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Tang En heaved a long sigh.

Some helpless.

At the same time, he also affirmed the correctness of closing the MGM label.

It just sucks!

This year, MGM will release 19 new films this year, of which 15 are bad films.

There is no way, these movies have either been finished or more than half of them have been shot, and it is impossible to cut them off.

Only the sequel movie "Barbershop 2", the remake movie "Megatron", the sequel movie "Agent Cody 2", and the black movie "Flying Soul" are slightly interesting.

That's just a little something to watch.

The production fee of "Barbershop 2" was US$30 million, and the box office was US$65.97 million; the production fee of "Megatron" was US$46 million, and the box office was US$57.22 million; the production fee of "Young Agent Cody 2" was US$26 million, and the box office was 28.82 million $10,000; "Flying Soul" had a production fee of $16 million and a box office of $14.82 million...

None of them can make it back through the box office market!

At this level, what is the need for MGM to exist?

Furthermore, among the several projects that MGM was approving and had project approval ideas, Tang En rejected 5 in a row and only kept 3.

The producers of MGM are nothing but vegetarians, wasting the company's money!

Get out with Kirk Kerkorian!

Closing MGM Pictures is imperative!

However, the news cannot be announced yet.

It's the awards season. Under New Universal, there are many movies that are popular in the awards season - "Lost in Translation", "The Devil", "The Pentium Age", "Finding Nemo", "Gone Girl", "True Love" Supreme"...

The news of the closure of MGM will be quite shocking. Once announced, it may affect the treatment of these films during the awards season.

New Universal would like to postpone the announcement until after the awards season.

However, this kind of news must not be concealed.

Many projects of MGM have been cut off. The 19 films that were originally scheduled to be released this year turned out... only 8 films had the opportunity to enter the cinema.

The remaining 11 films will be released directly in the form of DVDs and videotapes.

Fend for yourself!

This is an unabashed slap in the face!

A full 11 movies have been canceled!

How disappointed must the New Universal Film and Television Entertainment Department be with MGM to make such a drastic decision?

After several years of hard work, MGM produced 11 films, which were shot down internally without even having the chance to enter theaters.

Isn't this too cruel?

How dissatisfied is Dunn with these people in charge of MGM?

No matter how bad the movie is, if it is made, there must be a chance to enter the big screen in the cinema, right?

Even small-scale screenings are fine. Could it be that these movies can’t even be sold in movie theaters for the hundreds of thousands of dollars in copying and distribution fees?

The direct result of New Universal's thunderbolt method is that it has attracted resistance from the existing management of MGM.

Then...the news that New Universal wanted to shut down MGM spread like wildfire and was exposed.

"Hollywood Reporter": "According to insiders, after MGM, one of the eight major film studios in Hollywood, was merged into New Universal at a sky-high price of nearly 4.5 billion U.S. dollars, the development situation is not optimistic. The fate of the film company."

"Montreal Film Magazine": "Recently, MGM has made a major announcement, canceling the release plan of as many as 11 films this year and switching them to DVD distribution. You know, movies released directly in the form of DVD are usually cost-effective. An extremely low-budget small film below $200,000. According to the news, Hollywood tycoon Don Walker is very pessimistic about MGM’s business and has the idea of ​​closing MGM.”

"Entertainment Weekly": "MGM announced that 11 films including "Dust Factory", "Good Boy", "Dark Tide" and "Code 46" have canceled their release plans. Especially "Code 46", played by the famous actor Ti Tom Robbins and Samantha Morton starred, and the production cost was as high as 8 million U.S. dollars. Canceling the release plan of these 11 films, New Universal will bear as much as 25 million U.S. dollars in production cost losses. Tang En's courage It is unmistakable, and at the same time, it also makes us deeply worried about the future of MGM."

"Time": "The chairman and CEO of MGM Pictures Harry Sloan accepted our telephone interview. He claimed that he has infinite love for MGM, but no one knows where the future will go. He couldn't feel the new company's love for MGM. All of MGM's businesses have stagnated, and all ongoing projects have been taken away by companies such as Universal Pictures and Rose Pictures. Now MGM, Like a criminal waiting to be sentenced."

Newsweek: "MGM is dying..."

...

"Damn it, I knew that Harry Sloan was a bastard! He's Kirk Kerkorian's son!"

In Tang En's hand, he held a copy of the interview record of current MGM CEO Harry Sloan, with an angry expression on his face.

Lang Meyer has been adjusted by Barry Meyer, and he is mainly responsible for the social public relations in the entertainment industry. He shook his head and said: "According to the practice of Time Magazine, they rarely report on uncertain events in order to be positive. The content is mainly based on the content. This time I suddenly care so much about MGM..."

"I know, Ted Turner!"

Tang En snorted coldly.

Lon Meyer pondered for a while, and said: "Now, there are more and more rumors from the outside world, and many of the remarks are very irresponsible. We need to clarify as soon as possible and make the truth public, otherwise... it will seriously affect our corporate image .”

Those MGM employees are left to fend for themselves.

No matter how low morale was, Dunn didn't care.

However, now that the turmoil is so big that it has already affected the employees of New Global, it is necessary to give a reasonable explanation to the whole society and internal employees.

The truth is the most powerful weapon to clear up rumors.

"In this case, let's hold a press conference, and I will attend in person to explain this matter."

"ah?"

Ron Mayer froze for a moment.

As the main person in charge of the public relations department, he can arrange the speeches of other people, make all external statements consistent, and present them to the public in a posture that best suits the current interests of New Global.

However, Tang En was different.

Tang En has no control over what he wants to say!

The current New Universal, but the wave is not smooth, and the wave is rising again!

The debate on feminism is not over yet, and the acquisition of Discovery Communications and the sale of Sillywood Animation have also been ridiculed by the industry. Now, MGM Pictures is about to be shut down again. If it is not handled properly, New Universal will be more and more on the cusp.

Be careful, be careful, be careful!

"It's really not me who picks things up. If you want to blame, you can only blame those people for being too stupid!"

Dunn knew about Lang Meyer's worries, but he didn't take it seriously.

His face was gloomy and his eyes were sharp.

At the beginning, when dealing with the Les Moonves incident, Redstone personally called him to persuade him, and wanted Tang En to stop it in moderation and not make a big fuss. In exchange, he promised that when something happened to MGM in the future, he would contact a few old guys and come forward to coordinate.

But what happened?

Now it has spread throughout the United States that New Universal is going to close MGM Pictures, and almost all the media are criticizing Tang En's practice of killing the chicken and taking the egg.

On Lei Shidong's side, he remained silent and did not move.

This damn is treachery!

Harry Sloan wants a lesson, Kirk Kerkorian wants a lesson, Ted Turner wants a lesson, and Redstone wants a lesson!

Lang Meyer knew that Tang En's character was more than strong but not maneuverable, so he had no choice but to say: "If you want...to reveal our attitude to the society with righteous words, it is best to be clever and divert the contradiction."

Tang En laughed loudly: "Yes, that's what it means, divert the conflict!"

At this time, Shirley Lansing came here with a radiant face, allowing her to report to work in person, and skipping directly to Tang En's office, it was probably the work of the New Universal Women's Rights Foundation.

Sure enough, Shirley Lansing said, "Twain, the man has been found!"

"victim?"

"Yes! Our volunteers have already protected her in Philadelphia, and the relevant lawyers and media are rushing over."

As a public welfare foundation, many employees are free volunteers.

Tang En said: "This matter is very important, we must carefully screen it, and spy out of the volunteers."

Shirley Lansing couldn't help but laugh: "You worry too much, and you're a spy. Do you want to involve Carol?"

Carol Melton, the newly appointed vice president in charge of public policy, the new official's first fire is to be vigilant against commercial espionage. There is no need to worry about businesses such as film and television, television, and travel and vacation. It is mainly the research and development department of the Interactive Entertainment Department. Carol Melton has built an anti-espionage studio, which specializes in commercial eavesdropping and commercial espionage against competitors.

This caused a momentary joke inside New Universal.

Film and television entertainment company, when did this happen?

The circle is so big, who doesn't know who?

But Tang En clearly understood that Carol Melton's strategy was very important. The future of the interactive entertainment department is not just as simple as film and television entertainment, especially the technology of Dolby Laboratories, the creativity of Blizzard, and the strategy of Facebook...

Tang En waved his hand, "How is the victim's attitude?"

"Very determined!" Shirley Lansing smiled. "Especially with our help and support, she is even more determined. However, the pressure from the outside world is quite strong, especially the school and CBS."

"School? CBS? Huh, tell her, don't worry!" Tang En snorted coldly, "This time, I want to pass all the pressure on the school and CBS! I want to see, the whole society Public opinion pressure, how long can they last! This time, we will send Bill Cosby to prison, and we will never stop until we achieve our goal!"

Ron Mayer was beaming.

yes!

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