Heads Up Hollywood

"Mr. Eisner, I'm Dunn."

On the phone, Tang En's voice was a little awkward.

"Oh, what's the matter?"

Michael Eisner is calm.

Tang En said with a smile: "Congratulations, the single-week box office of "Undead" reached 26.75 million, which is 2 million more than "Saw". Speaking of which, Disney won this time, and it really is a big winner." The studio is amazing! It's so bullish, it's amazing!"

Judging from the content, Tang En was admitting defeat to Disney, but his tone...was a bit eccentric, with a slight hint of sarcasm.

This is already the fourth week of the release of "Chain Saw", and the North American box office has exceeded 57 million US dollars.

In the first week of release of "Undead", let alone "The Grinch" with a single-week box office of 82 million US dollars and "X-Men" with a box office of 64 million US dollars, it can't even compare with "Charlie's Angels 1". "Chain Saw" is as high as $1.75 million!

The investment cost of "Undead" was 75 million U.S. dollars, the publicity cost was 45 million U.S. dollars, and the box office only got 26.75 million U.S. dollars in the first week. It was definitely a huge failure.

In contrast, "Chain Saw" has achieved unprecedented success. In terms of profit return alone, even "Spiderman" can kill in seconds!

Under such circumstances, Dunn called to congratulate Michael Eisner so "sincerely". The irony and teasing behind this congratulations were really obvious.

On the other end of the phone, Michael Eisner was silent for a long time, and Tang En was not in a hurry and just waited.

After a long time, he heard his slightly dull voice, "Tang En, it's time to come to an end about the banning order!"

The corner of Tang En's mouth twitched, and he sat in the lounge of the crew, took a sip of coffee leisurely, let out a "dc" sound, and asked unhurriedly: "Banning order? I'm not in a hurry, hehe, what I'm most concerned about right now is It's your old underling, Joe Ruth."

Michael Eisner frowned. He understood Tang En's meaning, pondered for a while, and said lightly: "If the box office of "Undead" fails to rebound next week, I have reason to question Joe's professional ability on behalf of the board of directors."

Tang En curled his lips, disdainful, "Next week? In the current theaters, four or five commercial blockbusters are released at the same time, and there will be a new film next week. Do you think "Undead" can be brought back to life?"

Michael Eisner said in a deep voice: "Disney is not Tang En Pictures, here we need to follow the rules of the board of directors!"

"Okay, then everyone will handle it according to the rules. My conditions will not change." Tang En was confident and careless. Anyway, he was not in a hurry. No actor has been banned, the ban order is just a statement, useless."

Michael Eisner was a little annoyed, this Twain was pretending to be stupid, he really had nothing to do.

Does he care about the banning of Twain Films?

All he cares about is Disney's decency!

A giant conglomerate like Disney was blocked by a small company like Tang En Pictures for several months, and it has not been resolved for a long time. His face is almost lost.

"Okay, at the end of this month, or the beginning of next month, you will hear the news!"

Michael Eisner snorted angrily, very dissatisfied.

Tang En's rudeness and arrogance made people angry!

...

In a blink of an eye, it was December, and Tang En's fourth film "A Beautiful Mind" was announced to be completed!

Twain finally completed the filming that lasted more than 3 months and returned to Los Angeles.

It's the end of the year, and the work in hand will be very complicated. Tang En finally has time to deal with business.

The first thing is the "banning order".

Just yesterday, Disney fired production chairman Joe Ruth and put Richard Cook in full charge of the studio.

"Mr. Eisner, I'm Dunn!"

Tang En returned to his office, put his legs on the desk, leaned back on the boss's chair, and called Michael Eisner again.

"Is there something wrong?"

Michael Eisner's voice was muffled, obviously in a bad mood.

As his confidant, Joe Ruth was forced out of the production department by Tang En, which was a great shame in his career!

Tang En smiled, "That's right, the box office of "Saw" has already exceeded 70 million US dollars, hehe, it's not bad, the people below are planning to hold a celebration reception. Actually, according to my opinion, there is no need to do it, 7000 It's only ten thousand dollars, not worth mentioning, but they..."

"Enough!" Michael Eisner snorted, disgusted by Twain's low-key show off. A movie that cost $1.5 million had a North American box office of more than $70 million. Isn't that worth mentioning?

Pretend, you pretend to be a fart!

Michael Eisner was very angry, "Just tell me if you have something to say, I still have a meeting."

Tang En comforted him kindly, as if he was the elder, "Mr. Eisner, this is your fault. In the past, some unpleasant things did happen to us, isn't it all over now? The bastard Joe Ruth has been killed by us together..."

"Wait!" Michael Eisner raised his brows, "What are you talking about? What did you do together? Don't talk nonsense!"

Tang En smiled cynically, "It's almost the same! Anyway, Joe Ruth is my old enemy, and then you fired him for me. We cooperated well this time. The previous things... let's go, I The biggest thing about this person is his atmosphere!"

Michael Eisner gritted his teeth at Dun En's shamelessness, and reacted coldly, "Tell me about the banning order, how do you plan to deal with it?"

"It's over! As I said, the past is over. We have to look forward. The ban order was originally a misunderstanding! How about this, tonight, on the third floor of the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel, "Chain Saw" will be held A celebration reception is held, and I sincerely invite you to attend!"

Of course, Michael Eisner was absolutely unwilling. Last time he came uninvited to the "Spider-Man" celebration party, and made a lot of jokes.

This time, "Chain Saw" has greatly squeezed the living space of "Undead". Just like "Spider-Man", it is a nightmare film for Disney. Will he be willing to celebrate?

It's like bleeding!

Tang En was clear-headed and didn't give him a chance to refuse. He immediately said: "Actually, I also know that the banning order has dealt a serious blow to Disney's image in the circle. Since we all intend to resolve the conflict now, of course we must develop a A proper way to deal with it. Let's discuss a way to deal with it."

The matter of the banning order is a stalk in Michael Eisner's mind.

He's already irritated, and he desperately wants to end all this absurdity and get Disney back on the right path of development.

...

"Twain, our book is going to be popular!" Isla Fisher has been busy revising her new book "The Gone Girl" for a while, and now, the draft is finally finalized and handed over to the publishing house for publication.

Tang En recalled the conversation with Michael Eisner just now, a smug smile flashed across his face, and when he saw the little secretary Ella walking in, he waved to her.

Isla Fisher pursed her lips and smiled, walked over and sat directly on his lap, hugging each other tightly.

"Didn't you just send it to the publishing house? This is going to be a hit?"

"There are already signs. The number of orders from secondary distributors has exceeded 500,000 copies!" Ella Fisher couldn't hide her excitement. She hooked Tang En's neck with both hands, and the fragrance could be sprayed on him. "You don't know, I published two books in the past, and only sold more than 3,000 copies in total."

"Really? This shows that your writing skills have improved a lot."

"That's not true. I know in my heart that it's all about your story. And...the reason why the booksellers dare to place such a bold order in large quantities is because your name is on the author's signature." Ella Fei Scheer's eyes were shining brightly, flowing with brilliance.

Tang En smiled, "I heard that you... want to concentrate on writing books instead of becoming an actor?"

Isla Fisher grinned, "Actors...that's all there is to it, how good it is to write a book, this is the cultural circle, much higher than the entertainment circle."

Tang En shook his head, "By the way, "Spider-Man" is about to be released, how about the publisher?"

Ira Fisher said: "The planned release date is December 25th. Universal seems to be negotiating with several TV stations to sell the broadcasting rights of the cable TV station. It is said... that it has rejected AMC TV station's offer of 20 million US dollars. "

"20 million U.S. dollars?" Tang En curled his lips, a little annoyed, "Tell Universal that the price is less than 30 million U.S. dollars, and the Starz TV station is asking for it! Damn it, it's really uncomfortable that my movie is in the hands of Universal."

Isla Fisher pursed her lips and said, "Aren't you going to acquire Universal? After the acquisition is completed and the distribution rights are in your own hands, you can let your own movies be shown on your own TV station."

Tang En nodded solemnly, "That's right, movies, TV, animation, games, publishing, music... This is a closed-loop ecological chain of the entertainment industry. Of course, it will take time for the company to develop into a group, but in a short time , Universal Pictures plays a vital role!"

Isla Fisher is a little secretary, she really doesn't understand, "By the way, Universal also said that it is cooperating with VHS video tapes and DVD disc printing houses to produce two editions of DVDs. For $19...”

Tang En waved his hand, "Let Universal worry about these matters, anyway, they have a 10% commission, and they will definitely spare no effort, so I won't worry about it."

"Also, Mr. Ovitz invited you to meet. Legendary Films has confirmed a partner for the second platter investment project. I want to discuss it with you."

"Well, then tomorrow afternoon, I will go there in person, and you arrange the time."

"In addition, the filming of "Six Feet Under" has already been finished, and the TV production department asked whether it is necessary to communicate with Starz TV station? The scope of this TV series does not match the previous Starz series."

"No need! The past development strategy of Starz TV must be changed. It must rely on the TV production department of Tang En Pictures to survive. This is a new force. Forget it, call Bill here, and I will tell him!"

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