Bill McNick has had a hard time lately.

"Fight Club" cost $65 million, $40 million for publicity, $15 million for copying, transportation, insurance, etc., and $11 million in investment-related business and service taxes.

Total investment...... Up to $130 million!

Bill McNick was ambitious about the project, and even met with unanimous opposition from Twentieth Century Fox executives, but he still insisted on the project, and after the internal test screening was widely questioned, he still invested a lot of publicity money.

His idea was simple, he wanted to prove to everyone once again that he had a remarkable eye!

At the beginning of "Independence Day", he firmly supported director Roland Emmerich, and even handed over the final editing rights to him. As a result, "Independence Day" was a box office hit and was the box office champion of the year.

Everyone was not optimistic about "Titanic" at the beginning, and the total box office turned out to be $1.88 billion, which is a world record!

At the beginning of "My Grand Greek Wedding", Fox executives collectively questioned him for betraying the company's interests and offering too favorable distribution conditions for such an independent film. As a result, the film grossed $420 million worldwide, and more than 5 million copies of the DVD regular and hardcover versions were distributed, bringing nearly $100 million to Twentieth Century Fox!

This time, Bill McNick was once again questioned by the collective, and he persevered, believing that Fight Club would be a success.

The movie was released on October 15 and has been in theaters for a whole month now.

Box office...... It's miserable.

The North American box office barely exceeded $30 million, but the weekly box office has dropped to less than $1 million, and the final North American box office is about $35 million.

And the overseas box office ......

It is an R-rated film that has been released in a limited number of regions and countries, and has only accumulated $13 million so far.

Just a month after the movie was released, the market pronounced a death sentence for the movie "Fight Club"!

According to Fox's marketing department, "Fight Club" will lose at least $60 million.

It stands to reason that Bill McNick has made a lot of contributions to Fox in the past, and even if he looks away in the "Fight Club" project this time, he should have a chance to redeem himself.

However, public companies have different business philosophies.

It is necessary to make money, and if you lose money, you must be responsible.

Otherwise, Bill McNick made such a serious mistake, and Fox would not deal with those responsible, which would seriously reduce the market's expectations for Fox's future and cause the stock price to fall.

Once the market loses confidence, the loss of News Corp and Fox will not be as simple as $60 million.

So now in the twentieth century Fox, there is a turmoil at the top.

Everyone had a hunch of an outcome, Bill McNick...... I'm afraid it's going to be the end of it this time.

In particular, Tom Rothman, Jim Ganopouros and other executives in power have joined forces, and they have a posture of not giving up until Bill McNick is killed.

Bill McNick sat in his office, smoke-filled and glazed-eyed.

In the purple smoke, he seemed to see a young face - Donn Walker.

Bill McNick's heart shuddered suddenly, and he sat up straight suddenly, and suddenly realized.

No wonder Tom Rothman used his old face to please Done, saying that he wanted to grab the distribution rights of "Wedding Proud", it turned out that ...... Donn, a young man, played a crucial role in the power struggle for Fox!

"Don ......"

Bill McNick's eyes narrowed, and he suddenly realized that the films made by Donn and the films produced by Donn Pictures seemed to have been a huge success.

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The post-production of a movie is far easier than shooting, especially for a movie like "Spider-Man" where there are not many special effects shots.

As a director and producer, Donn's main thing is to supervise and put forward specific framework requirements, so that the staff can do what he wants, let alone have an assistant like Morgan Carrey.

So the later stage of the film is a very easy job for Done.

The British film industry is still a lot worse than Hollywood, and the post-production team of "Spider-Man" was brought by Donn from Hollywood. And the corresponding post-production equipment, Britain is even more advanced and developed than Hollywood.

Hollywood is too old, and a lot of the equipment is old.

Especially some big-name directors, I don't know whether they miss the old love, or they don't understand new technologies, and prefer the old equipment from decades ago.

Even a great director like Steve Spielberg still holds scissors to complete the editing of the film. Don has long since entered the era of digital editing.

Donn doesn't have many British friends, and the one with the best relationship is Kate Winslet.

Don called her and was pleasantly surprised, she was on vacation in London.

Kate Winslet and Done have a deep friendship, and it's not as simple as having slept a few times.

"Titanic" is the starting point of Donn, Kate and Leonardo's careers, and the three have a friendship that exceeds the average person.

After receiving Donne's call, Kate Winslet was very excited and warmly invited Donn to her home.

Don goes to Kate's house and finds it a decades-old villa that is unremarkable. In a wealthy area on the outskirts of London, the scenery is great.

After meeting, the two looked at each other and smiled, and at the same time opened their arms and hugged gently.

"Wow, Kate, I feel like you're plump again!" Don looked at her breasts unabashedly, reaching out and grabbing it twice.

Kate Winslet slapped his hand away, glared at him, and said angrily: "It's still a great director, it's not right at all!"

Tang En was very angry, "Yes, I'm a big director, I always have to hold it in front of others, am I tired?

Kate Winslet laughed angrily, "Why, do you want me to encourage your bastard behavior?"

"Encouragement is not necessary, acquiescence is sufficient. Tang En smiled, and as he spoke, he stretched out his dragon grip again.

Kate Winslet rolled her eyes and turned away, "It's beautiful!"

The two walked into the living room, and Kate asked, "What do you want to drink?"

"Bar!" Don leaned back on the soft silk sofa with a big grin, "It's good to be drunk and messy." ”

Kate Winslet directly brought him a can of Coca-Cola, "Love to drink it or not!"

Don looked at her with a grin, "Kate, how are you doing?"

Kate noticed that his eyes were hot on his body, and he didn't say anything, "Quill with Australian actor Jeffrey Rush, a biographical film." ”

Tang En raised his eyebrows, "Do you have a chance to win the prize?"

Kate looked very indifferent, "Who knows? I'm only 24 years old, and there's no way I'm going to give me another Oscar." ”

Don laughed, "Kate, you're very self-aware. ”

"What about you? I heard that you've been making a big fuss lately, even involving Bill Gates and Michael Jordan?" Kate Winslet looked at him with a smirk.

Donn was a little stunned, "Bill Gates, I know, how can there be Michael Jordan?"

"You don't know?" a flash of surprise flashed across Kate Winslet's face, "The Times is the latest to be exposed, and Rodman, by the way, and Madonna!"

"Poof!"

Don didn't take a sip of Coke into his mouth, but squirted it out.

"Donn, my floor!"

Kate Winslet glared at him through gritted teeth.

Donn waved his hand, "You mean pop diva Madonna?"

"Who else but her?"

She ...... She also goes to the Gold Club?"

The newspaper said that she had also taken Bush, the gold club's top dancer, to the hotel to open a room. ”

Don was speechless in shock, he was too shocked.

Kate Winslet looked calm, but looked at Don strangely, "Isn't this normal in the entertainment industry? Didn't Jodie Foster make it public a long time ago? ”

"I'm only interested in women, anyway!" Donn pouted, then glanced upstairs, looked at her delicate figure, and swallowed, "Can I go and visit your bedroom?"

Kate had been in a relationship with him for half a year, so she naturally understood his thoughts, gritted her silver teeth, and said angrily: "Don, are you looking for me for this matter?"

Don said bitterly, "Of course not, Kate, you...... Forget it, I'll be honest with you, I've been abstinent for half a month. ”

"Huh?"

Kate's delicate eyebrows were slightly raised, very puzzled.

With Donn's needs, personality and status, just beckon, aren't the little girls in Hollywood waiting in line to go to bed?

It's like her other good friend, Leonardo Ricaprio.

She attended Leonardo's party once, and he took away 5 blonde and long-legged models on the spot, and the girls he chose were quite honored, and they were disappointed that they were not chosen.

Although Don is not as handsome as Leonar, he has a higher status!

Don had no choice but to talk about Natalie's concerns and their trip to Australia.

Kate Winslet couldn't help but laugh when she heard this, and was a little surprised, "Donne, you and Natalie...... Is it true?"

"Of course!"

"Why?"

"What, why?"

"Why did you choose her?"

"Because ......" Tang En paused for a moment, feeling Kai's questioning gaze, and knew in his heart, "There are many reasons, the most important point is that she is perfect, and I care about it." ”

"Donn, you...... You're bored!"

Kate Winslet angrily grabbed a pillow and slammed it at Donn, getting up and going upstairs directly, ignoring him.

Tang En was stunned for a moment, then smiled with relief, bent his waist, and quietly walked upstairs.