Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 2225: Here Comes the Blame

"Okay, have you guys had enough arguing?"

Wasserman glared at Fernard and Sanchos. These two guys really did more than fail.

It was just asking them to let Langmeyer take a temporary leave for a period of time. These two guys were able to force Langmeyer to resign.

They also shamelessly said that it has nothing to do with them. Do they really think they are stupid?
After being yelled at by Wasserman, Fernard and Sanchos closed their mouths.

But judging from their appearance, they still seem to be very unconvinced.

"I just talked to Langmeyer on the phone. He no longer plans to return to Universal Pictures. What do you think of this?"

What Wasserman asked was naturally not how to deal with Langmeyer's matter. After all, he didn't even listen to his own words, so how could he listen to what other people said.

The most important thing now is to solve the immediate problems as soon as possible.

The biggest problem Universal Pictures is facing now is the relationship with Lin Daoqiu.

After losing Lang Mayer who had a good relationship with Lin Daoqiu, they really couldn't find anyone who could deal with Lin Daoqiu.

"Who can tell me who to send to deal with Lin Daoqiu? Universal Pictures has been relying on Lin Daoqiu to make a lot of money in the past few years. If the cooperation with MGM is lost, the income of Universal Pictures next year will be huge." massive decline."

That's what Wozelman is most worried about right now.

If it weren't for this, he wouldn't have any worries about Langmeyer's resignation at all, and he wouldn't even take it seriously.

But the problem now is that if there is no one who can effectively communicate with Lin Daoqiu, the troubles of Universal Pictures this time will affect the acquisition of MCA and Panasonic.

When Wasserman finished asking, everyone at the scene lowered their heads one after another. It seemed that none of them could stand up and give an answer that would make Wasserman happy.

"Richard, are you interested in being the president of Universal Pictures?"

Seeing that those guys were unwilling to say anything, Wasserman could only find the target by himself. He found Richard Steven, the administrative director of MCA.

Asked by Wasserman, Richard Steven raised his head in surprise.

If it were the past, the position of president of Universal Pictures would definitely be a gunslinger and popular position.

Because since the cooperation between Universal Pictures and Lin Daoqiu, the performance has been booming, and the income has also doubled several times compared to before.

But everyone knows that all of this is attributed to Langmeyer. It is because of his unique vision that he chose to cooperate with Lin Daoqiu, which created the current glory of Universal Pictures.

It's just that now that Richard Steven is going to take over Universal Pictures, he has no confidence in maintaining Universal Pictures' performance.

At that time, when his performance plummeted, he would become the one who took the blame. Richard Steven was naturally unwilling to take such an obvious scapegoat.

"My ability is limited, you should find someone else."

Richard Steven outright rejected Wasserman's appointment.

"Sanchos..."

Originally, Sanchos thought that this matter had nothing to do with him, but Wasserman suddenly called his name.

Sanchos's heart immediately rose to his throat, and he didn't want to take over this unlucky situation.

"You don't want me to pick up the president of Universal Pictures, do you? If so, you might as well send me to Alaska. I'm not familiar with the business operation of movies at all. It's definitely not a wise choice for me to go there."

Sanchos refused without waiting for Wasserman to speak. He is not stupid at all. He doesn't think he can do as well as Langmeyer.

Unless Lin Daoqiu agrees to cooperate with Universal Pictures as before, then Sanchos is willing to take over the president of Universal Pictures.

"You are not willing to go, do you want me to be in charge of this seat?"

After Wazelman finished speaking, he looked around, but no one dared to meet his gaze at this moment.

"Sanchos, from today I appoint you as the president of Universal Pictures to replace Longmeyer. This is my decision."

Sanchos was so frightened that he wanted to reject the appointment.

But Wasserman simply didn't give him the chance.

"If you refuse, then you will be responsible for negotiating with Panasonic, and negotiate according to the previous conditions. If you fail to meet the requirements, you know what the consequences will be."

Sanchos was speechless when he heard it. He didn't expect Wasserman to be so terrific. This was tantamount to letting him choose one of the two black pots.

If it really doesn't work, Sanchos feels that Universal Pictures' scapegoat will be less pressured, at least there is still a little hope.

"Since this is the case, I can only take over the president of Universal Pictures, but I want to declare here in advance that I cannot guarantee that Universal Pictures' performance next year will be as usual, and everyone must be prepared for a sharp decline."

Anyway, it's already at this time, and it is naturally impossible for Sanchos to say that he can still make Universal Pictures have the same growth rate as before.

Unless he was out of his mind, he would have such an idea.

But now is a special period, and everyone agrees with Sanchos' statement. After all, he is responsible for taking the blame. If you are too harsh on him, it will be bad if you implicate yourself.

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"The new president of Universal Pictures wants to see me?"

On the second day after Sanchos took office, he called Richardson, hoping to meet Lin Daoqiu for a meal.

"not see."

Without even thinking about it, Lin Daoqiu directly rejected Sanchos' request to meet.

When Richardson heard this, his expression turned pale.

He knew very well why Lin Daoqiu refused to meet with Sanchos, it was all because of his good buddy Lang Meyer.

"Mr. Lin, Universal Pictures is our biggest ally. If we give up our cooperation with them at this time, I am worried that it will directly affect our share in Hollywood in the future."

Richardson's worries are normal. As the president of MGM, he naturally has to consider issues from the company's standpoint.

Moreover, Sanchos did not show any hostility towards MGM. It is undoubtedly a very stupid way to choose to give up the cooperation with Universal Pictures at this time.

"My cooperation with Universal Pictures has ended after Langmeyer left. Although you think this is incredible, if MGM wants to become the number one film company in Hollywood, this is the way it must go."

Lin Daoqiu naturally does not hope to maintain a good cooperative relationship with Universal Pictures. What he wants to do is to become the leader of Hollywood.

Because of Langmeyer's relationship before, Lin Daoqiu and Universal Pictures have always maintained a good cooperative relationship.

But now that Langmeyer is gone, he naturally doesn't need to maintain the previous relationship.

After all, apart from providing itself with screens, Universal Pictures doesn't have much use.

(End of this chapter)