Chapter 343 Ignorance is a Rare Thing

Although it sounds good, when it comes to the actual situation, Ovitz is not as easy to get along with as Tom is now.

This change stems from the success of the "bundled sales" approach.

While CAA continued to secure new highs in pay for its clients through "bundling sales," the company's business scale continued to expand. Early on, Ovitz inevitably developed rifts with several once close partners over the distribution of interests.

In the beginning, the company's working method was to make joint decisions on everything, and everyone was basically equal.

Later, Ovitz began to feel that this way of working was too inefficient. In addition, the most important work in the entire company was undertaken by him and Su Yun, so he felt that this distribution was unfair and he received less than he deserved: after all, he was handling the main business, while Su Yun was in charge of major decisions, film production, and serving as a bridge in the Hong Kong film and television industry. In this way, the other partners did far less than they did.

To this end, Ovitz proposed a redistribution of shares, and with Su Yun's acquiescence and assistance, he successfully convinced the remaining partners and became the current president of CAA.

It can be said that today's Ovitz is no longer the idealist that Su Yun knew in the past, who had the courage to leave because of dissatisfaction with the bloated and corrupt corporate system; instead, under the erosion of capital, he has gradually become a part of maintaining the capital system.

However, what is both funny and sad is that after he embarked on this path, he became more suited to the development of this capital-oriented society. The main reason why CAA has grown from a small company to a giant that can compete with its former employer WMA and influence the operating model of Hollywood is that it gave up its original intention.

Under such an inevitable development, Su Yun could only turn a blind eye and let this old friend of his former age go further and further away from his original intention; only when he was blinded by ambition, she would use the veto power she held in her hands to calm him down...

Of course, Ovitz did have some complaints about Su Yun, but considering that only if the two of them work together can they maximize their benefits, and that he, like Su Yun, still remembers the old days when they started from the bottom and advanced together, he tried his best to control his thoughts and maintain superficial harmony with Su Yun to the greatest extent.

In layman's terms, it's the classic saying that encourages people to make peace and not to break up - "Just get along, there's no point in getting divorced"...

After all, in life, it is often difficult to be confused and understand how to be “confused”.

At this point, Su Yun couldn't help but sighed: "So, in the face of interests, no matter how close friends are, they will eventually lose their original intentions more or less."

"That's why the Zhao family always insisted on family management." Zhao Liying had another view on this. "Because of the blood relationship, as long as it's not a one-sided relationship, there will always be a glimmer of hope, or they will not completely stop communicating with each other."

"Forget it. Throughout history, there are countless stories of brothers killing each other. This kind of relationship can only be said to depend on the person and the probability..." Su Yun waved his hands, "But in most cases, unless there is a greater benefit from heaven, many people are still willing to 'be ignorant' and maintain superficial harmony."

After talking to Zhao Liying, Su Yun opened the door again and looked outside at Ovitz and Tom who were still discussing matters related to "The Legend of the Condor Heroes": "Hey, is there anything I can help you with?"

"That's basically it. Would you like to take a look at our notes?" Tom responded.

"Okay." Su Yun walked over and sat on the side of the sofa, then took the notebook that Tom handed over and began to read it with interest while comparing it with the original script.

With the joint efforts of Tom and Ovitz, the problems of the original script were immediately alleviated, and the warm scenes that are standard in inspirational films were increased a lot, making it look very close to a mainstream patriotic propaganda film.

"Then you can continue the negotiation according to this revision. I think there is no problem here." Su Yun looked through the notes and script and put them back on the table.

"I will do my best to help Tom with his problems. What about you?" Ovitz looked at Su Yun. "How confident are you about the next Batman filming rights negotiation?"

"With the news you released, Warner should be more anxious than us. After all, there are not many newcomers like Tom who are young, popular and have good acting skills. Warner has always liked to do these reckless operations, and it is also easy to be deceived by superficial 'benefits'..." Whether it started with Jiahe or continued with Zhao's, Xiangjiang Film and Television Company's overseas cooperation is basically with Warner, a company full of complaints. As Su Yun, who has cooperated and fought with Warner for many years, every time she mentions it, she feels mixed feelings.

However, there were apparently some setbacks in their plan.

"Tomorrow, I plan to take a step back - I will only be a nominal producer and actor, and leave the position of director to other directors." When he said the last sentence, although he knew that he would have to make some sacrifices to achieve his goal, Su Yun still couldn't help but grit his teeth and endure it.

There is no doubt that the "other director" must be a white male director, so as to satisfy the hidden and hateful thoughts of some people.

"I understand how you feel, but this is a compromise made out of helplessness. It's remarkable that you can understand this at your age." Looking at Su Yun, Ovitz vaguely recalled the memories of the two of them conquering the world with their own hands in the past, so he quickly spoke to comfort Su Yun.

"I understand, so I won't feel too angry or upset, because I have been mentally prepared from the beginning. It was just a 'negotiation' before." Su Yun thanked Ovitz and then shook her head. "The essence of negotiation is that you advance and I retreat, and the final 'bottom line' needs to be thrown out at the most appropriate time to seize this opportunity to conquer the decisive hurdle."

"Tomorrow's battle will not be the first, nor the last." Su Yun clenched his fists and said in a deep voice, "But such compromises will inevitably move away from the negotiation stage as time changes and corresponding developments occur."

Sure enough, in another negotiation on the second day, after Su Yun proposed to give up the directing rights, the competitiveness of Su Yun's team increased greatly, and they received the nods of several senior executives who were still hesitant and unwilling to express their opinions.

Seeing that Su Yun's team was already confident of victory, the competing teams that had previously relied on their racial advantages began to retreat one after another. Whether it was the tone of their voices or the feeling given by their actions and demeanor, they no longer had the confidence they once had.

"In addition to the list of leading actors I have drawn up, Brooke Shields, who plays the second-generation Batgirl Barbara Gordon, has also agreed in my previous contact and is looking forward to guest-starring in this Batman..." The chips become valuable only when they are added one by one. At this moment, Su Yun has provided Warner, who likes to reap popularity, with a popular new-generation female artist.

Since the broadcast of several films such as "Coral Island" and "Legally Blonde", Brooke Shields has become a leader among the younger generation of female artists in terms of acting skills, appearance and popularity. She is making a lot of money by playing supporting roles under the name of guest appearances.

"As for the role of the villain, we have also tried to invite Jack Nicholson..." Su Yun kept throwing out the chips in this way. In addition to making people feel the vastness and depth of CAA's talent resources and network resources, its determination and capital for the filming rights of "Batman" also make people feel its determination and unstoppable determination to win.

After Ovitz followed Su Yun and presented various relevant preparatory materials, Zhao Liying also showed the attitude of Hong Kong Zhao, saying that he would do his best to open up more market share for "Batman" - Hollywood movies are very lucky in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia now, because of relevant policy restrictions and racial and language barriers, many Hollywood blockbusters with high hopes have failed in these two regions.

On the contrary, Hong Kong films have been able to gain many advantages in these two regions due to the compatibility of cultural core, similarity of race and environment, and various preferential policies.

If Zhao, who controls several box office regions in Asia, takes action, perhaps Batman, a film that was born and developed in the United States and has difficulty getting good reviews in Asia due to cultural barriers, can break this constraint and reap a wave of Asian box office revenue...

In this way, it doesn't seem so difficult to accept that the person directing the filming of this movie is not one of our own.

Therefore, as soon as Zhao Liying said this, the entire conference hall fell silent instantly.

Su Yun glanced at the people sitting in the main seats. Through their vaguely moved eyes, he understood a fact more and more in his heart: a thousand words are really not as good as real benefits. In the face of copyright issues where interests are paramount, only strong cooperation in terms of interests can arouse the greatest sense of identity in their hearts.

However, despite many twists and turns, the final outcome was as expected, which was the best result of this negotiation.

Su Yun, who finally won the filming rights, couldn't help but smile from the bottom of her heart when she saw the signatures on the contract one by one.