1127 Cooperation continues
Being a partner of an agency is the ultimate goal for every agent, and Andy Rogers, as a senior agent, is no exception. What's more, he is also a partner of an innovative artist agency, Hollywood The leader, the biggest crocodile with great power and prestige.
Andy has been working hard all along, and now he finally sees the dawn of success. But not long ago, Andy was still deeply involved in a career crisis, and it seemed that everything he had worked so hard to build was about to fall apart.——
Because the brokerage cooperation agreement between Andy and Renly is about to officially expire..
For many outsiders, it is bound to be impossible to understand how an actor's agency contract can cause an agent's career to be in crisis? What's more, Andy is not a nobody. Even in the innovative artist management company, he is a well-deserved senior employee, and his abilities and connections have been recognized..
but that's the fact.
Renly Hall, whether in terms of personal strength or commercial value, including reputation in the industry and social influence, he is already at the top of the pyramid; more importantly, this young actor is only twenty-three years old and has great future commercial potential. There is still no end in sight, now we have only dug out the tip of the iceberg.
There is no doubt that Renly is the most sought-after and top client in the entire brokerage industry..
Not only are the other four major Hollywood agencies starting to take action, but even the Innovative Artists Agency itself is starting to make moves..
Generally speaking, in the Hollywood agency system, agents and actors are directly linked, and even tied together as a community of destiny, with both prospering and losing. However, the Innovative Artists Agency is an alternative. Within their company, All resources are shared——
Actors are affiliated with the agency, not the individual agent; resources are also affiliated with the agency, not the individual agent.
The brokerage company coordinates planning and completes the arrangement and combination of resources to win more opportunities for its actors; at the same time, it also effectively packages and distributes actors to strive for more performance opportunities..
A simple example is that Renly signed a management contract with Andy, but he was affiliated with the Creative Artists Management Company. The 10% commission was not given to Andy personally, but was given to the management company, and then the management company The company completes the allocation. If Renly is not satisfied with Andy, he can change other managing agents at any time, but the overall resource allocation will still not be affected in any way..
It is precisely thanks to the two-way resource allocation mechanism that although the rich are still getting richer and the poor are getting poorer, they can at least ensure that the effective utilization of resources is maximized. This has also made the Innovative Artist Agency the leader in the industry..
But for individual brokers, the difference still exists objectively..
Within the company, why do some people receive higher dividends? Why are some people able to become partners in a company? Why some people have more power and status in the industry？
The reason is not complicated. The actors, directors and screenwriters in charge of them have achieved better results and gained more profits. This is success. In other words, within the innovative artist agency, there is a close relationship between agents and actors. , and it still keeps pace with the entire Hollywood industry..
The most direct representative case is that in 1998, Tracy-Jacobs, the top agent of the Innovative Artist Agency, was successfully poached and joined the rising star United Elite Agency. When Tracy left, He also took away Johnny Depp, who was walking between the first and second lines at the time..
The target of United Elite Agency's poaching is Tracy, and it is Johnny who she represents..
The same is true for Renly and Andy now.
For other agents, Renly is part of the Innovative Artists Agency, and they are trying to poach people to grow their own companies; but for those within the Innovative Artists Agency, Renly is an open option that everyone can try. Poach and strengthen your own strength.
No one leaked the news that Renly's agency contract was about to expire. Everyone in the industry had an account book in their mind. When Renly signed the contract with Andy, he calculated the time when the contract would expire, almost from the beginning. The countdown started at the beginning of the year, and I kept waiting for the right time, and then took the initiative..
In fact, the specific time when the contract ends is August.
But as early as early July, Renly had already become a popular star, and people began to try to poach him one after another; in late August, when Renly returned to New York and appeared on the Broadway stage, it really reached its climax, and countless agents People swarmed forward, like sharks smelling blood, and they all lost their minds..
From rival agencies to innovative artist agencies, chasing and wrestling are everywhere..
Overnight, Andy became a public target. He was attacked from both sides, embarrassed and unable to resist..
On the one hand, he must arrange Renly's work, in addition to the "Les Misérables" performance schedule, as well as the relevant publicity instructions for "Transcendence" and communication with the "Gravity" crew; on the other hand, he must To deal with the ubiquitous malice and slander, all kinds of dirty methods are used, making it difficult to prevent.
As far as Andy knows, at least two senior partners within the company have joined in the poaching of Renly - not senior agents, but senior partners; and this is only the part Andy knows..
During that time, Renly was completely immersed in the Broadway show and had no time to care about other off-stage trivial matters..
Thanks to the rumors spread by Vin Diesel, as well as rumors during the filming of "Transcendence", everyone knows Renly's habit of being sleepless and desperate after getting into work. Any interruption or interference may cause this. Angry Renly; and in Diesel's description, the angry Renly was disowned by his relatives and dared to confront the director head-on..
Therefore, the agents have learned well.
Bypassing Renly, Roy and Nathan became the targets of everyone's pursuit, from gifts to parties, from VIP banquets to gatherings of beauties, from flattery to intimacy...the two enjoyed unprecedented treatment, wrapped in In the midst of the flowers, you seem to have become an upper-class person in Hollywood. The flowers are gradually charming, and it is easy to get lost in a trance..
Roy had made incomplete statistics. The highest record was that he received 27 phone calls and 136 text messages within three hours, as well as 277 emails, including 19 parties. Invitations, thirty-three event invitations and a variety of discount coupons and vacation products.
All this happened in just three hours.
“What's even more exaggerated is that I just went to 7/11 to buy a sandwich, and then a beautiful woman came to chat with me. After going around and around, she invited me to a party in the Upper East/District. At that moment, I almost thought I was It's Leonardo DiCaprio who just finished filming 'Titanic'." Roy joked self-deprecatingly..
“After "Titanic" created a box office miracle, Leonardo lost himself in Vanity Fair. That experience also made him cautious and made very few new friends, because everyone has something. Begging, and he is just a pedal. Friends such as Leonardo and Tobey Maguire who met before they became famous, their friendships are always unbreakable. This is the important reason.
However, the chaos and turmoil lasted for less than two weeks and then came to an abrupt end..
Because the person involved publicly stated his position.
Before that, Renly was completely unaware of this matter. He simply forgot about the fact that the agency contract was about to expire and did not notice any changes. Moreover, Roy and Nathan also kept it completely secret, which did not disturb Renly at all. The state of the performance, except that the VIP box of the Broadway show is a bit too busy - but compared to London's West End, it is not worth making a fuss about.
If it weren't for the senior partner of the Creative Artist Agency, who skipped Andy, Roy and Nathan, and contacted Renly after a roundabout way through the unknown Matthew Dunlop, he would probably still be there. will continue to be kept in the dark.
The senior partner approved Matthew, who was not sure why, and met with Renly. They attended an art gallery opening ceremony, had a pleasant conversation, and then had a dinner together. As for the details of the interview, Lan Li has never mentioned it, and this will become an unknown mystery..
But you can feel that Renly doesn't like it, he doesn't like it very much..
The senior partner obviously didn't know that what Renly disliked most was someone taking advantage of his friends. When the other party took advantage of Matthew to achieve the purpose of meeting, all possibilities for cooperation had been completely lost..
If Andy had known about it in advance, he would have given sincere advice and tried to avoid such a self-proclaimed smart move. It is applicable to the upper class, but not to Renly. Unfortunately, the other party did not tell Andy, and Andy naturally No reminder was given.
On the first day after the dinner, Renly called Andy directly, "When are we going to update some brokerage contracts? Is there anything that needs to be modified? Why didn't you tell me in advance? This way we can avoid a lot of trouble..”
Andy expressed great surprise at this, "I thought... you need to consider different possibilities." After all, the whole world now belongs to Renly, and he can choose any agent and make any demands. , no one would refuse, but Renly still chose Andy..
It was so unexpected that Andy even stuttered. In a rare moment, Andy showed his lack of confidence..
“I have already completed such considerations before signing the contract with you, right? "That was Renly's answer, simple and clear..
After that, Renly understood Andy's situation and difficulties through Roy, and even the malicious competition from within the company. Therefore, Renly and Andy had the conversation just now.：
A work with a salary of 500,000 yuan is not enough for an innovative artist management company..
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