Hollywood Hunter

Jonathan Friedman has explained to Simon all aspects of the entire project related to the entanglement is very clear, rejected the contract, Simon can foresee that he will have a very difficult way to go.

Screwing up the first project WMA tried to transform, how could Hollywood's largest talent agency ever let itself go.With the horrible heritage of WMA's operation in Hollywood for 100 years, the other party wants to clean up themselves, perhaps only a phone call is enough to make his newly-launched small screenwriter difficult to do in Hollywood.

However, Simon did not regret the decision.

He has experienced too much in the previous life, Simon does not want his life to be compromised from the beginning.

Returning to Santa Monica, Simon continued his life rhythm step by step.

These days, Simon has begun to plan the shooting budget of "Rola Run", and he has not changed his plan because of the changes in the morning.

After spending an afternoon, Simon visited several movie equipment rental companies in downtown Santa Monica, consulted in detail about the rental prices of various types of shooting equipment needed for the filming of "Laura Run", and made careful notes.

At 5 o'clock in the afternoon, Simon returned to the motel, eating, bathing, and sleeping.At 10:50 in the middle of the night, I arrived at Roger's 7-11 convenience store on time and began to work overnight.

The next morning, Simon called Jonathan's office again, hoping to make an appointment for the next meeting.

What surprised Simon was that no one answered the phone.

After several consecutive unsuccessful calls, Simon had planned to go to WMA again, but Jonathan's assistant Irving Wright drove over.

Owen Wright, who had a rushed look, told Simon that Jonathan had completely abandoned the "Butterfly Effect" packaging project. Yesterday afternoon, he flew to the WMA headquarters in New York. At the same time, he hoped Simon could wait patiently for a few days. Jonathan still hopes to continue as his agent.

Owen Wright, who obviously wants to visit other customers, simply left with Simon after a few words. Although Simon had a joy and surprise in his heart, he was not too surprised by the decision made by Jonathan.

Yesterday's broker in extreme depression was obviously like a spring that was suppressed to the extreme.Simon doesn't know how much Jonathan's rebound has to do with himself, but as long as the agent doesn't completely lose his'toughness', it will almost be sooner or later.

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WMA was first established in New York and later developed to Los Angeles.

Since the 1950s, with the rapid rise of the US television industry and the silence of Hollywood movies for more than two decades, WMA's focus has always been on the East Coast.Even now, although the Hollywood film industry has begun to recover, and the center of gravity of the US media industry has moved westward again, a core executive of WMA still sticks to New York.

In Manhattan, 25th Street is in a building next to Madison Square Garden, where WMA’s headquarters is located.

When Simon and Owen Wright met, New York on the east coast was close to noon.

At this time, in a conference room at WMA headquarters, the quarrel that continued for a whole morning continued.

After Jonathan Friedman made up his mind yesterday, he prepared himself for the future and flew to New York in a hurry.In any case, he did not want to give up everything he had accumulated in the WMA struggle for more than 20 years, so he decided to pre-empt and actively seek the support of the WMA senior.

Norman Broca's biased behavior in dealing with the "Butterfly Effect" project also gave him reason to do so.

Suddenly heard that Jonathan Friedman intends to completely abandon the "Butterfly Effect", Norman Broca is almost violent, and the entire WMA management has reached a tacit agreement on this matter,

The call back failed, and Norman Broca rushed to Jonathan's office, but learned that the other party had left the company.

Desperate, Norman Broca simply asked the security guard to seal off Jonathan's office, and even drove Irving Wright out of the company.

Since you left your hands like this, don't come back.

In the evening, Norman Broca, whose anger did not dissipate, suddenly received a call from New York and learned that Jonathan Friedman had flew to the East Coast.Quickly trying to understand what the other party was going to do, Norman Broca did not hesitate and chased to New York overnight.

When we arrived in Manhattan, it was already 2 o'clock in the morning on the east coast.

The two executives at the West Coast headquarters were so arrogant that the entire WMA management team was quickly alarmed.

So, this morning, WMA chairman Lu Weisi, company CEO Lee Stevens and some other board members all came to the company headquarters.

This was followed by a full morning quarrel.

Jonathan Friedman always has a gentle appearance when facing customers, but he also has a strong side.

In the face of the company's big boss, Jonathan mercilessly accused Norman Broca of the weak behavior of the studio that he only actively compromised with a little pressure, and also criticized the other party for considering only itself in the details of subsequent cooperation. Selfishness of interest.

Norman Broca naturally fought back, claiming that he would implement the company's first packaging project as soon as possible, and that it was really considered by WMA.

As for contractual preference for his clients, Norman Broca doesn’t feel that there is anything wrong with his decision.

Counting "Game of War" at the fifth place in North America's box office in 1983, and "Teaching Genius" who is also expected to make more than $70 million at the box office this year and squeeze into the annual list, only four years after debut, Matthew Broderick It already has two top ten movies in the North American box office rankings.

Such a movie star that is expected to become the next Tom Cruise, there is nothing wrong with the company making any tilt in resources.

Norman Broca has been in this company since the age of 15 with the help of his uncle as WMA vice president. After decades of contacts, most members of the company's board of directors are almost on his side.

However, Jonathan Friedman's backer happens to be WMA's chairman Lu Weisi, the strength can not be underestimated.

Although he was very dissatisfied with Jonathan’s initiative to intensify contradictions, the situation has developed so far that Lu Weiss has to stand firmly on his side, otherwise, Jonathan Friedman is suppressed, Lu. Weiss himself may also be implicated.

Let the two quarrel all morning.At lunch, Lu Weisi took the initiative to mediate and discuss the solution with several other board members.

Jonathan has not yet made his decision to give up the "Butterfly Effect" package project public, and there is room for manoeuvre.

After lunch, the other board members left, and Lu Weiss also announced the results of their preliminary discussions to the two.

In any case, the "Butterfly Effect" packaging project must continue.However, Lu Weisi himself will take over the project and discuss the cooperation plan with the film company again.In addition, both Norman Broca and Jonathan Freedman need to let go completely and never ask about it.All subsequent arrangements for the project are directly determined by the headquarters.

Now that things have developed, Norman Broca knows that it will not do him any good to continue.Jonathan Friedman also successfully threw out the hot potato in his hand, while retaining his position.

So, although they were very unwilling on the surface, the two agreed.

However, there are always too many unexpected changes in this world.

Early the next morning, Norman Broca and Jonathan Friedman hadn’t had time to rush back to Los Angeles, and they saw a news that caught everyone off guard almost simultaneously from the latest issue of The Hollywood Reporter. .

"Hollywood Reporter" didn't know where to get the news, and suddenly stabbed all the recent events.

"The failure of the packaging project led to the company's infighting, and the incumbent agency giant encountered difficulties in its transformation"

The continuing storm in the first half of the year has not completely dissipated, and the sudden news of "The Hollywood Reporter" suddenly left the company in chaos again.