Complex sentence: C.J. set up his company "Fiery Film" in 2012, and soon after, his friend Benjamin Stockton, a screenwriter and movie aficionado from California came on board to help run the company.
Split into simpler sentences: C.J. set up his company "Fiery Film" in 2012. Soon after, his friend Benjamin Stockton, a screenwriter and movie aficionado from California came on board to help run the company.