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CAA President Richard Lovett completely lost his former composure, ignoring the surprised eyes of other employees in the company, almost trotting into the company office building with two assistants, but still talking to people on the phone: "Peele, you calm, calm down, things are far from as bad as you think, I'm downstairs, yes, right away." ”

Saying this, he rushed all the way to the elevator entrance, remembering that there was no mobile phone signal in the elevator, Richard Lovett walked towards the stairwell without hesitation, and at the same time took another mobile phone from the assistant behind him: "This is Richard Lovett, hi, Kevin...... I know that something has happened, and there must be some misunderstanding...... Don't worry, you are personally responsible for me, don't you still trust me...... Ok, ok, that's it, I'll treat you to dinner when I'm free. ”

After answering several phone calls along the way, Richard Lovett found himself habitually running to the floor of his own office, swearing loudly, glaring at the two assistants behind him who had forgotten to remind him, and then turned and rushed downstairs.

Richard Lovett was negotiating a packaged film project with the other party at the Warner headquarters in Burbank this morning, and suddenly heard the news that MGM would give up Brosnan to re-select 007, and he even thought that this was someone else joking with him, in the case of "Casino Royale" box office going straight to $1 billion worldwide, MGM and Brosnan's salary negotiations will definitely have some twists and turns, but to say that the two sides will break up, it is estimated that the whole Hollywood will not believe it.

It wasn't until his assistant brought him a copy of the Yahoo Portal article that Richard Lovett believed it was true. But then, another piece of news came, causing him to jump up from a chair in Warner's office and rush out.

It turned out that MGM gave up Brosnan to re-select 007, and Pierce Brosnan himself did not know in advance, and this matter was completely advocated by Brosnan's agent Rick Cozman, and even without informing Brosnan at all, he privately rejected MGM's salary contract, and it was a sky-high contract worth $100 million.

Oh my God, a hundred million dollars!

The total amount of compensation that CAA earns for thousands of customers is only about $1 billion a year, and Rick Cozman alone has ruined nearly 10% of CAA's annual income.

Moreover, if you just lose this contract, although it is a pity, the situation will not be much worse.

The worst part of this incident was that Rick Cozman made the decision to turn down the sky-high contract without consulting his client at all.

In the brokerage industry, if a brokerage company loses the trust of its customers, and then causes a large number of customers to lose, it is not far from closing its doors and going bankrupt.

But, in reality, all sorts of speculation about the matter has now spread throughout Hollywood, and on the way back to the company's headquarters from Burbank, Richard Lovett has already received seven or eight consecutive calls from important customers asking about it. If this crisis cannot be handled well, it is conceivable that CAA's competitors will never let go of this good opportunity to dig into the wall. When Michael Ovitz left three years ago, CAA had already experienced a tumultuous and devastated state of vitality, and the company was only getting back on track in the past two years, and it could never afford to go through any more major shocks.

Climbing to the twelfth floor and rushing down again, Richard Lovett wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead, and finally came to the ninth floor where Brosnan's agent Rick Cozman was, and through the open office area on the periphery, Richard Lovett saw Rick Cozman walking towards him with a tissue covering the corner of his eye, but there was no Brosnan.

Seeing Richard Lovett, Rick Kozman also quickened his pace, walked over and said apologetically: "Richard, I'm really sorry, I didn't expect things to ......"

Before he could finish speaking, Rick Cozman felt himself being dragged by Richard Lovett by the neck by the neck.

Rick Cozeman is a head taller than Richard Lovett, but he also knows how much trouble he has caused, and at this time, in the face of his boss's rough behavior, he does not dare to resist at all, and is dragged over like a resigned chick. The other CAA employees in the office area were even more silent, all consciously retracting their gaze and staying away.

"Rick, I don't want to hear you say I'm sorry right now," Richard Lovett continued to push Rick Cozman's head in front of him, leaning into his ear and whispering in a sinister and quick tone: "Listen, I know the little trick you made last time in the Coca-Cola advertising contract negotiations, and I also know that you took a $100,000 kickback when you introduced a spokesperson for Johnson & Johnson, and you just bought a luxury home in Beverly and have a $3 million loan to repay." So, all you have to do now is find me a random place to hide myself, and for the next month, if I hear anything about you, or if you reach out to the media, believe me, I'm going to get you bankrupt and go to jail, and your wife, who was a model at Sports Illustrated, and your daughter, who is going to college at Stanford, are nothing without your financial support. I'm going to send them all to be bitches in the dirtiest strip clubs in Los Angeles. Son, do you understand...... Very well, now, get the out of here. ”

Richard Lovett gritted his teeth with a hideous face, pushed Rick Cozman away, suddenly thought of something, and grabbed the other party back casually: "One more point, Mr. Cozman, you have been fired." ”

Instructed his assistant to call the security guard to drag the dejected Rick Cozman out, Richard Lovett raised his hand and rubbed his somewhat stiff face a few times as he walked, put his palm down, and his original expression with a bit of fierceness had been replaced by an amiable smile, glancing at the glass wall not far away, Richard Lovett let out a sigh, pushed open the door of Rick Cozman's office, and walked in.

Although it has been simply cleaned up, this office still looks a little messy, the earpiece of the landline on the desktop does not know where it has flown there, an oil painting on the wall has no glass frame, there are still some fine glass ballasts on the ground, and a large piece of the shutter blocking the external office area has been torn off and drooped haphazardly. You can imagine what happened in this office just now.

David O'Connor, another key partner of the firm, sat at his desk with Pierce Brosnan, who was standing by the window and talking on the phone.

Seeing Richard Cozman walk in, Brosnan immediately got up, completely devoid of his previous gentlemanly demeanor, and said loudly: "Richard, you must give me an explanation." I was fired from the Bond crew, and it's ridiculous that I didn't know anything. ”

"I know, Peele, I'm sorry, I'm very, very sorry," Richard Lovett put his arm around Brosnan's shoulder, "I've called MGM's Amy Pascal, it's just a misunderstanding, really, they're just trying to keep your pay down, you know, studios like to play these tricks." Trust me, I'm going to take your Bond contract, now, go to my office, let's talk about what to do next? ”

Brosnan impatiently shook Richard Lovett's arm away and said, "I don't want to listen to your perfunctory words anymore, if you can't solve this matter as soon as possible, I'll contact the next agency right away." ”

"Of course, I swear, from now on, I will be in charge of all your affairs," Richard Lovett, who was thrown away by Brosnan, was not angry at all, still with a smile on his face, and leaned forward without discouragement, and said: "Let's go to my office first, Peele, show you something, after reading it, you will know that MGM will never dare to leave you casually." ”

"Okay," Brosnan nodded reluctantly, and said immediately, "And, from now on, I must be personally present in all negotiations, and you must no longer make any decisions behind my back." ”

"I promise, I won't hide anything from you, even if you want to know what color my wife's panties are, I can tell you, white, and I sneak through them," Richard Lovett breathed a sigh of relief as Brosnan's tone loosened, and continued to make a lively joke, eagerly pulling the office door open, and bowing down very doggedly to make a gesture of please.

When Brosnan was out of the office, Richard Lovett pointed at Sarah Lindellt, gave David O'Connor a quick look, and then pulled his leg and followed.

The two had just spoken on the phone, and David O'Connor naturally understood Richard Lovett's thoughts, in fact, he was desperately coaxing Brosnan out to create an opportunity for himself to contact Sarah Lindellt.

Sarah Lindellt is also a very shrewd woman, and she didn't rush out with her, just hung up her phone, stood where she was, and looked at David O'Connor with a smile.

Although Brosnan was angry and unlikely to notice that his PR manager was lagging behind, David O'Connor didn't dare to waste time and went straight to the point: "Sarah, you have to help us this time." ”

Sarah Lindellt shook her head and said, "David, what you did this time is really too much, I'm afraid I won't be able to help much, Peel will fire me too." ”

"Two customers of the same magnitude as Pierce," David O'Connor ignored Sarah Lindellt's words, and directly offered his own price, "You just need to make sure that the news that Pierce is completely unaware of MGM's salary offer is not leaked, and nothing else needs to be done." ”

The most critical part of this storm is that Rick Kozman concealed MGM's salary conditions from Brosnan. Sarah Lindellt also knew that if this matter spread, it would have a very bad impact on the CAA, she didn't speak, just stretched out four fingers and shook it.

David O'Connor didn't hesitate: "Deal." ”

Sarah Lindellt was not finished, and said, "How can I be sure that you will keep your promise after this incident is over?" ”

"You know we do what we say," David O'Connor gritted his teeth, knowing that the situation was urgent, and he couldn't drag it off because of this little thing, and after a little hesitation, he said, "You can find a voice recorder, and I'll repeat what I just said." ”

"That's it," Sarah Lindellt smiled and nodded, not looking for a voice recorder, just shaking the latest Motorola phone that she had been holding in her hand, apparently she had just made the recording.

David O'Connor secretly cursed in his heart, and the smile on his face remained unchanged, and said, "Then, let's go up now." ”

Sarah Lindellt didn't mind what David O'Connor would think of herself, smiled and walked out of the office with him, saying, "You're sure to shut up Rick Cozeman too, right, but what about Peele?"

David O'Connor said, "Richard will convince him." ”

In the office of the president of CAA.

Richard Lovett was showing Pierce Brosnan a stock chart on his computer monitor: "Peel, you see, the opening price of MGM Pictures today is $28.37, but here, it is from MGM that it claims to replace the Bond candidate, and now MGM stock price has fallen to $27.49, a decline of 3.1%, which is equivalent to MGM's market value falling from $12.34 billion to $11.958 billion at the opening today, just one hour." MGM's market value has evaporated by $400 million, all due to the announcement that they are going to replace you. And, I'm sure that if MGM doesn't do some remedy, this afternoon, the company's stock will fall by at least another 3%, and the market value will evaporate by $800 million a day, MGM shareholders will never allow this situation to continue, and the only thing they can do to stop the stock price from falling is to invite you back again. ”

Brosnan listened to Richard Lovett's speech, and his tense mood relaxed a little, but he still said, "So, what should we do now, just wait for news?" ”

"Naturally not, I will continue to keep in touch with MGM's Amy Pascal, of course, I will let you know the results of any communication as soon as possible," Richard Lovett said, his eyes flashing, his tone more sincere, "But, Peele, during this time, I need you to cooperate with me to keep quiet as much as possible, to MGM, to the media, and everyone else, so that I can fight for your interests as much as possible." Well, especially this matter that Rick is hiding from you, this bastard, I've fired him, and I promise you that he will never be in the broker business again. But it must not be spread out because it would make all of us passive, you know? ”

Pierce Brosnan originally thought that if he had no choice but to reveal the news that he was unaware of Mi High School's offer, it was estimated that he might be able to regain the contract of 007. It's just that being surrounded by Richard Lovett, although he felt that something was wrong, he still felt that maybe he really shouldn't pass on this news that made him fall into passivity, so he nodded cooperatively.

"Very well," said Richard Lovett, relieved, and nodded with a friendly smile, "Well, you drink your coffee first, and then I'll talk to Amy Pascal on the phone." (To be continued.) )