I’m in Hollywood

Undoubtedly, the actor who has benefited the most is Julia Roberts, and as Fate and Moon continues to be released, Julia feels like she has entered an unprecedented world, in a new world where everyone treats her to her. They were all so respectful and humble, and treated her like a princess.

When ABC was recording a talk show, the entire production team revolved around her, and the director of the program asked her opinion seriously about every detail of the recording process.

At the same time, lucrative film contracts, advertising appointments, endorsement appointments and other various invitations came one after another. With the release of the box office in the first weekend, her salary jumped directly to 5 million US dollars. This figure is beyond the reach of many male stars.

Al Pacino has also completely shaken off the shadow of the failure four years ago, and the whole person has become high-spirited. Some friends in the circle who have not been in contact for a long time have suddenly appeared recently, party after party.

Of course, some people are proud and others are disappointed. Richard Gere, who has begun to cooperate with United United States to promote the new work Dragon Killing Array, is undoubtedly the most lost. His agent had previously praised the Dragon Killing Array project with a lot of tongues, and at the same time demoted Eric's new film to nothing. Although Richard Gere knew the reason for his agent's actions, he felt that he could sell Michael Ovitz a favor by rejecting Eric's invitation. So I chose Dragon Killing Array.

If Fengyue hadn't achieved such a huge success, even if it was just a small hit at the box office, Richard Gere would not have felt too much, but unfortunately Fengyue was a success, and it was a big success, and the first week's income was paid Worth the total box office of many movies. Seeing this, Richard Gere couldn't calm down any longer.

This lack of calm made him forget that giving up Fengyue was more of his own choice. If the artist himself insisted on taking over the film contract, CAA would wear small shoes for him later, but it could not force the actor to stop his behavior. But Richard Gere naturally blamed the CAA for everything, and he felt like a victim of Michael Ovitz's personal power play.

At Coca-Cola's headquarters in Atlanta, a meeting of vital importance to Colombia is taking place.

At this time, Guo Sida, the president of Coca-Cola, held some information about the two movies Home Alone and Pretty Woman, and asked Columbia President Blunt Cohen, who was sitting at the bottom, item by item.

The gambling agreement, this is your first mistake. Of course, with the earnings of Home Alone, Columbia's stock price has risen from the previous $12 to the current $14. This mistake can be regarded as an offset.

After Guo Sida finished speaking, he changed another document and continued: But then, your wrong behavior directly led to Eric Williams' switch to Fox. According to the agency's estimate, the North American box office of Fengyue may reach 200 million In US dollars, the overseas box office may exceed 50% of that in North America, and the box office revenue alone can bring Fox at least 80 million US dollars in profit, which should have been Colombian.”

Blunt Cohen did not dare to refute a word, quietly waiting for the final decision of the Coca-Cola board of directors. In fact, he already knew his result before. The top executives of the film company look beautiful, but few people know the huge pressure behind them.

With tens of millions of dollars of investment, every time a movie is released, it will bring about changes in the high-level. Some people just pack up and leave because of huge losses, and they have never recovered. Because of the success of the project, some people were immediately promoted to high positions, enjoying more power and benefits, and of course, they continued to fear for the next project.

Blunt Cohen also knows that Eric Williams is just an inducement, or an excuse, for the situation he is now blamed for. Most importantly, he was opposed to Coca-Cola selling Colombia to the Japanese.

According to some sources, the board of directors of Coca-Cola has officially decided to start acquisition negotiations with Sony of Japan. In this case, it doesn't matter whether he changes the president or not, anyway, it will be sold to the Japanese soon.

But in order to keep his position, he had contacted many people and wanted to boycott the deal. This kind of thing must be hidden from the top of Coca-Cola. Once it succeeds, no one will say anything. But after failure, you will face the bitter consequences of failure.

...Therefore, I now formally announce a resolution of the Board of Directors to relieve Mr. Blunt Cohen from his position as President of the Columbia-Samsung Film Group, effective immediately.

After Guo Sida read the resolutions of the board of directors and discussed some other topics, the meeting was dismissed. As the president, Blunt Cohen, of course, was kept some decent, and he was not escorted back to the Columbia headquarters in Los Angeles by security to pack his luggage.

Blunt Cohen left with a dejected expression, but Guo Sida did not leave, but came to another reception room.

Mr. Guo Sida, hello. Pushing the door open, the woman who was sitting on the sofa stood up and greeted warmly.

Guo Sida shook hands with the other party and said with a smile, I kept you waiting, Amy.

It's okay, I just arrived.

This woman is Amy Pascal, who left Colombia in anger not long ago.

My assistant has told you what I mean before, Amy, what do you think?

Amy Pascal asked: Mr. Guo Sida, I don't think there is any need for me to return to Colombia now. Although I resigned, I still heard some news that Colombia is going to be sold to Sony. In this case, What else am I going to do, wait a few months, and be laid off again?

Of course not, Amy, you are a very talented professional manager, and even if the Japanese took over Colombia, you would not dare to make too much top-level changes. I know how you left Colombia, if Blunt Cohen listened to you, and there would be no gambling deal that cost Columbia tens of millions of dollars. And then there would be no Eric Williams to Fox.

Amy Pascal said: Mr. Guo Sida, it doesn't make any sense to say these now. I want to know the real reason why you sent me back to Colombia.

Guo Sida glanced at Amy and said, Amy, you know Eric Williams, right?

Sure enough!

Amy Pascal confirmed the guess in his heart and nodded: Yes, but only a few times, maybe Eric won't remember me anymore.

Oh, how is it possible, if it wasn't for your help, how could there be the box office miracle of Home Alone?

Although Amy Pascal did not benefit from it, and even lost her job because of it. But when Guo Sida mentioned this, she was still a little proud.

Mr. Guo Sida, if you want me to convince Eric Williams to switch to Columbia, it is unlikely. Everyone knows that Eric has signed a three-film contract with Fox this year. By next year, Columbia is already in the Sony has it.

Guo Sida shook his head and said, Of course not, I also let people know about the contract. In fact, the contract is not too strict, because Fox originally only wanted to get the distribution rights of the second part of Home Alone, so Ire was not prohibited. While K. Williams is working with Fox, it's working with other studios. And after the talks with Sony, Columbia needs some good news to stimulate the stock price, such as ... a blockbuster movie.

But……

Don't worry, Amy, I know some of your concerns. In order to work with Eric Williams smoothly, the board of directors has dismissed Blunt Cohen as president of Columbia.

Amy Pascal said in surprise: Really?

Guo Sida nodded: Of course, otherwise, with Blunt Cohen's contacts, the board of directors is not willing to make a big deal, anyway, he can't sit in that position for long. When you contact Eric Williams , can reveal this matter to show our sincerity.

Amy Pascal thought of another question: I think Eric Williams shoots movies very fast, but three movies a year should be the limit, right? If there are more, how can the quality be guaranteed?

We will put his new movie in the summer season. With his current reputation, as long as the movie is not too bad, it is not a big problem to get $100 million at the box office in the summer season. And... Guo Sida lowered his voice slightly: I There will be enough budget for Fox's second film, and we can even get someone to make it for him, he just needs to focus on making the film for us.

Amy Pascal hesitated for a while, but nodded: I'll try my best.