Made in Hollywood

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

In an office building on Wesher Street, Michael Ovitz looked at a newspaper in his hand and said, "Walt Disney's management must have a lot of ideas."

"It would be fine if it was just Ratatouille and Wall-E the Robot."

The surrounding areas of these two films are flawed, so Martin Bob said, "Animated films like "Cars" will definitely make Disney jealous. If this film belongs to Disney, it may be able to use Disney's youth platform. , sell more terrible peripheral sales data."

Michael Ovitz sighed, "It's terrifying now. There has never been an animated movie that is as popular as "Cars", and "The Lion King" didn't do it back then."

Martin Bob and Michael Ovitz talked about the Pixar studio, relieved their nerves that had been tense recently, and returned to their own company.

"CAA, ICM and William Morris are clearly united." Martin Bob's face did not have any lightness at all, "Our first-tier customers have lost more than 50%, although second-tier customers have gone. There are fewer people, but the ones with potential are basically being watched.”

He looked at Ovitz, "Michael, what the hell are you thinking?"

"The three companies have reached a tacit understanding." Michael Ovitz rubbed his brows and said slowly, "There should be people behind it. This is not a conspiracy, but an open and fair way to deal with us. In addition to fighting. doing what?"

Could it be that he went to a killer to kill 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 is bound to dissipate immediately.

The disputes between him and the three major brokerage companies and the other person stemmed from business, but when he himself has no commercial value, even if they let them take action, those people may not pay attention.

After so many years of struggle in Hollywood, coupled with the fiasco at Disney, Michael Ovitz knew that he was far less powerful and important than he thought.

Thinking about it now, the media and editors who touted him. To a certain extent, it hurt him.

Those who say he is the king of Hollywood, the master of stars and directors, the real manipulator behind the scenes of Hollywood, he himself takes it for granted.

It is extremely dangerous for a person to lose sight of his own environment and status, and to be carried away...

Although I don't care too much about these remarks. But it affected his judgment to a certain extent. In addition, he wanted to leave CAA and go to a higher platform for development, but because of lack of ability, he was defeated in Disney's complicated personnel struggle. In the end it got down to where it is today.

Rather than saying he lost to Duke Rosenberg, he lost to himself.

What a Hollywood king. What star owner, what real mastermind behind the scenes...

Today, Michael? Ovitz has seen clearly, in front of the film companies joining the large media groups. What do these count for? It's just a joke.

If there is another chance to come back, he will be like Duke Rosenberg, always keeping a clear head, not taking himself too seriously, and walking steadily step by step...

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

Michael Ovitz sighed heavily. If there is no miracle or reversible event, the fate of the artist management company cannot be changed. Although he can bow his head and quit the circle when necessary, there is one thing he still can't understand. .

Why is Duke Rosenberg so strong and calm?

It's not that the other party has never encountered a crisis. He can maintain a calm attitude every time. Even if the response speed is sometimes not fast enough, it is absolutely stable enough, such as the fire on the set, the Mel Gibson incident, etc., and he can resist it with a strong will. Under the pressure of a mountain, use a calm mind to propose corresponding countermeasures, and with the assistance of the entire team, cleverly turn disadvantages into advantages.

That's not at all what a young man should be doing.

When it comes to toughness, coolness and even ruthlessness, Duke Rosenberg had already surpassed him years ago.

Michael Ovitz is very sure of this.

However, it is not so simple to make him completely admit defeat and quit Hollywood.

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

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

Having paid a little attention to "Robot Wall-E", Duke's eyes on the market are more focused on "The Dark Knight". As Christmas is approaching, this film is still being shown 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 climb.

In recent months, the North American box office of "The Dark Knight" has risen by only more than 12 million US dollars, and the North American box office has reached 579.96 million US dollars, which is almost unchanged.

Overseas, the film has already been offline from most countries and regions. Although some markets are still showing, the overseas box office figure of 575.77 million US dollars has basically no room for growth.

The screening of this film has come to the end.

At present, Warner Bros. is pressing discs, waiting for the Oscar nominees to come out, releasing different versions of DVD discs while they are hot, and then making a fortune in the global market.

Duke has no objection to this, his share of the contract, including all peripheral product revenue.

Although he is rich now, most of Duke's assets come from the stock market and some real estate, and the amount of liquidity is not large. Too much money is indeed a digital game, but no one will dislike it, but will enjoy it. in.

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

With these shares in hand, even if he doesn't need it himself, he can donate it to his charitable foundation to earn some good reputation.

Like all the rich, Duke will participate even if he is not very keen on charity. He has a charitable foundation with open and transparent accounts, and donates a lot of money and materials every year. He even advocates that the world pays attention to Africa. Hungry children have also thrown out millions of dollars for this.

"The situation in Africa is worse than thought."

A spacious RV slowly drove into the private apron of the airport, Tina Fey looked at the private plane that was still taxiing in the distance, and said, "Scarlett sent me a few photos she took, which were shocking. ."

"Scarlett seems to have an event." Duke looked at the plane and estimated that he would arrive in a few minutes. He didn't rush to get off the car, and said to Tina Fey, "It will be held in cooperation with Marvel Comics next year, you can go together. ."

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

In front of Duke, she didn't need to hide her true thoughts.

Duke opened the car door, walked down, stood in front of the car, watched the approaching plane, and said to Tina Fey who was approaching, "I'm also going to let you manage the upcoming Save the Hungry Children. What about the foundation?"

"Management is fine." Tina Fey blinked and said deliberately, "But management doesn't have to go to those places in Africa in person, right?"

Sympathy is one thing, going to that place in person is quite another.

A huge Boeing passenger plane slowly taxied over. This is the Boeing BBJ customized by Duke to Boeing. Its first flight after delivery was Scarlett's trip to Africa as a charity ambassador.

Such activities are quite helpful for Scarlett's career.

And when I went there, there were several senior officials from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and UNICEF, and the destination was not those chaotic countries and regions, otherwise Duke would not have agreed so happily.

The door of the plane opened, and Scarlett Johansson stepped out first. She saw Duke immediately, and she couldn't help but quicken her steps, walked down the spiral staircase, and rushed over.

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

"Hey dear."

Tina Fey 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 and didn't care."

Only then did Duke realize that there was one less person getting off the plane, and asked Scarlett, "Where's Sophia? Didn't she go with her?"

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

"They want to cooperate?"

Frowning slightly, Duke recalled it for a while. There was no memory of Sofia Coppola's collaboration with Charlize Theron, but he didn't like Sofia's previous production style, and he might not have seen it.

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

"Linda, watch your luggage."

Scarlett turned her head and instructed her assistant, bent over to get into the car, waited for Duke to sit beside him, and said, "Are you really going to hold a Christmas charity party?"

"Aren't you a charity ambassador?" Duke made a driving gesture to the driver and said, "Since I just came back from Africa, I will definitely feel something, and we should also take some measures." (To be continued~^~ )

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