Chapter 572: Controlling the Future of Blockbusters (6)
The reason why Hollywood was born in Los Angeles is that the weather here is good and the sunshine hours are long. In the early films, although the electric light had been invented, it was not bright enough, and the best light source was sunlight. In addition to this, California has a wide range of views and a variety of different natural scenery that is beneficial for film shooting.
Today's weather is also very good, the sun is shining, and the early autumn sun is lukewarm and very pleasant.
Betty Adjani, EPSN's chief financial officer, sent Jiang Peng, executive deputy general manager of the Light and Shadow Group and general manager of the company, out of the door, and hurriedly drove the red Ferrari to work.
Peng is tired these days, and although that Jill has been in Africa for two years, he is still as difficult as the legend. Peng has complained the most at home these days that if Jill can't mess with James Cameron, a loser and have a good relationship with all parties, he will definitely be unkind to her.
However, Betty also knew that it was just a complaint, and that she would only complain in front of herself. Because Boss has changed Peng and his own life, the couple has also integrated themselves into Boss's career. No, it should be everyone's business!
In the past few years, it has been like a dream, as if he was sitting in the apartment he shared with Peng yesterday to discuss whether to have an unforgettable wedding, or to provide a small house first, so that the two of them can enjoy a beautiful family life. In the blink of an eye, Peng became a millionaire, then a multimillionaire, then a billionaire, and became a big man in Hollywood. From a small staff member of the personnel department of Paramount, in a few years, he became the deputy director of the personnel department of Light and Shadow Group.
When the car arrived at the parking lot of EPSN TV station, she happened to meet George, the general manager and president of the Light and Shadow Group, Betty hurriedly took a few steps and whispered to him: "George, the boss called you in the morning, but you haven't been able to get through." Later, I was called and asked to tell you something and ask for your opinion. ”
George looked at his phone with a wry smile, the company was too busy. I've been listening to the phone since I left the house, no wonder the boss will call her, but I'm still a little unhappy.
"What's so urgent?"
"Boss is ready to transfer the light and shadow effects, as well as the shares of the light and shadow group to Mr. James Cameron, and is also preparing to hire him as the group's art director."
Sun Ziming's decision made George a little incomprehensible. Yesterday, everyone discussed, only for special effects companies and film companies, why did they suddenly change their hexagrams?
"Didn't you say that only the shares of special effects and film companies were transferred? The TV station is developing rapidly, and we are not short of funds, and now the transfer of group shares, the boss will suffer. ”
The two walked while talking and entered the company hall. The employees who were waiting for the elevator hurriedly gave up two seats, George nodded at everyone to show his gratitude, turned his head and ordered, "Go to my office to talk." ”
“OK”
When she arrived at George's president's office, Betty explained what had happened, explaining: "Last night, Mr. Tom Cruise came back from New Jersey and invited the boss and Mr. James to dinner, probably because they had a new idea. You also know that the bosses like to drink, probably when they are drunk, and they only remember to inform us when they get up in the morning. He's gone to negotiate now, and he doesn't have time to explain it to you personally. ”
George was even more unhappy, the day before yesterday there was a meeting, and the boss proposed to make the film company a real giant in Hollywood, and he and Peng drew up a detailed plan for him. How has it changed again?
God, the boss doesn't let himself participate in the negotiations, because he is afraid that he will oppose it!
After being silent for a while, George, who was in a very unhappy mood, still accepted the truth and asked, "What does the boss really think?" ”
There is no psychological pressure to say goodbye, Betty continued: "The boss's idea is that our TV series is so bad that he doesn't have time to fix it. It just so happened that when he was having dinner with James, he seemed to be a little interested, so I wanted him to teach the people in the drama department how to make a good TV series. ”
George's mood was much better, "Well, boss, that's a good idea. ”
George also has a headache with TV dramas, and now EPSN's sports programs are NO. 1, variety shows have also improved, only TV series have not improved at all. The TV series filmed, let alone let the audience watch it, even if they don't want to watch it. Twice, I asked the boss for the support of the film company, but I didn't think that I would start shooting several movies at the same time, which was already stretched.
Well, it's a good idea to let a big Hollywood director oversee the TV series. Can you make a movie like "The Terminator", but you can't supervise the TV series?
"And how many shares is the boss going to give?"
Betty smacked her tongue without any ladylike demeanor, and said enviously: "20% of the special effects company, 0% of the light and shadow group." 99%, and the share capital will be deducted from his film income and dividends in the future. ”
Yes? Doesn't it mean, only give 10%?
George's mouth was wide open and he didn't speak for a long time. The negotiation was made by him and Peng, and those technologies in the digital field that have just been developed for a small time, light and shadow special effects have been successfully developed. It can be said that in the digital field, only those millions of devices are worth a little money, and as for those half-finished technologies, they are not worth a penny.
For the past two days, Peng has been talking to that Jill about whether he has another purpose, or whether he and Peng have teamed up to veto the boss's benevolent decision. God, is the boss crazy? 10% more, that's tens of millions of dollars more! The special effects company will be the hen that will lay the golden eggs, which is to give people unnecessary money!
"My, god!boss knows what he's doing?"
George finally came to his senses from the shock, and hurriedly went to get the phone on the table, and retracted his hand as soon as he put it on the phone. Although he and Peng teamed up to veto his decision, now he is dealing with the shares in his own name and has nothing to do with the company's affairs.
Boss's generosity and madness, he has seen it, after the merger of the two TV stations, EPSN turned around last month, and he directly rewarded himself with 1% of the group's shares. He also promised that if the entertainment channel was also made no. 1. Reward another 4% and make yourself a billionaire directly!
After thinking for a while, George sighed with mixed feelings, following such a boss, I really don't know how to say it. Hey, when he was generous to himself, he was so happy that he died, and when he was generous to others, how could he feel a little unpleasant?
The president of Light and Shadow Group sighed helplessly and accepted the fait accompli. James at the negotiating table looked at the small screen in shock, but he was shocked and a little frustrated.
Peng Jiang asked his subordinates to show the special effects made by light and shadow, and at first he was still happy to admire, but when he saw what he had never seen, the whole person was like falling into an ice cave. The things that my company is developing have already been developed, and the effect is better than I expected. The film material performed by more than 100 people can make them a scene for tens of thousands of people, not to mention that it is impossible to do it in their own digital field, even Industrial Light and Magic. Not to mention the dinosaurs, typhoons, tsunamis, ...... made by computers.
Oh my God, the light and shadow company will become the NO of Hollywood. 1! No, they are already NO. 1 up! James's ex-wife, Jill, was staring at the big screen, and her mind was repeating these two sentences.
Jiang Peng asked people to put away the small projector, turned on the lights in the conference room, and looked at the former couple a little proudly. The superior should be glamorous, and his subordinates are the ones who do these dirty jobs, so he joined forces with George, vetoed Brother Ming's sincere invitation, and played some tricks for them. The big genius whose face was a little pale was indeed an unborn genius, but the more geniuses he was, the more he had to put the reins on him. Wu Zetian's horse training is outdated, and now in this society, the more genius people are, the more they must be co-opted for their own use, and the combination of interests and feelings is the best bait.