I’m in Hollywood Chapter 481: Visit
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The two women came and hurried away suddenly. The Eric, who had been brutally squeezed for three days, sent the two women away and joked that they were being teased because most of their energy was put on "Jurassic Park". Eric did not notice the abnormality of Virginia and Joanna.
On the afternoon of July 15th, a helicopter landed at the airport north of Kauai Island. A casually dressed old man refused the help of the assistant and jumped off the helicopter skillfully.
"Danny, have you contacted the reporter?" Seeing a man not far from 30 approaching here, Martin Davis asked the assistant beside him again.
The suit man named Danny whispered: "It has been arranged, and the news will appear on newspaper tomorrow."
Seeing that the man not far away had approached, Martin Davis didn't speak anymore, but nodded slightly and walked forward.
"Mr. Davis, welcome to Kauai Island," Alan greeted him and reached out to each other.
Martin Davis smiled and shook hands with each other: "You must be Alan Fisman, I remember your voice."
Alan nodded politely: "Yes, Mr. Davis, our crew is now stationed in Lihuye, but the conditions there are not as good as the resort here, Mr. Williams let me book a room for you at the Westin Resort Hotel." /
"No, no, no, I'm not here on vacation, and I live in Lihu, just fine," Martin Davis shook his head.
Alan did not object, and reached out: "In this case, please come with me, the car is over there."
The three of them walked out of the apron. Come to the roadside. Martin Davis motioned to follow his assistant and bodyguard into another car. He followed Alan on a black jeep.
After car was launched, Martin Davis told Alan: "Eric must be on the set, can you show me?"
"No problem, the crew is in a ranch shoots not far away, not far from here," Alan agreed, and asked the driver a few words.
It only took a few minutes for the two cars to come outside a blocked ranch and enter the studio. Not far away, a man holding camera jumped out, quickly pointed the lens at this side, and pressed the shutter frantically.
The Alan, who was negotiating with the guard, noticed this detail and narrowed his eyes slightly, but he quickly relaxed.
Eric is discussing the details of the tanystropheus lens shoots with the Stan Winston on the split-lens draft, and we saw Alan walking with several people.
"Martin Davis, how could he be here?" Stan Winston looked at Eric and asked with some surprise. After mixing for so many years in Hollywood, Stan Winston is very clear to the top management of the seven major companies.
"Of course for the movie." Eric smiled and put the pencil in his hand on his ear: "Stan. Let's say hello together in the past?"
"No need, you go, Nickel and I will discuss the next plane," Stan Winston is not too cold for Martin Davis and said casually.
Eric nodded and walked towards Martin Davis.
When he came to Martin Davis, the other party ’s eyes were on the six-meter-tall behemoth not far away.
"That's tanystropheus, one of the main dinosaur models designed for" Jurassic Park "in the digital field, 20 feet tall, is one of the biggest props in this movie," Eric walked to Martin Davis and explained casually Only tanystropheus originally planned to use cg production, but because of the close shot of shoots, plus the design of Tyrannosaurus Rex, the movement of this dinosaur is not complicated. In order to be realistic, Eric chose the model.
Martin Davis glanced back and smiled at Eric with a familiar look: "It's really amazing. Looking at this big guy, I suddenly thought of 《Star Wars》 and Eric many years ago. I believe you will definitely be this time. Miracle. "
"Can the miracle be done by the audience," Eric smiled, and then reached out to Martin Davis: "Mr. Davis, nice to meet you."
"Me too, Eric, just call me Martin," Martin Davis smiled amiably.
Eric nodded, but was not fooled by the other's friendly appearance. The reason why Stan Winston just didn't want to come over to say hello is mainly because most people in Hollywood know that Martin Davis is a very bitter and harsh person. The reason why Barry Diller left Paramount at that time, apart from the divergence of business ideas, a large part of the reason was because they could not bear the character of Martin Davis. Barry Diller spent basically in the quarrel with Martin Davis in the last period of Paramount. And Michael Eisner, who also worked in Paramount, rated Martin Davis as "how can there be such a person in the world".
"Okay, Martin," Eric looked at his watch and said: "I prepared a dinner at night, and it is still two and a half hours away from work. Maybe you can turn around. The scenery here is still very beautiful. "
Martin Davis waved his hand: "Eric, you just keep working, but, I think you should not mind if I stay here?"
"Of course not," Eric shook his head and smiled. At this time, the deputy Director not far away also gestured ok to Eric in due course.
Sorry again, Eric ordered Alan to walk a short distance away.
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shoots started again soon, looking at tanystropheus not far away under the control of special effects as if it really came alive, Martin Davis sent Alan away in three words, and asked his assistant in a low voice: "Danny, what do you think ? "
"It looks like nothing special, Mr. Davis," Danny Kirk said: "This should be some of the most common shots, I have seen the original" Jurassic Park ", if I am Director, I will definitely put more energy Put it on Tyrannosaurus Rex, that is the selling point of this movie, Eric Williams will definitely not think of these. "
"Are you familiar with Jerry Bruckheimer?"
"Of course, but Jerry can't tell me much. But I know Williams values Jerry very much. He didn't leave office long after Paramount. Williams signed a long contract with him."
Martin Davis yelled, did n’t say anything, but Danny Kirk was still able to realize that his Boss must have regretted the termination of the contract with Jerry Bruckheimer, just as he regretted driving Barry Diller, Michael Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenberg out of Paramount. One of these three people is CEO of Universal, one is Disney's CEO, the last one is Barry Diller, and it is less than a year after leaving Hollywood. Just started thinking of acquiring Paramount.
Danny Kirk ca n’t help but imagine that if these three people have n’t left yet, then Paramount must be the overlord of the Hollywood seven, and will not be reduced to the current unstable situation of the wolf wolves looking around. From the bottom of my heart, Danny Kirk is not optimistic about Martin Davis's Hawaii trip. He is not even optimistic that Martin Davis can save Paramount, but these words he dare not say to Martin Davis anyway.
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In the restaurant where the Li Hu Ye drama crew is stationed, the Eric has taken a bath and changed to a comfortable dress, sitting opposite the Martin Davis, and the waiter brings the specialty of Hawaii from time to time. The two also chatted casually, and Martin Davis did not seem to be in a hurry to say what he meant.
Eric is certainly not in a hurry. Anyway, the initiative is on his side. Before Martin Davis came, Eric investigated the situation of Paramount in detail.
Paramount ’s parent company was originally a Gulf Western industrial company that started with smelting of non-ferrous metals. After the company was launched, its business has also become very diversified. It once involved liquid crystal, petroleum, electronics, entertainment and publishing. Simmons used to be the industry of Gulf West Industries, but in the past ten years, Gulf West Industries has been divesting its own industrial business and shifting its focus to the cultural and entertainment industry. A few years ago, Martin Davis even reorganized Gulf West Industries. Paramount communication company, including Paramount Pictures, Paramount TV and Simon Shuster Publishing House and other businesses.
Maybe it was because I was forced to leave Paramount. For so many years, Barry Diller has been obsessed with Paramount. After resigning from Fox, Barry Diller took over a TV sales company QVC owned by Comcast and Telecommunications, two cable TV service providers, and it took a short time to become popular, because Comcast and Telecommunications are two similar cable companies All intending to get involved in the film industry, Barry Diller felt that the time was ripe, and proposed to the two companies to jointly purchase Paramount.
At the same time, Redstone did not give up its ambition to become the main player of Hollywood. After the competition of Disney failed, Viacom Group of Redstone also directly pointed at Paramount.
In addition to these two coveted people on the bright side, Eric also knows that QVC's parent company's remote communication seems to be reluctant to share Paramount with Comcast, but has another idea of monopolization.
Simply put, Paramount is now in the eyes of many companies, a piece of fat that has caused a lot of beasts to covet.
The scenery of the Hawaii archipelago was ripped up, and Martin Davis finally tentatively said: "Eric, I heard that when Disney's was acquired last year, Firefly and Viacom had a lot of unhappiness?"
Eric nodded lightly: "Yeah, but this is normal business competition. There are very few things in the mall that make money with everyone, so this is nothing."
Martin Davis showed an old fox-like smile: "Not so simple, Firefly spent at least 2billion USD in this transaction."
Eric really want to ask if you are always a good friend with Redstone. Is it really appropriate to provoke separation?
"If I add 2billion USD to sell Disney's on the basis of the purchase price last year, I'm sure someone will take over," Eric said confidently: "So, this business Firefly is not losing money, Disney is worth this The price is enough. "
Because of privatization, Disney's does not disclose much information, but Martin Davis does not doubt the words of Eric. Although Disney's Film Industry has not yet shown signs of improvement and no stunning works have appeared, the entire North America entertainment industry has been due to the market The expansion of scale is in the midst of rapid non-stop appreciation.
Even if the performance of Disney is stagnant, according to the current development speed, Disney can break through the market value of 10 billion USD within a few years, not to mention the advantages of Pixar animation under the control of Eric, how can Disney be Stop it?
Seeing that Eric does n’t pick up his own words, Martin Davis knows that the young man on the opposite side is also a little fox, and it ’s useless to say those words himself: "Eric, come to the point, I think you must know what I ’m here for, Viacom wants I bought Paramount, but I did n’t want to sell it. So, I think maybe we can cooperate. Although the Disney's acquisition did not cause you a loss, after all, Viacom still cost Firefly a lot of money. Do n’t you want to pay for it with teeth? "
"In the shopping mall, it ’s very unwise to exchange teeth with teeth in a hot mind. I would n’t go to the muddy water for no reason," Eric shook his head, and said lightly: "And, I ’m even connected to Firefly itself. The business hasn't been sorted out yet, so, sorry, Martin, I really have no energy to cooperate with Paramount. "
"It doesn't need you to spend too much energy," Martin Davis is not in a hurry, and continued: "Only you can provide Paramount with a few more promising movie projects, and Paramount will never let you suffer. Yes, you can take control of these projects yourself. "
Martin Davis ’s idea is very practical. He does n’t want to sell Paramount. However, although he is the largest shareholder of Paramount, he does not have a controlling stake. Coupled with the sluggish performance of Paramount, once the opponent initiates a malicious acquisition, the price When it reaches a certain level, other shareholders will definitely choose to sell their shares. At this time, the only thing that can reverse the situation is to have an outstanding achievement. As long as those shareholders see the prospects of interest, those people will definitely not choose to sell. And cooperation with Firefly, or Eric, is undoubtedly the fastest method.
“Mr. Davis, you need to know that a high-quality cooperative project is a rare thing that can be encountered. Movies are like gambling, no one knows what will happen next, and no one can guarantee 100% success. Everyone was so optimistic about Spielberg's "Hook", did this movie fail in the end? "(To be continued ...)