hollywood billionaire

Chapter 103 Undercurrents surging
"Yi, I'm glad you still remember me as an old fart."

Seeing Han Yi, Peter Benedek walked over slowly, with his arms wide open, and said with a smile.

"Mr. Han."

David Kramer has nothing to do with the image of a wild, outgoing, eloquent acting agent in the traditional sense.He speaks slowly, with an elegant and steady demeanor, he is more like a university professor than a celebrity salesman.

Only the film and comedy department employees working under him know how crazy the vice president's ideas are at work and how terrifying his execution is.

UTA's midnight raid was initiated by Jeremy Zimmer, but the front-line commanders who actually carried out the mission were actually David Kramer and Jay Suss.The former played an irreplaceable and crucial role in convincing 11 agents headed by Marty Resack, as well as famous film actors such as Chris Pratt and Will Farrell. important role.

"It's always nice to see you." Han Yi smiled and nodded, shaking hands with Peter Benedek and David Kramer respectively.He purposely stood by the door of the meeting room, and the people inside couldn’t see him, but he could vaguely hear the voice, “Thomas asked me to say hello to you, Peter. He was supposed to fly back from Arkansas yesterday, and he will come with me today.” UTA Plaza is coming, but something has delayed it."

"What was he going to Arkansas for?"

"He's the headliner at the Youth Spring Music Festival."

"Oh." Peter Benedek turned sideways, glanced at David Kramer with a smile on his face, and then turned his gaze back to Han Yi, "It seems that we have found a superstar for you, Yi. Cooperation How did the talk go?"

"It's already done, and it will be announced in mid-May." Han Yi also followed suit, saluting Kramer with his eyes, and then looked at Benedek, "Speaking of which, you are the one who arranged this matter. Peter , I am very grateful, this means a lot to Han Music... Hey, if you have time on the weekend, come to No. 864 again? We have to celebrate this cooperation together."

"I won't ask for more, I just hope that your chef can make Mexican empanadas again, the spicy one." Peter Benedek put the four fingers of his right hand together except the little finger, I put it on my lips and kissed, "Best quesadilla I've ever had."

"David, you have to come too." Han Yi pointed to Kramer, blinked, and smiled.

"Of course, Mr. Han, I'm very happy." David Kramer was a little uncomfortable with Han Yi's sudden enthusiasm. He nodded, and his eyes could not help but drift to his mentor and supporters behind the scenes.

The latter, on the other hand, gave him a look with the same meaning and shrugged imperceptibly.

Peter Benedek didn't know what Han Yi wanted to do.

"Ah, enough greetings." Seeing the changes in the expressions of the two, Han Yi patted his forehead, as if he had just recalled today's important matters, "There is still a board of directors waiting for us to join, and we will wait for the meeting after the end." chat."

"Please first, Mr. Han."

Hearing David Kramer's words, Han Yi and Peter Benedek held each other's upper arms and gave way to each other for a moment. In the end, the elder went first.

Han Yi, who was following Benedek, stepped into the conference room for the second time, and found that all eyes were on him.

Andrew Tow, Jay Suss, Jeremy Zimmer, and Jim Berkus, everyone looked at him carefully with different expressions.

UTA's chief operating officer moved away from the seat, raised his body halfway, pressed his hands on the table, and nodded to Han Yi.The vice chairman in charge of television and news sat on his seat and raised his left hand, stretched out his thumb, index finger and middle finger, and stopped in mid-air to greet him.

As for the CEO and the chairman of the board of directors, they first turned their heads to look at each other in unison. Their eyes met at the midpoint, and then they spread apart very quickly, and stood up one after another.

"easy."

The two chose the same title.

"Jeremy."

Han Yi tightly grasped Jeremy Zimmer's hand, which was closer to him, and moved his body closer to him, deliberately lowering his voice, but most people in the conference room, at least including Jim Berkus, , could clearly hear his words.

"Good morning... I haven't had time to say thank you."

"Thank you for what?" Jeremy took half a step back and saw Han Yi's face clearly, still smiling and kind.

"Her." Han Yi pointed at Karen Guo greatly, and said with a smile, "My record company wouldn't be able to operate without her."

Jeremy glanced at Karen and realized.

This is a talent he highly recommends.

Now, he's brought her on UTA's board of directors.

What does this mean?
"When I saw Karen's name in the nomination list, I knew that she must have completely conquered you with her outstanding work performance."

Speaking of this, Jeremy Zimmer held Han Yi's right hand more forcefully, and at the same time continued to stare at Karen, his pupils were so bent that they could hardly see the pupils.

"A lot of things just happen, don't they, Karen?"

"The best boss in the world." Karen Guo raised his arm and pointed two fingers at Han Yi at the same time, "I should thank you, Mr. Zimmer."

"It's wonderful, very wonderful." Jeremy laughed loudly when he heard the words, patted the back of Han Yi's hand, and said kindly, "Please take a seat, Yi, there is a seat specially reserved for you on my right. "

"If it means that I can hear your quarterly report more clearly, then I'd be happy." After finishing speaking, Han Yi pulled the seats on Jeremy Zimmer's right and Karen Guo's left, Squeeze your body into the gap you created.After completing this series of actions, he smiled and turned his gaze to Jim Berkus, who was also standing up behind Zimmer, and swung his head back and forth slightly, indicating that he saw him.

"Mr. Berkus."

Hearing Han Yi's unsalty greeting, the smile on Jim Berkus' face froze slightly, and he pursed his lips involuntarily.

He called Zimmer "Jeremy" and called himself "Mr. Berkus."

There could never have been a clearer distinction of closeness or alienation than this.

Han Yi's series of actions just now, especially the attitude and title of Jim Berkus, are enough for all directors to imagine.Jay Suss took a sip of the ice water in front of him, his eyes drooping, wondering what he was thinking about.Andrew Toh still had a harmless smile on his face, his eyes were not even focused, he was staring at the closed LCD screen in the meeting room, as if he was declaring his absolute neutrality.

As for the heads of the remaining four core business segments, Matt Rice, the head of the television department under the jurisdiction of Jay Suss, James Franco, Seth Rogen, Chelsea Handler and Paul - Ladd's agent, representing UTA's film and television client group, Blair Cohan, who has a close relationship with David Kramer, as well as Neil Warnock, head of music, and Chris Day, head of corporate communications , there is no excessive reaction, but the expression is quite subtle.

Only Vincent Di, who was present on behalf of Parkway Capital, didn't respond. He just watched Han Yi calmly and gave him a formulaic business smile.

And this was exactly what Han Yi wanted to achieve.

It is enough to use a small difference in treatment to stir up a wave in the hearts of the original members of the board of directors and make them speculate and look forward to it.

Those who can sit in the core conference rooms of Hollywood's four major performing arts agencies are all veterans who have fought their way through this circle. They want to defeat the enemy with one move or let them be led by the nose according to their ideal layout. Different from idiots talking about dreams.

For Han Yi, the best strategy is to start out without any pain, and then adjust the next step in a targeted manner based on everyone's reaction.

Therefore, after greeting the giants in three different ways, Han Yi sat back on his seat, and the old god folded his hands on the ground without saying a word.

"Okay, it looks like everyone is here."

As Han Yi expected, Jim Berkus's mind was running fast, processing the information Han Yi just released.

What is the reason for his different attitude?

Maybe it's because of the way I treated him before, not that Jeremy Zimmer and Peter Benedek were peers, but still holding the attitude of their predecessors?
Maybe it's because...he got the resource support from Zimmer and Benedek, but he hasn't been able to play his due role yet?
However, he didn't take the initiative to ask, did he?
There are many questions in his mind, but Jim Berkus looks as usual.He sat on the chairman seat at the end of the conference room, and raised his hand towards Philip Voss in the northwest corner, the No.13 person in this room.

His official position is the partner and deputy general counsel of the United Artists Brokerage Company.At the operational level, he helps UTA's various divisions, subsidiaries, and joint ventures effectively implement the company's strategic plans, including acquisitions, venture capital management, client partnerships, SPAC affiliations, financings, and senior partner matters.

In the board of directors, as the No.13 person, he is mainly responsible for supervising and managing the effective development of the meeting.

In other words, he is UTA's board secretary.

"You can begin, Philip."

"Okay, Mr. Chairman."

Philip Voss stood up, looking at the faces of the twelve directors.

"Dear members of the United Artists Agency Board of Directors, good morning. I, Philip Voss, as Secretary of the Board, hereby confirm that a quorum has been reached for this meeting on May 2016, 5. According to our Bylaws, a quorum is defined as : The majority of current board members required for the board to conduct business and make decisions."

"On April 4, the previous board of directors made a resolution to amend the company's articles of association and increase the number of board members from the original nine to 26. Therefore, today, the new board of directors has twelve members. As of... nine o'clock Zero two points, a total of twelve members attended today's board meeting, meeting the quorum requirement."

"After meeting the quorum requirement, we can now proceed with the meeting agenda as planned. Thank you for your attendance and participation."

Having presided over UTA's board of directors meetings for five years, Philip Voss has long been familiar with a series of processes.He sat back on the leather chair, flipped through the meeting agenda document issued to each board member, and said.

"Now, please Chairman Berkus call a meeting."

"Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished Board members, thank you for being here today. As Chairman of the Board of Directors of United Artists, I hereby call this Board meeting."

Jim Berkus put on his reading glasses and read out the script he had prepared word for word.

"The agenda for today's meeting includes many important topics that will help shape UTA's future. We will discuss the company's financial performance, growth strategy, new partnership opportunities, and address any other pressing questions or concerns."

“Before we get into the details, I want to thank each of you for your tireless work and dedication to the success of our agency. It is with your collective wisdom and experience that we can continue to thrive in this ever-changing industry. Grow and grow."

"I would also like to extend a warm and sincere welcome to the three new board members, Mr. Han Yi, Mr. Vincent Dee, and Ms. Karen Guo, and welcome you to join the ranks of UTA decision makers in contributing to this great company. The company adds fuel to keep sailing."

"Now, let's start talking and trying to make informed decisions that benefit our customers, our employees and our institution as a whole."

After reading this, Jim Berkus breathed a sigh of relief, took off his glasses, and scanned the board members sitting on both sides.

"The first task, all members of the board of directors are invited to approve the meeting agenda."

"If you want to add, modify or delete the agenda, please submit it to me, and I will submit it to the board of directors for voting." Philip Voss began to nod, "COO Andrew Tor."

"No objection."

"Vice Chairman Jay Suss."

"No objection."

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"Representative of Han Capital, internal director, Mr. Han Yi."

"No objection."

Han Yi glanced at the dense agenda in front of him and replied.

Each one is the development direction of UTA that he is very interested in.

"All members unanimously approved the agenda for the meeting."

Philip Voss said to Jim Berkus while taking notes.

"Excellent, then... I'll turn over to the CFO to present last quarter's financials before moving on to other items on the agenda."

"Please chief financial officer, Jeff Darla Beta, to attend the meeting." UTA's chief operating officer, Andrew Thornson, said that at the level of corporate structure, he is the immediate boss who needs to report and listen to orders from the CFO.

Jeff Darla Beta, who has been the CFO of the United Artists Agency since 1998, does not know how many board meetings he has attended. In fact, except for Berkus and Benedek, no one here His career is longer than his.

Dara Beta stood on the left side of the display stand composed of two display screens, called up the presentation with the help of his assistant, and began to narrate in an orderly manner.

"Ladies and gentlemen, dear members of the board of directors of United Brokerage, good morning. I am presenting to you UTA's 2016 Q1 financial report."

"Including the London office, in the first quarter of 2016, the United Artists Agency recorded a total operating income of 1.674 million US dollars, direct operating costs of 5505.9 million, sales expenses, general expenses and administrative expenses of 7443.9 million, adjusted tax depreciation and Profit before amortization was $3750.6 million, and the EBITDA margin was 22.4%.

(End of this chapter)