hollywood draw

Just after lunch time, taking advantage of the lunch break, Warner Bros. had a temporary internal meeting due to the special favors. After deliberately blocking Bruce Rosenblum, it will be held in a small conference room in the film and television production department.

"Allen, I suggest you put away all the ideas you should have and shouldn't have."

In the office of the director of the Warner Bros. Film and Television production department, a young man with a Hebrew accent leaned on an office chair with his legs crossed, watching the director of the Warner Bros. Film and Television production department pack up his things.

With his arms folded in front of his chest, his body turned left and right with the office chair. From his attitude, he could see that when facing this Warner Bros.'s real power figure, his whole body was very relaxed.

"With my favor and face, I can only help you meet Jeff Robinoff alone this time, unless you are sure to impress him. Listen, Alan, even if you can handle Jeff Robinoff, you still have to find a way to deal with Wayne Greenberg! Tsk tsk tsk tsk, although he has no actual rights within the group, as long as he doesn't nod..."

Listening to the young man's nagging, Allen Horn automatically blocked the jokes in the other party's words, put a few prepared documents into his bag, and nodded silently.

After all the preparations were made, he sat down on the boss's chair behind the desk, widened his eyes and looked at the man opposite him seriously.

"This is Hollywood, Vivi. From the first day I entered this circle, I understood something early. Working hard may not change any result, but if you don't fight for it, then no one will be destined to see your ability!"

The young man named Vivi shrugged relaxedly, patted his hands hard, got up and tidyed up the buttons of his suit top, while saying casually: "Okay, you're right. But I can only help you this time, you know, if I over-intervention in Warner Bros., Kevin Teshura and many Time Warner shareholders will have big opinions."

As an executive who has been in the circle for many years, Allen Horn himself has his own unique connections. It can be seen just by Jeff Robinoff's promotion to Warner Bros. CEO and he took over as the head of the film and television production department.

In terms of personal abilities alone, he is not as amazing as Jeff Robinoff and others. Even the various projects he led before were still focused on stability.

However, in such a grouped large company, being able to work for decades without any major mistakes, it itself represents a manifestation of ability.

Moreover, in the past year, Allen Horn found his biggest supporter, the young man with a Hebrew accent in the office, Avi Niwo. The other party is the largest private investor of Goldman Sachs Group and the largest individual shareholder of Time Warner Group.

No one knows the real background of this young man, but this Russian-born Israeli American, who is in his early thirties, controls amazing wealth.

Although this young Jewish rich man in Israel did not appear frequently in Hollywood in Los Angeles, if he switched to New York, he would be the center of all media and a big star in the upper social circle.

Many media, business, Internet, and Hollywood tycoons have maintained good relationships with this young man. For example, the chairman of News Corporation James Murdoch, Bill Gates of Microsoft, Yang Zhiyuan of Yahoo, as well as many senior executives of Google, Universal Pictures, Time Warner, presidents of major North American TV networks, and several authoritative newspaper CEOs are basically all regular customers at his party and cocktail party!

From this point alone, we can see how extraordinary the power and status of this young Jewish rich man in Israel was. Coincidentally, Allen Horn met this young man at a Time Warner cocktail party a year ago, and in some things, the two hit it off.

Why did the Black Cat Girl project appear? There must be Wayne, Warner Bros.'s senior executives and shareholders, but the reason why he dared to launch this project in a legitimate way is because Ivey Niwo is standing behind it.

Allen Horn knew very well that Wayne Greenberg would come to the company this afternoon to discuss plans for DC's follow-up projects. He didn't have much time left and he had to find a way to do something.

Another thing that made him very angry and terrified at this time. The new DC executive president who had a good conversation with him some time ago submitted a resignation letter to the DC Comics Board of Directors and Warner Bros. in just one week!

This is simply abnormal. Allen Horn has been operating with Warner Bros. for more than twenty years, and of course he has his own connections and channels. After a little understanding, he realized that all of this was all done by Bruce Rosenblum's poisonous snake.

What is now obvious is that all those who hinder the development of the DC series are enemies of Bruce Rosenblum and Jeff Robinoff.

Before entering the small conference room, Allen Horn took a deep breath. He knew that only by persuading Jeff Robinoff could he retain a glimmer of hope to climb to a higher place.

Otherwise, when Bruce Rosenblum frees up his hand, the next bad luck must be himself. The former executive president of DC has a unclean butt. Is his butt clean?

“Hi, Vivi.”

"Hi, Jeff..."

Looking at the two people who were greeting each other, Allen Horn's mind was spinning rapidly, thinking about how to speak to impress the CEO of Warner Bros., the most prestigious CEO of all time.

But he didn't give him too long to think about it. After a simple greeting between Jeff Robinoff and Ive Niwo, he immediately turned his attention to Allen Horn.

Whether in terms of personal emotions or work, Jeff Robinoff is not very comfortable from the bottom of his heart. From the other party's standpoint, doing these actions is pointing to a goal, that is, to enhance his influence within the group, and fortunately, he took over the position of CEO after retirement.

But from the current CEO's standpoint, he was not optimistic about the other party's actions at all. The reason is very simple. The other party's actions not only pointed at Bruce Rosenblum alone, but also affected his planning.

"Jeff, I need a chance, an opportunity to prove that I can create greater benefits for Warner Bros...."

Frowning slightly, facing Alan Horn's words, Jeff Robinoff glanced at Ive Niwo, who was sitting aside, and resisted the desire to interrupt the other party.

"Believe me, Jeff, I have done a lot of market research." Allen Horn saw a hint of impatience on the other party's face, and obviously speeded up his speech. "Wayne Greenberg has laid a solid enough foundation for DC. Now he has started to make more videos of other DC characters, which has great guarantees in terms of success rate.

I believe you have noticed that Jeff. In today's North American film market and even several Hollywood movie dumping sites overseas, DC superhero movies are in short supply. Wayne Greenberg's plan is very good, but he is just a film director and needs to film one after another slowly. This is too slow, and it is a major opportunity to create greater benefits!

Think about the box office results of "X-Men", Jeff, just this morning, the global box office of "X-Men" has approached 400 million US dollars, and I believe you can see more clearly than me! We are fully capable of occupying all markets, and DC is also capable of dominating the entire superhero market!"

"Are you finished speaking? Alan." He shook his head helplessly. Of course, Jeff Robinov knew that the other party was talking about the facts in some aspects, but he had his own position and it was impossible for him to nod and support the other party's plan.

At this time, Allen Horn was obviously a little anxious. He saw that his reasons had not changed the other party's thoughts at all. He immediately turned his eyes to Avi Niwo, who was smoking leisurely.

"Jeff."

After receiving the gesture of his eyes, Avi Niwo curled his lips in his heart and finally chose to speak.

"Vivi, I respect you very much, ok?"

However, before Avi Niwo said anything, Jeff Robinoff put away all his smiles, turned his head to look at him with a serious expression, and said first: "I will forget all the conversations in this small conference room after leaving this door. But Vivi, I hope you can give me enough respect for the internal affairs of Warner Brothers!"

No one can deny that even if Jeff Robinoff's current status is gained by everyone's respect even if he wins the senior management of Time Warner.

It's nothing, because under his leadership, Warner Bros. became Hollywood's number one film company, and this achievement has not been achieved briefly. In recent years, Warner Bros.'s revenue has firmly suppressed other companies, leaving other Hollywood film companies with no hope of surpassing them at all.

Executives who can bring benefits to everyone are good executives. It can be said that Jeff Robinov's huge reputation is built up with strong revenue figures.

"no, no, no, Jeff, you misunderstood me."

Facing the Warner Bros. Ceo who suddenly turned cold, Ivey Niwo still had no choice, but his strong social skills played an important role at this time. "I swear, I have no idea of ​​interfering in the Warner Bros. But Jeff, what I want to tell you is the reason why Allen Horn convinced me!"

"Ahh?"

He tilted his head and glanced at Allen Horn. Jeff Robinoff took out a huge cigar and began to light it carefully with a spray gun. Obviously, he was also interested in this question. Yes, he was very curious about how Allen Horn convinced the largest shareholder of Time Warner.

Seeing that he started to tilt his head and light a cigar, Ivey Niwo slowly laughed and said directly: "The reason Allen gave me is that a DC without Wayne Greenberg can create more benefits for Warner Brothers and Time Warner!"

Speaking of this, even Jeff Robinoff could not help but nodded with a cigar in his mouth. There is no doubt that in every DC movie, Wayne took away the terrifying money figures for ordinary people. Although he created even greater returns, in the eyes of capital, this is naturally not what we see.

If it were in the first two years, no one would have thought about this problem. After all, from Hollywood thinking, the benefits created by Wayne are simply not worth mentioning compared to the benefits he took.

But as time goes by, the DC series of movies has already had a strong enough foundation, and the entire series has countless fans and fans around the world. From the perspective of capital, it is completely time to test the achievements of DC characters after they leave Wayne.

This has been the case in North American society since ancient times. The conventional practice is definitely to kick Wayne away. Don’t talk about favors and contributions. Putting those things in front of interests will make you a pool of shit from Chiloro!

"Listen to me, Jeff."

Seeing Jeff Robinoff smoking a cigar in big mouths, he was obviously thinking, Allen Horn quickly continued to add to the fire. "The reason why I launched the "Catwoman" project was supported by a large number of reliable market research data. The character of Catwoman can naturally gain the popularity of Batman.

Moreover, the status of this character in DC comics can be guaranteed that even if the film fails, it will definitely not affect important dramas led by the three giants of justice! We can use Catwoman as a market test, and Catwoman can also be independent of the current DC universe. Jeff, believe me..."

"Believe in you?"

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Jeff Robinoff. "What do you want me to trust you?"

Even if Allen Horn's voice was about to smoke, it obviously did not change his attitude. After patiently listening to all the other party's plans, Jeff Robinoff saw all the intentions clearly.

"Jeff, my plan can create more benefits for Warner Brothers." Allen Horn seemed to have not seen the face of Warner Brothers Ceo, ignored the sarcasm in the other party's eyes, and continued with a shameless face: "I only need one opportunity to prove it to you..."

"A chance, ha." No one expected that Jeff Robinoff interrupted him again, and this time he spoke more firmly. "Allen, what you said is actually not wrong. From the perspective of Warner Brothers CEO, I was almost moved by you, but!

But have you ever had an important question. If I support your plan within the company and give you this opportunity to test the market, what would Wayne Greenberg think? What would he say? What actions would he do? Do you really treat him as a film director? Sneer!"

Warner Bros. CEO's words made Allen Horn and Ivy Niwo both stunned.

"You make me believe you, tell me, what reason should I use to believe you? I believe you can create a series of big-selling DC movies outside of Wayne Greenberg's plan? Putting aside the difficulty of the project, the core lineups such as directors and actors, even if "Catwoman" gets the results you want, what can you do?

If the "Catwoman" you produce can guarantee a box office of more than 600 million US dollars in North America, a global box office of more than 1 billion US dollars, an offline copyright operation profit of more than 1 billion US dollars, and a continuous achievement of such results, it may be worth my risk to bet for you!

Have you ever thought about what would happen when he felt that Warner Bros. was not in the same mind as him? I tell you that he would immediately take away all Warner Bros. shares, with Greenberg Studio, with the huge potential, and turn around and join Twentieth Century Fox!

Believe me, Twentieth Century Fox would love Warner Bros., and even Mr. Murdoch of News Corp., will definitely not be stingy with the equity of Twentieth Century Fox! Ivey, you are friends with Mr. Murdoch, you should know if he can do it!"

The small conference room returned to silence, and Jeff Robinoff's cold words were like a basin of ice water, which awakened the other two people from head to toe.

In fact, the most important thing is what he just said, "Do you really treat Wayne Greenberg as a film director?" This sentence is very important. Ivey Neywo and Allen Horn were reminded that Wayne Greenberg is not the director in the circle at all and can be kneaded by the film company at will.

Think about his nickname among other people in the circle. The media called him "King of Darkness in Hollywood" and "the dazzling black pearl on the crown of Hollywood movies", but in private, people in the circle called it "that dark madman!" and "dark tyrant"!

On the surface, Wayne has been so smooth that it is surprising. People only saw his rapid growth rate and the ability to balance business and art, but ignored that almost every movie he has been accompanied by the most fierce competition along the way!

That's right, no matter which Hollywood's top director is fighting bloody all the way, including a good guy in the circle like Steven Spielberg. But who is as young as Wayne who has fought to this position now?

Until now, when his project is released, there will still be other film companies competing. It cannot be ignored that the current competition uses the most conventional means, and which film company dares to use derogatory means that crosses the red line?

Don't think that film companies suddenly become kind. They dare to burn George Lucas's "Star Wars" film, dare to use animal protection organizations to stop Steven Spielberg's project, and dare to use more despicable means to expose all the dark materials of their competitors and make their competitors despise by all North America overnight.

But in the past two years, they have never used similar methods to Wayne. The reason is very simple. All film companies know that once they cannot knock down Wayne in one blow, they will face this dark madman and have crazy revenge.

This is a mental illness that can be used to lose one's own interests and disrupt the summer season for the whole year in order to exhale! No one will forget how "X-Men" came about.

Without any scruples, even Jeff Robinoff's evaluation of Wayne, the top ones are "short-minded", "conservative thinking", "very possessive", "old-school machismo in Hollywood", etc.

That is, Wayne is deeply tied with Warner Bros. But based on the man's personality, as long as Warner Bros. gives a signal that both parties cannot continue to support him fully, this man will definitely clear the equity in his hands without hesitation and turn to find a more suitable collaborator.

Just like when he left the 20th Century Fox, he came to Warner Bros. to start from scratch without hesitation!

Compared to 1991, Wayne is not that little person now, and he doesn't even need to start over. Major Hollywood film companies will welcome him into the company like God.

"Allen, Ivy, do you know? Actually, I'm not worried at all. Wayne will switch to five other major film companies in Hollywood."

After nearly half of a cigar, Jeff Robinoff raised his wrist and looked at the time. He made an appointment with Wayne, Zach Schneider and others to meet at 2 pm. Seeing that time was still too late, he simply explained everything, hoping to eliminate all the hidden dangers inside Warner Bros. at one time.

Judging from the current progress of DC movies, he will be ready to retire within three years at most. The other time doesn't matter, but in the past two years before he retires, he will never want any accidents.

Warner Bros. CEO's words instantly aroused the interest of Ivy Niwo. "Jeff, what do you mean?"

Rearing on the chair, Jeff Robinoff whispered: "Don't forget, who is behind the reason why "Save Private Ryan" was released by Warner Bros.!"

"Hiss..." Allen Horn took a deep breath.

"f**k, DreamWorks!" Ivey Niwo also swears in a rare way.

Nodding silently, Jeff Robinoff looked at Ive Niwo, shrugged and continued: "Vivi, don't say you don't understand, Wayne Greenberg's position in the Jewish circle in North America! Once he was also told by Steven Spielberg to join DreamWorks, Hollywood will really change the world!"

The most easily overlooked thing in normal times is undoubtedly Wayne's status in the Jewish circle. That's right, he never likes socializing. Even in various Jewish gangs, he is basically unable to see him, as if work and female stars are the whole of his life.

But not being in contact does not mean that he does not have the ability to mobilize these connections!

At first, all Jewish tycoons engaged in the media industry only regarded Wayne as a junior with unlimited potential. However, as his achievements became greater and greater, his influence within the Jewish circle was also increasing day by day.

Another thing that cannot be denied is that his code of conduct since his debut is to allow all collaborators to get the benefits they deserve. A person who knows how to share the benefits will always be the one who everyone wants to cooperate most. With the bonus of his own Jewish identity, as long as he wants to, the resources he can mobilize will definitely be scary.

"Tsk tsk, to be honest, I'm quite looking forward to such a scene."

Ivey Niwo shook his head and laughed and joked: "Once Wayne Greenberg joins DreamWorks, Hollywood's seventh largest will really come. Not even that DreamWorks will expand into a giant in a few years. With his name as a guarantee, countless Jewish masters will reach out to support them."

So far, some media reports in North America are still called the seven major Hollywood film companies. In addition to Warner Bros., Twentieth Century Fox, Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Walt Disney, Sony Columbia, there is also MGM United, the most unworthy large film company.

Even though MGM United has been glorious and has left behind a huge library of film resources, in fact, many years ago, basically no one regarded it as a Hollywood giant, and the current six majors will not allow MGM United to rise again.

But DreamWorks is definitely the most promising company at this stage, breaking through the siege of the six major Hollywood giants, at least on the surface.

"Okay, the time is almost over, let's get here today."

Jeff Robinoff looked at the time again, got up and hugged Ive Niwo. "When I go to New York next time, I will definitely have some drinks with you."

After saying that, he turned to look at Allen Horn, thought for a while, and said, "Allen, if I were you, I will continue your previous work style. Believe me, this is your best way out at this stage. Give you a suggestion, Allen, find time to ask Wayne to play a ball with you, etc."

After saying that, he stopped at all, and he clamped half of the burning cigar and pushed open the door of the small conference room.

Avi Niwo, who was still there, looked at Allen Horn and shook his head helplessly, whispered: "Jeff's advice is pretty good. He has already hinted very clearly. Allen. You must use your strong social skills to make up for the troubles you have been asking for during this period. This is the most appropriate way."