Tom Rothman was in a bad mood.

He thought that after squeezing out Bill McNick and becoming the butler of Twentieth Century Fox, he would be in high spirits.

Unexpectedly, Tang En stabbed Lou Zi in his back.

As soon as Bill McNick left Fox, he became the president of Down Films, and also took in all the employees who were fired from Fox, forming a new team to serve Fox Films.

If these are normal workplace contacts, then a week after Twentieth Century Fox announced the cancellation of this project, Bill McNick announced that Donn Pictures would invest $52 million in Steven Soderbergh's new film, which is the most direct slap in the face.

Using the platform of Down Pictures to slap Twentieth Century Fox in the face?

Slippery world!

However, Done Walker is a crazy maniac, and Bill McNick is not a character who admits defeat and relieves to relent.

With Tom Rothman's current position, chairman and CEO of Twentieth Century Fox, it stands to reason that there is no need to worry about such a trivial matter.

But Bill McNick is different, he is in Hollywood and has huge network resources!

If nothing else, the two big directors standing behind him alone are enough to make Tom Rothman blush-James Cameron and Roland Emmerich.

project, James Cameron once received huge support from Bill McNick, and it can be said that without Bill, Cameron would have left the crew a long time ago.

As for Roland Emmerich, it's even more affectionate.

When he filmed, Bill McNick gave him all his support, and even made him the fourth major director of a commercial film to enjoy the final editing rights after Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and James Cameron.

And Roland Emmerich was not well received, with a global box office of more than $800 million, making him the box office champion of the year.

Now, James Cameron is working on his new film, and it's time to set up a project, and Roland Emmerich is working with Mel Gibson on a Columbia Pictures film, and the next film will definitely be with Bill McNick.

The loss of two important partners in a row, any CEO is not easy to explain to the board of directors.

Tom Rothman sat in his office and thought for a long time, and finally set his eyes on Donn, the young man who made him angry, annoyed, and helpless.

Must establish a long-term relationship with Don Pictures!

Down Pictures is just a film studio and doesn't have a distribution department. As long as the two companies establish a cooperative relationship, even if Cameron and Emmerich choose Don Pictures to set up the film project, won't Fox still need to distribute the film in the end?

You can explain to the board of directors in this way.

Tom Rothman personally called Donn, and his tone was very polite, "Donn, do you have time?

"I'm sorry, Tom, I'm so busy in the late stages that I can't find time. Don's voice was full of helplessness, as if he was sorry.

Tom Rothman was not a fool, he held back his anger and reluctantly smiled: "Hehe, I've seen the trailer, it's very exciting! This must be a very good movie! I heard that there is no publicity work yet? This is not good, it will delay the big thing." ”

The corners of Tang En's mouth curled, and he immediately understood the other party's intentions, and said quietly: "I don't have to worry about it, you know, I just hired Bill as the president of Tang En Pictures, and he is handling the company's operations, and I am only responsible for content control." ”

Tom Rothman almost blew up, this Donn, I don't know how thick the sky is!

He is the big butler of Twentieth Century Fox, and he personally called to show his goodwill, and Don still shirked and refused repeatedly, really thinking that with a few movies, he could gain a firm foothold in Hollywood?

"Donn, Fox wants to release it, what do you think?" Tom Rothman's voice suddenly became cold, although it was an inquiring tone, but it was obviously mixed with a bit of threat.

Don didn't seem to hear it at all, and said haha, "Tom, I may not have made it clear what I just said, I'll say it again." When I hired Bill as the president of Down Pictures, it was agreed that he would be in charge of the distribution of the film, and even though I was the boss, I had no right to interfere. ”

Tom Rothman was not stupid, he was angry, and said coldly: "McNick has already handed over the distribution rights to other companies, right?"

Don still smiled, "Seems so, right? I don't know." Well, I'm going to ask, if I haven't signed a contract yet, I'll give the distribution rights to Fox, what do you think?"

"Huh?" Tom Rothman raised an eyebrow and was silent for a moment, "so be it, I'll wait for your news." ”

……

Hanging up the phone, Donn looked at Bill McNick on the couch with a wry smile, and found that his face was so neat.

"Are you looking at my joke?" Donn rolled his eyes.

Bill McNick shook his head, "If you're scared, I can quit." ”

Don sneered, "Just one Tom Rothman, you can't scare me!" Tell Universal Pictures to make the signing ceremony bigger, and the executives of Donn Pictures will attend collectively!"

Bill McNick glanced at him deeply, "Donn, you've got it figured. How do you ...... It's tantamount to declaring war on Fox. ”

The corners of Donn's mouth hooked slightly, his face was flat, and his tone was sonorous, "Bill, since I dare you to manage Donn Pictures, it means that in my heart, you are more important than Twentieth Century Fox!"

Bill McNick's face was a little complicated, and he muttered for a long time before he let out a long sigh.

His tone was calm, but his expression was solemn as an oath, "I will block the wind, frost, snow and rain!" Donne, my request is very simple, you have to keep making excellent movies, this is the root of Donn Pictures!"

……

Tom Rothman looked at the front page headlines, as well as the big photo below of Don and Ron Meyer smiling and shaking hands, and his scalp tingled with anger.

Bastard!

This bastard!

The brighter Don smiled in the photo, the angrier Tom Rothman became.

He really didn't expect that Don En would dare to play scheming with him, face to face and behind the back, and reach a strategic cooperation with Universal Pictures!

Since the beginning, Donn has been working with Twentieth Century Fox and is Fox's largest partner, earning more than $100 million a year from him.

Now, as soon as Tom Rothman took office, Donn turned his head and cooperated with Universal, isn't this just a slap in the face?

Isn't this just telling the board of directors of Twentieth Century Fox that he can't control Done?

"If you don't let me feel better, then don't think about it either!"

Tom Rothman gritted his teeth angrily and called his assistant directly, "Is Disney still targeting Donn?"

"Yes, Disney's media has been breaking the news about Donne's private life, but the man is unmarried and the woman is unmarried, and the influence is limited. But I've heard ...... Disney has issued a strict order to prohibit its television stations from reporting any related news. ”

Tom Rothman blinked, and the corners of his mouth crossed a cold look, "It's okay to inform the TV department, Fox's TV station, that it is not allowed to report any movie produced by Down Pictures, and it is not allowed to report any positive news from Down Pictures, and in particular, it must be banned!"

"This ...... Is that good?"

The assistant's face was shocked, this is undermining the independence of the TV station's work.

"Just ask for it, if anyone has an opinion, come to me directly!"

Tom Rothman is furious, and he is determined that he must teach Donn a lesson and let him understand the basics of survival in Hollywood!

"By the way, ours, what time is the block?"

"July 14th. ”

Tom Rothman pondered for a moment, he remembered that Donn said that because of late problems, he couldn't catch up with the May schedule, and it would be scheduled until mid or late June.

"What's Disney's big A-list production this summer?"

The assistant looked at it for a while, "Starring Nicolas Cage, costing $100 million, and two cartoons." ”

“……”

Tom Rothman groaned with half-squinted eyes.

He knew that Done's commercial films were extremely lethal, and he was not arrogant enough to compete with a $75 million investment.

But...... What if you add Disney's?

There are no big stars on board, but it can star Matt Damon and Drew Barrymore, and action superstars like Nicolas Cage are in charge.

If the two join forces...... It may not be impossible to give Don a fatal blow!

As the promoter of the loan, Tom Rothman knows best how much Donn has paid for it.

Tom Rothman doesn't know how much money Donn has now, he only knows that if the box office fails, then Donn and Donn Pictures will go bankrupt!

In order to teach Don a lesson, even if the box office suffers some losses, he will not hesitate to do so!

Presumably the same is true of Disney's thoughts, right?

The dignity of a large company is by no means something that a small film studio can provoke.

"Contact Joe Ruth, I'm going to talk to him. ”

Tom Rothman quickly built a large net to encircle Donn.

Joe Ruth is the head of production at Disney and the chairman of Touchstone Pictures, a subsidiary of Disney.

Tom Rothman is confident that he will convince Disney to join forces to teach Donn a profound lesson!