Hollywood starts with an agent

Chapter 305 It deserves to go bankrupt.

New York, Manhattan, Dawn Films.

Aaron sat in his office chair, flipping through several scripts in his hands, all of which were projects that Dawn was preparing to film!

Is Michael Bay still revising the script for "The Rock"?

Aaron asked without looking up.

Etherine Beckett nodded. "Yes, it's still being revised. However, Michael Bay really likes British actor Sean Connery and hopes to invite him to play the male lead!"

Aaron smiled. "007, Sean Connery is a tough guy, so he's quite a good fit. Let's get started on it as soon as possible."

Aaron then waved another action film script in his hand, "Broken Arrow," saying, "This one is somewhat similar to a tale of two heroes; it would be suitable for a Chinese director like John Woo to direct."

"I heard that 'The Blood and Tears History of Chinese Laborers' went over budget?"

Aaron knew that John Woo was one of the producers of "The Blood and Tears of Chinese Laborers".

"Yes, we've gone over budget. The film's original budget was a maximum of $1200 million, but we've already run out of money."

"Mr. Tom Rothman believes that the slow pace of filming was the main reason, and the production team persuaded the British investors to invest an additional $300 million."

"The Blood and Tears of Chinese Laborers" was originally a joint investment between New Moon Pictures, a subsidiary of Dawn Group, and British investors. Now that the other party has added $300 million, Dawn Group can't just leave without making a response, can it?

“Alright, provide the funding so the film can be completed on schedule,” Aaron said without any objection. Director King Hu was very particular about the details of the film, and the shooting progress was indeed slow.

"Well, boss, are you planning to give the script for 'Broken Arrow' to John Woo to direct?"

John Woo's previous film, "Hard Target," received mixed reviews, but its action scenes were quite good and it was a commercial success.
Even MGM was considering hiring him to direct "GoldenEye," but ultimately they chose New Zealand director Martin Campbell instead!
“Good, let him direct,” Aaron actually had a similar view of John Woo and Michael Bay.
Either of them could direct "The Rock" or "Broken Arrow".

"By the way, boss, do you remember director Roland Emmerich?"

"Aceline Beckett suddenly asked."

"Of course I know, didn't we at Dawn give him the script for 'Tornado'?"

A disaster blockbuster with special effects!
"Well, Roland Emmerich has indeed read the script, but he has his own ideas. He has prepared a script about an alien invasion and hopes that Dawn can support him."

As Etherine Beckett spoke, she handed Aaron a script.

Aaron paused for a moment, then took the script and opened it directly. "Hmm, 'Independence Day,' a future world where aliens invade Earth, causing immense panic and harm to humanity, the US President..."

He widened his eyes. "This is a sci-fi disaster blockbuster! Roland Emmerich wants to make this movie?"

"Yes, it's a special effects blockbuster too!"

Aaron was very excited. He had originally planned to have Roland Emmerich direct "Twister," but now that "Independence Day" was available, he figured he could just find someone else to direct "Twister."

“I remember Roland Emmerich directed a sci-fi adventure film called *Stargate* last year, when is it released?” Athena Beckett responded, “It’s releasing at the end of this month, around the same time as our Twilight Pictures film, *Garage Horror*.”

"The producer is Carlock Pictures, and the distributor is MGM United Artists, which they are working with. However, Carlock sold the rights to Stargate and the currently filming Showgirls because of serious cost overruns during the production of Cutthroat Island. They obtained funds from the distributor MGM and the French television network Canal+!"

Aaron raised an eyebrow. "Carlock has already sold the rights to 'Stargate,' and even 'Showgirls,' which Paul Verhoeven is currently filming?"

Paul Verhoeven originally wanted to work with Arnold Schwarzenegger on "The Crusades," but Carlock didn't have that much budget, so he made "Showgirls," an erotic film about Las Vegas strippers.
It didn't matter that "Showgirls" was still being filmed, but it's unexpected that Carlock would even sell the rights to "Stargate".

So this was all for "Cutthroat Island," a film that was plagued with problems during its production?
Sigh, Carlock really should go bankrupt!

"The concept behind this 'Independence Day' film is excellent. Since Roland Emmerich wants to make it, Dawn should invest."

"Moreover, Roland Emmerich's budget is reasonable, $7500 million is acceptable."

Unexpectedly, Roland Emmerich has already written the script for "Independence Day," a sci-fi blockbuster that's sure to be a hit!

That evening, Aaron went to a nightclub on Greenwich Street, where Jack Wells was waiting for him.

“We have already lent Ronald Meyer $1000 million through Westpac Bancorp.”

Aaron nodded. "This guy was completely overshadowed by Michael Ovitz in the CAA."

“CAA is now the largest talent agency in Hollywood, and he is the second largest shareholder, yet he doesn’t even have $1000 million!”

Jack Wells chuckled. "He's extremely dissatisfied with Michael Ovitz right now. CAA is basically Ovitz's personal fiefdom, and the distribution of profits is completely unequal."

"However, Ronald Meyer knew too little about Panasonic's sale of MCA."

“It doesn’t matter, Ronald Meyer will definitely be able to pay back that $1000 million anyway, after all, his shares in CAA are worth more than that,” Aaron said, taking a sip of his drink.

"Is there anything else you're here in New York for?"

“Yes, Angels acquired a 40% stake in IMG Sports Management,” Jack Wells said with a smile.
"You know, Angel International has made some money over the past few years!"

Angel Security accounts for more than half of the Hollywood star bodyguard business, and also participates in international arms deals;

Angel Security is now quite a large company.

Aaron shrugged. "Pretty good. We can slowly erode IMG, and then completely take control."

"Angels' security business and IMG's talent agency business are quite complementary!"

“Yes, as you’ve said before, the market for sports agents is huge,” Jack Wells said, taking Aaron’s opinion very seriously, even though he hadn’t been involved much with Dawn.

But because of Aaron, the Angel Company he now heads is enough to make him extremely wealthy.

(End of this chapter)