Producer [American Entertainment]

On the second day, William spent the whole day discussing the script of the 007 No. 007 film with Albert and the director and screenwriter team of 13.The main content of the discussion is...from among the novels that Fleming, the original author of the 007 series of novels, has not yet adapted, find a work that is relatively easy to be adapted into a movie with today's technology, suitable for the big screen.

It seems that Albert is not very clear about the different attitudes of MGM and United Artists towards him. Otherwise, he would not have worked so hard, and took care of William's face, and did not let his stepson Will Sen also appears in the new cast.

Finally, after many discussions, they settled on "The Octopus Girl".

William was noncommittal about this. He doesn't like works that involve politics, but everyone else agrees, so he didn't worry about it. After all, after "Back to the Future", he doesn't intend to lead the 007 film. .So, as a producer who only strengthens the relationship between the crew and the film company, he should not say too many things that would interfere with the creation of the main creators.

"What kind of identity determines what you should say." This is what William's grandfather told William before his death.

After the meeting, Albert and William ate a private dinner, a dinner of a personal nature, with a main component of sympathy.After all, judging from the current situation, they will definitely work together to develop the 007 series of movies in the future.Friendly cooperation is better than confrontation and containment.

Albert's character is like this, especially smooth and time-conscious.

At the end of the dinner, William still couldn't overcome his conscience, and decided to remind Albert to be careful of some high-level executives at MGM.

After being rejected by William, the top management of MGM couldn't let it go.Just because they couldn't get rid of the tough William backstage doesn't mean they couldn't find a way to get rid of Albert.Now coaxing Albert to work hard, waiting for the film to be finished before harvesting the fruits of others in the future, this practice has long been common in Hollywood.

Albert naturally attached great importance to this news.

After United Artists was acquired, it is impossible for Albert not to install people in MGM, but due to the timing of the placement, the level of spies he can buy is still relatively low. The high-level meeting of MGM yesterday was very confidential. Albert It will take a while to know the content of the meeting.And when the time comes to start preparing, even the day lily will be cold.

"Why did you help me?" Albert was grateful for William's reminder, but he also had some concerns.After all, if you squeeze him away, William will be invincible. How many people will not be tempted by 007, the hen that lays golden eggs?

William is probably the one in ten thousand who is not too tempted, because again, he is not short of money.

"A movie is a movie after all. You can say that I am too idealistic, but I just don't want it to become a tool for others to fight for power. I just want to make movies I like. Fair competition, convinced." Relying on despicable means, never will win in the end.The most important thing is that William doesn't want MGM, which has finally improved, to destroy the Great Wall. "There are still a small number of truly despicable people. For example, old Samuel is very opposed to them using power like this."

Albert understood William's implication in seconds, and also expressed that he was only targeting the executives who pushed him away, not MGM: "Mr. Samuel has always been someone I admire very much. He is an upright and loyal man. My friend, he has dedicated his whole life to MGM, no matter in its heyday or in its ups and downs, he is really doing what is good for MGM and for the movies.”

Although William felt that Albert's words were too much of a false compliment, he also understood that this was Albert's style of doing things, and he was able to seek common ground while reserving differences.

At noon on the third day, another "private" lunch was invited.

As if rushing to the scene, the night after lunch, there was a private dinner together with Spielberg and two CAA agents Diss.Smith and Arrow host.

CAA (Creative Artist Agency) is a new type of agency company that was established in 1975 and has risen rapidly. It is headquartered in Century City in Los Angeles.At the beginning of the company's establishment, it directly challenged WMA (William Morris Economics Company), the leader in the brokerage industry, and in less than seven years, it really began to threaten WMA's status as a giant. CAA has now become another monster in the brokerage industry, with an annual income of up to 9000 million.

CAA's brokerage concept is "bundle sales". As long as you can afford the money, CAA can gather all the main creative personnel needed for a movie in the shortest time, from directors, screenwriters to actors and singers. customer base.

Spielberg's agent Arrow is one of CAA's trump cards. CAA has an unwritten rule, that is, it abandons the traditional qualification restrictions, and those who are capable live, no matter how young you are, as long as you have skills, you will not be suppressed.This is not only a new attempt in the brokerage industry, but also a subversion of the entire entertainment industry system.

Diss got the opportunity to contact Spielberg through Arrow's resource sharing.His purpose of playing host to Ah Luo this time is for Michael, the biggest singer under Diss.Jackson came to show his presence in front of the director and producer.

Michael.Jackson is a well-known little pop king. He debuted at the age of five and formed the famous "Jackson Five Brothers" band with his brothers in the 70s and 1972s. No. [-] on the song sales chart.In [-], these brothers, whose average age was less than a teenager, opened a world-class concert tour.

Later, the Jackson Five brothers encountered the fate that all band combinations will always encounter-someone flies solo, and the group disbands.Brothers sometimes disagree with each other.

Here, I have to talk about an old friend that William and Spielberg are very familiar with, Columbia Corporation.It has to be said that this company has a particularly unique talent for letting go of cash cows.After ET and Back to the Future, they also dropped Michael.jackson.

Columbia is not just a film company, it is actually a comprehensive entertainment company, which owns Motown Records, a very famous music branch, and signed the Jackson Five brothers early.

But in the end... I don't know what Columbia's top management thought. They kept the third brother of the Jackson five brothers, but gave up Michael as the lead singer.jackson.

Michael had to start all over again, formed the "Jackson Band", and met Quincy, the first black music producer who served as a senior executive in a large American music company.jones.Quincy's main production direction is to score movies.And his tailor-made song "Don't Stop' Til You Get Enough" for Jackson in 79 helped the 21-year-old Jackson win the 1979 Grammy Award for Best RB Male Singer of the Year.

Jackson, who has experienced several ups and downs in singing, has once again fallen into a trough in his life in the early 80s.In a recent interview, he bluntly said that he was very worried about his upcoming new album "Thriller". He said that after listening to the entire recording for the first time, he cried because of the terrible stuff.

In order to find a way out for the emotionally unstable Jackson, his agent Diss found a way to get in touch with his colleague Arrow (the other party has a big-name director like Spielberg), hoping to let Jackson participate in the film. The theme song for Spielberg's latest film.

For Jackson's fame, Aro agreed to the dinner after discussing with Spielberg.

It is impossible to finalize the production of the movie's theme song just because of a meal, and Diess didn't dare to think about it that much. He was already very satisfied just asking for a chance.

Eventually, with both Spielberg and William nodding, Diess managed to secure a chance for his entertainer.This is the importance of a good agent. A well-connected agent can always win more development opportunities for his artists, and will not be depressed because of a failure.

Of course, the reason why Diess was able to win this opportunity so successfully is also related to CAA's new agent management model.They use the crossover line, one agent has N artists, and one artist also has N agents serving him or her at the same time. Many CAA agents will share resources for the development of contacts.

On the fourth day, William finally breathed a sigh of relief. There were only two meals left, and he could bid farewell to such rush activities.

He really couldn't understand why people on earth like to invite others to dinner so much _(:з)∠)_, a person can only eat three meals a day, it's not enough.

For lunch at noon that day, William ate at a Chinese restaurant, and the host...was the manager of CAA, Luo.

"Why is it you again?" William couldn't help but speak bluntly under extremely unexpected circumstances.

Ah Luo, who was smiling, was not hurt by these words at all. Instead, he said: "Seeing that everyone got along well yesterday, and for the sake of Steven (Spielberg), Mr. Serus must be sure." Give me a good chance."

"I've never heard of a producer needing an agent." William cautiously looked at the savvy agent in front of him, who was young but aggressive, and very ambitious at first glance.

"No, no, blame me for not making it clear in advance. I want to be Mr. Miguel Beckett's agent. A successful director always needs a successful agent, right? Just like Steven " Luo handed over his business card, another one, which was different from the one he gave last night, and he introduced intimately, "Yesterday's business card is a work phone number, and here is my personal phone number, 24 hours a day for you Open up with Mr. Beckett and serve wholeheartedly. Of course, if you feel that you also need an agent one day, I will be happy to help you. Who said that a producer does not need an agent? Your commercial value is comparable to Most actors are tall."

"You want to sign MiG, you should go to him, right? Why are you inviting me to dinner?" William didn't take the bait, he didn't intend to develop his own damn commercial value.

A Luo smiled wryly: "Because Mr. Miguel has no sense of being a director who has made a successful movie at all. He is a mess, but he is still willing to be an assistant without a title by your side. With a meager salary, Living in an apartment shared with other people without even the bare minimum of security.”

William raised his eyebrows: "Are you worth it for him?"

"No, it's an honor to be by your side. If you don't need an agent, I will definitely come to your door and try my best to promote myself to you the first time I see the blood red. I mean, Mr. Beckett only listens to you. I actually tried to contact him many times before, but he never agreed. I had no choice but to ask the beautiful Miss Wendy to follow your curve the road to national salvation."

"I won't force MiG to do what he doesn't want to do." If MiG didn't want an agent, William wouldn't force him to have an agent either.

"It's not that he doesn't need it, but he's worried about you."

"I?"

"I don't know what agreement you have made with him, but he made it clear to me that he will only help by your side, even if it's a helper, it doesn't matter, just so that when you need him, he can Show up at any time. It's not that he doesn't need a manager, but he's afraid that after he leaves, he will break some agreement with you. So I..."

William froze for a moment, then his good memory helped him quickly recall the first meeting with MiG, and the money he "lend" to MiG.

In fact, William hadn't settled the account for a long time, but MiG still remembered it.

William sent Wendy a text message: 【MiG hasn't paid off the money he owes me yet? 】Wendy:【When the people on earth go public, they will pay off. 】The people on Earth earned nearly ten million yuan, but Miguel, the director, didn't want a single cent. He should pay off whatever he owed.

【Then he...】

Wendy sighed helplessly. Miguel looked very shrewd and enchanting, but in fact he had a slender and persistent girlish heart than her. He privately believed that he would stay by William's side for the rest of his life and would not be moved by any interests. .He felt that it would be a kind of betrayal to William to leave William and set up his own family. He only wanted to make films for William for the rest of his life, as long as William needed.

That's why Wendy is willing to help Ah Luo connect, because she knows that William is not the kind of person who will return favors.Wendy had discovered MiG's stubbornness a long time ago, but she didn't know how to tell William. Fortunately, she cast herself in the trap of Luo.

William really wasn't.So, he directly agreed to Ah Luo for MiG, and decided to talk to MiG as soon as possible.

The author has something to say: *Aro is an original character, and Spielberg's agency is indeed CAA, but the name of the agent... The stupid author doesn't know ＿(:з"∠)_so, and this Aro is not Piaro, the stupid author is just too lazy to come up with a new name [Hey