Chapter 286 (2/2)

The phone was connected, and westrow was not in the company.

Michael owitz and there talked a few words, the other side only said that will convey, but did not help him transfer the phone.

Put down the phone, owitz was thinking about what to do with it, and the fax machine in his office rang.

Take out a page from the fax machine. There are only four names on it: Barry Levinson, Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise and Meg Ryan.

There is also a handwritten ”W” sign in the lower right corner of the page.

W. Westeros.

A little stupefied, owitz immediately understood that Simon westero meant that the CAA must draw a clear line with the four people in order to resolve their disputes.

Simon westwello obviously completely ignored Matthew Broderick, who had been transferred to CAA before and now completely abandoned.

To draw a clear line must be to break the contract with these four people.

It's just that.

Can CAA do that?

Not to mention that these four people are all top tier celebrities in Hollywood, what will CAA's other customers think if they terminate their contracts with these four stars in order to protect themselves?

However, after a brief period of anger, owitz suddenly realized that perhaps other customers of the company didn't mind him doing it, or even expected him to do it.

After all, when Barry Levinson left CAA, it was obvious that other large talent agencies would not accept him easily, and the small agencies probably did not dare to provoke danielis entertainment. They had to work alone.

Hollywood stars are not without them.

Jack Nicholson has been away from several major talent agency companies in recent years, and he is still in trouble. Before joining wma, Robert De Niro had been working alone.

However, if these four people, who have been suppressed by danielis entertainment, work alone and lose the support of resources and contacts of such a large talent agency as CAA, and Hollywood studios dare not easily cooperate with it, the result can only be described as uncertain.People are selfish.

The fall of these four first-line filmmakers actually means opportunities for others.

What's more.

Michael owitz also has to admit that this is undoubtedly the best way to deal with CAA.

However, owitz is hard to persuade himself to give in to Simon westero.

When he was in a bad mood, the assistant outside knocked on the door. Owitz looked up and saw a screenwriter client of CAA appear at the door.

This is Joe ezerthaas. Because of the success of movies such as ”dance of lightning” and ”the edge of blood net”, ezerthaas is currently one of the most valuable screenwriters under CAA, and the highest transaction price of his previous scripts is as high as 1.25 million US dollars.

Remembering that this was a confirmed meeting in the afternoon, owitz temporarily put away his anger and got up with a smile. He went up to shake hands with ezerthaas and said, ”Joe, come in and sit down.”

Joe ezerthaas, with a somewhat unnatural expression, sat down with owitz in the reception area. After a little chat and a sip of the coffee the Secretary had just brought in, ezerthaas said, ”Mike, that's it. My former agent, guy mcelwyne, do you remember?”

Owitz nodded and said, ”didn't he go to Columbia to be a producer? It's been a long time.”

”You know,” ezerthaas continued, ”Sony is going to buy Colombia soon. Guy finds that he is not suitable to be a producer. He wants to go back to the agency industry.”

Owitz recalled the information of guy mcelwyne and said, ”guy is very capable in this aspect. In this case, let him come back directly. Let's make an appointment to talk about it.”

”No, it's not like that,” said ezerthaas, shaking his head and looking a little more embarrassed. ”Guy is sure to go to ICM. This time, actually, you know, my relationship with guy is very good. I want to continue to let him be my agent.”

Owitz shrunk his expression: ”Joe, do you want to leave CAA?”

Joe ezerthaas nodded, ”yes, Mike, I hope you understand.”

Today, a series of events have made Michael owitz's mood extremely bad. Hearing that CAA's clients who have been sparing no effort to support over the years want to leave, his bad mood suddenly broke through a certain critical point. Without hesitation, he shook his head and said in a cold voice, ”Joe, I won't let you leave.”

Joe ezerthaas didn't expect owitz's tone to be so stiff and resolute. He was stunned and said, ”Mike, I can pay the penalty.”

”No way,” owitz shook his head again. ”Joe, you are CAA's most valuable asset. I won't allow you to leave.”

”I'm not an asset of CAA, I'm a person,” says Joe ezerthaas

”Well, you're alone. Anyway, you can't leave. At least, you don't want to leave CAA until your contract ends.”

”Mike, I just heard that Kurt Russell and Gordy Han have left. Why do you embarrass me?”

”Why, Joe, do you know how much resources CAA has invested in you over the years? Do you know how much thought I have put into you. All in all, it's impossible for you to terminate your contract ahead of time. ”

Feeling owitz's unreasonable and resolute tone, Joe ezerthaas became angry.

Their voices grew louder and louder, and soon turned into a quarrel. Owitz's roar spread to the corridor.

“…… Don't forget, CAA gave you 1.25 million dollars Without CAA, you are nothing Don't even think about it. I'll bombard you with lawsuits, so that you can't get close to the typewriter, so that you're completely useless I want you to eat shit, you have to eat shit See those people outside? You want to run away. CAA infantry soldiers will find you from anywhere and smash your head I don't care what the outside world thinks. All those guys want is to write a script for Robert Redford... ”

The quarrel between the two became more and more intense, and it was not until several assistants of owitz felt that something was wrong and rushed into the office that they stopped a physical conflict in time.

However, it is not over.

The next day, Joe ezerthaas announced the details of the meeting in the form of an open letter in the Hollywood Reporter, accusing owitz of abusive acts of personal threat to him.

Michael owitz's image in Hollywood has always been low-key, mysterious and omnipotent. In recent years, both Hollywood studio executives and first-line stars are in awe of him. As soon as Joe ezerthaas's open letter was published, there was an uproar both inside and outside Hollywood.

The personal image created by Michael owitz over the years fell into collapse. Under the deliberate or unintentional suppression of danilisi entertainment, the situation of CAA became even worse.