In fact, it is not unusual for the international innovation management company to have such a situation, when the company was founded in 1975, the company's internal struggle for power and profit occupied the main theme, which made the company even very difficult to start, as a result, watching the strong rise of the innovative artist agency, after losing the opportunity, the international innovation management company has been in the position of a catch-up, so far has not been able to change the situation.

The initial struggle for power and profit of the international innovation management company was caused by Marven Josephson, who is not a broker, but a businessman, and it is crucial for businessmen to take the initiative; Later, the emergence of Lang Yimayer, Rick Rosen and others allowed Marvin to gradually decentralize power, and then the company came from behind to become one of the three top Hollywood brokerage companies.

Now, Marven wants to reclaim power again, and Lang, Rick and others have become thorns in their side, which can definitely be said to be a repeat of history.

The internal turmoil of the international innovation management company is naturally an opportunity for competitors, not only the innovative artist agency and the William Morris agency, but also many small and medium-sized brokerage companies are also eyeing the tiger, in this situation, Marvin naturally hopes for a quick solution, so, in Hugo's view, the situation will change dramatically in a month at most, at least a week. Of course, the most likely point in time should be after the end of the Oscars, which are now less than two weeks away, and the timing is a sensitive time.

Thinking of this, Hugo couldn't help but start trying to search for his own memories, trying to find out about the top Hollywood agencies.

Hugo is well aware that even after this turmoil, the international innovation management company is still the top store in Hollywood in 2014, but at that time Hollywood is no longer a three-legged stand, but a five-strong competition, and the entire American entertainment industry has five top brokerage companies to form a competition.

The main reason is that the civil unrest is not only in the international innovation management company, in fact, the innovation artist agency and the William Morris agency are not much better, and frequent personnel changes are a common thing in Hollywood.

Hugo vaguely remembers that it was l994 or 1995, there was turmoil within the three major brokerage companies, and they all came from the division and confrontation within their respective high-level executives, and the entire Hollywood brokerage industry was a storm for almost a few months, and the war between each other was very fierce, and the actor resources and agent resources were constantly flowing and changing, and the other two top players appeared during this time.

In 2014, there were two of the top five agencies in Hollywood, namely United Elite Agency (UTA) and Endeavor Elite Agency (Endeavor)O.

Founded in 1991, United Elite Agency was formed by the merger of two medium-sized brokerage firms that survived in the middle, and their career took off from two important events, one was the successful poaching of Michael Jackson from an innovative artist agency in l995, which gave a clear signal to Hollywood: this is a thriving company; The other was that in l996, they became the first agency in Hollywood to set up an independent film department, which gave them far-reaching influence in the film field, attracting people such as Johnny Depp and Christopher Nolan (Christopher). Nolan) is a superstar with a penchant for independent films.

Founded in l995, Endeavour Elite is an absolute rookie in terms of its founding, but the company's rise has been very fast, and their founders have splintered from an infighting with an international innovation management company that has been described as "midnight politics." The "change" event directly led to the rise of Hollywood's fifth-largest agency.

The success of Endeavor Elite Agency also comes from two points, one is their careful management of the television industry, and one figure shows that in the broadcast season from 2007 to 2008, 58% of the TV dramas were produced by Endeavor Elite Agency's clients, which gives them an absolute advantage in the TV industry that has been ignored by other agencies.

The other also comes from the emphasis on independent films, but unlike the United Elite Agency, Endeavor Elite Agency relies on a unique vision, and their keen sense of work has achieved great success at the Oscars, becoming the only agency among the five major agencies that can compete with innovative artist agencies at the Oscars.

Thinking of this, Hugo suddenly felt why the current events looked so much like "midnight politics." Change", Joseph had mentioned to him before that Rick had plans to set up his own business, and he did split from the International Innovation Management Company, and then looking at the atmosphere and chaos within the company now, it is indeed very consistent with the historical trajectory in Hugo's mind. It's just that there is a slight difference in time, it is only 1994, and the midnight politics of Endeavor Elite Brokerage Company. The change was in 1995.

In the end, it was the arrival of Hugo that changed history, and it will be midnight. The change was brought forward by a year; Or is Rick just a nobody who left the International Innovation Management Company, and in later life he didn't create a career at all, but a real midnight government? Change is still a year away.

However, after experiencing several events, Hugo has also realized that history cannot be changed if he wants to, and he still has to go with the flow, if his little butterfly can change history, it may have been completed unconsciously, so there is no need for him to think too much.

"Joe, Carl, what do you think?" Hugo did not rush to express his opinion, in fact, the main reason is that his understanding of these situations is very limited, "To be honest, in fact, for me, it makes no difference which brokerage company I stay in, I hope to find a reliable agent, although his ability is important, but the relationship between us is more important." ”

On this point, Hugo's attitude has always been the same, Lang and Joseph, Hugo will choose the latter; Lang and Karl, Hugo will still choose the latter; Lang and Marvin, Hugo would rather not choose.

Hollywood is originally a circle where interests come first, and it is natural that agents need to prioritize interests in everything, but if agents will sacrifice the former for the sake of the latter among actors and interests, then this kind of cooperation will become very difficult, which is very important for Hugo.

"In fact, now it seems that it is naturally the best choice to be able to innovate an artist agency." Carl pondered, and Joseph nodded in agreement, that in Hollywood now, innovative artist agencies are the number one company to take the lead – and for the next twenty years, thanks to their own internal operating system, even if the top is split, the whole company will not be caught in an irreparable whirlpool. "But you know, you've turned them down twice before, and you don't have a good relationship with Martin Baum, who is one of the biggest partners in the Innovative Artists Agency."

Joseph sat next to him and shook his head, "Martin's attitude towards Hugo has always been ambiguous. I can see that he still has some appreciation for Hugo. Besides, for them, as long as there are enough benefits, a little bit of a holiday is nothing at all. ”

Unless it's an irresolvable hatred like Tracy's, most things in Hollywood can be solved by profit.

"However, I think it is better to stay in an international innovation management company to go to an innovative artist agency, because they are all large companies, and they are all interests first, and their connections are similar, and the most important thing is to see Hugo's own choice, there is no right or wrong." Joseph also saw the problem more thoroughly, and his control of the whole situation was very clear.

Hugo didn't answer immediately, but sat down and thought about it for a moment, "Joe, do you remember, you said before that Rick seems to want to set up his own door, and let you come and see if I want to join him, right?" Joseph nodded in agreement, "So, what do you think now?"

Joseph looked at Carl in surprise, and then looked at Hugo, "You mean, you want to join Rick's ranks and start from scratch?"

"If you want to explain it that way, you can do that." Hugo chuckled twice, "What you just said is right, no matter which company you go to, it is actually a big company, and it is also a matter of interests, the problem is just my orientation." But you know, I've never been interested in an agent like Lang. Although it is said that Rick must be interested in the first place, otherwise he would not be where he is today, but the point is that Rick knows how to adjust his strategy according to the target, we can say that he is scheming, but we can also say that he is sincere. ”

Hugo has always had a very good impression of Rick, even in l991, when Hugo was at its lowest, Rick helped Hugo a lot, and later after the Golden Raspberry Award, Rick was very friendly. Regardless of whether Rick's interests are paramount, it can at least be seen that his personality still retains righteousness, so on the issue of Hugo, no matter how earnest and eager he is, he is not greedy, or he still cooperates with Hugo's pace, not as aggressive as Marven.

If Rick is Hugo's agent, Hugo can definitely communicate with each other, which is the most important thing; What's more, with Rick's ability, he is also the top agent in Hollywood at present, and he is definitely not inferior to anyone.

However, this is not the most important part, more importantly, "whether we choose the international innovation management company, or the innovative artist agency, or the William Morris agency, in fact, we are all pawns, we are all objects in the power game." But if we choose Rick and start a new business together, maybe we can also invest in shares, then this will also make us out of the position of pawns and become gamblers. ”

Hugo's words were calm and calm, and there was still a faint but warm smile on the corner of his mouth, but it made both Joseph and Carl completely stunned.

(The text of the unfinished version to be continued is provided by (Dian Dian Han Paper).) ）