"Oh, really? Looks like I need a change of party manager. But you know me, I've never been known for innovation, have I? So, you shouldn't expect anything from it, it's a boring and boring party, and the point should be...... Alcohol. I am confident that my wine cellar collection will be able to meet your exacting requirements. Haha, enjoy!"

With a smile and graceful gesture, Catherine Kennedy never paused, but she was still able to maintain the rhythm of the conversation, navigating the crowd of parties, familiar and unfamiliar faces, always looking for the most appropriate and accurate way to answer.

This year's awards season has gradually entered the high/high tide, the night of the Golden Globes is just around the corner, and there are countless occasions such as the college's PR parties, parties and preview screenings, and so on, bustling and crowded every night of the week, completely non-stop, Monday to Sunday, there is no free respite.

But for Katherine Kennedy, it has long been a habit, a habit that goes deep into the bone marrow, and every year in January, the body and mind automatically switch to awards season mode, full of firepower, full of horsepower, and only able to catch a breath when midnight falls.

Turning around, the rose-red dress danced in the beige moonlight, spinning a blooming rose, the color and light flowed like flowing water, and the perfect and elegant smile at the corners of his mouth was more and more set off, impeccable, and then Robert Egger, with short silver-gray hair, stood not far away, with a sincere and kind smile on his face, and he did not feel any aggression at all.

Catherine knew that those who underestimated the nerd in front of her had been slapped in the face.

"Hey, Bob. Catherine affectionately called each other by her nickname, opened her arms to meet her, and gave Robert a warm but polite hug.

Who the hell is Katherine Kennedy?

To put it simply, she is the second-highest cumulative box office producer of all time in Hollywood, behind only Steven Spielberg.

Catherine started from behind the scenes, from TV to film, from editing assistant to camera assistant, all positions have gone around and around, and then Steven Spielberg was appreciated and served as the latter's secretary, and later, Catherine and Frank Marshall became a couple, and gradually rose to the top of the Hollywood pyramid.

Frank Marshall is the producer who teamed up with Steven Spielberg on the "Jurassic Park" reboot project, and is also the producer of "Edge of Tomorrow". Most importantly, he is one of the top producers in the industry.

Although Catherine is surrounded by a number of big-name producers, she is also particularly capable of being seen behind the "Back to the Future" series, the "Spy" series, and so on. If Steven and Frank are more often "nominal" producers, then Catherine is more on the front line as executive producers.

The same goes for the "Jurassic Park" series of projects.

When Universal Pictures restarted the dinosaur project, Catherine was still one of the executive producers, but early last year, Catherine was forced to withdraw from the rebooted Jurassic project, not because of Thomas Toole and Ron Meyer, but because of Robert Iger standing in front of her.

In 2012, George Lucas officially decided to step back into the background, first selling Lucasfilm to Disney, and then handing Lucasfilm to Katherine Kennedy, appointing her as the co-founder of Lucasfilm and George's successor, truly entrusting the entire "Star Wars" series to Catherine.

Disney knew that Catherine had a lot of responsibility, but Robert Iger needed Catherine to focus all her attention on the rebooted Star Wars franchise, putting pressure inside and out, forcing Catherine to quit the Jurassic Project and officially shift all her focus to the Star Wars franchise.

In fact, after Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm, Catherine's identity changed dramatically, and naturally, her relationship with Robert Iger also changed subtly.

From a top producer to the head of Lucasfilm's magnificent turn, Catherine is now at the top of the industry, and she and Robert can be regarded as a subordinate relationship, but it can also be regarded as an equal partnership, some subtle and some checks and balances, mutual respect and mutual containment.

Objectively speaking, Catherine and Robert are the same kind of people, bold, adventurous, tough, shrewd, cunning, determined, the combination of Disney and Lucasfilm, the "Star Wars" series has become a new member of the Mickey Mouse family, in addition to George Lucas's clapper, the real driving force behind it is Catherine and Robert, their joint efforts to create the most powerful giant in the industry.

But at the same time, conservative, traditional, decent, regular, rigorous, and iron-fisted, these are also the characteristics in their bones, which can be used to describe their views and views on film art. Under their leadership, Disney productions strictly adhered to the assembly line steps and processes of the Hollywood film industry, creating one work after another like a template, which was a great commercial success, but also stifled all creative vitality in the artistic aspect.

"Ant-Man" replaced director Edgar Wright because the latter's wild ideas were unfettered, and if this is just the tip of the iceberg, then the farce of "Solo: A Star Wars Story" is a microcosm of the whole thing.

Initially, the film "Ranger Solo" found co-director duo Phil-Lord and Christopher-Miller to be the director, and the director duo teamed up to concoct "Delicious Food", "Dragon Tiger Boys", "The Lego Movie" and other acclaimed and acclaimed works, which can be called Hollywood upstarts.

When he took over "Ranger Solo", Phil and Christopher were in full swing and couldn't wait to create this work.

At the time, everyone in the industry was optimistic that they would be able to create a unique work that would illuminate the entire Star Wars universe with their own unique light, and judging from their previous roles, it is not difficult to imagine how they would deal with Han Solo, the rogue smuggler, especially since the two directors are very good at showing the camaraderie between men, which is an important addition to the vast Star Wars universe.

Phil and Christopher think so, believing that they were hired to create something that surprises and allows adventure to try, rather than just satisfying fans or creating merchandise. They wanted the film to be new, unique, and emotional, and to be eye-catching. They thought Solo was a lone ranger, so they wanted to shoot a lone ranger.

The two directors were very improvisational, drifting more and more from the established script, often generating a lot of sparks during the shoot, but the problem was that every time they decided to take a risk, Catherine Kennedy would veto it, and all the ventures were in trouble, from the choice of actors to the plot to the technical aspects of the cinematography and sound effects.

Catherine and Robert firmly believe in the same thing: they need an assembly line that is done in a decent way, which is enough and has a commercial basis for success, rather than creating a work of art like Christopher Nolan did in "Batman Prequel", which has led to an increasingly conflicting opinion between Catherine and the two directors.

In the end, Catherine fired the two directors directly, and then invited Ron Howard to overturn the entire work and remake it all.

Ron Howard, a director known for his biography, has a conservative and stable style, especially as he grows older, and the few sharpness and aura he had when he was young have also smoothed out the edges and corners. That's exactly what Catherine needs to be a director – and so is Marvel Studios.

Eventually, Ron Howard reshot seventy percent of the footage of "Ranger Solo." Unfortunately, he was not able to turn the tide, and everyone in the industry thought that Howard was "late in the evening", and the best parts of the finished product all came from the parts that Phil and Christopher completed ahead of schedule, and the part where Howard overturned the remake was a complete disaster.

The most terrifying thing is that the male protagonist Alden-Ehrenreich (Alden-Ehrenreich) can barely act, has no expression and no charisma, and standing in front of the camera is a complete disaster.

"Ranger Solo" cost Disney more than $100 million at the global box office.

From "Ant-Man" to "Ranger Solo", this can be seen Disney's overall strategy, and the live-action of "Beauty and the Beast", "Mulan" and other works is even more so, in addition, Disney's works have always avoided the use of minority directors, including women, blacks, gays, Asians, etc., all in order to ensure Disney's "family fun" corporate mystery.

Even though Catherine is a woman herself, the leadership phalanx she chooses is still the most traditional and conservative of ways. In a way, this is one of the reasons why she was able to reach the top of Hollywood.

Objectively speaking, such a move has gradually turned the film into a pure commodity, and has lost its artistic attributes.

In 2018, Disney officially acquired the Twentieth Century Fox film division, why is there a wail within the film industry? Part of the reason is that Disney is the dominant one, and the living space of other film companies is further squeezed, and more importantly, because Disney's artistic concept is killing the living space of other film creators, which is a heavy blow to the future of the entire film industry.

The reality, though, is that Robert is becoming the wisest and most powerful leader in Disney history. This is also the epitome of the characteristics of the era when interests are paramount. In all of the above, Catherine Kennedy and Robert Iger played an important role.

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