Hollywood starts with an agent

Chapter 146 Disney's Sincerity
Jack Wills sat on the sofa at his Venice Beach home in Los Angeles, holding a newspaper that reported that Tupac Shakur had been admitted to the intensive care unit.

In this case, "Justins Who Writes Poems" will definitely be stopped. As for the death of another black man, Sean Combs, he really doesn't care much!

Culver City, Sony Studios headquarters, Columbia Pictures, Sidney Ganis looked at John Singleton, the male lead of "Justins the Poet," sitting across from him and felt helpless about what happened to him.

"Let's find a black actor for the lead role. Cuba Gooding Jr. from 'Boyz n the Hood' is a good choice. The insurance company will cover the losses!"

Black gang members have many problems, and Sidney Ganis certainly understands this. He invested $1600 million in "Justins the Poet", so he can't just give up.

“I’ll talk to Cuba Gooding Jr.”

John Singleton reported his work to Sidney Ganis with some difficulty and then left.

Then, Sidney Ganis picked up the "The Mask of Zorro" plan sent by Shuguang and began to read it.

After all, Aaron Anderson's project is what he values most.

The story of the new generation of Zorro, a wonderful western adventure action film, directed by Ridley Scott, and the leading actor Kevin Costner is the first choice?
"Aaron's ideas are really hard to understand," Sidney Ganis muttered to himself on the chair. He didn't react much to the project's budget of no less than 5000 million US dollars.

Even if it is 6000 million or 7000 million US dollars, he is willing to cooperate with Shuguang. The combination of Kevin Costner and Ridley Scott is exciting to think about!
At night, the Mosaic Hotel in Beverly Hills.

Aaron took Nicole Kidman to a business cocktail party attended by many celebrities.

"Aaron, wanna talk?"

Jeffrey Katzenberg, chairman of Disney films, came up to Aaron.

Aaron smiled and kissed Nicole Kidman on the cheek, "I'll be gone for a while!"

"Please, Mr. Katzenberg."

The two of them walked onto the balcony, and Aaron looked at the other man's shiny bald head. "Euro Disneyland is opening in the next two days, right? Congratulations!"

Jeffrey Katzenberg nodded. "Eisner and the others have already left for Paris."

Jeffrey Katzenberg smiled and said, "What do you think of Hollywood now? There is more and more hot money pouring in from outside. As the economy recovers, capital will increase even more."

"Japan, the world's second-largest economy, has seen its real estate bubble burst, with house prices and stock markets halved, but its overseas funds remain the largest globally."

"Germany's reunification will unleash immeasurable economic growth. Even if Japanese investment in Hollywood decreases, European capital will quickly fill the void."

"Hollywood's globalization will usher in a new golden age!"

Aaron said, glancing at the night scene of Los Angeles, "A new round of reshuffle is underway in Hollywood, and the diversification of film companies is the mainstream;"

"It's hard for a pure film company to compete with a media conglomerate," Jeffrey Katzenberg said flatly. "Movies, television, cable networks, home videos, brand-licensed consumer products, theme parks, and so on."

"The upstream and downstream film industry chains are becoming increasingly complex and interconnected."

"Under antitrust laws, broadcast television networks cannot merge with major film studios, but News Corporation's FOX Broadcasting Network and 20th Century Fox Film Group seem to have made a breakthrough;"

"Everyone knows that the merger of the major wireless broadcasting networks and film groups is inevitable before long!"

Just like "Paramount Act", it is a product of a specific period and needs to keep pace with the times.

Aaron smiled. What Jeffrey Katzenberg said certainly made sense, but although FOX Radio and Television Network was known as the fourth largest radio broadcasting network, how many affiliated TV stations did it have?

The three established wireless broadcasting networks, ABC, NBC, and CBS, each have nearly 200 affiliated TV stations, and they also have more than a dozen directly affiliated large-scale city TV stations.
Today, FOX is at most one-third the size of the three major wireless broadcasting networks. Before the bill proposal in Congress has a clear direction, News Corporation cannot expand its market unscrupulously.

"Mr. Katzenberg, just speak your mind!"

Jeffrey Katzenberg looked at Aaron and said, "Disney wants to acquire Dawn Pictures. When the time comes, after you join Disney, you will be in full control of Disney's live-action film and television business;"

"You are the president of Disney Motion Picture Group, responsible for content production for all Disney, Touchstone, Dawn, and Hollywood labels;"

"You only need to report to me or Eisner. In addition to your fixed salary, you will also receive performance-based bonuses and option rewards that suit your status!"

Aaron blinked. When this guy wanted to acquire Dawn before, the condition was just that he could continue to manage Dawn Pictures and ensure Dawn's independence.
Now, the conditions have improved a lot, the president of Disney Movies!

Aaron was a little suspicious. Was it because of Sugon that Jeffrey Katzenberg acquired Pixar?
It seems that the continuous failure of Disney's live-action films and their lack of success at the Oscars have indeed made them anxious;

Disney is now conquering the market with animation. "Beauty and the Beast", which was released at the end of last year, was not only nominated for the Best Picture Oscar, but also earned a total box office of 1.45 million US dollars in North America and 2.45 million US dollars worldwide!
"Well, Aaron, we are already very sincere!"

"I'm sorry, Mr. Katzenberg, but I'm not selling Dawn Pictures."

Aaron refused without hesitation.

"Why, if you join Disney, you'll have more connections to draw upon, and the resources you can mobilize are incalculable;"

"Shuguang is developing well, but your profits are mainly concentrated in the movies themselves. You can't afford a few failures like this?"

Is it true that anyone can achieve sustained success?

Aaron shook his head. "Dawn must ensure its integrity and independence and will not become part of any other entertainment group!"

Dawn is developing rapidly now, who would be willing to find a boss for themselves?
Look at Orion, which only considered selling after suffering huge losses, and also had the condition that even after the merger, Orion must maintain its own independence;
However, Orion’s increasing losses have now eliminated this condition, but no one is interested. It has now applied for bankruptcy protection. If no investors take over, it will be placed under bank custody.

(End of this chapter)