Chapter 360 Tokamak (4200)
"Director Lin, Brother Zhi, Sister Xing, I'm sorry, I won't be attending the wrap party. Repa and I have something urgent to attend to, so we have to rush to the airport."
Da Mimi quickly took off her makeup and asked her assistant to give each crew member a cup of milk tea. She personally served the milk tea to the director and several representatives of the production and distribution companies.
Zeng Jia also kept apologizing to each of these people.
"You're the heroine, isn't that okay?" Zhao Youting hadn't finished removing her makeup yet, and when she heard that Da Mimi was about to leave, she winked at her.
Da Mimi blinked and said, "Brother Ting, please help me deal with this first. I owe you a favor."
Zhao Youting's eyes flashed, but he said nothing more.
Zhao Youting really didn't have any other intentions. The filming was wrapped today, and several producers and distributors sent people. At this time, Da Mimi, as the heroine, actually wanted to leave and take the second female lead with her. It was really unreasonable.
It's okay if the person doesn't find fault, but if you meet someone who does, you might be very offended and might get bullied at any time.
Some people think that the entertainment industry is low-class, while others think that it is very high-class. In fact, these views have some problems.
Because the entertainment industry is not a truly stable circle in essence.
This circle seems to be very small, so small that there are only a few people who graduated from professional schools, and they are considered a stable group in this industry.
This circle may also be very large, so large that people from all walks of life and even the unemployed can mingle in it.
Those who have made it big in other industries and then run into the entertainment industry and then disappear from the scene may account for 60 to 70 percent of the entire circle.
To put it bluntly, this industry is the modern version of the ancient brothel community.
For the high-end ones, there is the Jiaofangsi Women's House to listen to music, while for the common people, there is the Qinhuai Romance of the Eight Great Hutongs.
Those who went to these places included Zhao Ji, the top architect, Zhou Bangyan, the scholar-official, Song Jiang, the rebellious official, and Yan Qing, the folk gangster.
It covers all walks of life.
These people are in this circle, but they are not in this circle.
The entertainment industry is actually the intersection of many circles, and what intersects is the desires within these circles.
It is a circle, but not a circle. It is difficult to use the stereotype of a single group to contrast the various people in this circle.
In this circle, it is one thing for stars to flatter and bully others, it is another thing for them to treat ordinary people with no background roughly, and it is another thing for them to treat certain groups of producers, producers, and distributors.
Of course, the beautiful women who have their own resources and background are exceptions.
Therefore, it was still surprising that Da Mimi said she would not attend the wrap-up party even though the boss of the production company was there.
You know, Da Mimi is well-known in the circle for her thoughtfulness and high emotional intelligence. It is really surprising that she just left these people out like this.
"Ms. Yang, I came all the way from Haipu to show my support." A representative from the production company, with his hair tied in a bun and a small mustache, looked unhappy. "What's the rush? You don't even have time for a meal?"
Da Mimi glanced at the representative of the producer. This person was a small shareholder of the producer and the brother-in-law of a big boss. He was stuffed into Zhou Ce Film and Television to be a director. He was usually very active.
Yes, two small ones, not a typo.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Wang, there's an emergency at the company. I have a few important guests tomorrow morning, and I have to catch the last flight of the day, otherwise I'll miss it."
Mr. Wang laughed and said, "Important guest? It seems that we are not important enough in Miss Yang's eyes."
Da Mimi rolled her eyes in her heart and thought, you are so shameless. The sweat on my head last summer has not flowed to my face this year. I usually deal with you a few times but you take it seriously. You really don’t know how many bowls of rice you eat.
Da Mimi ignored Mr. Wang, took the confused Repa and the nervous and excited Zeng Jia, got into her nanny car, and headed straight to the airport.
"Eh? What was that look in her eyes just now? Was she looking down on me?" Even after Da Mimi got into the car, President Wang started to think something was wrong. He slapped the surveillance camera, which scared Zhao Youting.
"Didn't she say a few days ago that she had to go to Wuning to film a few scenes for Sword of Assassin 2 after finishing her work? Tell her not to rush. The film won't be shown later. I told her that."
Zhao Youting was trying to persuade her while curling his lips in his heart, thinking, how dare you say that? Not to mention you, even your cheap brother-in-law from the Wu Yue circle can't influence the Hong Kong circle.
However, Da Mimi has changed a lot recently. Not to mention her appearance, she has lost her previous seductive and charming energy. Could it be that she really thinks she is a top star now and has become arrogant?
I'm more than just floating! I'm about to fly!
As soon as Da Mimi got in the car, she asked Repa and Fang Yu to make a video call, but she was rejected unexpectedly.
I sent a WeChat message, but Fang Yu said that she was in class. Da Mimi was stunned. It was already nine o'clock in the evening, what class was she in?
She turned down the wrap party not because she was being a big shot, but because she had a meeting with CAA's head of general affairs, Jonah Greenberg, early tomorrow morning. If she couldn't get back to Singapore tonight, she would definitely not be able to make it tomorrow.
Jonah Greenberg is an authentic third-generation star. His grandfather is Waldo Short, the screenwriter who won an Oscar for "Midnight Cowboy" and "Coming Home", his grandmother is the great beauty Mary Davenport, his mother is Hollywood star producer Jennifer Short, and his father is the famous children's book author David Greenberg.
A family of squids.
This guy is a typical Zhoutong, speaking fluent Zhou dialect.
Until now, she still didn't know how Fang Yu got the two joint venture partners who had already been negotiated to accept a small company like Jiaxing to become a joint venture partner of CAA.
So before meeting, I wanted to confirm with Fang Yu how to talk about it.
By the way, let’s take Repa to fly together.
After all, it was Repa who knew Fang Yu first. If Repa had not met Fang Yu by chance on the plane that day and Fang Yu's cousin had not been obsessed with Repa, Jiaxing would not have had this opportunity now.
This is CAA!
The world's largest brokerage company in the absolute sense!
As a small company that has only been established for two years, they are really not qualified to participate in a joint venture of this level.
Not to mention them, even Zhou Yi, who is currently one of the top players in the country, does not have the qualifications.
Only those bigwigs who are hidden behind the scenes and are not in this industry at all have sufficient resources and background to cooperate with companies of the level of CAA.
Endeavor WME is awesome, but CAA is even more awesome.
Ari Emanuel's WME Endeavor had previously put a lot of pressure on CAA and did show the potential to replace CAA, but now, nothing is possible.
Almost 70% of Hollywood stars have worked with CAA.
In the Great Zhou Dynasty, agencies like Zhou Yi had signed contracts with at most hundreds of artists, but there were probably only a dozen or twenty well-known ones.
But CAA alone has over 10,000 signed artists worldwide! Just over 70% of Hollywood stars have contracts with CAA.
From great directors Spielberg and Li An to superstars Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johansson, Hathaway, Julia Roberts... countless star-studded names are inseparable from CAA.
In addition to artists, CAA's strength in sports is also unparalleled in the world.
All four major sports leagues in the United States are affiliated with CAA, and more than 1,700 top athletes from around the world are signed to CAA.
For example, Tom Brady, the GOAT in football history, the greatest quarterback, and perhaps the only one, and LeBron James, who calls himself the GOAT, were both clients of CAA.
Although CAA has not established a formal joint venture in Dazhou, it is not without business.
To be precise, CAA’s big week business is actually very broad and occupies a very high position.
As early as 11 years ago, CAA established an office in Xinhao, and celebrities from the big week rushed to sign international contracts with CAA.
The National Master, The Most Beautiful Woman in the World, I Am a Rich Family, International Zhang, Mr. Yi and His Women... Almost all of these people's international contracts are in the hands of CAA.
The international blockbuster "The Great Wall", starring the beautiful actress and Matt Damon, directed by a national master, and about white people helping yellow people save the world, was actually a project put together by CAA.
From directors to artists, almost everyone in it is signed with CAA.
Let’s put it this way, CAA represented the top resources in the entertainment industry for quite some time.
In recent years, Mei Yeping has transformed from a traffic star into an entertainment celebrity, which is actually inseparable from his signing with CAA.
When I become one of the bosses of CAA Da Zhou, hehe, Mei Yeping, whatever tricks you played on me behind my back, I will pay you back later!
Da Mimi looked calm, but in fact she was so excited that she was almost jumping up and down.
Of course, Jiaxing could not become the controlling party in the joint venture established by CAA in Dazhou. According to what Fang Yu had told her before, Jiaxing could hold about 10% of the shares in the newly established joint venture by CAA, and at the same time, Jiaxing would have a seat on the board of directors of the CAA Dazhou joint venture.
But even if Jiaxing is only a small shareholder holding 10% of the shares, it is enough to instantly raise Da Mimi's status above almost all the stars in Da Zhou!
Except for two or three inexplicable resource-rich people, but these two or three people obviously do not include Mei Yeping.
What’s more, these 10% of Jiaxing are the 10% with absolute influence.
CAA and another joint venture partner of Da Zhou each hold a 45% stake. Whoever Jiaxing sides with will have controlling stake.
Originally, CAA did have plans to establish a joint venture in Dazhou, and the plan had already been discussed, with only some specific details left. Once they were finalized, they could report to the relevant departments for approval.
As a result, at this time, the Alcatraz incident broke out.
If the Alcatraz incident was an all-around earthquake in Miami society, with Zhengjie being the epicenter, then the entertainment industry was definitely also within the epicenter, and was the second most affected area after Zhengjie.
After all, Ali Emmanuel is the boss of Endeavor.
Moreover, the entertainment industry in any country is actually a target of infiltration.
Although CAA is a direct competitor of Endeavor, it has also been affected by a lot of issues due to its similar background as "they".
Especially after it was revealed that Levitt, one of the three co-CEOs of CAA, was a former double agent for the Israeli Science Relations Bureau (abbreviated as Lekem) and Western Israel 30 years ago, and is still reporting to the Israeli National Defense Department, CAA was instantly caught in a dilemma.
In other words, fires are breaking out everywhere right now, and Levitt's case is considered minor, so it's not attracting that much attention.
Under normal circumstances, CAA might have been defeated.
This is also why Brian Lord had a wry smile on his face when Steven Swartz congratulated him on his business expansion.
In addition, at almost the same time, some changes occurred in Da Zhou, and the cooperation agreement that had been negotiated now seemed to be unable to be implemented.
In the original cooperation agreement, CAA held the controlling stake, Da Zhou's joint venture partner was a minority shareholder, and Da Zhou's representatives would be included in CAA's board of directors.
But now, the offensive and defensive situations have changed. The previous joint venture partners have delayed the negotiations on the joint venture agreement indefinitely due to concerns about risks. Even if the negotiations are restarted, they are determined not to agree to CAA taking control.
At this time, a third party acceptable to both parties emerges to hold the 10%, and neither party loses absolute controlling rights. Brian Lord takes advantage of the situation and gives Jiaxing this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
In essence, CAA still lost and gave up its controlling stake.
Da Mimi didn’t know all these inside stories, but she knew very well what a great opportunity this was for the stars of Da Zhou!
Su Mang, whose six hundred and fifty yuan is not enough for breakfast, is just the editor-in-chief of Harper's Bazaar's weekly edition, yet he can boss around almost all the top stars.
After the establishment of CAA Da Zhou, its status is higher than that of ten Harper's Bazaars. As a director of such a company, it is equivalent to holding the top resources of the entire Da Zhou entertainment circle. In this circle, no one can give her a hard time anymore!
And all of these were brought to her by Fang Yu!
How can I repay you?
Is it class? Real class or fake class? What class? Physiology class?
"Jia Jia, tell Ling Ling to buy me a swimsuit tomorrow morning. It has to be exactly the same as the one in Far Cry."
Da Mimi was sending a WeChat message, her eyes rolled, and she turned to Zeng Jiadao.
Zeng Jia was stunned for a moment, then immediately reacted and gave Da Mimi a thumbs up: "You do this."
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"Security background check, laboratory safety training certificate, ethics and data use agreement, letters of recommendation... OK, verified, no problem."
"I didn't expect that you could pass the application for this experiment right after your leave of absence. No wonder you got a letter of recommendation from Professor Trentarango." Emily Castillo, a slim woman with brown hair, handed a plastic file bag to Fang Yu.
"Your access card means you can come to the lab next Monday. Dr. Pearson will assign you to a group. If you want to rest for a few days, that's fine. Professor Hauser's group isn't very busy right now. Of course, I'd be a little disappointed if that happened..."
Emily's eyes flashed with electricity, and she took the opportunity to hand Fang Yu the file bag and gently stroked the back of Fang Yu's hand with her fingers.
"Thank you, Dr. Castillo. I have been on leave from school for more than a year and don't want to waste any more time." Fang Yu pushed the black-framed plain glasses on his glasses and lamented in his heart about my damn charm. I was wearing such rustic glasses, but I was still harassed by a female doctor.
Fang Yu put away his student card and the file bag Emily handed over. "Dr. Emily, I don't live in Westwood and I drive to school. Can you assign me a parking space?"
Emily felt a little shy after those few attempts at seduction. Blushing, she said, "You can apply on the UCLA Transportation website, but please note that it's best to apply for a parking space closer to the STRB, as that's where our main lab will be. Oh, and your card can't enter the second floor below the STRB. Be careful, or there will be an alarm."
"After all, that's where UCLA's tokamak is located."
Emily shrugged.
Fang Yu chuckled: "Okay, I understand, Dr. Emily."
(End of this chapter)
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