"Then we can only fight back!" Jon Landau sighed, "But it's not like there's no other way. Although the big associations control the top talents, they can't control the newcomers."
"For the newcomers, they don't care about the association. They just want a salary, an opportunity to participate in film production, and the possibility of becoming famous. That's enough!"
"I suggest you immediately form a team and go to the big film schools to recruit and test these talents. Then, you can incorporate them into the Daqian Group. Although these people are a little green and unreliable at the beginning, they will grow up as long as you give them time. By then, the Daqian Group will be able to take a breather! "Jon Landau took the initiative to suggest.
"Mr. Jon, I have an evaluation of you. Do you want to know?" Boss Jia heard Jon Landau's idea and suddenly said with a smile.
"What is it?" Jon Landau showed a curious expression.
"You are a kind and honest man!" Boss Jia said with a grin.
"Is that a good evaluation?" Jon Landau looked at our Boss Jia with a strange expression.
Under normal circumstances, kind and honest man would be a compliment.
But in this business world where everyone was deceiving each other, and in the vanity fair, it wasn't necessarily a compliment.
"Of course it's a good evaluation!" Boss Jia said with a smile, "You know, more than 1700 years ago in Hua Xia, there was an era called the Three Kingdoms. There was a country called Wu Kingdom, and there was a governor named Lu Su. He was praised as a kind and honest man! "
"That's an interesting evaluation. If I have the chance, I will definitely learn about Mr. Lu Su's story!" Jon Landau said with a smile. He was really an honest man.
However, Jon Landau still didn't understand why Boss Jia would suddenly give him the evaluation of an honest man.
So Jon Landau asked, "Mr. Jia, you gave me such an evaluation. Do you think I'm too honest?"
"Something like that!" Boss Jia nodded and said, "Your idea just now was an experienced speech. From a long-term point of view, your opinion is undoubtedly very correct. If the Daqian film wants to get rid of the restrictions of various associations, we must cultivate our own talents!"
"So, I plan to immediately implement your suggestion. From Hua Xia, Hollywood, and all over the world, we will select some excellent seeds and newcomers to join the Daqian film team and carefully cultivate them. I believe that in five or six years at most, we will be able to cultivate a lot of excellent talents. From then on, we won't be restricted by any restrictions! "
"But for now, we have three important movies in the Daqian film next year, we can't wait!" Boss Jia's shook his head. "
"That's really difficult. Maybe I can persuade some people. They are dissatisfied with the association …" Jon Landau thought hard for a while and said. He didn't expect Boss Jia to shake his head and refuse. "That won't be useful. How can you invite a whole crew of talents with only your personal connections?"
"What's more, I don't need ordinary talents, but the top talents in the entire industry to support my next few movies. Your connections alone are not enough!"
"Then what do you want to do?" Jon Landau spread his hands and asked.
"Before I answer your question, I have a question that I hope you can answer!" Boss Jia smiled.
"Go ahead, I'll answer as much as I can!" Jon Landau said sincerely.
"It's very simple. If I were to invite you to be the producer of the Lord of the Rings movie and be in charge of the production of the entire movie, would you be willing?" As soon as Boss Jia finished speaking, Jon Landau immediately revealed a troubled expression.
But he quickly said, "Jia Jun, don't get me wrong. I'm not rejecting you because of the association. I'm from 20th Century Fox. We can be friends and cooperate, but I can't be the producer of your movie unless you're willing to let 20th Century Fox invest in the production of the movie!"
"Then what if I give you double the salary in Fox and invite you to leave Fox and join our Daqian film?" Boss Jia said.
"Double …" Jon Landau's eyes flashed with a hint of hesitation, but he still shook his head and said, "It's not about money!"
"Alright, I'll triple your salary!" Boss Jia said directly. Jon Landau licked his lips and said, "Mr. Jia, you may not know, but my monthly salary in Fox is 100,000 USD. You're offering triple …"
"Phew, so it's only 100,000 USD a month. I thought you had 200,000 USD a month. How about this, 600,000 USD a month. What do you think? "Boss Jia asked with a smile.
"600,000 …" Jon Landau kept breathing heavily. 600,000 USD a month meant that his annual salary was 7.2 million USD a year. This was almost more than the annual salary of all the professional managers in the world. Even the CEO of Fox Group didn't have as much annual salary as he did.
7.2 million USD a year. Luxury cars, villas, schools, all the resources that only the richest people could enjoy would be open in front of Jon Landau. This was a price that no one could refuse.
And Jon Landau believed that Boss Jia was definitely not joking. As long as he agreed, he could immediately join the Daqian with a 600,000 USD monthly salary!
After struggling for more than 10 minutes, Jon Landau let out a long sigh of relief and said, "Sorry, I owe Fox a debt of gratitude. I can't betray them!"
Jon Landau was indeed a kind person. In the face of such an offer, he wasn't moved and still rejected Boss Jia.
"Then what if I personally went to the CEO of Fox and proposed to poach you, and they agreed?" Boss Jia asked again.
"Then I'll accept your offer!" This time, Jon Landau's answer was very straightforward. Who could refuse an annual salary of 7.2 million USD!
"That's right!" Boss Jia nodded with a smile. "Even an honest person like you wavered when faced with three times the monthly salary. When faced with six times the monthly salary, you already collapsed. For those top film workers, three times the monthly salary is enough for them to cast aside the damn association!"
"And I can also provide them with a long-term contract. As long as they don't make any serious mistakes, then they can continue to work in Daqian movies. I guarantee that they will have a long-term effective income, and also three times the monthly salary!"
"That's true …" Jon Landau smacked his lips.
Three times the monthly salary, even he couldn't bear it, let alone others. As for the association, it can go to hell. "
The reason why people in various industries wanted to join the association was to have enough power to resist the despicable Hollywood businessmen's attempts to lower their salaries. After all, these associations often organized their own members to go on strike.
But if the Daqian offered three times the salary, then who cared about the association? The most important thing was to prevent other people in the association from stealing their opportunities!
"So, the problem of the association is not a problem at all. Problems that can be solved with money are not a problem at all. I have money!" Boss Jia said firmly.
Jon Landau almost bowed to the ground and kowtowed to this tycoon.
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