Chapter 460: Because I'm a Genius Too
"CAA is my heart and soul and the pinnacle of mine. I can see it built, and I can build AMG!" Ovitz shouted to Lyra with a determined expression. It's just that he himself knows better, and even he himself doubts such firmness, let alone others.
Leila smiled faintly, "I don't deny that there is such a possibility, how much time have you spent and how many partners have you teamed up? Do you think you will have so much time to squander?"
From 1975, when he was founded, he became the president of Disney, and he spent the next 20 years building CAA. He was still young at the time, and he had a lot of energy to devote to his work. But now, he is old, and even if he refuses to accept old age, physical reasons still cannot allow him to be as willful as before.
He couldn't have had the energy to spend another 20 years creating a new miracle. And it's different, what kind of opponent did CAA face when it rose? Now AMG is facing CAA that can beat other broker companies.
It can be said that Ovitz was defeated under his own hands, who let him formulate the original company system too well?
Give me money and I'll do anything for you. From the script to the director, from the actors to the crew, they can arrange it for you all by hand.
To put it simply, you just have to say what you think, for example, you want to make a movie about aliens taking over the earth. Well, there you got it, the script was delivered to you in a very short time, and it was still written by a fairly big-name author.
Then the director will help you invite, the actor will help you invite, and the crew will help you build. You need low-grade movies, and you can, and there you go. If you can build it out of 100,000 yuan, you won't spend 120,000.
You want upscale movies, no problem, you'll get it too. You can choose from the top directors and stars of the entire company. Even if you don't, it doesn't matter, they'll help you connect and send the people you want most to the crew.
As for the other companies, hehe, if they go hungry, they can eat themselves.
Even if he didn't want to admit it, Ovitz knew that Lyra was right, and he really couldn't do it. The times have advanced too fast, and he has only been out of touch for a little time, and he has been left far behind by the times.
"So you decided to buy it after Roy came to me, didn't you?"
This question discouraged him, but if he didn't know the answer, he would feel like he would struggle with the answer for a long time.
Leila thought about it for a moment, but finally decided to tell him the truth: "Much earlier, to be exact. ”
"Earlier?"
"That's right, just when I found out you founded AMG. ”
Leila's answer made Ovitz angry. No one heard that they had just started their business and were already being targeted, and they could still remain calm.
"Why? You must have been sure that I would fail?"
Yes, his company is being bought right now, but who's to say he's failed? It took him just a few years to do something that no one else has done in decades! Wouldn't the top stars and directors who are still in the company see his potential when they join him?
Leila shook her head, then nodded, "Not all right, but you can say that. Without waiting for the other party to get angry, she explained: "I believe that you have not reached your original position because you are a genius." ”
Ovitz didn't know how to describe his mood at the moment. Because he's a genius, that's why he makes his career go badly and gets bought?
Seeing that the other party's eyes were about to pop out, Leila quickly told him the answer with the noble quality of respecting the old and loving the young: "You are a genius, so you have created the best CAA." No matter what you create next, as long as you are still in that field, you will not be able to surpass that genius self. ”
Ovitz didn't expect to hear such a strange identification from her mouth. For a person who wants to buy himself, it is quite rewarding to get such recognition.
But after knowing this, he had a new question: "As you said, CAA has stood at the top and can no longer be surpassed, so if you want to buy AMG, do you only want to barely maintain it in the middle and lower reaches?"
He didn't believe it would turn out like that. The girl has a shocking ambition that only those who look at her can see it. As a well-informed person in Hollywood, he knows that she has secretly collected the rights to many excellent works. But in the past few years, she has only handed in some works that don't hurt or itch, such as Japan's "Curse" and "Midnight Bell" and so on.
However, it is such a small work with no reputation, and she casually threw it out to the director and the improvised crew that she had planned to recruit, and with millions of investments that were so small that he could hardly be looked at, she made double the money without exception.
He wanted to know what kind of changes would it bring to Hollywood if the other works she was holding in her hands were also voted out, and maybe it would change the entire Hollywood film industry in one fell swoop!
To his question, Leila still smiled slightly: "Because I'm also a genius." ”
"......" Ovitz was silent for a moment, then burst out laughing.
She is also a genius, so she thinks she can beat her former genius.
Is it arrogant? No, she apparently really thinks so. He finally knew why she became the director sought after by Hollywood, and this self-confidence, this self-confidence based on talent is enough to explain everything.
"Well, I agree with your acquisition. I'm also looking forward to seeing the day when you beat me. As he spoke, he seemed to be a few years older suddenly, and even his straight back fell a little.
Leila looked at him and said seriously, "I will." But until then, I wish you knew a little. It's not that what you're doing is worthless, and if AMG wasn't worth it, I wouldn't have spent so much money to buy it. ”
Ovitz chuckled twice: "I don't need you to comfort me yet. Maybe I'm really old, and this is already the age of your youth. ”
With that, he left.
And when he pushed the door open, he saw Roy standing outside the door, looking at him with a complicated eye.
It dawned on him that even he thought the company was being bought because of his connections.
Ovitz stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, then left without saying a word. He didn't want to explain anything to that girl, if Roy felt guilty, then he should be guilty, he couldn't let him lose everything and watch them celebrate, right?
So, those who watched him leave saw that he had a meaningful smile on his face, for some reason.