Hollywood starts with a broker

It was evening at a nightclub in Hollywood.

At Quentin Tarantino's invitation, Aaron had made a special trip to hang out with him at the bar. After selling a script, the guy had some money.

"The script for 'Natural Born Killers' can't be sold at such a low price anymore. I just wonder when Tony Scott will adapt your 'True Romance'?"

Aaron sat on the sofa, casually drinking and talking to Quentin.

"Aaron, it's up to you. I didn't expect this script to be sold so quickly?"

Quentin Tarantino knew his own script well. He knew the story was actually quite messy.

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Aaron noticed that Quentin kept staring at the dancers' calves. "Hey, what are you looking at? There are so many girls on the dance floor. Just have a few drinks and you can..."

Quentin Tarantino smiled. "I'm looking at their feet. Which pair is prettier?"

"Feet?" Aaron was taken aback, then glanced at Quentin Tarantino a few more times, realizing that the guy's gaze was indeed fixed on people's feet.

"You don't look at whether their faces are pretty, their bodies are sexy enough, their breasts are big enough, or their buttocks are perky enough?"

"You look at feet!"

Quentin Tarantino looked at Aaron with a mysterious smile. "Aaron, you're still young and don't understand the beauty in this."

Aaron shook his head. Well, everyone has different tastes.

"By the way, if you have time, you can first conceive a low-budget script for yourself, and then find a way to film it;"

"We can first try the Sundance Film Festival. If we can win a certain reputation in the industry first, it will be much easier to make films and attract investment later!"

Aaron ignored why Quentin Tarantino liked women's feet so much and started talking about serious matters.

When Quentin Tarantino heard this, he also seriously thought about it, but then said helplessly: "But we are all newcomers, can we get investment?"

"To make a feature film, according to my idea, it would cost at least one or two million dollars!"

Aaron took a sip of wine. "You should polish a script well first, and then we'll find a way together."

"Okay," Quentin Tarantino knew that Aaron Anderson was now a favorite of Michael Ovitz, the head of CAA, so maybe he would have a way.

Aaron's current idea was this: he didn't want to spend money, but he wanted to make a movie himself. With his current status, it was quite challenging!

After who knows how long, Quentin Tarantino, with his arm around a heavily made-up woman, prepared to rent a room.

"Aaron, don't you want to have some fun?"

Aaron shook his head. "You go ahead, I've been busy with something lately!"

"Okay, see you later," Quentin Tarantino said, kissed the glamorous woman in his arms, and left with a smile.

Currently, the important project in Aaron's hands was the distribution rights for "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" entrusted by Golden Harvest.

The Big Six Hollywood distributors didn't lack finished products, so they didn't offer high prices for "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", as seen in the example of 20th Century Fox.

Therefore, Aaron mainly focused on the leading companies in the second-tier distribution market: Columbia Pictures' TriStar Pictures, New Line Cinema, Samuel Goldwyn Films, and Orion Pictures.

As for the numerous micro and small distributors such as New Century Films, New World Pictures, Miramax Films, and Trimark Pictures, they were simply not within Aaron's consideration.

Originally, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists was also a target, but after the company was acquired for the second time by Nevada gambling tycoon Kirk Kerkorian, it became too strange in the film and entertainment market.

Subsequently, Aaron began to visit each company with the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" project, but he didn't see any important figures.

Especially TriStar Pictures, Coca-Cola had just merged Columbia Pictures and TriStar Pictures to form Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, and now Sony was conducting final acquisition negotiations with Coca-Cola!

"It seems that the possibility of TriStar is now very small," after leaving Columbia Studios in Culver City, Aaron went to Orion Pictures, the last company he was optimistic about.

"Eh, it's you," in the reception room, Aaron actually waited for Peter Holman, the Orion executive he had met in the hotel room before.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Holman," Aaron still had professional ethics.

"This is an action film, which is very in line with the current trend and is very suitable for Orion!"

Peter Holman leaned back in his chair, picked up his coffee, and took a sip. "In line with Orion?"

"Do you know who Orion is currently collaborating with on films?"

"Kevin Costner, and we also have a large number of releases. We don't see anything outstanding about this 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'."

No mistake, first release, one inside, one content, one in, one look!

Aaron smiled. "Kevin Costner's western film 'Dances with Wolves' that he directed and starred in, right?"

Why did Aaron know? Because this year, Michael Ovitz had just successfully signed Kevin Costner and secured a $3 million salary for him;

Even if Kevin Costner expressed his willingness to reduce his salary to $1 million, the excess funds would be used in "Dances with Wolves".

"Your CAA's way of doing things really makes the studios dislike you."

Peter Hoffman was already upset that he couldn't enjoy Nicole Kidman last time, and now that Aaron Anderson sent it over to slap him in the face, he was naturally impolite.

Michael Ovitz's money worship has indeed offended too many people over the years. Stacking up stars to shout high prices to the studios has led to a sharp increase in the cost of film production, and CAA is largely responsible!

"Mr. Holman, CAA is talking about business, not box office."

Peter Holman was a little impatient. "How about we acquire the North American rights to 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' for $2.4 million?"

"What Orion values is profit, not projects!"

… …

When leaving Orion, Aaron didn't feel disappointed or sad, it was just that the price difference was too much;

At least, New Line Cinema and Samuel Goldwyn Films had some ideas, but they needed to see the effect of the finished product first.

Golden Harvest can finish filming "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" in July and produce a rough cut. That's when it's time to really negotiate the price!

Orion's main products are the two projects currently in preparation: Kevin Costner's first film directed and starred in, "Dances with Wolves", and the sequel film "RoboCop 2".

Aaron shook his head. "Dances with Wolves" is going to experience a lot of setbacks. It's easy for a new director to overspend when directing a large-scale work;

Apart from "RoboCop 2", which can be seen to be profitable, many other projects at Orion don't have any profit prospects.