~： Seven hundred and ten - do you really think of him as a film director?

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

"Alan, I suggest you put away all the thoughts that you should and shouldn't have."

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

With his arms on his chest, his body turned left and right with the office chair. From his attitude, he could see that his whole body was very relaxed when facing the powerful figure of Warner Bros.

"With my favor and face, I can only help you to ask Jeff Robinoff alone this time, unless you are sure you can impress him. Listen, Alan, even if you can get Jeff Robinoff , you have to find a way to get Wayne Greenberg! 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 babble, Alan Horn automatically shielded the other party's ridicule, put a few prepared documents into his bag, and nodded silently.

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

"This is Hollywood, Vivi, from the first day I stepped into this circle, I understood one thing early. Working hard may not change the result, but if you don't fight for it, then No one is destined to see your abilities!"

The young man named Vivi shrugged his shoulders relaxedly, clapped his hands hard, got up and straightened the buttons of his suit jacket, and said casually, "OK, you are right. But I can only help you this time, you know. Kevin Tesuhara and a lot of Time Warner shareholders would have a lot of opinions if I over-interfere with what's going on inside Warner Bros."

As a senior executive who has served in the circle for many years, Alan Horn himself certainly has his own personal connections. After Jeff Robinoff was promoted to Warner Bros. CEO, he took over the position of director of the film and television production department. One or two can be seen.

Just in terms of personal ability, he is not as amazing as Jeff Robinoff and others. Even in the various projects he has led before, stability is the main focus.

But in such a large group company, being able to serve for decades without any major flaws itself represents a kind of ability.

And, in the past year, Alan Horn has found his biggest supporter, the young man in the office with a Hebrew accent, Ivy Niwo. The other party is Goldman Sachs Group's largest private investor and Time Warner Group's largest individual shareholder.

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

Although this young Israeli Jewish billionaire does not appear frequently in Los Angeles and Hollywood, if the location is changed to New York, he is the center of all media and a big star in the upper social circle.

Many media, business, Internet, and Hollywood bigwigs have maintained a good relationship with this young man. For example, James Murdoch, chairman of News Corporation, Bill Gates of Microsoft, and Yang Zhiyuan of Yahoo. As well as many high-level executives of Google, Universal Pictures, Time Warner, Paramount and the presidents of major TV networks in North America, and CEOs of several authoritative newspapers, basically all of them are regulars at his party!

From this point alone, you can see how unusual the power status of this young Jewish rich man in Israel is. Coincidentally, Aaron Horne met the young man at a Time Warner reception a year ago, and in some things, the two hit it off.

Why did the project of Black Catwoman appear? There must be some elements of testing Wayne, the executives and shareholders of Warner Bros., but the reason why he dared to launch this project in a proper way is because of Ivy Niver standing behind him.

Alan Horn is very clear that Wayne Greenberg will come to the company this afternoon to discuss plans for DC's follow-up projects. His time was running out and he had to figure out a way to do something.

There was one more thing that made him very angry and terrified at this time. The new CEO of DC, who was clearly talking to him a while ago, submitted a letter of resignation to the board of directors of DC Comics and Warner Bros. in just one week!

This thing is simply too abnormal. Alan Horn has been in business at Warner Bros. for more than 20 years, and of course he has his own contacts and channels. After a little bit of understanding, he knew that it was all the work of that serpent Bruce Rosenblum.

The things in front of you are obvious, everyone who hinders the development of the DC series is all the enemies of Bruce Rosenblum and Jeff Robinoff.

Before walking into the small conference room, Alan Horn took a deep breath. He knew that only by persuading Jeff Robinoff could he retain any hope of climbing to a higher place.

Otherwise, when Bruce Rosenblum frees his hand, he will definitely be the next unlucky one. The former CEO of DC has an unclean ass. Could it be that his **** is clean?

"Hi, Vivi."

"Hi, Jeff..."

Looking at the two who were greeting each other, Alan Horn's mind was spinning extremely fast, thinking about the way to speak that would impress the most prestigious CEO of Warner Bros. in history.

But he didn't give him too long to think about it. After Jeff Robinoff had a simple exchange with Ivy Niver, he immediately turned his attention to Alan Horn.

Jeff Robinoff is not very comfortable both personally and at work. From the position of the other party, doing these actions all point to a goal, that is, to increase your influence within the group through methods, so that you can take over the position of ceo after you retire.

But from the position of the current CEO, he is not optimistic about the opponent's actions at all. The reason is very simple. The opponent's actions not only point to Bruce Rosenblum, but also affect his planning.

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

Frowning slightly, facing Alan Horn's words, Jeff Robinoff glanced at Ivy Niwo, who was sitting beside him, and resisted the desire to interrupt him.

"Trust me, Jeff, I've done a lot of market research." Alan Horn saw a trace of impatience on the other side's face, and obviously speeded up his speech. "Wayne Greenberg has already laid a solid foundation for DC, and now he starts to make more films of other characters in DC, which has a very great guarantee of success rate.

I'm sure you've noticed it too, Jeff. In today's North American film market, and even in several overseas Hollywood movie dumping places, DC superhero movies are in a state of short supply. Wayne Greenberg's plan is very good, but he is just a film director, and he needs to shoot one film after another slowly, which is too slow and delays a major opportunity to create greater benefits!

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

"Are you finished? Alan." He shook his head helplessly. Of course Jeff Robinoff knew that the other party was in a certain way, and what he said was the truth, but he had his own position, and it was impossible to nod to support the other party's plan. .

At this time, Alan Horn was obviously a little anxious. He saw that his reasons did not change the other party's thoughts at all, and immediately turned his attention to Ivy Niwo, who was smoking leisurely.

"Jeff."

Received the gesture from the eyes, Ivy Niwo curled his lips in his heart, and finally chose to speak.

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

However, before Ivy Niwo could say anything, Jeff Robinoff put away all his smiles, turned his head to look at him with a serious face, and said first: "All the conversations in this small conference room are going out. After this door, I will forget all about it. But Vivi, the internal affairs of Warner Bros., I also hope you can give me enough respect!"

No one can deny that the current status of Jeff Robinoff, even if he is in the top management of Time Warner, will still be respected by everyone.

Without him, because under his leadership, Warner Bros. became the No. 1 studio in Hollywood, and it was not a short-lived achievement. In recent years, the revenue of Warner Bros. has firmly suppressed other companies, so that other Hollywood film companies have no hope of surpassing.

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

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

In the face of the suddenly cold-hearted CEO of Warner Bros., Ivey Niver still had nothing to do, but his strong social skills played an important role at this time. "I swear, I have absolutely no intention of getting involved with Warner Bros. But what I want to tell you, Jeff, is what Aaron Horn convinced me!"

"Aha?"

Tilt his head and glanced at Alan Horn, Jeff Robinoff took out a huge cigar and carefully started to light it with a spray gun. Obviously, he is also interested in this question, yes, he is very curious about how Aaron Horn persuaded the largest shareholder of Time Warner.

Seeing that he started to tilt his head and light his cigar, Ivey Niver smiled slowly and said directly: "The reason Allen gave me is that a DC without Wayne Greenberg can serve Warner Bros., Time Warner creates more revenue!"

Speaking of this, even Jeff Robinoff couldn't help but nodded with a cigar in his mouth. There is no doubt that in every DC series of movies, Wayne has taken away money that is terrifying to ordinary people. Although he has created even greater profits, in the eyes of capital, things are naturally different. of.

In the first two years, no one would have thought about this issue. After all, from the perspective of Hollywood, the benefits Wayne created were nothing compared to the benefits he took away.

But with the passage of time, the DC series of movies has had a strong enough foundation, and the entire series has countless fans and fans around the world. At this time, from the perspective of capital, it is completely time to test the achievements of DC characters after leaving Wayne.

North American society has been like this since ancient times. The normal practice is to definitely want to kick Wayne away. Don't talk about human feelings and contributions. Those things are just a pile of **** when you put them in front of your interests!

"Listen to me, Jeff."

Seeing Jeff Robinoff smoking a cigar, he was obviously lost in thought, and Alan Horn hurriedly continued to add 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 attract the popularity of Batman.

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

"I believe you?"

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

Even though Alan Horn's voice was about to smoke, he obviously didn't change his attitude. After listening patiently to all the other party's plans, Jeff Robinoff could see all the intentions clearly.

"Jeff, my plan can create more benefits for Warner Bros." Alan Horn didn't seem to see the face of Warner Bros ceo, ignored the sarcasm in the other side's eyes, and continued cheekily: "I just need a chance , I can prove it to you..."

"A chance, ha." No one expected that Jeff Robinoff interrupted him again, this time with a more determined tone. "Alan, what you said is actually not wrong. From the perspective of the CEO of Warner Bros., I was almost persuaded by you, but!

But have you ever asked an important question, if I support your plan within the company and give you this opportunity to test the market, what will Wayne Greenberg think? What will he say? What action will there be? Do you really think of him as a film director? laugh! "

The words of the CEO of Warner Bros. stunned Aaron Horn and Ivy Niver.

"You make me believe in you, you tell me, why should I believe you? Believe that you can create a series of blockbuster DC movies again outside of Wayne Greenberg's plan? Put aside the difficulty of the project. , director, actors and other core lineup, even if "Catwoman" achieves the results you want, so what?

If your production of "Catwoman" can guarantee a box office of more than 600 million US dollars in North America, a billion US dollars at the global box office, and a profit of more than 1 billion US dollars in offline copyright operations, and you have achieved such results in a row, it may be worth my risk bet for you once!

Have you ever thought about, with Wayne Greenberg's character, what will happen when he feels that Warner Bros. is not with him? I tell you, he will immediately sell all the shares of Warner Bros., take the huge potential of Greenberg Studios, turn around and join 20th Century Fox!

Believe me, 20th Century Fox would have liked Warner Bros. to do this, and even Mr. Murdoch of News Corporation would definitely not be stingy with the equity of 20th Century Fox! Ivey, you are friends with Mr. Murdoch, you should know if he can do it! "

Silence returned to the small conference room. Jeff Robinoff's cold words were like a basin of ice water, which woke the other two from head to toe.

In fact, the most important thing is actually what he just said, "Do you really think of Wayne Greenberg as a film director?" Lenhorn was reminded that Wayne Greenberg is not one of those directors in the circle at all, who can be arbitrarily kneaded by the studio.

Think of his nickname among other insiders. The media called him the "King of Hollywood's Darkness" and "the dazzling black pearl on the crown of Hollywood movies", but in private, insiders called him Be "that dark lunatic!" "Dark tyrant"!

On the surface, it seems that Wayne's journey has been smooth sailing. People only see his rapid growth rate and his ability to balance both business and art, but they ignore that he has been accompanied by the fiercest competition in almost every film along the way!

That's right, no matter which of the top Hollywood directors, they all fought **** battles along the way, including good people in the circle like Steven Spielberg. However, who is as young as Wayne, fighting for this position now?

To this day, when his project is released, there are still other studios competing. What can't be ignored is that the current competition uses all the most conventional means, and which film company dares to use sublime means that cross the red line?

Don't think the studios have suddenly become kind. They dare to burn George Lucas' "Star Wars" film, they dare to use animal protection organizations to stop Steven Spielberg's project, and they dare to use even worse. The means to get rid of all the black material of the competitors, let the competitors be spurned by the whole North America overnight.

However, in the past two years, they have never used similar means to Wayne at all. The reason is very simple. All film companies know that once they can't knock Wayne down with a hammer, they must face this dark lunatic and send out Crazy revenge.

This is a mental illness that can try to lose one's own interests and disrupt the summer vacation for the whole year in order to exhale! How the X-Men came to be, no one will ever forget.

Without hesitation, even Jeff Robinoff's evaluation of Wayne ranked first as "narrow-minded," "conservative," "extremely possessive," and "old-school Hollywood macho." "and many more.

That is, Wayne and Warner Bros. are deeply bound, but based on the character of this man, as long as Warner Bros. gives a signal that the two sides cannot continue to fully support him, this man will definitely clear the equity in his hand without hesitation and turn his head. Find a more suitable collaborator.

Just like leaving 20th Century Fox and starting over at Warner Bros. without hesitation!

Compared with 1991, the current Wayne is not that little guy. He doesn't even need to start over. The major Hollywood studios will welcome him into the company like God.

"Alan, Ivey, do you know? Actually, I'm not worried at all. Wayne will switch to five other major Hollywood studios."

About halfway through a cigar, Jeff Robinoff raised his wrist and glanced at the time. He and Wayne, Zach Snyder and others had an appointment to meet at two o'clock in the afternoon. Seeing that there was still time, he simply explained everything, and wanted to eliminate all hidden dangers within Warner Bros. at one time.

In terms of the current progress of DC movies, he will be ready to retire in three years at most. Other times don't matter, but in the two years before his retirement, he never expects any more accidents.

The words of the CEO of Warner Bros. instantly aroused the interest of Ivy Niver. "Jeff, what do you mean?"

Leaning on the chair, Jeff Robinoff said in a low voice, "Don't forget, who is behind the matchmaking behind the reason why "Saving Private Ryan" was released by Warner Bros.!"

"His..." Alan Horn took a sharp breath.

"F**k, DreamWorks!" Ivey Niver also uttered a rare foul language.

Nodding silently, Jeff Robinoff looked at Ivy Nevo, shrugged and continued: "Vivi, don't say you don't understand, Wayne Greenberg's status in North American Jewish circles! Once he Also persuaded by Steven Spielberg to join DreamWorks, Hollywood is really going to change!"

One of the most overlooked things is undoubtedly Wayne's status in Jewish circles. That's right, he has never liked socializing, and even in social occasions of various Jewish gangs, he is basically invisible, as if work and female stars are the whole of his life.

But not having contact, doesn't mean he has no ability to mobilize these contacts!

Initially, all the Jewish bosses in the media industry just regarded Wayne as a junior with unlimited potential. However, as his achievements became bigger and bigger, his influence in the Jewish circle also increased day by day.

There is one more thing that cannot be denied. Since his debut, his code of conduct is to allow all collaborators to get the benefits they deserve. A person who knows how to share interests will always be the person everyone wants to cooperate with the most. With the addition of his own Jewish identity, as long as he wants to, the resources that he can mobilize are absolutely scary.

"Tsk tsk, to be honest, I was looking forward to such a scene."

Ivy Niver shook his head, laughed and joked: "Once Wayne Greenberg joins DreamWorks, Hollywood's seventh largest will really come. Not even that, DreamWorks will be in a few years, UU Reading swells into a behemoth, and with his name as a guarantee, there will be countless Jewish bosses who will stretch out their hands to support him."

Up to now, 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 MGM United, the most misnamed major studio.

Even if MGM United was once brilliant, leaving behind a huge film library resource, in fact, as early as 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 to break through the confinement of the six Hollywood giants, at least on the surface.

"Okay, it's almost time, let's get here today."

Jeff Robinoff glanced at the time again, got up and hugged Ivy Nevo. "When I go to New York next time, I will definitely have a few drinks with you."

After he finished speaking, he turned his head to look at Alan Horn, thought about it, and said, "Alan, if I were you, I would continue your previous work style. Believe me, this is the best way out for you at this stage. Your advice, Alan, find some time to ask Wayne to play a ball or something."

After speaking, he didn't stop there, he held the half-burning cigar and pushed open the door of the small conference room.

And Ivy Niver, who stayed in place, looked at Alan Horn and shook his head helplessly, and said in a low voice, "Jeff's suggestion is quite good, he has already hinted it clearly, Alan. You must now It's the most appropriate way to use your strong social skills to make up for the troubles you're looking for during this time."