Chapter 206： I have 1 old subordinate

Chapter 206 I have an old subordinate

Jobs' suggestion to Dunn to buy Apple's stock is like a pillow when someone is dozing off, not to mention how comfortable it is.

Then again, when you're lucky, drinking cold water is... all comfortable!

In August, "Spider-Man" has been released for 40 days. The North American box office has accumulated 440 million US dollars, the overseas box office has accumulated 620 million US dollars, and the total box office... 1.06 billion US dollars!

Just as widely predicted by the media when the movie first came out a month ago, after "Titanic" and "Star Wars Episode 1: The Ghost Man Menace", the third film to exceed $1 billion at the global box office was born. ,director……

It's Dunn again!

Or Dunn!

"Spider-Man", a superhero movie that was once disliked by many professionals, has also been written into film history and has become a typical representative of commercial blockbusters.

Dunn has heard that in the past period of time, the University of Southern California School of Art, American Film Institute, Columbia University School of Art, Syracuse University, and Chapman University have all started new topics around the movie "Spider-Man". Research.

Even the Tisk School of the Arts at New York University, which has always sneered at Hollywood, made an exception to appropriation of $2 million to establish the academic topic of "The Rhythm and Narrative Process of Spider-Man-Related Movies".

Dunn Walker's name is not only popular in Hollywood, which has a strong commercial atmosphere, but after a series of successes, as a commercial film director, he entered the textbooks of the Academy of Arts. I have to say that this is a miracle!

Even the famous Steven Spielberg entered the art academy by relying on "Schindler's List" instead of "Jaws", "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "Alien e.t." commercial films.

In April, Dunn encountered continuous bad luck. First, he was targeted by the federal government, investigated by the FBI, and then calculated by Disney and Fox. Even at that time, the Cannes Film Festival was still studying whether to cancel the participation of "The Girl Who Moved Soul". , they didn't want a suspect's work shortlisted.

Times come and go, and in July, luck begins to come, and in August, it is good luck again and again!

In addition to the box office sales of "Spider-Man", Dunn Capital successfully acquired 18.45 million shares of Pixar for $190 million, becoming the second largest shareholder of Pixar after Jobs;

At the same time, at Apple's shareholders meeting, it was officially voted, and Dunn came to Apple's board of directors to serve as an independent director. Moreover, the shareholders voted, and with more than 78% of the equity recognition, they supported Jobs' drastic measures to implement Apple's reform and revitalization plan;

"Mr. and Mrs. Smith" has officially started filming in the United States. With Luc Besson's contacts and connections in France, he won a tax refund of no less than $15 million for the film.

In addition to the previous brand sponsorship of nearly 20 million US dollars in automobiles, clothing, cosmetics, etc., the film "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", Dunn Pictures invested 100 million US dollars in name, and the actual cost... has been reduced to 65 million US dollars.

This is the benefit of the superstar joining, the modern standard commercial blockbuster.

But compared to these happy things, Bill McNick is what made Dunn really feel good luck.

Now, there is still an unresolved problem in Dunn's mind, which is to establish a complete set of independent film distribution department for Dunn Films.

Bill McNick was simply giving help, "Dawn, I want to recommend someone to you who is very suitable for the company's current job vacancies."

Tang En didn't feel how important this proposal was at first, he laughed and joked, "Isn't he your old subordinate again?"

Bill McNick blushed and waved his hands embarrassedly, "Yes, it's the old subordinate!"

Tang En's face turned straight, "Bill, it was just a joke just now. As long as it is beneficial to the development of the company, even if you recruit all the old subordinates in the past, it will be fine!"

Bill McNick said calmly and said slowly: "You know, Fox released a blockbuster this summer called "Titan a.e.", including the cost of publicity, the total investment is close to 100 million US dollars, but the global box office is only 1200 More than ten thousand dollars, the loss is miserable. Now that the film has been screened in North America, Fox has launched an accountability mechanism in order to quell the anger of shareholders.”

Dunn snorted coldly, "Don't Tom Rothman want to fight in the ring? This is the end of going against me, Dunn. He's going to step down? Humph! He deserves it!"

Bill McNick sighed and shook his head frequently, "Tom...it's not me. In private, he already has a way to deal with it."

"Huh?" Dunn was stunned for a moment, with a flash of surprise in his eyes, ""Fight Club" only lost more than 40 million US dollars, so you have won the old hero of Fox. "Titan a.e." With all the pants left, Tom Rothman can still sit on Mount Tarzan?"

"So, power competition... It's still better for people from administrative jobs like theirs." Bill McNick's face was a little helpless, but also a little relieved. It's really not wrong for Man to do it.

When it comes to the content of the movie, Bill McNick prides himself on being no worse than anyone else, but when it comes to power competition...he is really convinced by Tom Rothman.

"Titans a.e." lost so badly that Tom Rothman can still sit comfortably in the position of chairman and CEO of Twentieth Century Fox. This ability must be obeyed!

Dunn heard a bit of deep meaning from Bill McNick's words and tone, "You mean... Tom Rothman found a scapegoat?"

Bill McNick nodded heavily, "That's right!"

Dunn took a breath, and secretly admired Tom Rothman's methods.

Fortunately, the contradiction between Dunn Pictures and 20th Century Fox is mainly about movies. The competition in this area is all under the sun, with real swords and guns.

As long as the quality of the movie passes the test and the reputation is strong, there is a market guarantee, and it is not something that can be manipulated by the mastermind behind the scenes.

In this respect, Dunn never suffers, this is his greatest confidence.

But in private competition... Dunn has no certainty of winning, and even suffered repeated setbacks.

Just like Mattel's classic toy Barbie.

At the end of last month, Mattel has publicly announced that it has reached a cooperation with Disney to create a "Disney Princess" series of dolls. At the same time, Mattel announced that it will establish Mattel Animation Studio to independently develop "Barbie" cartoons.

This is equivalent to announcing to the society that Mattel refused to cooperate with Hasbro in the strategic development of toy copyright with Dunn Pictures!

They want to go solo, go it alone, go to Hollywood alone!

In the eyes of many Hollywood industry insiders, this is a complete joke.

Without the leadership of Hollywood power, outsiders also want to develop in this industry?

dream!

Maybe Mattel’s executives think that if they reach a cooperation with Disney, they can get help from Disney’s animation department. If this is the case, then Mattel’s executives can resign en masse.

When Dunn wanted to take a stake in Nickelodeon Channel, Viacom was afraid of raising tigers and would rather face the risk of being eroded by Disney, and chose to refuse.

Now, Mattel thinks Disney has no defenses?

Barbie dolls and Disney princesses are inherently competitive and face the same consumer groups. It's just competition in the toy industry, and for Disney, it's just a small portion of revenue.

If Mattel is trying to make the image of Barbie doll appear on the big screen and compete with Disney princesses...that's nonsense!

Disney has never been soft on its rivals.

Dunn just fought back against Bruce Willis, the star of "The Sixth Sense", and it has evolved into a relationship with Disney now.

If Mattel Animation Studios dares to launch a "Barbie" series of big movies, Disney will definitely terminate all cooperation with Mattel immediately and suppress it with all their strength.

Through a simple analysis, it is conceivable that Mattel Animation Studio is absolutely impossible to launch a big movie. At most, it will produce a few shoddy children's cartoons, or TV movies, and show them on the children's channel. too much influence.

Whenever he thinks of this matter, Dunn feels that the top management of Mattel is a pity, a pity, a pity, a pity!

Holding the super big "Barbie", but I don't know how to develop it. I only care about the small income of the "Disney Princess" series of dolls, but I can't see the huge hidden value of the "Barbie" series. It's a waste of money!

Of course, on the other hand, this also reflects the treacherous methods and superb vision of Disney's executives.

Just licensing the "Disney Princess" series to Mattel has cut off the possibility of "Barbie", a very dangerous potential opponent, from entering the big screen, and shattered Dunn's layout in the animation and IP industries in one fell swoop.

It can be described as killing two birds with one stone, killing two birds with one stone!

Through this incident, Dunn also understood a truth.

That is to try to defeat big companies like Disney and Fox, and the petty tactics are fundamentally unreliable, and may have an effect in a short period of time, but it is impossible to shake their foundation.

In order to win in this competition, there must be stronger strength and power to seize market share by means of conspiracy, so that they are invincible and invincible.

Time will be long.

Fortunately, Dunn is very young!

Dunn shook his head, no longer thinking wildly, but concerned about Bill McNick in front of him.

Through a simple conversation, he had understood that Tom Rothman had found a scapegoat within Fox. And this scapegoat... just happened to be valued by Bill McNick again, and wanted to be hired by Dunn Films to play light and heat.

"Titans a.e." lost a lot of money, and the person responsible must have a high status in 20th Century Fox, if not Tom Rothman, at least at the level of vice president.

Dunn has some expectations, what kind of talents will Bill McNick bring?

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Chapter 206 I have an old subordinate