Hollywood starts with a broker

"This time, you've really made Warren Beatty lose a lot of face. Afterwards, if there's a chance, he'll definitely make some trouble for you!"

The Rose Bar at the Roosevelt Hotel, Al Pacino and Aaron Anderson sat at the bar.

Aaron smiled, "Warren Beatty, two consecutive blockbuster failures, and scandals continue. Let's wait until he finds a distributor willing to invest in 'Bugsy' first!"

Sony may have money, but the performance of the films is also linked to the income of the managers. Columbia Pictures has already refused. What Samsung Pictures is thinking is also uncertain, right?

After all, 'Dick Tracy' only made over 50 million US dollars at the North American box office. Disney paid a production cost of 47 million US dollars, plus more than 40 million US dollars in publicity and distribution costs, a large part of which was used to deal with Warren Beatty's scandals;

With this kind of investment, even if you add the overseas income of 'Dick Tracy' plus videotapes, it would be extremely difficult for Disney to even think about breaking even!

"By the way, is the 'Frankie and Johnny' project ready yet?"

Aaron felt that Garry Marshall and Al Pacino were too impatient. The script for 'Pretty Woman' is difficult to replicate.

"Almost, the director, actors, and distributors' funds are all ready!"

Al Pacino had just helped Paramount shoot 'The Godfather Part III' before, so it's normal to shoot a romance film.

Aaron nodded, but it seemed like, thinking about it, Al Pacino hasn't won the Oscar for Best Actor yet, right?

It seems that the movie he won the award for was 'Scent of a Woman'!

A low-budget art film, but the word-of-mouth and box office were good.

Leaving the Roosevelt Hotel and returning to West Hollywood along Fountain Avenue, Aaron saw a small theater for sale on Gardner Street!

Jack Wells has already left CAA. Aaron thinks he should find something for him to do first;

Aaron is still very experienced in running cinemas.

The next day, at a fast-food restaurant near the Bruin Theater on Gardner Street, Jack Wells was gnawing on a hamburger with a look of surprise, "Let me run a theater?"

Aaron nodded, took a sip of coffee, and pointed to the Bruin Theater outside, "Although it's a bit old, it can still be used. I've decided to buy it and run it, and then renovate it;"

"After the filming of 'Boyz n the Hood' is over, you can manage the theater while thinking about how to build a security company?"

Jack Wells smiled, "I don't have that much money. Buying this theater would probably cost millions of dollars!"

"Don't worry, I have the money. Buy it, and we'll split it fifty-fifty. I don't have time to manage it, so you'll be responsible for the operation."

Aaron couldn't treat Jack Wells badly. The other party directly and neatly solved the trouble on the 'Boyz n the Hood' side.

When Jack Wells heard this, he was a little excited, "I've never run one before, is it a big problem?"

Aaron rubbed his forehead, "We've already bought it, so the biggest expense, the rent, is gone. Even so, can you still lose money?"

"I've seen it, there are almost 300 seats inside, but the environment is a bit poor!"

300 people watching a movie together is really too many people, it definitely won't work, at least it has to be divided into two halls.

Most of the cinemas now are in this single and single-hall model, unlike the future cinema which has multiple halls, often more than a dozen halls.

"When the time comes, we'll simply renovate it first, and it will have to be rebuilt in the future!"

In the future, the Bruin Theater can be directly demolished and a luxury cinema can be built.

Movies are developing, and cinemas are also developing. Early nickelodeons and drive-in theaters have disappeared;

Luxury movie palaces are also facing difficulties in development. New multi-hall cinemas are the trend, and there are already quite a few three- or five-hall cinemas.

Reduce the number of viewers in each hall, give the audience a more comfortable viewing experience, and increase the sales of food and beverages such as cola, popcorn, and hot dogs!

"Okay, I think it's no problem," Jack Wells doesn't have any systematic ideas about security companies now. Having a theater to work on is very good.

"That's good. After the filming of 'Boyz n the Hood' is over, you go to the boss, negotiate the price, and then make simple modifications;"

"First of all, we need to add a hall and separate the lobby. The sound equipment must be good, and then set up couple seats, and the seats should be arranged in a stepped manner..."

Jack Wells left with excitement!

After entering August, Jennifer Connelly's 'The Rocketeer' officially started filming;

'Pretty Woman' swept the world, with 170 million US dollars in North America, plus 280 million overseas, for a super high box office of 450 million US dollars!

Julia Roberts became a global "America's Sweetheart!" overnight from an unknown person.

Burbank, Disney headquarters, Aaron officially met with "Disney King" Michael Eisner for the first time.

"Aaron Anderson, graduated from high school, only 20 years old this year, entered CAA, and participated in the buying and selling of 'Sex, Lies, and Videotape', 'Cinema Paradiso', and 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles';"

"After changing careers from an agent, he developed a low-budget suspense drama 'Phone Booth', which earned tens of millions of dollars in profits;"

"He persuaded Jeffrey Katzenberg to speed up the development of this 'Pretty Woman', and strongly promoted Al Pacino to play the male lead, and had a huge conflict with Warren Beatty!"

Read it all at once without missing a word!

Michael Eisner sat in the chair, somewhat imposing, looking at Aaron Anderson.

"I heard you've developed two more works, one is a romance film, and the other is a black drama!"

Aaron nodded, "That's right, it's a collaboration with Sony Columbia."

Michael Eisner was very surprised, "What you've done in the past two years, although it's hard to understand, the results are amazing;"

"After the success of 'Phone Booth', shouldn't you continue to look for similar low-budget thriller and horror works? Isn't the risk smaller?"

Who would directly take their own wealth to continue independently producing movies, and still borrow more than 10 million US dollars from the bank?

"How many works with tens of millions of dollars in box office only make one or two million each year? You're only 20 years old, aren't you worried about going bankrupt?"

Aaron shook his head, "Because I have confidence in myself, even if I fail, I can still be my agent;"

"Or, go to a film company as a buyer, and I can turn around at any time. It won't have any impact on my quality of life!"

Aaron didn't know what Michael Eisner wanted to see him for, just to say these things?

"There are many young talents in Hollywood, most of them end up with nothing. This extravagant circle can easily make young people lose their way!"

Michael Eisner looked at the other party, "Disney wants to sign a three-year distribution contract for three films with your Dawn Pictures;"

"Based on a 15% distribution commission, what are your thoughts?"

Aaron smiled, "Mr. Eisner, I think we can wait until my work is released next year before talking about these things. Right now, I'm working very happily with Sony..."