Viacom's stock price continued to fall.

Lei Shidong was flustered.

The platter investment in cooperation with Merrill Lynch failed to give investors confidence.

Lei Shidong must inject new vitality into the film industry.

On April 13th, there was a shocking news in Hollywood - Shirley Lansing, known as the first strong woman in the Hollywood industry, was fired!

Shirley Lansing became president of Twentieth Century Fox as early as 1980, the first female leader of one of Hollywood's eight major film studios.

In 1992, she moved to Paramount to become chairman of the board and chief executive officer, and has been at the helm of Paramount for a full decade now.

During her tenure at the helm of Paramount, she propelled John Wu to the throne of the world's top directors, and also co-opted action superstar Tom Cruise, and launched the remake plan of old films, which created great profits for Paramount.

Even, in the annual "Hollywood Women's Rights List", a special "Shirley Lansing Leadership Award" named after her was set up!

But even so, Paramount's sluggish performance in recent years has caused Lei Shidong to be very dissatisfied, criticizing her for her lack of adventurous spirit and only remaking old films.

and asked her to start the "Paramount Revival" program and lead Paramount out of the trough.

However, before this plan was actually implemented, Viacom went to war with New Universal and Disney.

In order to save the stock price, Lei Shidong had no time left for Shirley Lansing, so he fired it directly, and invited the famous Hollywood producer Brad Gray to take over Paramount!

……

Barry Diller arrives at Donn's office and reports to him about the Rotten Tomatoes acquisition.

New Globe spent $52 million in cash to acquire all the assets of the Rotten Tomatoes website, which was integrated into New Universal's interactive entertainment division under the leadership of Kevin Turner.

Don has no objection to this, but just warned that it is best to let Rotten Tomatoes operate independently and prohibit cross-cutting with IDMb.

"By the way, what do you think about Shirley Lansing?"

After talking about Rotten Tomatoes, Barry Diller changed the subject.

"Shirley Lansing?" Don smiled contemptuously, "It's just a rush to the doctor, and Lei Shidong won't be able to jump for a few days." ”

Barry Diller shook his head and said, "I'm not talking about Lei Shidong, I'm talking about Shirley Lansing." ”

"Huh?"

Don was a little surprised.

Barry Diller said: "Donn, didn't you say that New Universal is going to bring up a new female force in Hollywood? It just so happens that Shirley Lansing is recognized as the number one strong woman in the industry! Even more famous than Amy Pascal of Columbia Pictures, and our company's Catherine Kennedy, Nina Jacobson, and Donna Langley. ”

"You mean...... Are you going to dig her up?" Donn rubbed his chin, pondering the subject.

Barry Diller said: "On the one hand, it can raise the impression of the outside world of New Universal, and in the face of Hollywood's general suppression of women, only New Globe has spared no effort to cultivate female senior managers." On the other hand, this is also a thunderbolt to Lei Shidong!"

Don understood what he meant.

New Globe's hiring of Shirley Lansing in the name of supporting female managers proves that Viacom is suppressing women in the workplace.

Lei Shidong's attempt to save the stock price by replacing the person in charge of Paramount will also be completely shattered.

Maybe it will also be infamous because of this, which will further make Viacom's stock even worse.

However, Don also had doubts, "But I've heard...... Shirley Lansing, who likes to engage in nepotism. ”

Shirley Lansing's husband is William Friedkin, he is a well-known director in the United States, who has made well-known films such as "The Exorcist" and "French Trafficking/Drug Network", and has also won an Oscar.

But after the 90s, he was exhausted, and he could no longer grasp the pulse of the times.

At this time, Shirley Lansing made a move, and she forcibly hired William Friedkin through her power in Paramount, which caused a lot of controversy. As a result, William Friedkin did not make any money for Paramount.

Barry Diller said: "This is a lesson from the past, and she can't and won't be allowed to repeat the mistakes of the past. ”

Tang En thought for a moment, then waved his hand and said, "I don't have much contact with Ms. Shirley Lansing, if you think it's appropriate, then it's up to you." ”

Barry Diller smiled, he was pleased with Donn's delinquency, "One more thing, I want her to be Bill McNick's deputy." ”

"Huh?"

"In the past few years, Viacom hasn't invested a penny in Paramount, and he's been pulling out profit cash flow every year. It can be seen that she has excellent ability to control the budget and limit costs. The investment expenses of the film and entertainment department are too large and must be curbed. ”

Don said, "No, Barry, you misunderstood me. In fact, I agree with your idea of controlling the budget, saving what you can. I'm saying, if that's the arrangement, what will Ron Meyer do?"

In the current film and television entertainment department, Longmayer is Bill McNick's deputy.

When Shirley Lansing joins, there will definitely be a serious decentralization.

Barry Diller said: "Ron Mayer was transferred from the Entertainment department to become Group Vice President, responsible for several aspects of public relations, human resources, business coordination, and continued to serve as chairman of the Film Projects Committee. ”

"This ......"

Don hesitated.

Such an appointment is nominally a promotion, but in fact, it is a debasement.

Even if Ron Mayer is the second-in-command of the film and television entertainment department, he can still own a large part of the power of the film business, and has the right to share the profits of the film and television entertainment department, and the annual income will not be less than 10 million US dollars.

However, if he is "promoted" to the vice president of the group, he will lose the right to share profits from the film, and his annual salary will be about 2 million US dollars.

After more than half a year of acquisition by Universal Pictures, the related businesses were integrated with the help of Ron Meyer, and then he was unloaded and transferred from the main leadership position.

Is that good?

Barry Diller said lightly: "Ability attributes determine the distribution of positions. New Globe is a commercial company, and there is no need to think about human factors here. I'm the CEO of the company, and I'll do it!"

Tang En was silent for ten seconds before he nodded heavily, "Okay!"

……

"Gone Girl" is indeed the hottest movie in April this year.

North America: $54 million in the first week, $48 million in the second week, $34 million in the third week, and $23 million in the fourth week......

As of April 27, the North American box office of "Gone Girl" has reached $159 million!

The overseas box office also reached $223 million.

The total global box office is as much as $382 million!

Of the films of the same period, only the comedy "Anger Management" starring Jack Nicholson and Adam Sandler had the power to fight in the box office market.

By the end of April, the film's North American box office exceeded the $100 million mark, but the overseas box office was only $12 million...... No way, it's an American humorous comedy.

In addition, "Sniper Phone Booth", which was released at the same time, although the box office was only tens of millions of dollars, the cost of the film was only $17 million.

Colin Farrell's performance has been recognized by film critics, even better than Mel Gibson's performance in "Gone Girl".

The director of the film, Joe Schumacher, also has a great tendency to turn over with this film.

For "Gone Girl", if you still want to hit the North American box office of $200 million and the global box office of $500 million, you must seize the opportunity.

With the arrival of the May file, blockbusters will be released intensively.

At the beginning of May, there was only one commercial major production of Twentieth Century Fox's "X-Men 2".

Subsequently, many films such as "Daddy Training Camp", "The Matrix 2", "Daredevil", "Stealing the Day", "Finding Nemo" and so on will be released one after another.

However, even if the goal of "Gone Girl" fails, it will not prevent the film from making a lot of money.

The driving effect of the right is even more obvious.

In the past half a month, the physical book "Gone Girl" has sold more than 3.8 million copies worldwide!

On April 28, Shirley Lansing, who was fired by Paramount, officially joined New Universal as vice president of film and television entertainment.

On April 30, Don received a handwritten thank you letter from Shirley Lansing.

"We've had a hard time for the last three weeks and I know it takes a lot of courage to put such an important position on me. But those days are behind us, and I just want to tell you that I'm glad to get this result. The most important thing for me...... Maybe it's not the money, but in the end you did what you had to do and recognized my ability. ”

"We've known each other for a long time, in fact, if you follow the way Hollywood calculates time, it's been a lifetime. I not only hope, but also believe that we can be together forever. You've always been fantastic, you're the best filmmaker in Hollywood. ”

"You've always had extraordinary patience and care, and you've had a sense of responsibility for the Hollywood family. Even when I'm in Paramount, I can feel it deeply...... I sincerely admire, thank you from the bottom of my heart, and love you from the bottom of my heart. Shirley. ”

When Don saw this letter, he was a little dumbfounded.

What's going on?

The recruitment of Shirley Lansing is all in charge of Barry Diller.

He didn't pay much attention to it at all.

What's more, the letter is written ...... Emotional expression is too abundant, right?

In fact, Ms. Shirley Lansing is 59 years old this year!

At the age of 36, she became the president of Twentieth Century Fox and was the first female executive in the history of a Hollywood movie giant.

"Could it be...... That's how she got to a high position?"

Don put away the thank you note and shook his head.

In Hollywood, the living conditions for female filmmakers are difficult.

It's a fact.

But at New Globe, it doesn't have to be.

However, this kind of almost shameless flattery, flattery, compliment, and sycophancy by subordinates still feels very comfortable.

Elderly veteran filmmakers like Bill McNick and Shirley Lansing have obvious shortcomings and obvious advantages.

They still have a lot of golden age Hollywood habits......

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