World-class director in the entertainment industry

City of Angels, "Death Star" office building.

caa brokerage company.

One of the three major Hollywood agencies, and currently the most powerful.

After Scarlett bid farewell to Qin Dong with her agent Martha, she came back here with the script and the contract.

This is also the brokerage company that Scarlett signed with, and Martha is one of the brokers of this company.

CEO's office.

"Hi, good afternoon, Martin."

After Scarlett brought her manager to the president's office, she greeted a man in his 60s and [-]s behind the desk, and then sat down on her own.

"President."

Martha greeted respectfully, she is an employee of the company, but she dare not be like Scarlett.

"Why are you here?"

Martin Bob, the third president of CAA asked in surprise.

Scarlett had already taken out the nail clippers in her bag, and casually trimmed her nails without talking to her.

Seeing that the president forgot, Martha could only remind:

"President, because of Huaxia's China Film Corporation, you want Scarlett and I to meet with a Huaxia director to discuss the film contract."

Martin patted his head in embarrassment when he heard the words, and smiled apologetically:

"Okay, there are a lot of things, my fault, then you come to me...do you think you can continue?"

Martin didn't hold out hope at all, but some things couldn't be avoided, so he asked Scarlett to go and make a show.

Martha nodded, took out the contract and handed over the script:

"Yes, Scarlett and I agree that this Huaxia director is a genius. The two scripts are both excellent ideas, especially the leading heroine script, which can completely allow Scarlett to carry the box office alone. It's a testament to that in the commercial."

"The key budget is not high, and the box office is promising."

Martha and Scarlett signed a non-disclosure agreement, so Qin Dong let them take away the script.

Once leaked, these two people will have to bear huge compensation that is unbearable, so Qin Dong is not worried.

Martin took over the script without any accidents. Regardless of whether it is successful or not, he has absolutely no other ideas for such a transnational script.

First look at the contract:

"Two films for 300 million US dollars, very sincere."

After saying something casually, he began to watch the script seriously.

Don't think that he is a president, as if you don't need him to read the script, this is a big mistake.

Martin and his four partners joined together to start CAA decades ago. It was a little bit of detail that emerged. This kind of reading of scripts has never been less in these years. Otherwise, why should he be the youngest of the three major brokerage companies? CAA has become the leader in just 30 years.

However, Martin reads quickly and doesn't pay attention to details. Instead, he judges the quality of a script by looking at the overall creativity and the general direction of the story.

He finished reading the two scripts in less than half an hour.

"That's right, it's really an excellent plot idea. Both scripts are good. It's a pity that this is a co-production with the presence of China Film over there. Otherwise, if we were to operate this script, I'm afraid..."

Martin was a little bit emotional, this kind of idea is really great, if this person is not from Huaxia, and he is not contacted through China Film China, then he must get this script here and launch it as a packaged project of CAA.

Martha didn't say much, this is not something her little manager considers, but an inquiry:

"President, can the contract be signed?"

There was no need to ask, but it was because the president personally ordered it, so Martha brought Scarlett to confirm it for the last time.

Martin Bob nodded slowly. He said nothing about the script, and the salary is in place. He definitely has no objection. He just asked curiously:

"Martha, as an old manager who has been working for nearly 20 years, what do you think of this Huaxia director? Our company has signed several artists from Huaxia, but the director there..."

The following words were not spoken, but Martha understood and thought about it:

"President, I can only say that this is a genius, and Scarlett also agrees with this statement."

"Oh?"

Martin cast his eyes on Scarlett, and Scarlett, who was busy manicuring her nails, raised her head and nodded slightly.

As for Huaxia, after the WTO, CCA established the CAA China agency there five years ago. Before that, they were signed artists. After all, the directors there were a bit out of touch with the world.

Just seeing the scripts of these two co-produced dramas, Martin became interested in Qin Dong, whom he had never seen before, and pressed the landline button:

"Thomson, I want a document within 10 minutes. It's the director from Huaxia, called..."

Having said that, Martin looked at Martha.

Martha immediately said softly: "Call Qin...dong."

"Call Qin Dong, don't make a mistake, and find out the other party's information in 10 minutes."

Brokerage companies like them are very familiar with the habit of calling people in Huaxia, so although they don't call them smoothly, they can't be wrong.

"Martha, sit down first."

...

Ten minutes later, a 10-year-old white man knocked on the door and walked in:

"President, Scarlett, Martha."

"I have already inquired clearly from the branch over there."

Martin smoked his cigar and nodded:

"Go ahead."

Thomson took out a piece of paper in his hand and introduced it while looking at it:

"Qin Dong, 23 years old this year, graduated from the Directing Department of Huaxia Academy of Arts."

"Ten months ago, the first movie he invested and shot, at a cost of 150 million dollars, won a box office of 3000 million dollars in China."

"Five months later, his second movie was released. At a cost of 5 million dollars, it won a local box office of 320 million dollars in China, and 7000 million dollars in Southeast Asia."

"According to our people, the director's third film cost less than 500 million US dollars. The filming has been completed and it is confirmed to be released in China during the Spring Festival."

"This movie is a sequel to his first movie, and this young director has already added an easter egg for the third movie at the end of his first movie."

"According to the people in our branch, his first movie has a good reputation, and the release of the third movie is 100% profitable."

"As far as I know, among the three films, only the second one has one-fifth of China Film's investment quota, and the other costs are all the director's own money."

"President, based on the information so far, this is a young director who has only been around for one year."

After finishing speaking, Thomson also showed a strong curiosity on his face, mixed with admiration.

No matter which country people are from, once they are outstanding, they will naturally be praised and admired.

"Wow..."

Scarlett put down the nail clippers, her face full of excitement and surprise:

"I didn't expect this handsome guy to be so outstanding."

"In just one year, three films were shot. This speed is really surprising."

"The cost of the two movies is less than 500 million US dollars, and the box office is 1.3 million US dollars. Now I am more and more interested in Qin."

Martin smoked a cigar, and his face showed great interest.

I thought it was just a deal with China Film, but I didn't expect there to be a surprise.

"Martha, you have seen this young talented and profitable director, tell me, can we sign him?"

The importance of a director to a brokerage company is far greater than that of a top actor.

No matter how popular an actor is, he can only be an actor and make money.

But for a famous director, the brokerage company has a way to get involved from upstream to downstream, and some benefits are far from comparable to a popular actor.