The two sat opposite each other on the sofa in the corner of the hall, and Michael Ovitz did not speak again for a while, with obvious unwillingness in his expression.

Simon didn't urge, looking nonchalantly at the crowd around him, feeling the melodious sound of strings wafting from the dance floor.

A tall blonde woman in a white one-shoulder gown noticed the silence between Simon and Ovitz, thought for a moment, tentatively walked over to greet Simon, "Hi, Mr. Westeros." ”

This woman is really tall, and she has to break through 1.90 meters in high heels.

Simon looked up at the woman and smiled, "Hi, Miss Hall." ”

The woman had a surprised expression on her face, mixed with just the right amount of joy: "Mr. Westeros, do you know me?"

"Mick's girlfriend, Jerry Hall, right?" Simon patted him with some inexplicable smile on his face, and said, "Didn't Mick come over tonight?"

"He's in England," Jerry Hall casually agreed, sat down next to Simon, nodded politely to Ovitz, turned his attention to Simon again, and found a topic: "Mr. Westeros, I heard that "Batman" is about to finish the post-production period?"

"yes, besides, just call me Simon. ”

Simon nodded in response, remembering that Jerry Hall played the wife of a gangster disfigured by the Joker in the first part of Keaton's version of "Batman", and it was very interesting. At the same time, I also have to say that this woman who can trap Mick Jagger, the creator of the romantic Rolling Stones, for many years, is really beautiful, and she looks like she is in her early thirties at this time, and she is at the peak of her appearance.

"It's an honor, Simon," Jerry Hall said, leaning closer without a trace, "You can call me Jerry, too." ”

Simon remembered the figure of a small mouse with big ears and smiled, "It sounds like a boy's name." ”

"There's no way, there are five sisters in our family, and Dad wants to be crazy if he wants a boy. ”

"Has his wish come true?"

"Nope. ”

Simon grimaced him.

After a few words of laughter, noticing that Ovitz was a little impatient, Simon raised his glass to Jerry Hall and said, "Jerry, Mr. Ovitz and I still have something to discuss." ”

Jerry Hall took out a business card from Kun's bag and handed it over generously, "I'll be in Los Angeles all these days, Simon, maybe we can find time to have coffee together." ”

Simon took the woman's business card and nodded, "Okay." ”

Seeing that Simon didn't mean to leave a business card for himself, Jerry Hall got up in amusement, and nodded to Ovitz again.

Michael Ovitz ignored the woman who had just left, watched the young man opposite casually put the business card into his shirt pocket, and finally said, "Simon, Barry, all four of them are transferred to MA, and everyone's previous unhappiness is over, what do you think?"

Simon had guessed a lot of Ovitz's responses, but he didn't expect him to come up with such a solution.

However, it seems that having Barry Levinson and others all jump to MA is indeed the best way to resolve the grievances between the two parties, and Simon's close relationship with MA is well known. By doing so, Ovitz can also maximize the protection of his clients' careers.

However, Simon didn't mean to nod, and said: "Michael, in fact, I'm not a person who holds too much grudges, and I won't send someone with a baseball bat to force the other party into a small alley and beat him up because of a few quarrels, you have to understand that with the resources I have now, if you want to target a person, his end will definitely not be too good." It's just that I'm not a forgiving person, and those who have provoked me, all I ask is that they don't appear in my field of vision again. ”

"Simon, Barry, they don't show up in front of your eyes every day. ”

"Michael, you know what I mean, most of Hollywood is on my radar right now. Of course, there are still some corners left, and I don't plan to look at them anymore, it's not good to be too perfect. So, they can stay there. ”

Michael Ovitz remembered Paramount.

If the young man in front of him is willing to give up the suspicion caused by the robbery of those two scripts, Paramount will definitely not mind turning to Daenerys Entertainment.

Maybe MGM, or even the declining Orion, but he clearly didn't intend to do so.

Just to not strive for perfection.

In previous encounters, Michael Ovitz could roughly understand that Simon was a perfectionist person. Now, when a perfectionist stops striving for perfection, it doesn't necessarily mean that the person starts to be reluctant or degenerate, he may become stronger.

After all, nothing is perfect in this world.

After a moment of silence again, Ovitz finally said with a bit of a dejection: "Simon, Barry, if they leave CAA, can those things be over?"

Simon nodded: "CAA has a lot of excellent filmmakers, and I'm actually looking forward to working with you." ”

Now that the decision has been made, Ovitz stopped dragging his feet and said, "In that case, you must also make sure that the MA does not poach people from the CAA again." ”

"There's no way I'm going to agree to you like this, Michael, I'm just close to Jonathan, and MA isn't my company, it's a competition between your talent agencies. ”

Maintaining the competition among the major talent agencies is actually beneficial to Simon, and he certainly can't limit that.

Michael Ovitz also realized something, and without further words, he got up and stretched out his hand to Simon, and the two shook it, which was tacitly reached a tacit understanding. Leaving the party hall, Ovitz got into the car waiting outside the Four Seasons Hotel and dialed Barry Levinson's numbers directly from the car phone.

Simon didn't know how Ovitz communicated with Barry Levinson, but the next day, Hollywood spread the news that Barry Levinson, Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise and Meg Ryan were leaving CAA.

The matter was quickly confirmed by the CAA.

However, the official tone to the outside world is that Barry Levinson and the four chose to leave CAA for the sake of their own career development.

Barry Levinson was quick to unveil his new project with Paramount Pictures, "Avalon," with a budget of $15 million and a release next year.

Dustin Hoffman said that he planned to take a year off from filming and rushed to the United Kingdom to appear in stage plays. News immediately spread in the circle that Hoffman's role in Warren Beatty's new film "Supreme Detective" with Disney has been completely deleted.

Tom Cruise's agent, Paula Wagner, joined her clients in exiting the CAA, announcing the formation of Cruise-Wagner Productions through a Los Angeles Times announcement.

Meg Ryan just became popular last year with "When Harry Met Sally", and she is the most basic of the four.

After the incident, Meg Ryan's public relations manager also announced his resignation, and Hollywood talent agencies of all sizes did not extend an olive branch to her, and the actress had to hurriedly announce that her sister would temporarily serve as her agent and public relations spokesperson.

Immediately, some paparazzi found that Meg Ryan's boyfriend Dennis Quaid, who had been dating for more than a year, and another unknown actress appeared intimately in a bar in West Hollywood.

Compared with the Michael Ovitz 'infantry warrior' incident, which is still being beaten by the media, and the four Barry Levinson left the CAA, the major mainstream newspapers in North America showed an unusual reticence, and only some innocuous official press releases appeared on the pages.

Most members of the public who are not sensitive to gossip will only think that these people may have chosen to leave because they were unhappy with Ovitz, who has recently come under fire from the media.

Of course, there is never a shortage of tabloids in the circle who want to hype up big news to attract attention, but these newspapers usually have very low attention, and they don't dare to blatantly pick out the inside story of the matter, just half-concealed hints.

Speaking carefully, the tabloids actually know better what kind of people can provoke and what kind of people can't be provoked.

If Simon Westeros is just a simple director, no matter how much hype is there.

Public figures are used for hype.

However, when the director is still a super-rich man with a multi-billion dollar net worth and a single-handed cover in Hollywood, in order to avoid being accused of bankruptcy, all kinds of gossip newspapers dare not be too blatant.

As for Hollywood, in the face of media inquiries about the incident of Barry Levinson and others leaving CAA, even stars who used to have titles such as big mouths are silent.

Simon Westeros is almost an understatement of this effort, but it really makes many people realize that after the era of blockbuster sets, another Hollywood power who can really be called a 'tycoon' was born.

Over the years, the executives of various studios have basically maintained a flattering attitude in the face of Hollywood A-list stars, in order to be able to attract each other to star in their own films, even bigwigs like Steve Ross have tried their best to befriend Steven Spielberg, Clint Eastwood, Barbra Streisand and others.

Now, instead of lowering his profile and taking the initiative to make friends with celebrities, Simon Westeros has taken the initiative to knock out some of Hollywood's hottest A-list celebrities.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that as long as Simon Westeros does not let go, even if Barry Levinson, Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise and Meg Ryan can still mix in Hollywood with their past fame, but without the various resources that they once had easy access, their careers are destined to decline all the way.

Several of the parties accepted the reality in disgrace, did not openly argue with Simon Westeros, and understood their situation.

In the final analysis, Simon Westeros didn't do things absolutely after all, and if he jumped out to provoke at this time, it would be tantamount to not being able to get along with himself. In the days that followed, when I saw a young man who seemed to be forever plain and modest, as if there was no trace of aggression, even some celebrities who were used to it couldn't help but feel a little awe.

Things are always coming and going.

While the circle was still whispering about the inside story of Barry Levinson and others leaving CAA, the release of the new Forbes North America 400 rich list suddenly triggered another storm of public opinion.