Chapter 523： global value

The whole reception will last about 3 hours.

In the middle of the process, the guests left one after another, and it turned into a big Hollywood party.

At this time, those newcomers in Hollywood who had been trying their best to squeeze in, finally had a chance to be seated.

When Dunn sent Jack Welch away, he encountered such a person.

"Wow! Dunn! Oh no, Mr. Walker!"

This kind of crazy pretty girl was wearing a pure white and holy dress, with a blooming white flower in her hair, and her eyes flashed a little flirtatious. When she saw Tang En, she jumped up excitedly and ran out of time. to him.

Tang En was slightly taken aback. On such occasions, he had never met such a "disrespectful" girl.

"Mr Walker, my name is Zoe Deschanel, and I'm an actor and a bandleader. I've acted in "Almost Famous," which was released by Universal Pictures and nominated for an Oscar. The band also signed to Universal Music. I came here today to get Mr. Morris's approval."

She spoke very fast, for fear of not being able to attract Dunn's attention.

The Mr. Morris she mentioned was Doug Morris, the chairman and CEO of Universal Music, a very capable manager, who was at the reception.

But Dunn cares more about her - Zoe Deschanel.

"No wonder it looks so familiar..."

Tang En glanced at her a few times, then smiled lightly, "Hello, Zoe, I like your eyes, they are as quiet as lakes and as deep as seas."

"Thank you! Thank you!" Zooey Deschanel almost jumped up happily.

Tang En asked with a smile, "You came alone?"

"No... uh, and a friend."

Then, she pointed to the girl in the red dress next to her, and then her expression changed.

She found that her friend was squeezing her arms forward hard, so that the already low-cut neckline showed more elegance inside.

"Bichi!"

Zooey Deschanel scolded bitterly.

Dunn almost laughed.

The girl's face was also very familiar. It was "Almost Famous" actress Kate Hudson, and her **** were indeed large and plump.

It's just that she debuted a few years earlier than Zoe Deschanel and was not too rash.

"She's very beautiful." Dunn said casually.

"Ah?" Zooey Deschanel gritted her teeth, raised her head, and said dissatisfiedly, "My chest is better than his, but I've never shown it!"

Tang En narrowed his eyes slightly, "Oh? Really?"

"Exactly!"

"I only trust my own eyes."

Although Zooey Deschanel is not a virgin girl, she is definitely not the opponent of an old driver like Tang En, and her face immediately turned red.

Dunn stopped teasing her, and hooked up to Kate Hudson, who was looking forward to her.

Her nervous face immediately burst into a bright smile, and she walked over quickly.

Zoe Deschanel panicked and said eagerly, "I... I can, Mr. Walker, we can date."

Kate Hudson stroked her hair around her ears, put on an enchanting look, and asked with a smile, "Mr. Walker, what are you talking about? Are you so happy?"

Dunn didn't answer her question, looked at his watch, and said casually: "The reception will only end in two hours, it's too long. I happened to book a suite on the top floor. Would you like to go up... chat with me? ?"

"Chat...chat?"

Kate Hudson opened her mouth, a little surprised, and looked at Zoe Deschanel.

Tang En said calmly: "It doesn't matter, if you want to continue to participate in the reception, I can find other friends."

"Just... just chatting?"

Kate Hudson's heart jumped wildly. This was the first time she saw Dunn and spoke for the first time. The other party made such a request, which was really embarrassing.

Tang En glanced at her with a half-smile.

No one is stupid, just chat here, do you need to go to the guest room upstairs?

Both of them have heard of Dunn's name.

Zoe Deschanel took a deep breath, took Dunn's arm, and raised her chin, "Okay, I also want to chat a little more with Mr. Walker."

"Let's go." Tang En smiled at her and walked towards the elevator.

After a while, I heard a rush of high heels coming from behind.

Dunn twitched the corner of his mouth and turned back with a surprised expression, "Kate?"

Kate Hudson clutched her chest, just like Zoe Deschanel just now, took a deep breath and forced a smile on her face, "I also want to... chat with Mr. Walker a little more. sentence, can you?"

Zoe Deschanel was disgusted and contemptuous for a while, and she had cursed a hundred times in her heart: "Bichi!"

It might be a sweet process to "chat" with Dunn alone.

But with another woman, it's too annoying.

Of course Tang En was very satisfied with the result and smiled happily, "Okay, welcome!"

You can relax again.

...

On September 2, the U.S. Department of Justice officially issued a notice that Dunn Pictures’ acquisition of some assets of Vivendi’s entertainment division complied with laws and regulations and passed judicial review.

Universal Pictures, Universal Music, USA TV Network, Blizzard, Houghton Mifflin Publishing House have officially become Dunn's company!

Dunn also immediately felt the ecstasy brought by the merger.

Congratulatory calls kept coming into his office.

Jeffrey Katzenberg of DreamWorks sincerely said: "You accomplished the dream I didn't accomplish! Congratulations!"

Bob Shea of ​​New Line Pictures sighed: "You set an example for all the independent film companies in Hollywood."

Even Tom Cruise called Dunn for the first time. First, he apologized for not being able to attend the reception yesterday, and then sincerely congratulated Dunn.

With Tom Cruise's personality, Dunn can judge that this call must be supervised by the brokerage company.

MGM has flowed into the auction market, half of the "credit" is John Wu's "Wind Whisperer", and half of the "credit" is Tom Cruise.

Since they finished "Mission: Impossible 2", the two have encountered serious career crises in Hollywood.

In the afternoon, Dunn set up an inspection team to inspect these newly acquired companies.

The first stop was Universal Pictures, which is less than 50 kilometers away from the new headquarters campus of Dunn Pictures.

The inspection team consisted of Bill McNick, Brandi Norris, West Cotton, Tosca Musk, Moritz Eckhart, James Shamos, Glenn Moore Gan, Isla Fisher and others.

Jack Welch, as a consultant, also needs to take a look at these new assets.

Dunn has been cooperating with Universal Studios for several years, and has been to Universal Studios many times.

But this time the feeling was completely different from the past.

This time, he will come to the world in the way of a master!

Ron Mayer, chairman of Universal Pictures, followed him and introduced him to the company in detail.

Dunn met with the heads of various departments and inspected the film production department, TV production department, marketing department, family entertainment department, copyright department and other departments.

Also looked at the employment contracts of Ron Meyer, Donna Langley, Adam Ferguson and others.

This link made the senior officials of Universal Pictures very nervous.

Everyone knows that this big deal will be followed by a massive corporate restructuring.

This means that some people will be promoted, some people will be demoted, and some people will even be fired outright.

Bill McNick stood at the back of a figure on Dunn's left. After reading these employment contracts, he frowned and said indifferently: "No wonder Universal can't make any money!"

This sentence is very serious.

In order to maintain the internal stability of Universal Pictures and avoid the turbulent turmoil of Columbia Pictures that year, the French gave the executives of Universal Pictures 10%-20% higher salaries than the industry generally.

All the senior executives of Universal Pictures looked a little ugly.

Tang En nodded and said, "The salary structure must be unified as soon as possible."

Bill McNick looked around at the management of the surrounding Universal Pictures, and said indifferently: "You don't have to worry, even if there will be some salary cuts, it must be in line with the general environment of Hollywood."

Dunn frowned and looked back at him.

This Bill McNick, do you feel a little too talkative today?

But after thinking about it, I understand that Bill McNick is the president of Dunn Pictures, and these people are all executives of Universal Pictures. This is to make a difference, right?

Dunn is a little dissatisfied His boss has not expressed his position yet.

Bill McNick Can't wait?

Jack Welch is well-informed. He knows that this is not the time for power struggles, and internal stability is the most important. He smiled and said: "I am critical of many mergers and acquisitions that have occurred over the years. But I think, This merger of the two companies is the most sensible option from both a financial and an operational perspective."

Ron Mayer said with a smile: "Yeah, not to mention the combined advantages of production and distribution, tax alone can save tens of millions of dollars a year."

Adam Ferguson said: "Last year, Universal Studios' turnover was as high as 1.2 billion US dollars, and in the first three quarters of this year, it has exceeded 1 billion US dollars. If we have the trademarks of Marvel and Pixar, we can completely seize more There are many tourism and vacation markets, and they are challenging Disney.”

This is to demonstrate the value of "Global"!

Bill McNick poured cold water directly, "Last year, Disney made $6 billion in revenue through the travel and vacation sector, five times that of Universal Studios!"

Tang En waved his hand and said, "Vacation and travel is an important direction, and we must increase investment in the future. Let's go and have a look at the distribution department."

In his view, Universal Pictures has too many flaws and needs a lot of adjustment.

Not only is Universal Studios in need of adjustment, but the distribution department also needs a huge overhaul.

Universal Pictures has a global distribution channel, but it is much smaller than Disney, Warner Bros. and Twentieth Century Fox. Some countries share distribution channels with Paramount, and in some countries, there is no distribution branch at all.

This will cut costs, but it will also seriously hamper the global influence of the "Global" brand.

To change!

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