Rebirth of Hong Kong 1981

CAA Brokerage Company was first founded by five high-spirited young people, Michael Ovitz, Ron Meyer, Martin Baum, William Harper and Roland Perkins.

Among these five people, Michael Ovitz is the most capable. He is not only one of the original five founders of CAA, but also personally led CAA for 20 years.

The rise of CAA and the endless glory of later generations are all inseparable from Michael Ovitz and his efforts.

In the reception room, Michael Ovitz was quietly sipping coffee and reading a book. From a distance, he seemed very leisurely.

However, the indelible worry on his brow betrayed his current mood.

It wasn't that he was dissatisfied with waiting for an hour. He had waited for a few days, so how could he care about this short hour.

What he really worries about is the current situation of CAA.

Since CAA signed 007 actor Sean Connery the year before last, a superstar finally appeared on the CAA customer list.

With the joining of Sean Connery, CAA began to frantically absorb Hollywood stars and entertainers. Just last year, Hollywood actor Paul Newman and Dustin Hoffman, two Oscar winners, and action star Stallone officially signed with CAA.

With the addition of the fame of several superstars, CAA began to show its prominence in Hollywood officially. With the joining of many top stars, CAA finally entered the fast lane.

However, everything has pros and cons.

Although CAA has gained a bit of fame in Hollywood, as a concentration camp of world movies, there are as many Hollywood stars as there are stars in the sky, and a few film stars join. Apart from increasing the burden on CAA, they don't get much other substantial benefits.

In addition, during this period, Hollywood movies were not doing well, and many superstars joined in, causing CAA, which was originally lacking in foundation, to suddenly fall into a serious shortage of funds.

You can't become a big fat man with one bite

Without sufficient financial support, it is undoubtedly very difficult for a brokerage company to maintain the daily expenses of many stars and behind-the-scenes personnel.

Superstars such as Stallone sign with CAA because they are not restricted by other film companies, and CAA's commissions are pitifully small, and at the same time, they do not have as many restrictions and requirements on star artists as other agency companies.

As a result, several film kings and superstars signed a contract with CAA company by accident.

Of course, the reason why several film kings and superstars signed with CAA was not for money, but purely to find a nanny who could help them deal with daily chores.

The superstars who have become famous are the most unrestrained, as long as there is a relatively free environment, they don't care which company they sign with.

Superstars all have certain fame and popularity. They don't need to rely on brokerage companies to take jobs for them. Their own fame can bring them countless invitations.

Today, CAA is in a situation where the master is weak and the servant is strong.

It is not so easy to change.

why?

Cough cough, no money, no tough words.

Although CAA is working as a nanny, but slaves turned into masters, this is what Michael Ovitz's partners have always wanted to do.

Although CAA has been established for six years, CAA did not develop much in the more than three years before Sean joined.

Only in the past two or three years did CAA officially gain some fame and began to compete with many Hollywood agencies.

Of course, CAA is still very weak and has limited resources. At best, it can only compete with small and medium-sized brokerage companies. Larger brokerage companies are not something it can shake.

"Sorry, Mr. Michael Ovitz, for keeping you waiting."

"Hello, Mr. Yang Chen" Michael Ovitz blurted out in fluent Chinese.

Yang Chen was taken aback when he heard the words, he really saw hell, it seemed that no matter where he went, he would meet one or two ghosts who could speak Chinese.

Seeing Yang Chen's surprised expression, Michael Ovitz couldn't help feeling proud of his Chinese, "It can be seen that my Chinese surprised Mr. Yang Chen."

Yang Chen: "Yes, Mr. Michael Ovitz, your Chinese will make many Chinese feel ashamed."

Michael Ovitz continued proudly: "When I was young, there lived a Chinese family next door. I learned Chinese with their children at that time. My favorite book is a The great book of you Orientals, Sun Tzu's Art of War."

Yang Chen: "..."

'Sun Tzu's Art of War, do you really understand it? '

Yang Chen grinned and said: "I can only say that you have a good neighbor."

In this era, it is all about foreign monks who can chant scriptures.

It's been a long time since an American didn't study their Civil War or Space War, but instead studied Sun Tzu's Art of War.

However, if you think about it, the little history of the United States, coupled with the fact that modern warfare relies on hard fist fights, schemes and so on, will not have much effect at all. There is really no need to study the Civil War.

It is said that hooligans are not scary, but they are afraid that hooligans are educated.

Similarly, gringos are not scary, but they put down their guns and study Chinese culture hard.

A country cannot be conquered by force, only culture can assimilate a nation and a country.

It's nothing like Tang poetry and Song Ci.

No matter how much you learn, you can't do those old masters.

But this guy in front of him is obviously a person in the entertainment industry, and he doesn't want to read the good Romance of the Three Kingdoms, but he likes to watch Sun Tzu's Art of War.

Yang Chen immediately labeled the smiling, harmless gringo in front of him as a smiling tiger.

Chapter 584

The success of CAA in the later generations undoubtedly proved the ability of Michael Ovitz, and such a person naturally cannot take it lightly.

If Michael Ovitz could hear Yang Chen's inner voice, then he would definitely not say these words to Yang Chen, deliberately showing off how good his Chinese is.

Michael Ovitz has dealt with the Chinese more than once, and he knows that before talking to the Chinese, both parties have to go around a lot to get to the point.

However, what he didn't know was that Yang Chen didn't study much about Sun Tzu's Art of War, no matter whether it was in his previous life or his previous life, he couldn't even remember everything.

In order not to embarrass himself, Yang Chen didn't talk nonsense, and said directly: "Mr. Michael Ovitz, let's not talk nonsense. Since you are here today, you must have already made a decision about my investment in CAA."

Michael Ovitz: "Yes, Mr. Yang Chen, I came here to see you today, on behalf of myself and the other four CAA founders, to negotiate with Mr. Yang Chen."

Yang Chen nodded, and stretched out his hand to make a please.

Michael Ovitz: "We have three conditions in total. If Mr. Yang Chen agrees, we are willing to take 30.00% of the shares and make Mr. Yang Chen the major shareholder of CAA."

Hearing this, Yang Chen said with a smile: "Three conditions, [-]% of the shares, this is very interesting, Mr. Michael Ovitz, please continue."

"The first one, 3000% of the shares of CAA, requires Mr. Yang Chen to invest in CAA with [-] million US dollars. It must be in cash. We do not accept any stock replacement."

Now what CAA lacks is money, and share replacement is naturally impossible.

As for the 3000 million US dollars, to be honest, at this time the entire package of CAA is sold, I am afraid it is not worth 3000 million US dollars, which is obviously a bit of a lion.