Outside the studio, in Martin's rest trailer, Aniston gave a general account of what was going on on her side.

"It's not just you who are involved, it's me." Martin is a responsible person: "Don't get too stiff with the CAA, it's all on me, just tell them that I won't agree!" ”

He hugged Aniston and caressed her back comfortingly: "I have nothing to do with CAA, it doesn't matter if I'm stiff." ”

The little milk dog's words warmed Aniston's heart, and she shook her head: "It's okay......"

The phone rang, and she took out her phone to answer the call, her face becoming more and more tense.

After a few minutes, Aniston cut off the phone.

Martin asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Brian Lorde, CAA's biggest partner." Aniston simply said: "He called me and told me that CAA had contacted several popular projects in which female characters were very suitable for the awards, and CAA was ready to make a plan to assist me in the Oscar for Best Actress." ”

Martin sensed that there was a problem, but he couldn't say it clearly, Aniston and Oscar were more difficult than Leonardo's epic.

The other party didn't say it explicitly, but Aniston could see it clearly: "Brian wants me to think a little bit about the company in the matter of Heath Ledger." ”

Martin asked, "What do they think?" ”

"I signed not only with the producer, but also with CAA, and they can only get 1.5% of it as an economic commission." Aniston has a clear understanding of her situation: "After the end of Friends, my film career was not going well, and I still had an age that I couldn't ignore, so I became a little yellow flower that CAA was about to wither. ”

She sighed: "Maybe I'm overestimating my weight at CAA, or maybe the senior partners of CAA see themselves as the owners of the stars, and Michael Ovitz has expressed similar views more than once." ”

Martin understands how sweet Aniston's honeymoon with CAA was in the first place, and how difficult it is to get along with each other on a daily basis after the passion wears off.

Aniston's annual offline income of 20 million+ can only be extracted by CAA, which can only be extracted by CAA......

"Jane, they're putting bait." The words were not good, but he still reminded directly: "Waiting for you to bite the hook, maybe there are other schemes." ”

The brokerage company has done a lot of things to secretly pit its customers.

"Nothing." Aniston wasn't joking: "Big deal I fired CAA." ”

There was a knock on the door, and Martin opened the door, and there was Aniston's agent Steve.

The latter asked, "Brian Lord called you?" Jane, if the company pushes it with all its might, you will be nominated for Best Actress......"

Aniston's face changed.

Steve immediately shut up and changed his words: "No other meaning, Jane, we've been working together for more than ten years, you know, I'm always on your side." ”

Martin took the initiative to step aside: "You talk." ”

When Steve got into the trailer, he closed the door from the outside.

Martin walked towards No's Land, considering his current situation in light of Aniston's words, and after a few minutes, he pulled out his phone and called Thomas.

Soon, Thomas arrived.

Martin asked, "How's the talk?" ”

Thomas looked around and said, "Everything else is easy to say, those bastards at CAA are hard to deal with." ”

Martin simply said: "Don't talk to them, let Lawyer Ward go to the Brooklyn bureau to keep an eye on the pressure, let the crew release the news, and I'm going to hold a press conference." ”

CAA's rise from the glory of the 90s to the decline of business in the new century is not only because other companies are catching up, but also because it has internal problems.

It's as if Michael Ovitz's arrogance in CAA's last career was contagious to the other partners.

Boom and bust seem to be a common problem in many companies.

Thomas nodded: "I'll arrange it." ”

Martin suddenly asked, "Is WMA interested in Aniston?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Thomas was stunned for a moment, and quickly came back to his senses: "Of course I'm interested!" His hands were shaking with excitement: "Can we dig up Aniston?" ”

Martin glanced at Thomas, as if looking at the scumbag: "You want to be Aniston's agent?" ”

Thomas reacted quickly enough: "That's not what I meant. ”

"When Aniston was a young actor, she started working with Steve, and the relationship was not ordinary." Martin has studied Aniston up and down, back and forth, and has learned a lot: "Aniston didn't think about ending his work with him. ”

At this time, Martin still didn't forget the CPU: "If other brokerage companies come to poach me, the premise is to kick you out, I will definitely spray him in the face and let him roll as far as he can!" ”

Thomas's heart shook, and he said that I am already so important to Martin! Never give up!

He believed that someone like Martin could do it, and said, "What do you want to do? ”

Martin walked forward again: "The two of us can't represent the WMA, the portions are not enough, and I am going to call Ali Emmanuel and ask him to come over." ”

Thomas followed: "I will cooperate with you." He suddenly remembered something: "Why are you so positive?" ”

"At the end of this year, I want the company to devote more resources to fully support me, and I don't have enough ...... to do it," Martin said simply.

"They would absolutely say yes," Thomas said. ”

Martin took out his phone and dialed Ali Emmanuel.

Over there, Ali put down his phone and shouted at his assistant: "Contact the private jet company immediately, I want a business jet that can fly directly to New York in half an hour!" Also, my itinerary is confidential! ”

On this day, the Heath Ledger drug driving incident, which was originally reported by only one gossip media, was reposted by many online media, and other media followed up.

"Brokeback Mountain" awards season is a hit, and the film has also attracted much attention because of homosexuality, and Heath Ledger is very likely to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor before, which is hot in itself.

The media, of course, refused to let it go.

At the end of the afternoon, Damian, the assistant producer of the crew, approached Martin and director Boyle and said: "There was something unexpected, we applied for filming in Central Park, but New York postponed it for the time being due to weather and environmental protection. ”

Boyle frowned: "The shooting plan is going to be changed again?" We changed it once because of heavy snow. He reminded, "In a little while, the ice in Central Park will melt!" ”

Martin said: "Let Warner Bros. contact us, and the crew will not come forward again." ”

Boyle looked at Martin and had a rough guess, but he was just the director of the crew and didn't want to mix in the senseless fight, so he didn't say anything more.

"I called Daniel, Warner Bros. was in touch, and even if it could be resolved, the shoot would have to be delayed," Damian said. ”

Martin, like the previous crew, also named the production manager, saying: "The shooting plan will be changed again, and we will continue to shoot indoor scenes set up in the studio." ”

Boyle nodded: "That's all." ”

Martin didn't want the director to be involved in the bad thing, but focused on the film, waited until Boyle left, and asked, "Is there a Weinstein behind this?" ”

Damian is Louise's subordinate, and he speaks without scruples: "I can't see it, it's hard for us to find out about this kind of thing, the Weinstein brothers worked hard in New York and have a wide range of connections." ”

Martin and Aniston took the same car back to the hotel as before.

Aniston wasn't too happy: "CAA didn't dare to do anything to me, but put pressure on Steve, it turned out that in their eyes, I was already starting to get angry." ”

Again, Martin said, "Blame it all on me, and I'll deal with them." ”

Aniston reached out and rubbed Martin's face and said, "It's what happened to the two of us, how can I let you face it alone?" If it weren't for you, I might have been hit by a car. ”

Martin simply clicked directly: "In the trailer, you said you were leaving CAA?" ”

"When I became famous, I was at CAA, and I've been at CAA for so many years, but everything has changed since Friends ended," Aniston said. ”

"Maybe in the eyes of those veteran agents of CAA, it is CAA who makes you popular." Martin also speculated: "I haven't been an entertainment agent, and I don't know much about it, but many commercial companies don't pay as much attention to the employees they have grown up with as much as they do from the people who have worked hard to recruit them from the outside." ”

Aniston smiled: "What, you want to dig me?" ”

Martin amused her: "I've dug all the important places for you." ”

Aniston bit Martin's ear, leaving two rows of tooth marks, before saying, "I'll dig you tonight?" ”

Martin quickly changed the subject: "Ali Emmanuel is coming to New York to help me with Heath Ledger-related affairs, why don't you meet with him?" ”

Aniston was in a better mood and said with a smile: "It turned out that the WMA wanted to dig me, but I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to dig it, so I sent you over to use a beautiful man." ”

Martin asked, "Did my beautiful man plan succeed?" ”

Aniston put away her smile and thought about it for a while: "I'll talk to Steve, you talk to Ali first." ”

Martin nodded: "No problem." ”

There is no urgency for this kind of thing.

Back at the hotel, the two had dinner together and talked about CAA and WMA, and Aniston called his agent Steve to talk about the future.

Martin receives a call from Thomas and Ali Emmanuel has arrived.

In one of the hotel's business suites, Martin met with WMA's premier agent and co-partner.

Seeing Martin, Ali eagerly greeted him and said, "I know the difficulties encountered by the crew, don't worry, I have contacted the staff to deal with it." ”

Martin heard from Thomas that Ali's brother is very energetic in politics and is currently part of the Democratic Party's black carbon team that is preparing to run in the next election.

"Whenever there is a difficulty, it is always reassuring to have the WMA as a reliant." Martin sat on the single sofa and said, "Ali, I'm relieved to see you." ”

Ali smiled: "It's a matter of the company." He gets to the point: "Are you sure Aniston is interested in leaving CAA?" ”

"There was an idea for that," Martin said. ”

Ali understood: "The main thing is you?" ”

Martin didn't deny it: "I can get the WMA ahead of other companies. ”

Ali flew over for the first time, also to keep it secret: "Don't talk about this matter to the outside world, and besides, I'm not in New York now." ”

He knew that if he wanted Martin to contribute, he had to give enough benefits, so he simply said: "Martin, we are all old friends, say what you want." ”

Martin was also polite: ""The Departed" was released in this year's awards season, I think I acted well, director Scorsese spoke highly of me, the quality of his gangster films has never been a problem, I want an Oscar nomination." ”

Ali nodded and motioned for him to continue.

Martin added: "The character and the quality of the film are just the basics of the Oscars, money, marketing, connections and PR are more critical, and I hope the company can pay enough resources to help me run it." ”

Ali only thought about it for a while, and said: "Assisting customers to win awards is the job of the brokerage company, and I promise that the company will make 100% efforts." ”

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