Hollywood legendary director

CAA’s office floor is brightly lit, although it is already 7 o’clock in the evening, it’s already early to get off work.

But Johnson was still busy in the office and did not leave.

"Hi, man, I'm getting off work, do I want to go home together?" The speaker was named Sith, who is also a CAA agent. They rented the place not far apart, so the return journey was smooth.

There are not a few people working hard in this world, and Sith is the kind of person who is willing to work hard on his career.The two have similar personalities, and their usual friendship is not bad.

"No, I haven't finished with a few things, you go back first." Even so, Johnson still chose to decline.

"See you are really busy lately, drink this every day." He pointed to another cup of brewed coffee and said, "Not good for sleep."

"There is no way, even if you go to bed late, but you can't slack off work." Johnson said with a wry smile.

An agent at the back also noticed the two, turned around, and interrupted: "Johnson is different from us now. He is a busy man."

Why does this sound so sour?

Johnson smiled and ignored it.

Although it is stated in the entry code of employees that everyone in the company is equal, but in real terms, their brokers are not in a superior position.

Really flat management methods can only be thought of, how can they be realized?In CAA, newcomers and those with certain qualifications, although they are all public offices separated by four people, their status will be different. For example, he and Sith are better than this bb, and they are a little better. Both of them have talent resources that are making achievements. Naturally, both in terms of salary and the confidence to speak, they are better than those who do not have good talent resources.

Speeches and opportunities can also get feedback from the management. After all, he is already a middle-level force.

One step further is the senior broker, and even CAA's partner status.

"Well, you're busy, I'm leaving now."

"Bye." Johnson greeted politely.

As soon as the voice fell, a colleague pushed open the door of the office from the outside, "Johnson, Mr. Bryan is looking for you."

In the envious eyes of his colleagues, Johnson got up and left the office.

"He is really beautiful now." The colleague who just said sourly made no secret of his jealousy. "It would be great if I signed the director Lyman, it's a pity..."

After speaking, he shook his head and turned around.

Sith, who has not left on the side, is actually a little envious. He used to be the loudest in this office, but now, it seems that the situation has changed.

However, he didn't sink into this bad mood all the time, flashed it briefly, and immediately strengthened his belief: opportunities are all won by himself, and the blame is that he didn't go all out.

At the beginning, Lehman had a preliminary discussion with Kevin Hoween, but it was said who should be brought, and the people in their office had a chance to compete, but in the end, Johnson's determination was even greater.

After all, with such demanding service conditions and no right to claim without authorization, they are really not seen by middle-level brokers like CAA.

The compensation of each of them is not low. In a capital society like the United States, they can be considered to have a foothold. Of course, they will think of standing and making money while keeping their waists straighter.

But now, maybe I still regret it a bit.

Not only Hollywood actors and directors need opportunities, but their agents also need opportunities.

Who doesn't want to climb up, climb to the top of the industry.

Seeing Johnson, who had recently become exhausted but becoming more energetic, Sith shook his head and left the CAA headquarters.

I chose the road myself, there is nothing to say.

On the other side, Johnson quickly walked to the front of Brian Lord's office, knocked on the door twice, then opened the door and walked in.

"Mr. Bryan..." He stood at the desk and said, "Is there anything wrong with me?"

"Just now, the box office statistics and surveys until 6 o'clock came out." Brian Lord's big bald head seemed to be brighter than before. He smiled and said: "Let's take a look."

With that, he handed Johnson a sorted document.

Johnson took it and scanned it quickly, his face growing with joy.

2700 theaters opened paintings, and "Furious" won $6.75 million. If you add the statistics of the night show, it should be 7 million.

As for the audience's word of mouth, the survey company hired randomly consulted 4223 audiences. Among them, the A+ rating rate was 82%, the rating rate above A was 90%, and the rating rate below C was less than 1%.

These data are enough to show that the reputation of "Furious" premiere is very good, and the box office is also right on this reputation.

"Lyman really didn't disappoint us."

Brian Lord asked, "What is he doing lately?"

"I didn't do anything, and didn't see him have a new film plan."

Brian Lord shook his bald head, pondered for a while, and then said: "In the business of director Lyman..."

He looked at Johnson, "You did a good job."

Johnson's face was a little joyful, but he said with restraint: "His own potential is too prominent."

Brian Lord did not answer him. Instead, he said, "There is an office on the fifth floor of the company building. You can pack your stuff and move in. Also, most of the company's existing resources and networks can also be used. Appropriate use."

Indeed, in CAA, there is no such thing as a promotion for a broker, but upon hearing this, Johnson understands that his company's status is a substantial improvement.

The huge investment he invested in Lehman has begun to pay off.

With his hands resting on the table, Brian Lord saw that he had finished his order, and he casually mentioned that Johnson could handle Lyman's artist service, and waved him out of the office.

At the same time, in the headquarters building of Hollywood Paramount Pictures, Shirley Lansing also got similar statistics for the "Furious" movie.

These survey data are not confidential, and major film manufacturers can easily get them for a fee.

Looking at the entire market feedback, Shirley Lansing slowly breathed a sigh of relief. She is now under increasing pressure within the company.

Those competitors are coveting her position, and spending such a large amount of resources into Lehman's new work is unavoidable to bear certain joint and several responsibility.

If she fails, her situation will definitely get worse.

However, in life, there is no if.

"Furious" brought far-than-expected premiere word-of-mouth and market box office, even if it does not fully represent the performance trend of a film, but the overall situation is based on it.

Shirley Lansing's mood suddenly improved, and she once again proved her vision and blocked the mouths of those people.

"Call the head of marketing, Charlie." Shirley Lansing picked up the landline in the office and called.

After a while, Charlie rushed over.

"Film statistics, have you watched it?"

"Look." Charlie is a slightly bald middle-aged white man, sitting on an office chair at this time, and earnestly suggested: "I think the 2,700 cinema chains we won in the first week are somewhat conservative. "The market potential of "has not been fully released yet, are we going to persuade theaters to add more screens?"

"I also understand that some are missing, but Charlie, there is no way." Shirley Lansing shook his head, "The entire North American market is so big, so many competitors have to participate in the Christmas period. It’s also difficult to arrange. Just like we are in the same issue with MGM Home Entertainment, they and we have invested huge resources in the operation of the movie, and there are so many screens, with them lying in it, we can no longer Get more than 3000 theaters as usual."

"Yes, but they don't want to get the scale of more than 3,000 theaters."

Shirley Lansing smiled, did not speak, this is a very natural fact.

Competition in Hollywood is everywhere, from scripts to actors to directors to the theaters and filming teams behind them. These are the battlefields that each film company needs to fight for and snatch for it. After so many years, it has long been familiar.

"What about "007: Die Another Day"? What about the results?" Shirley Lansing thought of the only competitor in the past two weeks.

"2732 theaters received 8.26 million US dollars." Charlie leaned back in his chair and continued: "It fits the first day of the 007 series."

Shirley Lansing nodded, expressing her understanding. After all, the fan base is there. If you can't do "Furious" in the first week, you will only get more and more hopeless in the future. This is also the common problem of the main fan series, that is, the first week. A comparison between the box office and the box office of the next week, mostly inverse growth.

"However, their reputation is not good." Charlie continued: "According to the feedback from the survey company, their score is 7.5, while "Furious" has 8.6."

"Don't talk about it." Shirley Lansing shook her head. "These data are too false. The internal evaluation of market analysis makes jokes every year. What I want to hear is the evaluation of the audience."

""007: Die Another Day" collected 4632 questionnaires from the audience. The A+ rating rate was 78%, the rating rate above A was 82%, and the rating rate below C was 2%." Charlie published In my opinion, "The fan phenomenon on the first day was too serious. After a few days, their ratings are expected to dive."

"Well, continue to pay attention, we must keep abreast of this information." Shirley Lansing said in a deep voice.

Next, the two discussed some other company matters.

But when the results of "Furious" are not bad, it is always here that attracts everyone's attention.

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