Hollywood Road

Some people may be intimidated by the name of CAA, but with Murphy's character, when things reach this point, they will never back down.

He looked at Leon Rose on the opposite side and said slowly, "CAA is really powerful, but it can control the media? Do you really think you are Viacom or News Corporation?"

Murphy shrugged and added, "Even Rupert Murdoch and Summer Redstone wouldn't say they can control all the media."

CAA does have some influence over a lot of media, but it would be a joke to say that it can control the media.

News like Kobe Bryant can never be suppressed by CAA. One of the media's favorite things is to create a star and then destroy a star. Only then can it be newsworthy and attractive. .

If he sells the photos to the media, those media can notify CAA before publishing it, which is already very good for CAA.

Although he underestimated each other because of his age and inconspicuous status, Leon Rose didn't pay enough attention to it, thinking that throwing the mountain of CAA would save some face for most people.

But the young man on the opposite side is obviously not so easy to fool, nor will he be confused by those unrealistic things.

This person does not eat hard and soft, and Leon Rose has no good way. In fact, at this stage, when the opponent holds the photo of Kobe Bryant, he is completely passive.

Unless he wanted those pictures to come out.

It's just that the exposure of those photos will have serious consequences. I am afraid that many of what this man named Murphy said will also turn into facts.

Even if only one of them happened, his side would have to pay a very heavy price.

"Young man!" Leon Rose looked at Murphy, "Don't be too greedy, CAA is not so easy to mess with."

Murphy turned his head slightly, met the other's gaze, and said, "I never meant to provoke CAA."

A fool wants to provoke CAA, he just ran into it by bad luck.

Leon Rose was about to breathe a sigh of relief when Murphy said, "I have hurt people, been in prison, and have been in the lowest level of work. I can only work for the most basic livelihoods. But I have no relatives and no property. , and no worries..."

"No worries..." Leon Rose repeated this sentence silently. As far as he knew, the other party really had nothing to worry about.

To put it bluntly, the opposite is just a poor scoundrel from the slums of Los Angeles.

What's the best way to deal with such a person? After a few laps, Leon Rose fully understood the crux of the problem.

"Tell me," he asked directly, "a reasonable number."

With his hands crossed on the coffee table, Murphy said calmly, "I'm a Kobe Bryant fan and would do anything for him. He's a great star and a city hero in Los Angeles..."

From sitting down to now, Murphy has never said anything related to money, and these words may become a trick at some point.

There are certainly numerous cases of deals like this between celebrities and the press and reporters, but Murphy is careful.

Leon Rose's face became more and more serious, and he finally decided to make Murphy a heavyweight negotiating opponent.

"Clever and cunning like a fox, calm and forbearing like a hunter!"

For some reason, Leon Rose looked at Murphy and remembered this sentence.

"Ten thousand dollars!" He tentatively offered a price.

Murphy didn't seem to hear it, and was still talking, "I'm a Kobe fan, and I definitely won't do anything to damage my idol..."

Leon Rose originally thought that with some means, he could settle this matter without too much effort, but in the end he had to use a money strategy. Fortunately, he was prepared when he came,

Employers have also said that nothing money can solve is a problem.

Of course, there is a limit to the amount of money.

"Thirty thousand dollars..." He continued to increase the price.

Murphy is still talking about how he idolizes Kobe Bryant.

"Forty thousand dollars..." Leon Rose's voice became low.

On the other hand, Murphy has made Kobe Bryant a superstar unparalleled in the world.

Leon Rose gave Murphy a deep look, "Greed is an original sin! Young man, fifty thousand dollars is a huge sum of money."

Murphy's tendency to keep his mouth shut, it seems that he is really a fan of the basketball superstar.

"You..." Leon Rose's eyes widened, "70,000 dollars! This is the highest price I can offer, don't be too greedy!"

Murphy was unmoved.

"Eighty thousand dollars!"

"Ninety thousand dollars..."

Looking at the opposite side, Murphy guessed that the bottom line was coming.

"You have to know how to stop." Leon Rose's voice sounded coldly again, "One hundred thousand dollars."

"As I said, I adore Kobe." Murphy also understands the principle of taking enough time. Although the agent on the opposite side has a bad attitude, he uses obvious means. He doesn't believe that CAA will only do things in an upright manner. , The current price is not low for him, and it obviously does not touch the bottom line of CAA, "Kobe is my idol, I will never let anything that endangers my idol spread out!"

Hearing Murphy's words, Leon Rose couldn't help but glance at Murphy again, feeling that this young man was more sophisticated and smarter than he estimated.

"I want all the copies." Leon Rose stabilized his mind and said calmly, "There is also a non-disclosure agreement."

Murphy picked up the cup, drank the rest of the coffee, and stood up, "You know my number."

After that, he didn't ask for the storage disk, turned around and walked towards the door of the cafe.

A night of hard work, in exchange for a hundred thousand dollars of funds, Murphy thinks this business can be done.

Subsequently, Murphy joined his lawyer Robert, went to Burbank, and officially signed a temporary work contract with Channel Six to participate in the production of the documentary.

Channel Six has its own editors and production staff, and while Murphy will have an assistant director and cameraman on the untitled documentary, there isn't much to get involved.

Murphy didn't care either. Compared with the professionals of Channel Six, he was really an inexperienced novice, and he was not yet fully qualified for the job of assistant director.

More often, Murphy is laying hands on the editor.

Since the material does not need to be shot, and all the video materials from the past are used, the importance of the editor's work is highlighted, and it is not unreasonable for Murphy to follow the editor.

It is not easy to become a qualified director and editor.

In the editing room, Murphy stood out of the way, not saying a word, just watching the editor named Griffith busy, the other party was dealing with the video of the Bill Road case and a robbery in the Latin community that Murphy filmed a long time ago. , he used a parallel montage method to closely connect the poor who were shot and the rich whites, and seemed to want to use this method to prove that violent crime in Los Angeles is no longer confined to one place, whether the poor or the Rich people are victims.

Moreover, compared with the specially processed pictures during the news broadcast, the footage here is more real and bloody, and it is easier to attract people's attention by ignoring the facial **** that conceals the identity of the deceased.

"The footage you shoot is hard to come by."

When the work came to an end, Griffith walked over to Murphy, pointed to the Bill Road case on the screen, and said, "I have been in the industry for so many years, and I have never seen anyone who can shoot such a shocking scene."

"Thank you." Murphy said very modestly, "It's just luck."

The door of the editing room was knocked from outside at this time. After Griffith answered, someone pushed in from the outside. Murphy turned to see that it was Carla Firth in a professional dress. Griffith nodded in greeting, then called Murphy out of the editing room.

When they came to the rest area on the first floor of the TV station, the two found an empty table and sat down. Carla Faith said directly to Murphy, "It looks like you are really studying hard."

"An opportunity like this is rare." Murphy said seriously, "I cherish it very much."

Carla Firth pointed in Santa Monica's direction and asked, "How's that going?"

"It's basically done."

There is an insider on the opposite side, and Murphy does not need to hide it, "Tomorrow I will sign a non-disclosure agreement with the other party's brokerage company."

"How many?" Carla-Fith made a gesture of counting money.

Murphy shook his head, "Not a lot."

He stretched out five fingers and swung the front and back.

Carla Firth could understand, and said slightly mockingly, "This is not your style."

"It's a lot," Murphy said contentedly. "It's just gossip, and for me, CAA is much harder to mess with than the LAPD."

"Want to develop in the film industry..." Carla Firth said mercilessly, "You shouldn't provoke CAA."

Murphy finally showed a hint of helplessness, "How could I have thought that a basketball superstar like Kobe Bryant would belong to an entertainment company like CAA?"

But then he put away his helplessness, "Honey, you know, I need money, a lot of money."

"I know that." Carla Firth didn't save him any face, "I also know that when you enter the film industry, you will become poorer than you are now."

She sighed in a low voice and put on a persuasive tone, "There is a rule in Hollywood that a director will never invest in his own film."

In other words, Carla Firth would never have said so much.

"I know the unwritten rule." Murphy sat back in his chair, "but I can't think of any other way."

There has been no response to the submitted script so far; when I went to the crew for an interview, the other party only learned of the experience of hurting a director, and they would close the door...

He has wasted a year in prison, and the time in the future is really not too much. Every year, the chances of success are less and less.

Carla Faith looked at her watch and stood up, "Then I can only wish you good luck."

After a year of bad luck, Murphy's luck is undoubtedly quite good recently, but he is not sure how long this good luck can accompany him, especially in the film industry, luck is often very important, if bad luck, No matter how wonderful a film comes out at an inappropriate time and place, it may be so darn unfamiliar.

A good movie is nothing but the most basic condition for a movie to succeed.

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