Chapter 2： Change director?

An internal meeting at Fox Pictures.

Smoke lingers.

There were five people sitting around the round table, all looking ugly.

Bill McNick, Co-Chairman and CEO, Tom Rothman, Co-Chairman and President, Jack Howard, Chief Operating Officer, Jim Garnopoulos, Head of Production, Production Manager and Executive Producer of Titanic Grant Hill.

"James' requests are too many, which has affected the normal operation of Twentieth Century Fox!"

Jack Howard, the chief operating officer, took the lead.

The company's current situation is not good. In order to support the filming of James Cameron, there is no excess liquidity. Now he wants to increase his budget by another 20 million dollars, unless he takes a loan from the bank!

If it was another director who dared to make such unreasonable demands again and again, he would have been fired long ago.

It's just that this project was personally controlled by the company's top leader, Bill McNick, with strong means, and he couldn't say some things clearly.

As the company's second-in-command, Tom Rothman had his own abacus, took a puff of cigar, and asked lightly, "Grant, tell me, what the **** is that guy doing?"

Grant Hill looked bitter, "Jaime...he's a good director, but he's almost paranoid."

Jack Howard said angrily: "Paranoia? I think this is your indulgence! What the **** is James trying to do? Want to bring down Twentieth Century Fox?"

Grant Hill glanced cautiously at Bill McNick, and muttered in his heart that if the boss had not strongly supported Cameron behind his back, he would have robbed control of the studio long ago.

"Okay, if you have any questions, you can discuss it, don't argue."

Bill McNick maintained the order of the meeting with a calm expression, and at the same time showed his right to speak out as the leader, "Jimmy, what are your thoughts?"

Jim Garnopoulos is a talented person. As the director of the production department, he is highly valued by the big boss Murdoch. He pondered a little and said, "In any case, the company can no longer support James as unconditionally as before."

"But he wants twenty million dollars now!"

Bill McNick was very rude and didn't give Jim Canopoulos and the slime a chance.

Jim Ganopoulos was secretly annoyed and said, "Actually, there are only three solutions, and everyone should know that."

Tom Rothman's eyes lit up and he finally found an opportunity.

Meetings are not as simple as discussing issues, but more about power struggles.

Tom Rothman is the company's president and second-in-command. He has coveted the CEO position for a long time. Now Bill McNick's "Titanic" has made the company a mess. Others dare not speak out, but to him it is a shame. An opportunity to "go up".

"Which three options?"

Tom Rothman smiled and looked at Jim Garnopoulos with a desire that could not be concealed in his eyes.

Helpless, Jim Ganopoulos had no choice but to say, "The first is to borrow money from banks, the second is to borrow money from other companies, and the third..."

"What's the third?" Tom Rothman said eagerly.

Jim Ganopoulos took a deep breath and gritted his teeth: "Change director!"

As soon as the words "change director" came out, the meeting room was instantly deadly quiet.

Tom Rothman best smiled and looked at Bill McNick with all his leisure, and sure enough, his face was ashen.

James Cameron is his insistence. This is not only a director's position, but also represents his authority!

Bill McNick narrowed his eyes slightly and asked in a deep voice, "Do you want to change directors?"

Jim Garnopoulos nodded, "It seems that this is the best solution now. The current predicament of Fox Films, the "Titanic" project has been pending for a long time, and the root cause is James Cameron! This problem is not solved. , no amount of money is worth it.”

Tom Rothman was very satisfied with his tough attitude and said with a smile: "Although Jimmy's statement is extreme, it has some truth. The "Titanic" project has been going on for too long, and it was originally scheduled to be released next summer, but take a look James' progress, it would be good to have a Christmas release."

Grant Hill nodded and said, "Yes, according to Jamie's current shooting progress, next year's summer season will definitely not catch up!"

Jack Howard frowned and said, "Then let's make a change. James has already caused too much trouble and can't continue."

It was unanimous approval to replace James Cameron!

Bill McNick was not in a hurry to express his position, and slowly lit a cigar, he was thinking.

With his absolute power as CEO, of course, he can continue to support Cameron with a tough attitude. If the project is successful, he is the first credit, but once the project fails...

If there is a substitution, it is only a small loss at the moment, which can be recovered slowly, but once Cameron messes up the project, he has only one way to be fired.

Is it a fatal blow?

Or to avoid the edge for a while?

Bill McNick took a few deep breaths of his cigar, looked calm, and asked indifferently, "You all want to change directors?"

The others nodded in unison.

Tom Rothman was very satisfied with the current scene and looked at Bill McNick with a smile.

Old man, do you still want to persevere?

If you had followed my advice early on and changed directors, how could there be so much later?

The original budget of "Titanic" was only 85 million US dollars, but now it has increased to 160 million! In this way, Cameron is not satisfied, but also wants to add another 20 million US dollars, crazy?

Now, sit back and watch Bill McNick's embarrassment.

"Decide, Bill, do you want to fire James?"

There was a little more schadenfreude on Tom Rothman's face.

…

Dunn was downcast, he was fired.

She didn't even have a chance to explain, so she was kicked out of the studio in a daze.

He lived in a small hotel, where many people lived, all of whom came to Hollywood to find their dreams.

But in this dirty, damp and noisy hotel, where can you live?

Dunn's entire net worth is only $500.

The Hollywood dream is too ethereal.

Tang En went to the bed with all his arms raised, and said to himself, "Dude, it's not that I don't work hard, it's really hard and dark in Hollywood!"

He was sure that he was framed.

The other party is probably also a low-level studio assistant.

Don't look at everyone's position is the same, but Dunn is able to get close to a big star like Kate Winslet, and there are more opportunities, which will inevitably make people jealous.

"Inexperienced!"

Tang En sighed and pulled out a pair of sunglasses from the bedside table.

This is what he bought at a roadside stall in his previous life. It was because of this pair of sunglasses that he was born with a brick and was reborn in 1996.

Dunn put on his sunglasses, and the light immediately became much softer and gentler.

"Huh? What is this?"

Tang En found a button the size of a sesame grain at the back of the frame. He pressed it curiously, and put on his sunglasses. Everything in front of him was different.

This is an interface.

It was as if a three-dimensional image appeared in front of the eyes. Obviously, this interface can only be seen by wearing sunglasses.

The content of the interface is very complex, but the framework is very clear - Hollywood!

This is an interface that contains all the Hollywood information!

The interface is divided into three major parts: producer, director, and actor. There are dozens of numerical values ​​below. It should be a digital display of the capabilities of Hollywood artists, right?

There was an icon in the upper right corner that kept flashing, Dunn clicked it, and a dialog box popped out immediately.

"A novice gift package, do you want to receive it?"

Tang En was stunned for a moment, then stretched out his hand and clicked "OK" in the air.

Unexpectedly, it really works.

The interface changed immediately, and a new dialog box popped up, "Congratulations for receiving the novice gift package, including the mirror possession X1, and the stealing contract X2."

Dunn didn't know what it meant, clicked on "Steal Contract", and immediately jumped out a line of text explaining: "The 'Steal Contract' skill means that you can **** any signed or initialed artist contract in Hollywood. With every Oscar, there's one more 'contract stealing' opportunity."

"Stealing the contract? Isn't that robbery!"

Dunn shook his head and laughed, but immediately thought of Kate Winslet and James Cameron!

Especially Cameron, who didn't even give him a chance to defend himself, and fired him directly. It was so annoying!

"I don't know if this thing is useful..." Tang En shook his head, a bit of anger appeared on his face immediately, "If you dare to fire me, then I will fire you too!"

Dunn clicked twice on "Stealing the Contract". UU reading

"Are you sure to use the 'Stolen Contract' skill?"

"Sure."

As soon as the interface was changed, a row of densely packed contracts appeared in the center of the interface, with numbers marked below, a total of 18,536 pages.

"Didn't you list all the ongoing contracts in Hollywood? That's too many!"

Fortunately, Dunn found the search bar on the upper left, and typed in "James Cameron". After changing the interface, it was really refreshing.

James Cameron currently has only 12 contracts.

Among them are the manager contract, assistant contract, partner contract... Of course, it also includes the producer contract, director contract, and screenwriter contract signed with 20th Century Fox for the "Titanic" project.

Tang En suddenly laughed, these contracts are all private and commercial secrets, and can be viewed by him generously, no matter whether the "contract stealing" skill is true or not, the search function alone is enough to be admired.

Dunn first checked Cameron's producer contract. It was relatively simple. The production cost was $3 million.

The director's contract is a bit more complicated. The director's fee is a base salary of $5 million, plus a 10% share of the global box office.

The number of screenwriter contracts is small, only $350,000.

The selection of these three contracts, as long as you are not stupid, naturally you have to choose the director's contract.

Not to mention the 5 million box office, what is the concept of 10% of the global box office?

The global box office of "Titanic" seems to exceed 1.8 billion US dollars, right?

Dunn smiled slightly, chose the director contract without hesitation, erased two signatures of James Cameron, and generously entered his name - Dunn Walker.