Rebirth

"It's a pity, in my opinion, the development potential of CAA is full. As far as it is said to be the best, it only shows that Ovitz's vision is too small.

The current CAA is indeed top-notch in terms of national TV and movies, but only TV and movies are enough.

CAA's packaging system is indeed good. The one-stop service will capture Hollywood movies and TV from screenwriters, stars, directors, etc., but this has also exacerbated the opposition between CAA and major media giants.

From this point of view alone, your successor is smarter than you. Although in the end it is your packaging system, it is at least softer and more popular with these media giants.

If it were me, I would then prepare to enter the rest of entertainment, such as pop music superstars, top supermodels, sports superstars, etc., and even go out of the United States to the world, such as those football stars in Europe, those entertainment stars in Asia, and so on.

As long as these industries can reach the top level, they will not be inferior to your original business, or even exceed them.

If you have achieved the success of CAA in Hollywood TV and movies in these industries that I mentioned before, then your CAA will not be a business of hundreds of millions of dollars.

As long as you succeed, you can learn some of the experience of IMG (International Management Company). By then, it may be a business of billions, tens of billions, or even tens of billions."

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Hearing Li Feng's words, Michael Ovitz suddenly stood up in surprise and looked at Li Feng in surprise. Obviously, Li Feng's words shocked Ovitz. He really awakened the man in his dream.

Yes, why do we stand still in a single industry? To give the simplest example, if a brokerage company can achieve the combined strength of CAA and IMG, then this company will definitely become a giant in the industry, even inferior to it. Media giant.

Even when the company is developing towards the world based on the United States, although I don’t know the income of European football stars, I can see the income of NBA stars. How big is the income of sports stars.

It can be said that after listening to Li Feng’s words, Michael Ovitz is indeed waking up from a dream. Comparing his strength during the CAA period to the present, he is restrained everywhere in Disney, thinking that if CAA can achieve all aspects that Li Feng said, When the time comes, those entertainment media giants are asking for their own.

Li Feng felt that he had already said everything that should be said, and he didn't know if Michael Ovitz would agree to it, but he was ready to end today's topic, and the rest would be just chatting and lesbian.

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"OK, I don't think Mr. Ovitz can make a decision all at once. You can think about it. If you are engaged in the brokerage business again, you can consider cooperating with me. I have a great advantage here.

First, if you are engaged in the brokerage business again, it is impossible to return to CAA again. CAA is no longer yours, and with me you can get full trust to run the brokerage department, and I have sufficient strength Let you complete the wireless possibility I said today.

Secondly, I already have a group of second-tier celebrities around me, and my opinion is that if you set up a brokerage company, you can directly hire the top brokers first, so that the brokers can set up independent studios with the top celebrities and be affiliated with the brokerage company. The company has certain shares, and the studio can be operated independently.

This can maximize the potential of these agents and super stars, and at the same time coordinate the relationship between the brokerage company and the star agents and super stars to ensure multi-party benefits."

Sure enough, following Li Feng’s words, Ovitz was surprised by Li Feng again. He was amazed by the studio vision Li Feng said. There are very few studios like Hollywood. After all, there is no powerful agency to help. There are too few successful stars.

Regarding Li Feng’s proposal, Ovitz is very clear. As a top figure in the agency industry, he suddenly thought of the benefits of this star studio. This is indeed a powerful way for the agency to slow down the relationship with superstars and star agents. arms.

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Naturally, it was a little chat. Michael Ovitz did not directly agree. Before, he was only considering a retreat for himself. He wanted to contact Li Feng, but he did not expect Li Feng to be so extraordinary about the brokerage company. The idea of ​​this has exceeded Ovitz’s original imagination.

In the end, he said that he needed to think about it, and finally left after a while.

"Barry, what kind of decision do you think Ovitz will make?" Li Feng asked Barry Diller as he watched Ovitz drive away.

"Boss, I think Ovitz has already moved, and it is a star BOSS that your vision has far exceeded the scale of the general brokerage company's vision. If you can really succeed, you can imagine that the brokerage company at that time was definitely a super giant. In the entertainment and sports industries all over the world, they are all chess players."

"Oh, hope, Barry, I hope you set up a brokerage company first. We will prepare with both hands. I heard that Rick Yorn (Rick Yorn), the agent of the hero of the big ship movie of the truck driver, is one of them. Independent agent, he is also Diaz's agent and a well-known Hollywood producer.

If Ovitz disagrees, I hope you can have a good talk with him, I hope he will join the brokerage company, and I can let him be in charge of the brokerage company business.

In fact, a brokerage company is the most powerful way to win over such a star broker. For example, as long as you win over Rick Jorne, I imagine that neither Leonardo nor Cameron Diaz can run away.

Barry, after the establishment of the brokerage company, our strategy is to start with such a celebrity broker, coupled with the independent studio model, we will definitely be able to develop the brokerage company."

"BOSS, I understand that I will arrange it tomorrow and improve it as soon as possible." Barry Diller was full of confidence for the most time. This is the confidence that Li Feng has given them all the time. After all, Li Feng has a reputation for failing.

Since Barry said that he wanted to set up a brokerage company, Li Feng had been on the idea of ​​Card Great God and Xiao Lizi. After all, he was too famous, and then he was investigated, and Xiao Lizi's agent entered Li Feng's sight.

Unexpectedly, even Cameron Diaz is under his name. Li Feng naturally didn’t want to let it go. The most important thing is that Rick Jon wants to be a producer and not just an agent, and he doesn’t have an agent. In the company, Li Feng can fully meet his conditions, and naturally he can hire people together.

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Originally, Li Feng wanted to go back to Silicon Valley, but this time Barry’s arrival has delayed his trip to Silicon Valley.

That night, Li Feng walked into the study, turned on the computer, and then began to tap on the keyboard IQ.

It turned out that Li Feng wanted to come, if he set up a brokerage company, would he be able to imagine ways on the stars, such as catching the big stars in the future, and then hit the computer.

If it is said that in the pop music circle, it is natural that later generations will have familiar names, such as Michael Jackson, Madonna, etc. However, it is impossible for a new agency to dig such a superstar.

However, at the end of the 1990s and the beginning of the 21st century, Li Feng would not hesitate to propose a name, that is Britney Bryney, the queen who swept the world.

Although the big fat girl in later generations has changed, when he was young, Blaney did take over European and American pop music classes and was called the new generation of pop queen.

Naturally, Li Feng also thought of Jennifer Lopez, the Latin queen who had been in contact before. The later Jennifer Lopez has become the top of the industry in both vertical and horizontal film and music industries. , Almost gone even in Hollywood.

Other young people such as Avril Lavigne, Mei Mei, Bibo, Beyoncé, etc. Li Feng also wrote a lot. In short, I tried my best to write everything I could hear about. Anyway, these people I can hear about are basically all It's a superstar level, and you can find one.

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He said that Li Feng was at ease here, but Barry Diller started to get busy. He first contacted the women around Li Feng, then contacted his agent, and transferred all the women here to the agency.

Fortunately, apart from Winona, the women around Li Feng are not superstars. These agents are not star agents. They are all easily signed. Naturally, they also paid a little price.

However, so many promising female celebrities have become contracted clients of the same brokerage company, and they have attracted the attention of people in Hollywood, especially after Winona Reid also announced that they have become contracted clients of the new brokerage company a few days later. After that, more attention was paid.

Li Feng started to move, and on Disney’s side, Michael Ovitz was not idle. Michael Ovitz, who had already retreated, was no longer just a nonsense. Originally wanted to have a good chat with Eisner, but unfortunately, chat. The result was not ideal. Eisner still had the opinion that you had something to do by yourself, and the two almost quarreled and broke up unhappy.

This also made Michael Ovitz finally made up his mind and resigned the next day, which surprised everyone in Disney.