Heads Up Hollywood

Tang En is too familiar with the name of Starz TV station. The large-scale drama series "Spartacus" once attracted a large number of fanatical audiences.

It's a pity that this TV station doesn't have a strong backing like HBO, Showtime, and AMC. The funds are insufficient, and the number of episodes to shoot is limited. At the peak, there were only more than 11 million subscribers.

Now, Tang En Pictures intends to change this pattern, which is destined to rewrite the fate of Starz. It is definitely not a fantasy to challenge HBO and fight Showtime!

Tang En went to the branch of Marvel in California, and brought some greetings to the bosses of Marvel, mainly inspecting the office building.

This is an old house of more than forty years. It is located in the city center and occupies a large area. However, the facilities are a bit old and look old-fashioned.

Tang En has already made up his mind, once the headquarters building of Tang En Pictures is completed, Marvel Entertainment will be moved there directly. Now this old office building, as well as the headquarters building in New York, can be demolished and rebuilt into other institutions, or sold directly, and there will be at least 10 to 20 million US dollars in revenue.

Since Twain filmed "Spider-Man", the sales volume of Marvel's comics has soared. In the first quarter of 2000 alone, the sales volume reached 50,000 copies. In 1999, the sales volume was only 120,000 copies!

Movies are the leading entertainment industry. Before "Spider-Man" was released, the leaders of Marvel Entertainment have already seen the hope of Marvel's rebirth.

This is completely different from the previous cooperation with New Line to shoot "Blade Runner".

New Line shoots a niche action thriller, while Twain shoots a popular entertainment series, there is no comparison at all.

The CEO of Marvel Entertainment, Alan Vann, personally led Tang En on a tour, and told Tang En about the glorious history of Marvel in the past.

In front of a huge portrait of Captain America, Alan Fine said with emotion: "Back then, Spider-Man hadn't been born, and Captain America was the pillar of Marvel!"

Tang En followed him with his hands behind his back, and echoed with a smile, "Yes, Captain America is the symbol of the American spirit. At that time, the country was at war with Germany, Japan, and Italy, and such a spiritual leader was needed to lead the country through the difficulties. "

Alan Fine said: "This situation lasted until after the Vietnam War. When peace came, the popularity of Captain America disappeared, and we had to re-introduce a new spiritual leader."

"It's not Spider-Man, is it?"

"It's Spider-Man. Didn't you notice that the color of his suit, like Captain America, is also the embodiment of the national flag?"

Tang En smiled, "So Spider-Man is the captain in peacetime!"

Alan Fine suddenly said: "Captain America will also be adapted into a movie, right?"

Dunn paused for a moment, without hiding anything, "It's true, superhero movies need to be unfrozen. After "Spider-Man 2" is released, we will officially launch our superhero to the market! Captain America should be the first choice!"

Alan Fine sighed, "I'm really looking forward to that day."

Tang En shook his head with a smile, "By the way, has the copyright of Blade Warrior been taken back?"

Alan Vaughan looked embarrassed, "We had already negotiated with New Line. Bob Shea had a good relationship with us and agreed to return the copyright of Blade Warrior. But at the last moment, Warner Bros. intervened, and they Ask New Line to delay the return of copyright."

"What else?" Tang En's expression changed.

Alan Fine said helplessly: "Now that your "Spider-Man" is so famous, the whole Hollywood is staring at you. If you can save the superhero movie market, then Warner will definitely be happy to see it, and... I I heard some gossip."

"But it doesn't matter."

"I heard...Warner actually doesn't want to have a dispute with you because of a blade warrior. After all, they are sitting on DC comics and have two aces of Batman and Superman. They don't care about a small blade warrior. They... want to fight with you. You achieve more cooperation."

Tang En immediately understood, and smiled coldly, "Harry Potter?"

Alan Fine smiled and said, "I don't know much about the specific situation, haha. However, since the first trailer of "Spider-Man" was released, the sales of "Harry Potter" have also increased significantly."

Tang En pondered for a while, "Alan, this is a company secret, don't let it out. Since the copyright of Blade Warrior can't be taken back, let's put it on hold for now. Warner, I will find a way to deal with it."

At this time, Dunn's secretary, Ella Fisher, ran over in a hurry, a bit of fear appeared on her panicked face, and she glanced carefully at Alan Fann, "Twain..."

Tang En frowned, and when Alan Fine walked away consciously, he asked in a deep voice, "What happened?"

"FBI, the FBI is here!" Isla Fisher's voice was trembling, "They said that you were involved in a major economic crime and requested to be investigated. Dunn, what is going on..."

After all, it was a young girl. As she spoke, her eyes turned red.

Tang En is the pillar of the entire company, as well as her future and hope. Not to mention her acting career, the book "Gone Girl" alone is enough to gain all of Isla Fisher's reliance.

"Economic Crime?"

Tang En's face was no longer calm and calm, his face was pale, his whole body was tense and stiff, and he couldn't figure out the situation.

...

After getting in the car and returning to Tang En Pictures, Tang En, who had calmed down, finally figured it out a bit.

Now, Nasdaq is mourning, and every day you can see reports of investor suicides in newspapers, Wall Street is in a state of panic, and Internet companies go bankrupt every day.

The federal government has already intervened. Bank of America teamed up with several top Wall Street venture capital banks and securities institutions in an attempt to rescue the market, but the effect was not good, and it was impossible to reverse the situation.

At the same time, the Ministry of Justice also took action to actively investigate the suspected economic crimes behind the Nasdaq stock market crash. The purpose is very simple, to combat the widespread short-selling momentum in the market!

Don't talk about democracy and freedom. When it is related to the lifeline of the country's economy, it must have a political flavor.

The British Pound Crisis in 1992 and the Asian Crisis in 1997 were all claimed to be an absolutely free economic market, but isn't the government's powerful intervention everywhere behind it?

Otherwise, the handicap between the British pound and the Hong Kong dollar would have been overwhelmed and bankrupted by tens of billions of dollars of international hot money.

In the United States now, it is no surprise.

"Twain, you...you..." Ella Fisher's face turned pale with fright. She instinctively believed the FBI's statement that Tang En was involved in economic crimes.

Otherwise, how to explain Tang En's huge sum of money?

Injecting 1 billion US dollars into Tang En Pictures as soon as he made a move, this is not something a filmmaker can do at all. There are three big bosses in DreamWorks, don't they also need to invest in Microsoft founder Paul Allen?

Tang En took Isla Fisher's hand and found that his hand was cold. He said in relief, "Don't worry, I didn't commit a crime."

"But... where did you get so much money?"

"Hehe, it's all legal income." Tang En patted her on the forehead with a smile, "I won't talk to you anymore, I want to contact a helper."

Seeing that Tang En could still laugh now, Ella Fisher calmed down a lot.

Tang En called Brian Lord. Brian was Tang En's agent, and it was his job to handle the public relations crisis.

"Brian, let me make a long story short, you deal with it right away..."

Before Tang En finished speaking, Brian Lord interrupted, "Tang En, Bill has already notified me. When you meet with the FBI, don't say anything until the lawyer arrives. Also, I am in contact with the White House, right? This matter asks for an explanation."

"White House?"

Tang En was surprised, but also lamented the power of CAA, and said with a smile: "Bryan, there is no need to make a fuss. My assets are all legal income, and there is no economic crime."

Brian Lord said: "I know, but this is a public relations crisis. The investigation of you by the Ministry of Justice must be released as soon as possible, otherwise your public image will be seriously affected."

Tang En was silent for a moment, and agreed with his statement, "Since this is the case, it is up to you to help. Bryan, if you need political donations, just tell me."

"You boy!" Brian Lord laughed loudly, "Don't worry, the matter hasn't gotten that serious yet, isn't it just that you made some money in the stock market? Let's follow the formal procedures and settle it openly."

Tang En smiled slightly, and then his face changed, "Huh? Brian, I don't think I said that my funds come from the stock market, right?"

Brian Lord said angrily: "The FBI said it was an economic investigation. Do you think Bill and I are fools? Let's think about how to deal with investigators, my stock god!"

"Stock God?" Tang En laughed loudly, "I like this term."

...

When I returned to Tang En Pictures, I found that the employees of the company were all worried. They looked at Tang En with concern, panic, nervousness, and hope.

Most of them were promoted by Tang En from the grassroots, and they not only needed Tang En on business, but also had personal kindness.

No one wants the big boss Twain to have an accident at the current stage of the company's booming development.

Tang En was as sunny and confident as ever, and he did not feel the urgency and panic of the criminal investigation at all. He smiled and waved to everyone, "What are you doing standing there? Are you not working?"

"boss!"

"Twain..."

The eyes of the employees couldn't help showing a bit of emotion.

Tang En waved his hands calmly, "Go back to work, I'm fine!"

Seeing Bill McNick come over in a hurry, Tang En became a little angry, lowered his voice, but said in a serious tone, "Bill, what are you doing? Before anything happened to me, the company is in chaos!"

Bill McNick said bitterly: "I've already started to deal with it, but... everyone cares too much about you."

"It must be resolved immediately!" Tang En's tone was indescribably firm, "If this matter cannot be resolved as soon as possible, it will definitely be exposed by the media. By then, Tang En Pictures will face enormous pressure, and the company must be stable."

Bill McNick's face was ugly, "I'm afraid that Disney and Fox will fall into trouble by then."

Tang En's face was also downcast. He didn't care about accepting the FBI's investigation, but his headache was that so many things rushed together, especially his personal image was also involved in the box office market of "Spider-Man".

"How's the acquisition of Starz going?" Dunn asked out of the blue.

"Huh?" Bill McNick was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect Tang En to still care about the TV station at such a time.

Tang En frowned and said: "In terms of price, we will make some concessions. We will complete the acquisition within this week, and then... hand over our cable TV operation to Comcast."

Bill McNick immediately understood what Tang En meant.

Brain is alive, lad!

This is to form cliques!

Twain Films has offended two giants, Fox and Disney. Although there are also Universal and DreamWorks alliances behind them, their strength is still not as good.

If at this time, there is Comcast behind the support, then the support behind Tang En Pictures will be much stronger.

Comcast, the largest cable TV operator in the United States, competes with Disney TV Operations, while Fox's TV network is handed over to COX Communications, which also competes with Comcast.

An opponent's opponent is a friend!

At this critical moment, even if you pay more benefits, you have to get through this public relations crisis.

It would be great if the matter could subside quickly, but if not, a public relations battle would be inevitable!

Tang En is not sure whether he can defeat the powerful alliance between Disney and Fox, but at least he has the ambition to fight to the death!

"Let's go, now, let's meet the FBI investigators, what means!"

Tang En took firm steps, head held high, and walked upstairs to his office.

Bill McNick looked at this sunny and confident young man from behind, and seemed to see the light of hope breaking through the barriers.