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241 - turbulent caa

The first day of shooting was not busy, everyone in the crew needed to slowly get into the state, and Wayne chose to perform a lot of repetitive simple shots, grinding them over and over again.

Let’s first shoot the outdoor scene here, which also means to get the tacit understanding between the actors and the behind-the-scenes personnel. Compared with New York, where shooting is much limited, the shooting environment of such outdoor sets is much more relaxed.

"Hey, why are you here?"

When Wayne wiped his hair with a towel from the bathroom, he saw his agent at first sight. It seemed that he had just arrived, and there were still wrinkles on his suit.

Jimmy nodded weakly, put down the coffee cup in her hand, and said, "I should have come with you. Something happened to the company and it was delayed."

Wayne sat opposite him, lit the cigarette leisurely, and raised his legs comfortably. "What happened? Could it be that he wanted to tell me that you were going to take me to another agency, right?"

Jimmy knew he was joking, but she didn't find it funny at all, but instead looked gloomy.

"The founder of CAA, Michael Orwitz, known as the agent emperor, is preparing to resign and leave the company he founded. Now the company is in a turmoil, but unfortunately, my immediate boss, Wright Manning, has become the first victim of this wave and has already resigned a few days ago."

Wayne was also stunned when he heard this news. He didn't care about Wright Manning, but the agent, Emperor Michael Orwitz, was really willing to abandon the empire he built and become a migrant worker.

There is no need to worry about your agent here. As long as he is still his client, Jimmy will be excluded at most. No one dares to force him to leave the CAA. No partner is willing to see this consequence.

"Michael Orwitz has resigned?" Wayne asked curiously.

Jimmy leaned on the sofa and shook her head. "Not yet, but it's confirmed that she will leave the company after entering the 1995 years at the latest, otherwise it would not cause turmoil among partners. Now all the brokers in the company are alive."

That's right! Wayne can be sure that this "head of Hollywood movie star" must have been tempted by his childhood friend, Michael Eisner, chairman of Walt Disney, and set foot on the chaotic ship of Disney.

However, this is destined to be a good journey. The manager emperor, who had not been a captain on the Disney ship for a few days, left the media giant sadly because he could not bear the domineering nature of his childhood friend.

This is also the beginning of this legendary figure destroying everyone. He has seen many legends about this agent and emperor on the Internet. The most outrageous legend is to say that Michael Orwitz is the mastermind behind the control of stars, fiddling with superstars as pawns.

Of course, this kind of rumor is definitely not credible, but in reality, his innovative performing arts agency, CAA, does have more than half of Hollywood's front-end and behind-the-scenes workers.

This agency with a large number of movie stars, directors, and behind-the-scenes jobs is definitely not good at making a comeback in Hollywood at any time, but it is not difficult for Michael Orwitz to enter the six major CEO offices.

After leaving this company, Wayne felt that this person was like cutting his wings short, and it would be difficult to fly in the future.

"Okay, let's talk about it." Jimmy rubbed her forehead and took out her record book from her briefcase. "Steven Spielberg of DreamWorks wants to wait for you to sit down and chat with you after you have directed "Batman".

Since it is discussed through the agent, it means that this is a business matter. Wayne rubbed his stubble with his fingers, thinking about what conditions would this good man use to tempt him.

Seeing that he didn't say a word, Jimmy gave his own opinion. "According to my analysis, I should want you to direct a video. My suggestion is to reject him! There are already rumors within CAA, and the six major companies have formed a basic tacit understanding at DreamWorks and will jointly squeeze these three giants."

"Ok, I'll consider it, is there anything else?"

Without the agent's reminder, Wayne is not going to have any involvement with DreamWorks. Steven Spielberg is a good person, but business is business. From the perspective of Warner Bros., he can't direct DreamWorks movies.

And he knew how tragic the three giants of DreamWorks were after that. These three people were not proud for a few years and were constantly sucking blood by the six giants.

Not to mention the dream factory of the Big Three is divided, but in the end, he first committed to Viacom and became Paramount's exclusive studio, and then committed to Walt Disney, and his fate has never changed.

"And it's..." Jimmy looked at his client's face and saw that he seemed to be really unclear, so she spoke: "In the new episode of Roger Albert's "Watching Movies with Albert", one of the guests invited was Anthony Mingla, who was punched by you..."

What the agent said also attracted Naomi Watts' attention this time. The Australian girl put down the script in her hand, walked over from the window, sat next to Wayne and listened together.

Although this incident was a hot topic, none of the people who beat people and those who were beaten were interviewed by reporters, so within a few days, this incident became one of the legends in Hollywood, and there was no hot media hype.

Does that British director dare to speak nonsense now? Not only Wayne doesn’t believe it, but Naomi Watts doesn’t believe it either. As long as he tells the reason, the director’s reputation will immediately become terrible.

What Wayne said must be much more influential than the British director. In this circle, it is almost impossible for the Jewish people to survive safely.

"Anthony Mingla didn't mention being beaten," Jimmy continued. "But when discussing your movie with film critics, his opinions were almost always about finding loopholes and devalued your achievements."

Although the program "Watching Movies with Albert" has not had much influence, there has always been no shortage of audiences among fans. People like to understand the critics' views on the movie through this program, so as to choose their favorite movies to watch.

"Don't worry about him, a jumping clown!" Wayne didn't care at all. If the other party didn't have a little golden man in the future, he would be one of the ordinary directors in this circle and would definitely not be considered a big role.

Jimmy took out a folded newspaper from his bag and put it on the coffee table, saying, "Hey, look at it yourself. Although not many people agree with his opinion, and the critics opposed him, it still had some impact."

Naomi Watts picked up the newspaper immediately and opened it and found that it was a "Los Angeles Daily Entertainment", which was not an authoritative major media, which made her feel relieved.

The most fundamental reason why Wayne beats that director is because of herself. She doesn't want to affect him because of these messy things.

"Wayne Greenberg's films are always full of crime, violence and death, masochistic large-scale shots, the protagonists who are both good and evil, the key emotions of anxiety and anxiety are always based on greed and deception, and the ending is drawn with death or destruction.

These are all gimmicks he deliberately set to attract attention. In fact, his videos themselves have many logical mistakes. They just abuse these dark lenses to awaken the evil thoughts in people's hearts..."

After reading this, Naomi Watts threw the newspaper back to the coffee table, looked at the face of the man beside him, and said, "This person is talking nonsense, don't take it seriously..."

"It's okay, Nami!"

Wayne patted her hand and interrupted what she wanted to say. "In some aspects, he was actually right, and this kind of remarks didn't have much impact on me. I guess there is no market for the fan group."

After saying that, he chuckled softly, didn't take this matter at all, and turned his attention to the agent again.

Jimmy shrugged. In fact, he also felt that this was not a big deal. It was just the first time someone had appeared to criticize his clients in the public media. Some people liked it and some people criticized him. This is certain, but no one had ever belittled him so much in the public media.

"The last thing, before I come, Jeff Robinoff of Warner Brothers asked me to tell you that it would be better to give the specific completion time of the film before the New Year. Such super-large productions require schedules and theaters as soon as possible."

Jimmy glanced at the notebook and continued: "The editor sent by Warner Bros. Jeff hopes you can work with him and cut a trailer before the New Year, and they are ready to buy Super Bowl midfield advertising time again."

"Okay, come back and tell him for me. He doesn't have to worry about this. The advertisement will be cut first. The specific completion time will be notified by the company before the New Year." Wayne nodded, looked at the agent's tired look and said:

"Your condition doesn't look very good. Go and have a rest, have a good sleep, and then look at the city."

Jimmy stood up, packed up her briefcase, greeted the rest of the people, and returned to her room.

Before going to bed at night, Wayne held a local newspaper in his hand and leaned against the head of the bed to watch the news on it. Although it was all traditional Chinese, he still read it with relish.

The newspaper also reported them in large quantities, and most of them were full of curiosity about this Hollywood crew, especially the director, who, after all, have achieved good box office results here.

"Huh." Wayne suddenly reached into the quilt and breathed a sigh of relief. After a while, Naomi Watts covered his mouth with his hands, got out of the quilt and ran into the bathroom. The sound of water release and brushing his teeth also sounded.

"So you are also very famous here."

Naomi Watts lay on the bed again and lay in his arms and said.

Wayne asked with a smile, "Can you understand these newspapers?"
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