Chapter 553： New Universal's follower

Dunn and Natalie's "Marvel Song" was nominated for a Grammy for Single of the Year.

The Grammys also issued an invitation and wanted Dunn to sing on the stage on the day of the awards ceremony!

Dunn refused without hesitation.

He is very aware of how much he has. He has never sang in public and has no experience in stage performances.

Besides, there's Natalie.

Natalie's singing skills, singing at the Grammys, will definitely make a big joke. She is the queen of Osoh, and she can't afford to lose this person.

On December 13, Dunn accompanied Little Taylor on her 13th birthday.

On the same day, Roy Disney made a public statement through the "New York Times" that he would end the "Save Disney" campaign!

"It turns out that Eisner's work ability is better than I imagined... In the past six months, Disney has been in serious turmoil, which was caused by my misunderstanding, and I have to take responsibility for this... ...it's time for this to end, and I hope Disney gets better and better..."

Once the statement was issued, all the waiting and confusion between New Universal and Disney were easily resolved.

Roy Disney conceded defeat, and Robert Iger was tantamount to cutting off the possibility of continuing to stay at Disney.

On December 18, another fantasy commercial blockbuster was released - "The Lord of the Rings 2: The Two Towers"!

Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema have launched an overwhelming publicity for this, and all fans who pay attention to entertainment news will not miss this annual masterpiece.

However, for the Hollywood industry, this day, a more exciting news happened!

New Universal Group, successively appointed three senior executives - Robert Iger, Group President and CEO, Andrew Mooney, Group Vice President, Chairman and CEO of Tourism and Consumer Products, and Bob, President of Tourism and Consumer Products Chapek.

In fact, it is not surprising that New Universal has accepted its appointment as an executive. The whole of Hollywood knows that New Universal is reorganizing its business, and there will definitely be a lot of personnel transfers.

There's just one thing that no one thought of.

The three newly appointed people are all from Disney!

This is amazing!

Michael Eisner let Robert Iger go, everyone can understand, after all, Roy Disney lost.

But what about Andrew Mooney?

Isn't he Michael Eisner's confidant? Last year, Eisner even said that the next step is to promote him to become the senior vice president of Disney and become one of the successors.

Why did you get fired in an instant?

And then hired by New Universal?

Even more exaggerated is Bob Chapek. Although his position at Disney is not too high, he is only the vice president of the tourism and vacation department, but doesn't Michael Eisner know the meaning of this?

Disneyland's biggest competitor is Universal Studios!

Did Michael Eisner kneel down for Dunn?

How could even this kind of talent be let go?

Such personnel appointments have thrown the entire Hollywood into panic.

So this creates an illusion.

Disney...

It seems that he has become a follower of New Universal!

In April, Disney's stock price experienced a wave of growth, because Disney and Dunn Pictures reached a strategic cooperation to jointly develop live-action movies of Disney cartoons, and obtained the copyright of "The Chronicles of Narnia" and "Wise and Brave". broadcast rights;

At the end of November, Disney's stock price soared again, because of the new cooperation between Disney and New Universal, Dunn handed over "American Idol" to ABC!

All signs are showing that Dunn has increasingly shown control over Disney.

Even Disney's executives, as long as Dunn has a fancy, can easily dig over.

Disney has become a skill training school for talents to New Universe!

...

Dunn was very satisfied.

Robert Iger resigned voluntarily and joined New Universal; Andrew Mooney was fired by Disney and joined New Universal; Bob Chapek was even simpler, it was Dunn's direct "stealing contract" Operation, abruptly dug into the new world...

Dunn is in a good mood.

At present, the top management of the new Universal Group has been basically completed, and there is only one Wal-Mart vice president Kevin Turner.

If he really doesn't want to come, Dunn has already thought about it. It's better to straighten Reed Hastings. Anyway, he is temporarily in charge of the Interactive Entertainment Department during this time, and his work performance is very good.

As for some other group vice presidents and heads of administrative departments, they are all left to Barry Diller.

It is enough for Tang En to hold the four major business departments and the financial department in his hands.

"Bob, I'm glad you can help me!" Dunn warmly invited Robert Iger into the office.

Robert Iger was a little bitter, "I can find a job so quickly, I should thank you."

Tang En smiled, reached out and patted his shoulder, and said earnestly, "Bob, believe me, what Disney can give you, New Universal can give! What Disney can't give you, New Universal can also!"

"Um?"

Robert Iger is a smart man, and he immediately heard some deep meaning from Dunn's words.

Tang En said lightly: "Barry Diller is excellent, this is the reality, but he is 60 years old this year, and this is also the reality."

Although the words were not fully explained, Robert Iger had already understood, and his face immediately became a little excited, "Mr. Walker, this...this...this makes me flattered!"

Dunn smiled and shook his head, "Bob, you are humble, I have dealt with Disney for many years, and I understand your abilities. I can even give you a guarantee now that as long as Barry Diller retires, The CEO position is yours!"

Robert Iger's cold heart after his failure to compete for Disney's CEO suddenly became hot again.

The CEO of New Universal seems to be... even more attractive than the position of Disney CEO!

In terms of potential, New Universal is much bigger than Disney!

Not to mention other, just one imax company has the prospect of rewriting the Hollywood movie model!

"Trust me, I won't let you down!"

Robert Iger stared at Dunn and made a sworn promise.

Dunn smiled slightly, having experience in previous life, he was not worried about Robert Iger at all, and said: "For now, we are Disney's partners, I hope you can put the relationship between you and Michael Eisner together. Professionalizing the relationship.”

"You can rest assured, you are my role model." Robert Iger flattered.

Dunn nodded, "Also, you know about Viacom. But you used to work at Disney, but now, you represent the interests of New Universal. We have to fight Viacom, if there is a real Trouble, you might as well take the Disney back."

"I know."

Robert Iger nodded.

Although Dunn's statement is cruel, it is the reality, what if it is a partner? If Disney really falls behind, New Universal might be in trouble.

"Well, what did you hear about Lei Shidong?"

Robert Iger hesitated for a moment, then hesitantly said: "The rumors are not credible, but I think we should be prepared. Once Redstone really decides to fight and sacrifices Best, then our losses will probably be far away. Much more than USA Network."

The United States is a country that attaches great importance to intellectual property rights. Third-party companies must pay copyright fees for commercial operations of intellectual property rights such as movies, music, games, books, and comics.

45% to 55% of the revenue from film tapes and discs rented by Blockbuster is handed over to film distributors. If it is a popular new film, such as "Spider-Man", "Unsinkable", "Mrs. Smith", "Fast and Furious", "Resident Evil", etc., the distributor's share will be higher, which can exceed 65%!

That's a huge amount of money!

And it's tax free!

New Universal owns the copyright of more than 3,600 movies, as well as TV shows such as "Six Feet Under", "The Wire", "Band of Brothers", "American Idol", etc. Every year, the rental income of DVDs alone, globally, is Net income of $600 million.

Among them, Blockbuster can contribute 400 million US dollars!

If Redstone really dared to use Blockbuster to jam New Universal's neck, it would definitely be a major loss.

"Baishida?" Tang En's mouth curled up and he sneered a few times, "Lei Shidong better not make any stupid tricks, he will definitely not be able to play the trick!"

"Um?"

"He is an old fish, but I am a new net! Fight with me, even if the fish dies, the net will not break!"

Robert Iger looked at Dunn's slightly arrogant confident aura, and unconsciously gave birth to a certain degree of certainty.

Maybe……

Redstone is really not Dunn's opponent!

In front of such a sharp and enterprising young man the old Redstone has indeed retired and returned home to take care of his old age.

"Yeah, he'd better not make a fool of himself!"

Robert Iger said sincerely.

...

MGM is really bad.

A total of 23 films were produced this year, more than Paramount, Universal, and Disney, but 13 of them had North American box office sales that failed to exceed $1 million.

The hugely invested "Wind Whisperer", which only made $40 million at the North American box office, is completely unstoppable.

Not to mention a loss of $400 million this year!

It depends on whether "007 Die Another Day" can save the world.

Unexpectedly, when "007 Die Another Day" was released, the popularity of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" had not faded.

After "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" was released for a month, it attracted 270 million US dollars in the North American market, and after the popularity was greatly reduced, "The Lord of the Rings 2: The Two Towers" followed.

MGM's top executives want to cry but have no tears!

Three weeks after its release, "007 Dies Another Day" earned $120 million at the North American box office and $100 million overseas. According to this estimate, the global box office exceeded $300 million without any problems.

There is no doubt that "007 Dies Another Day" will be MGM's highest-grossing film of the year!

will make a fortune!

However, compared with the huge losses, it is nothing but a drop in the bucket.

The appeal of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" and "The Lord of the Rings 2: The Two Towers" is too strong, and "007 Die Another Day" can only survive in the cracks.

Recently, MGM's big boss and gambling tycoon Kirk Kerkorian has made it clear that as long as the price is right, he is willing to sell MGM again!

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