Heads Up Hollywood

Michael Eisner is going to launch a series of big collaborations with Twain, which has already spread throughout Disney.

The board is very supportive!

Disney has a wealth of channel resources. The reason why it encounters many difficulties now is because of problems in the content industry.

Coincidentally, Tang En Pictures is a pioneer in content production!

Hit movies, hit American dramas, hit reality shows... If Disney can cooperate with Tang En Pictures, it will definitely boost Disney's stock price.

Businessmen have no feelings, they don't care about Disney's brand image, and they don't care about Disney's industry status in Hollywood. They just want to see one result-the stock price rises! Keep going up!

In this situation, Michael Eisner's strategy can quickly get the support of the board of directors.

However, Roy Disney, Stanley Gold and a group of elderly people with feelings and pursuits are very opposed to it!

After the Oscars, the whole of Hollywood was full of uproar and a lot of big things happened.

Unexpectedly, on this day, a column in the "New York Times" made the situation in Hollywood even more turbulent.

Here's a report from Entertainment Editor-in-Chief Bernard Winbrew, headlined "Hollywood Sees Disney Tensions"—

"Mr. Eisner is sneaky, he doesn't have many real friends, his style is rough and direct..."

"In contrast, Mr. Roy Disney is aboveboard, with many acquaintances and relationships..."

"Roy has always been the pinnacle of Disney, the nephew of founder Walt Disney. It's a pity that Eisner sees him more as an employee than as a friend..."

After seeing this report, Michael Eisner was immediately furious, and he recognized that this was Roy Disney's broken pot.

His deputy, Robert Iger, Disney's president and chief operating officer, called Roy Disney and said seriously: "You have to stop doing this! Michael is going crazy!"

Roy Disney said, "It wasn't me, Stanley did it."

"Then stop him!" Robert Iger said in a stern tone, "You must control him!"

Roy Disney insisted: "I can't stop him, I can't control him."

After Michael Eisner heard Robert Iger's report, he was very angry. He wrote a letter and sent it to Disney's major shareholders, and then called the major shareholder Sid Bass, "I Trying to save Disney, but Roy is holding me back!"

Sid Bass knew that Eisner was negotiating with Twain, and they were jointly planning a reality show "Wise and Brave", and even if they had a good relationship with Twain, the second season of "American Idol" would be released next year. There is also a good chance of moving to ABC.

This is a big deal!

Although Sid Bass has reduced most of his shares, the Bass family already has a lot of influence on the board of directors, and he expressed support for Michael Eisner.

After pondering for a while, Michael Eisner directly called Roy Disney, "Your report is wrong, out of date, and extremely stupid! More importantly, in the next few weeks, I will not Will deal with you, you make me feel bad, you are holding back Disney!"

Finally, he made up his mind.

To lead Disney to launch an all-round strategic cooperation with Tang En Pictures!

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The Los Angeles Country Club, located in Beverly Hills, is the most prestigious top club in California, where celebrities gather.

At this time, Tang En was swinging at the North Golf Course of the Country Club with Mr. Greg Hunter, the executive vice chairman and acting chairman of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

Tang En has become more and more familiar with this sport.

The level is not very good, but the action is very standard.

The female coach beside her, with a protruding body and a beautiful face, also praised and flattered her.

Tang En smiled slightly, waved his hand, and signaled her to leave.

He had a good chat with Greg Hunter. Both parties were interested in resolving conflicts with a sincere attitude. It was time to talk about some substantive topics.

"Originally, I wanted to issue a statement. From then on, all films and TV series produced by Tang En Pictures and its studios will boycott the Golden Globe Awards." Tang En said lightly, this was not alarmist talk.

Greg Hunter's heart trembled, and he squeezed out a smiling face, "It's not necessary now, is it?"

He is really lucky now.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association made a correct choice—to bow down to Twain.

Otherwise, if Twain really climbed up and boycotted the Golden Globe Awards, and then leveraged on Natalie Portman's strong influence as an Oscar-winning actress, the Golden Globe Awards would really be doomed.

Without a star, any movie awards would be over!

Tang En smiled, "Of course, since you have already promised to clean up your style of work, there is no need for me to insist on it. The Golden Globe Award is a great award with a long history, and I am also a beneficiary of the Golden Globe Award. Of course, I don't want the Golden Globe There's a problem with the award."

Greg Hunter nodded with relief, and said with a smile: "Yes, we all hate black-box operations! Fortunately, you found out in time, and we decisively sent an investigation team to solve the problem."

Both sides know that this kind of nonsense is the brilliance on the outside of the ugly.

But socializing is like this, it doesn't matter whether it is ugly or beautiful.

Benefits are the most important!

Negotiation is the art of compromise.

Tang En swung his club again, watched the golf ball flying far away draw a perfect parabola, nodded in satisfaction, "It doesn't matter if you make mistakes, as long as you can correct them, the Golden Globe Award is still the Golden Globe Award, Tang En Pictures... will continue to support it."

"Of course! The mistakes of the past, our entire association, have been deeply aware of." Greg Hunter's words were a little humble. After all, Twain is now on the dominant side. If there is a deep meaning, he added, "The golden ball in the past Awards, I am often bewitched by some malicious people, and I won’t do it in the future.”

Tang En frowned and gave him a fixed look.

Greg Hunter was in his fifties, and he felt a panic in his heart.

Tang En's calm and prestige look is a bit powerful!

"Greg, do you know what the biggest weakness of the Golden Globes is?" Tang En threw away the club in his hand, and walked to the reclining chair behind him to lean on.

Greg Hunter also put down his cue and sat down, savoring the deep meaning in Tang En's words, "The weakness... is the lack of official recognition like Oscar."

Tang En glanced at him appreciatively, and said, "That's right, the Oscars are hosted by the most professional Academy of Film Arts, with the world's best filmmakers as judges, so the awards can be fair enough and authoritative enough. The Golden Globe Awards were founded In the past 60 years, there have been many problems one after another, and the main reason is the lack of professional guidance."

"Professional guidance?" Greg Hunter raised his eyebrows thoughtfully.

Tang En half-closed his eyes and leaned back in the recliner, "Kirk Douglas is professional enough, it's actually not a problem for him to guide the Golden Globe Awards."

"ah?"

Greg Hunter's eyes widened immediately.

Tang En shook his head again, "However, his selfishness is too strong, and he really can't do this job. The previous chairman...Mr. Lorenzo Soria just chose the wrong partner and excluded Nat from the best actress The list is what caused this catastrophe."

Greg Hunter gasped, his expression changed drastically!

Glancing out of the corner of Tang En's eyes, he saw the change in his expression, and added, "Greg, let's be clear about people's secrets, and the remarks made in the dark are nothing more than words to deceive the ignorant public. Tell the truth , Mr. Soria's approach, I agree, but unfortunately he chose the wrong person."

Greg Hunter opened his mouth and managed to speak, "Yeah...Yeah, Kirk Douglas is too selfish, he used the Golden Globes as a tool to deal with you, this is too much gone."

Tang En said: "The judges of the Golden Globe Awards are all journalists. From a professional point of view, they lack sufficient professional knowledge and artistic understanding. This is also often the case when nominations and awards for the Golden Globe Awards are not authoritative enough and controversial. s reason."

Greg Hunter's face changed, and he was silent for a long time before he said slowly: "Mr. Walker, so... I would like to request your help on behalf of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. When nominating and awarding the Golden Globe Awards, Can provide some professional advice and guidance.”

He is now only the acting chairman of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. If he wants to be successfully elected in the next election, getting Twain is the most critical issue.

Tang En smiled with satisfaction, but pretended to be embarrassed, "Is this okay? I'm suspected of affecting the Golden Globe Awards, right?"

Greg Hunter immediately said: "No! The selection of the Golden Globe Awards comes from the votes of journalists within the association and has nothing to do with the outside world. Your suggestion is just a reference for the judges and cannot affect their specific votes. .And we also believe that you have a higher character than Kirk Douglas!"

Tang En let out a long sigh and waved his hands, "Forget it! Then I'd rather be respectful than obedient, and help a little. Who said that I openly provoked and ruined the reputation of the Golden Globe Awards? If I don't help, who will help? Like this Well, in the future awards season, I will tell you some of my personal opinions."

"Of course, my energy is limited, and I can't cover everything. At most... I will pay attention to a few awards such as Best Director and Best Actress. The rest of the awards are still up to you, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. This task is very difficult, but I believe that under your leadership, the income of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association will increase, and the Golden Globe Awards will be better and better!"

Greg Hunter repeatedly said: "It's okay, I believe...the Golden Globe Awards and Tang En Pictures can cooperate more extensively in more fields in the future."

Tang En smiled slightly, shook his head and said, "It's not Tang En Pictures, it's Dick Clark Television Production Company."

Greg Hunter was slightly embarrassed, because Twain bombarded the relationship between the Golden Globes, and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association had already cut off the partnership between the Golden Globes and Dick Clark TV Production Company.

"Of course, we have cooperated for decades, and I believe this cooperation can continue."

Greg Hunter promised repeatedly.