Heads Up Hollywood

"Mr. Eisner, I'm Dunn."

On the phone, Dunn's voice was a little awkward.

"Oh, is something wrong?"

Michael Eisner is calm.

Tang En said with a smile: "Congratulations, the one-week box office of "The Undead" reached 26.75 million, which is 2 million less than "The Chainsaw". Speaking of which, Disney won this time, and it really is a big deal. The studio is amazing! The arrogance is amazing!"

Judging from the content, Dunn is admitting defeat to Disney, but his tone... a bit of yin and yang, with a hint of mockery.

It's its fourth week in theaters and has grossed more than $57 million in North America.

"Undead" was released in its first week, not to mention "The Grinch", which grossed $82 million in a single week, and "X-Men", which grossed $64 million. Even "Charlie's Angels 1" can't compare. Chainsaw is $1.75 million!

The investment cost of "Undead" was 75 million US dollars, the announcement cost was 45 million US dollars, and the box office only received 26.75 million US dollars in the first week, which is definitely a huge failure.

In contrast, "Chainsaw" has achieved unprecedented success. In terms of return on profit, even "Spider-Man" can be killed in seconds!

In this case, Dunn called Michael Eisner so "sincerely" to congratulate Michael Eisner. The irony and ridicule behind the congratulations are really obvious.

On the other end of the phone, Michael Eisner was silent for a long time, Dunn was not in a hurry, just waited.

After a long time, I heard his slightly dull voice, "Dang En, it's time for the ban to come to an end!"

The corner of Tang En's mouth twitched, he sat in the restroom of the crew, took a leisurely sip of coffee, made a "DC" sound, and asked in a hurry: "The ban? I'm not in a hurry, hehe, what I care most about now is It's your old underling, Joe Ruth."

Michael Eisner frowned, he understood what Dunn meant, pondered for a while, and said lightly: "If the box office of "Undead" fails to rebound next week, I have reason to question Joe's professional ability on behalf of the board of directors."

Tang En pouted, disdainfully, "Next week? In the current theater chain, four or five commercial blockbusters will be released at the same time, and there will be a new film next week. Do you think "Undead" can be brought back to life?"

Michael Eisner said solemnly: "Disney is not Dunn Pictures, we need to act according to the rules of the board of directors!"

"Okay, then everyone will do it according to the rules. My conditions will not change." Dunn is confident and careless, but he is not in a hurry anyway, "Besides, Disney has released a lot of new movies recently, and I don't care at all. No actor has been banned, so the ban order is just a statement, and it is useless."

Michael Eisner was a little angry, this Dunn pretended to be stupid, he really didn't know what to do.

Does he care about the ban of Dunn Pictures?

All he cares about is Disney's decency!

A giant group like Disney was banned by a small company like Dunn Pictures for a few months, and it has not been resolved for a long time, and his face is almost lost.

"Okay, at the end of this month, or at the beginning of next month, you will hear the news!"

Michael Eisner hummed angrily, very dissatisfied.

Dunn's rudeness and arrogance make people angry!

...

In the blink of an eye, in December, the fourth film "Beautiful Mind" directed by Tang En was announced to be completed!

Dunn finally completed the filming that lasted more than 3 months and returned to Los Angeles.

At the end of the year, the work in hand will be very complicated, and Dunn finally has time to deal with the business.

The first thing is the "blocking order" thing.

Just yesterday, Disney fired production chief Joe Ruth, leaving Richard Cook in full control of the production department.

"Mr. Eisner, I'm Dunn!"

Dunn returned to his office, with his legs on the desk, lying on the boss chair, and called Michael Eisner again.

"Is something wrong?"

Michael Eisner's voice was muffled, obviously in a bad mood.

As his confidant, Joe Ruth was forcibly squeezed out of the production department by Dunn, which was a great shame in his career!

Tang En smiled, "That's right, the box office of "The Chainsaw" has already exceeded 70 million US dollars, huh, not bad, the people below plan to hold a celebration reception. Actually, according to my opinion, there is no need to do it, 7000 It's only $10,000, not worth mentioning, but they..."

"Enough!" Michael Eisner snorted lowly, disgusting Dunn's pretentious low-key display. The movie costing 1.5 million US dollars, the North American box office exceeded 70 million US dollars, is this not worth mentioning?

Pretend, you pretend to be a fart!

Michael Eisner was very angry, "Just say something, I still have a meeting."

Dunn calmly comforted him, as if he was the elder, "Mr. Eisner, this is your fault, some unpleasant things have indeed happened to us in the past, isn't it all over now? Joe Ruth, the bastard, has been killed by us together..."

"Wait!" Michael Eisner raised his brows. "What did you say? What did you do together? Don't talk nonsense!"

Dunn smiled cynically, "It's almost the same! Anyway, Joe Ruth is my old enemy, and then you helped me fire him, we cooperated well this time, the past... It's time to pass, I The biggest thing about this person is the atmosphere!"

Michael Eisner gritted his teeth shamelessly and responded coldly, "Tell me about the ban, what are you going to do?"

"It's over! As I said, the past is over, let's look forward, the ban was originally a misunderstanding! Well, tonight, on the third floor of the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel, "Chainsaw" will be held Hold a celebration reception, I sincerely invite you to attend!"

Of course Michael Eisner didn't want to. Last time he came uninvited and participated in the celebration of "Spider-Man" and made a lot of jokes.

This time, "The Chainsaw" has greatly squeezed the living space of "Undead". Like "Spider-Man", it is a nightmare movie for Disney. Will he be willing to celebrate?

Just like blood!

Tang En's mind was clear, and he didn't give him a chance to refuse at all, and immediately said: "Actually, I also know that the blockade order has dealt a serious blow to Disney's image in the circle. Now that we all intend to resolve conflicts, of course, we have to develop a A proper way to deal with it. Let's discuss a way to deal with it."

The matter of the ban is a stalk in Michael Eisner's mind.

He's irritated and desperate to end this absurdity and get Disney back on the right track.

...

"Dawn, our book is going on fire!" Ella Fisher has been busy revising her new book "Gone Lover" for a while now, and now it has finally been finalized and handed over to the publishing house for publication.

Dunn recalled the conversation he had just had with Michael Eisner, a smug smile flashed on his face, and when he saw the little secretary Ella walking in, he waved to her.

Ella Fisher pursed her lips and smiled, walked over and sat directly on his lap, hugging tightly together.

"Isn't it just sent to the publishing house? This is going to fire?"

"There are already signs. The number of orders sent by secondary distributors has exceeded 500,000 copies!" Ella Fisher couldn't hide her excitement, her hands hooked on Dunn's neck, and the fragrance could be sprayed on him On his face, "You don't know, I published two books in the past, and only sold more than 3,000 copies in total."

"Really? This shows that your writing skills have made great progress."

"It's not. I know in my heart that it's all about your story. And... the reason why booksellers dare to order in such large quantities is because the author's signature has your name on it." Ella Fei Scheer's eyes were sparkling, flowing with splendor.

Tang En smiled, "I heard that you... want to concentrate on writing books and not be an actor?"

Ella Fisher giggled, "Actor...that's the same thing, how good it is to write a book, this is the cultural circle, much higher than the entertainment circle."

Dunn shook his head, "By the way, "Spider-Man" is about to be down, how about the publisher?"

Ella Fisher said: "The scheduled next date is December 25th. It seems that Universal is negotiating with several TV stations to sell the broadcasting rights of cable TV stations. It is said that ... it has rejected the offer of 20 million US dollars from amc TV station~ www.wuxiaspot.com~ $10,000?" Dunn curled his lips, a little annoyed, "Tell Universal, if the price is less than $30 million, starz TV station will want it! Damn, the control of your own movies is in Universal's hands, really Suffering."

Ella Fisher pursed her lips and said, "Aren't you going to acquire Universal? When the acquisition is completed and the distribution rights are in your own hands, you can let your own movies play on your own TV station."

Tang En nodded solemnly, "Yes, movies, TV, animation, games, publishing, music... This is a closed-loop ecological chain of the entertainment industry. Of course, it will take time for the company to develop as a group, but in a short time , Universal Pictures is a vital role!"

Ella Fisher is a little secretary, she really doesn't understand, "By the way, Universal also said that it is cooperating with the printing factory of VHS tapes and DVD discs to produce two editions of DVDs for sale, and the regular edition is sold. For $19…”

Tang En waved his hand, "Let Universal take care of these things. Anyway, they have a 10% commission, and they will definitely spare no effort, so I won't worry about it."

"Also, Mr. Ovitz asked you to meet. The second investment project of Legendary Pictures can determine the partners. I want to discuss with you."

"Well, then tomorrow afternoon, I'll go there in person, you arrange the time."

"In addition, the filming of "Under Six Feet" has been completed. The TV production department asked if it is necessary to communicate with starz TV? The scale of this TV series does not match the previous starz TV series."

"No! Starz TV's past development strategy must be changed, and it must rely on the TV production department of Dunn Pictures to survive. This is a new force. Forget it, you can call Bill, and I will tell him!"

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(Sanqi Chinese)