Burbank, Warner Building.

Kevin Tsujihara, as CEO, officially walked through the door.

"President!"

"President!"

The people they met stopped one after another, stepped aside, and took the initiative to say hello.

Kevin Tsujihara smiled and nodded his head around frequently, full of affinity.

The new CEO made a pretty good impression on his subordinates.

Heading upstairs and into his office, Kevin Tsujihara was full of ambition, like all new decision-makers, wanting to make a difference.

The Japanese-American, who had been a longtime executive at Warner Bros., moved to Warner Media after AT&T acquired Time Warner.

When you kill it again, you naturally have to come up with certain results.

It can't be the Harry Potter, Batman and Lord of the Rings series, and those exploits that belong to Barry Mayer and Alan Horn, if they rely on the legacy of the previous one, will only make the board of directors and shareholders of the head office think that he has no pioneering ability and cannot even sit firmly under the ass.

The assistant Beisen, who is also Japanese, brought coffee and delivered a document at this time.

Kevin Tsujihara asks, "Marvel Studios and the Cult of Coke have subsided?" ”

Nathan said respectfully: "Calmed down, Kevin Feige publicly apologized, Martin had people pacify the people of the Cult of Coke, Disney did some work, and there was very little media coverage." ”

Kevin Tsujihara nodded: "Robert Iger reacted quickly enough to see the optimal solution so quickly. “

Nathan stood quietly and didn't answer.

Kevin Tsujihara thought for a moment and said: "You take the team to think of some more ways, our superhero universe plan takes time, and if the next door is too successful, it will seem that we are incompetent, and continue to find a way to slow down the pace of the next door." ”

"Yes!" Nathan responded crisply.

Kevin Tsujihara waved his hand.

Nathan hurried away.

In the office, Kevin Tsujihara flipped through the documents Nathan had brought, which were the resignation letters of Warner Studios president Alan Horn.

The head office has already approved it.

Kevin Tsujihara read it and signed his name on it.

The fiasco of "Terminator 2018" made the head office extremely dissatisfied with Alan Horn, who pushed this project, and it was also the direct reason for his resignation.

This was Warner Pictures' most painful defeat since "Alexander the Great".

Even if the estimated offline revenue is included, the loss is more than $100 million.

Alan Horn is gone, and it's Barry Meyer next.

According to the company's plan, when Barry Meyer leaves office completely, Kevin Tsujihara will also serve as chairman of Warner Bros.

The Japanese-American executive will be in control.

From Warner Pictures to DC Pictures to Warner Entertainment, all the helmsmen need to be replaced.

As in the big Hollywood companies, the captains of the flagships of the fleet have changed, and the captains of other ships have naturally changed.

As for the resulting turmoil, of course, it is the price to be paid for a short time to forge the next glorious era.

Next, Kevin Tsujiwara focused on Warner Bros.' core film business.

Today's Warner Bros. is extremely strong, the "Harry Potter" series has made Warner Bros. a lot of money, the Lord of the Rings series has made amazing profits, and a "Dark Knight" has brought DC Comics movies back to the top.

In terms of other films, Kevin Tsujihara found that Martin Davis, who has worked closely with Warner Bros. in recent years, contributed quite a lot of money.

But Warner also faced a lot of problems, such as Harry Potter coming to an end, the Dark Knight relying too much on Nolan, and the slow progress of The Hobbit in the Lord of the Rings series.

Before Kevin Tsujihara came from New York, there was a plan that "The Hobbit" had to speed up.

Barry Meyer and Alan Horn have given their partners too generous a treat, and their contracts have been too lenient, which has affected Warner's profits.

And the most critical point is that Marvel next door has already shown the ambition of the Marvel universe on the big screen, and DC cannot be left behind.

Kevin Tsujihara made a phone call.

It wasn't long before Hamada, the new owner of DC Films, entered his office.

Kevin Tsujihara took office, of course, to use his own people, and he tried to persuade the head office to abandon the original candidate and transfer Hamada, who is also Japanese-American, from New Line Pictures to take the helm of the DC Comic film project.

"In recent years, superhero movies have been very popular in the market, Batman is a big hit, Iron Man is popular, and Marvel has taken the first two steps of the cinematic universe plan." Kevin Tsujihara asked, "How's your planning going on here?" ”

Hamada has been studying DC Comics since Kevin Tsujiwara spoke to him two months ago, and at this point he has an initial plan, saying, "I'm sure I'll be able to catch up, I'm confident in that." ”

He said carefully: "Marvel's most popular Spider-Man, X-Men and Fantastic Four, the rights have all been sold, and there are only a bunch of second- and third-tier superheroes left in our hands, on the other hand, we DC, from Superman to Batman to Wonder Woman, all the copyrights are in our hands, and in the past few decades, they have been more popular than Iron Man and Captain America in the comic book market." ”

Kevin Tsujihara said: "So, my first step in the job was to choose DC, to create a superhero cinematic universe that belongs to Warner and DC. ”

Hamada has just taken office, and he is also ambitious at the moment, saying: "Batman Nolan is filming a realistic version on his side, and its setting is completely contrary to the DC universe, Superman has just experienced a failure in the movie, Wonder Woman is a female character, and the Justice Triumvirate is not suitable for the time being." “

Kevin Tsujihara felt that made sense and nodded slightly.

Hamada added: "I chose Green Lantern, which has a certain audience base, and allows DC to advance the worldview to the cosmic level and catch up with Marvel next door." ”

Kevin Tsujihara thought for a moment: "You first lead DC Pictures to make a detailed plan, a project of this size, it needs the green light from the review committee." ”

Hamada responded: "I'll take someone to do it immediately when I go back." “

Kevin Tsujihara advised, "Be fast! ”

Hamada could feel the pressure on his boss, because he was just as stressed, having just risen from a senior executive in New Line Pictures to the top of DC Pictures, and the first step was to make outstanding achievements in everything he said.

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The atmosphere in the Warner Building is quite oppressive, and it may not be obvious to ordinary employees, but after the change of leadership at Warner Pictures and DC Pictures, everyone is at risk.

The new bosses like to use their own people.

The Japanese-American CEO has already shown itself to be clear.

Alan Horn is leaving, and Barry Meyer will step down as chairman when it expires, which worries Daniel, who is close to the two.

If not, he, the vice president of the distribution company and the person in charge of the distribution of medium and large-scale projects, will be replaced.

There have been rumors in the past two days.

There are basically only two paths in front of Daniel, one is to find his next home like Alan Horn, but it is not easy.

The pits of the six major Hollywood are limited, and they are all full at present, and it is too risky to change industries.

For people like him, who are middle-aged, who have bought a mansion and have a few children studying in a prestigious private school, it is not uncommon for him to take a wrong step and even go bankrupt.

On the other side, among the executives of several subsidiaries, there are already people walking.

Surrender to Kevin Tsujihara.

When the other party is newly appointed, it is impossible to replace all the people in important positions, after all, they work for Warner Bros., not a certain executive.

Daniel, however, knows that his position is very critical and has been thinking about it for the last few days.

Today, Alan Horn officially left his job, giving him a wake-up call, and things have reached a critical juncture.

Daniel needed the job, and didn't want to venture to another company, so he picked up a file in hand, made a phone call, and left the office to go upstairs.

Kevin Tsujihara met Daniel in the reception room outside the office.

"That's right, there are some jobs that need to be asked for instructions." Daniel lowered his posture appropriately: "Some time ago, Warner sorted out the old films in the film library, and after Martin Davis heard about it, he asked me for a detailed list, intending to choose suitable projects from them and remake our old films......"

He told the story of what happened.

Kevin Tsujihara didn't understand what he meant and asked with a puzzled look.

Daniel further said: "Martin Davis has a very good eye for the program, since he entered Hollywood, except for his debut film 'Zombie Dana', the rest of his works have been released by Warner Bros. without exception, and all of them have been successful, many of which were not favored before production, but after their release they were all box office and DVD hits. ”

He pushed the information of several old films selected by Martin to Kevin Tsujiwara: "He has an indescribable horror instinct about the film market, and the projects he chooses are always successful, and similar situations have occurred in Hollywood in the past. ”

Kevin Tsujihara picked up the file, skimmed through it quickly, and said with a smile, "Not bad." ”

This sentence is not so much about three old films, but about Daniel's attitude and position.

He returned the information to Daniel and said, "You know Martin Davis well, go and ask him why he likes these three." ”

Daniel didn't shirk at all: "I'll go find him." ”

He thinks that he was close to Barry Meyer before because of the needs of work, and now it is also for the needs of work.

Sending Daniel away, Kevin Tsujihara returned to the office, came to the floor-to-ceiling window, and was in a particularly good mood today, overlooking most of Burbank, with the illusion that Hollywood was in control.

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Warner Studios, "Gone Girl" studio.

Martin, David Fincher and Charlize Theron are discussing characters and scripts.

Bruce knocked on the door and said, "Daniel is here." ”

The film is in talks with Warner Bros. about its release, and Daniel is the direct head of Warner Bros.' negotiation team.

David Fincher and Martin go together to meet Daniel.

The latter said directly: "David, you have always been slow to shoot and produce, you must promise me that you can complete the filming and production of this film by November next year." ”

The North American premiere date agreed by the two sides is placed at the beginning of next year's holiday season.

David Fincher understands the current situation in Hollywood, knows that there is no hope of winning this year, and wants to continue to attack the Oscar for Best Director, and immediately said: "From now on, I will work at least six days a week to make sure that "Gone Girl" is completed on time. ”

Daniel held out his hand.

David Fincher high-fives him.

This is only a confirmation on a personal level, the issuance negotiations are still ongoing, and when the two sides complete the negotiations, it will definitely end up on the paper contract.

(End of chapter)