Hollywood Hunter

Chapter 292 Greed is good!

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Clive Davis, president of Alistar Records, did not believe that Daenerys Entertainment would make such an irrational decision to kill eight hundred and lose a thousand, and heard Nancy Brill's face-to-face notification , he argues with Nancy in consternation and anger, and remembers to contact Simon Westeros, he thinks Nancy Brill is making up his own mind.

Simon's answer can be imagined.

However, Clive Davis remained unconvinced that Daenerys Entertainment would suspend sales of the "Bodyguard" soundtrack, and the two sides were deadlocked for a whole day, with news inevitably reaching the media.

As of September 17 last Sunday, "Bodyguard" has been released in North America for 15 and a half weeks, with a total box office of 116.35 million US dollars. However, when Daenerys Entertainment and Alista Records announced that they would stop the sale of the original soundtrack of "Bodyguard" due to a dispute over the share, the film, which had already begun to wrap up in North America, once again attracted intense media and public attention.

Regardless of Clive Davis' reaction, the "Bodyguard" soundtrack did stop shipping, and all overseas work on it in Europe and Asia also stopped.

The strictness of copyright protection in Western countries is well known.

The dispute between Daenerys Entertainment and Alista Records was originally limited to the unidentified division. If Alista Records insisted on selling the original sound record of "Bodyguard" after the appeal of Daenerys Entertainment, which shared the copyright, this involved infringement. copyright.

The division dispute can be easily resolved as long as the two parties reach an agreement, and even if it goes to court, Alistar Records is unlikely to lose too much. But when it comes to copyright, a $1 copyright lawsuit asking for a $100 claim is not too much, and Daenerys Entertainment is enough to put Alistar Records in bankruptcy.

On September 20, seeing that Daenerys Entertainment had no intention of making any gestures, and truly stopped all business activities of the "Bodyguard" soundtrack record, Clive Davis finally woke up.

Daenerys Entertainment has many other revenue bases, and the lack of income from the "Bodyguard" soundtrack is almost negligible. However, this record is the revenue pillar of Alista Records. According to the original forecast, this record alone will probably contribute to more than 70% of Alista Records' profits this year.

Obviously, it is completely self-evident which side this record is more important to.

Just after eight o'clock in the morning, Clive Davis arrived at the headquarters of Alistar Records on Oliver Avenue in Burbank after suffering all night, and reporters squatted nearby before him.

Clive Davis had just parked his car in the public parking lot next to the company's headquarters when a group of reporters surrounded him. He pushed the door and got out of the car with a blank expression, and all kinds of questions suddenly sounded in his ears.

"Mr. Davis, will you settle with Daenerys Entertainment?"

"Are Alista Records going to sue Daenerys Entertainment?"

"Will Alistar's parent company Bertelsmann Music Group intervene in this matter?"

"Whitney is rumored to be working on her second film, will this have a negative impact on her development in Hollywood?"

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"Clive, will you be fired for causing so much damage to the company?"

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Clive Davis squeezed the crowd towards the company office building without saying a word, and suddenly heard this question ringing in his ears, this question touched his most worrying area, he couldn't calm down, turned his head. The past responded angrily: "I didn't cause any loss to the company, you should ask Simon Westeros, that greedy bastard is the culprit behind all this."

The group of reporters became even more excited when they heard the words.

This kind of irrational scolding in the air is simply the most popular material for the media.

"Clive, you mean it's Simon Westeros' fault?"

"Isn't it? Just because of some minor disputes, he forcibly stopped a good record enough to be recorded in the history of music, which is completely blasphemous. Of course, I'm sure that bastard definitely doesn't think it's blasphemy, because He only sees money in his eyes. Otherwise, why do you think he can be the richest man in the federation."

"However, according to Daenerys Entertainment's announcement, the cause of this incident is that Alistar engulfed Daenerys Entertainment's due share."

"Of course they would say that from their own standpoint. If it wasn't for Whitney's song, such a shit movie might not even get back 10 million at the box office, they've made enough profits, but they're not satisfied, To squeeze more out of Alistar, in my opinion, it's all just greed."

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After some venting, Clive Davis finally entered the office building of Alista Records. However, his comments about Simon Westeros being 'extremely greedy' and that "The Bodyguard" was 'shit' quickly spread, with similar topics quickly popping up on a local TV station in Los Angeles and on the national CNN news channel, And sparked a wider discussion about the incident.

As another party to this matter, or as a party wishful thinking by the media and some people, Simon met Janet at Los Angeles International Airport at one o'clock in the afternoon, and then boarded the plane with his entourage, which was still rented. The incoming Boeing 767 flew directly to Milan, Italy.

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On, Simon just made a decision, and he didn't plan to participate in the follow-up.

Clive Davis' remarks spread, and Daenerys Entertainment also made a counterattack for the first time, accusing Alista Records of being really insatiable, completely engulfing Daenerys Entertainment in "Bodyguard" A quarter of what should be earned on an acoustic record is not even greedy anymore, it's a total crime.

In fact, people in the circle can probably understand why Daenerys Entertainment reacted so violently to the behavior of Alistar Records engulfing the share of "Bodyguard", which is obviously killing chickens. Therefore, although she is still very happy with Daenerys Entertainment on the surface, it is inevitable to make some small movements to stir up the wind and rain in private, so that Daenerys Entertainment cannot completely control public opinion.

Whitney Houston fans also jumped out to join in the fun, gathering outside Daenerys Entertainment headquarters in Santa Monica and Burbank, demanding that Daenerys abandon targeting her idol.

Clive Davis actually started to regret after saying that. However, since the situation is irreversible, he can only hold on to it, expecting Daenerys Entertainment to take the initiative to do it under the pressure of public opinion and fans. make concessions.

Daenerys Entertainment certainly couldn't budge.

In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Nancy Brill stated that unless Alista Records accepts Daenerys Entertainment's financial audit, pays all the shares due to Daenerys Entertainment and makes compensation, otherwise, The "Bodyguard" soundtrack will never be on the market again.

Affected by Nancy's remarks, the price of a small number of "Bodyguard" soundtracks still circulating on the market has risen accordingly.

As the parent company of Alista Records, the German Bertelsmann Music Group was quite fortunate that it took over this nearly bankrupt record company from rca two years ago because of the release of the "Bodyguard" soundtrack. Now, seeing that after the incident, Clive Davis not only did not take measures to ease the situation, but also obviously dragged the situation to a more out of control point, and quickly decided to intervene.

One of the Bertelsmann Music Group executives flew to Los Angeles from Germany the day after Simon flew to Italy. The first thing he did when he arrived was to announce that Clive Davis would be on indefinite leave and take over Alli The operation of Star Records, opening negotiations with Daenerys Entertainment.

Italy.

Simon's residence in Milan is located on the shore of the famous Lake Como in the north of the city. The mansion is about two acres. It is built on a hillside overlooking Lake Como, surrounded by dense woods. It can only be reached after a forest path of more than one kilometer long, and the privacy is very strong.

Today is September 22.

Gucci's Spring/Summer 1990 show was scheduled on the morning of the 23rd. Simon and Janet arrived at Milan local time on the afternoon of the 21st. They just went to the city to see the last rehearsal of the show, and some activities at the opening ceremony of the Milan Fashion Week. Neither of them participated, and the two returned to the scenic mountain villa to rest again.

In the blink of an eye, they haven't seen each other for more than a month. Compared with socializing with many strangers, the two prefer to stay together and talk small talk.

However, there are not only Simon and Janet in the villa, of course, bodyguards and the like are not counted. In addition to Jennifer, the female assistant, Natasha Kinski, who came to Milan to support the Gucci fashion show, also lived in. Because she was busy preparing for this big show, Sophia Fisher didn't live here this time.

Milan is still in the Mediterranean climate, but because it is inland, the weather here is very cool after autumn, and the warm sunshine in the afternoon is suitable for sunbathing.

Janet was lying on a lounger by the swimming pool in the courtyard, covering her tightly in the sun, casually flipping through some news from Los Angeles.

After a while, the woman squinted her eyes and said to Simon, "Do they say you are a greedy guy?"

Simon was flipping through a local newspaper in Milan, and he heard the words skillfully repeating the classic line from "Wall Street": "greed is good, greed is right, greed works!"

"Humph."

Janet was dissatisfied with Simon's display, and her little feet in thin socks came over and scratched Simon's body.

Women are afraid of getting tanned even on their feet.

Simon raised his leg and easily pressed Janet's little foot under it, and said, "Do you want to go to the city to play at night?"

Janet immediately became interested: "Just the two of us?"

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