Chapter 263: Conflict in the Office

After three days of intensive negotiations, Jeffrey Katzenberg merged his DreamWorks Animation company into MGM Pictures as an animation division under the umbrella of MGM Pictures. Jeffrey Katzenberg is Vice President of MGM Pictures, responsible for the production and distribution of MGM's animated films.

In the context of the economic crisis, MGM Pictures' performance in the past year can be said to be unique in Hollywood, first acquiring the Playboy group, and now setting up its own animation department.

Jeffrey Katzenberg joined MGM, and the impact on Disney was the most immediate. Although Disney has never been afraid of any challenge from its rivals in the cartoon market, this time the situation has made everyone feel an unprecedented sense of crisis. The Disney Company held a weekly board meeting to discuss how to respond to the challenge from MGM.

Soon Disney announced plans to shoot a series of cartoons, and in response, Jeffrey Katzenberg announced to the media the next day that five cartoons that had been interrupted due to lack of funds were back in production. Seeing that the momentum of MGM and Disney's needle-to-wheat is becoming more and more obvious, the media and other film companies are waiting to see the excitement, who would have thought that after this round of short confrontation on the surface, the two sides would actually die down and there will be no more follow-up.

Then an even more surprising news came out, MGM and Disney actually jointly announced that in the next two years, the two sides will jointly shoot several non-animated films, among which the "Transformers" series and the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series are impressively listed, this news surprised everyone.

"Mr. Jeffrey, you can't..."

Cod, Ex's assistant Cod, was leaning against his desk with the phone between his face and shoulder, recording an important call message, when Jeffrey Katzenberg appeared at the door of Ex's office without warning, neither knocking nor greeting Ex's assistant, pushed the door open and walked in.

By the time Cord stopped him, Jeffrey Katzenberg had already broken into Ex's office. Codd hurriedly hung up the phone and trotted in, just in time to see Jeffrey Katzenberg angrily throwing a newspaper on Ex's desk.

"Mr. Ex, I..."

As an office assistant, Cod was already derelict in failing to stop Jeffrey Katzenberg in the first place, and he looked at his boss with a pale face, and for a moment he didn't know how to explain.

Ex had a straight face from the start, and Jeffrey Katzenberg's unbridled intoning of his office had already made him feel disgraced. At this time, his face was even more gloomy and a little terrifying.

In this tense confrontation, the most relaxed person in the office was Lin Mingyang, who was sitting next to him drinking coffee, and at this time, he was probably the only one who could watch from the wall with such a relaxed face.

Because the topic they were going to discuss next would involve company secrets, Lin Mingyang, who had put down his coffee, waved his hand at Kede, "It's okay here, you can go out first." ”

As if he had been granted amnesty, Cord did not stay for a moment, but hurriedly slipped out, and when he closed the door, he let out a long sigh, wiped his forehead, and cold sweat oozed out.

It's not that Kede has a poor psychological quality, but the atmosphere in the office just now has a precursor to a storm, and what makes Kede most incomprehensible is that Lin Mingyang's breezy expression doesn't seem to mean to take this tense situation in his eyes at all.

Codd didn't know that the moment he closed the door and left, Lin Mingyang's whole expression changed drastically, the most obvious thing was that there was a faint aura between his eyebrows, Jeffrey Katzenberg's anger and Ex's resentment were suppressed by his sudden outburst of momentum at this moment.

"Jeffrey, I've got your intentions and Ex already know... You sit down first" with undoubted majesty in his tone without emotional fluctuations, facing Lin Mingyang, Jeffrey Katzenberg could only sit down honestly.

Although Lin Mingyang calmed the scene, Jeffrey Katzenberg couldn't help but ask, "Why do we want to cooperate with Disney?" ”

It is precisely because of his relationship with Disney that Jeffrey Katzenberg chose to part ways with Spielberg, and now MGM suddenly turned enemies with Disney, which he couldn't accept.

Ex snorted softly, "It's a fool to have a hard time with Disney at this time."

Jeffrey Katzenberg was just about to refute, but Lin Mingyang's compelling gaze suddenly fell on his face, Jeffrey Katzenberg's lips moved, and what he wanted to say was finally stuck in his neck.

"Jeffrey, I understand how you're feeling right now, but I want you to be able to recognize the fact that in the current situation, even if we provide you with more money and manpower, it will be impossible to beat Disney in the animated film market in the short term... At the moment, we don't have a direct conflict of interest with Disney, they want to enter the non-animated film market, and we have a lot of advantages in this area, and the cooperation between the two sides is the best choice. Lin Mingyang opened his mouth for the second time and directly analyzed the current reality to Jeffrey Katzenberg.

"The key to breaking the myth of Disney's monopoly in the animated film market is not whether we work with them on non-animated films, but whether you and your team can make movies above the level, which is the core of the competition."

Jeffrey Katzenberg was able to calmly listen to Lin Mingyang's explanation at this time, but he still couldn't figure it out: "Why did Disney make such a decision when he chose to cooperate with us knowing that he would become an opponent?" ”

Lin Mingyang picked up the coffee and gave Ex a look before drinking, although he was still angry in his heart, Exx still stood up and explained in consideration of the overall situation: "This time we took the initiative to ask Disney for cooperation... The pace of MGM's development during this period is too impressive, and we don't want to be targeted until we are strong enough to deal with various situations, and benefit-sharing can divert people's excessive attention from us. ”

"Regarding the cooperation, we have only communicated with Disney through informal channels now, and both parties are willing to promote the result of the cooperation, because they released the news first, so there is the news you saw in the newspaper today." Lin Mingyang then added.

"We were just about to talk to you about this, and—" Ex shrugged helplessly, he could only express regret for Jeffrey Katzenberg's reckless and rude behavior just now.

Knowing that he had misunderstood Ex and accepting the explanation given by Lin Mingyang, Jeffrey Katzenberg calmly apologized in front of the two of them in the office.

Ex is not the kind of person who is cautious, an internal storm just disappeared invisibly, and in the ensuing conversation, there was still a feeling of incompatibility between Ex and Jeffrey Katzenberg, and when Jeffrey Katzenberg left, Ex personally sent the other party to the door, which made Cod, who was printing materials in the office next to him, stunned.

Lin Mingyang didn't take Ekes' office as his usual this time, and then played games on his computer, and he also made an appointment with an important guest today. Not long after Jeffrey Katzenberg left, he hurriedly left Exx's office.

At this time, in the café of MGM headquarters, a middle-aged man with a somewhat arrogant back was constantly looking at his watch, and when there was still half a minute before the appointed time, Lin Mingyang's figure finally appeared at the door of the café.

The middle-aged man stood up, his short, thick beard covering his chin, and the whole person looked a little vicissitudes, such a guy who didn't pay much attention to details, if he didn't mention his name, who would have known that he was the famous Hollywood gold medal producer Bruckheimer.

"Little guy, we meet again" Bruckheimer's address to Lin Mingyang startled the waiter next to him, Lin Mingyang is not very old, but Hollywood wrenching his fingers is not a few people who can use such a title to him so unscrupulously.

The strange thing is that Lin Mingyang did not get angry, but hugged the bearded man enthusiastically. When Lin Mingyang first entered Hollywood, Bruckheimer was the person who helped him the most in the early days, and the films that Lin Mingyang made as a director at the beginning were all released through Bruckheimer's hands. After Lin Mingyang became famous, the cooperation between the two slowly decreased, and because of Kate's relationship, the relationship between the two has always been very good, and in private, Lin Mingyang didn't mind Bruckheimer calling him as an elder.

"Is Kate okay lately?"

Bruckheimer mentioned Kate as soon as he came up, which obviously surprised Lin Mingyang. The purpose of Bruckheimer's visit this time Lin Mingyang was very clear in his heart, but this didn't seem to have anything to do with Kate.

Seeing Lin Mingyang's puzzled expression, Bruckheimer knew that he had misunderstood what he meant, and he explained: "Some time ago, the scandal between the two of you was a big deal, her father used to be my best friend, and she was not in the United States during this time, I want to know how she is doing, so I have to ask you."

"She... Very good. Lin Mingyang replied hesitantly.

Bruckheimer didn't care about the weirdness of his expression, and then asked, "Then does she have a schedule recently?" ”

"I don't quite understand what you mean... Why do you ask this? Lin Mingyang finally heard something wrong from his words.

Bruckheimer spread his hands helplessly: "Okay, I know I can't hide it from you..."Pirates of the Caribbean 3" I'm afraid I'm going to change the heroine"

Lin Mingyang's eyes widened: "Knightley is no longer acting?" ”

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