Chapter 38

Andy left, the whole conversation seems to be a bit endless, it seems that there is no purpose in general, people are confused.

As a matter of fact, Andy came to Pioneer Village just to pass by today. He came to explore the truth temporarily. He didn't even do his homework before work. If he didn't meet lanli, he would not have any regrets. He would sit in the bar and drink a glass of whisky, and then go to the airport; If they meet, he plans to see the real person and compare the image in the rumor with it.

After all, lanli is only a rumored image. The "Pacific War" has not been played yet. Media reputation, audience feedback, performance strength and so on have yet to be measured. There is no need to jump to the conclusion in a hurry. Of course, it's not bad to sign a brokerage contract on the spot if it's amazing at the beginning.

The results of the final meeting far exceeded expectations.

This 20-year-old shows his steadiness and wisdom beyond time. He is neither impatient nor arrogant. He has a clear and unswerving goal. On the surface, he seems to be an unrealistic idealist, but in fact, he has a clear understanding of future planning, even ambitious.

Andy knows that lanli is not the kind of person who is at his disposal. There will be a lot of stumbling when he cooperates with such a person with distinct personality. But it's a double-edged sword. It may be a legend or a burning stone. The key lies in how much strength Lan Li has, whether he has an accurate judgment of his talent, and whether he understands the boundary between self-confidence and arrogance.

For the definition of Langley, Andy thinks that it's hard to find a fuzzy middle zone, either a superstar or a street. Therefore, he will not come to a conclusion easily. He needs time to judge and more information to examine“ "Pacific War" is undoubtedly the best platform, not only for the show itself, but also for the performance of lenley in the publicity process of the show, which will become Andy's judgment basis.

Of course, Andy also thought about the possibility that other agents would get ahead of him while he was waiting to see. However, Andy thinks that lanli is not a person who easily compromises. Just as he sends out an invitation today, lanli will never nod his head. Lanli also needs to investigate. If lanli approves his ability, the result of today's invitation is the same as that of a year later's invitation; If lenley decides he's out, again, the time difference won't change anything.

This is the reason why Andy chose to leave. He didn't further mention his work as an agent, nor did he mention the signing and cooperation with Langley. He didn't even mention his purpose today. He appeared inexplicably and left suddenly. Andy believes that Langley is a smart man. He understands his intention.

Lanli really understood that even if he didn't say it clearly, the clues were enough for him to infer the real situation.

Similarly, Langley did not rush to make a decision. Just like the previous agents who were interested in him, he decided to observe again. It's not because lanli is confident and wants to choose a bigger agent; It is because lanli clearly knows that when agents select artists, artists should also learn to select agents, which is a two-way choice.

Strictly speaking, the relationship between artists and agents is employment - when artists hire agents, they are the buyer's market.

In lanli's view, compared with ability, resources and contacts, the overall situation and values of brokers are more important. In short, they are career planning for artists. An agent with a long-term vision, an overall perspective, and an understanding of the choice of interests can make the artists more powerful; Instead, the broker could be the grave of the burying artist.

Generally speaking, the influence of agents on artists can be divided into three parts.

The first is the choice of interests. The remuneration of the agent comes from the percentage of the artist's remuneration. The five major brokerage companies in the industry are all 10%, while the other brokerage companies are 8%. This also means that the higher the artist's remuneration, the higher the agent's income. Therefore, many agents will continue to encourage their own artists to take over commercial films, even at the expense of selling artists in exchange for short-term interests.

Edward Norton is a typical case. At the beginning, he was eager to participate in Paramount's "big business". This work invited Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro to play. This is their first cooperation in their acting career, and Edward was very excited. Finally, his agent and paramount reached an agreement, Edward successfully joined the "big deal" price is, next he will participate in another paramount works. At the instigation of his agent, Edward agreed.

One year later, the contract was fulfilled, and Edward appeared in the commercial film "steal the day". However, he was very dissatisfied with the script. After many unsuccessful communications with the director and screenwriter, he refused to play in the work. However, paramount forced Edward to complete the shooting with the contract payment.

After the killing, Edward fired his agent“ The box office of "changing the sky for the sun" has also hit the streets.

The second is the choice of works. Generally speaking, the selection of artists' works comes from the recommendation of agents. After all, the sources of artists' information are very limited. This means that the taste of the agent will determine the quality of the artist's work.

Some people once wondered how Nicolas Cage became the king of bad films. The origin was that Nicholas took over the film crazily in order to pay off his gambling debts. However, the fuse was the agent's poor judgment of the script, which led to the tragedy.

In addition, there is another kind of situation, that is, the artists put forward the projects they want to participate in, but the agents think that they may be on the street, so they steal the beam and recommend other works.

Sean Connery is the most famous one. At the turn of the century, he was very interested in fantasy stories, and "the Lord of the rings" and "the matrix" came into his sight one after another. However, his agent thought that these two works were too difficult to understand and would probably hit the street, so he advised Sean to give up these two works, Instead, he chose Fox's "skyrockers" in the 20th century. The final result is very clear.

The last one is to deal with the crisis, the cooperation of the agent and the public relations team, which will become an indispensable part of the artist image project.

Kristen Stewart is a typical case.

Born as a low-cost independent film, her outstanding acting skills make people optimistic about her future. With the "Twilight city" series, she is popular all over the world. But in fact, Hollywood academies don't like actors who are born in idol movies. The industry often says that if you play in an idol movie, you won't get an Oscar in the next ten years. This is one of the reasons why the development path of idol actors is getting narrower and narrower. It's very easy to be replaced by rising stars“ The popularity of "Twilight" has brought Christine exposure, but it has also hindered her in the independent film industry, and her facial paralysis acting has been criticized.

Later, when Christine filmed "Snow White and the hunter", she split hands with director Rupert Sanders. She not only betrayed her fiance Robert Pattinson, but also had a happy family. This negative news almost completely destroyed her career, and she fell to the bottom of the river like a rat in the street.

Then she changed her agent. Less than a year later, she successfully appeared in many works, such as "still Alice", "Sylvester Maria", "junchai agent", "private buyer", "coffee commune", "Billy Lynn's midfield war", etc., and her partners include Ang Lee, woody Allen Julianne Moore and many other big names.

Not only did the enterprise not decline, but it also prospered and blossomed in an all-round way. In contrast, another protagonist of the scandal, Rupert, did not receive any new works for three years. Especially considering that when people face the news, they are always more strict with women and more tolerant of men, but this time it seems to be reversed, which makes it easier to see the ability of agents.

Of course, Christine's turnaround is not only due to her agent, but also due to an excellent public relations team. That's another matter.

It's just like when choosing artists, agents will refer to their own talent, market value, image packaging, development possibility and other factors; When choosing agents, artists must also refer to their business ability, long-term vision, communication skills and potential value.

Leonardo DiCaprio changed five agents in just two years to work with Martin Scorsese. But no one wants to change agents frequently if they can.

Of course, all of these are based on the premise of choice. Most of the newcomers have no choice. They can only passively wait for the agent to dig, and then climb up step by step. There is no other way. It's the same with Langley.

However, lanli has an advantage that no one else can match - rebirth. He knows which works can be successful and which ones will hit the streets. Even without the guidance of his agent, he can rely on his own efforts to create a new world. Although in the grand framework of Hollywood, without the help of agents, independent individuals will be struggling, but at least Langley has other possibilities, which is why he is not in a hurry to set up agents.

The advantage of rebirth makes lanli have such capital.

Just now with Andy's short confrontation, lanli has a preliminary impression of him, smiling from beginning to end, looks like a very easy to get along with agent, words can feel his calm and wisdom, but just the tip of the iceberg, not enough to see the whole picture. What's more, the ability to become a senior agent in an innovative artist agency cannot be underestimated.

He's looking at each other, and they're looking at him? Lanli believes that their next meeting should not be too long.

"Who was that?" After seeing Andy off, blue gift turns to the party and Neil asks.

"Old friend." Then he took Neil's shoulder, walked to the table and said cheerfully, "it's time for the party!" All of them have issued their own voices to welcome Langley to join the first wave of Carnival of St. Patrick's day.