Chapter 438: Chess player

Hearing Tom Cruise's words, Pat Kinsley's face finally changed. She looked at Tom Cruise incredulously and asked: "Tom, you... you want to fire me?"
Tom Cruise closed his eyes and said, "Pat, you have destroyed the foundation of our cooperation. We don't have to continue to cooperate."
Pat Kingsley stared at Tom Cruise: "We have worked together for more than ten years! How can you do this?"
"We have been working together for more than ten years. We are both partners and friends." Tom Cruise is very sad: "But what did you do to me? We don't talk about the past, and the time is too far. Once an Oscar PR, you can count on my trust?"
Tom Cruise didn't believe what Pat Kinsley explained before.
Pat Kinsley's face grew ugly.
Tom Cruise said again: "Those you just said are just excuses."
Pat Kinsley's expression kept changing, because those words were really excuses.
Why make excuses instead of telling the truth? Once the truth is said, the relationship between her and Tom Cruise will inevitably break.
Pat Kinsley knows Tom Cruise, so she made an excuse before.
Now that Tom Cruise wanted to fire her, the situation collapsed instantly, and some words had to be said.
"Tom, haven't you thought about it?" Pat Kinsley asked instead: "I have been your agent since you married Nicole Kidman and treat you equally. Why is this Oscar PR? Want to favor Nicole?"
Tom Cruise sneered: "So you admit it?"
Pat Kinsley sighed, Hollywood-style relationships have never been reliable. She added: "The reason is very simple. Nicole is very hopeful to win the performance award, and your chances of winning are infinitely close to zero."
"Tom, didn't you find out? Oscar never liked you." Pat Kinsley told the facts she thought: "Your acting skills are not outstanding among the stars of the second line, "Minority Report "The theme and characters are inherently flawed, how can you win the prize?"
These words were like a heavy hammer, which hit Tom Cruise's chest hard.
Having been famous for so many years, how many people accused him of not acting well in front of him?
Like all famous stars, Tom Cruise never thinks his acting skills are problematic.
Those who say that his acting skills are not good have eye problems.
Pat-Kinsley’s words continue: "You and Nicole are both my clients. I treat you equally. With limited resources in hand, of course, we must give priority to assisting the most likely to win the prize, and change to other brokers. People will make the same choice."
Tom Cruise looked a little ugly: "Do you think my acting skills can't even match her?"
"You calm down, we will discuss the matter." Pat Kinsley said: "Tom, if you think about it, there are no breakthrough performances and roles, even if you do well in public relations, based on the core judges' inherent knowledge of you, Could you win an award?"
Many things are not about chance at all, but about position.
In Tom Cruise's eyes, Pat Kinsley's stance is already biased.
Not only is the resources in hand heavily tilted towards Nicole Kidman, he also said that the acting skills of one of Hollywood's most famous vases are above his superstar.
He put his blind trust in Pat Kinsley, what was the reward?
Tom Cruise said coldly: "You used my resources on her."
Pat-Kingsli holds two star customers, and already has the feeling of a super agent. It is natural to say: "This is a reasonable allocation and optimization of resources."
Tom Cruise stared at Pat Kinsley, his eyes sharp as a knife: "Okay, this is resource optimization, but you used my resources, have you discussed with me?"
Pat-Kinsli said of course: "I am your agent. I have a comprehensive consideration. Now I call your resources, and I can call other clients' resources to support you in the future..."
Tom Cruise laughed suddenly, his smile a little bit cold, with a little sarcasm.
"Don't forget, you are my agent!" Tom Cruise reminded: "What do you think of me, a chess piece at your mercy?"
Pat-Kinsley is dumb, because of the cooperation for more than ten years, two A-level star customers really make her feel this way.
Like Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman are the protagonists in the movie, creating characters that spread all over the world.
But without the assistance of a broker, can they do it?
Are they not just a chess piece, just like the props in the movie, everything is at the mercy of the big hands behind the scenes?
Pat Kingsley thinks this is not a problem.
With the increase in the status, reputation and pay of actors, it is not only themselves, but also their agents and even small assistants.
Tom Cruise saw something and kept shaking his head: "You forgot a little, the most important point." He strengthened his tone: "Pat, you are just a server of mine!"
Hearing this, Pat Kinsley's expression turned cold: "Tom, how many opportunities have I won for you in the past ten years? You only consider me a waiter?"
Speaking of which, the relationship between the two has collapsed. Tom Cruise said directly:
Isn’t the broker serving my client? I pay you a commission, you provide services to me, CAA There is such a clause in the broker's code, doesn't it?"
Pat Kinsley didn't know how to answer for a while.
I don't know since when, in her concept, without her agent, there would be no Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman today.
After more than ten years of cooperation, Tom Cruise still takes care of each other's face to some extent. He didn't chase after each other. He just said: "Our three-year brokerage contract only has the last year left. I will notify CAA and request a replacement. Broker, I will pay you a lot of liquidated damages."
Pat Kinsly stood up suddenly: "Tom, you can't do this!"
Tom Cruise didn't go to see her anymore: "I have something to deal with." He pressed the intercom, and the assistant immediately pushed the door in: "Martha, send me Ms. Kinsley."
The female assistant named Martha came over immediately: "Ms. Jinsli, please here."
Pat Kinsley looked at Tom Cruise coldly, and finally said nothing, and turned out of this office.
Now that Tom Cruise has made a decision, he has to do the finishing touches. He first notified the lawyer, then called the accountant, and then dialed Ronan's number.
"What's the matter, Tom?"
Hearing Ronan’s question, Tom Cruise said directly: "I fired the agent."
In the office of Relativity Entertainment, Ronan was reading the latest news about the Oscar players in the newspaper and said: "You are really fast."
Tom Cruise replied: "In fact, Pat Kingsley has changed a long time ago. It may not have been the original Pat Kingsley a few years ago, but I have always trusted her. The blind trust led me to treat her. Not vigilant enough."
Ronan was curious and asked, "What happened?"
There was laughter from the earpiece, laughter with self-deprecating laughter: "I don't know what gave Pat Kinsley the false self-confidence, making her think that I was just a controlled by her."
Ronan also laughed: "This is the funniest joke I have heard this year, probably because you became a superstar and gave her too much confidence."
Frankly speaking, without Tom Cruise, Pat Kinsley's agent status will plummet.
Pat Kingsley is not the first agent to have such confidence, nor will he be the last.
Tom Cruise added: "I didn't want to be part of the joke, so I just fired her."
He passed the conversation with Pat Kingsley and roughly talked to Ronan.
Ronan thought for a while and reminded: "You'd better say hello to the top of CAA, and also do some preventive work. After all, she has been your agent for too long."
Tom Cruise is not stupid, he understands Ronan's meaning: "Don't worry, I will pay attention." He paused for a while, and said: "I have worked with Pat Kingsley for more than ten years~www. EbookFREE.me~ I was a very good friend at one time. Everyone is so easy to talk about, she won't be able to?"
Ronan reminded again: "You don't have to take the initiative to do anything in consideration of your past friendship, but you can't help but take precautions."
To be honest, Tom Cruise has too much black material.
To be precise, judging by the general social moral point of view, except for very few people, other Hollywood stars can be said to be a pile of black materials.
Tom Cruise said on the phone: "I will take this seriously."
Ronan hung up the phone. Pat Kingsley had been Tom Cruise’s agent for too long and knew Tom Cruise too well. Once it was really targeted at Tom Cruise, Tom K. Ruth would be quite troublesome.
Take the initiative? This is not a good choice.
As a friend, Ronan has reminded Tom Cruise several times, like this kind of thing, if Tom Cruise does not take the initiative to open an invitation, he rashly joins it, if there is a bad result, I am afraid it will be serious. Influence the relationship with Tom Cruise.
Just like Pat Kingsley, who thought she was thinking of Tom Cruise, and did a lot of things for granted, but didn't get Tom Cruise's consent. In the end, it was all counterproductive.
The ready-made examples are here, and Ronan certainly wouldn't do stupid things humbly.
Maybe Pat Kingsley will be as silent as most brokers who are terminated by clients, and will not do things that violate professional ethics.
It is common for Hollywood actors to terminate their contracts with their agents, or not to renew their contracts after the three-year contract expires. Few agents stand up to discredit former clients.
Ronan went to read the newspaper again and happened to see Nicole Kidman's propaganda draft.
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