Chapter 770： Big boss pretending to be grandson

(The last chapter is just to pay tribute. The materials of American comics are all in English, and my eyes are dizzy.)

Convincing Mr. Stan Lee is equivalent to getting Marvel Entertainment.

However, if you want to match more comic companies, let them get out of the control of the Comic Standards Authority and gain more creative space, you must have a more complete comic rating system.

Freedom of the press and distribution in the United States are protected by the Constitution, but the Constitution does not guarantee distribution channels.

Officials can strictly control the distribution channels.

Content that is too vulgar must not be popular in the world.

If the comics company leaves the Comics Code Administration, and the comics market is in chaos, and various super-large-scale comics appear one after another, then the government will inevitably introduce policies to rectify it.

It is very likely that, like the film remediation that year, the official and the private sector will cooperate to establish an agency mpaa.

If so, it might as well be regulated by the Manga Code Authority, which is a private institution after all.

Therefore, there must be a safe and reliable grading system!

The rating system that Marvel introduced in the past has been criticized a lot.

Must be updated!

Dunn also quickly gave his opinion.

At present, Marvel's rating system is divided into 4 levels - aa for all ages, pg for parental guidance, pg+ for teenagers, and pa for parental supervision.

Corresponding to the g-level, pg-level, pg-13 level, and r-level in the movie rating, respectively.

This clearly shows the existence of hidden dangers.

In the movie classification, above the R-level, there are 17-ban nc-17 levels, and even X-level with stricter control, that is, 18-ban. (Director Li's masterpiece "Lust/Caution" has 17 bans; Kubrick's masterpiece "A Clockwork Orange" has 18 bans, and the public release is a castrated version.)

Therefore, Tang En also put forward the conditions to have a higher level of control to limit the bad behavior of minors.

After communication, it was finally confirmed that Marvel's rating system will be revised in more detail. Starting in May, the new rating system will be printed on the pages of every Marvel comic for better understanding from time to time.

From 4 grades, it became 5.

Aa grade for all ages, aa+ grade for 9-13 years old, t+ grade for teenagers over 13 years old, pa grade that needs to be read under parental supervision, and adult only with intense content ec level.

If the rules are more explicit about the Marvel rating system, it will be more popular.

After the Marvel thing was clarified, Dunn was going to talk to Warner.

First Ted Turner did things, and then dc comics jumped out.

There has to be a reason, right?

Warner Bros. CEO Barry Mayer, 58. The reason why he was able to run a creative company like Warner as an administrative worker... His greatest skill is to pretend to be a grandson.

This is a well-known fact in the Hollywood industry, and it has even become a joke.

Take, for example, Chinese-American movie star Jet Lee.

When Barry Mayer came on stage, Jett Lee and Warner Bros. were working together on an action movie, Romeo Deadly.

He summoned Jet Lee, but kept him waiting at the door for 45 minutes.

After the meeting, Barry Mayer showed American arrogance, put his legs on the desk, leaned back on the boss chair, didn't even look at Jet Li, um ah ah, the comments were very casual, Even during the period, it was very rude to talk to someone on the phone.

At that time, Jett Lee only played a villain in "Lethal Weapon 4", which was his personal first Hollywood movie, and didn't make much money by virtue of Mel Gibson's appeal.

Jet Li's position is rather embarrassing.

Of course no one looked at him.

A year later, "Romeo Deadly" came out. The film cost $25 million to make, $25 million to announce, and over $90 million at the global box office!

The sales of video tapes and DVDs exceeded 100 million!

The first Hollywood movie starring Jett Lee, at least for Warner Bros., made $50 million!

As soon as the data came out, Barry Mayer went crazy.

It just so happened that at that time, Warners had a project called "Deadly Cradle", and it was short of a male protagonist like Jet Li!

After Barry Mayer heard about it, without saying a word, he immediately flew to France to visit Jett Lee, who was co-producing "Kiss of the Dragon" with Luc Besson!

Jet Li is a **** man with a high spirit.

Last time he was hung by Barry Mayer for 45 minutes, this time, he hung Barry Mayer for 90 minutes!

Double refund.

It took a full hour and a half before he went to the appointment.

What was the result?

Barry Mayer was not annoyed at all, with a smile on his face, like a third grandson, seemingly willing to wait!

He desperately wooed, desperately flattered, treated Jett Lee like Tom Cruise, and offered a $15 million A-list star salary!

You know, the total budget of "Deadly Cradle" is only 25 million US dollars.

It can be said that the only selling point of the movie "Deadly Cradle" is Jet Lee!

In front of an Asian action actor, Barry Mayer can kneel down and be a grandson for the sake of profit. It is not difficult to understand why Jk Rowling, a writer in his previous life, dared to be above Warner's head.

"Dang En, I swear, I swear to you, I really don't know anything about what you said!"

Barry Mayer rushed to the country club in Beverly Hills, looking bitter and begging for mercy.

At this time, Dunn was playing with Michael Eisner.

"Huh? The level is good!"

"Haha, it's okay! It's so powerful!"

Neither party seemed to hear Barry Mayer's grievances and were still playing golf.

Barry Mayer hurried over, smiled and said, "Really, I just found out about the comics."

"yes?"

Dunn didn't even look at him and continued to play.

Not to mention Michael Eisner, the relationship between Disney and Warner is already cold.

The fiasco of the film "The Chronicles of Narnia 2" co-operated by the two sides has exacerbated the contradiction between the two sides.

"Hey!"

Barry Mayer sighed deeply, "You know, DC Comics has always been operating independently, many things... Of course, I also have negligence, I apologize."

"Haha." Tang En jokingly turned his head and glanced at him, "Since it has nothing to do with you, there is no need to apologize. It's really not a big deal."

Barry Mayer nodded frequently, "Yeah, it's all small things. However, it was my negligence after all, and I should apologize."

Tang En gave a soft "Oh", then put down the club, walked to the lounge chair, and said with a smile: "By the way, Barry, I forgot to congratulate you."

"Congratulations to me?"

"Warner Records, sold $2.6 billion, congratulations!"

Michael Eisner almost burst out laughing when he heard this.

Barry Mayer also turned black and said embarrassedly: "This is not my decision. You know, in the past year... aol lost more than 50 billion US dollars!"

There was a bit of sarcasm on Michael Eisner's face.

At that time, Time Warner and aol merged, and the market value approached 300 billion US dollars!

As a result, 100 billion evaporated from the bubble crisis in 2002, and another 50 billion last year...

aol Time Warner even changed its name and called it back to "Time Warner".

The huge debt, the annual interest repayment is as high as 7 billion US dollars, the sale of assets and working capital is already an imminent means.

Dunn curled the corners of his mouth, smiled, and his voice was full of indescribable sarcasm: "That's why you should retire as soon as you get old. Back then, Ted Turner's vote in favor was the beginning of the tragedy!"

Barry Mayer immediately heard what he meant and said quickly: "Ted's business has nothing to do with Warner Bros. His relationship with MGM has nothing to do with me either."

"Really?" Dunn looked at him deeply.

"That's it!"

Barry Mayer clapped his chest to assure.

Dunn said: "If that's the case, that's fine. Otherwise... I'm really afraid that he will lead Warner astray again. Viacom's life is not easy!"

"No, absolutely not!"

Barry Mayer's heart froze, and he kept defending.

But he also knows that today's events will never pass so easily.

Sure enough, I heard Tang En say with a smile: "Barry, you have also heard about the recent events. New Universal and Disney have encountered a little trouble, and I would like to ask you for help."

"Just say it, as long as I can do it." Barry Mayer's heart tightened.

Tang En stretched out three fingers and said, "Not much, three little things."

Barry Mayer's face turned black Dunn's lion opened his mouth in a reasonable situation, everyone knows.

If he wanted to buy back MGM's old movie rights from the golden age, he would never agree to it. He hesitated and said, "MGM's business... We don't want to be involved."

"Ted Turner isn't worth my fight!" Dunn sneered disdainfully and snorted, "The first thing, you must have heard about the "New York Times", which reported a lot of unrealistic falsehoods. News. During this time, New Universal and Disney are working together to put pressure on them, and I hope Warners can also step up their efforts.”

Barry Mayer agreed without thinking, "Okay, no problem!"

Dunn smiled satisfactorily and said, "The second thing, as you must know, that **** Harvey Weinstein made a documentary "Fahrenheit 911", the content of which is more absurd than the "New York Times" Fake news is bad. I don't think this movie should be released."

"what?"

Barry Mayer froze for a moment.

Banned?

This is hard to do!

Freedom of distribution is the First Amendment to the Constitution!

Even if the official supervision is forced, it can only limit the scope of the audience, but cannot interfere with the publication of the works.

Besides, it's not an X-rated work, so why force supervision?

Dunn said lightly: "I know it's difficult, but...it has to be done. Needless to say, Disney and New Universal, 20th Century Fox and Paramount will not participate in this kind of thing. Sony Pictures doesn't have that. Guts, as long as Warner doesn't get involved, it's fine."

Barry Mayer frowned and said, "Of course Warners will not participate in this kind of thing, and I am also willing to join hands with you to boycott the distribution of this film in China. However, there are always some small distribution companies that have an eye for meeting, such as ...Lionsgate Pictures!"