Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 1101 Ovitz's Surrender Conditions
During Ronald's flight to Los Angeles, Ovitz had figured out the gist of the matter.This is not a war that Ronald provoked against him alone, but multiple studios jointly expressed their dissatisfaction behind the scenes, and it happened to be launched through Ronald's channel.

Although everyone is Jewish, Ronald did not really make public anti-Semitic remarks.While trying to discredit Ronald in the circle, those people were actually discussing with each other how to get back the power from CAA.

Through his relationship, he found Davis, the special correspondent of the New York Times, and wanted to accept his interview on the grounds of clarifying some facts, and publish it immediately to eliminate the influence as much as possible.

But when the reporter who is a novelist happily agreed to interview him, he revealed a piece of news that made him even more frightened. This was not an isolated report, but a series of reports.

In other words, the New York Times will continue to report the details of CAA's internal business operations.At that time, I don't know what else to write.

Ovitz contacted the CEOs and presidents of the major studios, but most of them did not answer his calls, or were perfunctory.After all, he is a person who started from nothing and worked his way to the number one Hollywood agency, so he calmed down and analyzed the key points.

Everyone in the industry now knows that the conflict between him and Ronald led to the release of this report.The most important thing now is to quickly reconcile with Ronald, and then go back and slowly solve the problems of the studio's advance and internal instability.

Knowing that Ronald got on the plane, he immediately called Diane first, and characterized those words that offended the actress as an inappropriate joke he made after drinking.Then immediately started negotiations with Nisita, Paula Wagner, and Richard, saying that he could make substantial concessions.

"Ovitz gave a lot of concessions, some substantial."

Nisita, Paula Wagner, and Richard held a meeting with Ronald in the luxury car on the way back to the hotel at the airport, and explained the conditions given by Ovitz to Ronald one by one. out.

Ovitz obviously understood that the main enemy he had to face, and the most urgent thing now, was to stop the war with Ronald, and then concentrate on dealing with the pressing forces of other studios.

Therefore, his terms are in place, I am afraid that Ronald will not accept it.Except for some conditions that sound nice but don't have too many actual benefits, Ronald is satisfied with the remaining clauses that have substantial concessions.

For example, let the Hollywood media clarify Ronald's anti-Semitic rumors, and Ovitz and other Jewish Hollywood celebrities will come forward to testify.

Re-signed contract terms with Ronald, as well as other clients under the broker trio, Diane Lane, Tom Cruise, etc., and greatly reduced CAA's dividend ratio for them.

And Ovitz promised that he would use his and CAA's influence to help Ronald's Oscar dream...

"Ronnie, this is black tea. Aunt Karen told me that you prefer tea, and I put your favorite dog in it..." After returning to the hotel where they stayed, the three agents went to the next room to discuss Formal negotiations, leaving Ronald and Diane to talk about the pain of parting.Now is the time for the newlyweds not to be separated for a moment.

"What do dogs eat? Oh, it's wolfberries, actually wolfberries..." Ronald corrected Diane's pronunciation, "Well, you can put a little less next time, and it will almost become a Turkish-style black tea."

"Oh..." Diane is still struggling to explore the skills of cooking, making tea and coffee, "Go and discuss things with them first, I will wait for you here, and I will tell you something later."

"I love you..." Ronald kissed Diane. Ovitz will come here soon to present a letter of surrender to himself, and there will also be provisions to help Diane rectify his name. This time he has won a big victory up.

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"Ronald, I would like to express my sincerest apologies to you. You don't know, but those conservative Jewish old men forced me to do this."

Ovitz himself had already arrived at the hotel, and he was waiting in the room next to Nisita and the others. As soon as Ronald arrived, he just sat down, and he immediately came over and half-squatted and half-kneeled on the edge of Ronald's sofa, using the most humble gesture, and the most apologetic tone, surrendered to Ronald.

"Mr. Ovitz, please sit down. We can talk about these things slowly..." Ronald was shocked by this shameless energy for a moment, and was speechless for several seconds. What is this?I thought that the boss of the brokerage company, which occupies half of the industry, would meet me a few times... Ronald, who came back to his senses, waved him and sat down on the sofa opposite.

Ovitz repeated his surrender conditions when he came up, and repeatedly affirmed his sincerity in seeking peace.No matter how bad it sounds to ask Ronald for peace, it is not something that will shake the foundation of the CAA empire.On the contrary, in the perception of ordinary people, managers are always a vulnerable group, and he can gain some sympathy by showing his weakness to the big director.

But those big shots behind Ronald's back, it's different.They were all aimed at and had the strength to swallow Ovitz in one bite.Only by summing up this current most high-profile opponent can we free up energy to deal with the tricks of those wily people.

"While Rick and Richard are still here, let's talk about the agent's contract first." Ronald gave Richard a wink, and he took out the prepared alliance in the city for Ovitz to look at .

Ovitz, who took the document, frowned quickly, and then quickly relaxed it, restoring his typical smiling expression, "There is no problem, Diane's contract can also be handled..."

Ronald's conditions were relatively harsh. His own director contract and screenwriter contract were all re-signed. Except for the share that should be given to Nisita and Richard, other parts that originally belonged to CAA were all cancelled.

The new contract charges a symbolic fixed annual fee as the fee for CAA to represent Ronald in various affairs.Diane's contract did the same.

As for Nisita, he was promoted to a senior partner of CAA. Externally, he was still an important figure in CAA. Internally, he began to work independently with the trio of Paula Wagner and Richard.

The part they are responsible for related to Ronald's business is no longer shared with other partners of CAA.This was negotiated by Nisita and the others, and it is currently the most beneficial result for them.

The blow that Ovitz will face next will definitely not be easy to survive. CAA will have more and more young agents who are dissatisfied with income and power distribution. These are very powerful independent operations in their plan partner.

The best thing to do with a behemoth that's starting to go downhill fast is to hide inside and hollow out his best assets from the inside.

Tom Cruise, in charge of Paula Wagner, also enjoys a similar discount, only one class lower than Ronald.Richard LeWitt, on the other hand, was promoted to Ronald's main agent and served Ronald full-time.

"Anti-Semitic rumours?" Ronald talks fast about the new economic contract because Ovitz wants a quick fix.But the next project, Ovitz began to shirk.

"I will let the Hollywood media take the initiative to report attacks on your rumors and return your innocence."

"It's not enough. To clear a rumor, you must also clear the root, otherwise some people will find out and make trouble when they have a chance in the future..." Ronald was not satisfied with this way of refusing rumors for him.

"It's really not something I can solve, Ronald. You see, my influence in the media is actually not that strong. Doesn't the matter of the New York Times explain all this?" Ovitz pretended to be pitiful, and by the way Put forward your demands.

Boy, let me clear up the anti-Semitic rumours, will you clear up my rumours, too, about the most overbearing villain in Hollywood?
Ronald shook his head and smiled, this condition is not good enough.

"How about, let's talk about Oscar? Next time Oscar, the power that I can mobilize, and the power that CAA can mobilize, will be for your use?"

Seeing that it had no effect, Ovitz brought out Oscar, who Ronald was most concerned about.

"Same, Ovitz, there is still a long way to go before the Oscars. I may not be nominated for the best director Oscar this year. How can I guarantee that you will keep your promise next time? You have to say something to guarantee Cashing in on something..."

"But, I really can't guarantee it. Oscar is not under my control..." Ovitz had a pitiful expression, as if begging for mercy.

"No, you have..." Ronald insisted. That's not what he said when he won multiple major awards in the last Oscar.

"Ronald, I can't promise what I can't do. If there's anything I'm proud of about starting CAA, I've never promised what I can't do. You wouldn't believe it if I did. ?” Ovitz no longer begged for mercy, but tried to persuade Ronald in another way, and he kept looking at Nisita and Wagner.

"OK, can you give me and Mr. Ovitz some privacy?" Ronald understood that Ovitz had some things he could only say to himself alone, so he sent a request to the agents.

The three agents greeted Ovitz with their heads held high, their eyes full of the joy of the victor.

"Okay, now it's time for the truth, what conditions can you give me?" Ronald turned to Ovitz after Richard finally brought the door.

"I can ask the conservative media representing the interests of the Jewish people around the world to do an exclusive interview with you, and let them endorse your attitude of being friendly to the Jewish people."

Ovitz really has a way. There are several ultra-conservative Jewish media that focus on the Jewish community and anti-Semitic incidents at home and abroad.For example, the Forward newspaper is a weekly newspaper widely subscribed to by the Jewish community.

There is also a "Time Magazine", which is dedicated to religious groups. Almost all synagogues in America have subscriptions.

In addition, there is an international news agency called "Jewish Telegraph Agency", which specializes in broadcasting news about Jews, and is very influential in Israel and Eastern Europe.

These three media, together with the Israeli TV station, did an exclusive interview for Ronald, and they did not refute the rumors, but specifically discussed the good effect of "dirty dancing" on the spread of Jewish culture in the American community.

In this way, all Jewish people, whether they are Americans, Middle Easterners, Eastern Europeans, or Britons, even those in the Souvier League, will know that Ronald is a good friend of the Jews.

In the future, if someone wants to break his promise and use anti-Semitism to hype Ronald, he will fall into a self-contradictory situation, and I am afraid that no one will believe it.

"Oscar, I will give you a chance to develop your network, and I will help you... What do you think?"

Ovitz also threw out the second condition, fully operating Ronald to take over the production rights of the next Hollywood awards ceremony.This will give you the opportunity to show your favor to the top executives of the sponsoring Academy of Film Technology and Art.

Moreover, there are many unspoken rules for exchanging benefits at the awards show. If Ronald is willing to make it, he can deepen his relationship with many members, celebrities, and even people from various trade unions who have the opportunity to vote.

In many cases, contacts are established in this kind of large or small exchange of interests.

Of course, this requires Ronald to be able to do a good job and satisfy all parties, and the situation that offended the majority of Hollywood practitioners for the sake of a few people last year cannot happen.

For Ronald, this is actually not too difficult, because no matter what Ronald said, he has a taste for live performances in some award-giving sessions. He understands the current young audience better than those old-timers who hosted Hollywood before. What do you like to watch.

In fact, the biggest difficulty in this matter is to get the right to host.After the previous organizer had a scandal, the chairman of the investigation committee deliberately snatched the right to host the next session. Many people were staring at this big cake of interest and trying to find a way.

Ovitz helped fight for it, and Ronald is of course willing. Compared with those empty promises, this is a good opportunity for Oscar voters to increase their favorability.It is much less difficult to take over after a particularly poorly organized awards ceremony than to bring out the new.

Therefore, if Ovitz wants to help Ronald grab this cake that is sure to succeed in the hands of everyone, it really pays a big price.

These two conditions of Ovitz were very substantive concessions. Ronald felt that the benefits were almost obtained this time, so he nodded to express that he was satisfied, and suspended further attacks on Ovitz.As for whether he can withstand the joint encirclement and suppression of the Seventh National Congress in the future, it has nothing to do with Ronald.

"Hey, Ronald, you have to give me some substantive promises..." Ovitz saw that Ronald got up and wanted to leave.Hurry up and grab his hand.

"what do you want?"

"At least, we can start with you stopping the next media attack?" Ovitz also wanted to commit.

"Reporter XXX from the Wall Street Journal will call CAA to interview you tomorrow. Don't refuse the interview this time." Ronald clicked on Ovitz and threw him an interview outline.

"God, you really have a second round of attack..." Ovitz took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead.The second round was aimed at CAA and Ovitz's financial situation. The huge words about the IRS's overseas consulting business made Ovitz sweat from fear.

Now that this thing is exposed to him in advance, Ovitz can immediately start preparing to cover it up, and hedge against buying this reporter. It will not be so clever to sacrifice this IRS weapon after the Seventh National Congress.

"I just saw who my friend is today, Ronald, I'm really blind." Ovitz finally settled down, and the high price he paid today was finally exchanged for key things.He pressed his hand, and the sweat on his back and chest stuck to his shirt and vest, making him very uncomfortable from the cold, but Ovitz's mood improved a lot.

"Did you forget something?" Ronald could not help reminding him when he saw that he was leaving.

"Oh, Ronald, how magnanimous you are, I formally apologize to you now, and hope you can forgive me." Ovitz showed the shameless vigor that he had when he started his business, half squatting half kneeling, and still He gestured to kiss the back of Ronald's hand.

"What the hell are you thinking? I'm not Vito from The Godfather." Ronald couldn't help but laugh. Where did Ovitz think?I have no interest in humiliating those who attacked me.

However, seeing the other party's complete avatar, I felt inexplicably refreshed.

"Please let your wisdom illuminate my dull mind..." Ovitz was shameless to the end, pretending to be listening to teachings, and said a line from a classical drama.

"Did you forget about SJP? And her attack on my wife?"

"How do you want to punish her?" Ovitz didn't care too much. If this stupid woman is to blame, she can blame her bad luck.

"I don't want to hear, or see that name come up in front of my eyes."

Ovitz breathed a sigh of relief, Ronald is really magnanimous, didn't he just block her, and thought he was going to humiliate this woman face to face, but if that was the case, maybe Sarah Jessica Parker would be more willing, how much did they think? A chance to climb into Ronald's bed.

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"Honey, have you finished talking?" Diane was still waiting for Ronald in the room. The silk nightgown on her body was very loose, which concealed her figure a lot.

Ronald put his arms around Diane's waist, and the silk and slender lines were very fascinating.

"Yes, SJP will not speak ill of you anymore. Let me tell you a funny thing, her mother is not Jewish. According to Jewish customs, she is not really Jewish."

"Giggle..." Diane was tickled by Ronald's big hands full of heat, "I knew you were like a superman, helping me get everything done."

After kissing Ronald deeply, Diane reached out and pressed Ronald's ready to move palm, "I still have something to tell you..."

"what's up?"

"That Disney 3000 movie, can I be the producer?"

"Of course...if you want, but why? The producer is actually very hard." Ronald wondered, did Diane want to go behind the scenes?

(End of this chapter)