Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 353 Harvey: Extreme measures can be used to deal with Link if necessary

After discussing the cooperation, Link looked at his watch and left early.

When Link's back disappeared at the door of the cafe, Ovitz's face immediately fell.

"Damn it, this bastard is getting more and more rude."

In the past, when he met with others, no one dared to leave their seats before he stood up, and everyone was eager to chat with him for a while longer.

Now he wanted to talk to Link, and he had to make four or five phone calls to get Link out.

After they met, Link wanted to leave early several times and seemed not to want to talk to him any more. It was too much.

If it was two or three years ago, when he was still the king of Hollywood, would Link dare to do this? Would others dare to do this?
Absolutely not!

Ovitz clenched his fists tightly, feeling once again the pain of losing power. Without power, there would be no status and dignity. Not only would there be fewer people flattering him, but he would also be looked down upon by others.

This feeling is terrible.

He secretly swore that no matter what means, he would take back power as soon as possible, become the king of Hollywood again, and make Link and all those who looked down on him go to hell!

"Mike, how did you find Link to cooperate?"

Harvey Weinstein whispered the question as he saw Link leaving.

"Any questions? You've worked with him before."

Ovitz asked.

"When I worked with him, Guess What film industry had not yet developed. If it wasn't for your suggestion this time, I would never have worked with him. He is the enemy and foe of all of us. He robbed the box office of movies that originally belonged to the Seven Pictures and Miramax.

If it weren't for him and Guess What, the box office revenue of Seven Pictures wouldn't be getting worse and Miramax's losses wouldn't be getting worse. You should know this."

Harvey Weinstein said angrily.

Hearing Harvey say this, Ovitz was secretly annoyed. He had his reasons for cooperating with Link, so why should he explain it to others? If he was still the king of Hollywood, would Harvey dare to ask him so directly?
Absolutely not!

Ovitz once again felt slighted. He took a deep drag on his cigar and suppressed his displeasure as he said, "This was Eisner's suggestion. Eisner believed that Guess What Pictures was developing very rapidly, and even if the seven major studios joined forces, they would not be able to curb its growth and expansion.

In this case, cooperating with Guess Pictures to make movies is more beneficial to the company's development. In addition, as far as I know, six other film companies are also actively contacting Link. If we reach a cooperation with Link first, we can also seize the initiative. "

This is the superficial benefit. The intrinsic benefit is that through cooperation with Link, Disney's film department can be taken control, a firm foothold in Disney can be established, more power can be obtained, and the next step is to become the king of Hollywood again.

Of course he wouldn't tell Harvey about the inner benefits.

"Eisner also thinks we should cooperate with Guess What Pictures?"

Harvey Weinstein frowned, "But if this happens, guess what? The film industry will become stronger and stronger, eating up more box office share, while the seven major film companies will become weaker and weaker, and lose control of the entertainment industry."

Harvey suddenly gritted his teeth and said angrily, "Big 7 Films is our Jewish territory, our money bag, and an important tool for us to export our ideology and values. Are we going to just hand it over to Link? Michael, are you willing?"

Ovitz looked at him in surprise. He never expected that Harvey, like Ron Meyer, was also a radical pack-holder who linked Link's rise with the survival of the pack.

In fact, he was this kind of person at first.

When founding CAA, he relied on the funds of the Jewish consortium and the help of fellow Jewish bosses in the circle to develop CAA into the largest agency in the entertainment industry.

He also used his Jewish identity to sign Jewish filmmakers such as Dustin Hoffman, Michael Douglas, Paul Newman, and Spielberg to CAA, allowing CAA to surpass WMA in scale and influence.

However, when he was managing CAA, he found that this approach also had disadvantages. CAA had too many Jewish clients, and people would think that they were forming a clique and deliberately excluding actors and directors of other races.

Later, Ovitz took the initiative to abandon this racial concept, attracted filmmakers of other races to join CAA, and treated clients of all groups equally. Only then did CAA grow and develop thoroughly.

Now, hearing Harvey asking him to give up the cooperation with Link and safeguard the interests of Jews in Hollywood, Ovitz could not help but frown. Although he was a beneficiary of ethnocentrism, he was unwilling to become a ethnocentrist again and serve the interests of the group.

Michael Eisner is also of the same race. If he puts the interests of the race first, he will not be able to compete with Eisner for power, nor will he be able to completely control Disney, let alone become the king of Hollywood again through Disney.

This is not a good thing for him.

But considering that Harvey also had the support of Jewish financial groups, Ovitz did not refute him in person. He told Harvey what Longmeyer and Michael Eisner said:

Guess What Pictures is a strong young man, while the Big Seven Pictures are elderly people in their sixties. They can't even beat Guess What Pictures in a fight. But don't worry, because no company in the film industry will have smooth development.

Both Disney and Warner Bros. have encountered numerous setbacks and crises in the past few decades.

The same is true for Guess What Movies.

Although things have been going smoothly in recent years, they won’t always be smooth.

As long as Guess Films encounters any setbacks in the future, the seven major film studios will bare their fangs, pounce together to kill Guess Films, and divide up all of Guess Films' profits.

So no matter how much money Guess Pictures and Link make now, and how big the cake is, it will be divided up by everyone in the end, and he is just keeping it for everyone now.

"Harvey, guess what? The film industry currently has sufficient funds and is very powerful. Even if the seven major film companies join forces to defeat it, it will only be a miserable victory in the end. It is not worthwhile to do so."

Ovitz explained, puffing on a cigar.

Harvey frowned, not quite accepting this explanation.

“Guess What Pictures has been doing well in the past few years. If it develops smoothly in the next few years, Link will make more money, Guess What Pictures will become stronger, and the Big Seven Pictures will become weaker or even go bankrupt.

By that time, even if Guess Pictures loses money investing in movies, the Big Seven may not have the strength to beat it. "

"Don't worry, it won't happen. By that time, the Jewish financial groups will have completely taken control of Guess What Pictures. No matter how well Link does, he is only making money for us. He is just a manager."

Ovitz said nonchalantly.

"Michael, Link is a greedy man, and he is also very insidious and cunning. I don't think he will willingly hand over the control of Guess What Pictures, nor will he easily give up the throne of the King of Hollywood, so I think we should prepare in advance."

Harvey narrowed his eyes, a cold light flashed in his dark eyes, and his expression became extremely serious.

Ovitz's face also turned cold, and he felt a little dissatisfied.

If he were still the king of Hollywood, no one would dare to raise objections again and again after he made his explanation.

Now Harvey kept refuting his opinions, not only belittling him but also blaming him for being simple-minded.

Ovitz took a puff of his cigar and asked calmly, "Harvey, do you have any good ideas for dealing with Link?"

"I think we should unite and ban Guess Pictures and Link from all channels, making it difficult for him to move forward in Hollywood. If necessary, we can do it more thoroughly. No matter what, we cannot hand over Hollywood to Link, a Chinese."

Harvey Weinstein squinted his heavy eye bags, pressed his fat palms on the table, and his expression became fierce.

Ovitz glanced at him and couldn't help but narrow his eyes. He saw his past self in Harvey, ambitious, ambitious, and unscrupulous for power.

He rolled his eyes, put his palm on Harvey's shoulder, and said with a smile, "Harvey, your idea is very good. I will leave this matter to you. I support you."

"Thank you!"

Harvey glanced at him and said.

Regardless of whether Ovitz agreed or not, he decided to find Michael Eisner, Lang Meier, Barry Diller and others when he had time to discuss how to deal with Link.

(End of this chapter)