3. s Sa{ ! ]vZ BIm ǀI1J Idk ) U0>. | ^o ּ2^ 9 In the 12-hour flight of a Boeing 747 in Los Angeles in first class, Michael Ovitz spent the whole time flipping through various materials.

After Lou Vasalman offered a high price of $8 billion for Sony, which is currently worth just over $14 billion, Sony, which is currently worth just over $14 billion, chose to decline, and Michael Ovitz turned his attention to Colombia. Coca-Cola also happens to be interested in giving up non-core businesses, and the two sides have officially opened negotiations.

The time is January 7.

Michael Ovitz led the acquisition team that assisted Sony in acquiring Colombia after two days in Tokyo and hurried back today.

Now, the young man has left for Australia to shoot "Batman", but these days, Hollywood still seems to revolve around Daenerys entertainment. Michael Ovitz looked through several profiles along the way were all related to Daenerys Entertainment.

In the past year, as of December 31, 1988, the cumulative box office in the United States market totaled $4.69 billion.

If calculated according to the December 31 deadline and divided by distributor, Hollywood's highest-grossing studio this year is Disney, with a total of $531 million and a box office market share of 11.3%.

After Disney, the other three Paramount, Warner and Universal also have a market share of about 10%.

Among them, Daenerys Entertainment's self-released "Scream", "Steel Magnolia", "Dead Poets Society", "Rain Man" and Tim Tou's "Avila Horror", as of December 31, the cumulative box office was only 256 million US dollars, with a market share of 5.5%.

Judging by these data alone, there doesn't seem to be anything special about Daenerys Entertainment.

However, the whole of Hollywood actually understands that this calculation method is completely covering the ears and stealing the bell.

If calculated according to the producers, Daenerys Entertainment's seven films this year, "When Harry Met Sally", "Vulgar", "Instinct", "Scream", "Magnolia", "Dead Poets Society" and "Rain Man", as of December 31, the cumulative box office reached $730 million.

$730 million, which immediately increased Daenerys Entertainment's market share from 5.5% to 15.6%.

What's even more impossible to ignore is that the $730 million box office, which occupies 15.6% of the market share, is only generated by 7 films, compared to Disney's $531 million box office figure, which means 15 movies, one of which is "When Harry Meets Sally" produced by Daenerys Entertainment.

And, if you take Daenerys Entertainment's total North American box office estimates for these films, the total box office of the seven films is likely to reach a terrifying $900 million. $900 million, which is already close to 20% of the annual box office share in the United States.

It is conceivable that if this situation continues, Daenerys Entertainment has a good chance of becoming a Hollywood overlord like MGM in the Golden Age.

The solo film company, which has only been on the rise for two years, shows such a strong potential for discovery, if it were any other case, Michael Ovitz would not be able to help but praise a few times. But now, such a strong company is in opposition to CAA.

Michael Ovitz doesn't regret CAA's involvement in Rain Man at all, and he once told his clients that he could kill for them if necessary.

Officially, because CAA unconditionally stands on the side of its customers and protects the interests of customers as much as possible, more and more top stars are willing to join this talent agency.

Since you can't be friends, it's better to be enemies.

Daenerys Entertainment is so strong that it will certainly seriously damage the potential of traditional Hollywood studios. After trying to reconcile with Daenerys Entertainment was rejected a few days ago, Ovitz tested the heads of major Hollywood studios, and he wondered if it was possible for the Big Seven to unite to suppress Daenerys Entertainment.

The answer is no.

Among the Big Seven, Warner is working with Daenerys Entertainment on "Batman" and "Flying Over Innocence", and it is impossible to compete with Daenerys Entertainment at this time.

Disney also holds a director's contract with Simon Westeros, judging from "Lola Run" and "Vulgar", the film directed by Simon Westeros himself has a very high potential to break 100 million at the box office, and Disney is obviously not willing to fight against Daenerys Entertainment and lose a project that is likely to break 100 million at the box office.

Subsequently, Fox, "The Butterfly Effect", "The Grim Reaper is Coming" and "Instinct" collaborated on three consecutive films, coupled with the fact that the Murdoch family and Westeros' girlfriend John Ston family are both Australians, and the possibility of Fox and Simon Westeros confrontation is also very low.

The third of the seven is to work together to suppress Daenerys Entertainment has become a fantasy.

The remaining Paramount, Universal, Columbia and MGM, Paramount has been doing very well in the past two years, and it has no intention of being an enemy of Daenerys Entertainment. Colombia is too busy selling itself to do so. MGM was put on the scene in "Rain Man", but he had this kind of thought, but with MGM's current dilapidated state, he was completely powerless.

In the final Universal, Michael Ovitz knew that the "Scream" rating incident was mainly driven by Lou Vasalman, but for some reason, Universal did not make other moves afterwards.

All in all, it is simply impossible to get the seven major Hollywood studios to join forces to suppress the rise of Daenerys Entertainment. Outside of the Big Seven, Orion, these second- and third-tier film companies, have no capital to compete with Daenerys Entertainment.

Michael Ovitz also understands that, in the final analysis, there is a lack of profit-driven. In other words, Daenerys Entertainment's share of the Hollywood box office, while huge, has not yet reached the point where other studios feel that they cannot survive.

In this case, the traditional forces of Hollywood can only fight back instinctively in some aspects.

For example, the next awards season.

The Oscar statuette represents interests, and in order to win the award, the traditional forces will definitely sell and suppress Daenerys Entertainment.

In addition, it is probably a direct snatch of a potentially successful project from Daenerys Entertainment.

Thinking of this, Michael Ovitz looked down again and found the two scripts of "Rocket Expert" and "Firebird Attack" from a pile of materials.

In recent days, Ovitz has read both scripts several times, and has inquired in detail about how Paramount got them.

Paramount President Sidney Garnis bribes Simon Westeros' secretary to cut off both scripts. This kind of thing is actually not uncommon in Hollywood, so it is not glamorous.

Howitz, however, instinctively felt that it was not as simple as it seemed.

Because Simon Westeros's reaction seemed to be too calm, Daenerys Entertainment only fired the secretary afterwards and did not make any attempt to salvage the two projects, which is too abnormal compared to what Daenerys Entertainment and CAA did in the "Rain Man" incident.

Michael Ovitz has thought about a lot of possibilities.

Or, Simon Westeros is confident enough that these two projects will not succeed in the hands of others?

Or was it a trap thrown by Simon Westeros?

Neither of these speculations seems so reliable.

Michael Ovitz has always believed that as long as the studio is serious enough and devotes enough resources to a project, the film can't fail too much, at least not at all. Because a movie has to go through so many steps from script to finished film, it is unlikely that Hollywood will have a script that is inherently doomed, and most of the time it is just the creator who messes up the script during the filming process.

I don't know how long it took for the radio in the cabin to alert the plane to land, and Michael Ovitz came to think about the situation.

Perhaps, I am really a little suspicious.

Daenerys Entertainment currently has two comic book adaptation projects in the movies currently under development, namely "Batman" and "Angel Messenger". Warren Beatty was also recently discussing a comic book project with Disney, "The Supreme Detective".

Then, if you look at the "Rocket Expert" in your hand, maybe the manga movie will really be the trend in the next few years.

As for "Firebird Attack", Tom Cruise starred in "Top Gun" when he personally promoted it, and now, such a film that tries to replicate the success story of "Top Gun", as long as it is done seriously, it is obviously impossible to fail too much.

Moreover, it is said that Matt Dillon, represented by Jonathan Friedman, is trying to fight for the male lead in "Firebird Attack", and Jonathan Friedman's relationship with Simon Westeros is self-evident, which is enough to rule out the possibility that this script is a trap.

When the plane began to land, Michael Ovitz packed up the materials in front of him, fastened his seat belt, and made up his mind to let the artists under the CAA team compete for the dominance of the two projects as much as possible. Cruise should be reluctant to repeat a similar role in "Top Gun", then, the male lead of "Rocket Expert" is still very suitable for him.

Thinking about it like this, I got off the plane all the way.

As soon as he sat down in the car that the company had sent to pick him up, Ovitz's assistant told him about an incident that had suddenly happened in the past two days.

Kirsti Aly, an actress who focuses on TV dramas under CAA, suddenly announced that she had jumped to MA in recent days. Kirsti Avery is still very famous in the TV industry, and if a star of this level insists on changing jobs, he doesn't care and simply lets the other party go.

Then, just this morning, Daenerys Entertainment suddenly announced that Kirstie Aley officially joined the crew of "Flying Over Innocence", replacing Meg Ryan, who was originally expected to play, as the female number one.

After listening to the assistant's narration, Ovitz, who has always been well-cultivated, couldn't help but curse loudly while sitting in the carriage.

It's just a celebrity job-hopping, and Ovitz doesn't care. However, Daenerys Entertainment suddenly came like this, which is likely to send a wrong signal to the circle: if you want to join Daenerys Entertainment's films, you must quit CAA first.

It is conceivable that if this opinion spreads, and if Daenerys Entertainment's box office miracle continues, CAA will definitely face a disaster of brain drain.