Chapter 1169： It's not a protest, it's a lawsuit

Bill McNick knew Dunn the best, and he was a little flustered right now. From Dunn's expression and attitude... he clearly saw some shadows of the past!

What shadow?

Dunn, an independent film company of Dunn Films, blocked Disney in a terrible tone!

It was a battle of hitting the stone with an egg!

In the end, Dunn won.

Tang En Films also successfully broke the blockade of the six majors and embarked on a road of promotion.

But can the situation then be the same as it is now?

Back then, Tang En was barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes, and was working hard with Disney with his shirtless. Disney is a listed company, and the internal power struggle between Michael Eisner and Roy Disney was fierce at that time. Under the internal and external troubles, Dunn Pictures was lucky to win.

Now it's different.

Dunn Pictures has become New Universal.

Great business!

Let alone Disney, the current valuation of New Universal... Disney and Time Warner together can't compare.

On the eve of its listing, could Xin Global make such a big mess?

Doesn't this make Wall Street look down, which will negatively drive down the IPO price?

The bigger the company, the bigger the responsibility it has.

Even if Dunn is the largest shareholder, he is still responsible for the more than 400,000 employees of the New Universal Group around the world, right? If something goes wrong with the group, aren't they at risk of losing their jobs?

Now is not the time to be shirtless, just pat your head and make a decision, and then the whole family will go to battle together and go all out.

Bill McNick hurriedly said: "Don, don't worry, listen to me first. This matter has not yet been finalized, they... may be acting in a group. This is Hollywood, and everyone is an acting genius. …”

"Okay!" Dunn waved his hand and interrupted him, "Bill, you forgot how we fought so hard in the first place? It's a fight! It's a constant fight! Only stagnant water is peaceful. When have you ever seen the Pacific Ocean quiet? Did it happen? It doesn't matter whether it's real or fake, let's go on! If it's real, then it's real! It's acting... Okay, don't forget, I'm the Oscar winner! "

Barry Diller said: "It can't be true, they're acting."

Robert Iger also said: "No one can afford to go to war and disrupt the current order in Hollywood, and no one can accept it. The matter of "Break Up Men and Women" is at most a slap in the face."

Radical Nina Jacobson also said at this time: "I also don't think they will come for real. They just want to make trouble and get some benefits from us."

Grant Hill nodded and said, "It should be acting."

……

Almost everyone agrees that the five menacing Hollywood giants have never thought of going to war with New Universal, they just want to impose some restrictions and gain some benefits.

After all, in the past few years, most of Hollywood's profits have been made by New Universal.

Eating alone is not good.

But Dunn just wants to eat alone!

Why should I ask you to give me the money I earned legally and reasonably?

Dissatisfied?

Then let's fight!

He doesn't think that Hollywood, which has developed for a hundred years, still has the courage to "go all out", at most it's just pretending to scare people.

Unfortunately, they chose the wrong object.

Don't be frightened!

In the past few years, he led Tang En Pictures to struggle and struggle, and he calmly passed through the difficult situation that might go bankrupt at any time. Are you still afraid of this small threat?

After New Universal sold the USA TV network to NBC Columbia Group for $5.5 billion, the current cash flow is as high as $19 billion!

With so much money in hand, who is afraid of whom?

Even if it takes 10,000 steps back, if the other five giants play the real game, and they also successfully win the new Universal, the new Universal will be squeezed out of the Hollywood sphere of influence.

So what?

Without the Hollywood turf, Dunn is just a setback in his film career. He still has Netflix, Blizzard, Facebook, Starz and Discovery Channel, as well as the fashion industry, as well as Dolby Laboratories and imax...

Without the movie, Dunn still owns the world's largest media group and is the richest man in the world!

Not counting the stocks of those high-tech companies he holds.

He has countless retreats.

Back then, Dunn had several times to swallow his anger.

Not anymore.

He is the undisputed number one in Hollywood!

Are you still going to swallow your anger and be fussy?

impossible!

If it's acting, then Tang En will accompany them to the end to see who's acting is more exquisite.

If it's a real game... Dunn is even more fearless. It's a big deal that everyone will finish the game together and destroy Hollywood together.

Tang En moved to another place, still eating and drinking spicy food, surrounded by beautiful women, and enjoying the beautiful life of the richest man in the world.

Of course, just like everyone present thought the same, Dunn also believed that the five big Hollywood giants were bluffing and didn't dare to make things bigger.

They didn't dare to make a big fuss, so Tang En used the topic to play it well.

Tang En said lightly: "In the past two years, New Global has developed very well, and it has paid less and less attention to its competitors in the market. This is obviously wrong. We do not suppress them, but they regard us as Qiu Kou. First, there was a disc parity alliance, and then a friendly distribution agreement was formed. This time, it’s good to start using the power of the rating committee to play tricks on the movie rating. It’s tolerable, and it’s unbearable!”

Barry Diller couldn't help but persuaded: "We can protest to MPAA about this matter, and I believe they will come up with a solution."

"Protest?" Dunn nodded. "Protest is necessary, but not to MPAA, but to file a lawsuit in a California court. We want to sue the MPAA rating committee. During the film's rating process, the judges used their powers. Suppress competitors' monopoly violations that undermine market fairness!"

"Sue the court?"

Not to mention conservatives, even those radicals rolled their eyes when they heard Dunn's words and almost fainted.

This is going to be desperate!

If this is a big deal, it will really turn the table over.

Since the establishment of MPAA, it has been an open secret to use the power advantage of the rating committee to suppress dissidents and safeguard the common interests of giants.

Movies produced by Hollywood giants often get better ratings.

As for the films produced by independent film companies, whenever there are a few swear words and a few large-scale shots, they all go straight to R-rated films.

Even a film as conservative as "The King's Speech" can be rated as an R-rated film, which shows how black these people are.

It can be said that once Dunn files a lawsuit, the MPAA will definitely fail!

At that time, the Hollywood giants will inevitably have to pay huge financial compensation to the independent film companies that have been oppressed for decades, as well as more horrific punitive damages.

"Isn't that trapping ourselves in it!" Bill McNick's face turned pale with anxiety, and he was really frightened by Dunn.

New Universal has two labels, Universal Pictures and MGM, both of which have been members of the rating committee.

If compensation, New Universal will bear the brunt!

Dunn didn't care, and said solemnly: "A place like MPAA... Hehe, it is almost impossible for the court and prosecutors to obtain tangible evidence. We can act as tainted witnesses and avoid punishment. Expose this ugly act. , to expose the ugly interior of MPAA to the public, and to make Hollywood a bright future!"

Forensics are too easy for insiders.

Like Bill McNick, Ron Meyer, Shirley Lansing, Amy Pascal, Nina Jacobson and others, they have all served in the six Hollywood giants and participated in the film classification. Work.

Naturally, there will be some materials for the record, and... the exchange of emails.

Especially emails, there will be a lot of confidential information involved, such as negotiating to suppress a certain movie, raising the rating of a certain movie, etc.

As long as you search their mailboxes, you may get the most exact evidence.

However, once this kind of thing is done, there will be no room for manoeuvre, and it will be completely cold.

Once the sentence is pronounced, at least half of the century-old Hollywood will be destroyed.

Everyone knows the consequences of doing so.

This is not only an outcome that the MPAA and Hollywood giants do not want to see, it is a situation that neither the White House nor the two parties want to see.

Hollywood is the biggest propaganda tool.

If this is ruined, who will export values ​​around the world for the federal government?

Barry Diller took a deep breath, his lips were shaking, "Dawn, you...are you serious?"

"Am I joking?"

"Are you acting? You are acting, right?"

Tang En was noncommittal, and said lightly: "It's not us, but them. They think it's acting, that's acting. If they come for real, then of course it's real!"

Barry Diller, Bill McNick Shirley Lansing, Ron Mayer and others all looked at each other with panic.

They are all old guys who have worked in Hollywood all their lives.

Hollywood is their home.

They don't want to play a big game before they retire, come and set Hollywood on fire!

It is impossible to change Dunn's attitude.

No one can change what this young big boss decides. He has always been a master of softness and hardship.

Next, we have to quickly "tip" to other colleagues in Hollywood.

This kind of thing must not be concealed!

Once there is a commotion, the sky will collapse, and at least half of the film workers will lose their jobs, which will be millions!

The whole of Los Angeles will be in turmoil.

Yes, hurry up to persuade them, hurry up to compromise!

Damn, a bunch of idiots!

It's not good to offend anyone, dare to offend Tang En!

Is your brain flooded?

If you want to make money, you should use legal and reasonable market behavior to compete, and no one will be able to speak. Happened to use the film rating trick to make threats. Hmph, now Dunn, can you threaten to move?

At this moment, Tang En spoke again and said in a negative way: "Prosecuting is only the first step. Next, I have more means. They don't follow the rules, that's fine, then they will completely break the rules!"