Kapoor Sid agreed, and the two sides began to discuss the acquisition plan, and in Eric's opinion, the most valuable thing about Sid's agency was Kapoor Sid himself.

Kapoor, while not one of the CAA's founding five, is not much worse than them. The remaining seven or eight agents and two dozen or so unpopular actors in the company were basically worthless, at least not until Eric bought them.

Sid's agency is not without first-class actors, but because of Michael Ovitz, several well-known actors have to choose to leave after holding on for a while. In the end, it was really because he couldn't find a better way out, after all, Kapoor is still very capable, and although it is difficult for his actors to get ahead in the shadow of CAA, they can always get roles in some independent movies or TV series.

"Eric, a million dollars, I'm hard to accept......" Kapoor was a little unhappy with Eric's offer, when he was in the CAA, he was paid more than a million dollars a year.

Eric said unhurriedly: "Kapoor, the only thing your agency has valuable value is the brokerage contracts of those twenty or so actors, which don't mean much to me. If I wanted to, I could find hundreds of actors of that level at any time. ”

Kapoor retorted: "Eric, they are all very good actors, I have been an agent for so many years, my vision will definitely not be bad, they just lack opportunities." ”

"All the actors who are struggling at the bottom of Hollywood just lack opportunities, Kapoor, that one million can be said to be completely I gave you personally, and I also left you a 10% equity, I believe that in a few years you will definitely find yourself taking a big advantage, as for them, what I can give is the opportunity they dream of."

Capper knew that what Eric said was the truth, sighed, and nodded slightly.

Now that it has been negotiated, the two sides quickly signed a contract, the brokerage company changed owners, and the name must be changed, Eric unscrupulously used the name 'United Elite Agency', abbreviated as UTA, that is, one of the five major Hollywood brokerage companies in the previous life and CAA, WMA and other giants, but the UTA in the previous life was only established in 1991.

After doing all this at noon, after lunch, Eric followed Kapoor Sid to Sid's office in Burbank, where Kapoor Sid had only rented a few offices, which looked shabby.

However, at this time, the office was crowded with people, and they also knew that today was a special day for this brokerage company.

Seeing these expectant agents and actors, Eric suddenly remembered a question, just nodded to everyone, and pulled Jeffrey and Kapoor into a separate office, and asked, "Kapoor, what is your agency's commission now?" ”

"Six percent."

"So little?" Eric was a little surprised: "Isn't it ten percent?" ”

Jeffrey interjected, "Eric, that's a long time ago. ”

Kapoor also explained: "Since ...... After the CAA broke this convention in order to compete, the brokerage firm's share became lower and lower. Especially for small brokerage companies like us, it is impossible to take a 10% share. After the rise of CAA, in addition to the lower commission of those big-name stars, the second- and third-rate small stars have recovered a 10% share. ”

Eric thought for a moment and said, "Modify the agreement and increase the commission to ten percent." ”

"Eric, there's something wrong with that, isn't it?" Kapoor hadn't answered yet, and Jeffrey couldn't help but object.

Eric explained: "If you don't change it now, when the brokerage company develops, it will have a greater impact on raising the commission, so ...... Which of you will make the announcement? ”

Jeffrey and Capper glanced at each other, then turned their gaze to Eric.

"Well, okay, I'll do this bad guy."

……

"I don't need to introduce you, everyone knows who I am. Now I am officially announcing that I am the new owner of this brokerage company, and the company has changed its name to UTA. My next film will start shooting after the New Year, and as long as you have the right image and audition, you will be given priority to get the role in the film. Everyone knows that the originally unknown Stuart Runkel and Matthew Perry have now become hot stars, and some other supporting roles that could only play TV series have also entered the big screen because of their participation. ”

Seeing the undisguised joy in the expressions of the people in front of him, Eric knew that the foreshadowing was enough, and then changed the conversation and said: "However, I am a capitalist, not a philanthropist. I give you opportunities that were hard to come by in the past, and I need to be rewarded. Therefore, the contract of the original company's actors needs to be revised, and the commission is increased to 10%, and if someone finds it difficult to accept, they can choose to terminate the contract and leave. ”

After saying that, Eric turned around and went back to the office again, giving everyone some time to think, he believed that as long as these people were of normal intelligence, they would not choose to leave at this time.

In the office, Jeffrey and Kapoor were already discussing the preparations.

"Eric, Jeffrey said you wanted to ask Sophie Marceau to be the heroine?" Kapoor asked.

Eric nodded, "yes, is there a problem?" ”

Kapoor said: "If you want to start filming after the New Year, I advise you to change people." Because I was going to Europe to develop, I was very concerned about the news over there during this time, Sophie Marceau is filming Andrei Zolaski's new film, with Andrei's progress in filming, even if you release it, he may not be able to finish it. ”

Eric recalled, in terms of time, Sophie was probably filming the film that some viewers jokingly called an alien movie. The name is beautiful, but the content is a little incomprehensible, but it is indeed Zolaski's usual style.

"Then use Julia Roberts, Kapoor, and I want you to be Julia's agent yourself."

Jeffrey persuaded again: "Eric, you should know that you can't fail this movie, and now many people are waiting to see your jokes, so it's better to ......"

"Jeffrey, I know what you mean, but," Eric smiled, "didn't you read the newspapers?" With the fame I accumulated from my first two films, even if a new movie is made into a piece of, I can make money. Therefore, as long as the quality of the movie is okay, it is difficult to fail, so why don't we take this opportunity to bring out an actress of our own? ”

"What if that Julia Roberts doesn't play well?"

Eric smiled with a strange ambiguity: "Don't worry, I will teach her personally." ”

……

As Eric expected, none of the actors in the agency chose to leave, and they all accepted Eric's new contract proposal.

After dealing with these things, Eric was about to drive home when Jeffrey came up and sat in the passenger seat: "Eric, my car has been sent for maintenance, can you give me a ride?" ”

"No problem."

Driving on the road, Jeffrey asked with concern, "Eric, you and ...... What the hell is going on with Drew, I read the newspaper today that she went to look for you again yesterday, as if her mother Adicon also went to your house? ”

Eric didn't hide it from Jeffrey, and recounted what happened yesterday.

"That's ...... It's okay, Drew is a talented actor, but, do you want her to live in your house all the time? You don't have any blood relationship with her, if you keep doing this, coupled with the hype of media opinion, even if Drew's mother doesn't trouble you, the Child Protection Society will come forward, Drew is only thirteen years old after all. ”

"Don't worry, I know this, I'm already planning to send Drew to boarding school."

"That's good," Jeffrey nodded, "Eric, you won't really have ...... Lolita complex, right? ”

The car that was moving steadily slowed down suddenly, and a Chevrolet behind it was a little closer, Eric almost rear-ended the other party after this pause, ignoring the traffic on the road, the white fat man in the Chevrolet stuck his head out of the window and began to curse.

Eric steadfastly manipulated the steering wheel to shake off the Chevrolet behind him: "Jeffrey, do you see that Drew looks like Lolita in addition to his age?" ”

That's obviously a goblin, a little fox who has been cultivating for at least five hundred years.

"In short, you have to pay attention to your own proportions." Jeffrey seems to have identified Eric's Lolita tendencies.