"Thank you for your hospitality, Mr. Miller. ”

"You're welcome, we're partners. ”

In front of the ballroom of the Lijing Hotel in Los Angeles, Garcia Rodriguez shook hands with Miller of Imperial Entertainment and said goodbye, and soon took the elevator to the first floor.

"Good evening, Mr. Rodriguez. "It's a fresh face who greets you.

Garcia responded politely: "Hello. ”

The man quickly introduced himself: "I'm Richard Frey from Korn Ferry, can I take a few minutes for you to talk?"

Garcia was a little puzzled, he hadn't heard the name of this company, and there should be no one in the company with which Embassy Pictures had business dealings.

The assistant who followed next to him whispered in advance: "Headhunter company." ”

It's not the first time Garcia has encountered it, and politely refused: "Sorry, I'm in a hurry." ”

Richard Frey was prepared and whispered, "It was Mr. Diego Mendes who introduced me. ”

Diego Mendez is García Rodriguez's classmate and helped a lot back then, and when he heard the name, García Rodriguez thought for a moment and said, "Five minutes. ”

Richard Frey hurriedly said, "This way, please." ”

Finding a quiet place to sit down in the rest area, Garcia raised his hand and looked at his watch, on the one hand, he didn't want to be too entangled with the people in the headhunter company, and on the other hand, he really had something.

In the afternoon, the company will have a meeting to discuss the promotion of The Passion with Mel Gibson.

This film will be released in February.

Mel Gibson is a bit of a tough guy to deal with, and Ronan takes the film very seriously, and Garcia has to be there.

Richard Frey had known before he came, and knew that there was a big man in the film industry sitting opposite, so he was sure that he was busy, and quickly said: "Mr. Rodriguez, do you intend to change to a bigger platform to develop? It is more extensive than Embassy Pictures and Relativity Entertainment? The salary is increased by 20 percent from the current minimum, and there is a heavy reward every year......

What is a bigger platform than Relativity Entertainment? It's not hard to guess Garcia, one of Hollywood's big six.

This isn't the first time that Hollywood's Big Six have come to dig into the wall, and it won't be the last, Garcia smiled and said, "If that's what you're going to talk about, there's no need to go on." ”

He stood up, not ready to talk to the other man any longer.

Richard Frey hurriedly said: "Mr. Rodriguez......"

García Rodriguez didn't give him a chance to continue at all: "I don't know which company you're coming on behalf of, but one thing I can remind you is that I have a non-compete agreement with the company with liquidated damages of up to $200 million. ”

Richard Frey fell silent in an instant.

Garcia shook his head slightly and left with his assistant.

Not to mention the first-class salary in the industry, the core management team has options last year, with the rapid development trend of the entire group company today, what is the value of Embassy Pictures in the future?

The salary of Relativity Entertainment is not lower than that of the Big Six, and the Big Six companies will break the salary balance of the entire company because of one person?

Garcia has a very clear understanding that in the past two years, Relativity Entertainment has developed rapidly, and the annual profit of the group's film industry has exceeded $500 million for the first time, ranking fourth in Hollywood, which will inevitably attract the attention of large companies.

Since the second half of last year, Relativity Entertainment has encountered a similar situation to DreamWorks, with a hoe that comes from nowhere, always trying to dig into the company's corners, and some employees have also left under the temptation of high salaries.

Those big companies, this is using Relativity Entertainment as a dream factory.

It's a pity that Relativity Entertainment is not a dream factory!

But not everyone can withstand the temptation, the core personnel are highly paid and high, and there are countless people below who are staring at their positions, including many people who have some ability and feel that they should sit in a certain high position.

When the opportunity arises, some of them who have good ability and have not signed a non-compete agreement will naturally think about their own future.

It's human nature.

In the office of Relativity Entertainment, Ronan looked at Connie's latest resignation reports, confirmed his name and position, and signed them.

These are all mid-level personnel, and the resignation requires him to co-sign with Robert Iger.

Ronan signed and asked Connie, "How many people have resigned this month." ”

"Embassy Pictures, Shahai Entertainment, plus the head office, a total of eighteen people. Connie has counted: "It's nearly twice as much as last month." ”

Ronan asked, "What about recruitment?"

Connie replied quickly: "There are also new people who continue to join, and our salary package and development prospects are very attractive. ”

Ronan nodded, the resignation of these people will have some impact, but the impact is not big.

Commercial companies are like this, in the words of the former Pacific Coast, they are iron-clad battalions and flowing soldiers.

Relativity Entertainment is already on the right track, not to mention these middle-level personnel, even if there are core personnel leaving, it will not affect the entire company.

Connie reminded: "These people are all job-hopping, I specifically let people pay attention, there have been headhunters have been frequently attacking us recently, and seven of the eighteen people who resigned have submitted their resignation reports within the last week." ”

Ronan couldn't help but laugh: "It seems that we have attracted some people's attention. ”

Connie knew what Ronan was talking about, and answered: "Assistant Department, my deputy, I was also contacted by headhunters yesterday, and she refused. ”

Ronan was curious, which of the six major companies or companies was eyeing Relativity Entertainment?

In the past two years, the rapid development momentum of DreamWorks has weakened, and the momentum of Relativity Entertainment has become more and more fierce, and the shield in front of it can no longer cover Relativity Entertainment.

I heard that Spielberg's life is not easy, but DreamWorks should be able to hold out for a while, and it is said that it successfully raised funds from India in October last year.

There is currently news circulating in the circle that Paramount Pictures is pressing DreamWorks step by step, wanting Spielberg to give up the distribution business and let DreamWorks sign a long-term distribution agreement with Paramount Pictures.

This can be said to be the first step for Paramount Pictures to swallow up DreamWorks.

Ronan remembers very well that after DreamWorks gave up its distribution business and independence, it was sold to Paramount Pictures, and it was about the end of 2005 or 2006 that Spielberg finally gave up his dream of founding DreamWorks, and chose to compromise in the face of Paramount Pictures' pressing steps.

DreamWorks was also completely split from an independent entertainment conglomerate, eventually turning into a pure production company.

At that time, the "Transformers" series filmed and produced by DreamWorks was distributed by Paramount Pictures.

Since then, DreamWorks has completely lost its independence, and has changed multiple co-distributors later, and Spielberg rarely even directs films that DreamWorks has invested in anymore.

Now it seems that DreamWorks switched to Paramount Pictures and almost became a subsidiary of Paramount Pictures, which is also the result of Paramount Pictures taking the initiative several years in advance and pressing step by step.

Ronan didn't want to be confused, and said to Connie: "Let people check which company or companies are behind our headhunting company." ”

Connie said, "I'll have someone look it up." ”

Seeing that Ronan was nothing else, Connie left the office.

Before Ronan could finish reading an email, Connie came back and said, "Lady Shirley-Lansing has arrived, and I've had her asked to go to the reception room first. ”

This was the meeting that had been scheduled a few days ago, and Ronan put down what he was doing and went straight to the reception room.

"Hello, Shirley. Ronan entered the reception room and greeted him warmly, "Welcome to Relativity Entertainment." ”

This is a woman who is about to turn 60 years old, and she can be called the most powerful woman in Hollywood.

Shirley Lansing responded with a smile, and after shaking hands, she said, "It's been a long time, I want to catch up with old friends." ”

Ronan didn't dare to underestimate this woman, a woman who could use the resources at hand to play Spielberg to death, let alone be described as powerful.

"You make a phone call, and I'll be there. Ronan said with a smile.

Shirley Lansing looked at the movie poster hanging on the wall of the reception room: "I'm curious about your relativity entertainment and thought I'd come over and take a look, you guys did pretty well last year." ”

Ronan was moderately modest: "It's not comparable to Paramount Pictures." ”

Shirley Lansing looked at Ronan: "Relativity Entertainment's performance last year was better than Paramount Pictures. ”

"That's the film business. Ronan said: "When it comes to integrated business, Relativity Entertainment is much worse than Paramount, and we are just getting started in some businesses. ”

Shirley Lansing was unusually sophisticated and took the opportunity to say, "Paramount Pictures can help Relativity Entertainment in some business, and that's not a problem. ”

How could Ronan believe this kind of nonsense and help Relativity Entertainment change his surname to Paramount or Viacom in the end?

Ronan smiled and said nothing, some things didn't have to be said too thoroughly.

"I spoke with Mr. Somer Leishidong the other day. Shirley Lansing smiled and said, "Ronan, Mr. Lei Shidong has talked about you, he admires you very much, and thinks that Viacom and Relativity Entertainment can strengthen their cooperation. ”

Ronan smiled and said, "I admire Mr. Lei Shidong very much. ”

Of course, this kind of talk is just talking, there is a competition between Relativity Entertainment and Viacom, in addition to the film business, there is also an offline market.

Although after Pepsi was acquired by Viacom, it became a grandmother who didn't love his uncle and didn't love it, but after all, it was an industry giant and a subsidiary of Viacom, and now it is fiercely competing with Netflix in the rental market......

If Pesdata does not carry out revolutionary changes, it can only disappear into the long river of history in the competition with Netflix.

The video cassette rental chain is an important cash flow provider for Viacom.

Ronan suddenly thought that Relativity Entertainment was frequently poached, could it have something to do with Viacom and Paramount Pictures?