Now, Lan Li is undoubtedly the top actor in the industry, and the 20 million club and even the Marvel and DC projects are more or less linked to him, and his every move can influence many decisions of the six major Hollywood studios, as evidenced by the recent "Burst Drummer" project.

But objectively speaking, Lan Li's current interests are not enough to become a lever to leverage the entire industry, "Jurassic Park" and "Fast and Thrilling" are all from Universal Pictures, and the intricate relationship is only limited to Universal Pictures, and what is really closely related is only a few top projects.

However, this time the situation is extremely special and cannot be generalized.

It takes two years to go back and focus on Warner Bros. and Disney, and then get a glimpse of the ups and downs of the industry.

In the past two years, Warner Bros.'s dominance in the North American market has been severely challenged by Disney, and the confrontation between the Marvel camp and the DC camp has gradually become clear, which is not just a movie series project, and can even be said to maintain a business empire of 5 billion, 10 billion or even more, whether it is Warner or Disney, they attach great importance to it.

By the way, Disney's most profitable business is still Disneyland and merchandising, and Warner Bros. has been planning to build its own theme park and develop an online market in the digital field to further expand its business empire. And the comic book adaptation of the film is crucial for both parts.

Against this backdrop, the importance of the CEO comes to the fore.

In 2005, Robert Iger officially became Disney's new CEO, and since then a series of decisions and plans have led the Mickey Mouse Army back to glory, and in 2000, Barry Meyer became CEO of Warner Bros., which also made the company the undisputed hegemon of the first decade of the 21st century.

But now, Barry Meyer's decision-making is looking outdated. Especially for DC project development and digital domain integration, Barry's blueprint is really unsatisfactory, although Warner Bros. still maintains a strong competitiveness, but with the end of the "Harry Potter" series and the "Batman" series, they have gradually fallen behind in the head-to-head competition with Disney.

From last year to this year, Barry has been in contact with Lan Li many times, in fact, he hopes that Lan Li can become one of the important parts of Warner Bros. Film Division in the future, just like Christopher Nolan at the beginning.

Unfortunately, Barry Meyer was not able to win the support and approval of shareholders. As a result, Warner Bros. has been seeking a new CEO, which has sparked a two-year company infighting.

Kevin-Tsujihara, who is in charge of the digital home entertainment department, Jeff-Robinov is in charge of the film department, and Bruce-Rosenblum, who is in charge of the television department, are three executives vying for the position of CEO, each with their own talents and strengths, and the whole company is in a miasma of smoke and chaos.

Originally, people expected Jeff-Bekes, the president of the parent company Time Warner, to stand up for a fair ruling, end the farce of the scuffle as soon as possible, and let the company settle down quickly, but Bekes always kept watching, because they firmly believed that survival of the fittest is like a primeval forest, and the one who survives the fierce battle is the best.

After this year's Oscars, Jeff Bickers finally officially announced: Kevin Tsujihara will be the next CEO of Warner Bros., and Barry Meyer has stepped down.

In fact, the Hollywood industry is generally not optimistic about Kevin Tsujihara, believing that his management and coordination skills and macro control capabilities are not enough to support the entire Warner Bros., but Time Warner President Bix has his own unique views on Tsujiwara, he believes that this is an Internet era, and if Warners wants to continue to maintain their unique position, they must take the lead in seeking change-

It's not just a DC project, it's a change in the direction of the whole development.

Kevin Tsujiwara's background and ability in home entertainment and digital have become his bargaining chips. Bicks believes Tsujiwara has what it takes to change the rules of the game in Hollywood.

In other words, in this battle with Disney, Time Warner's head office believes that they refuse to continue playing according to Disney's game rules, but instead create their own rules and change their strategy. While all eyes in the industry are limited to the battle between Marvel and DC, they have already created a higher level.

Regardless of whether it is successful or not, this vision and awareness is different. This is the real tip of the pyramid.

After the Oscars, there were many changes in the project negotiations between Warner Bros. and Blue Rite - to be precise, it should be Barry Mayer's plan and cooperation with Blue Rite that changed drastically, and the reason is this, Kevin Tsujihara took office, Barry Mayer left, and the most direct result was:

"Burst Drummer" teamed up with Sony Classics, while Warner Bros., who was far ahead, was unexpectedly defeated. At the time, Lan Li thought that Andre Hamilton and Sony Classic had found the cooperation code, and did not think about it further, but now it seems that the complexity of the matter is far beyond imagination.

After Tsujihara took office, Robinoff and Rosenbaum, who remained in Warner Bros., were gradually removed from power.

Robinov once complained to a friend in private, "I am being marginalized, and the things I am responsible for are shrinking every day." Kevin started asking me to step aside, whether it was his remit or not, everyone had to report back to him. As a result, all the employees are now either thinking about how to benefit from it, or worrying about how to protect themselves, and they are calculating every day, and no one is working seriously, which is not the situation I want, and maybe by the end of the year, the company will be in a huge mess......"

Robinoff still misses Barry Meyer even more.

Robinoff's fears soon came true, and in May, Rosenbaum was forced to leave the company, and Rosenbaum joined Legendary Pictures, the leader of its new television division, another branch of the top management transition.

In fact, Robinov was also refrigerated.

On June 10, Kevin Tsujihara and Jeff Robinoff arrived on the red carpet at the New York premiere of "Superman: Man of Steel" in attendance.

The two Warner Bros. executives, who are of similar height, equal seniority and equal strength, were also seated together at the premiere, but sensitive reporters on the scene found that although the distance between the two people was less than 20 centimeters, there was no conversation between the two people at the next five-hour premiere, not even a single eye contact.

At that time, reporters already smelled that Warner Bros. was far from over this internal power game.

Really. After the premiere, less than a week after Robinov's contract renewal was delayed and coldly treated for several weeks, he also officially submitted his resignation, and then Twentieth Century Fox, Sony Columbia, Universal, and even Disney all extended olive branches to him, and there was no shortage of homes.

Why?

Because Robinoff is one of the top film managers in the entire industry. This is recognized by Hollywood insiders!

Robinov, who failed in the infighting, did not leave his job immediately, but chose to stay, because he still has a deep affection for Warner Bros., but Warner Bros. and even the parent company Time Warner do not appreciate it at all, and they do not blink an eye at the sacrifice of a hero in the face of huge business interests, and they now fully support Tsujihara to establish his own lineage management team.

For Warner Bros., Robinoff is dispensable, but for other studios, Robinoff is a treasure.

"His departure is a major loss, it's a bad decision," is the opinion of many industry insiders.

In 2010, when Ben Affleck was in trouble, it was Robinov who raised a million dollars for Affleck to film "The Thieves in the City", and in 2012, it was Robinov who overrode the crowd and handed "Escape from Tehran" into Affleck's hands.

In addition, there is Christopher Nolan, who has to be mentioned, Robinoff decisively signed a contract with Christopher after watching "Memory Fragments", and fully supported the "Batman" trilogy in the hands of Christopher - it is worth mentioning that Warner Bros. actually did not want to restart such a project at all, it was the Nolan brothers who came up with the idea, and Robinoff gave absolute support.

Robinoff's ability lies not only in his strong network and close personal relations with countless top directors and producers, but also in his keen sense of commercial films, bold and resolute, especially with Barry's approval and support, his unique vision has been vividly exerted.

The "Burst Drummer" project, which Barry and Robinoff had been striving for, was missed, and Barry and Robinoff's hopes that Blue Rite would be part of Warner Bros. Blueprint ran aground.

What's more, Tsujihara's areas of expertise are the digital field and home entertainment, and now after Robinov's departure, the new director of the film department has not yet had time to take office, and related projects can only be decided by Tsujihara, so many film projects have briefly fallen into an impasse-

As Robinov said, Tsujiwara's control/desire/desire is very strong, and the new officials have taken office three fires, trying to cut off all the influence of the infighting, whether this is a positive impact or a negative impact, it is still unknown.

There is also a big news, Legendary Pictures.

Less than two days after Robinov announced his departure, another shocking news broke that Warner Bros. had officially terminated its partnership with its eight-year ally, Legendary Pictures. Legendary Pictures led by Thomas Tole.