MTL - America’s Road To Wealth-Chapter 45 real purpose

  Chapter 45 The real purpose

   Charlie Brown Pizzeria.

  Boss Charlie Brown, carrying a ten-inch grilled chicken pizza, walked towards the customers seated by the window in the shop.

  Americans' favorite pizza flavor is grilled chicken pizza.

  In the store that sells pizza, this is often the best-selling variety.

  It is definitely a standard configuration in many fast food restaurants, just like Tianchao's egg fried rice or fried noodles.

  Put the grilled chicken pizza on the table of the guests.

   Charlie Brown heard the youngest and handsomest of the four guests say thank you to him.

  This is his regular customer, Charlie Brown shrugged, "You're welcome."

   After finishing speaking, the old man left.

  It is ten o'clock in the morning, one of the busiest hours in the store.

  There are four workers in the store.

   When it comes to baking and making pizza, Charlie Brown is still in the habit of doing it himself.

  He didn't want to ruin his shop's reputation.

  The young and handsome guest was Abel who brought Anne Hathaway, Michael Levine, and another old white man here for dinner.

   ".Two Mr. Michaels." Abel said with a smile:

   "You should be familiar with each other.

   So I'll just introduce myself, I'm Abe Smith. "

  Michael Levin glanced at the old white man sitting next to him.

   Of course Michael Levine is familiar with this old white man.

  The old white man’s name is Michael Ovitz. More than ten years ago, when Michael Levine first joined CAA.

  Michael Ovitz is not only his boss, but also his teacher who trained him.

   It can be said that Michael Ovitz is Michael Levine's guide on the road of being an agent.

   "Levin, long time no see, hello."

  Michael Ovitz, founder of CAA, former president of Disney, and current founder and chairman of Artist Management Group, greeted his former subordinates with a smile.

  Michael Levine quickly responded: "Hi, Mr. Ovitz. Long time no see. The last time I saw you was Christmas last year."

   "Do you still remember it quite clearly?" Michael Ovitz replied with a smile, and then looked at Abel curiously:

   "Mr. Smith, I'm curious now, you called me and Levin here, is there any business for us?"

  Michael Ovitz will come, David Mellon got him.

   Said that there is business to do with him.

  Three years ago, Michael Ovitz after being kicked out from Disney and CAA.

  He was very upset.

   Then again founded his own new company, American Artists Management Group.

  Abbreviated as AMG, its business completely overlaps with CAA.

   is an art brokerage company.

   But one moment and another.

   Today's Hollywood entertainment industry is very different from when he founded CAA.

  The artist management group has been established for three years, but its operation has not been very good.

   Not to mention challenging CAA, becoming one of the five largest brokerage companies in the United States, or becoming the sixth largest.

  It's been three years, and I can't even make it into the top ten.

   Obviously, Michael Ovitz can't replicate the rise of CAA again.

   Just like he said, "The entertainment industry is my favorite place, and I am willing to give everything I have for it."

   Having achieved success and become a billionaire, he has suffered serious losses in all his investments in other industries.

  Although AMG, that is, Artist Management Group, is not in a very good situation at present.

   But at least they won't lose money, and there is still hope.

  The entertainment industry is an industry he is familiar with.

  He is already in his fifties, and he can't change his career even if he wants to.

  He doesn't want to retire.

   can only continue to work **** AMG.

  At this time, people from Wall Street (David Mellon) approached him.

   is looking for investment everywhere, and Michael Ovitz, who wants to expand the artist management group, is naturally very excited.

  He came over.

  Looking at the young man in front of him, Michael Ovitz is not from the financial circle.

   But he also knew that the young man in front of him was a rising star on Wall Street.

  Wall Street has been cheated by Hollywood, and basically has no interest in Hollywood after that.

  Now Abel has found him. He is very curious, is it because Wall Street has become interested in Hollywood again?

   "Exactly.

   Please come here, both of you, I really want to do business with you. "

   Abel smiled and said.

   "But strictly speaking, I want to hire you two to work for me."

   Hearing him say that, Michael Levine's reaction was okay.

   A little startled, but not a big deal.

  Michael Ovitz laughed outright.

  This man, who was already an important figure in Hollywood more than 20 years ago, smiled and said:

   "Hahaha~ Mr. Smith, are you kidding me?

  I know little about Wall Street, and my financial knowledge is limited to IPOs and funds.

  Even if you are willing to hire a layman like me, I personally would not want to delay your business.

  I will definitely let you lose even your underwear in the stock market. "

   This is actually very polite.

  If it was changed to before, when he was the chairman of CAA or the president of Disney, he would probably reply—

   "Are you worthy?"

  Back then, he was also one of the top giants in Hollywood, or in other words, the entire American entertainment industry.

   Now it has fallen, but the contacts, property, and ability are still there.

   His previous experience made him a rich man with a net worth of more than one billion US dollars. Strictly speaking, he is not short of money at all.

  Why should you work for a young man?

   It was still Wall Street that he was not familiar with.

   Unless you add money!

   "When did I say I would hire you to work on Wall Street?"

  Abel said: "If you don't listen, what is the name of the company I want to hire you to work for?"

  Michael Ovitz frowned, and he couldn't help but look at Michael Levine.

  The latter shrugged, saying that he didn't know what medicine Abel was selling in his pocket.

   "Let's take a look at this first."

  Abel pulled out two folded A4 papers from his pocket and put them on the table.

  Michael Levine and Michael Ovitz took one of the cards and unfolded it to look at it.

  Michael Levine read softly: "Equity conversion agreement? What? Mr. Barry Crown, sold his 4.5% CAA shares to Smith Capital?"

  He looked up in surprise and looked at Abel.

  Michael Ovitz put down the A4 paper in his hand, and picked up the one that Michael Levin was looking at just now.

   After reading it, Ovitz raised his eyebrows, "Barry Crown's 4.5%, TGO Capital's 3.36%.

  Mr. Smith, you now own a total of 7.86% of CAA. "

  Hearing what he said, Levin quickly picked up another one and looked at it. It was also a copy of the equity conversion agreement.

   "That's right. In addition, I'm still looking for the 1.5% held by GM. The other party has already intended to sell it and is currently negotiating the price."

   "There is also 4% of Williams Capital, which is being contacted."

   "If all are successful, the shareholding ratio will exceed 10% or more."

  Abel said easily.

  Michael Ovitz, who has been in the mall for a long time, was silent for a few seconds, and he looked at Abel:

   "Mr. Smith, what do you mean?"

   "Help me acquire CAA."

  Abel finally got straight to the point, telling the real purpose of inviting these two people over today.

   "After success.

  Mr. Michael Ovitz, I would like to hire you as the president of CAA.

   And Mr. Michael Levin is the general manager. "

  (end of this chapter)