Rebirth

It turns out that Ovitz has already contacted the current CAA group of partners. Naturally, some people agree that some people oppose it. However, Ovitz is not an ordinary person. After all, Ovitz was once his own subordinates, and there is always an incense.

Afterwards, Ovitz made public relations with the major partners one by one. In particular, Ovitz once had a dream or ambition to go further in the current packaging services, which is to participate in production and investment.

Once Ovitz wanted to execute when he was in charge of CAA, but in the face of the pressure from Hollywood studios and others to unite, it finally stopped.

However, after talking to Li Feng, he created the possibility for him. After all, Li Feng proposed to provide a studio system for those superstars. Ovitz has a very thorough understanding of this system. This is definitely to win over star agents and The best weapon for superstars.

Think about the later generations of China’s celebrities who have established their own studios. Which of those celebrities is not making a lot of money. After all, letting the stars participate in investment is the biggest attraction for these stars.

Similarly, such a celebrity studio is definitely what superstars dream of. After all, the money earned by such a studio is their own, and they can participate in film and television production and investment, and their status in Hollywood has risen sharply.

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Therefore, Ovitz has broken them one by one. These partners are smart people. The strategy of Li Feng's brokerage company is to subvert the current brokerage industry tradition. It is very clear how attractive it is to its stars.

If Li Feng uses a tool like the studio to dig corners, it is estimated that many celebrities will be tempted, and many may even directly fire the agent and turn around and join directly. In the face of huge interests, the so-called intimacy is a fart.

Naturally, some people will say that we can follow suit, but both Ovitz and the celebrity brokers know very well that although they are all shareholders of the company, the company looks very strong in name, but they have to spend a lot of money. Establishing a studio with those superstars is not a simple matter. To put it bluntly, there is no money, yes, there is no money.

Although a brokerage company like CAA sounds very powerful, it must be known that the fierce competition in Hollywood competes for artist resources, resulting in very low commissions when signing contracts with celebrities.

For example, when Ovitz signed with those superstars, the commission was even around 5%. Although the commission varies according to different stars, overall, the commission in the brokerage industry is relatively low, and they will never add up. More than 10%.

Even if CAA helps its artists sign contracts totaling several billions each year, it can be calculated as a commission of up to several hundred million, and then tax and various costs are eliminated. To be honest, the profit for a year will never be as high as people think. .

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To be honest, this is also one of the reasons why Ovitz was moved by Disney at the beginning. You must know that in the late 1980s and early 1990s, when Ovitz helped Japanese companies to acquire Hollywood giants, there were only a few transactions and no commission. Add up to hundreds of millions.

These commissions are almost equal to the commission earned by Ovitz for decades of work. No wonder Ovitz's ambition will be ignited and left the CAA that he founded to join Disney.

After all, to become Disney's leader in the film, entertainment and media sectors, not to mention that the annual income is not necessarily small. The rights and the funds they face every day are not comparable in CAA.

What Ovitz did not expect was that the difficulty of working in such a large media group was far beyond his expectations.

Therefore, although the income looks pretty good, you should know that there are hundreds of partner brokers like CAA, and these incomes are divided among these brokers.

Although it is a huge sum of money for ordinary people, in the face of Hollywood investments of tens of millions or even hundreds of millions, it is obviously far from enough.

If in the future there are giants like Li Feng and media groups that can rely on, then according to Li Feng's plan, the star agent and its superstars can unite to establish studios.

In the future, the studio can participate in future film and television investment, etc. It can be said that both the agent and the star are too attractive. Although Li Feng’s brokerage company may take part in the shares, it has been explained that the shareholding will not exceed half. , That is to say, giving up the controlling rights.

The studios are all independently operated and are responsible for their own profits and losses. Eventually, under Ovitz's public relations, the CAA's current power holders are relieved.

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"Ovitz, in other words, we need to prepare a large sum of money to sign partnership studios with those superstars and agents."

Li Feng is clear. The most important thing is to set up a studio next. If the media group needs to participate in shares, it needs a large amount of capital. No wonder Barry and Ovitz are so anxious to find themselves, they turned out to be asking for money.

Sure enough, listening to Li Feng's words, Barry and Ovitz nodded in embarrassment.

"Let's do it, then you guys go talk, and talk to me when you're done."

"Great, BOSS, don't worry, we are full of confidence in this." Hearing Li Feng's words, Ovitz replied with joy.

"But BOSS, I think if this is the case, we better have our own film company, which will provide necessary help for future development."

"Oh, Barry, we don't violate the monopoly law if we work from film and television production and distribution, and brokerage companies."

Li Feng raised his concerns at this time. After all, he heard many antitrust investigations in his previous life.

"BOSS, rest assured, never, the original'Paramount Act', that is, the monopoly law, as long as it inhibits the combination of production, distribution, and screening.

For one thing, we did not participate in the show. Secondly, since the 1980s, this bill has been in name only. Even today's Hollywood encourages production companies to "monopolize" it. Unfortunately, today's production companies are not interested."

Barry explained it on the sidelines, letting Li Feng breathe a sigh of relief.In the end, after everyone discussed it, Li Feng asked them to do what they discussed.

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However, Ovitz’s words reminded Li Feng that the film company is on the agenda, then Marvel should also be on the agenda. Nowadays, the battle for Marvel in the United States is also hyped, and Marvel’s situation has been exposed from time to time.

At the same time, Marvel is now at its lowest point. According to the original history, by the end of 1996, Marvel was bankrupt and reorganized. Now the acquisition of Marvel is definitely the price of cabbage.

Therefore, when I thought of this, I asked Barry directly. After all, I mentioned it to Barry before, but Barry has been paying attention to it. Barry explained this without hearing Li Feng's words.

Similarly, following Li Feng's discussions with Barry, Ovitz was in a pleasant surprise, but Ovitz really didn't know Li Feng's intention to acquire Marvel.

I am no stranger to Marvel as a professional in Hollywood, and I am also very clear about the current situation of Marvel, but once again I admire Li Feng for his vision.