America's Road to Wealth

Chapter 45 True Purpose
Charlie Brown Pizzeria.

The owner, Charlie Brown, was carrying a ten-inch grilled chicken pizza and walked towards the customers by the window in the shop.

America's favorite pizza flavor is grilled chicken pizza.

It's also often the best-selling variety in pizza shops.

It is definitely a standard configuration in many fast food restaurants, just like Tianchao's egg fried rice or fried noodles.

Serve the Grilled Chicken Pizza while serving it to your guests' tables.

Charlie Brown heard the youngest and handsomest of the four guests say thank you to him.

This is his regular customer, Charlie Brown shrugged, "You're welcome."

After speaking, the old man left.

It's ten o'clock in the morning, one of the busiest hours in the store.

There are four workers in the store.

When it comes to baking and making pizza, Charlie Brown is still in the habit of doing it himself.

He didn't want to ruin the reputation of his shop.

The young and handsome guest was Abel who brought Anne Hathaway, Michael Levine, and another old white man here for dinner.

"...Two Mr. Michaels." Abel said with a smile:
"You should be familiar with each other.

So I'll just introduce myself, I'm Abel Smith. "

Michael Levine glanced at the old white man sitting next to him.

Of course, Michael Levine was familiar with this old white man.

The old white man's name is Michael Ovitz. More than ten years ago, when Michael Levine first joined CAA.

Michael Ovitz is not only his boss, but also his teacher.

It can be said that Michael Ovitz is Michael Levin's guide on the road of being an agent.

"Levin, long time no see, hello."

Michael Ovitz, founder of CAA, former president of Disney, and current founder and chairman of Artist Management Group, greeted his former subordinates with a smile.

Michael Levine quickly responded: "Hello, Mr. Ovitz. Long time no see. The last time I saw you was Christmas last year."

"You still remember it quite clearly?" Michael Ovitz replied with a smile, and then looked at Abel curiously:
"Mr. Smith, I'm curious now, did you call me and Levin here, is there any business for us?"

Michael Ovitz would come, it was David Mellon who got him.

Say you have business with him.

Michael Ovitz three years ago after being kicked out of Disney and CAA.

He was very upset.

He then founded his own new company, American Artists Management Group.

Referred to as AMG, the business completely overlaps with CAA.

It's an art agency.

But now and then.

Today's Hollywood entertainment industry is completely different from when he founded CAA.

The artist management group has been established for three years, but its operation has not been very good.

Not to mention challenging CAA, becoming one of the five largest brokerage companies in the United States, or becoming the sixth largest.

It's been three years, and they can't even make it into the top ten.

Obviously, Michael Ovitz can't replicate the rise of CAA again.

It's just like he said, "The entertainment circle is my favorite place, and I am willing to give everything I have for it."

Having achieved success and become a billionaire, he has suffered serious losses in all his investments in other industries.

Although AMG, that is, the artist management group, the current situation is not very good.

But at least it won't lose money, and there is still a little bit of hope.

The entertainment industry is an industry he is familiar with.

He is over 50 years old, and he can't change his career even if he wants to.

He doesn't want to retire.

You can only continue to work hard on AMG.

At this time, people from Wall Street (David Mellon) approached him.

Michael Ovitz, who is looking for investment everywhere and wants to expand the artist management group, is naturally very excited.

He came.

Looking at the young man in front of him, Michael Ovitz is not from the financial circle.

But he also knew that the young man in front of him was a rising star on Wall Street.

Wall Street has been cheated by Hollywood, and basically has no interest in Hollywood later.

Now Abel has found him. He is very curious, is it because Wall Street has become interested in Hollywood again?
"That's right.

Please come over here, I really want to do business with you. "

Abel smiled.

"But strictly speaking, I want to hire you two to work for me."

Hearing him say that, Michael Levine's reaction was okay.

A little surprised, but not huge.

Michael Ovitz laughed outright.

This man, who was already an important figure in Hollywood more than 20 years ago, said with a smile:

"Hahaha~ Mr. Smith, are you kidding me?
I know little about Wall Street, and my financial knowledge is limited to IPOs and funds.

Even if you are willing to hire a layman like me, I personally would not want to delay your business.

I will definitely let you lose even your underwear in the stock market. "

This is actually very polite.

If it was changed to before, when he was still the chairman of CAA, or the president of Disney, he would probably reply——

"Are you worthy?"

Back then, he was also one of the top giants in Hollywood, or in other words, the entire American entertainment industry.

Now it has been reduced, but the contacts, property, and ability are still there.

His previous experience made him a rich man with a net worth of more than one billion U.S. dollars. Strictly speaking, he was not short of money at all.

Why should you work for a young man?

Or Wall Street, which he was not familiar with.

Unless you add money!

"When did I say I would hire you to work on Wall Street?"

Abel said: "If you don't listen, what is the name of the company I want to hire you to work for?"

Michael Ovitz frowned, and he couldn't help but look at Michael Levine.

The latter shrugged, saying that he did not know what medicine Abel was selling in his pocket.

"Look at this first."

Abel pulled out two folded A4 papers from his pocket and put them on the table.

Michael Levine and Michael Ovitz each took one and unfolded it to look at it.

Michael Levine read softly: "Equity conversion agreement? What? Mr. Barry Crown, sold his 4.5% CAA shares to Smith Capital?"

He looked up in surprise and looked at Abel.

Michael Ovitz put down the A4 paper in his hand and picked up the one that Michael Levine was looking at just now.

After reading it, Ovitz raised his eyebrows, "Barry Crown's 4.5%, TGO Capital's 3.36%.

Mr. Smith, you now own a total of 7.86% of CAA. "

Hearing what he said, Levin quickly picked up another one and looked at it. It was also a copy of the equity conversion agreement.

"That's right. In addition, I'm still looking for the 1.5% held by GM. The other party has already expressed interest in selling it and is currently negotiating the price."

"There is also 4% of Williams Capital, which is being contacted."

"If all are successful, the shareholding ratio will exceed [-]% or more."

Abel said lightly.

Michael Ovitz, who has been in the mall for a long time, was silent for a few seconds, and he looked at Abel:

"Mr. Smith, what do you mean?"

"Help me acquire CAA."

Abel finally got straight to the point and told the real purpose of inviting these two people over today.

"After success.

Mr. Michael Ovitz, I would like to hire you as the president of CAA.

And Mr. Michael Levin is the general manager. "

(End of this chapter)