Michael Eisner, who was sitting in an upscale café in Beverly, looked at his watch again, five minutes before the appointed time, but his face was already showing impatience.

He's been in a state of irritability these days, with Disney's successive film failures last summer costing hundreds of millions of dollars, and none of the films released at the end of the year achieving too good results. Throughout 1990, if it weren't for Disneyland and branded product sales to make up for the losses, Disney would likely have suffered his first loss since becoming CEO.

But even though he barely managed to break even, some shareholders began to accuse him of monopolizing power at Disney and insisting on suppressing Eric Williams, thus ending the good relationship between Disney and Firefly.

Michael Eisner certainly wouldn't admit his remorse to others, and if he had known it would have caused such a situation, he would certainly not have been the first bird. But now it is useless to say that all of this is useless, and after he expressed his reconciliation to Eric through "The Love of People and Ghosts", it is only in exchange for the situation that Firefly is not openly hostile to Disney, but the cooperation between the two sides is no longer possible.

Although he has completely controlled the Disney board of directors, Michael Eisner is well aware that this absolute dominance is based on his ability to make enough money for Disney shareholders.

Only if Disney can bring a steady stream of profit dividends to shareholders will there be no situation in a company where shareholders are very dispersed to oppose him. The occasional shareholder or two jumping out to pick a thorn doesn't affect him in any way, not even the Disney family. Therefore. He's only sitting here today. And rarely arrive earlier than others.

Before you know it, five minutes have passed. A waiter finally led Robert Shea to the table, and Michael Eisner gave himself a warm smile, shook hands with Robert Shay, and sat down across from him.

"I'm sorry, Michael, I've been late for something," Robert Shay ordered. He said to Michael Eisner.

With a smile still on his face, Michael Eisner said, "It's okay, Robert, and you're not late. ”

The two chatted briefly, the waiter quickly served coffee, and Robert Shay slowly added a few pieces of sugar to himself, looking leisurely, as if he did not have any intention of discussing business, and his attitude of taking a pinch was fully revealed.

He's really doing well these days, after getting through the resentment of being kicked out by fireflies. With the script of Cut Throat Island snatched from Eric in his hands, Robert Shea finds himself even more glamorous than when he was the CEO of Firefly. Seven major film companies have lowered their profiles to show him goodwill, hoping to cooperate with him in the development of the "Cut Throat Island" project.

Of course, Robert Shea thought about making "Cut Throat Island" independently, but the distribution of a film with such a large investment scale is not so simple.

Without a new line, with the little connections he has now, he can't support the release of such a big-scale movie as "Cut Throat Island". Unless he is willing to patiently accumulate for a few years, it is inevitable to rely on the seven major distribution channels.

But out of resentment at being kicked out of the fireflies, Robert Shea is desperate to make a comeback, and of course he also wants to disgust Eric with "Cut Throat Island", so he has decided to cooperate with the Big Seven, and these days he has been shuttling between the Big Seven executives, hoping to use the chip in his hand to get the best benefit for himself.

Michael Eisner looked at Robert Shea, who was in a pinch posture, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he stabbed without a trace: "I heard that kid went to New York again." ”

Robert Shea, of course, knew who Michael Eisner was referring to, and his expression became gloomy: "I must have been going to this oil price fluctuation again, maybe I made some money last time, and I want to make a profit this time." Young people, always ignorant of the sky, not only refused the invitation of HFPA (Hollywood Foreign Press Association) to present the awards, but he did not even attend this year's Golden Globe Awards ceremony, this time he must have offended HFPA to death, and it is not so easy for the movie produced by Firefly to win awards in the future. ”

Michael Eisner doesn't particularly care about the Golden Globe Oscars, MGM has more than 150 Oscar trophies, the most of any studio, and is not half-dead.

Only those second- and third-tier small companies will care very much about the profit dividends brought by the Golden Globe Awards and the Oscars, and it can be seen from this that Robert Shea's vision is still limited to what level. Michael Eisner suddenly felt that Eric had made the right choice to kick Robert Shea out of the firefly.

"Sooner or later, the kid will do it himself, Robert, and now let's talk about 'Cut Throat Island,'" Michael Eisner said bluntly.

Robert Shea put down the coffee in his hand and cheered up: "Let's talk about Disney's conditions first, Michael, I'm still very inclined to cooperate with Disney, but you also need to come up with conditions that make me happy." ”

Michael Eisner said: "Forty-six, including all the investment and distribution inputs, you have 40 percent, Disney has 60 percent, and of course, you can get that percentage of the proceeds." ”

Robert Shea felt a burst of incredulity, looked at Michael Eisner's serious expression, and sneered: "Are you kidding, Michael, don't say that I am divided into four or six, even five or five, I will not agree." I'm so sorry, I think I should have left, everyone's time is precious. ”

"What are you in such a hurry, Robert, why don't you listen to me," Michael Eisner beckoned to Robert Shay with a smirk.

Noticing Michael Eisner's unusual look, Robert Shea hesitated for a moment, but sat back down.

Michael Eisner continued: "Let's talk about "The Ghost Is Not Dead", at the beginning, Eric Williams said that except for him, the script is in the hands of others, and it is unlikely to succeed. I didn't believe it at first, but after the release of "Human Ghost", I realized that what he said was not wrong, if it weren't for the tear-jerking soundtrack of "Oh, My-Love", the film would have dropped more than one level, and the box office would definitely have shrunk significantly. In addition to him, if you change to another director or soundtrack, the chance of associating this classic old song from decades ago with "Human Ghost" is infinitely equal to zero. ”

"Does that have anything to do with what we're talking about today?" asked Robert Shay, impatiently.

Michael Eisner nodded, looked at Robert Shea with a blazing gaze, and said confidently, "Of course, do you know why I didn't contact you until now instead of being as eager as other studios?"

Robert Shay instinctively felt a strong sense of bad feelings, and asked a little stumblingly, "Why...... Why?" (To be continued......)