Hollywood starts with a broker

Utah, Park City, a famous ski resort, allows you to enjoy the fun of skiing while attending the film festival!

Unfortunately, Aaron Anderson had no money and no mood to enjoy skiing and hot springs.

On the cold streets of Park City, Aaron tightened the scarf and tweed coat around his body, exhaling a white breath, his eyes constantly searching for impressive movies on the posters at the entrances of various theaters!

"Let's go, Bob, let's go back to the hotel and rest for a while, and come out later."

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"Harvey, did you call a woman to the hotel again?"

"Ah, hahaha, coming here, how can it work without a woman!"

Two fat men came over and brushed past Aaron...

For three consecutive days, Aaron had walked almost all the theaters and open-air screening venues in Park City, but still hadn't found any impressive works!

At noon this day, Aaron came to a newly opened movie theater, holding a cup of Starbucks, and stood in front of a simple poster.

"《Sex, Lies, and Videotape》!" Aaron finally smiled, unexpectedly having a harvest before the closing ceremony;

This is a work that won the Palme d'Or at Cannes, one of the representative works of the rise of Hollywood independent films.

He immediately bought a ticket to enter the theater to appreciate this independent film, a typical American art film that is very different from the Hollywood commercial model!

The film mainly tells the story of John Minelli, the owner of a middle-class family, taking in his old friend Graham, who likes photography. Graham uses a camera to record some privacy of this family, thus causing a series of disturbances;

Infidelity, desire, privacy, sex life, voyeurism, and psychological defects, it involves a lot of content!

The movie title has "Sex" in it, but the movie plot does not attract attention with sex. Sex may just be a gimmick.

Four main characters, a middle-class couple plus the male owner's good friend and the female owner's sister;

Seven or eight scenes, a lot of dialogue, but the family, marriage, and extramarital affairs of middle-aged people are expressed very individually!

Director Steven Soderbergh, a young man who is only 26 years old this year, the appeal of 《Sex, Lies, and Videotape》 is not weak, and it has also attracted a lot of attention;

After all, in the independent film circle, this anti-Hollywood model is highly respected.

In the afternoon, Aaron met Steven Soderbergh in a coffee shop near the theater!

"Hello, I'm Aaron Anderson, an agent from CAA," Aaron shook hands with the other party and handed him a business card,

"Well, good movie!"

"Thank you," Steven Soderbergh smiled and sat down, "Such a young agent is indeed surprising."

"A director as young as you is the most surprising!"

"Aaron, do you want to sign me?" Steven Soderbergh asked with a smile.

"Of course, I have this idea," Aaron admitted directly, "However, with the appearance of 《Sex, Lies, and Videotape》, you certainly won't lack suitors;"

"So, instead of saying some big words here, I think I still need to show some results, that would be more convincing!"

Steven Soderbergh became interested, "What do you mean?"

"This movie, although it has some good response, but now, there should be no distributors asking for prices, right?" Aaron asked.

Steven Soderbergh shrugged, "Tomorrow is the closing ceremony, the Sundance Film Festival will announce some award-winning works at that time!"

Aaron nodded, "Yes, award-winning works may indeed be favored and enter theaters;"

"Two hundred thousand, three hundred thousand dollars? In the past few Sundance Film Festivals, there have been no famous works launched, and not many distribution companies can be attracted."

Steven Soderbergh certainly understands, after all, he is also a young man, "Aaron, just tell me your thoughts directly, 《Sex, Lies, and Videotape》 is a work that I spent two weeks writing the script, two weeks shooting, and three weeks editing;"

"It cost 1.2 million US dollars, I know it's hard to attract the attention of distributors, there are no action car chases or scenes of men and women loving each other."

Aaron smiled, young people just can't hold their breath.

Then, he slowly opened his mouth and said; "I have the confidence to help you sell 《Sex, Lies, and Videotape》 at a price you can't imagine!"

"Well, why should I believe you?"

"Because I am a CAA agent, and this is also considered a test for me to sign you," Aaron Anderson shrugged, "Anyway, you are just wasting these two or three days, isn't it good to have someone help you deal with those mean distributors?"

"Even if I fail, it won't cause you any loss, will it?"

Aaron Anderson, sitting in the chair, looked so calm and confident, that Steven Soderbergh was completely confused?

"You mean, help me promote it for free?"

No mistake, one first, one issue, one content, one is in one look!

Aaron raised his eyes and glanced at the other party, "What are you thinking, I'm helping for free, dare you use it?"

"I will charge a 10% commission, which is the general amount that the company charges artists, unless you are a big-name artist, it will be less than this ratio;"

"Now you haven't signed with CAA yet, so I have to earn this commission!"

"I see," Steven Soderbergh breathed a sigh of relief, but why is this guy in front of him so confident?

"I promise you, but the final decision is in my hands!"

Aaron nodded, "Of course, I'm just your representative, the movie is yours."

"Okay, I'll come to you tomorrow, if anyone asks you to talk about film distribution rights, just push them to me," Aaron said, standing up, ready to leave and go back to the hotel.

"Okay, these negotiations are really not my forte," Steven Soderbergh also nodded, having someone to handle these will ultimately reduce his troubles;

The only thing that worries him is that Aaron Anderson is too young, but his identity as a CAA agent cannot be faked.

Aaron patted the other party on the shoulder, "There will be surprises then, don't worry, go and attend the closing ceremony of the Sundance Film Festival, Robert Redford and these people are going to attend!"

"Okay, then I'll trouble you," Steven Soderbergh really wants to attend the closing ceremony, hoping that the film can be recognized by the Sundance Film Festival, so that it can better promote distribution rights.

As for Aaron Anderson, Steven Soderbergh certainly won't completely trust him, but the final decision is in his own hands, how much to sell it for is still up to him;

After all, he is also worried that Aaron Anderson will sell it at a bargain price, isn't he?