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Chapter 670: Conflict among Warner Executives
Since the first episode was aired, "EdgeWalker" has become the hottest topic.

More importantly, the commercial value brought by this series is far beyond people's imagination. It can even be said that no series has ever had such high commercial value.

Of course, in the past, it may be that people did not develop it, or it may be that there were too many things to develop. Jennifer Aniston has been acting in "Friends" for so long, but she still cannot be compared with Hollywood's top stars.

This is the embodiment of value. The value of a hit commercial movie far exceeds the value of a popular TV series.

However, the operation of "EdgeWalker" seems to prove that as long as a TV series is popular enough, its value will soar greatly.

As a result, under the influence of "Edgewalker", "Fantastic Four 2", which th Century Fox had high hopes for, didn't even make a splash.

20th Century Fox has canceled the subsequent sequel plan and suspended the development of this series. Now they can only count on the "X-Men" series.

20th Century Fox has planned to develop a solo Wolverine movie, and they hope that this solo superhero movie will be as popular as Iron Man.

Another impact is Chris Evans. In the latest negotiations, his agent made concessions and Chris Evans joined "Captain America" ​​with a salary of 350 million US dollars.

As a result, Scarlett Johansson is the highest paid actor in "Captain America", and her salary has risen to 8 million US dollars.

Finally, Scarlett's plan to transform from an art film goddess to a commercial film went smoothly. She was very grateful to Gilbert Jr. and even called Avril Lavigne to reward him generously.

Having said that, Scarlett and Avril Lavigne still quarrel from time to time, but they have a good relationship, which is difficult for Gilbert Jr. to understand.

Once little Gilbert heard them quarrelling over who was the older sister.

Avril Lavigne said confidently: "I am two months older than you, you have to call me sister."

"No," Scarlett refused to give in: "I came in earlier than you, you have to call me sister."

"Really? If we are talking about who came in earlier, we should all call Michelle sister. Then why is Naomi the eldest sister?" Avril Lavigne began to dig a hole.

Scarlett held her chin in her hand as she thought, "Because Naomi is older than Michelle."

"Bingo!" Avril Lavigne snapped her fingers: "Yes, that's it, so you have to call me sister."

Scarlett reacted and immediately shook her head and said, "No, that's not right, you should call me sister..."

Little Gilbert shook his head helplessly as he watched the two girls arguing endlessly. But perhaps such arguments could enhance their relationship, and the two little girls became very good friends.

Little Gilbert couldn't quite understand the principle behind this and could only blame it on the fact that his concubines were more playful.

On Monday morning, at the Warner Bros. headquarters, a high-level meeting was being held. At this time, the new CEO of Warner Bros., Kiri Ross, was being beaten up by the executives.

"Let's look at a set of data. During the premiere of Edgewalker, HBO's audience increased by 53 percent compared to the same period last year.

If it weren't for the diversion from Disney Channel, it might even have broken the record of EdgeWalker.

In terms of online discussion, most of the top ten searches on Xigua, Google, and Banana are related to Edgewalker. IMDB even gave it a high score of 9.5, with as many as comments.

So far, more than 98 media outlets have rated the show, with an average score of . Now, people are talking about the show both online and offline.

Even the gangsters in Chicago, the homeless people in Detroit, the stock elites in Wall Street, and even the politicians in Washington, there is no one who does not watch this series.

What does this mean? It means that Edgewalker has caused a sensation of sufficient magnitude.”

Another executive stepped forward and continued, “There is no doubt that Edgewalker is very successful in terms of commercial performance, not to mention its popularity.

Last weekend, the peripheral products of "EdgeWalker" created $4200 million in sales in North America. The series will air two episodes every Friday, and the popularity will spread throughout the summer season. "That's not all," said an executive holding a laptop in his hand, "Just now, "EdgeWalker" was launched on Xigua Video.

In just 20 minutes, it has already received a lot of views. Comments and messages are also increasing rapidly, and it is expected to become the most popular series on the video platform.

The streaming platform was cut off by the company as being completely useless.”

Facing the aggressiveness of the executives, Qili Ross felt unprecedented pressure. She was not as calm and confident as before, and she also understood the influence of Gilbert Jr., who had cooperated with Warner for more than ten years, on Warner.

So she forced herself to say, "Strategic decoupling is the decision of the head office. If you have any dissatisfaction, you can go to the head office and talk to them."

Of course the executives refused and refused to give in.

"Director Gilbert Jr. is the pillar of Warner Bros. Pictures. Thirty to forty percent of Warner Bros. Pictures' performance is related to Director Gilbert Jr.

Would the head office rather give up this part of the performance and complete the decoupling?"

“Yes, not to mention the Harry Potter series, the development of subsequent works of The Lord of the Rings, the Pirates of the Caribbean series, and other popular commercial film copyrights.

Although these are shared with Disney, they are very important to Warner. Are we going to give them all up?"

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"Silence! Silence! Silence!"

Seeing the conference room turned into a vegetable market, Qili Ross had to stop it loudly while knocking on the table hard.

"We are not saying to give up and decouple immediately, but we will take a few years to complete it. During these few years, we can find new growth points for performance."

Seeing the executives quiet down, Qili Ross raised her voice even louder: "Are all of us not as good as a little Gilbert?"

"It's hard to say..."

"Who?" Qili Rose was very unhappy, but no one stood up.

She had no choice but to emphasize: "Whether you are willing or not, this is the decision of the group company and cannot be questioned.

If anyone thinks they are not capable enough or is dissatisfied with the group company, they can submit their resignation and I will accept it.”

Faced with Qili Ross's tough attitude, the executives' collective attempt to force the abdication failed.

However, this forced abdication also dealt a serious blow to Kiri Ross's prestige and even deepened the conflict between Warner Pictures and its parent company Time Warner.

The conflict between the executives and Kiri Ross quickly spread throughout the Hollywood upper echelons, causing quite a stir.

On the beach of Cantaloupe Manor, Little Gilbert was fishing with Robert Egger. However, the two of them were not paying attention to the fishing rods at all, but talking about the latest news.

“Although Warner Bros. has been decoupling from Cantaloupe Studios and you, it is strange that Warner Bros.’ stock price has not fallen, but has risen instead.”

Gilbert Jr. smiled and said, "There's nothing strange about this, Bob. Those people on Wall Street are masters of stocks. If they want Warner to decouple from me, they must get something in return somewhere else."

The essence of the world is the naked exchange of interests. Even if it is an emperor, if he wants his subjects to work hard for him, he has to provide corresponding benefits. It can be an official position, wealth, or something else.

What's more, in modern society, no matter how powerful you are, how can you make people work for you willingly if you don't give them corresponding benefits?
Especially in the Western environment, interests are everything.

(End of this chapter)