Chapter 136： I will block the wind, frost, snow and rain

Tom Rothman is in a bad mood.

He originally thought that after taking Bill McNick away and becoming the chief butler of Twentieth Century Fox, he would give directions and be in high spirits.

Unexpectedly, Tang En stabbed him in the back.

As soon as Bill McNick left Fox, he became the president of Dunn Pictures. He also took in all the employees who were fired by Fox and formed a new team to serve Dunn Pictures.

If these are normal workplace interactions, then a week after 20th Century Fox announced the cancellation of the "Drug Web" project, Bill McNick announced that Dunn Pictures would invest $52 million in Steven Soderbergh The new film "Drug Net" is the most direct face-slap.

Using the platform of Dunn Films to slap 20th Century Fox in the face?

The big joke of slipping the world!

However, Dunn Walker is an unrestrained madman, and Bill McNick is not a character who admits defeat and surrenders.

In Tom Rothman's current position, chairman and CEO of Twentieth Century Fox, it stands to reason that there is no need to worry about such trivial matters.

Unlike Bill McNick, he has a huge network in Hollywood!

If nothing else, the two big directors standing behind him alone are enough to make Tom Rothman jealous - James Cameron and Roland Emmerich.

For the "Titanic" project, James Cameron once received huge support from Bill McNick. It can be said that without Bill, Cameron has long since left the crew.

As for Roland Emmerich, that's a bigger affection.

When he filmed "Independence Day", Bill McNick gave him all the support, and even made him the fourth person to enjoy the title after Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and James Cameron. The director of commercial films with final editing rights.

And Roland Emmerich is also not popular. "Independence Day" has a global box office of more than 800 million US dollars and is the box office champion of the year.

Now, James Cameron is working on his new film, and it's time for a project; Roland Emmerich is working with Mel Gibson on Columbia Pictures' film Patriot, next film, collaboration The subject would definitely choose Bill McNick.

Having lost two important partners in a row, it is difficult for any CEO to explain to the board of directors.

Tom Rothman sat in the office thinking for a long time, and finally set his eyes on Dunn - the young man who made him angry, annoyed and helpless.

We must establish a long-term cooperative relationship with Dunn Films!

Dunn Films is just a movie studio and has no distribution department. As long as the two companies have established a cooperative relationship, even if Cameron and Emmerich chose Dunn Films to set up the film project, wouldn't they still need Fox to distribute the film in the end?

You can explain to the board of directors in this way.

Tom Rothman personally called Dunn with a very polite tone, "Don't you have time? Have a drink together?"

"I'm sorry, Tom, I'm busy with the later stages of "Spider-Man", and I really can't find time." Dunn's voice was full of helplessness, as if he was apologetic. .

Tom Rothman is not a fool, he endured his anger and forced a smile: "Is it "Spider-Man"? Hehe, I've seen the trailer, it's very exciting! This must be a very good movie! I heard that it hasn't Carrying out publicity work? This is no good, it will delay major events."

The corner of Tang En's mouth twitched, he immediately understood the other party's intention, and said calmly, "I don't need to worry about it, you know, I just hired Bill to be the president of Tang En Pictures, the company's operations are all about He's dealing with it, and I'm only responsible for the content."

Tom Rothman almost exploded with rage, this Dunn is so powerful!

He was a dignified butler of 20th Century Fox, and he made a phone call to show his favor. Dunn also shied away and refused repeatedly. Do you really think that with a few movies, you can gain a firm foothold in Hollywood?

"Dawn, Fox wants to release "Spider-Man", what do you think?" Tom Rothman's voice became cold. Although it was an inquiry tone, it was obviously mixed with a bit of threat.

Dunn didn't seem to hear it at all, so he said, "Tom, what I said just now may not be clear, I'll say it again. When I hired Bill as the president of Dunn Films, it was negotiated, and he was responsible for the distribution of the movie, although I You are the boss, and you have no right to interfere."

Tom Rothman was not stupid, he was angry, and said coldly: "McNick has handed over the publishing rights of "Spider-Man" to other companies, right?"

Tang En still smiled, "It seems so? I don't know too well. Well, I'll ask if I haven't signed a contract yet. What do you think?"

"Huh?" Tom Rothman raised his eyebrows and was silent for a moment, "That's it, I'll wait for your news."

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Hanging up the phone, Dunn looked at Bill McNick on the sofa with a wry smile, and found that his face was very relaxed.

"Are you watching my joke?" Dunn rolled his eyes.

Bill McNick shook his head, "If you're scared, I can quit."

Dunn sneered, "Just a Tom Rothman can't scare me! Tell Universal Pictures to make the signing ceremony bigger, and the executives of Dunn Pictures will attend collectively!"

Bill McNick glanced at him deeply, "Dawn, you've thought about it. You're like this... it's equivalent to declaring war on Fox."

The corner of Tang En's mouth twitched slightly, his face was flat, and his tone was sonorous, "Bill, since I dare to let you manage Tang En Films, it means that in my heart, you are more important than 20th Century Fox!"

Bill McNick looked a little complicated, and after pondering for a long time, he sighed.

His tone was calm, but his expression was solemn like an oath, "I will stop the wind, frost, snow and rain! Dunn, my request is very simple. You must keep making excellent movies. This is the root of Dunn's film industry!"

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Tom Rothman looks at The Hollywood Reporter's front page headline "Universal Pictures and Dunn Films Reach Three-Year Strategic Partnership", and the big photo below of Dunn and Ron Mayer smiling and shaking hands, angry scalp tingling.

asshole!

This bastard!

The brighter Dunn smiles in the photo, the angrier Tom Rothman is.

He really did not expect that Tang En would actually dare to play tricks with him, face to face and behind the scenes, and reached a strategic cooperation with Universal Pictures!

Since "Titanic", Dunn has been working with Twentieth Century Fox and is Fox's largest partner, earning more than $100 million in profits from him every year.

Now, just after Tom Rothman took office, Dunn turned to cooperate with Universal. Isn't this a slap in the face?

Isn't this just telling the board of directors of 20th Century Fox that his ability is not good enough to control Dunn?

"If you don't make me feel better, then don't think about it!"

Tom Rothman gritted his teeth angrily and called his assistant directly, "Is Disney still targeting Dunn?"

"Yes, the media under Disney has been breaking the news about Dunn's private life, but the male and female are unmarried, and their influence is limited. But I heard... Disney has issued a strict order to prohibit its TV stations from reporting any news related to "Spider-Man". "

Tom Rothman blinked, and there was a gloomy look on the corner of his mouth, "That's fine, inform the TV department, Fox's TV station, that it is not allowed to report any movie produced by Dunn Pictures, and it is not allowed to report any positive aspect of Dunn Pictures. News, especially Spider-Man, must be banned!"

"This...is this good?"

The assistant looked surprised, this was undermining the independence of the TV station's work.

"Just keep asking, if anyone has an opinion, come to me directly!"

Tom Rothman was angry, he made up his mind, he must teach Dunn a lesson, let him understand the basic truth of survival in Hollywood!

"By the way, what number is our "Titan a.e." set?"

"July 14th."

Tom Rothman pondered for a moment. He remembered that Dunn said that because of later problems in "Spider-Man", UU reading could not keep up with the May schedule, and it would be scheduled to mid or late June.

"What are Disney's A-list big productions this summer?"

The assistant looked it up for a while, "Sixty Seconds, starring Nicolas Cage, cost 100 million US dollars, and there are two cartoons."

""Sixty Seconds of Speed"..."

Tom Rothman half-squinted his eyes in thought.

He knows that Dunn's commercial films have great lethality, and he is not arrogant enough to rely on a "Titan a.e." with an investment of $75 million to compete with "Spider-Man".

But... what about Disney's "Sixty Seconds"?

"Spider-Man" doesn't have any big stars to join, but "Titans a.e." stars Matt Damon and Drew Barrymore, and "Sixty Seconds" has action stars like Nicolas Cage.

If the two join forces...it may not be able to give Dunn a fatal blow!

As the promoter of the loan, Tom Rothman knows best how much Dunn has paid for "Spider-Man".

Tom Rothman doesn't know how much money Dunn has now. He only knows that if "Spider-Man" fails at the box office, then Dunn and Dunn Pictures will go bankrupt!

In order to teach Dunn a lesson, even if the box office of "Titan a.e." suffered some losses, he would not hesitate!

Presumably Disney thinks the same way, right?

The dignity of a big company is by no means something that a small film studio can provoke.

"Contact Joe Ruth, I want to talk to him."

Tom Rothman quickly constructed a large net to encircle Dunn.

Joe Ruth, head of Disney's production department and chairman of Disney's Touchstone Pictures.

Tom Rothman is very confident that he will persuade Disney to join forces to teach Dunn a deep lesson!