Undoubtedly, Julia Roberts has benefited the most from the actors, and as the film continues to play, Julia feels like she has broken into a world that she has never been seen before, and in the new world, everyone treats her so respectful and courteous that she is almost like a princess.

When ABC recorded a talk show, the entire production team was revolving around her, and the program director seriously asked her opinion on every detail of the recording process.

At the same time, well-paid film contracts, advertising contracts, endorsement contracts and other invitations came one after another, and her salary jumped directly to $5 million with the box office of the first weekend, a figure that many male stars are out of reach.

Al Pacino has also completely shaken off the shadow of the failure four years ago, and the whole person has become high-spirited, and some friends in the circle who have not been in contact for a long time have suddenly appeared recently, sending duì parties one after another.

Of course, some people are proud and some people are disappointed, and Richard Gere, who has begun to cooperate with the United States to promote the new work, is undoubtedly the most disappointed. His agent had previously boasted about the project and disparaged Eric's new film as useless. Although Richard Gere knew why his agent was doing this, he felt that he could sell Michael Ovitz a favor by rejecting Eric's offer. So I chose.

If it hadn't been such a huge success, even if it was just a small box office hit, Richard Gere wouldn't have felt much, but unfortunately it did, and it was a big success, and the first week of revenue was worth the total box office of many movies. Seeing this, Richard Gere could no longer calm down.

If the artist himself insists on taking over a film's contract, although the CAA will give him small shoes later, it can't force the actor's behavior. But Richard Gere naturally blames the CAA for all the blame, and he feels like he has fallen victim to Michael Owitz's personal power game.

Coca-Cola's headquarters in Atlanta, a meeting of great importance for Colombia is taking place.

At this time, Coca-Cola President Guo Sida held some materials of the two films in his hands, and asked Bronte Cohen, the president of Columbia, who was sitting at the bottom one by one.

"This is your first mistake, and of course, with the proceeds, Columbia's stock price has risen from $12 to $14 now, which can be considered a mistake. ”

After Guo Sida finished speaking, he changed to another article, and continued: "But then, your wrong behavior directly led Eric Williams to switch to Fox, according to the agency's estimates, the North American box office may reach 200 million US dollars, and the overseas box office may exceed 50% of the North American mainland, and the box office revenue alone can bring at least $80 million in profits to Fox, which should have been Colombian." ”

Blunt Cohen didn't dare to argue a word, quietly waiting for the final decision of the Coca-Cola board of directors, in fact, he already knew the result before. The top executives of film companies look glamorous, but few people know the enormous pressure behind them.

With an investment of tens of millions of dollars at every turn, every time a movie is released, it will bring changes at the top, and some people will leave directly because of huge losses, and they will never recover. Because of the success of the project, some people are suddenly promoted to a high position, enjoy more power and benefits, and of course, continue to be afraid of the next project.

Blunt Cohen also knew that Eric Williams was just a trigger, or an excuse, for the situation he was facing now. Most importantly, he was opposed to Coca-Cola selling Colombia to the Japanese.

According to some sources, the board of directors of Coca-Cola has officially decided to start acquisition negotiations with Japan's Sony. In this case, it doesn't matter if he, the president, is changed or not, anyway, he will soon be sold to the Japanese.

But in order to keep his position, he had previously contacted a number of people to boycott the deal. This kind of thing will definitely not be hidden from the Coca-Cola executives, and once it succeeds, no one will say anything. But after failure, we will face the bitter consequences of failure.

“…… Accordingly, I now formally announce the resolution of the Board of Directors to remove Mr. Bronte Cohen from his position as President of Columbia-Samsung Pictures, effective immediately. ”

After reading the board resolution and discussing some other topics, Guo Sida announced the dismissal of the meeting, and Bronte Cohen, as president, was of course retained some dignity and was not escorted back to the Columbia headquarters in Los Angeles by security guards to pack his luggage.

Blunt Cohen left with a gloomy face, but instead of leaving, Guo Sida went to another reception room.

"Hello, Mr. Guo Sida. Pushing open the door, the woman who was sitting on the sofa stood up and warmly extended her hand to greet her.

Guo Sida shook the other party's hand and said with a smile: "I've kept you waiting, Amy." ”

"It's okay, I've just arrived. ”

This woman is none other than Amy Pascal, who recently left Colombia in anger.

"My assistant has already told you what I mean, Amy, what do you think?"

Amy Pascal asked: "Mr. Golstadt, I don't think it's necessary to go back to Colombia now, and although I resigned, I heard the news that Colombia was going to be sold to Sony. In this case, what am I going to do and wait a few months to be made redundant again?"

"Of course not, Amy, you are a very talented professional manager, and even if the Japanese take over Colombia, they will not dare to make overly high-level changes. I've heard how you left Colombia, and if Bront Cohen had listened to you, there wouldn't have been the gambling deal that cost Colombia tens of millions of dollars. After that, there will be no Eric Williams to move to Fox. ”

Amy Pascal said: "Mr. Guo Sida, it doesn't make any sense to say this now. I want to know more about the real reason why you let me come back to Colombia. ”

Guo Sida glanced at Amy and said, "Amy, you know Eric Williams, right?"

And so it was!

Amy Pascal confirmed the guess in her mind and nodded, "Yes, but only a few sides, maybe Eric won't remember me anymore." ”

"Heh, how could it be, if it weren't for your help, how could there be a box office miracle?"

Although Amy Pascal did not benefit from it, she even lost her job because of it. But when Guo Sida mentioned this, she was still a little proud.

"Mr. Farstar, if you want me to convince Eric Williams to move to Colombia, it's unlikely, and everyone knows that Eric has signed a three-film contract with Fox this year. And by next year, Colombia will already be in the hands of Sony. ”

Guo Sida shook his head and said, "Of course not, I also let people know about that contract." In fact, the contract was not too tight, because Fox originally only wanted to get the distribution rights for the second part, so it did not prohibit Eric Williams from working with other film companies during the period of cooperation with Fox. And after opening talks with Sony, Colombia needs some positive news to boost the stock price, such as ...... A blockbuster movie. ”

"But ......"

"Don't worry, Amy, I know some of your concerns, and in order to be able to work with Eric Williams, the Board of Directors has relieved Blunt Cohen of his position as President of Columbia. ”

Amy Pascal was surprised, "Really?"

Guo Sida nodded: "Of course, otherwise, with Bronte Cohen's connections, the board of directors is not willing to make a big move, and he won't be able to sit in that position for long anyway." When you approach Eric Williams, you can show our sincerity by revealing this. ”

Amy Pascal thought of another question: "I think Eric Williams makes movies very fast, but three films a year should be considered the limit, right?

"We will put his new movie in the summer file, and with his current fame, as long as the movie is not too bad, it is not a big problem to get $100 million at the box office in the summer file. And ......" Guo Sida lowered his voice slightly: "I will give enough budget to give Fox a second film, and we can even find someone to make it for him, he just needs to concentrate on making the movie for us." ”

Amy Pascal hesitated for a moment, but nodded, "I'll try my best." ”