Chapter 112: Dock Storm

"Damn Lovett ......"

In the back compartment of the black Lincoln car on the highway, Brian threw a large stack of various newspapers aside, his middle-aged face was full of anger, and he frowned, this is definitely not a coincidence, Ye Wei just appeared yesterday, and today there is such a gossip news that grabs eyeballs and devours genius hot spots......

He took the number he could get on his mobile phone and said in a deep voice: "The news of Lindsey and Duff is your idea, right?"

Lindsay Lohan is also a CAA client, and her agent, Tracy Brinan, has always had a good relationship with Lowett, while Hilary Duff is a member of Curtis Talent Management (CTM), and her agent, Michael Kachel, is quite influential outside of the Big Four.

While the incident seems to be on the loose for Lovett, it's clear that it's a joint operation.

He didn't know if the two spoiled star girls knew, maybe they were willing, maybe they were also put together, and they benefited from such a scene, especially since Lindsay's new film will be released soon, so Tracy and Carchel are happy to do this.

"What are you talking about?" Lowwitt came in a pretending innocent voice, "What news?"

Brian laughed angrily and said, "Don't forget the corporate culture of CAA, and don't forget why you can sit in this position today!"

The reason why CAA can be the strongest brokerage company is because Michael Ovitz and other 5 founders positioned the corporate culture as "teamwork" at the beginning of the company, and now there are more than 100 brokers, and the management has also changed several times, and the two CAA traditions are CAA:

First, every artist who signs a CAA will have a team to serve them. Second, each broker communicates news in a timely manner, cooperates more, and avoids competition.

How important is the second one, and how many times have we avoided today's situation!But are Lovett and Tracy going crazy with outsiders to suppress new CAA customers!?

"Lovett, we are looking for jobs for customers, not to let them not have jobs, they have jobs, we have money, do you need me to sue you?

"I don't know what you're talking about, those two girls' agents aren't me! I don't know what's going on, but you're definitely complaining about the wrong person. ”

Brian looked at the backward street scene outside the car window, and his voice became deeper: "You have to understand, Ye Wei is likely to be an important customer of CAA in the future, just one point, in recent years, the Chinese market has become bigger and bigger, and he has a natural advantage, do you understand? If you don't see this clearly because of a little personal grudge, you are doing something stupid." ”

"What do you want me to say to believe it? I haven't paid attention to Ye Wei's matter for a long time, you really complained about the wrong person. Lowwitt was helpless.

Brian suddenly shouted angrily: "Don't mess with that kid! Hanks and Spielberg want to invest in him, can you afford it?"

"For God's sake, I really didn't! I really didn't! You at least tell me what happened, I'm still confused. ”

Hearing the other party's tone, Brian knew that this matter would not be resolved peacefully, but he really couldn't do anything about Lovett.

The agents of the CAA are nominally equal, and the big and small names have no titles, and although he has half a foot in the company's management, Lowwitt is too ruthless.

did not involve any important customers such as Hanks and Willis, if Lovett dared to find the media to talk about Hanks' investment in Ye Wei, then he would be in trouble, but he was not so stupid, he didn't even attack Ye Wei directly, and even pretended not to participate!

In fact, the two groups of them have always been competing, because sometimes the resources are limited, and the "integration and bundling" that CAA is good at cannot be solved, such as India's Reliance Entertainment Company intends to invest in Hollywood projects, and Guòcaa acts as an intermediary, who will give this money to? Before Hanks's Pretong successfully got the investment, Willis's Cheyenne Enterprise was gone.

There is also the future position of the company's management...... Lowwitt is an ambitious man.

It seems that by suppressing Ye Wei, this is also an action against him......

Brian calmed down and said, "I don't care if you do it or not, don't continue, then we can still work together." ”

The second half of the sentence does not clearly say: If you continue, everyone will be mortal enemies, and if you mess with me, I can also mess with you! Once you catch your sore feet, I will exert force on the management and kick you out!

"Brian, I've always considered you a good friend, you know, and I'm looking forward to working together. I really didn't pay attention to Ye Wei's matter anymore, but I really didn't think much about him, that kid was too stubborn, he didn't want to hype up love, it was difficult to build, it was difficult! ”

The call hung up, and Brian slapped the car in silence, eating this stuffy stick, which was really uncomfortable.

The power of the interview lasted only one day...... If there is no effect in the golden time of the debut, it will be difficult to carry out the subsequent work.

Teenagers are very attentive, and they haven't really consumed "genius boy Ye Wei", they can run away in a blink of an eye, and in the end there will only be some Asian fans left, so not only will the popularity not be high, but after a long time, Ye Wei will be labeled as an "Asian group idol", and it will be more difficult to enter the mainstream of the public.

What to do?

"The Wedding is Coming" should not be promoted too early before the screening, because that will damage Ye Wei's genius image, how can a genius make a bad movie at home?

But now that it's going on, it's hard to say whether there will be screenings or not......

And if you are in a hurry to launch "Little Sunshine Beauty", it will be in the middle of Lovett's conspiracy, because now the launch may only be questioned and ridiculed, and it is all negative feelings, which is not beneficial to Ye Wei, and will hurt Hanks's image.

Tom Hanks is his most important customer, and Hanks's interests are also the most important interests.

Another point, "Mean Girl" is about to be released, and the grievances between Lindsay and Duff are likely to be hotly speculated, which is like a whack-a-mole game machine, as long as Ye Wei comes out, Lindsay and Duff will go down with a hammer, and everything they do is useless......

Brian thought about calling Leslie Dart to discuss a countermeasure.

......

"Brian just called me, and he's so angry that he wants to kill me, hehe. Tracy, you can persuade him, if he continues like this, sooner or later he will be transferred overseas as a liaison. ”

"He didn't call me, Brian's people are actually very good, but he is really not suitable for mixing in the youth idol part, serving his old diehards well, nothing. ”

"That's right, Leslie Dart too, they can't help it, they're not familiar with this kind of work, even if that kid becomes smart and willing to use the tricks of romance hype, he can't find a girl for a while, Lily Collins has no fame, no fans, useless. ”

"Jill Taverman won't agree, I've wanted to sign Lily Collins for a long time, that girl is willing to come out, and there is nothing to do with Duff. You don't know that Disney is eager to give her a record and a film project, and previously invited her to make a guest voice for "The Legend of the Bear", Phil Collins was happy, but Tavorman and she refused, saying that they didn't want to set foot in the entertainment industry too early and wanted to be good students. ”

"Hehe, that's even better, but will that girl cheer on her boyfriend despite her mother's objections?"

"No, I asked her if she wanted to date a Disney boy? She likes whichever she likes, but Lily Collins is more adamant than Taverman in this kind of thing, she doesn't want to fall in love in the public eye. ”

"It's good, it's really good, two good kids got together, refused to be in the public eye, refused to be idols...... Then be an idiot. ”

"Lowwitt, sometimes you have a good sense of humor. ”

"I do when I'm in a good mood. ”

......

This Saturday, the students of Harvard-Westlake Junior High School have a lot of free time, and in the utility room of the Dream Chasing Alliance headquarters, nearly ten young men and women such as Ye Wei, Lily, Connie, and Lev are sitting on sofas and chairs, laughing and talking about how to spend the spring break in the middle of this month.

Spring break is one of the most important programs in the hearts of North American students, there is no official time, it is generally concentrated in March, before Easter, there are about ten days off. College students and high school students go out with friends and lovers during spring break, such as the Caribbean Islands, Hawaii, Miami and other popular places.

For college students, it often means partying, while for high school students, for the first few times in their lives, they leave their parents, away from school, and go on their own.

Ninth-graders like Ye Wei and Lev are already in their first year of high school in public school, and it's time to travel!

The Four Heavenly Kings all had a plan, but Ye Wei said, "I haven't planned it yet, I'm thinking about whether to go out or not......"

"Oh my God, Brother Wei, don't you think about it, this is your ninth-grade spring break, don't you travel, your life is over!" Lev suddenly yelled in a hurry.

Even the most stupid nerd will nod their heads at this, and they don't go to play during spring break in the ninth grade, why are you alive? Looking back later, I stayed at home during spring break that year, okay, I'm really curious how you got to get to where you are now, being a vegetative person?

Lily also advised, "But, don't keep yourself too busy. ”

"No, I'm not a workaholic, I have plenty of time at work, and I have a lot of college students in my crew, and no one can take their spring break. Ye Wei shrugged.

"It's because of the money?!" Bud was shocked, and then came up with a good idea: "Let's put together some money for you and Lily to go to Hawaii to play!"

"Support!" Lev was the first to respond excitedly, then the birthday gift he gave, Brother Wei must be able to use it!

Trist and Connie looked at Lily in surprise, "You're going on a trip together?" Lily made a few gestures silently, as if to say, "I don't know what's wrong!" and her eyes quietly paid attention to Ye Wei......

"Wait, I'm calling on my phone. Ye Wei said suddenly, took out the vibrating mobile phone and looked at it, and answered it with a smile: "Hey, Brian, what's wrong?"

Everyone was silent, looking at him with interest, is there any good news about the work?

Unexpectedly, he saw that his expression gradually became angry, and said: "I just know, I rarely read those gossips, haha, find Lindsay Lohan and Hillary Duff to deal with me together, I'm really a big guy." ”

Now everyone was even more puzzled, and Lev and Bard looked at each other in surprise!

"Weige, the worst thing is not just this time, but every time you follow, your newspaper columns, all your movements, they will destroy you until you run out of energy. ”

Listening to Brian's words, Ye Wei smiled, "Then they have the wrong idea, I'm a movie kid, and my creativity is my greatest energy! "The Wedding is Coming" will surprise them, I have this confidence." ”

"But if this continues, there will be no screenings of "The Wedding is Coming", even if you arrange one or two theaters for you, with your small fame at that time, and zero publicity expenses, how many box offices will there be? How many sales will there be on the DVD and videotape? ”

Ye Wei was silent for a moment when he heard this, knowing that the other party was reasonable, originally his appearance as the "God of Wedding" was a selling point, which was based on the fact that he was an idol and would have fans to consume, if he was not ...... Who will be drawn into the theater?

After three months of silence, the few fans who have forgotten about him, and the film itself has zero publicity, and the box office may not be much better than the first screening.

Even if it is a good cult film, it can only rely on slowly establishing a reputation in the DVD market, and it will take several years to return to its original cost, like a snail crawling.

If there is no fame, there will be no screening, and without screening, there will be no opportunity to quickly recover costs or even make profits, and the family's debt will be 100,000 more......

"Brian, what's your plan?"