The internal dynamics of large companies, especially internal contradictions, are often difficult to conceal.

In the afternoon of the same day, Martin got the news that at the high-level meeting of Warner Bros., Daniel and Jon Berg had another quarrel, accusing Jon Berg of causing a series of failures in big investment projects due to his reckless actions, and should be responsible for the failure of "Pharaoh and the Gods", "Green Lantern", "Dark Lands" and "Jack the Giant Catcher".

The conflict between the two intensified and was shelved on the table.

According to Hollywood tradition, Jon Berg, the initiator and first producer of the project, should be responsible for the failure of "Jack the Giant Catcher".

But Jon Berg kept throwing the blame.

Kevin Tsujihara put the matter on hold for the time being, citing the lack of clarity on the film's international market.

The two assistant directors of Brian Singh's team, who were subsequently interviewed, took aim at Jon Berg, saying that Jon Berg's almost nonchagrinous operation was the main reason for the failure of "Jack the Giant Catcher".

On the set, they were all about to be tortured by the six producers and went crazy.

The next morning, the front of Warner Studios became bustling, with more than 50 star actors, directors and screenwriters gathering to demand Warner Pictures' unpaid cuts.

Representatives of a number of investors also arrived one after another to join them.

"We have sued Warner Pictures and gone through legal procedures, and this time we came here to get an explanation from Warner executives." Nolan faced media reporters and went straight to the core of the problem: "According to our understanding, the share of the distribution channel has already arrived, and the money was misappropriated by Jon Berg in the post-production of "Jack the Giant Catcher", and there is such a big problem with Warner's management, shouldn't we give us an explanation?" ”

Martin then stood up: "The matter has dragged on for half a year and has not been resolved, and in the mediation again and again, Warner Pictures has been dragging on, and Warner's management has never considered our interests, so how can we cooperate with Warner again?" ”

Others have also expressed their opinions, and many of them are outdated, counting on the later stage of their previous works to share their lives, and Warner's approach is tantamount to directly reducing their quality of life.

Don't you need money for a high-quality life such as drinking and picking up girls?

All the fingers are pointed at Jon Berg as well.

Later, Warner Bros. sent a vice president to the door of the studio to talk to everyone.

The matter seems to have calmed down for the time being.

But by the next day, a number of companies and investment funds, including Nolan's Colter Films, Louise's Pacific Pictures, and Relativity Entertainment and DreamWorks, which are funded by Wall Street, publicly stated that they would seriously consider cooperating with Warner Pictures in the future because Jon Berg had a precedent of misappropriating funds.

Many companies that work with Warner are spontaneous follow-up, they have long-term cooperation with Warner Pictures, and with a super genius like Jon Berg sitting in the position of president, who would dare to easily participate in Warner Pictures' platter projects and investments?

At the same time, a group of Warner management, led by Daniel, also engaged in a fierce confrontation with Jon Berg within the group.

Time Warner quickly stepped in.

Warner Pictures' overall performance is still excellent, but the main revenue comes from the legacy projects of his predecessor, the projects promoted by Jon Berg, not to mention the performance, the huge losses are shocking.

"Jack the Giant Catcher" spent its second weekend in North American theaters.

The already sluggish box office experienced a plunge, with only $4.56 million coming in the following weekend, and the film's North American box office barely exceeded $20 million when the previous four working days were earned.

But such a box office trend indicates that the final North American box office will hardly exceed $30 million.

The film alone cost a whopping $250 million to produce!

Because Jon Berg has tossed this project several times, this is not the production cost under the accounting rules, but the actual shooting and production investment of the project.

At the critical moment, Kevin Tsujihara chose to cut the meat to protect himself.

Soon, Warner Bros. announced that Jon Berg Warner Pictures would be dismissed as president, and Daniel of the distribution company would also serve as president of Warner Pictures.

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Warner Pictures, Office of the President.

Daniel's team and Jon Berg's team have completed the handover.

Jon Berg packed up his personal belongings and stood in the center of the office, not wanting to leave for a moment.

Came with great ambition, but ended up in disgrace.

Slowly exhaling the sulk that had been accumulated for the past few days, Jon Berg picked up his bag and walked outside.

The door opened, and he saw Daniel waiting in the hallway.

"You won." Jon Berg said.

Daniel shook his head: "I didn't win, but you lost." “

Faced with this bastard who wants to throw the pot on his head every time a film project fails, of course he has no good words: "You did so badly, one of the worst presidents of Warner Pictures, I can take your place, not how good I am, but how bad you are." ”

Jon Berg's face was unusually ugly: "This position is not easy to sit. ”

"I know." Daniel has put up with him for a long time: "But with you, the worst president, in front of me, it is easy for me to make results, after all, the results are all compared." ”

"You ......" Jon Berg's chest rose and fell rapidly, almost blown up.

Daniel has been detained so many times that he has not finished his words for a long time: "You will leave a name in Hollywood film history, and whoever mentions 'Jon Burr format editing' will laugh for a few minutes in the future, it turns out that there is such a fun and funny operation in making movies." ”

The more he spoke, the more cheerful he became: "Jon, when you go to the next company, all your colleagues will wonder, how did you come up with such a genius idea?" ”

"You're enough!" Jon Berg walked away with his bag and didn't give Daniel a chance to continue.

Daniel said again: "Don't send it, I have to solve the mess you left behind." ”

Jon Berg took the elevator downstairs and entered the antechamber to find that everyone's eyes were turned to him.

Probably because of Daniel's words just now, Jon Berg's ears were buzzing.

He quickened his pace and walked outside the building.

But there was still talk in the ears.

"Warner Pictures is the worst president in 50 years."

"It was he who forced away Martin, the actor with the most market appeal now, and almost forced away the director Nolan, who has the most market appeal."

"Professional ability is not good, but infighting is a good hand."

Jon Berg didn't stop and walked out of the front door alone with his bag.

The chauffeur was gone, and the company's equipped vehicle was gone, so Jon Berg got into his car and left Warner Bros. for good.

Upstairs, Daniel doesn't plan to continue using Jon Berg's office, but to redecorate one.

During this time, he will be in a temporary office.

The assistants were busy tidying up their offices.

Daniel called his secretary, Becker, and said, "You called Martin Davis, Christopher Nolan, and Spielberg respectively and told them I ......"

He suddenly interrupted and said, "Forget it, I'll fight it myself." ”

Daniel came to the quiet window and was the first to call Nolan, telling Nolan that he would promote the "Interstellar" project as soon as possible, and strongly recommended Martin to play the leading role.

Then, he called Martin again and invited Martin to play the leading role in "Interstellar".

Warner Pictures will not only invest in it, but it will also distribute the film.

"Interstellar" will also be the first major production project he has promoted since taking office.

Daniel found that he should be grateful to Jon Berg for the genius who had kept such a good performance.

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Beverly Hills, Davis Manor.

Martin hung up the phone, went back to the living room, and said to Thomas, "The Interstellar studio is expected to call you soon to negotiate my pay contract." ”‘

With the last hurdle of Warner Pictures gone, the project will soon begin.

Thomas asked, "Got it done so quickly?" ”

Martin said simply: "Daniel officially became president of Warner Pictures today. ”

Thomas understood and asked, "20+20 in terms of salary?" ”

This is the treatment only that superstars have, that is, a base salary of $20 million, plus a ladder share of the North American box office with a maximum of 20%.

"It's basic, and there's DVD sharing," Martin said. ”

"I'm going to try to talk about 5 to 10 percent of North American sales." Thomas thought for a moment: "It's hard for Leonardo to get such a treatment. ”

Martin nodded, and the highest DVD score in Hollywood belonged to Tom Cruise, the superstar with a 22% DVD score in "Mission Impossible 3".

22% of sales, not net profit.

"Mission: Impossible 3" had the worst box office in the series, and it is said that Tom Cruise took more than half of the profits, causing Paramount Pictures to be angry and turn against him at one point.

Tom Cruise's predicament in the past few years has something to do with it.

Before the two could finish their sentences, Martin received another call from lawyer Hamlin.

Warner Pictures' legal department informed him that he would hold settlement negotiations again three days later to settle the post-sharing of many famous stars, including Martin and Nolan, as soon as possible.

In this regard, Martin left it to the lawyer to negotiate, and asked Thomas to follow up.

Warner Pictures is not short of funds, but Jon Berg's operation is really incomprehensible.

Martin couldn't figure it out, and simply didn't want to do it, because it was also in line with the usual style of Warner executives after 2010 that he remembered.

The next morning, Martin received another call from Daniel, wanting to ask him to talk, and Warner Pictures wanted to continue the relationship with him in film.

Martin, of course, wouldn't say no, but he would have to meet with Daniel until he got back from Boston.

After half a year of preparation, the movie "Thieves in the City", based on Chuck Hogan's "The Prince of Thieves", officially entered the filming stage.

The crew, led by director Denis Villeneuve, will travel to Boston for on-location shooting.

At Martin's request, Villeneuve arranged all the roles of the leading actor at the beginning.

(End of chapter)