At four o'clock in the afternoon, Jerry's cousin Brian drove over, and after chatting with Jerry for half an hour, he hurriedly drove away.

When he returned to the villa again, it was past nine o'clock in the evening.

Jerry and Mira had already had dinner and were snuggling up together on a talk show.

"Look at Jerry, look what I've brought you!"

Brian, who walked into the living room, shook the file bag in his hand with great interest, "That guy Martin is a miser, in order to get you the best contract, I lobbied him for three hours, and invited him to dinner at an Italian restaurant, and finally persuaded him to sign the contract." ”

Sitting next to Jerry, Brian couldn't wait to take out the brokerage contract, spread it out on the table in triplicate, and placed it in front of Jerry.

Jerry smiled and poured him a glass of red wine, then picked up the contract and flipped through the pages without hurrying.

Brian grabbed his glass and drank it all without any image, drinking it as water, really thirsty.

Obviously, what he just said was true, and in order to get Jerry a good brokerage contract, he did have a lot of trouble talking in front of Martin Bob, the head of CAA, tonight.

Now that the matter was done, he felt that his mouth was dry and he needed to rehydrate.

Mira got up and poured him a glass of red wine, and he drank it dry with a sip of cow drink, and poured another glass, this time he finally relieved himself, took a very gentlemanly sip, and said with a smile: "Thank you, Mira, this long black dress is so beautiful on you!"

"Thanks for the compliment, Brian, you are the best agent in my mind. The Ukrainian girl smiled.

This sentence is not a compliment, but Mira's heartfelt words.

In fact, Mira has known Brian for a long time, and in recent times, the internal personnel adjustment of CAA-innovative artist agency has been very chaotic, and many powerful agents of CAA are racing against time to seize power, which makes it impossible for the company's internal personnel to work with peace of mind, but the cutting-edge agent Brian Lord is not affected, and he has been conscientious and sticking to his post, and has achieved enviable results.

It all started when Michael Ovitz, president of CAA for two decades, accepted an invitation from Michael Ainas, chairman of the board of directors of Walt Disney, to leave CAA and become Disney CEO.

At the same time, Ron Meiyer, the No. 2 man at Innovative Artist Agency (CAA), also resigned and left to join Universal Group as president and chief operating officer of Universal Pictures.

Since then, the five partners who founded CAA have lost two heavyweight core members, and the company has suddenly become a mess, and some ambitious old agents have begun to make waves in an attempt to fish in troubled waters and become the new partners of the company.

Compared with these careerists, the performance of Brian Lorde, who has been unknown before, undoubtedly made everyone look sideways, and also let many Hollywood rookie actors with dreams know his name for the first time.

Brian joined CAA ten years ago, starting from a low-level mailman, and then to an agent assistant, steadily improving step by step, becoming an official agent five years ago, but because he is not famous in the industry, no big-name stars are willing to sign with him.

It wasn't until three years ago that Brian signed Brad Pitt from Oklahoma that his career began to take off.

In three years, Brian has won eight starring opportunities for Pitt, so that Brad Pitt, who was not even a third-rate role, has achieved a gorgeous transformation in the shortest possible time.

Up to now, Brad Pitt has become a quasi-first-line star in Hollywood who has quickly become popular, and the hot new film "Seven Deadly Sins" starring Pitt is currently being screened in movie theaters.

Brad Pitt's rapid popularity not only put his own acting career into the fast lane, but also made his agent Brian, who was popular with one hand, complete a gorgeous turnaround.

A decade of inconsistency has been a breath of fresh air for innovative artist agencies (CAAs) in the midst of chaos, inspiring hundreds of thousands of Hollywood actors to believe that even with the loss of Michael Ovitz and Ron Meyer, CAA can still help them achieve their dreams, as Brad Pitt's success is the most powerful proof of this.

Milla Jovovich is part of this army of dreamers, so she's wanted to get to know Brian for a long time.

It's a pity that although she has some fame in the New York modeling industry, in Hollywood, a young actor like her, who has no resources to borrow, simply can't get the attention of Brian Lorde.

To be honest, after seeing Brian, a big-name agent, see Jerry's actor card, he was ecstatic and rushed around all night, and even sent the brokerage contract to Jerry overnight, as a bystander, Mira was really envious and proud of Jerry.

Because she is Jerry's intimate partner, she has been sharing a bed with him for three months.

It was only when Mira met Brian before dinner that she learned from Jerry that Jerry's mother, Lady Sally, was Brian's aunt.

In fact, as early as three months ago, when Jerry graduated from high school and came to Los Angeles for a vacation, Brian persuaded him to join the entertainment industry and come to Hollywood as an actor, and recommended himself to be his agent, and promised that as long as Jerry nodded, he promised to make Jerry a quasi-first-line Hollywood star within two years and become a Hollywood first-line superstar before the age of twenty-five.

It's a pity that Jerry didn't want to be an actor at that time, so he rejected him.

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Just as Mira was thinking about something, Brian whispered to Jerry about the agreement.

"The terms of the brokerage contract are similar to those of other agreements, the most important of which are: the duration of the contract, the brokerage commission, liquidated damages and the various training plans promised by the brokerage company. ”

Looking at Jerry, Brian continued: "According to your requirements, I have won the shortest contract period for you, sign for two years first, and our company has the right of first refusal to sign the contract under the same conditions when the contract expires.

You said that if your acting career doesn't improve within two years, you will quit the entertainment industry and go back to college, so the contract period is the part I will focus on fighting for you.

The brokerage commission is 8%, because your contract is too short, this is already the maximum authority I can fight, and at present, many popular stars also have an 8% brokerage commission, and only a few top superstars and directors have an agency commission of 5%.

Our company promises to help you win at least five supporting roles in the first year, with no less than three scenes per role, including but not limited to TV series and independent films, and at least three starring opportunities in the second year, including the leading role and the first and second supporting actors, with no less than 20 scenes per role. ”

Jerry turned his head to look, the corners of his mouth curled up, and he smiled, but he didn't speak.

Brian's face was slightly red, and he said with some embarrassment: "The written terms are like this, they will not promise too many benefits, as for the specific situation, it is up to the broker to do the work, which is also an important indicator to test the broker's ability to operate."

In addition, I would like to explain here that the heavier the role, the more time it takes, and the fewer movies they can participate in, so many A-list superstars only participate in one or two movies a year.

The rules for liquidated damages are very lenient, one million dollars, which is also the maximum authority within my purview, and you are set liquidated damages for newcomers.

I think what you value is whether you can become famous quickly, rather than the issue of liquidated damages, so this aspect can be ignored, and when you really become famous, you need to pay special attention at that time, many actors are coerced or hidden by the agency, just because the liquidated damages are too high, so that they are bogeyed. ”

Jerry smiled and nodded, still not answering positively, which made Brian a little nervous.

This feeling of gaining and losing makes him both nervous and exciting, and only challenging things can really get him excited.

After a lapse of three months, Brian, who had already died, would never have thought that his cousin Jerry would change his mind and go to the Actors Guild to register as an actor behind his back, but fortunately, Jerry did not go through the registration procedures with the Actors' Guild in person and was not discovered by Hollywood scouts, otherwise, I am afraid that the agents of other companies would have been abducted.

Brian values Jerry very much, believing that he has an unparalleled talent, handsome face, deep eyes, a slender body, tall and strong, coupled with an innate elegance, many excellent qualities are combined, which is the only thing to see in the life of Brian who has been in Hollywood for ten years.

Therefore, if Jerry doesn't plan to enter the showbiz, Brian can't do anything, but as long as Jerry is willing to enter this circle, Brian must not miss him and push Jerry to the big screen at all costs.

This is not only because they are somewhat related to each other, but more because Brian sees the dawn in Jerry to make himself an ace agent.

With infinite ambition in his heart, Brian subconsciously set his eyes on Jerry beside him, and the more he looked at him, the more he felt that he was handsome, charming, and flawless like a masterpiece created by God, even if he had known him for a long time, he would still be unconsciously attracted by his handsomeness.

You must know that Brian is definitely a pure straight man, the red flag at home does not fall, the colorful flags flutter outside, and the life is quite moist.

Picking up a glass of wine and taking a sip, the aroma of the wine calmed Brian quickly.

At this time, he suddenly found that Jerry's cousin seemed to be a little different from before, faintly giving him a strange feeling, in his impression, Jerry was a little frivolous and impetuous, and he couldn't hide things in his heart at all, and his joys, angers, sorrows and joys were on his face.

But at this moment, Brian can't see a trace of impetuousness in Jerry, let alone frivolousness, looking at this lucrative contract that many people dream of, his performance is so calm, so calm, slow and elegant, giving Brian a very unreal feeling.

It had changed so much that Brian believed for the first time that maybe there really was a genius in the world, such as the one in front of him.

………… (To be continued)