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Chapter 687 Becomes the CAA of History

Now Aniston is naturally not a star.

The reason why Hera's agent included Aniston was not because of Wu Jianye's relationship, but because of other things. First of all, Howard was the first CAA agent to lead a team over Hera's agent, so the momentum would naturally be different. up.

The second is to build momentum for Aniston. Now that the project "Friends" of the ABC TV network has been officially approved, and actors are recruited across the United States, and Aniston is the first actor confirmed, it is natural to create momentum for "Friends" !
Now that the Phantom and CAA's quarrel has spread throughout Hollywood, and the whole of North America has begun to discuss this matter, ABC TV Network will naturally not give up this opportunity to become popular.

The selection of actors for "Friends" this time is mainly newcomers. The popularity was not high at first, but it is different now. With the current popularity of this matter, this TV series will immediately have a difference from before It's hot.

At the same time, the follow-up influence of Howard's past Hera's agent continued. The original agent of CAA saw that Hera's agent did what he promised, and the turmoil in his heart became even greater.

And there is also the temptation to choose actors in "Friends", which makes many newcomers excited.

ABC has already released the news, this TV series will be the most important TV series of ABC this year, and at the same time, there is news that Wu Jianye will be the screenwriter.

CAA is messed up!

"Another left!" Harper sat in Ovitz's office with a very depressed expression. This is the seventh agent who has left in the past few days, and the entire CAA only has more than 30 agents. !

This is almost a devastating blow to CAA!

At this time, Ovitz no longer had the vigor and vigor of the previous few days. In just a few days, the entire Hollywood trend has changed. The production companies that used to beg him have stopped answering the phone now.

CAA seems to have been abandoned by Hollywood overnight!

"This group of ungrateful people, don't panic, we haven't lost yet, as long as those top actors and directors are still there, we can come back." Ovitz said through gritted teeth.

The contracts of CAA's top directors and actors are all in their own hands. At the same time, these people also have conflicts with Phantom. In Ovitz's view, as long as he can keep these top directors and actors, he can keep the foundation of CAA. CAA can stand up in a few years.

Just when Ovitz was thinking about how to deal with it, Meyer also walked in with a panicked look: "Just now Spielberg, Dustin Hoffman, and Tom Cruise called one after another, saying it's okay. Ready to renew the contract with our company!"

Ovitz stood up abruptly and looked at Meyer in shock: "What did you say? Did they also go to Hera's agency?"

Meyer shook his head and said: "No, when they called me, they made it clear that they would not go to Hera's brokerage, but they are very pessimistic about the current situation of CAA, WMA and ICM have already contacted them , They also want to change companies!"

Ovitz sat slumped on the seat, and the worrying problem finally happened. Hera's agent poached CAA's agent, which had already dealt a devastating blow to CAA. This also made outsiders see that CAA was not as expected. So powerful, those top directors and actors naturally have to think about their own future.

The more they reached such a position, the more they valued their own fame. Now that the big ship CAA is clearly unstable, they have no reason to sink with him.

If the only one dealing with CAA is Hera Brokers, they may still be able to fight with CAA, but now it is obvious that CAA has united WMA and ICM two major brokerage companies to jointly encircle and suppress CAA, so for them, That's one more option.

They won't join Hera Brokers, but that doesn't mean they can't join WMA and ICM!
When it comes to things in the world, I am afraid that there will be multiple choice questions when I reach a desperate situation.

It's like CAA is a big ship at this time, and there is an iceberg in front of them. If there is only Hera's agent next to them, those who have conflicts with Hera's agent may choose to dig this ship together with CAA. Icebergs, but when they saw the two big ships WMA and ICM next to them, since they could continue sailing smoothly without digging icebergs, they didn't need to help CAA dig icebergs together!
After all, no one knows whether this iceberg can be cut through!
So at this time WMA and ICM offered them an olive branch, and they naturally abandoned ship one after another!
"Did you tell them well that this is just a small problem with our CAA, and we can solve it!" Ovitz roared.

Mayer said helplessly: "I have already told them, but it was useless. With the growth of CAA in the past few years, many production companies have complained a lot. This time it is not just WMA and ICM and us. Stealing people, even those production companies are also contacting our clients one after another, at this time CAA has become the public enemy of Hollywood!"

Harper said from the side: "Aren't they afraid that Hera's agent will become bigger this time and form a control over them?"

Meyer said dejectedly: "Of course I'm worried, but now CAA has no way to remedy it. In their view, as long as the top-level resources are controlled now, the threat of Hera's agent is not that important. After all, this time Most of the agents poached are second- and third-tier stars, and the real top directors and actors are snatched away by WMA and ICM, and they have connections with these two brokerage companies."

Ovitz picked up the phone in a hurry, and first called Universal Pictures. He helped RB's Panasonic win Universal Pictures!
"Hello, I'm Michael Ovitz"

Ovitz couldn't remember how long it had been since he called someone at the studio in that tone.

"Sorry, Mr. Ovitz, our CEO is not in the office. There are some problems in the Tokyo stock market recently, and he has returned to Tokyo!" The other party was a pleasant female voice.

However, Ovitz was not in the mood to listen to her voice at this time. After hanging up the phone, he immediately dialed the mobile phone number of Universal CEO.

As a result, no one answered
Then Ovitz called [-]th Century Fox, Sony Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Disney and other major companies one after another, but the other party seemed to have discussed it. The CEO is not in the company. What's the problem? Let's talk about it after our CEO comes back!
Overnight, CAA, which is famous in Hollywood, was suddenly abandoned by everyone!
Ovitz sat slumped in his seat, looked at his two partners, and asked a helpless question: "What should I do?"

Meyer: "."

Harper: "."

"CAA is over!" At this time, in the villa in Beverly Hills where the movement was not conspicuous, Nick sat there and preached to Penny.

This is the villa he bought by himself. When the CAA incident happened, Nick was paying attention to it. Now that the drama is about to end, he has also made his own judgment.

At this time, Penny looked at Nick in shock, and asked, "This is the end of the matter, and the CAA, which used to be so powerful, is over like this!"

As a native of Los Angeles and living in this circle, Penny naturally knew that CAA was powerful, but what she didn't expect was that CAA was over like this!
You must know that it was CAA, and it was actually in the hands of Wu Jianye, who didn't even make it through a single round.
Nick sat on his sofa, slowly poured himself a glass of whiskey, and said, "This is what I told you about one power down ten times. What you saw was that CAA was in Wu Jianye's hands for even one round. If he didn't go down, do you know how much money Wu Jianye spent for this round?"

Penny looked at Nick and said, "Isn't it five hundred million dollars?"

Nick chuckled and said, "[-] million? At least [-] million!"

Penny looked at Nick in surprise, and asked, "So much?"

[-] million US dollars is already worth half of their family's assets, and Wu Jianye actually used it to deal with CAA!

Nick said: "Of course, you only saw the [-] million funds that Wu Jianye took out. Don't you forget that Hera Brokerage is also profitable. This time Hera Brokerage has completely defeated CAA!"

Penny continued to ask: "There is one thing that I don't quite understand. In this operation, WMA and ICM helped Hera's brokerage. I can understand it. After all, they can also get a lot of benefits this time, but other Why are the several production companies in China helping to erode the cake of CAA? Don’t they worry that CAA will fall and Hera will become a manager, which will restrict them even more?”

Penny's problem is the same as Ovitz's!
Nick smiled and explained: "Of course they thought of it, but the cake of CAA is too tempting. Previously, CAA relied on its own resources to unscrupulously put pressure on several major production companies. They have long been dissatisfied with CAA in their hearts, but what they didn't expect was that CAA would lose so fast, so quickly, and they couldn't react in time, and this time they were not without gains. After the fall of CAA, these top directors With the actors, it is bound to form a closer cooperative relationship with several major production companies, and then the brokerage company will play a much smaller role in it, which is more beneficial to the major production companies."

There are no eternal enemies in this world, only eternal interests. In this matter, the interest demands of several major production companies are almost the same as that of Hera's agent, so even if there is competition between Phantom and several major production companies, they They will still come together very tacitly to deal with CAA.

It's just that they thought more and hoped that CAA could persist for a while longer, but they didn't expect that after Wu Jianye's [-] million was thrown out, CAA collapsed immediately, so fast that they had no time to react too much.

"But I always think it's not a good deal to invest 7 million yuan to deal with your enemies for this kind of thing!" Penny said.

Nick nodded and said: "If you look at it purely from the perspective of Hera's agent, the investment this time must not be able to recover the cost in a short period of time, but don't forget that standing behind Hera's agent is Phantom Media, After this battle, Phantom Media's prestige in Hollywood will be even greater, have you ever thought about the intangible assets brought in here, what will happen to their development without the shackles of Phantom?"

Many people will think that Phantom's behavior this time seems to be a victory, but the price paid is also not small. After all, a cost of [-] million has been invested, but everyone has forgotten that after this battle, Phantom's directors in Hollywood , What kind of existence will an actor have in his heart.

Maybe you can't see it now, but in the future development, such advantages will gradually appear before everyone's eyes, and then the [-] million will not seem so important.

Nick sometimes thinks that he can see so clearly because he is outside the whole thing, and those who are in it, when they realize the real advantage this thing brings to the Phantom , will you regret it?

Penny: "Then is it possible for CAA to come back?"

Nick shook his head and said: "No, remember what I told you once, Wu Jianye never leaves any room for enemies he can take down, and CAA obviously underestimated the phantom When they don't know the specific situation and character of their opponents, they rush to deal with them. It is obvious that CAA has been at the top for too long, and it has made them forget how to deal with their enemies. !"

"If CAA can conduct an in-depth investigation of Phantom before dealing with Phantom this time, and at the same time unite with several major studios, maybe it can really have an impact on Phantom, but it's too late to say anything now. Let's see, according to Wu's opinion With Ye's character, he definitely won't let CAA go so easily, they will have backup, and they won't stop until they completely beat CAA down!"

It's like verifying Nick's words.

At this time, there are not many people left in CAA. In its heyday, there were more than 300 actors and directors in CAA. At this time, there are only a few dozen left.

These people also had in mind the idea that CAA might grow again.

But when Hera Brokerage, WMA, and ICM issued a joint statement, everyone knew that CAA was over!

The three brokerage companies jointly stated that the directors and actors under their own banners, and all the works they participated in, must not appear in CAA's contracted artists and directors!

After this statement was issued, almost the entire Hollywood blocked CAA!
Ovitz seemed to have aged a lot overnight. He did not expect that the company he was proud of would collapse in such a short period of less than a week!
Those entertainers and directors who still have illusions in their minds finally know that CAA is hopeless!
Things have developed to this point, and everyone knows that CAA will become the history of Hollywood at this moment. In the long history of Hollywood, countless companies have left their names, but they only left their names.

And CAA will also be one of them to leave a name!
(End of this chapter)