The Best Entertainment Era

? The signing of an overseas distribution contract between Embassy Pictures and DreamWorks Studios for an animated feature film has not attracted much attention in the circle at all. Looking at the entire Hollywood, the weight of Embassy Pictures is limited. However, a movie The Purge 2 was released.

Let alone the distribution business of the six major companies, even Hollywood's second-rate Gramercy Pictures can't compare.

During this year, part of the embassy film industry's energy was put on the production and distribution plan for the films purchased by Shahai Entertainment and Ronan, and the other part was put on the overseas distribution network.

The latter, in particular, can be called the foundation of a distribution company. Only when the foundation is firmly established can the upper limit of future development be higher.

In addition to laying a solid foundation, it is also necessary to use the resources in hand as much as possible to let the company have a certain strength without attracting too many people's attention.

To use the words of the Internet in the previous life, it means that the insignificant development should not be wasted.

Fortunately, the six major Hollywood companies are now focusing on the development of large-scale productions and expanding the international market. Even if the attention of the Hollywood industry is cast, most of it falls on DreamWorks.

Few people think that a small company just started by no one can surpass the behemoth of DreamWorks.

Ronan knew very well that when Relativity Entertainment developed to a certain stage, it would inevitably attract the attention of the six major companies, but he knew even better that Relativity Entertainment should have a stronger strength before attracting the attention of the six major companies.

The competition within Hollywood is nothing more than means of acquisition, poaching, robbing projects, compressing distribution, etc. Ronan has seen the general history of DreamWorks in his previous life, and the six major companies have indeed suppressed and tacitly restricted the development of DreamWorks, but the means used It's not beyond the scope of business.

Ronan must let Relativity Entertainment have a strong ability to fight back.

Just like countless actors and directors are cooperating with DreamWorks, the six major companies can't restrict actors and directors at all. After all, this is not the era of big studios, and actors signed contracts with entertainment brokers, not studios.

As for the project, Ronan has already started preparations in advance.

And sufficient human resources for the crew, it is very necessary to have a good relationship with the brokerage company.

So when Brewster delivered a party invitation from Brian Lord on CAA's behalf, Ronan jumped at it.

Ronan,

This is Brian Lord.

In the Grand Ballroom of the Century City Hotel, Tom Cruise introduced Ronan: Brian, this is Ronan.

This is a tall and strong bald man, who took the initiative to shake hands with Ronan: Hello, Mr. Anderson.

Ronan responded politely: Nice to meet you, Mr. Lord.

The two exchanged a few simple greetings. Tom Cruise saw Will Smith and told Ronan to go to Will Smith to discuss the great cause of conquering the stars and the sea.

This reception was organized by CAA, and many people were invited to attend, including many CAA's contract clients. After Ronan came in, he had already met Spielberg, Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt and others.

Even Tom Cruise's ex-wife Nicole Kidman also appeared at the reception.

Tom's friends are my friends. Brian Lord looked very angry: It is my honor and CAA's honor to meet such a young and promising friend as Mr. Anderson.

The other party was polite, and Ronan would not be rude, and said with a smile: CAA has provided me with great help on the Fatal Turn project, Director Guillermo del Toro and those young actors are very helpful. outstanding.

Brian Lord said politely: It's good if I can help you. Ronan, if you encounter difficulties, if you need CAA's help, please contact me.

CAA can achieve the leading position in the entertainment brokerage business, which naturally has its own unique features.

Ronan smiled and said, I won't be polite to you.

The reception officially started soon, and Brian Lord specially introduced several other agents of CAA to Ronan. As Ronan knew, the so-called parallel structure of CAA was just an announcement to the outside world. The status is quite different. Big agents like Brian Lord are actually the heads of the agent team. Each has a large number of executive agents under him, and the stars in charge are also different.

Brian Lord's star clients include Nicole Kidman, George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Madonna.

CAA is recognized as the most influential agency in Hollywood.

However, there have been many problems in the past two years. The former Jay Maloney committed suicide because of drug abuse, which had a huge negative impact on the company.

Moreover, Hollywood has entered the era of media conglomerates, and brokerage companies are weaker than before.

Like CAA, its business has not grown much in the past two years. The name of the overlord in the entertainment brokerage industry sounds scary, but its annual revenue is only more than 100 million U.S. dollars, and its net profit is even lower. If you simply compare revenue and profit, even Ronan's Theory of Relativity is less entertaining.

The biggest asset of an entertainment agency company is to have enough human resources in its hands.

Big directors, big stars, gold medal screenwriters and first-line photographers, etc., the role of these people in completing an excellent film is self-evident.

Led by Brian Lord, he walked around the banquet hall and met many agents and stars such as Brad Pitt who had never dealt with them before.

Ronan, I don't need to introduce this one...

Looking at the blonde woman standing next to Brian Lord, Ronan greeted with a smile: Hi, Ms. Sicone, I'm your fan.

When you meet movie stars and directors, you can talk about movie fans, and when you meet singers, you can talk about fans. At his early twenties, there is no problem.

Madonna shook hands with Ronan: I've heard of you, but I didn't expect you to be so young.

Ronan felt that Sister Mai's hand scratched his palm, and after shaking hands, he handed over a business card: This is my private phone number.

After speaking, he winked at Ronan.

Brian Lord guesses that he has seen a lot of similar situations in Madonna, and it is not surprising.

Ronan took the business card out of politeness, but didn't say anything.

Madonna is very masculine, and she is famous all over the world for her style of flirting with men when she disagrees with her.

Putting away the business card, Ronan didn't have the idea of ​​making that phone call. She is a woman in her forties, and he is not so heavy-spoken yet.

But Madonna's words reminded him of the gossip circulating in the circle, especially the story that had to be told between Sister Mai and the Chicago Troika.

Many people know the story between Madonna and Rodman. After all, Rodman described in his autobiography that when he was gambling, after receiving a call from Madonna in heat, he rushed to meet her, and then returned to the casino to continue The story of the gambling game is too ostentatious.

Before Rodman, Madonna also had a relationship with another Bulls superstar Scottie Pippen.

There are rumors in the circle that the Bulls game is in progress, and Madonna has already prepared the bathtub, and sent a car with the bathtub to wait for Pippen outside the Bulls home court.

Regarding the affair between the two comrades-in-arms, Jordan’s friend once revealed: Jordan was very greedy at the time, and he also took the initiative to find Madonna to express his extraordinary ability, but was rejected by Madonna in person and questioned Jordan’s ability...

For a happy life, Madonna is hard enough.

Brian Lord seemed to have something to say, and led Ronan to find a quieter place.

Ronan, I went to Louisiana some time ago. Brian Lord said tactfully: I stayed in your Fatal Turn crew for a few days and found some problems.

Ronan asked, What questions?

Brian Lord said bluntly: The temporarily formed crew is not familiar with each other, and there are some problems in cooperation, such as the shots taken by the cameraman, sometimes inconsistent with Director Toro's ideas, and the management model of the crew is relatively backward. A service worker who cooperated with the shooting did not do a good job, and these small details will affect the shooting.

I also know these problems. Ronan spread his hands helplessly: Shahai Entertainment really entered the theater film industry in 1998. We are newbies, lacking experience and background, and we are often learning while groping.

Brian Lord said with a smile: CAA can help you solve this problem. We can connect you with professional crew management talents, experts in various types of work, and even top-notch directors, screenwriters, artists, props, photography, lighting and Actors can be provided for your company.

He goes a step further: We can also offer projects to studios.

Knowing that he was talking about packaged services, Ronan said, Brian, do you have any projects in hand? If so, you can recommend them to Shahai Entertainment.

There are many projects that he can't think of, but they may be on the list of CAA.

Not yet. Brian Lord just proposed a cooperation model. CAA is a bit difficult at this stage, and there are not many well-established packaging teams in hand: If there is, I will inform you as soon as possible.

Ronan said sincerely: I look forward to a more in-depth cooperation with CAA.

Brian Lord said with a smile: I also look forward to working with you more.

On the one hand, there is a lack of manpower and resources, and on the other hand, they are good at matching manpower and resources, but they cannot get involved in film and television production. There is a basis for cooperation between the two parties.

The two chatted for a while, and a black woman came here and glanced at where Ronan and Brian Lord were. Brian Lord saw her and couldn't pretend to turn a blind eye, after all, she was a client of the company .

Those who can come to this reception are at least potential customers of CAA.

Ronan also saw a black woman. Compared to Madonna just now, this is definitely a heavyweight player.

The black woman is not tall, but as strong as a mountain of meat.

Shanda, this is Ronan Anderson, a famous producer and the owner of Relativity Entertainment. Brian Lord introduced: Ronan, this is Shonda Rhimes, a very remarkable screenwriter and director.