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Although he held a large share in Warner Bros., Wayne never tried to intervene in Warner Bros.'s management and operation. Even at the shareholders' meeting, his representatives just followed his instructions and raised their hand unconditionally to Jeff Robinoff's proposal.

Today, Warner Bros. has embarked on an extremely correct path under his influence. In addition, he understands very well that what he learns and is good at is never interfering with the operation of film companies. He can only make mistakes in the continuous making.

This is a giant company in the film industry. It is definitely not a monolithic part. Various factions are constrained by each other, and competition is the norm.

Wayne had long understood that even if he relied on his shares to find a way to enter the management of this giant, he was just adding a faction, which was far less than the current situation, and no one could ignore his influence within the company.

In addition, under the leadership of Jeff Robinoff, Warner Bros.'s strategy has been very clear in recent years, and various sequels with big investments and big productions have emerged one after another.

Uninterrupted success can cover up all internal disputes, and in the end, shareholders are just for revenue. As long as the company can bring them a large amount of revenue, they don’t care who takes the CEO position.

The turning point of the matter was at a cocktail party at a senior company. Jeff Robinoff personally revealed that he wanted to retire at the peak of his career.

Today, Warner Bros. is the first production and distribution company in Hollywood. No one can be moved by the position of the head, of course, including some ambitious senior executives. Alan Horn is obviously the one who made his own voice earlier.

But no matter who is interested in this position, he can't get around Wayne. This is the embodiment of his influence in Warner Bros.

Originally, in the hearts of countless company executives and shareholders, Bross Rosenblum was the first candidate. He was qualified in terms of qualifications and ability. In addition, his good personal relationship with Wayne, everyone knows that now he is going to fight against him.

"Won't it brings unrest to Warner Bros., right?"

Understanding the complete reason, Wayne frowned and thought for a while, suddenly raised his head and looked at Bruce Rosenblum sitting beside him.

"At least not now."

The director of distribution of Warner Bros. shrugged and said with a bad look: "But it won't be possible in two years. As long as Jeff is still there, no one dares to make big moves."

In fact, what Wayne is most reluctant to see is that Warner Brothers can make various sounds, just like in his memory. When the company is in a struggle and the turmoil is not over, the film project will become a victim of the struggle. The executives of the film company who have red eyes dare to use any means to achieve their goals.

Just like Walt Disney in recent years, Michael Eisner's domineering style has made shareholders unable to stand it. When he can bring glory to Disney, everyone can tolerate his character, but when Disney's life is not satisfactory, various struggles arise.

Today, Disney, film projects and traditional animation projects, are all very weak. When the Lion King exhausted the last glory of hand-drawn animation, the interior has already begun, constantly challenging Michael Eisner.

Although the Disney Emperor can still suppress the constant internal opposition, this media group cannot avoid internal conflicts. Intra-fighting has become the main theme, and even some projects have become victims of various internal compromises.

"but......"

Bruce Rosenblum's fingers hit the desk one after another, making a rhythmic sound. The corners of his mouth twitched a few times and hesitated: "Allen Horn is usually silent, but since Jeff was promoted to CEO, most of the film and television production departments have become his back garden.

You know, Wayne, if he wants to do something, even Jeff will not be able to completely reject it. In fact, although Jeff firmly supports me, he also has to follow the company's regulations on most of the film and television production, and sometimes I can't guess what Jeff thinks."

Nodding silently, Wayne knew what the other party was worried about. Allen Horn was very free in his position, and it was much easier to achieve some outstanding results than Bruce Rosenblum.

As he said, no one knows what Jeff Robinoff thinks in his heart. If the project initiated by Allen Horn succeeds in the past two years, the company's senior management and shareholders can clearly see his abilities, the final result is really not certain.

"He can't get around you!"

Speaking of this, Bruce Rosenblum showed his true thoughts, staring at Wayne with great sincerity, and said, "Everyone knows that if you want to sit in that position, you must at least get your support. Wayne, our partners have always been very good. I believe you can understand what I mean."

"Of course, I understand."

Wayne nodded and gave him a reassuring smile.

The two then communicated a few more questions about the release of "The Flash". He pointed to his watch, got up and buttoned the suit jacket. Before leaving, he raised one hand to his ear, indicating that no matter what problems arise, he could call him at any time.

"Boss, do you have a different idea?"

After getting on the car back to the manor, Nina, who had been like a little transparent person, seemed to guess Wayne's thoughts, suddenly opened her mouth to break the silence.

Smiling, Wayne retracted his eyes from the car window and turned to look at the assistant lady. "Did you see it?"

"Guessed."

Nina smiled. She knew her boss so well, so she could figure out what the other person was thinking in her mind by guessing some things.

"Boss, I want to remind you that the right way is to get out of the question. Whether it is Bruce Rosenblum or the director of the film and television production department, all we have to do is to observe them carefully in the past two years."

It's very simple. With Wayne's influence in Warner Bros., if he supports anyone with a clear attitude, this person will definitely have the greatest advantage. After all, no matter whether it is a shareholder or an executive, it is impossible to ignore his opinions.

However, if you use a normal approach to capital, you must watch the competition between the two parties. Giving both parties full of space to show their abilities will make the rest obvious. Whoever can bring greater benefits to them will finally support them clearly.

Not to mention private relationships, when it comes to such things, there is no private relationship that is easy to talk about. Who can bring them greater benefits is more important than anything else. The reality is that private relationships can be cultivated.

"No, Nina."

Wayne shook his head and said with a smile: "You ignored trust."

The trust relationship he established with Jeff Robinoff and Bruce Rosenblum was slowly established over the years, and it will take many years to start building this trust with others.

"I just knew."

The assistant lady gurgled and shook her head slightly. In her opinion, her boss always showed an inappropriate human touch when she needed to be cold, which was not a good quality for a billionaire.

From Wayne's perspective, he did not want a struggle within Warner Bros., but at the beginning, he chose to give Bruce Rosenblum a clear support, which could greatly avoid a lot of unnecessary competition.

Not only Nina saw it, but even Jeff Robinoff had long seen it in his heart. Bruce Rosenblum's personality traits, harshly speaking, are not suitable for being the head of Warner Bros.

Of course Wayne is also very clear about this. This Warner Bros. distribution manager is a marketing master in the industry. He can easily do all kinds of ways to promote movies and compete with other company projects.

However, everyone can see his personality clearly. He always remains vicious and narrow-minded during middle age and uses extreme means to many things. These are far less stable than Jeff Robinov. He asked him to do movie distribution, promotion, public relations and other matters, which was a very sharp sword. However, as the leader of a media group, no one knows what such a personality will bring to the company.

But Bruce Rosenblum has an advantage that no one can compare with Wayne, that is trust. The distribution manager personally took the lead in publicizing Wayne with the Oscar Best Director. The tacit understanding between them is completely beyond the reach of others.

"If one day Jeff really leaves office, then Bruce is the one who is in our interests the most."

Seeing that Nina was trying to persuade him, Wayne gave a serious affirmation. There were some things he couldn't say, but the fact was that in his memory, there was never a trace of the impression of Alan Horn.

His arrival has changed a lot of things invisibly. According to the normal direction, Kevin Tessulhara should still be Warner Bros. This guy is a typical Hollywood old style. After the first and second episodes of Tim Burton's version of "Batman" was successful, he immediately interfered with the DC series, and then fell into a big fuss in "Batman Return" and "Batman and Robin".

It was precisely Wayne's arrival that made Warner Bros. not go any detour. His own videos, coupled with the invisible influence, directly gave Warner Bros. the revenue of the six giants, and also allowed Kevin Tessulha to be promoted to Time Warner CEO.

As for Jeff Robinoff, he is even more famous. He has been a senior film and television production company in Warner Bros. for 17 years. During this period, his shadow flashed behind the scenes of "Batman" with a box office of more than $2 billion, "Inception" with a box office of more than $800 million, and "Hangover" with a box office of more than $1.3 billion, and "Gravity" with a box office of more than $1.3 billion, and "Gravity" with a multiple Oscar awards.

With his stable management style and keen market insight into sequel movies, he successfully took the position of Warner Bros. President.

Even if Wayne thought about it, he did not recall any information about Allen Horn. It was just that the name was very familiar with the sensitive feeling. It was obvious that driven by various reasons, he chose to support Bruce Rosenblum without hesitation.

The turmoil that Warner Bros. is still far away from now on. Wayne just ordered Ninado to stare at Warner Bros., turn around and continue to focus on the upcoming movie "The Flash" and the awards stage that he needs to attend from time to time.

Time slowly moved forward in his busy schedule. The media hyped the voice of "The Flash" duel against "Godzilla", and gradually stopped as the awards season entered the high nest. On February 10, 1998, the North American Academy of Film Arts and Sciences officially held an Oscar nominee luncheon and announced all the films that were shortlisted for the 70th Academy Awards.

The Oscars have a total of 24 regular awards, 1 honorary award and 5 science and technology awards. At the same time, the nominee luncheon will be broadcast live to the world by ABC TV.

The development of Hollywood in recent times can be considered as a turbulent one. The strong appearance of "Titanic" at the end of 1997. The Oscar-winning New Year mentioned by people in the circle has made audiences and related practitioners in the entire North American society develop a strong curiosity about this year's Oscar.

The film "Titanic" was not beyond the expectations of most people. It became the biggest winner at the Oscar nominee luncheon that day. At the same time, the film also broke a record and won the film with the largest number of nominations for the Academy Awards with an unprecedented 14 nominations.

In fact, many people have expected this result. Just before the Oscar Nominee Lunch, the North American box office of "Titanic" had exceeded 450 million US dollars. In this data, it is only ranked behind "Batman: The Dark Knight". It cannot be ignored that there are still crazy audiences going to the theater to buy tickets and watch repeatedly.

If we add the achievements made outside Shanghai, the global box office of "Titanic" has accumulated more than 1 billion US dollars, and the upward trend has not slowed down much. Now, no one even the so-called film market experts can see how deep the market potential of this film is.

The Oscar nominee luncheon has not ended, and the entire North American public opinion has been quarreling. The cause is the unprecedented 14 nominations for the Titanic.

In comparison, the results announced by the nominees at lunch, which caused a large-scale movie storm and also crushed the entire world's film market this year, were shocked by countless people. There were only 8 nominations, which obviously stirred the sensitive nerves of countless media.

Yes, "Titanic" is not a non-realistic film, but the film has a strong commercial attributes that everyone knows.

Since the North American Academy of Film Arts and Sciences has bowed to the box office of "Titanic" of over one billion dollars, or has bowed to the market, why do we treat "Batman: The Dark Knight" differently? It is hard to bring it because "Batman: The Dark Knight" is a non-realistic film? This is obviously a bit unrealist.

Since we have decided to bow to the market, since we cannot ignore the huge box office of over one billion US dollars and treat it differently, it is refuted with the fairness that the academy claims, especially "Batman: The Dark Knight" is still the first box office in film history, and both the North American box office and the global box office are undisputed first.

What excites countless media even more is that the 8-way nominations received by "Batman: The Dark Knight" fully demonstrate the academy's contempt for the film.

Best Supporting Actor, Best Makeup, Best Sound Effect, Best Sound Effect, Best Visual Effect, Best Art Direction, Best Editing, and One Best Photography. Just from the nomination list, you can see that there is no sufficient award.

The attitude of the academy is obviously abnormal, with no such thing as Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Actress, etc., which is really too different from the treatment of "Titanic".

On the day when the nominee luncheon ended, the entire North American public opinion pointed to the fairness of the college. Not only ordinary audiences, but also a large number of people in the circle did not understand. They did not understand why the college has bowed to the market, and they still had to stick to the last bit of ideas and choose to ignore non-realistic films.

In fact, to put it bluntly, is the difference between a commercial film and a non-realistic film? As long as you have watched "Batman: The Dark Knight" and "Titanic", the fool knows that the former is far higher than the latter's rough fan love in terms of artistic nature.

Just early the morning after the Oscar nominee luncheon, almost all media reported on their main pages. The Los Angeles Times, like a pioneer, publicly began to complain about Batman: The Dark Knight:

"The biggest nomination ever made by the Oscars!

On February 10, 1998, the North American Academy of Film Arts and Sciences officially held a nominee lunch at the Beverly Regent Hotel. "Titanic" led the way with unprecedented 14 nominations. "Batman: The Dark Knight" by Wayne Greenberg, the king of Darkness of Hollywood, received only 8 nominations in the technical category, which is the biggest nomination for the Oscars in decades!

From "The Joker" to "The Dark Knight" now, it seems that the academy is like invisible to see Wayne Greenberg's greatness. Especially now, the box office number one in film history is the best work that combines market and art worldwide, and even no one!

What is the judging criteria for the college? What are the reasons for the voting of the judges participating in the voting? Many things are unknown. After obtaining the relevant nomination results, our newspaper urgently launched a questionnaire on the streets and theaters on the streets and theaters, and the results will definitely shock the eyes of all Oscar judges.

According to the interviews of 920 fans, more than 800 fans said that Wayne Greenberg won the Best Director of the Golden Man "The Walker", which is far less great than "Batman: The Dark Knight". More than half of the audience, wondering about the fairness of the Oscars, said that they will not watch this award ceremony..."

Similar reports include authoritative entertainment media such as "Hollywood Reporter", "Entertainment", and "Premiere". Several authoritative media have relatively consistent views. They all believe that even if the academy does not like non-realistic films, they should not completely ignore the greatness of "Batman: The Dark Knight", and they should not be perfunctory to only give 8 technical nominations.

For a time, the remarks about the academy in the entire North America were surging, which made countless people unexpected, such as "The Oscar has no fairness!", "The Academy's move will ruin the Oscar's reputation for nearly a hundred years!" and other arguments are booming.

The topic is getting hotter and hotter, and it spreads out of North America at a speed that no one expected. Even Europe, a traditional film that has always looked at Wayne's films with a critical attitude, has expressed relevant opinions on this matter, and has been sarcastic about the Academy and Oscars.

"Julia, stop! Change this close-up of Barry Allen's preparation to run with a spare push shot."

In the Warner Studios studio and the post-production studio of "The Flash", Wayne watched the film that had been completely edited. The sudden sound came out, and it was obvious that he had a new idea at this time.

"Boss, will this close-up keep the mirror lifting now be better?"

Gilmo, the deputy director, held his hands in front of his chest. He heard Wayne stop and wanted to change again, frowned slightly, turned around and asked in a low voice.

Julia also turned her head and looked at her junior who was thinking with her chin with one hand. Replacing a camera is nothing, but she was afraid that after replacing this camera, the series of connected cameras at the back would have to be rescheduled, and the workload would have increased a lot invisibly.

"Change!"

After thinking for a while, Wayne waved firmly and looked at the editor Julia. "I need to let the audience enter Barry Allen's heart and feel the "pleasure" of empathy with him."

“Ok.”

Julia shrugged, turned around and repeated his request in a low voice. "The close-up of Barry Allen before running was changed from a mirror to a push-up mirror."

The movement of cameras in movies is far less complicated than ordinary people imagine. Simply put, there are only eight types, namely push, pull, shake, move, follow, rise, fall, and throw.

Especially the two most commonly used by directors are the two types of pushing lenses and pulling lenses, such as the close-up of Barry Allen running that is about to be replaced. The push lenses are easy to understand. It is the camera gradually pushing the subject, which is equivalent to gradually pulling the distance from the subject from the audience's perspective.

The extensive use of the protagonist's shots in the movie will also produce an effect that will allow the audience to enter the protagonist's heart.

Many directors like to use this technique extensively. Pushing the camera will inspire the audience's subjective feelings. For example, the close-up of Barry Allen's push can make the audience feel a illusion of empathy and experience the pleasure brought by speed together.

Usually this method is more used in art films. The slow-advanced shots can allow the audience to enter the character's heart and better feel the emotions the director wants to output. It is not that complicated in commercial films. The reason why it is used in this way is simply to increase the audience's pleasure.

While Julia was adjusting the video, Nina gently pulled Wayne's sleeve, waited for him to turn his head in confusion, and whispered to report: "Because of the nomination issue of "Batman: The Dark Knight", there has been a big fuss outside. The chairman of the college called Jeff, hinting that you would better come forward in person and make some clarifications to the media."

Wayne knows better than anyone else that the reason why the academy did this was simply that he had received all the honors the year before, and in addition, "Batman: The Dark Knight" does not have any attitude to fight for, so everything is actually very normal.

Coincidentally, when "Batman: The Dark Knight" and "Titanic" are put together, it is easy to feel unfair. In addition, the media has hyped up the trend for popularity, which has led to the current situation of the public being criticized.

After a smile, Wayne nodded and ordered the assistant lady: "Okay, let's arrange it simply. The work of "The Flash" has reached its last moment, and I don't have much time to waste it on it."