Li Yu suddenly cheered up.

He knew what Ron Meyer had, and maybe even Carl didn't know yet.

Of course, Carl may never know.

In the phone call just now, Ron Meyer didn't even mention Carl once, and Li Yu knows better than anyone what this means in Hollywood, where the law of the jungle is followed.

Carl screwed up the Hulk project, and no matter how innocent he was, whether he was Ron Meyer's own nephew or not, he would definitely be pushed out by the CAA to take the blame.

In other words, Carl's path as an agent has come to an end.

This is Hollywood, let alone a nephew, even a son can be sacrificed if necessary.

Before Li Yu could mourn for Carl, Ron Meyer's voice had already come clearly from the other end of the phone.

"As far as I know, Ovitz is not alone in meeting with Universal's top executives, but also Palmmatt, the executive chairman of Marvel."

Palmat himself is not well-known in Hollywood, so Ron also gave a background introduction to Li Yu.

A stingy and mercenary Jew.

A real-life version of the Merchant of Venice.

On the phone, Ron's voice continued to ring.

"You might wonder how these two people got together, and it all started with David Messer, a former Disney executive."

"Actually, I was quite strange before, Messer had been doing a good job at Disney, and he had a good relationship with the board of directors, and then suddenly announced his departure."

"Now it seems that he must have reached some kind of 'territory' agreement with Disney's top management, and he will leave Disney to find some potential companies to join, and then convince the directors to sell the company to Disney after initially mining the value of the company."

"Messer joining Marvel is now very visionary, he has a grand plan to convince the Marvel board to make his own superhero movie, but Messer has made a fatal mistake."

"He shouldn't have gone to Ovitz and revealed his superhero movie plans."

"That old friend of mine was a man of great vision and ambition, and most importantly he was very vindictive."

Li Yu, who was holding the mobile phone, nodded subconsciously, he had already experienced this firsthand.

"Messer is from Disney, and Disney gave my old friend the biggest defeat of his career, so how could he miss this opportunity to get revenge on Dinis?"

"Messer exposed his ambitions and plans, but forgot that all the resources to carry out them were in the hands of others, so he was out."

"My old friend unceremoniously laughed at Messer's plan and persuaded Palmat to join him."

"The exact agreement between the two is unknown, but I can probably guess that poor Messer must have been prostituted by the two of them."

In the end, Ron did not forget to conclude:

"So this time we really didn't lose at all, and it's time to make adjustments."

Ron didn't say how to adjust it, but it was not difficult for Li Yu on the other end of the phone to guess.

Pushing Carl out of the back pot is only the first step, and the second step is probably to shake hands with Ovitz.

It's too hard to say surrender, but the CAA really doesn't need to fight Ovitz to the end.

Especially now, Ovitz has many film projects such as "The Adventures of Cheng Long", "The Wandering Earth", and Marvel, even if he is invited to come back and continue to take charge of CAA, it is estimated that he will no longer be able to look at it.

In this way, the possibility of Ovitz returning to the CAA and fighting Ron Meyer for power is completely eliminated.

Without this most basic contradiction, Ron Meyer naturally has to continue to fight with Ovitz.

Even if Ron Meyer wanted to, the CAA's co-operative agents who sympathized with or supported Ovitz would not agree.

So reconciliation is a mutually beneficial option.

What Ron Meyer didn't tell Lee was that Ovitz had spoken to him on a phone just half an hour earlier.

The two former friends had a very frank exchange and finally shook hands.

Ron Meyer promised to transfer some of the quality client resources he had on hand to the co-brokers who supported Ovitz at CAA.

Ovitz promised that he would not target CAA again in the future, and was even willing to strengthen cooperation with CAA.

It wasn't just a verbal check, but two big gifts to Ron Meyer over the phone.

One Ovitz has convinced the top executives of Universal to continue to employ Jennifer Connelly as the heroine of "The Incredible Hulk."

The other one is for Li Yu.

Ovitz convinces Jamie to help Lee write a new script.

The story focuses on the Chinese American community who immigrated to the United States, and the theme is to explore the relationship between parents/children.

These three, without exception, are all tailor-made for Li Yu.

Needless to say, the first two are Li Yu's best areas.

The last one can satisfy Li Yu's desire for "technical control".

Anyway, Ron Meyer couldn't think of any reason to help Li Yu refuse the film.

Li Yu on the other end of the phone hesitated again and again, and finally told him that Ovitz had contacted him privately through Jiang Zhiqiang.

Ron Meyer was not surprised by this, and even went so far as to say that this is indeed Ovitz's style of doing things.

It is foreseeable that if Ron Meyer does not agree to the settlement, then Ovitz will definitely use that movie script as a bargaining chip to force Li Yu to "change his court".

Now, you don't have to be embarrassed.

The only unfortunate thing is Karl, who has been treated as an outcast, poor fellow, who is probably still in the dark at this time.

After ending the call with Ron, Li Yu thought about it for a few minutes and dialed Jiang Zhiqiang's phone again.

Jiang Zhiqiang didn't expect that in less than an hour, the situation on Li Yan's side had changed so drastically that now he didn't know whether to congratulate or comfort Li Yan.

Before Jiang Zhiqiang completely digested the exciting news from Hollywood, Li Yu first asked about the script.

Speaking of this, Jiang Zhiqiang was also very helpless.

Cheng Long had already agreed to send him the script at the beginning, but later called again and said that after careful consideration, he decided to give up playing the leading role in the film.

The reason is that for a long time in the future, Cheng Long will focus on the filming of "The Adventures of Cheng Long".

At the same time as resigning, the script was also returned to Ovitz by Cheng Long.

Although it is a pity that I didn't see the script, Jiang Zhiqiang judged that since Ovitz had already shaken hands with CAA, it was estimated that he would come to visit Li Yu in person with the script.

The only thing Li Yu can do at the moment is to wait patiently.

Time came three days later in the blink of an eye.

As Jiang Zhiqiang said, Ovitz called through Li's new agent at CAA a day in advance and made an appointment to visit him this afternoon.

It just so happened that Li Yu's wife was resting today, and the husband and wife were waiting at the door of the house early to greet the guests.

At the same time, a Maybach 62 was also driving along the road towards Li's house.

In the back seat, Jamie leaned back in the comfortable leather sofa seat and looked out the window at the rural scenery flying by.

It must be said that Li Yu is still very good at picking places, and even Jamie didn't know that there was such a quiet and scenic community in the suburbs of New York.

After confirming from the driver that there were about ten minutes to go before arriving at the destination, Ovitz turned his head sideways and said:

"Is it true that all Jack Cheng is not going to appear in this movie?"

Jamie asked curiously:

"Didn't you go and talk to him about this in person?"

From beginning to end, Jamie only wrote a script, which was "reluctantly" agreed to by Ovitz.

Ovitz's idea was to tailor a script for Lee to compensate for the loss of snatching the Hulk project from the other side.

At that time, Jamie was complaining in his heart.

If Li Yan had the ability to predict the future, he would never think that losing directing "The Incredible Hulk" would be a loss for his directorial career.

On the contrary, Li will be glad that he did not make this disappointing film.

Of course, in reality, Li Yu definitely does not have such skills, so Jamie thought of the movie "Instant Universe" to help Yang Ziqiong win the first Asian Oscar in the future.

In her previous life, after winning the award, Yang Ziqiong thanked Cheng Long in a TV interview, saying that the producer wanted to find Cheng Long to play the leading actor at first, but later Cheng Long did not agree, but at the same time, he also thought that the script was good, so he recommended it to her.

Without Cheng Long's generosity and humility, there would be no award for her.

Yang Ziqiong herself is very familiar with Cheng Long, and she actually said this with a lot of jokes.

But a wave of keyboard warriors on the Internet is based on this, Cheng Long is illiterate, if he plays the leading actor, maybe he will win the Oscar.

But Jamie has always believed that Cheng Long is the most correct choice not to make this movie.

"Instant Universe" can win the award, not because of how good the movie itself is, but because it happened to be at that time.

MINORITY, FEMINISM, AND SAME-SEX MULTIPLE BUFFS ARE STACKED, AND I MET AN OSCAR WHO HAS GONE CRAZY FOR ZZ TO BE CORRECT, WHICH IS AN UNPRECEDENTED ASIAN ACTRESS.

The film is just a shell of Asian identity, and in essence, it is still about American values.

To put it bluntly, this is the story of a banana man, whether in terms of emotion or value, it is difficult to arouse the recognition of the Chinese people.

Among the many Chinese filmmakers who have broken into Hollywood, Cheng Long is also the only actor who will not take the initiative to cater to American values when filming in Hollywood.

Based on this alone, whether it is the first Asian Oscar-winning actress Yang Ziqiong, or Li Yu, who won two Oscars for Best Director, it is difficult to match.

At present, Cheng Long resigned from "Instant Universe" on the grounds that there is no schedule, and Jamie is very relieved, but he will not be paranoid about what is wrong with starring in similar movies.

Cha Mei knife! Don't stumble!

Now that they are about to arrive at Li Yu's house, Ovitz suddenly brought up this issue, and even a fool can see that there is a problem here.

Seeing this, Ovitz stopped pretending, shrugged and admitted:

"I just regret that Jack Cheng and Li Yu are the most famous Chinese filmmakers in Hollywood right now, and if the two of them can work together, it will definitely be a very exciting thing."

Jamie replied lightly.

"So what?"

Ovitz was not less interested, and continued to talk eloquently:

"Sitting in the car today, I've been thinking about who would be the best replacement if Jack Cheng didn't act."

"There is no doubt that this person must first be as good at kung fu as Jack Cheng, and at the same time have a certain degree of popularity in Hollywood and overseas."

At this point, Jamie can't listen anymore.

It's good if you just report Li Lianjie's name, what are you doing in such a big circle?

After the intention was discovered, Ovitz was not embarrassed, and asked Jamie rhetorically:

"What do you think? Will Director Li Yu be willing to accept this candidate plan? After all, when I first contacted him, I said that I would let Jack Cheng be the leading actor. ”

This is grandiose and grandiose.

Jamie was speechless.

Ovitz definitely didn't know that Li Yu and Li Lianjie were actually ready to cooperate when they were preparing to shoot "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" a few years ago, and the role of Li Mubai was designed according to Li Lianjie's image at that time.

As a result, when the movie was about to start filming, it happened that Li Lianjie's wife was about to give birth, and Li Lianjie stopped work to accompany the birth, so the filmmaker Jiang Zhiqiang temporarily found Zhou Yanfa to save the scene.

Ovitz asked Li Lianjie to play the leading role in "The Instant Universe", whether it is Li Lianjie himself or Li Yu, it is estimated that he will be happy to see it.

A few minutes later, Maybach 62 stopped in front of Li's house.

Ovitz pushed the door and got out of the car, while the driver ran to the other side and opened the door for Jamie.

Li Yu and his wife, who stepped forward to greet them, were a little surprised when they saw this scene.

Thanks to the fact that their youngest son, Li Chun, is a big fan of the "Percy Jackson" series, Li and his wife immediately recognized Jamie's identity.

After shaking hands with Ovitz, the two immediately walked over to Jamie.

Just as he was about to say hello, a fluent sentence of Chinese came out of Jamie's mouth.

"Mr. and Mrs. Li, good afternoon!"

These words seemed to have some kind of magic, and they immediately fixed Li Yu and his wife in place.

The first to react was Li Yan's wife, who immediately changed her mouth and said hello to Jamie in Chinese.

Li Yu, who came back to his senses, also hurried to follow.

Seeing this, Ovitz immediately protested loudly:

"It's not fair, you can all understand what I'm saying, but I can't understand what you're saying."

Jamie shrugged and said, "Let's just say it to each other."

Li also explained to Ovitz that their family also speaks separately, and that he and his wife speak in Chinese and English when they talk to their children.

Before he finished speaking, he was glared at sternly by his wife.

Li Yu followed before he reacted, and what he said just now was easily ambiguous.

He speaks Chinese with his wife and English with his children at home.

Right now I speak Chinese with Jamie and English with Ovitz.

For no reason, Ovitz is a generation shorter.

Originally, Li Yu was still lucky, thinking that Jamie could only understand English, and was not so familiar with some allusions in the Chinese context, after all, most foreigners who could speak Chinese were like this.

Unfortunately, it backfired.

From Jamie's secretly smiling eyes, Li Yu knew that the matter had been exposed.

(End of chapter)