The two of them sat opposite each other on the sofa in the corner of the hall, but Michael Ovitz didn't speak again for a while, with obvious reluctance on his expression.
Simon did not urge him, but looked at the crowd around him casually, feeling the melodious sound of string music coming from the dance floor.
A tall blond woman wearing a white one-shoulder dress noticed the silence between Simon and Ovitz. After thinking about it, she tentatively came over and greeted Simon: "Hi, Mr. Westeros."
This woman is really tall, even more than 1.90 meters in high heels.
Simon raised his head and smiled at the woman, saying: "Hi, Miss Hall."
There was an expression of surprise on the woman's face, mixed with just the right amount of joy: "Mr. Westeros, do you know me?"
"Mick's girlfriend, Jerry Hall, right?" With an inexplicable smile on his face, Simon patted his side and said, "Didn't Mick come over tonight?"
"He's in the UK," Jerry Hall responded casually, sat down next to Simon, nodded politely to Ovitz, then turned his attention to Simon again, found a topic and said, "Wes Mr. Tello, I heard that "Batman" will be finishing post-production soon?"
"Yeah, and besides, just call me Simon."
Simon nodded in response, remembering that Jerry Hall played the wife of a gangster who was disfigured by the Joker in the first Keaton version of "Batman," and found it very interesting. At the same time, I have to say that this woman who has been able to trap the romantic Rolling Stones founder Mick Jagger for many years is really beautiful. She is in her early thirties and at the peak of her beauty.
"It's a real honor, Simon," Jerry Hall changed his words and moved closer without leaving a trace, saying, "You can also call me Jerry."
The image of a certain little mouse with big ears appeared in Simon's mind, and he said with a smile: "It sounds like a boy's name."
"There's nothing we can do. We have five sisters. My father wants a boy so much that he goes crazy."
"Did his wish come true?"
"No."
Simon looked sympathetic.
After chatting and laughing for a while, Simon noticed that Ovitz was a little impatient. Simon raised his glass to Jerry Hall and said, "Jerry, Mr. Ovitz and I still have something to discuss."
Jerry Hall took out a business card from his bag and handed it over generously, saying: "I will be in Los Angeles during this period, Simon, maybe we can take time to have coffee together."
Simon took the woman's business card, nodded and said, "Okay."
Seeing that Simon had no intention of leaving a business card for him, Jerry Hall wisely stood up and nodded to Ovitz again.
Michael Ovitz ignored the woman who had just left and watched the young man opposite him casually put the business card into his shirt pocket. He finally said: "Simon, Barry and the four of them will all transfer to WMA, and all the unhappiness we had in the past will be over." ,what do you think?"
Simon had guessed many of Ovitz's countermeasures, but he never thought he would come up with such a solution.
However, letting Barry Levinson and others all switch to WMA seems to be the best way to resolve the grievances between the two parties. Simon's close relationship with WMA is well known. By doing this, Ovitz can protect the careers of his clients to the greatest extent possible.
However, Simon had no intention of nodding and said: "Michael, actually I am not a person who holds grudges too much. I will not send someone with a baseball bat to force the other person into an alley and beat him up just because of a few quarrels. You want to I understand that with the resources I have now, if I want to target a person, his end will definitely not be good. However, I am not a person who is good at forgiving. Those who have provoked me, all I ask is that they do not Appear in my field of vision again."
"Simon, Barry and the others don't appear in front of you every day."
"Michael, you should understand what I mean. Most of Hollywood is now in my sight. Of course, there are still some corners left. I don't plan to look at them anymore. It's not good to be too perfect. So, they can stay there."
Michael Ovitz remembers Paramount.
If the young man in front of him is willing to give up the resentment caused by the two scripts being snatched away, Paramount will definitely not mind turning to Daenerys Entertainment.
Maybe MGM, or even the increasingly declining Orion, but he clearly has no intention of doing that.
Just to not strive for perfection.
From several previous contacts, Michael Ovitz was able to roughly understand that Simon is a person with perfectionistic tendencies. Now, when a perfectionist stops striving for perfection, it doesn't necessarily mean that the person starts to be sluggish or degenerate. He may become stronger.
After all, nothing is ever perfect in this world.
After another moment of silence, Ovitz finally said dejectedly: "Simon, if Barry and the others leave CAA, will those things be settled?"
Simon nodded: "CAA has many excellent filmmakers, and I'm actually looking forward to cooperating with you."
Now that the decision has been made, Ovitz stopped dragging his feet and said: "In this case, you must also ensure that the WMA will no longer poach people from CAA."
"There's no way I would agree to something like this, Michael. I'm just close to Jonathan. WMA is not my company. This is a competition between your talent agencies."
Maintaining a state of competition among major talent agencies is actually beneficial to Simon, and of course he cannot limit this.
Michael Ovitz also realized something and stopped talking. He stood up and stretched out his hand to Simon. The two shook it, and they reached a tacit understanding. After leaving the party hall, Ovitz got into the car waiting outside the Four Seasons Hotel and dialed Barry Levinson's numbers directly through the car phone.
Simon didn’t know how Ovitz communicated with Barry Levinson and others, but the next day, Hollywood spread the news about Barry Levinson, Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise and Meg ·The news that Ryan and four A-list filmmakers are about to leave CAA.
The matter was quickly confirmed by CAA.
However, the official statement is that Barry Levinson and the other four chose to leave CAA for the sake of their own career development.
Subsequently, Barry Levinson quickly announced his new project "Avalon" in cooperation with Paramount Pictures. It has a budget of US$15 million and is scheduled to be released next year.
Dustin Hoffman expressed his intention to take a year off from acting and rush to the UK to star in a stage play. News soon spread that Hoffman's scenes in Warren Beatty and Disney's new film "The Greatest Detective" have been deleted.
Tom Cruise's agent, Paula Wagner, exited CAA along with her client, announcing the formation of Cruise-Wagner Productions via an announcement in the Los Angeles Times.
Meg Ryan just became famous with "When Harry Met Sally" last year, and she is the one with the least foundation among the four.
After the incident, Meg Ryan's public relations manager also announced her resignation immediately. Hollywood talent agencies, large and small, had no intention of extending an olive branch to her. After a while, the actress was in a hurry and had to announce in a hurry that she would be temporarily hired by her. His sister serves as his agent and public relations spokesperson.
Immediately afterwards, paparazzi discovered that Meg Ryan’s boyfriend Dennis Quaid, who has been dating for more than a year, appeared intimately with another unknown actress at a bar in West Hollywood. When questioned by the paparazzi, Dennis Quaid confessed He recently broke up with Meg Ryan.
Compared with the Michael Ovitz "Infantry Soldier" incident that is still being discussed piecemeal by the media, and the four people Barry Levinson and Barry Levinson leaving CAA, major mainstream newspapers in North America have shown an abnormal silence. What was posted was just some innocuous official releases.
Most of the public who are not sensitive to gossip will only think that these people may choose to leave because they are dissatisfied with Ovitz, who has been criticized by the media recently.
Of course, there is no shortage of tabloids in the industry that want to hype up big news to attract attention. However, the attention of these newspapers is usually very low, and they do not dare to blatantly pick out the inside story of the matter. They only make a few half-covered hints. .
If you think about it carefully, tabloids actually know better what kind of people can be provoked and what kind of people cannot be provoked.
If Simon Westeros was just a simple director, there would be no problem with the hype.
Public figures are for speculation.
However, when the director was still a super-rich man with a net worth of billions of dollars and dominated Hollywood, various gossip newspapers did not dare to be too blatant in order to avoid being sued and going bankrupt.
As for Hollywood, when asked by the media for their opinions on the departure of Barry Levinson and others from CAA, even stars who have been called loudmouths in the past have remained silent.
Simon Westeros's effort was almost an understatement this time, but it really made many people realize that after the big studio era, another powerful Hollywood figure who can truly be called a 'tycoon' was born.
In recent years, executives of various studios have basically maintained a flattering attitude towards Hollywood's top stars in order to win over them to star in their own films. Even big bosses like Steve Ross have tried their best to make friends. Well Steven Spielberg, Clint Eastwood, Barbra Streisand and others.
Now, instead of lowering his profile and taking the initiative to make friends with celebrities, Simon Westeros has taken action to knock out some of Hollywood's hottest A-list celebrities.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that as long as Simon Westeros doesn't let go, even Barry Levinson, Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise and Meg Ryan can still rely on their previous fame. The careers of these people who hang out in Hollywood but lose the resources they once had easy access to are doomed to decline.
Several parties involved accepted the reality with disgrace, did not openly challenge Simon Westeros, and understood their situation.
In the final analysis, Simon Westeros has not done everything right after all. If he jumps out to provoke him at this time, he will be in trouble with himself. In the days that followed, when I saw a young man who always seemed calm and humble, without a trace of aggression, even celebrities who were used to being unruly couldn't help but feel a bit of awe in their hearts.
Things are always happening.
While the circle was still whispering about the inside story of Barry Levinson and others leaving CAA, the release of the new Forbes North America 400 Rich List immediately triggered another storm of public opinion.