The loud voice of "pound, pound, pound——!!" echoed in the conference room, and the sound was none other than the sound of the independent director presiding over the meeting hitting the table with his hand.

"That's enough, you guys, this is the boardroom, not the wet market, if you're arguing, I'll have the security guard throw you all out!" The independent director looked at the executives and shareholders of the Time Warner family on the left, and the executives and chairman of AOL on the right.

CEO Richard Patterson and Chairman Steve Keys respectively glanced at their subordinates, and the two groups of people, who were originally tense and foaming at the mouth, suddenly stopped competing and invective.

Although these people scolded people at a high level without swearing, everyone knew that the scolding on the scene was just the calm before the storm.

After the others retreated, Richard Patterson, CEO of AOL Time Warner, wrinkled his brows and said in a heavy tone: "Steve, you don't really want to sell DC Comics, you change it, how about Warner Cable, I can agree to this." ”

Steve Keys complained with a wry smile in his heart, he didn't want to sell DC, but now he and AOL are pinched by Sid in his hands, if they are exposed, they will definitely not be the unlucky ones who are opposite to the Time Warner guys.

In the spirit of the Dead Dao Friends and the Poor Dao, Steve Keys snorted coldly, "No, DC is definitely going to be sold, whether you oppose it or not, it's useless." ”

Hearing the other party's tough words, even Richard Patterson couldn't help frowning, and Barry Meyer, CEO of Warner Bros. Pictures next to him, shouted excitedly: "DC Comics is our Warner's asset, can't you AOL's turn to sell it?"

"Oh," Carl Icahn on the other side suddenly showed a "sudden realization" expression, "I remember that Steve is the chairman of our AOL Time Warner, is there still AOL, Time Warner? Isn't this a company?"

Carl Icahn deliberately accentuated the phrase "a company", and Richard Patterson's face was gloomy, and he shook his head at Barry Meyer, who had to shut up and say nothing.

Then Richard Patterson looked at Steve Case, "Then it will be up to the board of directors to vote on whether or not to sell DC Comics!"

"Okay, then it's up to the board to decide. Steve Keys also said without showing weakness.

In the end, today's meeting broke up unhappily, which also led to the contradictions within AOL Time Warner, AOL and Time Warner faction even more intensified, and the game between the two has just begun around the spin-off group.

And DC Comics has become the current focus of both sides.

As for the DC Comics incident, even if the board of directors were to be convened to vote, it was not something that could be carried out quickly, and this gap was just when Steve Keys and Richard Patterson were playing against each other for the support of the board members.

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When the AOL era Warner was full of infighting, the summer file in June finally entered a fierce period.

On June 14th, three big-budget films from major studios were released on the same day, pushing the summer boom to the peak in one fell swoop.

The first is Warner Bros. Pictures' live-action and animated family comedy - Scooby-Doo.

Although the live-action and animation film format was first derived from Disney's "Who Murdered Roger Rabbit", the combination of 3D animation and live-action is still quite rare at present.

Although Warner Bros. Pictures has not yet made any achievements in the field of 3D animation, they have taken the lead in entering the market of combining 3D animation with live-action, which can be regarded as quite bold.

Although "Scooby-Doo" seems to be just a family comedy and the cast does not have any big stars, Warner Pictures also spent a lot of money to create a dynamic dog Scooby-Doo, and finally pushed the cost of the film to $84 million.

This is already a quasi-A-level production.

And the box office performance of this family carnival did not disappoint Warner, taking in $54 million in one fell swoop in the first three days of the opening weekend, and landed at the top of the North American box office charts.

Although the box office fell to $24 million the following weekend, it still maintained the third place in the box office list, and at the same time, the cumulative box office of "Scooby Doo" also managed to exceed 100 million.

Such a good result, of course, made the filmmakers of "Scooby-Doo" overjoyed, but specifically mentioning this movie is not because of how good it is.

It's because this youth adventure film with some fantasy elements is the only movie from Warner Bros. Pictures that has a box office of over 100 million this year!

After "losing" Harry Potter, Warner Bros. Pictures soon found itself in trouble.

Although they still have "The Lord of the Rings" from New Line Pictures and "The Matrix 2 and 3" in back-to-back shooting, and even "The Golden Compass" that has not yet been launched.

But the first two have already scheduled the end of the trilogy, while the latter, Robert Shea, the owner of New Line Pictures, has been biting and refusing to release "The Golden Compass".

At the same time, the violent turmoil of the parent company AOL Time Warner, which almost led to a split, also made it difficult for Warner Bros. Pictures to deploy as easily as it did in history, and the pressure on its CEO Barry Meyer has suddenly increased.

Released on the same day as "Scooby-Doo", there is also a spy action film "Spy Shadow" produced by Universal Pictures and starring Matt Damon!

As an old-school spy war industry, the only "Spy Shadow" that can be compared with the "007" series has long been regarded as a masterpiece of adaptation by many film companies.

In the end, the film was won by Universal Pictures, and after several years of planning and casting, Universal finally selected the now popular golden boy Matt Damon to star in the legendary agent "Jason Bourne".

In this way, the three "**" who are equally famous in the world always gather together - James Bond, Jack Ball and some belated Jason Bourne!

This 60 million cost movie, although the box office explosion is not strong, ranked second with a score of 27 million US dollars in the first weekend, ranking below "Scooby-Doo",

It took 6 weeks to barely break 100 million, but the relatively low cost makes this film enough to make a lot of money even if it gains more than 100 million in North America and has a box office of more than 90 million overseas.

At the same time, Matt Damon finally jumped into the ranks of quasi-first-line movie stars because of the success of this quasi-A-level commercial blockbuster starring independently.

The first two movies released on the 14th, if they are all popular, then the last one can only be described as miserable.