Manhattan, the place where Hollywood movies are most happy to destroy miè, 1994's "Independence Day", once turned this place into a sea of fire, and then razed to the ground, time has passed three years, and another film has been eyeing here, Sony Entertainment's Samsung Columbia Pictures decided to put a monster from Japan in Manhattan, in the way that the world's financial center was severely destroyed, to show the horror power of this monster.

At this time, there was chaos near the Brooklyn Bridge, and the crew was filming nervously under the supervision of municipal personnel.

Shinobu Ohga stood on the terrace of a nearby building, looking at the blonde German director standing behind the camera, his brow furrowed a little.

"Michael, are you sure Director Emmerich won't mess up?" He asked aside.

The person standing on one side is none other than Michael, who has returned to the world of entertainment brokerage? After the bitter lesson of Disney's failure, Ovitz set up an artist management company, and after several months of hard work, he got the big-scale project "Godzilla" from Samsung Columbia, using a huge network of contacts and a well-known package service.

Michael? Ovitz returned to the familiar entertainment brokerage industry, and no one dared to underestimate it, not only the Godzilla project, but also Martin, one of the four directors, from CAA? Scorsese, the entire artist management company, has risen to prominence quite dramatically in a short period of time.

"Oga ......" Michael? Ovitz was as confident as ever, "I think you should have seen Roland's previous directs of "The Thunderbolt Eagle", "The Recreated Warrior" and "Cosmic Shock". It's not hard to get a sense of his directing style, a director who is equally obsessed and good at special effects for big scenes! ”

"What if you could get Duke? Rosenberg, this film is at least half the battle! Oga Shinobu still whispered.

Michael? Ovitz did not refute. Instead, he said approvingly, "It's true, destroying a city in the film, and no one in the whole of Hollywood can compare to Duke?" Rosenberg, but he has already rejected you! Oga, believe me, get rid of Duke? Rosenberg. Rowland? Emmerich is definitely the best director in the world at destroying the earth! ”

Shinobu Oga knew very well that it was impossible to invite Duke. And Roland? Although Emmerich's first three films were not big hits, they were also quite profitable compared to investments, Michael? Ovitz helped Sony Entertainment take over Columbia Pictures. The senior management of Sony Entertainment also trusted his vision and ability, so they gave him the package of the project.

Despite Martin? Scorsese threw himself into the artist management company, but Michael? Ovitz knew very well that if the company wanted to really rise in Hollywood, it must have a successful operation project, and it took him nearly three months in the first half of the year to get this project, and even invited Stan, the top Hollywood model master to join the digital field? Winston designed and produced Zuò Godzilla special effects.

Even if the artist's management company doesn't actually get much of a commission, it still has to contribute to the success of the project.

"Are the films sure to catch up with next year's summer schedule?" Shinobu Oga asked again.

"I talked to Roland." Michael? Ovitz swore by it. "He will complete the production of the film by April at the latest, and Sony Entertainment can mobilize its media resources and start building momentum for the film."

He then emphasized. "Oga, Duke in the past few years? Why does Rosenberg continue to succeed? Especially why does a niche genre like "Chicago" sell so well? Because under his promotion, Warner Bros. paid special attention to publicity, and the production cost of "Chicago" was only $25 million, but it invested $15 million in publicity and distribution costs! And what about other films from the same period? A lot of films with an investment of 50 million dollars. There is no such high publicity budget! ”

Ohga Shinobu nodded slightly, in fact, the film released in the summer this year. The cost of publicity and distribution has been significantly raised by a notch compared with the past.

"If Duke? Rosenberg picked up the camera in the words of a successful director. "Michael? Ovitz continued, "When he put down the camera, he was definitely a standard businessman, using propaganda methods that were lower than the 99 percent of directors in the world, and his face was definitely thicker than that of the vampires on Wall Street!" ”

"So, Sony has to come up with more effective plans in terms of publicity!" He emphasized.

With all that said, Michael? Ovitz turned his head in the direction of the Empire State Building, where the project of CAA, once his empire and now a strong competitor in the entertainment brokerage industry, was filming.

Judging from the release date that has been announced, the other party's film is also scheduled to be released in May, two weeks earlier than "Godzilla".

According to the general situation, there will not be too fierce competition between the two sides after a weekend, but now it seems that other films are avoiding these two super blockbusters, staggering the middle weekend, and instead rushing to grab the Memorial Day schedule, maybe we should think of some ways to curb the CAA package project from being too hot, so as not to impact "Godzilla"!

Although the person in charge of that project was Martin? Bob was his old friend and right-hand man, but none of that could stop the competition from existing.

Presumably, many people in Hollywood don't want each other's projects to succeed, the reason is too simple, it is a DreamWorks project, anyone can see the ambition of the DreamWorks Big Three, but the traditional forces of Hollywood will never sit idly by and watch the rise of DreamWorks, as has happened several times in history, they will never tolerate a new company coming in to grab the biggest piece of the cake.

Even if DreamWorks has Hollywood's most popular director, Steven? Spielberg.

Spielberg at this time is with Martin? Bob stood on top of the Empire State Building's observation deck and looked at the female director Mimi? Ryder nervously deployed the crew.

Don't like Martin though? Bob, Spielberg didn't show anything on his face, as a veteran who has worked hard in Hollywood for many years, he certainly knows the simplest truth that you can't mix personal likes and dislikes into business.

Martin? Bob looked at Spielberg, DreamWorks' film plan did not start well, the first film "Broken Lock Fury" ended in failure, the commercial income of "Peacemaker" and "Spin City" released at the same time was far less than expected, and Spielberg's blockbuster film "Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World" this year had little to do with DreamWorks, and the ambitions of the Big Three suffered a setback from Yan Zhan Ng.

If it weren't for these setbacks, he wouldn't have gone through some operation and bagged "Heaven and Earth Collision" as a package project.

Although he has encountered some troubles at CAA, no one can ignore CAA's strong strength in the industry, nor can he ignore the resources that he can deploy as a CAA master.

Martin? Bob believes that with Spielberg himself as the producer, and with his help, the film is still the hottest sci-fi genre at the moment, and the odds of success are infinite.

"I had the ...... idea," Spielberg suddenly spoke, "I wanted to find Duke to direct this film, but unfortunately he rejected both me and George......"

"What a shame!"

Unlike the rumored pawns of the CAA, Spielberg doesn't care about Martin at all? Bob's face obviously just regarded him as a service staff, and said to himself, "If Duke joins, "Heaven and Earth Collision will have at least a seventy percent chance of being a big hit." ”

Martin? Bob not only did not refute Spielberg's words, but nodded busily in agreement, "In Duke? After Rosenberg's "Independence Day", the theme of how to destroy the miè earth has become one of the conditions for the success of the Hollywood blockbuster. ”

He didn't like Duke, but he had to admit it in his heart.

There's nothing wrong with admitting that, Martin? Bob is obviously currying favor with Spielberg, and now he lacks heavyweight customers in his hands, if he can win Spielberg over, let alone nod his head and echo his words, even if it is like Michael? Ovitz pouted and danced like that to make the other party happy, and he was willing to do it.

Thinking of Michael? Ovitz, Martin? Bob didn't just look out over the Brooklyn Bridge, Michael? Ovitz is back to poach Martin from CAA at lightning speed? Scorsese, made him disgraced, and even became Ino? Martin and Pat? Kingsley's new reason for attacking.

From Michael? From the moment Ovitz stretched out his hand to the CAA, his interests were touched, and the previous relationship between the two parties was gone, maybe it may improve in the future, but at this stage it can only be a competitor!

Moreover, it is not without benefit to erect such a strong competitor for CAA, which can completely consolidate his position and allow the centrist within the company to temporarily unite and unanimously deal with external enemies, even if this enemy is a former CAA giant!

External enemies are often the best way to alleviate internal contradictions.

Since Michael? Since Ovitz's departure, there have been voices within the CAA questioning his ability, and now the two packaged projects can indirectly collide at the beginning of tomorrow's summer season. In Bob's view, this is not an opportunity to prove himself, if "Heaven and Earth Collision" finally beats "Godzilla" in terms of box office, word-of-mouth and commercial results, it can also prove his ability from the side, and once he wins, he can even win more people's support for him.

Why is there a group of shareholders supporting Innova? Martin? Nothing more than thinking that CAA can bring more benefits to them under his leadership, as long as he proves that he can do better, Ino? Martin's camp will split.

Martin? Bob without Michael? Ovitz is so ambitious, he has been praised by the gossip media for a while, he really thinks that he is the emperor behind the scenes of Hollywood, what he wants to do most is to completely control the CAA, and then mobilize the power that can be mobilized in his hands to forcefully suppress the director who has made him lose face countless times.

Of course, if the other party is willing to take the initiative to bow his head and throw himself into his banner, he will also raise his hands to welcome him. (To be continued)

ps: Asking for tickets~~