Chapter 219 Charles's Statement
The warehouse caught fire, and the person who set it fire must have had a rivalry with John, and there was also a personal vendetta.
There are many people who compete with John in Hollywood, and it can be said that all major film companies are, but John has just come out, and he has only made a movie at present, and he has not touched the actual interests of these people, so these film companies will not attack John. Unless...... It is entirely possible that one of these people had a personal enmity with John.
There is only one person who has a rival relationship with John in Hollywood, Michael Ovitz of CAA.
The holiday between Michael Ovitz and John is not a secret in the upper echelons of Hollywood, and Charles naturally knows about it, so after hanging up John's phone, he called Michael Ovitz directly.
Soon, the results came out, and the fire was indeed set by Michael Ovitz, for the simple reason that he wanted to burn the film and let John reshoot it, thus increasing the amount of investment and filming time for Forrest Gump.
Burning film is the most effective way to defeat opponents in the film industry, not only to increase the cost of shooting, but more importantly, to extend the shooting time.
Many films, especially A-grade films, have started publicity at the time of filming, in order to attract attention, the release time is often announced in the early stage, and the distribution company will also carry out a series of publicity around this time, if the film is destroyed and affects the production progress of the film, it means that all the previous publicity of the distribution company will be invalid, and it must be over, and the amount of loss will be a huge astronomical amount, often up to tens of millions, and sometimes millions.
You must know that a movie, every additional dollar of investment, you need to take out two dollars from the box office to fill it, the more you add, the greater the profit of the film will be compressed, if you are unlucky, the box office income is not high, it is not impossible to lose money, so if you want to hit which movie, using the trick of burning film, it can be said that it is a hundred tried.
But although this trick works well, it is also too vicious, so even if it works, the major Hollywood studios rarely use it, especially the top film companies, each other set this trick as a red line, and never step on the line easily, because everyone knows that if you burn my film today, I can burn yours tomorrow, and you will lose yourself in the end.
Therefore, Michael Ovitz burned John's warehouse, which can be regarded as breaking the bottom line of Hollywood's default, which also means that John will shoot at him, even if he uses means beyond the bottom line, no one will come out to speak for him.
It stands to reason that the consequences are so serious that Michael Ovitz should have some scruples, but he thinks that he is clever and John can't find out, even if he suspects that there is no evidence, there is nothing he can do about him, so he is so unscrupulous.
But he was too naΓ―ve, people of John's level, they don't need evidence, just doubt in their hearts is enough.
Of course, his luck is also good, according to the rules of mutual consultation between the major families, he now belongs to Charles's people, and if he makes a mistake, Charles should be punished, so even if John suspects that he did it, he doesn't make a move against him, but just comes to Charles to ask for an explanation.
And Charles, after knowing that the fire was set by Michael Ovitz, did not blame him too much, the mall is like a battlefield, since it is a battlefield, naturally what means are easy to use, is it difficult to do what a humble gentleman!
But in the end, Charles warned him not to use this method, this kind of trick is okay against ordinary people, and it is completely abusive to use against John.
What's more, Charles himself has personally experimented, some time ago he robbed John's arms, but John robbed him of his oil with his backhand, and finally made him lose more than 100 million.
Therefore, the best way to deal with people of John's level is to come with a knife and a gun, as for the conspiracy and intrigue, they are all gray in the face of absolute strength.
Hanging up Michael Ovitz's phone, Charles picked up the phone again and called John, now that the matter had been figured out, he had to give John an explanation.
Soon the phone was connected, and John's voice came from the microphone again, Charles heard a little headache, he had always been tough in front of John, but now he asked him to put down his body, which made him a little uncomfortable for a while, but as the future leader of the Rockefeller family, it is not shameful to occasionally put down his body, and it is shameful that he does not dare to admit his failure.
After taking a deep breath and adjusting his mentality, he finally opened his mouth.
"JK! I've investigated this matter, and the fire in your warehouse was indeed set by someone from my side, and I've warned him, and next time if such a situation occurs, I'll personally throw him into the incinerator and give you an explanation. As for the losses caused to you, I will compensate you for everything. β
Charles's attitude was quite sincere, but he never said who set the fire, and John didn't ask, who this person was, he and Charles knew in their hearts, there was no need to point it out, as long as the matter could be resolved.
"If you lose a lot, I'll have someone send you a list. After seeing that the matter was resolved, John's mood was a little better, but his tone was still very tough. "It's just that I hope this kind of thing is the last time, and if there is a next time, I won't give you a chance to call, and then I will just set fire to your restaurant. β
John smiled and said into the microphone when he saw Denis Bernard come out of the back kitchen with a steak. "Alright, that's it, my steak is ready, I'm going to try your cooking." β
Hanging up the phone, John walked straight to the table, ignoring the frightened restaurant manager on the side.
The reason why Cross was scared like this was because he originally thought that if his boss was out of the game, John would definitely die, but he didn't expect John to be so strong in front of his boss, which had completely subverted his imagination.
On the other side, John came to the table, and Denis Bernard also happened to arrive with a steak, and after he gently put the plate in his hand on the table, he gritted his back molars and looked at John. "Director Chris Deng, your steak is ready, please use it slowly. β
After saying that, he did not leave, but continued to stand straight at the table, he wanted to see with his own eyes how John ate this piece of well-cooked filet mignon.
But this thought of him was doomed, because John never thought about eating the steak he made.
High-risk people like John rarely eat out, and even if they do, the process is very strict, and John will definitely not eat the food that Denis Bernard makes out in the back kitchen.
After seeing the steak being served, John unhurriedly took the knife from KA's hand, poked the steak with the knife under the gaze of Denis Bernard, and made a sound in his mouth as he poked. "Tut-tut...... A piece of top-notch filet mignon is actually fried like this, this is the skill of a star chef?"
John looked at KA in surprise after speaking, and it wasn't until he saw KA nodding in response with a very cooperative nod that he sighed and shook his head and threw the knife on the table.
And Denis Bernard on the side heard John's words, his face immediately turned red, and he clenched his fists tightly, if John was not surrounded by five or six tall bodyguards, he really wanted to pull John's ears and tell John loudly that the reason why the steak is so old is completely because it is fried to a full cook, and it has nothing to do with his own craftsmanship.
But this was only his imagination after all, until John walked out of the restaurant and walked farther and farther, he never dared to step forward to do so, at most he just gritted his back molars and cursed John in his heart.