"Hello, boy. ”

Hearing this deep voice, Ye Wei's heart couldn't help but fluctuate a little, he used to be so cautious in talking to this voice, and he used to be so angry, but now he won't.

Looking at the blue sky, he said: "I won't promote the relationship between Cheyenne Enterprise and Little Beauty of Daylight, even if I return you that glass of red wine, but what about your trap contract? Can it also go with the wind? I'm a newcomer, I don't know much about Hollywood's bad rules, and I'm not interested in understanding that garbage."

But I know what's right and what's wrong, and it's absolutely wrong for you to try to scam me out of my project. Lovett made mistakes again and again, how many wrong things he did, I don't know if you know everything, maybe it has nothing to do with you, I don't care.

I don't care if Lovett hears this when you're not with you, but for Ramo's sake, I'm going to give you a piece of advice. ”

The other party's breath became heavier, and Ye Wei continued to say what he wanted to say: "Richard Lovett, a little fly full of bad water and bluffing, is killing your career, and the reason why you haven't been killed is only because you are Willis, not because of how capable he is."

He can't bring you awards because he can't find a good literary film contract for you, because good literary film filmmakers look down on him.

And then there's Arnold Revkin, another little bluffing fly, and although I don't have much experience in filmmaking, I know that a good producer needs to have an important quality that he doesn't have, the producer's opinion. And he, no matter how happy you are, he does it, no matter what impact it will have on the project, he's not making a film, he's slapping you up.

And you're really happy to be photographed, Mr. Willis, and you're ridiculous on that. ”

"Hehe......" Willis's angry laughter came from his mobile phone, as depressed as the eve of a storm: "Boy, when the movie sells for 20 million, you think you can teach me a lesson?"

"Hahaha" Ye Wei also smiled, like Ramo said, old and confused, "When you become an outdated action star who is too old to move, I will not be the only one who will teach you a lesson." That's what I want to say, by the way, take care of Belle, continue to pamper her will only ruin her, goodbye. ”

After pressing to end the call, he thought about it for a while, called Lovett again, and it was through.

"Weige, thank you for calling me, have you talked to Bruce?" Lowwitt's voice was full of uncontrollable tension, as if he was about to be strangled by a rope.

"I have a few words to tell you, if you keep kicking me, it's best to kick me out at once, and don't give me any chance to get up again. Otherwise, I'll do only one thing for the rest of my life, and I'll kill you completely so that you can only hide in Pluto, and know Pluto? Continue to be my enemy, and you'll know. ”

Doodoooo -

Ye Wei's voice is not high, and his tone is not heavy, but he has the power to do what he says.

On the green golf course, Lowett's face turned red into a pig's liver color, and he was panicked, but he had nowhere to vent, this kid, damn boy...

An arrogant boy is just screaming, and the most important thing now is Willis's attitude.

Of course, he didn't want Ye Wei to talk directly with Willis, but he didn't have the initiative, that kid was a stinky and hard stone, Willis was a bomb that exploded at any time, and in fact, he didn't need him to tell him to talk, if he disobeyed him, he might have fallen into that kid's calculation.

Would you like to call Willis and ask? Lovett hesitated for a while, how could he still play golf, and suddenly a phone call, Willis

His heart was clutched heavily, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his forehead, his most important client, the reason why he was a CAA ace agent, his scepter

Connected, whispered, "Bruce, are things alright?"

"That's fine, but. Willis's tone was very quiet, so quiet that Lovett was frightened, and many times, calmness was much more difficult to deal with than anger, but what

"Our cooperation is over, and today I will ask the CAA to change my broker. ”

"No, no, no," Lovett exclaimed, stumbling and almost fainting, "Bruce, calm down...... Give me one more chance."

That's right, in addition to Willis, he has several celebrity clients of great importance, but this is a deck of dominoes, and once the first trump card falls, it will be the beginning of his disaster. Willis fired him, what do other people think? What does the industry think?

An unclear number of brokers (or even brokerage companies) have started to flourish from signing in to an important client; There are also a number of brokers who are unlucky, starting with the loss of an important client. This is the professional characteristic of Mr. 1o%, the higher the value of the client, the higher the value of him.

And for a superstar of Willis's level, his agency contract is a traditional caaR contract, which belongs to the company and is shared by the broker, so he says that if he changes the broker, he can change the broker, and he can actually enjoy the services of multiple brokers. Not to mention that other brokerage companies such as BIcm have always had zài competition.

Willis wants to change agents, and Lowwitt can't do anything, all he can do is do his best to make him change his mind.

"I know I've made too many mistakes in Ye Wei's matter, Bruce, I promise that there will never be a similar situation in the future" Lovett pleaded bitterly, "I'll make amends, I've been looking for you to have a leading actor contract for a film that can impact the award-winning season, it's already progressing, Bruce, give me another chance"

"Needless to say. Willis's words did not ease in the slightest, but were a little impatient: "In the past few years, I have been disappointed in your ability, it's time to give myself a chance." ”

After the end of Lovett, he knew the other party's temper, and when it was over, his face was pale, and he had to use the club to support him to stand firm, so he quickly changed to Plan B and pleaded: "Then let me be your co-agent, I know best in your firm, I can not take a commission until I find a project for you that satisfies you." ”

"No, I want a new image, you don't use my name anymore, our cooperation is over. ”

"Bruce, for the sake of our friendship for so many years......"

"We're still friends, we just don't work together anymore, so that's what I'm going to say to the CAAF today, so be it. ”

The call was hung up, and Lovett stood there dumbfounded, his eyes out of focus, and the whole world went around and around......

Lost, in this battle with Ye Wei and Brian-Sberlaire's camp, he was completely defeated, took a wrong step, and went to the bottomless abyss.

Without Willis and without the big-name agent Lovett, Brienburler's gang wouldn't let him go, and his life at the company wouldn't be easy...... His camp was like a, and cracks began to spread, and at any moment they all burst open with a bang.

The future of VIyR spoon is bright, and the future of Lovett is gloomy.

"mTafuer" Lovett suddenly roared, the vulgar scolding was very incompatible with the noble court, he swung the club like crazy and smashed the lawn, but because of the excessive force, his body lost his balance, twisted and fell, click, he felt the fibula of his left calf ring, and suddenly screamed in pain-

"My legs ......"

A few golfers in the distance saw it and came in surprise.

Recently, Arnold Rifkin has also had a restless time, blaming "The Wedding is Coming" for no reason, and the company's only two projects this year, the movie "Ten Yards" failed with a production cost of 4o60,000, 630,000 North American box office, 4 degrees), and the TV series "Hot Blooded Detective" aired the first season of 12 episodes on the "UA TV Network" on June 2, 264, June 14, 264), because of unsatisfactory ratings and unsuccessful business, it did not get a second season renewal.

The shadow of failure looms over Cheyenne Enterprises, where the film adaptations of the bunch of scripts and novels that the company ambitiously bought at the beginning of its creation are weighed on. In the case of continuous loss of money, the company's production schedule this year is only one "Confrontation in the Line of Fire", which was completed in March, and now in addition to its post-production, the company has no other new projects implemented.

Willis's film contract will not be less, but it is personal; Cheyenne Enterprise is getting smaller and smaller, and the more it is done, the more hopeless it becomes, and he, the CP, may have to get out tomorrow.

If he hadn't been Willis's manager for many years and an old friend for many years, he would have been born a long time ago. It's just that because of the fiasco of "Ten Yards", Willis and Matthew Perry are a little unhappy, not to mention that in Hollywood, Vanity Fair, in the workplace, after the interests are involved, how many friends can they have?

Finally, on this day, he was in Malibu Beach when he received a sudden phone call.

"I just ended my cooperation with Lovett, he is no longer my agent, all the company's affairs, you don't have to reveal it to him again. ”

Refkin was startled, got up from his beach chair, and looked blankly at the tourists enjoying the summer sun, "Bruce, are you really thinking about it?"

"Of course I figured it out, it's not an impulse, Lowett has lost my trust, has he taken my career further in four years? He didn't bring me anything" Willis's words were angry: "You don't need to say anything about this, you just do your own thing, you're a producer, not a manager"

This sentence made Reefkin instantly break out in a cold sweat, and he didn't plead with Lovett anymore, and hurriedly said with self-preservation: "There is good news that I haven't told you yet, Lindsay Lohan is very interested in starring in "Unlucky Eros", if she joins, we will find a few more film companies to participate in the shares, and this project will definitely work."

"Lindsay Lohan?" Willis was not pleased, but became more irritated and uneasy, "we had a genius because of you idiots...... Damn it

Toot toot, the call was hung up, and Reefkin let out a long breath, the days were getting harder and harder.

Because of Ye Wei and the "Little Beauty of the Daylight" project, CAA is giving birth to a superstar changing agents, and Focus Pictures is also surging undercurrent.

At the beginning, Ye Wei single-handedly moved Willis to invest in and join the little beauty of the daylight", the focus is on what to do, the two joint CPO David Linde and James Shams have different views, Linde tried his best to buy back the script, and used all kinds of means.

And Shams said that it was not necessary, and with Ye Wei's character, he would not agree, instead of stiffening the relationship, it was better to invest in him to make a movie, his short film has shown how talented he is.

But Linde disagreed, the first proposition and person in charge of selling "Little Beauty in Daylight" was him, he was naturally more nervous, and he was lucky, he lobbied Sam J1丨Des, and said that he moved Willis and them, and set up a bureau to get the script back from Ye Wei's hands, and give him the title of assistant producer in the future.

Shams had other plans......

Ye Wei was really surprised by the invitation to this dinner by James Shams, the joint CPO of Focus United, and wanted to refuse because there was nothing to talk about, but Ang Lee made a phone call to persuade him to attend, saying "Shams is not a bad person, he has the answer you want", he was a little puzzled, so he agreed.

Ang Lee and Shams have been good friends for many years, they have worked together since the first feature film "Pusher", and now counting the "Brokeback Mountain" that is being filmed, Ang Lee has 9 directorial films, only "Ice Storm" does not have Shams's name in the credits, and their friendship can really play a "Brokeback Mountain" or "The Wedding Banquet".

Dinner will be served at paTIna in West Hollywood, an expensive restaurant helmed by celebrity chef Josie Mpricher.

The decoration layout of the restaurant is stylish and clean, the scattered square tables are covered with snow-white cloths, reflecting a variety of different colors of food, the customers are almost full, the waiters walk around, but it does not hinder its elegance at all, and the sound of conversation does not affect the softness of the music.

At one of the tables against the wall, Ye Wei and Shams had already exchanged pleasantries, and they had ordered delicacies and were waiting to be served.

"To be honest, if it weren't for the respect for Ann, I wouldn't have come. Ye Wei was a little expressionless, his liking Ang Lee does not mean that he likes Shams, like Ramo and Willis.

The 44-year-old Shams is bald and a little white, with a kind round face and a pair of black-framed glasses, and his brown eyes also reveal a kind and kind gaze, looking like a kind and elegant little old man. He smiled slightly when he heard this, and said, "Young man, burn it immediately after reading." ”

Ye Wei's heart jumped suddenly, and he glared: "It's you?"

The mysterious man turned out to be Shams...... Of course, in his capacity, he can know the secrets of the focus, but why? He did that to dismantle his own platform, why

"I don't know what you're talking about. Shams kept smiling.

Ye Wei's mind was racing, Lovett has always said how David Lind is, and has not mentioned Shams, so it has always been Linde who said y, and Shams said h?Why? Just because of good intentions? I don't know when I started thinking like this, like these big people, it can't be just because of good intentions...... There must be some stake in this.

He frowned and asked, "Why? I need to figure out, why?"

"'Brokeback Mountain' is my project, 'Little Beauty' is not. Shams's gentle gaze changed vaguely, the essence of an old fox.

Hearing the other party's words, Ye Wei suddenly understood.

In 193, James Shams and Ted Hopper established the "Good Opportunity Qì" film company to produce low-budget independent films, and at first there was little success, until he cooperated with Ang Lee to produce "Push Hands", and then "The Wedding Banquet" and "Men and Women on Diet......

The more successful Ang Lee is, the more successful he will be.

At that time, David Linde was still the vice president of Miramax Company, responsible for international sales, and later became a big company and wanted to set up an international sales department, so Linde joined the company in 1997 and became a partner of the company.

The huge success of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in '26 brought the value of Good Machines to a peak, and they sold the company to Universal Pictures in 2oo1, and merged with several other companies in 2 years to form the current Focus Films, with Shams and Lind as co-authors; As we all know, Focus has achieved very good results in recent years, box office awards are available, and there are seven or eight films scheduled to be released in 2o5, and "Brokeback Mountain", which is currently being filmed, is one of them, starring the newly popular Jake Gyllenhaal and the already famous Heath Ledger, as well as Michelle Williams and Anne Hathaway

Of course, this cast is strong, but because the gay theme is not favored, Ang Lee just fell a big heel because of "Hulk Hulk", and the outside world said that Gyllenhaal and Ledger starred in this time to destroy their future, and your screen image will be gay in the future.

And Shams, the producer of "Brokeback Mountain", who is the writer and producer of "Hulk", also fell hard

Think about how much Universal coveted the success of Columbia's "Spider-Man" and spent $3.7 billion to shoot the Hulk, only to make a mess, and the board of directors was angry?

And the next CP Iron Throne of Universal Pictures, only one person can sit on it, could it be Shams? Not only no, but he has also fallen into a very dangerous position in the industry.

Therefore, the budget of "Brokeback Mountain" is only 1.46 million, which is lower than the focus projects such as "The Immortal Gardener" and "Pride and Prejudice" in the same period, but it is Shams's project, the script he fancies, the producer he started, he is betting a big one, and "Brokeback Mountain" is all his bet.

Originally, the "Little Beauty of the Daylight" project was sold, and Shams should have no opinion, he didn't care at all, but if Linde took it back, please go to Sam J1丨Des to direct, Willis starring, and a strong lineup under a chain reaction......

The budget is very likely to exceed 1.46 million, and then it is also scheduled to be released in 2o5, hitting the same awards season.

Then the entire focus and the world's production, industry and award resources will be thinned by Yan zhòng, and the unpromising "Brokeback Mountain" will become a substitute at any time.

So it's impossible for Shams to like seeing "Linde's Little Beauty in the Sun", even though they have been partners and friends for many years, and there is a power struggle......

"I understand" Thinking about this, Ye Wei couldn't help laughing, no wonder Ang Lee would say "Shams is not a bad person", not a bad person, not a good person, probably there is no such person in the world.

"Huh. Shams smiled, and at this time the waiter served the food, and neither of them spoke, until the table was full of aroma, and the waiter walked away with a smile, and he said: "I just prefer the script of "Brokeback Mountain", and I have to give Ann an an explanation for your affairs." ”

Ye Wei took a sip of juice and thought, "Anyway, thank you for that letter, it really raised my vigilance." Judges, let's get this straight, what do you want? I hope I don't want to promote the mistakes of the focus, or do you want to focus on the faults of David Lind?"

"Neither, I don't mean that. Shams slowly used his knife and fork to eat a plate of vegetable salad he ordered, "No one knows that it's common for film companies to miss out on good projects, and the focus is already smart." ”

He looked at Ye Wei, and there was a temptation in his elegant voice: "And we still have the possibility of cooperation, Weige, you know, Focus's production and acting skills are very good, as long as your movie is made well, you won't lose the honor you deserve, think about it, Pretong, Dream Chasing Alliance, Focus, this is only good for everyone." If I cooperate, I will be the producer of the focus party, and I will have nothing to do without Linde. ”

Ye Wei also began to eat his own fruit salad, thinking about it, what achievements such a little beauty in the sun brought to the focus were all the credit of Shams.

"I have a question, Sam J1丨 Did Dess know the inside story in the first place?" he asked suddenly.

"As far as I know," Shams thought for a moment, "Mendes doesn't know the details, all he knows is the script in your hands, but they'll convince you to let it out, and as for the process, it's not that he can't know, he doesn't want to know." ”

He said with an old smile on his face, picked up a piece of carrot and put it in his mouth, "Young man, after you have been fooling around for a few years, you will understand that sometimes it is better not to know something than to know." ”

"Maybe. Ye Wei answered with a deep groan.

Shams didn't ask if there was a chance to cooperate, and while slowly eating a good meal, he told the story:

"More than a decade ago, Ted Hopper and I founded Focus' predecessor Qì as an independent producer in New York, when Lind was still at Miramax. Hopper and I are both newcomers to the company, we are nothing in the film industry, we have no resources, we don't have money, we call ourselves 'the king of no-cost production, you can make a film for $20,000).

At that time, we were in a hurry to make a name for ourselves, and after a while, we made some money, and we wanted to make a real entrepreneurial film, and we happened to see Ann in nyhR spoon student film "Dividing the Line", which was really good, and it was him."

Shams laughed as he spoke, "We went to his agent at the time and asked if he could arrange for us to talk to Ann, and his agent said that Ann was busy and had no interest in such a low-budget small production in our company, and that Ann had been graduating from NYK for six years and had been sitting at home for six years and he was busy?"

"Haha. Ye Wei couldn't help laughing when he heard it, as a fan of Ang Lee, he was familiar with Ang Lee's story, but this was the first time he had heard of these insiders.

"Later, Ann told us that the agent's request for his first film was a feature with a budget of at least $20,000, so it's no wonder he sat for six years. ”

A look of remembrance appeared on Shams's face, "I didn't expect that after a while, Ann found us." He just got a Chinese film tutoring grant from the News Bureau in Taiwan, and he was looking for a producer with the money, and he had a nyhR spoon friend who introduced Ted to him, and it happened that when he found us, we were really surprised, aren't you busy?

Then we collaborated for the first time, "Pushing Hands", which was Ann's debut film, and it was also a good opportunity to start an entrepreneurial work, with a budget of $4o and a shooting period of four weeks, during which time each of us was really busy, and then "Pushing Hands" was very successful, and along the way, "Wo Long, Hidden Tiger" made us all "big shots," and then there was a focus. ”

The words stopped, Shams smiled and sighed, looked at the contemplative young man opposite, and said: "Weige, I am a despicable person and a dreamer, and when I look back on my film career, I dare to say to God that I am not guilty." ”

Ye Wei still didn't speak, thinking about something.

"I know that the Little Beauty project has not been officially launched yet, you should be looking for a producer, consider me, right? My ability is fine, I can also teach you a lot of things to make in Hollywood, I know how to get along with Chinese directors better than others, I understand Chinese culture better, of course you are different from Ann, you are from Los Angeles.

But how to combine the advantages of the Eastern perspective to tell a Western story more than a purely Western perspective, I can help you. ”

Shams's tone is sincere, whether it is beneficial or not, these words are tenable, he has grown up with Ang Lee over the years, he is one of the screenwriters of "Father Trilogy" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", and Ang Lee can become the most successful Chinese director now, and he definitely has a share of the credit.

"Like "Chasing the Female Supreme"?" Ye Wei said suddenly.

"Hahaha" Shams laughed, "Chasing the Female Supreme" is a movie about how a middle-aged man uses the ancient Chinese Lao Tzu's "Tao" doctrine to pick up girls, he laughed: "That's Ted's film, and it turned out to be not smart, but I can really help you, Lao Tzu, Confucius's doctrine." ”

Ye Wei thought about it and smiled, he already had an idea in his heart......

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