Chapter 932: It's You
At noon the next day, Song Ya and others reappeared at Bambock, Johnny Carson's house.
"Mr. Disney."
Roy Disney arrived earlier, he invited himself, and based on the intelligence of all parties, Song Ya decided to refuse Ovitz's robbery, but instead of confronting Eisner directly, he deepened his relationship with Roy Disney.
It's true that Eisner is the emperor of Disney, but his personality is indeed too strong, and Disney has a deep grudge against him, except for ABC President Geraldine Lybyrne and Oprah, Ovitz has not been able to win many supporters, and the former CAA boss's connections and network ability are not covered.
The scale of an ABC TV network alone is more than 10 billion, and you must know that the American music magazine that leaked out of its fingers back then made millions for Littleman to change hands.
There are also some powerful characters who are already unhappy with Eisner, such as Steve Jobs, a tech hero with Pixar animation.
Eisner not only kicked out his friend Katzenberg who supported his Toy Story project from Disney, but also exploited him fiercely in a series of follow-up accounts for Toy Story, you must know that after Toy Story aired, the cartoon characters in the show are currently the most popular in Disneyland, and those Mickey Mouse Donald Duck, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and so on have long been aesthetically fatigued.
Coupled with those careerists in Disney who are afraid of chaos in the world, the most representative is Harvey Weinstein, who controls Miramax, the dead fat man who wishes the emperor would lose his deer, and the heroes will chase him.
But Jobs and Harvey may not necessarily support Ovitz, a guy as strong as Eisner, so it's better for Roy Disney to be steady, don't look at his weak personality and small voice within the company, but after all, the whole country is still surnamed Disney, and his thighs are not thick but he can hug him.
It's true that Roy Disney is an old friend of Johnny Carson, but that friendship can be destroyed at some cost, and Johnny Carson is just a worthless retired old man who is on the rise.
"You and Linton are going to promise Ridley Scott and his fans that a DVD of the Director's Cut of a Cat and Mouse Game will be released in the future?"
The two walked along the lawn, chatting and walking towards the villa.
"Yes, anyway, the box office, the transfer of broadcast rights, and the revenue from video tapes of the cat-and-mouse game will be almost made by then, and it will be good to be able to harvest another crop." Song Ya replied.
Ridley Scott also reciprocated the job of directing Larry Sr.'s football stunner, and their public endorsement of himself on British TV was crucial, which turned the growing skepticism of the award to Johnny Carson.
"Hmm." Roy nodded.
"I don't know if Mr. Ovitz brought it up on the Disney board of directors, and I'm intrigued by his idea of consolidating all of Disney's record labels into the seventh-largest music distributor, but you know, I've been a customer of William Morris since my debut, I don't trust him very much, and I wanted to hear from you first."
The vote was still required, and Song Ya sold Ovitz without any psychological burden.
"Oh? Would you like to sign up for us? Roy Disney asked.
"In principle, yes, there don't seem to be many companies that are sincerely accepting A+ records at the moment, and of course, business is business." Song Ya replied.
"Well, I'll think about it, Ovitz's idea sounds good." Roy Disney seems to know about this for the first time.
"By the way, please be sure to keep it a secret for me, Mr. Ovitz probably doesn't like me talking nonsense about this."
"Of course, Johnny is my friend, and today I will try to negotiate a result that is acceptable to everyone."
"No problem."
As the two enter the villa, Johnny Carson doesn't seem to be much struck by the incident, the old man is in high spirits, and his agent, lawyer, and fourth wife are all there.
"Roy! Little APLUS! Ha, come and sit! ”
After all, he has seen a lot of ups and downs in his life, and he greeted him warmly.
"Johnny, you've been in a bit of trouble lately." Roy Disney asked directly, "What are you going to do with that liar?" ”
"Kunes? I don't know, he's a bad guy, but his writing is really good, in fact, I don't mind forgiving him or even giving him another chance, the kind of indomitable ambition he shows, I haven't seen in young people for a long time. ”
is worthy of being the king of talk shows, and the wording sounds reasonable to make peace with a liar.
"Thank you." Song Ya took the black tea poured by his wife, leaned on the sofa relaxedly, and set up Erlang's legs.
"Johnny, the Los Angeles police got the cat and mouse game script document provided by Kunes yesterday morning at Simon Schuster Press."
Roy Disney said: "ALL, TWO, THE FIRST ONE IS REAL, AND THE SECOND ONE HAS A LOT OF ALTERATIONS, WHICH IS VERY BAD FOR APLUS. ”
"I know, I know." Johnny Carson nodded.
Song Ya didn't speak, sipping black tea, the old man should have reached a consensus with Kunes before, so there will be a second document, Simon Schuster Publishing House will tacitly hide the existence of the first document from the police, but under his own combination of punches, his executives may be forced to intercede or unwilling to take legal risks, and sell Kunes for the second time.
Fortunately, I didn't take it lightly, otherwise the dirty water would have really splashed on me. Song Ya looked at Johnny Carson, who was as close to him as father and son not long ago, hum, this bad old man.
"So what's your opinion?" Roy Disney didn't get a clear answer and turned to his lawyer.
"We are waiting for the results of the handwriting examination from the Banberk police, and we will go through whatever legal procedures we should take." His lawyer replied: "Take Kunes to court for fraud." ”
The conclusion of the handwriting examination can be overturned by the victim himself who has been counterfeited and signed, and the personal autobiography is a literary work, and it is not required to be strictly in line with the facts, and they also want to delay time and be dishonest.
"Hmm." Roy Disney didn't know how to persuade him.
"Johnny, Kunes is not worthy of writing an autobiography for you, just find a writer with a little reputation."
Song Ya put down the teacup: "He was sued by me and sent to Los Angeles Jail, you should have heard about it yesterday." ”
"Of course, of course I don't deserve it, so I won't put my autobiography in the hands of third-rate liars who forged my signature." Johnny Carson said.
"Then that's no problem, if you're worried that he's still colluding with Simon Schuster, your lawyer and I can go and talk to him about the terms of the settlement, and he turns himself in to the police and clarifies it for you in exchange for a lighter sentence." Song Ya made a condition.
"Would he like it?" Johnny Carson's lawyer asked.
"Yes." Kunes was frightened by Carl yesterday and heard that he had been beaten by a police officer for crying and screaming.
"I don't reconcile with him, you don't understand, APLUS, the public opinion about my autobiography has been stirred up, Simon Schuster still has a publishing agreement with Kunes in his hand, even if he admits that the signature is forged, it is a fraud, wait for me...... He was already out of prison when I closed my eyes, and then he could have the freedom to splash dirt on me with Simon Foster. Like another con artist, Clifford Erwin, and McGraw did after Hughes's death, those publishers were able to work with the devil in order to make money. ”
Johnny Carson became emotional, "I don't want my wife to be left alone with a protracted lawsuit with a publishing giant, she's not smart, she's going to be dragged down." ”
This is indeed a real problem, and it should be his biggest concern at the moment, rather than being scribbled by Kunes after his death, it is better to cooperate with him while he is alive and keep the content of his autobiography under his control.
"I will not allow this to happen, I swear in the name of my son Robb Jr., and Mr. Disney can testify for me."
But I'm young! I must have lived longer than the middle-aged Kunes, and I can't turn the sky over, Song Ya solemnly vowed, "We are the best partner Johnny, we only stood on the Oscar podium together last month, didn't we?" You've taught me a lot, and I love and respect you, but is it really because of a liar who made our good old friends with each other like this? ”
"So, Johnny, you appoint a writer, or I'll recommend someone you can trust to compile your autobiography from now on, and APLUS and I will keep an eye on Kunes and Simon Schuster for you."
Roy Disney also advised: "Everything can be assured, I also vouch for the reputation of the Disney family, don't make trouble Johnny, you are so old." ”
Johnny Carson exchanged glances with his wife, "Okay." Finally nodded, "But I want to sign a VAM agreement on the publication date and sales data, and you and my wife will sign it." He pointed at Song Ya and said.
"Me?"
"Yes, it's you, it's you, and you'll take the lead in publishing."
"Then I'm going to buy a publishing house!" Song Ya spread out her hands, fell straight back on the sofa and exclaimed.
In the afternoon, in the editor-in-chief's office at Simon Schuster's headquarters, the legal counsel hurriedly ran in to report: "Kunes has just voluntarily surrendered, he pleaded guilty to two counts of signature fraud and script theft, and reached a plea agreement with the Los Angeles prosecutor!" ”
"That idiot! The psychological quality is not one-tenth as strong as Clifford Elwin, so what kind of legendary liar do you want to be! The editor-in-chief scolded, "You hurry up and recover our deposit!" ”
"It was too late, Disney's legal department had already enforced all of Kunes' bank deposits as compensation for violating the confidentiality agreement, and then he declared personal bankruptcy ......"
"Oh! M-Fxxk! The editor-in-chief smashed the Parker pen out of his hand.