Chapter 71: Drunken Words

Larry is an entrepreneurial genius, looking back on his entrepreneurial journey, he was deeply influenced by the RB culture, which is very interesting, the RB people are the most aggressive people in the world, and at the same time the most polite, a wonderful mix of extreme arrogance and extreme humility. When he founded Oracle, Larry tried to create as much of this culture as possible within the company, and he believes that if you can balance the two, your chances of success in the competition are greatly increased, both individually and collectively.

Oracle recruits with a principle: if the person doesn't like having lunch with him three times a week, don't want him to join, but Oracle's former vice president of sales once said: "Working for Ellison is like riding a tiger, no matter how dangerous and difficult the journey is, you have to stay close to the tiger's back, if you fall, the tiger will eat you, for Ellison, there are only two types of people in the world: friend and foe." ”

Meghan regards his father as an idol, and is naturally deeply influenced by this kind of thinking, and there is a Japanese katana hanging in her office, which is not a normal knife, but a demon knife purchased by Larry with a lot of money, Muramasa, he thinks that as a boss, he should have supreme majesty and murderous spirit, and he implements a monopoly of power and a resolute management style.

Mark generally doesn't ask about administrative matters, he sees Meghan managing the company in an orderly manner, is relieved and relieved, as a partner of the company, Megan has a strong financing ability, tens of millions of dollars are just a small meaning to her, Mark has such a background, it is best to borrow money or have a mortgage, but Megan does not need to, she has a huge amount of property inheritance, and has her own trust funds, the bank's credit evaluation of her, repayment ability rated as A, with such a partner, the company can quickly become bigger and stronger.

Like the layoffs of the second joint arts, Mark can only sigh even if he knows, while Meghan directly plans mergers and acquisitions and brings the big fat meat she likes into her family, which is very in line with what she said at the beginning to make the cake bigger and everyone eats it.

Today is the celebration party of "Chainsaw", and it is the party for the establishment of the crew of "The Hangover", when Mark's grass stage team produced a classic horror film like "Chainsaw", no one in the mixed crew at that time thought that it would be such a huge success, and it was a movie with a production cost of 30 million yuan so soon to start shooting the next movie.

Mark is a person who talks about friendship and nostalgia, can use what he knows, and never recruits outside, many of his crew are people who followed him during "This Man is from Earth" and "Chainsaw", and many people have been recruited into the company and become regular employees, no longer temporary workers and casual workers.

Meghan also set up a brokerage department, which she is personally responsible for, and the artists signed by it include Blake, Mason, and Heath said that the contract expired and immediately switched to it, as for David Lee, John, and Zach, who did not have a brokerage contract, they did not hesitate to sign a contract, Meghan has recently lobbied Rachel to join, and now MM agency is a bit popular.

Mark, who has a lot of alcohol, toasted everyone again and again, and repeatedly expressed his gratitude, this is no way, the box office has not yet arrived, there is no dry goods in his hands, he can only fool people, today's Mark, who is well-known in Hollywood, is Xiaojia, and is a newcomer director and producer praised by Warner, everyone sells him face.

This time, the crew of "The Hangover" is a formal crew, no longer the grass stage team as before, they sign a formal contract, have five insurances and one housing fund, register with the actors' union, and the crew in Las Vegas lives in a luxury hotel like Caesars Palace, which is very face-saving, and other crews only have this kind of treatment for the main characters such as the leading actor and director, but here they don't treat everyone equally, live in a luxurious resort and work, is there anything more cool than this?

And this time the film has Warner's investment, and it will definitely get Warner's support in resources, Mark has two blockbuster works as a foundation, and he enjoys the treatment of an A-level director here at Warner, and even in some ways, his power is greater than that of an A-level director, Bi Jing is a producer investor, and there is no one who can compete with him in the crew.

Mark is actually cheerful and enthusiastic, and he also likes to make friends, like to drink with friends, brag and chat, talk about life, and talk about ideals.

A group of young people ate and drank together, very happy and happy, especially after David, Sophia, and Kevin left, they had more fun, Mark fought with one against five, Blake, Scarlett, Rachel, Megan and Mason five people fought with him, Mark drank five at all, and he didn't fall behind at all, but as soon as he drank too much horse pee, he couldn't help but brag: "Drink to win the five of you, I have no joy of victory, my alcohol is world-class, a thousand glasses are not drunk, this time "Chainsaw" It's a pity, because the fame is not enough in advance, and the publicity resources invested are limited, otherwise, it will definitely break 100 million in Beimi, you wait, this time "The Hangover", Beimi's box office is less than 200 million, count me as a failure!"

Blake's face was flushed, and he burped with wine, "Mark, you're drunk and talking nonsense!"

Even the most arrogant director in Hollywood does not dare to brag that his work will definitely exceed 200 million, James Cameron, who created a miracle in film history, produced "Terminator 3" this year, is only about 120 million in North America, and it should be about 140 million in the end, which is an investment of 170 million, and the announcement of success is calculated separately, Arnold's personal salary alone will reach 30 million, plus dividends, in North China, this blockbuster is a loss, and the loss depends on the performance of the overseas market, the combination of James and Arnold will lose, who dares to say that it will win?

Mark burped and said loudly, "I'm not drunk, I'm confident in The Hangover, it's used to fight J. Puson's The Passion of the Christ, I'll win." ”

Heath said: "Mel won't be afraid of you, his films have always been a guarantee of the box office. ”

"He's too idealistic, his movies may make a lot of money, but Hollywood won't have a place for him, and politically incorrect people won't end well," Mark said. ”

Heath was a little worried, and said, "There's no solution, Mel is a good man, and I don't want to know he's wrong without speaking out against him." ”

Mark said: "When you eat at someone's house, you must respect the master, and giving up this movie is the only way, but Mel is determined and will not listen to people's persuasion, no one can make him change his mind, and the tragedy is doomed." Seeing that Hiss was a little lonely, Mark said: "To those idealists who are willing to sacrifice themselves for their ideals." ”

The others had no choice but to say, "To the idealists!"

Megan said: "Why are you unhappy? Today is a party to celebrate, and our MM Pictures, with the "Chainsaw" series and the acquisition of the distribution department of United Arts, will definitely become the most profitable film company in Hollywood. ”

Mark said: "Don't even think about it, MM Pictures has to be big, unless you buy Marvel, don't think too much." ”

Meghan said: "Marvel is just a comic book company, what does it have to do with Hollywood?"

Mark said: "Hollywood is making a script shortage, there are fewer and fewer good scripts, more than a dozen series of more than 5,000 superhero characters under Marvel are equal to a huge script library, the story library, it is simply equal to a huge inexhaustible treasure trove, if I sell it for a billion, I will not hesitate to exchange it for Marvel, "Blade", "Spider-Man", "X-Men" are big sellers, Marvel should regret dying, a Marvel is not as profitable as Spider-Man." ”

Megan said: "Are you mistaken? Marvel is in debt, Ron Perelman is miserable, he is a good friend of Larry, often drinks together, last time I saw David reading comics on my superyacht, he also fooled David, willing to exchange Marvel for a superyacht, but David sprayed him on a fart, my yacht is worth 300 million, and your broken Marvel owes 300 million foreign debts." ”

MM Pictures' Will said: "What's even worse is that Marvel loves to sell super copyrights, their most popular "X-Men", "Fantastic Four", "Hulk", "Spider-Man", "Soul Chariot", "Super Daredevil ", "Punisher", "Blade" are all sold, and the rest are second- and third-rate, and now they can only watch others make a lot of money, and they can only drool, "Spider-Man" Super big sell, Sony Columbia's market value doubled, Marvel just moved, its 100% debt and lifeless style made investors have no confidence in him at all, but Mark you have a lot of confidence in them, Ron and Stan Lee will cite you as a confidant, you can ask him, his next comic book superhero can be named after you. ”

Mark sighed: "I saw a treasure with unlimited business opportunities, but I didn't have the money to buy it, this is a big piece of fat meat, and I will be fat when I bite it." He said with some infinite pity.

Blake gave Mark a cup of decanting tea and said, "Mark, drinking this should make you feel better." ”

Mark said, "Blake, you're so beautiful tonight, let's go sing a song together." ”

Blake readily agreed, and was about to take Mark's outstretched hand

Mason coughed dryly and said, "Blake, it's almost twenty-two thirty, and we don't have enough time to go home by twenty-three o'clock." ”

Mark frowned and said, "Please, today is a celebration party, and my girlfriend is not celebrating by my side, which is very disappointing!" Mark said with a wine burp, very dissatisfied.

Mason said, "It's none of my business, Tom has repeatedly asked for it, I'm just responsible for sending her home." ”

Mark said: "You know that Blake is not by my side at this important moment, and this is simply a disservice to me!"

Blake makes a pleading look at Mason!

Mason said, "Blake is only seventeen years old, she has class tomorrow morning, do you think it's appropriate for her to be in the sky?"

Mark was disappointed, his face sank, and he said, "It's a pity." ”

Blake shrugged, and she kissed Mark helplessly before saying, "I don't want to upset Tom and them, see you tomorrow!"

Mark was very disappointed and shouted, "0k! ”