"What, that woman suddenly refused. Didn't you tell me that we've settled the deal?" In a villa in Malibu, not long after Blunt Cohen woke up, an assistant came to visit in a hurry and brought a bad news.
"Mr. Cohen, it was indeed settled at the beginning, but when we contacted her last night, the woman suddenly repented."
The good mood of the day was completely ruined, and Blunt Cohen frowned tightly: "Does she think the money is low, so she can add some more?"
The assistant shook his head and said, "No, I tried that too, and the other party completely rejected it. I think it might be because she reached another agreement with Eric Williams in private."
As the assistant spoke, he took out a newspaper and handed it to Blunt Cohen. Blunt Cohen just glanced at it. The newspaper published photos of Drew Barrymore and his mother Addico appearing at the gate of Eric's mansion. .
Instead of reading the content, Blunt Cohen was too lazy to care about the nonsense of the paparazzi, threw the newspaper on the table, pondered for a while, and said, "Did you not be recognized during the contact with the other party?"
'' If Drew's mother had made some sort of deal with Eric, it's likely that the woman would reveal information about the people who instigated her to do those things. Blunt Cohen knew that he was not a broad-minded person, but he also knew that Eric Williams was also difficult to get along with. If his calculations were discovered by the other party, he didn't know what troubles would arise. He will no longer treat Eric as an ordinary teenager.
The assistant quickly shook his head: "Of course not, Mr. Cohen, I haven't had direct contact with the other party, and the person I'm looking for has a good reputation and will never leak our information."
"That's good," Brant Cohen hesitated unwillingly, and continued, "Let's leave this matter as it is for the time being."
The assistant bent over and suggested dog-leggedly: "Mr. Cohen, in fact, we can use some other methods, not necessarily through Drew Barrymore's mother..."
Blunt Cohen waved his hand: "Okay, I said, this matter is over for now."
The assistant saw the displeasure on Brant Cohen's face, and quickly stopped talking.
If it was the past, Brant Cohen would definitely not let it go. Eric brought him such a big embarrassment, and if he didn't take revenge, it would be difficult to release the depression in his heart.
But now there are more important troubles bothering him.
During this time, after Japan's Sony consortium successfully acquired CBS Records, it began to frequently contact the Coca-Cola board of directors in an attempt to continue to acquire Columbia-Samsung Pictures Group.
Due to the turmoil some time ago, Blunt Cohen, who had spent a lot of effort to barely stabilize the situation, suddenly couldn't sit still. If Columbia's owner is still Coca-Cola, with his many years of business connections, he may continue to sit in this position for a few years, or even until retirement.
But if the owner of Colombia was replaced by a Japanese, the other party would not have any friendship with him. Although Blunt Cohen was headstrong, he still had some self-knowledge about his abilities. He knew that if the Japanese succeeded, his fate would be obvious.
Therefore, Blount Cohen had to cheer up again, unite some forces that opposed the sale of Columbia, and use various methods to prevent the Coca-Cola board of directors from passing the resolution to sell Columbia.
Even the box office card of "Home Alone", which has always been somewhat taboo, Blunt Cohen had to pinch his nose and type it out. After all, although Columbia will lose a large share of revenue because of the gambling agreement, "Home Alone" But it is also the only brilliant result that Colombia can get in the past few years.
Rubbing his temples, Brant Cohen raised his head and said to his assistant: "By the way, I have an appointment with Mr. Trevor from the Coca-Cola board of directors for dinner at noon. I remember that he likes Latin beauties. You can contact some Latina actresses to accompany him." For a moment, remember, it must be beautiful."
The assistant was obviously used to this kind of thing, nodded quickly and said, "Okay, Mr. Cohen, I'll do it now."
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"Eric, why are you here now? Kapoor Sheed has been waiting for half an hour." As soon as Eric showed up, Jeffrey Hansen couldn't help complaining.
Eric apologized: "I'm so sorry, Jeffrey, there was a traffic jam on the road."
"Okay, let's not talk about this, let's go in quickly."
Because the office building of the film company was still being renovated, Eric had to discuss with Kapoor Hidd in a coffee shop about acquiring his brokerage company.
Kapoor Sheed is a white man in his forties, tall like many Europeans and Americans, at least 1.9 meters, bald, with a beard on his face.
Eric came to Kapoor, stretched out his hand and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Sid, I'm late."
Kapoor Sheed didn't show any displeasure, even though he was a little unhappy because of Eric's late arrival, he still smiled and said: "Hello, Eric, don't you mind if I call you that?"
"Of course not, Kapoor, please sit down." Eric also changed his title.
"Eric, I have seen your deeds, from publishing "Jurassic Park", promoting the script of "Returning to Seventeen", and filming "Home Alone" to the final gambling agreement. After thinking about these things seriously, Step by step, interlocking. So you must be a smart and rational person, so why did you choose me from many brokerage companies? I originally planned to sell the brokerage company and go to Europe to continue to develop, but Jeff Li said you wanted me to stay. You should know my situation, my conflict with Michael Ovitz made it difficult for me in this business."
Eric said seriously: "Because I'm not afraid of CAA, maybe other film companies have to bow to CAA which has a lot of top superstars for the sake of box office, but I don't need to think about these. CAA has superstars, but I can create superstars .What I need is someone who can act as the agent of a superstar, such as you. Not those second- and third-rate brokerage companies."
Kapoor listened to Eric's words, shook his head and smiled: "Eric, your confidence surprised me even more."
"If I didn't have enough self-confidence, I wouldn't be where I am now."
Thinking of the magical agreement, Kapoor nodded helplessly, but still said: "Eric, superstars are not so easy to cultivate. I have worked in CAA for so many years, and I know very well that behind every Hollywood superstar, there is Needed a lot of effort from a top team...”
Eric interrupted Kapoor's explanation and asked, "Do you think Stuart Lankel is a superstar now?"
Kapoor obviously also knew about the little lead actor in "Home Alone", saying: "Of course, he can be said to be the top child star in Hollywood, there is no second one."
"So," Eric asked: "If I make a popular movie like "Home Alone" in the future, and the protagonist in it is handed over to you, do you think you have the ability to shape it into a top Hollywood star? "
"Of course there is no problem. However, Eric, this assumption is meaningless. The success of "Home Alone" is difficult to replicate. It can be said that it is entirely a kind of luck."
"How do you know if you don't try?" Eric said, raising his arms on the table, crossing his fingers, and said with some doubts: "Kapoor, how do I feel... It's weird, as a seller, shouldn't you work hard?" The company you are promoting? But I think you are not promoting, but refusing?"
Kapoor shrugged: "Eric, I am a broker, not a profiteer, I hope we can be honest, and I just want to sell the brokerage company in my hand to those who still insist on staying in the company The subordinates have changed to a better home, and I have no intention of staying."
"When you were an agent, were you also so frank in negotiating with film companies on behalf of clients?"
Kapoor shook his head quickly: "Of course not, I will definitely try my best to fight for the greater interests of my employer, Eric, these are two different things."
"Then I don't have any problems. Kapoor, the condition for me to buy your agency is that you stay. Otherwise, the remaining second- and third-rate agents will not mean much to me."
"It seems that I have no choice?"
Eric nodded firmly.
Kapoor picked up the coffee and sipped it, thought for a while, and finally agreed. At the same time, he also had some expectations in his heart. Maybe this young man who had already created miracles could continue to create miracles.