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Chapter 686 A Steady, Accurate Counterattack (4300+ chapters, please subscribe~)

Snapped!
Ovitz threw the phone on the table viciously. At this time, the other three people in Ovitz's room could tell that Ovitz must have been pissed off by something. Witz, not at this time!
Meyer directly motioned Aniston to leave the room first.

After Aniston left Ovitz's room, she kept an eye out for herself. She didn't close the door of the room, but left a gap, which was just right for her to hear the voice inside.

"What happened?" Meyer asked directly.

Ovitz said viciously: "Just now Hera Brokers announced that they have obtained the investment of 5 million U.S. dollars from Lutai Investment, and they have spread the word in the industry that they will increase the salaries of active brokers by 50%. At the same time, they announced that only CAA brokers If you pass Hera's agent and take away a star, you will be rewarded with 50 US dollars!"

Mayer and Harper both showed shocked expressions. No one thought that Hera's agent would do this. In their opinion, Hera's agent should poach people, but their targets must be those who have already become famous. director, but they forget that in a brokerage company, although the resources of stars and directors are very important, the agent is also very important. .

After all, celebrities don't care about the specific business. They only need to ensure the success of their performance when they perform. And those specific things are all done by the agent. Now Hera's agent is directly targeting CAA Brokers!

A celebrity may not have deep feelings for his agency, but he must have absolute trust in his agent. As long as the agent leaves, the celebrity will leave with a high probability
"Immediately hold a meeting within the company, and at the same time improve the treatment of our agents, we must appease everyone's emotions." Ovitz immediately ordered.

Harper immediately went out to deal with the matter, and Meyer stayed in the office and said, "Hera's brokerage is breaking the rules of the entire industry. If this is the case, how will the other brokerage companies react?"

Ovitz said angrily: "The other party is targeting us. It has already been stated that only CAA's agent leads the star to the past, and there will be a reward of 50. Agents of other brokerage companies do not have this treatment. The broker has reached an agreement with WMA and ICM, and will do their best to facilitate the cooperation between their company's artists and the Phantom, and at the same time indicate that Hera Brokers will not accept their managers and artists!"

Mayer said: "What about the thing about them giving agents a raise?"

Ovitz: "As long as Hera's agency doesn't poach their people, they will have time to deal with this matter, and they just announced one thing, Hera's agency has decided to adjust the share between the agency and actors to 8 %, if you do this, you are targeting our CAA, you see, for those actors who have conflicts with Phantom, the director may not pass Hera's agency, but they can join the other two agency companies."

In the end, Ovitz said with fire in his eyes: "They treat CAA as a big cake, and they are going to share it and eat it!"

Just when Harper went out, Aniston had already left CAA secretly. When she walked out of CAA's phone, she immediately called Wu Jianye!

"Director Wu, I'm Aniston. I want to talk to you face to face about something. How about meeting at the Hilton Hotel?" Aniston has already made a decision at this time, and now Hera's agent has already made a move. The shot is [-] million US dollars!

Just now, she thought that CAA gave up her future for her own development, which made her very dissatisfied. Now that she saw that Hera's agent made a move of [-] million U.S. dollars, she immediately made a decision in her heart. Can the ship CAA Shen, she doesn't know, but there will definitely be problems in the future. She doesn't have much relationship with CAA.

Wu Jianye is not surprised by Aniston's invitation. As he said before, CAA may have a lot of talents now, but as far as CAA is concerned, their core interests are too easy to be copied. Whether it is a star or a director, they are all independent individuals with their own thoughts. As long as they can get better development opportunities, they will not be tied to CAA with all their hearts, especially the agent.

This is different from Phantom. Their core business is movies. If this actor doesn't act, they can use another actor. As long as the core resources are in their own hands, Phantom won't worry about outside attacks.

Wu Jianye did not refuse Aniston's invitation. In fact, in Wu Jianye's heart, Aniston, the prey, had never slipped away from his hands.

When Aniston went to the Hilton Hotel, she also called her agent, indicating that if the other party disagreed with her signing with ABC, she would choose to terminate the contract with CAA. As a newcomer actor of CAA, Aniston's The termination fee is not high, and she can fully afford it.

What's more, I am now a voluntary surrender. Hera's agent has said long ago that as long as there are actors who are willing to pass Hera's agent in CAA, they will bear the liquidated damages.
After Howard received Aniston's call, he didn't directly report the matter to Ovitz and others, but sat in his seat and began to think about it.

He was surrounded by his colleagues. At this moment, he could see that there was a complicated expression in everyone's eyes. After all, what is the purpose of everyone in this industry?
Isn't it just for money!

If you want to say how deep your relationship with CAA is, it’s hard to say, you have feelings for sure, but when facing high rewards, these feelings don’t seem so important!
Everyone was making their own calculations in their own minds, and Harper was announcing the company's latest decision in the main position.

In order to be able to retain these agents, CAA has also worked hard, and the basic salary has been increased by 20%, but compared to the increase rate of Hera's agent, it is not enough!
"Everyone, don't be confused by the decisions of other companies outside. The content announced by the other party is just a means to confuse everyone. I believe that after this matter is over, the other party will definitely transfer the salary back. Otherwise, if you do this, How does Hera Brokers maintain their normal operations? According to our calculations, if they follow the other party’s approach, their annual profit will be reduced by 70%. Do you think they can accept such a loss?”

"The success of CAA can be said to be everyone's success. As long as we can overcome the current difficulties, the Hollywood brokerage circle will still be dominated by our CAA in the future. Don't lose the bright future because of some immediate benefits!"

It's a pity that the appearance of Harper spitting all over the stage did not arouse a strong reaction. After all, the temptation of 50 yuan is too great. As well-known managers, who doesn't have two or three stars in their hands? If you can bring it over, you can get millions of cash.

This is millions of dollars!
Who wouldn't be tempted!

After the meeting was over, several brokers got together in twos and threes and began to discuss this matter.

"Howard, everyone knows that Aniston, an artist under your banner, received an invitation from Wu Jianye last night. What is she doing now?"

Although everyone's heart is moved, but there is a lack of an opportunity, everyone is waiting for the first person to appear, and now the guarantee from Hera's agent really makes everyone very excited, but CAA has always been very powerful in Hollywood. Everyone worried that this was just a beautiful promise made by Hera's agent.

Now everyone wants to know whether Hera's agent can fulfill his promise, and Aniston, who was preparing to sign with ABC before, is a good breakthrough.

Everyone is waiting and watching, but this kind of waiting and watching will definitely not last for too long. Not everyone has such patience.

Although Howard's heart was full of twists and turns, he still smiled quietly: "How do I know what she is doing? Everyone knows that Aniston is just an ordinary artist under my name. I usually treat her with a smile. Not much attention!"

After speaking, Howard casually found a reason and left.

Everyone was lost in thought as they watched his leaving back.

After Howard left CAA, he immediately called his most famous actor: "Keanu, there is something, I think we should meet and have a good chat!"

Keanu Reeves is also a signed artist of CAA. After starring in "Speed", he has become the most famous artist in Howard's hands!

After receiving the call from Howard, Keanu Reeves said: "Okay, come here!"

Howard drove to Keanu Reeves' apartment in a hurry.

"Howard, I know what you are here for, and now I need to know your true thoughts from you!" The news about Hera's agent poaching the CAA agent spread throughout Hollywood in an extremely fast manner, almost Now all the people in Hollywood already know the news.

At the same time, everyone is paying attention to the development of this matter.

The same is true of Keanu Reeves now. It can be said that his success has the least relationship with the operation of CAA. He met Wu Jianye in a bar before he had the opportunity to star in the movie "Speed", so His feelings for CAA are not deep.

On the contrary, it is Phantom, because he cooperated with Phantom in "Speed ​​​​and Death" and made him a popular fried chicken in Hollywood. The film's sequel rights were sold to Disney.

He also knew about CAA's actions against Phantom before, and his heart was quite complicated. Although he had some prejudices against Phantom, he was still very grateful to Wu Jianye. Now that Phantom's counterattack had begun, his heart was also quite complicated.

Howard said in a deep voice: "I know the relationship between you and Director Wu, I want to ask you, what do you think of the future of Director Wu and Phantom!"

Keanu Reeves said in a deep voice: "With the acquisition of ABC's Phantom, the future development will definitely get better and better. In fact, I have always disagreed with Ovitz's approach. He is a bit too domineering now, just because A robbing act with Hera's agent will target the entire Phantom, can't he see the possibility of Phantom's future development?"

As Keanu Reeves, it is natural to see that Ovitz is planning to use this time against the Phantom to give Hollywood a shock and improve his prestige.

But he also has his own thoughts, that is, Ovitz is too domineering. As one of the largest media groups in the United States, Phantom even said that he will target it. Will he also be targeted if he changes the brokerage company?

In fact, Keanu Reeves' concerns were not unreasonable. A few years later, after Tom Cruise was dissatisfied with the operation of CAA, he resolutely terminated the contract with CAA, and then Tom Cruise's former agent announced many Tom Cruise's black material gave Tom Cruise a headache.

Howard smiled wryly. CAA's dominance is no longer a day or two. In the past, no one dared to oppose their domineering. Now that Hera's agent stood up, it was tantamount to dropping a nuclear bomb.

"If, I mean if, if I choose to end my employment contract with CAA, then you."

Keanu Reeves remembered a conversation he had with Wu Jianye before. In that conversation, Wu Jianye once said that in the next few years, when his acting skills mature and the development of film technology is further developed At that time, I will write a movie trilogy for myself.

He smiled and said, "Of course I want to advance and retreat with you!"

Hearing what Keanu Reeves said, Howard immediately showed a happy smile. With the two cards of Keanu Reeves and Aniston, he has made his own decision.

"Well, I'll go back to the company to go through the formalities now. As for the follow-up matters and your contract issues, I will tell you after talking with Hera's agent!"

"Okay, I'll wait for your good news!" Keanu Reeves said with a smile.

Afterwards, Howard called Aniston again, but Aniston did not answer the call, but Howard was not surprised by this, and then called Hera's agent, and got a positive answer from the other party. After that, I hurried back to the company!
"Why are you resigning!"

When Harper received Howard's resignation letter, his face became gloomy.

"I remember when you first entered the industry, you were still a young man who didn't understand anything. The company trained you. Now at this moment, are you going to abandon the company?" Harper said in a deep voice.

Howard said: "I am also very grateful for the company's cultivation, but everyone has their own ambitions, Mr. Harper, I think we should get together and get apart!"

"Did you know that you have to pay liquidated damages for your resignation?" Seeing that it was not enough, Harper began to reveal the ruthless side of the capitalist.

"Please don't worry about this, I will pay the liquidated damages that should be paid immediately!" Howard has already decided to leave!
In the end, Harper did not keep Howard. When Howard walked out of Harper's office, many colleagues surrounded him and asked Howard for details.

Howard said with a winner's smile at this time: "I think it will take less than two days for everyone to know!"

On the second day, they got the news that Howard signed a contract with Hera's agent, and at the same time took away Keanu Reeves, Aniston and another star under his own name, and at the same time he also announced in the circle that he Already received $150 million in remuneration
Aniston is also considered a star?
Some people can't help but think about it.
(End of this chapter)