Talks

Kevin, who lost his interest, repeated it in English, and the cheongsam woman put on a graceful figure and took Kevin to the third floor.

This is a special hotel with classical Chinese decoration, the highest is only the third floor.

As soon as he came to the Tianzifang, Kevin saw MGM President Reiter and Jeff Robinoff chatting happily.

Both are presidents of major companies in the industry, with the same status, and it is not even possible to say that in a few years, it is possible for the two sides to exchange positions.

Naturally, there will be no conflict on the surface.

"Kevin!"

Seeing Kevin's arrival, Leiter stood up and welcomed him with a smile on his face.

This attitude also let Kevin know his predicament in MGM.

Nodding and sitting down, Kevin handed the two of them a rough script adapted from Mission Impossible. Similarly, he also appointed suitable actors for each of the protagonists.

Then Kevin called the waiter and ordered a few good dishes.

"Peking duck, steamed lamb, prawns, duck stuffed with rice, canned pheasant, canned quail..."

It looks simple, but most of them are famous dishes in the Manchu and Han banquets, Kevin from the previous life, as a third-rate little director.

These are all good dishes he can't bear to eat.

But it's different now. With a wealth of money, he can eat as much of this dish as he wants.

The two were looking at his script and plan carefully, and Kevin took this opportunity to eat very happily.

Also came up with the idea of ​​hiring a cook.

Jeff Robinoff browsed the plan and couldn't help but sigh that it was indeed a very mature movie plan.

But can he make such a special action movie?

"Kevin, are you sure the investment this time is $80 million?"

Jeff Robinoff couldn't help but reconfirm that the investment amount from $3 million, one-off to $80 million, is a bit scary.

If Kevin hadn't proven himself through two movies, Jeff Robinoff would have been fired long ago as a general director.

Hearing Jeff Robinoff's words, Kevin put down the roast duck and said:

"Yes, after my calculation, the minimum need is 80 million. I am confident that the North American box office will be able to make a return, and we will definitely be able to make a lot of money."

"But the biggest problem is that this is based on the American TV series Mission: Impossible, and its copyright is in the hands of Paramount Pictures."

"If we want to get the most benefits, we have to negotiate with Paramount, find a way to get the copyright from them, and get the copyright authorization at the last time, but in this way, we can make much less money."

Kevin's words immediately caused the two of them to fall into thought.

But soon, the two had an idea.

Since no one dares to undertake this investment alone, then use the power of MGM and Warner Bros. to directly cooperate with Paramount.

Don't think about the copyright of the sequel, Paramount will definitely not give them.

But the copyright income of the first Mission: Impossible is still negotiable.

With the success of Kevin's first two times, Jeff Robinoff and Ret Wincherstein hesitated, but after knowing that this is an adaptation of a classic American drama, there is a basic audience plate, and at the same time the agent The theme of action movies is also enduring.

Plus multiple investments to share the risk.

This series does not seem to be so unacceptable.

At least the success rate has greatly increased.

"Kevin, since that's the case, I'll go to Paramount with Leiter to discuss the situation of Mission Impossible."

"You continue to improve the plan..."

Kevin nodded.

In the next time, Kevin took the two to taste Chinese food and waited for the two to leave.

Kevin went to CAA by car.

CAA Building.

In Michael Ovitz's office, Michael Ovitz and Dawson are discussing something.

"Dawson, next, you have to persuade Kevin to accept our most thorough packaging service, otherwise, it will be very difficult for you to be promoted to the top partner of CAA."

Michael Ovitz said solemnly in a slightly threatening tone.

Seeing that Kevin's two movies have exploded one after another, CAA also wants to make more benefits from him.

The package service Kevin received at this time was not complete, so CAA only got the decision-making rights of the people behind the scenes, some supporting roles and small actors.

In order to seek more interests belonging to CAA, Michael Ovitz is persuading Dawson to let him find a way to make Kevin completely accept his packaging services.

That is to say, except for Kevin himself, CAA is responsible for everything else, and the director can just be a tool person.

"It's impossible for Kevin to accept."

Dawson said calmly.

"Doing this will only damage our relationship with Kevin."

Ovitz said coldly:

"This is your problem. If you can't do it, let Kevin out and let others take care of it."

"I'll give you a month, if you can't do it, Kevin will be taken care of by someone else."

"Come on, work hard, you can do it."

A trace of disappointment flashed in Dawson's eyes, and he left the office silently.

After all, CAAs are still too focused on their own interests, rather than customer experience.

For superstars and directors who have no shortage of opportunities, CAA is more like a vampire, and the most terrifying thing is that CAA himself does not realize this.

On the contrary, I feel that my packaging service is so good that everyone can accept it.

But in fact, this packaging system has the greatest impact on the director.

Celebrities are just one part of it. All that needs to be considered is the movie itself. The director and other actors are not something that stars can decide.

But the director is different, different people bring different shooting techniques and other things.

The director is the last person who will not accept a thorough package service, which Dawson is very clear about.

Disappointed, Dawson walked out of the CAA building.

Then I happened to meet Kevin who was coming to CAA.

"Dawson, what's wrong?"

Kevin looked at Dawson's expression and asked directly.

He had never seen Dawson's face before, and it seemed that something unpleasant must have happened.

Dawson took Kevin and walked for a few minutes, came to the park seat and sat down, and then said:

"Ovitz asked me to let you fully accept the packaging service, otherwise, I will be replaced by me who is in charge of your business."

Dawson's face revealed a sullen look, showing that his whole person was a little lacking in spirit.

Kevin was silent for a moment, and Ovitz's greed made him more or less silent.

But it seems unsurprising that capital wants to eat people.

Unlike China, the proportion of favors is different, the United States is more out of interests.

If the interests are violated, human feelings are not very useful.

His thinking is still somewhat influenced by his previous life.

It led him to think about problems with human affection.