Hollywood legendary director

Unlike producers who can take care of their own work, directors, screenwriters, actors, etc., all need to deal with the film company, then a series of affairs such as contract, box office dividends, interest competition, studio power, etc., also include work contacts and chores. Handling, media public relations, etc., these things are all with the help of an agent.

This may not be a necessary choice, but it is the most correct choice.

After all, one's energy is always limited, and one's abilities are also limited. There are some things that can't be easily solved by a single person.

The emergence of brokers or brokerage companies is very necessary. They are very professional and know how to deal with the departments of major film companies. The abundant resources in their hands can also provide better needs for customers.

Of course, Lehman doesn't need those, he just wants an expert who can help him deal with trivial matters at work, or communicate and negotiate issues.

So, yesterday, after the verbal agreement with Kevin Hoween was reached, Lehman commissioned a lawyer, and the two came to CAA's headquarters-a commercial building in Century City.

Walk into the elevator and go up to the eighth floor.

After exiting the elevator and explaining their intentions to the front desk staff, the two followed into a large and luxuriously decorated reception room.

Not long after, relevant CAA personnel also walked in.

Lyman sat on the left side of a long conference table and turned to the last page of the contract.

After confirming that it was correct, under the guidance of the lawyer Joey next to him, he slid his name in the blank space where he needed to sign.

After the two-part contract was signed, Lehman exchanged contract documents with Kevin Hoween and Brian Lauder, who represented CAA.

At this moment, the videographer waiting on the side seized the opportunity to press the shutter of the camera in his hand to record this scene.

"It's a great honor for us to reach an agreement with Director Lehman to sign this economic contract." One of the five senior leaders of CAA, the big bald Brian Lauder, smiled and looked very happy. "CAA welcomes you like you. Of young talents joined our big family!"

Lehman shook hands with him amicably, then smiled and said, "I am also very honored to be able to join the embrace of CAA."

What the scene said, who wouldn't say it, don't think you can look very kind if you shave a big bald head.

The agreement can be reached because everyone thinks it is feasible after analyzing the pros and cons. Otherwise, can this happen?

After the cameraman finished taking the photos, he voluntarily left the reception room, and the lawyer Joey on the side was also respectfully invited out by Kevin Howien.

It seems that the next step is to arrange specific affairs personnel, and Lehman has also investigated these.

CAA, also known as an innovative artist agency, was established in 1975. The legendary miracle is Michael Ovitz. He has personally led CAA for 20 years. With his extraordinary personal charm and business ability, CAA has been transformed from a start-up unknown. Become the industry leader.

This ambitious wage earner was first a member of the William Morris agency. Later, he couldn't stand that the company system was too conservative. Young people like him who were hardworking and motivated couldn't get in the position at all. The senior brokers stood on top of each other. When the little brother worked hard every day to work overtime, it was not himself who made it, so the hard and hot days made him reluctant.

Ovitz began to whine in private with the other three talented brokers of the company every day, until he met another "anti-boned boy" Ron Meyer, and Meyer urged everyone to go out and stand on their own.

They hesitated at first, but decided to go to the bank to try if they could get the loan, but they didn’t expect that the person in charge of the bank was a good friend of the company’s CFO, so these five unlucky plans were discovered before they started. , And were fired by the company's senior management.

When the road broke, these few were also ruthless. The company didn't even have a business license, so they dared to fool others into saying that they were a formal brokerage company.

With hard work and a certain amount of luck, they gradually become bigger and stronger, and since their founders started by "rebellion" and digging walls, they have designed a set of special rules for the management methods of their employees and artists .And these systems have been used to this day.

Including:

First, everyone is equal. Every broker can be called a partner of CAA instead of an employee. There is no sign in the office, and the payroll is arranged in alphabetical order. Second, there is no single exclusive broker for each client. All have to arrange 4 to 5 brokers to be responsible for service work in order to prevent brokers from taking their customer resources to invest in other houses; third, income classification, as long as there is strength, there is no limit on annual income, how much can you earn , All rely on their own ability; fourth, it is the famous packaging service, using the resources in hand, packaging into a variety of resources needed for production.

Not long after the clearing, four more CAA subordinates entered the reception room.In this way, it was his agent team. Just as Lyman was looking at it secretly, Kevin Hoween took the initiative to introduce it.

"This is Johnson Brandon, responsible for media communication and your daily life service."

"This is Brown Kaliman, responsible for literary creation, and can also choose the right script for you."

"This is Garland Davis, in charge of the special opportunity part."

"This is Catherine Johnson, who is also responsible for literature and documentation."

"If they can't handle the matter, you can also call me and I can also provide relevant help."

In a small group of 4 people, two middle-aged people, one middle-aged woman, and the last slightly younger, Johnson Brandon, will be the person mainly responsible for his daily work. As for Kevin Hoween The last sentence added, Lehman didn't take it seriously.

One of the five top executives of CAA can logically control most of the brokerage business of the entire company, but who can often trouble him?

Lehman shook hands with the four people very politely. In any case, they will be the small team that CAA arranged for him in the future. Maybe everyone still doesn't know each other or knows whether they can work and get along in the future. Achieving rapport requires a little time and a test of business capabilities.

Anyway, in CAA, customers can change brokers at any time.

This is also clearly marked in the economic contract signed by both parties. When it is necessary to drive to this right, Lehman will not hesitate in the slightest.

Brian Lauder and Kevin Hoween are both important partners of CAA. They also have a lot of work to be busy at ordinary times. They can appear at the signing ceremony, but also to show the importance of Lehman, the new director. Nowadays, the work and personnel ratios have been arranged clearly, and the attitude has been well expressed. After leaving a few more words, he immediately left the reception room.

The other three agents also have their own jobs to be busy. Except for Johnson Brandon, who is in charge of media public relations and daily business processing, stayed, the other three also left here.

"Mr. Lyman," Johnson Brandon is the youngest among these people, but his work attitude is still not mentioned. After a while, he entered a state of considering customers, "You have recently needed me Do things?"

"Of course." Now that he has signed the contract and is willing to pay the 10% commission (extracted from the salary or work remuneration collected by Lehman personally), Lehman will certainly not be polite, "I have a new project recently. I need you to help me negotiate."

Johnson Brandon immediately took out his pen and notebook, "Is there a specific need?"

Lehman thought for a while, "Try to help me raise my salary, oh, one more thing, I want to inject capital into new projects in the name of the studio, and receive a proportional return on the box office."

Yes, no one is indifferent to the benefits created by "Three Fools in Bollywood". CAA is willing to win him over, and it is precisely on this point. As for Lehman himself, he can only benefit from that huge income. Get millions of dollars, no one can restrain yourself from thinking.

Moreover, he has confidence in his films, and his thoughts and plans of bringing capital into the game and sharing the proceeds of his work naturally came into his mind.

"Specifically, the amount of capital invested?"

Uh, the specific amount... Lehman thought about it again.

At present, there are about 20 million US dollars in the studio's account, all of which are accumulated by "Buried Alive" and "Three Fools Haunted Bollywood".

The money? I definitely can't spend all of it. Even if I am confident, I am afraid that I am not afraid of 10,000 yuan. If I lose it, I guess it will be cold again.

Therefore, it is necessary to leave a start-up capital, which is tentatively set at 8 million. Then, there is 12 million US dollars left.

However, it is estimated that Europa Pictures will not agree too much with such a large amount. After all, the total investment budget of the new project is only 50 million, and he alone manages nearly a quarter of it, so how can others play it?

Estimating this way, Lehman opened his mouth and said: "Let's talk as much as possible. The bottom line is 5 million US dollars. I must bring at least 5 million into the group and share the relevant revenue."

"Well, I will follow up on this matter." Johnson Brandon put away his notebook, "I will notify you as soon as I have any news and discuss it with you."

He took two steps closer, "If there is nothing else, then I will leave first. I still need to deal with the handover of the business."

"Goodbye." Lyman shook his hand and politely watched him leave.

......

When the time passed to the next day, Lehman took Ryan and his team together with CAA's agent Johnson on the plane and went to Paris, France.

Europa Pictures passed the project review and began preliminary negotiations with Lehman on the film "Furious".