Back in the No. 1 office building in the borough, Amy Pascal was already waiting for him in the lounge area next to Simon's office on the fifth floor.

Simon dined with Spielberg at noon, and Amy was also not free, but invited Robert Reem.

After the acquisition of New World Entertainment, Robert Rehm, CEO of New World Entertainment, was retained by Simon to serve as the president of Daenerys Entertainment's film distribution business, and the contract period was from August 1988 to July 1991, a total of three years, that is, the next month.

Because of some unpleasantness in events such as salary increases and job hopping, and Simon actually doesn't quite recognize Reem's ability, the other party is still a little older, so he doesn't plan to renew his contract this time.

Amy and Rem are talking about the other party's departure next month

With Robert Rehm's departure, his position will be replaced by Mark Belford, whom Simon has been cultivating in recent years.

Motioning for Amy not to get up, Simon sat down across from her and asked, "How's the talk with Bob?"

Amy put a newspaper that she had just flipped through casually on the round table in front of her, and said, "Bob has officially signed a contract with Paramount yesterday, and he will officially leave next month after completing the handover of this side of affairs." ”

Ever since Daenerys Entertainment acquired MCA, Lehman has actually started looking for a home.

Simon also knew about it, and Martin Davis, chairman of Paramount Communications, even went out of his way to greet him.

Although there have been some suspicions, Rem has generally been conscientious in the past three years, so Daenerys Entertainment's public caliber is only because of normal job adjustments.

There is no negative news coming out, and Daenerys Entertainment's performance in film production and distribution in recent years is obvious to all, and Robert Rehm, who has personally witnessed the rise of Daenerys Entertainment, has naturally become the target of other studios. Shirley Lansing, who was expected to join Paramount, was cut off by Simon and removed from MGM, and Martin Davis invited Rem to become the new president of Paramount Pictures in order to revive Paramount's film business, which has deteriorated in recent years.

"That's not bad," Simon said, thinking for a moment before adding, "Also, take the time to arrange a departure party for Bob in the name of the company, and all the courtesies should be given." ”

Amy nodded and said, "You're going to the UK next week, so, it's scheduled in the middle of the month?"

"Wonder Woman" has been filming in the UK for two weeks, and after the early run-in, there will be some key shots to start shooting next week. As Daenerys Entertainment's own project, Simon no longer just checks the dailies regularly by remote control like in "The Flash", but plans to rush over and follow up for a week.

"It's still scheduled at the end of the month, and in addition to Wonder Woman, I'm going to go to Finland and maybe Italy. Finally, there may be a few more days to stay on the East Coast, and AOL's IPO is officially set for July 12. ”

Amy agreed, and said, "I'm really worried that one day you'll completely ignore Daenerys Entertainment." ”

"I can't put it down," Simon laughed self-deprecatingly, "I'm actually the kind of guy who has a strong desire for power." ”

Amy shook her head slightly, looked at Simon and said, "I don't think there's anything wrong with it, Daenerys Entertainment, and all the other companies in the Westeros system, if you don't control it personally, it's hard to say what it will be." ”

Simon took a sip of the coffee sent by the female assistant, nodded with a smile: "Very good compliment, I will have to say more of this kind of thing in the future." ”

Amy also laughed, gossiped a few words, and talked about business: "I have completed the layoff of 1,000 people during this time, but the company's production department and distribution department still have serious redundancy problems. Many of the former MCA employees also complained that we didn't raise their salaries to the same level as Daenerys Entertainment employees, and some people were trying to contact the union to intervene. ”

After winning the MCA, Simon initially planned to lay off 3,000 employees and reduce the combined 15,000 employees of the two companies to 12,000.

However, as soon as the news of the incident was released, it found strong attention from the media, labor unions and federal government departments.

In order to avoid the two acquisitions that had just been finalized at that time, Daenerys Entertainment had to quickly publicly commit to laying off only 1,000 employees.

Prior to the merger, Daenerys Entertainment's employees were paid significantly higher than MCA and other studios in the same industry, as the layoffs were not implemented, and Simon did not increase the salaries of the MCA employees who merged into Daenerys Entertainment to a comparable level, as is customary.

In addition, in order to divert employees, Simon also strengthened the construction of various overseas branches of Daenerys Entertainment during this time, and continued to send many employees to overseas markets such as Europe, Latin America and Asia.

Hearing Amy mention it again, Simon put away his expression and thought seriously for a moment: "The staff in the production and distribution department can be sent as far as possible, and they can also be transferred to the record and game departments in charge of Nancy, and these businesses are largely common." In terms of compensation, they can be given a formal notice, and if they want to adjust, they will have to wait until at least a year later, and the company needs to make an exact assessment of their abilities. ”

Amy said: "Actually, the main thing is that many people don't want to be sent abroad. Especially Eastern Europe and Latin America, and some countries in Asia, you know. ”

"These are the top priorities of Daenerys Entertainment's next overseas expansion, even if we can't make money now, cultivate the market in advance, let the people there be familiar with the brand Daenerys Entertainment, and we will gain sooner or later." The next expatriate plan, huh...... I'll talk to Mark personally tomorrow and don't need to be too accommodating to the wishes of the employees, since they are paid and want to get more in the future, they should accept the transfer. ”

Simon said this, thought about it for a while, and added: "Wait until early next year, if there is still redundancy by then, there will be a second layoff." When the time comes, it doesn't matter if someone says something. ”

The two then discussed some preparations for Universal Studios Osaka, Japan, and Amy will need to leave Los Angeles for a flight to Japan next week.

As he spoke, a greeting came from behind him.

Simon turned his head to look, and the female assistant came over with a middle-aged man, so she stood up with Amy.

Tom Pollack is the president of Universal Pictures, a former MCA subsidiary.

Tom Polllack is in his forties, not tall, with a typical Jewish nose, somewhat bald, and a pair of recognizable drooping eyes.

MCA's chairman, Lou Vasalman, and president Sid Szynberg officially left the company after the deal was completed, simply assuming the title of advisor that everyone knew what the nature was.

After the merger of the two companies, because Amy needed to oversee the entire Daenerys Entertainment and could no longer take care of the affairs of Daenerys Films, Simon kept Tom Pollack.

After this period of adjustment, Tom Pollack is now the president of Daenerys Films, and is also responsible for the separation and integration of the three labels of Universal Pictures and Daenerys Entertainment.

As the core film label of Daenerys Entertainment, Simon handed over the position of president to Tom Pollack, which seems to be a little unfair to the two 'old men' of Ella Deutchman, president of Goron Pictures, and Danny Morris, president of New World Pictures, but in fact, Tom Pollack's authority is smaller than the other two.

Gaomen Pictures and New World Pictures will go one step further and separate into two production and distribution systems focusing on their own subject areas, so Deutchman and Danny Morris are both at the level of feudal officials.

Daenerys Films, the real power is still in Simon's hands, and Tom Pollack only plays a supporting role, mainly responsible for the department's contract negotiation, personnel communication, budget formulation and other administrative affairs.

As the core creative rights of a studio, Tom Pollack has no hands on it, and the distribution of the label's films will also be handled by Mark Belford, who will succeed Robert Rehm. Moreover, Tom Pollack's original directorship of MCA's Cineplex Odeon cinema chain was replaced by Nancy Brill.

However, Tom Pollack himself is not satisfied with his current situation, but he does not have many complaints.

There was even some rejoicing.

Because of Simon's insistence on MCA control at the beginning, Tom Pollack originally thought that he would also need to leave like Lou Vasalman and Sid Szynberg after the deal was made, but he didn't expect to be able to stay.

You must know that Hollywood now can be described as a radish and a pit.

The studios that have just been reduced from eight to seven again, with the same positions, Warner Bros. has Terry Semel, Columbia has Peter Cooper and Jon Peters, Fox has Joe Ross, MGM has Shirley Lansing, and Disney has Jeffrey Katzenberg. The last Paramount is also basically locked by Robert Rehm, who is about to leave Daenerys.

As for Daenerys's side, she is even stronger,

Tom Pollack did not have a large amount of money to retire directly like Vasalman and Szynberg, and he was only in his forties and he was not willing to retire like this, but if he left, there was no place for him in the first-tier studios, and the second- and third-tier studios could not accommodate him as a Buddha, so he could not find a suitable position in the short term.

Now, although the power to get the position of president of Daenerys Films is not great, Daenerys Films, a subsidiary of Daenerys Entertainment. Executives with a little experience in Hollywood know that this is definitely a very gilded position.

Hollywood studio executives are always changing, and even if you can't climb the ladder after a few years in this position, when you leave, you will definitely be able to easily get a studio head position with real power like Robert Rehm, even if it is a higher level of the head of the entire media group, it is not impossible.

Everyone said hello, and Amy left to go about her business.

Simon didn't go back to his office next to him, and continued to sit next to the lounge area with floor-to-ceiling windows and a wide view, and talked to Pollack about work.

"I met with Robert Redford and Adrian Lane's agents in the morning, and the two should have communicated privately, compared to the initial $5 million base salary plus 15% of the gross revenue share of the local box office, this time they both made some concessions, and I finally talked about the share ratio of 10%, Adrian's base salary was reduced to 3 million. ”

Tom Polllack was talking about Daenerys Entertainment's "Peachy Deal" project with Paramount.

After Brian De Palma quit because he was worried that he would not be able to control the subject, Simon sent an invitation to Adrian Lane, the original director of the film.

Speaking of Adrian Lane, not many people may know about it, but when it comes to "Nine and a Half Weeks of Loving You", probably many people's minds immediately come to mind the various fancy lingerings of Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger.

Adrian Lane is the director of "Nine and a Half Weeks of Love".

However, "Nine and a Half Weeks of Love You", although famous for its controversy, is not Adrian Lane's highest-grossing film, and in fact "Nine and a Half Weeks of Love You" is very poor at the box office. Ryan's highest-grossing film was "Fatal Temptation," starring Michael Douglas four years ago, which sold $300 million worldwide.

Prior to this, Adrian Lane also filmed a "Lightning Dance" that squeezed into the top ten box office in 1983, and the song and dance film that roughly followed "Grease" was also controversial, but at a cost of $4 million, it earned more than $90 million in North America alone, ranking third on the annual box office list at the time.

Despite the success of "Lightning Dance" and "Fatal Temptation", Adrian Lane's films have been inconsistent at the box office over the years.

After "Fatal Temptation", Ryan teamed up with gold-medal screenwriter Bruce Joy Robin, who became famous with "Ghosts", on "Another World", which cost $25 million to make, but only $26 million at the North American box office.

Coupled with the director's low-production pace of directing a film in an average of three years, it is difficult for Ryan to maintain a first-line level in terms of salary.

Simon listened to Tom Polllack and was very pleased with the success of his work.

Since the two want to share, Robert Redford's $5 million base salary and Adrian Lane's $3 million base salary are exactly what Simon expected.

As for the 10% share of gross revenue from the local box office, this refers to the 10% of the part of the box office revenue that Daenerys Entertainment receives from the theater chain. If calculated based on the domestic box office of $100 million and the 55% studio revenue sharing ratio, 10% is roughly equivalent to 5.5 million.

As long as the two can ensure that the local box office of "Peach Deal" exceeds 100 million, they each take another $5.5 million, which is also what the two deserve.

Tom Pollack confirmed that Simon had no problem with the two pay packages, and continued: "In that case, I will sign Bob and Ryan as soon as possible. In addition, in terms of the heroine, Demi Moore's agent gave a salary offer of $5 million, and I talked to ICM a few times, but the other party did not back down, and they said that Moore is not short of film contracts now. ”

Demi Moore is the original heroine of The Peach Deal.

Simon has been a little hesitant to let Moore play the role again during this time, he has read the original book and the script, and feels that the heroine Diana should be the type of little jasper.

Demi moore.

Probably because there are too many messy scandals about the other party in his mind, it is difficult for Simon to substitute Moore into this role.

Hearing Pollack say this at this time, Simon thought for a moment and said, "Then forget it, you contact Valerie." ”

"Valerie Golino?"

"Hmm. Her performance in "Rain Man" is very suitable for the image of Diana. ”

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