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    In front of the whole huge fox group, CAA is really nothing, but it is beneficial and harmless to win such a huge force''s support. Moreover, the project winners of CAA service are far more than the losers, and it is not a bad thing to cooperate with them. On the contrary, they can get a strong help outside the company.


    For CAA, a director of the production department of the six major film companies who are more inclined to cooperate with them can enable them to continue to maintain their dominant position in the industry and even further expand this advantage in the face of fierce competition from many competitors.


    Bill rosis and Carla Firth are not surprised by Murphy''s reaction, especially CAA''s attitude. Now they have lost the strength of Michael owitz when they were in office in the face of the six major Hollywood companies.


    You know, it''s not only other brokerage companies that compete with CAA, but also some people who are transferred from the entertainment brokerage industry.


    When Murphy and Carla Firth leave bill rosis'' office and go down to the hall of the Death Star building, such a person suddenly appears.


    "Hello, director Stanton."


    A middle-aged man stands in front of Murphy and Kara Firth and introduces himself, "I''m Maher drakles from the artists management group. I''ve brought Mr. Michael owitz''s greetings."


    Hearing this thunderous name, Murphy was somewhat surprised, but nodded calmly and said, "hello."


    The man, Maher de lacqueres, looked at Carla Firth and said, "can we talk alone?"


    Before Murphy could speak, Carla Firth took the lead in saying, "we''d better have dinner another day. I''ll go first."


    Murphy nodded. "I''ll call you another day."


    As Kara Firth walks out of the Death Star building, Murphy takes her eyes back and turns to the man opposite.


    "This way, please?" Maher de la CREIS leads the way, and Murphy follows. They go to the coffee shop on the second floor and find a quiet stand near the window. After they want coffee, they are looking at each other.


    Few people who work hard in Hollywood in this era don''t know the name of Michael owitz. This can be said to be a Hollywood legend in the 1980s. CAA, founded by himself, is the absolute overlord of the entertainment brokerage industry. For the sake of the company''s business, I can not only pucker up and dance on the dinner table to please the company''s super customers, but also run into the CEO''s office of six major companies Office.


    The mid-1990s is the dividing point of Michael owitz''s life and career. In order to become a real Hollywood superpower, he gave up the CAA he founded and turned to the CEO of Walt Disney. But this time, he failed. The CEO of Walt Disney and Michael Eisner became his Waterloo.


    However, Michael owitz, who left Walt Disney, also saw his own abilities and advantages thoroughly, founded the artist management group, and returned to the entertainment brokerage industry.


    Murphy speculated that the purpose of their coming to find themselves was very simple, just to dig the corner of CAA.


    Sure enough, Maher drakles said his intention directly and clearly, "director Stanton, Mr. owitz appreciates your ability and your potential very much. I''m here to invite you to join the artist management group."


    "I''m very proud and honored to have Mr. owitz''s praise." Murphy politely said, and then politely declined, "I have a very happy cooperation with CAA, and I have no intention of leaving CAA at present."


    "You don''t need to leave CAA." Maher drakles took a look at Murphy in doubt, understood immediately, and quickly said, "you join the artist management group and are not in conflict with CAA."


    "Er..." Murphy has no idea when the talent brokerage Act allows two brokers to sign up at the same time?


    Seeing that Murphy had misunderstood, Maher de lacres explained, "the artist management group has long given up its brokerage business and is now a manager management company."


    "So it is."


    In this way, Murphy made it clear that he had been in Hollywood for several years. Of course, he knew that agents and managers were totally different.


    Different from the entertainment brokerage industry on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, in Hollywood, strictly speaking, brokers and managers jointly undertake the complete work content of the industry employees.


    According to California law and Trade Union regulations, brokers and managers can be said to have a clear division of rights - brokers can get jobs for clients, their job is to reach as many jobs for clients as possible; managers'' responsibility is to design and plan clients'' career, build clients'' career path, and improve their competitiveness The job is to provide their clients with career advice, and to provide advice and suggestions on career choices offered to them by brokers.


    In other words, the broker provides employment opportunities for the client, while the manager suggests which opportunities the client should accept."Director Stanton, we''re not asking you to quit CAA." Maher - dracres timely said, "just want to represent your manager business, for you to plan a better career."


    Murphy doesn''t know much about the industry of managers. Of course, he won''t agree or refuse immediately.


    "I need to think about it." He said.


    According to his own judgment, when CAA has four brokers, it seems that there is no need to add another manager, right?


    Moreover, in terms of broker''s bonus, if a manager is added, his income will be reduced by 5% to 10%.


    Michael owitz''s name is indeed very loud, but today''s Michael owitz is far from the original CAA''s Michael owitz, and it doesn''t have so much attraction for him.


    It is indeed a kind of honor to be liked and sought by Michael owitz. It can even become the capital to show off, but this is a business in essence. No matter from any aspect, he should choose the more successful partner now.


    After leaving the coffee shop, Murphy thought for a moment and dialed the number of Robert Downey Jr. he is a veteran of Hollywood and an acting family. He must have a deeper understanding of managers.


    Indeed, Robert Downey Jr. knows a lot more about the industry than he has been in the industry for a few years.


    He also gave Murphy''s suggestion that if he was still in CAA, he would not need a manager. If he wanted to accept a manager, it would not be long before there would be a conflict between the manager company and the brokerage company, and he must make a choice between the two.


    Because now Hollywood managers are doing a lot of work within the scope of brokers under the banner of managing companies. As early as ten years ago, the two were not complementary, but became competitive.


    Later, Robert Downey, Jr. came out to have dinner with Murphy and explained the situation between the two.


    In Hollywood, any person or company who is engaged in or employed in the production and distribution of films, or has any interest in any production or distribution company, shall not directly or indirectly engage in the broker business or enjoy the broker interest, whether it is a person or company.


    California''s "talent brokerage act" is a special industry law to regulate the entertainment brokerage industry. The act emphasizes that only brokers can obtain jobs for relevant employees, and through a series of provisions to protect them from the invasion of their agents in the process of business practice, such as prohibiting brokers from providing customers with wrong or misleading letters about their job opportunities It is forbidden to send clients to work in unsafe places; it is forbidden to hire "jinv", gamblers and alcoholics; it is forbidden to provide illegal job opportunities for ethnic minorities; it is forbidden to share Commission with clients'' employers.


    The legislative spirit of this law is to maintain and strengthen the distinction between brokers and managers to protect the interests of clients. It stipulates that "no one can work as a broker without a license granted by the Commissioner for labour."


    The law clearly shows that the agent of relevant employees must obtain the broker''s license before they can go to work.


    In other words, if the manager''s job as a broker is illegal, the artist can report to the Commissioner for labor and seek compensation. After the Commissioner for labor finds out, all contracts signed between the manager and the artist will be revoked, and the illegal income in the past year will be confiscated.


    And Hollywood''s major trade unions also stipulate that entertainment agents must hold photos, authorized by them.


    Under the dual regulation of state law and industry regulations, the entertainment brokerage business has become a privileged and strictly protected profession, but there are strict restrictions under the "privilege".


    For example, when Murphy signed a contract with CAA, the first contract was valid for one year, and the longest extension period was three years;


    for example, the agent''s Commission was limited to 10%;


    for example, the agent was forbidden to make or enjoy the work achievements of his clients, and the agent was not allowed to directly or indirectly enjoy the production company or distribution company of any film Any person or company who is engaged in or employed in the production and distribution of films, or has any interest in any production or distribution company, shall not directly or indirectly engage in the brokerage business or enjoy the brokerage interest, whether person or company.


    These strict restrictions are to avoid the "conflict of interests", that is, if the broker obtains the job opportunities for his clients that he is the employer in fact - the broker is entrusted by the client to seek the maximum income of his clients while seeking the job opportunities, and the remuneration of the Commission is also set to make the interests of the two be consistent, but if the broker is the employer, the Commission will be set up The goal of filmmakers and producers is to control costs and maximize profits in the future, which is contrary to the goal of brokers, that is to say, it will bring loss to customers.


    "But you know, where there are interests, there are disputes," Robert Downey Jr. put down his knife and fork and looked at Murphy opposite. He said, "the rules are dead, and people are alive. Managers use these silent tacit understanding to erode the brokerage business on a large scale." (to be continued). )