can impact the first-day box office record of movies created by Nie Wei.

At the same time, this movie was also sent to the Oscars, Golden Globe Awards and Saturn Awards by Nie Wei, especially the Saturn Award. Nie Wei is expecting to be re-elected as the best director.

As the release of the movie is getting closer, Nie Wei has also started editing the trailer, and Interstellar, which has been hidden for almost a year, is finally going to reveal its mysterious veil in front of the public.

Thanks to Qiangloverong for the generous reward of 1,000, and thanks to Fantasy Paradise and 0773 for the generous reward.