Heads Up Hollywood

"I haven't settled with him for the matter of "Six Feet Under" last year, but now I'm coming to this matter with me." Tang En snorted coldly, with a grim expression on his face, "Especially the meaning of this reception...Everyone understands, Is he competing with me here, is he trying to show me off?"

Tosca Musk lowered his voice, "How about I work it out, the second season of "American Idol" will not be aired on CBS, and ABC or FOX will do."

Tang En pondered for a while, then shook his head, "Don't worry, give Lei Shidong a while to see his reaction."

He has just acquired Universal Pictures, USA Television Network and other assets, which have not yet been integrated.

The most important thing right now is to stabilize the overall situation and avoid turmoil in the management.

If "American Idol" is really withdrawn from CBS, then Redstone will go crazy!

"American Idol" brought Tang En Pictures nearly 700 million US dollars in revenue, and the telecom share alone was close to 100 million US dollars. CBS's income from this program is only a lot more.

Showtime is just a trivial matter. The rebroadcast copyright of "Six Feet Under 2" is far from that important to Lei Shidong. But if Lei Shidong's money is cut off at CBS, this old guy will never let it go.

Of course, Tang En was no longer afraid.

If Lei Shidong really turned his back on him, then Tang En wouldn't admit that he was cowardly, and he would just do it at worst!

In the previous life, both Viacom and Disney suffered losses.

In this life, if Tang En cooperates with Disney, won't Lei Shidong be destroyed?

"By the way, there is one more thing." Tosca Musk's face changed slightly, "The heads of several of Hollywood's largest film companies are present, except for two."

"who?"

Tang En's face turned serious, very serious.

If you don't show up at such a time, you will lose face completely.

"Harvey Weinstein at Miramax and John Carley at Sony Pictures," Tosca Musk replied softly.

Tang En showed a little thoughtful expression.

Harvey Weinstein is reasonable. The whole of Hollywood knows that Twain dislikes Harvey Weinstein, and this fat man is Kirk Douglas' dog leg.

Even if he came, Tang En would definitely not give him a good face.

But John Carley was surprised. As the chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures, he didn't come to Tang En's "enthronement reception"?

Did he look down on Twain, or did he look down on the strength of the joint venture of "Twain Pictures + Universal Pictures"?

Are you confused?

"But Ms. Pascal, the person in charge of Columbia Pictures, is here, and she apologized to me just now." Tosca Musk said slowly.

Tang En thought for a while, then waved his hand, "Call her over."

Five minutes later, Amy Pascal came over, and Twain also ended his pleasantries with several Warner executives including Barry Meyer and Bruce Berman.

"Twain, do you need me?"

"Oh, Amy? Hehe, it's nothing serious, it's just strange that I don't seem to see Mr. John Carley."

Amy Pascal's face tightened, and he said bravely: "He is already in his 70s, and he doesn't have enough energy."

"Really?" Tang En glanced at her, "If I remember correctly, Mr. Murdoch and Mr. Redstone are both older than him, right?"

Amy Pascal was speechless.

Tang En stopped beating around the bush, and asked directly: "Does he have a problem with me? I remember... I never offended him, right?"

Amy Pascal hesitated for a moment, and said with a bitter face: "Tang En, you know, because of the "Bad Boys 2", Will Smith and Sony Pictures fell out. Will even said, He won't be in Men in Black 3 again."

"Men in Black 2" produced by Sony Pictures was released on July 3, and it will be released tomorrow. It will start to move to the video tape and DVD market, and withdraw funds as soon as possible.

This film has a North American box office of 190 million and an overseas box office of 250 million.

The total investment is 140 million, and the total box office is 440 million.

This result may not be eye-catching, but for Sony Pictures, it is already a very beautiful result.

During the period when Sony was deeply in the crisis of false accounts and its stock plummeted, Sony urgently needed to be rescued through the entertainment industry.

But at this time, Sony Pictures and Will Smith had a conflict, and even refused to star in "Men in Black 3", which shows the depth of the conflict.

Tang En said without changing his face: "The crew of "Bad Boys 2" replaced Will Smith with Bruce Willis, it has nothing to do with me, right? The culprits are Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay. I just reminded you kindly, don't use those two people, they are outdated!"

Amy Pascal shook her head, "John Carley believes that it is because you suppress Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay in the industry that Will Smith is afraid and doesn't want to work with them. It also directly led to major conflicts in the crew of "Bad Boys 2", which led to the project having to replace the leading actor."

Tang En almost didn't laugh out loud, there was such an explanation.

Amy Pascal sighed and said, "Mr. Carley is very dissatisfied with you. He thinks you caused the conflict between Will Smith and Sony Pictures."

Tang En sneered, "It's really well-founded! This John Carley, I think he is old-fashioned, isn't he? After "Bad Boys 2" fails at the box office, let's see how he steps down!"

Amy Pascal looked ugly.

"what happened?"

“I was in charge of Bad Boys 2.”

"Huh?" Tang En was a little surprised, "I heard that John Carley forcibly pushed forward this project? And he was the one who specifically approved the dismissal of Will Smith."

Amy Pascal was very helpless, "Maybe he is too old and doesn't have the energy to supervise the film project himself."

Tang En said sarcastically: "Older? I think it's shirking responsibility! Amy, I'm not saying that John Carley's film skills are not very good, but he plays tricks but can't beat him. What are you doing?" be cheated!"

"It's impossible." Amy Pascal seemed to appreciate it, "I can become the person in charge of Columbia Pictures because of his support."

Tang En looked at her deeply, "Amy, in my opinion, looking at the entire Hollywood, among all the female executives, your ability ranks in the top three."

Amy Pascal smiled softly, "Thank you."

"To be honest, Hollywood's oppression of women is too cruel, not only female producers, female directors, actresses, but also female executives. In contrast, the female executives of Tang En Pictures are lucky." Tang En said lightly.

Amy Pascal forced a smile.

This is the general environment, not something she can decide.

Paramount's chairman and CEO, Shirley Lansing, earns an annual salary of $850,000.

Amy Pascal's annual salary is only 500,000 US dollars, even if the performance bonus is included, the annual income is more than 3 million US dollars.

There is no comparison with male executives.

Tang En showed a mysterious smile and told her quietly, "In Hollywood, there are only three female executives whose annual salary exceeds 1 million US dollars. One is Nina Jacobson, the other is Katherine Kennedy, and the other is Tosca Musk, they have one thing in common, do you know what it is?"

"They are all your subordinates."

Amy Pascal bit her lip, with a look of unwillingness on her face.