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"This animation is very good."

This was Liu's remark after watching an internal screening at MCA Global, which Zhang San invited him to attend before Liu left.

Before coming to North America, Boss Liu had some doubts about Zhang San's identity. Zhang San was too young. He believed that Zhang San was rich, but as for his status, that was a matter of opinion.

After today's screening, he no longer doubted the respect shown to him by other MCA Global executives, besides Robert, whom he had met that day.

The next day, after seeing off Boss Liu, Zhang San returned to MCA Global to attend a discussion about the Forest Emperor Leo. Chai Xiaofen became Zhang San's temporary secretary, although she couldn't offer any real help.

"Please continue, everyone. I'm just here to hear your opinions."

Although Zhang San is the boss, they don't think this small boss can offer any good advice; as long as he doesn't cause trouble, that's fine. They highly approve of Robert, the CEO the boss hired. He makes them feel like they're basking in a spring breeze. He's one of the few people in Europe and America with a good personality, without any arrogance, but rather very approachable.

The boss is often absent, which is something that people find unusual.

"Let's get Hans to compose the score for this movie, which will be released next summer."

A good CEO must be mindful of the boss's feelings, which is where Robert's interpersonal skills lie. After listening to everyone's opinions, he asked the boss next to him, "Stephen, what do you think of this strategy?"

"Very good, I feel everyone's points are valid, and the film has been well-received." He paused for a moment before giving the above suggestions.

"Summer release?"

Everyone fell silent. This summer's releases include Terminator 2 and Tessley's Beauty and the Beast. Is it a bad thing to release them this summer?

"June 7th, I guess. Also, we need to prepare our merchandise. I have a feeling that our little lion might become famous overnight."

Although the boss was confident, they were still uneasy.

Everything was proceeding according to plan. After the meeting, the publicity department began the publicity campaign. The production company of this animated film was a little-known company, Nanborui Entertainment Company, which could also be called No. 3 Entertainment Company.

They invested $2,100, while Global invested $9 million. As for how it was calculated, nobody cared. Who cares about such things? As long as it's compliant with regulations, that's fine.

However, the animated film released by Universal Pictures made another animation giant, Tessley, quite happy.

"What did you say? There's an animated film that's going to be released next summer?"

CEO Michael asked his question with some confusion, then looked at the others, like a lion king surveying his territory, watching over his subjects.

"Tell me what you know."

One of the managers he was looking at revealed what he knew. Actually, it wasn't a secret. Other companies usually knew which company had made which new film, but to keep it confidential, they would use code names for their movies, just like when they made E.T.

However, Universal did an excellent job of keeping it secret this time; they didn't even get wind of it, which put them in a very passive position. The animated film released by Universal this time had little impact on other companies, but a huge impact on Tessney, because it was a provocation, a provocation against the former animation kingdom.

"The rights to 'Kimba the Great Leo' were bought from Japan. It's the film and television adaptation rights to 'Kimba the Great.' It's said that they also bought many similar adaptation rights to lions."

There were also voices within Tessley's organization wanting to make an animated film about lions, but now that project may have to be shelved.

"Let's move our Beauty and the Beast event forward to June 7th."

CEO Michael's words stunned everyone, who felt the move was extremely unwise. If the other film succeeded, while it would be a blow to Tessney, it wouldn't matter. But to deliberately embarrass them by using their own flagship project to compete, and then lose, would be a huge loss.

"That's not a good idea. It would be very troublesome if the board of directors found out."

The management team is basically full of Michael's people, but they are still rational, otherwise they wouldn't have advised the other party in this way.

Michael is not someone who easily changes his mind; he was known for his assertiveness during his five or six years in Tessney.

"Do as I say. We can't let them provoke us. We have to retaliate."

Just a day after Universal announced that it would release the animated film "Leo the Great Emperor of the Jungle" next summer, Tessney also announced that their film "Beauty and the Beast" would be moved up to the same release date as "Leo the Great Emperor of the Jungle".

This has caused a huge stir. For so many years, Hollywood and even the whole of America have become spectators. Now there's going to be a good show to watch.

One is a former king of animated films, and the other is a little-known new company. Who will have the last laugh?

Moreover, many people don't understand that the production company behind this animated film is just a newly established company, an empty shell.

Soon, news spread that they had bought the copyright to Japanese manga, which originated from Japan.

Then people realized that it might have been made by people over there. This news was confirmed the next day. The news was very vague. In fact, the person who spread the news did not know either. He only said that it was made on the other side of the ocean. That No. 3 Entertainment invested 21 million US dollars, and Universal invested 9 million US dollars.

The $300 in global investment, besides being streamlined again, also includes voice-over and background music.

This animated film has been discussed in many places. Some people have learned from inside Universal that the animated film is of very high quality and has a high degree of completion. It can be said to be excellent.

"Could it be that they're spreading rumors from within their ranks?"

"It's hard to say, but Tessny is really angry."

The question was asked by a young man, and the answer came from a middle-aged man. People around them also came over with their wine glasses, wanting to hear the middle-aged man's analysis.

Seeing so many people gathered around, and knowing that everyone at the party was an acquaintance, the middle-aged man naturally recounted the cause and course of events.

It turns out that Tissini's animated films have lost their former glory, and they are actively looking for ways to get Tissini back on track, but they haven't found a good solution yet.

They had their eye on a computer animation company, ready to test whether computer animation was the future.

However, MCA beat them to it and made it a subsidiary; not only that, MCA also acquired a comic book company, Marvel Comics.

When Marvel Comics was mentioned, the young men and women around exclaimed in surprise; some of them were big fans of Marvel Comics.

After the initial gasp, the middle-aged man continued his explanation.

Because of these two incidents, Tissney felt offended, and they did not want anyone to be challenged in his reservation.

However, what you fear most is what happens: MCA Universal is indeed going to release an animated film; isn't this going to embarrass Tess?

Moreover, the current CEO has a strong personality and naturally cannot tolerate such a thing happening, which led to the upgrade.

After the explanation, everyone had a look of sudden realization.

Moreover, they were unaware that MCA had been acquired. This news was neither kept secret nor deliberately publicized; everything was kept quiet.

"Universal is really rich; they spent five hundred million dollars this time."