Hollywood Hunter

In the headline article of "The Hollywood Reporter", this media's account of the WMA packaging project event even went into many specific details.

The whole report begins with Jonathan Friedman's launch of the packaging project, including several Hollywood studios out of fear of WMA's switch to packaging operation strategies, and connected in series to try to resist the process; until finally Jonathan Friedman was dissatisfied Man Broca's compromise and uneven distribution of project benefits, the complete collapse of the head boss, and so on, this series of causes and consequences is like experiencing the whole thing in person.

In fact, in addition to internal disclosure, this article is obviously impossible from other sources.

The factions within WMA are almost well known.

Stabbing out this infighting scandal will have an inestimable negative impact on WMA, but at the same time, if President Norman Broca and Vice President Jonathan Friedman are unlucky, many people can. Benefit from it.

After all, even between Norman Broca and Jonathan Friedman, there are seven vice presidents waiting to go further.There are countless other WMA agents who are still struggling to climb up.

Any of these people have enough reasons to do this.

In the face of the unexpected news article of "The Hollywood Reporter", it was too late to investigate who had leaked the dispute. The WMA management had to deal with the incessant media inquiries.

On the morning of the publication of the "Hollywood Reporter" article, in an interview with the Los Angeles Times reporter in New York, WMA Chairman Lu Weiss firmly denied all the contents of the "Hollywood Reporter" news, and also revealed WMA has reached a preliminary agreement with Fox Pictures, the company's first packaging project has not failed, and high-level internal fighting naturally does not exist.

However, when the media turned to Fox Pictures for verification, the response of Fox Pictures President Ronald Goldberg was ambiguous, neither acknowledging nor denying, but only telling reporters that the company is still in contact with WMA, it is not convenient to disclose Detailed details.

This is actually the result of an urgent consultation between WMA and senior Fox executives.

Fox Pictures violated the tacit agreement with several other major film companies, privately trying to win the "Butterfly Effect", after being pierced, although it made Fox management very embarrassed in front of peers.But Ronald Goldberg also understands that if at this time it is completely denied that the whole thing will make WMA step down, WMA will not make Fox too good next.

In addition to persuading Fox to cooperate with himself to play the double reed, WMA executives also privately contacted the main shareholder of "The Hollywood Reporter" Takie Kassel. You have come and gone, and finally got the other party will not publish WMA caught by surprise News promise.

After tossing for a whole day, WMA originally thought that it had successfully dragged the whole thing back to the room for turning around.

The next day, another breaking news was published again.

The reporter reportedly did enough homework, because the article actually shifted its position, bypassing the "Hollywood Reporter", which was beaten by WMA, and published in another Hollywood newspaper "Daily Variety".

"Daily Variety" belongs to the daily newspapers of Variety Company. Together with the weekly Variety Magazine, it forms the two major media platforms of Variety Company.In fact, "The Hollywood Reporter" also distinguishes between daily newspapers and weekly magazines, but it doesn't have another name like variety.

The breaking news of "Daily Variety" is more detailed, and even involves the content of WMA President Norman Broca's package after "compromising" with Fox.

It highlights Matthew Broderick's $5 million pay contract and the stingy buyout agreement received by the screenwriter of the project script "Butterfly Effect", and points out that these two agreements led to Norman. Broca and Jonathan Freedman had conflicting fuse.

With the revelation of "Daily Variety" again, many daily newspaper media including the "Los Angeles Times" have also begun to pay attention to this matter, and there is a tendency for the situation to continue to expand.

Faced with this situation, WMA and Fox had to continue to deny all the news in the media.

However, everyone also knows that in order to avoid greater ups and downs, it is imminent to take strong measures to quickly and thoroughly resolve this storm.

So, after the weekend, on July 21, Monday, WMA Chairman Lu Weisi and CEO Lee Stevens followed Norman Broca, who rushed back to the stable situation in Los Angeles in advance, and also arrived on the West Coast.

At nine o'clock in the morning, at the WMA headquarters on Camino Street, there were only four people sitting in the spacious meeting room, the two big men from the East Coast and the two parties involved in the whole matter.

"Before I came to Los Angeles yesterday, I personally communicated with Mr. Murdoch, Chairman of News Corporation," sitting at the head of the conference table, Lu Weisi, who was 75 years old this year, looked a little tired, but his eyes were still sharp. After glancing at the three subordinates, he said: "Mr Murdoch has agreed that Fox will try to cooperate with us to complete the "Butterfly Effect" project. However, this matter must be adjusted. Also, I declare in advance, The next thing I said is the final decision. The two of you can’t object, you just have to implement it. If you can’t do it, you can pack up and leave.”

With that said, Lu Weiss looked down at his memo, looked up again, and glanced at Norman Broca and Jonathan Friedman, saying, "Since we have rejected many in the media Breaking news, then, the original packaging plan must be adjusted. First, the actor needs to be replaced, no longer Matthew. And, Norman, I have promised Fox, Matthew will star in their new film, named "Plan X", they said they had handed the script to you before, right?"

Norman Broca nodded, but then asked, "Lu, what about Matthew's remuneration?"

Lu Weiss stared at Norman Broca and said, "Three million dollars."

Upon hearing the figures exploded by Lu Weiss, Norman Broca stood up and said, "This is too low!"

"Only $3 million," Lu Weiss said in an undoubted tone: "Or, you can leave."

Norman Broca's mouth moved, and he nodded after all, and sat down again with an unwilling expression.

Jonathan Friedman can also choose to switch from WMA in the last resort, but Norman Broca cannot do this. He is the president of the largest talent agency in North America and even the world. After switching, unless he is independent, he will not May find his place in any other brokerage company.But if you choose to be independent, even if you can pull away a group of top stars, Norman Broca will never have the power at this time in the future.

Lu Weisi saw Norman Broca sit down and nodded in satisfaction, then looked at Jonathan Friedman.