Heads Up Hollywood

As the celebration reception began, more and more well-known figures showed up, including Chinese-American director Ann Lee, DreamWorks tycoon Jeffrey Katzenberg, horror master George Romero, kung fu superstar Jack Chen , British director Ridley Scott...

Even Columbia Pictures chairman Amy Pascal and MGM distribution president Robert Levine made appearances.

Amy Pascal is a very capable female elite. She was originally a secretary. Relying on her bold and aggressive personality, she rose step by step and gained a heavyweight right to speak.

At first, she had planned to acquire the copyright of "Spider-Man", but unfortunately, at that time, Twain made a decisive move and won Marvel. Later, she intended to buy the copyright of "Fantastic Four", but Twain still refused.

This time, her purpose is clear, which is to operate Columbia Pictures and become the second partner of Legendary Pictures!

Tang En's words were flickering, and he did not express his position directly.

MGM is getting old, and it produces about 20 films every year, which is not a lot, but only the "007" series and "Hannibal" series have really hit the box office.

Moreover, MGM made two major wrong decisions, inviting John Wu to film "Windtalker" and launching a series of blockbuster cooperation with Tom Cruise.

Within two years, it will definitely fall into bankruptcy crisis.

At this time, it is absolutely impossible for Twain to cooperate with MGM!

"Are you very close to 20th Century Fox?" Taking a moment to spare, Tang En quietly came to Michael Ovitz's side.

The matter of platter investment has a lot to do with it. Even Tang En couldn't make a conclusion in one word, and had to consider it all.

In particular, we must have enough respect for the partner Michael Ovitz.

"Well, during this period...I met Tom Rothman several times, and we had a good chat." Michael Ovitz glanced at Tang En and lowered his voice, "I know there were some misunderstandings between you in the past, but …Recently, Fox has clearly shown weakness…”

Tang En waved his hand, "There's no need to mention this. It's impossible for me to affect the company's interests because of personal conflicts. Legendary Pictures belongs to all shareholders, not me."

This is not a hypocritical show.

The reason why Legendary Films was able to successfully attract investment from Wall Street was mainly because Tang En used his personal reputation as a guarantee.

Although Wall Street and Twain were once in dire straits, they have cooperated several times, which is not bad, and Twain has a guarantee of credibility.

Now Legendary Films is running smoothly in Hollywood, far away from Wall Street.

If at this time, Tang En manipulated Legendary Films privately for his own self-interest, regardless of the interests of shareholders, then the reputation he had built up with great difficulty on Wall Street would be wiped out.

Tang En will not do things that are not worth the candle.

What's more, Twentieth Century Fox is not Disney. Even when the two companies were fighting hardest, Fox has always abided by the rules and belongs to the category of normal market competition.

It is not the enemy of life and death, and there is still room for relaxation.

Like Disney, once they get angry, they will issue a banning order. In order to put Tang En Pictures to death, they would rather hurt themselves than hurt others. There is basically no possibility of resolving the conflict.

Michael Ovitz was satisfied with Tang En's answer, "I have resigned from the position of CEO of the AMG agency, and the focus of my work has fallen on Legendary Pictures. During this time, I have conducted a large-scale and detailed investigation, I think there are two companies that are more in line with our cooperation requirements."

"Twentieth Century Fox?"

"Well, there's Universal!"

Tang En's face changed slightly, "Universal can't do it!"

Michael Ovitz smiled, "I know what you mean, so I never considered Universal. During this period, my communication with Tom Rothman was quite pleasant."

Tang En pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "Twentieth Century Fox launched the "X-Men" series, and then launched the "Planet of the Apes" series. The income in the next few years will be considerable, and it is indeed more investment than Paramount and Columbia. prospect."

Michael Ovitz breathed a sigh of relief, "It's good if you think about it this way. These first two deals will definitely attract the close attention of Wall Street. We must produce a satisfactory report card in order to win more deals." invest."

More investment means that Legendary Pictures has a more important position in the industry!

Tang En's eyes lit up, "More investment? Could it be..."

"That's right!" Michael Ovitz's face showed the pride of power, "The current economic situation in the country is not very good, many private equity funds can't find suitable investment industries, and even some private equity funds have hoarded funds that have exceeded Ten billion dollars! Film assortment investment is a new field in the investment industry, and many fund managers are paying attention."

Tang En narrowed his eyes, "You mean... Legendary Pictures is very likely to get another huge investment in a short period of time?"

"As long as the second investment is successful enough, I am sure to get the second round of financing before March!"

"What mode?"

"Maybe it's debt priority, maybe it's middle-level financing. It doesn't matter. For Legendary Pictures, the money in hand is the most important thing!"

Tang En was amused by Michael Ovitz's words.

This is the domineering of Hollywood!

The money is in the accounts of Legendary Films, and they are active in Hollywood... Hehe, how to spend it, isn't it all up to you?

"Yes, when necessary, we can give up part of the management shares to facilitate better attracting investors!"

Tang En is also a dark heart. On the basis of maintaining his basic reputation, he is of course willing to see Legendary Pictures develop and grow at the fastest speed.

As for that meager share... To be honest, he never expected to rely on Legendary Pictures to make money. High-tech companies are the key areas for wealth explosion.

His biggest purpose of investing 100 million US dollars in Legendary Films is to buy power and status in Hollywood!

Just like now, another high-pitched shout came from the door: "Ms. Shirley Lansing, chairman and CEO of Paramount Pictures, is here!"

As the host, Tang En was going to greet him according to the ceremony, and Michael Ovitz quickly said, "In that case, do you also agree with 20th Century Fox?"

Tang En smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "Michael, you are the chairman and CEO of Legendary Pictures, and I'm just a named director."

Michael Ovitz laughed, "Little fox!"

"Don't say anything about this matter." Tang En covered his mouth and lowered his voice, "There will be a big show to be staged in a while, these film company bosses, you need to comfort them."

Michael Ovitz raised his brows and tightened his heart, "Twain, don't mess around!"

"Don't worry, I know what's going on!"

Tang En smiled wickedly.

Michael Ovitz was a little nervous. What kind of tricks is this guy going to play?

...

Soon, at the celebration reception of "Chain Saw", all the talents and big shots gathered.

Not only the executives of established film companies such as Universal, Paramount, 20th Century Fox, Columbia, Warner, and MGM all appeared, but also the executives of emerging companies such as DreamWorks, Lionsgate, and Legendary Pictures. .

There were also big-name directors such as George Lucas, Martin Scorsese, Ridley Scott, and Clint Eastwood in costumes.

The entire reception seemed to be a gathering place for Hollywood bigwigs!

A small B-movie "Saw" caused a sensation in the industry, surpassing "Spider-Man" and "Titanic" that year, and the grandeur was unprecedented!

Of course, anyone who cares understands that the appearance of the big brothers' hand in hand is not to congratulate the big sale of "Chain Saw" at all, but to have no intentions.

George Lucas was a lobbyist for 20th Century Fox, Ridley Scott was a lobbyist for Universal, Martin Scorsese was a lobbyist for Paramount...

In short, Legendary Pictures' second platter investment order has become a must for Hollywood giants!

Many young actors at the reception, like the young Australian actress Rose Byrne, didn't know the inside story, and were completely shocked by the scene in front of them.

She has no contact with Twain, but has a good relationship with Natalie Portman. In "Star Wars Episode 2", she replaced Keira Knightley as the maid beside Queen Amidala .

She will appear at the celebration reception of "Chain Saw" because of the request of the Australian Association: "As long as you have time, you must attend this party!"

Senior Cate Blanchett told her that Twain has a good relationship with Australian actors, if she wants to have a better development in Hollywood, she can take Twain's boat.

She vaguely heard the deep meaning in Cate Blanchett's words.

Are you going to sleep with him?

Rose Byrne is young, she has dreams, pursuits, and aspirations, she doesn't like this way!

However, at this moment, she was dumbfounded by what happened before her eyes!

She really didn't expect that Dunn Walker, who was about her age, would have such great power and status!

All the bigwigs in Hollywood and many big-name directors surrounded Tang En, shouting and embracing, as if there was an aura of responding to everyone.

This is so shocking!

And when another announcement came from the door, Rose Byrne's eyes were full of little stars, and her heart trembled so much that she almost fainted. Another super big person came to the scene——

"Disney Chairman and CEO, Mr. Michael Eisner is here!"

...

Tang En talked and laughed happily with the big guys, and seemed to have endless politeness. When it was announced at the door that Michael Eisner was coming, the atmosphere in this small circle suddenly froze.

Michael Eisner, he's here too?

This small circle is full of prominent figures in the industry, so of course they are aware of the conflict between Tang En Pictures and Disney.

Last time at the celebration reception of "Spider-Man", Michael Eisner came uninvited, and made a lot of jokes, which attracted the contempt of his colleagues in the industry.

Now... the celebration reception of "Chain Saw", he is here again!

What is this for?

God?

crazy!