Heads Up Hollywood

Internal meeting at Fox Films.

There was smoke.

There were five people sitting around the round table, all with ugly faces.

Co-Chairman and CEO Bill McNick, Co-Chairman and President Tom Rothman, Chief Operating Officer Jack Howard, Head of Production Jim Ganopoulos, Production Manager and Executive Producer of Titanic Grant Hill.

"James has too many demands, which have affected the normal operation of 20th Century Fox!"

Jack Howard, the chief operating officer, fired the first shot.

The company's current situation is not good. In order to support James Cameron's filming, there is no excess liquidity. Now he wants to increase the budget by another 20 million US dollars, unless he takes a loan from the bank!

If it were any other director who dared to make such unreasonable demands again and again, he would have been fired long ago.

It's just that this project was personally controlled by the company's top leader, Bill McNick, with strong means, and it was difficult for him to say something clearly.

As the second in command of the company, Tom Rothman had his own plan. He took a puff on his cigar and asked calmly, "Grant, tell me, what is that guy doing?"

Grant Hill had a bitter look on his face, "Jamie...he's a good director, but he's almost paranoid."

Jack Howard said angrily: "Paranoid? I think this is your indulgence! What the hell is James trying to do? Do you want to bring down Twentieth Century Fox?"

Grant Hill glanced at Bill McNick carefully, and murmured in his heart that if Cameron hadn't been supported by the boss, he would have seized control of the set long ago.

"Okay, if you have a problem, you can discuss it, don't quarrel."

Bill McNick maintained the order of the meeting with a calm expression, and at the same time, he also showed his right to say one thing as the top leader, "Jimmy, what do you think?"

Jim Ganopoulos is a talented person. As the director of the production department, he is valued by the big boss Murdoch. He pondered for a while and said: "In any case, the company can no longer support James unconditionally like before."

"But now he wants twenty million dollars!"

Bill McNick was rude and didn't give Jim Ganopoulos and Mud a chance.

Jim Ganopoulos was secretly annoyed, and said: "Actually, there are only three solutions, and everyone should be clear about it."

Tom Rothman's eyes lit up and he finally found his chance.

Holding a meeting is not as simple as discussing issues, it also involves power struggles.

Tom Rothman is the president and second in command of the company. He has coveted the position of CEO for a long time. Now "Titanic" promoted by Bill McNick has turned the company into a mess. Others dare not speak out, but for him it is a big problem. Opportunities to "move up".

"Which three options?"

Tom Rothman smiled at Jim Ganopoulos with undisguised desire in his eyes.

Helpless, Jim Ganopoulos had no choice but to say: "The first is to get a loan from the bank, the second is to finance with other companies, and the third is..."

"What's the third one?" Tom Rothman asked eagerly.

Jim Ganopoulos took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and said, "Change the director!"

As soon as the three words "change director" were uttered, the meeting room was instantly dead silent.

Tom Rothman had the best smile, and looked at Bill McNick for the rest of his life. Sure enough, his face was ashen.

James Cameron is his insistence. This is not just a simple director position, but also represents his authority!

Bill McNick narrowed his eyes slightly, and asked in a deep voice, "Do you want to change the director?"

Jim Ganopoulos nodded, "Now it seems that this is the best solution. The current predicament of Fox Films, the "Titanic" project has been pending for a long time, and the root cause is James Cameron! This problem is not resolved , no amount of money will help."

Tom Rothman was very satisfied with his tough attitude, and said with a smile: "Although Jimmy's statement is extreme, there is some truth to it. The "Titanic" project has been going on for too long. It was originally scheduled to be released next summer. You can watch it." With James’ progress, it would be good if it can be released on Christmas.”

Grant Hill nodded and said: "That's right, according to Jamie's current filming progress, next year's summer vacation will definitely not be able to catch up!"

Jack Howard frowned and said: "Then change, James has caused too much trouble and can't continue."

It was unanimously approved to replace James Cameron!

Bill McNick was not in a hurry to express his opinion, and slowly lit a cigar, he was thinking.

With his absolute power as CEO, of course he can continue to support Cameron with a strong attitude. Naturally, he is the first to make the project successful, but once the project fails...

If there is a replacement, it is only a short loss at the moment, and it can be made up slowly, but once Cameron messes up the project, he has only one way to be fired.

Is it a fatal blow?

Or stay out of the way?

Bill McNick took a few deep puffs of his cigar, calmly asked, "You all want to change the director?"

The others nodded in unison.

Tom Rothman was very satisfied with the current scene, and looked at Bill McNick with a smile.

Old man, do you want to keep going?

If you had followed my advice early on and changed the director, how could there be so many things later?

The initial budget of "Titanic" was only 85 million U.S. dollars, but now it has increased abruptly to 160 million U.S. dollars! In this way, Cameron is still not satisfied, and wants to add another 20 million US dollars, is it crazy?

Now, sit back and watch Bill McNick's embarrassment.

"Let's decide, Bill, do you want to fire James?"

Tom Rothman's face was a little more schadenfreude.

...

Tang En was dejected, he was fired.

He didn't even have a chance to explain, so he was kicked out of the set in embarrassment.

He lived in a small hotel, where many people lived, all of them came to Hollywood to pursue their dreams.

But where can I live in this dirty, damp, and noisy hotel?

Tang En's entire net worth is only 500 US dollars.

The Hollywood dream is too ethereal.

Tang En went to the bed in all directions, and said to himself: "Dude, it's not that I don't work hard, it's just that Hollywood is too difficult and too dark!"

He was certain that he had been framed.

The other party was probably also a low-level studio assistant.

Regardless of everyone's position being the same, Twain's chances of being close to a big star like Kate Winslet will be more, which will inevitably make people jealous.

"Inexperienced!"

Tang En sighed, and took out a pair of sunglasses from the bedside table.

This was bought at a roadside stall in his previous life, and it was because of this pair of sunglasses that he was reborn in 1996.

Tang En put on the sunglasses, and the light immediately became much softer and gentler.

"Huh? What is this?"

Tang En found a button the size of a sesame seed in the inner part of the frame, and pressed it curiously. Then he put on the sunglasses, and everything in front of him was different.

This is an interface.

It's as if a three-dimensional image appears in front of your eyes. Obviously, this interface can only be seen by wearing sunglasses.

The content of the interface is very complicated, but the framework is very clear - Hollywood!

This is an interface that contains all Hollywood information!

The interface is divided into three parts: producer, director, and actor, and there are dozens of numerical values ​​below. It should be a digital display of the abilities of Hollywood artists, right?

There was an icon in the upper right corner that kept flashing. Tang En clicked it, and a dialog box popped up immediately.

"Gift pack for beginners, do you want to receive it?"

Tang En froze for a moment, stretched out his hand, and clicked "OK" in the floating air.

Unexpectedly, it really worked.

The interface changed immediately, and a new dialog box popped up, "Congratulations on receiving the gift package for beginners, including mirror image possession X1, stealing contract X2."

Dunn didn't know what it meant, so he clicked on "Contract Stealing", and a line of explanation popped up immediately: "The skill 'Contract Stealing' means that you can snatch any signed or initialed artist contract in Hollywood. Every time you win an Oscar, you have another opportunity to 'steal the contract'."

"Stealing the contract? Isn't that just stealing!"

Tang En shook his head and laughed, but immediately thought of Kate Winslet and James Cameron!

Especially Cameron, who didn't even give him a chance to defend himself, and fired him directly, which is so irritating!

"I don't know if this thing is useful..." Tang En shook his head, a bit of anger immediately appeared on his face, "If you dare to fire me, then I will fire you too!"

Tang En clicked twice on "Contract Stealing".

"Are you sure to use the 'Contract Stealing' skill?"

"Sure."

As soon as the interface was changed, a dense row of contracts appeared in the center of the interface, with numbered labels below, a total of 18,536 pages.

"Isn't it listing all the contracts that are going on in Hollywood? That's too much!"

Fortunately, Dunn found the search bar on the upper left, and entered "James Cameron". After changing the interface, it was much more refreshing.

James Cameron has only 12 signed contracts now.

Among them are agent contracts, assistant contracts, and partner contracts...Of course, it also includes the producer contract, director contract, and screenwriter contract signed with 20th Century Fox Films for the "Titanic" project.

Dunn laughed immediately. These contracts are private and commercial secrets, and can be checked freely by him. Regardless of whether the "stealing contracts" skill is true or not, the search function alone is enough to make people admire.

Tang En first checked Cameron's producer contract, which was relatively simple, and the production fee was 3 million US dollars.

The director's contract is more complicated. The director's fee is a base salary of US$5 million, plus a 10% share of the global box office.

The writer's contract is relatively small at $350,000.

The choice of these three contracts, as long as you are not stupid, you will naturally choose the director contract.

Not to mention the 5 million box office, what is the concept of 10% of the global box office?

The global box office of "Titanic" seems to have exceeded 1.8 billion US dollars, right?

Tang En smiled slightly, and chose the director's contract without hesitation, erased the two signatures of James Cameron, and entered his own name——Twain Walker generously.