"Guys, that's the case, what do you guys think?"

In the CAA conference room, Michael Ovitz told the five partners what Xia Yu was talking to him, and then shrugged his shoulders and said, his eyes wandering over everyone's faces.

Martin Bowmu and Mike Rosenfeld and others looked at each other, a little overwhelmed, but one thing was the same, and that was that everyone was feeling a lot of pressure.

After a long time, Martin Baomu frowned and asked, "Michael, are you sure they went to William Morris Agency?"

Michael Ovitz shook his head with an ugly face and said: "I only saw them set off in that direction, and I am not sure if they went or not, but they are indeed people from Polaris Capital, and you can take a detailed look at the information about Polaris Capital, they have this strength." ”

"I'd rather believe that they do have that idea. ”

Martin Bao Mu and the others then turned their attention to the unopened copy and carefully browsed it.

For a moment, the conference room fell silent again.

Michael Ovitz's eyes were a little distracted, he didn't know what he was thinking, but his frowning brow and ever-changing face showed that he was not at peace inside.

After about seven or eight minutes, everyone finished reading the information in their hands, and Martin Baomu didn't bother with the truth or falsehood of what Xia Yu said to Michael Ovitz before leaving.

Polaris Capital is a behemoth for them with billions of dollars in assets, and there is no need for the boss of such a company to lie to them.

And since it is really the bosses who are out of the house, it proves that Polaris Capital attaches great importance to the brokerage field, and they have only two options for CAA.

One is to accept investment, the benefits are obvious, CAA companies can instantly become a big guy, but their equity will shrink.

The second is to become an enemy, but the result is difficult to say, it is difficult to guarantee that it will not be deliberately targeted and suppressed, if it really happens, CAA will definitely not be able to bear it.

How to choose?

Martin Baomu actually already has the answer in mind, but he wants to know what everyone thinks.

Feeling that he hadn't heard the sound of turning the page for a long time, Michael Ovitz came back to his senses, glanced at everyone's faces, and said: "Everyone has read the information, so let's go back to the topic just now, how should we choose?"

"To accept investment or not to accept investment?"

The other five looked at each other, all expecting the others to speak first.

It's not a thing to drag it out like this, Michael Ovitz directly called his name, looked at Ron Meyer sitting on the left, and said, "Lang, what do you think?"

Lang Meyer thought for a while and said: "In fact, after five years of development, our company has been on the right track, but the shortcomings are also very obvious, all of us here have climbed up from the bottom, there is no capital support behind it, and the company's development has slowed down." ”

"And the company is getting bigger and bigger, and it is easier to attract the attention of giants in the same field, and the pressure will be more and more at that time, not to mention that now we have been targeted by capital, and there are only two options, so I think accepting investment is the best choice." ”

"That's my opinion. ”

With that, Ron Meyer spread his hands, leaned back in his chair, and looked at the others.

Michael Ovitz looked at Mike Rosenfeld again and asked, "Mike, what do you think?"

Mike Rosenfeld said with a wry smile: "Michael, do we still have a choice? If Polaris Capital fails to invest in us and really buys William Morris Brokerage, then our future will be very difficult, and the only way is to find a backer who is not inferior to Polaris Capital to compete, but at that time we will lose more initiative, and the outcome will be the same, and it will be even worse." ”

"Since we can't escape being invested by capital, why don't we seize a certain initiative?"

Everyone silently agreed with Mike Rosenfeld's analysis.

Michael Ovitz didn't say anything, and looked at William Hubble again: "William, what do you think?"

......

After all the statements, there is no doubt that everyone agrees that accepting the investment from Polaris Capital is the best outcome.

Michael Ovitz had mixed feelings, and he didn't know whether he was relieved or lost.

He collected his emotions and said to everyone: "Since everyone has agreed to accept the investment, then let's discuss the specific matters." ”

Three days later.

Xia Yu brought a complete acquisition team such as Gordon Simpson to CAA again, and Michael Ovitz and other six people all welcomed him side by side at the door.

After a round of greetings, everyone came to the conference room to start the negotiations.

Michael Ovitz and others have fallen into disadvantage from the moment they agreed, but they have not given up, and they all hope for greater benefits.

And Xia Yu's side has grasped the scale, although he was once aggressive, but he still maintained a certain degree of restraint.

The success of CAA is inseparable from Michael Ovitz and others, so the future cooperation time is still very long, and Xia Yu did not increase the risk of cooperation in order to save millions of dollars.

In the end, after an hour of negotiations, the bottom lines of the two parties finally coincided, and the negotiations were completed at one time.

Xia Yu gave CAA a high valuation of $40 million, and Polaris Capital injected $38.4 million into CAA for CAA's expansion.

In the original ownership structure of CAA, Michael Ovitz held 25 percent of the shares, and the remaining five people each held 15 percent.

After the capital injection, CAA's shareholding structure is 49% owned by Polaris Capital, 12.75% by Michael Ovitz, and 7.65% by the other five.

As long as Michael Ovitz is still one mind, then the control of CAA is still in their hands.

Of course, the agreement also stipulates that Polaris Capital has the right of first refusal to acquire the shares of the six of them, and the six of them also have the right of first refusal to acquire the CAA shares of Polaris Capital.

Finally, there is the company's personnel system and salary system.

There are no personnel changes, and Michael Ovitz is still the president.

But Michael Ovitz's annual salary has risen from $300,000 to $500,000, and the salaries of others have also risen to $400,000.

......

After the contract was signed, Xia Yu shook hands with Michael Ovitz with a kind smile and said: "The funds will all be transferred to the company's account within three days." ”

"From now on we are a family, and there are some things I can tell you in advance. ”

"Polaris Capital is going to make a big difference in the film industry, and is now acquiring the Big Eight and will also be involved in other entertainment fields in the future, and the business will be CAA at that time. ”

"At present, I have a script, and I plan to invest more than 20 million US dollars to shoot the film company after acquiring it, and the actors' agents will be about CAA at that time. ”

"But before you can do that, you'll have to find a way to get me in touch with Steven Spielberg, who needs him to shoot this film. ”

A series of bombs thrown by Xia Yu blew up Michael Ovitz and others a little dizzy, and when they reacted, they couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised, and they felt from the bottom of their hearts that they would not lose money by accepting the investment of Polaris Capital.

He immediately seized the opportunity and said: "Mr. Xia, I will start expanding the company immediately, as for director Steven Spielberg, who was filming "Raiders of the Lost Ark" jointly produced by Paramount and Lucasfilm in Hawaii last month, and now the filming should be almost finished, I will contact him first." ”

Xia Yu bowed slightly and said: "Well, the final draft of the script has been perfected, and it has been registered, I will have someone send it to you tomorrow, you find a chance to give it to Steven Spielberg, if he is willing to shoot, you will notify me." ”

"Okay. ”

......

Afterwards, Michael Ovitz called a meeting with all the employees of the company to announce to everyone that CAA had accepted the capital injection from Polaris Capital, and all the employees were overjoyed.

Backed by capital giants, CAA has solved the biggest shortcomings, and the future will be brighter.

After Xia Yu was stationed in CAA to supervise, he was left to be run by Michael Ovitz and others.

With his help in this life, CAA will rise faster than in previous lives.

In the next few days, Xia Yu did not interfere in other acquisitions, but sorted out various investments in the company and did a good job of gatekeeping.

On November 25th, a delicate and elegant invitation was presented to Xia Yu, and Xia Yu couldn't help but say that he was going to go.