Darkwalker of the Sky World
Chapter 96
With enough food and wine, Zhou Zhen also asked what she wanted to know and sent the guests away.
Seeing the reporter at the door, Zhou Zhen wanted to hide again. He was held by Cylon and directly faced the lens of the reporters.
When Stallone and Batista left, Theron said, "ZZ, my manager is a good plan. She has played an important role in shaping my image, making me turn the wind in Hollywood at my age.
As for your future plan, I will ask her to make a plan according to your situation, which is regarded as my support for you. "
Zhou Zhen didn''t refuse her kindness. He blackened Hollywood and the American boxing world. He doesn''t understand the rules here. If an acquaintance leads the way, he can avoid many detours.
So he hugged Theron gently in front of the reporter and said, "I won''t refuse your kindness, because it''s really what I lack now."
She smiled and patted Zhou Zhen on the waist. "Then do you need me to introduce you to a brokerage company, a reliable broker?"
"Not for the time being. I need to plan the development of boxing first. At present, there are three films about, which is enough for me to toss for some time."
Stallone and Theron got in the car and left, and most of the reporters dispersed.
On this street, most of them are Hollywood practitioners, and there are countless small stars. Zhou Zhen is not in the number at present.
I found that this was a normal social, and the reporters were disappointed that they had no material to write.
If Theron doesn''t stay tonight, I''m afraid he''ll attract countless paparazzi.
Back in the house, his mother was sending photos to her circle of friends on wechat. Zhou Zhen took out her mobile phone and saw many aunt level messages one after another. She was envious.
His father was a little jealous and said she was too intimate with Stallone.
Zhou Zhen replied below: Dad, don''t worry. Stallone''s face turned blue when he saw his mother kick the thick stake at the mouth of the bowl.
His father screamed again: that''s right. I''m the only female tiger who can live in Wusong.
His mother replied again: tomorrow, go and see if the washboard in the United States is easy to use. Take one back.
Other aunts envied them for paying two dogs, but Zhou Zhen was a little supportive.
Put down his cell phone, he went back to the house, turned on the computer and began to search for information about boxing agents.
Compared with the narrow fighting circle, the boxing circle is really a mixture of dragons and snakes. There are all kinds of people.
Gangsters, casino tycoons, retired boxers, workplace elites and a variety of elite talents form this complex circle.
Seeing so many famous agents, Zhou Zhen doesn''t know what to choose, but it''s necessary to have strength.
After reading for a long time, Zhou Zhen saw two unread emails in her mailbox and opened them.
One is the January publicity plan sent by Xiaoliang studio, and the other is the new script sent by golden cicada shelling 3.
In fact, the plot of golden cicada shelling 3 is not complicated. The daughter of a Hong Kong tycoon is missing in the United States. Zhou Zhen plays an expert appointed by the tycoon and comes to the United States from Hong Kong to save people.
Stallone and Batista are still old identities. They are also the helpers of tycoons in the United States.
The three men were unconvinced by each other at the beginning, and finally resolved the contradiction. They went to the prison known as the devil station to save people.
The plot is much better than the previous one, and the logic is more reasonable.
Zhou Zhen''s role is still cool and show off.
He is very satisfied with his role, but he doesn''t know that because of him, the history of the film has changed.
Originally, the film was also a super bad film. Excluding the remuneration of Stallone and Batista, the cost was only 3 million, which was completed in 17 days.
But because Zhou Zhen paid $1 million this time, the producers, including Stallone, paid more attention to the script and shooting of the film.
Now, the production cost of the film has been raised to $10 million, and it has been adjusted from the original r-level to PG-13 level.
Zhou Zhen, a supporting role, is regarded as the key to enter the Chinese market by Lion Gate film because of her outstanding appearance and strong skills.
His part has been increased a lot. Although it can''t compare with the part of the second little brother Liang, it can also be similar to Stallone.
Of course, this is because Stallone is too old to move.
After all, he is almost 72 years old.
It is worth mentioning that the location of this film is the prison in Shawshank Redemption.
Lion Gate film is not an art film company. Stallone is to make money and prepare a dowry for his three beautiful daughters, so this popcorn film is to play well.
Because of the script modification, although the preparatory work has been completed, the shooting still can''t start until mid January.
Zhou Zhen spent the whole night reading the script first and knew that there was no difficulty in this role.
His name in the film is still called ZZ. The name with the same nickname has now become the label of Zhou Zhen.
The next day, Zhou Zhen went to the airport to return his mother. Zhou Tai followed him back this time and came back in mid January.
Shooting started in mid January. This year''s Spring Festival will be celebrated in the United States.
But his father, his mother, uncle Quan and uncle Ming will also come to Los Angeles for the Spring Festival.
After returning from the airport, Zhou Zhen drove. Meng Lei sat in the co pilot''s seat and began to report to Zhou Zhen the list of ten brokers she sorted out according to the information searched on the Internet.
After listening patiently, Zhou Zhen said to her, "I''ll meet with Theron''s manager later and show her the information later. Boxing agents are very important and we must be careful in this regard."
"Why don''t you sign directly with Cylon''s company? Mme company is very good. Eli Emanuel is one of the best agents in Hollywood."
"Do you think Emmanuel will take me personally when I sign Mme? Besides, I have finalized the films for this year and next year, and I''m afraid he can''t see my profit."
"But in the United States, you still need a brokerage company."
"No hurry, I need precipitation now, but also fame."
At 3 p.m., Zhou Zhen welcomed Milly, Cylon''s manager.
She is just 50 years old. She has settled in Hollywood for decades and knows this industry very well.
The manager is not a broker and will not expand his career for the employer, but makes a unified plan for the employer''s image management and asset management.
Before her arrival, she had learned about Zhou Zhen''s video on the Internet and had a general understanding of Zhou Zhen''s image and strength.
But these are far from enough, because he needs to understand Zhou Zhen''s character, set his image and plan his future development according to Zhou Zhen''s requirements.
Therefore, she communicated with Zhou Zhen for more than an hour, and carefully understood Zhou Zhen''s personality characteristics, various hobbies, including her plans for the future.
Before leaving, she said to Zhou Zhen, "with my suggestion, you should seize some media influence and sign a performance brokerage company first. I can make some efforts in team management, but I can''t intervene in career planning."
Or suggest he sign up for a brokerage firm. Zhou Zhen asked, "do you have any suggestions?"
"Since your main goal is not the performing arts circle, but the boxing ring, I personally suggest you sign CAA. They have more influence in the sports circle. Even ordinary boxing agents should give them some face."
Zhou Zhen knows that this is the law of balance. If he doesn''t find a powerful backstage to negotiate with a boxing agent, he will often suffer a loss.
After Millie left, Zhou Zhen looked at the three boxing agents she delineated and decided to listen to her persuasion, find an acting agency first, and then contact the three people.
CAA''s headquarters is not far from Zhou Zhen''s house, located in the Death Star Building in Century City.
Zhou Zhen called the other party and said her demands. The next day, CAA''s development department sent an agent named Rutgers and three assistants.
It is worth mentioning that there is an assistant from China, from Jinmen, who has studied in the United States and has worked in CAA for eight years.
Although Zhou Zhen is unknown and his works are not available in the market at all, at least he is also a hot news topic, and he has a lot of potential to tap.
Moreover, the box office of Huaxia increased surprisingly. In the second half of 2017, it was close to the North American market.
In the past, Chinese actors were not valued. Now they are a little more valuable than before.
CAA has obviously made more preparations. It knows that Zhou Zhen has too many opportunities in Hollywood and has the strength to defeat Batista. It belongs to the scarce resources of Hollywood now.
Although his Chinese identity can not have the potential of the first card in Hollywood, he still has a place for rational development.
Rutgers is Filipino and has no white domineering side. One of the assistants he brought was specially responsible for sports and competition, and he was also very familiar with the circle of boxing.
There are restrictions on performance brokerage companies in the United States, and the percentage can not exceed 10%.
However, there are great differences between the two sides on the success of sports competition.
CAA wants to draw a 5% commission from Zhou Zhen, but Zhou Zhen is unwilling to let them make the money.
Because he wants to find a boxing promoter, which is actually competitive with CAA.
A big company like CAA can''t turn the boxing circle. If they have a dispute with his boxing agent because of their interests in the future, it will be very troublesome.
Rutgers advised him: "although CAA has no rich experience in boxing, it has incomparable advantages in various sports brand agents and image building."
Zhou Zhen retorted: "then I can sign the brand endorsement and the brokerage contract in boxing competition separately. Anyway, boxers don''t have many endorsements except the top ones. This can be negotiated separately when I''m looking for an agent."
Boxing agents usually draw 30 percent. After becoming the top boxing champion, they can be a little lower.
Because boxing agents are also called promoters, they should be responsible for organizing events, publicity, investment and bidding, and pay much more cost than ordinary agents.
The performance brokerage contract was signed three days later, but the sports brokerage contract and advertising agency contract have not been signed for the time being.
In the terms, Zhou Zhen insisted that he have the final decision.
CAA doesn''t pay special attention to Zhou Zhen at present. They just pay attention to Zhou Zhen''s scarcity of Kung Fu, so they don''t insist on dominating Zhou Zhen''s acting career.