Chapter 272： rely

Since the summer "Spider-Man" swept the box office, Tom Rothman, the boss of 20th Century Fox, has been more honest and has shown more affection to Dunn.

In the shopping mall, there are only permanent interests and no permanent enemies.

Before taking off from Los Angeles, Dunn met Tom Rothman in a coffee shop near Fox headquarters.

Mainly talked about three aspects: platter investment, reality show, "X-Men".

The first two topics are still far away. Especially in reality shows, Fox network is at a clear disadvantage compared with the three major public television networks in the United States: nbc, abc, and cbs.

Dunn would choose to hand over "American Idol" to the Fox Network unless he could offer a special offer.

Dunn is mainly talking about the release and promotion of "X-Men".

In the previous life, "X-Men" was released in July. But in this life, because Dunn wanted to shoot "Spider-Man", the Fox production department sent a special person to the "Spider-Man" crew to observe and study for half a year, and then started shooting "X-Men".

This has led to the release schedule of "X-Men", which has changed from summer to Christmas.

This is good news for Dunn.

In any case, the X-Men are Marvel's children and have avoided confrontation with Spider-Man. If this movie can also become popular, then the market will once again ignite the fiery trend of Marvel superheroes.

This has a very good role in promoting the development of the next projects of Marvel Studios.

Of course, there is something more important.

Dunn wants to make this Christmas movie competition more popular!

"Chainsaw" is indeed a classic B-level film, and it is not too much to say that it is the king of horror movies, but this small cost, can it really compete with "Undead"?

not necessarily!

The reason why Dunn dared to make "The Chainsaw" and "The Undead" confront each other is because his competition for this Christmas season is very fierce!

However, "Chainsaw", which is unique to the minority, has distinct tastes and is different, has a special viewing group, and the hot competition of mainstream commercial films has little impact.

On November 17th, Universal's "The Grinch", Sony's "Sixth Day", and Paramount's new film "Barry Barry" will be released; on November 22, Disney's new film "Undead", Fox's "X-Men" will be released. "Show;

On December 8th, the classic "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" released by Sony will be released; on December 15th, Paramount's new film "Eavesdropping on a Woman's Heart" and Disney's animation "Becoming a King" will be released; "Desert Island" and Warner's new film "Agent Beauty" are released at the same time...

Perhaps in order to avoid the "Spider-Man" in the summer season, a large number of excellent movies, even those that do not belong to the family-friendly genre, have been placed in this Christmas season by the distributor.

In the cutthroat competition of so many mainstream films, can The Undead, starring the scandal-plagued Bruce Willis, stand out?

This is just wishful thinking of Disney.

In the previous life, "Undead" did achieve good results before the Bruce Willis scandal broke out and there was no competition from "X-Men", and the North American box office exceeded 90 million US dollars.

But in this life, with the appearance of Dunn, everything has changed!

Especially "Chainsaw" produced by Furious Pictures and released by Focus Pictures, and "Undead" have the same selling points of thriller, suspense and horror.

In the same movie type, will "Undead" be the opponent of "Chainsaw"?

This is where Dunn's confidence lies!

The purpose of Dunn's chat with Tom Rothman is very simple. One is to talk about the possibility of cooperation between the two sides, and the second is to hope that Fox can put more effort into the promotion of "X-Men".

"X-Men" and "Undead" were released on the same day!

With such a schedule, the insider can understand at a glance that Tom Rothman is revenge on Disney for the summer.

Dunn, happy to see it happen.

Before parting, Tom Rothman pointed out secretly: "Dawn, there are some things, enough is enough."

Tang En smiled, "Thank you, I understand."

...

At Disney's CEO meeting, Michael Eisner laid out his strategic plan for Disney's expansion.

At present, Disney's core strategic development is the business expansion of cable TV stations.

Michael Eisner has long set a target to acquire "Fox Home Entertainment Channel"!

At this level of acquisition, 20th Century Fox and Tom Rothman have no say at all, and Disney directly negotiated with News Corporation headquarters.

The preliminary negotiation conditions were not good, and Murdoch directly bid $8 billion!

Simply fantastic.

However, Michael Eisner also has a brilliant idea. News Corporation is now registered in Australia, and Murdoch has already changed his nationality to the United States, hoping to transfer News Corporation to the United States and reorganize and list.

However, in this process, because the two sensitive areas of the newspaper industry and television are involved, the government's monitoring and jurisdiction will be very strict, and it happens that Disney has a relationship in this regard.

Disney's director, Michael Eisner's old friend George Mitchell, is a politician who is now serving in the Clinton administration, serving as an adviser to the president and a diplomatic ambassador for Northern Ireland.

"Continue to negotiate. If News Corp agrees to trade in stock, the transaction price can be relaxed to 6 billion US dollars. If he insists on cash, up to 5 billion US dollars! Bob, you have to catch this matter yourself!"

The method of cash payment is far less expensive than transactions secured by debt, stocks, etc.

Michael Eisner set a conclusion for this important issue in one sentence, flipped through the documents in his hand, and said in a hurry, "I heard that there was an accident about the new California park?"

As early as 1955, Disney established the first Disneyland in Los Angeles. But that park is too old, the facilities are outdated, and it is an ornamental park, so this year Disney launched a new project and built a new adventure park in Los Angeles.

"Yesterday, during construction, the wall collapsed, crushing three workers," said Rob Condon, vice president in charge of Disney Resort.

Michael Eisner frowned. "Where's the insurance company?"

"It is in the process of calculation, no accident, it should belong to the category of claims." Rob Condon said carefully.

"Block the news, communicate with the family of the deceased, and sign a nondisclosure agreement." Michael Eisner stared at Rob Condon dissatisfied, "Strengthen construction supervision and public opinion control, I don't want to see any negative news!"

"Does the government need to...communicate?"

"What do you say?"

Michael Eisner gave him a cold look.

Rob Condon smiled shyly, "I see."

Michael Eisner looked around and said solemnly: "Adventure Park is the second park in the California resort area, and it is also the most attractive selling point for tourists. But you must pay attention, adventure and excitement are okay, but you must pay attention to safety!"

A group of high-level, nodded again and again.

Michael Eisner sighed and nodded slightly.

Although during this time, because of Dunn's relationship, his prestige in the company suffered a lot. But he was quite satisfied with the current situation.

Although on the board, he was questioned a lot. However, in the CEO meeting, he is still the king of Disney with his own words!

At this time, Joe Ruth, the chairman of the production department, said: "If there is no accident, the adventure park will open next year. And Dunn Pictures is planning to shoot a pirate-themed movie."

Michael Eisner frowned stared at him.

Joe Ruth touched his nose and felt a little flustered, "I mean... The pirate adventure section can be strengthened, just by taking advantage of the spring breeze of the pirate movie from Dunn Pictures."

Michael Eisner gritted his teeth: "Does Disney still need to play this little trick?"

Joe Ruth blushed and was speechless in embarrassment.

Michael Eisner really hates that iron can't be made of steel. It is this Joe Ruth. If he hadn't made a fortune, how could he have gotten into trouble with the unfortunate Dunn?

If it weren't for his influence on the board now being shaken, he would definitely fire Joe Ruth outright.

It's simply not enough, but more than enough!

It's just this result that will shake the influence of Michael Eisner even more. As we all know, Joe Ruth is his confidant assistant.

"Donnell Pictures is going to release a new movie, you know?" Michael Eisner's words were very rude, and he didn't mean to show his face at all.

Joe Ruth immediately said: "I know, it's "The Chainsaw", a B-level film released by Focus Pictures, with a limited audience. It will be screened on October 30, and will be officially released on November 1. It is estimated that... The number of painting theaters will not exceed 50."

"Oh?"

Michael Eisner's eyes lit up.

That's good news.

50 open movie theaters, it is impossible to compete with "Undead", right?

President Robert Iger said hesitantly: "The screening begins... If the word-of-mouth of this film ferments and forms an effect, it may really have an impact on our "Undead"."

Joe Ruth immediately patted his chest and assured, "Bob, don't worry, I'll guarantee "Undead", it's safe!"

Michael Eisner gave him a deep look, nodded heavily, and said, "Okay!"

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