In today's Hollywood, if you ask an ordinary audience whether they like Tom Cruise or Hugo Lancaster, it is estimated that the answer will be five or five points, maybe someone can have a little upper hand, but the advantage will definitely not be too obvious; When the same question is handed to the major film companies, their answer must be "I like them all", because for them, the actor is a whole term, and in the face of personal friendship, interests are always the core.

So, when Tom and Hugo competed for a movie, it excited almost everyone, and "Mission Impossible" became the center of attention in one fell swoop.

Now, Hugo is almost on the verge of a deal with Mission Impossible, and Tom is once again on top, offering a condition that Paramount can barely refuse. On the one hand, it is the feat of signing Hugo, the first $20 million salary in Hollywood; On the one hand, signing Tom and cooperating with this top superstar who has been in Hollywood for ten years is a dilemma in the eyes of any company.

But in fact, for Paramount, the choice was not so difficult.

In less than 48 hours, leaving very little time for Endeavor Elite Agency to react, Paramount officially announced that they signed Tom Cruise with a salary of 10 million US dollars, Tom joined "Mission Impossible", and the crew will be completed in two weeks and put into official filming!

The battle for the male protagonist of "Mission Impossible" was repeated for nearly a month, and finally ended with Tom Cruise's victory. The audience was hooked, with Tom's supporters overjoyed, Hugo's supporters indignant, and onlookers cheering in anticipation of the release of "Mission Impossible".

After all, Hugo missed "Mission Impossible", which is embarrassing.

In fact, it is not surprising that Paramount made such a choice, and the position they weighed was nothing more than a trade-off of interests.

Although signing a contract with Hugo can create a gimmick, the $20 million salary is also paid by Paramount himself, which means that their box office pressure is greater - and the profit margin is smaller. Not to mention other major studios, including Paramount himself, no film company would be happy with a salary increase. It has always been the brokerage companies that have promoted the rise in salaries, while the film companies want to keep costs down and control costs.

But the problem is that there are enough gimmicks of "Mission Impossible" now, and the "20 million salary" is just the icing on the cake - and Paramount's own bleeding, plus pressure from other major film companies. In fact, Paramount's choice was not too difficult in the first place.

On the other hand, the cooperation between Tom and Paramount is definitely not as simple as reducing the salary, Tom can bring a lot of things to Paramount, not only "Mission Impossible", but also the partnership of other works. No one forgets that Tom is an entertainer who belongs to an innovative artist agency.

This is really an interesting situation, on the one hand, the innovative artist agency has joined forces with William Morris agency and Endeavour elite agency to promote a new breakthrough in the remuneration of 20 million; But on the other hand, it is secretly Chen Cang with Paramount, which promotes Tom's franchise cooperation. Sure enough, it is currently the strongest brokerage company in the industry, and its first-hand fishing skills are perfect.

For innovative artist agencies, they are invincible, if Hugo starred in "Mission Impossible", then it means that the 15 million ceiling of the entire brokerage industry has been broken, and they are definitely the most favorable competitors for the next 20 million club; If Tom starred in "Mission Impossible", then they could have their own cast work more with Paramount, and also win head-to-head competition with Hugo.

Therefore, the innovative artist agency can definitely be called at ease.

Objectively speaking, in this competition, the biggest winner is not Tom or Hugo, nor is it an innovative artist agency, but Paramount and "Mission Impossible", the preliminary preparations for this work have not yet been completed, it is already word of mouth, and when the movie is released in the future, as long as the publicity can keep up, the box office of the movie has a high chance of breaking out against the sky.

Behind Tom Cruise stands the agency of innovative artists, while behind Hugo stands the agency of Endeavour Elite. This is also the first head-to-head game between the two brokerage companies, the surface cooperation and the back competition, or the old powerhouse innovative artist agency has the last laugh, but the innovative artist agency is clearly aware of one thing through this incident, that is, the rise of Endeavor elite agency has been unstoppable!

No one else knows, but the innovative artist agency knows it all too well.

In fact, the cooperation between Tom Cruise and "Mission Impossible" has been finalized as early as the night of the Oscar night, Tom has expressed his determination to win this work, and his connections in Hollywood are naturally not comparable to Hugo in three years, and the foundation of the innovative artist agency is not something that the elite agency can fight against.

Not only did Tom convince the main characters of the cast to gain the support of Brian De Palma and Robert Downey, but he also gained the favor of Paramount head Shirley Lansing. In addition, Tom also relied on his own ability to gain the support of Strong Walter.

Who is Jon-Walter? A veteran actor who has been in Hollywood for nearly 30 years, he became famous as early as the late sixties, and his contacts range from Broadway to TV series to movies, and he can also be seen in various fields such as screenwriters, directors, actors, and producers. If you want to talk about actor achievements, maybe he can't compare to Paul Newman and Jack Nicholson; But in terms of the forces behind the circle, he is the top being.

Strong expressed his willingness to star in "Mission Impossible" on the condition that Tom must be the leading actor. Moreover, he also appeared on Oscar night as a lobbyist for Tom. That night, Qiang and his daughter, Angelina Jolie, attended the paiduì - a daughter who can play a role in covering people's eyes and ears, so that others mistakenly believe that he is just paving the way for his daughter's future career as an actress, so that they will not notice his whereabouts.

Tom's collaboration with "Mission Impossible" was decided on Oscar night. Tom lowered his salary, only taking 10 million US dollars, you must know that Tom has long been the backbone of the 15 million club, and it is not easy to get him to reduce his salary; And Tom also named the producer, making full use of the resources of an innovative artist agency, according to the ideas of the director and screenwriter, he can quickly build a crew - and a high-quality crew.

Paramount has no reason to refuse.

These deals are hidden between the staggered and staggered, and it is difficult for even insiders to know until they are officially announced. But to the surprise of the innovative artist agency, Rick Rosen, the fox, actually smelled that something was wrong, and he immediately handed over the Paramount matter to Joseph Gibbs, and then ran around the Sunset Tower Hotel with Ali Emmanuel. At first, the innovative artist agency couldn't see through the purpose of their ramblings, but now it seems clear.

First of all, Joseph persuaded Paramount not to announce the news that Tom Cruise had signed for the time being, and at the same time, Joseph also pulled Paramount to the chariot of Endeavour Elite Agency to cooperate with the performance, and then the big drama came on the stage. At the same time, Joseph and they are quite accurate, and the innovative artist agency will definitely cooperate, because it is beneficial to them, and they can even seek more benefits.

Subsequently, Rick relied on his strong individual ability to pull Disney and Warner Bros. into their camp.

Tom Hanks, who is in the limelight, joined Disney for his voice work to bolster the production "Toy Story", in exchange for Nicolas Cage's exit in "Death Island" and Alexander Lorraine joined. Later, they reached a deal with Disney to join companies such as Twentieth Century Fox to put pressure on Paramount.

Clint Eastwood and Al Pacino have partnered with Warner Bros. in exchange for Warner Bros. joining - in fact, it doesn't matter whether Warner Bros. joins at this time or not, they just do it with their hands and follow the trend - because they don't approve of the salary exceeding 20 million.

At such a "critical" juncture, Tom Cruise came out strongly, and after weighing the pros and cons, Paramount gave up the $20 million salary plan and chose Tom, who "reduced his salary", and the results are clear at a glance.

In this way, Hugo did not want to increase his salary, but was stifled by the film company. Other brokerage firms will not only no longer be able to put pressure on Hugo, but will sympathize with the situation of Endeavour Elite, gloating, "After all, it is a small and emerging company, and the power is still not enough." After this blow, it is estimated that it will be a long time before it recovers. ”

It was Tom Cruise who ran around and relied on his strong personal connections to achieve a turnaround; Obviously, the innovative artist agency is still strong, providing strong support and helping Tom Cruise win "Mission Impossible". However, under the crisis management of Endeavor Elite Agency, it not only resolved the previous criticism of Hugo's remuneration, but also sought a lot of benefits for the company's artists, and at the same time, it also had mutual secrets with Warner Bros., Disney, and Paramount, and the relationship reached a higher level.

The most important thing is that Endeavor Elite Agency is doing something unknowingly, if it weren't for the innovative artist agency and the insider, otherwise they wouldn't have noticed it at all. Not only did the old foxes like Rick and Ali leak, but even Joseph, who was generally looked down upon before, did not show any horses.

Moreover, Tom teamed up to convince Paramount Pictures that it was on Oscar night, but Rick's reaction speed and crisis handling ability were amazingly good, whether it was their thoughtful thinking in advance, or their accurate judgment and clear thinking on the spot, it proved their ability.

The agency of innovative artists doesn't know how Rick sensed something was wrong, which leaves them with no evidence to confirm all their speculations; But for them, the facts don't matter, speculation is enough, because they clearly know that the entire Hollywood agency circle is expected to be reshuffled next.

It's just that what they didn't expect was that Endeavor Elite Brokerage Company actually had a backhand! Moreover, this backhand seems to be their ultimate goal!