Jessica is enjoying the food that Chef Gary Danko has prepared for her.

Another corner of San Francisco,

Gary Danko's Michelin-starred restaurant Saison, in its VIP box.

staged the return of the king at caa, and now Michael Ovitz, who is in high spirits in Hollywood, is hosting his boss and Anne Hathaway.

Anne Hathaway had come all the way from Los Angeles.

Today she took an afternoon off just to see her boyfriend.

A little more than half a month has passed since Ovitz re-became the CEO of CAA.

In the past half a month, Ovitz has focused most of his energy on shrinking power and readjusting the management and structure of the CAA.

I've been busy so far, and I can be said to have finally been idle.

It just so happened that Abel came.

Naturally, Ovitz rushed over immediately.

"Ovitz, you look much better now than you did before."

Abel smiled and teased Michael Ovitz, who was sitting opposite, "How's it going?" How does it feel to return the king? What does it feel like to lose and regain? ”

"Hahaha~"

Ovitz was smiling happily, and he was clearly in a wonderful mood.

"I have to say." Ovitz happily said, "Very good!! ”

"Ha~ That's good." Abel smiled and shrugged, "I also believe that CAA, under your leadership again, will definitely be able to regain its powerful combat power." ”

"Thank you so much for trusting me." Ovitz whispered.

Ovitz knew that this time without Abel's support.

It's absolutely impossible for me to go back to CAA.

Don't look at Abel's shares, most of them were contacted by Ovitz, and then Abel paid for it.

Ovitz knew.

These shareholders are willing to sell their shares to Abel.

It doesn't mean that they are willing to sell the same shares to themselves.

Others don't say.

Bloomberg, David Geffen and Endeavour's founders are shareholders who obviously can't buy their own shares.

These people are not so much selling shares for money, but selling a little favor to Abel.

There are also shares in other companies that they are willing to pay a premium to buy.

There is a high probability that you will not be able to buy it.

Only Abel, because he is valued by Wall Street.

In addition, the financial resources are sufficient, and the premium can be much higher.

This is the only way to be able to buy these shares that Ovitz wants, but it is difficult to buy them.

As a result, the company's stake in the CAA exceeded 38 percent, plus some of Ovitz's stake and some of Ovitz's stake in the company's former allies.

In the end, a relative controlling stake was reached, and at the time of the shareholders' meeting, the board of directors was re-elected.

Successfully defeated the original management and made Abel, the largest shareholder, the chairman.

Then it was up to Ovitz to exercise the voting rights of the chairman who was not present to reappoint Ovitz as CEO.

Let Ovitz, in CAA, Hollywood's hugely influential entertainment giant, achieve a plot like the return of the king.

The more Ovitz knew about Abel's strength, the more he extinguished the idea of wanting to set up Abel in CAA.

Because he knows Abel's layout in Hollywood.

In addition to CAA, there is also an entertainment model company that seems to be an underwear brand, but in fact, it should be said to be an innovative model.

There is also AB Smith Entertainment, which has strong capital and has been established for less than a month now, but has invested in many films.

Elizabeth's back garden is fine, and it is still in the stage of preparation and development.

Ovitz doesn't value it very much, but AB Smith Entertainment, Ovitz has to pay attention.

The company is not currently in the distribution and production business, but focuses on direct investment in films.

Due to the strong financial resources, coupled with the decisiveness and directness, it is also very pleasant to give money.

At present, it has been regarded by many Hollywood practitioners as the new big fat sheep.

Everyone now wants to reenact the plot of the year and let Wall Street know that Beverly Hills is not so easy to enter!

But insider Ovitz is well aware.

AB Smith Entertainment looks stupid and has a lot of money.

It has only been established for a short time, and a lot of investment has been poured into many movies.

Full of big fat sheep performance.

But what if the films it invests in are all high-quality projects?

For some reason, Ovitz just feels that way.

Even if these investments are made, they don't look good.

And if you take 10,000 steps back, even if these investments of AB Smith Entertainment are all in vain.

This situation is a huge loss for other Hollywood companies, even the Big Eight.

But Ovitz knew that this amount of money was really nothing to Abel.

This made Ovitz more and more clear about his positioning.

After all, he really didn't want to be kicked out again after returning to CAA.

That's really embarrassing, and I guess I'm not embarrassed to continue to mix in Hollywood in the future.

In the face of Michael Ovitz grateful, even somewhat flattering.

Abel was a little surprised, but fortunately, this attitude could allow Ovitz to better maintain his plan.

Abel gladly accepted, and he spoke:

"By the way, Ovitz, tell you something. I bought Marvel. ”

"Marvel?"

Ovitz thought for a moment, "Is that the Marvel company that draws comics and sells toys?" ”

God, before Spider-Man was a big hit, before Iron Man was a refresher in Hollywood.

Marvel in Hollywood, it's really so inconspicuous.

In contrast, it has several well-known IPs, but it is more famous than the company itself.

"Yes." Abel said with a smile, "In addition, I am still negotiating with Sony and Fox to buy back the rights to Spider-Man, X-Men and Fantastic Four." ”

"Wow!"

Ovitz's eyes lit up, "BOSS, what do you mean next, these movies are going to be filmed?" ”

Abel nodded, not worried about leaking in front of Ovitz.

"It's just that the negotiation process may not go well. Sony is okay, even if Spider-Man is more valuable, but there is hope to buy it back. ”

"Fantastic Four and the X-Men, it's not very likely.

Fox takes it very seriously, even if the first part of the X-Men doesn't actually make any money. ”

Ovitz wondered why Spider-Man was worth more money.

It stands to reason that Sony should take it more seriously.

How is it possible to buy it back?

Will Sony be willing to sell?

Is it just to take the money and smash it?

Ovitz was a little puzzled, and he asked, "Compared to Fox, Sony's Spider-Man is obviously more popular. It is the only superhero that can rival Superman and Baxman, and its popularity is even higher than that of Superman and Baxman. Sony shouldn't want to sell it, right? ”

"Ha~"

Abel smiled.

"Spider-Man is more valuable and worth more money. But."

He was meaningful, and his voice was lengthened, "But Sony is a neon company. Spider-Man is another well-known American hero. Spider-Man should be in the hands of the Americans. ”

"Eh" Ovitz heard this explanation from the boss, some understood, and some didn't understand.

It's just that seeing that Abel looks more confident, he also nodded.

"So. BOSS: What do you mean? Ovitz asked softly.

Next, AB Smith Entertainment will invest in Marvel. The focus is on Marvel movies, which will next shoot a series of superhero blockbusters. ”

"If only I could get Spider-Man back from Sony. That Marvel's first movie was Spider-Man. ”

"If I really can't get it back, then I will pick a few of Marvel's remaining superhero IPs to shoot movies."

"Marvel Movies is still just a grass company, and it doesn't have the ability to shoot and produce movies on its own."

"Michael, I need help from you and CAA."

Abel looked at Ovitz, "It's also my help to CAA." Because of these films, they will be big-budget films. CAA and you, too, can benefit a lot from this. ”

"Understood."

Michael Ovitz nodded decisively.

He knew, just as Abel said.

If what Abel said was true, then it was really a help to him and CAA.

Now that he has just returned to CAA, he will get this kind of big order right away.

Then in CAA, there will be no more doubts about the return of his king!

"I'm going to give it my all, trust me, boss." Ovitz said firmly.

In the face of his performance, Abel is quite satisfied.

Abel said half-jokingly, half-seriously: "If only you can really get back the copyright of Spider-Man." Michael, do you think it's better to have Anne play Mary Jane or Gwen? ”

Sitting next to her, Anne Hathaway, who had been very well-behaved throughout the whole process, was stunned.

Then a happy expression appeared on her face.

That's Mary Jane and Gwen!

They are super well-known in the United States, and they can be regarded as American national girlfriends.

Everyone in the United States wants to be Spider-Man, and of course American girls also want to be Mary Jane and Gwen.

Michael Owitz looked at the radiant Anne very seriously.

"I think it's all right." After Ovitz finished speaking, he thought for a moment and added:

"Maybe Gwen and Mary Jane could be combined into one, and Miss Anne would play them.

After all, this is a movie adaptation, not a pure live-action comic. ”

Ovitz added later, giving Alberto a look.

Abel remembers, like the third spider.

The heroine MJ is a combination of Mary Jane and Gwen, and doing so makes this character even more brilliant.

It's just that due to the skin color of the heroine, MJ's performance in the movie has made some people question.

But that's the actor's problem, not the character itself.

There is no doubt that MJ, who is equivalent to Mary Jane and Gwen combined, is even better in terms of personality.

If you can really get back the copyright of Spider-Man, maybe you can really consider MJ's character design.

When the time comes, MJ's wonderful character design, plus a generation of Spider Maguire's performance that is very suitable for the Spider-Man character in the comics.

At the same time, in terms of CG special effects, if you add a little more money.

may be able to shoot a better version of Spider-Man than in parallel time and space.

And if Spider-Man can return, the Avengers series can be even more exciting.

It's just that there is a premise for this, that is, you can really get back the Spider-Man in Sony's hands.

And to achieve all this, Abel thinks it will take a look at the next work of Merio and David Jones.

In addition, it should be possible to borrow the power of K Street.

What is K Street?

K Street is short for a street in D.C.

Starting at A Street near the Capitol in the DC District, followed by B Street, then C Street...... K Street.

K Street is just ten blocks from Capitol Hill.

This is what Wall Street is to financial capitalists in a certain industry in the United States.

The industry emerged very early, before Wall Street was even formed.

It has already appeared, it first appeared in 1808.

Able had never had access to K Street before, and this time he wanted to reclaim Spider-Man from Sony.

Aside from money, the most powerful weapon you can use is probably K Street.

Well, in fact, it still has to use money.

I want to get the people on K Street moving, and I want these people to help me.

It is absolutely impossible to run out of money.

It can only be said that Sony is to blame for the Sony movie.

Sony happens to be a neon company, and neon happens to be a Wang raised in the United States.

If the copyright of Spider-Man is in the hands of other Hollywood giants, I guess I can't use this method.

Now.

Sony can only be blamed for being unlucky.

With that in mind, he stopped discussing the topic.

Abel and Ovitz talked about some of the ways in which Marvel will work with Marvel movies and CAA next.

After about ten minutes of staying, Ovitz noticed that Able was not talking about work.

The founder of CAA, who was immediately very understanding, made a request to leave.

Abel looked at Anne's sticky eyes, even though Jessica had just squeezed a few hundred milliliters last night.

He's a little chicken-moving.

Ovitz's request to leave was naturally granted immediately.

As soon as Ovitz left, Anne became even more clingy.

Obviously she was still in the box of the restaurant, and she couldn't wait for the whole person to melt into Abel.

It made Abel almost not want to eat, he just wanted to eat her.

However, it is now the year 2000, and shooting equipment such as pinhole cameras are very mature.

This kind of place is not his own territory, and he will never do anything too out of the ordinary in this kind of place.

He is creating the image of a super-rich man with positive energy, but he doesn't want to break the success halfway.

So he ate right away and left with Anne Hathaway.

Certainly not to the Hilton.

Jessica is still there.

Although the hotel is so big, the probability of encountering it is relatively low.

But he didn't want to take on this management risk, so he took Anne to another Four Seasons hotel.

More than two hundred milliliters were output, after Anne Hathaway fell into a deep sleep.

He had time to go to the living room next door to the bedroom and call David Mellon.

"Hi and good evening. David. ”

"Good evening." David Mellon said over there, "I don't know what you want me to do. But just now, I was just about to report to you that our crude oil futures list has basically been sold. ”

Abel was not surprised to hear the news.

Sell long orders of international crude oil in hand, this time Abel has set the requirements more than ten days ago.

"How's the profit?"

David Mellon replied:

"After deducting fees, commissions and spreads, the profit is a total of $1.345 billion!

God is on top, with you, and sometimes I really think I'm playing a numbers game.

How did it become so easy to make money?! ”

Listening to David Mellon's excited voice, Abel smiled, and he said steadily:

"My grandfather Alex said that. As long as you follow the right person, you can get twice the result with half the effort. It's the same with making money, David, you're just with the right person. ”

"Okay. Although it makes me a little uncomfortable to hear you say that, because it seems like I'm a bit of a waste. ”

David Mellon said on the other end of the phone:

"Our grandfather was right, though! Following the right person is more important than your own ability! ”

"That's my grandfather!" Pointing out David's deliberate slip of the tongue, Abel laughed and said:

"By the way, I want to ask you something. Do you know anyone on K Street in DC, or are you familiar with it? ”

"K Street?"

David Mellon was stunned,

"What do you want to do?"

(End of chapter)