William Morris, at the end of the regular partner meeting every Monday, a group of bigwigs discussed the situation of important customers, and the topic came to potential customers.

Sharon, who was in charge of the day-to-day affairs, beckoned to the assistant, who hurried over and connected the projector to her laptop.

The Saturn Award is one of the top 10 film and television awards in North America, and the top management of the WMA has also paid attention, and Sharon opened the news of the Saturn Awards: "Martin Davis, the company's sixth-level client, won the Saturn Award for Best Young Actor last weekend, and he is currently highly regarded in entertainment newspapers and on the Internet, and there is a force behind him. ”

Co-partner Ali Emmanuel asked: "Mobilized the company's resources?" ”

"Very little." Sharon specifically asked Thomas about it: "Except for his agent Thomas, he has not used any other resources of the company." ”

Ali looked up at the projection screen: "How did he win the award?" ”

Sharon clicked the mouse, and Wes Craven's avatar appeared: "Martin invited Craven to his private party, and he got Craven done." ”

Another co-partner, Jim Witt, said: "Loise Mayer of Pacific Pictures recommended Martin to me because he starred in the theatrical film 'Zombie Dancer), and I made him a Tier 6 client to focus on. ”

According to WMA's internal regulations, only those who have starred in at least one theatrical movie or TV series as the protagonist and important supporting actor can become a Level 6 customer.

This criterion excludes 99% of the actors in the industry.

Level 6 customers are also called actors within WMA, but they are actors with exclusive agents.

There are also well-known actors, stars, famous stars, superstars, and supergiants.

The criteria for division are simple, salary, power and influence.

Salary is not the only standard, but it is the most intuitive, 1 million, 5 million, 10 million, 15 million and 20 million.

Resources are prioritized in order.

Because the agency does not engage in art, it makes money.

Customers who can be paid a good price enjoy the best resources.

WMA does not currently have a supergiant.

The most heavyweight customers are Michael Bay and Eastwood.

"Thomas, I know, a newcomer, he can't handle Craven." Ali was interested: "This little guy has some means. ”

Sharon is very meticulous: "He starred in "Horror Wax Museum" as the male lead, and the film has not yet been released, so I called producer Susan and director Zommy, and the two spoke highly of Martin's acting skills and praised him for being good at getting along with people. ”

Ali said directly: "Ability has relationships, so that Martin's customer level will be raised by one level, and the fifth-level resources will be prioritized towards him." ”

In less than two minutes, the matter about Martin is over, and potential customers will pay due attention, but whether they can get on the top is also related to luck.

Sharon then mentions the real key figure among the new clients, Blake Lively.

The men discussed for nearly ten minutes as Ernie Lively was helping her daughter push a platter.

WMA wanted to cram as many of its own clients as possible into the crew.

At the end of the meeting, Sharon called Thomas and had a few words with him.

In the office partition, Thomas excitedly smashed the table with his fist, getting closer and closer to the independent office!

He looked up and saw himself in the mirror.

The phone was put back in its place, Thomas looked carefully in the mirror, and the hairline seemed to recede again?

He scratched it, and a few strands of hair fell on the desk.

Thomas was in a passionate mood, blowing away in one breath, picking up his mobile phone and dialing Martin: "Come to the company, there is a good thing." ”

Half an hour later, Martin arrived at the office partition.

Thomas had just printed out a thick stack of documents from the company's internal system.

Martin glanced at it, it seemed that it was an actor recruitment email from some crew.

"Drink the water and take it yourself." Thomas was still a little excited, his head and body shook violently, and a few more hairs fell.

He first talked about the latest situation: "Winning the best young actor, the company attaches great importance to you, and raises your customer level to level five, and the five-level resources are given priority to you. ”

As one of the two largest agencies in the industry, WMA's strong recommendation can make its actors enter the third round of auditions, and if the director and casting director are their own family, the odds of winning are further increased.

Martin was well aware of this and said, "Do you have a good role recommendation? ”

Thomas came over with a printout and said eagerly: "Castle Stone Pictures' project, "Crazy Hostage", with a two-protagonist setting. ”

Martin looked through the printout, which had a simple script, character setting and introduction, and recalled it carefully, without any impression.

Here's Thomas's hand-picked project: "The budget for the production is $8 million, the family carnival genre, I don't expect the salary to be less than $300,000, and there has always been a market for family carnivals. ”

Martin closed the print: "Are you sure that a group of adults with weapons in Disneyland are a successful family theme?" ”

Thomas asked rhetorically, "What's the problem?" ”

"I don't feel very good." Martin picked up another printout, the Universal Pictures project.

"George Romero intends to remake Land of the Living Dead, which is one of the main roles, and the competition could be fierce," Thomas said. ”

Martin has one and only one impression of this film, zombies watching fireworks.

Choosing the protagonist carefully, he took it to the side.

Thomas was also not in a hurry to choose, and took out another copy and handed it to Martin: "The project "Brothers Grimm" of Dimen Pictures, a fantasy genre, takes the overseas financing route, the funds mainly come from Germany, the double protagonist is set, the first protagonist has been determined to be Matt Damon, and the second protagonist plans to use newcomer actors with lower salaries. ”

Martin did not hesitate to refuse: "Fantasy films are all PASS." ”

Louise told him that Germany was Hollywood's money-laundering toilet.

Hell knows how much the film was actually invested.

Thomas emphatically reminded: "The success of the Lord of the Rings series has sparked a fantasy boom. ”

Martin said: ""Van Helsing" was released at the beginning of this month, and it has been two weeks now, how miserable is the box office and word of mouth? He was simply direct: "I don't have any interest in fantasy and epic or anything like that." ”

"You're going to miss a lot of opportunities," Thomas said. ”

Martin didn't want to dwell on him because he couldn't say it clearly: "I trust Louise Mayer's judgment. ”

"But she invested in Alexander the Great......"

"Louise has regretted it." Martin's words are like knives: "When it comes to film selection, I believe in the professionalism of a producer. ”

That means that you are not a professional broker? Thomas opened his mouth, but he couldn't refute it, because compared to the professionalism of film selection, let alone the producers who face the first-line market, most agents are not as good as the managers around the stars.

It's like a producer asking a film critic how to make a movie to have a market, and he is 100% out of the ditch.

"It's good to choose wisely, but you have to understand that we don't have a wide range of options," Thomas said. ”

Martin nodded slightly and asked, "That's all?" ”

"For the time being, the films of the next two years will not be able to recruit actors at the same time, and some crews or companies rarely cooperate with WMA." Thomas made Martin realize the reality: "Although the company does not have a supergiant, the intention to cooperate is layer by layer, and when it comes to us, it is all the stars who pick the rest." ”

Martin understood this: "Nothing else? ”

Thomas pointed to the computer screen: "There are also some villains, but I don't recommend ...... No, I'm adamantly against you choosing a villain, unless the villain is like a protagonist. ”

Martin started to wave again: "People like me, of course, are natural protagonists. To be a villain? This one is killed by this protagonist, and the next one will be killed by another protagonist, and it will be over soon! ”

He asked Thomas, "Do you want me to be completely ruined because of the choice I made in a hurry?" ”

When these words fell into his ears, Thomas's fiery heart and brain, calmed down a little, patted his head, and accepted the reality of being P: "My fault, the success of the Saturn Award, the importance of the company...... I was too excited. ”

Seeing that he had calmed down, Martin said, "Let's keep watching." ”

The rest are supporting roles, with the company's two major directorial clients, Michael Bay and Eastwood, all recruiting supporting roles for their new films.

The former is called "Escape from Clone Island", and the latter is "Million Dollar Baby".

Playing a small supporting role in this kind of film, Martin has barely improved, unless the salary is very high, but it is obviously impossible.

Thomas found that the company's system was updated, and new projects and roles were automatically pushed to his OA, so he quickly clicked on it and asked Martin to come over and take a look: "The project that uses young actors in full swing has identified one heroine as Blake Lively, and five main roles, three women and two men. ”

Martin asked, "Is the name finalized?" ”

"Based on Braschels' Summer of Jeans of the same name." "The adaptation should have followed the name," Thomas said. ”

Martin saw the film, remembered it as a girl movie, and asked, "Two male characters?" ”

"A football coach, a Greek guy. He was surprised: "That's, the budget is $25 million!" ”

Hearing the money, Martin became interested: "If the role is well paid, sign me up, I've been poor lately." He added: "Forget if the salary is low." ”

Thomas wrote it down: "Others, you don't think there's a fit?" ”

"It's hard to pick the right role." There are indeed a lot of resources, but in Martin's eyes, the quality is worrying, many of them are still pits, the success rate of the movie is relatively low, and many pits are called normal.

Thomas smiled: "For projects with high investment, it is natural to find stars with strong appeal." ”

"Pay attention to the pay in the summer of jeans." Martin admonished, and then said, "Do you have time in the evening, come with me to a party." ”

Thomas said, "I asked a lady to ......"

Martin sighed: "Wes Craven asked me and French director Alexandre Ajia to discuss the script together. He specifically emphasized: "A horror script created with me as the absolute protagonist. ”

"I didn't hear you say it before." Thomas was rather helpless.

"The story comes from the collision of ideas between two directors, and before they have finalized the framework, there is a lot of uncertainty, and I can't tell you what I can't tell you that I can't tell for sure," Martin said. Their agent also goes, I don't take the agent, it seems disrespectful. ”

Thomas was embarrassed and gritted his teeth: "I'll go!" ”

Yesterday was a busy day, there was no time to code words, and the second update has not been written, so I have to send it later.

(End of chapter)