Chairman's Office, Disney Headquarters, Burbank, California.

Michael Eisner, dressed in a suit, carries his hands behind his back and sits in front of the floor-to-ceiling window looking out at the Group Plaza.

The commemorative bronze statue of Walt Disney Mickey Mouse in the center shines brightly in the sun, and the slightly colorful glorious coat makes the founder and master of Disney look extremely tall, and those two smiling faces seem to tell people about the legend that belongs to them and the glorious development of the children's kingdom.

And just as he squinted in appreciation, a report came from behind him.

"Michael, Miramax has sold the rights to 'The Lord of the Rings' and 'The Hobbit' to Warcraft Pictures."

Hearing this, Michael Ainas's face did not change in the slightest, and he didn't seem to care about the deal, but it was more like he had expected all this, "I know, you go down......"

With a wave of his hand, he drove away the secretary who was reporting, and when the dull bang sounded, Ainas turned around, walked back to the desk, picked up the document left by the secretary, and finally smiled when he saw the fifteen million marked in red.

"Don't you want to do it? Now that the copyright is gone, I'm looking to see what you do with it......"

The deep voice and smiling face form a great contrast, like a demon's whisper, but more like a madman's madness.

After scanning the date of the invitation and the date of signing marked on the document, which was extremely eye-catching for fifteen days, Ainas was smiling, and while putting down the contract, he also lit a cigar, "Aren't you going against me?" ”

"And now?"

"I thought you would be able to hold out for a while, or fight back, but I didn't expect your bones to be so soft."

"It's a shame that I didn't kill you this time......

Yes, Disney knew that Roland was bullying the Weinstein brothers, but they didn't pay attention to it, and even snickered about it.

Not only that, but after learning that the Weinstein brothers were safe and sound, they also had some regrets.

The reason is also very simple, because they have already regretted it very much, and bought Miramax back then.

When the first acquisition of Miramax, Disney had a great vision, as a giant in the field of independent films, the two brothers, the most inscrupulous people's hearts, Disney hopes that they can make achievements in the field of live-action films, which they are not good at, but these two brothers did make achievements, but unfortunately, their achievements are contrary to Disney's development philosophy.

What is Disney's philosophy of development?

Forever fairytale kingdom.

And what about Miramax?

The projects they run have always been cult films, either R-rated or niche and niche.

If that's all there is to it, then Disney will put up with it.

The most difficult thing for them to accept is that the two brothers have been acting under the banner of Disney.

As a fairytale kingdom, Disney's image must be age-appropriate, wholesome, and family-friendly, and they will never make a movie like "The Philadelphia Story" until the general situation is clear.

But the Weinstein brothers have been challenging their bottom line.

To put it mildly, if the Weinstein brothers had been more obedient, then they might have given the green light to the "Lord of the Rings" project for the sake of the Olympics, but the problem is that the two fat men didn't perform well.

Not only that, but as subordinates of the subsidiary, they often provoke the group's management.

Disney acquired Miramax because it wanted to have an Olympic machine, not to find an ancestor for itself!

As a result, when they learned that Roland had set foot on the Weinstein brothers, they almost set off firecrackers to celebrate!

And when he learned that the Weinstein brothers left the field safely, the group's CEO Ainas was really sorry......

Of course, the regret didn't last long, and Ainas, who was sitting there enjoying a cigar, was disturbed by his secretary again.

"Michael, the CEO of the headquarters, the touchstone, and Hollywood are already waiting in the conference room."

"Okay, I'll be right here."

Ainas put down his cigar and walked out of the office with his papers.

When he came to the pre-determined conference room, Miao Miao's faces were filled with excited smiles.

Although they contradict each other in their daily work, today, they are really happy.

After sitting down, Ainas's words were even more straightforward and terrifying, "Harvey, who has been provoking us, was finally punished today, of course, compared to our expectations, this is not enough, but according to the current situation, it is already good." ”

Hearing this, everyone at the scene immediately burst into laughter.

The wide and long conference room was filled with their laughter, and the hollow echo was extremely terrifying.

"Who does Harvey think he is? He thought he was Jeffrey (Katzenberg)? ”

"Even if he's Jeffrey, what? Jeffrey, who didn't listen to orders, didn't he get out of the way in the end? ”

The CEO of the headquarters, who was sitting next to Ainas's right hand, waved his hand, and his fluttering words seemed to be just a story about the death of a bed bug.

After hearing his words, the CEO of Hollywood Pictures laughed and agreed, "That's right, the reason why our Disney stock price has risen thirty times in the past ten years is that the most important thing is to follow orders and act according to the rules, but anyone who conflicts with Michael's operating philosophy can't stay at Disney, because these guys are unstable factors." ”

"Yes, we obviously agreed that no subsidiary should make R-rated films in the name of Disney, but Harvey had to make mistakes again and again, and if it wasn't for his achievements, I would even suspect that he was sent by another company undercover." The litmus test CEO, who usually doesn't deal with Hollywood Pictures, also voted in favor.

The pleasant voice reveals his heart.

"Alright." After listening to the praise of the three parties, Ainas also waved his hand, saying that everything in front of him was not worth mentioning, "After Harvey admits it, it is estimated that he will be honest for a while, and let people continue to stare at it, if he still dares to contradict, then ......"

Speaking of this, Ainas, whose eyes swept over the documents in front of him, changed his words and forcibly held back what he wanted to say, "What are your thoughts on the two projects of "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit"? ”

what？

Ben was still denouncing Harvey, and the guys were stunned.

After about two seconds, the smiling creatures looked down at the papers that had already been placed in front of them.

When the dazzling fifteen million came into their eyes, the three CEOs of the headquarters, touchstone, and Hollywood, instantly had their own ghosts.

The CEO of the headquarters smiled slightly, and said, "We don't know much about live-action movies, I only know that we only have four projects on hand: "Hercules", "Mulan", "Tarzan of the Apes", and "Fantasia 2000", all the personnel are already at high load, and the "Dinosaurs" and "Transformed Kings" that have been approved will have to wait until next year's "Hercules" will be released before they can be produced by manpower, ......so we don't have time to evaluate whether "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" are valuable. ”

"However, Tolkien's works have a huge number of fans, and now that Roland has taken a fancy to these two projects, then my personal guess is that there should be room for operation......"

"After all, so far, the only guys in Hollywood who can do live-action movie series and form great influence are George, Steven, James, and Roland, and if Roland wants to do it, the first three will help evaluate it."

you！

What a dogleg!

For more production costs, can you lick projects that have nothing to do with you?

The words of the CEO of the headquarters made the touchstone and the CEO of Hollywood curse in their hearts.

The headquarters is the prince of the Disney Group, with deep pockets, and four projects can eat 400 million.

Compared with the main part, Hollywood Pictures and Touchstone Pictures are much more miserable, the former has a bunch of projects combined, and the total investment is only worth 300 million, while the latter, there are more co-productions and plays, although the performance is better than the former, but the copyright, none of them are Disney's.

For them, the words of the headquarters are more like showing off and provocation, and slapping Eisner's ass.

After all, if you look at it from the inclination of the group's resources, the touchstone and Hollywood are not as good as those raised by the stepmother.

The problem is that even if the cartoon characters loved by children are the foundation of Disney's existence, if a company is complacent and lacks innovation, it will eventually be washed away by the tide of the times.

It's like Nintendo won't hug Mario and work hard to make Pokémon.

While Disney has been successful in the animation field, they also want to get a piece of the pie in the live-action field.

After all, children will always grow up, when they grow up and no longer need Disney, only their children can make them continue to pay for Disney, and cultivating new users is risky, so that the development of live-action movies and the use of adult fairy tales to tie adults firmly to Disney's chariot can not only continue to draw a lot of profits from the customer base they already have, but also allow them to bring their offspring into Disney in a steady stream.

Because one ticket can not only satisfy the relaxation of adults, but also satisfy the innocence of children.

For customers, it's blood!

But it's a pity that they started as animation and entered the field of live-action movies, which is equivalent to smoking, drinking, and burning their heads to talk about cross talk, which is originally a cross-border, and it is not easy to run, and if you want to soar three hundred as easily as Sonic?

That's dreaming.

Therefore, letting the right people do what they can do has become Disney's operating creed.

And that's what they've always done now.

Work with Bruce Heimer Studios and learn from each other's experiences.

Invest in projects that the Jewish gang comes to your door, and earn money from the other party for the teaching fees they pay when they run the project.

In short, under the leadership of Michael Eisner, Disney has been working towards the goal of a fairytale kingdom of age, but the Earth Emperor's mind is a little too heavy, and he hopes that everyone will listen to him.

And now this part not only praises the fundamentals of Disney's animated films, but also praises Eisner's live-action film development ideas, this is not licking a dog, what is it?

It is precisely knowing all this, so when Eisner listened to the speech of the headquarters and turned his attention to the touchstone and the two CEOs of Hollywood, these two guys, while holding stinky feet, gave their own 'unique' opinions.

The CEO of Touchstone Pictures, who is used to working with other film companies, said, "Although there is no precedent for the success of fantasy films in Hollywood, if Roland wants to do it, I think we can work with them." ”

"It's not a trust in the fantasy genre, it's not a trust in Tolkien, it's not a trust in Peter Jackson, it's a trust in Roland Allen, a trust in his resources."

"Since the group of guys who have written successfully countless times are optimistic about this movie, then we can participate in ......"

Before he could finish speaking, the CEO of Hollywood Pictures also spoke, and his words were more straightforward, "Although our investment in "Death Island" failed, it doesn't matter, we still have Francis Coppola's project on hand. ”

"Our Hollywood studios didn't have any trouble with Roland, and they were defeated in a head-to-head battle, which can only be regarded as inferior skills."

"And since we can't beat him, let's join them......"

"While I don't have faith in The Lord of the Rings, as everyone says, I have faith in Roland Allen."

"If Warcraft Pictures needs a partner, we at Hollywood Pictures can cut some projects, squeeze out funds, and work with them."

"The point is, we do The Lord of the Rings, and there is a little bit of good."

"That's what disgusts the Weinstein brothers."

"When they hold the copyright, we don't invest, and when they sell the copyright, we choose to cooperate."

"Harvey and Bob will definitely be cursed with anger when they hear the news......"

"If the project fails, we'll just lose a little bit of money, which is a tiny fraction of the brand PR fees we paid after Miramax messed around, and if it succeeds, the two brothers won't have the face to stay at Disney, so, Michael, if you'll allow you, I can go to Baja California right now and talk to Roland......"

As soon as these words came out, the CEO of the headquarters and the touchstone instantly changed faces.

You're Eisner's real licking dog!

One foot watched Miramax sell the filming rights of "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit", and the next foot ran over to cooperate with Warcraft Pictures?

And all of this comes down to the death of the Weinstein brothers?

If outsiders were to learn about all this, they would definitely 'meow meow?' 'Why did Your Majesty rebel?

And what if you let the insiders know......

Then they will feel very normal.

Because Disney now is Michael Eisner's kingdom.

Revenue?

What is this? Does it matter?

For him, an obedient Disney is more important than revenue.

And while being obedient, it can develop at a high speed, and that is the best.

Because of this, when Eisner heard the words "angry with the Weinstein brothers", his face bloomed again.

Compared with the smile when he saw the Weinstein brothers confessing before, he smiled even brighter now.

“good。”

"That's a good idea."

Eisner looked at the CEO of Hollywood Pictures with great appreciation, and said slowly, "If Roland is willing to cooperate, we can provide the venue to co-produce "The Lord of the Rings" with him, as for the distribution...... The American region can go to our Bowei, and overseas distribution can let him go to Sony, after all, their contract with Sony is clearly marked as self-financing. ”

"If it weren't for last year's "Seven Deadly Sins" and this year's "Spider-Man", Sony's distribution company would have lost money there again."

"As for the Weinstein brothers?"

"Now that they've given up on the project, we don't need to mention him in the future."

"After all, we appreciate Roland Allen, who can sit down and talk about everything, not Harvey Weinstein and Bob Weinstein, who are at odds with their parent company everywhere, right?"

"Yes." The CEO of the headquarters was the first to nod.

"That's right." The Litmus Test: CEO is not far behind.

"We must not condone Miramax's behavior." Hollywood CEOs are right.

"Well, it's up to you to follow up on this matter."

Hearing the full voice of approval, Ainas glanced at the CEO of Hollywood Pictures.

"But don't be too impatient, according to Roland's usual habits, he will officially inject funds into the "Lord of the Rings" project after the dividends of "Spider-Man", before that, we just need to keep an eye on him, don't let other people who know the news snatch the project, and DreamWorks, don't worry, they have no money."

At the same time as he gave the order, the CEO of Hollywood Pictures also answered in a row.

With the dismissal of the meeting, the CEO of Hollywood Pictures, who had picked up a big bargain, left the venue with excitement, and the CEO of Disney, who had nothing to do with the meeting instructions, walked with his hands in his pockets, and only the CEO of Touchstone Pictures looked depressed, because they had no chance to eat the corresponding dividends......

And if Roland knew that Disney was having such a discussion around Miramax selling the rights to "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" to Warcraft Films, he would definitely be overjoyed.

Not because Michael Eisner's Disney is ridiculous to be stupid because of a power struggle, but because he understands that years of hard work have not been in vain.

When he met Francis Coppola for the first time, he was very excited to say that he liked the other party's "The Godfather".

How much do you like it?

Even if he lived a new life and did not watch the movie repeatedly, he still clearly remembered two of the lines

The best threat is not to take action, and when action is taken and it doesn't work, people are no longer afraid of threats. ’

It took me all my life to learn to be careful, women and children can be careless, but men can't. ’

The first line has already been shown in the purchase of "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit".

And the second line, the effect is presenting!

Walking out of the time loop, Roland was careful and careful, he would rather make profits, he would not offend people, because he understands that compared with the green knife, the relationship network is the most important thing, as long as he enters the circle, is he afraid that he will not be able to make money?

Ronald Perelman needs a gimmick? Matching the hype is ......

Carl Icahn wants to place an ad? We can implant it however you want......

Fox, Universal, Sony, Paramount want to trade Marvel's junk rights for his long-term portrait license in the "Home Alone" series, "Terminator 2", "Jurassic Park", and "Forrest Gump"? No problem, I'm just here for you......

Of course, Roland knows that these guys are greedy, and if the benefits are unevenly distributed in the future, they will not remember the old relationship at all, and they will turn their faces when they should turn their faces, but what Roland wants to show is that people and animals are harmless during the development period.

When he rooted the concept of 'everything that happens to Roland has room for negotiation' in the hearts of these guys, and let them grow up through one thing after another, even if Roland has a conflict with them, the first thing that will appear will definitely not be to tear up, but to sit down and talk slowly, just like Disney now......

It is precisely because everyone thinks that Roland Allen can be controlled, so Disney thinks that it would be better to use Roland to fight the Weinstein brothers, and if he lacks start-up capital, he will cooperate with insiders again.

Like Spider-Man, like Titanic.

Roland's background but not greed is the foundation of the giants' comfort.

In this case, if there is something to sit down and talk about first, it will be more time-saving and labor-saving for them.

And for Roland, isn't this kind of behavior of the opponent just in the open card and super doubled?

Pour a cappuccino for Auntie!

Seventeen cards, it's already a second person!

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