Ovitz's conditions sound tempting at first glance, but Jamie knows in his heart that the free ones are the most expensive.

What's more, there are more exciting "scenery" in front of you.

Rebecca in the living room has just changed into a new position.

Keep your left hand and left foot on the ground, your arms and legs straight, your right leg stretched upward, your right hand hooked your right heel, and your arms and legs in a straight line.

It looks like a horse lying on its side, and its body shows amazing flexibility.

It took more than ten seconds of admiration before Jamie withdrew his gaze from Rebecca.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Ovitz, where did we just go?"

Owitz realized that Jamie was absolutely deliberate, and instead of repeating his previous words, Ovitz asked cautiously:

"Mr. Dutton, what kind of cooperation do you think will build real trust between us?"

Jamie smiled dumbly:

"Mr. Ovitz, we didn't even know each other before this phone call, isn't it too early to talk about trust?"

Ovitz on the other end of the line immediately admitted:

"It's my fault."

He should have explained his intentions to Jamie first, instead of using CAA's shares as bargaining chips as soon as he came up.

And he clearly overestimated the appeal of this part of CAA to Jamie.

"You know I used to work at CAA for a long time, and then I left that company because of a bad decision, and by the time I realized that mistake and wanted to go back to the company, I realized that I had become persona non grata."

"When you have clients all over Hollywood, you're always going to have a few enemies, and some of them may be your closest friends."

Perhaps realizing that his words were too preachy, Ovitz immediately explained:

"It's just a little bit of my personal sentiment, and maybe it can give some warning to people who are on the road to success, but that's not the point I want to say."

"I've been looking to return to CAA, but it hasn't been smooth because everyone thinks I'm worthless, including my former clients."

"It made me realize that the status of agents in Hollywood is declining, and on the one hand, clients want us to take lower commissions, and on the other hand, studios also hate that we keep inflating their clients' salaries in negotiations, which increases the production costs of the studios."

"That's why they don't want me to go back to CAA, because they know very well that once I go back, I'm going to change things strongly, even if I don't plan to do it, but no one believes it, they think that if Ovitz goes back, everything will change back to the way it was."

"I need a chance to change people's minds about me, and I've been looking for it until you show up."

Jamie picked up the unfinished milk and raised his glass to Rebecca, who turned her head to look at her.

"Wow, can I say it's an honor to be noticed by the most powerful man in Hollywood?"

Ovitz on the other end of the phone continued in a serious and serious tone:

"Back when you first made a deal with Weststar Pictures, trading the rights to 'Percy Jackson' for the rights to 'Iron Man,' I started to notice that you seemed to be preparing to do exactly the same thing as I did."

"It wasn't until you were writing superhero scripts for both Warner and Weststar Pictures that I felt a stronger sense of déjà vu."

"And then just yesterday, a friend of mine at CAA whispered something about you, and it made me more and more sure about it."

Yesterday?

Jamie's first reaction was that someone leaked the meeting between him and Cheng Long to Ovitz in advance.

It just so happens that Cheng Long's agent is from CAA.

No wonder as soon as Jamie and Cheng Long met, Ovitz immediately came to the door.

"You don't have to worry, even though I have now left CAA, I am well aware of the importance of professional ethics as a broker, and in fact the ethical discipline of CAA brokers was drafted by me, and I have absolutely no intention of using this as a blackmail."

So you stayed in the eyes of CAA to take the lead in violating the ethical discipline you had established and divulging the client's secrets to you?

Don't be too obvious about the double standard!

Jamie thought to himself, but didn't say anything.

On the other end of the line, Ovitz's voice continued to ring.

"But I still have to say that the idea of making 'The Adventures of Cheng Long' into a live-action film is really amazing, and of course I'm more interested in the way you run the project, first get the rights, then decide on the director and actors, then find someone to write the script, and finally find investment and distribution partners."

"This is very similar to the one-stop packaging service that I advocated at CAA back then, starting from the script, all the personnel needed to shoot a movie are fully equipped, and finally directly packaged to the film company, helping the film company save a lot of time and improve the production efficiency of a movie."

"Of course, not everyone likes this kind of packaging service, and the film company will feel that we use bundling to inflate everyone's salary, and the creators also think that our model of all the people choosing from the same agency hinders the freedom of creation to a certain extent."

"During my time away from CAA, I was reflecting on the gains and losses of packaging services, and finally I thought of a better way, I could not be an agent for a writer, actor, or director, but an agent for a certain project, and use my connections to allocate all the personnel needed for the project, and then package it to the film company."

"I was actually looking for a project that would be a good fit to bring this idea to life, and when I heard about the live-action film of The Adventures of Cheng Long, I knew immediately that this was the opportunity I was looking for."

I have to admit that as once the most powerful agent in Hollywood, Ovitz is really eloquent.

Even Jamie was a little moved by what he said.

Whether it is to negotiate with Columbia to buy the copyright of "The Adventures of Cheng Long", or to negotiate with all the selected actors and their agents one by one, including going to the film company to negotiate distribution cooperation in the later stage, a professional needs to come forward.

Outsiders invest in Hollywood to make movies, and nine out of ten will be pitted.

Even the calculating, shrewd Wall Street bunch has suffered a lot when trying to break into Hollywood.

If you are looking for an agent in Hollywood, Ovitz is indeed a good choice at the moment.

"Mr. Ovitz, I admit that you convinced me, but I am not interested in your CAA shares, and you have to change the reason that can convince me."

Ovitz replied in a confident tone, very firmly:

"I can convince the Colombian company to sell you the rights to The Adventures of Cheng Long, including the entire Dragon Treasure Studio."

Although Ovitz knew that Jamie could persuade Columbia to sell the rights to "The Adventures of Cheng Long" through Cheng Long, the process would definitely not be as smooth as he came forward.

After all, Cheng Long and Colombia are just normal business partnerships.

And Sony's successful acquisition of Colombia was all due to the mediation of Ovitz.

Although Ovitz is now far away from the center of power in Hollywood, Sony's top brass will still give this face.

But Jamie's answer was:

"It's not enough!"

Ovitz on the other end of the phone couldn't help but be stunned.

His first reaction was that Jamie also had a crush on one of Columbia's other film and television projects and wanted to buy them all together.

As a result, Jamie has his eye on an actor.

And this man has nothing to do with Colombia.

It doesn't even have anything to do with Hollywood.

"Your friend at CAA shouldn't have had time to tell you that an important character in "The Adventures of Cheng Long", Cheng Long's niece Xiaoyu, I decided to use the global audition method to select the right actors."

Ovitz is worthy of being an all-round agent who has been in Hollywood for so many years, and Jamie has just made a start, and he has already guessed Jamie's real intentions.

"If I'm not mistaken, you actually have a suitable candidate for the role, but the actor should be unknown now, so you want to increase her persuasiveness for the role through auditions?"

Answer is correct!

Jamie had already thought of who would play Xiaoyu from the beginning.

There's really nothing to choose from.

Among the actors Jamie is familiar with, there is only one who is of the right age and is currently in the United States.

In her previous life, the actor would go to the Celestial Empire next year to shoot her first TV series and officially enter the showbiz.

At the moment, Jamie is not sure if she has received an invitation from the producer of that TV series.

I only know that people should still be in the United States.

Jamie told Ovitz the other party's Chinese name, and it should not be difficult to find the other party with Ovitz's connections.

Just as Jamie hung up, Rebecca also finished one last yoga pose.

She wiped the fine sweat from her forehead with a towel, but Jamie's eyes were drawn to the scenery on her chest.

Rebecca noticed Jamie's gaze, of course, but she didn't care.

"I see you've been talking to each other for a long time, so can you tell me who the person on the other end of the phone is?"

"Michael Ovitz."

"Wow, that's a big guy, what, he wants to be your agent?"

Jamie was about to say that he didn't need an agent for the time being, when it suddenly occurred to him that Rebecca seemed to be interested in the profession of stardom.

"Do you need a broker? I mean think about Michael Ovitz and let him be your agent, but not sign up with his agency. ”

Rebecca had a puzzled look on her face.

"Does it make a difference?"

"Of course, because Ovitz's brokerage company was about to go out of business, he even wanted to sell the shares that remained in CAA to him, but I refused."

Seeing Rebecca's eyes lit up, Jamie added.

"If you're interested in a stake in CAA, I can ask Ovitz to sell it to you, and it would be a good option as an investment."

Rebecca nodded, indicating that she would discuss the matter with her father.

Following the topic of the two to yoga, seeing that Jamie was interested in it, Rebecca said on the spot that she could teach Jamie a few movements.

As soon as Jamie took off his coat and shoes and lay down on the yoga mat, his phone rang.

He shrugged regretfully at Rebecca, got up and walked over to the desk to pick up his phone.

Surprisingly, the call turned out to be from Ovitz again.

As soon as the phone was connected, Ovitz told Jamie.

That person has been found!

Jamie couldn't help but be stunned.

So fast?

Ovitz told Jamie that he thought it might take a lot of effort to find the other party, but in fact he just turned on the computer, logged on to the screen actors guild website, typed in the other party's name, and found out that the other party had registered with the screen actors union last year.

Jamie immediately borrowed a laptop from Rebecca, logged on to the Screen Actors Guild website, and sure enough, he found the person's information.

Rebecca, who was standing on the side, leaned over and looked at the screen and read the other party's name directly.

"Liu Yifei, I didn't pronounce it wrong, right? I remember that Chinese names are always given in the first place and the first name in the back. ”

Jamie turned around and told Rebecca that she was the first Chinese to not mispronounce the order of Chinese names in front of him.

After speaking, he walked aside with his mobile phone.

Ovitz called, he hadn't hung up yet.

"Well, I didn't expect the other party to be so easy to find, so what are you going to do next, contact her guardian directly according to the phone number above?"

"No, I'm going to ask Tommy to contact him."

After speaking, Ovitz immediately explained that Tommy was Cheng Long's agent in CAA, and he was also the "internal response" who secretly delivered the news to him.

In return, Ovitz is ready to give up the opportunity to sign Liu Yifei to the other party.

At the same time, in order to dispel Jamie's concerns, Ovitz also assured Jamie that Tommy would not tell Cheng Long about it.

Everything will be packaged as a coincidence.

Tommy found Liu Yifei and recommended her to participate in the global audition for "The Adventures of Cheng Long", and then was caught by Jamie at a glance.

At the same time, Cheng Long's agent, Tommy, had already dialed Liu Yifei's mother's phone through the contact information left on the website of the Actors Guild.

The two sides chatted for more than 20 minutes, and finally Liu Yifei's mother put down the phone and told the middle-aged man sitting in the living room with a happy face that the ticket to return to China could be canceled.

The middle-aged man's name is Chen Jinfei, and he is Liu Yifei's godfather.

Knowing that CAA's agent was ready to sign Liu Yifei, Chen Jinfei's first reaction was not to be happy, but to frown.

He has already helped Liu Yifei contact a domestic crew, saying that he would go back to audition, but now he was suddenly cut off, of course he had to ask clearly.

"Xiaoli, the other party can't be a liar, right?"

"The other party has made an appointment for me to meet at the CAA headquarters tomorrow, I think the scammer should not have the ability to cheat at the CAA headquarters, right?"

Liu Yifei's mother sat down on the sofa opposite Chen Jinfei.

"Then did the other party say why they signed Sissi? I mean, there don't seem to be any opportunities for Asians in Hollywood, right? CAA is a big company, but—"

Before Chen Jinfei finished speaking, he was directly interrupted by Liu Yifei's mother.

"The other party has inside information, Cheng Long's new movie is preparing for a global audition for the heroine, and he is named to find a Chinese to star, and it just so happens that Qianqian's conditions are fully met, and there is a great possibility of being selected if she signs up."

"Possibly?" Chen Jinfei frowned and said, "The other party won't be fooling you, right?" ”

Liu Yifei's mother shook her head decisively.

"The other party claims to be Cheng Long's agent in CAA, and I don't think he needs to lie to me about this kind of thing."

Continue to ask for leave, today is still a change!

(End of chapter)