America: Starting with the acquisition of MGM

Chapter 246 245. Hollywood is full of Jews, giving them some trouble

"Why do you feel like I'm being raped?"

In front of the floor-to-ceiling window, Eric couldn't help but murmur to himself as he watched Zhou Wenqiong get into a taxi and leave without looking back.

He originally thought that the other party was someone like Liu Xiaoli, but it didn't look like that.

Zhou Wenqiong is more like a person who pursues opportunities, and is more eager to climb up by relying on her own abilities rather than relying on nepotism.

In comparison, Liu Xiaoli is relatively pure, trading purely to obtain resources, and Eric simply vents his desires with her. Both of them are very pure.

Of course, it is not ruled out that Zhou Wenqiong is playing hard-to-get, deliberately acting free and easy, but in fact it is just to attract her own attention.

But if you think about it carefully, it shouldn't be the case. Does a 40-year-old lady have this qualification? Is Eric short of women? And after several hours of communication, Zhou Wenqiong did show her full understanding of the industry.

"Or as Ms. Valentine said, give her a try for a manager's position, a small gamble for a year."

"Damn it! You bitch is really good at it. I'm actually thinking about it."

An idea came to his mind and he picked up his phone and dialed it.

"Eric?" Zhou Wenqiong was a little surprised, and she probably didn't expect to call him right after leaving the phone.

"Don't be surprised, I have considered your proposal."

"So fast? So the answer is no?" The other party's tone was a little disappointed.

"Why?"

"Because affirming someone must have been carefully thought out, while denying someone often only requires three seconds of thinking."

"Interesting conclusion, but not valid in my case, you got the position you wanted, ma'am."

He was stunned for a moment, and a few seconds later a chuckle sounded on the phone.

"Are you smiling happily?"

"Yes, good news always makes people want to laugh, but can I ask? Forget it, I won't ask."

"You want to know if you got your position because you slept with me?"

"right."

"you guess."

"Well"

After teasing the other party, Eric stopped joking: "Joan, you have to pay for what you get. I will give you one year to show your ability, but you must complete a test first."

"I want to fire 70% of the theater's original cast. It's up to you to decide who leaves and who stays. But I don't want anyone to cause trouble. Can you do that?"

"No problem, give me a week, and I'll tell some people who don't know what to do to get out of here right away!" Zhou Wenqiong immediately promised.

"You control the process yourself. I know that you have been suppressed all the time, and it is inevitable that you will feel resentful. But don't drive away capable people just to avenge a public vendetta."

The other party sneered: "Eric, do you think I'm like a child who doesn't distinguish between public and private matters? At least I have to wait until the theater is on the right track, then it won't be too late to take revenge."

"Very good, I hate you but I still want to use you. This is the quality a qualified leader should have."

"Also, contact my secretary Carol. You can choose MGM movies to adapt to stage plays. I just want to see the effect."

"Any more questions? I'll just hang up if it's okay."

"thank you boss!"

Firing employees is always difficult, especially when you take over a new company that is on the verge of bankruptcy.

How to distinguish which employee is capable and which employee is a jerk has always been a technical problem.

Instead of spending a lot of time doing this kind of thing, it is better to let Zhou Wenqiong be the evil person. Outsiders can't understand the inside story better than our own people.

After hanging up the phone, Eric got dressed, wiped off the light lipstick marks on his neck and left.

This week "The Hangover" took in $12.3 million at the box office, ranking fifth on the weekly list.

The cumulative box office in North America reached 213 million U.S. dollars. Overseas, it also won the weekly box office championship in many countries, with the box office reaching 133 million U.S. dollars.

With a total global box office of US$346 million, it topped the 2004 box office rankings. Of course, it is temporary. After all, commercial blockbusters are usually placed in the summer and Christmas movies.

Now "The Hangover" continues to compete in theaters. BOX estimates that the global box office will reach 450 million U.S. dollars, surpassing the imagination of countless people.

Major companies such as Paramount, Sony, Lionsgate, and Fox have been scouring their script libraries for such shitty movies, picking and choosing the ones with the most raunchy flavours.

Following trends in the film industry is a common problem all over the world. Many Chinese people think that their country is dominated by bad films, traffic is rampant, and garbage is everywhere. They feel that Hollywood is all about well-made blockbusters, and even commercial films have special effects and big scenes to ensure quality.

This idea is not right, but it is also wrong.

The reason for the illusion is just the environment, like an information cocoon, where bad Hollywood movies are blocked from the country.

Those who can come in are all screened, otherwise how can you make money at the box office? No fool will be fooled continuously.

Even in the DVD market and pirated disc market, some famous movies will be selected, otherwise the disc will lose money, and the probability of bad movies in famous movies will be much smaller, so this illusion is created.

Ranking 14th on the list is Warner's "Boy", which invested more than twice as much as "The Hangover", invited Ben Stiller to be the leading actor, and originally invited Todd Phillips to direct.

However, Phillips turned him down and chose "The Hangover" instead.

Now that the two movies were released a week apart, "The Hangover" was undoubtedly a big hit, and "Boy" also had a good start, winning a weekly box office championship.

However, the subsequent decline was larger, and the second week was suppressed by the third week of "The Hangover".

Both movies are also comedies. "The Hangover" has more of them, while "Boy" has less of them.

So much so that the analysis agency has changed its forecast. The original forecast was US$150 million in North America and US$270 million globally. Now it has been changed to US$100 million in North America and US$200 million globally.

It is still profitable, but compared to the investment of more than 80 million US dollars, Warner will definitely make less.

Comparing the two, the outside world couldn't help praising Todd Phillips' vision, and many invitations have already come to his door.

It was dark, and a black Lincoln sedan was driving on the way to Los Angeles International Airport.

"Carol, you don't look well. Are you feeling unwell?"

"No, I just slept a little late. I'll just go back and have a rest later."

Eric nodded: "Zhou Wenqiong will be in contact with you in the next few days. She will be responsible for the work of the Hassend Theater for the time being, and you can coordinate it."

"Okay, boss."

"By the way, where did Judy Newhouse go? It feels like I haven't heard her voice in a while?"

"Judy asked for leave. She asked for leave a week ago. It coincides with your return to China. It will expire in two days."

"What's up with her?"

"I'm not sure. I just know it's a family matter and she has to go back to New York to deal with it."

After a slight hum, Eric didn't ask any more questions.

Last night, I fought fiercely with Gadot for half a night, killing the opponent until his muscles and bones were weak. The price was that he hadn't recovered yet, and he only slept for less than three hours. He had to take a good sleep as soon as he got on the plane.

The car stopped slowly, Eric opened his eyes and got out of the car, and Carol followed behind with something in hand.

"Okay Carol, go back."

Eric took the bag and was about to board the plane, but he couldn't help but be surprised when he saw that the other party was hesitant to speak.

"Any thing else?"

"Boss, although the premiere will not be held, will you not even attend the premiere?" Carol asked.

"It's not necessary. Although The Passion of the Christ is a good movie, it will definitely be scolded. We are not a target."

"But Mel Gibson and the others will all attend, and none of us will attend. Isn't it not good too?"

Eric thought for a moment: "What you are thinking makes sense. Let's do this. The distribution company is AK Film and Television. You can notify Warren to attend."

"Anyway, MGM can hide behind the scenes and wait for the money for this movie. Go back and tell everyone in the company not to talk nonsense. I don't want to cause trouble with public opinion."

"clear!"

Looking at the white dots gradually disappearing in the horizon, Carol couldn't help but think to herself: "Erica left at the right time. Filming is one thing, but going out to hide away is probably also another thing."

The journey was quite long. By the time the plane landed, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon. When we arrived at the snow castle, there wasn't much time left for today's shooting.

On the set, looking at the orderly filming, Eric couldn't help but nod secretly.

This scene is the highlight of Eames, played by Tom Hardy. According to the set fighting moves, he neatly knocked down the enemies one by one, and the completion was quite beautiful.

boom!

The prop gun went off, the stuntman fell to the ground, and Neil yelled, this was considered a pass.

"Well done! It seems you have adapted well to your new position." Eric walked over and clapped his hands in praise.

Neill Blomkamp chuckled a few times: "Director, if you saw my first day of filming, you would definitely not applaud."

"It's because of everyone's cooperation that I can gradually become familiar with it. However, the progress is much slower than when you were here. I have only completed two-thirds of the expected goal. I'm sorry."

"There is always a time when people get used to it for the first time. Send the clips you took these days to my room at night."

Knowing that Eric wanted to check the results of his work, he said confidently: "I guarantee that everything will be shot according to your shots, and every detail will be correct."

"Eric, didn't you say you'd be there at three o'clock? Until now, everyone still thinks you've left the army?" Nicole's tone was full of worry and complaint.

"Yes, this is Chile, and we are worried that you will stage an Andean miracle." Theron and others also came over to say hello.

Eric was speechless: "I just forgot to count the time it took to get to the snow castle after landing, but the plane did arrive on time at three o'clock."

"Return to the Miracle of the Andes, if there is an accident, I will be the first to eat you!"

The Andean Miracle mentioned here is a real airplane accident that occurred in the 1970s.

The plane crashed while flying over the Andes Mountains. 21 of the 45 passengers died on the spot and 24 survived.

Then these 24 people faced severe cold, injuries and hunger in the boundless snowy mountains, but 16 people came out of the snowy area alive, which is called the Andean miracle.

However, during subsequent investigations, the survivors also revealed the cruel reality. The reason why they survived was actually relying on the flesh and blood of the victims.

After the truth was exposed, public opinion began to waver, and critical voices followed.

In the end, some of the 16 people could not bear to commit suicide, and some disappeared anonymously without knowing their whereabouts. Behind the so-called miracles was a cruel tragedy.

"Okay, but I have too little meat. Theron should be more delicious." Nicole giggled.

"Huh? Is she saying I'm fat?" After hearing this, Theron immediately began to think, and immediately smiled and prepared to fight back.

Eric was keenly aware that something was wrong and spoke first to disrupt the topic.

"Speaking of the topic of cannibalism, I suddenly remembered a novel, "The Life of Pi". Have you read it?"

Bell's eyes lit up: "I have read Jan Martel's work, a very wonderful novel."

"Yes, especially the analysis of human nature. The metaphors, struggles, sacrifices, and transcendence contained in it make people intoxicated."

Bell nodded: "I think this is a work about how people get along with the world. After reading it, I have a feeling that this journey is not to cover up the bestiality of human beings, but to have more confidence in human nature."

Look, this is an actor who loves to learn. What does the actor do in the end? It is cultural heritage, and reading is the best way to accumulate it.

Seeing the two of them chatting about a book they had never heard of, the others couldn't get in the conversation and had to leave.

"Eric, I think "Life of Pi" is very suitable for being made into a movie. It is the kind of excellent film that you can tell at a glance that it will hit the Oscars."

"I agree with this, MGM will launch this project."

"Um?"

"Haha. I have already obtained the copyright of the novel, but I need to find a suitable director to start it. It must be a director who is extremely good at controlling emotions and soul."

"Can I have a guest role?" Bell asked excitedly.

“I knew there wasn’t a main role for me in it, but just a cameo would be fine, and I really enjoyed the novel.”

"no problem."

Midnight, Los Angeles, Kodak Theatre.

Today is the day when "The Passion of the Christ" is released. In view of the special nature of the movie, even the arclight cinema that MGM has been using has been abandoned and the premiere venue will be here.

It has been two years since the film was first proposed and released today, and it has always been controversial.

The main opposition group is the Jews, because Jesus was betrayed by Judas, and Judas was a Jew. This is why it is difficult for the film to find a distributor. After all, the Jewish community in Hollywood still accounts for a considerable number.

For example, Spielberg, Dustin Hoffman, Natalie Portman, Robert Downey Jr., Michael Douglas, Harrison Ford, Ben Stiller, Adrien Brody, Orlando Bu Rumm, Scarlett Janssen, etc., these stars all have Jewish ancestry.

In addition to celebrities, there are many Jews at the top of Disney, Universal and Warner. Although they are not controlled to the extent, they can still influence company decisions.

Other large and medium-sized companies also have Jews to some extent. At present, the only ones that are relatively clean are MGM and Fox.

But when Mel Gibson approached Fox, the other party was very cautious and hesitant. Only Eric approved, but he also passed the hot potato to AK Films, a white glove.

Although the movie is constantly controversial, it also has advantages, that is, it saves publicity costs, there is no need to run advertisements, and people who scold you and boycott you will naturally help you.

The treatment given to it by MGM is also very good, with 3,100 theaters open, which is a figure that even many self-produced films cannot get.

The reason is not complicated. Eric also hates those Jews who have double standards and like to jump around!

Adding some trouble to them, why not?

As for Gadot, she agrees with everything she does.

She has no experience in joining the military and does not believe in religion. She only has a sense of belonging to her family.

As for Jewish ancestry, you and I have nothing to do with each other, so don’t come here to get relatives!