Hollywood Domination Chapter 168: Invitation from “Avatar”

"So you've heard about it too? Yes, yes, I've also heard some rumors. It seems that this matter is now eight or nine out of ten..." Benjamin Lansing used his eyes and walked in The fiancée in the living room greeted her and continued, "Yes, this really explained a lot. I have to say that the girl is really amazing. I never thought that Harvey would change his mind so quickly, and Bob Iger Eye to eye..."

The other party seemed to tell a joke on the phone, and Benjamin let out a social laugh, "Yes, yes, if it were me, I would fall for her too-God, if I work with her Just Universal..."

After some meaningless greetings, Benjamin hung up the phone, and Jennifer Bell handed him a bottle of soda, "Who is calling?"

"Warner's Hank," Benjamin shrugged, "It seems that Disney's stake in Dameng is indeed a foregone conclusion, and Hank has also heard the sensational new news-Weinstein also agreed to swap with Dameng. shares."

In Hollywood, secrets and rumors are like light and shadow, many facts will be presented in the form of rumors, but the hardest part is that you never know the truth behind those rumors. Sometimes the more plausible the answer is, the less credible it is. Instead, the scariest rumors turn out to be true, but sometimes the opposite is true. Especially those big names at the top of the pyramid, you can hear countless stories about them at any time, just like Jennifer Jefferson's Oscar double award, Bell has heard at least 20 versions of the legend. There are some rumors here that can be vetoed without going through the brain - for example, she won the award after sleeping all over the Oscar jury, and some rumors are simply insulting the IQ of the audience - I heard that someone from the general People from Huayongdao asked the truth, all of this was purely coincidental, as if some people would believe that such good luck and such coincidences really existed in the world.

How to distinguish the truth from rumors is an impossible task for most actors, and they don't really care that much, but for Bell, even if it is to rebuild her self-confidence, she still needs to find out the truth, Fortunately, she has a fiancé who is a high-level executive at Universal. Regardless of whether it is Universal, Time Warner or Paramount, they all refuse to believe that it is a pure coincidence, especially from the frequent movements of Disney and Weinstein after the Oscars. Some clues can be seen in: Jennifer Jefferson's Big Dream Film Company seems to have a lot of relationship with Disney, and it seems to be a transit point for Robert Iger to win over Weinstein again. For the proud Harvey, it is impossible for him to return to Disney to be angry, but Disney needs an Olympic champion, and Harvey also needs a backer who can protect him from wind and rain. The girl she trusts and loves has become a bridge for them to communicate, and her double Olympic award is the product of Harvey and Bob's first attempt to cooperate——

Under Harvey and Bob's dispatch of troops, Reese was hacked premeditatedly (this should be Bob's handwriting), and Harvey took this opportunity to use magical means to help Jenny. Foo won the double award, and at the same time won Chris' Best Actor Award, proving his own strength. Through Disney’s capital injection and Weinstein’s stock exchange, etc., Big Dream has become a vest for the cooperation between the two companies. Disney can win awards through Big Dream, and Weinstein can share the risk for his big investment through Big Dream. It also enjoys free investment rights, turning Weinstein into a comprehensive film company. In fact, such a form of cooperation is also very ideal, because people in the circle are very clear that the most important and irreconcilable contradiction in the reason why Weinstein and Disney parted ways is that Disney only wants Miramax to do small-cost production. In order to make Olympic films, Weinstein wanted to participate in everything. In the end, the production scale of Miramax was even comparable to that of Disney's own films, and this was exactly what Disney could not tolerate.

As for the shares that Jennifer still holds, it can be regarded as a reward for the middleman, or a support for the lucky ones. It is not surprising to have such a reward for completing such a difficult brokerage job—or maybe Is it because Jennifer has Bob and Harvey swooning, otherwise how can she get these two 'breakup couples' who were awkward a year ago to join forces to run the awards for her? In short, there is no doubt that these two bigwigs are going to join forces to support Jennifer. From now on, among Weinstein's films, the one that is most suitable for the Olympic Games, the most outstanding role in Disney's big investment, unless Jennifer doesn't play it, it may be difficult for other actresses to get involved...

"Didn't you guys talk about some online public opinion control tool?" Bell asked with concern, "I heard you called Cesare—is this his handwriting?"

Benjamin is also well aware of his fiancée's knot, he stroked her hair in relief, "Of course I asked, but Cesare said he didn't know, and he implied that it had something to do with Disney... see After coming to Disney and changing the CEO, the competitiveness has really increased, because we still don’t know how they do this, or even how to organize the relevant departments.”

Disney’s acquisition of Pixar a month ago, including the current repair with Weinstein, are all changes after Bob Iger came to power. Judging from the current results, these two moves are right. At least it is a step away from the remaining competitors, and this means that in the next few years, several companies with a backward strategy will spend a lot of time and money in this regard. The competition between such behemoths is often like this. From the discovery of the disadvantages to the resolution of the disadvantages, the time it may take is calculated in years, and it may even be until the company goes bankrupt and is acquired, and this shortcoming cannot be made up.

Games at this level are beyond the scope of concern for actors like Bell. After getting the answer, she was obviously relieved, and the expression on her face was brighter and much more relaxed. He kissed Benjamin on the cheek, "Well, I have to admit, you are right, I did overreact that day—do you still need to call now? You can still go back to the bedroom with me, let me have a good time—— Compensate you?"

Besides being professionally sensitive, Benjamin was so active in proving the inside information. In addition to being professionally sensitive, he did have a motive to reassure his fiancée. Bell's temper that night could only be described as spectacular. It can be seen that she has regretted it a bit now. Start to mend the relationship between the two.

Although Benjamin did not have a very 'sexual happiness' during this time, he still shook his head, "I still have a few calls to make, my dear, I should let Brian know about this."

The Jeff he was talking about was Jeff Schell, the chairman of Universal Films, and Benjamin's direct backer at Universal.

"Okay." Bell said compromisingly, "Don't forget to ask about Avatar—if Universal doesn't make up its mind, this project may be snatched away by Sony or Fox."

"Of course." Benjamin showed a comforting smile to his fiancee, "Go to your yoga class, honey, shall we go out for dinner tonight?"

After seeing Bell off, he allowed his face to become gloomy. Benjamin tapped on the phone thoughtfully. He pondered for a while before dialing the phone number.

"Yes, Jeff, Hank from Time Warner called me just now, and it does sound like it's going to come true, Weinstein... Disney..." He briefly said The content of the phone call, "About the network marketing department that you value very much, I also called Cesare Vijari, Jennifer Jefferson's agent."

A shadow passed over his handsome face, and his tone lowered, "It seems that the whole Reese incident was planned and completed by Disney, Big Dream and Weinstein. Disney promoted TV and print media, but the Internet The publicity on the Internet is operated by Dameng himself..."

Benjamin didn't tell the truth to his fiancée whose mentality was clearly out of balance, but he unreservedly confided his views on his direct boss. "Yeah, we're still a step behind, and now the power belongs to Disney... I'll see what I can do, but maybe you can't get your hopes up, Dameng is very secretive about these things, almost It is difficult to find the contact information of the person in charge, and it is impossible to talk about poaching, what we should do now is to apply for some technical talents from the parent company..."

Compared with Disney, Comcast, the parent company of Universal, still focuses more on cable TV, broadband and mobile communication services. Since it is engaged in broadband services, it does not know much about the Internet. According to Benjamin, Big Dream's network marketing department was bought by Disney, and it is not impossible for them to build it. This piece of cake has just been made, so it’s unclear how it will be divided. After all, Comcast is one of the largest broadband service providers in the United States. In Benjamin’s imagination, online marketing is not difficult for them.

Jeff Scheer doesn't know much better about the web than he does, so he didn't find anything wrong with Benjamin's suggestion, "You're right, we have enough talent ourselves—by the way, about Avatar "Have you discussed anything with James about this project?"

"James thinks that the investment needs to be 500 million, and it is unacceptable to cut even a dollar." Benjamin's expression became more gloomy, and he said truthfully, "And he changed his mind after the Olympic award, maybe the budget will increase again - he wants Jennifer Jefferson to play..."

"Oh?" Jeff's voice came over immediately, "Really? Why don't you give it a try? I remember that you are very familiar with that girl's agent. You might as well ask the price first, $25 million plus North America Can the 10% box office share impress him—"

His tone was full of interest, even a little excited. "On this matter, James and I thought of going together. Jennifer Jefferson is undoubtedly the most ideal choice. Unless she plays the leading role, I don't have the confidence to spend the 500 million yuan budget..."

While absent-mindedly listening to his boss's plan, Benjamin looked sympathetically at a few photos on the side table. Jennifer Jefferson's dreams have been declared shattered - since the girl was chosen... no, since the girl has her own Internet marketing power and has taken the opportunity to climb two big trees, she has entered A new circle, so naturally Jeff Scheer offered 25/10, a price the actress had never been paid before, without even feeling a little wrong. Bell still doesn't know that she and Jennifer Jefferson are no longer in the same world... In fact, the entire Hollywood peers have been left far behind by her.

It's time to make Bell and Cesare reconcile, Benjamin made up his mind: Even if she had to beg, cry, and bow to Jefferson and Vijay in an imageless manner, he would not soften her heart, Bell should Realize it early so he can get her all the way to a good strategic position. Now he knows the news before most people in Hollywood-Big Dream movie will be reborn, with Disney's strong funds, Weinstein's Olympic contacts and uncontested network marketing, in the upcoming Big Dream movie In the movies, Jennifer Jefferson can only act in a maximum of two movies a year. Even if these are the best two movies, it means that the rest of the movies need heroines and supporting actresses.

He is confident that he can convince his fiancée—compared with the money, status, fame, and honor these resources represent, self-esteem is nothing at all...