Hollywood Hunter

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Back in Office Building No. 1 in the administrative district, Amy Pascal was already waiting for him in the lounge area next to Simon's office on the fifth floor.

Simon dined with Spielberg at noon, and Amy also had no free time, but invited Robert Rehm.

After the acquisition of New World Entertainment, New World Entertainment CEO Robert Rem was left by Simon to serve as the president of Daenerys Entertainment's film distribution company. The contract period was from August 1988 to July 1991, a total of three years. That is due next month.

Because of some unpleasant events such as salary increase and job-hopping, and Simon doesn't really recognize Rem's ability, the other party is still a bit older, so he doesn't plan to renew his contract this time.

At noon, Amy and Rem talked about the other party's departure next month.

After Robert Rehm leaves, he will be replaced by Mark Belford, whom Simon has been working hard to cultivate in recent years.

Signaling Amy not to get up, Simon sat down opposite her and asked, "How was your talk with Bob?"

Amy put a newspaper that she had just flipped through on the round table in front of her, and said, "Bob officially signed a contract with Paramount yesterday. After completing the handover of the affairs here next month, he will officially resign."

Since Daenerys Entertainment acquired mca, Lehman has actually begun to look for a next home.

Simon also knew about it, and Martin Davis, the chairman of Paramount Communications, specially greeted him.

Although there have been some quarrels, Rem has generally been conscientious in the past three years, so Daenerys Entertainment's public caliber is only due to normal job adjustments.

There is no negative news, and Daenerys Entertainment's performance in film production and distribution in recent years is obvious to all. Robert Rem, who has personally witnessed the rise of Daenerys Entertainment, has naturally become the target of other studios.

Shirley Lansing, who was originally expected to join Paramount, was cut off by Simon and went to MGM. In order to revive Paramount's declining film business in recent years, Martin Davis invited Rem to serve as Paramount's film business. the new president of the industry.

"That's not bad," Simon said, thinking about it and then adding: "In addition, take the time to arrange a departure party for Bob in the name of the company, and the courtesy should be given."

Amy nodded and said, "You're going to the UK next week, so it's scheduled for the middle of next month?"

"Wonder Woman" has been filming in the UK for two weeks, and after the initial run-in, some key scenes will start shooting next week.

As an independent project of Daenerys Entertainment, Simon can no longer just regularly check the shooting samples by remote control like "The Flash", but plans to rush over to follow up for a week.

"It's still scheduled for the end of July. In addition to the "Wonder Woman" thing, I also plan to go to Finland, maybe Italy. In the end, I may spend a few days on the east coast. AOL's IPO has been confirmed in July. 12th."

Amy agreed, and added, "I'm really worried that one day you'll completely ignore Daenerys Entertainment."

"I can't let it go," Simon laughed at himself and said, "I'm actually the kind of guy with a strong desire for power."

Amy shook her head slightly, looked at Simon and said, "I don't think it's bad, Daenerys Entertainment, and all the other companies in the Westeros system, if you don't have your own control, it's hard to say what will happen. look."

Simon took a sip of the coffee brought by the female assistant, nodded with a smile, and said, "It's a good compliment, I'll say more of this in the future."

Amy laughed, gossiped a few words, and then talked about business: "I have completed the layoff of 1,000 people during this time, but there are still serious redundancy problems in the company's production department and distribution department. Many people who originally belonged to mca Staff have also complained that we have not raised their salaries to the same level as Daenerys Entertainment employees, and there are still attempts to contact the union to intervene."

After winning the mca, Simon initially planned to lay off 3,000 people, reducing the total number of employees of the two companies from 15,000 to 12,000.

However, as soon as some rumors were released, the matter received strong attention from the media, labor unions and federal government departments.

In order to avoid the unforeseen complications of the two acquisitions that had just been finalized at the time, Daenerys Entertainment had to publicly commit to layoffs of only 1,000 people.

Before the merger, the salary level of Daenerys Entertainment employees was significantly higher than that of mca and other studios in the same industry. Because the layoff plan was not fully implemented, Simon did not merge into Daenerys Entertainment as usual. The salary of mca employees has been raised to a considerable level.

In addition, in order to divert employees, Simon also strengthened the construction of various overseas branches of Daenerys Entertainment during this period, and continuously dispatched many employees to overseas markets such as Europe, Latin America and Asia.

Hearing Amy mention this again, Simon put away his expression and thought about it for a moment: "The staff in the production and distribution department can be dispatched as much as possible, or people can be selected to be transferred to the record and game departments in charge of Nancy. These businesses are largely in common. In terms of compensation, they can be given a formal notice, and the adjustment will take at least a year, and the company needs to make an accurate assessment of their capabilities.”

Amy said: "Actually, many people don't want to be sent abroad. Especially Eastern Europe and Latin America, and some countries in Asia, you know."

"These are the top priorities of Daenerys Entertainment's next overseas expansion. Even if it can't make money now, cultivate the market in advance and let the people there familiar with it.

Daenerys Entertainment is a brand that we will gain sooner or later. The next expatriate plan, um... I will talk to Mark in person tomorrow, there is no need to be too accommodating to the wishes of the employees, since they have been paid and want more in the future, they should be dispatched. "

Simon said this, after a little consideration, he added: "Wait for the beginning of next year. If there are still redundant staff at that time, we will make a second layoff. At that time, it doesn't matter if someone says anything."

The two then discussed some of the preparations for Universal Studios Osaka in Japan, and Amy also needs to leave Los Angeles for a flight to Japan next week.

Just as he was talking, a greeting came from behind.

Simon turned his head to look, the female assistant came over with a middle-aged man, and stood up together with Amy.

The person who came was Tom Pollack, the former president of Universal Pictures, a subsidiary of mca.

Tom Pollack is in his forties, not tall, with a typical Jewish big nose, some baldness, and a pair of recognizable drooping eyes.

mca's chairman Lou Wassalman and president Sid Schinberg officially resigned after the deal was completed, just by hanging up the titles of consultants who knew what it was.

After the merger of the two companies, Simon kept Tom Pollack because Amy needed to take charge of the entire Daenerys entertainment business and could no longer take care of Daenerys Pictures.

After this period of adjustment, Tom Pollack is now the president of Daenerys Pictures, and is also responsible for the split and integration of Universal Pictures and Daenerys Entertainment's three labels.

As the most core film label of Daenerys Entertainment, Simon handed over the position of president to Tom Pollack, seemingly to Ella Deutschman, president of Highgate Pictures, and Danny Moore, president of New World Pictures. The two 'old men' Reese are a little unfair, but in fact, Tom Pollack's powers are much smaller than the other two.

Gaomen Pictures and New World Pictures will go one step further and independently form two production and distribution systems focusing on their own themes.

Therefore, Deutschman and Danny Morris are both at the level of frontier officials.

In Daenerys Pictures, the real power is still in Simon's hands. Tom Pollack only plays an auxiliary role, mainly responsible for the department's contract negotiation, personnel communication, budget formulation and other administrative affairs.

As the core creative rights of a studio, Tom Pollack has no control, and the distribution of the films under the label will also be handled by Mark Belford, who will succeed Robert Rehm.

Moreover, Tom Pollack was also replaced by Nancy Brill as the director of mca's cineplex-odeon theater chain.

However, Tom Pollack himself is not satisfied with his current situation, but he does not have many complaints.

Even a little fortunate.

Because of Simon's insistence on control of mca, Tom Pollack originally thought that after the deal was concluded, he also needed to leave like Lou Vasalman and Sid Simberg, but he did not expect to stay.

You know, Hollywood is now a radish and a pit.

The studios that just shrunk from Big 8 to Big 7 again, equal positions, Warner Bros has Terry Semel, Columbia has Peter Cooper and Jon Peters, Fox has Joe Ross, MGM has Snow Leigh Lansing, Disney has Jeffrey Katzenberg.

The last Paramount was basically locked by Robert Rem, who was about to leave Daenerys.

As for Daenerys, she is even stronger.

Tom Pollack doesn't have a large sum of money to retire directly like Wassalman and Simberg. He is only in his forties and he is not willing to retire like this, but if he leaves, the first-tier studios will not have him. Location, the second- and third-tier studios can't accommodate his big Buddha, and he can't find a suitable position in the short term.

Now, to be able to get the position of president of Daenerys Pictures, although the power is not large, but Daenerys Pictures is a subsidiary of Daenerys Entertainment. Executives with a little more experience in Hollywood know that this is definitely a very gilded position.

Hollywood studio executives are always changing. Even if they can't climb up after a few years in this position, when they leave, they will definitely be able to easily get a studio head with real power like Robert Rehm. person location. Even, even if it is the person in charge of the entire media group at a higher level, it is not impossible.

Everyone said hello, and Amy left to go about her own business.

Simon didn't go back to the office next to him either, and continued to sit next to the table and chairs in the lounge area with floor-to-ceiling windows with a wide view and talked to Pollack about work.

"I met with the agents of Robert Redford and Adrian Lane in the morning, and the two should have communicated in private. Compared with the initial $5 million base salary plus a 15% share of the local box office gross revenue, this time both Made some concessions. I ended up talking about a 10% split, and Adrian’s base salary was reduced to 3 million.”

Tom Pollack is talking about Daenerys Entertainment's "Peachy Deal" project with Paramount.

After Brian de Palma pulled out because he was worried he wouldn't be able to handle the genre, Simon sent out an invitation to the film's original director, Adrian Lane.

Speaking of Adrian Lane, maybe not many people know it, but when it comes to "Love You Nine and a Half Weeks", probably many people will immediately think of various flowers of Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger. lingering.

Adrian Lane is the director of Love You Nine and a Half Weeks.

However, although "Love You Nine and a Half Weeks" is famous for its controversy,

But it wasn't Adrian Lane's top-grossing film, and "Nine and a Half Weeks in Love" was actually a very poor box office. Adrian Lane's top-grossing film was "Fatal Attraction," starring Michael Douglas four years ago, which grossed $300 million worldwide.

Prior to this, Adrian Lane also filmed a "Lightning Dance" that squeezed into the top ten of the 1983 box office. The cost was only in North America, and it earned more than 90 million US dollars at the box office, ranking third in the annual box office list at that time.

Despite the successes of "Blitzkrieg" and "Fatal Attraction," Adrian Lane's films have had a shaky box-office performance over the years.

After "Fatal Attraction", Adrian Lane collaborated with the gold medal screenwriter Bruce Joy Robin, who became famous with "Ghosts" last year. "The Other World", the production cost of 25 million US dollars, but the North American box office Just a little over $26 million.

Combined with the director's low-production pace of directing one film every three years, it's hard for Ryan to stay on top of his paycheck.

Simon listened to Tom Pollack's general introduction and was very satisfied with the results of his work.

Since the two want to split, Robert Redford's $5 million base salary and Adrian Lane's $3 million base salary are exactly what Simon expected.

As for the 10% share of the gross domestic box office revenue, this refers to the 10% of Daenerys Entertainment's share of the box office revenue from the theater chain. At the domestic box office of $100 million and a 55% studio split, 10% roughly equals $5.5 million.

As long as the two can ensure that the domestic box office of "Peachy Deal" exceeds 100 million, and each takes another $5.5 million, it is also what they deserve.

Tom Pollack confirmed that Simon had no opinion on the two remuneration plans, and continued: "In this case, I will sign a contract with Bob and Ryan as soon as possible. In addition, Demi Moore's agent gave a remuneration offer of 500 $10,000, I talked to icm a few times and they didn't back down, they said Moore doesn't have a shortage of film deals now."

Demi Moore is the original heroine of The Peach Deal.

Simon has been a little hesitant about whether to let Demi Moore play this role again. He has read the original book and the script and thinks that the heroine Diana should be the type of Xiaojiabiyu.

As for Demi Moore.

Probably because there are too many scandals about the other party's mess in mnemonics, it is difficult for Simon to put Moore in this role.

At this time, listening to Tom Pollack say this, Simon thought for a moment and said, "If that's the case, Demi is fine, you try to get in touch with Valerie."

"Valerie Golino?"

Simon nodded and said, "Well. Her performance in "Rain Man" fits Diana's temperament very well."

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