The next day, four pages were used and the full text was published, and Eric was neither unconcerned about the eighteen hundred dollars in manuscript fees, nor did he want a false name, and more importantly, he could not explain the source of the detailed information in the article, so he submitted it to the newspaper anonymously.

The publication of this article immediately caused a huge wave in Hollywood circles, and the limelight almost overshadowed the 61st Academy Awards, which will be held in a few days.

If most of the forces were still immersed in the thrill of smearing CAA before, now they suddenly calmed down and focused on this article. In the days that followed, the media throughout the United States was boiling over, reprinting this highly professional article one after another, and even a large number of papers studying this article appeared.

After reading this article, the executives of other Hollywood agencies realized why they couldn't stop the rise of CAA. The majority of film companies also fully understand why their production costs are rising again and again, and they are completely unable to resist this trend. Michael Ovitz saw the article almost at the same time as the newspaper published it, and it took him half an hour to read it with a frown, even he couldn't help but be amazed, the article's discussion of the agent's business radius almost coincided with his recent thoughts, and it was a little ahead of his time, and it was precisely because of this idea that he tried to participate in the acquisition of Sony and Colombia some time ago.

But after the shooting, Ovitz immediately became so angry that he even had the idea of killing. Because this article is tantamount to putting the business strategy that CAA relies on directly in front of all competitors, CAA's competitors can only paradoxically imitate CAA's bundling strategy before, and they are not clear about the complex operation process involved. With this article as a reference, as long as those competitors are a little self-motivated, they will definitely make a series of reforms to themselves, even if they can't completely imitate the CAA model, but they will no longer be powerless in the face of CAA's expansion.

Unfortunately, although a statement was made in a prominent position on the front page looking for the author of the article, no response was received.

Two days after the article was published, the WMA's CEO publicly stated that the WMA could pay a 5 percent stake in exchange for the other party joining the WMA as vice president if the author of the article wanted to. Although the scale of WMA is now surpassed by CAA, the other party is a century-old brokerage company, and the scale is not too different from CAA, and 5% of the shares are worth tens of millions of dollars. And on the same day, someone approached the WMA with the 'manuscript', and a farce ensued.

Under this kind of storm, CAA changed again, Tom Hanks chose to change jobs again after Tom Cruise and several other A-level stars left, and the other party's target this time was neither WMA nor ICM, but UTA (United Elite Brokerage Company), which is not visible in the scale of Eric's personal holdings.

Moreover, Hanks did not go alone, he didn't know how to use it, but he actually persuaded a gold agent from CAA who had been in charge of his brokerage affairs to jump ship with him.

This has caused all kinds of speculation in the industry, CAA gold brokers are not so easy to be, most of them have to start from the most basic mail mailers, step by step, up to several years or even more than ten years, not only to prove their strength but also to accumulate enough qualifications, in order to achieve an annual salary of millions of gold brokers. And once Hanks's agent leaves, it is equivalent to directly giving up all the previous qualifications accumulation, even if he returns to CAA again in the future, even if he has the strength of no less than any gold agent, he can only climb up step by step from the bottom agent again.

In the presence of Kapoor, Hanks himself, Hanks' agent Simon Wilson, and staff at a well-known notary in Los Angeles, Eric and Hanks secretly signed the contract that Eric had promised. Of course, Hanks was kind enough not to let Eric set up a $100 million gambling fund. For Hanks' job hopping.

The only thing the CAA can do is to ask Hanks for a small amount of liquidated damages, as well as a commission of the salary. After Hanks signed an actor contract with Firefly, Cruise learned that Hanks's salary conditions, as Eric expected, made a big concession in the share, and finally the day before the Oscars, the two sides quickly signed a contract to join with a salary of $5 million and a 5% North American profit share, which was completely in line with Eric's expectations. It was finally confirmed that April 5 was the start date.

On March 29, after more than a month of preparation, the 61st Academy Awards ceremony was officially held at the Holy Citizen Auditorium in Los Angeles.

And Eric will also be the guest of honor for this year's Best Supporting Actress, it is said that the organizers originally planned to invite the newlyweds Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson, although Don Johnson is not too famous, but Melanie Griffith has risen directly to the position of A-list actress this year with a film. Unfortunately, Melanie Griffith was destined not to be able to compete with Eric, and after Columbia approached the Oscar organizers, the other party quickly abandoned Melanie Griffiths in favor of the more famous Eric.

"Eric, can you help me take a look again, is there any problem?" In the Lincoln sedan slowly driving towards the Oscar red carpet, Virginia nervously turned to Eric, the girl never dreamed that she could walk on the Oscar red carpet so quickly, and her cheeks were slightly red with excitement.

Eric patted Virginia's little hand, "Okay, you're beautiful, Vicky, relax." ”

The girl was still not confident, reached out and gently touched her hair, remembered another thing, and asked, "Hmm...... Eric, if I win, do you really want me to go up and receive the award on behalf of someone else? ”

"Of course," Eric nodded, "I don't want to be the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film for the first award I received on stage." ”

John Lasseter, who was supposed to come to the awards ceremony, is now completely in a state of workaholic because of Eric's investment and decentralization, and he can't wait to live in Pixar's office, if it weren't for the Oscar invitation sent to Richmond, John Lasseter almost forgot about the short film being nominated for the Oscar. But after getting the invitation, John Lassay called directly and said that he was too busy to leave, and if he won the award, he asked Eric to help him get it.

Eric didn't persuade him much, Pixar Animation will almost be the overlord of the Oscar animation awards in the future, and it will not be bad this time. The main reason why Pixar applied for this award was to win the Oscar and bring more business to Pixar. At the same time, Eric didn't want to get on the Oscar podium and the first trophy he got was the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film, so he gave this opportunity to show his face to the girl next to him.

As he spoke, Lincoln stopped at the entrance of the Oscar red carpet, and the call of fans could already be heard in the distance.

Eric stepped out of the car first, turned to the other side of the car, and very gentlemanly stretched out his arm, let the girl hold him, and slowly walked to the red carpet under the prompting of the staff.

Perhaps the actress was born a creature on the red carpet, and Virginia, who was still very nervous in the car, walked on the red carpet and quickly relaxed, gently holding Eric's arm, and following him step by step, waving gently to the crowd from time to time, revealing a charming smile.

There are still seven or eight meters away from the fan area, and someone found Eric's figure, and then the shouts rang out, which were mixed with the courtship sounds of several girls such as 'Eric, I love you', compared with the stars over thirty years old on the red carpet, Eric's youth and handsomeness undoubtedly have a huge advantage.

In addition, he only stepped down not long ago, but he also has a large number of fans among teenagers. If it weren't for the staff to maintain order, maybe someone would have rushed directly to the red carpet, and this kind of thing has not happened. Eric slowed down and nodded at the crowd with a decent smile on his face, which was followed by a female scream.

Unconsciously, he actually had a fan, Eric sighed slightly in his heart, and continued to walk forward with Virginia in his arms, the girl next to him was slightly disappointed, because no one called her name, she even noticed the hostility in the eyes of many female fans in the audience, and this kind of love was only relented in the media area in front.

"Eric, look here!"

"Here, here."

"Eric, Virginia, would you like to get closer?"

Compared with fans who only focus on their favorite stars, the reporters in the media area recognized Virginia lightly, but they had already heard that Virginia was about to participate in a movie with Firefly Investment and Eric himself as the screenwriter.

Hollywood has developed to this day, and many things in the circle are already clear rules, if an unknown beautiful actress or even a handsome actor suddenly gets an important role in a movie, then, many people will subconsciously ask: Who did she (he) sleep with? These beautiful actresses or handsome men get a chance for no reason, and they must pay a price, and for them, they can't do anything except their bodies. And most people don't look down on these men and women, they only envy their opportunities.

The reporters' eyes sparkled with a fire of gossip, and they frantically pressed the shutter while urging Eric and Virginia to be as intimate as possible.

Finally passed through the media area, and while the ABC reporter caught Michelle Pfeiffer for an interview, Eric pulled the girl directly to the celebrity waiting area.

"Hi Mr. Williams, I'm Robert Downey Jr."

"Hello, Mr. Downey," Eric smiled and shook hands with the other party, just about to praise the other party's work, but found that he didn't remember what masterpieces this young movie star had in his early years, so he had to point to the girl next to him: "This is Virginia Madsen." ”

Robert Downey Jr. shook Virginia politely, and the other party just came to get acquainted, hoping to have a chance to cooperate in the future, so he didn't dwell too much, chatted with Eric a few more words, and left quickly. Eric also took the initiative to start greeting the others.

Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Dustin Hoffman, Melanie Griffith, Patrick Swayze, Gina Davis, Bruce Willis and his wife Demi Moore, Cher, Jane Fonda, Jodie Foster, Sigourney Weaver......

shuttled through the crowd as if in a lifetime, chatting with these still young stars, and a few minutes later, after being reminded by the staff, everyone began to enter the venue.

I don't know what the organizers of this year's Oscars think, but they didn't arrange a host.

After entering the auditorium, finding the location of the crew and recognizing the place, Eric left his seat and walked directly to the backstage. Because he was presented as a guest for Best Supporting Actress was placed first. There are no strict rules on the order in which the Oscars are awarded, and many times, in order to attract the attention of the audience, the organizer will take the lead in awarding the more important Best Supporting Actor or Best Supporting Actress.

"Hello, Eric, I'm Tom Selik." Walking backstage, a tall and sturdy middle-aged man approached him: "I'll lead you to the stage later." ”

Eric stretched out his hand and shook the other's hand: "Thank you, Mr. Syric, I like you very much, I heard that this movie is going to make a sequel?" ”

is the annual box office champion in 87, and most of the time this heartwarming comedy can win the box office championship. Because there were no famous movies in 87 for a whole year.

As for Tom Selik, Eric has only seen it, and his deeper impression is the image of Monica's boyfriend in his twenties.

After Eric plans to finish it, the TV series for Fox will be. Although he has a deep memory of Tom Selik's image of Monica's boyfriend, Eric knows that he must choose a newcomer, and now Tom Selik's career is still in full swing, and it would be strange if he invited the other party to act in a TV series.

Tom Selick laughed when he heard Eric mention his proudest work, "Of course, but it won't be released until next year, and honestly, I don't want to bump into your movie." ”

After about 10 minutes of singing and dancing, Eric took the envelope of the winners handed by the staff and walked onto the podium under the guidance of Tom Selik.

All the guests' lines were written by the previous screenwriters, so the audience saw the witty words of those stars on the TV, but it didn't actually show their own speech ability.

"Wow," walked to the center of the stage, Eric held the microphone and sighed: "Actually, after I received the invitation, I asked Alan Carr, why, why other people have female companions on stage to present awards, but I can only be alone, this is not fair!" Alan stared at me for a long time before he said, "Because you're too small!" ”

Eric said this, winking at the audience as if he was cute, making an innocent look.

The audience was silent for a second, and immediately burst into laughter, applause, and applause, in the past six months, although Eric has made a series of amazing achievements in Hollywood, but from time to time there will always be people talking about Eric's age, and achieving such a great achievement at the age of eighteen seems to have become a 'stain' on Eric's life. When people praise genius, they will always involuntarily reject genius.

After saying a few more witty words and making the audience laugh, Eric pulled the topic back: "In any movie, while those heroes and heroines show their acting skills, they are always indispensable to the supporting role, and a good supporting role will make a movie more brilliant, so let's see what are the movies that have been nominated for Best Supporting Actress." ”

After Eric finished speaking, he made a gesture, and the big screen appeared one after another with the nominees for Best Supporting Actress, Sigourney Weaver and Joan Chusack, Gina Davis and Francis McDurmond.

As far as Eric is concerned, he is least optimistic about Sigourney Weaver, who has won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress before. Eric prefers Michelle Pfeiffer and Gina Davis to the mix, and he thinks the winner should be one of them.

After all the nominated films were introduced, Eric slowly opened the envelope and glanced at the name, as expected.

"Best Supporting Actress was Gina Davis."

In the applause, a redhead woman with a height of more than 1.8 meters stood up excitedly covering her mouth, hugged the rest of the crew one by one, and walked onto the stage. The girl did not rush to pick up the little golden man, but hugged Eric excitedly, and Eric could only smile and pat the girl's back. Gina Davis was already more than 1.8 meters tall, and now she is wearing high heels, a little taller than Eric, and when the two hug, Eric does look very 'small', this scene can't help but cause a chuckle from the audience.

"Hey, Ms. Davis, can you let me go, are you sure you're not eating my tofu?" Eric patted it a few times, and seeing that the other party was still holding him, he had to whisper a word in the girl's ear.

"Impatient little one," Gina Davis whispered, quickly letting go of Eric, taking the golden man, and beginning her own speech.