Six Hundred and Fifty-Five-Interests Are the Basis for Binding Personal Relationships.

"Collision" was released in early May. If Paramount and Sony Columbia didn't have some kind of tacit understanding, you wouldn't believe it even if you beat Wayne. He never hesitates to use the most inferior ideas to treat his competitors. .

It has never been a secret in the industry that he single-handedly pulled DreamWorks from Paramount's distribution system to Warner Bros. Paramount's strong-armed female CEO had no idea, and it was completely impossible. He deeply understands that starting from this year will be the period of development of DreamWorks projects. The continuous success of the projects will only make Paramount hate him more and more.

You know, whether it is "Saving Private Ryan" which was the popular start of DreamWorks, or a series of popular movies such as "Shrek", they were all supposed to be Paramount's money printing press, but now they are all Became a cash cow for Warner Bros.

In fact, Steven Spielberg's requirements are really not high. As long as he does not exploit DreamWorks like Paramount, he will continue to cooperate with Warner Bros. No one knows this better than Wayne.

"Don't worry, Wayne, I know the value of Steven Spielberg too well."

Bruce Rosenblum smiled and nodded. Of course he would not let go of DreamWorks easily. Although this good old man in the industry has great ambitions, at least for now, the other party's ambitions are the source of his performance and he wants to go As the head of Warner Bros., these achievements are extremely important.

In fact, many people in the industry know that the CEOs of the six giants have had more than one private gathering specifically to deal with DreamWorks issues. This also means that no matter which giant DreamWorks faces, it is in a tacit understanding of being exploited. Perhaps the only one that is exploited less is Warner Brothers.

Being sucked out of project distribution is only a small part of the situation that DreamWorks has to face. It can be said that this ambitious company, which wants to become the seventh giant in Hollywood, will be suppressed from all aspects at any time from the beginning of any project. After these two years of development, the three giants have reluctantly adapted.

For example, after a film is completed, it must first be sent to the MPAA for rating. This is completely the back garden of the six giants, and all kinds of difficulties are common. Every DreamWorks project sent here has never been able to come out happily. Not shedding a layer of skin is new.

"Wayne."

Seeing that the young man sitting opposite wanted to end the conversation, Bruce Rosenblum pondered for a moment, looked at the silent Nina, and couldn't help but said: "I know it's a bit too much to say this now. It’s early, but...Wayne, after this busy period, I need your support!”

Wayne, who was sitting across from him, raised his eyebrows and looked at the distribution master who cooperated with him tacitly. It was clear that the other party felt the pressure from within. This was not a joke.

"We were partners before and we will be in the future, Bruce, let's be honest." Wayne didn't mince words and asked directly: "What do you need from me?"

"After finishing this period, I hope you can fully support me with a clear stand at high-level meetings and shareholder meetings!"

Hearing Bruce Rosenblum's words, Wayne put a smile on his face. He himself has a huge reputation among Warner Bros. executives. These reputations are entirely based on bringing great success to everyone in a few years. Formed by interests.

The board of directors understands better. His representative has only done one thing on the board of directors in recent years, and that is to unconditionally support all plans proposed by Jeff Robinov. The current head of distribution at Warner Bros. obviously wants to get these benefits in advance.

"Maybe we shouldn't talk about this between us, but, Bruce..." Wayne was not polite, leaning his upper body slightly forward and looking at the man opposite him with wide eyes. "If I do this, you know what it means, so, what can you bring me?"

He can support Bruce Rosenblum, and he has the same attitude now. Many people are aware of the relationship between the two parties, and there is nothing to hide. However, once the voice is made in a formal and public forum, such as a shareholder meeting or a high-level meeting, the meaning is completely different.

Jeff Robinov received these benefits because he was the CEO of Warner Bros., and he was a CEO who always stood by him.

Bruce Rosenblum's status in Warner Bros. is indeed very high, but this is a commercial company with a well-established system. Who knows whether other accidents will occur in the future? Some things can only be done after he has the right status.

"I know you as well as you know me."

Bruce Rosenblum had already prepared the draft and said slowly: "I can promise that when you want to increase your share of Warner Bros. shares in the future, I will help you resolve all objections from the top management."

smart people! Wayne smiled and nodded, stood up neatly, and stretched out his right hand.

With a "pop" sound, the palms of two men with a huge age difference hit each other on top of the desk, and both of them had indescribable smiles on their faces at the same time.

So far, Wayne's shareholding in Warner Bros. is still only over 7%. Of course, this is enough to ensure that he is still the largest natural shareholder of the giant Warner Bros.

Over the years, no matter how abundant the cash in his hands, he has never tried to increase his shareholding in a large amount. Seeing the stock price of Warner Bros. rising day by day, he has never tried to do so, as if he was completely satisfied with the shareholding in his hand. .

In fact, it is this share that has been hovering above the bottom line of most shareholders that just ensures the stability of Warner Bros.'s board of directors. He never showed his ambition to further obtain greater benefits to shareholders. No matter how high his reputation was within the company and how great the benefits he could create for the company, he never tried to change anything.

Bruce Rosenblum didn't think so. After several years of close contact between the two, he knew very well how ambitious this young man was, and he couldn't always be willing to share the benefits like a fool.

The reason why we have been content with the status quo is that there is only one possibility. The other party thinks that the appropriate time has not yet arrived.

Bruce Rosenblum didn't know the specific plan between Jeff Robinov, Kevin Tetsuhara and Wayne. It was very embarrassing to be able to analyze this just by guessing. Easy.

The personal relationship between the two is indeed great, but Bruce Rosenblum knows better that any relationship with someone like Wayne is all false. Now what I can bring to the other party may not be what others can do. Alan Horn is just the first to jump out. Who knows if there is anyone inside the capital who is waiting for the opportunity?

"The Sword Comes"

Since a few years ago, he has felt from Wayne that this young man's actual role has already been happily transformed into a capitalist. When talking about friendship with a capitalist, it is never better to talk about benefits and security. This has been proven countless times in the industry. Only benefits are the basis for permanently binding personal relationships!

There is a philosophical truth in the ancient East. Not all literate people want others to be literate. This principle also applies to Hollywood. Not all capitalists want others to have money and capital.

He didn't know when Wayne would increase his equity in one fell swoop and gain absolute say in Warner Bros.'s business. However, based on Bruce Rosenblum's understanding of this young man's ambition, this time will definitely occur in the not-too-distant future. At that time, there will definitely be countless people who currently support Wayne and will do everything possible to obstruct him. , what it can bring to the other side is to firmly become a knife that cuts through resistance.

If you want others to take a clear stand and tie yourself to them, you must stand on the other side's side to seek benefits, pay and repay. This has always been the code of conduct in Hollywood, and this will never change.

The first thing Bruce Rosenblum did after the conversation was over was to secretly hand Paramount a knife.

"Is "Heaven and Earth" a science fiction disaster movie? After watching the movie, I just want to talk about my truest feelings. This movie seems to have all the elements, but everything is more than a little bit wrong. Bite the bullet and watch it After finishing the whole movie, I realized after walking out of the theater that whether it was the special effects, creativity, or the forced sensationalism, it was all too cliche!"

Just when "Heaven and Earth" won its first weekly box office championship and faced the test of its first working day, a senior movie fan posted a message under the film section of the IMDB movie database. "The most unacceptable thing is the black president. It seems like he reminds me all the time that everything in the movie has nothing to do with reality and everything is fake!"

As soon as this message was posted, it immediately aroused the approval of countless movie fans, especially the last reason. Although most people dare not say it clearly, it actually exists.

For ordinary people these days, it is completely unimaginable for a black man to become the president of the United States. Not to mention the white people in the mainstream group of society, even those from ethnic minorities feel that this matter is completely incompatible with reality. Nothing, black president? That's really nonsense.

"Yes, the president is actually a black man! This is so ridiculous!"

"When I was watching the movie, I felt something was wrong, but now I realize that a black president is indeed incredible!"

Immediately afterwards, countless related messages appeared under the main message section of "Collision". Almost most fans agreed that the black president in this film was a flaw.

The Internet, with the attention Warner Bros. has attached to it in recent years, has also attracted the attention of other film companies. As a large number of negative reviews suddenly appeared on IMDB, before Paramount could react, the topic had spread from the online platform to the real media.

First, the gossip entertainment tabloids, which had no bottom line at all, began to vigorously hype the black president in "Collision". Later, the mainstream entertainment media, although not as shameless as the gossip tabloids, also talked about this character setting. , is it reasonable or not?

Basically everyone in the industry understands that there is nothing unreasonable about the characters in a science fiction movie. But the heat has already risen, and the media doesn’t care whether it’s a movie or not. The good news media sent reporters to interview a large number of ordinary movie fans on this issue, but the result was that the subsequent box office of "Collision" cast a deep shadow.

"No, my friends and I are not going to watch a movie with a black president, a black president, this is bullshit."

"We heard that the movie was very boring, so we decided to save our pocket money and wait for other blockbusters!"

"A friend of mine has already watched "Collision" and he regrets it very much now. I am very glad that I did not watch this movie!"

"..."

With the film's reputation plummeting, "Collision" spent five working days amid controversy, and the latest box office statistics report and related data analysis were placed on the desk of Paramount CEO Shirley Lansing.

It was this statistical report and box office news that made this iron lady CEO curse and throw his beloved coffee cup in the office for the first time.