"Yes, her affirmative organization is also meeting today."
"Hehe, about South Africa, I think she should be troubled now?"
"Uh, what do you say?"
"do not you know?"
"I have been busy promoting singles recently..."
Claire brought a newspaper from the table.
Song Ya glanced, as if a high-level ANC spoke of support for polygamy.
"Race equality and feminism... seems to be in conflict?" Claire chuckled.
"Uh, this person can't represent Mandela, right?" Song Ya secretly put herself in Michelle, which was quite embarrassing.
"So too."
Claire did not dwell on this topic, he took out a business card from his handbag, "An old friend from Chicago asked you to contact him."
It seems that Michelle said that the other party was a broker, and Song Ya took the business card, and it was another Michael, CAA CEO, Michael Ovitz.
"Wow, big shot." Song Ya knows that this CAA boss was recently voted the most powerful man in Hollywood in 1990.
"Talk to him more." Claire laughed.
"Thank you, Mrs. Underwood."
"Just call me Claire."
With the business card of the big man in his pocket, he said goodbye. A white man about 30 years old was already waiting at the door.
"APLUS is it? John~www.mtlnovel.com~John Roman." He proactively stretched out his hand, "It's a dentist."
"Uh, hello, Doctor Roman." Song Yaxin said that her teeth are pretty good.
"Call me John, thank you for giving my girlfriend a chance." Dr. Roman was very enthusiastic.
"Female..." Song Ya was taken aback, "Your girlfriend?"
"Halley Berry, the MV heroine of the song you just sang, remember?"
what……
Song Yaxin said I remember too much, but why never heard her mention that there is a dentist boyfriend in Chicago? Dentist is a very well-paid profession, "John, how did you and her..."
"Oh, I met him last year."
Dr. Roman is a mediocre-looking and socially unsocial man. He talked about the relationship between the two of them. "Hehe, I'm not afraid of your jokes when I say it. We have not seen each other a few times in total, and we have established a relationship."
Song Ya listened to what he said, and didn't even kiss Halle Berry's face, a typical spare tire who feels good about herself!
"I worked with her once and never contacted afterwards. I don't know how she is in Hollywood." He didn't want to irritate each other.
"Yes, it is really not easy to have a glamorous image in Hollywood."
Dr. Roman sighed: "In order to help her manage her image, I plan to spend some money. After all, she said that she has the opportunity to seek an important supporting role who is likely to compete for the Oscar, but I am not very knowledgeable. Well……"
"Cough..."
Song Ya almost laughed out loud, Hallie is really a good man, but I don’t know how many spare tires like Doctor Roman have...
"You should ask her yourself, I may not know Hollywood well, John."
Chicago 1990 Chapter 80: Brokerage agreement
When I got home, Halle's phone was lit up on the pager, and Song Ya called back.
"Have you met John?" She asked carefully. It should be John who had chatted with her about the encounter between the two.
"I didn't say anything to him, don't worry."
Song Ya has long known that Halle is very unrestrained. In order to get her own MV role, she didn’t know how many slepts. I thought it was nothing to play friendly matches between the two, but seeking the role to cheat Kaizi to pay? It seems a bit too much, but I will stay away from it in the future.
"There is no..."
"Uh, Halle, I'm a little busy now, let's talk about it next time, okay?"
Song Ya hangs up.
Harley would not call again if she was smart enough to get rid of this episode. Today’s surprise was that he got Michael Ovitz’s contact number. Early the next morning, he went to Goodman alone.
After contracting his own A+ record, A+ audio, A+ copyright and investment management company legal affairs, Goodman simply moved the law firm to the same building as the recording studio and concentrated on providing services.
His consulting business is also developing well. Song Ya saw several people sitting in line outside the office.
Of course, he doesn't have to line up.
"OK, hit it." Goodman picked up another microphone.
Song Ya repeated the points listed by Goodman in his hand, took a deep breath and dialed the phone, "I'm looking for Mr. Ovitz...APLUS...no appointment."
waited a few minutes for the transfer, and the phone rang an awkward "Nihao, head to".
"...Mr. Ovitz?"
"Hey, APLUS, why, don't you speak Chinese?" The other party laughed heartily, "How about my Chinese sentences? We are all Chicagoans, can you be considered a mind?"
Song Ya just realized that he said "Hello fellow", "It's very standard, Mr. Ovitz."
"Okay, let's not laugh, you join, an agent, two co-agents, film and television music are included in our CAA packaging service, some minor troubles, we can also settle for you." Ovitz offered the conditions. .
Song Ya checked against Goodman's list.
Except for brokers like Hayden, whose most affairs are handled by him, joint brokers were invented by CAA to change the drawbacks of traditional brokers. In the past, brokers and clients provided one-to-one services. First, it was easy to deceive and arbitrage between the client and the employer, between the client and the brokerage company, and the second was that they often cooperated with the client to hide from the brokerage company and betrayed. With a joint broker, not only can we provide more manpower and better services, but also increase the cost of betrayal. A single broker will not be able to set off a big storm.
Packaging service was also invented by CAA. For example, if a film company wants to make a movie, it has to communicate with various brokerage companies. It is very cumbersome and time-costly to recruit directors, actors, and recruiters. And if it’s all packaged to CAA, CAA can select the entire team from its own customers and give it to the film company at one price, simple and convenient. Entering the packaging means that the opportunity is greatly increased. CAA has meat, maybe you can have a mouthful of soup.
The service spirit of CAA extends even wider. For example, it will use social resources to solve all kinds of troubles for stars, because stars are generally people who have achieved a class transition, and they have many shortcomings than the old upper class. For example, children want to find famous schools. CAA can help if you don’t have a strong recommendation letter, or if you have trouble without a trusted doctor or lawyer.
Song Ya saw Goodman show up a piece of paper with a percent sign drawn on it.
"What about commission?" he asked.
"Nine percent," Ovitz replied.
Goodman wrote three more letters on the paper, WMA.
"Can I use this condition to negotiate a price with William Morris?"
"Haha, please, if you have paid attention to the trends in Hollywood, you should know that they were beaten by me."
"But the music circle."
"We also have many artists in the music circle, such as Madonna."
"Okay, Mr. Ovitz, I will think about it again."
"Yes, my conditions will always be valid."
Ending the call, the two put down the microphones, "How is it?" he asked Goodman.
"Look for an opportunity to talk to William Morris. The current service of William Morris is not comparable to CAA, but they are improving, and among the songwriters in the music industry, the veteran William Morris is still very strong. basis."