Arriving at the parking lot, Eric sent his driver and bodyguard away, and he and the girl got on her Land Rover and left MGM headquarters together. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

After discussing where to go for dinner next, the girl came over softly: "Eric, why don't I return the MGM shares to you?"

Eric chuckled, "Your shares are estimated to be $4 billion, and I can't afford it." ”

"I've consulted a lawyer, and I can do it without spending a penny. ”

Eric didn't wait for the girl to continue, he reached out and hugged her, and the girl affectionately cooperated and straddled Eric's lap, her eyes shining brightly.

Eric held the girl's baby face as she had at the beginning, and said seriously, "Drew, can I trust you?"

"Uh-huh," the girl nodded.

"Actually, in this life, it is very difficult to find a person who can entrust everything without reservation, and most people will never meet it in their lifetime. Eric said earnestly, leaned over and pecked the girl's little mouth, and said, "I'm lucky, I happened to meet one." So, help me take care of MGM, don't care what other people think, and don't always let me decide. If anyone dares to think about anything, you pick up the bottle and knock him on the head, just like you did before. ”

"Uh-huh," the girl nodded, snorted softly, her body seemed to be softer, completely attached to Eric's body, and her little hand was restless on Eric's mo, and whispered, "Eric, I suddenly want to do it in the car." ”

"Uh," Eric said, hugging the girl's waist, feeling like he was holding a kitten that was suddenly emotional, "Well, we seem to be talking about business." Besides, I still like this car, don't get dirty. You know, my cleanliness habit seems to be getting worse lately. ”

The girl giggled, but ignored it, reached over and pulled Eric's shirt, and told the twins to drive the car to the nearby Highway 405.

……

Century City, CAA headquarters.

Richard Lovett has been anxiously awaiting news from Pierre Truck, which could be the last chance to prompt Eric to change his mind.

In addition to the star brokerage business, under the expansion of Michael Ovitz at the beginning, since the 80s, CAA has been responsible for the advertising affairs of many large enterprises, similar to film and television packaging contracts, these advertising projects are basically to provide one-stop services such as finding spokespersons, contacting advertising agencies, and producing advertisements for the company's products.

Pierre Trucker's Havas Group happens to be one of the world's largest advertising and media companies. Richard Lovett stopped Pierre Trucker at Los Angeles International Airport and promised a cooperation, hoping that Pierre Trucker would help lobby MGM to change his decision.

I couldn't help but look at my watch again, and it was already eight o'clock in the morning.

Richard Lovett was considering whether to call and ask if he wanted to call when his cell phone rang.

Picking it up without hesitation, Richard Lovett heard the other party's voice clearly, rarely did not take the opportunity to say a few words, and went straight to the point: "Pierre, how did it turn out?"

“……”

Forcibly waited patiently for the other party to finish speaking, and the last glimmer of hope was dashed, Richard Lovett subconsciously made a grenade throwing gesture again, but finally did not throw the brand new mobile phone in his hand again. Slowly retracting his arm, Richard Lovett held the phone in his palm, folded his hands, stood behind his desk and made a posture of becoming a Buddha, and quickly thought about what to do next with Pierce Brosnan.

The office door was knocked twice, David O'Connor pushed the door in, saw Richard Lovett's posture, was stunned, and said, "Richard, probably can't stop it, Peel said that if there is no news yet, he plans to go back first today." How's it going on your side?"

Richard Lovett exhaled slowly, shook his head, and said, "I'll talk to Peel in person." ”

David O'Connor immediately understood the outcome of the matter, said nothing, nodded, and withdrew.

After spending a day at the CAA headquarters, looking out the window at the night, Pierce Brosnan gradually realized something, and when David O'Connor left, he looked at Sarah Lindellt, the public relations manager who had always been by his side, and asked, "Sarah, should I call Pascal or Williams personally?"

Sarah Lindellt looked at her client with some pity in her heart, who had always been kept in the dark.

If you do want to make that call, this morning is the perfect time. Richard Lovett must have arranged everything now, and even if he made a phone call, it wouldn't help.

Although she is by Brosnan's side, she has actually maintained contact with the outside world today, and judging from the current situation, things are likely to be worse than imagined, and perhaps, she will also lose this customer. Fortunately, David O'Connor has promised to introduce her to four customers with the same coffee position as Brosnan, even if he loses Brosnan, it is not too much of a pity, with that recording, David O'Connor will never dare to go back.

Just as he was about to comfort Brosnan casually, the office door was pushed open, and Richard Lovett walked in, his face was solemn, patted Brosnan on the shoulder who stood up and asked him to sit down, and he also pulled a chair to sit opposite him, and said: "Peel, I did my best, MGM has promised to re-sign with you." ”

Before Brosnan could rejoice, Richard Lovett was talking about re-signing, not renegotiating: "Richard, what do you mean, or yesterday's terms?"

Having said that, Brosnan suddenly realized that until now, he still didn't know what kind of salary Eric offered him yesterday. Rick Cozman didn't tell him the details yesterday, and this morning, when he learned that he was suddenly fired from the 007 crew, his first reaction when he rushed to the CAA headquarters was to punch Rick Cozman in the face, and the two naturally didn't have any communication. Although he has seen the announcement made by MGM on Yahoo's homepage, this kind of announcement will certainly not involve the detailed terms of MGM and his salary, but only reveal a general concept of a "multi-billion dollar package contract".

Richard Lovett shook his head and said, "No, Peele, MGM's current conditions are two 007 main stories, $20 million each, two Secret Service Cinematic Universe crossovers, $10 million each, and four package contracts, a total of $60 million." ”

After listening to Brosnan, his face was a little cloudy, and a few days ago, Rick Cozman also gave him an analysis that with the current box office momentum of "Casino Royale", he can at least get a salary of $40 million per sequel. Now, the four films are about $60 million, with an average of only $15 million, less than half of what was originally expected.

What was supposed to be a $160 million contract turned into $60 million, and Brosnan naturally blamed Rick Kotzman and CAA for all this. At the same time, he realized that he must have completely lost any room for bargaining.

Suppressing the anger that welled up again in his heart, Brosnan patiently asked with the last trace of temperament: "Didn't Yahoo announce that it was 100 million dollars, why is it so much less?"

Richard Lovett shook his head and patiently explained: "There is no $100 million contract in the first place, MGM is just exaggerating, yesterday Williams gave the condition of four $70 million, and a similar share plan, you know, Williams is a stubborn bastard, we rejected him once, and now if you want to re-sign, he will definitely lower your salary." So, the sharing plan was canceled, and he only ......"

"No, no," before Richard Lovett could finish speaking, Brosnan couldn't hold back any longer, stood up on the ground, pointed at Richard Lovett and said, "It's not 'us', it's 'you', it's you bastards who took the initiative to reject MGM's contract, and it's you who messed up everything to this point, it's you, it's you bastards who messed up everything." ”

Richard Lovett stood up with Brosnan, still looking good-natured, and said, "Peele, calm down. ”

"Calm down? Why the fuck should I be calm?" Brosnan glared at Richard Lovett, raised his voice again, and at the same time grabbed the chair behind him and slammed it against the window not far away, the hard tempered glass did not shatter, but some of the furnishings on the windowsill fell with the chair, making a crackling noise: "It's all your fault, you have to give me an explanation, or I'll stab all the things you bastards do to the media." ”

Although Brosnan had already shown signs of exploding, Richard Lovett still tried not to tear his face with him as much as possible, and continued to reassure: "Peele, don't do this, I admit that we may not have done some things well, but you can't help doing this, you know what, MGM only gave us one night, and if you still refuse this contract tomorrow morning, it means that you will completely lose this role." Think about it, $60 million, how many stars in Hollywood can make $60 million in a lifetime?"

"100 million, this money should have been at least 100 million, but you lost 40 million for me. ”

"There was never a hundred, seven million. Williams claimed a few years ago that he wanted to suppress Hollywood star pay, and that's what he is doing now. I used almost all of the CAA's connections today to get him to drop the decision to replace you, just $10 million less. ”

"In any case, I will not sign such a contract, and besides, I will announce what the CAA has done tomorrow, and you will just wait to be ruined. ”

After being scolded by the fingers, Richard Lovett also became a little angry, and said loudly: "Be realistic, Peele, if you give up Bond, do you think that someone will be willing to spend $20 million on you, no, absolutely impossible." Your image has already been stereotyped, and it is difficult for the audience to accept your role outside of 007. Also, you know "The Lion King 2", that animated movie originally had the global box office potential of $1 billion like "Finding Nemo", but because of the joint ban of Firefly and Fox, its box office was only more than half of "Finding Nemo". So, what's more serious is that taking into account the pressure of fireflies, most film companies won't even invite you to participate in movies anymore, and your career in Hollywood will be over. ”

"Even if I'm done, I'm going to drag the CAA down with me, and I'm going to sue you. ”

"Ha, sue us? Do you know what's in the newspapers right now?' Pierce Brosnan deliberately claimed to have no knowledge of MGM's pay terms in order to salvage his 007 contract. Everyone now thinks that you are deliberately pretending to be kept in the dark, and if you sue again, you will only be treated as an angry joke. ”

Brusnam paused, suddenly stepped forward and grabbed Richard Lovett by the collar, and slammed the other party against the wall: "Did you do it right, you must have done it?"

"Let go, you madman. Although Richard Lovett was pressed against the wall, he still looked right, waving his arms and yelling: "I almost knelt down for more than 10 million people in Los Angeles all day to save your contract, do you think I have time to do these boring things, it's just MGM demonstrating to you." ”

Richard Lovett's hoarse expression still carried an unconcealable grievance, Brosnan stared at the other party for a few seconds, and the fist that had been raised gradually put down, but he was unwilling to let go of the other party like this, the two were stalemate for a moment, and Sarah Lindellt, who had been carefully hiding next to him, tentatively proposed: "Richard, it's better to be like this, didn't MGM only lower the salary of $10 million, perhaps, CAA can take the initiative to give up the 10% commission in this contract, which can be regarded as making up for Peel's loss." ”

Richard Lovett, whose collar was still tightly gripped, tried to pant hard, glanced at Brosnan, there seemed to be a deep unwillingness in his eyes, and after a long while, he said, "Okay, I agree." ”

Brosnan saw Richard Lovett speak, and finally let go of his collar, but he still said coldly, "You shouldn't have taken a penny, Sarah, let's go first." ”

Leaving this sentence, Bruce Nan left the office without looking back. Sarah Lindellt triumphantly waved a hand at Richard Lovett, then quickly followed.

"Slut. ”

Looking at Sarah Lindellt's departing figure, Richard Lovett scolded fiercely, slid his body down the wall and sat on the floor, ripped open his neckline, pulled off the crooked tie and threw it aside, relieved and relieved.

A moment later, David O'Connor walked in, looked at Richard Lovett sitting at the base of the wall, walked over and crouched down in front of him, took out the cigarette case in his pocket, took out a cigarette case, handed it over, took out a lighter and lit it for him, and then asked, "Done?"

Richard Lovett took a small half cigarette in one gulp, nodded, glanced at the mess by the window, and suddenly cursed in a low voice: "Damn Hollywood." (To be continued.) )