In the field of animated films, especially in the field of 2D hand-drawn animation, Disney is indeed not afraid of anyone, whether it is MGM, Paramount, Fox, or even Time Warner, the first entertainment company of the year, these are not the opponents of "Mickey Mouse".

As for why Disney is so confident? Anyway, "Mickey Mouse" is not blind confidence, this is the background!

No way, this is the pride and self-confidence that Disney has forged with decades of glorious history - in the field of animation, Disney only recognizes one sentence - don't be cowardly, just do it.

Of course, if the audience who doesn't know the truth hears such majestic words as Michael Eisner, they will definitely give a thumbs up and praise - God, please take my knees.

However, if Su Chenyu knew that the "tyrant" dared to say this, he would definitely complain frantically - who gave you confidence? I think that the current Disney is still the era of Walt Disney.

You must know that Disney in later generations was beaten by Pixar, DreamWorks Animation and Blue Sky Studios in turn in the field of animated films, especially the runaway "rebel" Katzenberg simply wanted to take care of Disney's animation department.

In the end, it was really beaten too badly, and there was no way, Disney could only take out the "golden dollar stick" - 7.4 billion US dollars to acquire Pixar.

Michael Eisner noticed early on that Disney's 2D hand-drawn films were slowly out of touch with the times, so he reached a strategic partnership agreement with Pixar in May this year.

Therefore, in the face of MGM's menacing momentum, the "tyrant" directly chose to face it head-on this time - come, come, come, and have a good time.

"Roy, I hope that Disney's animation department can come up with a film that can compete with MGM's "The Lion King", and I want him to know who is the king of animated films. Michael Eisner suddenly said to Roy Disney with a bright eye: "Whoever tries to provoke Disney's kingship will be destroyed by our most brutal destruction."

As a member of the Disney family, Roy Disney naturally has his own pride, knowing that he represents not only himself, but also the glory of his uncle Walt Disney and the entire Disney family.

So, Roy Disney said solemnly: "Don't worry, Michael, our Disney animation department will let the newly sleeping lion at MGM know who the real king is." Even if this lion wakes up, it will no longer be able to shake our Disney kingship, because he is outdated. ”

Listening to Roy Disney's almost declaring war-like statement, Michael Eisner and Frank Wells were very excited, as if the shadow of being oppressed by MGM during this time was suddenly swept away.

"I heard that Katzenberg was also working on an animated film about lions, and I thought I could use it to fight MGM in the ring. Frank Wells remembered his subordinate's report on the film company a few days ago, so he said: "Both are lion themes, and once our lion wins MGM, then MGM will not have the cheekiness to call himself a lion anymore." ”

Michael Eisner and Roy Disney, although they disliked Katzenberg's personality, praised his abilities and nodded in agreement with Wells's suggestion.

"Good, good, good. It's a good idea, to defeat them with what they are most proud of, to completely crush their confidence and dignity. Michael Eisner said even more openly. No way, MGM's pressure on Disney during this period was too great, and after a series of blows, Michael Eisner felt a little out of breath.

Even Roy Disney praised the idea, believing that with the strength of Disney's animation department and Katzenberg's creativity and imagination, a great animated film would be produced.

However, they didn't expect that they were discussing letting Katzenberg secretly produce a film and prepare to face MGM's "The Lion King", and Katzenberg had already "exchanged fire" with MGM and started working first.

Ever since Katzenberg saw the newspaper report about MGM's "The Lion King", his whole person instantly felt bad - the gold in his body had an instant urge to burst and gush out.

If all the reports of those reporters are true, then the animated film about lions that he is going to prepare on Katzenberg's side may have ended before it even began.

Especially when I saw the report that MGM's "The Lion King" was an animal version of "Hamlet", Katzenberg felt as if there were 10,000 grass and mud horses galloping by, which was another "routine" that "ended before it started".

Now, Katzenberg feels like the power of the wilderness in his body is really about to explode, is there a Michel inside Disney? Why did you "plagiarize" all my idea?—even though it was only after reading the newspaper.

The average person is likely to change direction or give up altogether after seeing a creative crash.

But could the great Katzenberg be like those ordinary people? Apparently not!

Therefore, as a real "warrior", Katzenberg chose a "point of no return" - don't be cowardly, that is, just face MGM.

At a meeting of Disney Studios, Katzenberg did not shy away from pointing out: "In terms of MGM's strength, the "Lion King" will also be a pile of garbage, and Disney must use an animated film with the same theme to let "turtle" MGM see the true strength of the king in the field of animated films." ”

I'll go, and the employees below exploded directly when they heard this, and they all secretly said, Ka Dashen is going crazy - teach MGM the rhythm of being a man every minute.

I have to say that Katzenberg is indeed a genius in film and television, although Su Chenyu "created" "The Lion King" in advance, but "Ka Dashen" still made a very interesting lion-themed animated movie - "The Lion of Kings".

In Katzenberg's "Don't Fool Plan", Disney will also slowly polish this "Lion of Kings" first. Wait until "The Lion King" is about to be released before launching this movie in one fell swoop, and give MGM a big surprise - a perfect snipe at the box office of "The Lion King".

However, I don't know which mouthy person actually relayed Katzenberg's words to the reporter as they were.

Well, all the newspapers, magazines, and television were in high spirits, and it turned out that MGM himself was doing a one-man show -- what was the point?

Now it's okay, the "one-man show" has become a "two-person turn", and it is still an opponent who comes to "do it against each other and just face it".

I really want to sleep, someone sends a pillow, Katzenberg is a "living Lei Feng", and he actually took Disney to forcibly insert it, so these unscrupulous media can't help but get excited as long as they think about the hot scene of the two Hollywood giants just facing "tearing".

As a result, a group of entertainment reporters have surrounded Disney's headquarters in Burbank, mainly to get something hot out of Katzenberg's big mouth.

Katzenberg really lived up to expectations, and once again broke out in the face of the media with a surprising remark: "You ask me about the result of the collision of two films? This is really a joke that is not very funny." Are you here to be funny? Is this a heavyweight confrontation? How can a garbage film like "The Lion King" compare to "The Lion of Kings", the only meaning of his existence is to be crushed by us. ”

The reporters who were a little stunned by Katzenberg's words became completely excited after reacting, and hurriedly asked: "Mr. Katzenberg, do you mean that Disney's "Lion of Kings" will complete "The Lion King" by Popcorn and Gaomei in terms of box office and word-of-mouth?"

"What do you say?"

With these words, Katzenberg turned away angrily, ignoring the group of reporters, leaving only a group of people there who were crazy with excitement.

As a result, the entertainment front page of all the newspapers the next day became - "Disney directly pointed out the garbage of "The Lion King", and the box office will be crushed by "The Lion of Kings".

What's the meaning of a one-man show?

After the reporters got what they wanted from Katzenberg's mouth, they immediately went to instigate Shirley Lansing, hoping that the MGM strong woman could break out again.

Originally, Shirley Lansing didn't want to deal with this group of reporters, but now that Disney has stepped on the door, if she doesn't fight back, everyone in Hollywood will think that MGM and her Shirley Lansing are easy to bully.

"If someone and a company say MGM's 'The Lion King' is garbage, then their bullshit 'The Lion of Kings' is shit that's not even trash. Shirley Lansing was really "strong", and directly forcibly fought back, and also said loudly: "As for the box office, see you in four years, right?"

The reporters at the scene felt that they were about to explode with excitement, they didn't expect the two giants of Hollywood to be so face-saving and actually began to tear up in the air - no need to ask, this year's prize money is gone.

Although Michael Eisner and Frank Wells were very unhappy with Katzenberg's almost brainless provocation, when they saw Shirley Lansing, a "crazy woman", so sharp counterattack, they no longer came forward to "educate" Katzenberg.

At this time, Disney can only temporarily huddle together and work together to face the "lion" of MGM and the "shrew" of Shirley Lansing.

Well, with the addition of Michael Eisner and Frank Wells, the two giants of MGM and Disney have completely "justified" the front.

The two sides are new hatred and old hatred, and the hatred and anger of each other are full......

ps: I'm too busy with work today, I'm late for the update, let's talk about the plot on the American side, it will end soon!