Producer [American Entertainment]

In the afternoon, William went to the office building of United Artists and participated in the annual meeting of United Artists.

It's still MGM's set-summarize the past and look forward to the future.It's just that United Artists has only gone through bankruptcy, reorganization and acquisition in the past year. There is not much to summarize, and there is not much capital for them to make too many big moves in the film market in the coming year.They are now equivalent to reborn babies, and everything has to be explored step by step.

The only pride of United Artists today is the 007 series, which is also the only reason for United Artists to beat MGM, not to be completely underestimated by MGM, and to hold their heads high in front of MGM executives.

After all, it's a box office of [-] million.Even MGM, which has regained some vitality now, is still very difficult to do.

Therefore, this meeting of United Artists can also be called "007 New Film Seminar".Unlike MGM, which hopes to kick Albert out, United Artists and Albert have always had a very happy cooperation, and they want to continue this happiness. At least they have to rely on 007's next movie to make themselves completely happy. Stand firm and consolidate your position within the large Microsoft group.

This is also the reason why MGM wants to take over 007. Two film companies in one group will definitely have a sense of competition.

Although the two companies are now collectively called "MGM United Artists Entertainment", in private, MGM is MGM, and United Artists is still United Artists. MGM wants United Artists to serve itself. United Artists wanted to maintain its independence.These are irreconcilable contradictions that the top executives of the two companies cannot put on the surface. They can only compete secretly to attract the attention of Microsoft's parent company.

Well, not particularly "dark" enough either.William didn't notice it because he was busy with ET in other places.Now that he only attended these two meetings in one day, it was enough for him to touch the turbulent undercurrent under the calm waves.

MGM wants to use William to snatch 007; United Artists is flattering William and wants to keep 007, but isn't it also a kind of use?

After all, William's identity is so special. He is the cousin of the founder of Microsoft, which is also the reason why Microsoft bought all of MGM and United Artists.The two companies, William, MGM and United Artists, also have a lot of intersection because of movies.

william.Mister Theros must be one of us!The top executives of both companies think so.

Sabatino, who once again participated in the meeting via videophone, could not have missed the struggle between the two companies.But he was still very calm, with a calm attitude of "don't worry, everything is up to me".William, who knew Sabatino, had an epiphany that his cousin must be holding back some big tricks, and he just continued to be his iceberg mascot.

Therefore, no matter what the people at the meeting said or hinted at, William just regarded it as an ordinary meeting, and nothing was involved, and it was as immobile as a mountain.People dare not hit his mind easily.

After the meeting was successfully concluded, William had a dinner meeting with the vice president of the producer union that was not particularly important but needed to be treated seriously.

The Producers Union in the United States was established in 1950. It was initiated by outstanding producers in the film and television industry that year, aiming to protect the due interests and legal rights of producers.The labor union has only existed for 32 years, but it is a force that cannot be ignored in the Hollywood circle, because it has assembled more than 80.00% of the producers in the United States, and is the initiator of the International Producers Association and the most important voice today Master.

After all, Hollywood is a producer-centered system. For a Hollywood movie, everything can be changed, such as the director, screenwriter, actors and props, but the producer is absolutely the core, but cannot be changed.Moving it is like changing the head coach of the team. Wheeler once said with a smile that it would be a change of style and soul.

Joining the union also means that members can enjoy the free resources in the union that are only open to members, master real-time first-hand movie information in the Hollywood circle, and have connections that others can't imagine.Wheeler was tricked by an associate producer back then, and he was able to quickly find someone to replace his team, mainly relying on this network from the producers union.While the top executives and executives of the giants are members of the Motion Picture Association of America, most of them are also members of the producers' union.

Therefore, MGM's idea of ​​replacing 007's producer Albert was particularly ridiculous in William's view.Albert is not his incompetent stepson Wilson, and he can't just replace it, it will have a great impact on the 007 series.

Wheeler is a veteran member of the Producers' Union, but his influence is basically in the Directors' Union. Before MiG filmed Earthman, because of Wheeler's face, he got the membership application form.

The producers' union is more complicated than the directors' union.

To put it simply, the current president of the producers' union is Wheeler's deadly enemy.If you stay in one circle for a long time, you will have many friends, and naturally you will also have many enemies.William has enjoyed the advantages of connections brought to him by the title of "Disciple of Wheeler", so it is naturally impossible to escape some of the negative effects of "Disciple of Wheeler".Factions and siding are also eternal themes in Hollywood.

William hadn't paid attention to these things before, but Lucas found out after he invited a few friends to have a few light meals.William's desire to be invited, rather than actively joined, will become difficult under the President.

Lucas was also very helpless about this, his quarrel with the directors' union was similar to William's situation: "I really can't give you better advice in this regard, because I myself am not a very good example. Intellectually, I want to persuade you to find a relationship and give in; emotionally, I want to tell you to let them go, it is just a private union, not the state, even the state cannot force you to do anything!"

"Of course I can't regress!" This is William's answer.

Because this incident not only involved his own emotional dispute, but also Wheeler's face. As Wheeler's disciple, he subdued, which meant that Wheeler was admitting defeat. Face, he would never do it.

"Then you can only stand up like me. I wish you good luck. The president is elected every four years. He has been in office for almost three years. You must consume him. In this way, your situation is better than mine. At least they can't restrict your freedom to make movies." For some reasons that are not easy to explain, Lucas was unable to write his name in the column of the director of the movie subtitles for a short time.

William did not tell Sabatino about this matter, because he had his own solution, except for being soft and waiting for the other party to take the third way.

Even if he waited to consume the opponent, William would feel that this was a kind of victory for that person, and he would not agree to it.

After Wheeler's death, it's time for people to leave the tea, but not all contacts will no longer care about affection, such as Wheeler's disciples, those who should be called senior brothers (sisters) by William.As Wheeler's latest closed disciple, William rarely sees his seniors, but Wendy never misses out on greeting cards and gifts during New Years and holidays. (Wendy stands proudly: That's what assistants are for, isn't it?)

Today, the power of these gifts and greeting cards is revealed.Although the senior brothers (sisters) are not familiar with William, they can't forget William's existence when the gift play continues to anger the sense of presence.

After William made a few phone calls, the current situation came into being.

Most of Wheeler's disciples are directors, but there are also producers. Directors and producers must have familiar producer friends, and they must be members of the producer union...

The president is a polished commander, but he can't sing a big show.

In the end, under heavy pressure, William still got an invitation from the producers union and an apologetic dinner invitation from the vice president.Be kind to others, but don't forget that you must punch decisively when you are tough!

The dinner was eaten at the spago, and the guests and hostess had a good time, and there was no need to fill in any forms. William has been a full member of the producers' union since tonight.It's not that he attaches much importance to the status of this member, it must be it, what he really cares about is that the president has to succumb to the attitude of inviting him to join the club, the president must be in office, and the president must personally agree.How the president planned to embarrass him at the beginning, now he will swallow it all back in his stomach, and then laugh at him!

"Sometimes William is really scary." Wendy said to MiG like this, this kind of expressionless, as if she didn't care about it, but she will never make the person who offended her feel better, so fucking handsome!

"Yeah!" From the beginning to the end, this is William who MiG fancied.

The bodyguard Shirley reported to the old Bernstein very relievedly that the action against the president could be suspended, and her young master got the place back by himself, so there was no need to worry about him being bullied.

As for Sabatino, well, he found out when he should have known, albeit a bit later.After all, William had nothing to do with Wheeler in his previous life. When Wheeler died, William was obediently going to school under the arrangement of his grandfather. When he was invited to join the producers union, things went smoothly. After Sabatino was reborn, there were some omissions. Unexpectedly It can still be done like this.

But it doesn't matter, he has already contacted a few "friends" and is about to ask the old chairman to step down early to make way for the virtuous.

The author has something to say: *Because of the American Producers Union, stupid authors can find very little information, so basically they can only rely on their own (hu) play (edit), so, the description of the Producers Union in the article, Please don't believe it, come and tell the stupid author, this is a novel X3