Made in Hollywood

"Pixar Studios has invested in Time Warner and released three animated feature films in less than three years."

In an office building on Wischel Street, Michael Ovitz looked at a newspaper in his hand and said, “The management of Walt Disney will definitely have a lot of ideas.”

"If it's just "Ratuitouille" and "Robot Walli", forget it."

The surroundings of these two films are flawed, so Martin? Bob said, "Animated films like "Cars 2" will definitely make Disney jealous. If this film belongs to Disney, it may be able to use Disney’s youth platform. , Sell even more terrifying peripheral sales data."

Michael Ovitz sighed, "Now it's very scary. There has never been an animated film that has been so popular in the surroundings like "Cars." Back then, "The Lion King" did not do it."

Martin Bob and Michael Ovitz discussed the Pixar studio, slightly relaxed the nerves that had been tense recently, and the topic returned to their own company.

"The three companies of caa, icm and William Morris are clearly united." Martin? Bob does not have any ease at all. "Our first-level customers have lost more than 50%, and second-level customers have There are fewer people walking, but the few with potential are basically being watched."

He looked at Ovitz, "Michael, what do you think?"

"These three companies have reached a tacit agreement." Michael Ovitz rubbed his eyebrows and said slowly, "There should be some people pushing behind. This is not a conspiracy, but is dealing with us openly. In addition to fighting. doing what?"

Did you find a killer and kill all the three major brokerage companies and the hand behind the scenes?

"What if we lose?" Martin Bob asked worriedly.

Michael Ovitz shook his head, "Even if we lose, it's not the end. We retire early and leave this circle."

As long as he retire early, all the grievances surrounding him. It must dissipate immediately.

The dispute between him and the three major brokerage companies and the other person originated from business, but when he had no commercial value himself, even if he let them take action, those people would not necessarily ignore it.

After so many years of fighting in Hollywood, coupled with the disastrous defeat at Disney, Michael Ovitz knew that he was far less powerful and important than he had imagined.

Thinking about it now, the media and those editors who praised him at the beginning have harmed him to a certain extent.

Those people said he was the king of Hollywood, the master of stars and directors. He is the real manipulator behind the Hollywood scenes, and he himself takes it for granted.

It is extremely dangerous for a person to lose sight of his environment and position, and to be dazzled...

Although he didn't care about these remarks too much, it affected his judgment to some extent. In addition, he wanted to break away from caa and go to a higher platform for development. However, due to lack of ability, he was defeated in Disney's complex personnel struggle and eventually fell to The present day.

It is not so much that he lost to Duke Rosenberg. It is better to say that he lost to himself.

What Hollywood emperor, what star master. What the real big hand behind the scenes...

To this day, Michael Ovitz has already seen clearly, what do these count for before joining the film companies of large media groups? It's just a joke.

If there is another chance to come back, he will be like Duke Rosenberg, always keeping a clear head. Don't take yourself too seriously, go on step by step...

Unfortunately, at his age, there is no chance to start all over again.

Michael Ovitz sighed heavily, if no miracle or reversible event happened. The fate of the artist management company basically cannot be changed. Although he can bow his head and exit the circle when necessary, there is one thing he still does not understand.

Why is Duke Rosenberg so strong and calm?

It’s not that the other party has never encountered a crisis, and can maintain a calm mind every time, even if the response speed is sometimes not fast enough, but it is absolutely stable enough, such as the set fire, the Mel Gibson incident, etc., can resist that with strong will The pressure of the mountain, with a calm mind, put forward corresponding countermeasures, with the help of an entire team, cleverly turned disadvantages into advantages.

It's not like a young man should behave at all.

When it comes to being strong, calm and even cold, Duke Rosenberg surpassed him a few years ago.

Michael Ovitz is very sure of this.

However, it is not that simple to get him to surrender completely and to withdraw from Hollywood.

Although he has the idea of ​​retiring, Michael Ovitz will not withdraw. Anyway, he can't stay in this circle for too long. He can use the resources in his hand to choose the right time to talk to Duke Rosenberg. Grid launched the final and most powerful attack.

To achieve this goal, you need to endure and wait. Michael Ovitz is not lacking in patience now.

After paying a little attention to "Robot Walli", Duke's attention to the market is more on "The Dark Knight". It is approaching Christmas, and the film is still showing in North America, but the number of theaters has been reduced to 200. , The box office growth rate is not much faster than the snail crawl.

In recent months, the North American box office of "The Dark Knight" has risen by more than 12 million U.S. dollars, and the North American box office has reached 591.96 million U.S. dollars, which is almost unchanged.

Overseas, the film has already been offline from most countries and regions. Although there are still some markets showing, the overseas box office figure of US$575.77 million has little room for growth.

The screening of this film has come to the end.

At present, Warner Bros. is suppressing discs, and only after the Oscar nominations come out, they will release different versions of DVD discs while they are hot, and then make a fortune in the global market.

Duke has no objection to this, and his share contract includes all peripheral product revenue.

Although today’s wealth is rich, most of Duke’s assets come from the stock market and some real estate, and the amount of liquidity is not too large. Money is indeed a number game, but no one will dislike it, but will enjoy it. among them.

Just like those professional film critics criticized, Duke is a very ordinary person, and his taste is not very elegant, naturally it is impossible to avoid it.

These shares are in his hands, even if he doesn't use it himself, he can donate it to his charity foundation to earn some good reputation.

Like all wealthy people, even if they are not very keen on charity, Duke will participate in it. He has a charity foundation with open and transparent accounts, and donates money and materials every year. It even advocates the world to pay attention to Africa. Hungry children have also thrown out millions of dollars for this.

"The situation in Africa is worse than imagined."

A spacious RV slowly drove into the private tarmac of the airport. Tina Fei looked at the private jet that was still taxiing in the distance, and said, “Scara sent me a few photos taken by her, which was shocking. ."

"Scarlett seems to have another event." Duke looked at the plane and estimated that there would be a few minutes to arrive. He did not rush to get off, and said to Tina Fei, "Next year, it will be held in cooperation with Marvel Comics. You can go together. ."

"Let's go together?" Tina Fei didn't show any interest. "Forget it, I think North America is pretty good, and I don't want to go to places like Africa."

In front of Duke, she did not need to hide her true thoughts.

Duke pushed the car door, walked down, stood in front of the car, looked at the approaching plane, and said to Tina Fei who was approaching, "I also plan to let you manage the soon-to-be-established Hungry Children The foundation."

"Management is okay." Tina Fei blinked and said deliberately, "but management doesn't need to go to those places in Africa in person?"

Compassion is one thing, going to that kind of place in person is quite another.

A huge Boeing airliner slowly taxied over. This is the Boeing bbj ordered by Duke to Boeing. Its first flight after delivery was Scarlett’s African Charity Ambassador’s trip.

Such activities are quite helpful to Scarlett's career.

And when I went there, there were many senior officials from UNHCR and UNICEF, and the destination was not those chaotic countries and regions, otherwise Duke would not agree so easily.

When the plane door opened, Scarlett Johansson walked out first. She immediately saw Duke and couldn't help speeding up her pace, quickly stepped down the spiral staircase, and rushed over.

Seeing Scarlett who was almost jogging, Duke opened his arms and hugged her tightly.

"Hey, honey."

Tina Fei on the other side winked at Scarlett, "You look a little dark."

"Really?" Scarlett became nervous immediately. "I think so too, but Sophia said I didn't turn black, so I didn't care."

Duke realized that there was one less person getting off the plane and asked Scarlett, "Where is Sophia? Didn't she go with it?"

"Sophia has gone to South Africa." Scarlett explained simply, "She went to Johannesburg to meet Charlize Theron and wanted to invite her to collaborate on a film on South Africa."

"They want to cooperate?"

Frowning slightly, Duke recalled that there was no memory of Sophia Coppola and Charlize Theron working together, but he didn't like Sophia's previous production style very much, or he may not have seen it.

"Get in the car." Duke opened the door to Scarlett. "Let's go home first."

"Linda, watch your luggage."

Scarlett turned her head, said to her assistant, bent over to get into the car, waited for Duke to sit next to him, and then said, "Do you really plan to host a Christmas charity party?"

"Aren't you a charity ambassador?" Duke made a driving gesture to the driver and said, "Since I have just returned from Africa, I will definitely feel it. We should also make some actions." (To be continued.)

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