Chapter 020

In the headline of Hollywood Reporter, the media's narration of the wma packaging project even went to many specific details.

The whole report starts with Jonathan Friedman's packaging project, including the process of several major Hollywood studios trying to resist wma's packaging strategy out of fear, until Jonathan Friedman is dissatisfied with Norman Broca's compromise and uneven distribution of project interests, falling out with his boss, etc It's like experiencing the whole thing.

In fact, apart from internal disclosure, this article is obviously unlikely to come from other sources.

The factions within wma are almost well known.

Although it will have an immeasurable negative impact on wma to expose this infighting scandal, at the same time, if President Norman Broca and Vice President Jonathan Friedman are unlucky, many people can benefit from it.

After all, even between Norman Broca and Jonathan Friedman, there are seven vice presidents waiting to go further. Other wma agents who are still struggling to climb up are numerous.

Any one of these people has enough reason to do it.

In the face of "Hollywood Reporter" sudden articles, there is no time to investigate who leaked the dispute, wma management has to deal with the media inquiries.

In an interview with the Los Angeles Times reporter in New York on the morning of the publication of the Hollywood Reporter article, wma Chairman Lu Weiss firmly denied all the contents of the Hollywood Reporter's revelations. At the same time, he revealed that wma had reached a preliminary agreement with Fox pictures, and the company's Daily Variety belonged to the daily life of the variety company Newspapers, together with the weekly variety magazine, form the two major paper media platforms of the variety company. In fact, "Hollywood Reporter" also distinguishes daily newspaper from weekly magazine, but it doesn't have another name like variety show.

"Daily Variety" of this disclosure is more detailed, and even involves the wma president Norman Broca to Fox "compromise" after the package content.

It focuses on Matthew Broderick's $5 million pay contract and the stingy buyout agreement for the screenwriter of the butterfly effect, and points out that these two agreements are the cause of the conflict between Norman Broderick and Jonathan Friedman.

With the "Daily Variety" once again revealed, including the "Los Angeles Times" and many daily newspapers and media also began to pay attention to this matter, the situation has a tendency to continue to expand.

In the face of this situation, wma and fox have to be blunt and continue to deny a lot of news in the media.

However, everyone knows that in order to avoid more setbacks, it is urgent to take strong measures to solve the storm quickly and thoroughly.

And so on until July 21.

Monday.

After a busy weekend, wma Chairman Lu Weiss and CEO Lee Stevens followed Norman Broca, who returned to Los Angeles early to stabilize the situation, to the west coast.

At nine o'clock in the morning, there were only four people sitting in the spacious conference room of wma headquarters in Kamino street. They were two big men coming from the east coast and two people involved in the whole matter.

"Yesterday in New York, I had a personal communication with Mr. Murdoch, the chairman of News Corp." sitting at the top of the conference table, Lu Weiss, 75 years old, looked a little tired, but his eyes were still sharp. He glanced at the three subordinates around him and said: "Mr. Murdoch has agreed that fox will try to cooperate with us to complete the butterfly effect Eyes. However, there must be some adjustments in this matter. What's more, I declare in advance that what I'm going to say next is the final decision. You two can't object to it. You just need to implement it. If not, you can pack up and go

So Lu Weiss looked down at his memo, looked up again, glanced at Norman Broca and Jonathan Friedman, and said: "since we have denied a lot of information in the media, the original plan must be adjusted. First of all, the hero needs to be replaced, not Matthew. And Norman, I've agreed with fox that Matthew will play in one of their films, called project X. They said that they had already delivered the script to you, right? "

Norman Broca nodded, but then asked, "Lou, what about Matthew's pay?"

Lou Weiss looked at Norman Broca and said, "three million dollars."

Norman Broca stood up and said, "it's too low!" when he heard the number from Lou Weiss

"It's only three million dollars," Lew Weiss said in an unquestionable voice. "Or, you can go."

Norman Broca moved the corners of his mouth, nodded after all, and sat down again reluctantly.

Jonathan Friedman can choose to change his job from wma as a last resort, but Norman Broca can't. He is the president of the largest talent agency company in North America and even the world. After he changes his job, he can't find his own position in any other brokerage company unless he sets up his own house.But if you choose to be independent, even if you can pull away some of the top stars, Norman Broca will never have the power at this time in the future.

Lu Weisi saw Norman Broca sit down, nodded with satisfaction, and then looked at Jonathan Friedman.