Chapter 853 The decision of the Hollywood giants(1/2)
In a private courtyard in Los Angeles, six middle-aged people were drinking coffee.
It seems like this is a party between ordinary friends, but if someone from Hollywood comes to see it, he will definitely be shocked.
It is no exaggeration to say that these six people have the power to make almost all the stars and actors in Hollywood untie.
Let’s see who they are!
The man sitting in the master's position is Michael Eisner, the executive vice president of Paramount and director of film production.
The one with a beautiful mustache on his right is Alan Ryder, president of 20th Century Fox.
Next to Alan Laid is a very fat man. This is Rosen Brandt, the president of Columbia Film Company.
Directly opposite Michael Eisner, the tall and a little indifferent man is called Sam Karloff, the president of Universal Films.
Sam Karloff's right, George Harding, president of Warner Bros.
The last one is the middle-aged man on the left side of Michael Eisner, with a smile on his face. He is Matthew Cody, the president of MGM.
Although Michael Eisner is not Paramount's president, Barry Diller completely lets go of Michael Eisner in terms of film, so he can fully represent Paramount's affairs in film.
The seven major Hollywood companies, except for Lianyi Film Company, which has been acquired by Kirin Group, are now sitting here, and it is hard to believe that they are just drinking coffee.
Something must have happened!
Well, yes.
This party was actively organized by Michael Eisner, with the purpose of discussing the matter between Lianyi Film Company and Disney.
To put it bluntly, Michael Eisner wanted to target Yin Jun, the man he had always disliked.
At this time, Michael Eisner didn't know that Yin Jun had tried to recruit him, but this happened to hit a wall at Barry Diller, so of course he didn't know.
But even Michael Eisner knew that he wouldn't care, nor would he accept Yin Jun's recruitment at all.
In fact, what he is planning now is to teach this Hollywood intruder a lesson so that he can know that not everyone can play Hollywood, not everyone can call the wind and rain.
It is precisely for this reason that the presidents of the other five giants are now sitting here.
Otherwise, with their daily routine, how could a few people who are bored have time to drink tea together? Even if they want to drink tea, they will drink tea with beautiful female celebrities.
"Disney has been very active lately." Michael Eisner coughed lightly, "It is said that they are going to send dozens of artists to the African prairie to sketch. Are they preparing for the 800 million-dollar animation?"
Everyone laughed when they heard it.
Yin Jun said that Disney wanted to make an animation with a box office of 800 million US dollars. To those who heard this, this is completely nonsense.
This live-action movie can’t be achieved at $800 million. Do you still dream of $800 million in an animated movie?
If they hadn't known that Yin Jun was a veritable genius, they would have laughed at this person as an idiot.
Now these giants also think that most of them are Yin Jun making a gimmick to attract Hollywood's attention and the interest of newspapers and movie fans.
Otherwise, you can see that there are many newspapers and magazines recently tracking this matter, and it has been several months and can still maintain its popularity, which is amazing.
The key is that they haven't spent money yet.
Moreover, Yin Jun said that he had withdrawn from Hollywood, and of course there were different explanations in the eyes of these cunning people.
Your Yin Jun quit Hollywood, does not mean that Kirin Group also quit Hollywood, right?
Isn’t it completely revealed if someone else is the president?
Oh, by the way, the president of Qilin Culture is now not Yin Jun, but a woman who has never heard of before, a housewife!
"Don't worry about this cartoon. Disney has now fallen and there is no threat at all." Matthew Cody said. "Disney should go back to the TV channel and do their cartoons. Or do their amusement parks. Why do you have to do movies so overestimate yourself? Do you really think that Yin Jun can eat well in Asia and can do it in Hollywood?"
"You can't say that." Little Alan Laid shook his head, "I know Yin Jun is an absolute genius. Everyone here is definitely not like him. He can swallow Disney and Lianyi Film Company in one breath at the age of 19. It is even more impossible that he has written dozens of scripts like him, each of which is a good script.
If Disney uses his script this time and does it according to his idea, I think the box office should not be too bad, at least $100 million. This is definitely a good start for Disney. As long as they play steadily, I believe they can still do a good job in Hollywood animated films."
"So what? Is Hollywood a place that can be done well if you are good?" George Harding disdained Alan Raid's remarks, "Is Lianyi movie good? They have 007! There is also the "Rocky" series discovered in recent years, which is also very good? But it will collapse as soon as you say it collapses, what can you do? The market is so volatile! We can't even catch it, let alone he is a Hong Konger!"
"Well, that's right." Rosenbrant smiled, "Actually, Yin Jun is content to be a screenwriter. I think we still have a lot to work with. For example, the recent movie "Police School" he made is very interesting. The sequel is fully capable of climbing the peak. But if he wants to come to Hollywood to compete with us for dinner, that's not possible... right, Sam?"
Sam Karov smiled, "Ask me what I'm doing?"
"Hasn't he been working with you on Spielberg's "e.t." recently? It's scheduled for June. You are very confident, right?" Rosenbrant said jealously. Yin Jun's script is actually second-hand. He values Spielberg, a genius, but unfortunately he is held tightly by Universal and does not let go at all.
"Haha, Stephen said he liked it very much, and we thought it was good, so let's take a look at the effect." Sam Karov said, "But Yin Junke is really not a good person. A mere screenwriter actually bargained with us, and finally got so much profit and rights."
"If he is not smart, how could he come to Hollywood to buy two companies in one go?" Michael Eisner snorted coldly, "Sam, we are discussing today that we want to teach this Hong Kong boy a lesson. You won't have any objection, right?"
"I completely agree with everyone's point of view, otherwise I wouldn't have come." Sam Karov said. "Business is business, but the status of our major companies must be respected."
"Well, it's still too early to talk about his animated movie, but he's been making a movie himself recently. Have you heard of it?" Michael Eisner introduced the most important topic today.
"I heard of it." Alan Laid nodded and said, "In fact, if it weren't for him having Lianyi and Disney, our 20th Century Fox would have hoped to cooperate with him. Unfortunately, he didn't care about our kindness. If the investment of more than 20 million US dollars and if the promotional funds were added, it would have to be at least 30 million, but he would not introduce an investment partner. He was very confident!"
"What is it? It's the kind of "Police School"?" Rosenbrandt said, "Chinese people can only make comedy movies like this."
"No, you're wrong." Matthew Cody was obviously also interested. "He made a popular action movie, and even many elites in the digital field followed. Considering the various costs in the place in Hong Kong, you can actually regard this movie as a super big investment of $50 million."
Although this stunt company in the digital field has not been established for a long time, it has a very fierce growth momentum.
Many Hollywood companies are now looking for them to do special effects. Spielberg's "e.t." is produced by them throughout the whole process.
I heard that there is a digital field that is in charge of special effects, Rosenbrant also said, "I can't tell, he can really fight! But if this loss is made, will he become the shortest-lived boss in Hollywood?"
"It's far from that." This time it was Michael Eisner who was speaking. "Although Yin Jun has a total of US$3.7 billion in debt, he has enough confidence to support his development in the Transformers project! In fact, if HSBC hadn't taken the lead, our banks such as Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, and Morgan Stanley would be willing to accept his mortgage."
"Will it be useful for us to target him like this?" George Harding frowned.
"Of course it's useful!" Michael Eisner said, "This is the first movie he directed. The first movie has a total investment of more than 30 million US dollars. If we continue to fight it hard, it will have a huge impact on Yin Jun's morale, the morale of Kirin Group, and the morale of Disney and Lianyi.
The first one may not be able to hurt him, but if we hit hard in several consecutive movies, everyone will naturally lose confidence, and Yin Jun may not be able to withstand it. In the end, he could only sell these two companies, end his unrealistic journey in Hollywood, and return to Asia in shame to call him. Wang. X."
"Yes, I think so, too." Rosenbrandt agreed.
The remaining few people also nodded slightly.
For everyone, reducing a strong competitor is definitely a good thing.
If Disney and Lianyi stay, these companies can take the opportunity to eat in at a low price and enhance their strength!
"Since everyone agrees, let's start thinking about which movie we will use to fight him." Michael Eisner relaxed and began to have a smile on his face.
"They certainly don't dare to fight Spielberg head-on in June." Alanlaide thought, "If I expected it to be good, Yin Jun would still hope to make a difference, so July should be the most likely time to release."
"July? Isn't it too fast? It's April now!" George Harding said in a daze.
"Xangjiang is a magical place. They often make a movie in more than ten days. So I don't think Yin Jun can do anything." Rosenbrant shrugged.
"Ha ha……"
Everyone laughed out loud, and this sarcasm was really good.
After laughing, Michael Eisner looked at George Harding, "George, look at your "Superman 2", can you be in July?"
"good!"
George Harding nodded, "Since everyone has decided so much, let us do our part... However, in terms of publicity and theater arrangements, you must all help us with more!"
He is also straightforward, but in fact he is also following the flow.
"Superman 2" originally planned a June schedule, but Universal's "e.t." announced its release date first before them, which was also in June, which is a bit difficult to deal with.
What level of director Spielberg is? No one in Hollywood doesn’t know who wants to compete with his commercial blockbusters, but it really takes some courage.
Even the most attractive brand of "Superman", Warner Bros., does not have much confidence, and both sides are hurt but they don't want to see it.
Now that we are going with the flow, we are retreating to July. Not only does no one say that they are retreating at the last minute, but these film companies will also provide more compensation.
Sure enough, Global President Sam Karov breathed a sigh of relief and was the first to respond, "Don't worry, we will make arrangements here. Whether it is publicity or cinema, it will definitely satisfy you."
"Superman 2" doesn't want to touch "e.t.", and "e.t." doesn't like to touch "Superman 2"?
In this way, everyone will occupy a schedule, which is naturally the best!
"We Paramount will also support it." Michael Eisner naturally agreed.
As the two of them spoke, the other companies would definitely not say bad things, so they also said that they would give "Superman 2" better arrangements in theaters.
This group of people was so light-hearted that from beginning to end, they never mentioned what movie Yin Jun made, what content was, how they shot it, and what characteristics it was.
In their opinion, there is no big hit in the box office of movies produced outside Hollywood.
The last time in "Police School" was just an accident. Isn't it thanks to so many European and American actors, how can you achieve pretty good results?
Since the United States implemented antitrust laws on film, theaters and film companies have implemented separate operations.
However, this is limited to film companies and theaters, not media companies.
Think about what this means?
Yes!
Time Warner Group can own theaters because it is a large media group.
But it can also own Warner Bros. Film Company and can also advertise it with its own cnn.
This is why the seven Hollywood giants are all relying on a super media giant in the future!
It is said that the theater chain is not allowed, but there is always a way to bypass it.
To be continued...