Chapter 1169: It's not a protest, it's a lawsuit

Bill McNick knew Donn best, and he was a little flustered at the moment, and he ...... from Donn's look and attitude I clearly saw a little bit of the shadow of the year!

What shadow?

Tang En is an independent film company with Tang Pictures, and he has banned Disney in a big tone!

It was a battle of eggs against stones!

Later on, Don won.

Tangen Pictures also successfully broke the blockade of the six major and embarked on a road to promotion.

But can the situation be the same back then as it is now?

Back then, Don was barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes, and he was barefoot and desperate with Disney. Disney is a listed company, and the internal power struggle between Michael Eisner and Roy Disney was fierce at that time, and under internal and external troubles, Down Pictures was lucky to win.

It's different now.

Down Pictures has become the new Universal.

A big family, a big business!

Not to mention Disney, in terms of New Universal's current valuation...... Disney and Time Warner together can't compare.

On the eve of listing, can New Globe make such a big mess?

Doesn't this make Wall Street bearish, thus driving down the IPO price?

The bigger the company, the greater the responsibility.

Even if Don is the largest shareholder, he is responsible for the more than 400,000 employees of the New Globe Group worldwide, right?

Now is not the time to make a decision bare-chested, pat your head, and then go into battle with the whole family.

Bill McNick hurriedly said, "Don't worry, don't worry, listen to me first." This matter has not yet been determined, they ...... Probably acting in a group. This is Hollywood, and everybody is an acting genius......"

"Alright!" Don interrupted him with a wave of his hand, "Bill, have you forgotten how we fought hard in the first place? It's fighting! It's fighting! It's a constant fight! Only the stagnant water is peaceful, when have you ever seen the Pacific Ocean quiet? This thing, whether it's true or not, it doesn't matter, let's go on! It's true, then it's a real thing! It's acting...... Okay, don't forget, I'm the Oscar!"

Barry Diller said: "It's not going to be true, they're making a show. ”

Robert Iger also said: "No one can afford to make a big move, disrupting the current order in Hollywood, and no one can accept it." The matter of "Breaking Up Men and Women" is at most a dismount. ”

The radical Nina Jacobson also said at this time: "I also don't think they will come for real, they just want to take advantage of this life and get some benefits from our side." ”

Grant Hill bowed his head and said, "It should be acting." ”

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Almost everyone believes that the fierce Hollywood Big Five have never thought of starting a war with New Universal, but just want to limit it a little and strive for some benefits.

After all, in the past few years, most of Hollywood's profits have been made by New Globe.

It's not good to eat alone.

But Don just wants to eat alone!

I have earned money legally and reasonably, why should I ask you to give it away?

Defy?

Then let's fight!

He doesn't think that Hollywood, which has developed for a hundred years, still has the courage to "work hard", at most it is just to put on a show and scare people.

It's a pity that they chose the wrong person.

Don is not scared!

In the past few years, he led Down Pictures to struggle, stumbling left and right, and calmly got through the difficult situation that could go out of business at any time, are you still afraid of this little threat at the moment?

After selling the USA television network to NBC Colombia for $5.5 billion, New Globe now has a cash flow of $19 billion!

With so much money in hand, who is afraid of whom?

Even if you take 10,000 steps back, if the other five giants really play and successfully win New Universal, New Globe will be squeezed out of Hollywood's sphere of influence.

So what?

Without Hollywood, Donn's film career has been frustrated, and he has Netflix, Blizzard, Facebook, Starz and Discovery Channel, and the fashion industry, as well as Dolby Laboratories and imax......

Without movies, Don En is still the world's largest media group and the richest man in the world!

Not counting the stocks of the high-tech companies he owns.

He has countless retreats.

Back then, Don En had a few times to swallow his anger.

Not anymore.

He is the undisputed number one boss in Hollywood!

Do you still have to swallow your anger and suffer from the whims?

No way!

If it's acting, then Don will accompany them to the end to see whose acting skills are more exquisite.

If it's for real...... Don is even more fearless, it's a big deal that everyone will finish playing together and ruin Hollywood together.

Don En changed his territory, still ate and drank spicy food, surrounded by beautiful women, and enjoyed the beautiful life of the richest man in the world.

Of course, just like everyone in the room, Don also thinks that the Hollywood Big Five are bluffing and don't dare to make a big deal out of it.

They didn't dare to make a big fuss, so Don took advantage of the topic to play well.

Tang En said lightly: "In the past two years, New Global has developed very well, and the importance of competitors in the market has become less and less, which is obviously wrong. We don't suppress them, but they see us as enemies. First, there was a disc parity alliance, and then there was a friendly distribution agreement, and this time it was okay, and it began to use the power of the rating committee to manipulate the film classification. It's bearable, it's unbearable!"

Barry Diller couldn't help but persuade: "We can protest to the MPAA about this matter, and I believe they will come up with a solution." ”

"Protest?" Donn nodded, "Protest is wanted, but not with the MPAA, but with a lawsuit filed in a California court." We want to sue the MPAA Rating Committee that in the process of film classification, the judges have used their power to suppress competitors and undermine the fairness of the market monopoly illegal acts!"

"Filing a lawsuit in court?"

Not to mention the conservatives, even those radicals, hearing Donn's words, rolled their eyes and almost fainted.

It's going to be desperate!

If this is a big fuss, it will really flip the table.

Since the establishment of the MPAA, it has been an open secret that the power of the rating committee has been used to suppress dissent and protect the common interests of giants.

Movies produced by Hollywood giants often get better ratings.

And in the movies produced by independent film companies, whenever there are a few swear words and a few large-scale shots, it will go straight to the R-rated film.

Even a conservative movie like "The King's Speech" can be rated as an R-rated film, which shows how dark this gang is.

It can be said that once Don files a lawsuit and really starts a lawsuit, the MPAA will inevitably fail!

When the time comes, the Hollywood giants will inevitably pay huge financial compensation to the independent film companies that have been oppressed for decades, as well as even more terrifying punitive damages.

"Isn't that trapping us in the trap ourselves!" Bill McNick's face turned white in a hurry, and he was really frightened by Donn.

New Universal has two labels, Universal Pictures and MGM, both of which are members of the rating committee.

If it is compensated, New Global will bear the brunt!

Tang En didn't care, and said seriously: "MPAA kind of place...... Hehe, it is almost impossible for the court and prosecutors to get tangible evidence. We can act as tainted witnesses and be exempt from punishment. Expose this ugly behavior, expose the ugly interior of the MPAA, and give Hollywood a bright future!"

Evidence is too easy for insiders.

People like Bill McNick, Ron Meyer, Shirley Lansing, Amy Pascal, Nina Jacobson, etc., have all served in the Big Six of Hollywood, and have also participated in the work of film classification.

Naturally, there will be some materials for the record, as well as ...... Correspondence.

Especially emails, which will involve a lot of confidential information, such as negotiating to suppress a certain movie, raising the rating of a certain movie, and so on.

Just search their mailbox and you may get the most conclusive evidence.

It's just that once this kind of thing is done, there is no room for maneuver, and it is completely cool.

Once the verdict is announced, Hollywood, which has been built for a hundred years, will be destroyed by at least half.

Everyone knows the consequences of doing so.

This is not only an outcome that the MPAA and Hollywood giants do not want, but also a situation that neither the White House nor the bipartisan party wants.

Hollywood is the biggest propaganda tool.

If this is ruined, who will export values around the world for the federal government?

Barry Diller took a deep breath, his lips trembling, "Donn, you...... Are you serious?"

"Am I kidding?"

"You're acting, aren't you? You're acting, aren't you?"

Tang En was noncommittal, and said lightly: "Whether it is a show or not, it is not in us, but in them." They think it's acting, that's acting. If they're real, it's true!"

Barry Diller, Bill McNick, Shirley Lansing, Ron Meyer and others all looked at each other with a look of horror.

They're all old guys who have worked in Hollywood all their lives.

Hollywood is their home.

They don't want to play big and set Hollywood on fire before they retire!

It was impossible to change Donn's attitude.

No one can change what this young big boss decides, and he has always been a master who eats soft rather than hard.

Next, we have to hurry up and "ventilate" to other Hollywood colleagues.

This kind of thing must not be hidden!

Once there is a disturbance, it will be a collapse of the sky, and at least half of the film industry practitioners will be unemployed, which will be millions of people!

The whole of Los Angeles will be in turmoil.

Yes, hurry up and convince them, hurry up and compromise!

Shit, a bunch of idiots!

Whoever is not good to provoke, dare to provoke Donne!

Brains in water, right?

If you want to make money, then use legal and reasonable market behavior to compete, and no one can speak. just used the trick of movie classification to make threats. Hmph, now Donn, is that something you can threaten?

At this time, Tang En spoke again, and said in a subtle manner: "Prosecution is only the first step. Next, I have more means. They don't follow the rules, that's good, then break the rules completely!"