Hollywood starts with a broker

At night, on Hollywood Boulevard, Aaron drove a new Lotus and stopped with Nicole Kidman at an intersection.

"The female lead in *Pretty Woman* is a low-level call girl who solicits on the street because she can't afford the rent;"

"She meets Edward, a wealthy businessman who is unfamiliar with the area, and she gives him directions, which leads to a week-long escort arrangement..."

Aaron summarized the main points of the story for Nicole Kidman while pointing to the call girls on the street in the red-light district.

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"There, you can observe the expressions, states, and soliciting techniques of those women..."

Nicole Kidman listened intently to her man's summary, her eyes fixed on the streetwalkers, immersing herself in the role!

"Well, I've been observing some call girls these past few days, it's not a big problem," Nicole Kidman responded.

Aaron nodded. "The male lead might be Al Pacino, but it's not confirmed yet. When you go to the audition, just keep a normal attitude."

Unfortunately, Al Pacino's height made Aaron lack confidence in Nicole Kidman.

After all, this is the female lead; it wouldn't matter so much if it were other supporting roles!

While helping Nicole Kidman prepare for the audition, Aaron didn't forget his own job.

He was helping Quentin Tarantino promote his script and also researching the Hong Kong Golden Harvest film *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles*.

In Burbank, at the Warner Bros. studio, in the office of the *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles* production team, Aaron met Thomas L. Gray, the head of Golden Harvest America, who was also the film's producer.

"The action scenes in *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles* are personally handled by martial artists from Hong Kong, and the fight scenes are refreshing;"

"The four turtles are also martial artists wearing props to perform a series of action designs. The *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles* comic books also have a considerable audience, and the animated series is very popular in the United States;"

"These are all the advantages of the movie!"

Since Aaron had taken on the distribution and promotion, he naturally had to analyze the movie's advantages and disadvantages.

As for the disadvantages, they were obvious: no star power, low investment, not many special effects or large-scale scenes, and so on.

Thomas L. Gray nodded. "Although Mr. Anderson is young, his achievements in the past few months have been remarkable;"

"We believe in Mr. Anderson!"

Aaron took a sip of coffee. "You should have talked to other distribution companies, right?"

"Yes, 20th Century Fox is interested in distributing this movie, but their offer is too low," Thomas L. Gray shook his head.

"They are only willing to offer $2 million to acquire the North American distribution rights!"

$2 million was indeed too low. After all, the actors in this *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles* movie were all Americans.

Golden Harvest was mainly responsible for investment and action design.

"A project of more than $10 million is considered a small project for the Hollywood Big Seven distributors, and this is a commercial film, so the marketing costs are no lower than the price of the film's distribution rights."

Aaron paused and thought for a moment. "This kind of movie is more suitable for secondary distributors;"

"*Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles*, when will filming wrap?"

"Filming can wrap in early July. Does Mr. Anderson need a rough cut copy?" Thomas L. Gray responded quickly.

Aaron nodded. "At that time, invite representatives from several distribution companies to attend a screening. This movie is worth looking forward to!"

"Okay, Golden Harvest will fully cooperate."

Although Aaron Anderson had little experience and was very young, his performance at this year's Cannes Film Festival was dazzling.

Golden Harvest was not a Hollywood film company and needed to recover some of its production costs as soon as possible. Hollywood's distribution results could affect the world, and they only hoped to sell the North American rights at a high price as quickly as possible!

In this way, Hollywood distribution companies could also more seriously distribute this movie.

Three days later, Aaron took Nicole Kidman to Burbank's Disney Studios to audition for the female lead in *Pretty Woman*.

"The female lead in this movie has been in contact with many actresses, but they have all been rejected. Now, choosing from newcomers is a last resort," Aaron reminded Nicole in a low voice.

After arriving at the audition location, Aaron quickly spotted two colleagues from CAA!

CAA's Richard Lovett, with his client Julia Roberts, also saw Aaron Anderson and Nicole Kidman.

"During this time, you've also met with the film's two producers, Gary Goldstein and Steven Reuther;"

"They are both very satisfied with your performance!" Richard Lovett said in a low voice.

As a newcomer at CAA, Richard Lovett had more experience than Aaron Anderson, but the latter's performance at Cannes was dazzling and had already caught the eye of Michael Ovitz.

There is nothing wrong with a first shot!

After all, the competition within CAA was also very fierce.

"I heard that Mr. Aaron Anderson was involved in the project preparation for *Pretty Woman*, right?"

As a newcomer, Julia Roberts longed for the female lead in the movie and had put her all into it!

"It's okay, he's just lobbying, and his main business isn't in the direction of artists. That new actress, Nicole Kidman, is still Australian;"

"If it weren't for Aaron Anderson, she wouldn't have gotten this far," Richard Lovett explained again.

Of course, there was also the most important point: could the short Al Pacino act opposite the 180cm Nicole Kidman?

On the other side, Aaron also noticed Julia Roberts, as well as two young actresses, Jennifer Connelly and Winona Ryder!

"Can't avoid it," Aaron muttered to himself. Julia Roberts' man-eating big mouth was perfectly in line with American aesthetics.

As for Winona Ryder and Jennifer Connelly, they were too young and obviously did not fit the image of the film's female lead.

Aaron frowned inwardly. Nicole Kidman had just come from Australia and had basically no Hollywood acting experience.

Julia Roberts was different; she had played two supporting roles. Although the other two, Jennifer Connelly and Winona Ryder, were more famous now, she would definitely not be able to compete with them.

Winona Ryder had accumulated a certain reputation in the independent film scene in the past two years, with good word-of-mouth for *Beetlejuice* and *Heathers*.

Jennifer Connelly's stunning appearance in *Once Upon a Time in America* was considered a child star debut. She had rich acting experience and had just transferred from Yale University to Stanford University to study drama!

However, as someone who had discussed the script in depth with screenwriter J.F. Lawton, these two people with a strong youthful aura could definitely not play the female lead.

It was just that, normally speaking, Julia Roberts and Nicole Kidman would definitely not be able to compete. And Aaron really had no right to make suggestions, and others wouldn't listen?