Heads Up Hollywood

Whether Disney is chaotic or stable, it has nothing to do with Tang En.

His cooperation with Michael Eisner is a business relationship, but his personal relationship is very bad, and he is not interested in providing free services.

Michael Eisner obviously knew this too, paused, "What do you want?"

Tang En smiled and said, "Why don't you sell ESPN to me?"

Michael Eisner was speechless with anger, ESPN is the largest source of Disney's revenue, is it possible to sell it?

"Just kidding." Tang En laughed, "That's it, you should have heard the rumors, I intend to acquire Universal Pictures, as well as the related assets of Vivendi Entertainment."

Michael Eisner said: "Well, it's been rumored for over a year."

Tang En said: "You know, Vivendi is now... internally chaotic, the situation is unstable, the debts are high, and the conflicts between shareholders and management are much more serious than Disney. I plan to quote Universal Pictures this summer."

Michael Eisner frowned, "Does this have anything to do with me?"

"Of course, hehe, I need your help. We are partners!" Tang En smiled, "That's right, you have also seen Comcast's ambitions. They are making plans for the content industry. If Vivendi releases With the news of the sale of American entertainment assets, I fear Comcast will have a foot in it."

In the previous life, when Vivendi wanted to sell its assets to pay off its debts, several major companies in the United States investigated the financial situation of Universal Pictures and planned to acquire them: General Electric, Comcast, and Lionsgate.

Needless to say, Lionsgate has no such qualifications.

Comcast was rejected by Vivendi because its bid was too low.

Ultimately, Universal Pictures and General Electric's NBC Group merged to form NBCUniversal Entertainment.

But now the situation has changed, because of Tang En's appearance, the emphasis on the content industry has been greatly improved, and Comcast started to deploy the content industry earlier.

Twain was afraid that Comcast would increase the offer and compete with him for Universal Pictures, Universal Music, Blizzard Games and other related assets.

Michael Eisner was puzzled, "What do you want me to do?"

Tang En whispered: "You should know that Comcast intends to acquire Disney. Your old subordinate...Steve Burke has been hired as the president of Comcast."

Michael Eisner sneered, "Wishful thinking!"

Tang En said slowly: "Michael, your current situation... I also understand that Roy Disney launched an organization to oppose you because they think there is no hope in sight and that Disney lacks potential under your leadership. If this At that time, Comcast invited Disney to..."

"Huh?"

Michael Eisner's face flashed a bit of pondering.

Yes, if Comcast says it wants to acquire Disney at this time, it shows that Disney has good development potential, and Comcast values ​​it very much!

This completely contradicts what Roy Disney and Stanley Gold said.

This is a slap in the face!

Moreover, now that Disney and Tang En Pictures are actively promoting cooperation, at least on the surface, there is indeed a lot of room for performance growth.

"You mean Comcast and I are going to play tricks and put their energy on Disney and talk about a Comcast-Disney merger in case they interrupt your acquisition of Universal Pictures?" Michael A. After turning his mind a little, Sina figured out Dunn's idea.

Tang En didn't hide it, and said with a smile: "In my opinion, Vivendi sells its assets to repay its debts. It is an inevitable choice. If there is one less competitor asking for a price, I can also pay less."

Michael Eisner said lightly: "Even if Comcast doesn't make a move, other companies will. General Electric has long wanted to spin off the NBC television network."

Tang En said lightly: "You don't need to worry about this, General Electric...I'll take care of it!"

Twain had a good relationship with Jack Welch, the "overlord" of General Electric, and the latter was also a consultant for Twain Films. Moreover, the business of NBC has been very bad in the past few years. CBS and ABC are competing for the top position.

With "American Idol" and the upcoming "Big Brave", NBC's performance will only get worse! Worse than previous life!

It's pretty simple, if NBC and Universal merged as they did in previous lives, GE would have to pay more.

This is Tang En's advantage.

Michael Eisner hesitated, "If I do this, I will offend Comcast."

Tang En laughed out loud, disapproving, "Comcast? .”

"Maybe."

Michael Eisner responded helplessly.

Tang En was satisfied, "Okay, then you can ask the Disney Animation Department to send me a copy of the relevant materials of that batch of cartoons later. I will personally pay attention to the film projects that we cooperate with!"

"It's best if you can be a director." Michael Eisner said without thinking.

Tang En rolled his eyes, "Do you think it's possible?"

Michael Eisner smiled awkwardly.

Tang En said: "Okay, then this matter is settled. Also, didn't Natalie and I sing a song together, the MV has already been filmed. But I don't plan to put the MV on Viacom's MTV channel Play, when the time comes, ABC Television Network will follow."

Michael Eisner's eyes lit up, "Good thing! No problem!"

"Just Want This" is the most popular song at the moment. The North American record sales have exceeded 25 million, and overseas records are also being released one after another.

In the MV of this song, Twain and Natalie will definitely appear, right?

The degree of attention can be imagined!

...

On May 14th, the 25th episode of "American Idol" was aired. At this time, it was already the knockout stage, and the situation became more and more anxious. Almost every teenager in the United States secretly voted with their mobile phones.

And the interruption of this show, a more than 4-minute MV was inserted, which directly caused the ratings of the entire show to directly increase to 48 million households!

Here's the music video for "Just Want This" by Don Walker and Natalie Portman!

In the familiar melody, the footage of the MV...is shocking!

"I read old books, those ancient legends and boundless mysteries

like odin and his booty

such as sol and his gifted thunder force

And Spider-Man's control

Invincible with Daredevil's Iron Fist

I'm obviously not in the same league as them

..."

In the picture, there is a "Spiderman" flying with spider silk among the Manhattan buildings in New York, a deep and cold "Daredevil" in the night, an "Iron Man" flying in the sky in a steel helmet, and a ghost motorcycle with a head on fire. "Ghost Rider" and "Ant-Man" who instantly become smaller like dust...

For a moment, the audience in front of the TV was stunned.

Is the MV still filmed like this?

In the past MVs, singers danced and sang on the screen, with Michael Jackson as the typical representative and the singer himself as the biggest attraction.

But this MV...

All are superheroes!

That's all for Spider-Man, what happened to the rest of the cool heroes?

Especially the "Ghost Rider" riding a ghost motorcycle, holding an iron chain, with a flaming head but golden eyes. Although it is only a few seconds of footage, it is too cool and exciting!

This is not like an MV at all, it's the visual effect of a blockbuster movie!

It was so shocking!

"As long as one can give me something to cling to

you who let me kiss

that's all i want

that's all i want

this is what i want

That's all..."

The song came to an end almost in the blink of an eye, and the audience in front of the TV opened their eyes wide, looking at the MV screen in surprise, it's great!

I can't stop thinking about it!

It's a pity that Dunn Walker and Natalie Portman never showed up.

However, the singing is over, and the song has the last part of the epilogue.

The video of the MV was still going on. At this time, the singers of the song Tang En and Natalie finally appeared!

They were in the recording studio, wearing big earbags, with their eyes closed, singing intoxicated.

At this moment, the wall behind him was smashed open.

A tall and strong green monster broke in, slapped Tang En and Natalie away with two slaps, stared at the big red eyes, and muttered: "It's over, let's sing What about lip-syncing?"

The previous series of brilliant special effects made people breathless with excitement.

The last scene finally made the audience in front of the TV smile knowingly.

"Ha ha!"

"Who is that green monster?"

"Hulk!"