American Scandal King

Chapter 182 Ian's Revenge

Early April, *** Building, headquarters of Carl Media Group.

Ian signed his name on the agreement with a smile, and a group of UTA bosses clapped and laughed.

Marty Bauer, the co-founder of UTA, who is over 50 years old, gave Ian a warm hug and said, "Working with you is our greatest success. Together, UTA will soon become the best agency in Hollywood!"

Tracy Jacobs also laughed and said, "The most important thing is not to do anything to our artists."

This woman is UTA's gold medal agent, and her most valuable artist is Johnny Depp.

The only person who can compare with him is Frank Ledio, who used to be MJ's agent. They ended their relationship not long ago. But MJ was still affiliated with UTA and continued to work together.

Even now, although Ledio is not Michael Jackson's agent, he is still Michael Jackson's friend. Anyway, he is much better than Dr. Tomei. In addition, he has many star singers under him.

In addition to these two big-name agents, there is also Jason Heyman, who is Christopher Nolan's agent; and Martin Leszek, who is the agent of comedy star Will Ferrell and the guy who opposed the merger and secretly sabotaged it.

UTA's revenue last year was around $2.3 million, with a profit of $ million. Most of their expenses were agent salaries, etc. They also invest in film and television, but the returns are average.

Ian invested $6 million to acquire 77% of UTA's shares, becoming the absolute controlling shareholder.

The second-largest shareholder is Chairman Marty Bauer, the third-largest shareholder is co-founder Jim Berkus, and the rest are other co-founders and some big-name brokers who own shares.

UTA's current value is around eight to ten billion, so this price is really a bargain - Chatham obtained all of UTA's internal financial reports, including a considerable amount of operating information and behind-the-scenes operations, so that even Marty Bauer couldn't inflate the valuation or leave any hidden tricks.

Besides that, Ian made a bunch of promises: for example, he promised not to interfere with UTA's management and operation; for example, every artist under UTA's banner would receive special care and more publicity; for example, if there was commercial competition, Carl Media would help to defeat the competitor; for example, if UTA participated in a film or television project, Carl Media would also give more publicity...

In short, money is not the key, the key is Ian Carr’s media resources.

From now on, UTA artists will always be the best news and there will be no scandals!

After exchanging pleasantries with everyone, Ian sat down with them. He poured everyone's drinks and said with a smile, "We're all in this together now, and there's something I want to tell you all."

Let's all look at him together.

Ian turned on his computer and played the video.

Watching Georgia Boyce's words in the video, everyone looked at Martin Lesek in astonishment.

Tracy Jacobs exclaimed, "Fuck, Martin! How could you do this?"

Martin Leszek's expression was also gloomy. "Ian Carr, I admit I didn't like this before, mainly because your price was too low, and you wanted to be the largest shareholder. UTA is a professional agency and must maintain sufficient independence! You offered too little money, but asked for too many shares. And regarding Jennifer Connelly's matter, I heard that Universal Pictures and DreamWorks have put a lot of effort into this. You didn't do much for her! You're just taking advantage of a ready-made opportunity!"

He paused and said, "I didn't instruct him to tamper with the list. I wouldn't do that. That was Georgia Boyce's own behavior! I have my own bottom line!"

"Then your bottom line doesn't meet my needs." Ian smiled.

He spread his hands and said, "It doesn't matter how much I contributed to the Jennifer Connelly incident. What matters is that you saw someone sabotaging it. Without me, the Oscars would have become a huge joke. Do you know how serious the consequences would be?"

Martin Leszek shouted, "That has nothing to do with me! You offended ABC! This is not a single incident. You offended many people, including Jews. That's why I oppose it."

Ian nodded. "You're right. I have indeed offended a lot of people, but I have the ability to deal with them. But you are different, Mr. Leszek. I can offend a hundred people and easily deal with them. But you can't deal with even one person you offended! This is the difference between you and me. The key to the problem has never been how many people you have offended, but whether you have the ability to clean up your mess!"

Marty Bauer said hurriedly: "Martin is an excellent agent. He was wrong in this matter, but I hope you can forgive him."

Ian looked at Marty Bauer coldly: "That's it?"

He could understand Marty Bauer's feelings.

The most important thing for an agency is to win over big-name agents, after all, they control the core resources.

Although Martin plotted against Ian, it was not a loss for the company. If the operation was successful, it could even be capital for UTA to raise the price.

Because of this, Martin did not offend UTA, but only Ian Carr!
Marty Bauer's decision to protect Martin at this time was very helpful to his popularity in the company.

Sure enough, Marty Bauer smiled and said, "I hope you can be more generous. If you had told me before, maybe UTA would have given you a more favorable price."

Bullshit!

Ian chuckled and said, "What if I insist that you take care of this guy?"

Marty Bauer shook his head slightly. "You are just a shareholder and not responsible for actual management. This is what we agreed upon."

I'm not surprised you'd say that. Ian stood up and took out a stack of papers from the drawer and threw them to Marty Bauer: "What about this?"

Marty Bauer took it and took a look. It was full of negative information about Martin Leszek.

The others came over to look and were all shocked.

Tracy Jacobs yelled, "Ian Carr, you can't do this! You promised you wouldn't do anything to hurt UTA!"

"Not reporting negative news about UTA isn't written into the contract. So what if I broke a verbal promise?" Ian sneered. "I won't interfere with UTA's management, but if someone from UTA gives me trouble, I can't teach them a lesson... Do I look that easy to bully?"

Everyone was speechless.

They all looked at Martin Lesek, their eyes full of "Sorry, I can't save you."

If Martin Lesek were to remain, Ian Carr, who had just become the majority owner, would immediately deal a fatal blow to UTA.

Damn it, a backstab from one’s own people!

Maybe Ian Carr will even fight for the honor of being equal in front of the news.

Martin Leszek also knew he was finished.

He nodded helplessly and hopelessly: "I will submit my resignation as soon as I get back."

With that he left angrily.

In this situation, he has no choice but to resign, otherwise Ian will ruthlessly destroy him!

He had thought about many things, but he never expected that the first day that Carl Media acquired shares in UTA would be the day he resigned.

Watching him leave, Ian Karl laughed softly.

He looked at the people in front of him and said, "Inform CAA and WME not to accept Martin Lesek's joining."

Marty Bauer frowned slightly.

You agreed that you would not be responsible for business management, but on the first day you intervened forcefully in this way?

Now everyone understands why Ian Carr can delegate power so generously.

He really doesn't need any obvious power, but if you don't obey, he will kill you!
That's why he did it after the contract was signed.

After succeeding, Ian Carr showed his true fangs - this is also the consistent style of most capitalists.

He said all the good things before taking office, but did all the bad things after taking office.

The last group to encounter this situation included Xingkelun Daily, Meihe Construction Company, and shareholders of Lino Bank.

Co-founder Jim Burkus said: "We have no influence on CAA and WME. There is no way they will listen to us."

Ian grinned: "What I want is for them not to listen."

He spread his hands and said, "You've got to have an excuse to start a war, right? I promised you something. If we cooperate, my promise will remain valid!"

His eyes showed bloodthirsty excitement: "It's time for Hollywood to get busy again!"

Sooner or later, Hollywood will be afraid of him. Once they discover the horror of Ian Carr and everyone surrenders, it will not be so convenient for Ian to reveal the secrets... After all, by then you will find that they are all your people!

So take this opportunity to collect some information, reveal some information, and use an AOE skill to earn a lot of news while continuing to improve the experience of the left eye.

Considering this, Ian doesn't really want to have too much control over Hollywood.

Always keep some enemies as stepping stones.

Fortunately, Hollywood is a big place, and there are always stubborn people.

Looking back at everyone, Marty Bauer and others felt an inexplicable chill in their hearts.

(End of this chapter)