I’m in Hollywood - Chapter 487

[Chapter four hundred and eighty fourth disappointed]

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Thinking of this possibility, and then contacting Paramount in a precarious situation, Martin Davis could no longer suppress the anger in his heart, and slapped the tableware on the table and accused: “Ai Rick, I wasted more than a week on Kauai, you can’t just throw me such a perfunctory answer.”

Eric was a little surprised at first, then smiled coldly and said, “Martin, Did you do something wrong, I’m not your subordinate, please don’t speak to me in this tone. And, from the beginning, I never promised you anything.”

“You…” Martin. Davis stared at what Eric was about to say, and suddenly thought of the current situation: “Okay, Eric, what do you want?”

Eric shook his head gently: “It’s not what I want , but what do you want, Martin, you want to hold Paramount, but the current situation is that other Paramount shareholders want to cash out their shares because of the company’s declining performance in recent years So, to dissuade those people from selling the company, what Paramount needs most is a good news that makes people full of confidence in the company’s prospects, not just a movie or two.”

“Good news?”

” Yes, for example, Firefly Pictures took a stake in Paramount,” Eric said, making no secret of his destination.

This sentence made Martin Davis fall into silence. With Firefly’s excellent performance in the film, Martin Davis knew that this proposal was indeed of great help to Paramount’s current situation, but on the other hand, Martin Davies also had a vigilance that the territory was invaded by outsiders.

After thinking for a moment, Martin Davis tentatively said: “Eric, if Firefly and Paramount exchange shares to form a cooperative alliance, I can promise you.”

“Sorry, Martin, Firefly has not been introduced yet .

The plan of the external shareholders, I mean by paying cash, to acquire part of the equity of Paramount.”

Martin Davis wanted to shake his head almost immediately, but restrained the impulse.

Ask again: “How many shares are you going to buy?”

“Not much, 20 percent,” Eric gave a number.

Martin Davis almost scolded, 20% less?

“Eric. You know it’s impossible for me to promise you, and now that you have mastered Firefly Pictures, the Federal Exchange Commission will not approve the acquisition of 20% of Paramount’s shares so easily.”

” Martin. Why do you have to be so absolute, everything is negotiable.”

Eric’s tone did not change at all, but Martin Davis had no intention of continuing the discussion. If it is to exchange shares with Firefly, don’t say 20%, even if it is more, Martin Davis is also happy to agree. After all, Firefly Pictures, which has a series of high-quality assets such as Disney, Pixar, and the digital field, is an investment target that any capital force is envious of. .

But he would not agree to the way of the cash acquisition, because of the sale of the shares.

It is equivalent to handing over a large part of Paramount’s power to Firefly, but not getting any bargaining chip to contain Firefly.

Although he is still the largest shareholder after selling 20% of Paramount’s shares, his shareholding gap with Firefly is similar. Firefly may even join other shareholders to oust him at any time as long as he wants.

“Eric, since you are so insincere, I don’t think we need to talk anymore,” Martin Davis said, straightening up.

Eric also showed a look of regret: “That can only say sorry. Martin, I thought this would be a chance for Paramount.”

Martin Davis almost couldn’t stand Eric’s nonsense, but he only looked at

When this is the opportunity of Firefly,

this young man does not have the childishness that a young man of his age should have.

Instead, he is like a person who has experienced world events, who only wants to take advantage of the fire.

After sending Martin Davis away, Eric returned to the tent. Allen noticed the situation here and followed.

“I thought you’d be working with Paramount again,” Allen recalled the disappointed expression on Martin Davis’s departure.

said with a smile.

Eric ate the lunch in front of him and said vaguely: “I want to cooperate, but unfortunately he doesn’t agree to the conditions I gave.”

Allen could think that Eric must have made an unacceptable condition. , he was not too interested in this, but asked: “Eric, are there really none of Paramount’s film projects that you like?”

“There really isn’t one at the level of “Tornado” , as for the level of “Fighting Eagle”, there is absolutely no need to waste time.”

Allen showed a look of surprise, with the box office trend of “Tornado”, the global box office of this film is at least 600 million. Eric’s request seems to be too high, but he also quickly realized that if it weren’t for this level of film, there would be no need for Firefly to cooperate with each other, and then cooperate to develop a film of the level of “Fighting Condor”. , will only compete with firefly films of the same grade.

Eric didn’t care about Allen’s expression, and continued: “The current situation of Paramount is mainly caused by Martin Davis himself. Professional talents have become puppets, and those directors or producers who have high-quality projects in their hands often hate working with such laymen.”

“There are not many bosses who are willing to hand over power to professional managers,” Ai said. Lun said with a smile, while looking at Eric meaningfully.

“So I still admire Murdoch very much. He can skillfully find a balance between delegating power and control. If he had restrained Barry Diller’s hands and feet like Martin Davis did, he will now be There won’t be 20th Century Fox and the Fox Network. And when Barry Diller wanted to turn the tables, Murdoch didn’t hesitate to part ways with each other. So, although the media often refer to Murdoch and Raystone To make a comparison, but Murdoch’s achievements are destined to surpass Redstone, who has a similar style to Martin Davis,” Eric said, looked at his brooding assistant, and smiled: “Alan, Have you been with me for four years?”

“It’s only five months away and it’s only four years away. That was when “Pretty Woman” was filmed. I was originally your assistant director. Later, Mr. Hansen said that he couldn’t find a suitable person for the time being. I did a good job, so let me I temporarily served as your assistant secretary, and it came to this without knowing it,” Allen’s tone was a little sighing, when he applied for a job at Firefly, a company that had just emerged with “Home Alone”, he originally wanted to become a director.

“Have you ever wanted to be the head of the department in the past?”

Allen remembered that Eric had been chatting with him recently about topics that he would not have mentioned before, as well as some vague temptations, and finally understood Eric’s intentions.

For Eric’s proposal, Allen is of course very moved. Although the salary is very high by Eric’s side, it also limits his development: “Of course I thought about it, Eric, you now have a suitable secretary assistant. Is there a

candidate?”

“Not yet, but…” Eric seemed to think of something and laughed: “But your next appointment must be a woman, and she must be beautiful, temperamental, and capable.”

“This is not It’s easy to find,” Allen laughed, and suddenly thought of a figure: “But there is a good ready-made choice.”

“Forget it,” Eric immediately understood who Allen was referring to. : “Even if Liz agrees, it won’t last long. Her identity is there. Anyway, I won’t let you down immediately, just look for it slowly.”

Allen nodded, and was about to leave, and asked again : “By the way, Mr. Davis has left, should I continue to pay attention to Paramount’s business?”

“Of course, this is a big event for Hollywood after all.”

…

Martin Davis’s return empty-handed did not Contrary to many people’s expectations, the reason why Barry Diller didn’t rush to Hawaii is because he guessed this result. He knew the situation of Paramount very well, and knew that Martin Davis could never afford something like Columbia. The price, and Eric wouldn’t be that kind of person.

However, because Redstone publicly announced its intention to acquire Paramount, Paramount’s stock price, which was stimulated by the possible cooperation with Firefly, did not fall back. Instead, UUkanshu www.sonicmtl.com continued to rise.

Although Barry Diller did not have a clear and public acquisition intention, a series of actions he made made these clear his intentions.

While Eric was silently watching the situation in Hollywood, the shooting of “Jurassic Park” was still proceeding in an orderly manner. Martin Davis, who returned to Los Angeles, had several phone calls with Eric, but failed to reach any agreement. protocol.

As July has passed, the North American summer program has officially come to an end, and the two blockbusters of the Firefly summer program have entered the final stage. On the Disney side, the “Nuns Are Crazy” released by Bo Wei has some problems, because Eric Because of being optimistic about this movie, Disney has increased its distribution efforts. However, this movie has the same release scale as “Greeks in Disguise”, and the box office in the first week is only half of that of “Grangers in Disguise”. When he heard the news, Ai Rick himself almost thought the movie was off track.

However, in the second week, the box office of “Nuns Are Crazy” not only did not drop as sharply as Firefly executives feared, but instead rebounded due to the fermentation of word of mouth. The rapid decline has made many people overjoyed.

Although it is limited to the subject of black comedy, it will not perform very well overseas, but with its box office trend, it may even surpass “Grangers in Disguise” in North America.

So far, in just one summer season, Firefly Pictures has won 10% of the estimated total box office in North America for the whole year, and many media have begun to predict whether Firefly will surpass Warner this year.

(To be continued.)

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