Hollywood starts with an agent

Chapter 346 Such Heavy Taste

The following day, a tabloid in Hollywood newspapers reported that British actor Hugh Grant was arrested by Los Angeles police for having sex with a prostitute in a car on Sunset Boulevard.

"Hey, this guy has some really unique tastes!"

In Belair's villa, Aaron sat on the sofa, looking at the newspaper in his hand, his lips twitching.

Hugh Grant was caught red-handed by Los Angeles police officers while having a black man serve him in his car on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood.

"What's wrong?" Winona Reid walked over lazily and sat down next to Aaron.

Aaron handed him the newspaper. "Take a look."

“Tsk,” Winona Ryder’s eyes widened as she pointed to the black prostitute in the newspaper, “Is that a man?”

Aaron chuckled. "I knew Hugh Grant was a womanizer all along; he probably just wanted a change of pace!"

A long time ago, Aaron had heard Elizabeth Hurley say that Hugh Grant was a womanizer, but he never expected him to be so extreme.
Hugh Grant's trip to Los Angeles is likely to promote his new film, "Nine Months Pregnant," a romantic comedy starring Hugh Grant and Julianne Moore.

The director is Chris Columbus, the director of the Home Alone series, and the investor and distributor is 20th Century Fox.

Macaulay Culkin, the child star who starred in the "Home Alone" series, announced his retirement from the film and television industry this year due to his parents' divorce and custody battle.
With alcoholism and marijuana use, Macaulay Culkin, once the highest-paid child star, has completely fallen into depravity!

In the afternoon, Aaron, who had arrived at Universal City Hollywood, met with Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg, two executives from DreamWorks.

Who is the Asian woman with Spielberg?

In the office, Aaron questioned Dawn Steele.

“CJ Group Director Lee Mi-kyung represented CJ Group in investing in DreamWorks and the upcoming collaboration.”

Aaron nodded. "Paul Allen, along with Li Meijing, the three founders have also raised $1 million."

"No wonder people say Dream Factory SKG was born with a silver spoon in its mouth!"

Dawn Steele responded, "Indeed, DreamWorks SKG has been famous since the day it was founded;"

"Some time ago, ABC and DreamWorks Television signed a $2.5 million television production deal."

“ABC,” Aaron chuckled, “Disney is acquiring Metropolitan/ABC Group.”

"If successful, will Michael Eisner still work with Jeffrey Katzenberg?"

At the same time, Sony President Nobuyuki Idei finally fired Mickey Schulhoff, head of Sony America.
Following Jon Peters and Peter Cooper, it was the turn of Norio Ohga's protégé.

Sony was supposed to have Nobuyuki Idei take over the overall management after becoming president, but Norio Ohga is still serving as CEO.

In Japanese companies, the president holds the highest position, while in American companies, the CEO position is even higher, resulting in Sony being managed by Norio Ohga and Nobuyuki Idei! On the other hand, after losing the bid for MCA Universal to Dawn, Edgar Bronfman Jr. of the Seagram Group, on the advice of Michael Ovitz, turned his attention to MGM.

After competing with Kirk Kerkorian, Edgar Bronfman Jr. acquired MGM/United Artists for $16 billion.

"What? Ronald, you've joined MGM as president?"

In the CAA office in Beverly Hills, Michael Ovitz looked on incredulously.

Edgar Bronfman Jr. invited Ronald Meyer to become president of MGM Studios, where he would co-manage the MGM Group with Frank Marcuso.

Michael Ovitz was surprised that he knew nothing about this; Edgar Bronfman Jr. and Ronald Meyer had kept it from him.
"Ronald, so I've always been the Joker?"

Michael Ovitz never expected that Ronald Meyer, his old friend of over twenty years, would hide this from him.
Ronald Meyer smiled. "Michael, you've gained far too much. Bill and I haven't even made half of what you've made in the CAA."

“Back then, five of us founded CAA together, and in the end, only three of us remained. But you were too greedy; you took way too much.”

CAA’s three largest shareholders are Michael Ovitz, Ronald Mayer, and Bill Haber.
But CAA's success was mainly due to Michael Ovitz; Ronald Meyer and Bill Haber were always his underlings.

Michael Ovitz stared wide-eyed, unable to believe that Ronald Meyer would say such a thing.

"You really are greedy. Mr. Bronfman has also lost faith in you. Your demands are far too high!"

Edgar Bronfman Jr. immediately approached Ronald Meyer after acquiring MGM;
As for Michael Ovitz, he's now a discarded pawn...

Four Seasons Hotel Beverly Hills.

After acquiring MGM, the Seagram Group held a large cocktail party.

Aaron attended the event and met with Edgar Bronfman Jr. again. "Congratulations! The sequel movie, GoldenEye, which will be released next month, is highly anticipated!"

Edgar Bronfman Jr. smiled. "MGM/United Artists has a solid foundation, and now with the financial backing of the Seagram Group, I believe it will be able to revive quickly."

"Aaron, you've gained another competitor in the future."

Aaron glanced at Ronald Meyer, who was standing not far away next to Frank Marcuso. Edgar Bronfman Jr. hadn't invited Michael Ovitz, but Ronald Meyer instead!
Aaron shrugged. "MGM is rooted in Hollywood. If it's acquired by Kirk Koccrian for a third time, MGM might truly become a casino brand, not a movie brand."

"For Hollywood, it might not be a bad thing if Seagram can acquire MGM?"

Of course, Aaron didn't feel anything. For MGM/United Artists, apart from the distribution rights of the 007 series, what Aaron cared about most was the distribution rights of The Hobbit series.

When Aaron acquired the rights to The Lord of the Rings novel series from Saul Zahnz, he had the full rights to the series, but only the film production rights to The Hobbit; the distribution rights were already held by United Artists.

Edgar Bronfman Jr. nodded, then took a sip of his drink; MGM certainly couldn't satisfy him.
After all, apart from United Artists' copyright library and distribution system, MGM's film library before 1987 was in the hands of TBS Broadcasting Group, and its production facilities and film props had been sold by Kirk Kochrian in earlier years.

(End of this chapter)