Hollywood starts with an agent

Chapter 325 has everything.

Santa Monica, Pacific Palisades.

Nicole Kidman lay sprawled on the ground, Aaron propped his head up with his hand, stroking her fair and sensual body. "These days," he remarked, "there are more and more Australian filmmakers in Hollywood."

"Compared to American actors, I actually prefer to use British and Australian actors!"

Nicole Kidman smiled, "No wonder, there have been quite a few foreign actors in Dawn's productions these past two years."

"Especially actresses, they have everything from English, French, Italian, and Spanish speakers!"

“Hey, are you making fun of me?” Aaron laughed as he stroked the woman’s soft skin.

“I understand, because foreign actors have fewer opportunities in Hollywood and are more obedient!”

Nicole Kidman sees it clearly: if she hadn't just arrived and met Aaron Anderson, Hollywood's golden boy, she wouldn't have achieved what she has today.

Aaron nodded. "That's true, that's one reason. Another reason is their professional skills; most actors in Britain and Australia are professionals with a theatrical background."

"Having undergone systematic training, their language and performance skills are also quite strong!"

Of course, another reason is that foreign actors are much cheaper than American actors;
Just like Nicole Kidman now, with blockbuster works such as "Ghost" and "Sleepless in Seattle" to her name, her salary is still not as high as that of American actresses such as Julia Roberts, Demi Moore, and Jodie Foster.

Compared to American actors, their professional skills are somewhat weaker. Once they gain a little fame, they start shooting commercials and the like!

Nicole Kidman blinked. "Foreign actors like us who dare to come to Hollywood have to have something to offer."

"The UK and Australia are alright, since they also speak English. Compared to other countries, that's our advantage."

Aaron lowered his head and kissed Nicole Kidman on the lips, then lay on top of her. "The British and Australian film industries are a mess; talent is heading to Hollywood now."

"However, the production costs in Hollywood are quite high now, and it's a trend for movies to be filmed overseas!"

Nicole Kidman reached out and stroked Aaron. "Dawn UK is doing well."

"Actually, Australia also provides subsidies for the cultural and entertainment industry, in the form of cash grants or tax rebates."

"Australia is a vast country with virtually all types of terrain, which can meet Hollywood's needs for diverse filming locations."

"Labor costs are also low; 20th Century Fox built its production base in Sydney!"

As Australia's most representative actress in Hollywood, Nicole Kidman is very famous in Australia;

Regardless, she certainly hopes to promote Australia's entertainment industry and would be happy to attract Hollywood film companies to shoot movies in Australia.

"Yes, News Corporation is an Australian entertainment group!"

Aaron rolled off the woman, putting his hands behind his head. "However, Australia is indeed a good option for Hollywood."

"However, the main foreign filming location for Hollywood is still Canada, while the UK, which has a large number of film industry personnel, is now attracting more and more film crews."

Australia is ultimately too far from the United States, and it's in the Southern Hemisphere;
In addition, Australia's film industry is not very developed, so it is not very attractive to Hollywood.

"Well, I don't really understand these things. Australia and New Zealand together have about 2200 million people." "Hollywood won't miss out on this market!"

As she spoke, Nicole Kidman sat down on the man's lap...

With the arrival of 1995, Sugon and Seagram offered Panasonic $60 billion and $58 billion respectively to acquire the MCA Group;

However, Panasonic considered the price too low, and Herbert Allen issued a statement on its behalf, stating that Panasonic's board of directors would not accept any offer below $65 billion!

After Panasonic issued its statement, Ronald Perelman, a Wall Street leveraged buyout expert who had initially been interested in MCA, was the first to withdraw.
Next came PolyGram, and Bertelsmann also withdrew from the acquisition.

New York, Manhattan's West Village.

In Dawn's office, Aaron leaned back in his chair, talking on the phone with Peter Peterson.

"So, it's just Dawn and Scragran left?"

Aaron smiled. "Has Edgar Bronfman Jr. sold any DuPont stock?"

"Not yet, there's no news of any large-scale stock transactions involving DuPont!"

"Alright, keep making offers. Anyway, Wall Street banks and funds support us."

Aaron then hung up the phone, picked up a copy of The Wall Street Journal from the table, and started reading it, except for the article about Panasonic's MCA acquisition.
There's also news about DreamWorks SKG, another new Hollywood film company.

South Korea’s CJ Group has invested $3 million to acquire an 11% stake in DreamWorks SKG, and also owns all rights to DreamWorks SKG’s works in Asia, excluding Japan!

"South Korea's CJ Group?"

Aaron tapped the table. CJ was originally Samsung Cheil Sugar Corporation. After the internal strife within Samsung, it was inherited by Lee Maeng-hee, the eldest son of Samsung founder Lee Byung-chul.
CJ is currently managed by Lee Maeng-hee's wife, Sun Fu-nan, and his brother-in-law, Sun Jing-zhi, as well as Lee Maeng-hee's son, Lee Jae-hyun.

CJ, which just separated from Samsung Group and is now South Korea’s largest food group, has surprisingly invested in SKG, the dream factory founded by Jeffrey Katzenberg and others.

With another shareholder, Paul Allen, DreamWorks SKG is definitely not short of money. Not to mention, David Geffen, one of the founders of DreamWorks SKG, is a billionaire himself!
Newspapers reported that CJ invested in DreamWorks because one of CJ's board members, Lee Mi-kyung, knew Steven Spielberg.

Originally, DreamWorks SKG was looking for investment from Samsung, but DreamWorks was too powerful and Samsung refused. After Lee Mi-kyung acted as a go-between, CJ Group invested directly.

Lee Mi-kyung is the eldest daughter of Lee Maeng-hee and the eldest daughter of the third generation of the Samsung Lee family!
It's a pity that the current chairman of Samsung is Lee Kun-hee, the third son of Lee Byung-chul.

A short while later, Christina Yellie arrived at Aaron's office and told him that Michael Ovitz wanted to meet with her.

"Isn't Michael Ovitz helping Seagram acquire MCA?"

Aaron was a little confused. Why would someone ask to meet him out of the blue?
Christina Yeri speculated, "Could it be that CAA has some package deal they want to collaborate on with Dawn Films?"

Aaron smiled and shook his head. "At a time like this, Michael Ovitz still has the mind to care about these things?"

"Reply to him that I will go..."

I also wanted to hear what Michael Ovitz had to say.

(End of this chapter)