"Ocean's Eleven" was originally an old Warner Bros. film from the 1960s, led by Steven Soderbergh, who had just won the Oscar for Best Director, and George Clooney, who was well-connected in Hollywood.

On the one hand, Soderbergh has completely adapted the original thief scam story, making it more modern and more in line with modern aesthetics.

And George Clooney used his deep connections to bring in a number of Hollywood names such as Brad Pitt and Matt Damon, making the entire cast starry, and the box office appeal is self-evident.

Even in order to make the film project possible, George Clooney even took the lead in lowering his salary, so that a number of A-level stars and quasi-first-line stars only received a million-level salary.

"Ocean's Eleven" not only hit the box office, but also received quite a high evaluation.

A group of professional film critics have praised the film, although it is a remake, it is rare, surpassing the original classic.

Although it is somewhat flattering to Soderbergh, it is undeniable that "Ocean's Eleven" can indeed be regarded as a good work.

Even in the world of screenwriting, it is already regarded as a classic of the "Golden Fleece" genre.

The so-called "Golden Fleece" refers to the story of heroes in Greek mythology who team up to venture in search of the Golden Fleece, which is synonymous with modern adventure growth stories.

The acclaimed and popular "Ocean's Eleven" not only made the main creative stars gain fame and fortune, but the hair company behind it, Warner Bros., of course, couldn't keep their mouths shut happily.

Normally, this should be the case, but this time, Warner Bros. Pictures was clearly not happy.

Because there is a more important and influential event - Jerry Levine, CEO of AOL Time Warner, announced his resignation on December 5th!

When this heavyweight event made outsiders eagerly pay attention to popular movies such as "Ocean's Eleven", the high-level circles within Hollywood all turned their attention to AOL Time Warner.

To sort this out, we have to start at the beginning.

AOL Time Warner has been in trouble since the second half of the year.

First, the financial data sparked widespread concern on Wall Street, with the previously promising performance of advertising and e-commerce sales falling significantly, which in turn triggered a drop in the value of the stock as much as 10%.

Then, like a thunderbolt from the blue, 911 directly covered the head and face of the Hollywood giant, although the U.S. stock market and the NASDAQ market fell because of this, but the decline of AOL Time Warner was an avalanche.

Especially around 911, the company's CEO Jerry Levine publicly admitted that the new company benefited by $1 billion, which caused AOL Time Warner's credibility on Wall Street to plummet.

And after 911, Jerry Levine simply gave up trying to improve his business in a short period of time.

It is in this context that the contradiction between Jerry Levine, the CEO who was born in Hollywood and on the side of Time Warner, and Steve Case, the chairman of the board of directors who was born in Silicon Valley and is on the side of AOL, has also intensified.

The contradictions and quarrels that originally broke out only between the two COOs have finally risen to the top level of contradictions between the CEO and the chairman.

And this time, it was because of the acquisition of AT&T fiber optic cable that Jerry Levine and Steve Keys finally broke out into an unprecedented big dispute.

Theoretically, if this deal goes through, AOL's optical cables can be spread over 1/4 of the United States, which will not only greatly increase their optical cable area.

Moreover, it can revitalize the dial-up Internet service of AOL, which has gradually become a chicken rib, so that it can make great strides in broadband business services.

Even Sid, who came to see it, had to praise Jerry Levine for his vicious eyes.

But in a large company, vision and talent are not the key to the success of a business, but the network.

And here's what's interesting about this, Jerry Levine is theoretically the CEO of the entire AOL Time Warner Group, and of course has the right to manage the group's various businesses.

But he is also the head of the former Time Warner Group, which means that he was born in Hollywood and specializes in traditional fields such as film and television media.

The acquisition of AT&T optical cable business obviously belongs to the former AOL's Silicon Valley business, which makes Steve Case, as the chairman, very unhappy, and almost becomes Jerry Levine's favor, and Steve Keys will unconditionally oppose it.

This led to many conflicts between the two because of the acquisition of AT&T's optical cable business, and even made a big fuss with the board of directors.

And who is Jerry Levine, the former boss of Time Warner Group, the domineering president Fan'er has long been deeply rooted in the bone marrow, okay?

So he directly got rid of the board of directors and Chairman Steve Case, and organized his own staff to start the business of fiber optic cable mergers and acquisitions.

This moment stepped on the tail of Steve Case, who is also the chairman of the new company, as long as he has the support of the entire board of directors, it is not a problem to bring down a CEO.

Therefore, although Jerry Levine is nominally angry and resigns, as the boss of the top media group in the United States, who will voluntarily give up the power in his hands?

The shadow behind Steve Keys and the board of directors is already obvious.

When Sid came out of the editing room two weeks later and learned the shocking news, he couldn't help but smile faintly: "It seems that this day is going to change." ”

Although Jerry Levine was "resigned", before he left, he used the last authority in his hand to make one last arrangement, allowing Richard Parsons, the former COO of Time Warner's side, to take over as the company's CEO.

Richard Parsons is a veteran Hollywood player, and although he has not made a name for himself before, he is a rare player. Oh, by the way, he's a black uncle with a full beard.

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"I don't care about the economic deterioration or terrorist attacks, if you can all run out and sign two big-name playwrights for me, then you can live well in the end of the world!" Ali Emmanuel foamed at the mouth of the glass-walled conference room.

Because of the effect of 911, even brokerage companies have felt a bit of an economic cold current, so Ali has to go into battle in person to "cheer up" his own brokers.

"So as long as we get this done, right? Give it to them, but in the meantime, we'll have to provide ......" Ali breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to carry out another round of saturation "bombardment" for the men who had surrounded him.

He suddenly saw a familiar figure step out of the elevator, because their conference room was covered with a fully transparent glass wall, so from here he could see all the incoming and outgoing companies.

"Boom!!" Ali's voice froze, "I'm sorry, guys, I'll be right back." ”