Hollywood starts with a broker

This season, the NBA league's salary cap is $15 million, and Jansen's remaining contract always takes up a portion of the salary space.

However, Aaron felt that Jerry Buss definitely had a solution.

After chatting with Jerry Buss for a while, Aaron also met Sumner Redstone, the protagonist of the evening. Aaron couldn't help but admire this guy for acquiring Paramount at the age of 70.

The Redstone family's National Amusements is essentially a chain of movie theater companies. In 1986, it swallowed Viacom, becoming a media tycoon!

"Aaron," suddenly, Michael Ovitz came to Aaron's side.

"Mr. Ovitz, good evening!"

Michael Ovitz nodded. "I heard you're going to acquire Samuel Goldwyn Company?"

"Yes, Dawn acquired AMC Networks before, and it needs film library resources."

"Moreover, Dawn's current distribution system also needs a film library to support it."

Aaron didn't hide anything, after all, this is a normal strategy.

Michael Ovitz was a little wistful. Seeing his former subordinate achieve such brilliant results made him even more eager to run a film company.

CAA, ICM, and other behemoths in the agency business always lacked something because they couldn't get involved in production due to antitrust laws.

"It seems that your decision to leave CAA back then was completely correct!"

Michael Ovitz had just recommended Joe Roth, who was leaving Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, to Disney.

However, as a longtime friend of Michael Eisner, the latter also wanted him to join Disney to replace Jeffrey Katzenberg, but the specific position hasn't been decided yet.

"CAA is also good. It's the largest agency in Hollywood now," Aaron said with a smile. Besides, Michael Ovitz had been selected as the most powerful person in Hollywood by the British magazine "Premiere" for three consecutive years!

Michael Ovitz waved his hand, "CAA's annual profit is not as much as one of your movies..."

Afterward, Aaron led Monica Bellucci to the balcony of the banquet hall to get some fresh air!

"The test screening of 'Philadelphia' had very good feedback. Have you seen the script for 'Garage Horror'?"

Aaron lit a cigarette and took a puff.

"I've seen it," Monica Bellucci said, kissing Aaron on the cheek. "I've read the script. The scenes aren't very complicated, so it should be quick to shoot, right?"

Aaron nodded, "Yes, the scenes are very simple in general. When the time comes, we'll shoot directly in the parking lot under Dawn Tower."

"Few scenes, few actors, you are the only highlight in the play!"

"Garage Horror" is originally a low-budget thriller. A sexy and hot beauty paired with a perverted security guard, one escaping, one chasing and killing.

Blood, darkness, plus big breasts, standard horror movie specifications!

"Since this year, I have spent a lot of time learning English and participating in acting training, and I should be able to meet the director's requirements."

"Don't worry..."

Because Viacom first acquired Blockbuster for $8.7 billion, and then borrowed money from the bank to swallow Paramount Communications Group.

As a result, the entire Viacom Group's debt is rising higher and higher. What Sumner Redstone has to do next is to sell some assets to reduce debt!

As the first media mogul to propose "Content is King," Sumner Redstone's emphasis on Paramount is self-evident.

Subsequently, in front of more than 300 audiences, Sumner Redstone delivered a shocking speech: "My goal is to be number one;"

"So, I hope everything I do is number one. I'm not saying I can do it, nor am I saying I should be, I'm just saying I like number one."

With the acquisition of Viacom Group, only Disney and MGM among the seven major Hollywood film companies currently maintain their independence.

Compared to Disney, which has its own children's cable network, record company, theme parks, live-action and animated film companies, and international distribution network, MGM can only be said to be half-dead now, after all, it was almost dismantled by Crédit Lyonnais.

In the hotel lounge, Sumner Redstone inquired about Dawn Films from Sherry Lansing, the chairman of Paramount Pictures!

"Dawn? Aaron Anderson, the founder of Dawn, is Hollywood's Golden Boy. He was originally an agent at CAA;"

"Then he discovered some new directors such as Steven Soderbergh and David Fincher, and made a name for himself in the independent film circle;"

"After that, he formed Dawn and supported black director John Singleton to develop the popular 'Ghost'."

"His stroke of genius was acquiring the thriller 'The Silence of the Lambs' from Orion Pictures, which won an Oscar in one fell swoop!"

Sherry Lansing greatly admired Aaron's precise vision. Later, Paramount also purchased "The Addams Family" from Orion Pictures and succeeded.

However, Sherry Lansing heard from Nancy Josephson of ICM that Aaron Anderson also favored this movie, but he lacked funds and could only buy one, so he chose the cheaper "The Silence of the Lambs."

Sumner Redstone smiled, "I've also heard of the name Hollywood's Golden Boy. No one can match Aaron Anderson's film vision;"

"Dawn's ability to develop to such a scale in just four years is enough to prove his ability!"

Speaking, Sumner Redstone looked at Sherry Lansing, "Is it possible to acquire Dawn Films?"

Sure enough, Sherry Lansing also guessed that for someone who touts "Content is King," he definitely hopes to own Dawn!

Unfortunately, Sherry Lansing shook her head, "Disney, Twentieth Century Fox, Sony, etc. are all interested in Dawn;"

"But Aaron Anderson has no intention of selling Dawn."

"Okay," Sumner Redstone did have this idea, but he had just acquired Paramount and didn't have much energy to pay attention to Dawn.

Currently, Viacom needs to utilize Paramount's content resources as soon as possible. Viacom has a strong distribution capability and needs a high-quality content provider like Paramount!

Moreover, Sumner Redstone, who is already 70 years old, doesn't have the energy to participate in frontline production business. Paramount is mainly responsible for Sherry Lansing;

What he has to do is to grasp the general direction, the combination of cable TV and high-quality film companies.

Sherry Lansing, as the female helmsman of the only large film group in Hollywood, is inherently stable;

She likes to co-invest in works with other film companies in order to share risks, which is also considered an alternative, after all, there are not many cooperative projects between the six major Hollywood studios!