I’m in Hollywood - Chapter 52

[Chapter 51: Selling or Rejecting]

“What, that woman suddenly refused, didn’t you tell me that it was already settled?” In a villa in Malibu, shortly after Blunt Cohen got up, an assistant came to visit in a hurry, and brought a bad news.

“Mr. Cohen, it was indeed negotiated at the beginning, but when we contacted her last night, the woman suddenly regretted it.”

The good mood of the day was destroyed, and Blunt Cohen frowned: “She is It’s

not that you don’t think the money is too little, so you can add more?” The

assistant shook his head and said, “No, I also tried this, and the other party rejected it completely. I think it may be because she has reached another private agreement with Eric Williams. Agreement.” The

assistant said, took out a newspaper and handed it to Blunt Cohen, Blunt Cohen just glanced at it, the newspaper reported that Drew Barrymore and his mother Edico appeared in Eric A photo of the mansion door.

Without reading the content, Blunt Cohen was too lazy to care about the nonsense of the paparazzi, threw the newspaper on the table, pondered for a while, and said, “You were not recognized during your contact with the other party, right?”

If Drew ‘s mother made some agreements with Eric that the woman would likely reveal information about the people who had instigated her to do those things.

Blunt Cohen knows that he is not a broad-minded person, but he also understands that Eric Williams is also not easy to deal with. If his calculations are discovered by the other party, he does not know what will happen.

He will no longer treat Eric as an ordinary young man.

The assistant shook his head quickly: “Of course not, Mr. Cohen, I have not had direct contact with the other party, and the people I am looking for are very good, and will never leak our information.”

“That’s good,” Blunt Cohen He hesitated unwillingly, and then said, “Let’s do this for the time being.” The

assistant bent over and suggested in a dog-legged manner, “Mr. Cohen, in fact, we can use other methods, not necessarily through moral Lou Barrymore’s mother…”

Blunt Cohen waved his hand: “Okay, I said, this is the end of the matter for now.”

The assistant saw the displeasure on Blunt Cohen’s face and quickly shut his mouth.

If it was in the past, Blunt Cohen would definitely not let it go. Eric brought him such a big embarrassment. If he didn’t take revenge, it would be difficult to release the depression in his heart.

But now there are more important troubles plaguing him.

During this time, after Japan’s Sony consortium successfully acquired CBS Records, it began to frequently contact the board of Coca-Cola in an attempt to continue the acquisition of Columbia-Samsung Pictures Group.

Due to the turmoil some time ago, Blunt Cohen, who had managed to stabilize the situation after a lot of effort, suddenly couldn’t sit still.

If Columbia’s owner is still Coca-Cola, with his connections over the years, he may continue to sit in this position for a few years, or even until retirement.

But if the owner of Colombia is replaced by a Japanese, the other party will have no friendship with him. Although Blunt Cohen is self-willed, he is still somewhat self-aware of his own abilities. He knows that once the Japanese succeed, his fate will be obvious.

Therefore, Blunt Cohen also had to cheer up again, united some forces opposed to the sale of Colombia, and used various methods to prevent the Coca-Cola board from passing the resolution to sell Colombia.

Even the box office card of “Home Alone” that has always been taboo,

Blunt Cohen had to pinch his nose and play it out. After all, although Colombia will lose a lot of money because of the gambling agreement, “Home Alone” But it is also the only dazzling achievement that Colombia has been able to achieve in the past few years.

Rubbing his temples, Blunt Cohen looked up and said to his assistant: “By the way, I have an appointment with Mr. Trevor from the Coca-Cola board for dinner at noon. I remember he likes Latina beauties. You can contact a few Latina actresses to accompany you. Come on, remember, you must be beautiful.” The

assistant was obviously used to this kind of thing, he nodded quickly and said, “Okay, Mr. Cohen, I’ll do it now.”

”

Eric, why are you here now? , Kapoor Sid has been waiting for half an hour.” As soon as Eric appeared, Jeffrey Hansen couldn’t help complaining.

Eric said apologetically, “I’m really sorry, Jeffrey, I just encountered a traffic jam on the road.”

“Okay, let’s stop talking, let’s go in.”

Because the office building of the film company is still being renovated, Eric Gram had to negotiate with Kapoor Sidjo about acquiring his agency at a coffee shop.

Kapoor Sid is a white man in his forties, tall like many Europeans and Americans, at least 1.9 meters, bald, with a beard on his face.

Eric came to Kapoor, stretched out his hand and said, “I’m sorry, Mr. Sid, I’m late.”

Kapoor Sid did not show a displeased look, even though he was a little upset because of Eric’s late arrival. Happy, still smiling: “Hello, Eric, do you mind if I call you that?”

“Of course not, Kapoor, please take a seat.” Eric also changed his name.

“Eric, I have seen your deeds, from publishing “Jurassic Park”, selling “Back to Seventeen” script, and filming “Home Alone” to the final gambling agreement, these things are seriously considered, Step by step, interlocking. So you must be a smart and rational person, then why did you choose me from many brokerage companies, I originally planned to sell the brokerage company and continue to develop in Europe, but Jeff Li said that you want me to stay. You should know my situation, my conflict with Michael Ovitz made it difficult for me in this line.”

Eric said seriously: “Because I am not afraid of CAA, maybe other For the sake of box office, film companies have to bow to CAA, which has a large number of top stars, but I don’t need to think about that. CAA has superstars, but I can create superstars. What I need is a person who can act as a superstar agent, For example, you. Not those second- and third-rate brokerage companies.”

Kapoor listened to Eric’s words, shook his head and smiled: “Eric, your confidence surprises me even more.”

“If you don’t have enough confidence .

, there will be no me now.”

Thinking of the agreement that was a masterpiece, Kapoor nodded helplessly, but still said: “Eric, superstars are not so easy to cultivate. I have worked in CAA for so many years, and I know very well that behind every Hollywood superstar, there is a It

takes a lot of hard work from a top team…”

Eric interrupted Kapoor’s explanation and asked: “Do you think Stuart Runkel is a superstar now?”

Kapoor obviously also knows the one in “Home Alone” The young lead actor said: “Of course, he can be said to be the top child star in Hollywood, there is no second one.”

“Then,” Eric asked: “If I make a movie like “Home Alone” in the future In

a movie, the protagonist is handed over to you, do you think you have the ability to make it a top Hollywood star?”

“Of course no problem, but, Eric, this assumption is meaningless, The success of “Home Alone” is very difficult to replicate, it can be said to be entirely a matter of luck.”

“How do you know if you don’t try?” Eric said, raising his arms on the table, crossing his fingers, some Doubtful: “Kapoor, why do I feel… a little weird, as a seller, aren’t you a company you should try to sell? But I think you’re not selling, but refusing?”

Kapoor shrugged: “Ire K, I am a broker, not a profiteer, I hope we can be more honest, and I just want to sell the brokerage company in my hand and give those subordinates who still insist on staying in the company a better home. I didn’t plan to stay myself.”

“When you were an agent, were you so frank when you negotiated with the film company on behalf of your client?”

Kapoor shook his head quickly: “Of course not, I will definitely do everything possible for my employer. Fighting for the greater good, Eric, is a different matter.”

“Then I’ll have no problem. Kapoor, I bought your agency on the condition that you stay. Otherwise, the rest of the second- and third-rate An agent doesn’t mean much to me.”

“Looks like I have no choice?”

Eric nodded firmly.

Kapoor took a sip of coffee, thought for a moment, and finally agreed. At the same time, he also had some expectations in his heart. Maybe this young man who has created miracles may continue to create miracles.

[End of this Chapter]