Chapter 902 Help Me Be Optimistic About MGM

When he came to the parking lot, Eric beat his driver and bodyguard to leave. He and the girl got into her Land Rover and left the MGM headquarters together. ┡Ω

After discussing where to eat next, the girl posted softly: "Eric, how about I transfer the shares of MGM to you?"

Eric chuckled and said, "The shares in your hand are estimated to be worth 400 million US dollars. I can't afford it."

"I have already consulted a lawyer, and there is a way to do it without spending a penny."

Eric didn't wait for the girl to continue, and reached out and hugged her. The girl straddled Eric's lap in an intimate manner, her eyes shining brightly.

Eric held the girl's baby face as before, and said seriously, "Dru, can I trust you?"

"Mmmm," the girl nodded again and again.

"Actually, in one's life, it is very difficult to find someone who can entrust everything without reservation. Most people are impossible to meet in a lifetime." Eric said seriously, leaning over to the girl's mouth Pecking up and down, he said, "I'm quite lucky, and I happened to meet one. So, help me be optimistic about MGM, don't care what other people think, and don't always let me decide. If anyone dares to think anything, you will Pick up the bottle and hit him on the head as before."

"Yeah," the girl nodded and hummed a few times, her body seemed to soften a little, and she was completely attached to Eric's body, and her little hands were restlessly rubbing against Eric, and said softly: "Eric , I suddenly want to do it in the car."

"Uh," Eric put his arms around the little waist that the girl was leaning against, feeling like he was holding a kitten that suddenly became emotional, and said, "This, we seem to be talking about business. Besides, I still like this car quite a bit. , don't get dirty. You know, my cleanliness seems to be getting worse lately."

The girl giggled, but ignored it, reached out to pull Eric's shirt, and instructed the twins to drive the car to a nearby 4o5 height.

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Century City, netbsp; Richard Lovett has been anxiously awaiting news from Pierre Truk, the last chance that might prompt Eric to change his mind.

In addition to the star brokerage business, under the development of Michael Ovitz, caa has been responsible for the advertising affairs of many large companies since the 1980s. Similar to film and television packaging contracts, these advertising projects are generally products for companies. Provide one-stop services such as finding spokespersons, contacting advertising companies, and making advertisements.

The Havas Group, headed by Pierre Truk, happens to be one of the largest advertising and media companies in the world. Richard Lovett stops Pierre Truk at LAX, promises cooperation, wants Pierre Truk to help lobby MGM to change decision, Pierre Truk Just to prevent MGM from replacing Brosnan, I didn't expect such a windfall, and the two sides naturally hit it off.

I couldn't help but look at my watch, it was already eight o'clock.

Richard Lovett was considering whether to take the initiative to call and ask, when the phone finally rang.

He picked it up without hesitation, Richard Lovett heard the other party's voice clearly, and rarely did not take advantage of the situation to exchange a few words, and went straight to the subject: "Pierre, what happened?"

"..."

Forcibly patiently waited for the other party to finish speaking, the last glimmer of hope was shattered, Richard Lovett subconsciously made a look of throwing a grenade, but in the end he didn't throw the brand new phone in his hand again. Slowly retracting his arms, Richard Lovett covered the phone in his palm, folded his hands, stood behind the desk in a posture of becoming a Buddha on the ground, and quickly figured out what to do with Pierce Brosnan next.

The office door was knocked twice, and David O'Connor pushed the door and came in. Seeing Richard Lovett's posture, he froze for a moment and said, "Richard, it probably can't be stopped. Peele said that if not already News, he plans to go back first today. How is your side?"

Richard Lovett exhaled slowly,

Shaking his head, he said, "I'll talk to Peel in person later."

David O'Connor immediately understood the outcome of the matter, said nothing, nodded, and withdrew.

After spending a day at the caa headquarters, looking at the night outside the window, Pierce Brosnan gradually realized something in his heart. When David O'Connor left, he looked at the public relations manager Sarah Lindelt who was always by his side. Ask: "Sarah, should I give Pascal or Williams a call myself?"

Sarah Lindelt glanced at her client, who had been kept in the dark, with some pity in her heart.

If you really want to make this call, this morning is the best time. Now, Richard Lovett must have arranged everything, and even calling him out wouldn't help.

Although she stayed by Brosnan's side, she actually kept in touch with the outside world today. Judging from the current situation, things are likely to be worse than expected. Perhaps, she will also lose this client. Fortunately, David O'Connor has promised to introduce her to four clients who are the same as Brosnan. Even if he lost Brosnan, it would not be a pity. With that recording, David O'Connor would definitely not. dare to go back.

Just as he was about to comfort Brosnan with a few words, the office door was pushed open. Richard Lovett walked in with a solemn expression. He patted Brosnan who stood up on the shoulder and let him sit down. He also pulled up a chair to meet him. He sat opposite each other and said, "Peel, I did my best, and MGM has promised to re-sign you."

Before Brosnan could be happy, he realized that Richard Lovett was talking about re-signing, not renegotiating: "Richard, do you mean, or the conditions of yesterday?"

Having said that, Brosnan suddenly realized that until now, he still doesn't know what kind of remuneration conditions Eric offered him yesterday. Rick Kirtzman didn't tell him the details yesterday. This morning, when he learned that he was suddenly fired from the oo7 crew, his first reaction when he rushed to the caa headquarters was to punch Rick Kirtzman in the face. Naturally, there is no communication between people. Although he has seen MGM's announcement on Yahoo's homepage, this announcement will definitely not involve MGM and his detailed remuneration terms, but only reveal a general concept of a "hundred-million-dollar package contract".

Richard Lovett shook his head and said: "No, Peel, MGM's current condition is, two oo7 true stories, each $2ooo, and two agents movie universe crossover set, each $1ooo , four packaged contracts for a total of $6ooo million.”

After listening to Brosnan, his face was a little gloomy and uncertain. A few days ago, Rick Kotzman gave him an analysis. With the current box office momentum of "Casino Royale", he can at least get 4ooo US dollars per sequel. remuneration. Now, the four films are about 6000 thousand dollars, and the average is only 1500 thousand dollars, which is less than half of the original expectations.

An imagined contract worth $106,000 turned into $6,000 now, and Brosnan naturally blamed Rick Kotzman and caa for it all. He also realized that he must have completely lost any room for bargaining.

Suppressing the anger that was pouring out of his heart again, Brosnan asked with patience: "Didn't the Yahoo announcement say $100 million, why is there so much less?"

Richard Lovett shook his head and explained patiently: "There is no one-hundred-million-dollar contract, MGM is just exaggerating. Yesterday, Williams offered four films of $7000,000, and a similar share. The plan, you know, Williams is a stubborn bastard, we turned him down once, and now if you want to re-sign, he will definitely drive down your pay. So the share plan is canceled, and he just…”

"No, no," before Richard Lovett finished speaking, Brosnan couldn't bear it any longer, stood up, pointed at Richard Lovett and said, "It's not 'we', it's' You', you bastards, you bastards who screwed up everything by arguing and rejecting MGM's contract to get this far."

Richard Lovett stood up with Brosnan, still looking good-tempered, and said, "Peel, calm down."

"Calm? Why the hell am I still calm?" Brosnan stared at Richard Lovett, raising his voice again, grabbing the chair behind him and smashing it at the window not far away, the hard tempered glass It didn't break, but some furnishings on the windowsill fell with the chair, making a crackling noise: "This is all your fault, you must give me an explanation, otherwise, I will do what you bastards do. It's all about the media."

Although Brosnan has shown signs of exploding, Richard Lovett still tried his best not to tear his face with him, and continued to appease: "Peel, don't do this, I admit that we may not do well in some things, but you do this It doesn't help, you know, MGM only gave us one night, and if you still turn down the contract tomorrow morning, it means you'll lose the role completely. Think about it, $6000,000, Hollywood How many stars can make $6ooo in their lifetime?"

"One hundred million, the money should have been at least one hundred million, but you have lost 4ooo for me."

"There has never been 100 million, 7000000. Williams claimed to suppress Hollywood star pay a few years ago, and he is doing it now. I used almost all the connections of caa today to let him give up the decision to replace you, but less Only $100,000."

"In any case, I will not sign such a contract, and I will announce what caa has done tomorrow, and you can just wait for your ruin."

After being scolded by the pointed eyebrows, Richard Lovett also grew a little angry, and said loudly: "Be realistic, Peel, if you give up Bond, you think someone will pay 2ooo dollars to please you. Well, no, absolutely impossible. Your image has already been stereotyped, and it is difficult for audiences to accept your role outside of oo7. Also, you know "The Lion King 2", that animated film originally had "Under the Sea" "Finding Nemo" has the same global box office potential of 100 million US dollars, but because of the joint ban of Firefly and Fox, its box office is only a little more than half of "Finding Nemo". So, more seriously, considering the pressure of Firefly, most film companies even You won't be invited to act in a movie again, and your career in Hollywood will be over."

"Even if I'm finished, I'll drag caa down together, and I'll sue you."

"Ha, sue us? Do you know what's in the newspapers now? 'Pierce Brosnan deliberately claimed to have no knowledge of MGM's pay conditions in order to save his oo7 contract'. Everyone now thinks you are deliberately pretending to be In the dark, if you sue again, it will only be regarded as a pissed off joke."

Brosnan paused, suddenly stepped forward, grabbed Richard Lovett's collar, and slammed him against the wall: "Did you do it right? You must have done it?"

"Let go, you lunatic." Although Richard Lovett was pressed against the wall, he still looked righteous, waving his arms and yelling: "In order to help you save the contract, I almost paid for it all day. Do you think I have time to do these boring things for more than 10 million people in Los Angeles to all kneel, this is just a demonstration of MGM to you."

Richard Lovett's hoarse expression was full of grievances that could not be concealed. Brosnan stared at each other for a few seconds, the fist that had been raised gradually lowered, but he was unwilling to let go of each other like this. After a stalemate for a while, Sarah Lindelt, who had been hiding carefully beside her, tentatively suggested: "Richard, how about this, MGM only lowered the salary by 1000,000 US dollars? Perhaps, caa can voluntarily give up this offer. The 10% commission in the contract is considered to make up for Peel's loss."

Richard Lovett, whose collar was still tightly grasped, panted hard, glanced at Brosnan, and there seemed to be a deep sense of unwillingness in his eyes, and after a while, he said, "Okay, I agree."

Seeing Richard Lovett speak, Brosnan finally loosened his collar, but still coldly said, "You shouldn't have taken a penny, Sarah, let's go first."

Abandoning these words, Brosnan left the office without looking back. Sarah Rindert smugly gave Richard Lovett a hand and waved, then quickly followed.

"Bitch. People."

Watching Sarah Lindelt leave, Richard Lovett scolded fiercely, slid his body along the wall and sat on the floor, pulled off his neckline, and threw the crooked tie down. Beside him, he breathed a sigh of relief.

After a while, David O'Connor walked in, looked at Richard Lovett who was sitting at the base of the wall, came over and squatted in front of him, took out a cigarette case in his pocket and handed it over, and took out a lighter. After helping him click, he asked, "Done?"

Richard Lovett smoked half a cigarette in one breath, nodded, glanced at the mess by the window, and suddenly cursed in a low voice: "Damn Hollywood." (To be continued.) 8 More exciting Novels, welcome to visit everyone's school